Chapter Five Hundred and Sixtieth, Unexpected Lineup

"Hi everyone, this is btsport. I'm your old friend Trik. It's my old partner Nori who is explaining the game with me today."

"The game we are explaining to you today is the first leg of the Champions League semi-final - Manchester United played away against Barcelona."

"Manchester United is still in the familiar 4-4-2 formation for this game: the goalkeeper is Alisson, De Gea is still recovering from his injury, I heard that De Gea's injury is more serious than expected, he may miss this game completely All the games of the season; Smalling and Nemanja Vidic teamed up as a central defender on the back line, Alonso and Valencia on the left and right, Rafael, who ended his red card suspension today, sat on the bench, look Coming to Valencia, he won the trust of Kintag with his recent excellent performance; the midfielders are Kanter and Nainggolan. In this game, Kintag actually sent two defensive midfielders in the midfield. It seems that Manchester United This game will be mainly defensive; on both sides Mahrez and Martial are on the left and on the right; the striker is a combination of De Bruyne and Griezmann. The seven substitute players are: Van Dijk, Jones, Ke Rose, Ashley Young, Lampard, Lewandowski and Van Persie."

"Manchester United's starting lineup today is very interesting. In the past, Lampard, De Bruyne and Riyadh Mahrez were combined in midfield. In this game, only Riyad Mahrez was left in the midfield and Martial cooperated with him. ;And De Bruyne was placed in the forward position by Kintag, which is really puzzling. But Lewandowski and Van Persie, who have performed very well recently, are sitting on the bench. What is the reason. Let us wait and see what kind of tactics Kintag prepares to deal with Barcelona."

"As for Barcelona, ​​they have the same starting lineup that they have maintained this season. 4-3-3 formation: Ter Stegen in the goalkeeper position. The German little lion has performed very well recently. He is gradually making people forget. At the end of the season, Valdes is about to leave the team; on the back line, Barcelona still has a combination of Alba, Mascherano, Pique and Alves. Although Barcelona's offense is sharp this season, it can guarantee Barcelona's stable performance , Barcelona's defense is indispensable; Barcelona's three midfielders are Harvey, Iniesta and Busquets. I don't need to introduce these three people-the best midfield combination in the world; It is Barcelona's msn combination that is in the limelight this season-Messi, Neymar and Suarez, they beat the BBC combination in La Liga, and have become the strongest attacking combination in international football!"

"This Barcelona team is called the universe team by many people, because they are almost the top players in the world in every position. Not only that, their seven substitute players are: Mathieu, Adri Jarno, Pedro, Rakitic, Bravo, Roberto and Rafinha. Even if these players are placed in other giant teams, they can occupy a place, and enough bench depth is the key to Barcelona this season. Lien Chan and Lian Jie rely on it. It seems that Manchester United will definitely encounter great difficulties in this game."

"With the whistle of the referee, the game begins!"

"It was Barcelona who kicked off first. Messi and Neymar passed the ball in midfield and gave the ball to Iniesta behind him. Then they went straight into the back of Manchester United, and Suarez also moved forward in the middle. ...Suarez played in the middle of the game, but all three of them were very skilled and often crossed positions during the game."

"Xavi and Iniesta passed consecutively in the midfield, and Nainggolan and Kante couldn't touch the ball at all! Manchester United's most proud midfield shield this season was played by Barcelona in the applause."

"Busquets came in suddenly! He caught the ball and passed between Kante and Nainggolan! He directly faced the Manchester United defense! Picked and passed to Messi on the right! Messi's shot! "

"Vidic blocked the ball with his body! The Manchester United captain's prediction was very accurate,

He moved in front of Messi ahead of time and blocked this tricky shot! "

"This time the corner kick was taken by Xavi! It was passed to the center of the penalty area! Suarez's header! The ball went over the bar! Only a little bit!"

"Only two minutes into the game, Barcelona got two good chances to attack and almost won the goal. Through the opening two minutes of the duel, Manchester United almost completely lost to Barcelona on all fronts, and the Barcelona players easily won. Breaking through Manchester United's defense and passing the ball into Manchester United's penalty area, Messi's shot is still very good. It seems that this game is more difficult for Manchester United than imagined."

Just two minutes later, Jin Taige on the sidelines was sweating a little.

This Barcelona team is too strong!

There are almost no loopholes in each of their positions. When facing Barcelona today, Kintag feels more pressure than when facing Real Madrid last season.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, Jin Taige yelled at his players on the sidelines: "Pay attention to the defensive distance! Don't let them pass the threatening ball easily!"

At this time, Manchester United's captain Vidic also encouraged his teammates: "Guys, everyone must quickly enter the game state, and don't let Barcelona steal the start!"

Indeed, as Vidic said, Manchester United did have some inattention in the opening period. When they faced the powerful Barcelona, ​​they felt huge pressure in their hearts; and among the voices of more than 100,000 fans of the home team at Camp Nou, Manchester United players also felt a little uncomfortable.

In the opening stage, apart from Vidic, Nainggolan was the best player, and his defense even surpassed Kanter.

In the 8th minute of the game, in a backcourt defense, Nainggolan fiercely tackled Neymar, who was riding a bicycle, near the sideline, and the ball was tackled out of the sideline.

Neymar fell to the ground in pain and rolled over.

The Barcelona players gathered around one after another, wanting to reason with Nainggolan. However, Nainggolan is not a good stubble. He straightened his back and chest, and faced the Barcelona players.

At this time, the Manchester United players also stepped forward to protect Nainggolan, and pushed and shoved the Barcelona players.

The referee rushed to the scene of the incident, pushed the players away from both sides, and then warned Nainggolan to pay attention to his tackle. However, the referee did not show his card to Nainggolan, nor did he give Barcelona a free kick in the frontcourt, but awarded Barcelona a throw-in.

The Barcelona players were very dissatisfied with the penalty. They surrounded the referee to argue, but in the end it was fruitless.

Nainggolan's tackle was very effective this time. He seemed to give Manchester United players a shot in the arm. In the following time, the game status of Manchester United players gradually recovered...