Chapter 141 The mighty Barcelona
Messi's goal has greatly boosted Barcelona's morale. Except for Ibrahimovic, everyone else has become more active after the game restarts.
This also made Manchester City even more uncomfortable.
Except for the commentators in England, commentators from other countries praised Barcelona for their strength.
"... Although they lost the ball, you can't feel that they are really behind..."
"Barcelona is very confident in the football they played. After they lost the ball, they did not panic, but played according to their own established tactics... In the end, their persistence paid off. Messi equalized the score for the team. Although Messi scored, before Messi scored, Barcelona had completely controlled the situation on the court... Barcelona always made profits through persistence. Cruyff created the tradition of La Macia. Barcelona persisted for so many years and finally achieved a great harvest in Dream Team II... In the past, the whole world had the argument that the champion relied on defense, but now Barcelona has allowed the world to see that offense can not only win the audience, but also win the championship."
"This is the best era since Barcelona was founded. This is the most powerful team in the world." Catalan commentator Yu Qian announced this.
Even Chinese commentator He Ping has to praise the strength of the Barcelona team and Messi's sensitive sense of smell in front of this ball.
This will certainly make those fans who support Glory unhappy, but these people are more worried, worried about Manchester City, and worried about Glory.
Of course, they hope that Glory will go further in his first season in the Champions League, and if possible, it will be excellent to win the championship.
Moreover, after last season, Barcelona's status in the minds of Chinese domestic fans has become very controversial. Many people like this Barcelona, which plays fantastic, but many people also hate this Barcelona, which is good at relying on the help of "Yu Dad" to win the championship.
Manchester City and Barcelona met, and except for the domestic Barcelona fans, other fans supported Manchester City one by one.
Now that He Ping kept praising Barcelona, many people vented their anger on He Ping. For a moment, He Ping gained a lot of insulting nicknames online.
Now Barcelona equalizes the score, and Barcelona has a full advantage in the game. How will Manchester City play in the next game?
Especially after Barcelona almost scored another goal before the end of the first half, they were even more worried.
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When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, John Motterson breathed a sigh of relief: "The game ends... no, it's the end of the first half.
He accidentally said everything in his heart - of course he hoped that the game would end here, at least Manchester City did not lose at home...
"If there were five more minutes in the first half, it was hard to say whether the score would still be the current L... Barcelona's morale was greatly boosted after the goal, which made Manchester City completely unable to raise their heads. Now I hope Benitez will make some adjustments during the break..."
"I think it's hard. If Barcelona's strength can be done with any tactical adjustments, they won't win the six-champ last year..." Alan Hansen was a little pessimistic. "I even think Benitez was wrong from the beginning. He made the team shrink too hard and too fast, giving Barcelona too much space. Judging from the first half, the reason why Barcelona can take the initiative in the game is because Manchester City gave Barcelona too much space..."
Alan Hansen began to analyze.
"But Manchester City had no choice but to attack in the second half, because Barcelona has completely played in a state. If Manchester City makes a contribution in the second half, they might even lose the ball..."
"What do you mean is that Manchester City will lose in this game?" John Mortson asked.
Alan Hansen shook his head: "No, no team dares to say that they will win, nor does one side lose that game. But Manchester City does not have the advantage now. Ending the first half with Barcelona equalizing the score is also a very heavy blow to the morale of the players. Compared to tactical adjustments, I think it is more important for Benitez to restore the psychological psychology of Manchester City players first... In addition, whether Manchester City can beat Barcelona at home, I think the key is not Benitez, but Rong. In the first half, Barcelona firmly controlled the football under their feet, giving Manchester City too few counterattack opportunities, and Rong rarely has room to play...
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Just as Alan Hansen and Taylor were giving TV audience analysts the gains and losses in the first half of Manchester City, Benitez was also conducting self-examination in Manchester City's locker room: "We played too passive in the first half, but you have no responsibility, it's me. It's my arrangement that went wrong, I want you to apologize."
He lowered his head slightly, Benitez continued: "In the first half, we gave Barcelona too much space to allow them to control the ball at will from outside our 30-meter area, which is obviously wrong. So we have to change this in the second half. Barrie and Matuidi, you two must cut off the triangle cooperation between Messi, Xavi and Iniesta in the second half, and try to disturb them. Messi's condition in this game is really good. If he is not easy to defend, then cut off the connection between him and other Barcelona players. Especially the connection between him and Xavi and Iniesta..."
