Chapter 394 Ronaldinho: This Guy Will Become the World Champion

Chapter 394 Ronaldinho: This guy will become the world champion!

The situation on Barcelona's left wing was exactly the same as that on Manchester City's side. After Messi left, Lin Quan, who did not have to participate in defense, opened up full firepower and turned Barcelona's left wing upside down.

Alba, Busques and others tried hard to restrain him, but sometimes they had to let Iniesta join the defense.

But in this way, their offense will be affected again, and Barcelona's entire left attack immediately came to a standstill.

The two sides were originally ace versus ace, trading against each other.

Now that the two aces have been separated, it has become a matter of blasting each other.

In this case, the fans who came to the scene saw the super personal strength of these two top stars for the first time.

On Manchester City's side, although Messi was beaten very embarrassingly, Kante still gritted his teeth and persevered.

But this is only because there is not much time left in the first half, leaving limited time for Messi to perform.

If this is still the case in the second half, Kanter alone will definitely not be able to limit Messi.

A few minutes later, the midfield whistle sounded, ending the first half.

The two teams were temporarily tied, and the suspense of victory was left to the second half.

Because this game was held in Germany, fans saw many familiar faces on the court.

Stars such as German team internationals Reus, Muller, Lahm and others.

Coaches such as Bayern coach Heynckes, Lin Quan, De Bruyne's mentor Thomas Schaff, and Klopp who just resigned as Dortmund coach also came to the scene.

A competition of this level like the Champions League final is a grand event for European football.

Here you can see the individual performances of top stars, the charm of teamwork, and the tactical battle of wits and courage between the coaches of both sides.

No one wants to miss such a wonderful event.

Therefore, in addition to people in the football circle, the Champions League finals every year can attract a large number of people from outside the circle to watch the game.

For example, in a box in the stadium, there was a person who did not belong to the football circle - the famous NBA star Kobe Bryant.

This season, Kobe Bryant was sidelined for the season due to a torn rotator cuff tendon in his right shoulder. After the surgery, the Lakers missed the playoffs early.

So compared to James who is busy leading the team to the championship, he has a lot of time to enjoy life everywhere.

Kobe is a famous football fan, and this game also features his favorite player-Messi.

Kobe and Messi got to know each other very early, as early as 2004, when FC Barcelona came to Los Angeles as a guest.

Ronaldinho, who was still playing for Barcelona at the time, introduced Messi to Kobe and said that Messi would become the best in the world and even become the best player in the world.

Kobe was very surprised by Ronaldinho's words, because Messi was only 17 years old at that time, and the most powerful player in football at that time was undoubtedly Ronaldinho himself.

But Ronaldinho said: "No, no, this kid standing here will become the best."

This was directed at Messi. It was precisely because of this episode that Kobe met Messi, and the two have become friends since then.

This game is the friend's second challenge for the Champions League trophy after three years.

How could Kobe not come to the scene to witness such an important occasion?

However, after watching the first half of the game, Kobe was deeply impressed by one of the Manchester City players.

"Hey, Ronaldinho, is that guy the guy you said is as talented as Messi?"

Kobe pointed at Manchester City's No. 10 who was exiting the game and asked Ronaldinho next to him.

Ronaldinho has just terminated his contract early with Crotaré Club of the Mexican League. He is currently a free agent and has not signed with any team for the time being.

This time I came to Europe, firstly, to watch the Champions League final; secondly, I wanted to try my luck and see if I could find a new home.

In fact, Ronaldinho is not too old, he is only 35 years old this year.

Xavi, who is older than him, is still playing for a top club like Barcelona. At his age, there may be teams that want him.

Of course, this probability is very small.

After all, although Harvey is getting older, he is still in good condition. Although he can no longer play in the starting lineup, he can still be a rotation and substitute.

Ronaldinho has been away from the five major leagues for more than four years, and now he has reached the point where he can't even play in low-level leagues.

This kind of situation, let alone the five major leagues, even leagues such as the Portuguese Super League, Belgium, and the Eredivisie would not want it.

