Chapter 494: Two Confrontations
Barcelona were still bombarding the Chelsea half, and in that attack, Chelsea's goal seemed to be a bit shaky, and Chelsea fans were terrified of their own goal.
Supporting Chelsea's match commentators, journalists are equally concerned about Chelsea's goal.
Even if you know that Barcelona is very strong, but the current Barcelona team really played at Stamford Bridge, attacking football is good at playing with the wind, not to mention, Barcelona is a team that plays offensive football and is also good at controlling the rhythm.
In front of Barcelona like this, Chelsea seem to have become an underdog.
Even if their star is not worse than Barcelona, the two teams in the game now really seem to be a notch off. Everyone on the pitch is working everyone, but it is difficult to turn the team back in passivity.
"Maybe it will take Barcelona to score a goal and the attack will ease up a bit?" A lot of people are starting to think like this.
And they have a point.
In the past five minutes, Barcelona had three shots on goal, and the attack was more threatening than the wave, so Chelsea will definitely not be able to defend the goal, and it is basically a matter of time before they score.
But there was one man who never thought so.
That is Zhang Tiehan.
He had already seen Barcelona's goal and knew what he should do, so in defense, he deliberately ran next to the opposing youngster Messi.
Messi is a true football genius!
As early as around the age of ten. He had high hopes from Barcelona, and his cousin deserved the name of a genius, young but already very famous. This has to do with Barcelona's focus on developing him, but also with his own appearance, as in the case now, when Ronaldinho is facing a difficult defence, he has become the heart of Barcelona's midfield playmaking.
This is one of the most important positions in the team.
Messi can be said to be carrying a heavy burden at a young age, in this case. Young players can be very stressful, but Messi's appearance does not reflect this at all, but is under pressure. He's got better, with great passes, dribbles and passes, so far. It can be said that he is the best of the twenty-two people on the field.
Now Messi is already the core of the midfield organization. Plus the midfield commander.
That's where he stands on the pitch.
From the beginning of the game to the present, Messi himself feels very good, he has been trying to seek active offensive opportunities for the team, so far he has done very well, he is also very satisfied with his table, although there is no goal, but Messi believes that the goal is coming
This time, Messi organized the attack again.
Messi receives a pass from a teammate near the halfway line. Barcelona goals are often passed back and forth, but Messi didn't pass the ball this time. Instead, he slowly took the ball across the halfway line, then looked up in front of him and to the left and right to observe where his teammates and opponents were standing.
At this moment, there was an extra figure in front of him.
Zhang Tiehan.
It is said to be the most valuable player in the world, in this game, Messi has not played against Zhang Tiehan, but listening to those teammates, this player is quite strong, especially in the shooting, as long as the position is a little better, the opponent can send football into the goal, and there are few goalkeepers in the world who can stop his shot.
This is a truly top player in the world!
Seeing Zhang Tiehan to defend himself, Messi was immediately full of fighting spirit, as a genius of Barcelona, Messi has a kind of arrogance since he was a child, and he also dares to challenge various opponents, it is because of this arrogance and fighting spirit that he has grown up step by step.
Now seeing Zhang Tiehan, Messi's first reaction is to have a 1v1 confrontation, he is very confident in his dribbling skills, and he also hopes to defeat this opponent head-on - although both are strikers, but passing the other is also a victory, right?
That's what Messi thinks.
In the short time that the two approached, Messi had a lot of thoughts flowing through his head, and then he looked up and left and right again, as if to find a pass object, and his action was also done in this way, he raised his right foot with the inside instep, as if to push the ball out.
His movements are quite realistic.
It can be clearly seen that when Messi made this move, Lampard on one side subconsciously ran a beat slower, obviously trying to block Messi's pass, but the next moment, Messi chose to break through!
Break head-on!
His right foot suddenly turned, lifted the ball forward, and immediately lowered his center of gravity and quickly started to run forward.
This is half of Messi's unique skill!
He doesn't know how many defenders he has deceived with this trick, even if some defenders are calm and will not be deceived lightly, but his physical flexibility, strength, and extremely high explosiveness are enough to leave defenders behind with a change of direction.
He believes he can do it!
Technically speaking, he is confident that he is much stronger than the opponent in front of him, not to mention, he is the side with the ball, and the side with the ball is always advantageous, which can be passed on the basketball court and is also applicable on the football field, because he carries the ball at his feet, no matter what he does, he is the active side, he can make the move first, and the opponent's defense can only be judged according to his reaction, so as to limit the defense, so in this encounter, he takes the initiative and has an advantage.
