122. Chapter 122
Barcelona wore the red and blue shirt at home, while Manchester City wore the black shirt away. These players, who spent more than £100 million to bring in, have made a name for themselves on the pitch, come from different teams, but have been driven by huge profits to become part of the Blue Moon.
A few days ago, Etihad Airways told the media that as long as Manchester City can win the game, it is willing to sign a ten-year sponsorship contract worth 400 million, Manchester City will get an ultra-luxury airliner exclusive to them, and they also showed the media the concept of the plane, the fuselage is all sky blue, which is the color of Manchester City's home jersey, and the head of the plane is printed with the words "Rising Blue Moon", which undoubtedly highlights Manchester City's ambitions.
The world's most luxurious airline has shown its support for Manchester City to the media in this way, but in fact, the majority shareholders of both are from Middle Eastern conglomerates. Isn't this Manchester City demonstrating to Barcelona?
Not to be outdone, Rijkaard echoed in front of the media, pun intended: "At Camp Nou, the light of the moon is never as dazzling as the lights on the pitch." ”
Barcelona are brilliant enough, but if they are beaten on the field, the winning team will be even more brilliant.
Carlos clearly felt the tense atmosphere, and the team's training became more and more heavy.
Before the game began, Barcelona sang the "Carol to Barcelona", while Manchester City released many blue balloons over the stadium to symbolize the rise of the Blue Moon team, and they shouted "SuperbiainPoelio" (Pride of War), which is the slogan of Manchester City Football Club.
Rijkaard shook hands with Manchester City manager Christian Eriksen with murderous eyes in his eyes, while Eriksen was a little older, smiling a little mysteriously, as if he had a clear idea.
Carlos warmed up on the sidelines, he knew that Su Jingkang and Mingling were coming today, but when they really sat in the family seat, Carlos was a little uncomfortable.
Su Qingjia waved his little fist at him, and the little golden retriever scratched his hair, and waved his hand at his father-in-law and mother-in-law a little shyly and smiled.
Su Jingkang snorted and turned his face away, and put his eyes on the commentary on the big screen, Mingling was excited, clasped his arm and said: "Ahhhhhh ”
Su Jingkang snorted coldly and said, "It's still early!" ”
At seven o'clock in the evening, the night fog gradually lifted, and the game officially began.
The Manchester City captain and the Barcelona captain shook hands and picked sides, and the referee kicked off in the centre circle.
Su Qingjia sat in her seat and sang "Ode to Barcelona" with the fans, she knew this song by heart, and Su Jingkang and Mingling also hummed along with her.
The battle on the pitch was fierce, and Manchester City gave full play to the ruthlessness of the Premier League team, spreading a big net to run at the beginning.
The Manchester City midfielder is a black man, very fond of tackles, many famous players have fallen under him, he is not tall, so the chassis is very stable, the movement is agile and fast, his main task is to stop Carlos, Rijkaard told him to be careful of this black man early on.
In the fifteenth minute, Manchester City broke through first and shot from the right side of the goal, which was blocked by the goalkeeper.
This situation made Barcelona also step up their attack, and on the pitch, every minute and second of hesitation was a warning of failure.
The Manchester City midfielder has been looking for an opportunity to put a tackle on Carlos, and the little golden retriever narrowly avoided it, and he felt in his heart that the midfielder seemed to be aimed at him, and this black man was not like a simple tackle, but more like he was testing something.
In another press, Carlos rode past the captain and gave the captain a gesture, then made a long pass to get around the City midfield, and the captain shot in the penalty area, but it hit the post. The vice-captain scored from the touchline to score a point for Barcelona.
The vice-captain was overjoyed, and he ran over to Carlos on the head, patted him on the shoulder, and finally hugged him.
His son is also watching the game, and the immature dad wants his son's approval.
The vice-captain's goal made the fans more and more jubilant, and after the game restarted, Barcelona's morale also soared, and the formation of all-attack and defense was spread out.
At the end of the first half, Barcelona still held a 1-0 lead.
Carlos smiled at the stands from afar, and the City midfielder glanced at him without speaking.
In the second half, Carlos suddenly felt that the atmosphere of the game had become sluggish, and more and more people began to surround him, including several people of his height, and the audience just felt that Manchester City began to lock the encirclement on Carlos, after all, he is Barcelona's leading scorer.
Su Qingjia only felt that something was wrong with the situation, but she couldn't say where it was, she just held her hands tightly.
In the 59th minute, the Manchester City winger failed to shoot, Barcelona broke the ball and made a long pass, and the captain intercepted the ball, but it was intercepted by Manchester City.
Carlos ran towards the black midfield, and the rest of the Manchester City players also surrounded them, and the two sides were entangled for a long time.
At this time, most of the Barcelona players were scattered, and when they ran outside the encirclement, something unexpected happened.
Carlos kicked the black midfielder, threw his fist uncontrollably, and pressed the midfielder to the ground and beat him!
The big screen of the audience captured this scene clearly and quickly, and the audience's exclamations were one after another.
The referee immediately blew the whistle and showed a red card in front of Carlos without hesitation!
