Fame with a ball

Five minutes after the opening of the game, both Juventus and Barcelona played their own rhythm.

Barcelona's ball possession rate is very high, but Juventus is firmly guarding their own three-point area. As long as a Barcelona player enters the Juventus half, he will immediately fall into the siege of three sides. "Barcelona style It seems that today they have decided to use their purest style to deal with the enemy."

"Pique and Fabregas played a beautiful dribble... Sanchez put in quickly!"

"Sanchez passes! He passes the ball to Messi!"

"Messi's far corner ejection!"

"Oh, the ball was blocked by Juventus' defensive wall... the chain defense really lived up to its reputation!"

"De Qie Lie launched a quick counterattack from Juventus... a direct pass from the back, Verratti got the ball..."

"Verratti gave Lin the ball in the middle... Lin went straight into the Barcelona half!"

"Alves ran towards Lin."

"Lin swayed his upper body and pushed his left foot horizontally... Is he trying to surpass others? No! It's a false pass!"

"Verati! GOGOGO!"

"Oh, what a pity! The shot was so right, Valdez saved the ball without any effort!"

More than 6 fans feasted their eyes and couldn't help raising their arms and shouting, "As expected of the Champions League final, it's really exciting!"

In the square outside the Stadium of Light, those fans who could only watch the live broadcast on a super-large screen felt itchy: I really want to experience the atmosphere of the game live!

Although the two teams did not play against each other, Barcelona's beautiful and elegant offensive football, as well as Juventus' strong defense and fast and sharp counterattack, kept the rhythm of the game very tight, without any procrastination, very unique Ornamental.

In this wonderful offensive counterattack back and forth, the first change occurred in the 15th minute of the first half.

After a Juventus counterattack failed, Barcelona goalkeeper Valdez threw the ball to Pique. Pique did not take the ball for a long-distance run or split the ball directly to brush the possession rate, but observed Messi. After the position, he passed the 30-meter long pass with one kick and stuffed the ball into the midfield!

Barcelona is ready to fight back and give Juventus a quick attack!

But it is Neymar who appears in football faster than Messi!

After Neymar took the ball, he didn't make a second pass, but took advantage of the situation and knocked the ball directly to the Juventus half!

"Surprise attack!"

"Several Juventus central defenders have run towards Messi, but they didn't expect Neymar to receive the pass, which is really unexpected!"

But on the off-field coaching bench, Guardiola frowned, because in his tactical arrangement in the first half, there was no such thing as Neymar presiding over the offense!

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Neymar's raid was beyond everyone's expectations on the field, but the Barcelona players reacted quickly. Messi, Iniesta and others immediately chased the frontcourt, ready to respond to him.

Pirlo and other Juventus midfielders reacted a little slowly, but they also quickly started to return to defense.

Neymar wanted to deal with Juventus at the Stadium of Light, just like he used to deal with other Brazilian teams in Brazil, tearing up Juventus' defense like chopping vegetables, and then scored a goal.

But he soon realized he was wrong!

Even if he can score a goal in the Real Madrid goal in the Spanish national derby, it is not so easy to quickly tear the Juventus defense.

Because he is facing the strongest defense in the world!

Juventus is a team known as "reinforced concrete defense"!

Neymar, who broke into the Juventus penalty area, quickly encountered a tight siege. He had no choice but to adjust his angle before volleying the ball!

This shot was useless for Buffon at all, because it flew directly over the crossbar.

The other Barcelona players who also chased into the Juventus penalty area were helpless. They thought Neymar would choose to pass the ball at the last minute.

The Barcelona players immediately ran back to the midfield to guard against Juventus' counterattack.

Juve's counterattack was resolved before it succeeded, because in the middle, Marchisio with the ball was intercepted by Harvey.

Then there was a 7-minute midfield possession battle.

At this time, Harvey came to Neymar's side. He said to the Brazilian player with a flat expression: "When attacking, you must consider the overall situation of the team, and don't just focus on sticking the ball."

Neymar's expression changed immediately.

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When Neymar first moved to Barcelona, ​​everyone welcomed him, because he is indeed a talented player who has become famous all over the world early, and his transfer value of tens of millions of euros also added a lot of points to him.

But after Neymar started a few times in the team, the attitude of the Barcelona locker room towards him gradually changed—everyone found that this Brazilian kid was a bit "independent" during the game, that is, he was too sticky to the ball. The pass to him has never seen him take the initiative to pass back.And Neymar was also very humble in the locker room at the beginning, but as time went on, everyone found that he began to show some "Brazilian king" temper, which made most people feel a little uncomfortable. Comfortable.

Although Neymar's offensive ability is very outstanding, but in a giant like Barcelona, ​​which player has no offensive skills?Unity, and people who are willing to sacrifice personal interests for the team at critical times are what everyone likes.For example, Messi, who has always been humble.

