Chapter 913 Terrorist Attack

The 2010-2011 season was a season full of crisis for Barcelona.

In the summer of 2009, Florentino entered the palace for the second time, took charge of the Bernabeu, and snatched the two superstars Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic from Barcelona in one breath, plus Kaka, Robben, With strong aids and stars such as Sneijder, Xavi Alonso and Mascherano, Real Madrid's strength has grown by leaps and bounds.

In the following season, the Galaxy battleship double-killed Barcelona, ​​and won the two heavy champions of La Liga and the Champions League in one breath, becoming the double champion, which was a very painful blow for Barcelona.

Real Madrid and Barcelona have always been a pair of enemies in La Liga who love and kill each other.

The Galaxy battleship has taken the lead, and Barcelona will naturally suffer. President Laporta's re-election campaign failed miserably. After Roselle took office, he thoroughly checked the club's finances and corruption.

Throughout the summer of 2010, except for Villa, who was signed by Laporta during his tenure, Barcelona did not sign another star.

Not only did Cesc Fabregas not come, but neither did the striker Guardiola wanted.

As a result, Guardiola was forced to dig inside. Pedro became the partner of Messi and Villa, forming a trident. At the same time, Guardiola was also actively developing the offensive capabilities of the midfield and backfield players.

In the third year of coaching, Guardiola began to play the football he wanted in Barcelona, ​​especially after sending away Yaya Toure in a sad voice, Barcelona's strategy of fully implementing the passing and possession play has been very effective. obvious.

Throughout the season, Barcelona's passing and possession system has reached the peak in history, and almost every game can steadily occupy more than 60% of the ball possession rate, which has brought enormous pressure to the opponent and also made Barcelona stable in the league. .

So far, the league has played 28 rounds, and Barcelona has only lost one.

It is a pity that it is precisely the one that can't be lost the most.

From the summer to the league, Barcelona is full of a sense of crisis. On the one hand, it is unfavorable for signings. On the other hand, it is facing the wolf-like Real Madrid. In addition, European teams are racking their brains to find ways to restrain Barcelona. Passing and controlling the ball, which makes everyone on the team proud and worried at the same time.

Especially after losing to Real Madrid in the first Clasico.

Fortunately, Yang Yang was injured and missed for more than two months, which caused Real Madrid's offense to have problems, which in turn allowed Barcelona to gain enough lead, and even they once believed that the team was already winning.

Unexpectedly, after the winter break, Real Madrid played in a state of madness, especially after entering February, the Galaxy battleship played a goal frenzy that even Barcelona shuddered.

However, Barcelona itself has a crisis.

In the twenty-third round of La Liga, Barcelona drew with Sporting Gijon 1-1 away, but this was just the beginning.

Three days later, at the Emirates Stadium in London, England, Barcelona lost 1-2 to the Gunners Arsenal.

Wenger's team killed Barcelona with 30% of the ball. Although the details are different, they are the same. Arsenal's tactical play is the same as that of Real Madrid and Inter Milan. Accident.

For a time, everyone in the entire European football world began to realize that it was time for Barcelona to step down from the altar.

There is still the second round of the Champions League round of 16, but after returning to La Liga, Barcelona's performance still did not improve much, especially in the twenty-eighth round, they once again encountered a 1-1 draw on the road.

This time it was Sevilla.

Pretty much the same version, the same way, just with a different opponent.

From a ten-point lead at most times to a five-point lead now, Barcelona is under pressure from Real Madrid, constantly losing its lead and being pushed to a desperate situation step by step.

Fearing that the world will not be in chaos, the media reporters start to hype the Barcelona crisis, and there are even many media hyping it. Barcelona is about to end this season, and the Champions League will be difficult to turn over.

For a time, the sky at Camp Nou seemed to be falling.

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As the team's number one superstar, Messi has withstood a lot of pressure.

His performance can be described as outstanding. So far, he has scored 29 goals in 28 league games, he has scored six goals in seven Champions League games, and he has scored in the Copa del Rey. scored seven goals.

That is to say, in the past few months, he has contributed 42 goals for Barcelona alone, which is good enough.

But recently, Messi has been under great pressure.

Because he was reversed by Yang Yang.

From leading by nearly 20 goals and now falling behind Yang Yang by six goals, Messi felt very speechless and depressed. He couldn't understand what kind of opponent was standing in front of him, and why he could do such a thing ?

Over the years, Messi has always regarded Yang Yang as the enemy of his life. He regards Yang Yang as his goal and has always wanted to surpass his opponents, and this season is the best opportunity in his mind.

