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Chapter 1197 Messi Beyond the Milky Way
Rongguang did not grab the ball this time, and the football was still firmly under the feet of the Barcelona players.

Barcelona controlled the football but were not in a hurry to attack, instead it seemed to be passing the ball constantly, everyone was constantly moving, there seemed to be no fixed formations and positions at all.

Faced with Barcelona's inversion of control, Manchester City did not follow the football, trying to grab the football from the Barcelona players.

Instead, they recovered quickly and concentrated in their own 30-meter area, waiting for Barcelona to attack.

This is also the way Manchester City dealt with Barcelona, ​​using intensive defense to curb Barcelona's passing and cutting cooperation. Except for Messi, there is no man-to-man defense in other places, but zone defense, so as to ensure that Manchester City's defense will not be disrupted by Barcelona's passing.

Originally, the tactic that Manchester City was good at was defensive counterattack, and shrinking defense was the norm for them.

In the face of Manchester City's intensive defense, Barcelona has no better way for the time being.

So the game had just started, and it fell into a stalemate.

"Under Benitez's training, this Manchester City team is very good at defending. Barcelona is very good at attacking. Now these two strong teams, I think friends who want to see a wonderful and fierce offensive battle must be disappointed." Alan Hansen said. "There has been no name in the final since ancient times. As for the match between Rong and Messi, we actually hope that both of them can show their best form, but under such circumstances, the two teams will come out with a very strict defensive deployment against Rong and Messi. It is not easy for them to perform well. Maybe only one goal in this game can decide the outcome..."

When Alan Hansen said these words, the game had already gone on for 8 minutes, and neither side had even scored a shot.

Barcelona controlled the football from kick-off but were in no rush to get a shot.

Of course, such a move has different interpretations in different populations.

The Catalan commentators all believed that this reflected Barcelona's strong control, as long as they wanted, they could keep the ball like this until the end of the game.Relying on such a strong control, Barcelona will surely beat Manchester City.

In John Mortensen's view, this shows Barcelona's fear of Manchester City: "Barcelona still has the ball, but I don't think it's because they are good at controlling it, but because they are afraid of Manchester City. They don't want to lose possession easily, so they don't dare to shoot..."

But no matter which interpretation it is, if there are always no shots, the game is not normal.

Barcelona is looking for a chance to kill with one blow, while Manchester City is carefully guarding against Barcelona's pass, guarding against their sudden acceleration in this seemingly meaningless reversal-this is the way Barcelona is good at.

To be honest, this is actually not a small burden for the two teams.

Even for a team as strong as Barcelona, ​​passing the ball in a row would take a lot of risk. If they pass the ball one more time, the chance of being snatched by Manchester City will increase by one point.If they still can't find a good scoring opportunity, then they may have to take a random shot.

The same is true for Manchester City. If they always face Barcelona with such tense nerves, they will break their nerves sooner or later.

So this situation cannot last long.

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When the whole game reached the 9th minute, Messi, who had been running in the frontcourt waiting and looking for opportunities, returned to the center line. He didn’t have many opportunities in front. Manchester City’s defense against him was too tight. For this reason, he had to retreat a lot to get rid of Matuidi, the Manchester City player who was marking him, and create space for his sprinting and dribbling.

And when he ran back, Harvey had already noticed his running position and passed the football in advance.

The reason why he did this was to fully consider Messi's needs.If Messi waits until he is in position, and then passes the football, then Matuidi will post it. Even if Messi receives the ball, he will face Matuidi's close marking, and there is still no way to get rid of the defense easily.

Only passing the football while Messi is running back can ensure that Messi receives the ball before Matuidi has time to stick him.

Next, Harvey believes that Messi must have a way.

Just like Ned believes in glory...

Sure enough, as soon as he ran to the center line, Messi received the ball passed by Harvey. At the same time, he jumped up and stepped on the football to perform a Marseille roundabout.

It's just that he didn't turn in the offensive direction, but turned to his backcourt.

It seemed pointless, just a gimmick.

But in fact, Messi used this Marseille maneuver to complete his turn. Although he returned to his own half and was farther away from Manchester City's goal, he is now facing the attacking direction!
You must know that under Matuidi's defense before, he has always turned his back to the attacking direction.

And in the process, he hasn't let the football out of his hands.

Even if Matuidi wanted to grab the ball, he couldn't do it.

Now Matuidi is facing a very difficult situation - defending Messi, in fact, the most important thing is not to let him turn around, as long as Messi does not turn around, his threat will be much smaller.But if he turns around, with his speed and ball handling skills, it's much easier to get rid of defenders...

Sure enough, Messi, who had just turned around, quickly rushed forward with the ball!

At the same time, Matuidi just stretched out his foot to steal the ball!

Messi flicked the ball with the inside of his right foot to avoid Matuidi's tackle, and then his left foot blocked the ball forward.

