Before the 36th round of the Premier League match against Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers ushered in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Barcelona had already given up on the domestic league when they faced Schalke in the last round of the Champions League, and instead concentrated on this season's Champions League.

With last weekend's league draw with Espanyol, Barcelona have won just one of their last eight league games and the team's attention is already on European competition. Messi showed some good form in last weekend's game. That's a good thing for Barcelona. Barcelona have an excellent record at Camp Nou, winning five consecutive home games in the Champions League this season, conceding just once against Stuttgart.

Speaking to UEFA officials before the game, Rijkaard expressed concern about his team's good record at home: "My view of the historical record is simple, it's just a record, it doesn't say anything. Of course, when you're playing at this level, it's a must to win at home. Blackburn Rovers are an interesting opponent with top players who have the characteristics of an English team and can be very continental in European competitions."

Arthur had already been given Barcelona's list before the semi-finals began, but he was not an ordinary fan and was puzzled when he saw the list, because Rijkaard's starting list was too conservative.

Barcelona starting line-up:

Goalkeeper: Valdés

Defenders: Zambrotta, Marquez, Milito, Abidal

Midfielders: Xavi, Yaya Toure, Iniesta

Forwards: Messi, Samuel Eto'o, Thierry Henry

Rijkaard is obviously burdened with the mental baggage of wanting to win and fear losing in such an important first leg of the knockout round, and the Dutchman's subjective intentions may be correct, but at Camp Nou, Barcelona are far from being so conservative.

The 0-0 score may be acceptable, but after the draw, will Blackburn still accompany the Red and Blue to the 90 minutes of the game at the Rose Theatre next Wednesday?

Presumably not.

In this game, because Rijkaard was overly conservative, Lippi's team effortlessly "laughed at the opportunity".

It's not a deliberate attempt to exaggerate Bojan Kolkic's ability, but the 17-year-old's value to the team's offense has already been shown in previous games. In the two-legged match against Schalke in the last round, Bojan has already proven his ability.

Before this game, almost all the media will include Bojan's name when predicting the start.

However, Rijkaard's conservative side of personality has come to a back and although Andres Iniesta, who replaced him as a left winger, has been qualified in previous cameo appearances, Rijkaard has apparently forgotten that the left knee of the "Little White" has not fully recovered.

If the deployment of the forward line is still passable due to the good performances of Messi and Eto'o, then there is more controversy about the hasty placement of Henry, who has been absent from the team for a long time, in the start.

It's no secret that the French star has been making a few performances since the beginning of the season. His last start was against Celtic on March 4. For a Henry who has missed a full 50 days to quickly reach "Champions League level", I really don't know whether to recognize Rijkaard's courage or blame him for negligence.

Compared with Rijkaard's conservatism, Lippi's line-up is also considered to be safe, after all, most managers in the Champions League semi-finals are mainly cautious.

Blackburn Rovers starting line-up:

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Nemanja Vidic, Carvalho, McConn

Midfielders: Marcos Alonso, Ballack, Frank Lampard

Forwards: Duff, Torres, Cristiano Ronaldo

The game began with a fierce battle, and within three minutes of the opening period, Torres and Messi tried two long-range shots from the periphery but both went wide.

Ronaldo was running all over the field after the opening, Yaya Toure, who was originally arranged by Rijkaard to defend Ronaldo, lost his assertion a little, and the scheming Rijkaard did not expect Lippi to arrange Ronaldo a role that is somewhat like a free man in the frontcourt.

Such an unrestrained Ronaldo is simply uncontrollable by conventional methods!

Rijkaard glanced at Lippi on the other side with a gloomy face, and cursed in his heart.

Compared with the old and spicy Italian silver fox, the Dutch head is obviously much more tender.

The dark clouds seemed to be getting lower and lower, and the lights of the Camp Nou were full of lights, and the dark clouds broke out a churning heat wave, as if to break through the dark clouds.

White and blue intertwine dazzling colors, and the light emits a dazzling light.

Andres Iniesta received Zambrotta's pass and raced along the touchline towards Blackburn's position, and Ballack was already whistling like a black whirlwind before scurrying from the middle of the circle.

Iniesta was already struggling with Ashley Cole's interception, so why was Ballack, who was just a dozen meters away, suddenly behind him?

Xavi shouted for attention, but it was too late, as Ballack reached out from behind to hook the ball at the foot of Andres Iniesta, who was making a breakthrough move, and then passed it to Ronaldo near the center circle.

