Chapter 749: Isn't This a Foul?

Ten minutes into the second half, just half a minute after Barcelona's last attack, Puyol, with the help of Yaya Toure, snatched the ball from Frank Lampard's long pass to Drogba, and then passed it to Xavi, so Barcelona were able to continue the attack, and after a series of passes through the middle, the Chelsea defenders in the middle were not as active as before.

The ball soon reached Messi's feet, Mikel quickly moved to block Messi's in-cut route, and Ashley Cole also stood on the left side of the defense.

Messi stepped on the ball back and forth a few times, and seeing that Mikel and Ashley Cole were unmoved, he pulled the ball to the right side of his body, and then passed the ball to Alves, who was pulled to the right winger position.

Alves picked up his right foot and made a cross at 45 degrees on the right side, Ashley Cole instinctively moved over and jumped up to interfere, but Alves made a change this time, and did not cross directly, he crossed the ball to Messi, and then diagonally into the right rib of the attack, which is the space behind Ashley Cole.

Messi didn't stop the ball and pushed the ball with the arch of his left foot into the no-man's land behind Ashley Cole, and Alves cut in at high speed.

Suddenly, Chelsea's solid backline was lethal in that moment.

Standing on the field, Pep Guardiola instinctively clenched his palms into his trouser pockets, this is the change he sought in the second half, if you always attack at a pace, even against a weak team, it is difficult to score, so in the face of a guru-level defensive team like Chelsea, you must be accustomed to a rhythm, suddenly change the rhythm, causing panic among the defenders.

"-Danger!"

Clive Walker exclaimed, sitting in the live studio.

A huge cheer erupted from the stands, clearly full of reverie for Barcelona's attack.

It was too late for Ashley Cole to chase down Alves, because he still had time to turn and accelerate, and Alves only needed to keep accelerating diagonally, so Mikel, who defended Messi, chose to accelerate in a straight line to stop the ball before Alves' cross.

But Alves didn't cross, but the inside of his right foot slammed the ball hard, and an inverted triangle pass passed the ball back to Messi.

Mikel realized that Alves was too late to react to the inverted triangle of the pass, so he could only hurriedly turn back to save the car, but if he waited for him to defend Messi, the daylily would be cold.

The other midfielder, Ballack, was too late to fill the position, so Terry decisively stepped forward to protect, hoping to force Messi to make a mistake, and no matter how bad it was, it would cause him to pass the ball back, but this situation can only happen in subjective thoughts, and it is not possible in reality.

Terry's step forward also left a noticeable void in his original position, and at the same time, Iniesta quickly stepped forward in front of Ballack.

Messi did not wait for Terry to step forward and directly use his left foot to pick up a pass in the penalty area, that is, the space left by Terry's step, Iniesta passed in front of Ballack and then slanted into the penalty area, the so-called man to the ball is Messi's pass.

"Messi picks the pass!" The Catalan regional commentator chanted.

Cech decisively chose to attack, hoping to intercept the goal, but Iniesta did not intend to give him this opportunity, Messi's ball passed very well, saw the landing point of the football, and directly volleyed from about 13 yards on the right rib of the penalty area!

Petr Cech instinctively pounced to his left, his left elbow pressed down with his palm to save Iniesta's shot, but the ball was moving forward faster on the turf than he could do, and because of the angle, the ball almost rolled into the goal against the right post.

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Whew-w

The cheers at the Camp Nou were like a torrent in all directions, and all the home fans opened their voices at this moment, cheering desperately for the team to score, and the fans holding small red and blue cards kept waving like smart elves.

Messi, who assisted, was even happier than Iniesta, who scored the goal, and chased after Iniesta excitedly, then jumped up and kept waving his fists with his back to the goal.

I don't know if to vent my feelings in front of Iroh near half-time, or to show my strength in front of the stands where his huge poster is hung.

Jose Mourinho was unhappy with the goal he had conceded at this time, but he was ready to bring on Luka Modric five minutes later to step up the attack and then win the game at the Camp Nou to give him the lead in the second leg.

But...... A single goal was conceded and wiped out.

Just as Barcelona was halfway through the celebration of the goal, the live director very interestingly switched the camera to Iroh's face, and then used technical means to push it to a close-up of the face.

In the shot, Iro's hairstyle has become a little messy after more than ten minutes, his forehead is covered with beads of sweat, there are grass clippings on his cheeks, and the frown between his eyebrows is tight, it is obvious that he has not accepted the team's conceded goal.

