Chapter 1047: Someone Has to Stand Up

"The real turning point in the game was Matuidi's injury and Barcelona clearly stepped up their siege up front...... 'Commentator John Mortensen was still commenting on the situation on the pitch, and he mentioned Matuidi injured more than once during this time.

Because Matuidi is really important for Manchester City.

"When Sneijder went off injured, we felt that even if there was one man less, if we tightened the defense, we might still be able to hold on to the two-goal lead. But now that Matuidi is also injured, things have changed...... "Alan Hansen agrees with John Mortensen. "Manchester City may not be able to defend if they want to defend now......"

Alan Hansen is naturally stating this fact very objectively, but it is not so good in the ears of Manchester City fans.

As a result, many Manchester City fans simply scolded Alan Hansen and John Mortensen while worried.

Just scolding the commentator won't solve the problem and allow City to regain the upper hand.

Now even fools can see that the shape shì is very bad for Manchester City.

Barcelona's attack is getting more and more fierce and Manchester City's goal is starting to be tested a bit.

Joe Hart is still a bad guy with high and low blocks, and sometimes it takes City's defenders to defend in an eye-catching way, otherwise they can concede goals.

The Manchester City fans who watched this game forgot to breathe......

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Seven minutes passed in the 67th minute, seven minutes after Matuidi went off injured, and at least 23 minutes were left before the end of the game, which can only be more, and it cannot be less.

Many Manchester City fans were surprised to see this, and the clock was only seven minutes long......

They thought it would be almost eighty minutes.

In the 67th minute, the football was still firmly controlled by Barcelona. At this time, Barcelona, who had one more person, gave full play to their advantage of good ball control, in fact, they are not in a hurry to complete the attack with shots now.

They haven't let their guard down on glory until now, and they don't feel that everything is okay just because Manchester City has been exposed.

So Glory got very, very few counter-attacking opportunities in the second half.

From this point of view, Barcelona has not lost its cool.

They still know how to play.

They kept the ball at their feet, passing the ball frequently and interspersed with runs in an attempt to tear apart City's defence, and once they were about to shoot, it was a very good chance.

They don't end the attack with a long-range shot from outside the box that goes over the crossbar.

In the 68th minute, Barcelona suddenly went straight and Messi appeared behind the Manchester City defence.

After he received Xavi's through ball, the angle was actually not big.

He could certainly have crossed the ball to the middle with Ibrahimovic following up.

But Messi didn't choose to do that, he shot straight at goal!

The soccer ball goes straight to the near corner!

Joe Hart didn't have time to save the ball with his hands, but quickly went to the bottom and rubbed the ball with his toes, which deflected slightly outwards and hit the post!

"Doorposts! Messi's shot hits the post! What a shame! ”

Then, the ball that hit the post did not go out of bounds, but bounced back and fell into the penalty area!

At this time, the hearts of Manchester City fans were hanging, for fear that the football that bounced in would be picked up by the Barcelona players, you must know that Joe Hart has now fallen to the ground, almost like an empty goal!

At this time, Manchester City central defender Lucio, who returned to the goal, turned around and kicked the football out, and many people breathed a sigh of relief......

"Barcelona's attack is cleared!"

The stands resounded with the unwilling sighs of Barcelona fans.

Barcelona center forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who also rushed to the goal, pointed to his feet and yelled at Messi, complaining that he didn't pass the football. If Messi had just passed the ball, Ibrahimovic would have been facing the empty goal, and even if he had a slight push, the football would have flown into the goal......

At that point, Barcelona will tie the aggregate score at 2:3.

With one goal away and one blow, Barcelona could level the aggregate score in five minutes.

They will then knock out Manchester City by one away goal advantage.

But Messi didn't do that.

Pep Guardiola also looked sorry when he saw that the football did not score off the pitch, he waved his hand vigorously, and then complained to his assistant coach Vilanova next to him: "Messi should pass the ball!" ”

Vilanova shrugged: "Maybe it's because Ibrahimovic didn't pass the ball to Messi before......"

