Chapter 410 King vs. King?The opponent in the top 8 of the Champions League turned out to be him!
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Ge Lei Sen Gu Dong
Chapter 410 King vs. King?The opponent in the quarter-finals of the Champions League turned out to be him!
0 to 1, the total score was 0 to 3. In the Stadio Olimpico, most of the Roma fans knew that there was no suspense in this game.
But this kind of thing is not unexpected, they have long been mentally prepared, after all, they are facing Chen Xiaoliang, who is in the limelight today, and his undefeated Manchester United.
In the second half, Ten Hag replaced Kwa, B Fee and Luke Shaw, and replaced Ganacho, McTominay and Luke Thomas.
In the 65th minute, Luke Shaw took a free kick from the left and directly slammed into the penalty area. Cesko shook his head and was blocked by Spinazzola, who was blocked at the back post, with his chest. Top, but was pushed out first by Tuanzebe.
The ball fell to the feet of Dalot on the right, and Dalot made another pass, Manchester United formed a siege, Patricio fought hard to hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists, the ball hit McTominay halfway, refracting After that, he drifted impartially to Chen Xiaoliang outside the restricted area.
This time, Chen Xiaoliang did not choose to swing his leg for a burst shot. Instead, he used the instep of his right foot to take a curved ball. The ball bypassed Patricio who left the small penalty area and spun into the net.
After scoring the goal, Chen Xiaoliang did not celebrate, but just high-fived the teammates who ran over.
Except for a small number of Manchester United fans who came to the away game with the team, the rest of the Roma fans used applause to express their congratulations and blessings to the former captain.
In the 80th minute, Ten Hag replaced Chen Xiaoliang with Milinkovic.
However, seeing Milinkovic, who has played for Lazio for 8 and a half years, play, there were boos immediately in the stadium.
The Roma fans did not wait overnight. Roque, who gave them new hope, took advantage of the relaxation of Manchester United's defense and scored a very beautiful goal in the 88th minute.
After receiving the ball in the left rib area outside the penalty area, he suddenly sped up and slanted forward to the right. After throwing away Milinkovic and McTominay, he rushed all the way to the right side of the penalty area.
Lindelof followed up and defended all the way, but Roque, who had obviously picked up his speed, suddenly kicked and pushed a far corner on the left on the right side of the penalty area.
Joe Hart fell to the ground forward to save, but this ground ball was not slow. Prevent an own goal without laying a foot.
As a result, the ball passed between Lindelof, Joe Hart and Varane, hit the inside of the left post and bounced into the goal line.
Chen Xiaoliang, who was sitting on the sidelines to hydrate and watch the game, was also surprised by the goal. This was the first time Roque scored in front of him.
Although this goal kicked away his breakthrough points, but scoring such a beautiful goal in such a crucial battle, coupled with his good performance in Serie A, Roque's worth will definitely increase after the end of the season. After one or two seasons, he can discuss with Riise whether to transfer him to Manchester United.
For a team like Roma, the 18-year-old Roque is the best investment product. He wants to buy such a player at a low price while meeting the investment in signings, healthy club revenue and compliance with UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act. It is the most realistic choice to take the path of Dortmund and Benfica.
In the end, the game ended, the audience was 1 to 2, and the total score was 1 to 4. Manchester United successfully advanced and entered the top 8 of this season's Champions League.
The Manchester United team returned to Manchester non-stop. After the Champions League and the FA Cup reignited, they will once again face a week of double matches. The next league game will challenge Newcastle United away.
本场全场最佳给了4次拦截4次抢断3次争顶成功、传球73次成功69次的廷贝尔，陈小亮1球1助获得7点技能值（72→79）。
On the second night back in Manchester, the remaining 16 games of the Champions League round of 4 were also decided. The results of the final 8 games are as follows:
Manchester United 4-1 Roma;
Manchester City 4 to 1 Real Madrid, Haaland scored a goal in each of the 2 games, this goal also let Nagelsmann get out of class completely, Florentino recruited Zidane to serve as the team's head coach for the third time;
Paris 4-0 Leipzig, Mbappe scored 3 goals and currently leads the Champions League scorer list with 10 goals;
Bayern Munich 3 to 4 Barcelona, Messi sent 1 goal and 3 assists in two rounds, he is the soul of the competition;
Arsenal 3-1 Real Sociedad;
Newcastle 1-0 Inter Milan;
Benfica 2 to 2 Juventus, eliminated the latter with a penalty kick;
Naples 1 to 1 Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid also advanced with a penalty kick.
