As Jonker had analyzed before the game, he put himself in Rijkaard's position, and felt that he should also choose a safe defensive counter-attacking strategy, after all, this is the safest thing to do. Choosing a risky attacking tactic away from home, it is easy to be scored against Manchester United on the counter-attack, and once the Red Devils score a goal, the game will be extremely bad for Barcelona.

Anyone with a brain knows that such a thing cannot happen.

After the first 20 minutes of the day, Jonk was firm in his deduction.

Rijkaard will want to keep the score going and then push again in the final twenty minutes of the game. Jonk couldn't let him get his wish.

Must score! Barcelona's reproduction is not monolithic, there is always a way.

While Jonker was thinking like this, Yaya Toure was interfering with his ball behind his back, and Jonk used reasonable ball protection skills to protect the ball in front of him, and then thought about what to do.

Barcelona's retreat quickly counter-attacked, and the retreat was very thorough, they did not create offsides, leaving the space behind Manchester United to take advantage of, and it was very unrealistic to tear apart the opponent's defense with a direct pass."

It is still necessary to look for opportunities from the side and open up the situation.

After thinking it through, Jonker grabbed the opportunity to break the ball again when Yaya Toure pounced. Passed the ball to Patrice Evra on the wing.

Full-back Patrice Evra rushed up to assist, but was blocked by Xavi and Abidal, next to him Scholes was picking him up, but there were people around him, and there was no good chance of passing to him, so he still passed the football over, and at this time it could only be passed to Scholes.

Scholes did not break through. Instead, he passed the football sideways.

It was Jonker who came to pick him up, and as soon as he received it, he passed it forward, and the ball passed through the ribs between Barcelona's full-backs and centre-backs.

Patrice Evra then plugged in and got the ball!

"Nice fit!"

After Patrice Evra's pass. He was rushing forward, but at that time the Barcelona players were all attracted to Jonker and no one saw Evra cut forward. Besides, there are countless front-backs like this in the game, no less than 20 times, who knows if this time it will be a real attack or a feint?

It's just true!

The original ironclad situation was torn apart because of this run and pass!

After passing the ball, Jonk quickly returned to the middle. Cristiano Ronaldo, on the other hand, waits on the flanks if Patrice Evra doesn't break through or doesn't have a chance to cross. You can also pass it back to him.

Patrice Evra didn't think about other possibilities when he received the ball from Jonker, he received the ball and resolutely broke through!

Facing the Barcelona players who came to intercept, he chose to pass. The ball slipped under Abidal's crotch. Cristiano Ronaldo thrust forward. Shoot on tiptoe with your right foot before the other defenders and goalkeepers can block it!

"Cristiano Ronaldo!!"

The football hit the net, the net shook for a while, making people think that the football had scored, and some of the home fans were already cheering eagerly. But they didn't see the United players with open arms, and the Barcelona players didn't look frustrated with their heads in their hands.

"Hit the sidenet!" The narrator exclaimed.

"It's dangerous! Cristiano Ronaldo almost opened the way for the team to qualify! ”

"The Reds are threatening Barcelona's goal and it looks like they're going to make a difference!"

Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not score, gave a thumbs up to Patrice Evra, who passed the ball to him, signaling that he passed well.

And Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdés was roaring at his teammates: "Leaked! You're leaking! How can they let their people cross and grab points so lightly? ”

A group of defenders were so scolded by him that they couldn't hold their heads up.

After Valdés finished scolding. I was a little scared in my heart, although I sealed the angle. Cristiano Ronaldo shot the ball directly into the side-netting.

But next time it may not be such a good thing, the Red Devils Manchester United are very strong in attack, he knows that.

The point is not to contain the cross, or to stop the striker from stealing the point, but the point is that he yells at his own people: "Gotta keep an eye on Jonker!!" ”

Rijkaard clenched his fists at the thought of this. There are many factions in his dressing room, but talented players always have problems of one kind or another, Ronaldinho lingers in nightclubs, and Deco has greater requirements...... Why doesn't he have a Jonk?

Barcelona are really strong, their defense is only temporary, and at Old Trafford Barcelona relied on their possession style of play to gradually start to suppress the Red Devils Manchester United, leaving them to defend and have no room to attack.

Manchester United's overall defense is not papery, and Barcelona's attack is thunderous and rainy, and it can't break the defense at all.

Messi is really good, no matter how good he is, he is just one person, and in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey against Getafe this season, he repeated Maradona's classic goal with five people in a row, but it was only because Getafe's defense was stretched too long, allowing Messi to calmly pass one after another. Manchester United would not be stupid enough to pull the defence apart and create opportunities for Messi to get past several men.

