Chapter 443: MSN takes the lead
After the start, both sides played relatively conservatively.
In the UEFA Champions League in the 14-15 season, Manchester City and Barcelona met four times in the group stage and knockout rounds.
Barcelona played cleanly, winning all four games and making Manchester City cry for their father and mother.
This is why Manchester City management urgently needs Guardiola to take over.
Manchester City's performance in the Champions League was too disappointing.
In the 15-16 season, the two sides had no record of meeting in the Champions League.
Judging from past results, Barcelona has an absolute psychological advantage.
In the past two seasons, Manchester City has been crazy about reinforcements, while Barcelona's reinforcements have been stagnant and their combat effectiveness has declined.
Therefore, the two sides were in a testing situation at the beginning, and Barcelona needed to know the specific way Manchester City was playing now.
Barcelona's midfielder has Busquets, Iniesta, and Rakitic. Even if the control is not as good as that of Habaib in his playing years, it is definitely the best in Europe.
In the long league, they may appear weak due to their physical fitness and mental state.
In the Champions League, they don't make mistakes easily.
And once Barcelona's midfielder is allowed to play well, cooperate frequently with the trident in the frontcourt, and play a smooth offense, any team may suffer at Camp Nou.
So at the beginning of the game, Zhao Yi's position was very flexible.
Not only does he mark Rakitic, he also moves closer to the center, putting enough pressure on Busquets.
Kante will of course be responsible for marking Iniesta.
David Silva, Kante, and Zhao Yi have brought a lot of trouble to Barcelona's midfield organization.
Zhao Yi moves quickly and has strong confrontation ability.
When he tries his best to defend, it really puts pressure on Busquets.
"Zhao Yi is a full midfielder in name, but in fact, he and De Bruyne often change positions during the game.
De Bruyne, a midfielder born as a winger, can indeed adapt to this change of position very well.
Barcelona's midfielder has some problems with the ball, Neymar and Messi need to retreat..."
Sure enough, after Neymar and Messi retreated, they took the ball from the wing and used their breakthrough abilities to smoothly bring the ball to the frontcourt.
It brought a lot of trouble to Manchester City's two wingers.
Kyle Walker is fast and strong in confrontation, but he is still a little uncomfortable with a player like Neymar who has outstanding skills and a very good rhythm.
If you can barely keep up with Neymar, that's fine.
On the scene, Manchester City was somewhat passive after the opening.
After Messi and Neymar drop back to get the ball, they are often able to drive the ball into the final third.
In the tenth minute of the game, Barcelona's first threatening attack appeared.
Neymar held the ball on the wing and pulled the ball very wonderfully, taking Kyle Walker's center of gravity away.
Kill hard to the inside.
"Neymar! Look at this attack!"
After Neymar passed Kyle Walker, Kanter made up the position in time, preventing Neymar from continuing to walk into the penalty area.
But Neymar's creativity and passing ability are outstanding.
He quickly distributed the ball to Suarez in the middle, then immediately jumped in and took away the defender.
Manchester City's defense thought that Suarez, facing Neymar, would pass to Neymar or Iniesta.
As a result, Suarez stamped the ball behind him.
This is the power of the Barcelona Trident. Not only are their individual strengths outstanding, but their cooperation is also extremely tacit.
Messi, who was at the back, received the ball and instantly entered the penalty area.
Manchester City's defense became unsettled.
Messi's center of gravity is low enough and the rhythm changes are stronger.
His dribbling ability and shooting ability are absolutely world-class.
Messi is dazzling as he moves around in the penalty area.
The Manchester City players did not dare to take action easily, so they could only quickly circle around and destroy the ball at the right time.
Messi cut all the way from the wing into the middle.
Suarez had already vacated his position and quickly ran to the right.
Not only does it give Messi enough space, it also takes away Manchester City defensive players.
If the Manchester City defenders don't immediately follow up with Messi's scalpel pass, it will create an opportunity for Suarez to hit the goal.
Sure enough, Stones was just a step slower, and Messi's ankle flicked.
The ball passed through Manchester City's last line of defense and reached Suarez.
As soon as this gap appeared, many fans in Camp Nou stood up.
They have seen MSN's cooperation many times, but they will never get tired of it.
They felt they had seen the celebration after Suarez's goal kick.
As a top striker, Suarez will certainly not miss this opportunity.
Before the ball arrived, Suarez had already adjusted.
So the moment the ball arrived, Suarez had already kicked it up.
Stones reacted quickly and took a shot in time to block the far corner.
Suarez fired a shot, but it still reached an angle.
Ederson, who was very focused, jumped out horizontally!
His goal-line skills are still better than Bravo's.
Try to block the football with both hands!
boom!
Suarez's shot from a small angle was saved by Ederson.
The power of football is too great for Ederson to confiscate it directly.
This time, it bounced to the left side of Barcelona's attack.
The Manchester City defense was still in chaos. Neymar, who was following, got ahead of Kyle Walker and stepped out!
Ederson, who fell to the ground, just got up and made a second save again.
But it was too late.
too close.
Neymar reacted too quickly.
A follow-up shot and the football hit the net.
The ball went in!
The perfect cooperation of Barcelona's trident, Neymar distributes the ball, Suarez makes the ball, and Messi breaks into the penalty area and distributes the ball again.
Suarez took advantage of his flexible movement. After the explosive shot, Neymar scored with a supplementary shot!
Manchester City's defense was indeed in a state of disarray in just ten seconds.
Camp Nou erupted into a roar.
It's like the ancient monster Godzilla has awakened.
Neymar bursts off the pitch and runs with his arms outstretched.
Barcelona fans responded fiercely to the Nou Camp prince.
Since coming to Barcelona, many fans have regarded Neymar as Messi's successor.
With the help of Messi, Neymar has grown rapidly and has become the third man in football after Melo.
In Barcelona, Neymar's popularity is second only to Messi.
Messi and Suarez ran over together, Neymar turned around, and the three hugged each other.
Let’s celebrate this wonderful moment together.
The trident embraces each other. This beautiful and moving moment is one of the most classic images in football.
He thought he would become the king of Camp Nou in a year or two.
Unfortunately, it backfired. Barcelona fans loved him, but he could never be compared to Messi.
As long as Messi is here, the King of Camp Nou will always belong to Messi.
Of course, Barcelona fans also overestimated their influence. They thought that as long as they supported him, Messi could stay at Camp Nou forever, and the two sides would create a good story.
Barcelona fans have always ridiculed Real Madrid's top management as cold-blooded, only business, no human kindness.
Unexpectedly, the boomerang hit his head.
The first player in Barcelona's history shed tears at the press conference and left sadly.
Compared with Ronaldo leaving the Bernabeu, it is even more sad.
In the end, Barcelona lost its crown prince and even the king was driven away.
After Real Madrid fans gloated for a while, they could only sigh.
It’s not interesting, there are no challengers in La Liga.
