Messi's goal boosted Barcelona's morale, and everyone except Ibrahimovic was more positive after the restart.

It also makes Manchester City even more uncomfortable.

In addition to the commentators in England, commentators from other countries are praising the strength of Barcelona.

“…… Even though they conceded the goal, you can't feel like they're really behind......"

'Barcelona have a lot of faith in the football they play, they didn't panic after conceding a goal, they played according to their tactics...... In the end, their persistence paid off. Messi equalized for the team! Although it was Messi who scored, before Messi scored, Barcelona was completely in control of the situation on the field...... Barcelona always profit from persistence. Cruyff started the La Masia tradition, and Barcelona persevered for so many years, finally starting to reap the rewards of the Dream II team...... In the past, the whole world used to say that 'champions rely on defense', but now Barcelona has shown the world that attacking can not only win spectators, but also win championships! ”

"It's the best era since Barcelona started! This is the strongest team in the world! The Catalan commentator simply declared.

Even the Chinese commentator He Ping had to praise the strength of the Barcelona team and Messi's keen sense of smell in front of this ball.

This will certainly make the fans who support Glory unhappy, but these people are more worried, worried about Manchester City, worried about Glory.

They will certainly hope that Glory can go far in their first season in the Champions League and, if possible, to win the title.

And after last season, Barcelona's status in the hearts of Chinese domestic fans has become very controversial, there are many people who like this Barcelona team with a fantastic style of play, but there are also many people who hate this Barcelona team that is good at relying on the help of "godfathers" to win the championship.

Manchester City and Barcelona met, and apart from the Barcelona fans at home, the rest of the fans supported Manchester City on a one-sided basis.

Now hearing He Ping's praise of Barcelona, many people vented their anger on He Ping's head, and for a while, He Ping gained a lot of insulting nicknames on the Internet.

Now that Barcelona have equalized and Barcelona have the full advantage on the field, how will Manchester City play in the next game?

Especially after Barcelona almost scored again before the end of the first half, they were even more worried.

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When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, John Mortensen let out a sigh: "It's over...... No, it's the end of the first half! ”

He accidentally said what was on his mind - and of course he wanted it to be the end of the game, at least City didn't lose on their home turf......

"If there were five more minutes in the first half, it's hard to say whether the score would have been 1-1 as it is now...... After the goal, Barcelona's morale was greatly boosted, and Manchester City was completely unable to raise its head. Now hopefully Benitez will make some adjustments at half-time......"

"I don't think it's easy, if Barcelona's strength can be achieved with any tactical adjustments, they won't have won the six crowns last year......" Alan Hansen is a little pessimistic. I even think Benitez was wrong from the start, he let the team shrink too hard and too quickly, giving Barcelona too much space. Judging from the first half of the game, the reason why Barcelona was able to control the game was because Manchester City gave Barcelona too much space......"

Alan Hansen: He began to analyze.

"But in the second half, Manchester City couldn't go out, because Barcelona are now completely out of shape, and if Manchester City were to give up in the second half, they would have conceded a goal......

"So you mean that Manchester City lost this game?" John Morteson asked.

Alan Hansen shook his head: "No, no team dares to say that they have won, and there is no one side who has lost that game. But Manchester City really don't have the advantage right now, and ending the first half with Barcelona equalising was also a very heavy blow to the morale of the players. I think it's more important for Benitez to get the Manchester City players back mentally than tactical adjustments...... In addition, whether Manchester City can beat Barcelona at home, I think the key is not Benitez, but Rong. In the first half, Barcelona firmly controlled the football at their feet, giving Manchester City too few counter-attacking opportunities, and Rong also had little room to play......"

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While Alan Hansen and Taylor were in the studio analysing Manchester City's gains and losses in the first half to the TV audience, Benitez was also doing self-examination in the Manchester City dressing room: "We played too passively in the first half, but you are not responsible, the responsibility is on me. It's my arrangement that's wrong, and I want you to apologize. ”

Bowing his head slightly, Benitez continued: "In the first half we gave Barcelona too much space to keep the ball at will from outside our 30-metre zone, which was obviously not right. So in the second half we have to change that, Barry and Matuidi, you two in the second half against Messi, Xavi, Iniesta triangle must be cut off, try to interfere with them. Messi's form in this game is so good that if he doesn't defend well, then cut off the link between him and the rest of the Barcelona players. Especially the connection between him and Xavi and Andres Iniesta......"

