Chapter 313: The Fun of the Game
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Messi didn't see Chu Zhongtian's silent demonstration, but he was not stupid, and he could feel something from this foul - this Chu Zhongtian was definitely not friendly to himself. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
He got up from the ground, his ankle still hurt a little, although it didn't hurt the bones, but it was enough for him to hit it hard.
Barcelona won a free-kick from 38 yards from goal, which was clearly not a threat to Hoffenheim and could only be crossed.
However, Xavi's free-kick was headed over by Simunic. Barcelona's attack didn't work out.
Now Hoffenheim are ahead, but the Hoffenheim fans were not happy for long, they only got excited for a while after the goal, and then fell into a deep fear - a one-goal lead is not safe, they are afraid of being equalized by Barcelona. Although Barcelona's equaliser would have brought the game back on the same page, the reality of having taken the lead would have left Hoffenheim fans with a dilemma, wondering: "Why should we be content to be equalised when we are already ahead?" ”
Yes, if we are already ahead, why should we be satisfied with being equalized by the other side? Why can we still deal with it calmly when the opponent equalizes?
It's not just Hoffenheim fans who have this idea, Hoffenheim fans have similar ideas.
Although the opinion within the team is still relatively unified, that is, after taking the lead, continue to attack and strive to extend the lead. But there is always a fear of what might happen, they are worried about being equalised by Barcelona, they are worried that Barcelona will be demoralized by the equaliser, they are worried that they will take advantage of the opportunity to overtake the score...... These worries slowly accumulate in everyone's minds, and may not have an impact at first, but over time, they become a heavy burden that accumulates in the minds of the players, affecting their thoughts and actions. That's the pressure.
The pressure to lead can make players think too much, and it's not a good thing to think too much in a game like this.
Hoffenheim, who had just started the game, had a "barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes" momentum, so they could play freely as they wanted and show their best side. But now they have become shoeed, and Barcelona has become barefoot. The roles of the two sides are reversed, and their respective mentalities are naturally different.
Now Barcelona have no choice but to score, while Hoffenheim have the burden.
The young Hoffenheim were still inexperienced, especially in dealing with an early lead in the Champions League final.
Everybody still knows that they have to attack, they have to work hard to score. But now they are afraid of conceding a goal, not a goal that is scored by the opponent, but a goal that is cut off at their feet. This mental burden has made it noticeably less comfortable for them to perform in the game than before.
Salihovic originally planned to break through, but seeing that the opponent's Alves was very close to him, he temporarily changed his mind and chose to pass, but because it was a hasty pass, the intention was too obvious, and Iniesta saw through it and intercepted it halfway. Barcelona took the opportunity to fight back.
If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian's timely return to defense, I am afraid that losing the ball this time would only cause serious consequences.
What kind of team is Barcelona? They have experienced I don't know how many major battles, what opponents and what situations have they not seen?
They watched a few rounds and knew that Hoffenheim had something wrong with themselves. So they stepped up their offensive to put more pressure on Hoffenheim when they were undecided.
Hoffenheim was a little embarrassed during this time, but Barcelona played well. Their powerful offensive was on display.
Chu Zhongtian has become one of the most photogenic players, of course, this is because Messi often takes the ball.
Every time Messi gets the ball, the Catalan commentator is particularly excited, although Messi is not Catalan, he is already a symbol of Barcelona football.
"Messi got the ball! He faced Chu! Over him!! ”
"Feint! Pretty! That's it! Hasten! He can't outrun you, Leo! ”
The same is true for the Barcelona fans, as soon as Messi gets the ball, their huge cheers rang out in the stands, and more than 20,000 people chanted "Messi!" together. Messi! Messi! The battle was truly spectacular.
However, they couldn't interfere with Chu Zhongtian.
Being able to play against the best players is a big reason why he loves the Champions League so much, and he has already played with Kaka, Cristiano. Ronaldo, and Rooney have all played against each other, and it's just Messi. The four best players in world football today are Messi. He's going to beat Messi, beat Messi's Barcelona.
Messi got the ball, and he made a fake move to break through to the outside, but Chu Zhongtian was unmoved, as if he knew that he was a feint.
Seeing that he hadn't deceived Chu Zhongtian, Messi made a feint to break through to the outside again, but Chu Zhongtian still didn't move.
However, Messi can't spend time here with Chu Zhongtian, and other Hoffenheim players are rushing to him.
The third time to break outside, this time it's no longer a feint.
However, Chu Zhongtian almost moved with Messi, but after Messi took the football out, he found that Chu Zhongtian also followed, and he followed very closely. He slammed his right foot to make a cross, hoping to deceive Chu Zhongtian to lose his center of gravity to block, and at the same time quickly stopped and turned around.
Generally, through this series of feints, the opponent is shaken off, but the result is that after Messi smashed the ball and turned around, he found that Chu Zhongtian was still horizontal in front of him, and it felt as if he had made a series of actions that were all useless, and he was simply standing still.
