Chapter 237 Lin Quan officially joins the battle between Messi and Ronaldo, and the third pole in football is born!
Because it was a friendly match, both teams played in a relatively relaxed manner.
The players’ defense is basically eye defense, giving everyone a chance to express themselves and show off their skills in front of the fans.
In the 3rd minute, on Maradona's team, the God of War Batistuta showed off a long shot.
Although he has retired for many years, the God of War's long-range shooting skills seem to be still as good as ever. The quality of this ball was very high and it went straight to the bottom edge of the crossbar of the goal.
Buffon was well prepared and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand, defusing the crisis.
Although the ball did not go in, the fans at the scene still applauded him.
After all, it is not easy to maintain such a state after so many years since the God of War retired.
It was Ronaldo's team's turn to counterattack. After Lin Quan dribbled past Zanetti on the wing, he made a cross and put the ball at the feet of the alien Ronaldo.
Ronaldo's body shape has become seriously out of shape and his condition has declined a lot.
When he received the ball, he stepped on it and almost fell down.
Fortunately, Nesta and Cannavaro supported him in time, otherwise, with his current weight, he might really get injured if he fell like this.
Ronaldo thanked the two of them, then made an apologetic gesture to Lin Quan.
He was anxious about this ball and wanted to stop and pass it, but he didn't expect that his condition was far worse than before and he almost got kicked in a golf cart.
Ronaldo just ran into the open space, but he felt a little depressed when he saw Lin Quan pass the ball to Ronaldo.
The two sides are like playing a turn-based game, you attack one round, and I attack one round.
In the 13th minute of the first half, Maradona's team scored the first goal.
After Messi broke through on the left, he passed the ball to Ronaldinho, who made a straight pass that broke through Ronaldo's team's defense and assisted Messi to score.
After Messi scored, Ronaldinho once again celebrated by carrying Messi on his back, just like when Messi just joined Barcelona's first team.
Seeing this scene, many Barcelona fans couldn't help but shed tears.
Messi's goal completely aroused Ronaldo's desire to win. He could not bear to fall behind, especially when being surpassed by his old rival Messi.
Feeling Ronaldo's desire to score, Lin Quan passed the ball to him a few more times when launching the attack.
Ronaldo's ability to score is indeed excellent. The third through pass from Lin Quan assisted him in scoring.
After scoring the goal, Ronaldo seemed very excited and ran to the corner area to perform his signature SIU celebration.
Unfortunately, this is Camp Nou, and most of the fans who came here to watch the game are Barcelona fans. Not only did these fans not applaud Ronaldo, they also booed him.
This made Ronaldo feel a little depressed.
Fortunately, Lin Quan ran over and high-fived him to celebrate, which eased his embarrassment.
After both teams scored goals, the pace of the game began to speed up and more goals were scored.
In the 22nd minute, Zidane scored another goal with a free kick, helping Ronaldo's team to achieve a reversal.
Maradona's team immediately changed their jerseys. Xavi got rid of Gattuso's interception in the midfield and made a precise pass. Messi dribbled the ball through Stam and Carlos' interception and used his heel to pass the ball to Ronaldinho who was following up.
Ronaldinho easily pushed the ball into the goal and the two teams tied at 2:2.
Afterwards, Lin Quan also made a breakthrough on the wing, and after passing Matthäus and Zanetti successively, he just passed the ball to Ronaldo, but it was elegantly blocked by Nesta.
Nesta's tackle was very clean and Ronaldo was a little bit angry.
However, although Nesta completed the destruction, Maradona's team's defense was obviously unable to defend against Lin Quan.
In the 35th minute, Pirlo saw an opportunity in the backcourt and sent a very long pass to Lin Quan who was playing on the wing.
After receiving the ball, Lin Quan cut inside immediately. Facing the defense formed by Nesta and Cannavaro, he used his extremely high footwork frequency and rhythm changes to dribble past the older Cannavaro, and then he pushed the ball sideways before Nesta made a tackle, avoiding his tackle.
After passing two opposing defenders, Lin Quan broke into the penalty area and got the opportunity to challenge Neuer one-on-one.
Neuer had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He rushed out with great momentum and pounced towards Lin Quan.
It’s a pity that Lin Quan was a little unromantic and actually passed the ball back to Ronaldo.
The alien easily shot the ball into the empty net and scored his first goal of the game.
After scoring the goal, the alien celebrated with his signature finger-wagging celebration.
