Chapter 1061: Calm Down

Messi was definitely excited just now, and he felt regret and fear after he made the move. However, he still did not believe that the referee would send him off. After all, he is the core figure of Barcelona. If he were to leave the field, it would affect the balance between the two sides. The impact is too great.

After the referee Kaushoy took out the yellow card, Messi was confused and almost went crazy. In an instant, Messi understood what this meant. He rushed to the referee Kaushoy angrily, pointed at Kaushoy and said: "Why did you give me a yellow card? He was just diving! That despicable guy was diving."

The referee Kaushoy looked at Messi with a serious face and was very annoyed. Although he regretted giving the yellow card, it did not mean that Messi's actions were not worthy of the yellow card. He was considering the balance on the court.

But Messi came over angrily and pointed his finger at his nose. Kashay felt very humiliated and annoyed. He pointed firmly to the outside of the court and told Messi to get off the field quickly.

At this time, Barcelona players also arrived one after another. They saw that the red card was unavoidable. Pique and others quickly stopped Messi who was about to go berserk. Xavi came over to communicate with the referee Kashay and asked him why he had to send Messi off. .

The referee Kaushoy gave a simple and clear explanation to Xavi, saying that Messi was sent off in full compliance with the rules. In fact, he was merciful and it was okay to give him a red card directly, so that Xavi could play with peace of mind and not be swayed by emotions.

Xavi knew that the matter was irreversible after Kaushoy took out his cards. The main purpose of his coming to negotiate was to put pressure on Kaushoy, hoping that Kaushoy could give Barcelona some preferential treatment in the future.

The moment Messi made the move, Guardiola jumped up in fright. "Stupid!" Guardiola roared. When he saw the referee Kashay took out the yellow card, Guardiola slapped him again. Sit on the seat.

"It's over, it's over..." Guardiola looked desperate. For Barcelona, ​​Messi is too important. Without Messi, it would be extremely difficult for Barcelona to break through Manchester United's defense. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing Yes, it is still difficult for Barcelona to block Manchester United's attack.

Assistant coach Vilanova saw Guardiola's confused look and quickly reminded: "Pep, calm down, do you want to make a substitution?"

Substitution? Guardiola looked at the bench with a wry smile. There was only one forward, Bojan, and there was probably one Villa between Bojan and Messi. He said: "Let's play like this for now and see if we can hold on until overtime." Sai, well, let Puyol warm up, Alves is tired."

Vilanova knew that Guardiola not only felt that Alves was tired, but also thought that Alves' defense was unstable.

Messi lowered his head, left the field, and walked directly to the mixed tunnel. Above the mixed tunnel were Manchester United fans. Seeing the opponent's strongest player being sent off, the Manchester United fans were extremely excited.

They whistled at Messi, shouted Gao Xiaodong's name, and mocked Messi for provoking Messi.

Messi was so annoyed that he put his index finger to his mouth, made a shut-up gesture to the Manchester United fans, and returned to the locker room with his head sullen.

Messi was sent off, and the Manchester United fans, bench and coaching bench burst into revelry, almost as if Manchester United had scored a goal. The only calm person was head coach Ferguson.

After initially jumping up and applauding, Ferguson silently made a calm gesture to the assistant coaches, asking them to return to their seats and continue to observe while he stood on the sidelines.

In response to this, assistant coach Ferland said inexplicably: "Why don't we strengthen our offense?"

Another assistant coach, Meulensteen, rarely agreed with Ferland. He looked at his watch and said: "There are less than fifteen minutes left, it's time to attack."

Ferguson shook his head and said: "Messi is very powerful, but Barcelona doesn't rely solely on Messi to win the championship. Their system is the most powerful. Villa still has the ability to seal the throat with a sword. We attack rashly and underestimate the enemy with arrogance." If we do, we are very likely to be defeated by our opponent. We have one more player, and overtime is our chance to defeat Barcelona.”

Ferguson always speaks his mind at Manchester United. Even if the assistants don't agree with his opinion, they can only abide by his decision. Besides, Ferguson's words are also very reasonable. Just like Ferran and Meulensteen, they also think that Messi Although Gao Xiaodong and Gao Xiaodong are very strong, they still have to rely on the systems of Barcelona and Manchester United to play their greatest role.

The Manchester United players on the field were very excited after Messi was sent off. They were waiting for Ferguson to blow the charge horn. Unexpectedly, Ferguson did not issue an order to attack with all his strength. Instead, he pressed down with his hands to calm the players. Maintain the current situation.

If Ferguson hadn't said anything, Gao Xiaodong might have encouraged his teammates in the frontcourt to attack, but now that Ferguson had made it clear, Gao Xiaodong didn't dare to disobey the order, although he felt that Ferguson was too conservative and timid.

Barcelona was well prepared to deal with Manchester United's onslaught, but to their surprise, Manchester United stood still and maintained their previous offensive and defensive status.

Barcelona is also a veteran team with rich experience. They immediately understood Manchester United's intentions. They were afraid of being counterattacked by Barcelona and conceding the ball at the last moment. They hoped to take advantage of the large number of people and fight Barcelona in overtime.

This is a situation that Barcelona, ​​with one less player, does not want to see, but they have no choice. The initiative is not in Barcelona's hands. In fact, Barcelona prefers that Manchester United will attack fiercely during regular time and Barcelona will counterattack. Once the counterattack scores, Manchester United's numerical advantage It’s just not worth the advantage of time.

Now Manchester United does not attack hard, and Barcelona does not dare to attack without one player. The two sides are fighting for the midfield. Unless there is a perfect opportunity, it is easy for the army to press.

Manchester United had one more player and had the upper hand. They concentrated the battle area in the center circle and fought hard for the midfield. After grabbing the ball, they quickly passed it to Nani and Valencia on both sides to launch the attack. The two full-backs Generally, when assists reach the center circle, they stop moving forward.

Barcelona has one less player and the stadium coverage area has become smaller. They mainly control the ball in the backcourt, attracting Manchester United to attack, and then dump the ball to the midfield, waiting for opportunities to pass through or hit the ball behind Manchester United.

Obviously Barcelona will not give Manchester United a chance to penetrate the two wings. After Messi came off the field, Alves and Abidal basically stopped pressing forward and stayed behind to wait for Nani and Valencia.

Nani's skills could not break through the cunning Alves. Valencia had no space and could only pass back and cross the ball. Manchester United's wingers could not open up the situation.

Barcelona's offense was also unable to open up. Manchester United's forwards pressed hard, and the distance between the forwards and defenders was maintained very well. Barcelona did not have the ability to penetrate the midfield, let alone hit behind the Manchester United defenders.

Neither side's conventional tactics can lead to success, and the game can only rely on the opponent's mistakes and the performance of the stars.

After Messi goes, Barcelona can only rely on the personal breakthroughs of Iniesta and Villa, while Manchester United has Gao Xiaodong, Rooney and Nani available.

Gao Xiaodong, in particular, combines speed, strength and technique. His personal breakthroughs can sometimes directly open a hole in the opponent's defense.

After the game entered the 80th minute, Gao Xiaodong, Rooney and Nani strengthened their individual breakthroughs, and Barcelona's defense suddenly became tense.