Chapter 745: The Difference
Ten minutes before the start of the game, the two assistant referees officiating the first leg of the Barcelona vs Chelsea Champions League semi-final knocked on the dressing room door to remind them to go to the tunnel and wait to be played.
After about a minute, players from both sides appeared in the tunnel separately.
Television broadcasters from all over the world also received the live signal at this moment, and the live narrator began to narrate.
"The game is already in the tunnel and in a few minutes the game will begin, and this season Chelsea and Barcelona are arguably the best teams in Europe, leading the way in their respective leagues, with Iello and Messi on camera respectively at the heart of both teams......"
The CCAV-5 station was in charge of the live commentary of the game.
Immediately, the camera showed a panoramic view of the Camp Nou, and the stadium radio played the Barcelona team song "El-Cant-del-Bar?a", and nearly 90,000 home fans were each holding a card in the main colors of Barcelona's red and blue and secondary yellow in various shapes.
Surrounded by Barcelona's team song, the live director gave the camera to the stand directly opposite the main station, blue on the left and red on the right, and the middle is a Minion formed by all the yellow cards, and the upper stand of the Minion is a rectangular 'Bar?a' letter formed by Barcelona fans holding up red, blue and yellow.
Barcelona fans use this to create the ultimate home atmosphere, cheering on the home team and putting a lot of pressure on the visiting players.
With the referee leading, players from both sides each led a caddie down the stairs of the players' tunnel and walked to the court.
It is worth mentioning that in this process, the players on both sides did not have much negotiation, and many players on both sides had some holidays three years ago, and Iello and Messi did not look at each other from beginning to end.
Iello has scored 13 goals in the last 10 Champions League games this season, and his efficiency has dropped differently from the previous three seasons, but no one doubts his competitive form, and Messi has scored 10 goals in the last 10 games, making it his most efficient season since his debut, so he has plenty of confidence to lead Barcelona to beat Chelsea!
The players on both sides are separated by four referees on the left and right, with the home team on the left side of the camera and the away team on the right side of the camera.
The theme song of the Champions League "Champions Europe" is still loud, and the UEFA staff around the center circle keep waving the canvas of the Champions League logo to create the atmosphere of Europe's top league.
At this time, the camera swept from the far right to the left until Messi, who was standing on the far left of the queue, did not stop.
And "Champions Europe" just finished playing at this moment, and then a huge cheer broke out in the stands.
According to the rules of the game, the away players standing on the right walked to the home team on the left and shook hands one by one, until the handshake between Iello and Messi became the focus of everyone, and everyone knew that it was only the two people in the camera who decided the trend of the game.
But...... Iello and Messi just shook each other lightly and didn't communicate much at all, much to the disappointment of interested commentators and reporters before the game.
Immediately afterwards, the players of the two sides were separated from the left and right halves and took a group photo.
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Chelsea in this game has a change from the usual four-three-three formation, that is, the position responsibilities in the midfield and midfield are clearer, more like a four-two-three-one.
The goalkeeper is still Petr Cech, and the back four remain unchanged except for Alex to replace Carvalho, who is out due to injury, with Mikel Mikel and Ballack playing in the midfield, while Lampard sits in the middle, Aylo and Malouda are left and right, and Ballack is at the front.
The home team Barcelona lined up their usual four-three-three, goalkeeper Valdés, four defenders Alves, Puyol, Marquez and Abidal, three midfielders Xavi, Yaya Toure and Andres Iniesta, and three forwards Messi, Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry.
Iello stood in the centre circle with his right foot on the football, Drogba to his left and the other twenty players on the pitch standing in their respective positions.
Interestingly, when all the players on the field waited for the referee on duty Stark to blow the whistle, there were huge boos in the stands.
It turned out that the live director had focused on Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, and it was no surprise that he had been treated in the light of his relationship with the media and fans in Catalonia ahead of the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
Just then, referee Stark blew the whistle.
Iroh stepped on Drogba and ran to his left side, and the game began.
"Barcelona and Chelsea have met 11 times in European history, of which Barcelona has 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, including 4 wins and 2 draws at home to remain unbeaten, and has the absolute upper hand, but it has to be said that Chelsea has been unbeaten in 23 consecutive Champions League matches, and defeated Real Madrid and Liverpool in the four games of the 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals respectively, but Barcelona is also not bad, and the 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals also eliminated Lyon and Bayern Munich by a big score......"
At the same time, Lineker, a BBC commentator in the live studio, began his own broadcast commentary.