Andres Iniesta's goal ignited the enthusiasm of the home fans in the stands and the players on the pitch worked harder, even though Chelsea had the advantage of kick-off after conceding the goal, and they quickly broke the ball away with a high press.

Tongguò passed a quick kick, Messi received the football on the right side, and then the frequent rhythm changes at the feet of Tongguò directly shook Mikel, who retreated in small steps, to the ground, at this moment, the court once again erupted in amazing decibels, but the high-tide part was still to come.

Messi shook Mikel and dribbled horizontally, taking advantage of Iniesta's high-speed insertion to take away Terry's attention, and directly picked up his left foot in front of the big penalty area line and curled the ball, Cech took advantage of his height and arm length to gently rub the ball with his fingertips, changed the trajectory slightly, and flew out of the bottom line by grazing the outside edge of the left post.

A loud exclamation erupted from the stands.

Andres Iniesta's goal not only boosted the atmosphere of the fans, but also the form of his team-mates, and if it wasn't for the good performance of goalkeeper Petr, Barcelona would have scored twice in two minutes! It's so thrilling!! ”

Accompanied by the exclamations that erupted from the stands, He Wei had an immersive and thrilling feeling.

Xavi whipped in a corner, Yaya Toure pushed Aylo to head the ball towards goal, and Cech once again showed his impressive reach to lift the ball over the crossbar with one palm.

Now it was Guardiola's turn to be dissatisfied, but not with Yaya Toure, but with the goal, he thought it was too unlucky! If the ball is scored under constant pressure, then Chelsea will definitely be devastated!

At the same time, Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, turned his head and yelled at Boas: "Call Luca over!" ”

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Iroh turned his head and glanced at the black and hard Yaya Toure in surprise, he really didn't expect that someone would be able to grab the ball in front of him and push the ball towards the goal, it was really rare to see it once a year!

But...... This can only be seen once a year, and the second time is not seen, Xavi took another corner and he easily cleared the ball out of the box.

Two minutes later, Chelsea took advantage of a dead-goal opportunity to make a personnel change, bringing on Luka Modric for the useless Malouda, changing the formation from 4231 to 4312 now, while also giving the centre-back an extra layer of security in front of him.

With the change of position driven by Modric on the field, whether it is Messi's own breakthrough shot or the goal after the breakthrough, it has been weakened by different Cheng dù.

In the final analysis, Messi picked up Iniesta because the barrier in front of the central defender was not enough, Mikel pulled out to defend Messi, and Ballack had to stay to protect a large area at the edge of the penalty area, so he had no time to take care of Iniesta, who was inserted at high speed, and now Modric's arrival made Lampard's position retreat to prevent the Barcelona midfielder from inserting back.

Modric's presence gave Chelsea a good chance to counter-attack, with possession, passing, escape and vision that previous Chelsea players did not have, and the trio of Andres Iniesta, Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi were able to calmly distribute the ball to the safest place, so Chelsea were able to control the ball firmly at the back and then push it forward.

"Modric's arrival made me feel like a different team, Barcelona no longer had the ability to play a second attack with the high press as before, he could have sent the ball to the safest area with the opposing two pressing......"

Lineker nodded and smiled as the situation on the field changed.

The Chelsea midfielders were able to keep the ball in check, meaning their attacking formation was able to press forward slowly, and Iello had more opportunities to dribble as a result.

In the 66th minute, Modric got the ball in the middle and got rid of Xavi and Iniesta's defense and passed straight to Iro, and Yaya Toure quickly moved to the left side of his own defense to defend with Alves.

In the face of the increasingly active Aillo, he did not dare to slack off, and Alves was carrying a yellow card, and it would be troublesome if he accidentally received a second yellow card, so Yaya Toure's defensive attention was more concentrated than Alves.

Without waiting for Yaya Toure to get close, Ailo used the quick transition at his feet to take a trip to the rib defense position of Alves, Yaya Toure did not wait for Alves to turn around and defend, and put a shovel directly behind the side, but Ailo was ready to poke the ball forward in advance, and Yaya Toure, who fell to the ground, had no choice, so he had to lift his foot and hook it directly to Ailo's right foot.

As a result, Iroh lost his center of gravity and fell on the turf.

But to Yaya Toure's surprise, the referee did not blow the whistle, but made a hook gesture at Iro, which means: Hurry up!

Iroh himself was stunned for half a second, then spit out the grass clippings in his mouth, and raised his arms high, isn't this a foul?

"Isn't that a foul?" He Wei looked at the referee's gesture, and his eyes were about to pop out.