"CCTV, CCTV!"

"Friends and viewers, this is the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Manchester City that is being broadcast live for you!"

In CCTV's live broadcast room, He Wei and Xu Yang introduced the formation and starting list of the two teams in a fast tone, and then said:

"This is the first time Lin Quan has returned to Camp Nou for another team since leaving Barcelona, I wonder how he will perform against his old boss at Camp Nou today?"

Stepping onto the Camp Nou, the boos and invectives that Lin Quan expected were not there.

Instead of attacking him, the fans of Barcelona simply ignored his presence.

They cheered loudly for every player who came on the pitch and chanted the names of the Barcelona players in unison.

When the DJ read the names of Neymar and Messi, the cheers reached its peak.

We have Messi, we have Neymar and we don't need a player who is not loyal to Barca!

This is probably what they are really thinking in their hearts at the moment!

Lin Quan just glanced at it and withdrew his gaze.

What is in the minds of Barcelona fans, he is not interested in knowing.

The only thought in his heart at this moment is to take away victory from here!

The referee officiating the match was Kupels, from the Netherlands.

He was ranked 3rd in the 2013 Judge of the Year rating and is a very capable judge.

Kuppels is relatively strict in his enforcement and likes to give cards.

Historically, in this season's Champions League final, Kupels has shown a total of 12 yellow cards to the two teams that are fighting, which can be called a card machine.

This is obviously very bad for Manchester City, because they are used to the loose penalty scale in the Premier League, and it will be very uncomfortable to suddenly encounter such a referee with a tight penalty scale, and it is easy to eat cards.

At 19:00 in the evening, with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Wearing blue jerseys, Manchester City occupied the right side of the pitch and attacked from right to left.

Barcelona, wearing red and blue jerseys, occupies the left side of the pitch and attacks from left to right.

Barcelona kicked off first, Messi handed the ball to Neymar and ran forward himself.

Neymar played the ball back to Andres Iniesta and quickly ran down the wing.

Barcelona played aggressively after the game, this is their own home stadium and they don't need to be conservative.

In the cheers of the fans, the Barcelona players pressed hard, and the football quickly passed back and forth under their feet, and the Manchester City players began to understand the power of Barcelona's passing and controlling football.

In the 3rd minute, after Barcelona passed through multiple people in the front field, Xavi suddenly sent a through ball.

Messi had already started early before Xavi's pass, shaking off defenders in an instant and receiving passes from teammates on the edge of the box.

He adjusted his stance to shoot, attracting City's defenders to scramble up and then quickly dribbling into the box.

Both Zabaleta and Kompany were attracted to Messi and both lunged at him.

However, Messi did not choose to shoot himself, but passed the ball to Neymar, who was killed from the side to the penalty area.

Neymar received the ball and fired straight at goal, which was a dangerous shot, but Joe Hart was very focused and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.

"Concentrate and don't miss people on the flanks!"

Joe Hart stood up and shouted a reminder to his teammates.

Against a top team like Barcelona, any mistake they make could be a fatal blow to their opponents.

Kolarov raised his hand apologetically, signaling that the ball had been a mistake.

He didn't stick to Neymar at the first time and gave the opponent a chance to shoot.

Seeing that Neymar missed, Messi touched his chin, lowered his head and turned to leave the Manchester City penalty area, ready to take a corner.

Neymar hugged his head with some chagrin, such a good opportunity was wasted by himself, if this goal is scored, he can become a hero of Barcelona.

The corner kick was taken and Kompany fought for the landing.

But the periphery was full of Barcelona players, and the ball cleared out was quickly controlled by Barcelona again.

Xavi attempted a long-range shot that bounced off the defender and back.

Kevin De Bruyne and Andres Iniesta both rushed towards the ball and the two collided and both fell to the ground.

The referee stopped the game and stepped forward to check on the injury.

Fortunately, the two were not injured and the match resumed quickly.

