By the 25th minute of the game, Guardiola had stood up from the bench several times and yelled at his players.
Later, he simply did not return to the bench. Instead, he stood directly on the sidelines and kept giving instructions with gestures.
As a world-class coach, he can certainly see the current situation on the court.
Although it seems that Barcelona has the initiative on the court and the ball possession rate is much higher than Milan, most of them are from the midfield to the backcourt, and there are not many truly threatening attacks.
And he can also feel that his disciples are a little restless now.
After all, under the gaze of 100,000 fans at Camp Nou, Barcelona players will definitely want to win any game, let alone the important Champions League.
But now that the situation has been unable to open up, the impatience in the heart will inevitably breed, which will affect the performance on the field.
So Guardiola is trying his best to keep the players calm on the sidelines, maintain a good rhythm, and then look for opportunities to attack.
At the same time, he glanced at Milan's bench from time to time.
Because he was also a little curious about how AC Milan transformed overnight from an offensive team with a frontcourt pressing style to such a solid defensive team.
Of course, no matter how Milan's playing style changes, what remains unchanged is that the players run regardless of physical strength, covering every inch of grass on the court...
At this time on the court, Milan was near the center line. Kanter completed a steal and then quickly moved to the left.
The left back De Sciglio passed forward and passed to the left winger Mane.
At this time, Barcelona's right back Alves had already assisted in the frontcourt and was not in his defensive position.
Mane quickly cut inside after receiving the ball, but Barcelona center defender Mascherano was already blocking his path.
Mane did not force a breakthrough, but directly kicked the ball with his right foot.
Because at this time, Ibrahimovic has cleverly inserted into Barcelona's penalty area!
This pass flew accurately to the back of the goal. Ibrahimovic took a few big steps, got in front of Abidal, and headed the ball from close range into the lower left corner!
This attack can be described as extremely dangerous.
Fortunately, Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes made a flying save at this critical moment and blocked the ball from the baseline with one hand.
The entire Camp Nou stadium exclaimed in exclamation, followed by applause for Valdez.
This was AC Milan's first shot of the game, but it was more threatening than all of Barcelona's previous shots!
Ibrahimovic, who almost scored, held his head and expressed regret, while the Camp Nou fans also booed him.
Ibrahimovic was not happy here after moving to Barcelona, so Ibrahimovic was eager to score at the Nou Camp to give his old club a counterattack.
Of course, Barcelona fans know what Ibrahimovic is thinking, so they often give him boos to show "encouragement" when Ibrahimovic takes the ball.
This time Ibrahimovic's header shocked all the Barcelona fans into a cold sweat. Of course they wanted to retaliate after they recovered.
At this time, Guardiola's brows furrowed deeper on the sidelines, and the word "囧" on his face was even greater than that of Allegri next door.
He saw Milan's tactical intentions in this attack.
While maintaining a solid defense, they were always looking for the space left by Barcelona's backcourt, especially after Alves' assist, and then used the speed of the forwards to counterattack.
If it weren't for Valdez's heroic performance, Milan's fangs exposed in this counterattack would have bitten Barcelona hard.
He had to respond immediately.
Otherwise, if this continues, Barcelona may not be so lucky next time.
After thinking about it, Guardiola waved to Alves who was right next to him, and then brought his latest instructions:
The two full-backs reduce the number of assists, first stand in their own positions, and then wait for opportunities.
In the previous 30 minutes of the game, Barcelona had maintained pressure on Milan, making it difficult for Milan's players to pass the center line.
After the two Barcelona full-backs stopped attacking, Milan's pressure was much less, and the overall position began to approach the midline, and began to control the ball more and create opportunities.
When the game reached the 35th minute, Boateng grabbed the ball from Xavi on the right and won a throw-in opportunity for Milan.
Right back Abate quickly threw the ball into the court.
After Salah stopped the ball with his chest, he removed the ball with his back, and quickly turned around and wiped out Iniesta who came to defend.
Salah was very fast. After passing a player, he started to accelerate, quickly approaching the front edge of the penalty area, and directly began to prepare for a left-footed shot!
At this time, Mascherano broke out from the diagonal stab and tripped Salah directly in front of the top of the arc with the ball.
The referee blew the whistle decisively and showed Mascherano a yellow card.
The entire Camp Nou stadium once again rang with deafening boos, and Guardiola also yelled at the stadium to protest against the penalty.
In his opinion, this time Mascherano kicked the ball first and then brought Salah down.
However, the referee's decision cannot be changed.
This is a well-positioned free kick, just to the right of the top of the penalty area.
At this time, Ibrahimovic and Salah were already standing in front of the ball, discussing something softly.
Ibrahimovic is right-footed and Salah is left-footed. They are also the players with the best free kick skills in the team, and they may both take the penalty.
Barcelona has also set up a five-man wall, blocking the left side of the goal.
The players in the wall were nervously staring at the ball on the ground, and the Barcelona and Milan players behind the wall were also competing for favorable positions.
However, when the referee's whistle sounded, an accident happened.
Ibrahimovic and Salah seemed to be quarreling over the right to take the ball!
Ibrahimovic pushed Salah, and Salah, not to be outdone, also pushed Ibrahimovic with his backhand.
At this time, Milan's captain Gattuso came from the backcourt to break up the fight. Ibrahimovic was also mumbling something, as if he was going to Gattuso to explain something to him.
But at this time, Ibrahimovic suddenly paused, then turned around and kicked directly!
The ball barely passed over the head of the five-man wall, made a beautiful arc, and quickly fell to the left side of the goal.
Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdes was still gloating about Milan's "internal strife". This shot obviously caught him off guard and his reaction was a beat too slow.
Although he quickly adjusted and fought hard to save, he was still slow and the ball hit the net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Ibrahimovic! Beautiful free kick!"
Before the exclamations of the Barcelona fans at the scene could stop, Ibrahimovic was already jumping up into the air and cheering.
After landing, he put his finger to his lips at the Camp Nou fans, signaling them to silence.
Of course, this resulted in even louder boos.
Of course, Ibrahimovic didn't care about this. He began to raise his arms vigorously and ran to the visiting team's fan area to cheer and shout loudly.
Milan's players also rushed to catch up one after another to celebrate the goal with Ibrahimovic.
Pan Yi on the sidelines looked at Allegri and showed a sly smile.
Well, their carefully designed free kick tactics really worked wonders!
