Green Journey

Chapter 489 Football is really round!

The game whistle sounded throughout the game, and Kolarov and others on the sidelines and members of the Manchester City coaching staff rushed up immediately.

Compared with the smiling and excited Manchester City players, Monaco's face is full of depression and loneliness.

They sat on the ground silently watching Manchester City celebrate.

At this moment, individual Monaco players even remained in a trance, unable to believe that they were eliminated just like that.

Some more emotional Monaco players even shed tears on the spot.

This is actually a normal emotional expression.

The game itself is very tiring. The players have worked hard for the game, but it is not proportional to the harvest. It is natural to be sad or even cry.

But this is precisely the cruelty of a top competition like the Champions League.

It doesn't give you the chance to make a mistake, sometimes even a little bit.

Outside the penalty area, Raj, Sidibe, and Fabinho all slumped on the ground.

Looking at Chu Zheng who was hugging his teammates one by one with a smile, they were really frustrated when they thought of the scene in the restricted area just now.

Although they didn't realize how much they were affected by the decline in physical fitness, they also knew that it was difficult to stop Chu Zheng even with the support of abundant physical fitness at that time.

The frequency of Chu Zheng's feet was too fast, and the combination of the man and the ball really terrified them, and they even had the illusion that the ball was part of Chu Zheng's body.

Also, they used to defend other players, and they could guess what the opponent was thinking.

But against Chu Zheng, he couldn't see through it at all.

You thought he was going here, but he just went there, a position you never thought of from the beginning to the end, it is hard to guard against.

At this time, it was Remelsson who regretted the most, and it could even be said that he regretted it, because he was the one who helped Chu Zheng block the sight of goalkeeper Subasic and provided cover.

On Chu Zheng's side, seeing Jiang Lai also sitting on the ground in a daze, he put away his smile and walked over.

Reaching out to pull Jiang Lai up, he asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I didn't think about anything." Jiang Lai stood up and patted the grass on the back of his butt, then looked at Chu Zheng, and said with some emotion: "Brother, your breakthrough technology is getting more and more perverted!"

"Hehe, it's okay, but compared to Boss Mei, I'm still not as good as him. His talent is the talent, and God chases after him to feed him." Chu Zheng said cheerfully.

"Ah!" Jiang Lai was stunned for a moment, and rolled his eyes in a rare way, "Brother, do you know that sometimes you really need to be beaten up?"

"Really?" Chu Zheng stared, with a wider smile on his face.

At the same time, Guardiola on the sidelines also found Jardim for a handshake and hug at the end of the game.

For Guardiola, Jardim is a respectable opponent.

After retiring and becoming the head coach these years, Jardim is one of the few opponents who can make him so embarrassed. This guy has a good ability to design tactics.

"You are very lucky to have a player like Chu!" Jardim's tone was complicated, with envy and dissatisfaction.

In Jardim's view, he didn't lose to Guardiola, nor did they lose to Manchester City, but he and his players lost to Chu Zheng.

The media agrees with Jardim, one of Manchester City's evaluations.

That means that Manchester City can get to where it is now, and it is Chu Zheng who is carrying Manchester City.

The same is true for today's game. Without Chu Zheng's phenomenal performance, they would have won.

Hearing this, Guardiola, who was holding Jardim's hand, smiled a little bit, turned his head to look at Chu Zheng on the field, and said: "For a long time after I left Barcelona, ​​I always thought that Leo The best player I've ever met, and I didn't even think I'd meet another one."

Jardim was a little surprised when he heard this.

He didn't expect Chu Zheng to have such a high status in Guardiola's heart that he could be compared with that Argentine.

"In fact, you also have a group of excellent players, such as the French boy, he is very good, very, very good." Guardiola looked at the Monaco players on the field and pointed out.

"Indeed, they are a great group of little guys!" Jardim followed Guardiola's eyes, and his eyes were complicated.

They are indeed a group of excellent players, but Jardim really doesn't know how many players will be left after this season.

This is the trouble and helplessness of coaching a non-rich team.

No matter how many good players you can produce, the club will sell you off next season.

Then it becomes a vicious cycle.

When the main players are almost sold, the team's performance will deteriorate, then the fans will be dissatisfied, and then the head coach will suffer, and in the end it is often the end of being fired.

And the instigator club executives used the money they got from selling the players to search for the next head coach again, and then poached young players from all over the world, and continued to sell them after they achieved results.

This is an endless loop, a pit that non-rich clubs can never jump out of.

After the two separated, they didn't take a few steps. Jardim suddenly stopped and turned around. Somewhat belatedly, he suddenly realized that Guardiola seemed to be playing with his players.

But even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.

If the club wants to sell someone, at most he can express his opinion, and he cannot influence the decision of the top management.

But if Guardiola was playing Mbappe's idea, then Jardim felt that Manchester City would not be so easy to succeed.

