Torres' goal boosted Manchester City's morale.

Manchester City already had a two-goal advantage, and with this goal, the lead has become three goals, and all the Manchester City players are already looking at the final.

"We're definitely going to make it to the finals!"

"Knock out Barcelona...... I never thought I'd have this day......"

"Barcelona is nothing!"

"We've won!"

“……”

Amid all kinds of cheers and exclamations, Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and shouted to remind the players to keep working hard.

Suddenly the players put away their minds and continued to work hard, after all, the first half is not over, the advantage of three goals is very large, but in the Champions League, an accidental miracle can also happen.

"You must not give the other party a chance!" This is what Wansheng repeatedly emphasizes to everyone.

After the restart, Manchester City did not go to the Barcelona defence with the momentum of goals, but continued to defend solidly, and everyone knows that defense is the foundation of their victory against Barcelona.

With defense, there can be counterattack.

That's tactics.

Barcelona were already demoralized by a goal, and the three-goal deficit left them with no hope of winning, and in the face of Manchester City's solid defence, it is conceivable what they can do.

Although their attack is still flashy and the combination is still wonderful, City's defense is like a display of steel, and no matter what kind of wonderful attack, it is difficult to break through and see the goal.

They were a little helpless.

The first half also ended in the confusion of the Barcelona players not knowing how to win.

――――

At half-time, the media and fans were discussing the game, and the vast majority of people thought that Manchester City would definitely be able to knock out Barcelona, even the Spanish media, who had not scored in two legs so far, and it was really difficult to give hope to men.

However, there is still one person on the Barcelona side who has not given up, and that is Rijkaard as the head coach.

Perhaps the Dutchman knows that the hope of winning is too small, but even if there is a little hope, he has to help the team fight for it.

So at half-time, the Dutchman didn't point out a player's bad performance, but kept encouraging everyone to stick around until the last minute.

"As long as the game isn't over, we have a chance!"

"Three balls is not the end of the world!"

"We have 45 minutes left!"

'I don't want to see anybody play badly in the game, we're Barcelona and we're going to stick with it until the end!'

“……”

Rijkaard kept emphasizing that after bringing up the atmosphere of the whole team, he went to the players one by one to seriously tell them how to play in the second half.

This kind of one-on-one coaching is very useful for every player.

It's not that Rijkaard is at a high level, but with the coach's guidance, the players can at least know what to do, and at the same time, they can also get a signal that "there is still a chance in the game, and I am also valued".

This signal is crucial to keep all players motivated to play.

Barcelona's starters, including goalkeeper Valdés, Rijkaard gave guidance to everyone and comforted Messi, who was substituted.

The only thing left is ...... Ronaldinho.

If two years ago, even if Rijkaard did not coach Ronaldinho, Ronaldo would not feel anything, because he is the number one star of the team, the core of the team, the best player in the world, even the head coach, he is not qualified and capable of coaching him.

But now it's different.

It was a morale boost for the whole team, but he was the only one missing.

Ronaldinho pursed the corners of his mouth and sat in the corner of the dressing room, feeling a little sad in his heart.

――――

In the home dressing room at Manchester Stadium, the atmosphere is completely different.

The Manchester City players were all laughing and laughing, and the three-goal lead left the team with no pressure at all, and they were all already looking forward to the final.

But Wan Sheng, as the head coach, still reminds everyone to continue to work hard.

"The game is not over yet, now I want to pour cold water on it and tell you to be serious......"

"Hold on to the end, don't give your opponent any chance, you know, they're Barcelona!"

"It's a Champions League game, anything can happen, you should know that in the 2005 Champions League final, Liverpool were able to tie when they were three goals down, it was just Liverpool, and our opponent was Barcelona, who were more attacking!"

"When the game is over, we'll celebrate, it's not time yet!"

Wansheng has always emphasized this point.

The Manchester City players listened carefully, this is the majesty that Wan Sheng has created in the three years of Manchester City, no one in the team dares to question his words, and everyone will listen carefully and do it seriously.

Who doesn't do that...... It's going to end badly.

After emphasizing the need to play seriously, all the players went their separate ways to rest and recover.

In the blink of an eye, the break is over.

Everyone walked out of the dressing room and returned to the playing field, and the second half quickly began with the anticipation of the fans.

