Chapter 370: Self-Confidence That Matters Most

Royce's non-stop shot from about 16 yards out hit Pique's subconsciously elongated right calf and refracted it, and the ball, which was supposed to roll at high speed to the near corner, slowed down and then rolled towards the far corner. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The refraction was fatal for Valdés, who had already made a save, as his body was tilted to the left, and even if the ball had slowed down significantly, it became unrealistic for him to pounce on the far corner.

The ball slowly crossed the goal line under the desperate eyes of the Barcelona fans behind the goal and then threw itself into the arms of the snow-white net.

Valdés, the goalkeeper who has been following the football all the time, is very unwilling to beat the grass and vent the negative emotions caused by the loss of the ball.

After losing the first leg of the semi-finals 0:4, he had to score at least 4:0 to drag the game into extra time when he returned to his home stadium.

Once a goal is conceded, a goal difference of four goals no longer has any hope of reversing the promotion, because Dortmund have away goals and Barcelona do not, and in order to qualify with Dortmund on an away goal, they must have a goal difference of five goals!

Borussia Dortmund, the only team not to lose in the Champions League this season, will concede five goals at the Camp Nou?

Not to mention a net loss of five goals, the odds of a net loss of four goals are not high.

Moreover, now that Barcelona is no longer the Cosmos team that swept across Europe, Xavi's form has declined due to his age.

Xavi, who is the brain of the midfield, has a problem here, and Iniesta is not enough to replace Xavi's role, Busquets has strong defensive awareness, and he can still play the ball with one kick, but the specific offensive organization lacks a certain ability.

Messi's performance has dropped significantly in the past two seasons, and it is not difficult to see that he has won so much glory in Barcelona that the hunger for glory is quite weak, and he can't arouse much interest in playing.

Villa, the centre-forward who won the Champions League in the 2010-2011 season, is now in serious decline, and Pedro's fighting spirit is still there, but his aura has dropped significantly with the sharp decline in game time.

In general, Barcelona is now seriously uncompetitive.

Reuss, who scored the goal, spread his arms in front of more than 90,000 Barcelona fans, ran to the broadcast cameras and raised his arms and shouted.

The frenetic atmosphere at the Camp Nou dropped to a freezing point, and the Dortmund fans, who can accommodate 99,000 fans, cheered hysterically for the team's first goal.

Before the game, the German media calculated that Dortmund would have a 99.99999% chance of advancing as long as they scored a goal, regardless of whether they scored first or not in the away game.

In other words, Borussia Dortmund scored at Camp Nou, and Barcelona's hopes of a comeback are infinitely close to zero.

While the Dortmund players celebrate their goals, the live director gives a slow-motion replay of the entire goal.

From Tang Zheng's sideline ball thrown by Schmelzer to the thunderous long pass on the spot after passing through Iniesta, it was Kuba's acceleration after receiving the ball, passing and Reus's shot becoming a bit mediocre.

Tang Zheng in the slow-motion replay gives people the feeling of a green artist, starting from the pick-up past Busquets and then to the pick-up past Adriano, the football in the middle does not land, which can be said to show the control of football to the fullest.

German Sky commentator Marcel Leif is full of witty and passionate: "If I say that Don is the most creative midfielder in the whole of European football now, there will definitely not be many people who object to it!

"Have you seen the fans in front of the TV? This is a scene that all Chinese are proud of!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei said incoherently: "It turns out that Chinese players can show off their proud foot skills on the world's top stage!"

British Sky commentator Andy Gray's eyes widened and his passion did not change: "Don used a former Barcelona king Ronaldinho to outmaneuver the Barcelona defenders! It's incredible! If the team that finally qualifies for the Champions League final is Borussia Dortmund! I think Don't think Don's ability will be further recognized by the whole world football world! It is not an exaggeration to call him the No. 1 midfielder in Europe!"

Martin Taylor stopped being upset and interjected: "No! I'm going to correct you, Don is already the No. 1 midfielder in Europe!"