Guardiola didn't want to play Neymar before the game because he felt that the offensive power of the game was enough, but his decision was pressured by club president Sandro Rosell. Hall was dissatisfied with his starting lineup arrangement and called Neymar to play.

Want to ask why Barcelona President Rosell cares so much about Neymar?Then I have to mention his Brazilian background.

Russell has lived in Brazil for three years and has known a lot of Brazilian football people, such as the current Brazilian president Teixeira, coach Scolari, agent mino Raiola, big and small Ronaldo, etc. Moreover, the transfer of Neymar was handled by Russell from the beginning to the end. If the chairman of Barcelona is not Russell, it is really hard to say whether Barcelona will buy Neymar in the end.

Russell strongly advocated the purchase of Neymar. If he does not perform well in the team, Russell will not only be unable to explain to the shareholders of the club, but his own chairmanship will also be shaken. Guardiola put pressure on Gua Shuai to give Neymar more opportunities to perform.

Although Messi is the well-deserved core of Barcelona and no one dares to provoke him in the locker room, his character is not suitable to be a leader, because his heart is too soft, even if he is really upset with someone, he will not tell him face to face. The other party is ugly.His current situation is a bit like Ronaldinho in Rijkaard's era. Although he is the absolute core of the game, Deco is the real boss of the locker room.

For this reason, when someone in the Barcelona team does not understand the rules and threatens Messi's status and even the team's interests, it is often Puyol and Xavi who stand up and warn the "new bird". Or Iniesta.

"I didn't stick the ball." After being warned by Harvey, Neymar defended himself: "I just seized the opportunity to attack."

Harvey glanced at him with a blank expression: "A bad shot opportunity is worse than passing the ball back to a teammate, let alone that shot wasted by yourself."

Neymar's face sank immediately, but arguing with one of the locker room giants on the court was obviously not good for him, so Neymar quickly succumbed: "I know."

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On the surface, Neymar expressed obedience to Harvey's words, but he didn't listen to them in his heart, and he felt that he had done nothing wrong.

As for why the goal was not scored, isn't it because of bad luck?

If this ball is scored, who will say that he sticks to the ball?

This is not a question of strength, but a question of luck!

Neymar believes so firmly.

But just a few minutes after he had just been warned by Xavi, Fabregas made a through ball near the midfield and Neymar got the ball.

He waited and watched the surrounding situation, and found that most of the Juventus players were sticking to Messi, and decisively chose to break through by himself!

Xavi, Iniesta and others are almost scolding, but they have no choice but to move forward together. The ball from Neymar in the province is suddenly blocked, and Barcelona will fall into a passive position.

Because of Barcelona's full forward pressure, a hole appeared in their defense immediately.

Lin Zhigao did not return to the Juventus penalty area to assist in the defense, but sneaked into the Barcelona half, waiting for the opportunity.

And this opportunity is coming soon!

Neymar's ball was saved by Juventus' last line of defense-"Goalkeeper" Buffon.

After Buffon threw the ball to Chiellini, Chiellini kicked a 35-meter-long through ball, sent the ball directly to the midfielder, and avoided most of the Barcelona players!

Pepe, who was running in the midfield, received the pass, and it was also a long pass, but with two passes, the ball penetrated more than half of the pitch and came near the Barcelona penalty area!

And Lin Zhigao, who has been waiting for an opportunity near the Barcelona penalty area, finally tasted the fruit of waiting for a rabbit!

He pushed on his knees, and after stopping the ball, he suddenly aimed at the goal and shot!

Unleashes a sudden, imperceptible, low power but fast poke!

When Valdés caught Lin Zhigao's shooting action from the corner of his eye, he reacted quickly and instinctively rushed to the football landing point he judged.

But he is too slow!

No, or Lin Zhigao was too close to the goal!

As if the football was suddenly blessed by the speed of light, it rushed into the goal with an afterimage!

Valdés didn't even see which direction the football flew over his body and went into the net!

"Goooooooooooooooooooal!"

"Juventus are ahead of Barcelona!"

"Victory is always given to those who can seize the opportunity, and Lin is the truest portrayal of this sentence!"

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"Pirlo picks a pass from the midfielder... Lin Fang is offside and enters the penalty area!"

"A beautiful right-footed shot!"

"Oh God, the ball went over the bar..."

"It's Pirlo again! A long pass over the top!"

"Lin hit the box... got the ball... and he passed it back!"

"Verati is right behind Lin!"

"Verratti shoots in the head!"

"Did Valdez play off the hook today? He threw the ball again."

After leading Barcelona, ​​Juventus was in full swing and attacked the city continuously within 10 minutes. If Barcelona hadn’t had Harvey’s midfield scheduling to organize the defense, and goalkeeper Valdez’s brave performance, they might have missed one after another and were defeated by Juventus. Sla scored a big score.

At this time, Neymar's fatal flaw appeared. If his offensive ability can score 9 points, then his defensive ability is only 0.5.