Matuidi raised his hand and asked, "What about Messi and Ibrahimovic?" ”

Benitez waved his hand: "Then don't worry about it." It is said that Messi and Ibrahimovic do not have a good relationship, they will not cooperate with each other, which everyone should have seen in the first half, right? ”

Messi and Ibrahimovic have a discordant relationship, and after media coverage, it is no secret.

So in the first half, Ibrahimovic did not pass the ball to Messi, but chose to shoot himself, which is not too unexpected.

Benitez turned his gaze to Glory, but he didn't say anything.

There's really not much to say about glory. In the first half, Rongguang only had that goal, and at other times he was not active enough, and the reason was not on Rongguang's side, but because he had too few counter-attacking opportunities.

The adjustment just now is actually to increase Manchester City's counter-attacking opportunities, increase the intensity of interceptions in the midfield, strive to be able to grab the ball at the feet of Barcelona players more, and then give the football to glory, so that he can complete the trust of the whole team.

Benitez believes that Glory is very aware of his mission, so he doesn't need to say anything, and if he talks too much, he seems to distrust Glory.

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The fifteen-minute break passed quickly, and neither side made any substitutions in the second half.

After the start of the game, there was no difference between the first qiē and the second half of the first half.

Barcelona took advantage of the second half as their kick-off to keep the ball firmly at their feet, not rushing into the Manchester City penalty area, but falling first in midfield and at the back.

At first, Manchester City came up to grab it, but after Barcelona fell for a while, the football was still at their feet, and the Manchester City players took it back and stopped grabbing.

If they continue to steal, they will only make more holes in the backline, so they must quickly recover and close the holes before they are caught by Barcelona.

Soon the game returned to the stage of Manchester City's contraction of defense and Barcelona's siege.

It seems that Barcelona have the initiative and have the upper hand.

There were no changes at Manchester City and in the first half.

It's actually a delusion on the part of the audience, and City has changed, just less conspicuously.

Gareth Barry and Matuidi stepped up their interceptions in midfield and their movements were much more aggressive than before.

When it comes to Manchester City's changes, the Barcelona players on the pitch may be the first to feel it.

Xavi and Andres Iniesta, in particular, face more resistance and pressure when they get the ball up front.

The pass between them was not as smooth as in the first half.

Xavi turned the main target of the pass to Messi.

Andres Iniesta appears to have been heavily targeted by Manchester City......

Messi was just as active as he was in the first half, putting a lot of pressure on City's backline.

Seeing Messi's expression, Harvey breathed a sigh of relief - Messi is still normal, which means that he is normal.

"Messi dribbles laterally! Pretty shaken over Matuidi! Shot...... Oops, alas! ”

"Messi bursts into the box and shoots! Slightly out of ......"

"Messi! Messi! ”

The commentators chanted his name, and everywhere he walked on the pitch was a scene of people turning on their backs.

Manchester City's players looked very wolf in front of Messi, and their defenders even had to use their hands and feet to stop Messi's ball.

Barcelona fans are also relieved by Messi's excellent performance. Although the score is still 1:1, in the minds of these Barcelona fans, Barcelona seems to have taken the lead.

They laughed at the Manchester City players who were wolfless in front of Messi and cheered for Messi.

Everyone felt that it was only a matter of time before Barcelona scored Manchester City for the second time.

Messi once again dribbled horizontally with the ball in the attack, and he looked very calm in the face of Manchester City's encirclement and interception.

He then passed the ball to Ibrahimovic, who was in the box with his back to goal.

After passing the ball, he continued to run.

Normally, at this time, Ibrahimovic only needs to pass the ball again, Messi can dribble into the box, and once he is in the box, Manchester City's goal is dangerous.

But Ibrahimovic didn't do that.

Because the attention of Manchester City's defenders is still on Messi, even if Messi has no ball at his feet, he still has two Manchester City players by his side, and in comparison, Ibrahimovic, who has only one Manchester City defender by his side, faces much less defensive pressure......

So Ibrahimovic didn't even hesitate at all, he turned around and shot directly!

This time, however, Joe Hart didn't let the ball fly off his arm again, but instead tightened his jaw and hugged the ball Ibrahimovic had shot.

He pounced!