After seeing Messi dribbling past De Bruyne, Lin Quan next to him didn't say a word, and directly bumped into Messi with his body, knocking the latter into a stumbling one.

And just when Messi's body temporarily lost its balance because of Lin Quan's impact, Kante, who was eyeing him on the side, unceremoniously stretched out his foot and snatched the ball away from Messi's feet.

It's City's turn to attack!

N'Golo Kante decisively handed the ball to De Bruyne, who dribbled the ball along the ribs to Barcelona's half, while Lin Quan on the wing used a faster pace to cross the side.

Barcelona's left wing-back Alba couldn't keep two of them on his own, so he had to rush towards De Bruyne, who was on the ball.

He deliberately blocked De Bruyne's line of passing to the side to prevent the opponent from passing the ball to Lin Quan.

As long as it is not passed to Lin Quan, then Lin Quan will not be a threat on the side.

Jose Mourinho has said that the best strategy to defend against Messi is to prevent his teammates from passing the ball to him.

This principle also applies to Lin Quan, who is a player like Messi, when he has the ball at his feet and when he does not have the ball at his feet, the threat is completely different.

However, De Bruyne is not an ordinary person, Alba is stuck in his line of passing to the wing, so he can just go straight forward?

Seeing De Bruyne's passing options, Alba breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it is not passed to the wing, if it is passed to other players of Manchester City, it will certainly pose a threat to Barcelona's goal, but it is completely different from the threat of passing to Lin Quan.

So Alba is not very worried, his team-mate Busquez and central defender Mascherano will definitely block the opening in the middle and will not give the Manchester City striker any chance.

However, after seeing De Bruyne's passing choice, Busquez chuckled in his heart and felt that something was wrong.

The ball was definitely not passed to Sergio Aguero, who couldn't get the ball at all with Aguero's movement and Mascherano's close marking of him.

Since it wasn't passed to Aguero, who was the ball passed to?

Could it be a mistake?

No, it's not a mistake, De Bruyne can sit firmly in the starting position of Manchester City, and he is valued by his mentor Pep Guardiola, which is by no means ordinary!

Since Aguero has been ruled out, there is only one person who can receive the ball now, and that is Lin Quan!

Therefore, the ball was passed to Lin Quan.

Thinking of this, Busquez was shocked, and immediately gave up his plan to wrap De Bruyne with Alba, and rushed towards Lin Quan on the side as soon as possible.

Lin Quan and De Bruyne have been playing together for almost three years and have a very tacit understanding with each other.

Seeing Alba's defensive choice against De Bruyne, Lin Quan guessed what De Bruyne would do with the ball.

And De Bruyne also guessed that Lin Quanneng guessed his thoughts, so there was no need to communicate between the two, and they completed a wonderful pass and cut cooperation very tacitly.

Lin Quan cut inside from the wing and received a pass from Kevin De Bruyne.

However, at the moment of receiving the ball, he caught a glimpse of a figure with the peripheral vision of his eyes - Barcelona's No. 5 back Busquez!

is worthy of Professor Bu, the ball quotient is indeed very high, and he predicted his choice.

But alas, Buskes is still a step too late.

Lin Quan scrambled into the penalty area before him, and Mascherano immediately abandoned Aguero and rushed towards Lin Quan.

It's just that before Brother Xiaoma's defense was in place, Lin Quan had already completed the shot.

Ter Stegen tried very hard to save the shot, but Lin Quan's shot was so tricky that the ball almost grazed his fingers and flew into the net along the post and inside of the side netting.

1：1！

It took less than ten minutes for Manchester City to equalise quickly!

The Berlin Olympic Stadium was boiling instantly, and more than 20,000 Manchester City fans who attended the stadium were jubilant and almost jumped with excitement.

The equaliser so quickly made the worries in their hearts disappear completely.

Sure enough, there is Lin here, no surprise!

On the other hand, Barcelona fans can't help but feel a little disappointed.

The lead that was finally achieved, and the lead was achieved by luck and the referee's misjudgment, and it was so easily equalized by the opponent.

