Green Dragon

Chapter 443 The Weakest Messi in History
The early morning of April 4 finally arrived, and Long Shute, dressed in sports equipment, appeared early at the Allianz Arena.

Strictly speaking, before the start of the game, the surrounding areas of the stadium will be strictly sealed off. Except for the two adaptation venues that have been applied in advance, everyone will generally be refused to enter and exit at will-especially for the visiting team.

However, this rule has no binding force on Long Shute. The security guards at the Allianz Arena...would it be possible to block the superstars and absolute core of their own team?

"Don't tire yourself out too much, Dragon! I'm waiting to see you slap those Spanish dwarfs tonight!"

The security captain—let's call him that—laughed heartily while watching Long Shute sign his name.

Long Shute also smiled, and then took out a few tickets issued by the club from his pocket:
"Whose family is the son?"

Several security personnel immediately raised their hands:

"My family is a son!"

"I'm a son too!"

"I'm a son too!"

"Hey, is there a feminist protection organization? There is a superstar here who openly discriminates against women. Yes, yes, he is very rampant. He also said that he has more than one billion fans behind him. His attitude is extremely arrogant and he is arrogant. By the way, he My fiancée seems to be a member of your organization..."
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"Crash..."

"pattering..."

Trotting into the stadium, Long Shute met several turf maintenance workers who were watering the grass, among them was the former Stephen Lampard-well, the name was of course made up.

According to the regulations of FIFA, the turf is generally watered before the game to keep the field flat and soft, and reduce the risk of injury to players (sometimes the dry grass blades are as sharp as blades, and a casual slip A shovel may cut the thigh), for the team that advocates ground control, the wet turf will also reduce the resistance of football transmission and make the game rhythm more smooth.

Of course, sometimes, the home team will adopt different strategies of less watering, no watering, or more watering according to their own needs, all in order to hinder the visiting team.

Long Shute ran around the field with the football and had to stop.

He pointed to the large pool of water near the middle circle, into which his sneakers almost sank just now:

"What does that mean? Are you trying to drown me?"

Stephen Lampard grinned:
"You've wronged me, that's what Yup meant."

Long Shute curled his lips and shook his head with some disdain.

This Heynckes is really a conservative old man!
Obviously, I, Long Ritian, are in charge, and still engage in these messy off-the-market tricks!
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"CCTV, CCTV, viewers and friends, welcome to the first leg of the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. I am the commentator Duan Yixuan..."

"This is Sina Sports. The battle between Bayern Munich and Barcelona is imminent. Director Zhang Lu and Zhan Tianjun will bring you a live commentary on this summit match..."

"Tencent Sports brings you..."

"Five-Star Sports..."

"Xinying Sports..."

At 2:45 a.m. domestic time, various TV stations and online platforms ushered in the moment when the ratings rose sharply.

But in the Allianz Arena, Long Shute was observing his opponent in this match.

Lionel Messi.

The top star of Barcelona is standing by his side at the moment.

A gleam of surprise flashed in Long Shute's eyes.

Although the system on him has limited functions, at least there will be no such huge mistakes when reviewing players!

Today's Messi... the overall score is only 78!

In Barcelona, ​​with such a score, don't say it ranks first, it doesn't even make it into the top ten!

What happened to the Argentine champion? !
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The system quickly gave an answer.

Just 20 days earlier, Messi had strained his left leg during Barcelona's first-leg tie against Paris Saint-Germain.

Muscle strain is not a particularly serious injury. Some players with excellent physique and minor injuries can continue to return to the field alive and well after only two or three days of rest. For slightly serious players, two or three weeks are enough to recover.

But Messi did not get a good rest, because Barcelona's situation did not allow him to rest in the ward-with the injury not healed, he came off the bench with an injury in the second round a week later and planned a perfect match. Kill, Barcelona also relied on this lore to advance in a thrilling manner.

At that time, the media and fans all worshiped Messi. His injury-injured game won a lot of applause, almost as great as Long Shute, who "sent into the soul" in the Champions League final last season.

Gary Neville, the legendary Manchester United captain who has just retired and turned into a football commentator, even wrote a 5000-word commentary in his column titled:
"The worst Barcelona meets the greatest Messi!"
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(This paragraph is not included in the fee)

"Everyone is always talking about superstars. I used to think that superstars must have a sustained and stable high-level performance in important games, and can play a superstar role at critical moments to help the team win the World Cup, the Champions League or the league. champion.

Let's just talk about our Premier League, look at how Van Persie dominated the game in the first half of the league, scored the winning goal repeatedly, and made great contributions to Manchester United's current lead of 12 points; think back to last season at about the same time, Yaya Toure He also led Manchester City out of the quagmire with his own strength, and finally succeeded in winning the championship.

But Wednesday's Champions League night redefined what it means to be a superstar for me.I seem to have said that the so-called sign of a superstar is that when he walks into a room, everyone's eyes naturally focus on him.

