Chapter 1004: Messi's eighteenth goal
Time passed quickly, fifteen minutes of the game in the blink of an eye, which means that the entire first half was 1/3 over.
Valencia supporters, who dominated the stands, kept bursting into loud cheers, cheering for the Valencia players on the field.
Of course, it was Iroh who cheered the most.
Chelsea supporters from London's West End, in particular, were united in their chanting with the Valencia fans, and spent the rest of the day dedicating their passion to Iello with the ball.
Messi had little chance to be on camera in the past 1/3 of the first half, except for a self-directed goal, so he was very anxious, he was afraid that this high-profile Champions League final would once again become the stage for Aillo's performance, and he ...... He became the background emperor again.
As a Maradona-style superstar in Argentina, he is invincible in all competitions, but he is powerless against the team with Ailo.
He has already lost the league title and the Copa del Rey this season, and he doesn't want to lose again in the crucial Champions League final!
In this case, Messi broke out.
In the eighteenth minute, Barcelona switched from defense to attack, because Valencia returned to the defense in time, their fast attack did not work, and they had to switch to positional attack.
Through ground coordination, the football was obtained by Messi, who attacked the right rib, and the full-back Alves put it on, waiting for Messi's pass at any time.
Albelda and Cazorla were on the lookout, but Jordi Alba focused on the route of Messi's pass to Alves, taking into account Alves.
This is an understandable choice for the full-back, after all, there is a large gap behind him, if it is simply to defend Messi and ignore the space behind him, it is a real disaster, Messi's vision is broad, it is impossible not to see this vacancy.
Messi stepped forward on the football on the sole of his foot, and then pushed the ball to the right front with his right foot slightly, widening the distance between him and Albelda, and then re-dunked the ball to the left, using his super explosive power to get stuck in front of Albelda to protect the football.
Albelda was snatched in front of Messi and did not dare to foul easily, otherwise the referee would definitely have a yellow card warning, which was not cost-effective.
It just so happened that Messi took advantage of Albelda's psychology of not daring to foul and continued to take the ball forward.
At this time, Valencia's defensive system has not yet been formed and effectively protected, and it is completely out of the most dangerous situation.
Left centre-back Godin had to press out to defend Messi, and at that moment, Messi suddenly kicked the ball to Pedro, who pulled him down the middle, and the latter kept putting the ball on Messi's forward run.
"Wonderful two-over-one!!"
The local Barcelona narrator went crazy in an instant.
With the shouts of Barcelona fans in the stands, Messi threw the ball into the penalty area, and Albiol immediately twisted forward to defend Messi, but the latter's speed was too fast, and he had no chance to kick at all, so he could only watch Messi shoot with his right foot, which he was not good at.
Messi's shot was sudden, and at a tricky angle, almost towards the inside edge of the right-hand near post.
Wang Xiaolei fell to the ground and made a side pounce, but he was still half a beat slower, because the football was grazing the inside edge of the right post of the goal and rolling into the goal.
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"Messi, Messi, Messi!"
When Messi sent the ball into Wang Xiaolei to guard the goal, the Barcelona fans in the stands chanted Messi's name in unison.
"The ball is in, Messi!" The Barcelona TV commentator raised his arms and shouted: "Messi first used his super individual ability to connect the two, and then played a wonderful two-on-one collision with Pedro, dribbling the ball into the penalty area and scoring the ball!" Barcelona lead Valencia 1-0 at the new Wembley Stadium!! At the same time, it was also his eighteenth goal in the Champions League this season!! ”
Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor also praised Messi's goal: "Messi is one of the three best attacking players on the planet, and his sudden power caused a brief panic in Valencia's defensive system, and then he took the lead himself. ”
CCTV commentator He Wei, who is completely on Valencia's side, said: "A veteran is a veteran, experienced but obviously not as good as a young player, Messi is stuck in front of Albelda with a simple ball acceleration, and at this time Valencia's defensive system has not yet formed a perfect protection, Messi is Messi, and his ability to read the game is very strong!" Valencia didn't concede this goal! ”
At the same time, Messi who scored the goal was extremely excited, he scored earlier than Iroh in this game, which means that he equaled Iroh in the number of goals in the Champions League this season, as long as he scored another goal in the next game, he could surpass Iroh and lead the Champions League scorer list!
If the team plays well as a whole and wins the game, there is no problem in becoming the best striker in the Champions League this season.
The professional quality of the live broadcast is very strong, and when Messi celebrates the goal, he did not give the coach's bench to the sidelines, but switched the camera to Iro.
However, it is a pity that there is no obvious change in Iro's facial expressions, and from the camera, he just clapps his hands to cheer up his teammates.
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When the game resumed, Carlo Ancelotti could not sit comfortably in the dugout, he had to come to the sidelines to remind his players that the previous mistakes could not be repeated.
Similarly, Guardiola stood in the technical command area and reminded his teammates that they must strictly implement the pre-match arrangement, otherwise once they are equalized by Valencia, the momentum will be inclined to Valencia!
In fact, Valencia, who restarted the kick-off, did not mean to press too much, but pushed forward layer by layer.
Of course, it's not that Valencia doesn't want to attack quickly.
Although Barcelona seemed to be in a four-three-three formation in this game, it was actually a four-six-zero strikerless formation, and the players did a very good job of protecting each other.
There are also two midfielders in front of the entire back line as a protective barrier, and in addition to Messi at the front, Iniesta, Xavi and Pedro are all sticking to their own half to help defend.
Defensively, although not what they are good at, they are very defensively aware and limit Valencia's passing space and breakthrough space.
In this case, even Iroh doesn't have a good solution.
He thought about creating a foul to get a direct free-kick, but the Barcelona defenders were not reckless.
Obviously, it was Guardiola who had a rigorous tactical arrangement before the game, which led to the current tactical discipline.
In the blink of an eye, five minutes into the game, Valencia could still only pass on the perimeter, unable to deliver the ball to the danger zone.
Seeing this, Guardiola finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the coach's bench.