The key problem in Barcelona's offense is that Messi is being defended to death.

Messi wanted to perform, but after the game started, he felt a tighter defense than the last game, he wanted to cooperate with his teammates, but it was difficult to pass the ball, and he wanted to find his own opportunities, but in the face of the experienced Bloomer and Morris, he didn't know what to do.

Barcelona are desperate against Manchester City, they want to win the comeback very badly, every player is very positive, Messi seems to be one of the 'laggards'.

In the 11th and 17th minutes, Messi was cut off one after another.

"Messi has been cut off again, and this is the second time! He was a little hesitant in the face of Brummer's defense" The Spanish commentator, who was expecting Messi's performance, said with some frustration, "Messi's form doesn't seem to have recovered yet......"

In the eyes of the media and fans, it is so.

From the audience's point of view, it is actually difficult to see Manchester City's tight defense of Messi, after all, only Messi may receive the ball, or when there is a ball, Manchester City will defend, at the same time, other Barcelona players will also be defended, the running of one or two players is difficult to notice, only those who professionally analyze the game, can notice that Messi is defended very dead.

However, even if Messi is defended to death, the media and fans will take it for granted.

Who made Messi Barcelona's number one star?

The number one star will definitely be guarded by the opponent, otherwise what else is the number one star called?

So the media and fans don't think about Messi's feeling of the game, they just see Messi's bad performance, and then they will be disappointed with Messi's performance.

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Barcelona coach Rijkaard was sitting in the dugout watching the game.

He kept an eye on Messi.

Messi is a key player for Barcelona and a key player in this game, and if Messi doesn't play well, it will definitely affect the whole team.

After the last leg, Rijkaard approached Messi and gave him a lot of mental work in the hope that he could get through.

As a manager, he still admires young stars who have performed well, and although Rijkaard knows that he may leave Barcelona at the end of the season, he still encourages Messi to get through, believing that as long as Messi can get past Manchester City's defence, the future will be bright. In the future, he will be able to play very well in any kind of defense.

It's a pity that Manchester City's defense is still a little too difficult for Messi.

He wasn't even 21 years old after all.

At this age, many players are still in the youth teams of various clubs, even those talents, Messi is the genius of geniuses, so he can enter the Barcelona first team, in order to become the number one star in Barcelona, but like other talents, he is still too young.

Being young means being inexperienced.

Compared with those old players, he has too little experience, and his mental ability is obviously a little problematic, maybe he can get a lot better if he has more experience, but it's still too early for him.

Rijkaard sighed.

The Champions League semi-finals are not a good place to experience young players, the team can't afford to lose, and after 20 minutes of play, Messi still hasn't shown much, so should he be replaced now?

Rijkaard hesitated.

It is a very difficult choice for a manager to change a player after 20 minutes of the game, which means that he overthrows his starting line-up and is tantamount to slapping himself in the face.

But in the face of the current situation, does dignity still matter?

After the game, those Spanish media, just say what they want to say, anyway, if they lose the game, they can't continue to coach Barcelona, so they just fight!

Soon everyone saw a surprise - Barcelona chose to make a substitution, Messi, who had been lacklustre, was replaced, and Brazilian star Ronaldinho, who had not played for the team for almost half a season, was replaced.

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"Let's see, Barcelona has been replaced, Messi has been replaced!"

"It was Brazilian star Ronaldinho, who hasn't played a game for Barcelona since making one appearance for Barcelona since Christmas! Now, when Barcelona is in crisis, Rijkaard has once again chosen to trust the Brazilian, is that trust right? ”

Seeing Ronaldinho playing, Wansheng was a lot more cautious.

Wansheng didn't expect Ronaldinho to play, the defense arranged by the team is aimed at Messi, and it will definitely be effective when used on Ronaldinho, but how much effect it has depends on Ronaldinho's performance.

If he is going to be the outburst Ronaldinho, then the defence that the team has set up is likely to be ineffective.

Contrarily...... Of course, don't worry too much about anything.

The next few minutes proved that Wan Sheng's worries were necessary, and it also proved that Rijkaard's substitutions still worked.

Ronaldonho broke through Bloomer's defense twice in a row!

The Brazilian seemed to have regained his peak form, as he attacked City's defence twice with the ball, causing a lot of danger at the back.