And the opponent's defensive counterattack on the side made them feel a little palpitations, Manchester City's counterattack was very fast, except for a few people on the Barcelona side, most of the remaining players only had time to withdraw to the half, and the door was already lost.

If the opponent can still play such a high-quality counterattack in the next game, then Barcelona is afraid that it will be more than lucky.

On the sidelines, Guardiola clenched his fists excitedly after seeing Lin Quan finish the goal.

Sure enough, Enrique made a very stupid decision to let Messi and Lin Quanzi have a child.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Barcelona's coach's seat.

Pep Guardiola wonders if Enrique is aware of the problem and can quickly adjust.

Enrique obviously also found that his choice seemed a little unwise, originally let Messi play on the right side, in order to let him and Neymar + Alba play a role that one plus one is greater than two, but from the actual situation, it seems that it did not meet his expectations.

The opponent let Neymar and Alba go, staring at Messi who had the ball at his feet, and often two or three people were wrapped together.

In a place like the side, three people are almost equal to six people to scramble, and Messi is a little overwhelmed.

So, should you put Messi back on the right side?

Enrique hesitated and did not make a decision in the first place.

After Manchester City scored, the game was back to parity.

However, under the balance of power, the initiative on the field is still in the hands of Barcelona.

In the 16th minute, Messi and Alves passed left and right, and when the ball came to Messi's feet, Manchester City repeated the old trick and once again wrapped Messi.

This time, though, Messi was smart, and when he was pressed by two players, he found Alba on the left flank with precision.

Alba handed the ball to Neymar, who put on a show of his own, shaking off the defender's center of gravity with a very flashy trick and passing the ball to Andres Iniesta, who was cutting forward from behind.

Andres Iniesta's direct cross was for Suarez.

But Van Dijk had already predicted Iniesta's passing line, and he stretched out his long legs in advance to block Xiaobai's pass from the bottom line, Barcelona's corner.

Although the attack failed to produce a goal, Messi's role on the wing was still achieved.

He managed to contain a large number of defenders and create favourable conditions for the likes of Jordi Alba and Neymar.

And after attracting Kante, no one can stop the forward insertion of the Barcelona midfielder, which greatly increases the offensive threat of Xiaobai and Rakitic.

Enrique feels that if he continues to play like this, Barcelona will score goals sooner or later.

Indeed, with top stars like Lionel Messi and Neymar both operating on one flank, any team will look scrambling to defend them.

Both of these men belong to the kind of people who are extremely capable of individuals and have a hard time defending successfully one-on-one.

The best way to limit them is to multi-pack.

But to cover two people at the same time, it is certainly not enough to rely on one wing, and the players in the midfield also have to be involved.

But in this way, he fell into the trap of Barcelona.

That's what Enrique wanted, and in this game he gave the likes of Xiaobai and Rakitic more fire, allowing them to shoot when they had the chance, leaving City's defence to take care of each other.

"Hmph, I want to see, which end of your Guardiola care?"

Pep Guardiola is immobile and knows how dangerous Enrique's attacking system is.

But just as Alba had previously chosen to block De Bruyne's pass to Lin Quan, the threat of the ball at the feet of players like Messi and Lin Quan is far greater than at the feet of other players.

Enrique's arrangement is tantamount to sacrificing Messi's offensive power for the sake of team tactics.

On the contrary, Guardiola's tactic is to give full play to the advantages of the entire system, and try every means to hand over the ball to Lin Quan to complete the goal.

Whether the two made a wise choice will have to wait until the end of the game to judge.

Now, it's up to whose players are better on the pitch.

The time of the game passed minute by minute, and soon 30 minutes passed, and the score on the field remained unchanged at 1:1.

For 30 minutes, both sides tried their best to launch fierce attacks on the opposing goal, and even created some good chances, but those attacks failed to convert into goals.

At this point, the game was already in the 40th minute, and judging by the score and the situation on the field, the game was deadlocked.

The defensive combination of De Bruyne + Lin Quan and N'Golo Kante may not seem worth mentioning, but in fact the effect is very good.

The trio had a clear division of labor, with De Bruyne in charge of being cannon fodder, the first to rush up to intercept and force Messi to change the pace.

