In previous games, United have been at a disadvantage, as evidenced by the possession, with Barcelona having a whopping 70 per cent possession compared to a pitiful 30 per cent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoMany people thought that it would be a matter of time before Manchester United conceded a goal, but they never expected that Barcelona would be the first to concede, and it was only ten minutes into the game.

Even Zeng Cheng himself couldn't believe it. Because in his memory, it seems that it was Manchester United who conceded the goal at this time, right?

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In China, Zhan Jun, a football commentator on the famous portal Xinlang, said: "This is Ronaldo's seventh goal in this year's Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo did not perform well in the first half of the season due to injuries at the beginning of the season, scoring not a single goal in the group stage and not scoring until the knockout round. ”

However, it was also from the knockout rounds that Ronaldo showed great energy, scoring six goals in one of six games. With this goal in this game, he has quietly approached the top of this year's Champions League scorer list, only one goal less than his opponent Messi on the field. If Messi doesn't score in this game and Ronaldo scores one more, then he will tie Messi in the Champions League scorer list. ”

There was a huge cheer at the Stadio Olimpico, and although it was a neutral stadium, Zeng Cheng had used a few tricks before the game began, resulting in far more Manchester United fans than Barcelona fans entering the stadium. In addition to the tickets allocated to Manchester United by UEFA, as well as tickets bought by Manchester United fans through UEFA channels, Zeng Cheng also received a full 10,000 tickets from Platini. As a result, 43,000 Manchester United fans entered the stadium for this game, and the Stadio Olimpico in Rome became their home stadium.

"Did Pique and Yaya Toure get distracted when they were defending, and let Ronaldo get such a calm chance to shoot!" the Spanish commentator was criticizing Pique and Yaya Toure, and Barcelona's backline was still not reassuring.

The televised cut gave Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola a close-up, with him frowning but not doing much.

It's only ten minutes into the game, and if there's anything to do, it's a bit premature.

The Spanish commentator was still reassuring and encouraging the Barcelona fans in front of the TV: "Manchester United's goal was a bit of a surprise, and the element of luck was even greater. As long as the Barcelona players can adjust their mentality, equalising will not be a problem......

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When the game resumed, the Barcelona players confirmed the Spanish commentator's claims. The conceded goal did not send Barcelona into a panic. Falling behind, they pressed hard and put more pressure on United's penalty area.

In the nineteenth minute, Messi's long-range shot from 25 yards out grazed the crossbar.

In the twentieth minute, Ronaldo also had a low flat ball and a long-range shot slid out of the goal.

In the 23rd minute, Ryan Giggs took a corner kick, and Ronaldo's header in the box hit the top of the goal.

In the 26th minute, Anderson fouled Andres Iniesta and gave Barcelona a free-kick from 28 yards out, but Xavi curled the ball wide.

In the 35th minute, Barcelona failed to threaten Manchester United from two corners in a row.

In stoppage time, Messi suddenly cut into the box at high speed from the left and crossed, and Van der Sar confiscated the ball.

The two sides just go back and forth, stalemate, everyone has a chance, but no one's chance seems to be particularly good. However, in general, Barcelona's attack was much more fierce, especially after the 35th minute of the game, Manchester United could only shrink the defense, not attack at all.

Of course, there is not much time left until the end of the first half, so it is enough not to concede a goal in this time, and don't think about such a good thing as scoring another goal and taking a bigger lead.

The first half then ended with United going into the break with a 1-0 lead.

At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona launched another wave of attacks, but it still didn't work, which made Tito Vilanova on the sidelines a little unable to sit still, glanced at the red-nosed Scottish old man sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai on the away team's bench, and scolded and said: "Damn, that old guy should be a turtle, right?"

Pep Guardiola, who was next to him, smiled and said: "He is very meticulous defensively, very organized and disciplined, and it is worth studying!"

Compared to Tito Vilanova, who is a little unbreathable, Guardiola is calmer.

In his opinion, Barcelona's offensive is not fierce enough, nor is it completely unchanged, but Manchester United's defense is indeed too tightly organized.

