Chapter 284 It’s Like Being in a Deserted Place

PS, I'm sorry, the chapter number updated yesterday was wrong. It should be Chapter 283, but it turned out to be Chapter 286. The chapter name is the same, and the content has not changed. It's just that the number is wrong. No. Affects reading...

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After Messi's goal, Barcelona clearly had the upper hand in attack.

Xavi stepped back, leaving more space for Messi and giving the ball to Messi.

Now is Messi's moment.

Xavi, Iniesta and others have been reduced to supporting roles.

Messi seemed to be in good shape in this game. His sharp breakthrough made Dortmund's defense extremely embarrassed.

The stands applauded Messi's wonderful performance again and again, and burst into laughter because of the embarrassment of Dortmund's defenders.

Barcelona fans are having a great time.

Although they were still tied, Messi's performance made them seem to have forgotten this.

Many people even think that if Messi continues to perform like this, it will only be a matter of time before he scores again.

Facing the aggressive Messi, Dortmund had to choose to defend across the board.

Zhou Yi's defensive contribution was not as great as he was in the first half.

"...Guardiola made adjustments during the halftime break to increase the players' personal breakthroughs. Messi, Sanchez and Iniesta are all players with strong breakthrough capabilities. Once they move forward at full power, Go ahead, I think there aren’t many teams in the world that can stop him!” the Catalan commentator said proudly.

Although the Catalan commentator looked down on Dortmund, he was indeed right.

This is also the most important difference between Barcelona and other imitators.

Since the success of Barcelona's football, there have been many imitators in world football, all of whom emphasize passing and controlling.

Gao Hongbo's Chinese team is also one of the imitators in a sense.

But the biggest difference between these imitators and the original is that the original has Messi and they don't.

For a long time, regarding Messi,

There seem to be two completely different opinions.

One theory is that Messi is the core and most indispensable person of Barcelona, ​​which is why he can win so many Golden Globe Awards and World Footballer.

Another theory is that Messi is blown out by everyone. Although he is very good, the real key task for Barcelona is Xavi. Messi is just a system player. Without Barcelona's system, he will not be able to play. . This statement is also very marketable. After all, they have factual basis, that is, Messi in the Argentina national team and in the Barcelona team are almost completely different.

As one of the best stars in the world (or even one can be removed), he has won countless honors in Barcelona, ​​but he has not led the Argentina adult national team to win any important national team championship.

This has become the reason for many people to attack Messi, thinking that he will not be able to play football if he breaks away from Barcelona's tactical system. There are also many people who say that if Messi has the ability, he should go to the Premier League and achieve some results...

Although there is some truth to this statement, Messi's contribution to Barcelona is definitely not as small as some people think.

If Barcelona didn't have Messi, even with Xavi and Iniesta, it would be difficult to reach its current heights.

Barcelona's tactical system needs a sharp figure who can change the rhythm and accelerate suddenly.

And Messi is such a sharp knife.

Of course, some people say that Sanchez can also be a sharp knife. There must be people like Messi with strong breakthrough ability who can be a sharp knife. So what is so irreplaceable about Messi?

Messi's irreplaceability is that although others can do what he can do, they can't do it as well as he does. Messi can do all these things to the extreme.

So there is a reason why he is the number one player in world football today and not others.

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After Messi scored, he became more and more active. The commentators exclaimed that Messi was invincible and unstoppable.

In fact, Dortmund is indeed in a great crisis.

Now Messi is retreating deeper than before, which is his breakthrough after getting the ball.

Facing Messi's breakthrough, Dortmund dealt with it very awkwardly.

Messi, on the other hand, was galloping around Dortmund's half amid the cheers of the fans, as if he was in no one's land.

Rey Hodson gushed over Messi.

In the 67th minute, Messi once again received the ball from midfield, turned around, and then used a change of rhythm to get rid of Shinji Kagawa.

