In the semi-finals of the Champions League, the heat in the second half of the zone made everyone look forward to it.

Manchester City vs Barcelona, in every respect, the collision of the two sides has different meanings.

One of the most anticipated is undoubtedly the showdown between De Bruyne and Yile.

These are the two midfielders that everyone has high hopes for at this stage!

Even Yile has some vague expectations.

Although the two had photos during their time in the Premier League, the situation at the time was not too friendly for De Bruyne.

At the time, Tottenham's entire squad was at the service of Ele and Kevin De Bruyne had not yet been given a real voice, and the heart of Manchester City was Silva.

In addition, Yi Le beat De Bruyne again and again, causing him to suffer from 'fear of change', and the next duel became a little deformed.

Due to various factors, De Bruyne was unable to play to his full strength, resulting in the two never really going all out against each other.

However, since Yile left the Premier League, De Bruyne's growth is commendable.

He's slowly establishing himself at the heart of the team, and he's getting better and better, and now he's at the heart of Blue Moon, there's no doubt about that.

As for De Bruyne's public shouting, Yile did not respond.

He will reply with performance in the game, not with quick words.

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The Champions League is in the quarter-finals, and Barcelona is also facing a helpless choice.

Today's Barcelona is fighting on three fronts.

If all goes well, they can handle it with their player reserves.

However, some time ago, there were successive setbacks in the league and the Champions League, and the last Champions League game rose to the level of a life-and-death battle, although the result was gratifying, but this was a huge physical drain on the players.

Nowadays, many people have physical problems.

In this case, the main players simply cannot afford the frequent rhythm of two games a week.

Champions League, League, Copa del Rey!

One of these three lines must be discarded, and there is no buffer space.

The decision doesn't seem too difficult.

Valverde sat on his desk, where the three slips of paper read 'Champions League, League and Copa del Rey', and finally he took down the note with the Copa del Rey written on it, crumpled it up and threw it in the trash.

Barcelona give up the Copa del Rey!

Next, they will focus on the league and the Champions League!

The most important thing is the Champions League!

Valverde would even forfeit the league if necessary to ensure that the team will challenge for the Champions League.

This year's Barcelona has a high probability of winning the championship, and the consequence of the giants playing too early is that the overall strength will be lowered, and even the water injection in the semi-finals and finals will increase.

Of course, it is not that RB Leipzig and Lyon are too weak.

It can only be said that compared with the fierce competition for the top four giants, the current situation is somewhat clear.

Even for many, this year's Champions League will emerge from the bottom half of the division, Barcelona and Manchester City, whoever advances to the final will reach the top of Europe.

Of course, judging from the situation at this stage, Barcelona consumed too much in the last game.

Fitness is even a secondary issue, injuries are the most important thing.

Luckily, Barcelona's current core Ile has not had a recurrence of an old injury, which is reassuring, but Barcelona's top scorer Suarez has suffered a muscle tear and will miss the next game.

Barcelona without Suarez will be much less attacking.

Don't look at Suarez doesn't have much stickiness in the team, but his goal efficiency is very high, especially after acting as Yile's goal tool, his goal rate has come to a terrifying 1.1 goals per game, and now he leads the La Liga and Champions League scorers with this number of goals.

An injury to such a big player is not a good thing for Barcelona.

Although Valverde was mentally prepared at the start of the season, he also felt very tricky when it came to the moment of truth.

In today's Barcelona team, it is difficult to find a central striker other than Suarez.

You can't let the diminutive Messi play as a center forward.

Not to mention Fati, who is thin and too young.

Antoine Griezmann is suitable for a wide field and a central midfield position, rather than charging straight into the field.

Now Valverde is even considering playing as a two-striker to make up for his lack of attack.

Thinking of this, Valverde looked constipated, after all, the 442 formation is easily despised, after all, this is one of the ancient formations, if a team adopts this tactic, the media will definitely say that this team does not have excellent players to execute complex and advanced modern tactics.

After all, in this tactic, many positions are not too flexible, and the overall formation is slightly clumsy.

But Valverde has no choice, the reason why he chose this formation is to expand the influence of Yile.

As we all know, the 442 formation is also known as the thigh formation.

Unlike the formation that takes down the lone striker, the 442 allows the main attacker to lead the striker in the heart of the opposition.

And this main attacker is Yile.

Although this increased the pressure on Yile in some ways, Valverde developed a kind of confidence in Yile after the last game, and always felt that he could do anything.

Of course, Yi Le has not played this formation, on the contrary, he is a very qualified thigh, which is the result of many aspects of research.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City will definitely choose to be flexible in tactics, after all, 'passing control' is the pride engraved in Guardiola's bones.

Valverde doesn't think Barcelona's squad will lose to Manchester City, he just doesn't feel confident in himself.

From the players to the squad, Barcelona has a faint advantage over Manchester City.

But there is still a gap in the manager.

Valverde didn't dare to be presumptuous, that was the head of the Dream Three Meritorious Sect, he didn't think that this bald man who created the Dream Three Dynasty was a fuel-efficient lamp.

Whether it is in terms of technique and tactics, or in terms of immediate reaction, dressing room discourse, etc., he is much inferior.

Moreover, his team is not at its best.

Therefore, he can only come up with this relatively conservative tactic to deal with it.

This game will be crucial not only for Manchester City, but also for Valverde himself.

After all, this is a 'former ex'!

Barcelona fans still have feelings for Pep Guardiola, and this feeling will also be contrasted in this game.

It's okay to win, but if he loses, he has every reason to believe that his situation will become very difficult.

Even if the fans don't say anything, the media will sneer at them.

Therefore, he needs to win this game.

Even if it's embarrassing, it's ugly, he's going to win the game.

To do this, he put the weight on Yi Le, which is the only thing he can do now.