For Barcelona fans, the game against Manchester City was simply the hardest time for them.

The next leg will not be until the middle of next week. In between, for a week, they lived like a year.

On the one hand, they have to endure the ridicule of their arch-rivals Real Madrid fans – although Real Madrid were also eliminated by Manchester City, but that did not prevent them from laughing at Barcelona, who were on the same path as them.

On the other hand, they are still desperate in their hearts. They themselves don't believe Barcelona can beat Manchester City at home.

Because Manchester City are just too strong. And Manchester City's tactics happen to be the most effective at restraining Barcelona.

No matter how you analyze it, I feel that the second round of the match is hopeless.

To make matters worse, Barcelona lost 1-2 at home to arch-rivals Real Madrid in the national derby, which was close to going on.

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo scored the game-winning goal in the 73rd minute and made a gesture of celebration after the goal with a press down to signal silence to the Camp Nou fans.

This is nothing short of a disguised humiliation for Barcelona fans.

But in the face of such humiliation, it is impossible for them to make any counterattack.

They can only bear it, and bear it with humiliation.

Compared to the pessimistic Barcelona fans, Manchester City fans feel like they are celebrating the holidays every day.

On the Internet, Manchester City fans are already discussing things about going to the Allianz Stadium to watch the game, such as booking air tickets, hotels, and buying tickets in advance.

There are also people who are teaching you some simple German words to say hello.

In short, I didn't pay attention to the second round at all.

In the league at the weekend, they challenged Wolves away, and although almost all the main players were rotated, Manchester City still beat Wolves 2-0 away. Glory scored a goal in the game, his 31st league goal of the season.

He has scored 63 goals in all competitions this season.

It is four goals short of Gerd Muller's record of 67 goals in a single season.

Judging by Glory's current form, he really has any hope of breaking Muller's record.

After all, City still have a lot of games to play.

One Champions League semi-final, one final, one FA Cup semi-final, one final, four league games.

Eight games, in the current form of Glory, it is too easy to score four goals.

But the most likely thing to break Gerd Muller's record now is not his glory, but Messi.

Although Messi did not play well in the Champions League semi-finals, he did not score.

There were also no goals in the weekend's national derby.

But now he has scored 66 goals in all club competitions this season, just one goal shy of Gerd Muller's 67.

If he can score a goal next week, he will equal Gerd Muller's record in the league next weekend or in the Champions League semi-final in midweek.

One more, and he will set a new record.

So the glory is actually not Gerd Muller, but Messi.

This may be the only thing where Messi can lead the glory.

Prior to this, it was widely believed in European football that Gerd Muller's record of 67 goals was almost impossible to break.

In the 1972-1973 season, Gerd Müller, the German "bomber" who played for Bayern Munich, scored 36 goals in the Bundesliga, defending the Bundesliga Golden Boot title, while he also scored a total of 31 goals in the Champions League and domestic cups, totaling a staggering 67 goals.

So far, Gerd Müller's record has stood for 39 years.

So how hard is the veteran bomber's record of 67 goals to break? Two examples can be given to illustrate this.

In the 1996-1997 season, Ronaldo, who played for Barcelona, was so good that he was called the "alien", and he also won the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or that year. But in that fantastic season, Ronaldo's total number of goals was just forty-seven.

Cristiano Ronaldo reached the pinnacle of his career at Manchester United in 2007-2008, helping the Reds win the Premier League and the Champions League. But that season, he also scored just 42 goals in total.

With the miraculous performance of two top players, it is no wonder that for a long time it was thought that Muller's record was impossible to break.

Even Glory has not been able to break the record set by Muller in a single season.

In the season when he helped Bayern Munich win the Champions League, although Rong Guang scored 17 goals in the Champions League and scored 28 goals in the league to win the league's Golden Boot. But his tally for the season is just 49, the second-highest in history, and he is still far from Muller.

The following 2007-2008 season was a strong momentum, with 36 goals scored in all competitions in less than half a season. At the time, it was assumed that if anyone could beat Gerd Müller's record, it would be the glory of the 2007-2008 season.

Even Gerd Muller himself stepped up to cheer for the glory, saying he was delighted to see a player wearing a Bayern Munich shirt break his record.

However, in the last Champions League group game, Glory missed the following entire season due to Rorick Cana's malicious aggression. His total goals that season were just 36.

