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Wenger's reserved retreat gave Barcelona the opportunity to control the ball. Wenger had his own ideas, but Barcelona was not a pushover. In the second half, their forwards made more interlaced runs. Wenger gradually found that the situation was a bit wrong. Barcelona made more direct passes and sent more balls to dangerous areas. They no longer insisted on circling around the perimeter. They were taking risks but also creating opportunities.

Barzagli and Boateng were very focused. They resolved the crisis several times. Defense is also a kind of beauty. Boateng and Barzagli's wonderful performances won applause from the fans of the Google Stadium.

On the contrary, Wenger's thoughts on Trapani did not come true. On the one hand, Barcelona's attention was more focused and rarely made mistakes. On the other hand, their fouls were more resolute. It was difficult for Trapani's midfield to pass forward when they got the chance. Pedro contributed two fouls to Barcelona, ​​trying to prevent Trapani's players from launching fast breaks from the backcourt.

Wenger began to get a little nervous, and Guardiola, who was standing not far away, was also very nervous. It was useless to just look good. It was necessary to score a goal to be practical. There were threatening balls, but they didn't have many real shooting opportunities. This was a clear proof that Trapani's defense was playing a role.

The game was in the 65th minute, and the second half had been going on for 20 minutes, but Barcelona still failed to break through Trapani's goal. They had an absolute advantage. Trapani even had the situation that they didn't want to attack but were unable to attack.

Wenger decisively asked Messi to get closer to the midfield and enhance the midfield's ability to hold the ball and advance.

This change was quite useful. The distance was closer, and there were more points to pass the ball in the midfield and backcourt. In addition, Trapani's midfield had a very good control ability. During this period, Trapani's ball possession rate increased and began to gain the upper hand.

Trapani's midfield control and back pass seemed to be no worse than Barcelona. They got rid of Barcelona's high-pressure tactics and won the applause of the fans at the Google Stadium.

It was like this on the court. Either the east wind overwhelmed the west wind or the west wind overwhelmed the east wind. Barcelona undoubtedly performed better after the start of the second half, but Trapani performed better during this period. They also created several good opportunities. Suarez's shot was still closer. This time he did not waste the opportunity. He received the ball in the front court and got the opportunity to challenge Pique. Unfortunately, his shooting angle was very tricky, but Valdes saved it very beautifully.

Valdes and Kameni are definitely an interesting pair of goalkeepers. Both of them are world-class goalkeepers, but they are also called the weak environment of Barcelona and Trapani by many media. Kameni has the habit of being a nervous knife, and so is Valdes. He is also a nervous knife.

The performance of the two today is wonderful. In addition to the strong defense of everyone, these two goalkeepers also contributed to it. It is reasonable that Valdes failed to defend Messi's goal in the first half. It was a one-on-one shot, and top shooters like Messi rarely fail to grasp it.

Time slowly came to nearly 80 minutes. After Messi passed the ball once, he signaled Wenger to make a substitution. In the 82nd minute, Wenger made the first substitution adjustment of the two teams in the whole game. Cavani took the field and replaced Messi who was a little uncomfortable.

After Messi left the field, the team doctor immediately asked about his condition. Messi told the team doctor that his knee felt a little painful and uncomfortable. He had just collided with the opponent. After a detailed examination by the team doctor, no major problems were found. The medical staff gave Messi an ice pack and asked him to apply cold compress and do a detailed examination tomorrow.

Wenger didn't care whether Messi was really injured at this time. He was concentrating on the game. There were still ten minutes left in the game. He definitely didn't want his team to lose a ball during this period. He kept directing the team to transfer the ball. At this time, he asked the team to not give up the ball and reduce the time Barcelona held the ball.

The tactics that Barcelona has summarized in recent years can be described in one sentence, "Play your own ball and make others have no ball to play!" He often holds the ball tightly, making it difficult for the opponent to get the ball, and naturally it is difficult to launch an attack. Wenger adopted the Barcelona style of play in the last period of time, competing for the ball and controlling the ball, making it difficult for Barcelona to launch an effective attack.

Guardiola changed three people in a row, mainly to provide physical support. The strikers of both sides actually consumed a lot of energy. Constant interspersed running and sprinting were particularly physically consuming. In the final analysis, everyone is just gritting their teeth to support.

"It looks like this today!" Hugo said to UEFA President Platini.

"It's hard to say until the last moment. Everyone is very tired now. An inadvertent mistake may cause serious consequences!" Morek warned Hugo not to be too optimistic.

"Yes, Gigi, you still have to wait patiently. Now I can only say that there is an 80% chance that you will win a victory!" Platini agreed with Morek, shrugged and smiled.

"Of course. I said I knew that. Do you know that the Chinese have a proverb about football? A football is round!" Hugo laughed. Everyone understood what he meant and started laughing.

"You are the two most exciting teams in Europe. This is the direction of football in the future. The score of this game should not be big, but the level of excitement is still very high. Anyway, today is a great experience for the fans. ! An incredible stadium, a fantastic game, a great night!" praised Platini.

The game was really over soon. Thomson blew the whistle for the entire game. His penalty was a bit light today, and he didn't even get a yellow card. Of course, several of his penalty decisions were also controversial. .

Iniesta fouled Messi in the second half and should have received a yellow card, but Thomson did not show it, and the Trapani players were very concerned about this yellow card, because according to UEFA's game rules, if Iniesta If he got a yellow card in this game, he will be suspended in the next round at Camp Nou due to accumulated yellow cards. It is one thing that Messi is not injured, but Trapani obviously does not want to see Messi in the next round. Nesta.

Then there is Mascherano, who was one yellow card away from being suspended. He also committed a serious foul in the second half. Thomson was really even-handed and did not give Mascherano a yellow card either. It also caused dissatisfaction among Barcelona fans.

Hugo told Platini that Thomson's penalty standards were too loose. Even an English referee should not be like this. Platini smiled but did not explain too much. The key points of refereeing are: One thing is fairness. It doesn't matter if you are stupid, but don't be unfair. Thomson may have loosened his standards a bit, but in general everyone is treated equally. Platini thinks this is really nothing to complain about. Hugo is just complaining for no reason. Serie A A common problem among bosses is to scold the referee while eating and sleeping.

A 1:0 victory over the opponent at home was a good result, not a big advantage, but Wenger was also very satisfied. After the game, he and Guardiola exchanged a few words. Guardiola was a little surprised by Wenger. Wenger adopted a variety of coping strategies during the game, including passive defense, but Wenger said to him: "I haven't changed anything. Your control is too strong. To be honest, I haven't found an accurate tactic to crack you." , you also know that we can only have a certain advantage in a certain part or time period throughout the game!”

"That's good. You cracked my tactics today! No tactic is perfect!" Guardiola's view is inconsistent with Wenger's. Even though Wenger appears to be at the bottom of the field, in terms of details and local areas, he is particularly outstanding. Rapani did get a good chance.