“goal！！！”

"Unbelievable, I can't believe it was Manchester City who scored first at Camp Nou!"

"Lin, the 18-year-old, made his debut at Camp Nou when he scored against his old club, and he stepped up again when the team was in danger and scored a golden goal with a long-distance run!"

"You can always trust Lin!"

"Barcelona are in danger, if they end the game with this scoreline, it will be very detrimental to their promotion!"

"Even if they win against Manchester City in the end, giving them an away goal at home is not good for Barca's qualification situation!"

The commentators of the major TV stations all fell into madness the moment Lin Quan scored this goal.

There were very few people who favored Manchester City before the game, and judging from the situation in the first 30 minutes, the trend of the game was in line with everyone's expectations.

With the mighty Barcelona in the ascendancy and Manchester City teetering under Barca's onslaught on attack, it seemed only a matter of time before Barcelona could win.

However, Lin Quan's goal shattered all of this!

What's the use of having more possession and more shots?

As long as you can't score goals, you can't turn those advantages into wins.

After all, football is still a game about who scores more goals, and now, Manchester City has a goal, and Barcelona still has zero eggs on their accounts!

As a result, many experts began to doubt their own judgment.

Did Barcelona really have the advantage?

On the sidelines, Barça's coach Martino was also thinking about it.

After he took charge of Barcelona, he had already discovered that the passing and possession tactics left by Guardiola were not as good as before.

Pass-and-control football requires a lot of squad strength, and the players on the pitch need to have a strong ability to play the ball, but also have enough physique to allow them to perform high pressing tactics in the front court.

Keeping the ball at your feet and replacing defence with attack is the essence of Guardiola's pass-and-control tactics.

This tactic was a big success a few years ago, in addition to the lack of understanding of this tactic from the outside world, it was also related to the Barcelona lineup at that time.

Pep Guardiola's Barcelona squad was significantly younger, and when he led the team to win the Champions League, Messi was only in his early 20s, Xavi was less than 30 years old, and Busquets Jr. was also in the golden age of 23-26 years old.

At that time, they had enough physical energy to carry out the tactics of pressing high in the frontcourt, and other teams either couldn't get the ball at all when facing Barcelona, and could only defend passively.

Either he finally got the ball, but because he didn't have a way out of the ball, he was quickly robbed of the ball by Barcelona's tactics of pressing from a high position, and then fell into a situation where he couldn't get the ball and was passively beaten.

But now, it is difficult for Barcelona to execute this tactic of pressing high and pressing.

The players are too old and not as good as they used to be. Inspired by Jose Mourinho, other teams have developed ways to target their pass-and-control tactics – trading space for time!

Football matches are nothing more than a game of time and space!

Barcelona's passing control is to make the ultimate use of space, when the football is at the feet of Barcelona, they will patiently reverse their feet, use frequent changes, sidewalks and midfielders to insert attacks, etc., to pull the opponent's defensive formation and find a breakthrough.

Once the opponent makes a mistake, Barcelona's thunderous blow will come.

But because they have been organizing the attack for a long time, the efficiency of the use of time has naturally become very low.

Mourinho did the opposite, giving up the fight for space and greatly improving the efficiency of time.

His team doesn't chase possession, the empty ball is handed over to you, and I take your chance to make an offensive mistake.

Once the ball is changed, when it is his team's turn to attack, he will pursue the most extreme and efficient counterattack, the player does not need to be as complex as Barcelona running and passing, after taking the ball, he goes straight forward, and the striker in front runs forward.

It only takes two or three passes for the ball to have gone from your own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area.

Real Madrid in Jose Mourinho's era were capable of completing an attack in ten seconds or less.

Because the time is so short, the vast majority of the opposing players have no time to retreat, so their counter-attack is very efficient, as long as the ball is successfully passed to the feet of the striker, it is very likely to be converted into a goal.

And Manchester City's attack is simply a copy of the original Real Madrid team.

Because of this, Martino's heart began to waver.

Back then, Pep Guardiola's Dream Three Dynasty did not take advantage of Mourinho when they played against Mourinho in the later period.

Barcelona, who took over by themselves, was two years older than at that time, and in the face of this tactic of Manchester City, will they be able to overcome each other?

It's not just Martino who has such an idea, after seeing Lin Quan's goal, many players in the Barcelona team have a sense of frustration.

They struggled to control the ball for 30 minutes, completed six shots, and failed to score a single goal.

And the opponent only launched a counterattack once, and then scored!

The contrast is so strong that Barcelona's players inevitably have some frustration.

Neymar, who only joined Barcelona last summer and has not experienced Barcelona at his peak, even began to wonder if the passing tactics were really right?

Messi stood on the field, looking at Lin Quan, who was surrounded by his teammates in celebration, with his hands on his hips.