There was always a huge boo from the stands at the Camp Nou when the Chelsea players were in possession, and they used their own efforts to put the visitors under sufficient pressure.
I don't know if it was the pressure caused by the away fans, Mikel made a mistake in a through ball at the back, which was cut off by Iniesta early, and then protected the ball at 360 degrees to pass the up-and-coming Lampard before passing the ball to Xavi, the team's big brother.
After Xavi got the ball, because he was in his own backfield, no one stepped forward to mark him, so he calmly looked up to observe.
With Messi on the right side, Chelsea's left defense is obviously the focus of deployment, belonging to the heavily guarded area of Chelsea's defensive system, Xavi decisively gave the ball to the left full-back Abidal, who held the ball forward, Abidal took two steps and passed the football to Henry.
Ivanovic did not dare to slack off on the line of Henry's incut, while Ballack stood on the line where Henry could cut in.
In the face of the cautious Ivanovic, Henry pulled the ball back twice with his left foot, and then took advantage of the change in rhythm to suddenly slam the ball in the direction of the baseline, fighting for speed!
Despite being 32 years old, Thierry Henry was quick to face the young Branislav Ivanovic, forcing him to fall to the ground and foul him 10 metres from the baseline, and Barcelona won a free-kick on the left flank.
"Less than a minute into the game, Thierry Henry's breakthrough sounded the clarion call for Barcelona to attack!"
Immediately, Xavi drove a set-piece, the Chelsea defenders surged, the football flew to the back post, Terry did not keep up with the speed of Eto'o's forward insertion, and the latter grabbed the ball before the ball flew out of the bottom line, Messi hit the forehead in front of the goal, Ashley Cole in goalkeeper Cech did not have time to react, instinctively sideways volleyed the ball out, Ballack stuck the position, added a force to kick the ball forward.
Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamations from the stands.
"After a minute and a half of the game, Barcelona, who were playing at home, quickly launched an offensive with the advantage of their home field, and if it weren't for luck, they should have scored in this time period!"
The voice of the Catalan regional commentator is full of disappointment.
Messi, who missed the great opportunity, also patted his forehead to express his punishment for not seizing this opportunity.
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After more than a minute of opening kick-off, this dangerous attack at the Camp Nou ignited the atmosphere of the fans.
When it was Chelsea's turn to attack, there was a huge boo from the stands, which also made Iroh a little upset.
It's not that he was affected by the stands, but that his teammates made mistakes one after another, which indirectly reduced his chances to get the ball, so he also lost a lot of opportunities to shine, so he decided to give the home fans a little color to see, to get off the horse, too noisy Camp Nou represents the 'world number one' He is too incompetent.
In the 5th minute of the game, Iroh finally found a chance.
About 30 yards from the baseline on the left touchline, he received a through ball from Ballack, and Alves and Iniesta surrounded him.
Iello took turns pulling the ball back and forth with both feet, and neither Alves nor Iniesta dared to slack off, while Ashley Cole, who was good at assisting, cut in at high speed along the outside of the touchline.
Standing on the field, Guardiola's eyes instinctively widened, staring at the ball at Iello's feet.
At the moment when Ashley Cole flashed past Iro, Iroh took advantage of Alves' distraction to focus on Ashley Cole, and suddenly sent the ball between Alves and Iniesta with his left foot, Iniesta instinctively stretched out his right foot to break the ball, but he only kicked it to Iro's foot.
Immediately afterwards, Iniesta raised his arms in the air as a sign of inadvertence, but Ielo stumbled a few steps with his superior balance and did not fall to the ground.
This can make the captain Puyol, who started the game, start, a big surprise, he is yellow carded, if this game is yellow carded, he will be suspended in the second leg, which is equivalent to his hands are tied when defending.
Iroh was very fast with the ball, and in two or three steps he was directly facing Puyol's defence.
In order to share the pressure on Puyol's defence, Yaya Toure accelerated towards Aillo, but at that moment, Aelo passed the ball to Drogba, who was stuck in position.
After passing the ball, Iroh stopped and moved sideways to the right, Yaya Toure was too tall and heavy to brake, and could only watch as Iroh received Drogba's return ball and fired a long-range shot at the top of the penalty area.
Valdés instinctively reacted, but he didn't pounce on the ball.
At the same time, the boos that erupted in the stands turned into exclamations.
Merely...... Finally, under the worried gaze of the Barcelona fans behind the goal, he rolled out of the bottom line by grazing the outer edge of the right post.