Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 439 The fiasco of Camp Nou (thanks to Li Jianhua for the monthly ticket)
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This is also the only two defeats of Barcelona's 34 European home games against English teams, and the remaining 32 games have achieved 21 wins and 11 draws.

Liverpool have advanced 10 times in 8 Champions League semi-finals, and 10 times in the European knockout rounds against Spanish teams.

In the frenetic Devil's home stadium, the Nou Camp, there was already a lot of noise and red and blue flags flying everywhere, making the Red Army cheering group with only ten thousand people disappear without a trace.

The big screen on the sidelines quickly displayed the starting lists of both sides:

Barcelona (4-3-3):

1- Ter Stegen;
20-Roberto, 3-Pique, 15-Langlet, 18-Alba;
4-Rakitic, 5-Busquets, 22-Vidal;
10-Messi, 9-Suarez, 7-Coutinho.

Liverpool (4-3-3):

13- Alisson; 12- Gomez, 3- Maguire, 4- Van Dijk, 26- Robertson;
7-Milner, 19-Fabinho, 8-Keita;

11- Salah, 10- Mane, 5- Wijnaldum.

Both teams are in a 4-3-3 attacking formation, which also means Klopp's determination to fight at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona won the league title last weekend, Messi, Roberto and Busquets played in rotation, and the rest of the positions remained unchanged.

Liverpool rotated 4 people, Gomez, Milner and Fabinho played, and Wijnaldum unexpectedly replaced Firmino in the starting position.

Zhang Mai, who traveled with the team, cheered for the team in the stands, and there were two injured friends, Arnold and Chamberlain, beside him.

"Camp Nou is so horrible, can we win today?"

It was also the first time he saw Barcelona's devil's home court, and Arnold was more worried about whether his teammates on the field could adapt.

"Today's result is not important, the real final is at Anfield! Heal your injuries and wait."

Zhang Mai's previous life memory has the result of this game, 0-3, the Red Army came back in a defeat, so he had to divert the attention of his companions...

At the beginning of the game, the smug Barcelona took the lead in attacking, and the Red Army was ready to counterattack quickly at any time, not to be outdone.

In the 2nd minute of the opening, Messi made a direct pass to Rakitic. The cross from the upper left corner of the Croatian's small penalty area was blocked by Maguire in time. Coutinho's corner kick went to the far point, and Suarez headed from the right side of the small penalty area. The goal misses the near corner.

Then Wijnaldum sent a direct pass, and the left side of Mane's penalty area fell under Piquetie's defense, but the referee refused to award a penalty.

In the 11th minute, Messi broke through from the left side of the penalty area. Maguire was suspected of handball. The referee rejected the Barcelona player's penalty appeal.

Under Barcelona's powerful offensive, Liverpool immediately shrunk their defense, then Messi's breakthrough was blocked, and Coutinho's shot from the edge of the penalty area on the left was also confiscated.

In the 16th minute, Pique made a mistake and fouled outside the edge of the penalty area near the bottom line, but Liverpool's free kick lacked threat.

Liverpool then suffered a blow, the first 22 minutes, Keita was injured and replaced by Henderson.

Barcelona took the lead in the 26th minute. Alba made a low pass from the left, and Suarez, who passed behind Maguire, shoveled into the net from the left side of the small penalty area.

The Red Army, which was behind in the score, strengthened the pressure in the frontcourt and quickly launched an offensive frenzy, but wasted an excellent equalizer opportunity in the 35th minute:

Henderson made a diagonal pass from the right, and Mane shot high from 12 yards. This was also the Red Army's best chance to score in the first half.

Then Salah turned around and shot from the edge of the penalty area and was blocked, and Milner's long shot also missed the left post.

In the 44th minute, Milner knocked Messi near the sideline, causing dissatisfaction among the Barcelona players, and the referee gave him a verbal warning.

Both sides did not make personnel adjustments during the intermission, and even the tactics did not change.

In the 49th minute, Wijnaldum passed the ball in the melee, and Milner's shot from the left side of the penalty area was saved.

Three minutes later, Wijnaldum missed a shot in the penalty area. Salah took the ball to 3 yards and turned around with his left foot to shoot low. Ter Stegen struggled to save.

In the 58th minute, Salah passed the ball and Milner's shot from the middle of the penalty area was saved by Ter Stegen.

Two minutes later, Barcelona began to make substitutions and adjustments, and Semedo replaced Coutinho.

In the 66th minute, Messi attracted several people to defend and then divided the ball. Vidal made a pass from the left side of the penalty area and was intercepted and cleared. Messi expressed dissatisfaction with him.

Barcelona, ​​eager to expand the score, strengthened the frontcourt suppression and quickly achieved results. After the 75th minute, Barcelona scored 2 goals in a row to seal the victory:

Messi made a direct pass, Roberto knocked across, Suarez volleyed from 12 yards and hit the crossbar and rebounded, Messi easily scored the empty goal, 2-0.

In the 82nd minute, Messi scored a free kick from 25 yards directly into the upper left corner of the goal, 3-0.