If Zhou Yi wants to intercept, no matter how useful he can be in one-on-one defense, at least he must be there, and if not, he will foul. We are still far away from the penalty area. If you commit a foul here, as long as it is not a particularly serious malicious foul, you will get a yellow card at most. If you are lucky, you may not even get a yellow card.

But Messi didn't give Zhou Yi a chance to foul at all. When he was still three meters away from him, he suddenly changed his line and got rid of the scarecrow-like Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi, who was not very fast, had no way to deal with such an unreasonable forced breakthrough.

He could only turn around and run back, not to chase Messi, but to get as close as possible to his penalty area.

After he saw Messi get rid of him, he moved his feet very deftly and knocked down Sven Bender who came up to defend.

A small movement, but the effect is surprisingly good. This is where Messi is great. His passing moves are not fancy, but very practical. This is the result of his ultra-fast pace caused by his short height.

Even though they were opponents, Zhou Yi had to lament Messi's strength.

Then Messi broke into the penalty area after reaching Sven Bender.

Zhou Yi was sweating for his team in his heart. He knew that it would be very troublesome to let Messi enter the penalty area... because the defensive players did not dare to make moves easily, but Messi's excellent ball control ability allowed him to Move around in the narrow penalty area, protect the football, and then look for opportunities to shoot.

Sure enough, when Messi entered the penalty area, Hummels in front of him originally wanted to come up and steal the ball, but when he saw Messi entering the penalty area, he had to stop.

He stopped, but Messi didn't stop. He looked at Hummels and pounced on him.

When the two were about to come into contact, Messi dunked the football to the right with his left foot and the football passed through. Messi's right foot caught the leg swept by Hummels, and the Argentine fell to the ground!

The referee's whistle sounded.

Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat.

He saw the referee's finger pointing to the penalty spot!

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"Penalty kick! Penalty kick!" Hodson shouted again. "Messi! Ahhh! A genius performance! In front of his dexterous body, Hummels is like a clumsy giant!"

"Penalty kick! Dortmund was awarded a penalty kick!" Marcel Leif's voice was filled with panic, and he knew exactly what this penalty kick meant.

As long as Barcelona scores this penalty kick, it will lead Dortmund 2:1.

This will be an extremely heavy blow to Dortmund's morale.

But a heavier blow is yet to come...

When the Dortmund players saw the referee awarding a penalty kick, they all rushed to the referee to lodge a complaint.

Hummels also defended himself and felt that Messi's fall was exaggerated and it was a fake fall.

But just when he complained about Messi's diving, the referee took out a... red card from his pocket!

"Red... red card?!" He Ping was shocked. He thought that even if there was no problem with the penalty kick, a yellow card for Hummels would be the harshest punishment. After all, Barcelona had already been given a penalty kick...

Unexpectedly, the referee Capers of this game actually showed a red card directly to Hummels!

Red cards and yellow cards are not just different colors!

If Barcelona's penalty kick is scored, Dortmund, with one less player, will almost be eliminated.

Klopp on the sidelines was very dissatisfied with the referee's decision. He rushed out of his activity area and shouted to the court: "Is there something wrong with your brain! How can this be a red card!? See*** ***ghost!"

The fourth official came up and asked him to calm down, but Klopp shouted back with a more ferocious expression and a louder tone.

So of course, the fourth official called the referee. Capers lined up the Dortmund players around him and ran back to the sidelines. After listening to the fourth official's statement, he also showed Klopp a Give him a red card to signal him to leave!

"Klopp also received a red card!" Marcel Leif thought this situation was really confusing. "It's just too bad... when Hummels was sent off and a penalty was awarded, Klopp was sent off too!"

The referee Capers' two red cards in a short period of time caused dissatisfaction among Dortmund players and coaches, and there was some confusion on the scene.

Dortmund's substitutes protested to Capers, but Capers did not respond to them. Instead, he turned back to the pitch and urged Hummels to come off.

Although Hummels was very reluctant, his arm could not twist his thigh, and he walked off the court chattering.

Dortmund's other players could not be more dissatisfied at this time.

They can only choose to accept it. (To be continued.)