The referee insisted on the award, and Barcelona did not get the penalty, which made them a little unhappy.

However, this free kick is actually very threatening, and in order to defend Messi, Kompany also received a yellow card, which will inevitably affect his next defense.

So even if they didn't "get" a penalty, Barcelona still profited.

In this free kick, Messi did not give it to others to penalize, but chose to do it himself.

He wanted to score too much.

However, the ball he shot went around the wall, but it flew high over the crossbar.

and was not able to threaten the Manchester City goal.

Watching the football fly off the crossbar, Messi waved his hands vigorously, looking very annoyed.

However, he was only annoyed for a moment, and quickly turned and ran back.

In this attack, he has actually found a weakness in Manchester City.

That's Kompany.

Kompany, who has a yellow card, will definitely have some scruples in defense, and as long as he continues to break through from him, he will either let Kompany get a red card and let Barcelona have the advantage in numbers. Either that, taking advantage of Kompany's lack of courage to defend with all his might, he burst straight into the box and finished his shot.

Either way, it's in Barcelona's favor.

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After the restart, it was. It's not just Messi who realizes that Kompany is a weakness for Manchester City, but other Barcelona players also see Kompany as a weakness. So now Barcelona's offense is all focused on Kompany, whether it is Messi, Golin, Pedro, they are all taking turns to attack Kompany.

And Kompany was indeed affected by the yellow card, and he looked a little restrained in the face of the concentrated attack of Barcelona's players, which also led to Manchester City's defense being very passive.

On several occasions, because Kompany did not dare to make a move, the Barcelona side played the attack into the danger zone.

If it weren't for the desperate efforts of other Manchester City players to fill in the position, I am afraid that Manchester City's goal would have been lost.

For a while, Manchester City looked very wolf in defence.

Manchester City fans and Chinese fans in the stands and in front of the TV are also worried.

"Kompany's side obviously can't hold it anymore and he's become the weakest man in the whole Manchester City team. I think City should make a substitution right away at this point, bringing Kompany off......" John Mortenson said anxiously.

By this time, the TV broadcast had also cut to Manchester City's bench, and Godin had already rushed to the warm-up area, and it was clear that he had gone to warm up.

"I'm just going to warm up Godin now...... Benitez was too slow to react to the substitution! Alan Hansen criticized mercilessly.

After all, it has been Kompany and Lucio who have been working together more this season, and the two of them are Manchester City's main centre-back partners. Benitez wouldn't want to break up the centre-back duo if it wasn't a last resort...... John Motensen explained for Benitez.

'In the Champions League final, against a team like Barcelona, a centre-back has a yellow card on him, and that's the last resort. Alan Hansen snorted. "Godin is going to warm up, at least three to five minutes, right? What if Barcelona finally open the gap from Kompany and end up scoring? ”

With that, Alain Hansen turned his attention to Kompany.

In fact, it was not only him, but everyone else also locked their eyes on Kompany at this time.

Let's see if he can hold off Barcelona's stormy attack......

Now even people who don't understand football at all can see that Kompany has become the target of Barcelona's key attack, and as long as Barcelona attack, they will inevitably look for Kompany.

Manchester City also made a corresponding adjustment, which is to have more players to wipe Kompany's butt, and when he is too constrained to make a move, other defensive players will help Kompany.

But it comes at a cost.

Manchester City's left wing-back, Leighton Barnes, was also booked for a foul on Vincent Kompany in defence.

With 67 minutes played, there are already two yellow cards in City's backline, which is definitely not good news.

Layton Barnes also had to restrain himself defensively......

'It's tragic, Layton Barnes also got a yellow card and I think if the game goes on like this, Barcelona will probably beat Manchester City on points – when everyone in the back line has a yellow card, Manchester City will lose!'

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Godin was back on the sidelines after three minutes of warm-up, and Benitez's assistant coach Mauricio Pellegrino was giving him a lecture.

In fact, there is nothing to say, that is, after going up, he will replace Kompany and play the role that Kompany should play.

So soon Godin and the fourth official appeared on the sidelines, waiting to play.

Manchester City's most wolfish period is about to pass, and Godin's substitution will greatly change the current situation of Manchester City's passive beating.

In other words, Barcelona's chances of regaining the lead are fast running out.

But Barcelona has their way.

Barcelona, who are known for their excellent ball control, immediately began to kick up in the middle and back as soon as they saw that Manchester City wanted to make a substitution, and they suddenly did not rush to hit the point where Kompany was.