Cristiano Ronaldo saw the football flying, and after letting go of the football on one side, he turned around and ran to Barcelona's position.

Iniesta was angry for a while and hurriedly turned back to chase after him. Xavi has already chased Cristiano Ronaldo before him, but Xavi's speed is too mediocre.

Yaya Toure quickly got into position, Zambrotta also ran out, and Fernando Torres was the only one in the Barcelona penalty area.

Ronaldo, who rushed forward with the ball at high speed, did not stop because Yaya Toure was on the way, his speed did not decrease at all, but tended to get faster and faster.

Yaya Toure's eyes narrowed slightly, and seeing that Ronaldo did not slow down, he gritted his teeth and forced Ronaldo over.

Xavi was already panting for breath, and Yaya Toure was flanked by Zambrotta. Ronaldo's eyes quickly turned, and he had clearly observed the movements around him.

Out of the corner of his eye, he has seen the Barcelona defenders not far from Xavi's side, and his teammate Duff is desperately coming from a distance to catch up, and at this time, Torres is the only one in the Barcelona penalty area, and there are Barcelona players in front of and behind him to take care of him.

Ronaldo sighed secretly, and then go down the bottom pass, it is difficult for Torres to grab the football alone, in the first half of this game, Blackburn actually focused all his attention on the attack only Torres and Ronaldo, although Duff also has the task of assisting, but he is mainly the attack and defense of the midfield, and it is not yet time to completely press the attack.

Ronaldo continued to protect the ball, his speed had decreased slightly, he took a few deep breaths, his body shook and twisted, and he made a breakthrough move.

Yaya Toure and Zambrotta, who caught up, immediately opened their hands and sank slightly, ready to intercept Ronaldo's breakthrough.

No, no one expected a move appeared, Xavi and Nastasic both pounced on Ronaldo from behind, Ronaldo's body moved again.

I saw Ronaldo pull the football with his left foot, and quickly touched the football with the outside instep of his right foot, and the football immediately rolled out from Xavi's body, but Ronaldo twisted his body at this time and quickly wiped it from Zambrotta's side.

The ball slid past Xavi at a rapid pace, hitting Zambrotta's left calf, who had no time to dodge, and turned around and rolled towards the Barcelona penalty area.

At this time, Ronaldo, who had wiped Zambrotta's side, had already arrived, and rubbed the rolling football with his right foot, and the football bounced violently, and then flew out quickly.

The faces of the four Barcelona players who defended Ronaldo changed drastically, although Xavi and Iniesta were not good at defense, but under the encirclement and suppression of the four, Ronaldo, the demon, actually completed the pass in this situation!

After passing Cristiano Ronaldo, he immediately shot with a powerful kick!

Xavi gasped and joined Zambrotta in turning his head to look at the empty ball. Milito's face sank in the penalty area, and he moved his position with the empty football under his feet, and even Torres, who was guarding the defense, couldn't care about it.

The soccer ball in the air seemed to fly faster and faster as it seemed to defy the common sense of physics, and flew sharply towards the upper right corner of the goal.

Valdés was so frightened that he didn't have time to complain about his team-mate's inability to defend, and with a roar of rage, he pounced in the direction where the ball was flying.

The ball whistled and flew into the goal as it grazed the post, and Valdés turned pale and allowed his body to fall heavily on the goal line.

The Spanish goalkeeper is really powerless about this goal, although he has pounced, but there is still a little distance between him and the football.

And this distance is the distance between heaven and hell!

“gooooooooooooooooal！ Brilliant goal! Goal from Cristiano Ronaldo! The British live commentator looked in disbelief at Cristiano Ronaldo, who ran alone to the position of the away team's fans in the stands.

The whole stadium has resounded with an exclamation, such a goal, such a goal seems to be too exciting, it is a goal of complete personal heroism!

Seeing Ronaldo and Blackburn players running over, the Blackburn fans who came from afar cheered loudly, and there was no replay on the big screen at the scene of how Ronaldo got the ball and shot just now, and the reporters on the sidelines were eager to know how Ronaldo ran out of four players to shoot, and also scored such a strange goal.

Blackburn fans don't think so much, they just know that the team is one step closer to a Champions League final.

Cristiano Ronaldo also interacted with the fans, and Blackburn's team-mates had already run up to him, and they were huddling him.

Cristiano Ronaldo has reached his peak this season and has become the brightest player in football this season, and it is under his leadership that the Blues have come to this point.

Just one step away, Blackburn could go to the Champions League final in Moscow to reclaim the throne that once belonged to them. (To be continued.) )