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604. Messi should stand up

Manchester City's performance in the first half aroused heated discussions among fans, and everyone was talking about it in the stadium, in the bar, on the Internet, and in the live broadcast room.

"Marcelona's performance surprised me! They performed very well, which made me misunderstand that the team they were against might not be Barcelona!" During the halftime break, Carragher highly praised Manchester City's offensive style in the live broadcast room.

"Yes, this kind of Manchester City can make people see hope of defending the title!" Sones nodded, "In fact, Manchester City has had such a tactic in the past, using high-level defense to force their opponents to make mistakes, but it was unexpected that the opponent could succeed in this game with Barcelona, ​​who is good at controlling,!"

"Barcelona looks not in shape today, I feel that their fighting spirit is not as good as Manchester City! Daniel's playing cards often makes people unexpected. I never imagined that he would give it a try in this game, especially in the middle of the first half, his decisiveness played a good effect. Manchester City suppressed Barcelona's attack in the reverse direction!" Carragher continued, and at this time he glanced at Neville who didn't say a word, and his mind changed and immediately moved to Neville.

"Manchester City has already played Gary speechless! He probably never thought that Manchester City could do anything in this kind of scene!"

Sones and Carragher laughed. Of course Neville was unhappy. As long as Manchester City won, he would be unhappy. There is no way, who would make the arch-rivaled enemy!

"The game will end in 45 minutes. You should know that Barcelona only needs one away goal, so Manchester City's road will be more difficult!" Neville said, "I don't want England's team to defend the Champions League, but just say Manchester City..., forget it! I would rather be Barcelona! But Barcelona is really bad in this game!"

"Manchester City is in very good shape today, the overall movement is very fast, and the defensive strategy is also very appropriate!" Sonnes said, "They should have done a perfect job in limiting Neymar and Messi!"

Messi and Neymar are both very capable of personal abilities, but not every game they will be like gods descending to earth. As long as they cooperate with the correct strategy, is it really difficult to defend?! It may not be like that!

"Gary, what would you do in the second half if you were Enrique?!" Carragher asked.

"They should stabilize their mentality. I think their mentality was a little broken in the first half. They were always eager to counterattack, but Manchester City broke a lot of the balls!" Neville did not say that there were tactical arrangements. In his opinion, substitution might be the best idea. Unfortunately, who to replace, I'm sorry, he doesn't know. Maybe Aguero should go down. He was too depressed, but who should Aguero should go?!

Experts like Neville have always been better at hindsight.

Enrique was also confused. The difference in the team's condition made him a little dumbfounded. There were many problems, and his thoughts were not unified enough, and loopholes were easily found in defense. Messi and others were unable to exert their power...

He didn't know how to improve himself. This game mode is most suitable for his performance, but why can't it work?!

The fifteen-minute break in the midfield passed quickly.

Both sides returned to the court again, Manchester City did not make substitution adjustments, and Barcelona did not do so.

In the second half, Manchester City's tactical strategy was greatly adjusted. He led by one goal in the total score. Wen Sheng put the defense back in the first position. The first half was very lively and exciting, but promotion was the king. Of course, Manchester City would never still be controlled by Barcelona without any resistance. Compared with the first leg, Manchester City paid more attention to the control of its own side.

"It is right for Manchester City to focus on defense now, but you have to pay attention to not playing with fire in the backcourt! After half-time break, the pressing attitude of these Barcelona players has changed a lot!" Before five minutes passed, coach Zhang and others had roughly seen Wen Sheng's routine, but coach Zhang felt that Manchester City should be careful when controlling the backcourt.

"Manchester City is not blindly retreating. From the beginning of this game, he was unhappy to let his opponent take the ball comfortably! Today, Casemiro is very eye-catching in the midfield position, and Ding Ding also makes people shine!" Brother Jun smiled.

"Yes!" Director Zhang smiled, "De Bruyne rarely played a role with heavy defensive responsibilities before. I think he is like Alonso's dragging back midfielder today, with organizational and defensive functions!"

"Wen Shengli said before that the selection of footballers was unfair. He thought Ding Ding deserved more praise, but unfortunately it was always unfortunate to live in the Mero era!" Brother Jun said regretfully.

"Merro will probably have to count him and Neymar after that!" said Director Zhang.

Speaking of Neymar just now, Neymar happened to complete a beautiful pass on the court and played with Milner, but then Walker didn't give him a chance at all, and he bumped into him if he didn't have the right ball. Neymar won a set piece opportunity for his team.

Unfortunately, this set-piece was not effective, Manchester City cleared the ball, and Barcelona failed to make a second attack.

"Look, Manchester City won't give you this kind of thing today. They like to fight with their bodies and take the initiative to post it. Whether it's Messi or Neymar, they don't feel very comfortable playing!" said Director Zhang.

The two sides were in a stalemate, Manchester City fought and retreated, in short, they did not give their opponents the opportunity to get close to the dangerous area as much as possible. Barcelona not only controlled the ball and encountered strong blockade from their opponents, but also found a suitable method in the offense. Messi passed a good goal or two, but unfortunately his best friend Aguero did not seem to be on the same tune as him.

It's interesting to say that super forwards like Aguero are not the main players in the national team. Higuain is the one who often partnered with Messi.

As time goes by, Barcelona's mood gradually calmed down. In reality, Manchester City's ball possession rate began to decline a lot. The important factor restricting Manchester City's progress was physical fitness. Wen Sheng also adjusted his tactics in time at this time, replaced Milner with Costa, and then replaced Silva with Dembele. The formation became 433, and Suarez moved to the wing position.

The defensive formation moved back, which gave Barcelona a lot of time to possess the ball, but Manchester City's defense was still very stable.

"Manchester City's defense is simply hopeless!" Carragher sighed, "This kind of defense can sometimes be seen in Juventus! It is seen in the Italian national team!"

"The tactical execution of Manchester City players is quite strong! It should be said that they have completely put Daniel's tactical ideas into practice!" Sones said.

"At this time, we have to see Messi and the others stand up!" Neville continued.
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