In the anticipation of countless media and fans around the world, the Champions League final has finally arrived.

At 20:45 on the evening of May 19, 2012, with the referee's whistle, the 2011/2012 UEFA Champions League final of the Bundesliga Dortmund vs La Liga Barcelona officially began at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, which can accommodate more than 70,000 fans.

It was the pinnacle of the 2011/2012 UEFA Europa League season and the most high-profile club final in the world.

It is also a duel between the world's No. 1 striker Cheng Hai and Messi, the three-time Golden Ball Award winner.

This battle is destined to go down in history.

Both sides sent their strongest lineups, Dortmund's side is a 4132 formation, goalkeeper Weidenfeller, defenders Piszczek, Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer, back Sebastian Kell, full-back Shinji Kagawa, Mario Goetze, forward Gundogan, center Lewandowski, shadow forward Cheng Hai.

Barcelona is a 4312 formation, the starting lineup is goalkeeper Valdés, defenders Alves, Puyol, Pique, Butzques, midfielders Xavi, Mascherano, Iniesta, forward Fabregas, double forwards Messi, Sanchez.

It can be seen from the formation that Pep Guardiola's Barcelona is quite careful and sacrifices a formation of three back midfielders to defend.

Xavi and Andres Iniesta were slightly weaker defensively and made up for it with Mascherano.

While strengthening the defense, the offensive ability is not weak.

Fabregas, Messi, Sanchez's attacking power plus Xavi and Iniesta's organization in the midfield and backfield can be described as both offensive and defensive.

On top of that, Barcelona have a tactic that can be used against Dortmund, and that is to defend on the ball.

Barcelona's football philosophy is: when the ball is at my feet, you can't shoot.

Therefore, their style of play is that unless there is a very good attacking opportunity, they would rather keep the ball at their feet than concede it easily.

Because the ball is at your feet, the opponent can't shoot.

At the same time, if they concede a ball, they will counter-attack on the spot. Cruyff's Dutch philosophy of attacking and defending has taught Barcelona the essence. As long as you lose the ball, you must immediately counterattack, and you will not give the opponent too many opportunities to organize the attack.

Moreover, their counter-robbery is not a swarm of mad dog-style grabbing, but forcing the opponent through a tacit and reasonable position, so that the opponent can not find the route to the ball, and can only rush the ball, and then make a mistake and lose the ball.

Once the ball is back at the feet of the Barça players, they will start their pass-and-possession football again.

Barcelona relied on such a football philosophy and a group of talented players such as Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi to achieve the prestige of the Cosmos team.

If it weren't for Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid this year, Barcelona would still be the most dominant team in La Liga.

Failing to win La Liga doesn't mean Barcelona football has failed, they are still the top club team on the planet.

Even Dortmund, led by Cheng Hai, faced Barcelona with quite a headache.

The match was kicked off by Barcelona and Barcelona won the kick-off.

Then, as soon as the kick-off was kicked, Barcelona passed the ball back and started to kick the ball back to the back.

Although Cheng Hai, Lewandowski, Gundogan and others immediately stepped forward and forced the opponent's backcourt to steal their feet, the opponent cooperated with tacit passing and control, and there were too many places where the ball could be played.

Even with Cheng Hai's defensive position and speed, he can't press too much of Barcelona's passing.

The Barcelona players are simply familiar with this set of tactics, and sometimes they can send the ball to the feet of the teammates he wants to send without even looking at people.

In Barcelona's backfield, there are Xavi and Iniesta, two masters of ball control.

No matter how fast Cheng Hai runs, he can't match the speed of the two of them passing the ball to control the situation.

Therefore, Cheng Hai felt the feeling of being walked by a monkey for the first time. He felt like the monkey being walked, being walked around by the Barcelona players with passes, and just couldn't get the ball.

But he couldn't help but grab it.

Otherwise, he believes that Barcelona must be happy to drag the game into a penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, Cheng Hai's decisive attacking ability will only be converted into one goal.

And many of Barcelona's stars could beat Dortmund on penalties.

Therefore, even if he was walked by a monkey, Cheng Hai had to work with Lewandowski to force Barcelona's backfield to fall on his feet.

Of course, Cheng Hai's physical fitness is better, and Cheng Hai is the main player in grabbing the ball.

However, it has been ten minutes since the game started, and Cheng Hai has not grabbed a ball once, let alone carried out an effective attack.

It's not that the ball has been at Barcelona's feet, but because if Cheng Hai, Lewandowski, Gundogan and others are in a hurry, Barcelona will pass the ball forward.

In the frontcourt, Cesc Fabregas and Messi's ability to control the ball is also first-class, and it is also difficult for Kele, Hummels and others to break the ball.

Even if the ball is occasionally broken, Barcelona will immediately counterattack, and before the ball reaches the feet of Cheng Hai, it is snatched back by the Barcelona, and then continues to pass and control.

Moreover, Barcelona do not attack easily, and most of the time, the ball is in a safe area with seemingly meaningless back-to-back feet.

That's what Barcelona football is all about.

But you can't let your guard down yet.

Because once you think that Barça's football is pointless and paralyzed, they will suddenly speed up, maybe a straight kick can penetrate your defence.