For the alien who is nearly 40 years old, scoring a goal does not seem to be a difficult task.
Cannavaro pulled Nesta up from the ground. The two looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
Lin Quan's dribbling just now was a bit unreasonable. The two players did not make any mistakes in their defensive positions, but they just couldn't defend against each other.
"If I were ten years younger, I might be able to defend against this guy, but now I definitely can't!"
The 40-year-old Cannavaro looked at his slightly bulging belly and said with some regret.
Nesta nodded. For defenders like them, being able to compete with top shooters is the best way to improve their defensive abilities.
It’s a pity that Lin Quan on the opposite side is like the rising sun, thriving, while they are like the aging sunset, no longer at their peak.
Not being able to face such a strong opponent in the best condition made both of them feel a little regretful.
How great would it be if I could be ten years younger?
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At the end of the first half, Maradona's team temporarily trailed Ronaldo's team 2:3.
In the second half, both sides started to make a lot of substitutions.
Although the intensity of the game in the first half was not very high, there were a large number of retired players in both teams, including some over 50 years old like Matthäus.
Asking them to play the entire game would put too much strain on their bodies, and it would not be good if they got injured.
With the departure of the veterans, most of the players on the court for both teams have become active professional players.
This made the pace of the game much faster and the content of the game more exciting.
In the 48th minute, Messi, Neymar, Iniesta and others completed a series of wall passes, broke into the penalty area and assisted Neymar to score a goal.
Maradona's team tenaciously equalized the score.
In the 53rd minute, Neymar made a breakthrough on the wing and assisted Messi to score another goal.
Maradona's team reversed the score and temporarily led Ronaldo's team 4:3.
Seeing Messi score another goal, Ronaldo couldn't sit still.
He began to reach for the ball frequently, but the opponent's defense against him was very tight and Lin Quan couldn't find any good passing opportunities.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure wearing the No. 22 jersey running forward at great speed.
Lin Quanfu was in a good mood and sent a lob pass to Kaka.
The pass was very good, with a certain lead time, so Kaka could receive the pass without slowing down.
The Son of God seemed to be back at the San Siro Stadium at this moment, back to his peak form six years ago! Kaka ran faster and faster, leaving the defenders far behind.
Facing the attacking Neuer, Kaka did not continue to dribble the ball forward, but shot directly.
The football flew over Neuer's outstretched legs, brushed the grass and into the net.
After scoring the goal, Kaka pointed to the sky with both hands. Amid the thunderous applause, he seemed to be back in Istanbul that night. If he could run a little faster that day, maybe everything would be different? Kaka did not forget Lin Quan who assisted him. He took the initiative to run to Lin Quan and hugged him warmly.
"Thank you, Lin, you passed the ball really well!"
"You ran well, Kaka!"
“Hehe, if you don’t mind, you can call me Ricardo.”
After the goal, Kaka was quickly replaced by Ferguson, who brought on De Bruyne.
"Well done, boy!"
Ferguson gave Kaka a hug when he left the field.
Although he has never coached Kaka, he has always admired this hard-working, self-disciplined and elegant young man.
"Thank you, sir!"
Kaka smiled shyly. In 2009, Kaka had been rumored to be linked with Manchester United.
With Ronaldo determined to leave, Manchester United tried to bring Kaka to Old Trafford.
But the transfer was ultimately aborted, and Kaka went to Real Madrid with Ronaldo.
Today, Sir Alex Ferguson has fulfilled his dream and coached Kaka, although Kaka is no longer at his peak at this time.
In addition to fulfilling his dream of coaching Kaka, for Ferguson, the biggest gain today was actually coaching Lin Quan.
The feeling of watching Lin Quan play in the stands as a spectator or even an opponent is completely different from watching him play on the sidelines as a head coach.
When Ferguson brought in the role of Manchester United and regarded Lin Quan as an opponent on the field, he hated Lin Quan so much that his teeth were itching.
But when the opponent is under his command, Ferguson only wants to say one thing: It smells so good!
Is it so cool to coach a team that has a player like Lin Quan?
He can play almost all positions in the frontcourt, he can break through, shoot and pass, he is simply all-round.
With him on the field, attacking becomes very simple, just pass the ball to him! Ferguson is happy, but Maradona on the opposite side is not happy.
Shit!
So the opponent's team has a player like Messi that is so difficult to deal with?
