In the dressing room of the away team, Barcelona's physiotherapists were massaging and relaxing Messi and others, while coach Martino was holding his tactical board and emotionally explaining the tactics of the second half.

"In the second half we continued to increase our control of the ball, reduce mistakes, don't give Manchester City a chance to counter-attack, as long as we can find a chance to give Manchester City a fatal blow, then this ticket to the Champions League semi-finals is ours!"

Barcelona is only one goal away from the Champions League semi-finals, and seeing that victory is just around the corner, the players are also very nervous and excited at this time.

With the decline of Barcelona's strength, their road to Champions League qualification has been quite difficult in recent years.

Last year, they faced another team similar to Manchester City – Paris Saint-Germain.

The two knockout games were also extremely difficult for Barcelona, who started the road leading only to be held to a draw by their opponents in the closing stages of the game.

In the last minute of the regular season, Xavi's goal once gave Barcelona the dawn of victory.

But their opponents' stoppage-time stunner wiped out their victory.

And back at home, Grand Paris took the lead in scoring a goal, which once put Barcelona on the verge of elimination.

In the end, it was Pedro's goal that allowed Barcelona to break into the last four with a thrilling away goal advantage.

Then he was swept 7-0 by Bayern in the semi-finals......

And this season, revenge on Bayern has become the greatest wish of Barcelona players.

"From what I just got, Bayern are 2-0 up at home to Manchester United and they have basically sealed a ticket to the last four!

As long as we get rid of Manchester City here, then we have a lot of hope to get revenge on Bayern, tell me, do you want to get revenge on Bayern? ”

As soon as Bayern's name was mentioned, the eyes of the Barcelona players turned red!

Barcelona has never had such a humiliating Champions League record since the Dream Three Dynasty.

They all dream of revenge against Bayern!

"Very good, since that's the case, let's go on!"

"Kill Manchester City and get revenge on Bayern!"

"Tell the world that the greatest Cosmos team is back!"

Martino's words made the players enthusiastic and morale high, and they were eager to rush to the pitch and tear Manchester City to shreds in their way of revenge.

……

In the home dressing room, Manuel Pellegrini did not agitate his players as much as Martino.

He calmly explained his tactics for the second half, and then found David Silva, Negredo and Lin Quan.

"David, Álvaro, Lin, how much stamina do you have left, can you sustain the second half of the game?"

Except for Lin Quan, Silva and Negredo shook their heads honestly.

In the first half, they hit Barcelona's goal again and again, this kind of sprint is very physically demanding, if they continue to maintain the intensity of the first half, their physical strength can only last until 60 minutes at most!

This is the result of a 15-minute break at halftime, and if there is no break at halftime, I'm afraid they will run out of energy for 50 minutes!

"Very well, I see, after 60 minutes, I'll take you down and rest, but before then, I need you to use up all the energy you have left!"

The two looked at each other and nodded heavily.

Then Pellegrini looked at Lin Quan: "Lin, I need you to be in this position in the second half......"

……

The half-time break ended quickly and the second half of the game officially began.

There were no substitutions on either side, and the lineup continued in the first half.

And in terms of playing style, there seems to be no change.

Barcelona continued to possess the ball and Manchester City continued to look for opportunities to counter-attack.

Everything continues the rhythm of the previous one.

This made Real Madrid's assistant coach Clement a little puzzled, didn't Carlo say that the decisive battle between the two sides was in the second half?

How do you feel that there is no taste of decisive battle at all?

So he turned his head to look at Ancelotti beside him, wanting to see what Ancelotti had to say.

"Don't worry!"

Feeling Clement's gaze, Ancelotti still had that breezy attitude.

"When City make a substitution, the decisive battle begins!"

"Really? So when are they going to change? ”

"If it were me, I'd make a substitution in the 65th minute!"

Clement remembered the moment: "Okay, then let me see what kind of tricks Manchester City will play!" ”

City's substitutions came sooner than Ancelotti had expected, and in the 60th minute, City began to make substitutions.

David Silva and Negredo were substituted, with Sergio Aguero and Keylor Navas coming on.

Here it comes!

Clement was in good spirits, and Manchester City made a substitution.

It's just that it seems to be earlier than Carlo predicted?

Ancelotti also noticed this, and he frowned, as if thinking about something.

On the sidelines, Barcelona also saw Manchester City's substitution adjustments.

The assistant coach looked at Martino worriedly:

"Coach, Manchester City have made changes to the forward line, should we make changes too?"

