Chapter 1299 Natural Enemies
Chapter 1299 Natural Enemies
Just at the beginning of the second half, Barcelona conceded a goal, which was really a heavy blow for Barcelona.
The Barcelona players were all stunned by this conceded goal.
The TV broadcast cut a lot of close-up shots of Barcelona players, and most of the Barcelona players in the shots were blank.
Faced with such a quick loss, they didn't react, and they couldn't accept it in a short time.
The Manchester City players quickly ended their celebrations and returned to the pitch.
They didn't spend much time celebrating.Because they don't need to spend more game time by celebrating.
The second half has just begun. If they hurry up, maybe they can score more goals?
Manchester City players think so.
Beating Barcelona many times in a row gave them endless confidence.
This kind of mentality is difficult to appear in other teams. When they face Barcelona, they may have no fighting spirit even before the game starts. They will think that Barcelona is too strong and we cannot beat them.They will fear any attack from Barcelona in the game.
For example, Leverkusen, they met Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In the first round, Leverkusen lost to Barcelona 1:3 at home. Basically, there is no hope of advancing to the quarter-finals.But unlike the disappointed and sad Leverkusen fans, Leverkusen's two main defenders Kadlec and Friedrich didn't care much about the result of the game. Instead, the two of them had an infighting over a Messi jersey.
During the intermission, Kadlec couldn't wait to find Messi and exchange jerseys.But when he returned to the locker room with Messi jersey, he was stopped by his teammate Friedrich.Because Friedrich was also planning to exchange jerseys with Messi, but Kadlec took the lead.In the player channel, Friedrich and Kadlec quarreled over Messi's jersey, and in the end it was Friedrich, who was older, who succeeded in taking Messi's jersey.
Kadlec was not reconciled to losing Messi's jersey, so he found Messi again at the end of the game and made a request to exchange jerseys. This time no one robbed him.
After the game, Kadlecs also commented on the matter on his personal social network. He acknowledged the conflict between Friedrich and himself, and said that he would put this Messi jersey in the honor room of his home.
It's not about regret and pain after a loss, or even how to perform well in the second leg and perform a miracle.But more concerned about how to get the enemy's jersey.
This detail shows the mentality of those opponents when facing Barcelona.
Of course, with these two absent-minded defenders, Leverkusen lost to Barcelona with a score of 1:7 in the second round at Barcelona's home court. Messi scored five goals alone, which can be regarded as enough goals for the brainless fans...
That game was naturally Messi's highlight moment and a fond memory of Barcelona fans, but for Leverkusen, who was a foil, it was not something to be proud of.The fans are very angry, and the team manager is also very angry. Maybe only the players who care about how to get the jersey don't care about this defeat.
Because in their view, Leverkusen's strength is much worse than Barcelona's, and it is normal to lose this game.
Since it was a match that was doomed to lose, what was there to be upset about?
Can we win the game by being upset and angry?
No, why not make yourself easier in another way?
Isn't losing a part of professional football?
Therefore, Leverkusen will never win the Champions League...
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As the game continued, Barcelona's players were affected by the loss of the ball, played very poorly, and made more active mistakes.
While the Manchester City players were cheering and cheering from the fans, they made great defensive counterattacks. They seized the opportunity of Barcelona's active mistakes and played counterattacks again and again.
If it wasn't for Valdez's outstanding performance, they might have conceded the ball again.
When Valdés saved Ibrahimovic's shot again, he jumped up from the ground, shouting at his teammates and clapping hard.
He was very dissatisfied with the performance of his teammates.
He seemed to want to use this method to wake up his teammates.
But really hard.
Messi has misfired, and the performance of other teammates is not satisfactory.
And what's worse...
No. At 603 minutes, Manchester City once again took advantage of Barcelona's frontcourt pass error to steal the ball and counterattack.
Gareth Barry passed the ball to Sneijder, who turned around and sent a long diagonal pass. The ball went past Butzkes' toes and landed at Kaka's feet.
Kaka did not take the ball, but sent the football sideways to the front of the penalty area after receiving the ball.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was being followed by Puyol, ran towards the ball and made the motion of shooting, as if to shoot directly.
But just when Valdés had already made a saving action, his feet suddenly stopped in front of the football, and he let the football roll over in front of him!