Instead, he slowly circled with Manchester City, looking for opportunities in the process of going back and forth, and striving to kill with one blow.

When they return possession to Manchester City, it will be time for them to regain the lead.

At that time, even if Godin was replaced, it would not make much sense.

So for three minutes, Godin was on the sidelines and the fourth official occupied a full three minutes, and Barcelona didn't let the ball go out of bounds, they passed back and forth, ran and kept the ball in their possession from start to finish.

During those three minutes, City also tried to steal the ball from the feet of the Barcelona players and then kicked the ball out of bounds to create a chance for Godin to play.

But after two attempts, instead of grabbing the ball, they almost lost it, so they were honest right away.

Now they can only expect Barcelona to make a passing mistake themselves.

Another two minutes passed, and the game was already seventy-third minute.

The opportunity that awaited Barcelona is gradually approaching.

Because of Kompany's injury, Manchester City have been in a passive situation before, and their players have to run more aggressively and more than before in order to wipe Kompany's butt, so their physical consumption will naturally be more than usual.

The seventy-five minutes or so of a game is a watershed moment. It is the most difficult time for many teams to get through the physical fitness, if they can get through it, they may be able to hold on to overtime in one breath, but if they can't get through it, they may collapse!

Barcelona are waiting for the collapse of Manchester City. When the time comes, they will only need to work harder and they will be able to find a chance to beat Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola is well aware that this is the Champions League final and cannot be expected to beat their opponents by three or four goals in a game like this. It only takes one goal to win in the final.

As soon as he can take the lead, he will immediately put his team into a kind of Barcelona defensive posture, using their possession to keep the ball firmly at his feet and run out of minutes.

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In the 74th minute, City's defenders were already running out of fitness – their players were slowing down with Barcelona's passes.

As the brains of the team, Xavi believes the time is ripe for the lethal blow. But passing alone can't break down City's defence.

Barcelona also need a sharp knife and a dagger, sharp enough to go straight to the heart of Manchester City, as easily as slicing butter.

Thankfully, Barcelona have Messi.

This is the sharpest dagger in the world!

Xavi received the pass and passed the ball to Iniesta, who was walking to catch the ball. Xavi, who finished passing the ball, didn't look at Iniesta at all, he turned his head and looked at Messi on the right side.

Messi is on the right, in the position where everyone knows each other best.

Xavi already has a "Messi corridor" in his mind.

He knew Messi was ready.

At this time, Iniesta passed the ball back to Xavi.

Xavi didn't stop the ball at all, turned around and passed the football to Messi!

Messi received the ball and made a feint to break through the bottom line on the side, and the deceived Layton Barnes took a step back, and then he flicked the ball inward with his right foot, and then turned and cut in!

"Messi is here!" John Mortensen exclaimed.

This sound caused the hearts of many Manchester City fans in front of the TV to tug.

Now Manchester City fans are most afraid of Messi getting the ball, and he seems to be able to do everything after he gets the ball, as if the whole Manchester City team combined can't stop him......

After Messi cut inside, Matuidi quickly posted up, trying to stop Messi.

Messi didn't mean to dribble past him, or that Messi didn't intend to waste time on Matuidi at all.

He flicked the ball outward with the outside of his left foot and passed it to Xavi.

He himself bypassed Matuidi and continued to the middle.

Xavi didn't stop the ball after receiving the ball, he watched Messi's run while receiving the ball, and he wanted to make sure that his pass and Messi's run were timed perfectly, either early or late. Messi couldn't catch it early, and the pass was wrong; Late Messi has to slow down or even turn around to catch the ball, which will make Messi's breakthrough no longer sharp, and even fall back into the siege of Manchester City players.

Therefore, this seemingly simple collision with the wall is actually very particular.

In Xavi's eyes, there were only Messi and Matuidi at this time, and he watched Messi turn around Matuidi, and from his angle, he just saw Messi's head peeking out from the other side of Matuidi's shoulder.

With his experience with Messi, he knows this is the time to pass the ball!

So he quickly raised his left foot and kicked the football!

But he kicked it up!

He didn't kick the ball!

"Honor-!!" John Mortenson shouted frantically as he stretched out his voice.

Not only him, but the entire Wembley Stadium is also chanting the name of glory.

Out of the corner of Xavi's eye, Glory made a tackle against the turf, and shoveled the ball away from his feet......

It was only then that he suddenly realized that he had neglected something before.

He didn't expect Glory to retreat to such a deep position to participate in the defense! I1292