Although Barcelona is the most famous, the most popular stars are Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, but Barcelona's future defensive leader and captain is definitely Pique, the Spanish rich second generation is 1.91 meters tall, very talented, and rich but not arrogant, practiced a good ball skills, in La Masia youth team, he and Fabregas, Messi is known as the future pillar of Barcelona, after joining Manchester United, after the influence of the Premier League, physical confrontation and header are very good, and now is the first main force of Barcelona's air defense. In addition to defending, Pique also often assists up front, nicknamed Pickenbauer by fans, and Li Huan are both famous knife-to-knife defenders, and in the central defender position, he has the potential to become the world's No. 1.

The match between Arsenal and Barcelona is generally hailed as a strong dialogue between Li Huan and Messi, but if you look at it from the position, it is not impossible to say that it is a dialogue between Master Pi and Li Huan.

Li Huan rushed over with the ball in the penalty area, Pique did not panic, he saw his teammate Valdés coming up to block Li Huan's shooting angle with the rest of his eyes, and he immediately met it, ready to intercept Li Huan when he got up, of course, if Li Huan didn't get his feet, then he would have no chance to get up.

Although a small mistake in the penalty area may be awarded a penalty by the referee, but in the penalty area to let Li Huan arbitrarily act is more dangerous than a penalty, who knows what kind of thing this Chinese will do, even if Li Huan passes Valdés, it is possible to head the ball into the net, Chinese have not done this kind of thing.

Facing a 1.91-meter-tall central defender is a huge pressure, especially when he is still very strong, Li Huan is like facing a wall, and he feels that it is difficult to avoid the interception of the tall and long-legged Pique when shooting from any direction. However, Li Huan also knows where his advantages are, he is now in the penalty area, no matter how strong Pique is, he will not dare to foul, because the foul will be sentenced to death, so he can do as much as he wants, as long as he can deceive the boyfriend of the Latin queen Shakira.

Li Huan didn't play any tricks, Barcelona's players have extremely deep basic skills, even if they are central defenders, Li Huan decided to compare the speed of his feet and the flexibility of his body with his opponent, he believes that Pique, who is 8 centimeters taller than him and weighs 20 pounds, will never be more flexible and fast than him.

Li Huan pushed the ball to the left side and made it as if he was going to change his feet to dribble the ball, of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Li Huan may also want to shoot with his left foot.

Regardless of Li Huan's possibility, Pique had to shift his focus to his right side in order to better block and intercept as he moved forward.

When Li Huan pushed the ball to the left side, he touched the inside of his left foot, and the ball immediately bounced accurately to the front of his right foot. When Pique saw this familiar action, he couldn't help but sigh, thinking that this was Iniesta's famous trick with croquettes, and immediately guarded the middle line of the body and waited for it.

When Li Huan was making movements, the distance between him and Pique was always close.

However, just as Barcelona fans were watching Li Huan make moves with fear, Arsenal fans were looking forward to Li Huan playing Pique. Li Huan did not continue to complete his passing moves, but unexpectedly poked the ball with his toes and stabbed the ball between Valdés's gaping legs.

Between Li Huan and the goal, Valdés' crotch is the biggest gap.

Valdés was watching Li Huan's every move nervously, thinking about how Li Huan would shoot, how he would block if he shot, and how he would deal with it if Li Huan passed Pique...... He was thinking about it when he suddenly saw the ball flying towards him, and the target turned out to be his crotch.

Valdés hurriedly wanted to put his legs together, so as not to suffer the humiliation of wearing his crotch, but Li Huan's toe poke was also full of power, not to mention that it was so sudden, Valdés's legs had not moved, and the ball swooped through his crotch. Valdés felt a chill in his crotch and calves, and his heart was suddenly cold, because there was a goal behind him, and he didn't need to look to know that the ball was in.

The ball really went in, 3:1. Li Huan's stab shot passed through two goals in a row.