“Fried meatballs!”

In the roar of the Catalan commentator, Messi dodged Matuidi's defense!

He finally got rid of the defender who had been following him since the beginning of the game and was almost inseparable!
There was a huge cheer from the Barcelona fans in the stands, rooting for Messi.

Messi, who got rid of Matuidi, took the football out, accelerated along the sidewalk, and rushed towards Manchester City's penalty area!

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Seeing that Matuidi was thrown away by Messi, this is tantamount to sounding a first-level battle alarm in the hearts of Manchester City players.

Suddenly, three Manchester City players rushed towards Messi.

Just like when other teams defend Rongguang, there will always be several people rushing towards Rongguang. When other teams defend Messi, such a scene will also appear.

And Messi will always encounter a one-on-one situation, he is not panic, although he slowed down under the interception of three people, but he did not stop, but continued to take the ball along the sidewalk.

Faced with the block of Manchester City's left back Leighton Barnes, Messi's right foot once again dialed the football inside.

Then he took the football with his left foot, but it wasn't fried balls. He just carried the football forward with his left foot, touched the ball once, and touched the ball a second time. His speed was not fast, as if he was adjusting.

But when he touched the ball for the third time, Messi's left foot slammed the football forward!
The football slipped between the legs of Manchester City player Gareth Barry who was stuck on the inside!
At the same time, Messi, who was not fast, suddenly accelerated and rushed between Barnes and Barry!

breakthrough!

"Oh oh oh! Beautiful! Beautiful breakthrough!" The Catalan commentator shouted excitedly.

The shouts of the Barcelona fans in the stands were also louder.

Messi, who broke through the three men, dribbled the ball towards Manchester City's penalty area. This time, he no longer continued to advance along the sideline. See you, it's all for this. Messi must be stupid if he continues to walk on the side. Could it be that he still wants to pass to Gao Lin from the side?

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In just two steps, Messi dribbled the ball into Manchester City's penalty area. The Barcelona fans in the stands shouted desperately, covering up all the boos from the Manchester City fans.

Amidst their cheers, Messi dunked the football to the left with his right foot, out of the way of Manchester City centre-back Kompany, who came up to defend him.

Lucio rushed up from the left, intending to relay Kompany to intercept Messi.

Everyone thought Messi would continue past Lucio and face goalkeeper Joe Hart.

But at this moment, Messi suddenly took a shot!
An angry shot from the left foot!

The football darted past Lucio's outstretched feet, sprinting along the turf, not high, but it was the kind of ball that made it harder for the goalkeeper.

Joe Hart's reaction was a little slower, because he didn't expect Messi to shake Kompany just after entering the penalty area, and he kicked the goal directly!

He only jumped into the near corner when he saw Messi kick the football towards the goal.But his speed is still not fast enough in front of football speed!
Before he could reach the near corner, Messi's football hit the ground in front of him on the turf, bounced, and then sped forward and crossed the goal line between the post and his hand!
The ball is in!
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The decibels of the Barcelona fans in Wembley Stadium climbed to the top, they roared desperately, cheering for this goal.

The commentators on the commentary booth were also very excited.

"The goal is scored! The goal is scored! Messi! Messi! Leo Messi!!! What a great goal!! In the Champions League final, Messi scored a great goal enough to be engraved in the history of the Champions League!" It was not the commentator from Catalonia who said this, but the commentator from the neutral country France TV.

And he's not the only one saying that.

Almost all commentators are singing praises for Messi.

Messi's goal conquered them all.

"Messi's goal is fantastic! He beat the Manchester City team alone! Manchester City's defenders are dimmed in front of him!"

"Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Messi's condition is really good! Now he is simply invincible!"

"Messi is so close to City's goal, there are only five City players between them..."

Of course, if you want to praise Messi, it still depends on the Catalan commentator.He can always blow out new angles: "This is a goal from another galaxy! It was scored by Messi from another galaxy! Such a Messi, even Rong, will feel terrible!"

John Mortensen was sitting next to the Catalan narrator. Although he couldn't understand the Catalan narrator's Catalan language, it could be seen from his excited expression and movements how excited he was.

For John Mortensen at this time, the more excited the other party was, the more unhappy he was.

Because both sides are enemies.There has been more and more praise and praise for Messi in the media recently, which makes him uncomfortable for John Mortensen, who positions himself as a "glory supporter".

Especially those media nonsense that Messi has surpassed glory, and the era of Messi has come...

Are you kidding me?
It's just temporarily ahead of Glory in the Champions League scorer list!Dare to lie about the times?
So he curled his lips and said: "Messi's goal is certainly beautiful, but I think this kind of goal must be commonplace for Manchester City fans. You must know that Rong often scores this kind of goal!"

(End of this chapter)