Chapter 212: Wounded soldiers continue
Just as the Barcelona fans were about to cheer, a figure arrived.
That's Wendell who came back in time.
On the goal line, Wendell hooked the ball out.
Bayer Leverkusen escaped once again.
Neymar missed the chance to score, but he didn't show too much concern, just smiled wryly and left the penalty area.
Jose could feel that Neymar seemed to be heading in the direction of a swing.
From the perspective of personal ball sense, Neymar is not worse than Messi, but he lacks a fire in his heart, a fire that can burn his own victory.
Neymar is actually sad, born in this era, his light is destined to be overshadowed by Messi.
Maybe he tried hard, but people couldn't see his goodness.
Leaving Barcelona and going to a team that only has him? And then create your own miracle on your own?
It's impossible, football is a team sport and Neymar doesn't have a plug-in like Jose.
Looking at Neymar's reckless back, Jose had mixed feelings in his heart.
The third person in the world is both an honor and a curse.
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The game continues.
Despite the successive missed chances, the Barcelona players were not in a hurry.
They believe that it is only a matter of time before they break the goal for Bayer Leverkusen.
It's still a slow pass, as if they can't show their attacking power if they don't pass the ball into the goal.
For Barcelona's slow pace, Jose is very useful.
However, it is the players of Leverkusen who have difficulty maintaining the integrity of the formation in Barcelona's passing coordination.
"Pay attention to the position, make up the defense, pay attention to the defense!" Schmidt stood on the sidelines, looking extremely nervous.
The Champions League final is really too important for him.
Schmidt, like Jose Mourinho, had an unusually bleak playing period, so they put more energy into their studies.
Because of this, Schmidt is eager to show his talent to the fullest in his coaching career.
Of course, although Schmidt and Mourinho are both academic coaches, they are completely different in terms of tactics and use of young people.
Jose Mourinho is always looking for stability, and his style of coaching is one that would rather give up on winning than allow mistakes.
Therefore, mature men are his favorite.
Jose and De Bruyne can only leave the Bundesliga.
Schmidt is a person who dares to flip the table, it doesn't matter whether he is comfortable or not, but he must make the opponent uncomfortable.
So, Schmidt is not afraid to use young people.
Brandt, who is a year younger than Jose, could get a start under Schmidt.
Such a situation is definitely not common with Mourinho.
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Barcelona's slow pace occasionally gave Leverkusen the chance to counter-attack quickly.
In the 63rd minute, Jose kicked the goal kick with a big foot.
The ball is in front of Hilbert.
Hilbert advanced from the right and went all the way to the right side of the Barcelona penalty area.
Without a chance to go any further, Hilbert passed back to Bella Rabi.
Velaraby took the ball and cut inside at high speed, then crossed to the middle of the box.
In Hudao, Kiessling received the ball and hit the goal directly.
It's a pity that it hit high.
Barcelona's attack.
Still failed to break through Jose's goal.
Messi's shot from the left side of the box was once again confiscated by Jose.
At this point, Messi's face finally has some regrets.
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The game continues.
As Jose blocked Barcelona's attacks again and again, the sighs from the stands of Barça fans grew.
In the 68th minute, the Leverkusen fans broke out in a cold sweat again.
Barcelona counter-attacked.
Messi shoots low from the left edge of the box.
The ball is fast and powerful.
Jose didn't dare to hard-connect.
He chose to bend the ball with both hands.
The blocked ball rolls towards the left side of the penalty area.
I don't know when, Suarez was already ambushed there.
Faced with the ball in front of him, Suarez directly half-volleyed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.
"Time and space pause, hungry tigers pounce."
Jose didn't hesitate to use all kinds of plug-in stunts.
Seeing a flash of yellow light, Jose turned into a shadow and pounced towards the left side of the goal.
When Suarez's follow-up shot was about to reach the goal line, Jose confiscated it with both hands.
"Alas~" Barcelona fans stood and sighed again.
Before you know it, there are only 20 minutes left in the game.
The Barcelona players are finally starting to get anxious.
It's just that their efforts were all in vain.
Barcelona could easily pull away from Leverkusen's defence with a pass, but they couldn't find the back of the net with their last shot.
Jose knew where they were going to shoot as if he knew where they were going, and as soon as the ball was off his feet, he would arrive at lightning speed.
No one knew that in the final stage, Jose's god-level prediction actually responded before every shot of the opponent.
With god-level prediction and time-lapse pause, how could Barcelona break through Jose's goal?
Jose knew he was invincible.
It's just that this is the final, and a draw is not enough.
In the 80th minute, Barcelona began to make substitutions.