“goalgoalgoalgoal…… Goal through the crotch! The King of the Chiefs scores again! Turning the score to 3:1, it wasn't such a pretty goal, but it was definitely the most imaginative one. Valdés' goal was the only open space in the Barcelona penalty area, and the rest of the space was already guarded by Pique and Valdés...... However, this only channel was seen by Li Huan, and the final shot was calculated in advance, Pique and Valdés were finally designed by Li Huan alone, Arsenal led by two goals, there was not much suspense in the game, Arsenal's home victory was not a problem, and now the key is whether Barcelona is still likely to get another away goal, if the score is 2:3, Barcelona's away trip cannot be regarded as a failure......"

After Li Huan scored the goal, he had already gotten up and ran towards the stands, Valdés and Pique were still standing there blankly, as if they were thinking about why Li Huan suddenly shot the goal? He's only halfway there.

However, no one sympathized with this pair of mistakes, and the applause of the fans in the stadium was given to Li Huan, the hero of the goal, 3:1, which is a number that makes all Arsenal fans very happy, which means that they have stepped into the semi-finals with one foot. Before that, only one defending champion had gone so far, and that was Manchester United.

Everyone on the Arsenal bench stood up, waving their arms and rushing to the sidelines, waving vigorously at the players on the pitch and chanting the slogan "Arsenal must win".

Arsene Wenger couldn't stay calm anymore and rushed to the sideline to cuddle Cesc Fabregas as he ran towards him.

"We won! We've won! Fabregas shouted as he shook the professor's body excitedly.

"Yes! We've won! Arsene Wenger shouted in Cesc Fabregas' ear. As long as they hold on for another ten minutes, there is no hope for Barcelona. Guardiola had a very painful expression, and he muttered: "Poke? Crotch? What the hell does this guy think? ”

Guardiola really can't understand why Li Huan would make such a shooting action so calmly under the attack of a defender like Pique and a goalkeeper like Valdés, you must know that Li Huan is not a striker, he is a defender! Oh, God!

Guardiola shook his head, every time he met this Chinese, he had never won against this Chinese from Hoffenheim to Arsenal, and an iron man like Guardiola was a little discouraged and desperate. However, now is not the time to despair, the two legs of the game are not halfway over, there is still time for Barcelona, as for whether there is a chance, it is difficult to say. Pep Guardiola suppressed the depression in his heart, walked to the sidelines and loudly encouraged his players, telling them not to despair, there is still time, as long as they score one more goal, there may be a bright future when they return to Camp Nou.

After a brief period of despair, Barcelona finally picked themselves up, under the leadership of tough guy Pep Guardiola, this Barcelona team has more tenacity and unyielding spirit than before, and at the same time they are more pragmatic, at this time, they have no luxury of reversing Arsenal, they are happy to score another away goal.

In the last 15 minutes, Barcelona began to counterattack, as long as there is a ball at their feet, they will have a large presupposition of the formation, Pique, Buscos and other central defenders are pressed near the center circle, Barcelona wants to burn the war to Arsenal's penalty area, because even if the opponent loses the ball in front of the penalty area, the opponent is still 108,000 miles away from his goal, even if Li Huan and Walcott are fast enough, they will not even have a chance to chase back. Moreover, even if the ball is lost in the front court, the ball is still closer to the opponent's goal, the opponent's standing space is more compressed, the passing surface is cramped and narrow, the opposing players are easy to panic, the technical movements cannot be smooth, and it is easy to be grabbed by Barcelona to grab the ball.

Barcelona kept passing in Arsenal's half, repeatedly crossing positions, waiting for the wide assisters on the side, ready to make a tacit anti-offside position in Arsenal's defense, or a scalpel-like through ball.

If Chelsea and Manchester United are replaced, it is estimated that they will put down an iron bucket to defend and see if Barcelona can find opportunities, but Arsenal is too familiar with Barcelona, and they understand the horror of Barcelona's tactics, so they did not stick to the vicinity of the penalty area, and they were not allowed to do so when they fought at home, so as not to be resented by their own fans and laughed at by the opponent's fans.

Arsenal expanded the scope of the scramble directly beyond the 30-meter danger zone, not giving Messi, Iniesta and others the opportunity to cooperate in the front of the penalty area.