On the third night, that is, the night of March 3, the Manchester United team watched the draw ceremony of the Champions League quarter-finals and the half-area in the Newcastle resident hotel.
The draw guests this time were England star Joe Cole, representing the organizer, and Totti, representing the defending champion.
Joe Cole's first draw made the audience excited, and he drew Paris Saint-Germain!
Facing Mbappe, who is in hot form, and Mourinho, who took the triple crown glory and took office, Paris is second only to Manchester City and Manchester United in the Champions League odds list.
Just when everyone wanted to see which team they would meet, Totti took out the note in the ball, which made many people smile in a different way.
Atletico Madrid!
This is clearly a bus meeting another bus!
The two head coaches who are the most particular about iron will, the best at defensive counterattacks, and the least caring about possession of the ball met together.
The first set of matches whetted everyone's appetite, and UEFA is getting more and more active.
Next Joe Cole drew Manchester City.
This is a name that all teams are afraid to avoid.
However, if someone laughs, someone must cry. The opponents who will face each other at the start of the quarter-finals will not have any rules of avoidance. Totti twirled and twirled in the transparent glass basin and found a small ball.
Opening the note, the host hadn't shouted, but the team's representatives applauded.
"Arsenal, from England!"
Unexpectedly, three years have passed since Barcelona and five years have passed with Bayern. This year, they were drawn together with Barcelona again in the group stage. They managed to overwhelm Barcelona for the first place. The top 16 just met the big-bodied Real Sociedad, and the top 8 met the strongest Manchester City…
Many UP owners in the sports area who made videos overnight and prepared to upload them have already added the soundtrack of "One Cut Plum" to Arsenal's draw.
However, in the two rounds of the League Cup, Arsenal drew with Manchester City at home and away, eliminated Guardiola's team with a penalty kick at the end, and led Manchester United in the final until it collapsed in stoppage time. The winning streak has made many commentators believe that this game is by no means a one-sided game as generally believed by the outside world.
The discussion of the second group match is not over yet, and the third group match will make waves again. Joe Cole first draws Benfica. The team that is relatively the weakest in the strong.
In the barrage, many fans are already saying that Manchester United will be drawn in all likelihood, because UEFA will recommend Manchester United and so on, but Totti has found another team with a "card"-Newcastle United.
The third set of duels, Benfica vs. Newcastle.
However, after the host finished broadcasting, there were whispers in the lottery hall.
Because the last two remaining teams have been lined up together!
Manchester United first guest and then host, facing Barcelona!
The camera was shown on Laporta, and his face was very ugly!
In the summer, he originally wanted to use Messi to make a wave of hype, help the club cheat some sponsorship, and then continue to do what he should do.
But I didn't expect the rise of Chen Xiaoliang and Harland, the explosion of the ratings in the Champions League final, and the end of Messi's contract in Paris, which put the club under unprecedented pressure.
The fans and core members of the club agreed that if Barcelona did not sign Messi back, there would be no possibility of confronting the Manchester City duo who were even more powerful. In the end, under Messi's initiative to cut salary, Laporta had no choice but to sign back the legend. , Of course, he has always shown a positive and urgent side to the outside world.
However, it was later revealed by the American media that this deal was actually Messi first signed with the Miami International of the American Major League, and then returned to Barcelona on loan. Laporta was only willing to pay Messi one-third of the deal. salary.
In exchange, Messi's club portrait rights and team advertising revenue will all belong to Miami International, and this loan is limited to this season.
Fans of Barcelona and Messi ran to the location of the club to pull banners, put up slogans outside Camp Nou, and left crazy messages in the comment area of the club's social media, cursing Laporta's disrespect for treating Messi like this The club's tradition and Messi's contribution to Barcelona.
In the end, Laporta could only play another bitter scene, saying that it was Messi who understood the difficulties of the club and asked to do so on his own initiative to save expenses and tide over the difficulties for the club.
And Messi himself chose to keep silent about it.
But no matter what, the confrontation between the old and new football leaders at this moment will be staged in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
After the group confrontation is finished, the next half area will be drawn.
Joe Cole first drew the fourth group, that is, Manchester United vs. Barcelona, which means that Manchester United entered the upper half, and the next group drawn by Totti will be their opponents in the semi-finals.
"Group 2! Oh, it's embarrassing!"
