Chapter 250: The football world has officially entered the Romance of the Three Kingdoms stage from the era of the two greatest players!

“Goal!!!”

"It's unbelievable, I can't believe it, it was Manchester City who scored the first goal at Camp Nou!"

"Lin, the 18-year-old young player scored against his old club in his first appearance at Camp Nou. He once again stepped up when the team was in trouble and scored a golden goal with a long run!"

"You can always trust Lin!"

"Barcelona is in danger. If the game ends with this score, it will be very detrimental to their promotion!"

"Even if they beat Manchester City in the end, giving Manchester City an away goal at home is very unfavorable for Barcelona's promotion situation!"

The commentators from all major TV stations went crazy the moment Lin Quan scored this goal.

Before the game, very few people were optimistic about Manchester City. Judging from the situation in the first thirty minutes, the trend of the game was in line with everyone's expectations.

The powerful Barcelona had every advantage, and Manchester City was on the verge of collapse under Barcelona's fierce attack. It seemed that Barcelona's victory was only a matter of time.

However, Lin Quan's goal shattered all of this!

What’s the use of having a high ball possession rate or a lot of shots?

As long as we can't score, we won't be able to turn these advantages into victory.

After all, a football match is a game of who can score more goals, and now, Manchester City has scored a goal, while Barcelona still has zero in its account!

Therefore, many experts began to doubt their own judgment.

Do Barcelona really have the advantage?

On the sidelines, Barcelona coach Martino was also thinking about this problem.

After he took over as coach of Barcelona, ​​he discovered that the passing and controlling tactics left by Guardiola were not as effective as before.

Passing and controlling football requires a very strong team lineup. The players on the field need to have strong passing skills and sufficient physical strength to enable them to execute high-pressure tactics in the frontcourt.

Keeping the ball under your feet and replacing defense with offense is the essence of Guardiola's passing and controlling tactics.

This tactic was a huge success a few years ago. In addition to the fact that the outside world did not know enough about this tactic, it was also related to Barcelona's lineup at the time.

The Barcelona lineup during Guardiola's time was obviously younger. When he led the team to win the Champions League, Messi was only in his early 20s, Xavi was less than 30 years old, and Busquets and others were also in the golden age of 23-26 years old.

At that time, they had enough physical strength to execute the high-pressing tactics in the frontcourt. When other teams faced Barcelona, ​​they either couldn't get the ball at all and could only defend passively.

Or they finally got the ball, but because they had no way to pass the ball, Barcelona's high-pressing tactics quickly snatched the ball away from them, and then they were stuck in a passive situation where they couldn't get the ball.

But now, it is difficult for Barcelona to implement this high-pressing tactic.

The players are too old and their running ability is not as good as before. Inspired by Mourinho, other teams have developed ways to counter their passing and controlling tactics - using space to trade time! Football games are nothing more than a game of time and space! Barcelona's passing and controlling tactics make the most of space. When the ball is at Barcelona's feet, they will patiently pass the ball back and forth, using frequent position changes, overlapping and midfielders to attack, etc., to pull the opponent's defensive formation and find a breakthrough.

Once the opponent makes a mistake, Barcelona's thundering blow will come.

However, because they take a long time to organize an attack, their efficiency in utilizing time naturally becomes very low.

Mourinho did the opposite, giving up the fight for space and greatly improving time efficiency.

His team does not pursue ball possession. I will give you the air ball and seize the opportunity when you make offensive mistakes.

Once the ball changes and it is his team's turn to attack, he will pursue the most extreme and efficient counterattack. The players do not need to make complicated movements and passes like Barcelona. After getting the ball, they pass it straight forward and the forward in front runs forward desperately.

With just two or three passes, the ball was already in the opponent's penalty area.

Real Madrid in the Mourinho era was able to complete an attack in ten seconds or even less.

Because the time is too short, most of the opponent's players do not have time to retreat, so their counterattack is very efficient. As long as the ball is successfully passed to the striker's feet, it is very likely to be converted into a goal.

Manchester City's attack this time was a replica of Real Madrid's.

It was because of this that Martino's heart began to waver.

Guardiola's Dream Three Dynasty did not gain any advantage when they faced Mourinho in the later period.

The Barcelona he took over is two years older than it was back then. Facing Manchester City's tactics, can they defeat the opponent?

It was not just Martino who had this idea. After seeing Lin Quan score a goal, many players on the Barcelona team felt a sense of frustration.

They worked hard to control the ball for 30 minutes and completed 6 shots, but failed to score a single goal.

The opponent only launched one counterattack and scored a goal!

The contrast was so strong that Barcelona players inevitably felt frustrated.

Neymar, who only joined Barcelona last summer and has not experienced the peak period of Barcelona, ​​even began to doubt whether the passing and controlling tactics are really correct?

