Chapter 392 The Champions League Final Begins, a Decisive Battle at the Top of the Forbidden City!

June 7, Berlin Olympic Stadium.

Two years ago, Lin Quan won the German Cup here with his Werder Bremen teammates.

After two years, I returned to this venue again, but I had a completely different feeling.

"Time flies so fast!"

During the warm-up before the game, De Bruyne put his hands on his hips, looked around the stadium where almost half of the people were seated, and sighed.

"Oh, yes!"

Lin Quan nodded. Two years ago, he and De Bruyne were unknowns, and they only competed for the German Cup.

But now, both of them are top stars, and Lin Quan is even the hottest player in football, and even has a chance to become the number one player.

The status of the two of them is no longer the same as it was two years ago.

Time flies, but what remains unchanged is the human heart.

Lin Quan saw a group of lovely people in the stands, a group of Werder Bremen fans.

They are wearing the green jersey of the Parrot Legion. Most of the jersey numbers are the No. 10 worn by Lin Quan in Werder Bremen and the No. 6 worn by De Bruyne.

Among the blue and red blue, this green color is particularly eye-catching.

There were not many of them, only about two to three hundred people, but their appearance still moved Lin Quan and De Bruyne very much.

"Dad, dad, brother Lin Quan has seen us!"

In the stands, 12-year-old Greni waved his arms excitedly and shouted.

Next to Greni sat Mr. William and Ms. Anna, as well as his sister Angel.

When Lin Quan was loaned to Werder Bremen, he stayed at their home for a year.

"Quick, quick, put out the banner we made in advance!"

Seeing that Lin Quan noticed them, under the command of Mr. William, several people quickly unfurled a banner - Werder Bremen will always be your home!

Seeing this warm banner, Lin Quan and De Bruyne were very moved.

Lin Quan was moved and ran to the sidelines to find a signature pen and a football, and wrote his name on the football.

Seeing his move, the audience at the scene were all very curious:

The game hasn't started yet. Is Lin Quan going to give autographed footballs to the fans?

Who is so lucky to have the opportunity to get a football autographed by Lin Huang?

Lin Quan's actions not only attracted the attention of fans at the scene, but even the cameras locked their lenses firmly on Lin Quan.

Even the photographer is curious, what on earth is this guy going to do?

After Lin Quan signed his name and waited for the writing to dry, he placed the ball on the lawn near the stands, looked up at the area where Werder Bremen fans were sitting, and took a few steps back.

He kicked the ball toward the stands while running, and landed accurately in the area where Werder Bremen fans were.

Greni saw a black shadow flying towards him, subconsciously stretched out his hands, and the football fell into his hands lightly.

The landing point of the football was extremely precise and the force was just right. Fans who saw this kick couldn't help but cheer.

Mr. William was also shocked. He didn't expect that Lin Quan's footwork and control of strength had reached this level after not seeing him for two years.

When the football flew toward his son just now, he was worried that it might hurt someone. It seemed completely unnecessary!

…

In the other half, everyone in Barcelona was also warming up.

After Messi finished a set of training, he couldn't help but look back to the other half, searching for Lin Quan in the crowd.

When he saw Lin Quan's move, he was shocked:

Has this guy's footwork reached such a terrifying level?

Lin Quan felt the gaze coming from behind him, turned around instantly, and looked at Messi from afar.

He stretched out his right hand and made a clenched fist gesture, indicating that Messi should be at his best in this game and the two of them should compete!

Messi looked confident. After nodding heavily, he responded with the same action to Lin Quan!

Both are confident of winning the championship, but there can only be one champion.

After this game, one person is bound to be disappointed!

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At 18 o'clock, with the referee's whistle, the game officially started.

The referee of this game is Gunayt Cakir from Turkey.

This person has made many controversial penalties in favor of Real Madrid in the game between Manchester United and Real Madrid, which caused strong protests from Manchester United after the game.

Manchester City and Barcelona were very nervous about arranging such a referee to officiate this game.