The winner of Manchester United vs Barcelona will face the winner of Manchester City vs Arsenal first as host and away!
This is simply half of hell!
The announcement of the first half means that the suspense in the second half only stays in which group will play home first in the semifinals.
The final result is that the winner of Paris vs. Atletico Madrid will face the winner of Benfica vs. Newcastle first.
In their respective rooms, the Manchester United players were in different moods when they saw the result of the draw.
Like Kwa, he has already started to lie on the bed, and began to study the videos of Barcelona's right players such as Araujo, Conde, Casey and others.
And Sesco was extremely excited, thinking of going to Camp Nou, he couldn't stop his excitement.
But old players like Casemiro and B Fei obviously feel that the club's signing luck is not very good. At the end of the season, they have to deal with the undefeated Manchester City in the league and face such a strong enemy in the cup. Not a good result.
But in any case, the opponent has already decided, and the game can only be played one game at a time.
Another day, at 12 noon, the Manchester United team came to St. James' Park.
As the giants with the highest ratings, they are used to playing league games at noon on weekends.
At 13 o'clock, the starting list will be announced.
Manchester United:
Goalkeeper Livakovic;
Four defenders Wan Bissaka, Maguire, Lima, Luke Shaw, as a reward for the League Cup, Maguire returned to the starting lineup again;
Double defensive midfielders Timber and Casemiro, Timber's excellent performance in the defensive midfielder position in the last game, let Ten Hag give him the opportunity to start consecutive games;
Front waist B fee;
Left winger Kwa, center Rashford, right winger captain Chen Xiaoliang.
After two months, Chen Xiaoliang returned to the wing position.
Newcastle:
goalkeeper nick pope
Back four captains Trippier, Schar, Portman, Taggart;
Three defensive midfielders Caicedo, Sean Longstaff, Guimaraes;
Attacking midfielder Almiron, left forward Saint-Maximin, right forward Rafinha.
Unlike the 4-3-3 in a game, Eddie Howe, who was at home, set up a 4-3-1-2 formation, replacing Willock who can run with Longstaff who is good at position selection and defense. At the same time, Caicedo and Guimaraes, who have a large coverage area, are deployed on both sides to form a three-back midfielder to face Chen Xiaoliang.
At the same time, it also allows Almiron, who is not good at defense, to participate less in defense and more in series organization in the frontcourt.
In the frontcourt, there are two players with the strongest individual blasting ability. In the first half of last season, Saint-Maximin, the extraordinary king of the five major leagues, and Rafinha, who advanced extremely fast.
Newcastle's lineup is obviously well-prepared, ready to rely on frontcourt mobile fast troops for single-point assaults without losing the ball.
It's just that Eddie Howe has a policy, and Ten Hag also has countermeasures. He guessed that Newcastle would focus on defending Chen Xiaoliang in the middle, so he was put on the side in this game.
At the first moment of the game, Newcastle's formation changed. Seeing Chen Xiaoliang playing on the wing today, Eddie Howe moved Caicedo to the left, Guimaraes to the center, and Longstaff to the center. He is usually on the right midfielder position.
But the actual position is that Longstaff is in the middle area on the right, and Guimaraes and Caicedo are both double-teaming Chen Xiaoliang on the left.
Coupled with Saint-Maximin, who is constantly retreating and harassing, and whose physical fitness is exploding like an animal, it makes it difficult for Manchester United, who organized in the frontcourt after the opening, to send the ball to a threatening position on the right. less than the ball.
And it is impossible to break the opponent's dense lineup by passing only without breaking through.
After playing for 5 minutes, Chen Xiaoliang felt that the offense was obviously jerky. When Livakovic kicked off the ball, he stretched out his left finger and pointed to the left, pointing at Kwa.
Livakovic understood the meaning and passed the ball to Lima, Lima gave it forward to Casemiro, Luke Shaw on the left pressed on, and Manchester United began to make a fuss around Kwa on the left.
In the 6th minute, Kwa faced the 33-year-old Trippier from the left. The iconic way of rushing to the bottom line first, then attracting the opponent's center of gravity to retreat and then suddenly cutting in, left Trippier on the outside.
Longstaff came to make up the defense, and Kewa didn't wait for him to get close and directly passed the right foot to the back of the pocket.
Zhan Jun: "Kwa... cut inside and then kick!"
"Later click Xiaoliang and hit the door!"
"Wow! Hit the outside of the post and popped the bottom line!"
