Chapter 256 Double-kill Barcelona and advance to the top 4! (Ask for a monthly pass in the last day!
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Xian Xue Niao
Chapter 256 Double-kill Barcelona and advance to the semi-finals! (Last day to ask for a monthly pass!)
In the locker room of the visiting team, Barcelona's physical therapist was massaging and relaxing Messi and others, while the head coach Martino was holding his tactical board and explaining the tactics of the second half emotionally.
"In the second half, we continued to increase the control of the ball, reduce mistakes, and don't give Manchester City a chance to counterattack. As long as we can find a chance to give Manchester City a fatal blow, then the ticket to the semi-finals of the Champions League will be ours!"
Barcelona is only one goal away from the top four of the Champions League. Seeing that victory is in sight, the players are also very nervous and excited at this time.
With the decline of Barcelona's strength, their road to the Champions League promotion has been quite difficult in recent years.
Last year, they met another team similar to Manchester City-Paris Saint-Germain.
Barcelona also played extremely difficult in those two knockout games. They took the lead at the start of the away game, but were tied by their opponents when the game entered the final stage.
In the last 1 minute of the regular season, Harvey's goal once made Barcelona see the dawn of victory.
But the opponent's lore in stoppage time made their victory come to naught.
Back at home, Paris took the lead in scoring, which once put Barcelona on the verge of being eliminated.
In the end, it was Pedro's goal that allowed Barcelona to break into the semi-finals with the advantage of away goals.
Then it was swept by Bayern 7:0 in the semi-finals...
And this season, revenge against Bayern has become the biggest wish of Barcelona players.
"According to the news I just got, Bayern leads Manchester United 2-0 at home, and they have basically locked a ticket to the semi-finals!
As long as we knock out Manchester City here, then we have a great hope of revenge on Bayern, tell me, do you want revenge on Bayern? "
When the name of Bayern was mentioned, the eyes of the Barcelona players turned red!
Since the Dream Dynasty, Barcelona has never had such a humiliating Champions League record.
They dream of revenge on Bayern!
"Very well, since that's the case, let's go!"
"Get rid of Manchester City and get revenge on Bayern!"
"Tell the world that the greatest cosmic team is back!"
What Martino said was the enthusiasm and morale of the players, and they could not wait to rush to the pitch immediately and tear the Manchester City that stood in their way of revenge to pieces.
……
In the locker room of the home team, Pellegrini did not encourage the players like Martino.
He calmly explained his tactics in the second half, and then found David Silva, Negredo and Lin Quan.
"David, Alvaro, Lin, how much strength do you have left, can you support the second half of the game?"
Except for Lin Quan, Silva and Negredo shook their heads honestly.
In the first half, they hit Barcelona's goal again and again. This kind of sprint running consumes a lot of physical energy. If they continue to maintain the intensity of the first half, their physical energy can only last for 60 minutes at most!
This is the result after a 15-minute intermission. If there is no intermission, they may lose their energy in five or ten minutes!
"Very well, I understand. After 60 minutes, I will replace you to rest, but before that, I need you to use up all the remaining physical energy!"
The two looked at each other and nodded heavily.
Then Pellegrini looked at Lin Quan: "Lin, I need you to appear in this position in the second half..."
……
The halftime break ended quickly, and the second half of the game officially began.
There were no substitutions on both sides, and the lineup of the first half was still continued.
In terms of style of play, nothing seems to have changed.
Barcelona continued to hold the ball, and Manchester City continued to wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
Everything continues the previous rhythm.
This made Real Madrid's assistant coach Clement a little confused. Didn't Carlo say that the decisive battle between the two sides will be in the second half?
Why do you feel that there is no taste of a decisive battle?
So he turned his head and looked at Ancelotti beside him, wanting to see what An Pang had to say.
"Don't worry!"
Feeling Clemente's gaze, Ancelotti still maintained that calm attitude.
"When Manchester City makes substitutions, the decisive battle will begin!"
"Really? Then when will they change?"
"If it were me, I would have made a substitution in the 65th minute!"
Clement remembered this point in time: "Okay, then let me see what tricks Manchester City will play!"
Manchester City's substitution time was earlier than Ancelotti imagined. In the 60th minute, Manchester City began to make substitution adjustments.
David Silva and Negredo were substituted for Aguero and Keylor Navas.
coming!
Clement lifted his spirits, and Manchester City really made a substitution.
It's just that the time seems to be earlier than Carlo predicted?
Ancelotti also noticed this, and he frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
On the sidelines, Barcelona also saw Manchester City's substitution adjustments.
