The strongest winger

Chapter 1002 Messi's No.18 Goal

Time passed quickly, and it was 15 minutes into the game in the blink of an eye, which means that 1/3 of the entire first half had passed.

The Valencia supporters, who had an absolute advantage in the stands, kept bursting out with huge cheers, cheering and cheering for the Valencia players on the field.

Of course, Ai Luo was the one who cheered the most.

Especially the Chelsea fans and supporters from the West End of London. Except when they chanted with the Valencia fans, they were unified. The rest of the time they dedicated their passion to Aiello who was holding the ball.

In the past 1/3 of the game time in the first half, Messi basically had no chance to be on camera except for a self-directed and self-acted shot, so he was very anxious. He was afraid that this much-watched Champions League final would become the stage for Aiello's performance again, and he...become the background king again.

As a superstar in Argentina who is expected to become a Maradona style, he is invincible in all competitions, but he is powerless against the team with Aiello.

This season has also lost the league championship and the Copa del Rey championship. In the crucial Champions League final, he does not want to lose again!

In this case, Messi broke out.

No.18 minutes, Barcelona switched from defense to offense. Because Valencia returned to defense in a timely manner, their fast break did not succeed, so they had to switch to a positional offense.

Through the cooperation on the ground, the football is obtained by Messi who is attacking the right rib, and the full-back Alves puts it on, waiting for Messi's pass at any time.

Albelda and Cazorla were ready, but Jordi Alba took into account Alves' sake and focused on the route Messi passed to Alves.

This is an understandable choice for the full back. After all, there is a large space behind him. If he ignores the space behind him just to defend Messi, it will be a real disaster. Messi has a wide vision, and it is impossible not to see this space.

Messi stepped forward on the football on the sole of his foot, and then pushed the ball slightly forward with his right foot to widen the distance between him and Albelda.

Albelda was robbed in front of Messi and did not dare to foul easily, otherwise the referee will definitely give a yellow card warning, which is not worthwhile.

It just so happened that Messi took advantage of Albelda's mentality of not daring to foul and continued to bring the ball forward.

At this time, Valencia's defense system has not yet been formed and effectively protected, and it is entirely out of the most dangerous situation.

The left central defender Godin had to press out to defend Messi. At this moment, Messi suddenly kicked the ball to Pedro in the middle, who then kept the ball on Messi's forward running route.

“Wonderful two over one!!”

The local commentator in Barcelona instantly went crazy.

With the loud shouts from the Barcelona fans in the stands, Messi slammed the ball into the penalty area. Albiol immediately twisted his body to defend Messi, but the latter's speed was so fast that he had no chance to make a move. He could only watch Messi shoot with his right foot, which he was not good at.

Messi's shot was very sudden, and the angle was tricky, almost towards the inner edge of the right near post.

Wang Xiaolei fell to the ground and made a side attack, but it was still half a beat too late, because the football was rubbing against the inner edge of the right post of the goal and rolled into the goal.

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"Messi, Messi, Messi!"

When Messi sent the ball into Wang Xiaolei's goal, the Barcelona fans in the stands chanted Messi's name in unison.

"The goal is scored, Messi!" The Barcelona TV commentator raised his arms and shouted: "Messi first used his super personal ability to connect two people, and then played a wonderful two-to-one collision with Pedro. He dribbled into the penalty area and scored the ball! Barcelona leads Valencia 1-0 at the new Wembley Stadium!! At the same time, this is his No.18 goal in the Champions League this season!!"

Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor also praised Messi's goal: "Messi is worthy of being one of the three best offensive players on the planet. His sudden force caused a brief panic in Valencia's defense system, and then he personally made a shot. Barcelona deservedly leads."

CCTV commentator He Wei, who was completely on Valencia's side, said: "A veteran is a veteran, rich in experience but obviously inferior in physical fitness to a young player. Messi just used a simple pass to accelerate and got stuck in front of Albelda. At this time, Valencia's defensive system has not yet formed a perfect protection. Messi is Messi, and his ability to read the game is very strong! Valencia's loss is not unfair!"

At the same time, Messi, who scored the goal, was extremely excited. He scored the goal earlier than Aiello in this game, which means that his number of goals in the Champions League this season has tied with Aiello. As long as he scores another goal in the next game, he can surpass Aiello and lead the UEFA Champions League scorer list!
If the team performs well as a whole and wins the game, it is no problem to become the best striker in the Champions League this season.

The professional quality of the on-site director is very strong. When Messi celebrated his goal, he did not give it to the coach's seat on the sidelines, but switched the camera to Aiello.

But it's a pity that Ai Luo didn't have any obvious changes in facial expressions. From the camera, he just clapped his hands to encourage his teammates.

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The game restarted, and Ancelotti could not sit comfortably on the coach's bench. He had to come to the sidelines to remind the players that the previous mistakes could not be repeated.

Similarly, Guardiola stood in the technical command area to remind his teammates that they must strictly implement the pre-match arrangements, otherwise once the score is equalized by Valencia, the momentum will tend to Valencia!
In fact, Valencia, who re-kicked off, did not intend to press hard, but advanced layer by layer.

Of course, it wasn't that Valencia didn't want to move forward quickly.

Although Barcelona's seemingly aggressive formation in this game is a four-three-three formation, it is actually a four-six-zero frontless formation, and the players protect each other very well.

There are two defensive midfielders in front of the entire defense line as a protective barrier, and apart from Messi at the top, Iniesta, Xavi and Pedro, three young fast spirits, stick to their own half to help defend.

Although defense is not what they are good at, their defensive awareness is very strong, which limits Valencia's passing space and breakthrough space.

In this case, even Ai Luo has no good way.

He thought about making a foul to get a direct free kick, but Barcelona's defenders didn't shoot recklessly at all.

Obviously, Guardiola had rigorous tactical arrangements before the game, which led to the current tactical discipline.

In the blink of an eye, 5 minutes into the game, Valencia still could only pass the ball around the perimeter, but could not send the ball to the dangerous area.

Seeing this, Guardiola finally let out a sigh of relief and sat down on the coach's bench.

(End of this chapter)