Martino glanced at Barcelona's bench and shook his head: "Let's take a look first!" ”

He doesn't yet know how City will play after the two substitutions, which look like they are going to be in the opposite position, and the previous two Manchester City players seem to be too fit to continue to hold on.

Therefore, nothing can be seen in the substitutions alone.

However, there are people on Barca's side who don't see it that way.

Seeing his friend Sergio Aguero on the pitch, Messi immediately smelled danger.

Aguero's strength in the forward line, Messi couldn't be clearer.

"Manchester City is going to step up their attack, everyone be vigilant!"

Messi quickly told his teammates what was in his mind and cheered them up.

Barcelona's players still attach great importance to Messi's words, but even if they are psychologically prepared at this time, their physical fitness may not be able to support them to do so.

After the substitution, City's tactical style of play changed rapidly.

Their pressing has become more ferocious, and the target of pressing has expanded from Barcelona's midfield to the entire Barcelona team.

Especially Aguero and Keylor Navas, who have just been substituted, have not seen the role of the offensive side for the time being, but they are extremely hard when forcing the Barcelona defenders to get the ball.

Seeing this, Martino's eyes widened.

Is Manchester City crazy?

For a team like Barcelona, which plays pass-and-point football, their defenders are not afraid of the opposing forwards.

Barça's defenders are threatened by a handful of players up front, and they have so many options to play the ball, whether it's to cross to a team-mate at the back, forward to midfield or back to the goalkeeper, all of which can easily defuse City's pressing.

Once in a match with Real Madrid, Real Madrid's star Cristiano Ronaldo tried to do this, and then was walked by Barcelona's defenders as dogs......

The GIF of the angry Ronaldo roaring and shaking his hands on the pitch has been widely circulated on the Internet, making many people see the joke.

So at the beginning, the Barcelona defenders didn't care very much.

But soon, they were a little frightened by Manchester City's pressing.

They are naturally not afraid of a striker's interception, but Manchester City's interception is not the personal act of a single person.

Rather, it is a premeditated, organized and targeted tactic!

They have a clear division of labor, some are responsible for jamming the ball carrier's passing lanes, some are responsible for pressing, and others are ready to counterattack after a successful interception.

In this process, Lin Quan, the person who is most familiar with Barcelona's tactical play, acts as the commander of the front court, responsible for directing his teammates to intercept.

Aguero and Keylor Navas became his younger brothers, following the command of his eldest brother, and rushed to Barcelona's defenders again and again at any cost.

This kind of systematic high pressing immediately made Barcelona's defenders a little unable to hold the ball.

In the first half, they and Manchester City's strikers fought for speed and attrition.

The physical fitness of the Barcelona defenders began to be a little unbearable after the game entered the 60-minute time node.

The people who pressed them on the opposite side were the new forces that had just been replaced, they were full of energy and high morale, which was not at all comparable to the Barcelona defenders who had consumed most of the game.

In the 67th minute, City's pressing paid off.

When Mascherano was on the ball, Sergio Aguero quickly sprinted towards his national team-mate.

Seeing that Aguero was menacing, Little Pony didn't dare to stick the ball too much, so he chose to pass the ball out as soon as possible.

Before passing the ball, he observed the position of several of his teammates.

Bartra was followed by Manchester City's No. 10 Lin Quan, although the opponent was not a player who was replaced in the second half, but he felt that he was an individual, and he was not tired at all after playing for more than 60 minutes.

If this ball is passed to Baltra, it will be intercepted by the opponent.

The forward pass was cut off by Yaya Toure, who kept his eyes on Xavi's side, and passed the ball to Xavi with a high chance of conceding the ball.

As for Sergio Busquets, he was tangled up by Manchester City's striker Kevin De Bruyne and was not a good passing option either.

Thinking of this, Mascherano intends to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Pinto to defuse Manchester City's pressing first.

However, just as he was about to do this, he saw Xiaofa retreat to ask for the ball.

Cesc Fabregas was unmarked and it was a safe passing spot.

And once Xiaofa gets the ball, he may be able to send a wonderful pass to the players in the front court when no one is marked, helping Barcelona create a chance.

Thinking of this, Mascherano quickly passed the ball to Xiaofa.

This choice was correct, but Lin Quan had insight into his passing intentions in advance.

He discarded Baltra and moved ahead of time to keep the ball out on the way to Mascherano's pass.

Broken!

Passing the ball Mascherano and Fabregas, who was about to catch the ball, saw the football fall into Lin Quan's feet, and they both secretly screamed in their hearts that it was not good.

