Chapter 595: A desperate fight on the edge of the cliff
Martino is dreaming of his own and will be hoping to hold on to the final stretch of the game and take advantage of the three substitutions before taking advantage of the three substitutions to give Chelsea a powerful counter-attack.
But his idea is good, but will Lin Yu agree to him? Will Mourinho promise him?
No!
In a good situation, Mourinho and Lin Yu do not want to drag this game to extra time, they want to seize the last ten minutes to give Barcelona the final blow!
In the 85th minute, Mourinho used the last substitution, and instead of choosing to make a substitution, he replaced Ramires with the more attacking Mata.
Anyway, Barcelona don't have much fighting spirit now, although Mata's defense is a mess, but his inspiration and attack are quite good, and after the substitution, it is an offensive catalyst.
Martino still didn't make any substitutions, but trouble arose.
When Mata came on the pitch, Mascherano, who had been very positive, fell to the ground and he had cramps!
This is unlikely to happen because Barcelona's style of play requires players to have a lot of physical strength in order to be able to play in midfield and counter-attack on the spot.
But the problem is that Mascherano has to defend Lin Yu and Torres, Lin Yu's impact has made Mascherano and Pique pay a very heavy price, not only both of them have yellow cards, but now their physical strength is also overdrawn.
Mascherano cramped and Pique sat on the ground, although not as badly as Mascherano. But it looks like I'm tired enough.
Barcelona's team doctor told head coach Martino after examining Mascherano's condition. The players can't continue to play, keep going. It's also the end of the crossbow, which is completely useless, and there is a high chance of injury.
Martino was really reluctant to make substitutions, but at this time, he had to make substitutions, and he called Puyol, who had already begun to warm up.
"After going up, defend with all your might, and it is best to drag it out until overtime! You've always been the captain of Barcelona and you've got to do your part. β
Puyol nodded and said, "Don't worry." I'm not going to let Chelsea score! β
Although he has no bottom in his heart, Puyol must say that he can't let his coach lose confidence, otherwise this game will really not be able to play.
However, after Puyol came on the pitch, Barcelona's situation still did not show any momentum for improvement, and they were still pressed by Chelsea very badly, after all, the mentality of the two teams is completely different now.
Chelsea just want to attack, they want to score!
But Barcelona, bent on delaying extra-time. This makes the morale of the two teams go down, so there will be differences in performance on the field.
This, combined with the presence of Juan Mata, has made Chelsea's attacking style sharper up front, putting further pressure on Barcelona.
Martino did not dare to sit down anymore. From time to time, he looked at his watch and then at the big screen, waiting for the time to end. As long as it can be dragged until extra time, it will be a victory for Barcelona. At least that's what he thinks.
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Mourinho couldn't sit still either, he also waited anxiously on the sidelines. I hope to see my team's goal as soon as possible, since he dares to go to Mata, he is for the goal, if he can score a goal, he will immediately let Lin Yu go to the position of the back to help the team defend, but not now, now you have to attack, and it is best to press Barcelona out of breath.
The fans in front of the TV were also nervously watching the game, and many people even felt that they couldn't breathe smoothly because they were so nervous.
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In the eighty-seventh minute of the game, an accident happened.
With Juan Mata on and Ramires off, Chelsea's midfield interception ability plummeted, giving Barcelona a chance to counter-attack quickly.
In fact, everyone thought that Barcelona would only cooperate with short passes, but in fact, Barcelona's counterattack was also very scary.
At that time, it was Torres's shot that was saved by ValdΓ©s, and then ValdΓ©s went directly to Messi with a big foot, although Messi was not tall, but the problem was that there was no one around him at this time, so the ball was easily obtained, and then he saw Neymar tell to insert from the side, so a through ball easily penetrated the defense of Ivanovic and Cahill.
Neymar was not slow and easily got into the box.
However, at this time, Luiz's supplementary position had arrived, and Luis reached out to intercept Neymar's breakthrough.
At this time, Neymar, whose physical strength had obviously declined, did not have the same flexibility as before, so the ball was actually stopped by Luis when he passed, and Neymar, who was in a hurry, stretched out his leg and touched Luis's leg, and then fell directly, and then fell to the ground and rolled in pain.
"Penalty!"
"Penalty!"
"The referee gave Barcelona a penalty, is he going to murder what was supposed to be a good game?"
"Rizzoli is not Platini's lackey, but he did missee it this time, Neymar's obvious fake fall, he didn't see it, and instead gave Barcelona a penalty! It's insane! β
At this moment, the whole Chelsea fans in the stadium went crazy, they cursed and booed the referee and Neymar in unison, because this penalty could probably bury Chelsea's good situation.
It's now the 87th minute of the game, and when the penalty kick is over, and then Barcelona celebrates, it is estimated that it will almost be stoppage time.
So the excitement of the Chelsea fans makes sense.
On the other hand, the excitement of the Barcelona fans is also justified, for them, the penalty simply came too well.
The Chelsea players couldn't help it, they surrounded the referee and urged him to change the decision, and Mourinho jumped to his feet and cursed.
