Chapter 49: Attrition, riots, consecutive goals conceded, the Spaniards who were forced to the precipice

"The second half is about to start."

The Espanyol fans rekindled their passion and the singing rang out again.

"In the first half we witnessed Barça's picturesque art of passing and control, and we also witnessed the Espanyol's relentless fight to the death, which was probably the best half of La Liga so far, and we hope that the second half will be just as passionate."

Players from both teams re-entered.

'There were some tactical adjustments on both sides, with Barcelona replacing Sergio Busquets with Yaya Toure, who struggled a bit in the first half when facing Levi directly.

The Spaniard, on the other hand, made two changes, replacing Tamudo with centre-forward Diego Costa, who has been in excellent form lately, and Coentrão for Laroux at left wing-back.

Barcelona kick off.

From the very beginning of the game, Barcelona pressed hard, and the front three were nimbly interspersed with the layers of the Spaniard's deep defence, and from time to time through the gaps between the players to link up with Andres Iniesta and Xavi.

In addition to acting as a stable receiving point, Yaya Toure began to move to this side every time Levi crossed the half-court to press.

In the course of nearly 10 minutes of play, Barcelona threatened the Espanyol penalty area on several occasions with a series of subtle links in small areas.

But as soon as the Spaniard was on guard, he immediately pulled away and regained control of the ball.

Constant drain on the physical strength and patience of the Spaniards.

Halke, who has always been known for his physical strength and sharpness, was a little embarrassed at this time when he directly faced Messi's impact.

In the 54th minute of the game, Iniesta advanced again, and the Spaniards, who compressed the defense as a whole, blocked layer by layer.

With a clever big swing, Iniesta shook off the scrambling Levi.

Then the ball was passed to Messi, and Busquets on the bench let out a burst of cheers, thanking his big brother for helping him get revenge.

Then Messi, who had the ball, activated, and the tall Roman Martinez couldn't stop him at all, and was toyed with between applause by this flea-like dexterous little man.

"This is Messi!! I've never seen such a spiritual dribbling action! ”

Messi dodged and moved to the front of the penalty area and moved laterally.

As long as he shakes off the angle, he can find an opportunity to shoot a left-footed shot into the corner.

Roman fouled Messi in front of the penalty area, blocking the opportunity, and was immediately booked.

Pep Guardiola spotted the Spaniard's fatigue and instead brought on Samuel Eto'o to replace the sluggish Gudjohnsen.

It's time to start storming the Spaniards' defence.

Xavi was twenty-five yards out and fired a free-kick straight over the crossbar.

...

There was a lot of noise in the audience!

"The Spaniard's first counter-attack in the first half! A long-range through ball initiated by Gabi was the player's brilliant performance in today's game, and his constant pressing led to Iniesta's mistakes, which led to this opportunity. ”

Gabi's long pass found Diego Costa, and the nineteen-year-old Costa leaped high and knocked Xavi aside without saying anything about martial arts.

Then he flicked the ball to Levi in the air.

Levi arrived from the flank, and Barcelona's formation quickly surrounded him, and Yaya Toure immediately bullied up and tried to entangle Levi.

The ball flew from the air, and Levi had no choice but to lift his thigh and unload the ball.

But this also made his speed not rise in the first place.

The seasoned Yaya Toure waited for the moment the ball fell.

The ball fell, and at the same time as Levi rushed forward, Yaya Toure had already stretched his foot.

In his astonished eyes, Levi flipped the ball up again, and Yaya Toure urgently withdrew the steal foot.

If you kick it up this time, even if the referee is "tolerant", at least you will have to eat a yellow card.

He steadied sideways, Levi flipped the ball again, suddenly slammed the ball in the air, and his body took advantage of the momentum and went straight to the Barcelona backline.

"Levi went straight to the goal, facing Puyol! A very spiritual dance with the ball, I don't know if it reminded the Barcelona players of the Brazilian genius who was far away in Italy. ”

"I think Levi's feet are still slightly weaker than Xiao Luo's, but the movements are more concise."

Puyol repeated his old trick, first rushing out of the penalty area, intercepting Levi's path into the penalty area, forcing Levi to slow down and then jamming Levi with his body again.

"Look for the timing! Keep the ball behind you with your heel! ”

Levi turned to get rid of Puyol, took the ball away in a big stride, adjusted his position, and aimed for the corner to slash to the ground.

"Valdés! O magical Valdés! ”

Levi let out a long breath, and Valdés' save left him in vain again.

This full-fledged Barcelona team is not the same team he faced before, the protection and harassment of the midfield, and Puyol's veteran card experience, make every attack like a needle in the gap.

...

Next, it was almost all Barcelona's attacking rounds.

Even if the Spaniard breaks the ball, it will be difficult to make an effective tandem with one less player.

It can only be supported by defense.

I don't know when the Barcelona team song sounded around the stadium, and the sound could faintly burst out in the pause of the singing of the Espanyol fans.

There are more and more Barcelona fans around the stadium, just like the situation on the pitch.

