The pre-game warm-up was over.

By the time the players from both sides walked off the pitch, the stands were already filled with fans.

Among them, Barcelona fans account for the vast majority, and there are also 3,000 Newcastle fans who come to Newcastle United, all of whom are die-hard Newcastle United loyalists, and take time to come to Camp Nou to cheer for Newcastle United.

In addition, there are some neutral fans in the stands on the west side of the stadium, most of them are neutral fans who do not wear jerseys, and they are mostly composed of tourists and international students.

The proportion of Chinese students accounts for the majority, and they are all here to support Zhen Shaolong.

At this time, fans were discussing Zhen Shaolong.

Newcastle fans were full of support, and they called Zhen Shaolong's name in an organized manner, which formed a landscape before the game.

Barcelona fans were surprised, they were discussing Zhen Shaolong's performance, some fans entered late and didn't see the performance, others just chattered to explain--

"You didn't see it when you were late!"

"Just now, Zhen Shaolong actually shot with his heel behind the penalty spot!"

"And just stop the ball at your feet!"

"I don't know how, the football is like it's stuck to your feet!"

Zhen Shaolong's performance is indeed shocking.

When the fans were discussing, they couldn't help but look at Zhen Shaolong who was walking out of the court.

Zhen Shaolong walked to the door of the players' tunnel and found that Messi was a few steps ahead, and he called out in English, "Messi!" ”

"You're calling me!?"

Messi is in Spanish.

Zhen Shaolong understood, but he knew that it was too complicated to communicate, so he patted Messi's shoulder very friendly, and said with a smile, "Come on!" Messi! I believe you are the best footballer and you will definitely perform very well! ”

Zhen Shaolong also gave Messi a thumbs up before walking away with Smith, who had a strange expression next to him.

Messi was a little confused.

Henry was standing next to Messi, and he asked Messi strangely, "He's encouraging you, saying that you are the best athlete, and wishing you good performance, you are friends in private?" ”

"I barely spoke to him."

Henry was a little puzzled, "Then why ......"

Messi thought suspiciously, and walked a few steps before saying, "Presumably he wants to be friends with me?" ”

"Perhaps."

The other side.

Smith was also asking Zhen Shaolong, "Why are you encouraging him?" He's not your friend, is he? ”

"Not a friend." Zhen Shaolong explained, "But I hope he can perform well, preferably by breaking through more...... Anyway, I hope ...... All right! ”

Smith still understood, and he didn't continue to ask, simply understanding it as 'the sympathy of excellent players'?

"Perhaps."

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The home team dressing room at Camp Nou

There was a man standing in front of the goal with a slightly wrinkled brow, looking young overall, dressed in a suit and tie, if he took off his suit and changed into a jersey, everyone would think he was an ordinary player.

He is Barcelona's new manager, Pep Guardiola, who is only 37 years old.

Guardiola is indeed very young compared to the football coaching industry, and he has only just retired for two years, and as early as the player, Guardiola was Barcelona's "coach on the field".

The former captain of Barcelona, who has experienced the glory of the "dream team", in addition to playing the role of "commander-in-chief" of organizing and dispatching offense and defense on the field, he will also correct the wrong runs of his teammates, and sometimes even give orders to change formations.

So.

Although he only entered the Spanish Football Federation's coaching training course in 2005 and only obtained his coaching certificate in 2006, Guardiola has already shown a clear coaching future when he was still on the pitch for Barcelona.

In 2007, Pep Guardiola became the head coach of Atletico Barça.

Pep Guardiola brought the previous season's relegated team back to the third division with 28 wins, nine draws and five defeats, while Pep Guardiola's side scored nine goals and conceded zero goals in the play-offs against Castillo and Babastella.

In May this year, former coach Rijkaard confirmed his departure, and Pep Guardiola was quickly confirmed as the head coach of Barcelona's first team.

This season's first season in charge of Pep Guardiola is also the first time to coach the Barcelona first team, the first time to coach a La Liga team, and the first time to lead the team to the Champions League.

Wait a minute.

Pep Guardiola has had many firsts this season and the pressure to manage is understandable, and he knows he has to lead the team to good results.

La Liga must be the champion!

The Champions League also has to compete, not to mention that it must win the championship, but also must lead the team to the semi-finals.

