i want to be king

Chapter 1005 Superstar Messi
Mourinho really gave it a go!

His determination can be seen from the starting lineup list he submitted before the game.

The goalkeeper is Valdez, the defense is Adriano, Pique, Mascherano and Alves, the midfielder is Yaya Toure, the front is Iniesta and Xavi, and the front trident is Pedro, Cesc Fabregas and Messi.

Mourinho changed, but stuck to his choice, placing Yaya Toure as a deep midfielder, keeping Cesc Fabregas up front and Messi back on the right.

Having said that, Mourinho made such a lineup, making it clear that he wanted to fight Manchester City away.

He wants to score first at Manchester City's home ground!

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Manchester City also played with the full main lineup, and compared to Barcelona's deadly defeat to Real Madrid last weekend, Manchester City can be said to be recharging their energy and waiting for work. Whether it is the schedule or the progress of the game, they have an obvious advantage.

Goalkeeper Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva, Toni Cross is forward, and the front trident is a combination of Di Maria, Su Dong and Sanchez.

Guardiola does not guess the opponent's tactics, but continues to adhere to the tactical concept based on me.

For the idea that Mourinho is likely to give it a go, Manchester City is also prepared, but the preparation is the preparation. It is impossible for Guardiola to change himself in order to deal with Mourinho's tactics, so Manchester City still insists on their own.

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It can be said that both sides of the confrontation have their own persistence and have made some appropriate compromises.

The whole world is full of anticipation for this game, even the Catalan media, which claims to have fallen into despair in the first round, dispatched an unprecedented team of reporters to Manchester.

There were a large number of Barcelona fans who followed the team to the Etihad Stadium. After mediation, Manchester City gave [-] away team fans tickets, but the supply was still in short supply. As a result, many Barcelona fans were still waiting outside the Etihad Stadium for tickets from the scalpers before the game started.

The highest scalper ticket price is said to have reached [-] pounds, and it is still hard to find a ticket, which shows how much attention this game has received.

The fans who were fortunate enough to enter the Etihad Stadium were also trying their best to cheer for the team they supported. The game had not yet started, but the atmosphere in the stadium was already quite enthusiastic, especially the Manchester City fans of the home team, cheering for their team frantically, trying to completely suppress the visiting team in terms of momentum.

Barcelona fans are at an absolute disadvantage in number, but they are not inferior in momentum.

The fans of the two teams were fighting each other long before the game started, which made the atmosphere in the stadium extremely intense. When the players of the two teams walked into the stadium under the leadership of the referee, everyone's emotions were already aroused before the game started.

Everyone believed that this was an extremely hot game from the whistle.

And the facts have proved that it is true.

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Following a whistle from German referee Felix Brück, Cesc Fabregas, who was standing in the center circle, immediately kicked the ball to Messi, who kicked it back into midfield.

As soon as Xavi stopped the ball, Manchester City's players had already pressed up, forcing him to pass back to the defense again.

This looks like a pretty routine start.

City were proactive at home, Barcelona were patiently trying to keep the ball away.

But gradually, everyone realized that the trend of the game did not follow the script.

After losing the ball in the frontcourt for the first time, Barcelona immediately launched a counter-attack, and launched a fierce press towards Manchester City's midfield at the first time, especially the trident headed by Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Pedro.

Just after 3 minutes of the game, Iniesta on the left of Barcelona got the ball and suddenly moved his big foot to the right.

After Messi received the ball on the right side of the front of the penalty area, although Marcelo and Busquets went up immediately, Messi still pulled the ball horizontally very skillfully, dribbling the ball along the line of the penalty area to the middle, and after continuously accelerating past Marcelo and Busquets, he kicked a curve ball with his left foot.

The trajectory of the ball was very strange. Courtois tried his best to pounce sideways, but the angle was too tricky. The Belgian goalkeeper failed to save the ball in time. The ball was directly installed in the side net and fell into Manchester City's goal.

One to zero!

In an instant, the entire Etihad Stadium fell into a brief deathly silence.

The Barcelona fans shouted and cheered frantically, and everyone was shouting Messi's name.

What is a superstar?
Messi is!

When Barcelona was in trouble, when everyone felt desperate, Messi used a wonderful individual performance, with a weird curve ball, straight to the dead corner of the goal, and equalized the score for Barcelona.

The second round was [-]-[-], and the total score was [-]-[-]. The two sides returned to the same starting line!
After the goal, Messi was so excited that he rushed to the sidelines to celebrate frantically, and all the Barcelona players also followed suit. Everyone felt extremely excited and excited.