They surrounded the Mozusi Stadium so much that the police had to step in to maintain order, singing and cheering as if to swear the city's sovereignty.

The Barcelona players on the field are also getting braver.

There were a handful of chances to get the ball again, and Levi was once again brought to the ground under the bag of Toure and Abidal.

While Yaya Toure held up Levi's position, Abidal completed the closing of the door and squeezed Levi, who had lost his center of gravity, to his stomach.

Then he regained possession of the ball.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle again and Diego Costa, who was moving near Levi, counter-attacked after Levi lost possession.

With a very tough sliding tackle, Yaya Toure topped Yaya Toure to the ground.

The referee ran over and showed Diego Costa a yellow card.

Levi looked at the referee, as if there was an evil fire in his heart.

The Spaniard's defensive action was out of line, and there was no problem with cards.

But Barcelona has not been fouled, but apart from Busquets' unwashable pull, they rarely eat cards.

The double standard is a bit too much.

Sixty-first minute of the game.

Messi continued to dribble and win a free-kick in front of the box, Alves' direct shot was blocked, and Puyol's powerful shot from 25 yards went just wide.

In the 63rd minute, Thierry Thierry advanced with the ball and crossed from the edge of the box, and Eto'o's powerful shot from 16 yards down the middle was saved by Bravo.

Then there was no clearance, Toure snatched the ball again and crossed, Henry's header went just wide.

In the 68th minute, it was Messi again, who burst into the penalty area with a left and right buckle and crossed to the right, brushing Torrejon's toe and sliding past the goal.

"Messi! Entering the box again, almost unstoppable, I can't remember how many times he hit the line! ”

Thierry Henry, who arrived on the horse, volleyed the ball and Bravo made another miraculous save.

"This goal is still there, Iniesta will hit the goal again!"

"Oh, Bravo, he blocked Iniesta's follow-up shot with his leg when he lost his center of gravity!"

"If the Spaniards can maintain a one-goal advantage until the end of the game today, then if Levi takes the lead, Bravo is the second hero!"

The blocked ball landed on the edge of the box and Xavi rose to the ball to make up for a third.

Thiago Silva rushed up and dunked the ball back at his feet, Xavi's outstretched foot missed the surface of the ball.

He then reached out again for a tackle, but he didn't expect the tall, good-looking Brazilian to excel in footwork and get past Xavi again and take the ball away from the box.

Straight clearance to Roman Martinez.

Roman and Gabi combined in a small area to create space for Gabi to pass.

Gabi passes the ball to Levi while Coentrão on the left starts moving quickly down the wing.

"This is the Spaniard's best chance since the second half, Diego Costa is also rushing into the opponent's penalty area, Barcelona's half is three against three, and Levi has a lot of room to play!"

"Beep!"

Levi's eyes were on the three players at the back, Pique, Puyol and Abidal.

The huge backfield is three to three, and the ambition to score another goal grows.

But the whistle interrupted his rhythm once again.

Levi shook his arm sharply, just about to have a seizure.

"Why did the referee stop the game again! Look what happened, Espanyol captain Halque fell in the box, the referee called a timeout and his teammates rushed over. Halker was in pain, holding his heart with his hands, he should have been constantly pressing, and the amount of exercise was too great to cause heart discomfort. ”

Levi looked into the restricted area, his eyes full of worry, and ran over.

Halque died suddenly a year later because of a heart attack.

The Barcelona players were protesting to the referee, believing that Halque was stalling for time.

"Are you okay?" Levi crouched down.

Halke's black hair, already drenched in sweat, ran down his face and stubble, and he turned pale.

The man was speechless, his eyes were faintly open, and his fingers pointed at the captain's armband with difficulty, and tried to untie it.

Medics rushed over to check his body urgently, and he was no longer able to continue the race, before lifting Halque on a stretcher.

Levi caught up and shook Halke's hand.

"Put it on," said Halke.

"The Spaniard's last substitution, Gregory Berlange for Danny Halke."

He Wei sighed, and everyone could see that the Spaniards were at the end of their crossbows.

"Hopefully there isn't much of a problem with his body."

"Levi has the captain's armband!" Xu Yang shouted.

'The Spaniards lost a team-mate at half-time and are about to temporarily lose the captain's leadership.

"The Spaniards need a new leader to lead them at this moment and hold the situation ahead."

The Spaniards face all sorts of pressure from on the pitch, from the referees and even off the pitch.

Almost pushed to the edge of a cliff.

...

Just when the Spaniards were about to kick off again.

"What's the situation? How fireworks were set off in the stands of the Spaniards. ”

A brilliant fire suddenly ignited from the stands, and then an unprecedented commotion erupted in the stadium's spectator seats, and Levi looked into the stands.

Smoke filled the lower stands of the stadium, and the pale red flashes of fireworks filled the fans like flowing blood, and the disturbed fans left their seats like scattered prey, and rushed to the fence below.

Once again, the game was stopped.

'Cantalejo is experienced in interrupting games, having witnessed the humiliation of Figo's move to Real Madrid in 2000, when Figo was thrown pig's head by Barcelona fans, and it was Cantalejo who decisively stopped the game, a decision he received at the time.

