"Barcelona paid dearly for their own mistakes!"

"1:2, Manchester United reversed Barcelona."

"This is undoubtedly a painful blow to Barcelona, ​​which has been unable to open up the situation on the offensive end. It is not only a technical and tactical issue, but also a psychological issue for the players."

"Ter Stegen should be held responsible for this goal because it was his stupid mistake that gave Manchester United an indirect free kick opportunity in the penalty area, which led to the goal."

"It is worth noting that Valverde has made two substitutions, but the game has not improved. In contrast, Mourinho has not made any substitutions, which shows how satisfied he is with the progress of the game."

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Seeing Bruno excitedly rushing out of the court and celebrating his second goal, Yosi felt very depressed because compared with Bruno's brilliant performance, he seemed very depressed in this game.

It's not just him, the entire Barcelona team doesn't look excited enough.

Throughout the first half, forty-five minutes, Barcelona had an overwhelming advantage in ball possession, but Yosi only had a pitiful sixteen touches of the ball and twelve passes, most of which were on the wing.

Luke Shaw's defense was very frustrating. He was more focused on cutting off the passes to Yosi from the center and the left. As long as Yosi got the ball on the wing, he would mainly block his inside route and let him be active on the wing.

But the problem is that Yosi's right foot can't pose any threat at all.

Coutinho was isolated and helpless on the left, the center of the midfield was suppressed, Suarez had not shown satisfactory strength, and Barcelona's entire midfield and frontcourt offense was almost paralyzed.

Yosi wanted to make a difference, he wanted to help the team, but he couldn't.

Before the game, many Catalan media had high hopes for him, hoping that he could lead Barcelona to eliminate Manchester United, because this would be his and Barcelona's hope to return to the top.

Since 2012, although Barcelona and he still have a strong dominance in La Liga, they seem to have lost their magic in the Champions League and have not put up a convincing enough performance.

What followed was that Barcelona missed the Champions League final for seven years, and Yosi, after winning the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year four times in a row, missed these two awards for seven consecutive years.

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Many people say that the past five years have been an era of the Big Three, but there are also many voices that believe that the so-called Big Three is not worthy of the name.

In the past seven years, Yosi has never won the two major awards of the World Footballer of the Year and the European Golden Ball. In terms of the number of awards, he was three times ahead of Ronaldo but was overtaken by him. Even the up-and-coming star Bruno has caught up with him.

2019 is considered the year when Yosi will surpass Ronaldo. Since there are no world championships this year, the club's performance will be the key to determining the two major awards.

From the current perspective, Barcelona and Yosi are performing very well in the league, and there is almost no suspense in locking the La Liga championship. Yosi's personal performance is also better than Ronaldo, and he is not inferior to Bruno.

In the Champions League, Barcelona will directly face Manchester United, which will be a direct confrontation between Yosi and Bruno. If Barcelona can eliminate Manchester United, it also means that Yosi has defeated Bruno.

If Barcelona advances to the semi-finals, they will most likely face Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus again. With Barcelona's strength, they have a great chance of winning.

If Yosi can step on the corpses of his two major competitors and return to the top of Europe, then the 2019 European Golden Ball Award and FIFA World Footballer of the Year will definitely belong to Yosi!

The key to all of this lies tonight, and it is based on whether Yosi can lead Barcelona to defeat Manchester United!

"Mundo Deportivo" even believes that tonight will be Yosi's night!

But up to this point in the game, it might as well be called Bruno's night.

Or in other words, this is a nightmare night for Barcelona!

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Yosi's helplessness is definitely not an isolated case, but the voice of many Barcelona stars.

They tried very hard to put in a better performance, but when their tactics were completely suppressed, there was really little they could do.

In this situation, everyone hopes that Yosi can transform into a superman like he did in the La Liga, break through Manchester United's iron defense with amazing performance and win victory for Barcelona.

But it is obvious that Yoshi no longer has the magical power he had in the past few years. He is like a magician who has lost his magic wand and has lost his magical power.

However, Barcelona's most threatening chance in the second half came from Yosi's pass.

Suarez dribbled past Maguire and broke into the penalty area to shoot, but De Gea flew to save it.

After getting the ball, Yosi broke through Luke Shaw and shot, but he was a little too hasty and was blocked by Cancelo, so he still failed to score.