He was not surprised by Lin's all-round goal.

What really cares about him is why the opponent knows so much about his style of play and can actually predict his own movements.

Is it blind?

Or did he really know himself to such nuance?

Messi intends to give it another try!

After the game restarted, Messi took the initiative to reach for the ball.

The teammates trusted Messi's ability very much, and when they saw him take the initiative to ask for the ball, they immediately passed the ball to him.

Not surprisingly, Lin Quan appeared in front of him again.

Messi didn't careless this time, although the opponent is not a dedicated defensive player, but judging from his last defense, Lin Quan's defensive ability is not bad.

He made a feint to shift his weight to the right while shouldering his shoulders and preparing to break through.

Seeing Messi's move, Lin Quan's heart immediately raised his vigilance.

Here it comes!

The dilemma of the defender when facing Messi!

Ignoring his feints will turn them real and break through, and following his feints will be passed by him with a faster pace.

In short, no matter how you choose, it seems to be wrong!

This trick is often used by Lin Quan when it is one-on-one, and the effect is also very good, and the success rate is extremely high when one-on-one.

Knowing the power of this move doesn't mean that Lin Quan can prevent it!

Although he knows Messi's way of playing and even his habits very well, he is not Messi after all, and he doesn't know what choice the other party will make.

When he's using this way to pass, the final decision is based on the choice of the defender.

Messi saw that Lin Quan did not make a choice, and immediately took advantage of the situation to complete the breakthrough from his right side.

Lin Quan turned around a step slowly, and it was too late when he turned around to chase after him.

Cross saw that Lin Quan had been passed by, and immediately came up to intercept him.

Messi passes the ball to Neymar, who goes down the flank.

City's full-backs rushed up, but Messi didn't know when he also came to the wing, he received a pass from Neymar and immediately cut inside towards the City penalty area.

Kompany immediately stepped forward to intercept and block, not giving Messi room to shoot and break inside.

Messi once again passed the ball and Iniesta didn't know when he had stepped forward to the edge of the box.

He received Messi's pass and picked up the left side of the penalty area, which is currently empty, but Xiaobai knows that Messi will definitely run here.

Sure enough, Messi didn't watch what Iniesta did with the ball after the pass, he chose to trust the tacit understanding between his teammates and him.

If Messi had run straight to the open space on the left side of the box, City's defenders would have been more vigilant.

But Messi was smart and he took a step back after the pass and made a reverse run.

This confuses City's defenders and prevents them from following Messi when he runs back, giving Messi room to catch the ball!

For a player like Messi, giving him such space is an absolute fatal mistake!

The man arrives, the ball arrives!

Messi just ran to the empty space on the left, and Xiaobai's pass came as promised.

The rest was simple, Messi chested the ball and swept the ball into the Manchester City goal.

City's defenders raised their hands to signal that it was an offside goal.

However, the linesman did not raise the flag and the referee awarded a valid goal.

Slow-motion replays at the scene showed that the ball was indeed within a millimeter.

When Messi was on the counter-run, the Manchester City defender just moved forward, causing the goal to look offside.

If Messi had started up a little more than half a second, or if City's defenders had pushed the defence a little faster, it would have been an offside position.

In the 33rd minute, with Messi's goal, Barcelona equalized.

The Barcelona fans at Camp Nou can finally celebrate unscrupulously at this time.

Messi, the scorer, celebrated the goal with his trademark finger to the sky.

For this matchup between Manchester City and Barcelona, the outside world believes that the biggest attraction is the direct dialogue between Messi and Lin Quan.

Messi became famous the earliest and has achieved more honors.

Therefore, before the game, the outside world was more optimistic about Messi, but he didn't expect that it was Lin Quan who scored the first goal in the game.

This made the outside world a little surprised, and it also made Messi feel a lot of pressure.

Well, now that he's finally scored, he won't be beaten by this guy!

It's also strange to say, no matter how much the outside world hyped up the fight between him and Ronaldo, and even brought them out separately to make a peerless double pride.

But for Ronaldo, Messi's mentality has always been relatively peaceful.

He didn't regard Ronaldo as his opponent in his heart, and he didn't care much about such hype.

But Lin Quan is different!

From the first day he saw Lin Quan playing, Messi realized that this guy would become his biggest competitor!

He secretly followed Lin Quan for two years, and even gained some gains from Lin Quan's skills and ways of playing, using Lin Quan as a mirror to improve his strength.

Although he has never admitted it in public, in Messi's heart, he has long regarded Lin Quan as his biggest opponent!

So, he cares more about this game than outsiders think!

Seeing Messi's goal, Lin Quan was also a little helpless.

