Chapter Ninety-Four: The Tattered Twin Guns
Lyon opened the scoring with a surprise opening goal to take the lead.
According to the pre-match arrangement of the coaching staff, Lyon need to focus on defensive counterattacks in the game.
But now that they are leading early, everyone is a little hesitant.
The so-called treble winner Barcelona seems to be nothing more than that.
Keep attacking again, maybe they can score another goal.
With this in mind, Lyon did not immediately shrink the defensive line and implement the coach's defensive counter-attacking tactics.
So in the 9th minute, Barcelona successfully equalized.
Suarez was brought down by Umtiti in front of the box and Barcelona won a free-kick from the front of the box.
Messi personally took charge of it overnight and directly helped Barcelona equalize.
At this time, the people of Lyon did not hesitate, quickly contracted the defensive line, and honestly played defensive counterattacks.
In the 14th minute, Lyon got a chance to counterattack, Zhang Chaoqiang quickly passed Rakitic and sent a through stopper, Lacazette was helpless in the face of Pique one-on-one, and was finally destroyed by the opponent.
After missing this opportunity, Lyon began to be suppressed.
Although the current Barcelona does not pay as much attention to ball control as it did during the Guardiola period, Iniesta and Busquets are still there, and their basic ball control ability is not bad.
Even without Neymar, Barcelona is still very fighting with Messi and Suarez.
In particular, Messi is in good shape, and he continues to use breakthroughs to tear apart the Lyon defense, making the Lyon defense have to be cautious at any time.
In the 35th minute, Messi completed a beautiful four-man succession, but fortunately he seemed to run out of strength in the end and did not threaten to shoot.
But in the 43rd minute before half-time, Barcelona found another chance.
Rakitic controlled the ball in front of the Lyon penalty area, Tolisso and Gonalones were whistled for a foul when they joined forces, and Barcelona won a free kick in a dangerous position.
Messi took the penalty again, and then rubbed the arc with his left foot and sent the ball into the Lyon goal with precision.
In the early years, Messi was notoriously unable to take free-kicks, but now free-kicks have become his killer feature.
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'Everyone had a good first half as a whole, and although we were down for a while, Barcelona couldn't find a goal in the open game.
"In the second half we continued to defend steadily, slowly looking for opportunities, don't rush."
"Against a team like Barcelona, it's easy to get caught in a hurry ......"
Fournier's midfield arrangement is conservative, which is also a predetermined tactic prepared in advance.
As long as you don't fall behind by a big score, you can grind slowly with your opponent, and maybe you will find an opportunity to grind the score even.
But not long after the start of the second half, Barcelona expanded the score again.
In the 55th minute, Tolisso's intention to pass to Zhang Chaoqiang was too obvious, and it was cut off by Busquets' midfielder, and he immediately sent a straight plug forward.
Suarez stepped forward into the box and fired a low shot, and the score was rewritten to 3:1.
"I heard that Lyon has the strongest golden twin guns in Ligue 1? But in front of Barça, they are useless. The Spanish commentator just had to announce the end of the game in advance.
Barcelona has a two-goal lead, which is indeed a clear advantage.
In Barcelona's fan bars, the high-drinking fans chanted even more.
"It's a pair of tattered twin guns, and it's useless."
"In front of the great MSN, they are completely soft-footed shrimp."
"Without Neymar, Leao and Luiz are enough to teach them a lesson."
On the pitch, the Lyon crowd was a little unprepared for the 1:3 score.
Scored smoothly at the beginning, and then was scored three goals in a row?
"Guys, they're Barcelona, they have the quality."
"But we're Lyon and we can't throw in the towel."
"Let's not forget, we still have to prove ourselves on the pitch and let the Barcelona fans see who we are!"
Taking advantage of the gap between Barcelona's goal celebrations, Lyon captain Gonarons hurriedly gathered the whole team and said a few words to boost morale.
