Chapter 392 The Champions League final begins, the final battle is at the top of the Forbidden City!

June 7, Olympic Stadium, Berlin.

Two years ago, Lin Quan won the German Cup here with his teammates from Werder Bremen.

After two years, I returned to this venue again, but it had a completely different feeling.

“Time flies by so fast!”

During the pre-match warm-up, De Bruyne put his hands on his hips, looked around the stadium which was almost half full, and sighed.

"Yeah!"

Lin Quan nodded. Two years ago, he and De Bruyne were both unknown players and they were only competing for the German Cup.

But now, both of them are top stars, and Lin Quan is even the hottest in football, and even has the chance to become the number one.

The status of the two is no longer the same as it was two years ago.

Time flies, but the human heart remains unchanged.

Lin Quan saw a group of lovely people in the stands. They were fans of Werder Bremen.

They were wearing the green jerseys of the Parrot Army, most of the numbers on the jerseys were No. 10 that Lin Quan wore in Werder Bremen and No. 6 that De Bruyne wore.

Among the blue and red-blue, this touch of green is particularly eye-catching.

There were not many of them, only about two or three hundred people, but their appearance still moved Lin Quan and De Bruyne very much.

"Dad, Dad, Brother Lin Quan has seen us!"

In the stands, 12-year-old Grenier waved his arms and shouted excitedly.

Sitting next to Grenier were Mr. William, Ms. Anna and his sister Angel.

When Lin Quan was loaned to Werder Bremen, he once stayed in their home for a year.

"Quick, quick, put up the banners we made in advance!"

Seeing that Lin Quan noticed them, under the command of Mr. William, several people quickly unfolded a banner-Werder Bremen will always be your home! Seeing this warm banner, both Lin Quan and De Bruyne were very moved.

Lin Quan had an idea and ran to the sidelines to find a signature pen and a football, and wrote his name on the football.

The audience at the scene were all very curious when they saw his action:

The game hasn't started yet. Is Lin Quan going to give fans autographed footballs? Who is so lucky to have the opportunity to get Lin Quan's autographed football?

Lin Quan's actions not only attracted the attention of the fans at the scene, but even the camera locked the lens firmly on Lin Quan.

Even the photographer was curious about what this guy was going to do. After Lin Quan signed his name, he waited for the ink to dry before placing the ball on the grass near the stands. He looked up at the area where Werder Bremen fans were sitting and took a few steps back.

He ran up and kicked the ball towards the stands, landing accurately in the area where Werder Bremen fans were.

Greney saw a black shadow flying towards him, and subconsciously stretched out his hands, and the football fell lightly into his hands.

The football landed with great precision and just the right amount of force, causing the fans who saw the kick to cheer.

Mr. William was also shocked. He didn't expect that after not seeing Lin Quan for two years, his footwork and control of strength had reached such a level.

When the football was flying towards his son just now, he was worried that it might hurt someone, but it seems like his worry was completely unnecessary!

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In the other half, Barcelona players were also warming up.

After finishing a set of training, Messi couldn't help but look back at the other half, searching for Lin Quan in the crowd.

When he saw Lin Quan's move, he was shocked: Has this guy's footwork reached such a terrifying level?

Lin Quan felt the gaze coming from behind him, and turned around instantly, looking at Messi across the air.

He stretched out his right hand and made a fist-clenching gesture, signaling Messi to show his best in this game and have a good fight! Messi looked confident, nodded heavily, and returned the same gesture to Lin Quan!

Both of them are confident of winning the championship, but there is only one champion.

After this game, one person is bound to be disappointed! …

At 18:00, the game officially began with the referee's whistle.

The referee of this game is Guneyt Cakir, from Türkiye.

This person has made many controversial decisions in favor of Real Madrid in the matches between Manchester United and Real Madrid, which caused strong protests from Manchester United after the games.

Both Manchester City and Barcelona were nervous about arranging such a referee to officiate the game.

Manchester City is worried that Cakir will favor La Liga teams, while Barcelona is worried that he is a supporter of Real Madrid and will whistle against them.

