Chapter 707: Red Card
The two teams are making a tense set-up in the dressing room, while the 'fans' can enjoy a relaxing forty-five minutes. The first half of the game was too ups and downs, whether it was a Barcelona football 'fan' or Manchester United football 'fan', the whole first half of the game was a state of heartbeat, and the atmosphere was tense and almost suffocating.
Whether it is a Barcelona football 'fan' or a Manchester United football 'fan', they are full of anticipation for the second half of the game and are relaxed. Barcelona football 'fans' have also seen the team fall behind by one goal, but they have this almost blind confidence in their team, this season Barcelona's state is really good, winning the Champions League seems to be a natural thing, although they also admit that Manchester United is the defending champion, the strength should not be underestimated, but they are still more confident in their team: Manchester United may make trouble for them to win the championship, but the championship must be theirs.
The reason for the United fans to be happy is even simpler, they are now the one who is on the lead, at least, at the moment, they are the closest to the title.
As for the neutral ball 'fans', it goes without saying that both sides of the game dedicated a 'fine' 45 minutes to them in the first half, and those 'fine' shots were the focus of their discussion. Yang Fan scored twice and had an assist, Cristiano Ronaldo also scored a goal, Messi also scored and Samuel Eto'o scored. The entire first half was the stage for these talented 'shooters', and the ball 'fans' were naturally addicted to watching.
Also in the excitement of the Chinese audience in front of the TV, at the intermission, CCTV sports channel is replaying the first half of the 'fine' color picture, especially Yang Fan's goal and passing shots, it is broadcast over and over again, I have to praise the CCTV sports channel backstage editing work efficiency this time.
For every action of Yang Fan, every pass, every goal, and every assist, the guests and hosts must analyze. Of course, almost all of them are praises, and the Chinese football 'fans' in front of the TV are happy. No one will say that they are too disgusting, too hypocritical and too fake, because what they say is true, Yang Fan really deserves their applause for him, cheers for him, is proud of him, and is proud of him.
In this luxurious feast, Yang Fan is the most dazzling one, two goals, one assist, such a report card is dazzling even in the whole game, not to mention that it is only half a game now. Not to mention that Yang Fan's goals, assists and dribbles are so 'fine', which is simply breathtaking. In the words of He Wei, the commentator of the Beijing studio, this match is a new height in Yang Fan's career! If Yang Fan can finally lead Manchester United to the top of Europe, he will make the world worship and worship.
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In the VIP box, Platini's face finally looked better, and the first half of the game was indeed very 'fine', which can be said to be the most 'fine' half of the Champions League final in the past ten years. It also eased his anger at the 'handshake' before the start of the match.
Barcelona and Manchester United, the sparks from the collision of these two super teams, did not disappoint him.
Between Manchester United and Barcelona, Platini has a preference for the latter, and he likes the good-looking, eye-pleasing attacking football, which Barcelona just plays.
The English media even pointed out unceremoniously that in fact, everyone knows that Platini would prefer to see Barcelona win, because it means breaking the Premier League's monopoly on the Champions League. Since taking office, Platini has not concealed his dislike of the Premier League, criticizing the Premier League's operating model on more than one occasion, arguing that the influx of foreign capital will only ruin the sport. But the fact that the Premier League has occupied three places in the semi-finals of the Champions League for three consecutive seasons is that last season's final has become a "Premier League civil war".
In fact, the 'Premier League civil war' came close to repeating itself in this season's Champions League final, when in the second leg of Chelsea's semi-final against Barcelona, they would have been in the final against Manchester United, not Barcelona, had it not been for a series of relatively unfavourable penalties on the pitch.
As for these controversial decisions, many believe that Platini has deliberately arranged to attack the Premier League. Platini, of course, would not admit to the above speculation. But ahead of the Champions League final, he was not shy about expressing his support for Barcelona: "Barcelona represent the kind of football philosophy that I admire, not only in their open-ended technical style of football, but also in their system of developing young players. Platini's last sentence vaguely pointed the finger at Manchester United's policy of poaching new players at a high price. In addition, it is worth mentioning that in the 1985 Champions League final, it was Platini's winning goal that helped Juventus beat Liverpool, ending the history of English teams dominating European football. After many years, Platini's identity has changed from a player to the president of UEFA, but his role as "England's football nemesis" has not changed. In the years to come, it is believed that he will spare no effort to strike at the Premier League.