Messi sighed in his heart, knowing that he would not be able to get rid of the other party this time, but would fall into the siege of the other party.
So he played the ball to the back and gave it to Alves, who came in, and he moved to the middle.
Alves received the ball and forced a break and then crossed. In terms of headers, Barcelona had the upper hand, and neither Villa nor Pedro could find a header in front of Simunic and Comper.
The ball sent Compper out.
However, Barcelona's ability to grab the second spot was excellent, and the ball that Camper pushed out fell to the feet of Butzkes. Instead of shooting directly from distance, Buzques passed the ball to Xavi to reorganize the attack.
Barcelona continued to put pressure on the Hoffenheim defence.
He Ping can only praise Chu Zhongtian's ability in defense during this time, he is basically invisible on the offensive end, in order to stabilize the defense, even if it is Hoffenheim's turn to attack, Chu Zhongtian will rarely plug in, just use passes from various distances in the backfield to dispatch and organize and command the team, he now looks like a real back.
※※※ Messi found that this game was actually very interesting, not only because the Hoffenheim team was not as weak as they thought, but also because Chu Zhongtian did not want to be as vulnerable as he thought.
Such a game, such an opponent, it's fun.
Everyone can see that Messi is more active than before, he keeps raising his hand to ask, his action speed is fast enough, and now it is even faster than before!
"Messi takes the ball! It was very easy to pass Salihovic, who came up to defend him! ”
"Watching Messi play, you will feel at ease, because as long as the football is at his feet, it will bring a threat to the opponent, and he will rarely concede goals easily!"
Everyone gave Messi beautiful words, and even the commentators in Germany and China had to praise Messi's performance, admitting that Messi is the current number one person in world football.
Chu Zhongtian also noticed the change in Messi, the expression on his face became more serious, and he even frowned, it seemed that he had used all his ability to deal with himself.
Chu Zhongtian was satisfied with this, and in order to show his respect, he had to show all his strength and unreservedly contain Messi.
Barcelona's counter-attack, after they cut off Ibisevic's pass to Obasi at the back, quickly passed to the right flank, and Messi picked up the ball near the halfway line. He received the ball with his back to Salihovic, and at the moment of receiving the ball, he used the outside instep to roll the ball behind him, and then turned close to Salihovic.
He was so fast that it was only when he finished turning that Salihovic realized that it was too late to turn and chase after him.
Messi, who passed Salihovic, immediately faced Kolarov's block.
He threw the ball to his left foot and then accelerated forward to make a tackle for Kolarov, but he jumped up and dodged it easily.
Seeing him pass the two in a row, the Barcelona fans in the stands let out a deafening cheer. The commentators from Catalonia and Spain also shouted excitedly: "Messi! Messi! He passed Salihovich, and he passed Kolarov! Pretty! Such Messi is unstoppable! ”
In front of Messi who passed Kolarov was Hoffenheim's central defender, and his teammates were running to pick up him, causing Hoffenheim's defenders to be in a dilemma - to defend Messi, leaving the space on his side to Villa and Pedro, Iniesta and others; Don't defend Messi? Let him take the ball and smash Huanglong by himself, the result is not the same?
At this time, Chu Zhongtian rushed from behind at high speed.
At this moment, in Chu Zhongtian's mind, Messi's every movement is broken down very clearly, and his every step seems to Chu Zhongtian like a replay of slow motion, and he can easily catch Messi's rhythm in dribbling.
Then as long as you find this rhythm and see the opportunity to kick down...... Messi took the ball out and there was a change in his speed, after all, to touch the ball, the rhythm cannot be consistent.
This is Chu Zhongtian's chance!
At the moment when Messi's foot was about to touch the football, Chu Zhongtian on the side suddenly tackled it!
His right foot was accurately horizontal in front of the football, Messi kicked the football, but did not throw the ball out, but encountered strong resistance, he stumbled and fell out, and the football was left at Chu Zhongtian's feet.
"Foul!!" Before the referee could say anything, the Barcelona fans in the stands jumped up from their seats, pointed at Chu Zhongtian in the stadium and shouted in unison.
Ordinary players will hurriedly wave their hands to show that they have not fouled, Chu Zhongtian did not do this action, he has no time to prove anything to others, you must know that this is a good opportunity for Hoffenheim to attack! Messi conceded a goal? This doesn't happen very often.
Chu Zhongtian didn't care about the referee at all, the referee blew him for a foul, and then he sent the football out without blowing himself, and the game continued!
When he got up from the ground, Messi was still lying on the ground, raising his hands to signal that the opponent was foul.
The referee did not fulfill the wishes of the Barcelona fans, but only hooked his hand to signal Messi to get up, and then ran up after Chu Zhongtian.
Hoffenheim's offense!