In addition, Arsenal's short pass penetration is very powerful, once they have the ball, in the face of Barcelona's siege, they can often pour the ball out of the crowd, form a sharp counterattack, and repeatedly threaten Barcelona's goal.

In the face of Arsenal's tactical arrangement, Barcelona's counterattack was frustrated, morale was also frustrated, and the last fifteen minutes finally failed to save the defeat, and the score of 3:1 did not change in the slightest, and could only sign the alliance at the Emirates Stadium.

The first leg of the quarter-finals has passed, and in addition to the focus of Barcelona and Arsenal, the other games have also been very exciting, Real Madrid defeated Arsenal's sworn rival Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 at home, and advancing to the semi-finals is almost a foregone conclusion.

Manchester United beat their old rivals for the first time in nine years by beating Chelsea 1-0 away, but the two teams are evenly matched and it is normal for anyone to win.

Before the game, everyone thought that Schalke 04 was playing soy sauce, but they reversed Inter Milan 5:2 away from home, becoming the biggest upset in the quarterfinals, and Schalke 04's first Champions League semi-finals almost became a reality.

In the first leg of the quarter-finals, the teams that have advanced have basically come out, Real Madrid, Schalke 04 If there is no miracle, most of them will occupy two places, and the remaining Arsenal has a high hope of 80%, and Manchester United also has 80% hope. Basically, the Final Four have been decided.

After the game, the most gorgeous duel in the history of Arsenal and Barcelona was not discussed by too many people, and Real Madrid's four-goal sweep was not talked about.

The major European media were shocked. After the game, the criticism and accusations against Inter were overwhelming, and "Milan Sports Newspaper" believed that Inter's hope of advancing to a comeback was just an unrealistic dream; And "All Market" revealed that after the game, Moratti went to the Inter dressing room to criticize the whole team.

The headline of the newspaper "Milan Sport" was "Nightmare Night at Inter". The review pointed out that Leonardo's main formation was "4-2 + imagination", but everything on this night was more like "4-2 + fantasy". Inter lost 5-2 at home to Schalke 04 and the game was over, in fact, Inter's Champions League campaign was over. 3-2 away to Bayern? It's not enough, even if Inter Milan plays 3-0 away, it's not enough, Inter Milan needs to play 4-0 to advance, or play a high score like 6-3, but this also requires too much imagination, this crazy idea, how unwavering belief is needed for Inter to get unwavering support? Can you make the cut again? Let's move on to the next topic.

Bild considered it a great night for Schalke 04, commenting: "Inter led twice in the first half but were twice equalised by Matip and Edu, and in the second half Raul froze all of Meazza. Everything that unfolded at the Estadio Meazza was a psychological drama, with Schalke 04 performing a great miracle in their difficult situation, while Inter's humiliating defence simply did not deserve the title of European champions, and the Nerazzurri were mentally defeated in their post-derby weakness. Who is the problematic person? Leonardo's silence on the bench is worth a thousand words. ”

The Sun joked that Inter was out of the game: "Inter had a fantastic start like Arsenal, but unlike Arsenal, Inter's dream turned into a nightmare in the second half. Zivo was sent off and Inter also lost at home to Schalke 04. This is not the first time that a German side have scored five goals in Italy, and Bayern Munich slaughtered Juventus in the same way at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin last season. ”

"Every Sports Daily" first briefly talked about Barcelona's failure, and then began to talk about Inter Milan like a shame, "Inter suffered a catastrophe at the Meazza Stadium, and we didn't see Schalke 04 today, we saw Schalke 05. Zivo is undoubtedly the biggest sinner in the Inter defence, and it is Motta who has performed worse than Zivo". Thousands of fans left the stadium 20 minutes before the end of the game, while many more chanted Mourinho's name in the stadium and they were mocking who spoke for themselves".

European bookmakers then adjusted their odds to win the title, with Arsenal still the favourites to win the title, but Barcelona dropped to seventh place, with Inter Milan losing at home. Real Madrid, on the other hand, are now the second favourites in the Champions League, followed by Manchester United in third place and Schalke 04 in fourth.

(To be continued)