The assistant coach looked at Martino worriedly:
"Coach, Manchester City has made adjustments to the striker, should we also change?"
Martino glanced at Barcelona's bench and shook his head: "Let's see first!"
He still doesn't know how Manchester City will play after replacing these two players.
Therefore, nothing can be seen from the substitution alone.
However, some people at Barcelona don't see it that way.
Seeing his friend Aguero play, Messi immediately smelled danger.
Aguero's strength on the front line, Messi can't be more clear.
"Manchester City is going to step up their offense, everyone be vigilant!"
Messi quickly told his teammates what was in his heart, cheering them up.
Barcelona players still attach great importance to Messi's words, but even if they are mentally prepared at this time, their physical fitness may not be able to support them to do so.
After the substitution, Manchester City's tactical play quickly changed.
Their press became more aggressive, and the target of the press expanded from Barcelona's midfield to the entire Barcelona team.
Especially Aguero and Navas, who just came on the field, did not see their offensive role for the time being, but they worked extremely hard when they forced the Barcelona defenders to play the ball.
Seeing this scene, Martino's eyes widened.
Are Manchester City crazy?
For a team like Barcelona that plays pass-and-control football, their defenders are not afraid of the opponent's striker.
Only a few players in the frontcourt can threaten Barcelona's defenders, and they have too many ball options, whether it is a cross pass to a teammate in the back line, a forward pass to the midfielder or a back pass to the goalkeeper. Easily defuse Manchester City's pressing.
Once in a game against Real Madrid, Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo tried to do this, and then he was walked as a dog by Barcelona defenders...
The GIF of Ronaldo angrily snarling and throwing his hands away on the court has been widely circulated on the Internet, making many people laugh at it.
So at the beginning, Barcelona's defenders didn't care much.
But soon, they were a little frightened by Manchester City's pressing.
They are naturally not afraid of a striker's interception, but Manchester City's interception is not a personal behavior of a certain person.
It is a premeditated and organized targeted tactic!
They have a clear division of labor. Someone is responsible for blocking the passing line of the ball holder, someone is responsible for pressing, and someone is ready to counterattack after a successful interception.
In this process, Lin Quan, who is most familiar with Barcelona's tactics, acts as the commander of the frontcourt and is responsible for directing his teammates to intercept.
Aguero and Keylor Navas became his younger brothers, following the command of his elder brother, he rushed to the Barcelona defender time and time again without hesitation.
This kind of systematic high-position pressing immediately made Barcelona's defenders a little bit unable to hold the ball.
In the first half, they competed with Manchester City's forwards for speed and consumption.
The physical fitness of the Barcelona defenders began to be a little unsustainable after the game entered the time point of 10 minutes.
On the other side, the people pressing them are the freshmen who have just been replaced. They are full of energy and fighting spirit, and they are not at all comparable to the Barcelona defenders who have consumed most of the game.
In the 67th minute, Manchester City's press achieved results.
When Mascherano had the ball, Aguero rushed towards his national team-mate.
Seeing Aguero's menacing approach, Xiao Ma didn't dare to stick to the ball too much, so he immediately chose to pass the ball.
Before passing the ball, he observed the positions of several teammates.
Manchester City's No. 60 Lin Quan is next to Baltra. Although the opponent is not a player who was brought in in the second half, it feels like an individual can be blamed. He played for more than [-] minutes without any fatigue.
If the ball is passed to Bartra, it might be intercepted by the opponent.
The forward passing line was cut off by Yaya Toure, who has been closely guarding Harvey's side, passing the ball to Harvey is likely to lose the ball.
As for Busquets, he is entangled by Manchester City's midfielder De Bruyne, and he is not a very good pass option.
Thinking of this, Mascherano intends to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper Pinto, first to resolve this round of pressing by Manchester City.
However, just as he was about to do so, he saw Xiaofa withdrawing to ask for the ball.
With Fabregas unmarked, it was a safe place to pass the ball.
And once Xiaofa gets the ball, he may be able to send a wonderful pass to the players in the frontcourt and help Barcelona create a chance when no one is marking.
Thinking of this, Mascherano quickly passed the ball to Xiaofa.
This choice is correct, but Lin Quan had an insight into his passing intentions in advance.
He dropped Bartra, moved early, and blocked the ball in the middle of Mascherano's pass.
broken!
After passing the ball, Mascherano and Fabregas, who was about to catch the ball, saw the football fall into Lin Quan's feet, and they both groaned inwardly.