Even if you can't directly penetrate the defense line with a straight stopper, Messi's breakthrough ability can make your defense line noisy and dangerous.

Fortunately, Klopp has been carrying out long-term targeted training for Barcelona some time ago, and he is mentally prepared for Barcelona's passing and controlling football.

Ten minutes into the game, Barcelona had 70 per cent possession compared to 30 per cent for Borussia Dortmund, who had more than twice as much possession as Dortmund.

However, neither side had yet to have a single dangerous shot on goal.

This has left some neutral fans disappointed.

There is a game between Cheng Hai and Messi, and it is like this, this is not the game they want to see.

As a result, just when everyone was slightly bored, Butzkes passed the ball to Xavi.

Gundogan, who had been rushing towards Butzkes, sighed, and could only turn around and rush towards Xavi again.

Gundogan felt tired of grabbing the ball, but Xavi didn't wait for him to get close, and suddenly sent a long ball to the left side of the front of the Dortmund penalty area.

Messi appeared there like a ghost and got the ball from Xavi.

Cesc Fabregas, Alexis Sanchez and Andres Iniesta suddenly accelerated and burst into the Dortmund penalty area from all directions.

Countless people were in good spirits: Barcelona's attack was coming.

Messi, who got the ball, did not control the ball slowly, but immediately drove the ball to Dortmund's penalty area.

Because the ball itself was suddenly passed by Xavi after he saw the hole in the Dortmund defense, it was because Messi was the only one in front of him after getting the ball at this time.

As long as Messi breaks through Schmelzer, he could break through the Dortmund defence.

Whether Dortmund's back line is here to intercept Messi or continue to keep an eye on the likes of Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas, there will always be someone in the gap and Barcelona could have a shot on goal.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Messi can break through Schmelzer's defense.

Most people think Messi is okay.

Messi's human-ball combination ability may be the best in the world except for Cheng Hai. In a one-on-one attack, Messi's breakthrough success rate is also terrifyingly high.

As expected, there was a hole in the Dortmund defence, which was supposed to be at least two people defending Messi.

In the face of Schmelzer's defense, Messi shook Schmelzer away with a simple Matthews feint and entered the big penalty area.

However, when Messi broke through Schmelzer, Subotic had already helped to defend. Moreover, goalkeeper Weidenfeller also moved two steps to the side of Messi's breakthrough and was ready to save.

Schmelzer, who had just been shaken off behind him, was also desperately trying to defend back, and it was entirely possible to stab the ball at Messi's feet from the side.

Messi's side has little chance of attacking.

But Subotic made up for it, and naturally someone in the middle was in the gap.

Therefore, Messi did not hesitate to cross the ball to the middle penalty spot.

Sure enough, Andres Iniesta, who was inserted in the back row, got the ball unguarded, and before Piszczek could break the ball, he volleyed the ball towards the Dortmund goal.

In the stands and in front of the TV, countless Barcelona fans craned their necks and were ready to celebrate the goal.

Unexpectedly, Iniesta's shot showed power, speed, and hit the goal frame, the only deficiency is: the angle is not tricky.

The ball was saved by Weidenfeller's timely comeback.

Then, a scene that caught Barcelona players and fans off guard happened.

The ball saved by Weidenfeller did not go out of bounds and landed in the box, but it was Hummels who was the first to steal the ball.

Hummels didn't dare to stop the ball and kicked off with a half-turned kick.

He was just going to kick the ball out of the box to clear the ball and prevent Barcelona from grabbing the second landing point to continue the attack.

Unexpectedly, his big kick was quite solid, and his luck was quite good, and the ball actually soared into the sky and flew directly to Barcelona's half.

And the landing point is near Chenghai.

Most of Barcelona's players have been inserted into the front field because of this sudden attack, and the defender Andres Iniesta has already stepped forward into the penalty area to shoot, which shows how hard Barcelona's sudden attack has made their players cut forward.

Seeing that the ball was flying near him, Cheng Hai would be polite, quickly rushed over to occupy the landing point, stuck his back to the direction of the attack, and rushed over to prepare to compete for the top of Mascherano, and then faced the falling ball directly and passed the ball directly, and then turned around and broke through Mascherano's defense.

Mascherano thought that Cheng Hai would stop the ball, but he didn't know that Cheng Hai would directly pick the ball over people, picked the ball over the heads of the two, and picked it just right, so that Cheng Hai turned around Mascherano and immediately received the ball he picked up, and he didn't give Pique, who came from the middle to make up for it, have a chance to break the ball.

Cheng Hai, who broke through Mascherano with the ball, faced Pique, who was defending in the middle, and suddenly stabbed the ball into Pique's crotch, and he went around Pique's side again.

"Crotch piercing" exerts its power.

Pique was also caught off guard by Cheng Hai's sudden crotch piercing, and when he reacted that Cheng Hai was about to pass the ball under his crotch, it was too late to block it with his legs closed.

The ball had already slipped under his crotch, and Cheng Hai also bypassed it behind him and received the ball that he had passed through his crotch.

Originally, Barcelona's attack had caused most of their players to rush to the front, and Hummels' sudden big kick clearance made most of Barcelona's players not have time to return to the defense.