Messi stood on the field, with his hands on his hips, watching Lin Quan being surrounded and celebrated by his teammates.

He was not surprised that Lin Quanneng scored a goal.

What really concerned him was why the opponent knew his playing style so well and could even predict his movements.

Is it a guess?

Or did he really understand himself to such a detailed degree? Messi decided to try again! After the game resumed, Messi took the initiative to reach out for the ball.

His teammates had great confidence in Messi's abilities, and when they saw him asking for the ball, they immediately passed it to him.

As expected, Lin Quan appeared in front of him again.

Messi was not careless this time. Although the opponent was not a professional defensive player, judging from his last defense, Lin Quan's defensive ability was not bad.

He made a fake move, shifting his center of gravity to the right while lowering his shoulders to prepare for a breakthrough.

Seeing Messi's move, Lin Quan immediately became alert.

Here we come!

The dilemma of defensive players when facing Messi!

If you ignore his fake moves, he will turn them into real ones and then break through. If you follow his fake moves and kick, he will adjust at a faster speed and pass you.

In short, no matter what choice you make, it seems to be wrong!

Lin Quan often uses this trick in one-on-one situations, and it is very effective, with a very high success rate in one-on-one situations.

Knowing the power of this move doesn't mean that Lin Quan can defend it! Although he knows Messi's playing style and even habits very well, he is not Messi after all, and he doesn't know what choice the opponent will make.

When he uses this method to dribble past the defense, he makes the final decision based on the defense's choice.

Seeing that Lin Quan did not make a choice, Messi immediately took advantage of the situation and broke through from his right side.

Lin Quan turned around a step too late, and when he turned to chase him, it was too late.

When Cross saw Lin Quan being passed, he immediately came up to intercept.

Messi passed the ball to Neymar, who went down the wing.

Manchester City's full-back rushed up, but Messi also came to the wing at some point. He received the pass from Neymar and immediately cut inside and headed towards Manchester City's penalty area.

Kompany immediately stepped forward to intercept and block, leaving Messi no space to shoot or break through.

Messi passed the ball again, and Iniesta had already reached the front of the penalty area without knowing when.

After receiving the pass from Messi, he made a lob pass to the left side of the penalty area. There was no one there at the moment, but Xiaobai knew that Messi would definitely run here.

As expected, after passing the ball, Messi did not look to see how Iniesta handled the ball. He chose to trust the tacit understanding between him and his teammates.

If Messi ran directly to the empty space on the left side of the penalty area, Manchester City's defenders might be more alert.

But Messi was smart. After passing the ball, he took a step back and made a reverse run.

This confused the Manchester City defenders, making it impossible for them to catch up with Messi when he ran back, giving Messi space to receive the ball!

For a player like Messi, giving him such space is definitely a fatal mistake!

The man arrived, the ball arrived! Messi had just run to the empty space on the left, and Xiaobai's pass arrived as expected.

The rest was simple. Messi stopped the ball with his chest and then shot it into Manchester City's goal.

Manchester City's defenders raised their hands, thinking it was an offside goal.

However, the linesman did not raise the flag, so the referee ruled that the goal was valid.

The slow-motion replay at the scene showed that the ball was indeed within a hair's breadth.

When Messi was running back, Manchester City's defender happened to move forward, making the ball look like offside.

If Messi had started half a second faster, or if Manchester City's defenders had moved their defense forward a little faster, the ball would have been offside.

In the 33rd minute, Barcelona equalized the score thanks to Messi's goal.

The Barcelona fans at Camp Nou can finally celebrate without restraint at this time.

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The scorer Messi celebrated the goal with his signature gesture of pointing to the sky.

Regarding this match between Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​the outside world believes that the biggest highlight is the direct dialogue between Messi and Lin Quan.

Messi became famous the earliest and has won more honors.

So before the game, the outside world was more optimistic about Messi, but unexpectedly, it was Lin Quan who scored the first goal in the game.

This surprised the outside world and put Messi under considerable pressure.

Now, he finally scored a goal and finally he won’t be outdone by this guy!

It's strange to say, no matter how the outside world hypes up his fight with Ronaldo, or even singles them out and gives them the title of the two greatest talents of all time.

But Messi has always been relatively calm towards Ronaldo.

In his heart, he does not regard Ronaldo as his rival, and does not care much about such hype.

But Lin Quan is different! From the first day he saw Lin Quan playing football, Messi realized that this guy would become his biggest competitor!

He secretly followed Lin Quan for two years, and even gained some insights from Lin Quan's football skills and methods. He used Lin Quan as a mirror to improve his own abilities.

Although he has never admitted it in public, in Messi's heart, he has long regarded Lin Quan as his biggest rival!