He's on Messi's side.

Guardiola shook his head, since it's all like this, then it doesn't make much sense to say it.

Ibrahimovic and Messi have a discordant relationship, and he knows it all too well. He only hopes that this time it will not affect the final result......

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No one seemed to care where the ball that was cleared by Lucio ended up flying.

They felt they should be able to fly straight off the touchline like the rush of the Manchester City defenders before them.

Lucio's football was indeed on the sidelines.

But just when everyone thought that the football would go out of bounds, a sky-blue figure suddenly killed like lightning, and then jumped high!

It's glory!

"Rong!" John Mortensen exclaimed.

He roared so much that the Manchester City fans in front of the TV were cheered!

I saw that Rongguang, who ran to the sideline, jumped up, then puffed up his chest and stopped the football in the air with his chest!

The football that was supposed to fly directly out of the sideline was saved by Glory!

The closest Barcelona player to football at this time was their right wing-back, Alves - Glory had returned from his original right wing to the left in order to get the ball.

If he stays in the front, he will definitely not have the ball, so it is better to retreat.

Alves saw Rongguang stop the football with his chest, he was stunned at first, because he didn't expect the ball to be saved, he watched the football go out of the sideline, so he didn't want to go up to catch it, but was about to throw the throw-in.

But at this moment, Glory was killed.

Alves was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that there was glory in front of him!

So he rushed forward and rushed to the football, he didn't think about controlling the football, but planned to clear the football directly, even if it was a throw-in for Manchester City, it would be better to avoid glory and get the ball!

But just as Alves rushed up, Glory's movements were faster than him, and Glory, who was still outside the sideline, had no time to rush into the field, so he chose to stretch out his feet directly to kick the ball!

He grabbed the ball in front of Alves and picked up the football with his right foot!

Alves, who jumped up and was about to head the ball, just made a save!

At the same time, after Rongguang finished picking the football, he started again, rushed into the field, and chased the football!

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"Rong! Pretty! John Mortenson shouted excitedly.

When the team is at its most passive, it really needs to be honored!

In front of the TV, I don't know how many Manchester City fans cheered as Glory picked the football over Alves.

But the glorious show doesn't end there.

After picking Alves, Glory rushed into the field, caught up with the football, and then stopped the ball that fell from the air in front of him with the instep of his foot, a very suitable distance, not too far away from him to be cut off by the Barcelona player, but not too close to dribble the ball.

After Rongguang stops the ball, the next step is to go straight to the ball!

He's going to fight back!

"It's Manchester City's counterattack!!" He Ping, the Chinese commentator, was also excited. After waiting for so long, it was all Barcelona besieging Manchester City, and now he finally waited for the scene he wanted to see!

Manchester City's counterattack is also a glorious counterattack!

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Seeing Glory pick the ball past Alves, he controlled the ball very firmly and took it to Barcelona's half. Pep Guardiola jerked himself up from his seat.

He has always refused to let the team relax their vigilance against glory, and this is what he guarded against. The last thing he wants is to see Glory rush forward with the ball when there are a lot of empty spaces in the backcourt!

This is very dangerous!

Bilanova, his assistant next to him, rushed to the sidelines and yelled, "Stop him! ”

But his voice was instantly drowned out by the huge boos over the Camp Nou.

Barcelona fans are also clearly aware of what this sprint means.

The Barcelona players who had been in the front of Manchester City before retreated all the way, and everyone was desperately running back.

In addition to the center Ibrahimovic and Messi.

These two people are the first people in Barcelona to rush, and it is impossible to catch up with them at this time.

Messi is in a hurry, and Ibrahimovic is calm - it's all here, what's the use of being anxious?

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Glory heard the boos of the Barcelona fans and could feel that the Barcelona players around him were gathering towards him. If he had his team-mates up front, he could have passed the football, but now he knows very well that there is no one to pick him up. Barcelona's continuous siege just now has pressed all the Manchester City players into their own 30-meter area, and no one can get closer to Barcelona's goal except him!