The two rushed towards Lin Quan immediately, trying to snatch the ball back.
But Lin Quan was faster, he passed the ball to Navas on the wing, and he quickly killed towards Barcelona's half.
After Navas received the ball, he quickly passed the ball back to Lin Quan, and the two completed a two-for-one cooperation.
After getting rid of Mascherano, Lin Quan dribbled the ball straight to Barcelona's goal and killed it.
At this time, there is only one defender in front of him, and that is Baltra who is lagging behind.
But Manchester City is now shooting three arrows at once. There are two players Lin Quan and Aguero in the middle alone. The question before Bartra is:
Who is he going to guard against?
Abandon Aguero to defend Lin Quan?
If he does this, Lin Quan will most likely pass the ball directly.
Choose to continue to defend Aguero and ignore Lin Quan?
If he does this, then Lin Quan may drive the ball all the way to Barcelona's penalty area and then send the ball into the goal!
How to do?
How to choose?
Baltra gritted his teeth, abandoned Aguero, and ran towards Lin Quan.
In his subconscious mind, it was obvious that Lin Quan was a greater threat.
And once he moves forward, Aguero will be in an offside position. At this time, Lin Quan can't pass the ball to him.
This choice can be said to be the best choice he can make!
Seeing Baltra move, Lin Quan immediately judged the opponent's intention.
The other party's calculation is quite good, but, who gave you the courage?
Gave you the confidence to stop me in a one-on-one duel?
Lin Quan also acted quickly when Baltra rushed forward.
He flicked the ball to the right, and Baltra hurriedly adjusted his body orientation, trying hard to keep up with Lin Quan's rhythm.
However, before his movement was completed, Lin Quan handed the ball to the left again.
These two movements were connected too quickly. Even if Baltra tried his best to overcome the inertia of his body and turned around, he had already lost his position. Lin Quan had already taken a step ahead and entered the Barcelona penalty area!
All the Manchester City fans at the scene stood up excitedly, craned their necks and looked towards the pitch.
Lin's one-handed ball!
Barcelona's goalkeeper strikes!
Can this goal be scored?
Although Lin Quan's one-handed success rate is very high, the fans of Blue Moon can't help but feel a little worried when they see the goalkeeper who is rushing out aggressively.
This goal is really important to Manchester City. If this goal is scored, the total score will become 4:3 and Manchester City will regain the lead.
And because away goals are in the lead, if Barcelona wants to advance, they need to score at least 2 goals!
Barcelona fans are more worried than Manchester City fans. If this goal is scored, their chances of qualifying will be very slim.
At this moment, the eyes of tens of thousands of fans in the audience all fell on Lin Quan and the Barcelona goalkeeper.
This goal will determine the life and death of the two teams!
Facing the attacking Pinto, Lin Quan did not try to shoot rashly. He calmly moved the ball horizontally, avoided Pinto's interception, and after getting rid of the opponent, sent the ball into the empty goal!
boom!
The moment Lin Quan scored, the Etihad Stadium was boiling!
"Forest!"
Amidst the cheers of the fans, Lin Quan opened his arms and galloped along the bottom line of the court, like a soaring eagle!
In the stands, the fans of Manchester City were very excited.
The nearest fans rushed to the billboard, rubbed his hair, slapped his chest, and a very courageous girl even sneaked a kiss to Lin Quan when he was not prepared.
Lin Quan was taken aback and left the place quickly. The big screen at the scene just captured this scene. Seeing Lin Quan's frightened face, Manchester City fans couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Lin, that's great!"
"Lin, you did a great job!"
At this time, his teammates also rushed over, all of them surrounded Lin Quan, raised and lowered their hands, or hugged him, or rubbed his hair.
Lin Quan's goal made Manchester City's situation very optimistic.
"Keep going, hit them one more time!"
After celebrating, Lin Quan glanced at the dejected Barcelona players, clenched his fists and said fiercely.
"Okay, one more!"
The morale of the teammates was high at this time, and they nodded when they heard Lin Quan's words.
If 4:3 is not safe, then enter another one to completely defeat Barcelona's fighting spirit and make them give up completely!
In the stands, after seeing Lin Quan send the ball into Barcelona's goal, Ancelotti stood up while the home fans were celebrating, and said to his assistant coach Clemente:
"Let's go, the game is over, don't read the rest!"
"what?!"
Clement glanced at the game time. It was only the 68th minute, and there were still more than 20 minutes before the end of the game. How could it be over?
"Hehe, do you think Barcelona can come back?"