The ball was awarded to Manchester City by the referee, but before the ball could be passed, it was cut off under the pressure of Barcelona, who continued to besiege Manchester City's goal.

In the first few minutes, the situation on the pitch was very passive for Manchester City, football has been in their own half, their formation is very compressed, even if they get the ball, they can't spread the formation at the first time to form an effective counterattack.

Seeing the team dominant, the Barcelona fans who came to Camp Nou were very excited and happily sang the Barcelona team song.

"We are blue believers!"

"We share the same faith!"

"We have the name of the Mighty Universe!"

"Barcelona!"

"Barcelona!!"

"Barça !!"

In the loud singing of Barcelona fans, Barcelona launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on Manchester City.

In the 13th minute, Messi's shot after breaking through was blocked by Joe Hart with his legs.

In the 17th minute, Neymar's long-range shot went over the crossbar.

In the 22nd minute, Iniesta's step-up shot hit the post!

……

Barcelona are getting closer and closer to scoring!

We can't continue like this, the team is too passive!

Thinking of this, Lin Quan simply withdrew and joined the defense.

In the 27th minute, football once again came to Messi's feet.

Messi was just about to move forward with the ball when he felt someone appear in front of him.

He habitually glanced up at the other party, and suddenly his pupils contracted—it's Lin!

What is he doing when he doesn't stay in the front and runs to the backcourt?

"Here, Lin Huang is finally on top of Messi!"

"Who can win? Who is XDM optimistic about? ”

"That must be the king of plum balls, Lin Huang is not a special defensive player, he comes to defend Messi, and it is limited than putting a stake in front of Messi!"

"Haha, it's too much, although Lin Huang's defensive ability is not at the top level, it is good among the forwards!"

"That being said, aren't strikers used to attack? Whose strikers are used for defense? ”

Netizens think this sentence is very funny, the defensive ability of the striker is generally not strong, what is the use of being strong in the striker?

"Manchester City was suppressed too badly in the first 30 minutes, just looking at the scene, it feels like both teams are not of the same grade!"

"It's nothing, I often watch Barcelona play, they always play like this, if you look at the possession rate or something, the gap between the two sides is even greater."

"Barcelona have a lot of pressure on passing, but it's hard to say if they can convert into goals, and this season I always feel that their attacking ability is not as good as last year."

"It's really not as good as last year, Barcelona scored 115 goals in the league last year, although there are still 7 rounds left unplayed this year, but the gap of 26 goals, I feel that I can't catch up at all."

"Didn't you say that Neymar is strong? Why did he join Barcelona, but Barcelona's offensive power declined? ”

"The strength of the horse is really good, but Barcelona's midfield is aging, Xavi's state this season is much worse than last season, and he is older, and his energy is not as good as before, it is difficult for him to insist on playing the whole game, once there is no command and dispatch of Xavi, Barcelona's offensive firepower has dropped a little bit!"

"Barcelona must continue to recruit this summer, if it doesn't bring in reinforcements to strengthen the team, I'm afraid that next season's performance will decline further!"

On the field, Messi was just taken aback.

After he figured out that Lin Quan was an offensive player and not a defensive player, there was no more worry in his heart.

Your guards can't stop me, and it's useless for you to come!

Messi flicked the ball and prepared to rush past Lin Quan.

However, Lin Quan seemed to see through his intentions, and stretched out his foot the moment he plucked the ball, trying to grab his ball.

If it is an ordinary player, Lin Quan may not be able to prevent it.

But with Messi's words, it's different.

After all, he used the template of the peak Messi, and he knew exactly what Messi was going to do.

Lin Quan's action surprised Messi, and he hurriedly adjusted to try to control the ball at his feet.

In the past, in the face of other defensive players, Messi's trick has been tried and tested repeatedly.

But today, he met an opponent.

Lin Quan's feet were at the same frequency as him, even faster than him.

Lin Quan touched the ball first, and he was going to pass it to Aguero near the halfway line.

