At the time of David Villa's long-range shot, many commentators were still reporting on the line-ups of both sides of the game, but it did not affect them because David Villa's long-range shot ended with a high crossbar.

'Valencia's desire to attack was very strong and they had a shot on goal less than twenty seconds into the game.

The Barcelona TV commentator sarcastically.

Taking advantage of Valdés' kick-off, the TV stations read the historical records of both sides in the final as usual.

Barcelona and Valencia have faced each other exactly 150 times in their history, with Barcelona having a slight advantage with 60 wins, 38 draws and 52 defeats, in addition to Barcelona scoring 281 goals and conceding 236 goals.

However, the record of the last five years has made Barcelona embarrassed, the two sides have met 16 times, with 4 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses, and only scored 19 goals, but conceded 39 goals.

Of course, Barceloon TV will not say anything about this head-to-head record, saying: "Barcelona and Valencia met twice in the semi-finals of the 2005-2006 Champions League, with one win and one draw, and this third meeting will not be unexpected! Barcelona will be unbeaten against Valencia without any suspense and win the Champions League!! ”

Five minutes into the game, Guardiola was hoping that the team's attack would open a gap on Albelda's side, but what he didn't expect was that this was not a hole in Valencia, but the strongest defensive line hidden in a seemingly weak defense.

Albelda's age has indeed affected his physical indicators, but the experience has not fallen, and Valencia's backline is a whole, and the complement between each other is very timely, once Albelda is passed, the central defender will be pulled out as soon as possible to protect.

It's just that Albelda has rarely been passed, relying on his valuable experience to keep the defence out of problems, and often filling in for two full-backs, he doesn't look like a 34-year-old veteran at all.

In the words of Valencia No. 1 commentator Canizares: "David showed me who he was at his peak, with great positioning and super interception, and I think he could play at least two seasons!" ”

The Valencia fans in the stands also praised the veteran Albelda with loud cheers.

With a strong backline, Valencia's attack began to flourish and the threat grew......

Elo's ability to disrupt the game was maximized at this time, whether it was facing Alves on the left or 'anti-cancer fighter' Abidal on the right, he played the opponent around, and the midfielders and central defenders had to make up for them frequently.

If it weren't for David Villa's not particularly good form, Barcelona would have been breached by Valencia.

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It wasn't until the eleventh minute that Barcelona created a chance to threaten the Valencia goal.

At that time, Xavi and Iniesta made a one-two in the middle to attract Albelda, and then Xavi changed his ankle and passed the ball to Messi, who attacked the right rib, and the latter's dribbling attracted the three Valencia defenders, and the defensive position gradually moved closer to the left.

Messi has a wide field of vision and hoists the ball directly with his left foot to the left side of his own attack, that is, the right side of Valencia's defense.

A black whirlwind came from behind and Cesar Azpilicueta didn't turn fast enough for Abidal to lie down the ball into the box first, causing local panic.

Abidal struck while the iron was hot and sent an inverted triangle pass, Messi pulled his foot on the line of the penalty area without being marked, and Albelda fell to the ground to block half a beat too late.

However, at this moment, Wang Xiaolei stood up, only to see him reflexively pulling onions on dry land, holding the ball up with the palm of his left hand, and the football was high above the crossbar.

"-Oh!!"

A tsunami of exclamations erupted from the stands, especially the Valencia fans, who were in shock.

They all knew that if Valencia opened the scoring, it would be a problem......

Commentator Huang Jianxiang let out a sigh: "Oh, fortunately, Wang Xiaolei is focused, otherwise Messi will help Barcelona open the scoring!" ”

Subsequently, Xavi's corner kick did not threaten the Valencia goal, and the football was headed out of the box by Elo, who was defending back from the penalty area, and was caught by Iniesta, who was defending outside the box, and Barcelona organized a second attack.

However, Valencia's forward pressure was very fast, and Iniesta had to pass the ball to Alves in the center circle arc in order to avoid Valencia's quick counterattack, and waited until the formation was completely dispersed before organizing the attack again.

Two minutes later, Valencia was also in color.

Juan Mata swooped the ball behind the centre-back from 40 yards out of Barcelona's goal, and Iello got over the back line and slotted the ball into the defence.

The passion of the fans at the scene was also intervened by Iroh's insertion and burst into huge cheers.

However, seeing that Ailo was about to face goalkeeper Valdés on his first trip, referee Kaushoi's whistle sounded out of place.

Iroh turned to look at the referee with a blank expression, only to see him holding a whistle in his left hand and holding it in his mouth, and his right arm held high.

At the same time, the side flag of the first assistant referee was raised.

This is...... Offside.

Immediately afterwards, the live director gave a slow-motion replay, and the parallel line locked on the moment of Mata's pass.

It was very clear that Ailo was at least one position away from the full-back Abidal who was dragging behind, so the fans who supported Valencia erupted in huge boos and sent them to the referee.

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In response, Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor had no choice but to say: "The only thing to blame is that Ai ran so fast that the linesman subconsciously thought he was cutting in for offside." ”

Of course, there are also sunny words like BBC commentator Lineker: "I guess the linesman from Hungary rarely watches football games!" ”

The implication was that he didn't know how fast Iroh was.

After Juan Mata's through ball broke through the Barcelona backline, Guardiola couldn't sit comfortably in the dugout, and he stood on the edge of his technical command area with extreme tension.

The biggest problem with the team's defense just now is that it is a little too big, not enough restrictions on Juan who takes the ball, and at the same time too indulgent for Iro.

But when it comes to Arlo's hat-trick free-kick in the Champions League semi-finals, Barcelona defenders have to choose where to foul.

This has also resulted in a much smaller area for Barcelona to defend.

Because it is impossible for the defender to completely complete the defense in the technical confrontation, many times it is necessary to help the defense with extra-technical actions.

And many times this kind of action is in a situation where it can be judged or not, but because of the obvious misjudgment just now.

So no one can pack the ticket, the referee won't find the balance and give Valencia a well-placed direct free-kick.