Ancelotti asked with a smile.
Clement wanted to nod very much, because this team is Barcelona, one of the top giants in Europe!
Scoring two goals in 20 minutes is difficult, but for Barcelona with Messi, it does not seem to be an impossible task!
"It's hopeless. Manchester City is about to strangle Barcelona's midfield. Not only will Barcelona not be able to score goals, they will even concede goals!"
After Ancelotti came to a conclusion, he did not stay at the Etihad Stadium.
The videotapes of the game and so on, his own club will help him collect them, and he has achieved the purpose of his trip.
No need to waste any more time!
Seeing that An Pang left just as soon as he said it, Clement hesitated for a moment, and followed suit.
On the field, the game really went as Ancelotti expected.
After Lin Quan scored, Manchester City's press became even more frantic.
While they were pressing wildly in the frontcourt, Manchester City's midfielder also increased the strangling of Barcelona's midfielder.
Harvey, who was already playing very uncomfortable, became even more uncomfortable this time.
When the game time came to 70 minutes, his physical fitness had already declined very seriously. The opponents took turns to take care of him at this time, which made him a little overwhelmed.
In just a few minutes, Harvey was assaulted several times.
One of them was even when Lin Quan withdrew from the frontcourt and Yaya Toure double-teamed him. This kind of targeting and care made it extremely difficult for Harvey to play the ball.
Seeing that Xavi was pressed, Martino had to let Fabio share his organizational work and relieve the pressure on Xavi.
Seeing Xiaofa joining the battle, Lin Quan immediately retreated to the midfield to participate in the fight in the midfield.
Manchester City formed a numerical advantage in the midfield. Lin Quan, De Bruyne, Kroos, and Yaya Toure pressed against the three of Barcelona.
The advantage in numbers, coupled with their younger age and more physical fitness, caused Barcelona's midfield to fall into a disadvantage and gradually lost control of the midfield.
After losing control of the midfield, players such as Neymar and Messi could not get support in the frontcourt and could not play their role at all.
In contrast to Manchester City, their offense began to increase.
In the 79th minute, Yaya Toure made a long pass to find Navas on the wing immediately after stealing the ball.
This is almost the same as the long pass in the first half, but at this time, Barcelona's defenders can't run, and the midfielder is unable to interfere with the pass of Manchester City players, making Yaya Toure's long pass better than the previous one. The half is more precise and deadlier!
After receiving the ball, Navas made a two-for-one cooperation with Aguero who was on the edge, passing Barcelona's full-back Alba.
After receiving the ball, the energetic Navas quickly cut inside and rushed towards Barcelona's goal.
Busquets, Mascherano, Bartra and others are desperately returning to the defense, but they have played for 10 minutes, and their physical fitness has long been unable to keep up. Navas has only played for 20 minutes, and his physical fitness is still there. abundant.
He rushed into the penalty area ahead of Barcelona's defenders, glanced at the goalkeeper's position and chose to hit the goal directly.
Not everyone has the extraordinary ability of Lin Quan. He is not sure about defeating the opponent's goalkeeper, and he dare not waste time to adjust, so it is the safest choice to directly choose to shoot!
Pinto cursed inwardly, the opponent's kick was hasty, and he also made a hasty save.
The leaping Barcelona goalkeeper failed to catch the ball, and the football failed to fly into the goal.
With a bang, the football concentrated on the crossbar and bounced back.
Coincidentally, the bounced football hit Javier Mascherano, who was back on defense.
The Argentine didn't have time to brake, and the football bounced off the goal after hitting him.
Pinto had just fallen on the lawn from the air at this time, and it was too late to react, so he could only watch the football hit the net.
2: 1!
Manchester City reversed Barcelona at home, and the total score came to 5:3!
With 10 minutes left in the game, Barcelona must score 2 goals to tie the game, and score 3 goals to advance to the final!
This is almost an impossible task!
At the last moment, Martino replaced Pedro and Sanchez and planned to fight to the death.
But their midfield has long been out of control, and the accumulation of offensive players in the frontcourt has no effect at all.
On the contrary, Manchester City frequently played threatening counterattacks in the final stage of the game.
In the 89th minute of the game, Lin Quan assisted Aguero and scored another goal. Manchester City rewritten the score to 3:1, and the total score came to 6:3!
Now, Barcelona is completely hopeless!
In the last few minutes of the game, Barcelona's players finally gave up their resistance, allowing Manchester City's players to waste time.
Stoppage time ended and the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Manchester City reversed and defeated Barcelona 3:1 at home, and double-killed their opponents at home and away.
