Chapter 74 The Second Round of the Semifinals

On April 27, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Gosau officially began at their home stadium, Camp Nou. Although the suspense is not big, the enthusiastic Barcelona fans still crowded the Camp Nou, which can accommodate nearly 110,000 people.

There are only about 5,000 Gosho fans who came to the scene. Compared with Barcelona fans, they only occupy a small place, but they are not far behind in momentum. Under the command of Paul and others, they are very organized and uniformly wearing Gosho's blue jerseys, holding All kinds of flags and slogans sing the team song of the Gosho team. They are not afraid of the threat of Barcelona fans in the neighboring stands, but they do not take the initiative to provoke, but just cheer for their team.

No matter how many fans there are, what's the use of roaring fiercely? It still depends on the team's performance to be tough. The fans of Gosho thought proudly one by one.

Barcelona's starting lineup in this game is exactly the same as their first round. They did not change anyone, while Gosho replaced Lima with Ivanovic. His position is also more backward, which can also increase the hardness and defensive strength of some midfielders. After all, this is at Camp Nou. Barcelona will always play better here.

At the beginning of the game, Barcelona launched a fierce attack. Whether they can advance to the final or not, they also hope to defeat Gosho here. If they can't win Gosho at home, how passive will they be when they face Gosho in the future?

For this game, Martino deliberately hid most of the main players in the league on Saturday. As a result, they were tied 0-0 by Real Sociedad at home, while Real Madrid won this round, leaving only two points behind them. After paying such a big price, the Barcelona players in this game seem to be much more energetic. In addition, the game is held at the Camp Nou Stadium, which they are familiar with, and their mental outlook is much better.

Barcelona's offensive organization is well organized, especially Messi. He runs very actively and plays the role of a free man in the front court. Neymar's presence also eases some of Messi's burden and makes him play better.

Only 4 minutes after the game began, Messi broke through with the ball after receiving the ball in the middle. Antunović was too big, turned around a little slowly, and was erased by Messi. Antunović saw that Messi's location was too close to the penalty area. With a little hesitation, he did not reach out and foul. Messi took advantage of this time to be decisive. He got up and shot. He felt the ball as soon as he kicked it out. That feeling was very mysterious, and it was unspeakable, but every time he wanted to score a goal, he had this feeling.

Messi held his fist and watched the ball fly to the upper left corner of the goal with hope. If he scored so early, it would not be unimaginable to turn the game, right? But immediately his eyes widened, and Chekareli made a very stretchy save. Before the ball was about to cross the goal line, he pulled the ball out of the crossbar with his right fingertip.

Messi was very depressed and hit the palm of his left hand with his right fist. He saw the feeling of a must-goal being saved by his opponent, as if he was suddenly interrupted when he was about to **. That kind of depression was indescribable, and even he usually seemed very The elegant Messi couldn't help swearing in his heart.

Then Barcelona's corner kick was also pushed out of danger by Salihovic. Barcelona's header ability is far from that of Gosho. Only their two central defenders, Pike and Mascherano, who have a good header, are surrounded by a group of big men from Gosho. It's not easy to head the ball.

Five minutes later, Barcelona made a comeback. This time, Messi still created the opportunity. He pulled to the right side to get the ball and cut it inside. After reaching the front of the penalty area, he cleverly blocked the penalty area. Neymar inserted a low shot in the far corner in the middle, but this shot was still magically saved out of the bottom line by Checarelli. .

Seeing Checarelli get up from the ground, Salikovich excitedly gave him a high-five. At least five players in Barcelona's frontcourt couldn't believe that they hugged their heads with their hands. Isn't it too scientific?

This time, Barcelona's corner kick served a tactical corner kick. Messi received a pass near the corner area and broke through in the direction of the penalty area with the ball. However, his fake action did not shake Gugelman. Gugelman kicked in time and broke the ball under Messi's feet. He passed the ball to Ivanovic in the middle. Ivanovic made a slight adjustment and sent a long pass at the top. Avanzini plugged in at high speed on the left side. At this time, Alves came forward and the assist did not return to his defensive position. Avanzini easily picked up the cross, and Egman headed the ball forward. Unfortunately, under the interference of Pike's efforts, the ball was slightly positive. After being hit by Valdes, Mascherano grabbed the ball out of the sideline with his big foot in front of Kadinho.

