Chapter 412: Victory or Defeat
The yellow card has little impact on Messi, but has a great impact on Gao Xiaodong. Messi does not take on the defensive task, but Gao Xiaodong's defensive task in this game is very heavy. This yellow card has weakened Gao Xiaodong's defensive ability a lot.
The game resumed, and Barcelona continued to control the ball, wasting time, waiting for Porto to come up and press.
Porto just grabbed a wave without success, and was almost counterattacked by Barcelona. They didn't dare to grab again, and the game returned to the original dull confrontation.
Martin, the commentator of Sky Sports, said depressedly: "I thought that Barcelona's first goal would make the game more exciting, but I didn't expect Porto to not attack. The game was more boring than the beginning, and it made people drowsy. Now Barcelona's The ball possession rate has reached an astonishing 75%, should we give Porto a ball and let Porto play in the other half, otherwise this is not like a game."
Gao Xiaodong was also helpless in the face of Barcelona's obscene ball-handling methods. He thought that after being promoted to the professional A level, he would be able to perform on the field, but he didn't expect it to be useless at all, because the game lasted for almost 30 minutes. He, the core of the attack, has touched the ball less than 10 times, and every time he takes the ball, he is double-teamed by the opponent. Without the ball under his feet, he can't use his skills.
Ferreira is also helpless on the sidelines, what if he can't grab the ball? How do you attack without the ball at your feet? As long as Barcelona does not attack, Porto has nothing to do but take the risk of expanding the range of pressing. If the range of pressing is expanded, Porto's defense will be completely exposed to Barcelona, which has world-class personal ability and teamwork.
Barcelona has the ability to attack, but they lead by one goal, and they will not take the initiative to attack without an absolute chance. Porto also wants to attack, but they can't even grab the ball from Barcelona. There is no way to attack at all. Undoubtedly suicide.
The drowsy game lasted another 10 minutes, and the game reached the 40th minute.
Barcelona found Porto's flaws in the constant passing and mobilization.
This flaw was caused by Henry's feint attack on the left. The right back Fuxilai was tight, and Porto's defense leaned to the right. Henry hit the center to Harvey. Messi ran to lure Gao Xiaodong away. Harvey passed to Iniesta. Iniesta Star attacked the right side of the penalty area, and Porto's center of gravity continued to lean to the right.
Iniesta failed to attack and passed back to Xavi again. Xavi suddenly went straight to the wing to find Eto'o. Driggs moved to the center and did not return. Puyol and Eto'o played a two-for-one cooperation, dribbling the ball and crossing the center.
With the opportunity to attack, the three midfielders of Barcelona and Messi all inserted into the penalty area to grab points, but Gao Xiaodong rushed to Messi before and kicked the ball to the side at the risk of an own goal, resolving the situation. The second cross.
Barcelona took advantage of Porto's defense line not fully settled,
Quick throw the throw-in, keep going.
Messi didn't dare to dribble anymore, and passed the ball to Harvey. Harvey, Iniesta, and Busquez cooperated with consecutive short passes and passed it to the front of Porto's penalty area.
Porto tightened at the front of the penalty area, and Barcelona had no chance. The ball was given to Henry on the wing. Henry saw Toure, who was a guest central defender, coming forward, and immediately passed it across to Toure.
Toure followed up with a strong shot, and the ball flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal like a shell.
Porto goalkeeper Helton was very focused, and he flew to save the ball over the baseline.
Barcelona wins a corner.
Harvey took the corner kick. Pique, who was fighting for the top in the middle, was too straight under the interference of Alves, and he had no strength. The ball was held by Helton with both hands.
It was a rare good opportunity, and Helton quickly ran to the side of the penalty area and risked throwing the ball to Hulk.
Hulk ran with the ball, and Porto's midfielders quickly followed up with the counterattack except for Fernando who stayed behind to defend.
Henry and Sylvinho are guarding the left side of Barcelona. Both of them are veterans with rich experience, but they are very afraid of Hulk's unreasonable use of speed and body.
Henry chased desperately but failed to narrow the distance with Hulk. Hulk forced Sylvinho. Sylvinho had no choice but to reach out and grab Hulk, stopping Porto's attack with a yellow card. This attack.
Porto takes another free kick.
Gao Xiaodong knew that it was difficult to get a free kick at the front of the penalty area, so he didn't want to wait any longer. He positioned the ball, ran up a little, hit the middle of the ball with the arch of his right foot, and quickly moved upwards, drawing the ball towards the goal.
Gao Xiaodong didn't know how to kick this kind of Falling Leaf Slash before, this is the first time he used it in an official game.
The ball didn't spin at first, it seemed to be crossed, but the power was a bit strong. The goalkeeper Valdez had studied Gao Xiaodong and knew that he was strong, so he thought it was because he was using too much force, so he focused all his attention on the players who grabbed the point.