Although Messi's kick was half a beat slower, he still hit the ball, causing the ball to fly in a different direction.

The football flew out in front of the two and flew behind Messi.

De Bruyne, who was cruising here, saw the ball flying towards him, and his eyes lit up.

However, before he could stop the ball, he lost the ball between Alves and Xavi.

Xavi quickly handed the ball to Andres Iniesta, who pretended to break forward, but then burst into the box and passed back to Messi who had entered the box.

Messi shook Kompany and chose to volley into the top left corner of the goal, which was of high quality, but today Manchester City's goalkeeper Joe Hart turned into St. Joe Hart, and he jumped high to save Messi's shot!

Seeing that his shot was confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper, Messi couldn't help but scratch his head.

This goalkeeper is a bit perverted today!

Lin Quan had just seen De Bruyne get the ball, and he had already started to run forward, ready to attack, but he didn't expect to lose the ball after only a few steps.

At this time, he was just about to return to the defense, and he saw Joe Hart save Messi's shot.

Without thinking about it, Lin Quan immediately turned around and ran towards Barcelona's half.

Joe Hart saw Lin Quan's actions and praised him in his heart.

He didn't throw the ball with his hand and hand it to Lin Quan at the first time, but threw the ball to Kroos at the front of the penalty area.

Kroos also observed Lin's movement, but he didn't pass directly to Lin, but quickly handed the ball to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne's position was closer to the half, and after receiving the ball, he glanced in Lin Quan's direction and sent a through ball to Lin Quan.

City's ground push was so fast that most of the Barcelona players were already past half time before they could retreat into their own half.

"Defend, retreat!"

Seeing Manchester City's such a simple and efficient counterattack, Barcelona manager Martino's eyes widened in horror.

This kind of fast-moving counterattack reminded him of Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid.

Could this be the killer feature that Manchester City has carefully prepared?

Fortunately, I also arranged Busquets as a backhand!

Lin Quan had just passed the middle circle when Sergio Busquets pounced and appeared in front of him.

As Lin Quan's national team teammate, Busquets knows Lin Quan's strength too well.

At this time, you must not rush to rob, in the team training in Spain, Lin Quan has already shown everyone what will happen to him rashly.

He glanced at his team-mate, who was not far behind him, retreating into the box.

And in front of him, Xiaofa is chasing back as fast as he can.

Just a little longer, until a team-mate catches up, or to the edge of the box, and Pique and Mascherano step forward to help, they will be able to stop the opposition's attack.

Busquets made a judgment in an instant, he gave up the idea of grabbing, and while stepping back, he stared intently at the movements of Lin Quan's feet.

Professor Bu's plan is to trade time for space, drag the opponent to make a mistake, or drag his teammates to assist him.

encounters a player like Lin Quan who has a very strong breakthrough ability, and he can't prevent it by himself.

Therefore, what he has to do is to pull Lin Quan into the defensive area of his teammates, form a multi-person package, and defuse Manchester City's attack with multi-person defense.

When a striker is dribbling forward, if there is always a defender in front of him who is close to him, it will put a lot of psychological pressure on the striker's mind.

If the striker is in a hurry during this period and shows a flaw, the defender can still see the right time to break the ball with his foot in advance.

Even if the striker is level-headed and not in a hurry, and drags until both of them enter the box, it is the defender who has the advantage because there is also a goalkeeper in the box.

So, the drop-back defense is a very clever defensive strategy.

It's a pity that the defenders or coaches didn't realize this at this time, but Busquets understood it in advance.

Seeing Busquets' choice, Lin Quan frowned.

Does the retreat defend compress space?

This kind of defense is quite laid-back, the defender does not grab, and he does not easily kick, which is a strong retreat.

When a person retreats, he certainly does not run as fast as he runs forward.

Therefore, the distance between the two will be shortened little by little, which will lead to the safety space between Lin Quan and Busquets becoming smaller and smaller.