The two rushed to Lin Quan as soon as possible, wanting to snatch the ball back.

But Lin Quan was quicker, he passed the ball to Keylor Navas on the wing, and he quickly slotted towards Barca's half.

After Navas received the ball, he quickly passed the ball back to Lin Quan, and the two completed a two-by-one cooperation.

After Lin Quan got rid of Mascherano, he dribbled straight to Barcelona's goal.

At this time, there was only one defender in front of him, and that was Baltra, who was dragging behind.

However, Manchester City are now in full swing, with Lin Quan and Sergio Aguero in the middle alone, and the question in front of Bartra is:

Who is he going to guard against?

Abandon Sergio Aguero to defend Lin Quan?

If he does this, Lin Quan will most likely pass the ball directly.

Do you choose to continue defending Aguero and ignore Lin Quanquan?

If he does this, then Lin Quan will probably dribble the ball all the way to Barcelona's penalty area and send the ball into the goal!

What to do?

How to choose?

Bartra gritted his teeth, abandoned Aguero, and ran to Lin Quan.

In his subconscious, it was obvious that Lin Quan was more threatening.

And once he moves forward, then Aguero is in an offside position, and Lin Quan can't pass the ball to him at this time.

This choice is arguably the best choice he can make!

Seeing that Bart pulled, Lin Quan immediately judged the other party's intentions.

The other party's abacus is very good, but, who gave you the courage?

Gave you the confidence to stop me in a one-on-one duel?

Lin Quan also made quick moves when Baltra pounced.

He flicked the ball to the right, and Baltra hurriedly adjusted the direction of his body, trying to keep up with Lin Quan's rhythm.

However, before his action was completed, Lin Quan handed the ball to the left again.

These two actions connected too quickly, Rao is Baltra used all his strength, barely overcame the inertia of his body and turned around, and he had already lost his position, Lin Quan had already taken the lead and entered the Barcelona penalty area!

The Manchester City fans at the scene all stood up excitedly, craned their necks and looked at the field.

Lin's one-shot ball!

Barcelona's goalkeeper is on the move!

Can this goal be scored?

Although Lin Quan's single-knife success rate is very high, seeing the opponent's goalkeeper who pounced violently, Blue Moon fans couldn't help but be a little worried.

It was a very important goal for Manchester City, and if it had been scored, the aggregate score would have been 4-3 and City would have regained the lead.

And because the away goals are in the lead, Barcelona need to score at least 2 goals if they want to advance!

Barcelona fans are more worried than Manchester City fans and if this goal is scored, their hopes of progressing will be very slim.

At this moment, the eyes of tens of thousands of fans in the stadium all fell on Lin Quan and the Barcelona goalkeeper.

This goal will decide the life and death of both teams!

In the face of Pinto, Lin Quan did not rashly test the shot, he calmly dialed the ball horizontally, evaded Pinto's interception, and after getting rid of the opponent, he sent the ball into the empty goal!

Rumble!

At the moment when Lin Quan scored, the Etihad Stadium was boiling!

"Lin!"

In the cheers of the fans, Lin Quan opened his arms and ran along the bottom line of the court, like a soaring eagle!

In the stands, Manchester City fans were thrilled.

The nearest fans rushed to the billboard, rubbed his hair, slapped his chest, and a bold girl even took advantage of her unpreparedness to kiss Lin Quan.

Lin Quan was taken aback and hurriedly left here, the big screen at the scene just captured this scene, seeing Lin Quan's frightened appearance, Manchester City fans couldn't help laughing.

"Lin, that's great!"

"Lin, well done!"

At this time, his teammates also rushed over, and they all hugged Lin Quan in the middle, putting their hands up and down, or hugging him, or rubbing his hair.

Lin Quan's goal made Manchester City's situation very optimistic.

"Keep up the good work, hit them again!"

After celebrating, Lin Quan glanced at the dejected Barcelona players, clenched his fists and said fiercely.

"Okay, one more!"

The teammates were in high spirits at this time, and when they heard Lin Quan's words, they nodded one after another.

If 4:3 is not safe, then go into another one, completely crush Barcelona's fighting spirit, and make them completely dead!

In the stands, after Ancelotti saw Lin Quan send the ball into Barcelona's goal, he stood up while the home fans celebrated and said to his assistant coach Clement:

"Let's go, the game is over, don't look at the rest!"

"Huh?!"

Clement glanced at the game time, it was only the 68th minute, and there were still more than 20 minutes left before the end of the game, how could it be over?