Breaking into the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in team history!
Ask for a monthly pass!
(End of this chapter)
In the locker room of the visiting team, Barcelona's physical therapist was massaging and relaxing Messi and others, while the head coach Martino was holding his tactical board and explaining the tactics of the second half emotionally.
"In the second half, we continued to increase the control of the ball, reduce mistakes, and don't give Manchester City a chance to counterattack. As long as we can find a chance to give Manchester City a fatal blow, then the ticket to the semi-finals of the Champions League will be ours!"
Barcelona is only one goal away from the top four of the Champions League. Seeing that victory is in sight, the players are also very nervous and excited at this time.
With the decline of Barcelona's strength, their road to the Champions League promotion has been quite difficult in recent years.
Last year, they met another team similar to Manchester City-Paris Saint-Germain.
Barcelona also played extremely difficult in those two knockout games. They took the lead at the start of the away game, but were tied by their opponents when the game entered the final stage.
In the last 1 minute of the regular season, Harvey's goal once made Barcelona see the dawn of victory.
But the opponent's lore in stoppage time made their victory come to naught.
Back at home, Paris took the lead in scoring, which once put Barcelona on the verge of being eliminated.
In the end, it was Pedro's goal that allowed Barcelona to break into the semi-finals with the advantage of away goals.
Then it was swept by Bayern 7:0 in the semi-finals...
And this season, revenge against Bayern has become the biggest wish of Barcelona players.
"According to the news I just got, Bayern leads Manchester United 2-0 at home, and they have basically locked a ticket to the semi-finals!
As long as we knock out Manchester City here, then we have a great hope of revenge on Bayern, tell me, do you want revenge on Bayern? "
When the name of Bayern was mentioned, the eyes of the Barcelona players turned red!
Since the Dream Dynasty, Barcelona has never had such a humiliating Champions League record.
They dream of revenge on Bayern!
"Very well, since that's the case, let's go!"
"Get rid of Manchester City and get revenge on Bayern!"
"Tell the world that the greatest cosmic team is back!"
What Martino said was the enthusiasm and morale of the players, and they could not wait to rush to the pitch immediately and tear the Manchester City that stood in their way of revenge to pieces.
……
In the locker room of the home team, Pellegrini did not encourage the players like Martino.
He calmly explained his tactics in the second half, and then found David Silva, Negredo and Lin Quan.
"David, Alvaro, Lin, how much strength do you have left, can you support the second half of the game?"
Except for Lin Quan, Silva and Negredo shook their heads honestly.
In the first half, they hit Barcelona's goal again and again. This kind of sprint running consumes a lot of physical energy. If they continue to maintain the intensity of the first half, their physical energy can only last for 60 minutes at most!
This is the result after a 15-minute intermission. If there is no intermission, they may lose their energy in five or ten minutes!
"Very well, I understand. After 60 minutes, I will replace you to rest, but before that, I need you to use up all the remaining physical energy!"
The two looked at each other and nodded heavily.
Then Pellegrini looked at Lin Quan: "Lin, I need you to appear in this position in the second half..."
……
The halftime break ended quickly, and the second half of the game officially began.
There were no substitutions on both sides, and the lineup of the first half was still continued.
In terms of style of play, nothing seems to have changed.
Barcelona continued to hold the ball, and Manchester City continued to wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
Everything continues the previous rhythm.
This made Real Madrid's assistant coach Clement a little confused. Didn't Carlo say that the decisive battle between the two sides will be in the second half?
Why do you feel that there is no taste of a decisive battle?
So he turned his head and looked at Ancelotti beside him, wanting to see what An Pang had to say.
"Don't worry!"
Feeling Clemente's gaze, Ancelotti still maintained that calm attitude.
"When Manchester City makes substitutions, the decisive battle will begin!"
"Really? Then when will they change?"
"If it were me, I would have made a substitution in the 65th minute!"
Clement remembered this point in time: "Okay, then let me see what tricks Manchester City will play!"
Manchester City's substitution time was earlier than Ancelotti imagined. In the 60th minute, Manchester City began to make substitution adjustments.
David Silva and Negredo were substituted for Aguero and Keylor Navas.
coming!
Clement lifted his spirits, and Manchester City really made a substitution.
It's just that the time seems to be earlier than Carlo predicted?
Ancelotti also noticed this, and he frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
On the sidelines, Barcelona also saw Manchester City's substitution adjustments.
