Chapter 1042: I'll try to be your opponent
Glory's words made the already fierce atmosphere even more intense.
Because his words are indeed easy to misunderstand that he looks down on Messi.
Moreover, there is no further explanation for the glory, which seems to be the same meaning.
"Rong is not the kind of madman who is empty-eyed." Andres Iniesta said to Messi behind him. He must have meant that. He should think that the two of you are friends, not rivals in the media. ”
The two men were standing in the aisle, waiting to play, and next to them were the Manchester City players, and Glory, as the captain of Manchester City, stood at the front, alongside Puyol.
Messi was staring at Rongguang, and Iniesta was afraid that Messi would be angry with Rongguang, so he hurriedly explained to Rongguang.
Messi withdrew his gaze, with a faint smile on his face, and said to Iniesta: "Andre, but in fact, I would rather be an opponent with him than a friend......
Iniesta looked at Messi, and he smiled a little bitterly.
He suddenly understood why Messi said that.
If I understand correctly, Rongguang thinks that the opponent is the person he wants to defeat, and Messi is obviously not such a person, which means that Messi has no way to make Rongguang ignite that kind of fighting spirit......
"Come on, Leo. You will. Iniesta had no choice but to comfort him like this.
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Amid a chorus of Barcelona fans, players from both sides stepped onto the pitch.
Any player who enters Camp Nou only needs to lift their eyes to see the huge patterns in the stands facing them, all put together by Barcelona fans.
It was a huge Barcelona jersey with a number 12 on it.
This means that the Barcelona fans are the best 12th in this Barcelona team, and they will always support their team and play alongside him.
They sang the Barcelona team song in unison, and when they sang "Barcelona", tens of thousands of people shouted the name not with singing, but with a roar.
That momentum really shows whose territory is here.
In the past, Barcelona fans would only make a move to welcome Real Madrid at home, but now Manchester City have also enjoyed a Spanish national derby.
Glory is no stranger to the Camp Nou, having played a game here when he was representing Werder Bremen. However, this is the first time he has experienced such a scene. Because he was still an unknown in European football at the time of the last meeting, and Werder Bremen is not a team worthy of Barcelona to take seriously, Barcelona fans naturally do not need to create a terrifying home atmosphere.
Of course, in the end, Werder Bremen did lose to Barcelona, but Barcelona did not win easily. It was that game that brought Barcelona up and down to glory, and his two goals almost pulled Barcelona down.
Now, Glory is back at Camp Nou, and it's definitely not a nobody.
Glory even heard some boos.
"When Rong came out, there were boos...... "Commentator John Mortenson said." He's always had a good impression of Barcelona fans......"
"It must have something to do with what he said earlier, Barcelona fans don't think he's looking at anyone. This boo must have been given to him for this reason. Alan Hansen analyzed.
John Mortenson nodded.
He couldn't understand Rongguang's words, why did Rongguang say this, he had a good relationship with Messi and other Barcelona players before, why did he say that?
No one knows why Glory is this, and Glory doesn't explain it.
But it's not too important, as long as Manchester City can knock out Barcelona, who cares what Glory said before the game.
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When Rongguang shook hands with Messi, he smiled at Messi, and he wanted to convey some kindness - he didn't want to offend Messi, and the reason why he didn't explain it was because he didn't know how to explain it. Do you want him to tell reporters and fans that there is only one Kaka in his mind?
This kind of thought is okay in his heart, but he will never say it, because Glory will not give Kaka a chance to make him proud.
But when Rongguang smiled and spread great kindness to Messi, the expression on Messi's face was very strict.
"I'll try to be your opponent." Messi said.
Messi's words made Rongguang very stunned, he didn't expect Messi to care so much about this matter......
This made him somewhat embarrassed.
Then when he shook hands with Iniesta, Iniesta winked at Glory: "Be careful, Rong, Leo is now at full fire." Your two-goal lead isn't a big deal......"
Rongguang scratched his head, not knowing what to say.
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Once the game began, Barcelona at home took advantage of their kick-off to launch a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal.
There was no temptation at all, and Barcelona intended to output full power from the start.