However, soon after the game started, the doubts in the hearts of the Barcelona players were completely dispelled.

In the 4th minute of the game, Barcelona launched an attack and Rakitic scored a goal in an offside position when he received the ball.

However, the linesman and the referee did not call a foul, but instead considered it a valid goal.

This penalty immediately made the Manchester City players on the field unhappy.

They rushed forward to surround the referee and demanded an explanation from him.

This ball was obviously offside, but the linesman and referee didn't say anything. Are they both blind? "Hey, Mr. Referee, this is an offside goal. You can check the replay on the big screen!"

Lin Quan pointed at the big screen above the stadium and said to Chakir.

The slow-motion replay on the big screen at the scene was replaying the goal just now. From the slow-motion replay, it can be clearly seen that this was an offside goal.

However, even with overwhelming evidence, Cakir still refused to change the decision and still believed that the goal was valid.

In order to maintain his authority, he even showed a yellow card to Manchester City captain Kompany who participated in the siege.

Kompany was so angry that he clenched his fists and wanted to hit the guy, but fortunately he was stopped by several teammates.

"Captain, calm down. We are behind in the score now. If you get sent off again, we will have no chance of winning this game!"

Lin Quan was also very angry, but he forced himself to calm down.

At this time, we must not let our emotions cloud our reasoning. We can still play if we are one goal behind, but if we are one man short, then there is really no hope.

On the sidelines, Guardiola protested angrily to the fourth official for a long time, but the fourth official just replied indifferently, "If there is any problem, you can report the situation to UEFA," and that was it.

Guardiola was so angry that he vomited blood, but he did not continue to bother the fourth official.

The fourth official obviously could not change the referee's decision, but the result was too unfavorable for Manchester City.

Facing Barcelona, ​​which is at the peak of its power this season, the team fell behind by one goal at the beginning of the game and the central defender also received a yellow card.

This is a hellish start!

Originally they had a lot of tactical options, but now that they were behind in the score, Manchester City had no other choice and was forced to attack.

This is very different from the initial confrontation with Bayern at the Allianz Arena.

The reason why they dared to fight against Bayern at the Allianz Arena was because they had two goals in hand, which gave them a psychological advantage.

Secondly, they are playing away from home, and the more goals they score away from home, the better it is for them.

But now the situation is completely different. This is the Champions League final, and the winner will be decided in one game, with no distinction between home and away.

They chose to attack their opponents at this time because they were already behind in the score. Psychologically, Manchester City was already at a disadvantage.

Thinking of this, Guardiola was furious and wanted to curse the referee's entire family.

Barcelona unexpectedly took the lead at the start, which gave reassurance to the players and fans.

Although many Barcelona players and fans saw it, it was an offside goal.

But the referee believed that the goal was valid, so they naturally accepted this unexpected surprise with peace of mind.

"Haha, Manchester City is just so-so, they didn't even last four minutes!"

Some Barcelona fans even took advantage of the situation and started mocking Manchester City.

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If we put aside the fact that it was misjudged as offside, it was indeed embarrassing to concede a goal just four minutes into the game.

Naturally, there are no weak teams that can make it to the Champions League final.

Considering that they are all top teams, it is indeed a bit unreasonable that their goal was scored so easily by their opponents.

"I think Manchester City's defense is just like that. I'm afraid Barcelona will score no less than three goals in this game!"

Barcelona fans seem very optimistic. They have witnessed the powerful power of the MSN combination time and time again in the league and the Champions League.

With such a perfect start, the mentality of the entire Barcelona team will be very relaxed and their performance will get better and better.

As long as they can fully exert their strength, Barcelona fans believe that no one in the world can stop them! Seeing the team score a goal, Enrique did not stand up from his seat, but just clapped his hands lightly, showing the demeanor of a master.

He prepared for this game for a long time and with great effort.

Unlike Barcelona during Martino's time, Enrique was very clear about Messi's importance to the team before the game.

Of course, he also knows that his opponents will guard Messi closely.

So, in this game he gave up the right side and let Messi play on the left side.

