champion light

Chapter 1190 Glorious Champion Promise

Hot water poured down from overhead, from head to toe.Messi just stood under the shower with his head down, letting the hot water wash over his body.

Harvey's words echoed over and over in his mind.

"When he is staring at you, you must not move your eyes away, or you will lose."

This sentence reminded him of the confrontation between him and Rong Guang last season.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona challenged Manchester City away.

Messi's own state was very good in that game, threatening Manchester City's goal again and again from the beginning.

The thought of defeating Rongguang made him full of fighting spirit, and he felt that he would definitely be able to defeat Rongguang this time.

But after an outstanding performance, he turned his head to look at Rong Guang.

He found that Rong Guang was also looking at him.

As a result, the moment the eyes of the two met, Messi suddenly lowered his eyelids in a panic, and ran back with his head buried.

He didn't dare to look at Rong Guang.

In the end, although he once helped Barcelona equalize the game in that game, Rongguang scored twice and helped Manchester City beat Barcelona 3:1 at home, laying a very good foundation for the final elimination of Barcelona.

He was in such a good state that he couldn't beat Rong Guang.

In the second round, he plucked up the courage to tell Rongguang to be his opponent. As a result, Rongguang scored twice in the game again, but he failed to score a goal.

After those two games, he even suspected that he would never be able to surpass glory in this life.

The only advantage he has over Rong Guang is age - he's younger.

Perhaps only after Rong Guang retires can he become the number one in the world...

Messi performed very well in the Champions League this season. For this reason, he even sacrificed his performance in the league a little. After 35 rounds of the league, he scored 31 goals in the league, three goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo, ranking second.

But he became the No.1 scorer in the Champions League with [-] goals.

But this still doesn't make Messi feel that he can beat Rongguang.

He can be a glorious opponent, but he cannot be defeated.

Messi is so entangled in his heart now.

Now Harvey's words woke him up.

How dare I defeat him if I don't even dare to meet Rong's eyes?
So this is not a question of whether you can do it, but a question of whether you dare or not.

If you don't dare, then you can't.

Dare first, talent later.

Messi felt that his previous self might have been too weak...

I don't know why, anyway, when he is in front of Rongguang, he will have an unconscious sense of inferiority, and he has to look up when he looks at Rongguang—it's not just because he is shorter than Rongguang...

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that he was still unable to defeat Rongguang, and could only run after Rongguang.

Thinking about it now, his unconscious inferiority complex in the face of glory may have come from the 2005 World Youth Championship finals.

At that time, Rongguang had already become famous by virtue of his two seasons at Werder Bremen, and he was considered a player whose level was completely higher than that of the World Youth Championship.

And Messi is still a rookie in Barcelona and European football. Although he has received a lot of attention, no one compares him with glory.

Since then, Messi can see the gap between himself and Rongguang from various comments and voices from the outside world.

Later in the final, Rong Guang completed a hat-trick, one of which was to dribble the ball directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and then scored.In this process, Messi ran with Rongguang from beginning to end, trying to break Rongguang's ball, but he didn't do it until Rongguang scored the goal.

He became the best footnote of Rongguang's performance in that World Youth Championship.

He also became famous in the future, but this period of history was repeatedly mentioned by people. The more successful he was, the more famous he was in contrast to the glory back then...

This "black history" may be the deep reason why he always has some fear and shadow about glory in his heart.

It's just that this reason has been ignored most of the time, and even Messi himself has not noticed it.

Now when he thinks back, he's still a little surprised - he hasn't gotten out of that game that year.

But this is not an illusion... As long as he is competing with Rongguang, he will always want to catch up with Rongguang.

This idea came from the ball that he couldn't catch up with Rong Guang back then...

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The Champions League semi-final with Manchester United is over, although the focus of the media and fans has shifted to the Champions League final.But for Manchester City, the league is still very important, at least they can't lose in the league.

In this way, their undefeated season plan will be ruined.

Therefore, in the No.30 sixth round of the league, in Manchester City's away game against Everton, Benitez sent all the main players. He did not let the main players who had just finished the second round of the semi-final against Manchester United rest.

In the end, Rongguang scored twice in the game, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a goal, and Sneijder added the icing on the cake to help Manchester City beat Everton 4:1 away.

After passing the most difficult hurdle, there is no team that can prevent Manchester City from ending the league unbeaten.