Manchester City is worried that Cakir will favor La Liga teams, while Barcelona is worried that this person is a supporter of Real Madrid and will blow their whistle.

However, soon after the game started, the doubts in the minds of the Barcelona people were completely dispelled.

In the 4th minute of the game, Barcelona launched an attack and Rakitic scored in an offside position when receiving the ball.

However, the linesman and referee did not call a foul, but considered the ball a valid goal.

This penalty immediately made the Manchester City players on the field unhappy.

They rushed to surround the referee and asked for an explanation.

The ball was obviously offside, but neither the linesman nor the referee indicated it. Were both of them blind?

"Hey, Mr. Referee, this is an offside goal. You can watch the replay on the big screen!"

Lin Quan pointed to the big screen above the stadium and said to Cakir.

The slow-motion replay on the big screen at the scene was replaying the goal just now. From the slow-motion replay, it was obvious that this was an offside goal.

However, even with irrefutable evidence, Cakir still refused to change the penalty and still believed that the goal was valid.

In order to maintain his authority, he even showed a yellow card to Manchester City captain Kompany who was involved in the containment.

Kompany was so angry that he clenched his fists and wanted to punch this guy, but luckily he was stopped by several teammates.

"Captain, calm down, we are behind now. If you are sent off again, we won't have to play this game!"

Lin Quan was also very angry, but he forced himself to calm down.

At this time, we can't let emotions blind our reason. We can still play if we are one goal behind, but if there is one less player, it will really be hopeless.

On the sidelines, Guardiola angrily protested to the fourth official for a long time, but the fourth official just replied indifferently, "If you have any problems, you can report the situation to UEFA." That was it.

Guardiola was so angry that he vomited blood, but he did not continue to pester the fourth official.

It is obviously impossible for the fourth official to change the referee's penalty, but this result is really unfavorable for Manchester City.

Facing Barcelona, ​​which is at its peak this season, they fell behind by one goal at the beginning, and the central defender also received a yellow card.

This is simply a hellish difficulty start!

Originally, they had a lot of room for tactical choices, but now that they are behind, Manchester City has no other choice but to attack.

This is very different from playing against Bayern at the Allianz Arena.

The reason why they dared to play against Bayern at the Allianz Arena was because they had two goal differences, which would give them a psychological advantage.

Secondly, they are on the road, and the more away goals the better for them.

But now the situation is completely different. This is the Champions League final. The outcome is determined by one game. There is no distinction between home and away games.

They chose to fight against their opponents at this time because they were already behind in the score. From a psychological level, Manchester City was already at a disadvantage.

Thinking of this, Guardiola was so angry that he wanted to greet the referee and his family.

Barcelona's unexpected lead at the start gave Barcelona players and fans a reassurance.

Although many Barcelona players and fans saw it, it was an offside goal.

However, the referees believed that the goal was valid, and they naturally accepted this unexpected surprise with peace of mind.

"Haha, Manchester City is nothing more than that, they didn't even last four minutes!"

Some Barcelona fans even took advantage of it and started to mock Manchester City.

If we put aside the fact that the offside was misjudged, conceding the ball in just 4 minutes after the opening was really embarrassing.

Anyone who can reach the Champions League final is naturally no weakling.

When everyone is a top team, it is really unreasonable for their opponents to score their own goal so easily.

"I think Manchester City's defense is just like this. I'm afraid Barcelona will not score less than three goals in this game!"

Barcelona fans seem to be very optimistic. They have witnessed the power of MSN combination time and time again in the league and Champions League.

With such a perfect start, the entire Barcelona team will be very relaxed and their performance will get better and better.

As long as they give full play to their strengths, Barcelona fans believe that no one in the world can stop them!

Seeing that the team scored, Enrique did not get up from his seat, but applauded lightly, showing the style of a master.

He had prepared painstakingly for a long time for this game.

Unlike Barcelona during the Martino period, Enrique was very clear about Messi's importance to the team before the game.

Of course, he also knows that his opponents will also guard Messi closely.

Therefore, in this game, he gave up the right wing and asked Messi to play on the left wing.