Compressing the defence as much as possible, Ferdinand has one or two people on the flanks to protect him, and if Messi intends to single-handedly take on the entire Manchester United defence, he will be smashed to pieces on this thick "wall of sighs".

If he is smart and doesn't have the delusion of beating the opposing team on his own, then United's overall defence isn't just against Messi alone.

The first half calmed down after a period of intense attacking battles between the two sides, and the game returned to the track that Ferguson knows and does best.

There is no way to take anyone, and the score is still 0:0.

The referee from Germany blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

As soon as the whistle blew, Ferguson got up and left the dugout, his face expressionless in front of the television cameras, and it was impossible to guess how he was feeling at the moment.

'At home, we didn't score in the first half. It's still 0:0! Is Ferguson satisfied, or dissatisfied? ”

Manchester United's dressing room was noisy, and everyone was busy listening to music to relax. When Ferguson got up from the corner, it quickly fell silent again.

"First half...... I'm not going to talk nonsense. Now the problem we have to solve is not how to defend against Barcelona's attack, but how to score their goals. ”

As he said this, he turned to look at Jonker.

Some of them followed his gaze and turned back.

"Jonker, is it a little more difficult to face Barcelona's continuous grabbing?" Ferguson asked with a smile.

Jonk shook his head, "It's okay. ”

"Are you alright?" Ferguson glared at him, "What do you mean it's okay?" ”

"The first half of the first half was ok. We put too little pressure on Barcelona in the second half of the game to be okay. Push it up in the second half, if those bastards still think we don't have the strength to fight back. Just give them a good look! ”

He slammed his fist into the palm of his hand.

On the other side, Rijkaard was writing and drawing on the tactical board. He's telling his own people how to break through United's dense defence.

'Jonker obviously needs to drop back deeper to get the ball, if I were Alex Ferguson. I'm not going to let him drop back in the second half to get the ball. In this way, Manchester United's attack has a solid fulcrum up front. Their overall defensive formation is very good, you can't pull it away with just passing, Ferdinand is not a threat to you, Messi. He suddenly changed his mind and looked at Messi, who was sitting on the side.

'In the second half, we added a little bit more breakouts, went in and looked for opportunities and disrupted their defence. The most frightening thing about this kind of overall defense is that one or more of the opponents have excellent breakthrough ability. ”

He tactfully criticized Messi for not being excited enough in the first half.

That's true, except for the first time when there were three shots in a row. Messi's table soon flattened. There may be speculation that he has just returned from injury and is not yet in the best condition. But in fact, Messi is just a little interested because the contrast between the previous expectations and the reality after is too great.

Messi also knows what the problem is. I had to take it seriously in the second half. Anyway, for whatever reason, more attacking freedom in the second half was a good thing for him.

Recently, the media has criticized Barcelona for just leaving behind "Ronaldinho dependence" and suffering from "Messi dependence". There are two sides to the problem, on the one hand, Rijkaard is incompetent, and on the other hand, he praises Messi for being too good.

When Barcelona attacked, everyone would try to give the ball to this little man, hoping that he would create a miracle.

So since Manchester United don't value me, I'll make you regret it! He clenched his fists.

After the resumption of the second half, as in the first half of the first half, Barcelona wanted to score, Manchester United wanted to score, and the two sides went on to attack and the scene changed.

In that time, United had three good chances to open the scoring. Barcelona also had two chances to break into the heart of Manchester United's side. It's a pity that no one grasped it. It scared the two managers on the sidelines - either side got a shot and got the ass out of their seats, the difference being that Rijkaard only got up slightly, while Ferguson jumped straight out of the dugout.

After fifteen minutes of action-packed action, United and Barcelona both realised that they were putting their own goals in a very dangerous position, as evidenced by the five direct threats on both sides.

So he chose to be conservative at the same time.

It's not surprising that Manchester United are defending in line with their usual style, and it's hard to understand that Barcelona are also defending on the counter-attack.

"Barcelona want to play Manchester United on the counter-attack?" The narrator exclaimed.

"Surprised? At the beginning of the game, Barcelona did the same! ”

It's strange that Barcelona must score at least two goals at Manchester United's home stadium to have any hope of qualifying, but the Catalans' team is very unusual today, and they have not seen any determination until now, especially in attack, except for Messi and some other appearances, other players think more about defense?

What was Rijkaard thinking?

It was rumored that if this game is lost, then Barcelona, who have two empty pairs this season, will definitely give Rijkaard a big meal and fire the squid!