"The camera immediately came to Eddie Howe, who was dressed in sportswear on the sidelines. He was angrily scolding the two defensive midfielders Guimaraes and Caicedo for missing the most important goal Chen Xiaoliang in off-ball defense!"
Zhang Lu: "I thought Kwa's kick just now was a shot. It turned out that it was passed to Xiao Liang from the outside. The ball really had an idea. Xiao Liang also played beautifully. He directly volleyed and drew a close corner, but it was slightly off. A little outside, otherwise this goal can enter the top ten of the season."
In the 9th minute, Manchester United made a comeback, but this time, the Newcastle left player who was shocked into a cold sweat just now was almost staring at Chen Xiaoliang.
Kewa continued to dribble the ball from the left. This time, Trippier took the initiative to retreat to open the distance to prevent being passed. Longstaff leaned over, and at the same time, Almiron also made a gesture of coming to harass him from behind.
Kwa took the initiative to dribble the ball in. As soon as Trippier came over, he passed the ball to Luke Shaw with a through pass to the side.
Before Trippier could turn around and catch up, Luke Shaw took a diagonal to the front right for a while, and then made a cross with his foot.
This time Chen Xiaoliang continued to advance to the far post without the ball.
Caicedo, Taggart, and left center back Bottman surrounded Chen Xiaoliang in front, back and left.
Luke Shaw's cross finds the middle, Schal and Guimaraes, who is back on defense, take off and compete with Sesco for the top.
Cesco adjusted the angle, pushed the ball back to the top of the arc, followed by B Fei and raised his foot to shoot. The ball was refracted on Guimaraes' leg and went straight to the left side of the goal. Nick Pope reacted quickly , fell to the ground and scooped it up, and finally the ball rolled out of the bottom line amidst the exclamation of the fans in the stands, rubbing against the left post.
Zhan Jun: "In the face of Newcastle's keeping the fewest goals conceded in the league and being proud of the dense defense in the middle, Manchester United seems to have quickly found a way to deal with Xiaoliang's single-handed combat! Two hits The goal missed the goal a little bit."
Zhang Lu: "I can only say that Manchester United's offense is now mature."
"Although the paths initiated by these balls have nothing to do with Xiao Liang, the team is still revolving around him."
"Any head coach will encounter a problem now, how many people will defend Xiao Liang?"
"One person is obviously not enough, because Xiao Liang likes to catch the ball in the midfield, facing a wide space, with his advancing ability and explosive power, no one can keep up with him."
"What about the two? Arsenal and Liverpool have tried it, but it didn't work well in midfield, because it was difficult to operate, because tactics are dead, people are alive, from defense to offense, Xiao Liang's running position It is erratic, and it is difficult for the corresponding defensive players to run over to double-team the first time."
"Manchester City is cutting off the ball route. Is there any effect? Yes, but at present, this effect is decreasing. This is why Guardiola is willing to give up Gundogan and buy young midfielders. To cut off, you must Movement, an older midfielder can't keep that kind of movement throughout the game."
"And Eddie Howe is another way, which is to let go of the midfielder and only defend the front of the penalty area. I don't press forward. As long as you come over, I will double-team immediately. Wherever you run, I will surround you. "
"From a personal point of view, at present, it is obviously limiting the number of times Xiaoliang catches the ball. Today I remember whether it was two or three times. Basically, Xiaoliang didn't get the ball very much in the offensive third zone."
"But did you defend it? No, in the attack just now, he attracted three people's defense on the right, which meant that there were three less defensive forces in other areas, which made B Fei take two penalty kicks in the middle. At that time, there was not even a defensive player in the front."
"Eddie Howe is obviously betting. Others are Tian Ji's horse racing. He is a head-to-head straight ball matchup. The best horses directly face the best horses. Use two or more of the best defenders to defend against Xiao Liang, and then let the other players compete with each other. Manchester United's players will fight, after all, the defenders can all retreat, but the offensive team can't all press forward, taking advantage of the number of defenders, three people defend Xiaoliang, and the remaining seven defend the other five of Manchester United."
"This set of things is not new. Newcastle drew with Manchester City twice at home and away this season. It is to use the advantage of numbers in the penalty area to limit Harland. At the same time, the young midfielders cut Manchester City's midfield. A bit like how Mourinho played against Barcelona at Real Madrid, but Eddie Howe played more directly."