However, after the ball flew over the middle of the penalty area, it suddenly drifted to the left, and fell sharply, heading straight for the goal.
Valdes was horrified, he flew to save the ball, his body and arms were all open to reach the ball.
But Valdez's height and wingspan were not enough, he tried his best but failed to touch the ball, just when Valdés was in despair, he heard a bang, and the ball hit the post and bounced out.
well!
Almost at the same time, a heavy sigh came from the stadium, which was a gathering of the regrets of nearly 20,000 Porto fans and more than 10,000 neutral fans.
Yu Lei had a bad premonition, and said, "Xiaodong is not lucky today."
The monkey also said worriedly: "The weak beat the strong, and the score falls behind. If the luck is bad, there will be no salvation."
After hearing this, Xiao Le said angrily: "The game is not over yet, so why not say something unlucky."
Everyone stopped talking.
Gao Xiaodong and his teammates had no time to regret. After the ball rebounded, Barcelona grabbed the ball and immediately launched a counterattack. There was only the last minute left in the first half. If they conceded another goal, the game would be considered a complete loss.
Porto's players are desperately running back, and Barcelona's players are also desperately running forward. Everyone is racing against time. Whoever runs to Porto's penalty area first, and whoever arrives first with more players, will gain the upper hand in this contest. .
In the quick counterattack, Barcelona's passes and cuts are still extremely accurate.
The ball was launched from Harvey's feet and passed to Messi's feet. Gao Xiaodong went to take a free kick and did not follow Messi. Only then did he distribute the ball to Henry on the wing, and he continued to advance.
Gao Xiaodong didn't chase Henry, he quickly returned to his penalty area along the shortest straight line.
This is the correct defense. No matter whether Henry is passing the ball or cutting inside to shoot, as long as Gao Xiaodong can return to the penalty area one step earlier, he will have a chance to make up the defense.
In the world of martial arts, speed is the only thing that can't be broken. In the end, Gao Xiaodong returned to the Porto penalty area first, and Sissoko was a step behind. On the other side, Barcelona rushed to Henry, Eto'o and Messi.
Henry cut inside, Helton quickly blocked the close corner, Gao Xiaodong quickly approached Messi to prevent Henry from passing Messi to shoot.
Henry pretended to shoot, but suddenly flicked his right foot inward, knocked Helton down, and immediately kicked his foot into the far corner.
Henry didn't have time to observe, so he knocked Helton down and shot. Unexpectedly, Gao Xiaodong quickly ran to the goal line when he smashed the ball. This was the goalkeeper's consciousness. He knew that Henry was definitely going to shoot.
Gao Xiaodong blocked the ball with his foot while running.
"ah!"
"God!"
"Scared me!"
"Not in!"
"It didn't even come in!"
...
There was a burst of exclamation and cheers from the stands, which was the expression of different emotions from the fans of both sides.
However, the alarm was not lifted. When Gao Xiaodong returned to the defense, Messi also followed up. He grabbed the ball before Henry, rubbed the back of his foot, and hung it to the upper left corner of the goal.
This is a tricky hanging door.
The goalkeeper Helton in the right corner has already got up to defend. Gao Xiaodong who is standing in the small penalty area is too short to intercept.
Porto's fans had just put their hearts into their stomachs, and they immediately raised their throats. Everyone was looking forward to Messi hitting the goal post.
However, at this moment, everyone in the audience was stunned to find that Gao Xiaodong jumped back and hit the ball over the crossbar with one hand.
If Gao Xiaodong was the goalkeeper, this was a beautiful save, but Gao Xiaodong is not.
The professional A-level skill gave Gao Xiaodong a higher awareness and quicker reaction. In that position, Gao Xiaodong just acted subconsciously. After touching the ball, Gao Xiaodong felt that something was wrong, but a big mistake had already been made. It's no use regretting any more.
Gao Xiaodong lay on the ground, closed his eyes, he knew that his first Champions League was over.
Sure enough, the referee Busaka came over and showed Gao Xiaodong a red card to let him leave the field.
Although there is a system in his body, there will be no lack of Champions League in the future, but Gao Xiaodong couldn't help crying, the taste of failure is really bitter.
The audience was silent, both Porto fans and Barcelona fans were silent, and even the commentator didn't make a sound, just watching Gao Xiaodong leave step by step.
Although Gao Xiaodong's reputation is not as great as Messi's, and his playing is not as dazzling as Messi's, but if Messi is a genius, then Gao Xiaodong is also a genius, with wonderful violent long-range shots, the ability to attack, defend, and defend. This is also not something ordinary people can do.
This was a contest between two geniuses. No one expected that Gao Xiaodong would leave the field with a red card just after halftime.
Although if Gao Xiaodong didn't intentionally handball, the score of 0:2 would make the game completely lose suspense, but after all, there is still something to watch. After Gao Xiaodong leaves the field, the game may only be left with a one-sided massacre.