Chapter 214: Terrible Messi

The commentators are applauding Messi's breakthrough. ()

The final of the Champions League, this is the highest matchup that makes people fascinated, and the duel of geniuses is the biggest highlight, just now Yang Fan's goal completely ignited the atmosphere of the game, and now, Messi's beautiful table xiàn, and for this warm atmosphere to push the 'wave'.

In the cheers of Barcelona fans, Messi, who passed Park Ji-sung, continued to dribble the ball.

"Stop him!" Ferdinand commanded the team's defence. It was O'Shea who came up to defend Messi.

At this point, Iniesta suddenly copied up from behind, and Oshea's attention was immediately distracted by Iniesta's running.

Messi immediately seized the opportunity of O'Shea's distraction, he made a posing pass, 'lured' O'Shea to hastily shift his focus, and then suddenly started to break through from the opposite direction!

O'Shea was shocked, but it was too late for him to stop him, the two were too close to each other, and he couldn't react......

Manchester United's tactics this season have been studied by many people, which is a highly lethal defensive counterattack tactic, because there are Cristiano Ronaldo and Yang Fan, both of whom are fast players, so Manchester United this season pays special attention to the efficiency of defensive counterattacks. In order to get the most out of the tactical value of these two men, United's defensive formation has shrunk very tightly, and the distance between the midfielders and the defenders is very, very close. Objectively speaking, this defensive formation can fully compress the space at the front of the penalty area and not give the opposing strikers the opportunity to take the ball calmly. At the same time, due to the contraction of the formation, the distance between the three lines is not far, and when you need to counterattack, you can quickly and accurately pass the football to the feet of your teammates, and there will be no embarrassing situation where you have the opportunity to counterattack but you can't hit the counterattack in the first time. To use an analogy, this is like a spring, the harder the compression, the stronger the explosive force of the spring.

However, it is clear that Pep Guardiola's side have made this defensive tactic difficult for Manchester United today. This has even achieved the glory of Messi in a row in some cases.

Due to the close distance of the defenders, once someone breaks through, the defenders behind often have to break the ball or get stuck in the first place, and a moment of hesitation may let the opponent get in. This is the best stage for Messi, who is very fast at his feet, to let him play his own characteristics, he can completely rely on the characteristics of his feet to change direction quickly, in a narrow space, in a seemingly impossible situation, from the opponent's encirclement.

Just past O'Shea, and then facing Ferdinand who came up to intercept, Messi almost instinctively buttoned the football, and then moved his body sideways, avoiding Ferdinand's upper grab, and then an acceleration, and blocked Carrick who rushed over to make up for the defense.

In this way, Manchester United's defense that dominated the Premier League and fought all the way to the final in the Champions League was completely pierced by Messi!

Then in the face of Vidic, who came up to defend, Messi pulled the ball horizontally, immediately flashed the vacancy, and without the slightest hesitation, he directly got up to 'shoot' the 'goal'.

"Oooo

"Van der Sar! incredible!

"Great save!"

"Van der Sar!

"Incredible save!"

It was indeed incredible, Van der Sar, a veteran, made a brave save, and he saved Messi's 'shot' and 'goal' off the line.

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"Van der Sar, Van der Sar, he prevented a great goal!"

"Oh, oh, oh! It's a pity! If this goal is scored, Messi's goal will be even more 'fine' than Yang Fan's goal just now!"

The stands of Manchester United's 'fans' at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome let out a burst of gasps, and Messi's watch was obviously a big startle for Manchester United's fans, if it weren't for Van der Sar's brave expression, Messi would have quickly equalized for Barcelona.

Barcelona football 'fans' are also inhaling, this is a regretful inhalation, when Messi 'shoots' and 'goals', they are already ready to jump up and cheer for the goal.

Manchester United's football 'fans' were indeed intimidated by the magical appearance of this small player. One person almost single-handedly challenged the entire defense of Manchester United, relying on the dodge of change of direction in the sprint space of a short distance, and turned Manchester United's defense upside down, and the technology in this small space was too 'outstanding'!

England's commentators are also praising Messi's breakthrough again and again, and the small Argentine star reminds them of the embarrassing name - Maradona!

"If this goal is scored, it will be comparable to the goal that Maradona scored against England in the World Cup. The Catalan media said with regretful praise.

"There is no doubt that Messi is the *** man of Maradona that we have been looking for!" the Argentine commentator also shouted excitedly.