Although, this looks a bit overwhelming.

But now, Messi suddenly found that even if he took advantage of the fire and won't win, Yang Yang would still chase him back quickly, and he could even reverse himself at a disadvantage, which made him admire Yang Yang even more. make him more depressed.

Does he really have no way to defeat Yang Yang?

Do not! Impossible! There must be a way! There must be a chance! !

Messi is no longer a fledgling boy a few years ago, he is becoming more and more mature and more tenacious, especially after experiencing the frustration of last season, he is ushering in his career. golden years.

He is convinced that he is the strongest!

The league goals were 35 to 29, with Yang Yang leading by six goals.

Judging from the current situation, if Messi wants to reverse, he has to show a better and better state.

In the Copa del Rey, both scored seven goals, and the key depends on their performance in the final final.

The most important, but also the most striking, is the Champions League.

Messi currently leads the Champions League top scorer with six goals, while Yang Yang has only scored one goal so far as he missed the entire group stage and only played one knockout game.

Champions League is the most likely to win!

The premise is that Barcelona must continue to move forward and keep going.

And if you want to move forward, you must reverse Arsenal!

Messi must be in a better, better, and more terrifying state!

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March 15, Camp Nou.

In the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout round, Barcelona hosts Arsenal.

In the first round, the Gunners held 34% of the ball, but limited Barcelona's shots to single digits, and finally defeated Barcelona 2-1 at home, which gave Wenger hope. It also gives players confidence.

In the second round, Wenger drew on the experience of the first round and once again ruled out the four-two-three-one tactics.

Arsenal have two important players missing, one is Walcott who is extremely fast, and the other is Alexander Song, the defensive backbone of the midfield and backfield. These two players played one offense and one defense, and both played in the first round. Playing an important role, the absence of the game has caused a lot of losses to the Gunners, but Barcelona also has many problems.

The captain Puyol was absent due to injury, and Pique was suspended. Last season, Guardiola still had Yaya Toure in his hands, but now, he can only let Busquets retreat to the central defender and follow Abidal. Partner, temporarily put together into a central defender combination.

The midfield is a combination of Sedou Keita, Xavi and Iniesta.

Wenger was well prepared for this. His team did not play conservatively. After the opening, they continued to press the entire line, and the back line also pressed forward. The purpose was to ensure that there was no gap between the lines.

Like the first round, Arsenal's formation is well maintained, the connection is very close, and the pressure on Barcelona is also very effective. Basically, it can form steals in the frontcourt, or interfere and delay the opponent in time to fight for the middle and backcourts. When enough time is available, form a tight formation.

On the Barcelona side, everything is about the same as usual, but it may be that Busquets is missing in the midfield today, and the Gunners are pressing and pressing hard, and the ball is not smooth, so Messi retreated very deeply, even watching. Looks more like a central midfielder.

In front of Villa and Pedro were forced to top.

That's what Wenger wants.

A Messi who is surrounded by Arsenal's midfield is difficult to create a threat.

Seeing that the game situation was developing in the direction he expected, Wenger became more and more confident on the sidelines, especially when the game entered stoppage time in the first half and the score was still zero to zero. Greg breathed a sigh of relief.

"Our defense was very successful, building an impregnable fortress in front of the goal, even if there is a terrorist attack, we don't have to worry." Wenger joked with assistant coach Pat Rice.

At this time, it was already the third minute of stoppage time in the first half.

Pat Rice also agrees with this, and he has even started preparing for half-time to say something to encourage the Arsenal players who fought hard in the first half.

If the team can knock out Barcelona to advance, it will be a huge encouragement to Arsenal.

But at this moment, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Cesc Fabregas made a mistake in passing and was interrupted. Messi took the ball and launched a counterattack. He was surrounded by Arsenal. There were four players around him, but the Argentine superstar suddenly picked the ball to Iraq. Niesta, sprinted forward quickly.

Iniesta understood it, rubbed the ball directly, and passed it to the front of Messi.

The Argentine superstar rushed to the front of the penalty area, facing Iniesta's challenge pass, and facing the attacking Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny, Messi gently picked with his left foot.

The ball went lightly over Szczesny's head and crashed into the goal behind him.

At this moment, the game time just jumped into the fifth minute of stoppage time.

In an instant, the entire Camp Nou stadium went crazy!

The stands became a vast ocean, and everyone was shouting hoarsely, as if they had suffered a terrorist attack.

Messi, on the other hand, ran quickly to the sidelines and pointed to Iniesta, who assisted him.

At this moment, he once again transformed into a confident world-class superstar.

Messi!