Of course, maybe a club with lots of money and many stupid people might sign him because of his influence.

After seeing clearly who Kobe was referring to, Ronaldinho nodded and said seriously:

"Yes, that's the guy!"

After receiving a positive answer, Kobe asked curiously:

"You once said that Messi would become the best in the world or even the king of a generation, and now you say that this guy is as talented as Messi. So who do you think is better between them?"

This kind of question would only be asked in such private situations. If it were in public, Kobe would never ask it.

Ronaldinho thought seriously for a moment and said:

"I have watched several of his games in Brazil. Lin's talent and ability are as good as Messi's at his peak, and even better in some aspects. If one of the two can become the king of the ball, I think it will be It’s Lin!”

Kobe was very surprised. If someone else had said this, he would probably just laugh it off.

But these words came from the mouth of the former Mr. Golden Globe and the world's number one man, so he had to take it seriously.

…

In the locker room, the coaches of both sides were seizing the time to plan the tactics for the second half.

Both teams exposed some problems in the first half, and Manchester City's defense was under great pressure.

Although Suarez and Neymar did not score in the first half, their activities in the frontcourt still posed a great threat to Manchester City's goal and involved a lot of energy in Manchester City's defense.

"Everyone did a good job in the first half, and we will continue to do so in the second half. When defending, be careful not to give Messi space to start. Try to separate Messi, Neymar and Suarez, and don't let them easily form coordination."

MSN's famous name still needs to be respected. Teams that don't respect this combination will usually not end well.

Guardiola is not stubborn, because as a former Barcelona coach, he has always paid close attention to this Barcelona, ​​so he is very aware of their strength.

After arranging the defensive tactics, Guardiola's tactical focus was concentrated on the offensive aspect.

Unless the team is rushing for draws and penalty shootouts from the beginning, otherwise, if they want to win the championship, they will ultimately have to rely on offense and goals to achieve their goals.

Football is a game about time and space. How to make the space larger when attacking and smaller when defending has become a required course for every coach.

In Guardiola's view, no matter how solid the defensive system is, there is always space.

Therefore, the most important thing for offensive players is how to find space and use it effectively.

To do this, players need to have extremely high golf intelligence.

Of course, there is another way, which is to use force to break the situation.

Barcelona, ​​the third dream dynasty, relies on Messi, an unreasonable breakthrough monster, to take advantage of small spaces that others cannot use and break through the opponent's defense with his strong personal strength.

When he arrived at Bayern, the Bayern team lacked players like Messi. He asked Bayern's players to do this and that according to the same requirements as Messi, but the other party simply couldn't do it.

So in the Champions League semi-finals, when they encountered Atletico Madrid's reinforced concrete defense, they were frustrated and ended up with a goalless draw.

Since then, Guardiola has come to a realization and began to realize that players like Messi are rare in the world and cannot expect every team to have such a powerful player.

As a result, he studied tactics more deeply and racked his brains to think about how to make full use of the court space.

After unremitting research and thinking, Guardiola finally gained something and further improved the transmission and control system he created in Barcelona.

Now, after arriving at Manchester City, he not only regains the presence of Lin Quan who is comparable to the peak Messi, but also has further improved passing and control tactics.

Therefore, Guardiola is full of confidence for the second half of the game.

On the other side, in Barcelona's dressing room, Enrique is also full of confidence.

"I have thoroughly studied their defense, and we still have two aces that we haven't used yet!"

"Messi, you link up with Neymar and Suarez more in the second half and bring out the power of MSN as soon as possible. As long as the three of you perform to your level, we will definitely win this game!"

The reason why Enrique is so confident is that Barcelona only used Messi in the first half, and Suarez and Neymar have not yet shown their strength.

After all three of them showed their strength in the second half, he wanted to see how Manchester City could resist his MSN combination?

The fifteen minutes of halftime passed quickly and the second half began quickly.

Neither team has made personnel adjustments and no substitutions are currently needed.

