The 2010-2011 season was a season full of crisis for Barcelona.

In the summer of 2009, Florentino entered the palace for the second time and took charge of the Bernabeu, snatching Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic from Barcelona in one go, plus Kaka, Robben, Sneijder, Xavi Alonso and Mascherano and other strong reinforcements and stars, Real Madrid's strength has grown by leaps and bounds.

In the following season, the Galaxy defeated Barcelona twice, and won the two heavy championships of La Liga and the Champions League in one go, becoming the double champion, which was a very painful blow to Barcelona.

Real Madrid and Barcelona have always been a pair of rivals in La Liga.

The Galaxy battleship has done its best, Barcelona is naturally going to suffer, President Laporta's re-election bid failed miserably, and after Rosell took office, he thoroughly investigated the club's finances and corruption, and the team was in turmoil for a while.

In the entire summer of 10, apart from Villa, which Laporta signed during his tenure, Barcelona did not sign another star.

Not only did Cesc Fabregas not come, but neither did the striker Guardiola wanted.

As a result, Pep Guardiola was forced to dig inward, and Pedro began to form a trident as a partner of Messi and Villa, while Guardiola was also actively developing the attacking ability of his midfield players.

In his third year in charge, Pep Guardiola began to play the football he wanted at Barcelona, especially after sending away Yaya Toure in a state of regret, Barcelona's strategy of fully implementing the pass-and-possession style of play has become very obvious.

Throughout the season, Barcelona's pass-and-possession system reached an all-time high, with almost every game dominating more than 60% of the possession, which put huge pressure on opponents and made Barcelona stable in the league.

So far, Barcelona have lost only one of the 28 rounds of the league.

But it's a pity that it is precisely the one that cannot be lost the most.

From the summer to the league, Barcelona is full of a sense of crisis, on the one hand, the recruitment is unfavorable, on the other hand, facing the wolf-like Real Madrid, coupled with the European powerhouses are racking their brains to find ways to restrain Barcelona's passing and possession play, which makes everyone in the team proud and proud at the same time.

Especially after losing to Real Madrid in the first national derby.

Fortunately, Yang Yang was injured and sidelined for more than two months, which caused problems in Real Madrid's attack, and then allowed Barcelona to take enough leads, and even they once thought that the team was already winning.

Unexpectedly, after the winter break, Real Madrid played an almost crazy state, especially after entering February, the Galaxy Battleship played a goal frenzy that even Barcelona was trembling at.

However, Barcelona itself has a crisis.

In the 23rd round of La Liga, Barcelona drew 1-1 away with Sporting Gijón, but this was only the beginning.

Three days later, at the Emirates Stadium in London, England, Barcelona lost 1-2 to Gunners Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger's side took out Barcelona with 30% possession, and although the details were different, everything remained the same, and Arsenal's tactical style of play was the same as that of previous teams such as Real Madrid and Inter Milan, no surprises.

For a while, everyone in the entire European football world began to realize that the time had come for Barcelona to step down from the altar.

There is still a second leg in the round of 16 of the Champions League, but Barcelona's performance has not improved much after returning to La Liga, especially in the 28th round, and it once again suffered a 1-1 draw away from home.

This time the opponent became Sevilla.

Pretty much the same version, the same way, only the opponent has changed.

From leading by 10 points at the most, to leading by 5 points now, Barcelona is constantly losing its lead and being forced into a desperate situation step by step under the pressure of Real Madrid.

Fearing that the world will not be chaotic, media reporters began to hype up the Barcelona crisis, and even many media are hyping that Barcelona is coming to an end this season, the Champions League is difficult to turn around, the league is likely to be reversed by Real Madrid, and even the Copa del Rey final may lose to the rival.

For a moment, it seemed as if the sky at Camp Nou was about to fall.

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As the team's number one superstar, Messi has been under tremendous pressure.

His performances have been nothing short of impressive, with 29 goals in 28 league games so far, six in seven Champions League games and seven in the Copa del Rey.

In other words, in the past few months, he has contributed 42 goals for Barcelona alone, which is good enough.

But in recent times, Messi has been under great pressure.

Because he was reversed by Yang Yang.

From leading by nearly 20 goals, to now falling behind Yang Yang by 6 goals, Messi felt very speechless and depressed, he couldn't understand at all, what kind of opponent was standing in front of him, and why could he do such a thing?

Over the years, Messi has always regarded Yang Yang as a lifelong enemy, he regards Yang Yang as his goal, and has always wanted to surpass his opponents, and this season is the best opportunity he has in mind.

