"Hello, everyone, welcome to the Etihad Stadium. I am He Shi. I will be here to bring you the first leg of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, which will be held here. A highlight match is Manchester City's home game against Barcelona.
This is the first time in history that the two sides have met in an official match.
The two sides have met 6 times in warm-up matches before, with Barcelona having the upper hand with 4 wins and 2 losses. Manchester City has recorded 2 wins and 2 draws against Spanish teams at home 4 times in history and remains unbeaten. Barcelona has won 6 times in 27 visits to England in history. 8 draws and 13 losses. The previous four visits to Manchester were 2 draws and 2 losses without a win. I wonder if I can break the 'curse' this time and take away a victory from here. "
"Yang Feng scored 10 goals in the group stage, breaking the Champions League group stage scoring record. He also scored two goals in the two rounds of the 1/8 finals against Schalke 04, and currently has 12 goals. Tied with Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the scorer list, they are only two goals away from the single-season record of 14 goals jointly held by Messi and Altafini. The second place on the scorer list is Messi, who scored 8 goals! "
"Due to the recurrence of pancreatic cancer, former Barcelona coach Vilanova resigned as head coach before the season. Martino is now in charge of Barcelona, so like Pellegrini, this is also his first season leading Barcelona. Different from Manchester City's huge lead in the league, Barcelona is still in a close battle with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the La Liga standings. If they cannot win the league championship and cannot advance to the Champions League this round, then Barcelona fans may be very disappointed. It's hard to be satisfied with this new coach..."
In the locker room, the coaches of both sides took pains to emphasize the threats of Messi and Yang Feng.
Hazard, Lewandowski, Suarez, Neymar, Bale and others are still training, while Kaká and Robben have passed their peak. Only Melo and Ismail can be called nuclear weapons at this time. Bu and Yang Feng were among the few left.
In the player tunnel, Messi and Akun met their old friends again, talking and laughing, while other players had sullen faces, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Yang Feng greeted Xiaobai and Harvey, whom he had met once before, and then went over to shake Messi's hand, "Welcome."
Messi rarely joked and said: "Really welcome?"
"Well, actually it's not that welcoming," Yang Feng also smiled, "I hope to meet you again in the finals."
"It's a pity that now only one of us can go to the finals."
"So is this the part where you talk harshly before the game?" Yang Feng looked at Akun, "What should I say to appear more domineering?"
"..." Akun really thought about it seriously, "I will be the only one going to the finals... What do you mean by those looks in your eyes?"
"It's not interesting," Yang Feng said, "That's a good point. Don't say it again in the future."
"Barcelona played 4-3-3.
Goalkeeper: 13-Pinto;
Defenders: 22-Alves, 3-Pique, 14-Mascherano, 18-Alba;
Midfielder: 6-Xavi, 16-Busquets, 4-Fabregas;
Forwards: 11-Neymar, 10-Messi, 8-Iniesta. "
"Manchester City 4-2-2-2.
Goalkeeper: 13-Oblak;
Defenders: 5-Zabaleta, 4-Kompany, 6-Lescott, 22-Klich;
Midfielder: 2-Kante, 42-Yaya Toure;
Attacking midfielder: 8-Kros, 21-Silva;
Forwards: 16-Aguero, 9-Yang Feng. "
"The game has begun..."
As soon as the game started, Barcelona coach Madino discovered that he had been deceived by Pellegrini.
Yang Feng's position is not on the front line, but retreats to a position almost parallel to Cross and Silva. Cross is in the center, Silva is on the left, and Yang Feng plays on the right.
It was originally two attacking midfielders, but now it has become the old-fashioned 1 attacking midfielder + 2 wide midfielders.
Although Kroos is a bit unconventional as an attacking midfielder and cannot dribble or protect the ball, his dealing skills are top-notch and he is fully capable of the work of centering and controlling the front and back of the series.
Coupled with the up-and-down attributes of Yaya Toure and Kante, Manchester City's midfielder is simply too strong.
Of course, Barcelona's midfielder is not that bad, and can even be said to be the strongest in the world. After the game started, the football kept spinning in the midfield, and neither side even managed a decent attack.
"...The game was deadlocked at the beginning. Barcelona failed to control the game as usual. The ball possession rates of both sides were evenly matched. However, Manchester City also had too many troops tied up in the midfield, making it difficult to attack offensively... Beautiful! Before the words were finished, Manchester City launched a sharp attack..."
David Silva and Cross played one-on-one in a row. It seemed that Silva was going to dribble the ball to the bottom line and cross the ball. Unexpectedly, Silva received the knockback from Cross for the third time. Suddenly a long pass.