At the same time, the Spanish media also shouted excitedly, "Messi's breakthrough!" ”
The voice fell, and then froze.
Messi started, the start speed was still very fast, he lowered his center of gravity and dribbled forward with the ball, but when he took a step, he found that there was an extra foot in front of the football, which foot blocked the ball directly, Messi wanted to stretch his foot to control the ball It was too late, and even because he didn't kick the ball, he himself was a little unbalanced.
Messi stumbled and almost fell headlong on the grass, while the ball had rolled to the side, and a figure soon appeared in front of the ball.
Messi turned his head and saw that it was the opponent's No. 9 Zhang Tiehan.
Apparently he was cut off just now.
There was also a cry from the fans in the stands at Stamford Bridge. The vast majority of this sound came from the Barcelona fans' stands, but also from Chelsea fans.
The big screen at the scene played back the picture of the confrontation between the two just now.
At the moment when Messi started, Zhang Tiehan started almost at the same time. Messi is indeed the active side with the ball, but Zhang Tiehan only made one action - stretched out his foot to block the front of the football, and then it was too late for Messi to control the ball.
Many people feel a little dazed.
They originally thought that this would be a very exciting encounter, but Zhang Tiehan, who saw the ball broken in the picture, did not show any superb defensive skills, just stretched his foot, and then the football was directly broken.
It felt so easy.
But as the heart of Barcelona's game, is Messi, who is a future superstar, so easy to break off with the ball?
on the pitch.
Messi was equally surprised. He thought back to the confrontation between the two just now, and he didn't make any mistakes, but the opponent did block the ball directly. How did the other party do it?
He couldn't figure it out.
But obviously he lost this encounter because he was cut off the ball, but fortunately, the team's attack and defense were very fast, and the opponent could not use this steal to find any good opportunities.
A minute later. Barcelona is making a comeback.
Football is at Messi's feet again.
It's almost exactly the same as it was before. Zhang Tiehan appeared in front of Messi, Messi was going to pass the ball, but when he saw Zhang Tiehan, he thought of the breakthrough just now.
How can the other party judge so accurately?
Messi couldn't figure it out, so he could only attribute him to luck, this time he wanted to try again, the opponent broke the ball once by luck, it is impossible to break it twice in a row by luck, right?
I'll let you know this time. My Messi's ball is not so easy to break!
Messi is determined to rush forward with the ball again!
Same dribbling, same starting. The same change of direction is also the same result, Zhang Tiehan's right leg was blocked on the forward route of the football for the first time, and then before Messi stretched out his foot to control the ball again, he kicked the ball out hard, but Messi stepped forward and smothered directly on Zhang Tiehan's leg, he saw that the ball was broken, or subconsciously retracted the force, but the foot and the calf contacted, the force was still slightly large, which was put on other people, it was estimated that he had to lie on the ground directly for a while, but Zhang Tiehan just stumbled, After stopping his body, he smiled at Messi and showed his shiny and shiny teeth.
Seeing Zhang Tiehan's expression and movements, Messi was really depressed to death.
Zhang Tiehan didn't have time to care about his mood, after the break, Zhang Tiehan kicked the ball directly to his teammates, allowing the team to launch a wave of rapid counterattacks, but in the end, due to Robben being cut off on the wing, this wave of counterattacks still failed to work, to the Chelsea fans in the stands deeply regretted.
However, Zhang Tiehan's two breakoffs made Chelsea have two more waves of attacks, so the shape on the field has also changed, Barcelona's pressure on Chelsea has obviously weakened a lot, and Chelsea can also start to attack.
But these are not in the scope of Messi, he still only thinks about the two broken balls just now.
He admitted in his heart that he had misjudged.
At the beginning of the break, he only attributed the reason to the luck of the other party, but he also knew that it was very difficult to break off his team by luck, and he used the same method, I don't know how many people he had deceived, and how many defenders had nothing to do but follow him behind.
But now he seems to be in trouble.
Chelsea's No.9, known in the media as 'the most valuable player in the world', is indeed very good, and even his current appearance is still a one-on-one defensive ability, which is not the strongest aspect that the media thinks he is, and that's it, he was still dispossessed twice.
Messi was very unwilling.
Offensively, he knows that his shots are not as good as the opponent's, in other words, in the league and the Champions League, he can't compare to the opponent, but now he is dribbling the ball himself, and he can't shake the opponent, which is really a bit too much.
Messi felt a sense of frustration.
But he was not reconciled, so when he had another chance, he still wanted to try again to see how the opponent cut off his ball!
He's going to figure it out!
He was unwilling to fail so inexplicably! (To be continued......)