Immediately, the on-site director did not give the camera to the coaches of both sides, but switched to the VIP seat at Camp Nou, giving a close-up shot of Barcelona's celebrity, that is, the former Barcelona king Ronaldinho.

But it's a little pity, I can't see any clues from Ronaldinho's expression, calm as water.

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The Dortmund players on the pitch celebrated wildly, with members of the coaching staff hugging in the visitors' coaching area to celebrate the away goal.

The Catalan TV commentator said in a low tone: "This is a terrible moment! Barcelona fell behind Dortmund 0-1 at home in less than ten minutes, although there are more than 80 minutes left in the game, is there enough time to score six goals in the remaining game?"

From his tone, it is not difficult to hear deep doubts.

Even the Barcelona team in its peak form may not be able to score six goals, let alone the current Barcelona team in the sunset?

After a short period of buffering, Marcel Leif regained his emotions: "Marco Reus's goal is equivalent to making Dortmund invincible! Eighty-two minutes left in the game, Barcelona must score six goals in the remaining time if they want to advance, and Dortmund will not be allowed to score during this period, is this a possibility?

The live broadcast camera also took care of the Barcelona stars.

Messi, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Pique......

These stars who have won the Grand Slam are expressionless at this time, and they even want to dig holes to get into.

The Camp Nou was almost silent, and the Barcelona players lowered their heads one by one, gritting their teeth, not knowing what they were thinking.

The Dortmund fans who came with the team danced like Christmas children.

At the same time, assistant coach Gerliko Bvacs reached out to hold Klopp and was ecstatic: "Jurgen, advance to the final, steady!!"

"It's not too early to tell. Klopp was excited, and his mentality was still on the right track.

"Oh?"

"This is the Camp Nou, Barcelona are very capable and the moment the game is not over is not certain to qualify. ”

Gerliko Bwach turned his head to look at Klopp, who was forcibly suppressing his excitement, and gave a roll of his eyes.

slandered in my heart, can we not pretend to be forced?

Of course, it's good to be cautious in the race for places in the Champions League final.

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In Madrid, in the villa area of the rich, Cristiano Ronaldo sat on a luxurious sofa with a mini Luo in his arms, listening to the passionate voice of the Sky TV commentator from the huge LCD screen, and his brow furrowed.

He maintained this position for a while, starting with Tang Zheng picking the ball on his toes and teasing Busquets.

Logically speaking, the enemy of his enemy is a friend, but he never felt a friend from Dortmund.

As the replay of the slow motion continued, Cristiano Ronaldo's brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

If nothing else, it will be Borussia Dortmund who will qualify for the Champions League final.

However, Cristiano Ronaldo thought that his team lost 4-1 away to Bayern Munich and did not know if they could win by three goals in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Bernabeu Stadium tomorrow night, so it seemed a bit redundant to worry about the final opponent.

Now, the obstacle in front of him is Bayern Munich, who won the first leg by three goals!

The close-up of the live broadcast again explained to Tang Zheng, the Chinese wearing the captain's armband on his left arm and wearing the number ten jersey.

Cristiano Ronaldo cheered himself up!

The team that advances to the final must have a share of Real Madrid!!

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The game restarted with a whistle from Dutch referee Kupels, with Messi kicking the ball at his feet and Villa handing it directly to Xavi.

As a veteran, Xavi has a cooler head and knows that if the team wants to retain a chance to survive, they must be more patient in organising the attack, otherwise the remaining hope will be dashed.

The restarting of the game slowed down under Xavi's deliberate control, and the attack was organized in a step-by-step manner.

However, this is not what Barcelona fans want to see, who would rather see the team organise an effective attack quickly and score goals as soon as possible.

Although it looks like the hopes of qualifying for the Champions League final are completely lost, everyone will have a bit of luck in their hearts, and Barcelona fans hope that the team they support will be a fluke.

Fifteen minutes into the game, the atmosphere at the Camp Nou had risen compared to when the goal was conceded.