Between Manchester United and Barcelona, Platini clearly prefers the latter to win the title. Manchester United is last season's champion, last season's Champions League final became a Premier League civil war, this season's Champions League semi-finals three are from the Premier League, the Premier League is too strong, this is definitely not what UEFA wants to see, they need to find a flag to resist the Premier League, in Platini's eyes, carry this flag is Barcelona, Barcelona plays football beautifully, the strength is extraordinary, in addition, Barcelona's star Messi is more humble and sunny than Cristiano Ronaldo and Yang Fan, which is very pleasing to Platini, in his opinion, Messi is more suitable for Europe's number one star than those two people。
If you take it a wider picture, which team will be the most favored by Mr. President? The answer is Juventus, the old club for which Platini has played for many years. Normally, the UEFA president should not look forward to the game with a clear inclination of 'sex', otherwise it could easily lead to speculation about favouring one side. Platini, however, had no qualms about this, and immediately after the draw for last year's Champions League quarter-finals, he made a statement in support of Juventus' victory: "I would love to give the Champions League trophy to Juventus captain Piero. With Juventus' next opponent being Chelsea, the remark quickly caused an uproar in the British media. Unfortunately, Juventus were unable to get past Chelsea.
As a result, the English media began to hype up the 'conspiracy', suggesting that perhaps it was for this reason that when Chelsea met Barcelona in the semi-finals, Platini was happy to see the result of the latter's revenge for his former club.
Of course, this statement is more of a hype in the English media, and Platini certainly does not admit the "conspiracy" theory, he refuses to admit that UEFA favors Barcelona, but only says that he personally appreciates Barcelona's football philosophy. It's just that, as the president of Europe, it is more or less inappropriate to say this.
However, Platini does not want to see Premier League teams win the title for two consecutive years, which is almost universally known.
At the end of the first half, the referee's penalty was very fair, and the referee from Italy, Rizzoli, showed a high level of law enforcement, and there was no controversial 'sex' scene, but Barcelona thought that they suffered a loss, and thought that Yang Fan's goal at the last moment should be overtime. Barcelona now seem to be more of a wronged party.
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Amid the cheers of the fans, the second half began.
Barcelona showed their determination with attack from the start of the game.
This time, Messi took the ball near the left side of the penalty area, and in the face of O'Shea's defense, he first dialed the ball to the left side, and when O'Shea stretched his 'legs' to block, he suddenly knocked his heel, and the football passed from the other side, and he himself turned sideways, caught up with the football, and then faced Vidic, who immediately pounced, another smash, and broke through!
Without giving Park Ji-sung a chance to come up and block, Messi got up to 'shoot' and 'goal'.
Manchester United's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar struggled to save the ball before he threw the ball over the crossbar.
And at this time, the audience also had time to marvel.
We said at half-time that Barcelona would show their attack in the second half, and Messi's performance was something to look forward to, he immediately performed amazing tricks for us!"
Barcelona corner.
This time, instead of playing tactics, they hoisted the ball directly into the penalty area.
Beforehand!
Pique jumped high, he grabbed the point, the header hit the 'goal', the ball was subconsciously blocked by Van der Sar, and then touched Ferdinand's body, popping off the bottom line.
"Corner! Barcelona are very aggressive. ”
It was then that Pique raised his right hand and slapped his right hand as he charged towards the referee.
Referee Rizzoli seemed to hesitate before he blew the whistle.
"Toot!" Rizzoli whistled and ran into the box. At the same time, his hand was already in his chest pocket.
The Manchester United players suddenly felt bad, there were a lot of people in the box just now, and they didn't see what was happening. It's just that after the Barcelona players protested, the referee pulled out the card?
And if the referee blows for a foul, it will be a penalty!
'Goalkeeper' Van der Sar's eyes widened, he didn't think it was fouled. He thought it was incredible.
Not to mention that Van der Sar thought it was incredible, even some Barcelona players didn't 'figure' it out, but they saw Pique's gesture, which was a complaint about the opponent's handball. The Barcelona players naturally know what to do.
"Referee, he handballed, I saw it!"
"Referee, I can see it clearly, he handballs!"
"What are you talking about?" O'Shea rushed towards Sergio Busquets, who was closest to him, and just now this guy had his back to the ball 'goal', and it was impossible to see what was happening.
The rest of the United players realised what was happening and rushed to the referee to try to stop him from pulling out his cards.
Rizzoli brushed the Man Utd away, he ran to Rio Ferdinand, and then he finally took out the red card!