While the commentator was saying some digressions, the goal that had made people wait for a long time finally appeared.

Not Messi's savior, nor Jonker's shocking watch. Long shot from outside the box from Paul Scholes.

In the 73rd minute, Ronaldo broke through in front, Zambrotta cleared not far away, and Scholes hit the goal with the outside of his right foot at the top of the arc. The ball flew into the top right corner of the goal, 1-0, Manchester United led at home!

The aggregate score was 4-2, with United leading by two goals and three away goals, as Barcelona looked to recover at least three goals in the final 20 minutes. It's simply not possible.

The Manchester United players were reassured, Ferguson smiled easily with a red face, and Rijkaard's already unpale face darkened even more.

A very weird second round match. It's like Manchester United who are behind, and it's more like Barcelona who are ahead, but the result can't be changed, and at the moment Manchester United fans at Old Trafford have begun to celebrate their team's qualification for the Champions League final.

The scene was more like a celebration. There is still a penny of tension in the semi-finals. The Barcelona players have already begun to fight without any intentions.

The fierce confrontation in the first leg may have consumed the fighting spirit of all the Barcelonans, and the fighting spirit of the Catalans was not high at the beginning of the second leg, they had the skill, the perfect combination, and the decisive talent, but what they lacked may be the fighting spirit.

Barcelona's biggest shortcoming this season is that it has no fighting spirit. The defeat of one key battle after another gave them the title of Dream Team. But in exchange for this season's empty-handed.

However, it can be seen that Rijkaard also seems to be gradually losing his absolute control between players, and the biggest gap between Barcelona and Manchester United is also here, Ferguson can completely control the team, while Rijkaard can't.

In the 77th minute, Xavi took a corner from the left and Thierry Henry headed in from outside the six-yard box, and Van der Sar easily held the ball. In the 80th minute, Ronaldo cut inside on the right and fired a low shot wide, and one minute later, Henry's curling shot from the left rib of the penalty area was saved by Van der Sar. Barcelona brought on Gudjohnson for Toure and Manchester United brought on Silvestre for the injured Evra. Manchester United beat Barcelona 1-0 at home and the Red Devils reached the Champions League final for the first time in nine years with an aggregate score of 4-2.

From the first leg of the semi-finals to only 60 minutes, to tonight at Old Trafford, Messi, who has just recovered from a serious injury, can not be said to have worked hard, the little flea wants to make up for the pain of missing the 05-06 Champions League final due to injury, but as the so-called "one hero and three gangs", in football, which requires a lot of teamwork, it is difficult to kill the opponent on his own, not to mention that Messi is not a miracle boy who created a "hat trick" in the war of the century.

"The health of the player is always the most important", after the first leg was forced to lose 3-2 by Manchester United at the Camp Nou, Rijkaard used this as a reason to explain why Messi was replaced early, and the Catalan media also agreed with the Black Swan's approach after the game, after all, Messi, who was recovering from a serious injury, could not play 90 minutes, not to mention that in the battle at Camp Nou a week ago, Messi, who felt muscle spasms, took the initiative to ask to leave the game to rest, and the little flea knew very well that the battle at Old Trafford was the decisive battle, However, to the Argentine's regret, while he was fully prepared for the showdown, his team-mates were not in form.

Just 50 seconds into the game, Messi drove straight after the ball broke in the midfield, Scholes decisively put the little flea to the ground on the penalty line, although Messi pointed to the penalty spot, but the discerning referee Van Dele awarded a free kick, the Spanish media after the game compared the decision to Milito handball incident a week ago, thinking that if Barcelona could have won a penalty in less than a minute into the game, then the game would have been completely different, but football matches are like that, Barcelona just got a free-kick that they were not good at, and Messi's direct shot was unthreatening.

After losing Ronaldinho, Barcelona's set-piece penises, usually Deco, Xavi or Marquez, while Messi, who has a magical left foot, rarely trys, free kick kicks need to work the usual, Ronaldinho and Beckham can have a perfect arc, it is the result of thousands of tempers, this is not a matter of trying luck on the field.

In the 20th minute, the little flea dribbled the ball from the right wing and cut inside the middle, and then took a long shot from the top of the penalty area, forcing Van der Sar to make a flying save to defuse the danger. In the 37th minute, after shaking off Patrice Evra's entanglement with Carrick, Messi sent another brilliant pass for Deco, but unfortunately the Portuguese midfielder's shot grazed the post. It is worth noting that Barca's player with the most shots in this game was Deco, while Eto'o, who should have really done the fatal blow, was not in form. The Cameroonian's sluggish form has also limited Messi's creative power and play to a certain extent, and even slowed down the progress of the little flea.