The assistant coach looked at Martino worriedly:
"Coach, Manchester City has made adjustments to the striker, should we also change?"
Martino glanced at Barcelona's bench and shook his head: "Let's see first!"
He still doesn't know how Manchester City will play after replacing these two players.
Therefore, nothing can be seen from the substitution alone.
However, some people at Barcelona don't see it that way.
Seeing his friend Aguero play, Messi immediately smelled danger.
Aguero's strength on the front line, Messi can't be more clear.
"Manchester City is going to step up their offense, everyone be vigilant!"
Messi quickly told his teammates what was in his heart, cheering them up.
Barcelona players still attach great importance to Messi's words, but even if they are mentally prepared at this time, their physical fitness may not be able to support them to do so.
After the substitution, Manchester City's tactical play quickly changed.
Their press became more aggressive, and the target of the press expanded from Barcelona's midfield to the entire Barcelona team.
Especially Aguero and Navas, who just came on the field, did not see their offensive role for the time being, but they worked extremely hard when they forced the Barcelona defenders to play the ball.
Seeing this scene, Martino's eyes widened.
Are Manchester City crazy?
For a team like Barcelona that plays pass-and-control football, their defenders are not afraid of the opponent's striker.
Only a few players in the frontcourt can threaten Barcelona's defenders, and they have too many ball options, whether it is a cross pass to a teammate in the back line, a forward pass to the midfielder or a back pass to the goalkeeper. Easily defuse Manchester City's pressing.
Once in a game against Real Madrid, Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo tried to do this, and then he was walked as a dog by Barcelona defenders...
The GIF of Ronaldo angrily snarling and throwing his hands away on the court has been widely circulated on the Internet, making many people laugh at it.
So at the beginning, Barcelona's defenders didn't care much.
But soon, they were a little frightened by Manchester City's pressing.
They are naturally not afraid of a striker's interception, but Manchester City's interception is not a personal behavior of a certain person.
It is a premeditated and organized targeted tactic!
They have a clear division of labor. Someone is responsible for blocking the passing line of the ball holder, someone is responsible for pressing, and someone is ready to counterattack after a successful interception.
In this process, Lin Quan, who is most familiar with Barcelona's tactics, acts as the commander of the frontcourt and is responsible for directing his teammates to intercept.
Aguero and Keylor Navas became his younger brothers, following the command of his elder brother, he rushed to the Barcelona defender time and time again without hesitation.
This kind of systematic high-position pressing immediately made Barcelona's defenders a little bit unable to hold the ball.
In the first half, they competed with Manchester City's forwards for speed and consumption.
The physical fitness of the Barcelona defenders began to be a little unsustainable after the game entered the time point of 10 minutes.
On the other side, the people pressing them are the freshmen who have just been replaced. They are full of energy and fighting spirit, and they are not at all comparable to the Barcelona defenders who have consumed most of the game.
In the 67th minute, Manchester City's press achieved results.
When Mascherano had the ball, Aguero rushed towards his national team-mate.
Seeing Aguero's menacing approach, Xiao Ma didn't dare to stick to the ball too much, so he immediately chose to pass the ball.
Before passing the ball, he observed the positions of several teammates.
Manchester City's No. 60 Lin Quan is next to Baltra. Although the opponent is not a player who was brought in in the second half, it feels like an individual can be blamed. He played for more than [-] minutes without any fatigue.
If the ball is passed to Bartra, it might be intercepted by the opponent.
The forward passing line was cut off by Yaya Toure, who has been closely guarding Harvey's side, passing the ball to Harvey is likely to lose the ball.
As for Busquets, he is entangled by Manchester City's midfielder De Bruyne, and he is not a very good pass option.
Thinking of this, Mascherano intends to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper Pinto, first to resolve this round of pressing by Manchester City.
However, just as he was about to do so, he saw Xiaofa withdrawing to ask for the ball.
With Fabregas unmarked, it was a safe place to pass the ball.
And once Xiaofa gets the ball, he may be able to send a wonderful pass to the players in the frontcourt and help Barcelona create a chance when no one is marking.
Thinking of this, Mascherano quickly passed the ball to Xiaofa.
This choice is correct, but Lin Quan had an insight into his passing intentions in advance.
He dropped Bartra, moved early, and blocked the ball in the middle of Mascherano's pass.
broken!
After passing the ball, Mascherano and Fabregas, who was about to catch the ball, saw the football fall into Lin Quan's feet, and they both groaned inwardly.
The two rushed towards Lin Quan immediately, trying to snatch the ball back.