In the 35th minute, Cesc Fabregas passed the ball back to Neymar, hoping to get rid of Juventus' sticky defense through him, but Neymar habitually took the ball forward after receiving the ball, and Fabregas did not expect it at all. The deep meaning of Gass is actually to let him hold the ball in the midfield to clear Messi and Sanchez who are looking for opportunities in the frontcourt.

There are obviously 11 Barcelona players playing, but when they organize the defense, it seems that there are only 10 players playing.

At this moment, the fourth official outside the court suddenly played a sign:

Barcelona: Pedro replaces Neymar.

When the substitution sign was put on the big screen of the stadium, there was an uproar, and Neymar's face was full of disbelief.

"Guardiola would choose to make a substitution at this time?"

"It's hard to say whether this decision is wise or not..."

Generally speaking, the head coach will not make substitution adjustments in the first half of the game, because there are only three precious substitutions in a game. If one is used in the first half, the players will wait until the second half. Exhausted, or some unexpected situation occurs (such as a player is sent off with a red card), the remaining two substitutions are not enough.

But Guardiola also has his own considerations: Although it is more appropriate to wait until the intermission to make substitutions and adjustments, every minute or even every second of the Champions League final is extremely precious. Neymar's work on the court is all useless , one of his impulses cost the team a point, what if he has another impulse in the next 1 minutes?

Barcelona cannot take that risk with him.

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The following games fully proved that Guardiola's substitution decision was correct.

Pedro's appearance soon had an immediate effect. He assisted Messi to equalize the score. Compared with Neymar's state when he was on the court, even the fans who were most opposed to the substitution in the first half were speechless. It can be said.

This goal happened 5 minutes before the end of the first half. After Harvey and Iniesta cooperated wonderfully in the frontcourt, Messi gave the ball to the unguarded left side of the goal in front of the penalty area. Pedro, Pedro single-handedly faced Buffon and chose to shoot a close-range arc ball in front of the goal. Unfortunately, the football hit the edge of the post and bounced off the baseline.

Pedro was slightly disappointed to waste a good shot, but the resolute Spaniard quickly made up for the mistake.

In the 33rd minute, Sanchez turned around on the right side of the penalty area, took the ball past Bonucci who was defending him, and passed it back. Pedro took the ball and took a few steps forward decisively. The ball was passed to Messi who was passing by on the right side of the penalty area. After Messi got the ball, he immediately pushed from a small angle, and the football went into the net along the dead corner of the goal!

"1:1 tie! Messi equalized for Barcelona!"

"This is Messi's 19th goal in the Champions League this season. He has surpassed himself! A new Champions League scoring record in a single season has been born!"

"The gap between Lin and Messi has been pulled to 2 goals again. Will he make persistent efforts to reduce the number of goals in the next game?"

The camera gave a close-up of Lin Zhigao. The young Juventus No. 10 was quite calm. When the score was changed on the field, he did not cast too much attention on the scoreboard, but quickly ran into the midfield , Prepare for Juventus' next counterattack.

Then the camera cut to Messi, and besides bending the corner of his mouth when the ball hit the net to celebrate his new record, the king of Messi quickly calmed down.

Liu Jianhong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Don't be happy for things, don't be sad for yourself, only the players who have stabilized to this level are the most terrifying, because they are like a wolf waiting for an opportunity, and they may change the game every minute! "

On the coaching bench off the court, Guardiola sat not far away from Neymar without any hesitation, and talked with the assistant coach: "Pedro is indeed a big-game player who is more pressured and performs better. His psychological quality He is very good, and I don’t mind making wedding dresses for other players. I regret why I didn’t start him in the first place.”

Guardiola's words were not too loud, and they happened to be heard by a few people on the bench.

Neymar looked gloomy, he clenched his fists tightly, and the corners of his mouth were tight - he felt wronged and wronged, and even began to dissatisfy with the coach Guardiola.He used to think that his life in Barcelona would be very happy, but it was a pity that he only found out after arriving at the Nou Camp that Guardiola’s heart has always been only Messi, and Neymar’s a little publicity will be suppressed. He admits that he is not as good as Messi , but Guardiola shouldn't even give him a chance to play!

It's a pity that Neymar has always been ignoring a problem in his heart, that is, he is not a player who can serve others in the game. Neymar is a pure forward, and he is the kind of player who wants to shine in the game. The person who keeps passing the ball to him as a wedding dress is the reason why he played so well in the Brazilian national team and the Sanchez club.

But how can a team like Barcelona use extremely unstable players as the core?Or is Guardiola ignoring a peak Messi and sacrificing the whole team to train Neymar?If Neymar wants to gain status in Barcelona, ​​he must first change himself. If he can't do this, the final outcome can only be cleaned up by the club.

Neymar, caught up in resentment, is already considering talking to his agent after the game. Whether he will transfer or stick to Barcelona in the future has nothing to do with this game, because in this game , he was never the main character.

1:1 tie, with such a score, the two teams ushered in the intermission.