Green Journey

Chapter 394 Messi Corridor, Unstoppable!
In the stands of Camp Nou, as time passed, the confident Barcelona fans could no longer calm down after seeing the team being beaten by Manchester City.

But there is no way, Barcelona has an old problem, that is, it is slow, and sometimes it is very slow to enter the game state.

Soon, Manchester City's offense came again.

In the 18th minute of the game, after Chu Zheng retreated to get the ball, facing Rakitic and Busquets' joint attack, Chu Zheng took the ball and spun around in front of the arc of the middle circle continuously, flashing and moving, and turned his plate. The belt technology is fully demonstrated.

In a football game, fast foot frequency is a dimensionality reduction blow.

Facing Chu Zheng's dribbling, both Busquets and Rakitic had the illusion that they were defending Messi in normal training.

The two chased after Chu Zheng again and again, but they couldn't touch the ball at Chu Zheng's feet. Every time Chu Zheng took the ball away one step faster than them.

The three of them entangled for four or five seconds, and Chu Zheng, who made a U-shaped turn, suddenly kicked the ball.

In front of the center line on the right side of the middle circle, Sterling and Chu Zheng formed an excellent pass and run tacit understanding. After catching up with the ball, they strode along the sidewalk and rushed towards the Barcelona goal again.

Alaba in front of Sterling frantically retreated.

On the right line of the penalty area, Sterling made a continuous change of direction from left to right, and Alaba was swayed away.

Sterling seized the opportunity and made another cross.

It's a pity that Pique, Umtiti and others came back quickly. Umtiti kicked the ball out of the right line in time to resolve the crisis.

Zabaleta is about to take a quick throw-in.

Just after throwing the ball, he heard the referee Marzic's sharp whistle. He turned his head and saw that Alaba had fallen in the penalty area, his face full of pain.

On the sidelines, Enrique knew at a glance that the calf was over, and the kid was probably strained again.

"Ouch, I can't get up, it must have been shaken by Sterling's continuous change of direction just now!"

"Today, Alaba's side is exactly the direction of Manchester City's main attack, and the pressure he faces can be imagined."

"Yes, Sterling charged extremely resolutely on the wing today, just staring at Alabatu!"

While Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were talking, the fourth official on the sidelines held up a sign for substitutions.

Enrique replaced Alaba with No. 19 French full-back Digne.

After a while, the game resumed.

After replacing Alaba, Barcelona's defense on the left was significantly more stable.

Less than 3 minutes after the substitution, maybe it was time, Barcelona suddenly faded from the slow state, and the MSN combination of Messi, Neymar and Suarez in the frontcourt showed their power without warning.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Manchester City's formation was 4132, with Chu Zheng and De Bruyne on the front line.

But this is Guardiola, with ever-changing formations and very flexible player positions.

To the right of the top of the arc, Chu Zheng slowly went up to the top, approaching Umtiti who was holding the ball.

Seeing Chu Zheng approaching, Umtiti decisively crossed back to Pique on the right side of the penalty spot.

De Bruyne immediately pressed forward, and Chu Zheng also quickly ran towards Umtiti.

Picking up the ball immediately, Pique only had the option to send the ball to the right of the penalty area.

The ball quickly came to the right side of the penalty area under Mascherano's feet.

But Mascherano stopped the ball and turned around, and Nolito also rushed up, and Barcelona was forced to a dead end again after playing the ball from the backcourt.Mascherano didn't dare to wait for Busquets to enter the left rib area at the top of the arc to establish a ball point, so he kicked up and made a long pass from the side of the forward field.

On the center line of the wing, Kolarov ignored Suarez behind him, and directly pulled up the green onion and took off to intercept in the air.

But after jumping up, Kolarov found that the ball was slightly higher, so he shook his head directly to the right and gave the ball to Stones who retreated from his ribs.

On Stones' side, he retreats very quickly, fearing that Kolarov will fall, so that he can pull the side in time to trap Suarez on the side.

Unexpectedly, the ball came over suddenly.

Suddenly Stones turned around abruptly.

Just as Stones ran forward to get the ball, he suddenly saw Messi and Otamendi in the center circle rushing towards the ball side by side.

Immediately, Stones backed up immediately, took a step laterally to the right, and then continued to back up.

Sure enough, in the next second, Messi rushed to the ball and threw it in front of Suarez relying on his speed and the frequency of his feet.

Seeing the ball coming, Stones buckled his right knee and threw his left foot up and to the right. The precise ball was stopped and hooked back in front of him.

Stones's aerial interception was extremely exciting, and the Nou Camp was once again in an uproar.

"Oh! Well blocked the ball!"

"Messi's intention was seen through by Stones!"

Seeing Messi rushing, Stones quickly raised his right foot and took it out horizontally without waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

But the hasty ball was high, giving Messi plenty of time to turn around and continue chasing.

Kolarov is also very smart, knowing that he can't play Messi on the ground. In order to avoid being hit by dimensionality reduction, he took off on the spot and pushed the ball forward.

Kolarov intended to give Nolito who retreated along the wing.

Unexpectedly, there was a problem with the tacit understanding between the two. Nolito did not run immediately, but Mascherano rushed over first.

After getting the ball, Mascherano quickly advanced along the wing, and suddenly crossed Messi on the halfway.