"So in this game, Newcastle followed suit. I think the overall strength and thickness of the lineups of the two teams will determine the outcome."
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Thanks to the executive director of the club [Book Sea Glutton] for the 2 monthly tickets!
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(End of this chapter)
0 to 1, the total score was 0 to 3. In the Stadio Olimpico, most of the Roma fans knew that there was no suspense in this game.
But this kind of thing is not unexpected, they have long been mentally prepared, after all, they are facing Chen Xiaoliang, who is in the limelight today, and his undefeated Manchester United.
In the second half, Ten Hag replaced Kwa, B Fee and Luke Shaw, and replaced Ganacho, McTominay and Luke Thomas.
In the 65th minute, Luke Shaw took a free kick from the left and directly slammed into the penalty area. Cesko shook his head and was blocked by Spinazzola, who was blocked at the back post, with his chest. Top, but was pushed out first by Tuanzebe.
The ball fell to the feet of Dalot on the right, and Dalot made another pass, Manchester United formed a siege, Patricio fought hard to hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists, the ball hit McTominay halfway, refracting After that, he drifted impartially to Chen Xiaoliang outside the restricted area.
This time, Chen Xiaoliang did not choose to swing his leg for a burst shot. Instead, he used the instep of his right foot to take a curved ball. The ball bypassed Patricio who left the small penalty area and spun into the net.
After scoring the goal, Chen Xiaoliang did not celebrate, but just high-fived the teammates who ran over.
Except for a small number of Manchester United fans who came to the away game with the team, the rest of the Roma fans used applause to express their congratulations and blessings to the former captain.
In the 80th minute, Ten Hag replaced Chen Xiaoliang with Milinkovic.
However, seeing Milinkovic, who has played for Lazio for 8 and a half years, play, there were boos immediately in the stadium.
The Roma fans did not wait overnight. Roque, who gave them new hope, took advantage of the relaxation of Manchester United's defense and scored a very beautiful goal in the 88th minute.
After receiving the ball in the left rib area outside the penalty area, he suddenly sped up and slanted forward to the right. After throwing away Milinkovic and McTominay, he rushed all the way to the right side of the penalty area.
Lindelof followed up and defended all the way, but Roque, who had obviously picked up his speed, suddenly kicked and pushed a far corner on the left on the right side of the penalty area.
Joe Hart fell to the ground forward to save, but this ground ball was not slow. Prevent an own goal without laying a foot.
As a result, the ball passed between Lindelof, Joe Hart and Varane, hit the inside of the left post and bounced into the goal line.
Chen Xiaoliang, who was sitting on the sidelines to hydrate and watch the game, was also surprised by the goal. This was the first time Roque scored in front of him.
Although this goal kicked away his breakthrough points, but scoring such a beautiful goal in such a crucial battle, coupled with his good performance in Serie A, Roque's worth will definitely increase after the end of the season. After one or two seasons, he can discuss with Riise whether to transfer him to Manchester United.
For a team like Roma, the 18-year-old Roque is the best investment product. He wants to buy such a player at a low price while meeting the investment in signings, healthy club revenue and compliance with UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act. It is the most realistic choice to take the path of Dortmund and Benfica.
In the end, the game ended, the audience was 1 to 2, and the total score was 1 to 4. Manchester United successfully advanced and entered the top 8 of this season's Champions League.
The Manchester United team returned to Manchester non-stop. After the Champions League and the FA Cup reignited, they will once again face a week of double matches. The next league game will challenge Newcastle United away.
本场全场最佳给了4次拦截4次抢断3次争顶成功、传球73次成功69次的廷贝尔，陈小亮1球1助获得7点技能值（72→79）。
On the second night back in Manchester, the remaining 16 games of the Champions League round of 4 were also decided. The results of the final 8 games are as follows:
Manchester United 4-1 Roma;
Manchester City 4 to 1 Real Madrid, Haaland scored a goal in each of the 2 games, this goal also let Nagelsmann get out of class completely, Florentino recruited Zidane to serve as the team's head coach for the third time;
Paris 4-0 Leipzig, Mbappe scored 3 goals and currently leads the Champions League scorer list with 10 goals;
Bayern Munich 3 to 4 Barcelona, Messi sent 1 goal and 3 assists in two rounds, he is the soul of the competition;
Arsenal 3-1 Real Sociedad;
Newcastle 1-0 Inter Milan;
Benfica 2 to 2 Juventus, eliminated the latter with a penalty kick;
Naples 1 to 1 Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid also advanced with a penalty kick.
