Chapter Ninety-Eight: Decision

Acknowledgments before the chapter: Thank you for the reward of Yinyue Lengqiu.

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'For Barcelona, we've played them twice on the pitch and I don't need to hide anything from you. In this game, we won't have too many attacking opportunities, but just not too many, by no means nothing, so efficiency is the key to our victory in this game. There are two points of judgment on whether it is our offensive opportunity or not, one is time, and the other is shape. The former we have a special tactic, we don't need to say more, the latter requires you to make your own judgment on the field, but one thing is for sure, that is, when Barcelona is relaxed, it is your best chance to attack! ”

Here's what Linson said in the team meeting for this game.

"Iñaki, you are the key in this game, not only defensively, but offensively you are also the starting point of our counter-attack, but Barcelona will not give you too many chances like that, but if that opportunity arises, you have to take it!"

This was Linson's special account to Gordia after the team meeting.

The football field is a place full of accidents, but if there are too many accidents, they are no longer accidents.

Málaga's players were able to react from joy and sorrow earlier than Barcelona, not because of any difference between joy and sorrow, nor because Málaga's consciousness was higher than Barcelona's, but simply because Málaga thought of things that Barcelona did not expect.

The veteran Puyol has not been in such a situation, he just didn't expect that he would encounter it in this game, so, just as he didn't expect Messi to not score a penalty before, Puyol reacted quickly: he waved his hand to Abidal to pay attention to Duda at the back post, while trying to keep his position close to the passing line between Reus and Lewandowski.

Reus knew exactly what Puyol wanted to do, nothing more than to create an offside position and force himself to be one-on-one with him.

In normal times, Royce would not be afraid of heads-up, even if the person in front of him is Puyol, but now, even if he is 99% sure of Puyol, he knows that he can't afford that one percent possibility, not to mention, this is not a question of success rate at all, because if he chooses this way of handling, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, the person on the sidelines will be very disappointed in him.

Therefore, Reus did not dribble the ball more, but quickly gave the ball to the feet of Lewandowski in the middle, and then pulled to the side, pulling the gap wider, but always kept himself from offside.

Lewandowski made a ready-to-pass gesture that forced Puyol and Abidal to split their attention on both flanks before taking the ball forward and driving it straight in. Puyol, who seemed to have become a marionette, had no choice but to wave his hand at Abidal again, directly gave up Reus, and rushed towards Lewandowski.

For Puyol, this is already an option with no choice. But for Lewandowski, he has a lot of options.

Compared with Reuss, Lewandowski is not so fast, but his position determines that he has more options, because he has Reuss on the left and Duda on the right, and the position has been stretched, no matter how strong Puyol and Abidal are, they are always just two people, he only needs to give the ball to the unmarked person, which naturally includes himself.

Valdés is probably the one with the biggest mood gap on the field at the moment.

A few seconds ago, he could leisurely lean on the goalpost to watch Messi's "trial" against Malaga, and in the blink of an eye, the object of the "trial" became himself.

He just watched as the tall Pole got closer and closer to him......

Valdés' corner of his eye noticed his last two reliance, Abidal was firmly pinned down by Duda, and captain Puyol seemed to have finally accepted the fact that he was invincible with two fists and identified Lewandowski with the ball.

It's just that Lewandowski will be the final terminator?

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"Pass! Lewandowski didn't choose to shoot, he gave the ball to Reus on the left, and now, Reuss is unmarked! Valdés chose to abandon the door! …… Shot......! ”

"The ball is in! The ball is in!! It was Royce who shot the goal! Royce scored twice! It's unbelievable, in the 74th minute, Malaga was awarded a penalty, and now, Malaga has actually scored the second goal! In the 77th minute, Malaga scored the second goal by Reus, and now they are 2-0 ahead of Barcelona! This is definitely a score that no one would have thought of before the game! Who would have thought that Barcelona, who was almost rival in the league and Europe, would encounter such a dilemma in the final of the Copa del Rey, Lin Sen can almost be said to have one hand on the trophy! ”

On the big screen of the game, the moment the ball crossed the goal line, the entire Malaga bench poured out like a tide, and Reus, who was running wildly in the field, was quickly pulled by Lewandowski, who was closest to him, and then dragged to the ground, followed by Duda and Gundogan...... The frenzied celebrations in Malaga were accompanied by the frantic cheers of the Malagasa fans in the stands, arms, scarves, flags and even clothes, which turned the entire South Stand into a sea of joy.

