"... Compared with the first leg of the two teams, Ferguson replaced nearly half of the starting lineup in one go, which is really incomprehensible. Van Persie may not be convenient to play because of some minor injuries, but why did Scholes change? Did Ferguson completely ignore the offense in this game? So, is it a bit too conservative to defend so hard at home?"

The guest judging the football matchmaker laughed when he heard this: "He is such a coach. As long as he can reach the final, what is the ugly scene?"

"I think...it's not working against Barcelona. I'm afraid that he won't succeed in reaching the finals by then, and he's scolded for being conservative at home. How many people can accept losing the game with such a negative attitude?"

"I have a little different view. Maybe his team can do it? At Camp Nou, he let Barcelona score for 90 minutes but didn't score a single goal..."

"That's because Barcelona didn't have Messi at the time."

"Ha, Messi..."

Messi is getting the ball.

The method of finding a successor for Maradona has never stopped since he retired. Argentina has produced many successors of Maradona in history, some of which were chosen by the king of football, and some of which were buttoned up by the media or fans themselves. Riquelme, Da Lesandro, Amar, Saviola, Ortega, Tevez, Aguero... have all done "Maradona II", but the result is... the weather is hahaha today.

From the current point of view, the only person who is most promising to reach Maradona's height may be the small man in front of him. He is no longer the eye-catching rookie at the time. Now he is a "phenomenon" of Barcelona, ​​an "phenomenon" of Argentina, and a "phenomenon" of world football.

Rijcard thought Ferguson would let Cambiaso, the most defensive among Manchester United, defend Messi, save other defensive forces to curb Barcelona's overall offense. The person who appeared in front of Messi made him stunned.

Not to mention him, Messi was a little surprised even on the court.

Manchester United is not the Manchester United two seasons ago. As a giant in the 21st century, which is a strong competition, it is still able to win four consecutive championships in the Champions League. As an opponent, every person in this team must study it. Among them, two people are focused on it - Cristiano Ronaldo and Cambiaso. One is the offensive core and the other is the defensive core.

Before the game, Rijkaard told Messi that the person who looked at him in this game would definitely be Cambiaso, because only Cambiaso could defend Messi in one-on-one, of course it was just possible...

He asked Messi to use his flexible running position to pull Cambiaso away. At the same time, he used his quick footing to lure Cambiaso into a foul, at least he could get a yellow card. In the subsequent games, Cambiaso would definitely miss the Champions League final because he was afraid of getting another yellow card, and became timid. This would be a good thing for Messi and Barcelona.

Rijkald felt that his arrangement was very good. Until now.

The person standing in front of Messi was not Messi's national teammate, but Fletcher.

The person who defends Messi is not Cambiaso!

Messi turned his head and looked at him. He found that Cambiaso was in his position in the middle. Apart from attracting attention, he had no intention of coming up to defend.

This...what is going on?

Hello, do you look down on me, Messi? Find someone like this... to defend me?

However, Jiang Feng, who was sitting in the box and watching the ball with Cheryl and other beauties, was not surprised by this. As a memory of his previous life, he knew very well that Cambiaso was not only defensive talent, but still had strong abilities on the offensive end. In another time and space, UEFA Champions League magazine's evaluation of Cambiaso was: a tireless "midfield conspirator". His running ability is excellent, his coverage is positive on the court, and he is almost everywhere between the two penalty areas. Defense is Cambiaso's main job. His interception and steals build a solid barrier in front of Inter Milan's defense line. In offense, he is often the source of the offensive. His passing and dispatch determine the direction of the attack.

It was precisely because he knew Cambiaso's omnipotence that Jiang Feng snatched him from Inter Milan's mouth.

Although Messi and Cambiaso are teammates of the Argentina national team, his understanding of Cambiaso is obviously not as deep as Jiang Feng, so he is very puzzled by Ferguson's arrangement.

Messi looked at Cambiaso again, and the two of them stared at each other with big eyes - relatively speaking, Cambiaso was tall and naturally had big eyes, while Messi was short and concise and had small eyes.

After all, Cambiaso still had no intention of coming up to help.

Messi decided to break through by himself. He didn't know what Manchester United meant, but since you don't need the strongest defensive player to come to see me, I will break your defense line and let Barcelona score the goal, don't regret it!