Messi moved to the middle in the second half to find a link with his team-mates, and Andres Iniesta and Xavi also got his points. In the whole game, Messi completed a total of 32 successful passes, of which 9 were assist passes, which is not outstanding, but what about looking at the table of his teammates? Samuel Eto'o had just one shot in the game, with the Barcelona striker's role being more of a pressing force on Van der Sar, and Andres Iniesta, who could share some defensive attention for Messi on the left, was replaced early. Bojan and Thierry Henry barely echoed Messi after coming off the bench, while Xavi and Deco were caught up in a battle with Park Ji-sung and Carrick, and Ferguson's smart strategy was quite successful. The tactic of "isolating Messi" worked at Old Trafford.

Want to win a trophy on your own? It's not impossible on a green field, but it requires 100% luck, such as Maradona's Hand of God or Scholes's earth-shattering World Wave. Or Messi's hat-trick in the battle of the century last season. More often than not, however, it is the unity of the team that is needed the most, and it is only when 11 players are in full form and eager to win that Barcelona will be able to repeat the glory of the 05-06 season, when the team includes not only the in-form Ronaldinho and Eto'o, but also a number of role players such as Deco, Larsson and Van Bommel.

"Messi alone is not enough", the Catalan media made such a call after the game. Yes, just want to rely on Messi to break down Manchester United with more than 10 breakthroughs. Rijkaard's idea was too simplistic and naïve.

Real Madrid has proved with a bloody lesson that the road to the "Galaxy Battleship" is not feasible, but the unbelieving Laporta has to try, after Barcelona won the double in the 05-06 season, because of the "benefit" Serie A phonegate incident, Zambrotta landed at Camp Nou with the halo of "the best left-back in the world", the Italian defender at that time was hailed as "another jewel in the crown", but after nearly two seasons, the Barcelona ists almost all admit that this is a failed deal, But Zambrotta is just a phenomenon, a phenomenon in which Barcelona began to become obsessed with the "superstar" and forgot about the road to success.

Ronaldinho had a conflict with Samuel Eto'o, Deco and Edmilson lashed out at each other, Van Bommel left the team in dismay, Henry publicly complained about the position, "Black Sheep Gate", "Bombardment Gate", "Nightclub Gate" ...... When Barcelona's results declined and handed in blank sheets for two consecutive seasons, the Azugrana locker room frequently exposed all kinds of discordant news, extreme infighting and internal friction almost squeezed out the team's only remaining combat effectiveness, coupled with the frequent injuries of Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Messi and Deco in the past two seasons, the "Dream II Team" has already begun to go downhill when it has just climbed Mount Everest and has not yet set up camp, and the cause of one qiē is the "superstar phenomenon".

As the saying goes, "it's easy to play, but it's hard to defend", the players lying on the credit book are obviously far inferior to the fighting spirits of the team, Laporta and Begilestan are bent on bringing in players to try to turn things around, but they have repeatedly repeated the farce that Real Madrid staged countless times two years ago.

'You can't always be at the top of your game, and we've been trying to continue to be successful in the past two seasons, but we haven't been able to do it. The players and I have always wanted to win some trophies this season and everyone has done their best," Rijkaard admitted in his post-match interview, as the Black Swan no longer needed to hide and it was his unfavourable control of the dressing room that led to today's defeat.

"Goodbye, Moscow", "It's all over", the Catalan media obviously regretted not only the Champions League trophy after the game, but also waved goodbye to the former "Dream II Dynasty". Ronaldinho is likely to leave in the summer, which will be a sign and symbol of the disintegration of the 'Dream II team' in terms of personnel, and then a number of former heroes, including Deco, Edmilson, Silvinho and Esguero, will also depart, but in fact, they are only two seasons later than Larsson, Van Bommel or Van Bronckhorst.

A radical change is highly likely to occur this summer, and will Rijkaard remain in office? How many players will say goodbye to Camp Nou? How many newcomers will get the Barcelona jersey? At the beginning of May, Barcelona must prepare for the start of the 08-09 season in advance, next season will be the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Azugrana team, give up the "superstar mentality", rebuild a team eager to win the championship is the top priority, Real Madrid after the departure of Florentino abandoned the "Galaxy Battleship" mode, and is very likely to win the La Liga title for two consecutive seasons, Barcelona needs to learn the spirit of the century-old enemy, the team that does not have the courage to lose, there is no chance to get. (To be continued......)