This game is likely to be dragged into overtime or even a penalty shootout. They cannot waste precious substitutions. After all, this is not the era of later generations where five people can be substituted in a game.

After the second half of the game started, the audience's eyes immediately brightened.

They noticed that the offenses of both teams began to become sharper.

Manchester City's movement seems to be something good, but for a while there is no way out.

On the other hand, Barcelona's passing and control system is already very familiar to everyone.

So I immediately saw the changes on Barcelona's side.

Suarez and Neymar, who were somewhat quiet in the first half, became obviously more active after the start of the second half.

Moreover, the linkage between Messi and them is more frequent. These people in Barcelona's frontcourt cooperate through passing and receiving. With one pass, they can easily penetrate into the opponent's penalty area and pose a threat to Manchester City's goal.

Obviously, this is the result of Enrique's tactical adjustments to the team during the halftime break.

"Is Barcelona starting to take it seriously? Do you think Manchester City is a bit passive?"

"Yes, they are gradually being suppressed in their own half and unable to get out!"

"During this period, the ball possession rate of the two teams was quite different. Barcelona's ball possession rate in the second half was almost over 70%!"

"Hey, it's Barcelona as expected. The opponent is Manchester City, which eliminated Bayern. This ball possession rate is really terrifying!"

Of course, some people are disdainful of this:

"Haha, the competition is about who scores more goals, not who has the highest ball possession rate!"

"Yes, it's not like Barcelona has never lost. Sometimes their opponents can even defeat them with less than 30% of the ball possession rate!"

"Winning, regardless of whether the game is won or not, the ball possession rate must be won!"

…

Without Lin Quan's restraint, Messi feels that he has regained the feeling of being the most powerful player on the court during his peak period.

This feels so good!

With Messi's condition improving, Kanter has become more and more difficult to defend him. Even if left back Kolarov is added, the two of them working together may not be able to restrain him.

Affected by this, Barcelona's offense became more and more threatening, and Suarez even missed an excellent opportunity.

In the box, seeing Messi's outstanding performance in the second half, Kobe, Ronaldinho and others' eyes suddenly lit up.

"Haha, it looks like Messi is not far away from his first final goal!"

Ronaldinho said confidently.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

After Messi passed Kanter, he encountered an interception from Van Dijk. The latter kept in mind the coach's instructions not to take a step, but kept a safe distance and slowly retreated, compressing Messi's dribbling space.

With the cooperation of Van Dijk, Kanter caught up, and the two worked together to steal from Messi's feet.

After stealing the ball, Kanter quickly handed the ball to Cross who came over.

Before Rakitic could press him, Kroos made a precise long pass and found De Bruyne in the frontcourt.

De Bruyne showed a master-level art of stopping the ball. While running at high speed, he lifted his foot lightly, which not only removed the force on the football, but also smoothed the ball down.

He raised his head and glanced at Lin Quan's position, then suddenly exerted his strength and sent out a kick that hit the ground.

The ball passed between Mascherano and Pique, and at that moment a figure came from the flank like a gust of wind and received the ball in the open space behind.

Alone!

Ter Stegen immediately abandoned the door and rushed towards Lin Quan with open arms.

You can't give the opponent a chance to adjust the shot. Ter Stegen watched this guy's shot highlights for several hours before the game and couldn't find any flaws at all.

He was worried that as long as he couldn't attack immediately, block the opponent's shooting angle as much as possible, and put pressure on the opponent, then this single shot would turn into a goal!

Ter Stegen's judgment was correct and his choice was fine.

But he seems to have forgotten one thing. The reason why Lin Quan's single-handed ball is so threatening is not only because of his superb shooting skills, but also for another very important reason - he likes to pass the goalkeeper and then hit the empty goal!

Seeing Ter Stegen choose to attack, Lin Quan immediately spiked the ball and changed direction, moved laterally to open up space and quickly passed the opponent.

Barcelona's goal was empty at this time, and Lin Quan also raised his right foot and kicked the football.