It's no wonder that the Argentines are so 'excited', in fact, the search for the best people for Maradona has not stopped since the beginning of his retirement. It's no wonder that Argentines are so 'obsessed' with the *** people who are looking for Maradona, who for some Argentines is God. "Maradona won't die...... God does not die. "This is when Maradona was dying in the hospital because of drugs, and those obsessive 'fans' kept chanting this sentence outside the hospital in solidarity with their idol: no matter what Maradona decided to do, the Argentines always thought that he was right, they saw the old horse as a living myth, and even if he did something wrong, he was always forgiven. It's a kind of prostration.

After the Falklands War with England, the Argentines who lost the war and dignity found dignity in football, and Maradona's Argentine team reached the top of the world, which made the country completely crazy.

After Maradona's retirement, the Argentines did not stop looking for Maradona's *** man.

Argentina has produced many Maradona heirs in the past, some of which were hand-picked by the football king himself, and some were buttoned by the media or football 'fans' themselves. Riquelme, D'Alessandro, Aymar, Saviola, Ortega, Tevez, Aguero...... All did "Maradona II", but, obviously, these people were not.

From the current point of view, the most promising place to reach the heights of Maradona may be Messi. He is no longer the rookie he was the eye-catcher, he is now a Barcelona phenomenon. It is a "phenomenon" in Argentina and a "phenomenon" in world football. Messi is considered one of the three most outstanding stars in football today.

Messi's technology and Maradona are in the same vein, it is the same style, and the passing basically does not rely on feints, bicycles and other skills, it is a simple and practical line change and speed change, this way of passing people is the most classical and basic way to pass people, but it is easy to learn and difficult to 'fine'.

Messi is 1.69 meters tall, Maradona is 1.68 meters tall, although they are not tall, but they also have the advantage of being short, that is, the chassis is low and the center of gravity is easy to grasp. They have the best ability to control the center of gravity, can always make unimaginable emergency stop changes, have a very fast cadence, and have a very fast foot, and there is a figurative metaphor for 'small broken steps'. Maradona's left foot is incredible, making his control of the ball really terrifying, the distance of each ball is just right, the score is not bad, plus he is short and the center of gravity is low, and he is easy to do actions such as stopping and changing directions, as well as super judgment and vision, passing people seem to be lightweight. And Messi is the one who has done the best job at this point at the moment, the closest to Maradona.

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Seeing that the 'shot' and 'goal' were blocked, Messi was a little annoyed, and he grabbed his hair. This is not a player who is too aggressive, he rarely takes the initiative to provoke opponents, but this does not mean that Messi is easy to bully. This is a player who is equally proud in his bones, and the media are talking about his duel with Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo, and it is impossible for Messi not to take it to heart, such a competition between geniuses. Just now, Yang Fan scored a goal that was extremely colorful, and even Messi, who didn't like Yang Fan very much, admitted that the goal was very beautiful. This did not frustrate Messi, but instead 'provoked' a stronger fighting spirit in his 'chest'!

He's in great form today!

Scrappy!

He wants to tell everyone that this is his Messi's stage!

Barcelona's corner, it's a tactical corner.

After a number of passes to Xavi, he broke down the flank, a sudden inward cut that caught Patrice Evra's attention, and then suddenly went through.

Iniesta understood. 'Plug' there. Ferdinand hurried to follow, but he didn't expect Xavi to stop the ball, but not to make adjustments, and then swept the ball towards the 'goal'.

The ball rolled against the turf and quickly in front of the 'goal'. Park Ji-sung shoveled halfway, but he was empty.

Samuel Eto'o rushed up, he shoveled and 'shot', touched the football, which changed direction and flew towards the goal!

"Samuel Eto'o - 'shot' 'goal' - "

"Pounced out—"

In the exclamation of the commentator, the football was blocked by Van der Sar's stretching 'leg' and jumped up.

"The ball is still in the box!"

Messi appeared in the penalty area like lightning, he was ready to receive the ball, he was diagonally against the ball 'goal' at this time, and it was not the best choice to 'shoot' the 'goal' at the first time, so he planned to adjust it and then 'shoot' the 'goal'.

However, he saw a figure pressing over, it was a red 'color' jersey, Manchester United.

In the face of O'Shea, Messi is very smart, he moves quickly, he receives the ball, uses skill to let the ball over, protect it in front of him, and then tries to pull the ball over, and then immediately 'shoots' the goal...... Then his 'shot' and 'goal' action didn't work, and he was overturned to the ground from behind by O'Shea......

"Beep!" the referee's whistle sounded, accompanied by loud boos and cheers from the stands.

"Fake fall!" the Man United's shouted.

"Fake falls, damn Argentine elves!" they shouted.

"Penalty!" shouted the Barcelonadian.

"The Man Utd have committed a foul!"