Although, this looks a bit overwhelming.

But now, Messi suddenly found that even if he took advantage of the fire to rob and win, Yang Yang still quickly chased back, and even was able to reverse himself at a disadvantage, which made him admire Yang Yang even more, but also made him more depressed.

Could it be that he really didn't have any way to defeat Yang Yang?

No! No way! There must be a way! There must still be a chance!!

Messi is no longer a fledgling kid in the early years, he is becoming more mature and tenacious, especially after the frustration of last season, he is entering the golden years of his career.

He is convinced that he is the strongest!

The number of league goals was 35 to 29, and Yang Yang led by six goals.

Judging from the current situation, if Messi wants to reverse, he has to show a better and better form.

In the Copa del Rey, both men scored seven goals, and the key depends on the performance in the final game.

The most important, and at the same time the most eye-catching, is the Champions League.

Lionel Messi currently leads the Champions League scorers with six goals, while Yang Yang has scored just one goal so far as he missed the entire group stage and played just one knockout game.

The Champions League is the most promising to win!

The premise is that Barcelona must continue to move forward and keep going.

And if you want to move forward, you have to reverse Arsenal!

Messi has to be better and better, and at the same time more terrifying!

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March 15, Camp Nou.

In the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout round, Barcelona hosted Arsenal.

In the first leg, the Gunners limited Barcelona to single digits with 34 per cent possession and eventually beat Barcelona 2-1 at home, giving Wenger hope and confidence.

In the second round, Arsene Wenger learned from the experience of the first leg and once again discharged a 4231 tactic.

Arsenal have two important players absent, one is the fast Theo Walcott, and the other is the defensive stalwart Alexander Song in central midfield, both of whom played an important role in the first leg, and the absence is a big loss for the Gunners, but the Barcelona side is also full of problems.

Captain Puyol is out injured, Gerard Pique is suspended, and Pep Guardiola had Yaya Toure in his hands last season, but now he can only drop Sergio Busquets back to central defence and partner Abidal to form a temporary centre-back combination.

In midfield, it was a combination of Seydoux Keita, Xavi and Andres Iniesta.

Arsene Wenger was prepared for this, and his side did not play conservatively, continuing to press all over the line after the opening kick-off, with the aim of pressing forward at the back to ensure that there were no gaps between the lines.

Like the first leg, Arsenal's formation is maintained well, the connection is also very close, and the pressure on Barcelona is also very effective, basically able to form a tackle in the front, or to interfere and delay the opponent in time, to buy enough time for the central and backfield, and organize a tight formation.

On Barcelona's side, everything is similar as usual, but it may be that there is no Busquets in the midfield today, coupled with the Gunners' pressing and pressing force, the ball is not going well, so Messi retreats very deeply, and even looks more like a central midfielder.

Ahead of them, Villa and Pedro were forced to push forward.

That's what Wenger wants.

A Messi who is surrounded by Arsenal's midfield is difficult to threaten.

Seeing that the situation of the game is developing in the direction he expected, Wenger is also more and more confident on the sidelines, especially when the first half of the game entered stoppage time and the score was still 0-0, Wenger was even more relieved.

'We defended very well, built an impregnable fortress in front of the goal, and even if there was a terrorist attack, we didn't have to worry. Arsene Wenger joked with assistant coach Pat Rice.

At this time, the first half was already the third minute of stoppage time.

Pat Rice agrees with this and has even begun to prepare for half-time to say something to encourage the Arsenal players who fought so hard in the first half.

If the team can eliminate Barcelona to advance, it will be a huge encouragement for Arsenal.

But at this time, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

Cesc Fabregas made a mistake in passing, Messi launched a counterattack with the ball, and fell into the siege of Arsenal, with four players in front of him and around, but the Argentine superstar suddenly picked the ball to Iniesta and sprinted forward quickly.

Iniesta understood, rubbed the ball directly without stopping, and picked up the pass in front of Messi.

The Argentine superstar rushed to the edge of the penalty area, faced with Iniesta's pick-up pass, and faced the attacking Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny, Messi lightly picked up with his left foot.

The ball went softly over Szczesny's head and into the goal behind him.

At this moment, the game time jumped just into the fifth minute of stoppage time.

In an instant, the whole Camp Nou stadium went completely crazy!

The stands turned into a sea of people, and everyone was shouting hoarsely, as if they had been attacked by a terrorist attack.

Messi, on the other hand, quickly galloped to the sidelines, pointing at Andres Iniesta, who assisted him.

At this moment, he transformed himself into a world-class superstar with full confidence.

Messi!