The game restarted, and Lyon tried to pull up a counterattack quickly, but were beaten by Barcelona's counterattack.
Fortunately, Alves, who crossed at the end, did not handle it well, and Barcelona's attack ended without a problem.
Seeing that the situation seemed to be under control, Barcelona made a key substitution.
Roberto comes on for Andres Iniesta.
Iniesta is no longer the little white he used to be, so it is understandable to replace him to rest.
However, Roberto clearly did not have the strength to control the situation, and after he came on the field, the pressure on Lyon was much less.
In the 74th minute, Iniesta had only been off for two minutes, and Lyon quickly organized a wave of attacks.
Lacazedra crossed the side and combined with Fekir to hit the wall and send in a cross.
Tolisso cut forward into the box to try to head the ball but was blocked by Pique and Sergio Busquets.
At the back post, Mathieu felt that the ball was not a threat, and leisurely adjusted his pace, ready to clear the ball easily.
"Danger!!"
"Be careful!!"
Two shouts in quick succession alerted Mathieu, but he felt a dark shadow press over his head, followed by a loud bang.
“Goooooooal——————”
"The ball is in! Super Header Goal!! Lyon pulled a goal back!! ”
"Mathieu was too careless, he only saw Tolisso cut into the box and was blocked, but he didn't know that there was someone behind him who was following up, and Super Zhang, who was a head shorter than him, jumped over his head to complete the goal."
"There are more than ten minutes left in the game time, and Lyon still has a chance!"
The moment Zhang Chaoqiang broke the goal, the scene boiled.
Both Barcelona fans and Lyon fans are talking about this goal.
After Zhang Chaoqiang scored with a header, he immediately rushed into the goal and picked up the football and ran back.
Mathieu was actually complaining to the referee, thinking that Zhang Chaoqiang's header was a foul goal and should be canceled.
"It's an absolutely good ball, don't mislead the referee there." Zhang Chaoqiang deliberately passed by and complained to the other party.
Just now, the other party was really unprepared, so he was pressed to take a step back.
But it was precisely because of the lack of preparation that he didn't have time to fall to the ground to cheat the foul, and as long as the referee had no problem with his brain, he would not be able to blow the foul.
Sure enough, Scottish referee Colum ignored the opponent and decided that the goal was valid.
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After the restart, Barcelona quickly launched an offensive and wanted to score another goal to extend their lead.
A one-goal lead is the least safe score, and the whole world knows that.
In the 78th minute, Suarez played the ball and Raphinha received the ball in the Lyon penalty area and volleyed it hard, making his first threatening shot of the game.
But Anthony López reacted promptly and managed to defuse the situation.
After 80 minutes, both Lyon and Barcelona made substitutions.
Barcelona brought Pedro on to replace Raphinha.
Although Pedro is ready to move to the Premier League, he is still in the squad for this Super Cup, which is considered to be the best use.
Lyon replaced Jordan Ferry, who did not perform well throughout the game, and replaced the veteran Malblanco.
In the 84th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang, who has the bonus of [Mr. Key], accelerated on the right side and suddenly started.
Roberto stepped forward to intercept and was directly wiped by Zhang Chaoqiang, who accelerated the charge.
Mathieu stepped forward again, and Zhang Chaoqiang, who was sprinting at full speed, galloped and ran over, passing another person.
After connecting the two, Zhang Chaoqiang sent the ball out with a standard bottom cross.
Lacazette, who had been targeted by the Barcelona backline for the whole game, finally rose up once, jammed Mascherano with his body, raised his foot sideways, and volleyed.
The ball flew straight into the Barcelona goal.
3:3!
“Goooooooal——————”
"Lyon!! The Great Lion King!! They managed to equalize!! ”
"This time it's a two-gun connection again, 10 minutes ago Lacazette provided an assist for Super Zhang, and now Super Zhang also provides an assist for Lacazette."
"Lyon's two guns pass each other, it's a real golden twin guns, and they're going to get the goal battle to the end!"