The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 627

In fact, before the first round, the English media did not look down on QPR very much.

Except for a few newspapers in Spain, such as World Sports and Every Body, which clamored that Barcelona could kill QPR in the away game, most neutral media believed that QPR, which currently ranks second in the Premier League points, would not be too embarrassed at home.

Facts have also proved the professionalism of these media.

QPR is not only not embarrassed, but also won the game at home - although the process is not smooth, but the result is not bad.

However, after the first round, most of the media were pessimistic about QPR's promotion prospects.

Barcelona have two away goals in their hands, which is too fatal.

Back at home, Barcelona only needs to win a 1:0 or 2:1 to advance.

QPR want an away draw?It's too difficult.

Even if Messi can't play, he can't do it.

It's not that QPR is not strong.

But Barcelona is too strong.

How domineering to enter the semi-finals of the Champions League for 6 consecutive years!
Although QPR has strength, but after all, it is the first time to participate in the Champions League, lack of experience, the grasp of the rhythm of the game, the distribution of physical fitness, and the scale of referees are not clear enough.

So they can perform amazingly at home, but at the Nou Camp, they may not be able to perform so well.

In this regard, Ricardo mischievously said in an interview: "Football is round, and anything can happen on the football field. The team with stronger strength on paper may not always win, right?"

QPR is still stepping up training, and the imaginary enemy is Barcelona.

But before the second round, they have to play a league game.

It's not good news for QPR that their league rivals Manchester United have been knocked out of the Champions League and are now preoccupied with the league.

On the evening of April 4, the exhausted QPR played against Wigan Athletic at home.

Wigan Athletic is currently ranked second to last and is in the relegation zone. They are 3 points behind Sunderland, the third from the bottom, and 2 points behind Newcastle, the fourth from the bottom. For them, every point is precious.

Facing the powerful QPR, they certainly cannot play an away game.

In the game, Simeone rotated most of the players, while Wigan Athletic put out the bus, and the two sides fought 0:0 in the first half.

In the 54th minute of the second half, Ricardo suddenly showed his power, took the ball and ran 40 meters in the midfield, passed 3 players in a row, and shot through Wigan Athletic's goal from the edge of the penalty area.

However, the tenacious Wigan Athletic was not willing to let it go, and they began to fight back aggressively.

However, QPR's physical fitness has problems and it is unable to maintain a high-intensity press.

In the 86th minute, their goal finally fell.

The score of 1:1 brought QPR's points to 77 points, which is currently the same as Manchester United, but Manchester United has one less game.

However, Manchester United's opponent in this round is the rival Manchester City in the same city, so the QPR players still have a little expectation in their hearts.

A day later, Manchester United and Manchester City played at Old Trafford.At this time, QPR was on a plane to Barcelona.

In the case of 0:0 in the first half, Manchester City scored two goals from Aguero and Silva, and Manchester United scored a goal from Evra at the last minute.

Manchester United lost 1:2 at home.

After 32 league rounds, Manchester United and QPR have 77 points together, and Manchester United temporarily tops the list with a goal difference.

The third is Manchester City, and the fourth is Chelsea. They are all a dozen points away from Manchester United and QPR. The championship must be born between Manchester United and QPR.

Relieved, QPR was able to focus more on preparing for the Barcelona game.

At 4:10 p.m. on April 8, the game started on time.

Messi failed to recover from injury in time to return to the starting lineup, Mascherano was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, Barcelona's lineup today is not complete.

Goalkeeper Valdes, defenders Alves, Pique, Adriano and Alba.Adriano is a full-back, and today he played as a central defender.

The midfielder is still Habaibu, and the striker is Pedro, Villa, Fabregas.Huluwa pulled to the wing today, Fabregas acted as a false nine.

QPR's lineup has also been fine-tuned, goalkeeper Handanovic, defender Alex Sandro, Van Dijk, Miranda and veteran Maicon, midfielder Fernandinho, midfielder Modric and Nathan Ingeland, Ricardo, Ronaldo and Neymar are three Brazilians on the front line.

There are 6 Brazilians in the starting lineup, which can be regarded as half of the Brazilian national team.

After the opening game, QPR did not launch a fierce high-position press, and put on a posture of strictly guarding against death, and stationed troops in the backcourt.

Barcelona is a consistent style of possession.

In the opening 20 minutes, both sides created a few dangerous situations without really creating a threat, and then QPR recovered even more.

Fans at the Nou Camp booed one after another, expressing their dissatisfaction with QPR's retreat.

Simeone didn't care.

If it is said that in the first round of the match, all he wants is to play QPR's style, and he doesn't care about the outcome.

So at this moment, what he was thinking about was how to advance to the next round.

QPR resolutely played defensive counterattacks, and their counterattacks were indeed sharp enough. Barcelona did not dare to be careless, and the defense did not dare to press the assists, maintaining the integrity of the defense.

In the 22nd minute, Villa sent a cross and Fabregas shot in the penalty area was blocked.Pedro grabbed the second cross and it bounced over the defender, and he took the ball again and fired it into the side netting.

Although the goal was missed, the QPR fans at the scene were taken aback.

Two minutes later, Villa broke through and passed the ball. Iniesta took the ball in the penalty area and shot for the first time, but was blocked by the defender.

QPR's defense is very dense, and Barcelona can't come up with a good solution.

At this time, QPR counterattacked, and the football came to Ricciardo's feet as a matter of course. After he dribbled the ball across the midfield, he started to cut inside, passed Xavi and Adriano in succession, and suddenly split the ball at the front of the penalty area, and the football was handed over to the inside. Mal.

Neymar took a single step, but it was a bit too big and he had to go down and stab the shot, and Valdez came out very well, and he bravely used the ball with his fingertips when the Barcelona fans were furious. After dialing it, the football spun and flew to the bottom line.

Nainggolan shoveled in at high speed for an empty goal, but missed the ball a little.

Very thrilling.

QPR fans shook their heads.If this goal goes in, the rest of QPR's game will be very easy to play.

But it is a pity that if you miss it, you will miss it.

Three minutes later, QPR made another kill.In the counterattack, Modric sent a precise direct pass of more than 3 meters. After taking the ball, Ricardo broke through Alves' defense and sent a cross. Neymar used a header that he is not good at when there is no one at the far point. Attacking the goal, playing a little more positively, Valdez saved the ball to the bottom line.

Neymar took a corner kick, Van Dijk grabbed the spot and headed a rebound ball, but the trajectory was slightly off the goal.

But when the football was about to fly off the baseline, a foot suddenly appeared and swept the ball into the goal.

Ricardo started running to celebrate.

But after the referee blew his whistle, he pointed to the penalty area and signaled Barcelona to take a free kick.

The linesman had already raised the flag, and Ricardo was offside first during the relay.

(End of this chapter)