Chapter 430: Barcelona's Attack
The fans on both sides had been waiting impatiently, and as soon as the players came out of the passage, a flood of applause immediately poured into the players.
Facing the strong opponent of Barcelona again, Jones was very excited and couldn't wait to start the game immediately, but what Jones didn't expect was that when he and Pique passed by, Barcelona defender Pique actually said provocatively: "You want to score at Camp Nou, and it is impossible to score a hat trick like Messi!" β
Obviously, this was a provocation, Jones knew that Pique was trying to provoke himself and make himself unable to calm down in the game, but Jones's anger still rose, Jones sneered: "Wait, I'll make you regret saying this." β
Pique saw that the success angered Jones and smiled: "I'll see." β
Jones was one of the highlights of the game, and his conversation with Pique was naturally noticed: "What are they doing? Was Jones pleasing anything with Pique? I saw what Jones and Peake said, but they didn't seem to have much interaction with each other. β
There are also many fans who have seen it, but everyone can't guess what exactly was said between the two just now.
Another commentator's attention was on referee Skomeina, "Referee Skomeina is a symbol of good luck for Barcelona and Chelsea, and in the 2011/12 Champions League he officiated a number of key matches, including the quarter-final match between Arsenal and AC Milan, and the quarter-final against Benfica.
Skomeina was also the referee for Atletico Madrid's victory over Chelsea in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, and he has officiated six Champions League and Europa League semi-finals in the past five seasons.
In the group stage of the 2017/18 Champions League, Skomina was in charge of Barcelona's 3-0 win over Juventus and Chelsea's 3-3 draw with Roma.
Today's game will depend on whether Chelsea can get a win in the hands of Skomena. β
In the VIP box, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Barcelona president Raburta were chatting, but both presidents were focused on the upcoming game.
In the new season, Barcelona and Chelsea have performed well in the league and the cup, Chelsea won the English League Cup, Barcelona also won the Copa del Rey, both sides are undefeated in the league, and there is no suspense about winning the championship.
After the players of both sides took sides, they each stood in their own half of the court, and referee Skomeina blew the whistle for the start of the game.
The Champions League quarter-finals, where Barcelona and Chelsea kicked off the second leg.
Barcelona kicked off first, Messi passed the ball to Suarez, and the ball finally returned to the midfield, Chelsea's bilateral strikers Jones and Willians, pressed through the center circle and pressed the ball holders of Barcelona, and Chelsea's midfield and backfield also went to the front, compressing the passing space of Barcelona players.
Barcelona are a team that regards possession as their life, and in the face of Chelsea's forward pressure, they did not rush to pass the ball forward, but patiently poured their feet at the back, trying to draw Chelsea players towards their own half, keeping Chelsea's back line as far away from their goal as possible.
The Chelsea players also understood how good Barca's possession skills were, and they did not want to take the ball down in the opposition half, just because they pressed too much, and at the same time tempted Barcelona to attack into their own penalty area.
Barcelona passed more than a dozen balls in a row, although there were no mistakes, but there was no empty space, the connection between Chelsea's midfielders and defenders is very close, Suarez and Messi are marked, and the players who assist in defense are also eyeing it, Barcelona midfielder Iniesta is also quite helpless, can only pass the ball to Messi, to see if Messi can use his personal ability to change the situation on the field.
Messi was defended by Chelsea on the right side, when he was close to the bottom line, Christensen was close to the defense, and when he was far away from the bottom line, Christensen followed closely, in short, Messi was not allowed to take the ball easily.
But Messi is Messi after all, after Iniesta's ball passed, he didn't stop the ball, and knocked directly to Dembele, who was in front of him, Dembele passed the ball to the space in front of Messi under Alonso's defense, Messi started at high speed, shook off Christenci and cut to the edge of the penalty area.
Cahill saw that Christensenti couldn't keep up with Messi, and immediately came out of the box to intercept, but Messi's action was very fast, and he made a lateral trip, wading past Cahill, and without waiting for Azpilicueta to pounce, he immediately got up and shot hard.
Azpilicueta's interception was a step slow, the ball went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, Courtois was in the groove at the beginning, very focused, and he judged that Messi's shot angle was in the bottom left corner, he predicted it in advance, and flew to save the ball into his arms, not giving Suarez a chance to make up for it.
Although Courtois saved the ball steadily, the Chelsea fans were still taken aback, and when Messi got up, the stadium instantly resounded with the cheers of Barcelona fans and the exclamations of Chelsea fans.
The commentator sighed: "Messi's technique is too good! This is a typical BarΓ§a-style attack, although Chelsea's defense is very tight, but Messi still uses his individual ability to find space to shoot, if Chelsea wants to win this game, we must watch Messi and not let him have too many opportunities to get the ball.
The squad sent by Chelsea away from home is mainly due to the relatively stable lineup, and it is this squad that has played the most games this year, and in this kind of game related to the Champions League title, the player arrangements of the two sides have hardly changed much.
Costa has resumed training but is still on the bench to be on the safe side, with Giroud still on the bench before he has adapted to Chelsea's style of play.
Chelsea have not played any of their signings this winter, and the squad they are targeting is the strongest they can field.
Chelsea at the top is Eden Hazard, when Costa is not on the field, most of them are Hazard at the front, occasionally Jones will also play this position, Willian has been eye-catching recently, after Costa's injury, he also sat in a forward position, presumably after a while, Kodic will have a headache for the starting problem.
Messi scored a hat-trick at Stamford Bridge in the first leg, but Jones also said he would also score a hat-trick at Camp Nou, Jones is definitely one of the heroes of Chelsea this season, and in a sense, the outcome of this game will be decided by Messi and Jones.
It just so happens that Jones is on the left side of the game, and he will have more direct confrontations with Messi in this game, and there is no doubt that Costa's Chelsea are much less threatening in the middle, but because Eden Hazard is in excellent form, Chelsea's attack in the middle is also not lacking in threat. β