The Barcelona fans who came to Manchester with the team cheered wildly, and they kept shouting Ronaldinho's name, as if they saw the world footballer of the year galloping across the green field again!

Although he did not score, Ronaldinho's performance has won the recognition of the media and fans.

"This is Ronaldinho! The world's best footballers! Even if his position in Barcelona is unstable, he still brings the biggest threat to his opponents in every appearance! ”

"It's time to be careful with Manchester City!"

"Messi is off, but Ronaldinho is in better shape and Rijkaard has made the right decision!"

The Spanish media praised with some excitement, but they seemed to be a little happy too soon.

Ronaldinho did not bring goals to Barcelona, and the next game also proved that Ronaldinho's form was not stable, when Morris assisted Brummer to defend, Ronaldinho felt the pressure, under the defensive pressure of two people, he even received a pass from a teammate, and directly 'passed' the ball to Morris.

It was a mistake, but it was very fatal!

Manchester City launched a quick counter-attack!

Morris played the ball to Silva, who dribbled across the halfway line and drove straight into Barcelona's half, only to be blocked by Milito before passing the ball to Torres.

Torres dribbled straight to the Barcelona penalty area!

The City fans were shouting as hard as they could, and they watched with excitement as Torres burst into the Barcelona penalty area!

"This is a great opportunity!"

The stadium broadcast Belbart yelled, "Torres! Torres! Torres! Let's see—"

Barcelona no one can stop in front of the 'golden boy'.

The only one who can stop is goalkeeper Valdés!

Valdés stared straight at Torres and calmly chose to attack, and just as the two were about to get closer, Torres swung his right foot to shoot.

A very calm hanging door!

Valdés subconsciously raised his hands to block the ball, but it was more like a gesture of surrender, the ball jumped high overhead, and he turned his head to watch the ball fall into the goal, his eyes revealing a sense of desperation.

3 to 0!

Manchester City leads Barcelona by three goals in two legs!

Everybody can see why Valdés is desperate, because the other Barcelona players have the same look in their eyes.

After that goal, they were three goals behind.

Three balls!

They haven't scored a goal in two legs so far, how can they chase after being three goals behind?

Manchester City supporters didn't care so much, and when the football flew into the goal, the stadium broadcast Belbart was already yelling, "Goooooooooooal!! ”

"Torres! Torres! Torres! ”

"Man City launched a quick counter-attack! Fernando Torres helped Manchester City make it 3-0 and I'm sure Barcelona won't have a chance! ”

"Before the game, Wan Sheng said, 'Let the Barcelona people know how they did it and didn't have a chance to turn around', many people thought it was arrogance, but perhaps, this goal is the player's answer instead of Wan Sheng!"

"Manchester City are already three goals ahead and Barcelona will have to score three more goals if they want to knock Man City out! At the Manchester Stadium, against a heavily defended Manchester City, that's almost impossible! ”

"At this moment, it may belong to Torres, who has scored his 10th Champions League goal for Manchester City!"

"With 10 goals in the Champions League in one season, I dare say Torres will be the top scorer in the Champions League this season because the second-placed Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has only scored seven goals, one of which is a penalty ......"

"Now it's time to say, congratulations to Manchester City for their goal!"

"But then we're going to say, congratulations to Manchester City for reaching the Champions League final!"

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Torres' goal was undoubtedly a huge blow to Barcelona.

There was already a gap of two goals, and now another one has been scored, how to chase the difference of three goals?

They don't see hope at all.

Manchester City's tight defense made them desperate, and it was very difficult for them to even score a goal, let alone three goals, so many Spanish media began to play their 'master' again, that is...... Find the reason.

Why did Barcelona concede a goal?

Of course, it was because of Ronaldinho, and it was because of his conceded goal that Manchester City was given the opportunity to counterattack.

So the media began to criticize Ronaldinho's poor performance, they didn't think about it at all, Messi's performance was not good before, so he was replaced, and Ronaldinho, who only played ten minutes, became the culprit of Barcelona's loss to Manchester City.

This is the difference between a 'new star' and an 'old star'.

Messi is a new star, a young player, any mistake made by a young player is forgivable, and Barcelona is also willing to use resources to develop such a talent; Ronaldinho was also once at the heart of Barcelona, the number one star in the team, but he is out of style. (To be continued.) )