But I've never seen or experienced anything like what happened at Camp Nou on Wednesday night: a player with this level of impact.

Wednesday night's Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain was perhaps Barcelona's worst performance in the past four years.The drowsy Barcelona Legion also transmitted the sleep factor to the audience, and it seemed that the entire stadium lacked the feeling of a big game.In fact, I predicted at half-time that PSG would score and Barcelona would be worse off and then lose by two or three goals.

And then this little guy at 5-foot-6 comes on, even though he's still injured, even though he can't run at full speed yet.But if you listen to the cheers in the stadium and look at the boiling crowd, you can feel that the atmosphere of the whole stadium is lifted.The fans found their confidence back; Barca's players were starting to create momentum, and Paris Saint-Germain's players were likely overwhelmed by Messi's aura.

This change is not due to a gap in tactical or technical ability, nor can it even be attributed to some specific and visible physical reason.It's more like some sort of spiritual change.Only when you experience what happened at Camp Nou on Wednesday night can you appreciate the heights Messi has reached and the impact he has had.

In the first half, Messi sat on the bench due to injury, but he appeared on the right end of the entire bench, as if he was the coach who commanded the team.In the second half, when Paris scored in the 50th minute, I saw that the coach did not give any instructions to Messi. He stood up and started warming up, and then did not go into battle until the 62nd minute.

His influence at the club looks so great.He walked onto the court slowly, not running up like a normal bench player.In fact, every step he took was a torment.He was offside twice shortly after he came on because he couldn't drop back in time - apparently, he couldn't even run faster.

Even an injured Messi, even if he is just standing on the field, he can take Barcelona to another level.I've never seen anything like this before!

How special is this scene!What I'm saying is that a player who can ignite a stadium and reverse the course of a game by simply stepping on the court is redefining what it means to be great.And that's exactly what Messi has accomplished.

It's not that I didn't realize just how good Messi is, having watched him beat Manchester United in two Champions League finals with brilliant performances.However, I haven't seen Barcelona without Messi for a long time.In fact, this is the first time since April 2008 that Messi has not started a Champions League knockout game.

Before this game, I once said that Barcelona without Messi is likely to have only 7 successes left.

But after the game, I have to revise my statement: Barcelona without Messi has only 4 successes left.The lack of this superstar has too great a mental impact on Barcelona.

And if Messi appears on the field, then Barcelona will be sublimated from a good team to the best team in history. "
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Praise from opponents is often more objective, not to mention a superstar like Gary Neville, not to mention that he is also the legendary captain of the Premier League Red Devils.

Some people always criticize Messi as a "system player". All his achievements have benefited from the strong group of Barcelona. He even used "did not leave Barcelona to prove himself in other teams or leagues" and "broke his leg every minute in the Premier League" as reasons. attack him.

But...Barcelona is such a powerful Spanish team, why is their number one superstar an Argentine?
In all fairness, without Long Shute, Messi would have been the most powerful player between 2009 and 2012. His talent is even better, or to put it another way, his playing style is more in line with most fans' impression of "genius" After all, his most powerful competitor, Ronaldo, has undergone a significant transformation during this period, and even in the period when Ronaldo just debuted, with the most fancy dribbling and the sharpest breakthrough, it is difficult for him to be like May. The West also brings extremely strong visual impact and psychological shock to people.

But now... this talented player has aggravated his injuries due to his hasty appearance. In the data displayed by the system, Messi's acceleration and sprint dropped to 15, and his other physical and mental conditions were also in a mess. The data even turned into poor single digits!
Such a Messi... Even if he defeated him, what's the point? !
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At that moment, Long Shute even had the idea of ​​using the "Dragon Sacred Light".

He wants to defeat the most peak opponent, not a sick guy who can't even move his legs and will fall down at the touch of a touch!
But the system told him clearly: Messi is not friendly enough to you, and... also needs four hours of alone time, so he is not eligible for use.

He could only take a deep look at this opponent, and then walked out of the player tunnel with his teammates.
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Lionel Messi is in very bad shape indeed.

In the second round with Paris Saint-Germain before, it was indeed he who asked to come off the bench on his own initiative, and the head coach Vilanova only half-pushed and half-accepted his request.

He knew his left leg was aggravated by it, and it still hasn't healed, but he had to play in this game.

As Gary Neville said in the article, the existence of Messi is of great significance to Barcelona today.

Especially now that Puyol, Mascherano, Abidal, and Adriano can't play, if he doesn't come forward, this Barcelona team has no hope of defeating their opponents!

Today's Bayern... but all players are playing!
Although Messi couldn't see the system data, he also knew that with his current physical condition, he would never be able to defeat Long Shute. Under the fierce pressure of the opponent, he who couldn't even finish the sprint was bound to be at a disadvantage.

But he had no choice.

He can only believe in one thing:
I may lose to Long Shute, but Barcelona must beat Bayern Munich!
(End of this chapter)