This move really caught the opponent by surprise. Barcelona's goal just now was initiated by Messi from the left.

Although due to injuries, Messi's explosive power has declined and his breakthrough ability has dropped slightly compared to his peak period.

However, on this planet, he is still one of the top breakthrough players, and there are only a handful of people who can reach his level.

Due to Messi's huge threatening ability, as soon as he starts, two or three people from the opposite side will come to double-team him.

This had a great impact on Manchester City's formation, taking away a lot of its forces in the middle, giving Rakitic, Iniesta and others more room to move, and dramatically increasing Barcelona's offensive threat in the middle.

Everyone knows that MSN is the trident of Barcelona, ​​which is invincible.

But if I focus my attack on the midfielders coming from behind, how would you respond?

Thinking of this, Enrique looked at Guardiola on the other side with anticipation.

He wanted to see how Guardiola would respond to his moves. Guardiola only watched for a few minutes and saw through his opponent's intentions.

However, he did not make any major adjustments to the team's formation. He just called Kante and gave him some instructions.

When Messi played under him, his activity area was the right side.

The corresponding side for Manchester City is the left side, and at this time, Enrique changed Messi to the left side, corresponding to the right side of Manchester City.

The right side of Manchester City happens to be the area where Lin Quan often moves.

In other words, Enrique is using the exchange tactic against Manchester City.

I have to say, this move is very clever.

Because after Messi was removed from Barcelona, ​​the overall strength of the remaining players is half a level stronger than that of Manchester City.

Especially since they have Iniesta, Suarez and Neymar in their team.

Even without Messi, these people have the ability to influence the outcome of the game.

Therefore, exchanging players with Manchester City is a sure win for Barcelona.

However, Guardiola doesn't think so.

Before he personally coached Lin Quan, he might have been worried about whether Lin Quan would be beaten by Messi if he and Messi faced each other directly on the court. After all, he knew better than anyone how terrifying Messi's strength was.

But after coaching Lin Quan for half a season, Guardiola realized that his concerns were completely unnecessary.

It can be said that Lin Quan now has reached or even surpassed the strength of Messi in his peak period.

Let him and Messi exchange the subs, Manchester City may not be the one that loses!

Moreover, the difference between Lin Quan and Messi is that although Messi's left and right feet are very balanced, he does have a weak foot.

His way of cutting inside is with the opposite foot, but when he reaches the left side, due to the fact that the foot that touches the ball is on the outside, the threat of Messi's cutting inside and shooting is greatly reduced, while the threat of passing is increased.

Therefore, Enrique put Messi on the left side, sacrificing Messi's threat to the goal and increasing his role as a threading force in the frontcourt, especially on the left side.

Barcelona's left winger is Neymar and left back is Alba.

Both of them have strong offensive capabilities and they cooperate very well with Messi.

Messi joining the left wing can deliver a large number of ammunition to the two and amplify their threat.

In this way, the effect of one plus one being greater than two can be brought into play, further enhancing Barcelona's offensive threat on the left, completely defeating Manchester City's right, and reducing Lin Quan's threat to a minimum.

Enrique's plan was good, however, the plot seemed to be different from what Enrique had imagined.

In the 11th minute of the game, Barcelona's Messi came to the left again, trying to replicate the previous attack.

However, Manchester City had been prepared for their tactics. As soon as Messi got into position, De Bruyne, Lin Quan, Kante and others rushed over and formed a semi-encirclement of Messi.

Messi just glanced at it and didn't care much.

He has been in the industry for many years and has been double-teamed by his opponents countless times on the court.

Among the three opponents, Kanter is a defensive stalwart who needs to be vigilant, while the remaining two are offensive players and their defensive abilities are not strong.

He was seen carrying the ball slowly, and when De Bruyne approached, he suddenly lowered his shoulders, tricking De Bruyne into stretching his feet. He then quickly passed the opponent, suddenly accelerated, and rushed forward along the sideline.

This is Messi's most proud move. The change of rhythm between stillness and movement can catch most defensive players off guard.

However, this time Messi made a mistake.

(End of this chapter)