Chapter 154: Champions League Final (3)
Time flies and Liverpool and Barcelona are back on the pitch as the second half of the Champions League final is about to begin.
For the 1:1 score in the first half, both sides were acceptable, so there were no substitutions in the midfield.
In such an important game as the Champions League final, as long as it is not the first half, there are many behind, and the manager will not easily make substitutions in the midfield.
At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool opened a wave of attacks according to Heynckes' arrangement, and even if they couldn't score, they could disrupt the rhythm of the opponent's calm ball control.
In the 46th minute, Gerrard went straight in the midfield, Liu Ting received the ball on the right side of the penalty area and cut into the penalty area, facing Yaya Toure to deceive the opponent by smashing the ball twice in a row.
Liu ...... Nice smash! Knock on the door...... Oh...... No? ”
Liu Ting raised his foot after deducting Toure as if it was a goal, deceiving Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés, but it was a fake facsimile shot, passing the ball to the left side of the goal, Torres appeared there in time to resist Puyol's push, and the ball rolled into the goal easily.
“gooooooooal!!! tnt!!! It was a cooperation between TNTs, and Liverpool overtook the score, so good! Alan Hansen yelled.
Torres, who scored the goal, immediately ran over to celebrate with Liu Ting, while the Liverpool fans who arrived at the scene were shouting TNT.
Liverpool players didn't expect to score in the opening attack, maybe it was Guardiola, who led the team to the Champions League final for the first time, did not deliberately arrange Barcelona to pay attention to such an attack, maybe it was just Liverpool's luck, but many times it was like this on the pitch, and anything could happen.
Zhan Jun said: "It was Liu Ting's assist just now, this is his 18th assist this season, he has assisted 15 times in the league, this is his third assist in the Champions League, plus his 7 Champions League goals, this is his 40th goal directly related to Liverpool this season, these 40 goals are either scored by him or his assist, his high transfer fee at the beginning of the season makes people talk nonsense, thinking that Liverpool is pitted, I think no one is saying that Liverpool is being cheated now." ”
Liverpool were celebrating and Barcelona were disappointed, scoring first in the first half, only to be equalised in the first half, and now the second half was breached early in the game, which was really demoralizing.
Fortunately, there are many players in the Barcelona team who won the Champions League in 06, Xavi, Iniesta, Eto'o, etc. were all players in the Champions League final that year, and they quickly calmed Barcelona's somewhat turbulent military heart.
This goal made Guardiola unable to sit still, he has been standing on the sidelines after Liverpool's goal to direct the team and help the team stabilize, which made Heynckes, who wanted to take advantage of the opponent's instability and continue to attack, a little disappointed, but he also quickly got rid of this emotion, after all, he is a manager who is likely to win the treble in the first year of leading the team, and will not be stumped by such a little.
When the game restarted, Barcelona did not appear to be panicked and wanted to equalize urgently, and still controlled the midfield steadily.
In the 50th minute, Gerrard was cut off by the midfielder, Eto'o counterattacked and went straight into the penalty area, Messi suddenly fell when receiving the ball in the penalty area, and the Barcelona players complained to the referee that Ague behind him pushed Messi, and the referee did not interrupt the game, thinking that it was a normal physical contact.
Liverpool's counter-attack ended with Torres being pulled down by Andres Iniesta in midfield, and the free-kick was not a threat.
Barcelona came close to equalising in the 55th minute when Andres Iniesta won a free-kick in front of the box for Barcelona, Xavi's free-kick hit the right post and bounced back into the pitch, and Arbeloa cleared the ball.
Barcelona stabilized the formation and played against Liverpool, they really did not suffer at all, they were creating threatening opportunities for each other, and even Barcelona created a little more.
In the 58th minute, Arbeloa and Liu Ting combined and then crossed from the right, and Kuyt failed to kick the right part under the interference of Toure.
In the 63rd minute, there was a funny scene on the field, Barcelona's attack, Liu Ting also temporarily retreated to defend, Barcelona did not have a good chance after a while, and the ball came to the feet of Busquets in front of the penalty area.
Busquets is only 20 years old like Liu Ting, and he is the youngest of the two players on the field, but Liu Ting was famous last season, Busquets only began to be promoted and reused by Guardiola this season, and he is only Yaya Toure's substitute most of the time, if it were not for the suspension of Barcelona's two fullbacks, Yaya Toure was pulled back to play defender, and there would be no chance for Busquets to start, and the young Busquets shot directly in the face of the pass.
This is Busquets' first Champions League final goal, maybe a little nervous, a long shot is far enough, Liu Ting stands on the right side of his penalty area, is about to go out of the penalty area, this long shot is impartial as if flying towards him, Liu Ting hurriedly dodged to let the ball, if it hits the bottom line of his body, he has to give the opponent a corner kick.
The speed of the long-range shot was very fast, Liu Ting had tried his best to dodge, or let the ball rub his thigh out of the bottom line, but the change of direction was not very obvious, the referee and the linesman were not in a good position, and saw that the ball did not change direction and flew out of the bottom line, so he awarded a goal kick.
None of the others saw it, but Busquets was very concerned about his first shot in the Champions League final, he saw that the ball was wiped on Liu Ting's bottom line, but the referee awarded the goal kick and immediately complained to the referee, but the referee just shook his head and did not change his mind.
Busquets' negotiation was fruitless, and he walked directly towards Liu Ting, he walked up to Liu Ting and said, "You touched that ball just now, right?" You should go and make it clear to the referee that this should be our corner, right? ”
Liu Ting looked at him with strange eyes, this guy's brain circuit is different from that of a normal person, right? How could I possibly prove to the referee that I had touched the ball myself?
