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Chapter 218 A Forward Who Can't Pass the Goalkeeper Is Not a Good Forward

"Audience friends, hello everyone, welcome to the Etihad Stadium, I am He Shi, and I will be here to bring you the first leg of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals held here. A focus game, Manchester City vs. Barcelona.

This is the first time in history that the two sides have met in an official game.

双方此前在热身赛中6次交手，巴塞罗那4胜2负占据上风，曼城历史上4次主场对阵西班牙球队取得2胜2平保持不败，而巴塞罗那历史上27次做客英格兰的成绩是6胜8平13负，此前四次做客曼彻斯特2平2负未尝胜绩，不知道这次能不能打破‘魔咒’，从这里带走一场胜利。”

"Yang Feng scored 10 goals in the group stage, breaking the UEFA Champions League group stage scoring record, and scored two goals in the two rounds against Schalke 1 in the 8/04 finals, and currently has 12 goals. Tied with Ronaldo for the top scorer list, they are only two goals away from the record of 14 goals shared by Messi and Altafini in a single season, and Messi, who scored 8 goals, is currently ranked second in the scorer list! "

"Because of the recurrence of pancreatic cancer, the former Barcelona coach Vilanova resigned as the head coach before the season. Now Martino is in charge of Barcelona, ​​so like Pellegrini, this is also his first season leading Barcelona. Unlike Manchester City's big lead in the league, Barcelona is still inextricably tied to Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the La Liga standings. If they can't win the league championship and can't advance to this round of the Champions League, then Barcelona fans are afraid. It's hard to be happy with the new manager..."

In the locker room, the coaches of both sides took the trouble to emphasize the threat of Messi and Yang Feng.

Hazard, Lewandowski, Suarez, Neymar, Bale and others are still leveling up, while Kaka and Robben and others have passed their peak. Only Melo, Iraq There are only a few such as Bu and Yang Feng.

In the player tunnel, Messi and Akun's old friends reunited, talking and laughing at Yanyan, while the other players were all sullen, as if they were facing a big enemy.

Yang Feng greeted Xiaobai and Harvey who had met once, and then went to shake hands with Messi, "Welcome."

Messi rarely joked and said, "Really welcome?"

"Well, actually it's not that welcome," Yang Feng also said with a smile, "I hope to meet you again in the finals."

"It's a pity that only one of us can make it to the final."

"So this is the part of talking harshly before the game?" Yang Feng looked at Akun, "How should I say it to be more domineering?"

"..." Akun really thought about it seriously, "It will only be me who will go to the final... What do you mean by those eyes?"

"It's not interesting," Yang Feng said, "That's very good, don't talk about it in the future."

"Barcelona played 4-3-3.

Goalkeeper: 13-Pinto;

Defenders: 22-Alves, 3-Pique, 14- Mascherano, 18-Alba;
Midfielder: 6- Harvey, 16- Busquets, 4- Fabregas;
Forwards: 11-Neymar, 10-Messi, 8-Iniesta. "

"Manchester City 4-2-2-2.
Goalkeeper: 13-Oblak;

Defenders: 5-Zabaleta, 4-Kompany, 6-Lescott, 22-Clichy;
Midfielder: 2-Kanter, 42-Yaya Toure;

Front midfielder: 8-Kroos, 21-Silva;
Forwards: 16-Aguero, 9-Yang Feng. "

"The game has begun..."

As soon as the game started, Barcelona coach Martino found himself cheated by Pellegrini.

Yang Feng's position is not on the front line, but retreated to a position almost parallel to Kroos and Silva. Kroos is in the center, Silva is on the left, and Yang Feng is on the right.

It was originally two front midfielders, but now it has become an old-fashioned 1 midfielder + 2 side midfielders.

Although Kroos' attacking midfielder is a bit unorthodox and can't dribble and protect the ball, his card dealing skills are top-notch, and he is fully capable of central scheduling and serial work.

Coupled with the attributes of Yaya Toure and Kanter who can go up and down, Manchester City's midfielder is simply too strong.

Of course, Barcelona's midfield is not bad, and it can even be said to be the strongest in the world. After the start of the game, the football has been spinning in the midfield, and the two sides have not even played a decent attack.

"... the game was deadlocked at the beginning, Barcelona couldn't control the game as usual, the possession rate of the two sides was evenly matched, but Manchester City also had too many troops pinned down in the midfield, the offensive was difficult to play... beautiful! Before the words were finished, Manchester City launched a sharp attack..."

David Silva and Kroos played two in a row, and it seemed that Silva was about to dribble the ball and make a pass near the bottom line. Unexpectedly, Silva received Kroos' counter-knock for the third time. Suddenly a long pass.