As a result, after breaking through the defense of Mascherano and Pique in a row, Cheng Hai has already formed a single knife.

Although Puyol in the middle threw Lewandowski and rushed diagonally, where was the time?

Cheng Hai ran much faster than Puyol with the ball.

Soon, Cheng Hai took the ball directly to Barcelona outside the penalty area, the Dortmund fans in front of the stands and TV had already stood up, and the Barcelona fans booed frantically, wanting to interfere with Cheng Hai.

Behind Cheng Hai, there were three people who were crazy to go home to chase Puyol, Pique, and Mascherano, but Puyol, who was closest to Cheng Hai, was also two or three meters away.

Unless Cheng Hai doesn't shoot on the field, but thinks about life, Puyol can't even foul Cheng Hai's shot.

In the desperate eyes of all the Barcelona people, Cheng Hai, who dribbled the ball to the line of the big penalty area, faced the Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés who attacked the big penalty area, did not hesitate, and directly kicked the ball to the far corner.

After acquiring the "arc" skill and filling it up, Cheng Hai has a greater grasp when he shoots from outside the penalty area.

Because he can shoot in an arc and go around a wider angle, making it more difficult for the goalkeeper to save.

This time too, although Valdés saved the moment after Cheng Hai's shot, Cheng Hai's arc shot made the ball around an outer circle, just around his ten fingers, and then crossed an arc in the air, went around the frame of the goal, and drilled into the goal against the far post.

In the 14th minute, Barcelona's sudden attack failed to shoot, but it gave Dortmund a great opportunity to counterattack, and Hummels opened a big foot to assist Cheng Hai to score, and Dortmund took a 1-0 lead.

On the stage of the Champions League final, any goal is precious.

Therefore, even with Cheng Hai's experience of scoring goals in various events, this goal made his head instantly congested, pinching Shuangquan, his face distorted and yelling, frantically rushing to the sidelines, rushing to the stands where his parents were, and throwing himself into the arms of Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin, who were also excited.

Then, the fans and the families of the players in the stands poured over like a tide, constantly patting Cheng Hai's head and body to express everyone's excitement.

Dortmund fans elsewhere in the stands also climaxed instantly, cheering and screaming with their loudest voices to celebrate Cheng Hai's goal and Dortmund's 1-0 lead.

The Huaguo CCTV CCTV-5 commentator in the commentary seat was also a little bloodshot, and roared in his loudest voice:

"The ball went in !!"

"The ball went in !!"

"The ball went in, it went in, it went ......"

"Cheng Hai has scored!"

"Cheng Hai scored first on the stage of the Champions League final and helped Dortmund take a 1-0 lead!"

"This is the first goal scored by a Chinese player in the Champions League final, and it is also the goal that Cheng Hai scored to help Dortmund take the lead."

"Dortmund took the lead in the game, Barcelona's rash attack failed to score, but Dortmund's counterattack by mistake, and Cheng Hai opened the door to Barcelona."

"From these two completely different shots, it can be seen that the shooting skills of Iniesta and Cheng Hai are not at the same level at all."

"If Iniesta's shot was kicked by Cheng Hai, it would have definitely gone in."

"But Cheng Hai's shot is shot by Iniesta, and it still doesn't necessarily go in."

"Cheng Hai's superb shooting skills are the biggest reliance to ensure his goal rate."

"Dortmund has scored and taken the lead, and the champion is waving to Cheng Hai again, it's very exciting to think about it!"

"Cheng Hai may become the first Chinese player to win the Champions League and achieve the treble, or even an Asian player."

"Let's continue to cheer for Cheng Hai!"

Cheng Hai's counterattack goal made Barcelona suddenly fall into passivity.

Originally, when the score was 0-0, they could continue to play possession and defend at their own pace, even if they couldn't score, they wouldn't concede goals.

Unexpectedly, this attack Xavi thought it would be an opportunity for his side, and Messi did break through Schmelzer, sending the ball into the gap, and Iniesta completed the shot.

Unexpectedly, Iniesta's shot was not only saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, but also contributed to Hummels' unlucky long pass assist, which directly found Cheng Hai, and Cheng Hai connected the two to form a single goal.

This series of coincidences put Barcelona in the predicament of falling behind the score.

In the next game, they can no longer sit around and play pass-and-defend, they have to attack.

Otherwise, the final ended with a score of 1-0 and it was still them who lost.

And once they start attacking, the tempo of the game will pick up, and once the ball changes hands, Dortmund will fight back.

With Cheng Hai's offensive ability, if Barcelona can withstand it, it really has to play a big hello.

Just when many Barcelona players found it difficult to choose, the head coach on the sidelines, Pep Guardiola, gave key instructions to everyone to stabilize the formation, not to rush to attack, first of all, to ensure possession, not to hand over the ball to Dortmund, and not to concede the ball easily.

As long as the ball is at their feet, Barcelona have the ability to keep it under their hands and then look for opportunities to score.

And once you concede another goal, then the game is really difficult to play.

Therefore, Guardiola's request is to stabilize the situation first, not to concede any more goals, and it is a victory.