When the space is small enough to reach a certain level, the offensive player dribbles forward and simply sends the ball directly to the opponent.

If they don't want to hand the ball away so easily, they have to slow down and keep the ball at their feet.

Once their speed slowed down, the quick counterattack was essentially declared a failure.

During the Liverpool period, Van Dijk relied on this trick to resolve countless crises, and almost won the Ballon d'Or as a defender!

However, Professor Bu is not Van Dijk, and Lin Quan is not an ordinary player.

Originally, the distance between the two was getting closer little by little, and at this time, Lin Quan not only did not reduce his speed, but further accelerated his speed.

Busquez's eyes widened, and he was already sweating behind his back.

Is the other party planning to force it?

Busquez lowered his center of gravity slightly, and assumed a posture ready to intercept.

When Lin Quan dribbles the ball forward, the ball will not leave his feet too far every time.

Every time a player touches the ball, the ball is controlled by 1 meter at his feet, but Lin Quan, like Messi, can control the ball less than half a meter away from him.

At this distance, it's so hard to grab the ball from the opponent's feet!

But it's not impossible, the key is to see the right time!

Busquets is waiting for his time at this point!

At the moment when Lin Quan touched the ball and the football flew away from his feet, if he immediately kicked out, he had a chance to break the ball before him!

However, such a chance is only once.

If he fails to grab the ball, then Lin will not give him a second chance.

Busquets was running out until his time, and at the current speed of the two of them, if he didn't act quickly, he would be overtaken by Lin Quan in a few seconds.

Finally, when Lin Quan touched the ball again, and the football was close to him, Busquets made a move!

However, at the moment when he kicked out, Lin Quancai's foot that finished touching the ball grabbed the ball before him could touch the ball again and kicked the ball past him.

Pitfall!

Busquets was terrified, and he already knew in his heart that he had been fooled.

He hurriedly reached out and tried to pull Lin Quan's jersey.

This is likely to take a card, but if he does it in a subtle way, pulling it and letting go immediately, the referee may not notice.

Lin Quan was tugged at his jersey, his body staggered, and he almost lost his balance.

The referee saw the foul on Professor Bu, but in the sense of being far away in favor of the attack, he signaled for the game to continue.

Golden opportunity!

When Pique saw Lin Quan's stumbling movements, he immediately chose to destroy with his feet!

No!

Busquets looked back and saw the scene, but it was too late to alert his teammates!

Almost as Pique's foot touched the ball, the other foot reached over and kicked it away.

Peake was shocked and quickly turned around to make up for it.

But Pique wasn't the kind of player who turned quickly, and by the time he finished turning, Lin Quan was already in the box.

The team-mates were passed too quickly and thoroughly, so that Barcelona's goalkeeper Pinto did not have time to attack.

He squatted down slightly, staring nervously at Lin Quan's movements in order to judge the direction of the opponent's shot.

Lin Quan glanced at the goalkeeper's position and picked up his foot to finish the shot before Mascherano tackled.

The position of this ball is almost exactly the same as the position of Messi's shot just now, and it is all going to the dead corner of the upper left corner of the goal!

Although Pinto is ready to make a save, he is old after all, and the 37-year-old veteran's reaction speed is definitely not comparable to that of 27-year-old Joe Hart.

What's more, Joe Hart who still opened the plug-in!

With a bang, the ball hit the inside of the inner crossbar and the post and bounced into the net.

After being besieged for almost 30 minutes, City took the lead in the 29th minute of the first half.

The score was rewritten to 1-0, and Manchester City temporarily led by one goal.

This result was beyond the expectations of all the fans on the scene, not only the Barcelona fans did not expect this result, but even the Manchester City fans who accompanied the team did not expect it.

Besieged for nearly thirty minutes, but scored first?

Is this true?

There was a brief silence at the Camp Nou, and a few seconds later, huge boos flew onto the pitch.

Barcelona fans have finally been woken up!

(End of chapter)