This is Messi's 48th goal this season, including 12 goals in the Champions League.This is also his 600th goal for Barcelona.

In the 84th minute, Liverpool made a substitution, and Firmino's appearance restored the Red Army's trident to its full potential.

Winning is impossible, but at least one goal must be scored away!
Klopp on the sidelines was loudly directing the Red Army players to continue to attack, but today's luck is obviously not on Liverpool's side.

Liverpool missed another goal in the 84th minute. Mane's breakthrough was blocked. Firmino, who came off the bench, shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area and was blocked by Rakitic. Salah shot in front of the small penalty area and hit the right post. .

In the 89th minute, Firmino made a pass from the left, and Henderson's header from the small penalty area was slightly higher.

In the 97th minute, Messi made a counterattack with a wonderful pass, but Dembele shot into Alisson's arms with a single shot.

In the end, Barcelona beat the visiting Liverpool 3-0. Suarez broke through the old home gate and Messi scored twice.Both Mane and Salah missed chances to score.

……

A crisp defeat!In the suffocating second half, Messi helped Barcelona stabilize the situation again this time!
Messi scored 2 goals in a row to help Barcelona seal the score of the first round 3-0, and the second goal was an unsolvable free kick!
Suarez opened the scoring for Barcelona, ​​but at the beginning of the second half, Barcelona fell into a passive position, Liverpool played efficient offensives one after another, and the Nou Camp goal was about to fall...

When Barcelona fans started to worry, Messi stood up!

First, in the 75th minute, Messi made a direct pass after attracting multiple defenders from Liverpool and caused confusion. In the end, he succeeded with a supplementary shot and expanded the score to 2-0;

Then in the 82nd minute, Messi killed the first leg with his signature free kick stunt!
At a distance of about 29 meters from the goal, Messi took a high-quality free kick with his left foot. The ball drew an arc and went directly into the upper left corner of Liverpool's goal.Alisson stretched his body as hard as he could but couldn't reach the ball.

This wonderful and valuable goal gave Barcelona a huge 3-0 advantage.

After witnessing Messi's magical free kick, Klopp smiled helplessly on the sidelines.No matter how comprehensive the tactics are, in the face of Messi's free kick skills, he can only pray.

"Welcome to the Sanctuary of Messi!"

After Barcelona defeated Liverpool 3-0 and Messi also scored twice, the Spanish "Daily Sport" published this headline to pay tribute to Messi and also to respond to what Klopp said before the game "Camp Nou is not a football temple" statement.

This night, Messi once again played the role of king, and the Spanish media also said that giants will always appear when they are most needed. Talking about Messi is talking about aliens.

The Argentine helped Barcelona secure the victory with 2 goals, and it seems that they have almost secured their place in the Champions League final.

The supplementary shot in the 75th minute of the game made Barcelona, ​​who had played very uncomfortable before, instantly relaxed, and Messi also showed his ability to seize opportunities in front of goal.

After only 7 minutes, Messi scored another superstar goal, and Barcelona won 3-0!

After the goal, Messi also had a slide-like celebration. He sat on the ground and opened his arms to express his joy.

Messi's 2 goals not only helped Barcelona achieve a big victory, but also allowed himself to complete the feat of scoring against all the top 6 teams in the Premier League.

In the previous record of the European war with the Premier League Big6 team, only Liverpool's goal was not broken by Messi, but this time, Liverpool was also crossed from the list.

Among the Premier League Big6 teams, Messi scored the most goals against Arsenal. He scored 6 goals in 9 matches against Arsenal.

In April 2010, Messi staged a big four in the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, helping Barcelona beat Arsenal. Since then, Messi has broken the Gunners' goal 4 times.

此外对曼城梅西6场打入6球，对曼联6场打入4球，对切尔西10场打入3球。

For Messi, Chelsea's goal is the most difficult to break. It was not until last season's Champions League that Messi broke the scoring drought against the Blues. He scored 16 goals in two rounds of the Champions League round of 3 to help Barcelona advance.

Against Tottenham, Messi scored 2 goals in 2 games. In this season's Champions League group stage, Messi scored twice in Barcelona's 4-2 victory over Tottenham.

According to statistics, Messi has played against Premier League BIG6 teams in 33 games in his career, scored 26 goals, 5 assists, and directly participated in 31 goals.

The only reason why Liverpool was not broken by Messi before may be because of the small number of matches.

Since the 2006-07 season, the two teams have not played against each other until this season. Messi, who was only 19 years old, did not win against Liverpool in the Champions League. In the Champions League that year, Barcelona was eventually eliminated by Liverpool.

But now, Messi not only avenged Barcelona, ​​but also proved that the Premier League team could not stop Messi from scoring.

After Messi destroyed Liverpool's defense, Liverpool coach Klopp showed a wry smile. He knew that he lost to the football god tonight. Such Messi is indeed unsolvable.

Compared with the ecstatic Barcelona fans and the Spanish media, the frustrated Liverpool fans agreed that this time the Nou Camp was too amazing, and the luck of the Red Army was restrained.

Liverpool lost 0-3 to Barcelona. Compared with the loss of the score, the luck of the Red Army seems to be more desperate.