After Messi gets the ball, he immediately cuts in horizontally. This is the famous Messi corridor.

In the right rib area at the top of the arc, Otamendi, Stones, Fernandinho, and Gundogan formed a quadrangular position and quickly besieged Messi.

But Messi made a nimble and quick turn around, exchanged contact with the ball with his feet in quick succession, and brought the ball back abruptly.

Chu Zheng, who was coming back along the middle road, saw this scene, and couldn't help feeling a little bit numb for a while. The four of them couldn't grab the ball, and Messi easily brought the ball out. The dribbling skills of the Argentine king horrible.

Chu Zheng knew very well that if Messi kept messing up like this, their defense would be messed up sooner or later.

But it is a pity that the far water cannot save the near fire.

After getting out of the encirclement, Messi quickly turned to the right and continued to dribble the ball laterally.

Fernandinho chased after Messi, but he just couldn't find a chance to make a move.

In the top area of ​​the arc, Otamendi also rushed out, trying to pinch Messi with Fernandinho.

But when he came to the front of the top of the arc, Messi suddenly kicked the ball across to Neymar in the left rib area of ​​​​the top of the arc.

At the same time, Suarez in front of Messi immediately started to advance to the top of the arc behind Otamendi.

On Neymar's side, after taking the ball, he retreated to the upper left corner of the penalty area and hooked Sabaletta in the rib area.

As soon as Suarez started, he suddenly kicked the ball in front of Suarez.

But Stones, who was filling in, was not slow, and got stuck on the right front side of Nei Suarez in time.

After Suarez found that he could not shoot directly, he missed the ball directly under his feet.

Immediately the ball went straight to the penalty spot.

Messi, Fernandinho and Otamendi found the ball rolling at the same time.

But Messi moved the fastest. He stretched out his foot to get ahead of Fernandinho and stabbed to the left, and the ball rolled to the left sideline of the small penalty area.

In the next second, Suarez snapped a shot!

"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing the ball hit hard on the outside of the side net, Camp Nou once again erupted with deafening exclamations!
"Suarez!!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed suddenly.

"Ouch, this ball!!!!" Zhang Lu was also taken aback.

"The ball was played too quickly!"

"The frequency of Messi's feet is really the best in the world. Fernandinho was stabbed by him before he could react!"

"Barcelona's current offense makes it difficult for your defensive players to react!"

"This kind of fast pass and cut cooperation in a small space, only the three of MSN can achieve this extreme level!" Zhang Lu is full of praise for MSN's performance-style offensive cooperation.

On the sidelines, Enrique also seemed very excited, clapping and gesticulating. Obviously, the attacking routine was what he wanted to see.

Beside, Guardiola has realized that something is wrong.

Obviously, Barcelona is entering the game state.

After the games against the Celtics and Tottenham, Guardiola knew very well that his line of defense could not bear too much defensive pressure.

Soon, Guardiola's worries were fulfilled.

Three minutes later, the Barcelona MSN team made a comeback again.

At 26 minutes and 28 seconds of the game, Messi activated the left rib area in the middle circle and successfully broke through Kolarov's defense. Even Gundogan's shovel behind him failed to bring him down.

Entering the Messi corridor again, under the cheers of the Nou Camp, Messi cuts inward again.

But this time Chu Zheng returned in a timely manner. He blocked the front of the top of the arc, waiting for Messi to pass.

But Messi didn't do what Chu Zheng wanted.

After cutting inside into the right rib area at the top of the arc, seeing Iniesta passing diagonally from the top of the arc to the right side of the penalty area, he made a direct pass.

On the front right side of the small penalty area, Iniesta was in place first, and his heels rushed to the penalty spot before and after Zabaleta who was shoveling.

Iniesta's heel pass was originally no threat.

Because Fernandinho was right behind him.

What makes people speechless is that when Fernandio turned to the left, his left foot suddenly slipped and fell down.

Messi and Chu Zheng are at the intersection of the free throw arc on the right and the end line of the penalty area.

The two started almost at the same time and increased their speed at the same time. The speed made it impossible to tell who was faster.

A second later, Chu Zheng and Messi touched the ball almost at the same time.

Everyone just felt that the ball suddenly went into Manchester City's goal from the lower left corner of the goal against the turf.

"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The moment the goal was scored, Camp Nou ushered in the most violent shock tonight.

The cheers of nearly [-] Barcelona fans raged around the Nou Camp, making people feel the horror of whether this famous stadium will be collapsed.

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!" Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun exclaimed in unison in the LeTV Sports live broadcast room!

But who kicked the ball in, neither of them saw clearly.

Not only them, many fans at the scene didn't see it clearly.

"Is it an own goal?" Zhan Jun asked the doubts in his heart.

Soon, a slow motion replay appears.

In the playback screen, which was slowed down several times, Messi's left foot touched the ball before Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng was only a few tenths of a second slower.

"Chu Zheng missed the ball!"

"It's Messi's goal!!! Not an own goal!!!"

"Fernandinho threw the ball at the wrong time!" Zhang Lu couldn't laugh or cry after watching the replay of the whole scoring process.

But accidents are also part of football.

On the sidelines, Guardiola spread his hands, turned and went back to the bench.

(End of this chapter)