On the third night, that is, the night of March 3, the Manchester United team watched the draw ceremony of the Champions League quarter-finals and the half-area in the Newcastle resident hotel.
The draw guests this time were England star Joe Cole, representing the organizer, and Totti, representing the defending champion.
Joe Cole's first draw made the audience excited, and he drew Paris Saint-Germain!
Facing Mbappe, who is in hot form, and Mourinho, who took the triple crown glory and took office, Paris is second only to Manchester City and Manchester United in the Champions League odds list.
Just when everyone wanted to see which team they would meet, Totti took out the note in the ball, which made many people smile in a different way.
Atletico Madrid!
This is clearly a bus meeting another bus!
The two head coaches who are the most particular about iron will, the best at defensive counterattacks, and the least caring about possession of the ball met together.
The first set of matches whetted everyone's appetite, and UEFA is getting more and more active.
Next Joe Cole drew Manchester City.
This is a name that all teams are afraid to avoid.
However, if someone laughs, someone must cry. The opponents who will face each other at the start of the quarter-finals will not have any rules of avoidance. Totti twirled and twirled in the transparent glass basin and found a small ball.
Opening the note, the host hadn't shouted, but the team's representatives applauded.
"Arsenal, from England!"
Unexpectedly, three years have passed since Barcelona and five years have passed with Bayern. This year, they were drawn together with Barcelona again in the group stage. They managed to overwhelm Barcelona for the first place. The top 16 just met the big-bodied Real Sociedad, and the top 8 met the strongest Manchester City…
Many UP owners in the sports area who made videos overnight and prepared to upload them have already added the soundtrack of "One Cut Plum" to Arsenal's draw.
However, in the two rounds of the League Cup, Arsenal drew with Manchester City at home and away, eliminated Guardiola's team with a penalty kick at the end, and led Manchester United in the final until it collapsed in stoppage time. The winning streak has made many commentators believe that this game is by no means a one-sided game as generally believed by the outside world.
The discussion of the second group match is not over yet, and the third group match will make waves again. Joe Cole first draws Benfica. The team that is relatively the weakest in the strong.
In the barrage, many fans are already saying that Manchester United will be drawn in all likelihood, because UEFA will recommend Manchester United and so on, but Totti has found another team with a "card"-Newcastle United.
The third set of duels, Benfica vs. Newcastle.
However, after the host finished broadcasting, there were whispers in the lottery hall.
Because the last two remaining teams have been lined up together!
Manchester United first guest and then host, facing Barcelona!
The camera was shown on Laporta, and his face was very ugly!
In the summer, he originally wanted to use Messi to make a wave of hype, help the club cheat some sponsorship, and then continue to do what he should do.
But I didn't expect the rise of Chen Xiaoliang and Harland, the explosion of the ratings in the Champions League final, and the end of Messi's contract in Paris, which put the club under unprecedented pressure.
The fans and core members of the club agreed that if Barcelona did not sign Messi back, there would be no possibility of confronting the Manchester City duo who were even more powerful. In the end, under Messi's initiative to cut salary, Laporta had no choice but to sign back the legend. , Of course, he has always shown a positive and urgent side to the outside world.
However, it was later revealed by the American media that this deal was actually Messi first signed with the Miami International of the American Major League, and then returned to Barcelona on loan. Laporta was only willing to pay Messi one-third of the deal. salary.
In exchange, Messi's club portrait rights and team advertising revenue will all belong to Miami International, and this loan is limited to this season.
Fans of Barcelona and Messi ran to the location of the club to pull banners, put up slogans outside Camp Nou, and left crazy messages in the comment area of the club's social media, cursing Laporta's disrespect for treating Messi like this The club's tradition and Messi's contribution to Barcelona.
In the end, Laporta could only play another bitter scene, saying that it was Messi who understood the difficulties of the club and asked to do so on his own initiative to save expenses and tide over the difficulties for the club.
And Messi himself chose to keep silent about it.
But no matter what, the confrontation between the old and new football leaders at this moment will be staged in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
After the group confrontation is finished, the next half area will be drawn.
Joe Cole first drew the fourth group, that is, Manchester United vs. Barcelona, which means that Manchester United entered the upper half, and the next group drawn by Totti will be their opponents in the semi-finals.
"Group 2! Oh, it's embarrassing!"
The winner of Manchester United vs Barcelona will face the winner of Manchester City vs Arsenal first as host and away!