No.30 Seventh round, Manchester City vs. Stoke City at home.At the same time, after this game, the Premier League championship trophy will also be awarded to Manchester City.

Manchester City will also hold a ceremony at their home ground to celebrate the success of the defending champions.

Under such a premise, how could Manchester City lose the game at their home court and let Stoke City mess up their game?

In the end, Manchester City beat Stoke City 3-0.Rong Guang, Ibrahimovic and David Silva each scored a goal.

The award ceremony and celebration ceremony after the game was particularly lively.

During the celebration ceremony, as the captain of the Manchester City team, Rong Guang held a microphone to speak to the fans.

"I'm here to make a promise to everyone." Rong Guang raised his arm and raised his index finger. "After the Champions League final on the 28th, we will come back here to celebrate, to celebrate the championship!"

There was joy at the scene, and the cheers were deafening, almost toppling the roof of the Manchester City Stadium...

Rong Guang once expressed his ambition in an interview, but this is the first time he has directly made a clear commitment in public, saying that he wants to win the championship.

What is the promise?
A promise is something that is said and must be kept.

Rong Guang has now made this promise in front of tens of thousands of people, which means that he will definitely bring back the UEFA Champions League trophy.

It's not just a promise, it's a glorious declaration of champions!

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That night, the promise made by Rongguang at the celebration ceremony appeared on the major sports media in Europe.

"Rong promised Manchester City fans to win the title!"

"Rong's Champions League declaration!"

"Rong is determined to win the Champions League!"

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Almost all titles are like this.

In response to this, Barcelona defeated Deportivo 30-1 at home in the seventh round of the league No.0. Messi scored the only goal of the game.

With this victory, Barcelona finally locked the league title. They won the championship one round ahead of schedule, making Real Madrid's 3:1 victory over Villarreal in the away game meaningless.

Now Barcelona can also completely put down the league and prepare for the Champions League.

Although Rong Guang issued a championship declaration, Barcelona will not give up the championship so easily.

After the game, the Catalan media wrote articles to cheer for Messi.

"Messi's goal helped Barcelona win the league title one round ahead of schedule! After we were accidentally tied 1-1 by Levante in the last round, Messi's goal relieved everyone's nervousness! Now we can prepare for the Champions League final with a relaxed mood! Rong said that he has secured the Champions League championship? But I remember he said that the championship is not determined by the analysis of the media. Then I want to ask Rong: Is the championship that he said belongs to Manchester City?

In fact, the attitude of the Catalan media towards Rongguang was quite good. After all, Rongguang has a few good friends in the Barcelona team, and he was very close to becoming a Barcelona player.

But since the two sides fought desperately in the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season, the relatively good relationship between Catalonia and Rongguang has disappeared.

There were too many things in that duel that could make the Catalan media look glorified.

The first thing the Catalan media claimed before the game was that Rong Guang was the only opponent worthy of Messi. They actually felt that they were praising Rong Guang when they said this.But after the words came out, they attracted ridicule and ridicule from Manchester City fans and the English media.

This incident caused a lot of trouble at the time, and it also made the Catalan media feel ashamed. Many people felt that the Catalan media was too shameless.

Later, the Catalan media distorted the meaning of Rongguang, hyping that Rongguang did not take Messi seriously, which was a counterattack to the previous one.

Then the fierce collision between the two teams in the game, flopping, red cards and other factors also made the gunpowder more intense.

This smell of gunpowder will naturally extend to the off-court, to the media level.

Several media outlets in Barcelona are the mouthpieces of the Barcelona club, cheering for Barcelona. They are naturally upset that Barcelona was eliminated, so they can only talk to Manchester City and Rongguang for cheap.

Of course, Rong Guang ignored them.

Now that the two sides met in the final, the media in Barcelona were all in a collective climax. They all looked forward to their team's appearance after defeating Manchester City led by Rong Guang in the final. They fantasized about Rong Guang's sluggish expression, watching Messi and his teammates celebrate heartily.They also imagined that Rong Guang collapsed on the turf, covering his face with his hands.

All in all, they'd be happy to witness glory at Wembley like never before...

What gave them confidence was Messi's performance in the Champions League this season.

After many years of preparing for the top scorer in the Champions League, they finally saw Messi riding on Rongguang's head for the first time!

This makes them full of confidence for the final.

Messi will definitely live up to expectations!
(End of this chapter)