He knows exactly how precious Mbappé is to the senior management of the Monaco club.

Any team interested in Mbappe will probably bleed heavily if they want to take him away.

As Bole who excavated Mbappe, Jardim is very aware of Mbappe's potential.

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It stands to reason that this wonderful decisive battle between Monaco and Manchester City, from a comeback to a reversal lore, will definitely be favored by the media all over the world after the game, and then frantically reported.

In terms of topicality, this game is full.

The head coaches of the two sides battled wits and courage, frequently changed their tactics, and there was a groundbreaking tactic in the game that was eye-catching and even shocked.

In terms of surprise, this game is also beyond people's expectations.

From Monaco's upcoming elimination of Manchester City to Manchester City's stoppage time lore against Monaco, the process can be described as thrilling and blood pressure soared.

As for the degree of popularity, there is nothing to say, 5 goals, and those wonderful offenses that did not score, are also exciting.

Therefore, the game between Manchester City and Monaco can be said to be a big showdown with all the exciting football factors.

However, in fact, another Cheng Yaojin appeared on the way, attracting the attention of the media.

Compared with the second round match between Barcelona and Paris, Manchester City and Monaco are much inferior.

The match between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain can be described as earth-shattering, unimaginable and controversial, which shocked fans all over the world.

Even after the game, it was believed by the outside world that this must be a game that will be recorded in the annals of world football. It was the biggest reversal in the history of the Champions League. Barcelona created a miracle.

"Before this, when talking about the shocking reversal in the top football field, the first thing that people think of will be the Istanbul night on May 2005, 5, but from this night on, people's memory will be branded again. A great and shocking reversal unprecedented in the history of the Champions League. "—— Marca
This is the evaluation of the game by the Spanish expert newspaper "Marca".

"The most terrible is the one who loses everything!" "—— Aspen
Real Madrid's mouthpiece "Aspen" commented very short, but it fully demonstrated how shocked they were by the result of this game!
In fact, no one believed that Barcelona could reverse Paris Saint-Germain before the game.

Even Barcelona and many of their own fans don't believe it and are pessimistic.

Because in the 58 times in the history of the Champions League in the first round of the Champions League with a score of 4-0, there has never been a game in which the losing side successfully reversed the game.

Four goals in the first round means that the second round must be scored 5-0 to advance.

If your opponent scores another goal in the second round, you must score 6 goals.

This is almost impossible for a football game, especially in the knockout stage of the Champions League, and the probability is infinitely close to zero.

Before the game, UEFA was also very upright.

After analyzing historical data and the performance of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, they concluded that the probability of Barcelona's reversal is 0.

Even if Barcelona played at home in the second round, it would not improve the probability of a comeback.

But in the end, a miracle really happened!

At 2 minutes and 23 seconds of the start of the game, Rafinha made a cross from the right rib.

This then triggered a melee at the front of the small penalty area in Paris. Suarez scored with a header from close range, helping Barcelona get a fantastic start, and instantly detonated the Nou Camp, the famous home of the devil in Europe.

In the next game, under the anticipation of [-] Camp Nou fans, Barcelona, ​​who had a last stand, moved forward bravely.

But whether it's Messi's free kick or Neymar's left rib goal, the distance from the goal is a hair's breadth away.

Until the 39th minute of the first half, Suarez took the ball with his back on the left rib at the top of the arc, turned around and suddenly passed Iniesta who was in the penalty area.

Meunier failed to clear in time, allowing Iniesta to send a back-heeled cross, allowing Paris's Kurzawa to make a hasty clearance to make it 2-0.

The significance of this own goal is great. It not only ignited the hope of a comeback among the [-] Camp Nou fans, but also plunged Paris into a panic nightmare.

Fortunately, the game soon entered the intermission, which did not allow Barcelona to continue to expand the score.

But at 47 minutes and 35 seconds into the second half, Paris Saint-Germain's players were still struggling to cope with Barcelona's full onslaught.

Neymar cut inside, and Meunier turned around in a panic, causing his feet to slip. He fell down first, and then tripped Neymar with his head.

Facing a competition of this level, the referee Ai Taijin, who was under tremendous pressure, really didn't dare to judge directly.

It was after communicating with the bottom line referee that Barcelona was given a penalty.

This is also one of the controversial penalties in this game.

Subsequently, Messi took a penalty kick, rewritten the score to 3-0, and the total score was 3-4, which completely detonated the Nou Camp and let everyone see the dawn of hope.

On the Paris side, Emery made a substitution adjustment in the 55th minute and replaced Angel Di Maria.

Then the game took a huge turn.

After substitutions and adjustments, Paris Saint-Germain broke free from the nightmare.

Di Maria's debut has greatly improved Paris Saint-Germain's control and counterattack.

In the 61st minute, Kurzawa made up for it. After entering the penalty area, he overwhelmed Rakitic and hit Cavani on the left side of the penalty spot with a header from the left side of the penalty area.