"Hehe, do you think Barcelona can still turn the tables?"

Ancelotti asked with a smile.

Clement wanted to nod his head because this team is one of the top giants in Europe, Barcelona!

Scoring two goals in 20 minutes, although it is difficult, but for Barcelona with Messi, it does not seem to be an impossible task!

"It's hopeless, Manchester City is about to strangle Barcelona's midfielder, Barcelona not only can't score, but even concedes goals!"

Carlo Ancelotti did not stay at the Etihad Stadium after making his conclusion.

The video tape of the game or something, his own club helped him collect it, and he has achieved the purpose of his trip.

No need to waste any more time!

When Clement saw that An Fat said to leave, he hesitated for a moment and followed.

On the field, the match turned out to be exactly what Carlo Ancelotti had predicted.

After Lin Quan's goal, City's pressing became even more frenzied.

While they were pressing frantically up front, City's midfield also added strangulation to the Barcelona midfield.

Xavi, who was already playing very uncomfortable, was even more uncomfortable at this time.

When the game time came to 70 minutes, his physical fitness had already declined very seriously, and the opponent took turns to take care of him at this time, which made him a little unbearable.

In just a few minutes, Harvey was violated several times.

On one occasion, Lin Quan even withdrew from the front court and Yaya Toure wrapped him up, and this kind of targeting and care made Xavi's ball extremely difficult.

Seeing that Xavi was being forced, Martino had to let Xiaofa share his organizational work and relieve the pressure on Xavi.

Seeing Xiaofa join the battle, Lin Quan immediately retreated to the midfield and participated in the midfield scramble.

Manchester City formed a numerical advantage in the midfield, Lin Quan, De Bruyne, Kroos and Yaya Toure pressed Barcelona three.

The numerical advantage, combined with their younger age and greater fitness, led to Barcelona's midfield falling into the bottom line and gradually losing control of the midfield.

After losing control of the midfield, players such as Neymar and Messi were unable to play their role without support up front.

Manchester City, on the other hand, are starting to increase their attacks.

In the 79th minute, Yaya Toure made a long pass to Navas on the side for the first time after breaking the ball.

This is almost no different from the long pass in the first half, but at this time, the Barcelona defenders can't run, and the midfielder is powerless to interfere with the pass of the Manchester City players, making Yaya Toure's long pass more accurate and deadly than the first half!

After Navas received the ball, he made a one-two with Aguero on the wing, past Barcelona's full-back Alba.

The energetic Navas received the ball and quickly cut inside and slashed towards Barcelona's goal.

Sergio Busquets, Mascherano and Bartra are desperately trying to get back in action, but they have all played 80 minutes and their fitness has long been out of reach, and Keylor Navas has only been on the pitch for 20 minutes, and he is still full of energy.

He got into the box before the Barcelona defenders, took a look at the goalkeeper's position and opted to hit the goalkeeper directly.

Not everyone has Lin Quan's ability, he didn't grasp the opponent's goalkeeper, and he didn't dare to waste time to adjust, so directly choosing to shoot is the safest choice!

Pinto secretly scolded and was stunned, the other party's kick was hasty, and he made a hasty save.

The Barcelona goalkeeper failed to save the ball and the ball did not fly into the goal.

With a bang, the ball bounced back on the crossbar.

Coincidentally, the rebounding ball crashed into the body of Mascherano who was returning to the defense.

The Argentine didn't have time to brake, and the ball hit him before bounced back into the goal.

Pinto had just fallen from the air on the turf and had no time to react but to watch the ball go into the net.

2:1！

Manchester City reversed Barcelona at home, and the aggregate score came to 5:3!

With 10 minutes left in the game, Barcelona need to score 2 goals to equalize and 3 goals to advance to the final!

It's almost an impossible task!

In the final moments, Martino brought on Pedro and Sanchez with the intention of fighting to the death.

However, their midfield has long since gotten out of control, and piling up attacking players up front has done nothing at all.

Manchester City, on the other hand, frequently played threatening counter-attacks in the final stages of the game.

In the 89th minute of the game, Lin Quan assisted Aguero to score another goal, and Manchester City rewrote the score to 3:1, and the total score came to 6:3!

At this moment, Barcelona has no hope at all!

In the final minutes of the game, the Barcelona players finally gave up their resistance and allowed the Manchester City players to fall back and consume time.

At the end of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Manchester City came back from behind to win 3-1 at home to Barcelona and beat them home and away.

Reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in team history!

Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)