The football spanned most of the field, flying from the left to the right.
Yang Feng lightly padded his thigh and stopped the ball easily.
Alba rushed forward, trying to force Yang Feng to the boundary. Yang Feng suddenly pulled the ball back with his right foot, then poked with his toes. The football magically changed direction and passed between Alba's legs. .
Neymar's eyes lit up in the frontcourt, and he felt a strange sense of familiarity coming over him...
Alba turned around and chased back, pushing hard at Yang Feng who was about to cut inside.
Yang Feng pushed hard with both hands, but unfortunately this time Fu Demo failed to take it seriously. After staggering a few steps, he fell to the penalty area line.
"Beep!"
"Alba pushed someone from behind and got a yellow card. Manchester City got a good free kick opportunity. It should...oh, it was Yang Feng who took the kick. He scored 5 free kicks last season. We have already scored three direct free kicks this season, and I don’t know if this will be the fourth.”
The home fans were very dissatisfied with this penalty, and the voices of "Red card! Red card! Red card!" could not be heard.
Yang Feng placed the ball and waved his teammates to disperse, making no secret of his intention to hit the goal directly.
The whistle sounded, he took a run-up, rubbed the instep of his right foot and shot.
This foot felt very good. After the ball flew out, Yang Feng couldn't help but clenched his fist.
Under the expectant eyes of the home fans, the football successfully bypassed the wall, then quickly pulled in and flew to the goal.
Pinto quickly adjusted his steps, jumped up, and narrowly blocked the ball out of the baseline with one palm.
There were sighs in the stands, which turned into applause.
"It's a pity. It was a pretty beautiful free kick. It's a pity that the goalkeeper played very well and successfully resolved the danger. Although he didn't score, the home fans still gave Yang a warm applause..."
Yang Feng also blinked regretfully.
There are three difficulties in taking a free kick. The first is that it has to go over the wall, the second is that it has to hit the goal frame, and the third is naturally the goalkeeper. This kick was solved beautifully in front of the goal, but unexpectedly it was blocked by the goalkeeper.
The four defenders all wanted to compete for the header, but Kompany and Lescott were scolded back by Pellegrini on the sidelines, "Watch Neymar and Messi! Watch out for counterattacks!"
He was also frightened by Barcelona. He played this ghost team 22 times during La Liga and only won 4 times, all of which gave away experience.
Cross took a corner kick, but Yang Feng failed to hit the target due to the entanglement of Pique and Mascherano. The football was pushed out of the penalty area by Busquets.
Iniesta stopped the ball easily, evaded Kante's pressing with a flick and a dunk, and then made a through ball.
"Iniesta takes the ball and drives straight towards Neymar! Neymar dribbles the ball in the middle of the midfield, and Messi connects in front! Barcelona's counterattack is coming!"
Kante and Yaya Toure desperately chased back. According to the distance, they should not be able to catch up. However, Neymar seemed to have deliberately slowed down and waited for them. The moment the two caught up, he suddenly pulled the ball and retreated. He got between the two of them.
The two quickly turned around, but Neymar turned around at the same time and pulled the ball back again...
Even the spectators who were watching the scene were a little confused, let alone Kanter and Yaya Toure who were in the game.
The two of them chased after Neymar at first. After Neymar pulled the ball back twice in a row, they still chased after Neymar. It seemed that the horse was busy and lonely, but only they knew that their footsteps had completely It was chaotic. It was already the limit to be able to stabilize the center of gravity without being knocked over. If I wanted to catch up again, I couldn't do it. I could only watch Neymar go away.
Messi and Lescott are racing, but in order not to go offside, he can only control his speed. Although Kompany is worried about Lescott guarding Messi by himself, he cannot just let Neymar go. Regardless, he could only rush towards Neymar and was met with a fierce tackle.
Neymar stepped on and pulled, and Marseille easily avoided it with a spin.
Before everyone had time to applaud this clever dodge, Neymar had already tiptoed quite coherently and passed a comfortable overhead ball to Messi.
Messi can finally sprint into the penalty area with all his strength.
Oblak struck decisively.
Kompany had no choice but to do the same as Alba and push him hard from behind.
Messi also staggered a few steps forward, but like a tumbler, he staggered two steps and stood up straight again, but Oblak had already run in front of him.
Oblak fell to the ground to save the ball the moment Messi took possession of it, but when the football that was still in sight one second suddenly disappeared the next, he knew it was over.
Messi just used the simplest change of direction of the ball, and he was so good that he avoided Oblak with the ball and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.
0-1.
"Goal!!! Messi!! In the 16th minute of the game, Messi scored! Of course, Iniesta and Neymar also took most of the credit for this goal..."