This is what will help to secure the managerial position, and if he fails to do so, he will be questioned about his coaching ability and leave the managerial position.

The pressure on Pep Guardiola can be imagined.

In the past seven rounds of La Liga and the two games of the Champions Cup, even if it encounters a team that cannot threaten Barcelona, Guardiola will patiently prepare for the game, make sure that it is okay again and again, and will also care about the state of each player and make adequate preparations to help the team perform better.

In the Champions League group stage with Newcastle United, Guardiola was more prepared, and even more than half a month ago, he discussed Newcastle United with the coaching staff.

It's a strange team.

Some teams can get slightly better results through the performance of a single star, such as sixth or seventh in the league, or steadily qualify for relegation, but when it comes to the level of a top team, it is difficult for a single star to play a role.

Newcastle United is different.

In the eyes of Pep Guardiola and the Barcelona coaching staff, Newcastle United is a 'team of single stars', and the reason why they can win the Premier League championship and win two consecutive Champions League games in the new season is completely dependent on the performance of the team's No. 13 Zhen Shaolong.

"This is a shooter who is several times more terrible than Eto'o! Maybe you can see him as a combination of Messi and Eto'o! ”

That's what the coaching staff concluded.

If Messi knew about the Barcelona coaching staff, tied him to Eto'o, and compared him with Zhen Shaolong, he would definitely be very unconvinced.

But that's the performance gap.

Last season, Zhen Shaolong scored 60 league goals alone, helping Newcastle United win the Premier League title strongly, and so far this season, Zhen Shaolong is far ahead of other opponents in the Premier League scorer list, and has scored five goals in the Champions League, also far ahead of other goalscorers.

Messi's performance is also very good, but the purpose of football is to score goals, no matter how superb and gorgeous his skills are, no matter how many breakthroughs he makes in the game, the purpose is only to create scoring opportunities for himself or his teammates, and the ultimate goal is to score.

Zhen Shaolong went straight to his goal.

The Barcelona coaching staff conducted a careful analysis of Zhen Shaolong, and Guardiola watched the video for more than ten hours, but he still did not come up with the best targeting strategy.

This is also to be expected.

Many clubs have studied Zhen Shaolong, and many coaches have tried to find ways to limit them, but there are almost no successful solutions, and some simply give up attacking, which cannot be used on Barcelona.

Pep Guardiola can only keep his mind on the team, and his strategy is simple - score more goals than his opponents!

As the game was about to start, Pep Guardiola re-emphasised, "We have to play more targeted and score more goals than our opponents!" ”

"This is Barcelona!"

"I believe you all know Zhen Shaolong, he is indeed a very good goalscorer, and we are a whole, the strongest whole in Europe, we will not be overshadowed by a player on the other side, even if it is Maradona!"

"In this game, I only have one requirement - to score more goals than the other team!"

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Soon.

Players from both sides re-enter the pitch.

As the referee blew the whistle, the game officially began, and Barcelona took the lead in the attack.

The two teams don't know each other.

Normal and unfamiliar team games, there will be a time to test each other, but Barcelona has no intention of testing, and they come up and play the best way to play with the ball.

Barcelona's 'possession' style of play is, to put it bluntly, constantly passing the ball.

The football kept going from Barcelona players to the front court, and after a while it continued to pass tentatively, and when there was a danger of being tackled, or if a good opportunity was not found, the football was immediately passed back, and after a few quick kicks, it was quickly reached the back of the field, and immediately crossed the halfway line.

Left pass.

Right pass.

Prequel.

Postquel.

The game was only a few minutes into play, and there were Newcastle United players who were tired and out of breath, such as Barton in the midfield, Barton was a rough man, and the defense was constantly scrambling.

But he couldn't catch the ball.

Others also felt very helpless, Barcelona's possession was so strong, they were like playing a game of 'monkey' football in an official game.

Newcastle United are the monkeys who have been slipped......

All right.

It's a sad analogy.

But it must be admitted that Barcelona's style of play is a headache and it is too difficult to get the ball down.

Barcelona is not simply possessing the ball, possession is a very powerful means, it is their way of attacking, and it is also their way of defending, and if you firmly control the ball at your feet, the opponent will not be able to attack, which is the safest way to play.

After a succession of control of the ball, the opponent is likely to pull out of formation and press.

Then will be the opportunity for the prequel.

Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Samuel Eto'o, and even Max at the back, each of the slightly more central players are always looking for opportunities to pass forward, and when they find an opportunity, the ball will quickly pass forward.

That's it for the sixth minute.

Sergio Busquets saw the moment and kicked the ball to Messi in the middle.

Messi runs wild with the ball!

Barton!

Jean!

The two were rushed by Messi one after another, Messi rushed to the penalty line in one go, and when he was surrounded by the front and back, he also managed to pass the ball out and wanted to hand it to Eto'o.

Fortunately, Kolocini cleared the siege in time.

"Hula......"

The scene resounded with the regretful sighs of Barcelona fans, they saw Messi passing two people in a row, and thought that they had a chance to score directly, but unfortunately it was still a little worse.

It would be nice for Messi to break through one more.

Samuel Eto'o could have followed up a little quicker and could have finished early.

Newcastle United were also frightened by Messi's breakthrough, and then they became more vigilant.

Barcelona were really good on the ball, but they couldn't keep the ball forever, every player made mistakes, and two minutes later, Samuel Eto'o made a mistake and the ball was controlled by Milner and passed back to Smith.

Smith kicked forward and was blocked by Hleb with his body.

Sideline balls.

This goal allows Newcastle United to play a steady wave of attacks, rather than rushing to clear the siege and then continue to meet the opponent's attack.

Barcelona were strong on the ball and defended just as well, with the intention of playing around Newcastle United, with the midfield very tightly defended.

Newcastle Lenovo attacked the front and could only play the ball through quick dribbling down the wing.

Duff!

Duff was the most consistent and brilliant player on the wing, taking the ball into the corner of the box in one go, but he couldn't keep it on, he was stopped by an opposition player and the ball was then knocked out of bounds.

Sideline balls.

Duff threw the ball with both hands and was about to hand it to Grami, when he found Zhen Shaolong running towards him, he immediately changed direction and threw the ball to Zhen Shaolong.

Zhen Shaolong stopped the ball on the side of the penalty area.

Behind him was Puyol.

Xavi also retreated and wanted to play with Puyol, a two-person attack to force Zhen Shaolong to pass, or just find an opportunity to directly destroy and grab it.

Zhen Shaolong moved.

He turned and accelerated past Puyol, who squeezed hard, his body was very strong, but there was no way to restrain an opponent who 'didn't dribble the ball'.

Zhen Shaolong is dribbling the ball, but football is a 'follow effect', and what else I have seen is that he showed extremely gorgeous ball control skills, firmly controlled the ball at his feet, and turned around and forcibly accelerated past Puyol.

Puyol is followed by Pique.

Pique came head-on.

At this time, Zhen Shaolong faced the three-man attack, in front of the goal was Pique, Puyol was on the left, and Xavi caught up from the right.

"He's going to get the ball cut off!" Everybody thinks so.

The Barcelona fans also breathed a long sigh of relief, no longer worrying about the situation on the field.

The next moment.

Zhen Shaolong jumped on the spot, jumped over Pique's side, and forced a breakthrough through Pique again, while the football also passed through Pique's legs and rolled right in front of Zhen Shaolong.

"Hula......"

The fans in the surrounding stands were stunned.

The Barcelona players were also shocked, Puyol and Xavi were flanked by Pique, but they were blocked by Pique and the opponent left with the ball.

"Danger!"

Many people are aware of it.

After Zhen Shaolong broke through Pique, there was no obstacle three or four meters in front, and goalkeeper Valdés just realized that he needed to attack.

He got up decisively!

Shoot hard!

The ball sprinted up from the grass and into the far corner, but no one else had time to block it, and Valdés couldn't react.

The next moment, the ball goes in!

Everyone stared at the white shadow who rushed into the goal, thinking about Zhen Shaolong's performance just now, his face was full of shock and incredulity, in a small area of the penalty area, he actually forcibly shook off Pique, Puyol, and Xavi in one go, and completed such a clean shot.

Messi is also one of them.

After Zhen Shaolong finished scoring a goal, he was about to raise his fist to celebrate, when he found Messi standing next to him.

He smiled at Messi and said, "Come on!" Messi! I believe you are the best footballer! You're sure to do a great job! ”

"You're going to have to do it!"

"I'm looking forward to it!"

"I bless you from the bottom of my heart!"