On their home turf, Barcelona really have nothing to fear.
Barcelona fans also cheered for their team under the onslaught of the team, and at the same time put pressure on the visiting Manchester City players.
Under such pressure, they believe that there will be problems with the performance of Manchester City's players.
How many teams in the world can be normal under the power of Camp Nou?
Even a team like Real Madrid would be timid at Camp Nou.
Benitez was not surprised by Barcelona's attacking style of play from the start, and he had already made arrangements.
After all, Barcelona are two goals behind on aggregate and they have to fight hard at the start of the second leg, and they can't afford to waste time.
In response to Barcelona's style of play, Benitez asked Manchester City to be solid in defense after the start of the game, and during this time, don't think about attacking or anything, don't concede goals first.
Let's wait until this offensive of Barcelona is over.
It's impossible for any team to play at a very high tempo and pace all the time, and in less than 45 minutes they will be unable to hold up and collapse.
So don't look at Barcelona's fierce attack now, but as long as they can withstand it, the next games can return to normal.
But if you don't hold it up at the start, the initiative will quickly fall into the hands of Barcelona. Let them score a goal, and the difference is only one goal, and a goal is not a gap at all for Barcelona, who are full of morale at home.
In this game, Benitez's tactics for Manchester City were all defensive counter-attacks.
Attack on the premise of withstanding Barcelona's attack, if you feel that you can't resist and the attack is dangerous, then just give up the attack.
It may be a bit ugly to play like this, but it's one of the best tactics to win.
If you play against Barcelona away from home, it will really be a table with water in your head.
But as long as Barcelona's kind of offensive continues, Benitez has a lot of confidence in his team, and Manchester City may not lose to Barcelona from the field first.
Who says a defensive counterattack is going to look bad?
The defensive counterattack is as beautiful as it gets!
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For the whole fifteen minutes, Barcelona's attack showed no signs of slowing down, and they were really desperate.
In those fifteen minutes, Barcelona had a total of two chances to close to scoring, almost all of which were must-score, one of which was saved by Joe Hart in an incredible way, and the other was when Andres Iniesta's shot slid wide.
And both of these attacks are related to Messi.
The ball saved by Joe Hart was Messi's shot, and Iniesta's shot was assisted by Messi.
In addition to these two particularly good opportunities, most of the other attacks are related to Messi.
Messi is in such good shape that all the commentators have seen it.
"Messi! Messi! Breakthrough! Pretty crotch! ”
"Oooh! Look at this pass, Manchester City's defender Barnes has no defensive power in front of Messi! ”
"Messi almost seems unstoppable!"
"Messi is dribbling...... Look, look, how many Manchester City players are there around him? Let's count them all...... One, two, three...... Four! Four Manchester City players surround Messi! ”
"Every time Messi appears in front of the penalty area, it makes the Manchester City players highly nervous!"
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Compliments like this continue to pop up from the mouths of commentators from all over the world.
They kept mentioning Messi and praising Messi in the commentary, as if Barcelona had become Messi's one-man team......
But in reality, Barcelona's other players are just as good, but Messi is even better.
Naturally, everyone's eyes were drawn to Messi.
For 15 minutes, City's backline looked dangerous and they could concede a goal at the slightest turn.
But in the end, it was not lost.
In the seventeenth minute, Barcelona's attacking tempo finally slowed down.
They really can't attack fast all the time, and even if Messi can run, the other players can't keep up with his speed.
At this time, Manchester City began their counterattack.
Football is handed over to the feet of glory.
The first fifteen minutes were the time for Messi to show his full potential.
Glory spent most of this time being a spectator. As an important arrow figure in the team's counter-attack, he doesn't need to go back to defence, but Glory doesn't like to be a spectator, he wants to be able to get the ball.
Now's your chance.
During the time he was a spectator, he always saw Messi's excellent expression, and then his mind would come up with what Messi said when he shook hands with him, and his expression at that time.
"I'll try to be your opponent!"
Of course, Rongguang knows that Messi is very good and very good.
But how can he tell Messi that it is not the best player in the world who can become his opponent?