It happened that Iniesta came up from behind, and Fletcher's attention was disturbed by Iniesta's running position. Messi grabbed this gap and passed the ball, tricking Fletcher into diverting the center of gravity, and then suddenly started a breakthrough from the opposite direction!

It was too late for Fletcher to stop him. The two were too close to each other and he couldn't react...

Manchester United's defensive formation shrinks very tightly, and the distance between the midfield and the defender is very, very close. For most teams, this defensive formation can fully compress the space at the front of the penalty area and not give the opponent's forwards the chance to take the ball calmly. At the same time, due to the contraction of the formation, the distance between the three lines is not far. When counterattacks, the football can be quickly and accurately passed to the teammates' feet without any other means except for blind big feet. Just like a spring, the more ruthless the compression is, the stronger the explosive power of the bounce is. This is also one of the characteristics of Manchester United's defense.

But now, it has become the best stage to help Messi win a n.

Because the defensive players are close, once someone breaks through, the defenders behind often have to intercept the ball or get stuck at the first time. He hesitation may make the opponent get in. This is exactly what Messi wants for his very fast feet. He can rely entirely on his instinct reaction and move and turn around and break out of the opponent's encirclement.

Just after passing Fletcher, facing Bale who was intercepting the ball, he gently twitched his right foot and moved his body horizontally, leading the football over to Bale's feet. Then he stopped and blocked Fletcher who was chasing back. Vidic came up to block the defense, but he incredibly chose the man to pass the ball in the narrow space. The football went to the right, and the man walked from the left, and the man walked in the inner circle. In the small radius, Vidic, who had just stuck his position and couldn't adjust the center of gravity, received the football he had just kicked out from behind Manchester United's entire defense line, and shot without hesitation!

Fortunately, Van der Sar blocked the angle in time and blocked Messi's shot from a small angle out of the baseline. Otherwise, Manchester United would have conceded the ball in three minutes of his home game...

There was a sound of breathing at Old Trafford Stadium, and they were frightened by the magical performance of the small player. They beat three Manchester United defensive players one by one, and the straight line distance from the starting point to the shooting point was only ten meters. The skills in this small space were so outstanding!

Even the commentator won consecutive victories and praised Messi, who returned from injury, as the number one figure in Barcelona now.

At the same time, everyone's questions were even more serious - what was Ferguson thinking? Why didn't he send Cambiaso to the field to defend him?

Although the shot was blocked, Messi did not show much annoyance. He did not even look at Van der Sa, but turned his head to look at Cambiaso.

It was no different from before he broke through. Cambiaso was also looking at him. After staring at him, Cambiaso turned his eyes away and ran back to defend the corner kick. There was no expression on his face that Messi wanted to see. He was neither surprised nor frustrated and afraid, and he looked calm and seemed to be paralyzed...

Barcelona's corner kick did not pose any threat to Manchester United's goal. In front of "experts" such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand, Vidic, and Gareth Bale, Barcelona, ​​who was not good at heading, could not take advantage of it at all.

Barcelona also knew this, so they took a low and fast corner kick, but they were still rushed to the front point and pushed out.

This is his first time in a TV close-up, a successful defense, but Messi was not defending. Behind him was the poor Mexican central defender Marcos.

Messi did not go in outside the penalty area to join in the fun. He knew that Barcelona was not good at heading the ball in set pieces, and the ball was likely to be pushed out by Manchester United. The worst case was that Van der Sar was confiscated directly. But if it was pushed out, he could hold outside and grab the second landing point, and then form a second attack, and continue to maintain pressure on Manchester United's goal.

The football did bounce toward him, but it was knocked off by a faster man.

Cristiano Ronaldo is in the limelight this season. He snatched Messi's ball and made the Old Trafford stadium cheer for the first time. Messi's wonderful performance made Manchester United fans very angry. Now, they also have people to be proud of!

Cristiano Ronaldo pointed the ball with his head, then accelerated to chase the ball, and instantly threw away Messi. When Messi reacted and turned around to chase, it was too late.

Cristiano Ronaldo successfully intercepted the ball, and Manchester United instantly turned from defense to offense. At this time, Rijkaard and Messi both clearly saw Esteban Cambiaso, who was heading the ball in the penalty area just now, shot out like an arrow from the string - and ran towards the frontcourt! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!