Rijkaard's pupils dilated suddenly, and he suddenly woke up as he looked at Eriksen, who was still smiling a little mysteriously on the sidelines.
He suddenly understood the treacherous layout of Manchester City today.
Carlos broke free of his hands bound by the Barcelona players and whispered, "I'm sorry." ”
He walked towards the United midfield, and the rest of the United players were nervous.
Carlos's eyes were a little frightened, and he glanced at the black midfielder fixedly, then turned to leave the field. When he walked to the South Stand at Camp Nou, he froze again, the sign on the rostrum still flashing in the lights, and he stood there hanging his head and bowing to the fans in the South Stand to apologize.
Some fans have already cried uncontrollably.
He is apologizing to all the fans who support him and support Barcelona, and he bows his noble head for his immature behavior.
"Ode to Barcelona" has been dumbfounded, but Su Qingjia is still stubbornly singing and singing.
Carlos had never said it to anyone, but she knew that his favorite was the rousing team song, which ignited his hopes for football and led him to the game of a professional athlete for the first time in the blessing of this song.
The song seemed to float out of her throat, and it seemed to float out of the long-restored music box.
"The players are united with the fans,
We are invincible,
We've scored a lot of goals,
No one is your opponent and the mighty Barcelona are invincible.
The flag is flying high,
Blue-violet is its color.
Let's call its name,
Barça, Barça, Barça! ”
On the field, a red card is every player's nightmare, and it shows you that you have committed a foul and must leave the game, and you will be banned for one match after that. Among them, "violent behavior" is a taboo for players.
This makes the players jealous, but secret tricks still occur frequently, as long as they are not seen by the referee, they will avoid death.
But this time, Carlos did it too blatantly, and in the live broadcast of the game watched by more than 100 million people, he hit it with real guns, and he used so hard that blood was already flowing from the corners of the black players' mouths.
The game was suspended, Carlos walked back to the bench and smiled lightly at Su Qingjia.
There was a bit of astringency in the smile, but more of a comfort, and he hoped she wouldn't worry.
Ming Ling and Su Jingkang were also speechless all the time, obviously a pure and harmless little sheep who had always been in front of them, how could they just blink an eye and become a murderous cheetah?
At this time, Carlos seemed to be extremely tired, and he stood up, supporting his temples with his hands, and his eyes were half-closed from the side.
Rijkaard spoke to him and called a substitute to warm up.
The coach looked at Carlos's somewhat thin figure, and finally knew the source of his anxiety for many days.
Their formation and strategy are centered on Carlos, and losing him is equivalent to a person losing a right arm, and his strength is greatly weakened. Perhaps, no, yes, Barcelona will stop in the semi-finals this year.
As the game continued, City seemed to be starting to let go of their hands and feet. The black midfielder didn't come off the pitch, he just got a kick in the abdomen and some injuries on his face, but his feet were not affected.
In the 68th minute, the Manchester City midfielder passed the vice-captain and shot in the penalty area to bring the game back to a draw.
The black midfielder was shown a yellow card after stripping to celebrate after the goal, but it also hurt Daya and he couldn't stop laughing at Carlos' position.
The captain was a little frustrated, but he still tried his best to run, and with his stubborn defense, City did not break through in the final stages.
When the final whistle blew, the big screen showed a bright red score comparison.
One-to-one, flat.
Eriksen tightened his tie and happily hugged Rijkaard, and despite the draw, it was Barcelona's home stadium, 1-1, which was a Manchester City victory.
"Feel sorry for your genius Carlos." Eriksen said with a smile in Rijkaard's ear.
Rijkaard's face froze, and he looked at him for a moment.
Eriksen continued: "The proud black swan couldn't hold his head up at all because of the 'saliva incident', I wonder if your players will be like this? ”
The Manchester City coach brushed Rijkaard's shoulder in a demonstration, Eriksen's professional football career was not outstanding, and he retired permanently in 75 years due to a knee injury, at this time Rijkaard officially made a name for himself on the pitch, earning him the nickname "Black Swan" because of his dark skin.
He played countless games in his life, but one of the games he will remember was the 1990 World Cup in Italy against West Germany in the quarters.
Rijkaard, unhappy with a deliberate foul on the opposition, grabbed Worrall's ear and spat on him, and both were sent off with red cards.
Afterwards, the black swan woke up from a dream and understood that this was a conspiracy of the West German team.
With Worrall gone, there are other famous strikers who can be replaced, while the Netherlands are unable to find anyone to take his place.
At this point, Rijkaard has been unable to hold his head up in the "spit incident" for the rest of his life.
This became a great shame in his life.
And now--
Rijkaard looked at Carlos, who was holding the girl tightly in front of the railing, and for a moment he could only sigh.
How similar their situations are, but how different they are.
He was quite old when he was attacked by the conspiracy, and he couldn't get rid of his worries, and Carlos was still so young.
He didn't know what Carlos' future would hold.
After the game, Carlos walked to the family seat, and Su Qingjia stretched out his hand to him to hug him.
She didn't say anything comforting, but he felt relieved to hold her in his arms and smell the fragrance of her delicate neck.
She just snuggled up to him obediently, and such a gesture was telling him that no matter how difficult the road ahead, she would never give up.