LRAB Chapter 490
Chapter 490
The first round of the round of 16 between Manchester City and Barcelona has officially begun!
As the visiting team, Manchester City took the lead in attacking.
After more than a month of preparation, the core idea that Stewart emphasized to the Manchester City players was to attack!
Yes, that's right.
Facing the defending champion Barcelona, Stewart couldn't think of a way to completely limit Barcelona's dazzling passing and control.
Simply choose to give it a try.
Let the team and Barcelona attack each other.
Since you can't defend, then attack instead of defend.
And the Manchester City players also fulfilled Stewart's tactical arrangement very well in the first attack.
"Su Fei kicked the ball to Modric behind him!"
"Manchester City's front line is advancing very quickly!"
"Modric dribbled the ball to the side and passed it straight to Cassano!"
"The Barry boy is in good shape today!"
"He dribbled past Iniesta!"
"He accelerated by dribbling the ball!"
"22-year-old Andres Iniesta, born in the La Masia youth training camp, was Ronaldinho's substitute as a winger when he was promoted to the first team. Later, after transformation, he has been firmly in the main midfield position of Barcelona since last season."
"He is the core of Barcelona's midfield transition, with sharp short passes and direct passes, but due to his height limitation, his defensive performance this season is indeed average."
In the ESPN live broadcast room, Wang Tao introduced Iniesta's situation to the audience.
On the court!
Iniesta, who was passed by Cassano, cooperated with his own left back Van Bronckhorst to launch a siege on Cassano who rushed into the frontcourt.
Cassano was particularly excited today.
He is a big-scene guy. The bigger the stage, the faster his adrenaline surges and the bolder he becomes.
Facing the opponent's imminent front-and-back attack.
Cassano did not choose to pass the ball, but dribbled the ball and changed the line, wanting to burst directly from the side and cut inside.
Van Bronckhorst, who rushed over, was not accommodating.
Seeing Cassano's move.
He accelerated directly, fell to the ground and stretched his legs, and started a sliding tackle.
"Bang!"
The football came out in response, and Van Bronckhorst and Cassano also entangled together and both fell to the ground.
"Beep!"
The referee blew the whistle and awarded Manchester City a free kick.
In the ESPN live broadcast room, Wang Tao raised his eyebrows.
"Not long after the start!"
"Barcelona committed a foul!"
"This may be the fastest foul in this Champions League!"
"But this also represents Barcelona's defensive attitude in this game."
"I would rather commit a foul."
"I will not give Manchester City players the opportunity to easily get close to the penalty area."
On the court, Cassano got up from the grass in annoyance.
He glared at Van Bronckhorst and wanted to curse, but he noticed the referee staring at him and held back.
On the side of the court, Stuart frowned slightly.
Somewhat worried.
This kind of tough foul.
It is often the easiest to interrupt a player's rhythm and affect his mentality.
Obviously.
The anger bar of Cassano, who has a bad temper, has instantly reached the critical value.
Manchester City took a quick free kick and the game continued.
This decisive sliding tackle gave Barcelona time to return to defense.
It is not easy to create threatening attacking opportunities in a crowded backcourt.
Less than a minute later.
Modric's through ball to the penalty area was cleared by Barcelona center back Puyol, and the ball flew out of the danger zone.
Manchester City's first attack ended hastily.
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In the next few minutes, the two sides entered the stage of rapid probing, and Barcelona adopted a high-pressure style of play.
Although the ball was at Manchester City's feet.
But they were trapped in their own backcourt and could not find opportunities to pass across the midline. They could only pass the ball back and forth continuously to avoid Barcelona's frontcourt pressure.
"Barcelona played very aggressively today."
"Hard fouls combined with constant running and pressing in the frontcourt."
"The defensive end was full of pressure."
"This is also the reason why Rijkaard is loved by fans after taking over Barcelona."
"Because you can always see high morale and positive offensiveness in this Barcelona!"
"Manchester City needs to withstand the pressure."
"Be careful with every pass."
"If the ball is lost in this position, it will be a bit dangerous..."
In the ESPN live broadcast room, Wang Tao's voice has not yet fallen.
The situation on the court suddenly changed.
The moment Leo Messi approached Sun Jihai, he suddenly stretched out his foot and predicted Sun Jihai's pass.
The football was intercepted.
The rest of the Barcelona frontcourt players immediately turned intoThe shark, smelling blood, rushed towards Manchester City's goal.
Sun Jihai reacted quickly and tried to steal the ball from Messi.
But the melancholy Argentine boy reacted faster. When Sun Jihai approached him, he lowered his shoulder and changed direction.
He shook Sun Jihai directly and rushed into the penalty area from the right side with the ball.
"Ouch!!"
"Danger!!"
"Messi!!"
"Cross pass in the penalty area!"
"Ronaldinho!!"
"This ball..."
"GGGG---OOOO---AAAA---LLLL!"
"GGGOOOAAALLL!"
"GOAL!!"
"GOAL!!"
"The ball went in!!"
"A pass from Messi in the penalty area, Ronaldinho's shot and goal!"
"1:0!"
"The first goal of the game 7 minutes later, Barcelona's continuous pressure after the opening soon paid off. Messi stole the ball from Sun Jihai, broke into the penalty area and assisted Ronaldinho, helping Barcelona take the lead! "
"Oh!"
"This kind of ball is very demoralizing!"
"It came too fast!"
"Messi's steals and breakthroughs are too sharp, and it's hard to defend. Ronaldinho is also very stable, and he calmly pushed the ball to the far corner. Manchester City goalkeeper James has tried his best, but he didn't stop it."
-[Damn, Sun has to take the blame for this ball. Losing the ball outside the penalty area is too deadly.]
-[This little guy with long hair is good. What's his name? Messi? There's something! But the name is not very good at home, it's unlucky, Messi, no hope?]
-[There's no hope yet, but there's already a big hope! Damn, how did they get scored.]
-[Barcelona is in a really good state today. Not only did they play fiercely, but they also played well. 】
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The Camp Nou was already at its climax when Messi stole the ball. After Messi assisted Ronaldinho to score, it became a super scene of 120,000 people cheering and shouting.
"Messi!!"
"Ronaldinho!!"
"Messi!!"
"Ronaldinho!!"
The Barcelona fans in the stands shouted the names of Messi and Ronaldinho alternately to express their excitement at the moment.
On the court.
Ronaldinho showed two rows of white teeth, rushed to Messi, and carried the melancholy Argentine boy on his back.
Rushed to the corner area, raised his fist and celebrated the goal with the fans.
On the other side.
The Manchester City players could not hide their disappointment, and Sun Jihai even held his head in annoyance.
The Dutchman Rijkaard smiled on the side of the court.
Not far from him.
Stuart thought of his speech at the pre-match press conference.
Zero seal?
Zero seal!
The game was less than 10 minutes in and Barcelona scored.
The old man did not blame Sun Jihai loudly, but forced himself to calm down and command the players to make defensive adjustments.
"Pass the ball decisively!"
"Retreat from the midfield to participate in the pass!"
"Run and close the distance between you and your teammates!"
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