This is simply half of hell!
The announcement of the first half means that the suspense in the second half only stays in which group will play home first in the semifinals.
The final result is that the winner of Paris vs. Atletico Madrid will face the winner of Benfica vs. Newcastle first.
In their respective rooms, the Manchester United players were in different moods when they saw the result of the draw.
Like Kwa, he has already started to lie on the bed, and began to study the videos of Barcelona's right players such as Araujo, Conde, Casey and others.
And Sesco was extremely excited, thinking of going to Camp Nou, he couldn't stop his excitement.
But old players like Casemiro and B Fei obviously feel that the club's signing luck is not very good. At the end of the season, they have to deal with the undefeated Manchester City in the league and face such a strong enemy in the cup. Not a good result.
But in any case, the opponent has already decided, and the game can only be played one game at a time.
Another day, at 12 noon, the Manchester United team came to St. James' Park.
As the giants with the highest ratings, they are used to playing league games at noon on weekends.
At 13 o'clock, the starting list will be announced.
Manchester United:
Goalkeeper Livakovic;
Four defenders Wan Bissaka, Maguire, Lima, Luke Shaw, as a reward for the League Cup, Maguire returned to the starting lineup again;
Double defensive midfielders Timber and Casemiro, Timber's excellent performance in the defensive midfielder position in the last game, let Ten Hag give him the opportunity to start consecutive games;
Front waist B fee;
Left winger Kwa, center Rashford, right winger captain Chen Xiaoliang.
After two months, Chen Xiaoliang returned to the wing position.
Newcastle:
goalkeeper nick pope
Back four captains Trippier, Schar, Portman, Taggart;
Three defensive midfielders Caicedo, Sean Longstaff, Guimaraes;
Attacking midfielder Almiron, left forward Saint-Maximin, right forward Rafinha.
Unlike the 4-3-3 in a game, Eddie Howe, who was at home, set up a 4-3-1-2 formation, replacing Willock who can run with Longstaff who is good at position selection and defense. At the same time, Caicedo and Guimaraes, who have a large coverage area, are deployed on both sides to form a three-back midfielder to face Chen Xiaoliang.
At the same time, it also allows Almiron, who is not good at defense, to participate less in defense and more in series organization in the frontcourt.
In the frontcourt, there are two players with the strongest individual blasting ability. In the first half of last season, Saint-Maximin, the extraordinary king of the five major leagues, and Rafinha, who advanced extremely fast.
Newcastle's lineup is obviously well-prepared, ready to rely on frontcourt mobile fast troops for single-point assaults without losing the ball.
It's just that Eddie Howe has a policy, and Ten Hag also has countermeasures. He guessed that Newcastle would focus on defending Chen Xiaoliang in the middle, so he was put on the side in this game.
At the first moment of the game, Newcastle's formation changed. Seeing Chen Xiaoliang playing on the wing today, Eddie Howe moved Caicedo to the left, Guimaraes to the center, and Longstaff to the center. He is usually on the right midfielder position.
But the actual position is that Longstaff is in the middle area on the right, and Guimaraes and Caicedo are both double-teaming Chen Xiaoliang on the left.
Coupled with Saint-Maximin, who is constantly retreating and harassing, and whose physical fitness is exploding like an animal, it makes it difficult for Manchester United, who organized in the frontcourt after the opening, to send the ball to a threatening position on the right. less than the ball.
And it is impossible to break the opponent's dense lineup by passing only without breaking through.
After playing for 5 minutes, Chen Xiaoliang felt that the offense was obviously jerky. When Livakovic kicked off the ball, he stretched out his left finger and pointed to the left, pointing at Kwa.
Livakovic understood the meaning and passed the ball to Lima, Lima gave it forward to Casemiro, Luke Shaw on the left pressed on, and Manchester United began to make a fuss around Kwa on the left.
In the 6th minute, Kwa faced the 33-year-old Trippier from the left. The iconic way of rushing to the bottom line first, then attracting the opponent's center of gravity to retreat and then suddenly cutting in, left Trippier on the outside.
Longstaff came to make up the defense, and Kewa didn't wait for him to get close and directly passed the right foot to the back of the pocket.
Zhan Jun: "Kwa... cut inside and then kick!"
"Later click Xiaoliang and hit the door!"
"Wow! Hit the outside of the post and popped the bottom line!"