In front of the coaching bench of the visiting team, Mourinho even exaggeratedly rushed out of the coach's command area, ignoring the dissuasion of the fourth official, and rushed to the sidelines, screaming at the live broadcast camera and venting.

"The pressure on Mourinho during this period of time is too great."

"First he lost to Manchester City at home, then lost to Real Madrid, and suffered two consecutive defeats at Camp Nou, which is very rare. More importantly, Mourinho even felt an unprecedented coaching crisis. Even the Barcelona management began not to stand on his side, which made him feel desperate."

"And now, Barcelona successfully reversed the situation with a goal 3 minutes after the opening, and at the same time told everyone that Barcelona is still Barcelona, ​​and Mourinho is still Mourinho!"

"Anyone who underestimates Barcelona and Mourinho will eventually pay the worst price."

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Guardiola pulled a face full of dignity.

Su Dong reminded him several times before the game that Mourinho is a very gambler, and he is likely to gamble a lot in this game. He also agreed with Su Dong at the time, but he was still a bit too "willful" when arranging tactics.

As a result, reality mercilessly dealt him a painful blow.

Messi's goal not only led Barcelona out of the quagmire, but also dragged Manchester City into trouble.

Knockout is like this, a goal, may be the dividing line between heaven and hell.

Manchester City originally attached the most importance to a [-]-[-] victory in the away game, but now, Messi's goal has made Manchester City completely lose this advantage. Not only is it a one-to-one handshake, but it also tied the away goal.

Barcelona also relied on this goal to completely come back to life.

How are you going to play the next game?
Guardiola didn't know much about it.

Conceding a goal in the opening 3 minutes is a very big blow to any team.

Especially the opening tactics.

Guardiola can only hope that the players on the field can hold their ground and avoid chaos.

It is best to be able to score goals.

At this time, if you can score a goal as soon as possible, you can stabilize the morale of the army.

But how easy is it?
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Su Dong's idea is the same as Guardiola's.

It is indeed not easy to score Barcelona's goals, but he is still patiently looking for opportunities.

After the re-kick-off, Barcelona, ​​which had tasted the sweetness, continued to put pressure on Manchester City, especially against Manchester City's midfield.

Obviously, they wanted one more goal.

As long as Barcelona scores another goal, Manchester City's situation will really be completely trapped.

Su Dong understood this, so he kept standing in front of Barcelona's defense, forcing Mascherano and Pique not to press too high. At the same time, he also used his running position to tell his teammates that he was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Manchester City's players also understood this, and passed to Su Dong whenever they had the opportunity, but they failed to make a threat for two consecutive plannings.

Until the 7th minute, Manchester City counterattacked on the spot after stealing the ball in the frontcourt.

Barcelona, ​​as always, actively countered and pressed in the frontcourt, trying to keep Manchester City's ball in the frontcourt.

Marcelo quickly advanced from the left. After receiving the ball, he strode the ball across the center line. Outside the 30-meter area, he glanced at the front and found that Barcelona's defense line was still relatively forward, and Su Dong was already ready to go.

The Brazilian left back made a decisive decision without the slightest hesitation. He kicked the ball behind him with his left foot and sent the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area.

Su Dong has been paying attention to Marcelo's movements all the time. After seeing his gesture, he advances decisively without hesitation, reverses offside at the fastest speed, and goes straight to the left side of Barcelona's penalty area.

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdez reacted the fastest. After seeing Su Dong's anti-offside, he decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.

Mascherano and Pique were left behind by Sudong, and the ball landed outside the small penalty area. Sudong and Valdez both sprinted towards the ball at the same time.

Valdés tried to hit with his hands, but Su Dong was also very fast. At the same time, he rushed to the landing point of the ball, took the first step, and lightly touched the falling ball.

The ball hit Su Dong's foot first, and after being padded, it bounced back.

Valdés tried to hit the ball, but found that the ball was padded by Su Dong. The action that was intended to win was missed. After being padded by Su Dong, the ball slowly passed over his head and fell towards the goal behind him.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, and many people didn't even pay attention to what happened. They just saw that Su Dong went forward against offside, and Valdes abandoned the goal to attack.

But the ball went over Valdez's head and fell to the unguarded goal behind him.

Although Pique chased back desperately, when he rushed to the small penalty area, Su Dong's shot had slowly fallen into Barcelona's goal line.

The whistle of the referee Bruck's effective goal also suddenly sounded.

In an instant, the Etihad Stadium was boiling!
(End of this chapter)