Everyone followed the football and looked back, only to find that Rong Guang had cut in from the side to the center, and swung his right leg in front of the football.
This time it wasn't a feint, the outside instep of his right foot cut the football firmly!
Although Pique stood in front of Glory, it was useless.
Because the football drew a very obvious arc in the air, bypassing his defense far and flying straight to the back corner of the goal.
It was too late for Valdés to make another save, and the speed at which he adjusted his center of gravity was not enough to look at in front of the flying speed of the football.
Rongguang's signature in-cut right foot and outside instep shot!
The football flew into the goal without any suspense...
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!" John Mortensen roared excitedly.
“3：0！3：0！3：0！！曼城三球领先巴塞罗那了！我们是否可以说这场比赛已经结束了？”
Alan Hansen said excitedly from the side: "It's not just this game! The whole semi-final ended early! I don't believe that Barcelona, who are back at home, can even the score after falling behind by three goals!"
"This is Rongguang's No. 13 goals in the Champions League! He is now one short of Messi's [-] goals! But judging from the current state of the two, it may be difficult for Messi to keep his top scorer position! Rongguang's condition is just right!" He Ping no longer cares about whether Manchester City can enter the Champions League final. In his opinion, this is a certainty and there is no suspense.
What he cares about now is whether Rongguang can maintain his record of being the top scorer in the Champions League as long as he participates in the Champions League.
He's not a Man City fan he's a Glory fan.
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The cheers from the Manchester City fans in the stands almost silenced all voices.
The commentators on the scene had to roar at the top of their lungs to ensure that their voices would not be suppressed.
But even so, their voices seemed a little unreal in the noisy background, making it hard to hear.
Manchester City fans know that Rongguang scored twice, which made the suspense of this game disappear.
You don't need to think about what will happen next.
So they are not cheering the glorious goal, they are celebrating the victory of the game in advance!
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Guardiola looked very anxious amidst the huge cheers.
He doesn't intend to just give up the game.
It is already impossible to win this game, and even an equalizer is very difficult.
But what Guardiola wanted was to score an away goal or two.
As long as there are away goals, there is still hope for a comeback at home.
He yelled at the distraught Barcelona players from the sidelines to cheer them up.
But it didn't help.
After the game restarted, the performance of Barcelona's players made it impossible to see their hope of scoring.
The initiative of the game was firmly controlled by Manchester City.
Manchester City is still playing defensive counterattack, shrinking the defense, allowing Barcelona to attack.
But now Barcelona is a little afraid to attack.
For the first time, this team, which always played offensive football, lost the courage to attack.
They know very well that if they continue to attack like this, the space behind them will definitely be used by Manchester City.At that time, the fourth and fifth conceded goals will follow.
So facing the situation of three goals behind, even if an away goal is needed, Barcelona can't attack.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the cheers from the Manchester City Stadium could make people think that what they won was not a semi-final victory, but the Champions League.
Barcelona's players quickly fled the stadium, only Manchester City's players remained on the pitch, circling the field to thank the fans who supported them.
The Manchester City fans waved their arms at the players and kept chanting: "Allianz! Allianz! Allianz!"
The Allianz Arena is the venue for this season's Champions League final. Manchester City fans chanted this word to express their confidence in the team's entry into the final.
In their view, defeating Barcelona 3-0 at home means that half of their body has stepped into the Allianz Arena.
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After the game, Guardiola expressed his confidence in the comeback at the press conference.
"I know it's hard to come back from a three-goal deficit, but that's not why we give up. We'll do our best and Barcelona at Camp Nou will be invincible!"
And Benitez is also very cautious: "We can't say that we have advanced to the final. After all, the semi-final is two rounds, and Barcelona's away game is not easy. We will not be proud and underestimate the enemy."
Regarding the statement made by the reporter that Manchester City is the nemesis of Barcelona, Benitez denied it: "I don't believe in the term 'nemesis'. We are not anyone's nemesis, nor are others our nemesis. Every football match has its own logic, which is affected by the state of the players on both sides and the tactical arrangements of the coaches. This has nothing to do with the nemesis..."
Since Benitez said that Manchester City is not Barcelona's nemesis, the media changed the term when reporting after the game-"natural enemy".
Since this century, Barcelona has never been completely at a disadvantage against a team.
So what is Manchester City if they are not their natural enemies?
(End of this chapter)