In this case, who can not be excited? It's like a bolt from the blue.
A slow-motion replay was played on the TV. But no matter how many times he plays, Neymar is obviously faking a fall. It's just that the position of the referee and the linesman is not good enough, so I didn't see it clearly.
"If Barcelona wins the championship again because of this goal. Then this is the second Stamford Bridge tragedy. β
"The Chelsea players are very excited, they are around the referee and want the referee to change the decision, but such a thing is unlikely, even if the referee really thinks that his decision is wrong, this decision will not change, he will apologize at most, football is like this, the power given to the referee is too great, it would be nice to have Hawkeye skills like in the Premier League."
"Wait. Who's that? β
"Lin Yu! What is Lin Yu doing? β
In the TV camera, Lin Yu rushed to the referee, and then shouted to his teammates: "Enough! Don't make a fuss, there's still time, let's take a penalty, it's already a fact, what's the use of shouting again, it's a waste of time, and it's us who are unlucky in the end! β
In fact, Lin Yu also knew the reason why his teammates were excited. He was also agitated and dissatisfied, but he knew that it was useless. Today's referee, on the whole, gave a good penalty, but this time it was misjudged. There is absolutely no way that he will have a new sentence reversed, if he gets a red card for this. That's even less cost-effective.
"But there's no time, Master!" Oscar said excitedly.
"Leave it to me!" Lin Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Even if they score a penalty, I will equalize." Then battle it out in overtime! β
"Even you, I'm afraid ...... in such a short period of time"
"yes, it's over when they're done with the penalty."
Looking at the low morale of his teammates, Lin Yu was really a little hairy, and he suddenly yelled: "Whoever fucking says no, just get off the field, don't be embarrassed on the field, don't want to kick and get out of the way early!" Lao Tzu has to finish the game alone! β
Lin Yu has never been so angry with his teammates, and today he was angry, firstly because of Neymar's fake fall, which is also the main reason, and secondly, because of the low morale of his teammates.
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, listen to Lin Yu, go back to your position, at least finish the game!" Although there was no hope anymore and morale had dropped greatly, seeing that Lin Yu was already angry, the players were not good at what to say, so they all left the referee and returned to their respective positions, waiting for Barcelona to take a penalty.
At this time, the media in Catalonia were in a hurry.
"Champion! We are the champions! Chelsea is finished! β
"Hahaha, that's strength! Chelsea really can't! β
"Messi, give them the final blow!"
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When taking the penalty, Puyol, who had just been substituted, asked to take the penalty, but was rejected by Messi, Messi wanted to chase Lin Yu, he couldn't stand Lin Yu riding on his head, and he was still very confident in his ability to take penalties.
Puyol had no choice but to stop talking, although he is the captain of Barcelona, but the real boss of this team is Messi, Messi's words, no one can disobey him, not even the manager.
Standing in front of the penalty spot, Messi took a deep breath.
He thought in his heart that as long as this ball went in, then Barcelona would win the championship, and he could step on Lin Yu to return to the first place in the world, although he was still one less than Lin Yu in terms of goals, but it didn't matter, just win the Champions League.
He thought so, and then he heard the referee's whistle, made a little run, and kicked the penalty.
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Petr Cech had been staring at Messi, he was not involved in the crowd besieging the referee, and he was always thinking about how to stop the ball.
On the pitch, his presence has become low because of the excellent performance of the attacking players, especially after the second half, Barcelona's attack was almost blocked 30 meters from the penalty area, he did not have a few chances to save, now it is time for him to perform.
Bet on Cech's name!
Bet on Chelsea's glory!
Bet on everything!
He pounced!
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"Ah!!!!!!h
The Sky Sports commentator was the first to roar: "Pounced! Pounced! Petr Cech saved Messi's penalty and he made a contribution! If Chelsea win the game today, he will be a big contributor! β
"Oooo
Cech yelled at the sky, he did it, he really did it, although at the moment of the pounce, he was not sure, but he saved, he managed to block Messi's penalty.
He lived up to the trust of his teammates, he lived up to the expectations of his teammates, he saved the penalty!
Lin Yu was the first to rush up and kiss Cech fiercely on the face: "I love you to death!" β
Immediately afterwards, the rest of the Chelsea players rushed forward, they simply regarded Cech as the most seductive beauty in the world, and kissed Cech on the face one by one, although wearing the "helmet", Cech could still feel the heartfelt thanks from his teammates.
Jose Mourinho fell to his knees, praying and thanking God for bringing Chelsea back from the edge of the cliff!
The whole bench was crazy, although it was clear that they hadn't won the game yet, but everyone knew how much it meant to save this penalty.
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Messi fell directly to the ground, he looked at the ball in Cech's hand in a daze, completely lost, he regrets it now, if he just handed over the penalty to Puyol, maybe it won't be like this, because of the overdraft of physical strength, the force of the ball he kicked out was too small, and it was pounced by Cech, which is actually very normal. (To be continued......)