Seeing Ricardo's goal disallowed, the players on the Barcelona bench breathed a sigh of relief.

Messi was about to stand up, but he also sat back silently.

'Don't worry,' Guardiola reassured, "before the situation has come and you have to play. Trust your teammates who can defeat any strong opponent. I'd rather have you on the bench for 90 minutes to make sure your injury doesn't get worse. ”

Messi smiled wryly: "I do have confidence in my teammates, but I also know very well what Ricardo can do. ”

Pep Guardiola sighed, "He's really one of the best players in football today, Leo, he's on par with you. ”

"No, he's better than me now. It's only a little bit better, but the gap is the gap, and I have to admit it," Messi said frankly, "but I'm going to keep improving, I'm only 26 years old, and I haven't fully fulfilled my potential." I believe I will be able to catch up with him one day. ”

Ricardo was furious. He was pretty sure he wasn't offside, but he started so quickly that the linesman mistakenly thought he was offside. Inzaghi also encountered this kind of grievance repeatedly.

If you look at the VAR in a few years, you can see it, but now it is not solved.

The referee insisted on the decision.

Although it wasn't long before the big screen above the pitch played the scene, it was clear that Ricardo was not offside.

But that goal has been blown away.

For a long time afterward, QPR flinched back and Barcelona struggled to get the ball into the QPR box, although they kept possession of the ball.

They don't have a high point up front, and they don't have a direct kick into the box.

As a result, the two sides were deadlocked, and Barcelona's possession rate continued to rise.

By the 35th minute, Barcelona had 64 per cent possession.

For comparison, Barcelona had 54% possession in the last game, which was one of the few games in which Barcelona did not reach 60% possession.

Before the end of the first half, Barcelona played two very dangerous attacks due to the reduced concentration of the QPR players.

First, Andres Iniesta suddenly went through, Cesc Fabregas got off the line of the penalty area, and the ball grazed the crossbar and flew off the line.

Then it was Pedro who fed in a clever pass for Villa, who fired a powerful left-footed shot wide from the edge of the box.

It is worth noting that while both goals were a certain threat, they were done from outside the box.

Soon the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the first half.

In the entire first half, Barcelona managed to complete just three shots in the box, and all three shots were blocked.

Their overall number of shots on goal came to 11 while the number of shots on target stood at 0.

In comparison, QPR managed just 4 shots on goal but 3 on target. And all four shots were made in the box.

Suffice it to say, QPR's attacks are not many, but they are very lethal every time.

If it weren't for Valdés' courage and the help of the referee, Barcelona would have fallen behind by now.

At half-time, Simeone praised the players' performance.

Although he did not take the lead, although except for Ricardo and Neymar, the rest of the players did not perform well.

But the players played at Camp Nou to their own level and strictly executed Simeone's tactical demands, which is commendable.

"If we keep playing like this, we can win!" Simeone exclaimed, "I need your full attention for the next 45 minutes and then we can reach the last four of the Champions League for the first time in our history!" ”

The players laughed. In the past two seasons, they have created too many firsts for the team and are starting to be a little immune to the first.

But the Champions League semi-finals still sound wonderful, don't they?

For the club, reaching the top four and stopping at the top eight is also related to a prize gap of more than 5 million euros and millions of euros in ticket revenue.

Tickets for Champions League matches are not included in Loftus Road's season tickets, which vary depending on the distance of the seats, from £45 to £260 for the cheapest seats, with 18,000 seats earning QPR close to £2 million.

What can £2 million do? I can help the club sign another demon star like Icardi.

Therefore, the club's top management still hopes that the team can enter the top four.

Of course, you can't put too much pressure on the players.

At such times, for the Champions League newcomers QPR, what is needed is to relieve pressure and allow the players to play better.

The second half began.

Barcelona seem to be playing a little bit more impatiently.

After several minutes of passing and not being able to get into the QPR penalty area, in the 49th minute, Cesc Fabregas forced a long-range shot from 25 meters from goal and hit a defender.

Miranda immediately passed the ball to the midfield.

Ricardo overtook Pique in the race, took the ball and ran wildly, and at 30 meters from the goal, Ricardo suddenly sent a through ball, and Modric, who had been running beside him, accelerated to the ball, took the ball in the box, shook off Alves, and formed a one-on-one with Valdés.

Valdés had to attack, but Modric flicked his ankle and passed the ball to Neymar, who was unmarked at the far end.

Neymar easily pushed the empty net and he lived up to the expectations of the QPR goal.

"Neymar Goalllllll! In the 50th minute of the game, QPR took the lead away from home! Modric's composure and selflessness made the goal. ”

"With Ricardo's QPR, it's really sharp to fight back! Now Barcelona has a problem. They must score two goals to continue to progress, otherwise they will miss out on the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in seven seasons! ”

Without waiting for Guardiola to say hello, Messi has already begun to warm up.

In this situation, he has to risk an aggravated injury, otherwise Barcelona will have no future to speak of.

QPR continued to defend after the goal.

They barely made it past half for ten minutes, but Barcelona didn't get into the QPR box either, only to shoot twice from just outside the box.

Messi's role for Barcelona is still indispensable, especially when the opponent is defending intensively, Messi can form a breakthrough after taking the ball, so as to disrupt the opponent's formation and hope to break the opponent's stubborn defense.

Apart from Messi, no other Barcelona player has such one-man ability.

In the 62nd minute, Messi replaced Cesc Fabregas, and Huluwa returned to the center forward position. In addition, Batra replaced Adriano, who became a colander.

As soon as Messi came on the field, he broke through two in a row to send a wonderful pass, Iniesta received the ball in the penalty area and deducted Miranda to shoot into the far corner, and Handanovic held the ball.

One minute later, Andres Iniesta and Messi collided with the wall, and the latter's shot from the left side of the box was saved by Handanovic, while Villa rushed over the head and couldn't make up the shot.

Seeing this, Simeone immediately made a substitution. Defender Erik. Dier came on to replace Nainggolan and strengthen the defence.

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