"One moment it was Manchester City attacking, once threatening Barcelona's goal, and the next moment it was Barcelona's front three that connected and broke Manchester City's goal!"
Messi pirated Kaká’s signature move, running towards the sidelines while raising his hands and pointing to the sky. However, after Neymar caught up, they turned into running arms and legs together towards the visiting team’s stands.
In fact, Messi preferred to partner with Pedro at first, and he was very dissatisfied with Neymar's involvement, but now he naturally enjoys it.
"Messi's ninth goal! If Barcelona can eliminate Manchester City and reach the final, then he will play three more games than Yang Feng, and it is not impossible to overtake Yang Feng in terms of goals..."
Kompany and Yaya Toure are doubting their lives. It is impossible to expect them to boost their morale. Yang Feng can only take over this job and call his teammates over. Although the coming and going is nothing more than "the game has just begun" "Start, we haven't lost yet" and other nonsense, but it is better to have someone to stabilize the morale of the army than to do nothing and allow negative emotions to spread to the entire team.
The game begins again.
The two sides continued to compete in the midfield.
Barcelona felt a lot more relaxed after the ball was in their hands, and started all kinds of dazzling passes and possessions again.
Cross had to retreat to support, but he could only withstand the opponent's offensive.
Yang Feng had to start trying to use his personal ability to overcome difficulties. On the other hand, Neymar also frequently performed wonderful solo breakthroughs. Messi was fascinated by the skill show of the two and joined in the skill show of the two.
A game with one dribbling master can ignite the whole game, and this game has three!
There were rounds of warm applause from the sidelines. If you didn't look at the scoreboard, it would be easy to think that this was a goal battle. However, the actual situation was that until the end of the first half, the score was still 0-1.
At halftime, Pellegrini did not comment on the first half, but took the time to adjust tactics.
"I have to admit my failure first," Pergone said honestly, "I was wrong, I shouldn't compete with them for the midfield..."
It was the coach who admitted his mistake, but it was the midfielders such as Kante, Toure and Kroos who were ashamed.
In fact, the idea is correct. Those who win the midfield win the world. Everyone knows that containing the midfield is equivalent to grabbing Barcelona's throat. It is easier said than done, but the implementation is not in place.
“We play soccer in the second half!”
The team members understood it instantly.
Arsenal and Manchester City are outliers in the Premier League. One plays fast passing and the other plays technical flow, but it is Barcelona that takes these two aspects to the extreme.
There is nothing wrong with using your own strengths to attack the enemy's strengths, but the embarrassing thing is... they are older than you.
At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City's style changed visibly.
He no longer competes with Barcelona in the midfield, but plays various long passes and crosses from the wing. Anyway, it is as simple as playing.
Yang Feng returned to the front line, with David Silva and Cross on the left and right, with Kanter and Yaya Toure in the center and one behind.
The effect comes quickly.
In the 48th minute, Yaya Toure made a long pass from the backcourt, and Yang Feng succeeded in countering offside. Unfortunately, there was no shooting angle, and he hurriedly shot a zero-degree angle shot onto the side netting.
In the 55th minute, Oblak successfully saved the ball and threw the ball to the right. Cross simply dribbled the ball and immediately hoisted the ball into the penalty area.
Yang Feng beat Mascherano to ferry the header, and Aguero volleyed the ball into Pinto's arms.
In the 63rd minute, David Silva passed the ball from the left and another high ball...
Yang Feng had his back to the goal, and Pique saw through it before he could make a move.
"He wants a barb!"
I guessed it right, but unfortunately there was no reward.
Yang Feng took two steps forward, spread his hands left and right, and made a forward movement like hanging the golden hook upside down.
Mascherano quickly bent his legs, then jumped up high, preparing to block the thunderous blow with his head.
But what the hell is, he jumped, Yang Feng didn’t jump...
Yang Feng supported his left foot and raised his right foot high. Instead of falling backwards as everyone expected, he hooked his toes and stopped the ball directly on his front foot. Then he turned 180 degrees with his left foot as the axis. , from facing away from the goal to facing the goal.
With the toes of his right foot straightened, the football resting on his right foot naturally rolled down, just past Mascherano. At this time, if Ma Ke stood firm, he could just fart and the ball would collapse. .
It's a pity that he is flying in the sky now and can only watch Yang Feng dribbling the ball towards Pinto.
Pinto struck out, spreading his hands to the left and right, and charged towards Yang Feng like a duck.
Yang Feng's body swayed from side to side like a pendulum, deceiving his center of gravity in just two moves, and then dribbling the ball into the empty goal.
1--1.
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