The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 628 Final Four!Final Four!
The players on the Barcelona bench were relieved to see Ricardo's goal disallowed.

Messi was about to stand up, but now he sat back silently.

"Don't worry," Guardiola reassured him, "the situation hasn't reached the point where you have to play. Believe in your teammates, they can beat any strong opponent. I hope you can fill 90 minutes on the bench. Minutes to make sure your injury doesn't get worse."

Messi smiled bitterly: "I do have confidence in my teammates, but I also know what Ricardo can do."

Guardiola sighed, "He is indeed one of the most powerful players in football today, Leo, he is on par with you."

"No, he is stronger than me now. Although he is only a little bit stronger, the gap is the gap, I must admit," Messi said frankly, "but I will continue to improve, I am only 26 years old, I have not yet fully developed. Realize my potential. I believe that I can catch up with him one day."

Ricardo was very angry.He was pretty sure he wasn't offside, but that his start was so fast that the linesman mistook him for it.At the beginning, Inzaghi also encountered this kind of grievance repeatedly.

If in a few years, you can know by looking at VAR, but now there is no solution.

The referee insisted on the penalty.

Although not long after, the big screen above the stadium broadcast this scene, clearly showing that Ricardo was not offside.

But that goal has been disallowed.

For a long time after that, QPR languished back and Barcelona, ​​while maintaining possession, struggled to get the ball into QPR's box.

There is no high point in their frontcourt, and there is no direct ball into the penalty area.

So the two sides were at a stalemate, and Barcelona's possession rate continued to rise.

By the 35th minute, Barcelona had 64% possession.

As a comparison, Barcelona's possession rate in the last game was 54%, which is a rare game in which Barcelona's possession rate did not reach 60%.

Before the end of the first half, Barcelona played two extremely threatening offensives due to the lack of concentration of QPR players.

First, Iniesta suddenly went through, Fabregas kicked on the penalty area line, and the football flew out of the baseline against the crossbar.

Then Pedro sent a wonderful pass for Villa, who shot wide with his left foot from the edge of the box.

It's worth noting that while both balls were somewhat threatening, they were done from outside the penalty area.

Soon the referee blew his whistle to signal the end of the first half.

Throughout the first half, Barcelona only completed 3 shots in the penalty area, and all 3 shots were blocked.

Their total number of shots reached 11 while the number of shots on goal was 0.

In contrast, QPR only managed 4 shots but 3 were on target.And these 4 shots were all completed in the penalty area.

It can be said that although the number of attacks by QPR is not many, each one is very deadly.

If it weren't for the brave performance of Valdes and the help of the referee, Barcelona is now behind.

At halftime, Simeone praised the performance of the players.

Although they did not take the lead, although except for Ricardo and Neymar, the rest of the players did not perform well.

But the players have played their own level at the Nou Camp and strictly implemented Simeone's tactical requirements, which is commendable.

"Playing like this, we can win!" Simeone shouted, "I need your full attention for the next 45 minutes, and then we can reach the top four of the Champions League for the first time in history!"

The players laughed.In the past two seasons, they have created too many firsts for the team, and they have begun to be a little immune to the firsts.

But the semi-finals of the Champions League still sounds wonderful, doesn't it?

For the club, entering the top 4 and stopping in the top 8 is also related to a bonus gap of more than 500 million euros and millions of euros in ticket sales.

The season ticket at Loftus Road does not include tickets for the Champions League. Tickets for the Champions League vary according to the distance of the seat. The cheapest seat is 45 pounds, and the most expensive is 260 pounds. 18000 seats can make QPR close to 200. million pounds.

What can £200 million do?Can help the club sign another demon star like Icardi.

Therefore, the club executives still hope that the team can enter the top four.

Of course, you can't put too much pressure on the players.

At this time, for the Champions League newcomer QPR, what is needed is decompression so that the players can perform better.

The second half of the game began.

Barcelona seem to be playing a little impatiently.

Fabregas forced a long-range shot from 49 meters on the back of the defender in the 25th minute after several minutes of passing could not get into the QPR box.

Miranda immediately passed the ball to the midfield.

Ricardo overtook Pique in the race, took the ball and ran wildly. At 30 meters away from the goal, Ricardo suddenly sent a through ball. Modric, who had been running beside him, accelerated and rushed up. Take the ball, smash it away from Alves, and form a one-on-one with Valdez.

Valdes had to strike, but Modric flicked his ankle and passed the ball to Neymar, who was unmarked at the far end.

Neymar easily pushed the empty goal, and he lived up to the expectations of QPR's goal.

"Neymar Goalllll! 50 minutes into the game, QPR took the lead away! Modric's composure and selflessness made the goal."

"With Ricciardo, QPR is really sharp on the counterattack! Now Barcelona has a problem. They must score 2 goals to continue to advance, otherwise they will miss the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 7 seasons! "

Without waiting for Guardiola to greet, Messi has already started to warm up.

In this situation, he must play at the risk of aggravating the injury, otherwise Barcelona will have no future to speak of.

After the goal, QPR continued to defend.

In 10 minutes, they barely passed the half-time, but Barcelona did not break into the QPR penalty area, just two shots from outside the penalty area.

Messi's role in Barcelona is still indispensable, especially when the opponent is intensively defending. Messi can form a breakthrough after taking the ball to disrupt the opponent's formation and hope to break the opponent's tenacious defense.

Except for Messi, no other player in Barcelona has such individual combat ability.

In the 62nd minute, Messi replaced Cesc Fabregas and Huluwa returned to the center position.In addition, Bartra replaced Adriano, who became a colander.

As soon as Messi came on the field, he broke through the two consecutively and sent wonderful passes. Iniesta caught the ball in the penalty area and dunked Miranda and shot into the far corner, but Handanovic hugged the ball.

After 1 minute, Iniesta and Messi hit the wall to cooperate. The latter shot from the left side of the penalty area and was saved by Handanovic. Villa rushed over and failed to form a follow-up shot.

Seeing this situation, Simeone immediately made a substitution.The defensive midfielder Eric Dier came on and replaced Nainggolan to strengthen the defense.

(End of this chapter)