And this kind of tightness is not the kind of very tough, as tight as a wall, it belongs to the combination of rigidity and softness. It's like a ball of hard rubber, and when you punch it, it recesses a little bit, and after it dissolves your strength, it even bounces back a little.

What's more, it's not clumsy, but because it runs a lot, this defensive system is very agile and full of variety.

Tito Vilanova was on the side, and after listening to Guardiola's words, he glanced at his boss and said angrily: "Josep, now is not the time to praise our opponents, we should find a way to break their goals!"

But who knows, after Guardiola listened, he shook his head and said: "No, Tito, it's difficult." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Tito Vilanova, a little curious.

Could it be that Guardiola wants to raise his hands and surrender?

This is not at all like Pep Guardiola's style!

But he did misunderstand what Guardiola meant, only to hear Guardiola continue: "It's not easy for us to break down their defence when they are fit!"

When Tito Vilanova heard this, he immediately understood what Guardiola meant.

Manchester United has now recovered a lot of physical strength after halftime, and the team's morale is full, and the top and bottom are like a group of wild horses that have been taken off the reins, and they can't pull it. If Barcelona wanted to subdue this wild horse, there was no other way but to grind.

In the case of this wild horse's strongest personality and most strength, you can't go head-to-head with him, but you should slowly grind off his sharpness and consume his strength.

In this case, the competition between the two sides is consumption, to see who can consume whom.

Of course, it is also possible that both sides will make mistakes in the process of attrition and be caught by the other party, causing a fatal blow.

Therefore, now there is only one way for both sides to go, and that is to fight for consumption. After all, no matter how strict the tactical system is, no matter how good the players are, the effect will be greatly reduced after the physical consumption reaches a certain level.

And Guardiola has confidence in his team, if he really fights for consumption, the best chance of winning in the end is himself!

It's just that Zeng Cheng didn't know what Guardiola was thinking at this time, otherwise, he would definitely laugh happily. Without it, because the Manchester United players who have been eating food rich in fairy qi for three months are now all non-human beings with good physical strength. This can be seen from the average run of Manchester United players per game in the last two months, which is basically more than 11 kilometers. Guardiola wants to fight with Manchester United, which is simply a big knife in front of the closed door.

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"It's been sixty minutes, why are the Manchester United players still alive one by one, and the old man doesn't seem to have any intention of adjusting!" Vilanova frowned and walked up to Guardiola's side, whispering.

He holds an Apple tablet in his hand, and the app on it is displaying various data from Barcelona's players in real time, analyzing the situation of the game.

Pep Guardiola glanced at the visitors' dugout. Manchester United's head coach Alex Fergusonsa is still sitting firmly in the dugout, watching the game on the pitch, and he doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

This made Guardiola's brows furrow, why are those players of Manchester United so good in physical strength? In this hour's game, in addition to the goalkeeper, they have run at least eight kilometers, right? Especially the South Korean, I am afraid that the running distance has exceeded ten kilometers.

It is also attrition, but the tactical style of Manchester United's skills makes the consumption of the Red Devils players even greater. Because they want to make up for the weakness of technique and control with positive running.

Of course, Barcelona is not having a good time, and under the pressing and pressing of Manchester United's set of tactics, their consumption is also quite large. But overall, it's a little smaller than Manchester United. It's just that, even so, Guardiola can see that the physical strength of his players is almost exhausted, especially the older left winger Thierry Henry and left-back Silvinho, who are already a little out of rhythm at the moment.

"He waited for us to lie down before he came up to collect our bodies!" Guardiola sneered.

Off the field, he has a lot of respect for Alex Ferguson. But when he walked into the football field, the relationship between the two sides was life-and-death, so he didn't have much respect in his words.

"He's clever in his calculations!" said Villanova with a sneer.

But I have to say that I know my own problems, how long Barcelona can last, Guardiola and Vilanova know in their hearts that if they really want to fight for consumption, they may not lose, but they are not very sure.

It can be said that so far in the game, it is difficult for the two sides to change much. The key is to see the performance of the players on the pitch and the three substitutions in the hands of the managers of both sides.

Who to change? When to change? How to fight after the change? That's the key!