Iron Man on the pitch

On April 1, Sporting Lisbon's Champions League quarter-finals against Barcelona at home were held at Alvarad Stadium.

The pre-match press conference was very nutritious.

When asked by reporters how to view Sporting Lisbon's supernova Li Ling, Barcelona's head coach Guardiola said that he was here to score three points. What are your reporters doing when they ask this? Puyol and Pique's defense will not allow Li Ling to break through easily.

Paul Bento on the other side said with a smile that Sporting Lisbon today will play with a style, show itself, and bring a wonderful game to home fans.

Because Paul Bento has officially announced his coaching of the Portuguese national team, various media are speculating on his coaching policy. One of the most recognized statements is that Paul Bento will use Li Ling as the core of the midfield to basically replicate Sporting Lisbon's playing style to arrange the Portuguese team's tactics.

The Spanish national team uses Barcelona's midfield system as the framework.

Therefore, this game is regarded by the media as a midfield competition between Spain and Portugal's national teams.

The opening series of ceremonies were carried out as usual.

When the broadcaster on the scene read out these familiar names, Li Ling turned his head and his eyes met the highest point of Barcelona standing in a row. Who made Li Ling, who was 185cm, the highest point of Sporting Lisbon? When the other party looked over, the first thing he noticed was Li Ling.

Ibrahimovic grinned and cast a disdainful look at Li Ling. In his opinion, Li Ling was just a lucky little brat. In other words, Atletico Madrid is too useless and Arsenal is not doing well, which makes such a child break the record of scoring in the single season of the Champions League that has been covered for many years.

If he faces two teams, he can score 10 goals himself. If Li Ling is really capable, why wouldn't he have a hat trick against Chelsea?

Fortunately, he didn't say it in person, otherwise Li Ling would definitely retort: ​​"You Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are both in La Liga, how many of you are going to join."

It is not certain whether the two will fight afterwards.

The home team Sporting Lisbon kicked off first.

When Li Ling got the ball, she felt very difficult to face the defense of Xavi and Sedo Keita.

Although they cannot be stronger than Chelsea's midfield combination in terms of defensive strength, Barcelona, ​​which uses the technical school of ball control and playing style, has a better limit on Li Ling's organizational ability than Arsenal.

Barcelona's midfielders can be regarded as both offensive and defensive, and it is not that easy for Li Ling to get rid of the ball. At the same time, Barcelona's defense is very layered, and the players are very good at choosing positions. After passing one by himself, the second person has been waiting in the direction of his progress, which makes it difficult for Li Ling to get up.

Sporting Lisbon's teammates cannot provide much help to themselves, such as involving Barcelona's formation or impacting their defense.

So Li Ling tried several times and couldn't successfully break into Barcelona's hinterland, so he had to pass the football back.

In the next attack, Sporting Lisbon quickly tried a long pass, and the ball was converted to Barcelona's feet.

So the nightmare of Sporting Lisbon began.

Sporting Lisbon players had no way to grab football from the players in Barcelona. They ran and fought on the field with all their might, but in vain.

If you get distracted or slow down a little, you will suffer the consequences of Barcelona midfielders using exquisite straight passes to penetrate their defense.

In the 17th minute of the first half, Sporting Lisbon lost its goal for the first time.

Sporting Lisbon's defense was moved back and forth by Barcelona's possession, and the young central defender Carrico was half a beat slowing down when he retreated, revealing a considerable gap.

Xavi made a long pass from the top, Messi successfully counterattacked, easily swayed past Rui Patricio, who was attacking and pushed the ball into the empty goal.

The backward Sporting Lisbon has put on a big push to attack, but in the league, it has almost always penetrated short passes and cooperated with passes and cuts. It was impossible to play when facing Barcelona and could only return to the most primitive long passes.

But center Ledesson is invisible in the confrontation with Puyor.

Li Ling pushed up, but although Pique and Sedo Keita competed for the top, Li Ling, who had a very accurate judgment on the landing point, was able to use his physical conditions and rich experience to make it difficult for Li Ling to head the ball.

And it is difficult for the rest of Sporting Lisbon to win the second point.

Once the ball is lost, you will face Barcelona's ball-handling siege, and the scene is extremely passive.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Sporting Lisbon lost the city gate again. Busquets's straight pass ball broke through Sporting Lisbon's defense line, and Ibrahimovic easily picked it.Shot and scored.

In the 39th minute of the first half, Barcelona cooperated with multiple consecutive two-passes in the frontcourt, and Messi finally received a cross pass from Pedro and pushed the ball into the far corner to complete the double goal.

With the disadvantage of falling behind by 3 goals, Sporting Lisbon players returned to the locker room in frustration.

Although I have made enough mental preparations, when I am really destroyed without mercy, everyone's mentality will inevitably be affected.

Paul Bento looked at Li Ling, and Li Ling looked helpless.

"Everyone can do their best in the second half. If you don't have it, just fight them up. In short, you can't conquer the ball easily."

After Paul Bento finished instructing, he replaced Adrien Silva with the useless Ledesson. While strengthening the midfield defense, he pushed Li Ling to the front line. He hoped that Li Ling could save some of the team. face.

The second half of the game began.

Sporting Lisbon players don’t want to concede the ball anymore. After all, this is home court and you can’t be too embarrassing in front of your fellow villagers. So after the normal fight was fruitless, according to Paul Bento's instructions, the confrontation was increased.

But unexpectedly, the referee's whistle was very tight about the foul. It was obviously not a serious foul, but he directly took out a yellow card.

After paying 3 yellow cards, Sporting Lisbon finally got a chance to counterattack. Joao Moutinho cleared the ball in the penalty area and kicked the football into the frontcourt.

Because Li Ling stayed in the front, he quickly started to catch up with football.

On Barcelona, ​​since Puyol stepped forward to participate in the attack, Pique stayed behind and faced Li Ling's assault.

Looking at the football slowly falling from the sky, Li Ling's mind flashed with inspiration, and he thought of the classic scene where Ronaldo picked the ball over Pique with his heel.

Li Ling stuck in position and blocked Pique from the outside. When the football was about to land, Li Ling accelerated suddenly, trying to take Pique to the front of the football with him.

But Pique is different from the "skin see through" in his memory. He is still a little stunned now, and the position of this ball is not very right.

Because he was still near the center line, Pique directly pressed on Li Ling's body and staggered.

Li Ling's expected heel picking ball was still in the belly, but when he staggered, Li Ling supported the ground with his hand and quickly maintained the balance. But just when Li Ling wanted to catch up with the football, the referee's The whistle sounded.

Sporting Lisbon was awarded a free kick near the center line. Because Pique's move was not big, he had not passed the halftime when he was fouled, and he was not the last defensive player. Alves, the other side's fullback, had already run back After half the game, only a yellow card was given.

Li Ling quit immediately. He could catch up with football immediately, but where are you blowing your horse's whistle?

But the angry Li Ling just said to the referee, "Why are you blowing the whistle at this time?" and immediately received a yellow gem god of war card.

Miguel Veroso rushed over and grabbed Li Ling away from the referee.