Cavani lived up to expectations, with an ecstasy volley from the outside of his right foot, rewriting the score to 3-1.

In an instant, the air in the Nou Camp seemed to freeze, and the bright and dazzling dawn in the hearts of countless Barcelona fans was instantly extinguished, falling from close to heaven to hell again.

This means that Barcelona will have to chase 3 more goals, which means that Paris Saint-Germain has almost killed the suspense of promotion.

Many fans choose to turn off the TV at this time, and the result is that they will regret it for a lifetime and will miss a great miracle.

In the next 20 minutes, the two sides came and went, but nothing was achieved.

Paris Saint-Germain even took advantage of the counterattack to score two single-handed goals.

But it is a pity that neither Cavani nor Di Maria failed to score the ball, ending the suspense of the game.

This also laid the foundation for the madness that followed.

In the 87th minute of the game, under the watchful eyes of countless desperate Barcelona fans, Neymar stood up and took a free kick with a perfect arc to the dead corner.

4-1!

This goal officially blew the final horn of Barcelona's attack.

After 1 minute, the miracle light began to appear.

Barcelona's midfielder made a long pass to the middle of the Paris penalty area, and Marquinhos brought down Suarez, who was successfully offside, in the middle. This time, the referee Aitekin directly sentenced Paris to death.

Yellow dot set!

This is also the most controversial penalty kick.

Not long after, Neymar himself made a penalty kick, the total score was 5-5, and Barcelona miraculously climbed up from the cliff.

But this is not the end. Next, Barcelona, ​​who has been completely mad, told everyone with practical actions that they can create miracles.

In the 94th minute of the game, Neymar sent another over-the-top pass with his left foot in the 30-meter area in the middle, and directly picked the ball to the Paris penalty area.

In the second half, Roberto, who came off the bench as a substitute, succeeded in anti-offside.

6-1!

Miracle downgrade.

For a moment, [-] Camp Nou fans shed tears on the spot, and countless fans wept with joy, falling into an unprecedented madness.

At that moment, the Camp Nou was shaken, and the cheers went straight to the sky, disturbing the situation!

This short game of more than 90 minutes made countless fans who followed this game seem to have experienced a lifetime.

From the loss of 0-4 a few weeks ago, to the hope of 3-0 today, to the despair at 3-1, to the helplessness of 4-1, to the excitement of 5-1, to the tears of joy at 6-1, this has started In just a few 10 minutes, Luo Luo seems to have collected all kinds of flavors in life.

On the way from Monaco to Nice Airport, the whole Manchester City team was dumbfounded after watching the three 10-minute game video specially edited by the team intelligence personnel through the car TV on the bus.

Barcelona is terrible, especially the spirit of eating people.

"Chu, what do you think?" Guardiola was sitting next to Chu Zheng. After watching the video, he looked at Chu Zheng beside him.

Chu Zheng was also amazed. Hearing Guardiola's words, he shook his head and said with a smile: "Head, my biggest feeling is that the football Tema is really round."

"Also, if we draw Barcelona in the next game, then we may fall into an unprecedented battle."

"Oh! One more thing, it's best not to open champagne in the locker room during the intermission!"

"Haha!" Guardiola was successfully amused by Chu Zheng's words, and the other people in the car were overjoyed when they heard it.

Guardiola is also happy that his old club can create miracles.

Since he left, although he has been used by the media to compare with Enrique from time to time, and even become a tool for the media to criticize Enrique, but to be honest, if he came to lead Barcelona, ​​he would not be sure to achieve this. Miraculous and epic reversal.

This is crazy!
But that's why he loves football so much.

On Chu Zheng's side, he also had a deep feeling for this competition.

In the game between Barcelona and Paris, regardless of the completely different tactics of the two sides, if you think about it carefully, football is not like life.

Driven to a dead end, tried to turn the tide but met with ridicule and sarcasm, and then started to fight for his life, this is Barcelona, ​​living to die.

But the winning ticket is in his hands, but he falls into the abyss again. One second is heaven, and the next second is already falling into hell. This is Paris, where extreme joy begets sorrow.

The next day, the media all over the world went crazy, reporting last night's miracle at Camp Nou.

"Marca" used the adjective "fantastic" as the headline on the front page, and then continued to emphasize that these six goals made history.

Compared with the mourning French media, the Spanish media's post-match reaction was ecstasy and amazement, and they praised Enrique and Barcelona even more.

"World Sports Daily" praised Barcelona's players on the front page as heroes.

The headline of the "Daily Sports Daily" is: "They are legends!"

But there are also different views amidst the praise from the Spanish media.

Maybe they realized that their butt was a little crooked before, and the headline on the front page of "Aspen" the next day expressed their attitude: "A reversal with doubts!"

But, who cares?
No one cares.

(End of this chapter)