This move really surprised the opponent. Barcelona's goal just now was instigated by Messi from the left.

Although Messi's explosive power has declined due to injuries, his breakthrough ability has declined compared to his peak period.

However, on this planet, he is still one of the top breakthrough players, and there are only a handful of people who can reach his level.

Due to Messi's huge threat ability, as soon as he starts, there will be two or three people on the opposite side to flank him.

This has a great impact on Manchester City's formation, taking away a lot of Manchester City's troops in the center, giving Rakitic, Iniesta and others more space to move, and causing Barcelona's attack threat in the center to increase sharply.

Everyone knows that MSN is the trident of our Barcelona, ​​which can destroy the city without any disadvantage.

But if I focus my attack on the midfielder who comes in from behind, how should you respond?

Thinking of this, Enrique looked at Guardiola on the other side expectantly.

He wants to see how Guardiola responds to his moves?

Guardiola only watched for a few minutes before he understood his opponent's intentions.

However, he didn't make much adjustments to the team's formation. He just called Kanter over and gave him some instructions in his ear.

When Messi plays under him, his active area is on the right wing.

Corresponding to Manchester City's side is the left wing, and at this time, Enrique changed Messi to the left wing, corresponding to Manchester City's right wing.

Manchester City's right wing happens to be the area where Lin Quan often moves.

In other words, Enrique is using Duizi's tactics to deal with Manchester City.

I have to say, this move is very clever.

Because after Barcelona removes Messi, the overall strength of the remaining players is half a level stronger than Manchester City.

Especially with the likes of Iniesta, Suarez and Neymar on their team.

Even without Messi, these people still have the ability to influence the situation of the game.

Therefore, trading with Manchester City is a sure win for Barcelona.

However, Guardiola didn't think so.

Before he personally coached Lin Quan, he might have been worried about whether Lin Quan would be beaten by Messi if he met Messi directly on the court. After all, he knew better than anyone how terrifying Messi's strength was.

But after personally coaching Lin Quan for half a season, Guardiola realized that his concerns were completely unnecessary.

Now Lin Quan can be said to have reached or even surpassed Messi's peak strength.

Let him exchange money with Messi, and it may not necessarily be Manchester City that loses!

Moreover, the difference between Lin Quan and Messi is that although Messi's left and right feet are very balanced, they are not without reverse feet.

His method of cutting inside is reverse-footed, and when he goes to the left wing, the foot that touches the ball is on the outside, so the threat of Messi's cutting inside and shooting is greatly reduced, and the threat of passing the ball increases.

Therefore, Enrique placed Messi on the left wing at the expense of Messi's threat to the goal and increased his role in the frontcourt, especially on the left wing.

Barcelona's left winger is Neymar and the left back is Alba.

Both of them have strong offensive abilities and work well with Messi.

Messi joining the left wing can deliver a large number of artillery shells to the two of them, amplifying the threat of the two.

In this way, one plus one is greater than two, further increasing Barcelona's offensive threat on the left, completely defeating Manchester City's right, and minimizing Lin Quan's threat.

Enrique's plan was pretty good, but the plot seemed to be going differently than what Enrique had imagined.

In the 11th minute of the game, Barcelona Messi came to the left again, trying to copy the previous attack.

However, Manchester City was already prepared for their tactics. As soon as Messi took position, De Bruyne, Lin Quan, Kante and others rushed over and formed a semi-encirclement net around Messi.

Messi just glanced at it and didn't really care.

He has been in the game for many years and has been double-teamed by his opponents too many times to count.

Among the three opponents, except for Kanter, who is a strong defensive player and needs to be more vigilant, the remaining two are offensive players and their defensive abilities are not strong.

I saw him slowly carrying the ball. After De Bruyne approached, he suddenly slumped his shoulders. De Bruyne stretched his feet and quickly passed the opponent. He suddenly accelerated and rushed forward along the wing.

This is Messi's most proud move. The change of rhythm between silence and movement can catch most defensive players off guard.

However, this time Messi made a mistake.