"The camera immediately came to Eddie Howe, who was dressed in sportswear on the sidelines. He was angrily scolding the two defensive midfielders Guimaraes and Caicedo for missing the most important goal Chen Xiaoliang in off-ball defense!"
Zhang Lu: "I thought Kwa's kick just now was a shot. It turned out that it was passed to Xiao Liang from the outside. The ball really had an idea. Xiao Liang also played beautifully. He directly volleyed and drew a close corner, but it was slightly off. A little outside, otherwise this goal can enter the top ten of the season."
In the 9th minute, Manchester United made a comeback, but this time, the Newcastle left player who was shocked into a cold sweat just now was almost staring at Chen Xiaoliang.
Kewa continued to dribble the ball from the left. This time, Trippier took the initiative to retreat to open the distance to prevent being passed. Longstaff leaned over, and at the same time, Almiron also made a gesture of coming to harass him from behind.
Kwa took the initiative to dribble the ball in. As soon as Trippier came over, he passed the ball to Luke Shaw with a through pass to the side.
Before Trippier could turn around and catch up, Luke Shaw took a diagonal to the front right for a while, and then made a cross with his foot.
This time Chen Xiaoliang continued to advance to the far post without the ball.
Caicedo, Taggart, and left center back Bottman surrounded Chen Xiaoliang in front, back and left.
Luke Shaw's cross finds the middle, Schal and Guimaraes, who is back on defense, take off and compete with Sesco for the top.
Cesco adjusted the angle, pushed the ball back to the top of the arc, followed by B Fei and raised his foot to shoot. The ball was refracted on Guimaraes' leg and went straight to the left side of the goal. Nick Pope reacted quickly , fell to the ground and scooped it up, and finally the ball rolled out of the bottom line amidst the exclamation of the fans in the stands, rubbing against the left post.
Zhan Jun: "In the face of Newcastle's keeping the fewest goals conceded in the league and being proud of the dense defense in the middle, Manchester United seems to have quickly found a way to deal with Xiaoliang's single-handed combat! Two hits The goal missed the goal a little bit."
Zhang Lu: "I can only say that Manchester United's offense is now mature."
"Although the paths initiated by these balls have nothing to do with Xiao Liang, the team is still revolving around him."
"Any head coach will encounter a problem now, how many people will defend Xiao Liang?"
"One person is obviously not enough, because Xiao Liang likes to catch the ball in the midfield, facing a wide space, with his advancing ability and explosive power, no one can keep up with him."
"What about the two? Arsenal and Liverpool have tried it, but it didn't work well in midfield, because it was difficult to operate, because tactics are dead, people are alive, from defense to offense, Xiao Liang's running position It is erratic, and it is difficult for the corresponding defensive players to run over to double-team the first time."
"Manchester City is cutting off the ball route. Is there any effect? Yes, but at present, this effect is decreasing. This is why Guardiola is willing to give up Gundogan and buy young midfielders. To cut off, you must Movement, an older midfielder can't keep that kind of movement throughout the game."
"And Eddie Howe is another way, which is to let go of the midfielder and only defend the front of the penalty area. I don't press forward. As long as you come over, I will double-team immediately. Wherever you run, I will surround you. "
"From a personal point of view, at present, it is obviously limiting the number of times Xiaoliang catches the ball. Today I remember whether it was two or three times. Basically, Xiaoliang didn't get the ball very much in the offensive third zone."
"But did you defend it? No, in the attack just now, he attracted three people's defense on the right, which meant that there were three less defensive forces in other areas, which made B Fei take two penalty kicks in the middle. At that time, there was not even a defensive player in the front."
"Eddie Howe is obviously betting. Others are Tian Ji's horse racing. He is a head-to-head straight ball matchup. The best horses directly face the best horses. Use two or more of the best defenders to defend against Xiao Liang, and then let the other players compete with each other. Manchester United's players will fight, after all, the defenders can all retreat, but the offensive team can't all press forward, taking advantage of the number of defenders, three people defend Xiaoliang, and the remaining seven defend the other five of Manchester United."
"This set of things is not new. Newcastle drew with Manchester City twice at home and away this season. It is to use the advantage of numbers in the penalty area to limit Harland. At the same time, the young midfielders cut Manchester City's midfield. A bit like how Mourinho played against Barcelona at Real Madrid, but Eddie Howe played more directly."
"So in this game, Newcastle followed suit. I think the overall strength and thickness of the lineups of the two teams will determine the outcome."
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