Old Cruz in the stands jumped up again like a child, then turned around and suddenly kissed Mrs. Cruz on the face, leaving Mrs. Cruz dumbfounded, but when she saw that almost everyone was cheering in her eyes, she suddenly showed a gentle smile again.

Lin Sen, who was on the sidelines, finally did not hide his feelings this time, and with ecstasy on his face, he raised his arms high on the sidelines.

Guardiola, who had closed his eyes when he saw Valdés choose to abandon the door, walked back to the coach's box with a blank face and began to discuss something with Vilanova, at this time, the live camera showed Messi who had missed a penalty before, the young Argentine stood in the middle of the pitch with his hands on his hips, he didn't look at the Malaga players who were celebrating, just looked down at the pitch, Eto'o who came from behind patted him on the shoulder with his hand, as if to comfort him.

The score became 2-0.

By the time the game restarted, it was seventy-eight minutes. Barcelona still have a chance, but time is running out for them.

Pep Guardiola reacted quickly, replacing Thierry Henry with Pedro in an attempt to restart the attack on the left.

However, at this time, Barcelona's previous drawbacks of two consecutive games finally appeared, in the face of Malaga's tough defense after leading by two goals, Barcelona's counterattack was more often a little weak, and Messi, who did not score a penalty, relied on his personal ability to challenge Malaga's entire defense more and more often, of course, more and more failures.

As the clock ticked by, and as the clock ticked to the 86th minute, Guardiola found himself feeling like he had in the middle of last week.

At Stamford Bridge in midweek, he thought that Barcelona's Champions League journey would end here, and he chose to accept it calmly, but at that time, Barcelona's opponents were Chelsea, his opponents were Guus Hiddink, and the Champions League semi-finals had already met the club's requirements. At that time, Iniesta's stunner not only allowed Barcelona to continue to move forward, but also allowed Guardiola to really see the huge ** ahead.

Champions League, league winners, Copa del Rey winners.

An unprecedented triple crown!

Barcelona has weathered the toughest hurdles and now, is it about to capsize in the gutter? How does this make Guardiola willing?

Only now, what can he do?

Never give up is a spirit that Guardiola believes his team has and will not give up until the last minute of the game. But sometimes, you have to believe that never giving up requires the "cooperation" of the opponent from a certain point of view. Your strength must be better than your opponent, your momentum must also be better than your opponent, and most importantly, your luck must be better than your opponent.

The time came to the eighty-ninth minute.

At the end of the game, as at the beginning, Barcelona was still attacking, Málaga was still defending, but the winner would be Málaga.

The fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines: six minutes of stoppage time.

The timing sent a chorus of boos from the Málaga fans in the stands to protest the referee's long stoppage time, but the referee had a good reason: the penalty delayed the game for a long time.

Lin Sen did not go to the fourth official to theorize, at this time, he was half-squatting next to the court, with one hand on his knee and the other on the grass, watching the changes on the court tightly.

Pep Guardiola may still have a glimmer of hope after Malaga's second goal, Barcelona fans may still have illusions, and even many neutral fans may still be expecting drama, but Linson knows the big picture is settled. Because in his eyes, that goal not only gave Reuss the first flash, but also Lewandowski a third flash, and made the color on the top of the Malaga team so strong that it seemed to be dripping. On the other hand, Barcelona, except for Eto'o, Xavi, Puyol and Henry, who was soon replaced, maintained the color of excitement, and the other players, even Messi, also appeared more or less, thick or faint after that goal.

Never give up? How easy is it to say?!

"Pep Guardiola makes a last-ditch push and Icelandic striker Gudjohnsen is ready to replace Sergio Busquets......"

"Pique! Pique heads in the net! Off! Now he's a striker......"

"Malaga are also ready to make substitutions. Isco and Quaresma were ready to play at the same time, and time was running out, believing it was just a way for Linsen to delay the game......

"This will be Barcelona's last attack, and no matter what the result of this attack is, it will not affect the outcome of the game......"

"Red card?! Malaga centre-back Leonardo Bonucci was sent off the pitch after kicking down Messi on the edge of the box and receiving a second yellow card, but that's irrelevant! ”

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As Bonucci was sent off with a red card, the Barcelona fans booed the Italians who came off the pitch with a smile, but soon, as the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Malaga fans gave their players the best encouragement with earth-shattering applause, and Bonucci, who had just left the field, quickly rushed back to the pitch with his teammates......

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PS: I've finally finished writing this game, and I'm not satisfied with a lot, but I can't modify it slowly, how dare I slow it down~~~ By the way, I will give a preview: There will be a blockbuster in the next chapter.