After landing, Egman looked back at Pike, and then ran out of the penalty area with a blank face. Pike suddenly became angry. He always felt that Egman's eyes were full of contempt. In fact, maybe he thought too much. There was not too much emotion in Egman's eyes, but Pike didn't know why. When he saw Egman, he felt angry all over. He couldn't help waving his fist at Egman's back. Of course, he didn't dare to do such an action in front of Egman. I don't know when. Pike subconsciously had a sense of fear for Egman.

The game continued. With the huge cheering of more than 100,000 Barcelona fans, Barcelona's offensive became more and more fierce.

In the 18th minute of the game, Barcelona finally broke the deadlock. This time, Messi pulled to the left side. After receiving a direct pass from Iniesta, he dribbled the ball on the left side. After making a two-by-one cooperation with Neymar, Messi smoothly dribbled the ball to the bottom, and then sent a pass. This In the cross, he passed a low-level ball, because there are many people in the penalty area of Gosho at this time, and Barcelona's header is not dominant, so the probability of passing a low-level goal will be higher.

Messi's pass was very fast and rolled in front of the goal. The players of both teams were running towards the ball. The Barcelona player hoped to hit the goal, while the Gosho player hoped to destroy the pass. Antunović was also running to the goal. He started early and ran very fast. Seeing that he was about to run to the small penalty area, as long as he stretched out his foot, he could destroy the pass, but he suddenly felt someone pushing it on his waist. He staggered involuntarily, and then he felt him stretching out. His left foot touched something. After a second, he finally stabilized his footsteps. Then he heard an extremely loud cheer at Camp Nou Stadium, which almost deafened his ears. At this time, he found that the ball had been dripping in the net.

Antunović is a little confused. How did he score this goal? Who entered? At this time, he saw that the German on duty referee Stark first raised his hand to signal that the goal was valid, and then pointed his finger at himself. Antunović couldn't help but be shocked. What? Is this the goal my own goal? Only then did he realize that the step he staggered forward just now turned out to have touched the ball and blocked it into the goal.

Antunović ran to Stark and shouted, "Mr. referee, someone pushed me just now. This is a foul. This ball can't be counted!"

Stark pointed to his ear and signaled that he couldn't hear it. There was nothing he could do. The cheers at the scene were too loud. Antunović approached a little, and then shouted again what he had just said in a louder voice, but Stark shrugged his shoulders to say that he had not seen anyone pushing him. Indeed, there were too many people in the penalty area of the Gosho team just now, crowded with people. Who can see such small movements clearly?

In this way, Barcelona took a one-goal lead with an own goal from Antunović.

However, Antunović, who was then full of depression, played a very high level in defense. His large-scale interception in the midfield effectively destroyed Barcelona's offensive, and the two teams fell into a stalemate.

Messi was repeatedly successfully defended by Antunović in the middle. He had to put more of his range of activities on the two sides. With Messi's ability, although he can also play well on the side, after all, his personal threat to the goal is much smaller, and Barcelona's offensive threat is It immediately dropped to a higher level.

During this period, Barcelona has scored several times on the sidelines, but except for Antunović's own goal, other crosses have not pose much threat. The two central defenders in the penalty area of Gosho are both players with excellent physical and defensive ability. In addition, this season's performance is the best in the world. Good Ceccareli, it's not easy for Barcelona to score goals in such an offensive way.

Martino seemed relaxed sitting in the coach's seat, but his clenched fist betrayed his inner tension. He still has some ideas about this game. If he can win the Champions League in his first year of coaching Barcelona, it would be a wonderful start, but in the last game, Gosho's 4:0 was like a blow to him. However, in this game, Messi's condition seemed to be recovering, which gave Martino another glimmer of hope.