champion light

Chapter 1023
Under the two people's thoughts, the referee blew his whistle and blew the whistle for the re-kick-off.

Ibrahimovic's conditioned reflex kicked the football out, Messi went up and passed the football back, and the game continued.

However, after the game continued, Barcelona's advantage was gone.

Manchester City, which took the lead, played very confidently, but the Barcelona players were obviously affected by the conceded goals, making frequent mistakes for several minutes.

Either he shoots hastily and hits the football high, or he passes the ball over the baseline, sideline or something.

There have also been some cases of incoordination among Barcelona players.

Messi is very active, but being active is a bit like a headless chicken. I only see him running around the field, but it is of no use to the team's offense.

Sometimes he would stick to the ball. After the football reached his feet, he would not pass it out.

However, Manchester City played with ease, and it was not even a defensive counterattack. Today, Manchester City dares to play in the midfield and control the ball with Barcelona, ​​and it is a back-and-forth or something.

This is all the confidence brought to them by Rongguang's goal, and the confidence has improved their game state. A good game state gives them an advantage on the scene. The more Barcelona play, the more anxious they become.

No.707 minutes, after Matuidi steals the ball from Iniesta in the midfield, he handed the football to Sneijder.

Sneijder looked up at the situation in front of him. Rong Guang was advancing from the wing, so he kicked the ball over the top.

The football made a parabola through the air and crashed right behind Barcelona's defense.

Rong Guang accelerated forward and successfully caught the football before Barcelona's left back Maxwell.

Rong Guang didn't continue to break through with the ball, but shot directly - because he saw that Valdes was standing a little forward.

At that time, the entire Manchester City Stadium was cheering for Rongguang, hoping to see Rongguang perform a hat-trick.

However, although the football kicked by Rongguang successfully passed over Valdez's head, it hit the crossbar of the goal!

"beam!!"

John Mortensen yelled in regret.

However, Manchester City's offense did not end there.

The football that bounced off the crossbar was followed by Berbatov who followed up and outflanked the goal with a diving dive and headed into the goal!

Valdés was powerless in the face of Manchester City's series of offensives. Although he made a save, it was obviously too late.

The football flew into the goal he guarded for the third time!
3: 1!

Manchester City led Barcelona 3:1 at home!
"Berbatov! Berbatov! It's really unexpected. Before the game, many people were more optimistic about Barcelona beating Manchester City away, but now Manchester City leads Barcelona by two goals 3:1 at home! The defending champion, who was so glorious last season, is now in a very serious crisis! Their control of the ball suddenly failed. Although Manchester City did not shoot many times in the game, they are more threatening and efficient than Barcelona!"

"From this point of view, Barcelona is not as invincible as everyone thinks... There are still teams that can deal with them..."

After Berbatov scored Manchester City's third goal, the commentary overwhelmingly bad-mouthed Barcelona.

It's no wonder that these commentators are sloppy. Since Rongguang scored the second goal, Barcelona's performance is indeed difficult to compliment.

Even the Catalan commentator can only worry about Barcelona, ​​repeating "Barcelona can't continue playing like this".

But now, after conceding two goals, his line has been changed to "There is not much time left for Barcelona".

It really makes people feel very anxious to hear it.

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After conceding three goals, the Barcelona players were also in a hurry.

But rushing won't help them.

For a team like Barcelona, ​​they can't play football well in a hurry. They must be slow and calm, so that they can firmly control the football at their feet and play pleasing and amazing cooperation.

now...

They are like a group of headless chickens, and they can't hit a goal if they bump into each other.

But this kind of anxiety is actually a good thing for Ibrahimovic.

Because the simpler and rougher he plays, the more important he is as a center forward.If there are still various controls, various running positions and passing as before, his center forward is nothing more than a football relay station in the offense, and the football is passed to the next place by him.

Now Barcelona is playing much simpler and rougher, and there are even a lot of crosses from the side, so he will be useful as a center forward.