Therefore, he cares more about this game than outsiders imagine! Seeing Messi's goal, Lin Quan was also a little helpless.

It is really not easy to defend against Messi, but I shouldn't have hesitated just now.

Or they can just kick decisively to see who reacts faster. The main reason why he and Messi are difficult to defend against in this way is that they move their feet faster and can strike back after the opponent makes a choice.

Of course, even if the two of them move at the same speed, the initiative is still in Messi's hands, and he is in an unfavorable position of passive defense.

Therefore, in such a confrontation, I am afraid that I will win less and lose more.

Is there any way to limit Messi? Lin Quan fell into deep thought.

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Messi's goal boosted Barcelona's momentum a lot. They further increased the tempo of the game and increased their pressing in the frontcourt more actively.

The football was passed quickly between the feet of Barcelona players, with Messi, Neymar and others constantly crossing positions, and the two full-backs stepping forward to assist.

Messi, Neymar, Iniesta and others got chances to shoot one after another, and Barcelona launched a small offensive climax.

This round of attack made Manchester City very embarrassed, and Yaya Toure and Kompany received yellow cards while defending.

Kupers's enforcement standards are indeed very strict and his actions are decisive.

After receiving the yellow card, Yaya Toure and Kompany were both afraid and didn't dare to make any big moves, which made Manchester City's defense more difficult.

During this period, Joe Hart became the busiest person on the field.

He made high tackles on the goal line, defusing Barcelona's attacks time and time again, preventing the number of goals conceded from increasing.

But this won't work. After the lesson of conceding the goal before, Barcelona is very wary of Manchester City's counterattack.

After losing the ball, they will immediately counterattack on the spot, and there will be multiple people counterattacking.

Except for Lin Quan, it was difficult for others on Manchester City's side to hold the ball under such pressure, let alone pass the ball.

Seeing that the first half was about to end and he couldn't get the ball in front, Lin Quan simply retreated to the front of the penalty area to participate in the defense.

No matter what, let's hold on to the first half first! Barcelona certainly can't let Manchester City get what they want. They hope to score another goal in the final seconds and return to the locker room with a leading advantage.

In the 41st minute, the ball came to Messi's feet again.

Lin Quan took the initiative to step forward and came in front of Messi.

Coming again? Messi saw Lin Quan again, and he was no longer as concerned as before.

The two fought twice, winning one and losing one.

But with the previous successful experience, Messi's confidence increased greatly.

He performed the same action as last time and put the multiple-choice questions in front of Lin Quan.

However, Lin Quan had already thought of a countermeasure and he took a step back.

Since it’s hard to choose, I might as well not make a choice.

The initiative is left to you!

Messi was very surprised by Lin Quan's action: He actually took the initiative to retreat? Was he afraid? No, that was definitely not the case! Messi knew Lin Quan very well, and he had never seen him afraid before!

Yaya Toure was approaching from the side, and Messi couldn't think so much at this time. Taking advantage of the space left by the opponent's retreat, Messi completed the previous action and broke forward.

Lin Quan had already expected that he would make such a choice, and he turned around quickly while retreating, getting into position and keeping pace with Messi.

At the same time, Lin Quan leaned forward and engaged in physical confrontation, constantly squeezing Messi's position and making it difficult for him to dribble the ball smoothly.

Messi was squeezed very uncomfortably. Lin Quan had advantages in height and weight over Messi. In the physical confrontation between the two, Messi was undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

After realizing this, Messi turned around decisively and relieved the pressure on himself, but also lost the opportunity to attack Manchester City's penalty area.

The fans at the scene and the guests in the commentary booth were very surprised to see Lin Quan successfully defend Messi again in a one-on-one duel.

One success was a fluke, but what about two? Can it still be considered a fluke? "Wow, it's really surprising that Lin Quan actually froze Messi in a one-on-one defense!"

Messi has always been a nightmare for defenders of every team in La Liga and the Champions League. In a one-on-one duel, few people can successfully defend Messi, so no one expected that Lin Quan could actually do this.

"Haha, Lin has made outstanding contributions on both offense and defense. So far, his performance is undoubtedly better than Messi's!"

The first half was almost over and the score was still 1:1. Lin Quan and Messi each scored a goal. Judging from the goals, the two were tied.

But Lin Quan has made greater contributions to the team on the defensive end. For an offensive player who can do all this, what else can you complain about him?

"Before the game, many people disagreed with Lin Quan being ranked on the same level as Melo. I think after this game, the voices of doubt will be much smaller!"

In the CCTV studio, after seeing Lin Quan's performance in the first half, He Wei praised him highly:

"Lin Quan is undoubtedly at the same level as Melo!"

"From now on, the battle between the two football giants will probably turn into the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!"

(End of this chapter)