Why does it feel like our Messi is not as good as the opponent's Messi?
I must be using it wrong!
After the disastrous defeat in the World Cup that year, Maradona had some understanding of his coaching ability.
Although he is a good football player, he is not strong when coaching the team, otherwise they would not have been swept out by the German team.
So Maradona began to observe carefully, wanting to learn some experience from his senior Ferguson and see how the other side used Lin Quan.
But after observing for a while, he found that he couldn't understand it.
It seems that Ferguson did not arrange any special tactics for Lin Quan? Ferguson saw that Lin Quan played very smartly on the field. He would choose the style that made him most comfortable and helped the team the most. This made him think highly of Lin Quan, so he did not intend to intervene artificially.
If Ferguson didn't take action, Maradona would naturally learn nothing.
In fact, not only the head coaches of the two teams noticed Lin Quan becoming more and more active on the field, but Messi also noticed this.
This was the first time Messi directly faced off against Lin Quan in a game. Although he watched Lin Quan's games frequently, he found his own shortcomings and weaknesses by observing the opponent's games, and thus grew and improved through learning.
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However, the feeling of watching a game video and playing against the opponent in person is completely different.
Only after he actually got on the court did he realize how difficult the opponent was.
Wherever Lin Quan launched the attack, the wing along that direction was basically destroyed.
Messi is not a man who gives up easily. He was inspired by Lin Quan's outstanding performance.
His teammates soon discovered that Messi's little universe seemed to have exploded.
"It's only been a short time since he returned from injury. It's just a friendly match. Is it necessary to take it so seriously?"
Seeing Messi's all-out attitude, his club teammate Busquets couldn't help but complain to Xavi.
If he gets injured because of this game, Barcelona will really be in tears.
"For Messi, perhaps this is an opportunity to reignite his fighting spirit and help him return to his peak in 2012!"
Xavi watched Messi grow up little by little, and he felt that after Messi won almost all the honors, Messi's motivation to move forward weakened a lot.
Although affected by injuries, Messi's performance last season was a cliff-like decline compared to 2012.
It is hard to say that there is no reason for slackness in mentality. After all, the pursuer behind him, even if it is the other one who is known as the two most outstanding people, can hardly pose a threat to him.
But the appearance of Lin Quan made Messi feel a sense of crisis.
This is the first active player who has reached the same level as him in terms of skills!
The opponent's football IQ is not inferior to Messi, his mentality is even better, and his physical fitness is obviously better than Messi.
Messi suffered constant injuries, but his opponents seemed to have bones of steel and could not be hurt no matter how hard they kicked him under the stranglehold of the Premier League defenders.
This strong quality has resulted in Lin Quan's performance being very stable, his condition has basically not declined, and he is even getting stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Messi, however, seems to be stuck, with his peak period remaining in 2012. His improvements last year and this year have been limited, and his statistics have even declined a lot due to injuries.
If this continues, Messi feels that he will soon be overtaken by the opponent.
Given the opponent's stable state, once we are overtaken by the opponent, it would be very difficult to overtake again.
Therefore, Messi must start to regain his peak form from now on in order to defend his current position.
After Messi got serious, a very interesting scene appeared on the field: Lin Quan destroyed the left side of Maradona's team or Barcelona's team terribly.
On the other side, Messi defeated Ronaldo's team.
While the Barcelona fans who came to watch the game cheered for Messi, they were also very surprised by the performance of Lin Quan in the opposing lineup.
Although they had long known that Lin Quan was very strong, they did not expect him to be this strong.
The opponent's performance seems to be no worse than Messi's. In fact, because of his better physical fitness, he has more advantages in physical confrontation with defenders, and his performance is even a little better than Messi.
This makes Barcelona fans feel mixed emotions:
This player originally belonged to our Barcelona!
Damn Enrique, damn Rosell! If these two guys hadn't driven Lin Quan and Guardiola away, then our Barcelona would probably still be firmly sitting on the throne of the universe team, right?
If we had Lin in the team last season, how could we have been slaughtered by Bayern 7:0? Seeing Messi and Lin Quan fighting each other, Ronaldo was also a little unwilling to be left out.
In the 76th minute, he carried the defensive player and asked for the ball from De Bruyne who was about to pass the ball to Lin Quan.
De Bruyne was not familiar with him, so he ignored his request and turned around to pass the ball to Lin Quan.