Matuidi raised her hand and asked, "What about Messi and Ibrahimovic?"
Benitez waved his hand: "Then don't worry. It is said that Messi and Ibrahimovic have a bad relationship, so they will not cooperate with each other. Everyone should have seen this in the first half, right?"
Messi and Ibrahimovic have a bad relationship, and it is no secret that it has been reported by media.
So in the first half, Ibrahimovic did not pass the ball to Messi, but chose to shoot by himself, which was not too unexpected.
After Benitez said that, he turned his eyes to Glory, but he didn't say anything.
There is really nothing to say about Rongguang. In the first half, Rongguang only scored that goal, and he was not active enough at other times, because the reason was not on Rongguang's side, but because he gave him too few counterattack opportunities.
The adjustment just now is actually to increase Manchester City's counterattack opportunity, increase interception efforts in the mid- and backcourts, and strive to grab more balls under Barcelona players' feet, and then give the football to Glory so that he can complete the team's heavy trust.
Benitez believed that Glory was very clear about his tasks, so there was no need to say anything more. If he said too much, he would seem to distrust Glory.
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The fifteen-minute halftime break passed quickly. None of the two sides substituted the players in the second half, and the side changed again.
After the game started, everything was no different from the second half of the first half.
Barcelona took advantage of the second half as their chance to kick off, keeping the ball firmly under their feet, and was not in a hurry to hit Manchester City's penalty area, but fell for a while in the midfield and backcourt.
At first, Manchester City came up to grab it, but after Barcelona fell for a while, the football was still at their feet, so Manchester City players took it back one after another and stopped robbing it.
They continue to grab it, which will only cause more loopholes in the defense line, so they must quickly recycle them before they are caught by Barcelona and make up for them.
Soon the game returned to the stage of Manchester City's shrinking defense and Barcelona's siege.
It seems that Barcelona has the initiative and has the upper hand.
Manchester City has not changed anything from the first half.
This is actually the audience's illusion. Manchester City has changed, but it is not so conspicuous.
Gareth Barry and Matuidi strengthened their interception in the midfield, and their running was much more active than before.
When it comes to Manchester City's changes, Barcelona players on the court may be the first to feel them.
Especially Xavi and Iniesta, when they got the ball in the frontcourt, they encountered greater resistance and faced greater pressure.
The transfer between them was not as smooth as the first half.
Xavi turned the main goal of the pass to Messi.
Iniesta seems to have been under key control from Manchester City...
Messi was as active as in the first half, putting huge pressure on Manchester City's defense.
Seeing Messi's performance, Xavi breathed a sigh of relief - Messi is still normal, that means everything is normal.
"Messi dribbled over Matuidi's shot with a beautiful dribble...Oh, it's a pity"
"Messi's shot into the penalty area was slightly off the line..."
"Messi Messi"
The commentators kept shouting his name, and wherever he passed on the court, there was a scene of people rushing over and over.
Manchester City players look very embarrassed in front of Messi, and their defenders even need to use their hands and feet to block Messi's ball.
Barcelona fans also felt at ease because of Messi's outstanding performance. Although the score is still I, in the minds of these Barcelona fans, Barcelona seems to have already taken the lead.
They laughed at the Manchester City players who were in a mess in front of Messi and cheered for Messi.
Everyone thinks that Barcelona's second goal is only a matter of time before they break through Manchester City.
Messi once again took the ball and dribbled in the offense. He seemed very calm in the face of Manchester City's siege and blocking.
He then passed the football to Ibrahimovic, who was in the penalty area, who was facing away from the goal.
After passing the ball, he continued to run forward.
Generally speaking, at this time, as long as Ibrahimovic passes the ball, Messi can drive the ball into the penalty area. Once he enters the penalty area, Manchester City's goal will be in danger.
But Ibrahimovic did not do that.
Because Manchester City's defensive players are still on Messi, even if Messi has no ball at his feet, he still has two Manchester City players around him. In comparison, Ibrahimovic, who only has one Manchester City defensive player, faces much less defensive pressure...
So Ibrahimovic didn't even hesitate and turned around and shot directly.
However, this time, Joe Hart did not let the football hit his arm and flew out, but instead closed his jaw and chest, and hugged the football that Ibrahimovic shot over.
He stopped
Chapter completed!