However, for a stadium with a capacity of nearly 100,000 fans, such an atmosphere is obviously not enough, because the sound generated by the Camp Nou is not even as loud as a stadium with a capacity of 30,000 fans.

The Catalan TV commentator was a little displeased: "I think the fans should be unwavering in their belief that Barcelona can beat Borussia Dortmund to reach this season's Champions League final! ”

The implication is that the home fans don't boo enough for the away team's players to organise an attack.

More than 90,000 home fans watched as the Dortmund players organised an attack and did nothing.

That's not the way the Camp Nou should be!

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, the live broadcast camera showed Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, and the color of his expression has changed somewhat, but no matter how you look at it, it is directly related to the sadness.

The team suffered a 0:4 defeat away from home, and is currently 0:1 behind, and the team's attack does not seem to be able to find a good way, and it is far from scoring.

There are six goals left to advance, so what to do?

The pre-match lineup was to attack all at home, but what I didn't expect was that people were not as good as heaven, and Dortmund took advantage of a counter-attack opportunity to score in less than ten minutes.

The situation is very reactive, how to turn passive into proactive?

The game lasted until the 20th minute, and Guardiola didn't think of a good way to attack.

In this case, the only way to do this is to rely on the good performance of the stars.

So, Guardiola looked at Messi.

The Argentine, who won the World Footballer of the Year four years in a row, is Barcelona's only hope of qualifying for the Champions League final.

"Leo, it's up to you now!"

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In the 23rd minute, Xavi handed the football to Messi, who ran out of the space to get the ball.

"Whew-"

The atmosphere at the Camp Nou slowly picked up as the game wore on, so there was a deafening cheer after Messi received the football.

The home fans showed their support for Messi in this way, hoping that he could lead the team out of the gloom and score goals as soon as possible.

As Barcelona's most dangerous attacking player, Messi has received a lot of attention.

Despite this, Messi managed to make his way out of the combined defence of Sven Bender and Gundogan.

As a result, the fans in the stadium made a louder noise and quickly swept the stadium.

They seemed to see Messi score a goal at the Camp Nou to equalize and then lead Barcelona to blow the horn of the counterattack without completing the impossible task.

However, at this moment, a long leg suddenly appeared in the air on the forward route of Messi's ball.

Tang Zheng's tackle action was clean and neat, and even though Messi was known for his agility at his feet, there was no way to control the ball at his feet again.

"Don—" exclaimed Marcel Leif, a Sky deer commentator, "beautiful!!"

Referee Kupels was in a good position and understood Tang Zheng's movements as clean, so even if Messi fell to the ground and asked for a free kick, he did not blow the whistle.

The Barcelona fans at the Camp Nou couldn't handle it so much, and they created a deafening huge boo that was sent to Tang Zheng and the referee on duty.

"Watch out for Dortmund's quick counter-attacks!"

Tang Zheng flicked the ball to Gundogan when he fell to the ground, and the Catalan commentator exclaimed.

This time Busquets was well prepared, and he chose to be the first to get close to Gundogan.

In addition, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Pedro quickly formed a circle and Gundogan did not get the ball out and Barcelona were able to regain control of the game.

No one noticed that Guardiola, who was standing on the sidelines, secretly wiped a handful of cold sweat oozing from his forehead.

If Dortmund score another goal, it will be hopeless in the truest sense of the word.

However, Barcelona in possession will not necessarily be able to create chances again.

Gundogan and Sven Bender's defensive mistakes refocused in Messi's breakthrough, coupled with Tang Zheng's conscious supplementation, Barcelona's offensive organization has been very difficult.

In the command area of the visiting team's coach, Klopp put his hands in his pockets and smiled, with a posture of strategizing to win thousands of miles away.

Football is a competitive sport, even if Dortmund is basically determined to advance to this season's Champions League final, Klopp's priority is to win away from home and advance to this season's Champions League final with a home and away double!

Because in this way, the team's self-confidence will be greatly increased.

This is crucial for the upcoming German derby!