When Lin Quan received the ball, he saw that the player marking Ronaldo was attracted by him, so he pretended to go to the bottom line, but in the process of dribbling the ball, he knocked the ball back to Ronaldo.
The pass was very sudden. Lin Quan did not look at Ronaldo's position and passed the ball with the inner arch of his foot while moving forward with the ball.
He and Messi are probably the only two people in the world who can complete this kind of pass.
Ronaldo didn't expect Lin Quan to complete such a pass. How did he pass the ball to his feet? He didn't stop or turn around? He could pass the ball without pausing. Is he still a human? Ronaldo was shocked, but his movements were not slow at all.
He dodged Pique's attempt to steal the ball, created some angles and then shot with great force.
He didn't look at the goalkeeper's position when he shot the ball, but after completing the shot, Ronaldo felt that it was a success.
As expected, Neuer's defensive focus was completely on Lin Quan, and he never expected that it was Ronaldo who shot at the goal.
Ronaldo's clean shot did not give him enough time to prepare for the save, and his hasty save failed to save the team.
Ronaldo's team scored another goal and Ronaldo completed his brace.
Although he was booed once, Ronaldo still insisted on completing the SIU celebration.
Seeing him run to the sidelines to celebrate like this, De Bruyne couldn't help but curl his lips.
The goal just now was only possible thanks to Lin’s pass. Let alone Ronaldo, I could have played in that position too!
Ignoring the boos from the fans, Ronaldo took the initiative to run towards Lin Quan, hugged him and asked: "Lin, how did you pass the ball just now?"
"I don't know either. I felt that I was in that position and passed it like that!"
Lin Quan actually had a flash of inspiration. If he were really asked to copy it again, it might not work.
"All right!"
Although he said this, Ronaldo had made up his mind in his heart that he would organize the video tape after he returned and let Modric watch it carefully and learn from it!
If Modric can learn this trick, it will be easier for him to score in Real Madrid in the future.
C Ronaldo, who scored two goals, was substituted early by Ferguson. Although C Ronaldo felt unsatisfied, he still wanted to continue working with Lin Quan.
But there are still people on the bench who have not played yet, eagerly waiting to show their faces on the court!
So he had no choice but to go down and rest!
Morata was substituted by Ferguson, and at this point, all the players on Ronaldo's team were on the field.
In the 88th minute, Lin Quan's breakthrough caused the opponent to foul, and Ronaldo's team won a free kick in the frontcourt.
Lin Quan did not choose to take the penalty kick himself, but gave the opportunity to his teammates.
The players on Ronaldo's team all looked at Juninho.
He is recognized as a free kick master in the football world, and the best one, no doubt about it.
Since there is a free kick opportunity, everyone naturally chooses to let him deal with it.
Juninho did not refuse. He stood in front of the football and estimated the distance to the goal.
Then he chose to use his signature S-shaped free kick to shoot directly! Juninho is indeed a free kick master. The quality of his free kick is extremely high. The initial speed of the ball is very fast, and the trajectory in the air is erratic. At first, it is obviously to the left, but when it reaches the goal, it suddenly flies to the right.
This trajectory that moves left and right seriously interferes with the goalkeeper's judgment.
Neuer had no choice but to save the ball. He tried his best to save it, but the ball was too strange and eventually flew into the goal.
There was thunderous applause at the scene, and the fans stood up and applauded and cheered for Juninho.
He is the only one in the entire football world who can kick a free kick to such a magical level! Under his feet, the free kick feels like it is about to become a penalty kick!
In the end, at the end of the game, Ronaldo's team defeated Maradona's team with a score of 6:4.
Neuer was a little depressed. In this game, he conceded six goals to his opponents, almost breaking his career record for goals conceded.
There is also good news. His most-concerned opponent, Lin Quan, did not score a goal in this game.
Neuer didn't know whether he failed or succeeded this time.
Although Lin Quan did not score a goal, he provided four assists in this game, and almost every goal was directly related to him.
After the game, Messi found Lin Quan and wanted to exchange jerseys with him.
Lin Quan did not refuse and readily agreed to Messi's request.
Reporters at the scene used their cameras to record this historic moment. This was the first time the two had faced off on the field.
But after this game, the two will gradually face off more often.
At this moment, Lin Quan seemed to have truly joined the competition between the two heroes and became one of them! After exchanging jerseys, all the players participating in the game, including the coaches of the two teams, took a group photo in the middle of the court, and then went back to their respective homes!
(End of this chapter)