The pattern of the second half was no different from the first, with Barcelona constantly attacking Manchester City's defence, while Manchester City kept looking for opportunities to launch counter-attacks.

Barcelona controlled the football and Manchester City held the initiative in the game.

All the players on both teams were fighting hard and the game on the pitch became very exciting at one point.

Among them, there is a very famous player, and his performance is a little inconspicuous, that is, Ronaldinho, the core of Barcelona.

It's the core, but it's just the location.

With Ronaldonho heavily defended and others believing he was 'out of shape', the 'core' became a positional description rather than how much of a role Ronaldinho played in Barcelona's attack.

Some Spanish media also said when talking about Ronaldinho, "Ronaldo's form is a problem, since the appearance, what has he performed. ”

But Ronaldinho himself doesn't think so.

In fact, he feels that he is in good shape, although not as good as the peak two years ago, but at least the feeling of the game is very good, and the key reason why he did not play is the opponent's limitation on him.

Bloomer and Morris......

All over the world, no matter which player, no matter what the state is, facing the defense of Brummer and Morris, it will also be a headache.

Bloomer's one-on-one defensive ability is definitely the best in the world, plus a Morris with outstanding skills, strong body, and defensive ability will not be worse than Bloomer...... Ronaldinho already knows why Messi didn't show much in both legs.

Now it's up to him to face two defenders.

As soon as he arrives in the frontcourt, he will face Brummer's close defense, and finally received a pass from his teammates, he has to buy the right two guards as soon as possible, and the other players of Manchester City also seem to cooperate with the blocking of the passing route, in this case, it is too difficult to perform.

But Ronaldinho is not discouraged, he is different from Messi, he has a wealth of game experience, and clearly knows that no defense can be 100%, even if it is eleven people defending one person, there will definitely be loopholes.

Professional players are not machines, as long as they are human, they will make mistakes, and as long as they are defensive, they will have holes.

He needs to be patient, patient to seek.

――――

As the clock ticked by, Barcelona's hopes of a comeback dwindled.

The difference of three goals is like a mountain on the heads of every player, every player, every media who support Barcelona.

It is possible that the mountain will be moved, but it will take time.

It's like the Chinese fable 'Yu Gong moves mountains', Yu Gong wants to move the two mountains of Taihang and Wangwu, what he needs is 'endless children and grandchildren', and how long is 'endless children and grandchildren'?

A hundred years?

A thousand years?

10,000 years?

That must have been an incalculable amount of time.

But if it is only a hundred years, or even less and less, no matter how firm Yugong's belief is, it will definitely not be possible.

That's the case with Barcelona now, they keep attacking Manchester City, perhaps with the confidence to catch three goals, but as time draws on, their hopes become less and less balanced.

Even if you believe in the fans of the team, you don't have much confidence anymore.

Halfway through the second half, some Barcelona fans had already begun to leave the stadium early, perhaps because they didn't want to see the sad scene of Barcelona being eliminated.

Many Spanish media outlets have also started talking about failure, even if it's not something they want to talk about.

The commentator of Spanish National Sports Television analyzed the two-legged match and pointed out that 'Manchester City's solid defense is the key to Barcelona's loss', "Their defense is too strong, it's hard to imagine that Manchester City, which has always been good at attacking, will play like this with Barcelona!" ”

Then he began to attack Wansheng's utilitarianism, "A lot of people think that this Chinese likes attacking football, but what we see is his utilitarianism, in order to win against Barcelona, he completely put the 'Manchester City style' aside and let the team play ugly defensive counter-attacking ......"

Wansheng would certainly not agree with this statement.

The question is, does Manchester City have style?

Even if Manchester City has style, it is also cultivated by him, so it is not a fault for him to change his tactical style of play, for a team that is moving towards a big club, victory is far more important than style, losing every game, what is the use of style alone?

Next, the Spanish media began to analyze the players who lost the game, he talked about Messi and Ronaldinho, "Rijkaard's substitution, the time is still too early, maybe Messi is on the field, can make a difference." ”

"Ronaldinho didn't perform better than Messi after he came out, and for a while, he even disappeared."

"In this defeat to Manchester City, Ronaldinho's performance was also key, as the core of the team, he did not play as a core should ......" (To be continued. )