The football spanned most of the pitch, flying from the left to the right.

With a light pad on Yang Feng's thigh, he stopped the ball easily.

Alba, who was facing up, rushed up quickly, trying to force Yang Feng to the boundary, but Yang Feng suddenly pulled the ball back with his right foot, and then poked the ball with his toe, the football changed direction miraculously and slipped through Alba's legs .

Neymar's eyes lit up in the frontcourt, and he felt a strange sense of familiarity rushing towards his face...

Alba turned around and chased back, and pushed hard at Yang Feng who was about to cut in.

Yang Feng pushed his hands hard, but this time Fudemo couldn't make it, he staggered a few steps and fell on the penalty area line.

"Beep!"

"Alba pushed from behind and got a yellow card. Manchester City got a free kick in a good position. It should be... oh, it was Yang Feng who took the penalty. He scored 5 free kicks last season. There have been three direct free kicks this season, I don't know if this will be the fourth."

The home fans were very dissatisfied with the penalty, and the voices of "red card! red card! red card!" were heard endlessly.

Yang Feng set the ball up, waved his teammates to disperse, and made no secret of his intention to hit the goal directly.

The whistle sounded, a run-up, rubbing the instep of the right foot and shooting.

This foot felt very good, and Yang Feng couldn't help but clenched his fist after the ball flew out.

In the expectant eyes of the home fans, the football successfully bypassed the human wall, then quickly retracted and flew to the goal.

Pinto quickly adjusted his footsteps, jumped, and dangerously blocked the ball out of the baseline with a single palm.

There was a sigh in the stands, and then it turned into applause.

"Unfortunately, it was a pretty good free kick. It's a pity that the goalkeeper played very well and successfully resolved the danger. Although he didn't score, the home fans still gave Yang warm applause..."

Yang Feng also blinked his mouth regretfully.

There are three difficulties in a free kick. One is to go over the wall, the other is to hit the goal frame, and the third is naturally the goalkeeper.

The four defenders all wanted to fight for the header, but Kompany and Lescott were reprimanded by Pellegrini on the sidelines, "Be optimistic about Neymar and Messi! Be careful to counterattack!"

He was also frightened by Barcelona. During La Liga, he played against this ghost team 22 times and only won 4 times, all of which came out of experience.

Kroos took the corner kick, Yang Feng failed to hit the target under the entanglement of Pique and Mascherano, and the football was pushed out of the penalty area by Busquets.

Iniesta stopped the ball easily, evaded Kanter's press with a dial and a dunk, and then went straight.

"Iniesta took the ball and went straight to Neymar! Neymar dribbled the ball in the middle of the midfield, and Messi responded in front! Barcelona's counterattack came!"

Kanter and Yaya Toure chased back desperately. According to the distance, they should not be able to catch up, but Neymar seemed to slow down on purpose and waited for them. The moment the two had just caught up, they suddenly pulled the ball and retreated. The two got in between.

The two quickly turned around, but Neymar turned around at the same time and pulled the ball back again...

Even the onlookers were a bit puzzled, not to mention Kanter and Yaya Toure who were in the middle of the game.

At the beginning, the two were chasing behind Neymar. Neymar pulled the ball twice in a row and then retreated. They still chased after Neymar. It seemed that the horse was busy and lonely, but only they knew that their footsteps were complete. It's a mess, it's the limit to be able to stabilize the center of gravity without being shaken, and it's powerless to catch up again, so I can only watch Neymar go away.

Messi and Lescott are running, but in order not to be offside, he can only control his own speed. Although Kompany is worried that Lescott is guarding Messi alone, he can't just leave Neymar like this Regardless, he could only rush towards Neymar, and there was a fierce shovel head-on.

Neymar stepped and pulled, and Marseille evaded easily with a roundabout.

Before everyone had time to applaud this ingenious dodge, Neymar had already moved his toes quite coherently, and passed a comfortable overhead ball to Messi.

Messi can finally sprint with all his strength and enter the penalty area.

Oblak attacked decisively.

Kompany had no choice but to push him from behind like Alba.

Messi also staggered a few steps forward, but like a tumbler, he wobbled two steps and then stood up straight, but at this time Oblak had already run in front of him.

Oblak fell to the ground the moment Messi just took control of the ball, but as the football that was still in sight one second suddenly disappeared the next second, he knew it was over.

Messi just used the simplest change of direction of the ball, and he dribbled the ball to avoid Oblak, and easily pushed the empty goal.

