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Wow! !

At Camp Nou, the rain is still fierce.

Dense raindrops poured down.

Looking at the fans in the sky, some were wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas, and some were directly washed away by the rain.

The game that was supposed to start at 7 p.m. has been postponed for half an hour, and there is no intention to start yet.

Barcelona said it hopes to wait until the rain subsides before starting.

But the damn rain showed no sign of letting up.

After waiting for half an hour, he finally couldn't wait any longer. The referee thought it should start immediately without any further delay.

Moreover, it is just raining heavily now. Is there thunder or not? What are you afraid of?

Guardiola's expression was extremely bitter.

What are you afraid of?

What I'm afraid of is this water-filled stadium.

In the last game, they were unable to perform largely because of the waterlogged pitch.

After returning to the home court, it started to rain again.

Who the hell can stand this!

Even though the drainage system of the Camp Nou stadium is excellent, it cannot withstand this kind of rain, and there will inevitably be a lot of water accumulation problems.

But the attitude of the referee team is very clear. They have already given half an hour, which is also a home benefit, but they can't wait any longer.

Players from both sides walked out of the locker room and came to the players' tunnel.

The expressions of Su Ke and others were very strange.

Kaka kept praying, thanking him for this heavy rain.

"Did Barcelona offend Lady Luck?" Seedorf said with a smile; "It's still the same when we return to home court."

Although the Barcelona players couldn't hear it specifically, they didn't mean anything nice and turned to glare at Seedorf.

Suker patted Seedorf.

This guy should keep a low profile so as not to be noticed by the Barcelona players.

“It’s the first rain of the year in Barcelona, ​​and it comes at the wrong time!”

The Spanish commentator also had a bitter taste in his mouth.

Why is this bad weather going against them?

It's another waterlogged stadium, and Barcelona's performance will be greatly reduced.

But the good news is that AC Milan's Gattuso is currently suspended for two games due to a red card and cannot participate in this game.

The starting lineups of both sides are as follows:

Barcelona (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Valdes.

Defenders: Abidal, Max, Milito, Gianluca Zambrotta.

Midfielder: Deco, Yaya Toure, Xavi, Iniesta.

Forwards: Messi, Eto'o.

AC Milan (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Dida.

Defenders: Odo, Nesta, Maldini, Simic.

Midfielder: Ambrosini, Pirlo, Jankulovski, Seedorf.

Forward: Kaká, Suker.

Guardiola frowned when he saw AC Milan's lineup.

Before the start of the game, news of Puyol's injury spread, and now AC Milan has also made arrangements for this.

Pato, who performed well in the last round, did not start the game. He is probably waiting to be used as a drill by Ancelotti in the second half to increase the penetration of the frontcourt.

Barcelona had the same idea.

Henry did not start the game, but he also saved a hand.

But both sides thought of going together.

But when Guardiola was surprised, AC Milan actually planned to attack in the away game?

However, he was not sure. After all, according to Ancelotti's level of cunning, there might be some kind of trap hidden there.

"Damn rainy day!"

Guardiola looked at the crackling rain outside through the eaves of the coaching bench, feeling extremely depressed inside.

At the same time, players from both sides began to enter the court.

The already depressed fans also burst into violent cheers.

If we wait any longer, they will freeze to death!

"hiss!"

The rain soaked my body, and even though I wore a layer of base layer to keep warm, it still quickly robbed my body of heat.

Both sides are experienced players. They started moving almost at the same time to keep their bodies warm.

Once the muscles become stiff due to the cold rain, then small mistakes may even lead to injury.

From the moment both parties entered the venue, everyone was doing their best to move around.

Even when shaking hands.

After completing all the links, we came to our respective halves.

Suker stepped on the ball in the center circle and waited for the kick-off.

The hair was soaked and lay softly on the scalp.

Under the raging rain, Suk squinted his eyes slightly to prevent the rain from entering his eyes.

My ears were filled with boos, raindrops, cheers and applause

Watching the referee walk out of the center circle, Su Ke turned around and shouted: "Come on!"

After that, as the whistle sounded, Su Ke decisively kicked the ball.

"The game begins! The game begins! This is the Champions League quarter-finals of the 2007/2008 season, AC Milan versus Barcelona away from home!"

"In the last round, AC Milan defeated Barcelona 2:0 at home, which also shows that Barcelona must score three goals in this game to win and advance!"

"At the same time, the heavy rain that started last night has also put Barcelona in a very passive situation. Can they perform well at home and can they defeat AC Milan?"

During the game, after Suker passed the ball back, it immediately got stuck in the opponent's back line.

Perhaps because of Puyol's absence, other defenders in the defense are even more wary of Suker's performance.

As soon as he came to the back line, Max had already come over to interfere.

Soon, Barcelona's entire formation began to press forward.

They're going to start pressing.

A waterlogged stadium is a limitation for Barcelona, ​​and the same is true for AC Milan.

Guardiola is currently a rookie coach, but he has the potential of a top coach. After experiencing the last game, how could he not be prepared.

Yaya Toure's position was deep, and he worked with the defense to restrict Suker.

While blocking AC Milan's long pass, Barcelona pressed forward as a whole.

This is to let AC Milan hit the ground and be pressed by them at the same time.

Once any mistakes occur when passing the ball or stopping the ball, they can quickly launch a counterattack.

However, AC Milan are all experienced players. Even if they make a mistake in stopping the ball, they will immediately turn around to protect the ball.

If the opponent presses too hard, they can also draw fouls and ensure possession of the ball.

For the current AC Milan, they were also a team that reached the top.

Although the physical fitness, physical fitness and condition cannot keep up.

But experience and judgment of game trends are extremely accurate.

Therefore, they know how to create favorable conditions for themselves.

What's more, they must defend well in this game.

Seedorf slowly got up from the ground. He twisted the soaked jersey, then lowered his head and pulled up the socks.

Iniesta stared at Seedorf with eager eyes.

When he saw Seedorf squatting down to tie his shoelaces again, he immediately protested to the referee.

The referee also warned Seedorf and asked him to kick off quickly.

From this penalty, Seedorf can understand that the referee is more or less biased towards Barcelona.

He didn't delay any longer.

Immediately kicked off the ball and passed it to Ambrosini.

After Ambrosini stopped the ball, he encountered fierce pressing from Barcelona players and could only pass back in a hurry.

This return pass was not passed well, but Pirlo's positioning was very critical. He immediately took a step across to catch up with the ball. Before the opponent's defensive player could rush up, Pirlo directly passed the ball forward with his big foot.

Due to the rush, the landing point of this long pass was also not good, and the force was a little weak.

Suk was almost squeezed in the middle by the three opponents.

Two players pulled Suker to prevent him from taking off. Yaya Toure took advantage of this opportunity and immediately tipped the ball to Xavi in ​​front.

Xavi took the ball with his back, and Kaka tried to steal it.

But Harvey drew circles and twisted to complete his turn.

Xavi is not the kind of player who is proficient in foot skills, but his dribbling rhythm and turn timing are very good.

Especially during this kind of counterattack, you can always use your turn to create opportunities, and then

"Xavi!! Through ball!"

The ball went through the middle of AC Milan's defense like a knife.

Messi quickly moved forward and passed Nesta directly with a horizontal stroke.

Facing goalkeeper Dida and Maldini on the side.

Messi took small steps with his feet, maintaining the action of shooting at any time, but in the end he passed the ball to the side.

Eto'o quickly followed up and pushed into the empty net to complete the goal.

In the 17th minute, Barcelona took the lead in scoring.

Xavi created an opportunity, Messi attracted the defensive attention, and Eto'o pushed and scored!