He Wei took advantage of this gap to introduce history.

"This Catalan derby was an eye-opener."

Xu Yang sighed: "A game that is enough to go down in history." ”

Players from both teams stood still, waiting for the riots to subside.

Agitated Espanyol fans began to storm the blocking net facing the stadium in order to avoid the fireworks, while the stadium's security personnel rushed to the scene of the accident from all directions.

Levi remembered another incident that will forever hurt Liverpool fans: the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy.

5,000 Liverpool fans crowded into the same stands due to the chaotic management of the stadium, resulting in a serious stampede that killed 96 people and injured more than 200.

And those fans he knew were there at the moment, and Levi only hoped that the chaos would subside as soon as possible.

'Espanyol fans have breached the fence and the security are doing their best to stop it, and it looks like anger is written all over their faces.

Fans rushed towards the gaps in the protective net, and several security personnel were a drop in the bucket compared to the number of people who were impacted, and the fans were about to rush past the bodies of the security personnel and rush onto the field.

At the same time, they saw a tall figure behind the security personnel.

"Levi ran over and assisted the security staff in admonishing the home fans, and he really should be held responsible."

As the captain of the field, Levi must step up at this moment to help maintain the situation and persuade these fans who have lost their minds to return to their positions.

“Levy!!!”

“Levy!!!”

A young fan who had crossed the security tried to rush towards Levi, but was immediately stopped by the security guard and hugged him.

And many more are out of control because of this sudden situation.

"Let me hug you!"

The blocked fan shouted, but Levi grimaced.

Fortunately, after he glanced at the stands, he found that the little fan Brooklyn was firmly held by her father and well protected.

The rest of the fans who came with their children were calmer, and he was relieved.

In any case, no matter what the purpose, storming the stadium is a recognized football hooliganism in the football world, a shameful act of ignoring the order of the field and trampling on the fairness of the competition.

In particular, such a large-scale commotion, once uncontrollable, will cause large-scale casualties.

Levi was facing excited faces at the moment.

"Go back, get back to your seats, we'll hug you after we win the game, but not right now."

"Really?" The fans shouted.

"Yes, we'll do our best to save the win until the last minute."

"I mean hug me."

......

Other Espanyol players also rushed over to assist the security staff in dissuading the fans.

The riots finally subsided.

The security guards who then entered the stadium took away several Barcelona fans who were throwing fireworks from the nearby high stands.

From the conflict and irrationality of the fans on both sides, you can see how strong the smell of gunpowder is in this game.

The game restarted after a lengthy pause.

As if hearing Levi's "arrogant" promise, the balance of the god of fate began to tilt in favor of Barcelona.

...

In the 84th minute of the game, Xavi got rid of the pressing on the spot and made a long pass.

Henry struggled to get rid of Torrejón's grip and barely fired into the box, but the ball was blocked by Bravo.

But then it bounced back into Torrejon's body and Henry fired a shot from six yards.

The ball went into the empty net.

"Barcelona scored! Equalized! Thierry Henry proved himself once again and helped Barcelona equalise in what was a tough game! ”

The fierce battle between the two sides continued, and several players even experienced cramps during the period.

The game lasted 90 minutes and the regular time ended.

In addition to the lengthy seven-minute timeout, the referee added four minutes of stoppage time.

That is, the game will not end until 101 minutes.

Gabi, who never stopped running and pressing in the audience, was also temporarily squatting on the ground to rest at the moment.

Thiago Silva, who was steady, also threw a punch into the sky in anger.

Doom followed.

The 93rd minute of the game.

It was Barcelona's offensive again, and the successive torments put the Spaniards' defense in jeopardy.

Xavi struck the attack again, delivering a clever through ball.

Samuel Eto'o wins the ball in front of the box.

The Espanyol's backline, already exhausted, struggled to defend against the onslaught of the African cheetahs.

Eto'o shook past Torrejon and brought him down.

He will then face the goalkeeper.

Thiago Silva stepped up and just as Eto'o was about to shoot, Thiago Silva tackled the ball from behind Eto'o.

Eto'o fell heavily into the box.

Bravo took control of the ball and was about to clear the ball with his big foot.

Everyone in the box saw the action, and although the angle was not right, Thiago Silva touched the ball first.

The great referee, Kanta Holé, blew his whistle once again.

'It's not a penalty, look at the replay, Thiago Silva seems to have touched the ball first.'

Even the commentators in the studio were indignant.

Boos erupted from the field, and all kinds of roars of rage that had never been seen before rang out like thunder.

Cantahole fingers a penalty spot.

Barcelona's penalty opportunity.

Messi stood in front of the penalty spot, took a deep breath, retreated, and ran away.

Bravo moved in front of the door, moving his hands.

Only to block this goal.

There was hope for the Spaniard, who simply could not recover from the successive blows.

The whole game was tied up by an out-of-rule force.

Messi hits the goal and the ball goes in.

The stadium fell silent.

In the final stage of the game, Barcelona took the lead 2-1.

Anger, anger that cannot be described in words.