0-1.
"GOAL!!! Messi!! In the 16th minute of the game, Messi scored! Of course, Iniesta and Neymar also accounted for most of the credit for this goal..."

"At one moment, it was Manchester City attacking, once threatening Barcelona's goal, but at the next moment, it was Barcelona's front trident connecting and breaking through Manchester City's goal!"

Messi pirated Kaka's iconic move, ran to the sidelines and raised his hands to point to the sky, but after Neymar caught up, he turned into a shoulder-to-shoulder and ran to the visiting team stands together.

In fact, Messi preferred to partner with Pedro at the beginning, and he had a lot of opinions on Neymar's involvement, but now it is naturally really fragrant.

"Messi's ninth goal! If Barcelona can eliminate Manchester City and reach the final, then he will play three more games than Yang Feng, and it is not impossible to overtake Yang Feng in terms of goals..."

Kompany and Yaya Toure are doubting their lives. It is impossible to expect them to boost morale. Yang Feng can only take over this job and call his teammates over. In the beginning, we haven't lost" and other nonsense, but it's better to have someone to stabilize the morale of the army than to do nothing and let the negative emotions spread to the whole team.

The game starts again.

The two sides continued to compete in the midfield.

Barcelona relaxed a lot with a ball behind their hands, and started all kinds of dazzling passes and controls again.

Cross had to retreat to support, but it was only able to withstand the opponent's offensive.

Yang Feng had to start trying to use his personal ability to overcome difficulties. On the other side, Neymar also frequently contributed wonderful solo breakthroughs. Messi watched enthusiastically and joined the two's skill show.

One dribbling master in a game can detonate the whole game, and there are three in this game!

There were bursts of warm applause from the sidelines. If you don’t look at the scoreboard, it’s easy to think that this is a goal battle. However, the actual situation is that until the end of the first half, the score is still 0-1.
During the intermission, Pellegrini did not comment on the first half, but seized the time to adjust his tactics.

"I have to admit my failure first," Pei Gong said frankly, "I was wrong, I shouldn't compete with them for the midfield..."

It was the coach who admitted the mistake, but it was Kanter, Toure, Kroos and other midfielders who were ashamed.

In fact, the idea is correct. Those who win the midfielder win the world. Everyone knows that restraining the midfielder is equivalent to choking Barcelona's throat.

"We'll play soccer in the second half!"

The team members understood in seconds.

Arsenal and Manchester City are heterogeneous in the Premier League. One is playing fast pass and control, and the other is also playing skill flow, but it is the Barcelona team that plays these two aspects to the extreme.

There is nothing wrong with attacking the enemy with your own strength, but the embarrassing thing is...the other person is taller than you.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City's style changed visibly to the naked eye.

No longer playing against Barcelona in the midfield, but playing various long passes and crosses from the side, anyway, it is how to play as simple as possible.

Yang Feng returned to the front line, David Silva and Kroos were separated on the left and right, Kante and Yaya Toure were in the center and the other was behind.

The effect came out quickly.

In the 48th minute, Yaya Toure made a long pass from the backcourt, and Yang Feng succeeded in countering offside. Unfortunately, there was no shooting angle, and a hastily shot at a zero-degree angle hit the side net.

In the 55th minute, Oblak threw the ball vigorously to the right after successfully saving the ball. Cross simply dribbled the ball and immediately dropped the ball into the penalty area.

Yang Feng overwhelmed Mascherano with a header and Aguero volleyed the ball into Pinto's arms.

In the 63rd minute, David Silva picked a pass from the left, and it was another high ball...

With his back to the goal, Yang Feng was seen through by Pique before he could make a move.

"He wants a barb!"

You guessed it right, but unfortunately there is no reward.

Yang Feng took two steps forward, spread his hands left and right, and made a forward movement of hanging the golden hook upside down.

Mascherano quickly bent his legs, and then jumped high, ready to block the thunder with his head.

But the hell is, he jumped, Yang Feng didn't...

Supported by his left foot, Yang Feng lifted his right foot high. Instead of falling backwards as everyone expected, he hooked his toes and landed the ball directly on the front foot, and then turned around 180 degrees with his left foot as the axis. , from facing away from the goal to facing the goal.

The toe of the right foot is straightened, and the football on the right foot rolls down naturally, and it just rolls past Mascherano. .

It's a pity that he is flying in the sky now, and he can only watch helplessly as Yang Feng dribbles the ball towards Pinto.

Pinto struck out, separated his hands left and right, and killed Yang Feng like a duck.

Yang Feng's body swayed from side to side like a pendulum, he cheated his center of gravity with just two strokes, and then dribbled the ball into the empty goal.

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(End of this chapter)