Chapter 631 Top 4! Top 4!

Seeing Liccardo's goal disallowed, the players on the Barcelona bench breathed a sigh of relief.

Messi was almost standing up, but then he sat back silently.

"Don't worry," Guardiola comforted him. "The situation has not yet forced you to play. Believe in your teammates, they can defeat any strong opponent. I hope you can sit on the bench for 90 minutes." minutes to ensure that your injury does not worsen."

Messi smiled bitterly and said: "I do have confidence in my teammates, but I also know very well what Ricardo can do."

Guardiola sighed, "He is indeed one of the most powerful players in football today, Leo, he is as good as you."

"No, he is better than me now. Although he is only a little better, the gap is just a gap, I must admit," Messi said frankly, "But I will continue to improve. I am only 26 years old and I am not fully mature yet." Fulfill your potential. I believe I can catch up with him one day."

Ricardo was very angry. He was sure that he was not offside, but he started too fast, making the linesman mistakenly think that he was offside. Back then, Inzaghi also encountered this kind of injustice many times.

If you look at VAR in a few years, you will know, but now there is no solution.

The referee insisted on the penalty.

Although not long after, the scene was played on the big screen above the stadium, clearly showing that Ricardo was not offside.

But the goal has been disallowed.

For a long period of time, QPR retreated again, and although Barcelona maintained possession of the ball, it was difficult to get the ball into QPR's penalty area.

There are no high points in their frontcourt, and there is no direct kicking into the penalty area.

As a result, the two sides were in a stalemate, and Barcelona's ball possession rate continued to increase.

By the 35th minute, Barcelona's ball possession rate had reached 64%.

For comparison, Barcelona's ball possession rate in the last game was 54%, which was one of the rare games in which Barcelona's ball possession rate did not reach 60%.

Before the end of the first half, due to the loss of QPR players' attention, Barcelona played two extremely threatening offensives.

First, Iniesta suddenly made a through ball, Cesc Fabregas kicked off the penalty area line, and the football missed the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.

Then Pedro sent a wonderful pass to Villa, who shot wide with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area.

It is worth noting that although both goals pose a certain threat, they were completed outside the penalty area.

Soon the referee blew his whistle to signal the end of the first half.

Throughout the first half, Barcelona only completed 3 shots in the penalty area, and all 3 shots were blocked.

Their total number of shots reached 11, and their number of shots on target was 0.

In comparison, QPR only completed 4 shots, but 3 of them were on target. And these 4 shots were all completed in the penalty area.

It can be said that although QPR's attacks are not many, each one is very deadly.

If it weren't for Valdez's brave performance and the help of the referee, Barcelona would be lagging behind now.

During halftime, Simeone praised the players' performance.

Although they did not take the lead, except for Ricardo and Neymar, the other players did not perform well.

But the players played to their own standards at Camp Nou and strictly implemented Simeone's tactical requirements, which is worthy of praise.

"If we keep playing like this, we can win!" Simeone said loudly, "I need you to concentrate on the next 45 minutes, and then we can reach the top four of the Champions League for the first time in history!"

The players laughed. In the past two seasons, they have created too many firsts for the team and have begun to become somewhat immune to the first time.

But the Champions League semi-finals still sound wonderful, don't they?

For the club, the difference between entering the top 4 and stopping at the top 8 is also related to the difference of more than 5 million euros in prize money and millions of euros in ticket revenue.

Season tickets at Loftus Road do not include tickets for Champions League matches.

Tickets for the Champions League vary according to the distance of the seats. The cheapest seat is 45 pounds and the most expensive is 260 pounds. 18,000 seats can bring QPR revenue close to 2 million pounds.

What can you do with £2 million? It can help the club sign another monster star like Icardi.

Therefore, the club's senior management still hopes that the team can enter the top four.

Of course, we can't put too much pressure on the players.

At this time, what is needed for the new Champions League team QPR is to reduce pressure so that the players can perform better.

The second half of the game began.

Barcelona seemed to be playing a little more impatiently.

After several minutes of passing and failing to break into QPR's penalty area, in the 49th minute, Fabregas forced a long shot from 25 meters away from the goal, hitting the defender.

Miranda immediately passed the ball to midfield.

Ricardo overtook Pique in the race, took the ball and ran wildly. 30 meters away from the goal, Ricardo suddenly sent a through ball. Modric, who had been running beside him, accelerated and rushed forward, in the penalty area. Get the ball, smash the ball away from Alves, and form a one-on-one with Valdez.

Valdes had to attack, but Modric flicked his ankle and passed the ball to Neymar, who was unmarked at the far end.

Neymar easily pushed into the empty goal and he lived up to the expectations of the QPR goal.

"Neymar Goalllll! In the 50th minute of the game, QPR took the lead away from home! Modric's calmness and selflessness created this goal."

"QPR with Liccardo is so sharp in counterattacking! Now Barcelona is in trouble. They must score 2 goals to continue advancing, otherwise they will miss the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 7 seasons! "

Before Guardiola could greet him, Messi had already started to warm up.

In this situation, he must take the risk of aggravating the injury and play, otherwise Barcelona will have no future.

QPR continued to hold on after the goal.

In ten minutes, they barely passed the half-court, but Barcelona did not break into QPR's penalty area, but only shot two more shots from outside the penalty area.

Messi's role for Barcelona is still indispensable, especially when the opponent is intensively defending. Only when Messi gets the ball and forms a breakthrough can he disrupt the opponent's formation and hope to break the opponent's tenacious defense.

Apart from Messi, no other Barcelona player has such individual combat capabilities.

In the 62nd minute, Messi replaced Cesc Fabregas and Calabash returned to the center position. In addition, Bartra replaced Adriano, who became a colander.

As soon as Messi came on the scene, he broke through two people and sent wonderful passes. Iniesta caught the ball in the penalty area and dunked past Miranda to shoot into the far corner, but Handanovic held the ball.

One minute later, Iniesta and Messi hit the wall to cooperate. The latter shot from the left side of the penalty area, which was saved by Handanovic, while Villa rushed over and failed to form a follow-up shot.

Seeing this situation, Simeone immediately made a substitution. Midfielder Eric Dier came on and replaced Nainggolan to strengthen defense.

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