Xavi came off the bench to replace Andres Iniesta.
It was Xavi's 151st appearance in the Champions League and his last game for Barcelona.
At the end of the season, Xavi will travel to Qatar to earn his final professional contract.
Shortly after Xavi's arrival, Bayer Leverkusen received bad news.
During a ball battle, Spašić injured his thigh muscles.
He had just returned from injury and could no longer continue to play.
Schmidt could only make a passive substitution.
Jose could see that Spasic had tears in his eyes when he was substituted.
He really didn't want to be replaced, but the tearing sensation of his thigh muscles made it impossible for him to hold on.
Sitting on the grass, Spasic thumped the grass in chagrin.
Jedwai came off the bench.
At the same time, he brought Schmidt's new arrangement.
Schmidt was determined to hold out until the very end, and then decide it out on penalties.
Schmidt's arrangement was originally very correct.
But Jose had a hunch that if he went to penalties, it would be Bayer Leverkusen who would lose.
In this game, in order to ensure that the opponent's shot is saved, Jose has used the plug-in 10 times, which is a wasteful use.
José, however, had to do just that. No matter how small the chance of missing is, as long as the opponent scores, then the game is directly over, because Jose does not see any chance for Bayer Leverkusen to equalize.
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Barcelona's attack is still pouring in, Messi and Neymar are in a no-man's land, and they can easily enter the Bayer Leverkusen penalty area with the ball.
In the 82nd minute, Messi took the ball in the ribs and advanced.
It's about to burst into the restricted area.
Bender did his best to pounce on Messi.
However, Bender not only failed to stop Messi, but even collapsed in the box himself.
At the critical moment, Bender had a thigh cramp.
Despite the fact that a player fell to the ground, Messi completed the shot.
It's just that his shot didn't threaten Jose at all, and was directly confiscated by Jose.
The Barcelona players will never understand that when they are making passes, Jose is also watching their attacking line.
From God's point of view, all of Barcelona's offensive lines are all in Jose's calculations.
Who made the opponent's offensive efficiency so inked?
After Jose won the ball, he did not rush to take the goal kick, but waited for the referee's decision.
In the end, the referee took the initiative to walk towards Bender.
"Are you okay?" Chakir asked.
"My thigh hurts." Bender replied half-truthfully.
Of course, his thigh hurt, but it was only caused by cramps.
After some questioning, the referee told Bender to let him go to the sidelines for treatment.
Bender had to step out of the sidelines for a while.
Taking advantage of the timeout, Schmidt continued to make substitutions.
Rolfes came off the bench and Calhanoglu was replaced.
Schmidt's idea can be said to be on the bright side.
He's about taking the game to penalties.
The game continues.
Bender returned to the court after a short recovery from treatment, but his movements were noticeably stiffer.
Not only Bender, but also the other players of the pharmaceutical factory began to experience physical exhaustion.
Statistics show that Bayer Leverkusen's players ran nearly half the distance in this game than Barcelona.
Among them, Bend, Wendell, and Hilbert have a running distance of more than 10,000 meters.
That's nearly twice the distance Messi can run.
In the 87th minute, Hilbert finally collapsed in the confrontation with Neymar.
Schmidt's unconfirmed substitutions are only used here.
Donati came off the bench.
In this way, Bayer Leverkusen ran out of three substitutions.
Enrique saw that Schmidt had used up three substitutions, and Barcelona had not been able to open up the situation, so he also began to make substitutions.
Mathieu came off the bench alongside Pedro, with Rakitic who came close to scoring in the first half and Suarez who didn't do anything was replaced.
At this point, both sides have all adjusted.
Seven minutes of stoppage time were played.
This was already expected by Jose, because there were too many players who fell to the ground with cramps.
Messi and the others are still organizing the attack unhurriedly, while the players of the Bayer Leverkusen team have retreated all the way.
At this moment, the Barcelona side must be thinking about when it will be able to break the deadlock.
Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, wanted to end the regular season as soon as possible, and then survive overtime and enter the final penalty shootout.
I don't know when it began, the fans and players of the pharmaceutical factory have an inexplicable trust in Jose.
They believe that in the penalty shoot-out, Jose is invincible.
The idea of the Bayer Leverkusen team, the Barcelona players can naturally see it.
Although they did not witness Jose's penalty performance, it is a real fact that the pharmaceutical company eliminated Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in penalty shootouts one after another.
From the bottom of their hearts, the Barcelona players don't want to drag it out to the penalty shootout.
Messi: They started to exert their strength.
6th minute of stoppage time.
There isn't much time left.
Messi fought hard in a rare way.
(End of chapter)