But Lin Quan was faster, he passed the ball to Navas on the wing, and he quickly killed towards Barcelona's half.
After Navas received the ball, he quickly passed the ball back to Lin Quan, and the two completed a two-for-one cooperation.
After getting rid of Mascherano, Lin Quan dribbled the ball straight to Barcelona's goal and killed it.
At this time, there is only one defender in front of him, and that is Baltra who is lagging behind.
But Manchester City is now shooting three arrows at once. There are two players Lin Quan and Aguero in the middle alone. The question before Bartra is:
Who is he going to guard against?
Abandon Aguero to defend Lin Quan?
If he does this, Lin Quan will most likely pass the ball directly.
Choose to continue to defend Aguero and ignore Lin Quan?
If he does this, then Lin Quan may drive the ball all the way to Barcelona's penalty area and then send the ball into the goal!
How to do?
How to choose?
Baltra gritted his teeth, abandoned Aguero, and ran towards Lin Quan.
In his subconscious mind, it was obvious that Lin Quan was a greater threat.
And once he moves forward, Aguero will be in an offside position. At this time, Lin Quan can't pass the ball to him.
This choice can be said to be the best choice he can make!
Seeing Baltra move, Lin Quan immediately judged the opponent's intention.
The other party's calculation is quite good, but, who gave you the courage?
Gave you the confidence to stop me in a one-on-one duel?
Lin Quan also acted quickly when Baltra rushed forward.
He flicked the ball to the right, and Baltra hurriedly adjusted his body orientation, trying hard to keep up with Lin Quan's rhythm.
However, before his movement was completed, Lin Quan handed the ball to the left again.
These two movements were connected too quickly. Even if Baltra tried his best to overcome the inertia of his body and turned around, he had already lost his position. Lin Quan had already taken a step ahead and entered the Barcelona penalty area!
All the Manchester City fans at the scene stood up excitedly, craned their necks and looked towards the pitch.
Lin's one-handed ball!
Barcelona's goalkeeper strikes!
Can this goal be scored?
Although Lin Quan's one-handed success rate is very high, the fans of Blue Moon can't help but feel a little worried when they see the goalkeeper who is rushing out aggressively.
This goal is really important to Manchester City. If this goal is scored, the total score will become 4:3 and Manchester City will regain the lead.
And because away goals are in the lead, if Barcelona wants to advance, they need to score at least 2 goals!
Barcelona fans are more worried than Manchester City fans. If this goal is scored, their chances of qualifying will be very slim.
At this moment, the eyes of tens of thousands of fans in the audience all fell on Lin Quan and the Barcelona goalkeeper.
This goal will determine the life and death of the two teams!
Facing the attacking Pinto, Lin Quan did not try to shoot rashly. He calmly moved the ball horizontally, avoided Pinto's interception, and after getting rid of the opponent, sent the ball into the empty goal!
boom!
The moment Lin Quan scored, the Etihad Stadium was boiling!
"Forest!"
Amidst the cheers of the fans, Lin Quan opened his arms and galloped along the bottom line of the court, like a soaring eagle!
In the stands, the fans of Manchester City were very excited.
The nearest fans rushed to the billboard, rubbed his hair, slapped his chest, and a very courageous girl even sneaked a kiss to Lin Quan when he was not prepared.
Lin Quan was taken aback and left the place quickly. The big screen at the scene just captured this scene. Seeing Lin Quan's frightened face, Manchester City fans couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Lin, that's great!"
"Lin, you did a great job!"
At this time, his teammates also rushed over, all of them surrounded Lin Quan, raised and lowered their hands, or hugged him, or rubbed his hair.
Lin Quan's goal made Manchester City's situation very optimistic.
"Keep going, hit them one more time!"
After celebrating, Lin Quan glanced at the dejected Barcelona players, clenched his fists and said fiercely.
"Okay, one more!"
The morale of the teammates was high at this time, and they nodded when they heard Lin Quan's words.
If 4:3 is not safe, then enter another one to completely defeat Barcelona's fighting spirit and make them give up completely!
In the stands, after seeing Lin Quan send the ball into Barcelona's goal, Ancelotti stood up while the home fans were celebrating, and said to his assistant coach Clemente:
"Let's go, the game is over, don't read the rest!"
"what?!"
Clement glanced at the game time. It was only the 68th minute, and there were still more than 20 minutes before the end of the game. How could it be over?
"Hehe, do you think Barcelona can come back?"
Ancelotti asked with a smile.
Clement wanted to nod very much, because this team is Barcelona, one of the top giants in Europe!