Ibrahimovic has put aside the confusion in his heart and devoted himself to the game, hoping to help Barcelona score a goal. If there are two away goals and the total score is only one goal, returning home, Barcelona's hope of advancing is much greater than it is now.

At the same time, it can also prove the strength of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the coach Guardiola who prefers short men, and let him realize that the team has to play around himself to beat Manchester City...

But Ibrahimovic was not able to score in the next game.

There is too little time left for Barcelona and for himself.

Berbatov scored in 77 minutes, leaving them with only 15 minutes at most...

The score remained unchanged until stoppage time.

In the last minute, the football fell to the feet of Manchester City. Manchester City was not in a hurry to attack forward.

Barcelona, ​​a team that is good at kicking, has finally tasted the taste of being kicked by others and doing things in a hurry...

Manchester City used up the last minute of the game. The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. Manchester City Stadium erupted with huge cheers. Everyone who was in it felt like a volcano erupted.

"The game is over! Manchester City won the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals! They beat Barcelona 3:1 at home! A perfect victory! In terms of post-match statistics, Manchester City's statistics are actually not dominant, but they won, and won two goals! This is an efficient victory! Manchester City is more efficient than Barcelona!"

John Mortensen also raised his arm in the commentary booth and waved it vigorously.

Last season, Barcelona knocked out Chelsea in the semi-finals and Manchester United in the final. They almost gave the Premier League round by themselves.

And now, Manchester City has avenged the entire Premier League, and John Mortensen feels proud.

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Rong Guang was caught by the camera lens after the game, and the lens was locked on him all the time, and he followed him wherever he went.

This is the treatment of the best player in the game.

In the camera, Rong Guang and his teammates raised their arms and cheered together to celebrate the victory.

Then soon, Barcelona's Iniesta appeared in the camera.

Iniesta only wore a yellow vest on his upper body, holding the jersey he just took off in his hand, and handed it to Rong Guang: "Come and exchange a jersey, Rong."

Rong Guang turned around and saw that it was Iniesta, smiled, then quickly took off his Manchester City jersey and handed it to Iniesta.

"It's a pity this time, but the next round is our home game, so you have to be careful. Even if we fall behind by two goals, we can equalize the total score, and then we will still have an away goal!" Although he lost the game, Iniesta did not lose confidence. As he said, Barcelona still has a chance to eliminate Manchester City when they return to their home court.

Barcelona are very confident about their home record.

The Camp Nou is simply the devil's home court for any opponent. A team like Real Madrid can't even try to please them at the Camp Nou.

Back at home, Barcelona are confident of beating any opponent, and their crazy fans are enough to cause trouble for their opponents.

As if by some magic, Barcelona's players will be more than twice as good when they return to their home court than when they are away.

Even if they are two goals behind, Barcelona still has an away goal. As long as they can beat Manchester City 2-0 at home, they can eliminate Manchester City.

As for the score...

Iniesta doesn't think it's difficult, and the other Barcelona players probably won't either.

Tangtangmeng three, if they can't even beat their opponents 2-0 at home, how did they win all the championships last year?

Rong Guang also laughed when he heard Iniesta say this: "Let me say it first, I will never show mercy."

The two reached out and shook hands, let go, and each turned and walked away.

Rong Guang returned to the celebration of his teammates, while Iniesta followed his teammates to the channel.

They lost the game, so there's no point in staying on the pitch and watching other people celebrate.

Let's go back and think about how to beat Manchester City at home and advance to the semi-finals.

When Messi left the stadium, he looked back, and Rong Guang was still with his teammates receiving cheers from Manchester City fans.

Tonight, without a doubt, he was the winner.But Messi believes that in the Nou Camp a week later, he will be the one who laughs.

In order to defeat Rongguang, he will do his best in the game a week later.

By then, he will show the world the best of Leo Messi.

He wants to make himself truly worthy of the evaluation of "No. [-] in the world".

(End of this chapter)