Thinking so in his heart, Liu Ting said, "What do you think I should answer you?" You're still too young to play two more years and you won't ask such childish questions. ”
Liu Ting spoke in Spanish, and of course Busquets could hear it clearly, he obviously did not listen to Liu Ting's "advice and experience", but felt that he had been insulted, and the slap of 'Grace will take revenge' was pushed on Liu Ting's chest, and Liu Ting was unprepared to be pushed on the ground.
The referee was still talking to Barcelona captain Puyol, he was paying attention to Busquets, Busquets negotiated fruitlessly and did not return to his own half, but went to find the opposing player, the referee naturally had to pay attention to him, and the referee clearly saw Busquets pushed Liu Ting's chest, the Swiss referee blew the whistle without hesitation, and Barcelona captain Puyol looked back and saw the problem, and immediately stopped the referee to intercede.
The referee also hesitated and only gave Busquets a yellow card, mainly because the two obviously had a quarrel first, and Liu Ting's push didn't look too serious, and he didn't even fall, and the referee didn't want to send people off easily in such an important pizza as the Champions League final.
Liu Ting also didn't expect the other party to react so much, and pushed him directly, he was unprepared and didn't have time to fall.
"Oh...... What just happened? Barcelona youngster Sergio Busquets has been booked and we have to look at the replay to find out what happened. "Commentators all over the world have more or less the same question.
"According to the replay, just now Busquets walked over and Liu Ting seemed to have a quarrel, and then the angry Busquets pushed Liu Ting, and the referee saw his action, and Busquets got a yellow card for it." Zhan Jun said.
After this small accident, the game returned to normal track, but many commentators and fans around the world were very interested in what Liu Ting and Busquets had just said.
The game continued, Barcelona kept looking for opportunities, and Liverpool, because of the temporary lead, also played more like a defensive counterattack.
In the 67th minute, Henry received a pass from Andres Iniesta on the left side of the penalty area and fired a low shot that was confiscated by Reina.
In the 73rd minute, Barcelona's attack was fruitless again, the ball was picked up by the goalkeeper, and Reina drove the ball out with a big foot, wanting to create opportunities for Liu Ting and Torres who ran forward. Such a big foot, or in the case of Liverpool's temporary lead, if it is a successful counterattack, it is Reina's decisive shot, if it is directly sent to the opponent's feet, it is a big or small mistake.
It was a big mistake as the ball flew into the midfield and was cut off by Barcelona captain Puyol, who immediately instigated a counter-attack, Eto'o quickly cut in on the right and fired a shot that was blocked by Agg, but the ball returned to the feet of Xavi, the brainchild of Barcelona's midfielder, who got up and flew past Ag and Carragher to the back of the net.
"Messi...... Golden opportunity! ”
Messi skillfully ran to the back post, although it was close to the goal, but it was a high ball, Messi could only complete this attack with a header that he was not very good at, and this time Messi completed it well, the ball drew an arc and flew into the goal, Reina jumped high and could not do anything.
"Messi! He was the new king at Camp Nou and he helped Barcelona equalis, and Barcelona had a chance to score in the next step as Barcelona continued their march towards the treble. The Spanish commentator said excitedly.
Messi rushed on the field to celebrate, and the Liverpool crowd could only watch helplessly.
Zhan Jun said: "This is Messi's 9th Champions League goal this season, and he has opened up the gap with Liu Ting and Gerrard, at present, Liu Ting and Gerrard have not scored, the number of Champions League goals of the two is still controlled at 7, and the game is only more than ten minutes without considering overtime, Messi's Champions League Golden Boot is already very stable." ”
Barcelona equalized at this time, but let both teams suffer a little bit of gains and losses, if the opponent scores a goal in the next time, it is likely to be a killer goal, because there is not much time left after the goal, even if you use the bus in front of the goal to drag out this time, but if you press the attack and the opponent seizes the opportunity to score a goal, then it will be your own team that is killed.
Both teams invariably used a substitution before the game started again, Liverpool's side brought Aurelio on the field to replace Gareth Bale, which was a substitution at left wing-back, Bale did not perform well in this game, and was a little sorry for his starting position in the Champions League final.
Barcelona also made a substitution, Keita came on to replace Busquets, Keita is an experienced player in the Barcelona team, Guardiola hopes that he can help the team, and Busquets already has a yellow card, and then if Liverpool wants to fight back desperately, then Busquets's yellow card may play a key role, and Guardiola replaced him for safety.
Pep Guardiola's worries did not come true, and then both teams played very steadily, no one wanted to fight back desperately to end the game in 90 minutes, and the managers of both teams thought that their teams had a better chance of winning in extra time, so they arranged such a tactic, the two teams would rather play extra time than give each other a chance, and the last ten minutes of regular time of the game became the least interesting period of time.
Liverpool in the 86th minute by Xavi Alonso straight through, Liu Ting ran back to catch the ball and shot the ball into the goal, but the linesman had already raised the flag in advance. In fact, Liu Ting himself felt that the ball was likely to be offside between receiving the ball, but he still hit the ball into the goal out of the responsibility of the striker.
Barcelona, on the other hand, almost created danger with a Messi breakthrough in injury time, and Carragher, who couldn't prevent Messi, had to put down Messi, so he received a yellow card.
In the end, the 90 minutes of the game ended with the two teams tied 2-2, and the next step was to prepare for extra time.