Chu Zhongtian dribbled forward along the wing, Kolarov escorted him, Salihovic received him in front, and there were Ibisevic retreats and Sana in the middle, and further away, he could also directly go to Quaresma and Obasi on the right side with a long diagonal pass.
With Messi conceding the goal, Barcelona's return looked rushed.
Chu Zhongtian brought more than 20 meters forward before someone came up to stop him. As soon as Butzkes appeared in front of Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian passed the ball, he passed the football to Ibisevic, who came back to answer, and at the same time continued to accelerate forward, creating the illusion that he was going to play a one-two with Ibisevic, Barcelona's defense was indeed pulled by him, and Ibisevic took the opportunity to pass the football to the feet of Salihovic on the side.
Salihovic crosses again, and Obasi, who is outflanked in the middle, heads the goal!
Slightly out of the ...... Barcelona escaped, and their fans have even more reason to be dissatisfied with the referee and Chu Zhongtian, dissatisfied with the referee for not blowing a foul, dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian's rough actions and no sportsmanship at all - seeing Messi lying on the ground, don't you know to reach out and pull it and take the initiative to kick the ball out of the sideline?
Catalan commentators have a similar view.
In fact, the referee of this game has long become a "black whistle" in favor of Hoffenheim's side in the eyes of this commentator. Chu Zhongtian should have shown him a yellow card when he shoveled Messi "rudely and savagely" before, but the referee only gave him a verbal warning, but this time it was even more excessive, and he didn't even blow the foul!
FIFA and UEFA have repeatedly ordered Messi to be protected, to protect artistic football, and to protect beautiful football. Are you a referee turning a deaf ear?
Now, as soon as Chu Zhongtian gets the ball, the Wembley stadium will immediately think of the uniform boos of the Barcelona fans.
Barcelona fans hate Chu Zhongtian, but Hoffenheim fans love it. As soon as the Barcelona fans began to boo Chu Zhongtian, the Hoffenheim fans in the stands began to sing, singing Chu Zhongtian's hymn: "Charge!" Clear! You are unbeatable! Running all over the field, you are invincible! You are the truth, on the court, let the opponent salute you! Enthrone it! The world is in your hands! ”
With boos on one side and singing on the other, fans on both sides competed in this way.
Of course, there is also the "its_my_chu" of Wimbledon fans, but they are too few to compete with the fans of the other two sides, so they are basically drowned.
In the TV, when Chu Zhongtian shoveled Messi just now, he had to play this controversial scene several times so that everyone could see it clearly.
He Ping was very excited: "No problem at all!" No problem at all! It's a very clean tackle! Chu Zhongtian's body stretched out and didn't even touch the corners of Messi's clothes! ”
The Catalan commentator, who had just sworn that it must have been a rude, barbaric and immoral foul, shut up, because from that point of view, it was an impeccable tackle, very clean. Messi's fall was completely caused by his foot tripping on the football and inertia...... ※※※ Barcelona did not slow down the momentum of the attack because Messi was stopped by Chu Zhongtian, they are still strengthening the attack, attacking and attacking.
They had to equalise before half-time, not because of the tactical and strategic requirements, but because their own pride and pride did not allow them to go into the dressing room with a 0-1 scoreline. It's not like this before, but it's a Champions League final and they're against a hillbilly side Hoffenheim. Barcelona are so strong this season, even more than the season they won the Quadruple Crown, which gives the Barcelona players a huge amount of self-confidence, and of course it swells when they are more confident. They have faced their arch-rivals Real Madrid four times this season, without losing once, winning twice at home and drawing twice on the road, and since even Real Madrid can't beat them, what other team in this world is qualified to beat them?
Falling behind Hoffenheim, even for a while, they can't accept it.
So anyway, they had to equalise before the end of the first half, and it would have been better if they had come back to take the lead in the first half, but they haven't lost their cool yet and know that there are things they can't force...... The attack that Chu Zhongtian stopped just now was just one of the few flashes of Hoffenheim during this time, and more often Hoffenheim could only be pressed in his own half by the powerful Barcelona, relying on the big foot to organize the attack, leaving only Ibisevic alone in front, and even Obasi had to defend back.
Defending is not Hoffenheim's style, but the situation forced them to defend.
Barcelona, on the other hand, launched a fierce attack on Hoffenheim's hinterland amid the continuous cheers of the fans.
Just looking at the offensive during this period, you think that it is only a matter of time before Barcelona win this game, because Hoffenheim have no chance to fight back under their blows, and all they can do is defend, defend, and defend in addition to defending or defending.
And defense is exactly not what Hoffenheim is good at. If the team that is now resisting Barcelona's attack is Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan, who won the Champions League last year, then many people will even feel at ease for Inter Milan, because they have the opportunity to rely on an airtight defense to win.
Now that this happened to Hoffenheim, everyone was suspicious.
Not to mention the spectators' suspicions, even Hoffenheim's own players are doubting whether they can hold on like this.
We're not very good at defending...... Many people are muttering like this in their hearts.
(To be continued)