The new Wembley Stadium was full of jubilation. The Barcelona fans who came from afar were ecstatic.
Messi's penalty kick seemed to have given all the Barcelona people a shot in the arm!
Barcelona turned the tables on Liverpool!
"Messi withstood the pressure and sent the penalty kick into Liverpool's goal! Reina did not look determined when he saved the goal. Messi helped the team turn the tables! Liverpool's dream start advantage after the start of the game is gone. Now the defending champions are behind. How will the next game develop? "
Guardiola was unusually excited on the sidelines. He led the team to the top of Europe again with monstrous ambition. He was going to return the humiliation of being eliminated by Liverpool as the defending champions last season on the English's turf today!
When the team completed the reversal, Guardiola immediately gestured to the team.
Now it was Liverpool's turn to panic. Barcelona could show their ability to control the game. In this regard, Guardiola was absolutely more confident!
Subvert Liverpool's rule in Barcelona's way!
What could be a better victory than this?
On the other hand, Liverpool looked stubborn and unwilling. All the players were suppressing a fire in their hearts.
They were not frustrated by the reversal because they were not desperate!
They could create good attacking opportunities. That was enough. The game situation gave them a sign and gave them a signal that they could break down Barcelona's defense!
In that case, there was still plenty of time. There was no need to panic.
From now on, it was just another goal!
Comain was calm on the sidelines.
The trend of the game may have been under his control at the beginning, but with Messi's penalty kick into Liverpool's goal, the situation of the game was very different from what he had expected.
Would it be better for Liverpool to slow down after taking the lead?
Maybe, maybe not.
There was no time and no time to think about it now.
But he had a backup plan.
In fact, after the strategy of attacking at the beginning of the game was formulated, the team would naturally formulate a plan. How would the team respond if they failed to attack at the beginning and fell behind?
This must be considered before the game. This was the Champions League final, not a game where there was a way out even if they lost!
Either you become the champion, or you are no different from the tenth place loser!
After Liverpool kicked off again, the Red Army players ran more actively and fought more aggressively. Every player was focused on Barcelona's movements.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Qin Xiong was heavily surrounded by Barcelona on the left side in front of the penalty area. He passed the ball straight into the penalty area.
Raúl cut diagonally behind Puyol. As soon as he stopped the ball, Puyol blocked the path between him and the goal.
Raúl flicked the ball to the outside, and then he fired a shot.
His actions were coherent and smooth, but there was almost no shooting angle. As expected, the football deviated from the goalpost and rolled out of the end line.
Barcelona began to play the tiki-taka tactic that they were good at in the middle and front field.
Their strategy was very useful. At least they defeated Real Madrid, which Mourinho had reconstructed.
In their minds, when Barcelona was in the lead, they could play control tactics to wear down the Red Army.
They could trap the arrogant beast, the Red Army, in a cage and make it unable to move.
But they were wrong!
Liverpool had studied Barcelona in depth and had played against them last season.
Although Barcelona's forward line was stronger than last season, their control in the midfield was almost the same as last season.
Raúl, Kuyt, Gerard, Qin Xiong, and Mascherano were frantically pressing in the midfield. Only Alonso was stable in the back line to dispatch.
In the second half of the season, when the defending of the league title was basically set, Liverpool's training focused on defense!
Especially against Barcelona's control style of play!
Because the probability of Liverpool meeting Barcelona was very high!
There was no other reason than that Barcelona and Liverpool were both super strong teams!
Under such circumstances, Barcelona's control style of play, which they thought they could sit back and relax, was met with Liverpool's tight encirclement strategy.
Liverpool did not rush blindly. Instead, two or three players formed a joint defense, and then two players predicted the opponent's passing route in advance to intercept the passing target!
Liverpool's defense made Barcelona a little messy in the midfield!
In the 36th minute of the game, Xavi was pressed by Raúl and Gerard in the midfield. He had just passed the ball to Iniesta. The latter had just touched the ball when Kuyt charged from the side and engaged in a physical confrontation with him, almost causing Iniesta to have the ball intercepted. In a hurry, Iniesta passed the ball directly to Villa, who was retreating on the front line.
Alonso deliberately blocked and interfered with Villa on the running route, and then Mascherano intercepted the ball in advance!
"Wow, Liverpool's midfield pressing put a lot of pressure on Barcelona, which caught Barcelona a little off guard. When they wanted to speed up, Liverpool's frantic pressing disrupted their rhythm!"
After the ball was intercepted, Mascherano passed the ball to the right flank, and Johnson stepped forward to receive it successfully. At this time, it could be seen that the Liverpool midfield, who had been encircling Barcelona's players, turned around and ran forward.
They spread out to run into gaps. The most important thing at this time was the quality of the ball and the speed of receiving it.
Johnson saw Kuyt pulling the side in the front field. He kicked the ball and passed the ball to Kuyt's feet.
Xavi went to defend against Kuyt, and Abidal also went up, not giving Kuyt time to start the ball.
But Kuyt did not think about breaking through with his own ball. He was not good at that, or in a game of this level, he had to try his best to avoid overestimating himself and trying to be a hero.
For example, Messi and Qin Xiong could break through at will. Even if they did not succeed, no one would blame them.
Everyone in the team had to play their own characteristics and play their own role.
Kuyt observed the situation in the front field before he touched the ball.
He passed the ball from Xavi to the front of Barcelona's penalty area.
Raúl received Kuyt's pass with his back to Pique there.
Bouzquez was a little far away from Raúl because he was wary of Qin Xiong's forward plug. At this time, when he saw Raúl in possession of the ball, he immediately rushed to Raúl's side.
Raúl did not control the ball to turn around, but gently diagonally the ball back.
Gerard, who plugged in from the back, faced the football rolling in front of him and did not hesitate to blast a shot at the goal!
About twenty-five yards away from the goal, Gerard deliberately lowered the football to prevent himself from firing the anti-aircraft gun.
He shot the ball to the left half of the goal range. It was a half-high ball with a very fast ball speed!
All the spectators at the new Wembley Stadium held their breath as they watched Liverpool's threatening long shot from outside the penalty area!
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