Later, Rongguang moved to Manchester City, where he excelled and helped them win the Champions League and league last season.

Last season was also the season with the most goals scored by Glory. In all competitions combined, he scored a total of 60 goals.

But there are still seven goals left behind Gerd Muller.

Such a heroic glory cannot break the record, and everyone thinks that this record of Gerd Müller is blessed by God and others, and it is absolutely impossible to break it.

Otherwise, why would Rongguang suddenly suffer a serious injury in the season that was closest to breaking the record, and he would fall short?

But now, Messi's sudden rise has made Gerd Muller's record close at hand.

Sixty-six goals, Messi is only one goal away from catching up with Muller!

So will he equalise or surpass Gerd Muller in next week's Champions League semi-final against Manchester City?

If Messi can surpass Gerd Muller's record, it means that he may help Barcelona to make the aggregate score 2:3, so that Barcelona still has a chance to equalize the aggregate score and create a miracle of Zào turnaround!

So for a while, Messi's personal honor and the fate of Barcelona's team were so tied together that it became a thing.

Some media interviewed Gerd Muller and asked him what he thought of Messi's imminent equalling of his record.

They thought that Gerd Muller would bless Messi very much, but they didn't expect Muller to sigh: "Messi is a very good player, his appearance deserves any praise, but if you want to talk about breaking the record...... My biggest regret is not that the record is about to be broken, but that I had the opportunity to see a Bayern Munich player break it, but now I will never see it......"

Muller's words came as a surprise, but those who know will understand why Muller said this - when Glory was at Bayern Munich, he had great hopes of breaking the record, but he retired with a serious injury in the middle of the season. After recovering from injury, he was sold by Bayern Munich and left Bayern Munich completely.

So whether it's Messi or Glory, no matter who breaks the record, it's not a Bayern Munich player anymore.

That's what Muller regrets the most.

His words also resonated with many German fans, after the glory is gone, there is no star in the Bundesliga who can really calm the field. Franco-Ribery is the number one star of France Football, but he doesn't even finish in the top three in world football.

Robben's performance at Bayern Munich was not bad, but after successive defeats in the Champions League and the World Cup, he was still a breath away from being recognized as the world's top.

Many Bayern Munich fans still can't forgive Hoeness, because he was so stupid that he drove away Bayern Munich's treasure for 80 million pounds.

This also leads to Bayern Munich's failure to win a Champions League title until now.

In the 2009-2010 season, they didn't even make it out of the group stage.

Of course, Bayern Munich have been a good performer this year, having reached the semi-finals under Louis van Gaal and are hopeful of reaching the Champions League final.

But the fans still miss the glory.

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The second leg of the Champions League semi-final in midweek is fast approaching.

Speaking ahead of the game, Benitez expressed his confidence: "Camp Nou is a great stadium and any team coming here to play feels a lot of pressure. But facing pressure is part of being a professional player and I'm sure my players know how to play under a lot of pressure. ”

Ibrahimovic made a defiant statement in an interview: "I'm glad that I still have a day to return to Camp Nou, I don't care if I hear boos or applause, it doesn't matter to me." I care more about the result, it's the win. To be able to knock Barcelona out of Camp Nou was a wonderful ending......"

Rong Guang reiterated his goal: "I said we were going to defend the Champions League. ”

He was even more arrogant than Ibrahimovic - he simply crossed Barcelona and his possible final opponents, and set his sights on the Champions League trophy, which has nothing but this trophy in his eyes.

In contrast, Pep Guardiola reaffirmed his team's courage before the game and hoped that the fans would unreservedly support the team at Camp Nou, creating a fantastic home atmosphere and helping the team achieve an almost impossible comeback.

"Football is round...... I believe this because I believe that anything is possible in the world of football. Me and my players haven't given up yet. We will try to fight until the last minute, and that is the charm of football and the spirit of sportsmanship. ”

Messi was also interviewed before the game, after all, he is a man who wants to set a new record, but he does not care about Gerd Muller's record.

"I didn't want to surpass Mr. Gerd Müller. I'm sorry, I'm not on my mind right now, I think the team can qualify for the final, whether I score or not. ”

A reporter asked: "But if you score, isn't Barcelona more hopeful of advancing to the final?" ”

'Maybe so, but I think the most important thing is the team. If I can create better scoring opportunities for my team-mates, I'll be more than happy to pass the ball out. ”