In the whole game, Liverpool was not without chances. They contributed several very threatening shots, but they met Ter Stegen, the Barcelona goalkeeper who played superbly.The few absolute opportunities were wasted by Mane, Milner and others.

However, in the unfavorable situation of being 0-3 behind, Liverpool still had a chance to get back a goal.

In the 84th minute of the game, Busquets made a clearance error, Mane shot in and was cleared, Firmino volleyed, and was cleared by Barcelona general Rakitic on the goal line!

This ball...

Then, something even more bizarre happened!
After Rakitic's clearance, the ball did not roll away, but came to the feet of Salah on the penalty area line...

At this time, there was no one around the king of Egypt, and Barcelona goalkeeper ter Stegen was still lying on the ground at the far end. It can be said that Salah was facing an absolute empty goal opportunity!

However, facing the goal that was close at hand, Salah kicked the ball abruptly on the post and bounced out!

After missing this opportunity, Liverpool could no longer hold back and failed to create another threatening ball opportunity.

If Salah's shot can be converted into a goal, the 1-3 score will mean great hope for a reversal for Liverpool, but at this time they are 0-3 behind.

Without an away goal, Liverpool fell into the abyss in an instant, wanting to reverse?It's just a matter of luck.

But seeing such an empty goal and not entering, will luck still be on Liverpool's side?

Liverpool's 0-3 loss to Barcelona also plunged the team into a double embarrassment of unfavorable records and championship competition:
Liverpool has a very good record in the Premier League this season. In the 38 games in the Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup, they only lost 1 game, which was a 1-2 loss to Manchester City in the Premier League.

However, in the Champions League, Liverpool lost 11 games in 2 games. In the group stage, they lost 0-2 away against Red Star Belgrade. sum of the competitions.

In addition, the 0-3 loss is also the worst defeat in Liverpool's Champions League history.According to statistics, Liverpool had only lost three goals once in the history of the Champions League. That was in the 1-2014 season, when the opponent was La Liga giants Real Madrid.

Now, Liverpool has once again tied this embarrassing record.

In the current extremely unfavorable situation, if Liverpool want to achieve a comeback, they can only pray for Zhang Mai's return and a miracle at home.

The chances of winning the Champions League have become slim, and it has also had a great impact on Liverpool's situation in the Premier League.

With only 2 rounds left in the Premier League, Liverpool's 3-point advantage in the standings has become precarious, and Guardiola's Manchester City team is also eyeing the sidelines without distractions.

Liverpool's prowess this season is obvious to all, but if there is no championship as evidence and support, this strength will lose its luster and meaning.

Can Liverpool perform miracles in the second leg?Whether this kind of madness can happen, except for Zhang Mai, only God knows.

……

Liverpool fell into an extremely unfavorable situation in the first round against Barcelona. After the game, Liverpool coach Klopp praised Messi's performance, but said that the Red Army will never give up:
"We played a really good football game, but in the end they scored three goals and we didn't score one. You just have to live with it. We didn't score and it doesn't make life easier. But my lads have earned the respect of the people because of the way they played and how they improved. There was a lot of fun in the game but in the end we lost the game."

Klopp also said that this is Liverpool's best performance in the Champions League in the past two seasons, but Messi is a bit unstoppable:
"In Messi's moments, he was unstoppable. That free-kick, what a hit. He's a world-class player. To be honest, I'm not surprised by his performance because I already knew that. He's a world-class player."

When talking about the possibility of a comeback in the second round, Klopp insisted that he would never give up:
"Because this is football, there is hope for a comeback. But let me put it this way, before this game, our chances were a little bit better. We should still have a chance, it's not a big talk tonight' We should have scored earlier' on a night of nonsense like that,"

"And Zhang Mai will return to the lineup in the second round. I believe no one will think that Zhang Mai is not as good as Messi. Liverpool has always won the final game in which Zhang Mai participated this season!"

Liverpool were beaten 3-0 by Barcelona in the Champions League, with little hope of advancing.But in the view of Liverpool's famous German star Hamann, Liverpool still has hope of advancing.

Hamann, who came off the bench on the Istanbul night, said:
"Who said being 0-3 down in the Champions League was insurmountable? Remember Istanbul?"

"No one knows this better than I do. I played in the 2005 Champions League final. Liverpool were not out. I was impressed with what Klopp's team did at the Nou Camp. They created a lot of chances. It wouldn't be a surprise either. It's a surprise they didn't take a goal away from Barcelona."

"Liverpool rarely put teams in trouble twice, and if they get another chance at Anfield, the result should be different. Barcelona haven't lost a game by 2 goals all season, so the difficulty for Liverpool is obvious. Barcelona The threat of scoring an away goal is still there."

"But Roma beat Barcelona 3-0 last season. Liverpool's threat is always bigger than Roma."

After returning to Liverpool, Zhang Mai waved the "Liverpool Echo" which recorded Harman's exclusive interview and shouted to his teammates:

"This is exactly what I want to tell everyone, Liverpool's fighting spirit will never die, you will never walk alone!"...

(End of this chapter)