Scoring two goals in 20 minutes is difficult, but for Barcelona with Messi, it does not seem to be an impossible task!
"It's hopeless. Manchester City is about to strangle Barcelona's midfield. Not only will Barcelona not be able to score goals, they will even concede goals!"
After Ancelotti came to a conclusion, he did not stay at the Etihad Stadium.
The videotapes of the game and so on, his own club will help him collect them, and he has achieved the purpose of his trip.
No need to waste any more time!
Seeing that An Pang left just as soon as he said it, Clement hesitated for a moment, and followed suit.
On the field, the game really went as Ancelotti expected.
After Lin Quan scored, Manchester City's press became even more frantic.
While they were pressing wildly in the frontcourt, Manchester City's midfielder also increased the strangling of Barcelona's midfielder.
Harvey, who was already playing very uncomfortable, became even more uncomfortable this time.
When the game time came to 70 minutes, his physical fitness had already declined very seriously. The opponents took turns to take care of him at this time, which made him a little overwhelmed.
In just a few minutes, Harvey was assaulted several times.
One of them was even when Lin Quan withdrew from the frontcourt and Yaya Toure double-teamed him. This kind of targeting and care made it extremely difficult for Harvey to play the ball.
Seeing that Xavi was pressed, Martino had to let Fabio share his organizational work and relieve the pressure on Xavi.
Seeing Xiaofa joining the battle, Lin Quan immediately retreated to the midfield to participate in the fight in the midfield.
Manchester City formed a numerical advantage in the midfield. Lin Quan, De Bruyne, Kroos, and Yaya Toure pressed against the three of Barcelona.
The advantage in numbers, coupled with their younger age and more physical fitness, caused Barcelona's midfield to fall into a disadvantage and gradually lost control of the midfield.
After losing control of the midfield, players such as Neymar and Messi could not get support in the frontcourt and could not play their role at all.
In contrast to Manchester City, their offense began to increase.
In the 79th minute, Yaya Toure made a long pass to find Navas on the wing immediately after stealing the ball.
This is almost the same as the long pass in the first half, but at this time, Barcelona's defenders can't run, and the midfielder is unable to interfere with the pass of Manchester City players, making Yaya Toure's long pass better than the previous one. The half is more precise and deadlier!
After receiving the ball, Navas made a two-for-one cooperation with Aguero who was on the edge, passing Barcelona's full-back Alba.
After receiving the ball, the energetic Navas quickly cut inside and rushed towards Barcelona's goal.
Busquets, Mascherano, Bartra and others are desperately returning to the defense, but they have played for 10 minutes, and their physical fitness has long been unable to keep up. Navas has only played for 20 minutes, and his physical fitness is still there. abundant.
He rushed into the penalty area ahead of Barcelona's defenders, glanced at the goalkeeper's position and chose to hit the goal directly.
Not everyone has the extraordinary ability of Lin Quan. He is not sure about defeating the opponent's goalkeeper, and he dare not waste time to adjust, so it is the safest choice to directly choose to shoot!
Pinto cursed inwardly, the opponent's kick was hasty, and he also made a hasty save.
The leaping Barcelona goalkeeper failed to catch the ball, and the football failed to fly into the goal.
With a bang, the football concentrated on the crossbar and bounced back.
Coincidentally, the bounced football hit Javier Mascherano, who was back on defense.
The Argentine didn't have time to brake, and the football bounced off the goal after hitting him.
Pinto had just fallen on the lawn from the air at this time, and it was too late to react, so he could only watch the football hit the net.
2: 1!
Manchester City reversed Barcelona at home, and the total score came to 5:3!
With 10 minutes left in the game, Barcelona must score 2 goals to tie the game, and score 3 goals to advance to the final!
This is almost an impossible task!
At the last moment, Martino replaced Pedro and Sanchez and planned to fight to the death.
But their midfield has long been out of control, and the accumulation of offensive players in the frontcourt has no effect at all.
On the contrary, Manchester City frequently played threatening counterattacks in the final stage of the game.
In the 89th minute of the game, Lin Quan assisted Aguero and scored another goal. Manchester City rewritten the score to 3:1, and the total score came to 6:3!
Now, Barcelona is completely hopeless!
In the last few minutes of the game, Barcelona's players finally gave up their resistance, allowing Manchester City's players to waste time.
Stoppage time ended and the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Manchester City reversed and defeated Barcelona 3:1 at home, and double-killed their opponents at home and away.
Breaking into the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in team history!
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(End of this chapter)