Lin Quan was the second, responsible for using his body to interfere with Messi's dribbling rhythm and not let him dribble so comfortably.

Kante was in charge of finishing the game and seized the opportunity to complete the steal when Messi's rhythm was disrupted!

Of the three, Kevin De Bruyne has the easiest job, while Lin Quan and N'Golo Kante have the toughest job.

Especially Lin Quan, although it seems that he is just using his body to hit Messi, it is not easy to achieve this level.

Messi is extremely fast at his feet, and he is very good at changing directions, ordinary people can't keep up with his rhythm at all, and he will be thrown off by him in the blink of an eye, and there is no chance of physical confrontation at all.

But Lin Quan is different, the frequency of his feet is as fast as Messi, so in the entire Manchester City, only he can keep up with Messi's rhythm and not fall behind.

So Messi is like encountering a piece of kraft candy, and he can't shake it off.

What's even more infuriating is that this piece of kraft candy is taller than him, stronger than him, and his physical confrontation ability is stronger than him.

So, once he is entangled by Lin Quan, it will be difficult for Messi to get rid of it.

In this case, it will be difficult for Messi to keep the ball at his feet when he encounters Kante, who has perverted tackling ability.

Of course, this set of tactics does not succeed every time, and almost five or six times out of ten times it succeeds.

But you know, the person they are facing is Messi, and when defending Messi, there is more than half of the success rate, which is already very exaggerated.

In the Olympic Stadium, the audience who came to the scene was amazed when they saw that the small midfielder in the Manchester City team performed very well, and made many tackles from Messi's feet

"Who is this guy? How can you grab it so much, counting this time, Messi has been robbed 6 times by him, right? ”

"It's a bit of an exaggeration, I don't think I've ever seen anyone rob Messi so badly in a game!"

"This guy seems to have been bought by Manchester City from Ligue 1, and his name seems to be N'Golo Kante."

"The French player, who is in his early sevens, plays in the back, is still a black man, why is he so much like Makellele?"

"Listening to you say this, he does look a bit like Makelele, but compared to Makelele at his peak, he should be a lot worse!"

Makellele's level of midfielder, there hasn't been a place in football for a long time.

Kante is doing really well at the moment, but outsiders won't compare him to Makelele for a while.

On Barcelona's coach's side, Enrique glanced at the game time and couldn't help frowning.

Messi's play on the right side is becoming more and more restricted, and the opponent's defensive system is very restrictive to Messi.

Even if the black player didn't make a steal from Messi's feet, their packs and pressing were enough to slow down Barcelona's advance rhythm and win more opportunities for their teammates to settle down and defend.

As a result, it will be difficult for Messi to use his personal dribbling and breakthroughs to create opportunities.

As a manager, Enrique has clearly seen more than the average fan.

He admits that N'Golo Kante is really good, with strong interceptions and tackles.

But the reason why he was able to break the ball from Messi's feet many times was not due to individual strength, but to teamwork.

As long as Messi changes his position and does not give the opponent a chance to wrap up multiple people, Kante, who has no teammates to assist, will definitely not be Messi's opponent in a one-on-one battle.

Thinking of this, Enrique made a decision in his heart, he stood up and gestured at the players on the field, to change Messi's position and the team's tactical play.

Because Manchester City used at least four players when defending Messi and Neymar.

So their gap on the left side is also unobstructed, after Barcelona suddenly changed tactics, Messi, who returned to the right side, suddenly shed tears of excitement in the face of this unobstructed large space.

The three brothers on the left side are like sandwiches on their own men, so that he has no room to play at all.

Even if he has all the skills, he can't play it when facing the third brother.

But now, after he came to the right side, the sea and the sky suddenly widened, and there were no any constraints.

As a result, Messi is like a wild horse on the loose, showing his talent to the fullest, and the players on the left side of Manchester City are not wanted.

In order to prevent Messi from breaking through, Kroos even received a yellow card for pulling people for fouling when defending.

For this reason, N'Golo Kante specifically swapped places with Kroos and allowed him to defend Messi on the left.

But without the help of the other two, Kante's defensive success rate dropped significantly when he faced Messi one-on-one.

(End of chapter)