It's really not easy to guard against Messi, but he shouldn't have hesitated just now.

Or take a decisive gamble to see who reacts faster, the main reason why he and Messi are difficult to prevent with this way of passing is that they are faster at their feet, and they can strike after the other party makes a choice.

Of course, even if the two are at the same pace, the initiative is still in the hands of Messi, and he is in a disadvantageous position of passive defense.

Therefore, in such a confrontation, I am afraid that I will win less and lose more.

Is there anything that can be done to restrain Messi?

Lin Quan fell into deep thought.

……

Messi's goal gave Barcelona a lot of momentum, they further increased the tempo of the game, and increased the pressing in front of the court more aggressively.

The ball was passed quickly at the feet of the Barcelona players, with the likes of Messi and Neymar constantly changing positions, and the two full-backs falling forward to assist.

Messi, Neymar, Iniesta and others got the opportunity to shoot one after another, and Barcelona played a small climax of attack.

Manchester City were very embarrassed in this round of attack, and Yaya Toure and Kompany received yellow cards in defense one after another.

Kuppels's enforcement standards are really strict, and his cards are also very decisive.

After receiving the yellow card, Yaya Toure and Kompany were afraid to make too many moves, which made it more difficult for Manchester City to defend.

During this time, Joe Hart became the busiest man on the field.

He blocked high on the goal line, defusing Barcelona's attacks again and again, without allowing the number of goals conceded to increase.

But it can't go on like this, after the lessons of conceding goals before, Barcelona is very wary of Manchester City's counterattack.

They will fight back immediately after conceding the ball, and it will be a multi-player counter-attack.

On Manchester City's side, except for Lin Quan, it is difficult for others to hold the ball under such a press, let alone pass the ball.

Seeing that the first half was about to end, and he couldn't get the ball in front, Lin Quan simply retreated to the front of the penalty area to participate in the defense.

Anyway, let's hold the first half first!

Barcelona naturally can't let City get their way and they will be hoping to take advantage of another goal in the final minute to try to get back into the dressing room with the lead.

In the 41st minute, the ball once again came to Messi's feet.

Lin Quan took the initiative to step forward and came to Messi.

Again?

Messi saw Lin Quan again, and he didn't care as much as he did before.

The two have played each other twice, one win and one loss.

But with the previous successful experience, Messi's confidence has increased greatly.

He made the same action as last time, placing the multiple-choice question in front of Lin Quan.

However, Lin Quan had already thought of a countermeasure, and he took a step back.

Since it's hard to choose, then I simply don't make a choice.

Leave the initiative to you!

Messi was very surprised by Lin Quan's move: the other party actually took the initiative to retreat?

Could it be that he was afraid?

No, it's certainly not like that!

With Messi's understanding of Lin Quan, he hasn't seen the other party scared!

Yaya Toure has already approached from the side, Messi can't think so much at this time, taking advantage of the space for the opponent to retreat, Messi took advantage of the situation to complete the previous action and break forward.

Lin Quan had long expected him to make such a choice, and when he was retreating, he quickly turned around and stuck his position to be neck and neck with Messi.

At the same time, Lin Quan leaned over and went directly to the physical confrontation, constantly squeezing Messi's position, making it difficult for him to dribble the ball smoothly.

Messi was squeezed very hard, Lin Quan's height and weight have an advantage over Messi, and Messi is undoubtedly at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation between the two.

After realizing this, Messi turned decisively and relieved the pressure on his body, but also lost the opportunity to attack the Manchester City penalty area.

Seeing Lin Quan once again successfully defended Messi in a one-on-one heads-up, the fans at the scene and the guests in the commentary seat were very surprised.

One success is a fluke, but what about two?

Can it be considered a fluke?

"Wow, it's really surprising that Lin Quan actually froze Messi in a one-on-one defense!"

Messi has always been a nightmare for defenders of various teams in La Liga and the Champions League, and few people can successfully defend against Messi in one-on-one heads-up, so everyone didn't expect Lin Quan to be able to do this.

"Hehe, Lin has made outstanding contributions at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and so far, his performance is undoubtedly better than Messi!"

The first half was almost over, the score on the field was still 1:1, Lin Quan and Messi both scored a goal, and judging from the goals, the two were tied.

But Lin Quan has contributed more to the team on the defensive end, and for an offensive player, what else can you find fault with him?

"Before the game, there were many people who didn't agree with Lin Quan in the same level as Melo, and I think after this game, this kind of questioning should be much quieter!"

In the CCTV studio, after seeing Lin Quan's performance in the first half, He Wei was full of praise for him:

"Lin Quan, there is no doubt that he is at the same level as Mero!"

"In the future, the situation of the two heroes competing for hegemony in football will probably become the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!"

(End of chapter)