Judging from the performance on the field, Barcelona has never been able to come up with an effective way to change the situation.

After Manchester United reversed Barcelona by two goals, they became more and more confident as the game went on. The team played steadily on defense and waited for the opportunity to counterattack.

Barcelona's increasingly impatient mentality continued to expose problems, and Manchester United soon seized another opportunity.

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"The Manchester United midfielder intercepted the ball, Sikante intercepted it and passed it to Fred."

"Fred got the ball on the right and chose to carry it forward on his own."

"Manchester United quickly launched a counterattack, with all three front three involved in the attack."

"Rashford made a quick diagonal run into the box and opened up the defence for Fred."

"Fred got to the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball directly to Rashford in front."

"Rashford heads the ball in... Ter Stegen flies and punches it away."

"The ball was still in the penalty area, Harry Kane grabbed the first touch and headed the ball to the back post..."

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Just now, during the quick counterattack, Bruno saw Fred dribbling the ball quickly on the right, so he chose to lag behind. This was to open up the defense in the penalty area and to create layers of offense.

But he was also confident enough that if Fred passed the ball directly to the back post, he would get in immediately.

Fred chose to look for Rashford at the front point, but Rashford's header was blocked by Ter Stegen.

At this time, Bruno noticed Harry Kane, so he quickly rushed into the penalty area.

Sure enough, Harry Kane had an overwhelming advantage in height. With no chance of shooting, he chose to head the ball to the back post, and Bruno came in at this time and took advantage of the situation.

Defender Alenya followed Bruno closely, while Lenglet kept retreating, judging where the ball would land. The two of them, one in front and one behind, sandwiched Bruno in the middle, but Bruno couldn't stop jumping higher.

Lenglet is only 3 cm taller than Bruno, but he was moving backwards, while Bruno had a certain distance to run up, so after jumping up, Bruno was actually much taller than him.

As for Alenia behind him, he couldn't jump at all.

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After jumping high, the ball came right in front of Bruno, he quickly leaned forward and hit the ball with his forehead. The ball changed direction and flew directly into the Barcelona goal!

"Wow!!!!"

"Oh my God! The ball goes in again!!!"

"hat trick!"

"hat trick!!"

"Oh my god, Bruno scored a hat trick at the Camp Nou! This is unbelievable!"

"His jumping ability is so amazing. He is a head taller than Lenglet. The French central defender has no ability to compete with him and can only watch Bruno score with a header!"

“3:1! Manchester United has secured the victory!”

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After Bruno landed, he turned around immediately and rushed to the sidelines.

This was his third time gliding across the Camp Nou in this game!

At this moment, the Camp Nou stadium was dead silent. All 95,000 Barcelona fans were silent. There was no booing, but no applause either.

In fact, after scoring the third goal, Bruno was not too excited because the third goal came at a very opportune time.

Of course, he did deliberately fall behind by a step beforehand and then suddenly rushed forward, which made it more difficult for the players defending him, but it was indeed a bit of a coincidence. The opportunity created by his teammates was so good that it would have been unacceptable if he hadn't scored.

Perhaps because he had celebrated three times, or perhaps because the goal came too easily, Bruno was not as excited as the previous two times. He just ran to the sidelines, waved, turned around, and hugged his teammates who had caught up with him.

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"Barcelona suffered a complete and utter defeat!"

"It's definitely a hard fact to accept, but Manchester United did perform better and more actively in this game. Especially Bruno, who scored a hat trick at the Camp Nou!"

"Valverde should reflect on his tactics, because Coutinho and Yosi were obviously restricted by Manchester United in this game. However, as the head coach of the team, several substitutions and adjustments failed to change the offensive situation in the frontcourt. This is absolutely unqualified!"

"From 1:0 to 1:3, Barcelona suffered a nightmare reversal, especially at the Camp Nou. It can almost be said that it has completely destroyed Barcelona's possibility of advancing to the semi-finals."

"But no matter what, there is still the second round. As long as Valverde can find the strongest Barcelona, ​​everything will be fine."

"Looking at Manchester United, Mourinho's tactical attainments are really admirable. He suppressed Barcelona almost throughout the game, and Bruno's good form is even more shocking. This hat trick tonight is the best example!"

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