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Chapter 296 Messi Chapter Withdrawal

Chapter 296 Messi Retreats

On April 4, Chelsea beat Stoke City 5-3 at home.

Two days later, Manchester City lost 1:2 away to Crystal Palace, and the points gap further widened.

On April 4th, Chelsea defeated Queens Park Rangers 12-2 in an away game. Shi Hao scored a goal in the first half and was replaced at halftime to build up his energy for the Champions League match on the 0th.

In the later Manchester derby, Manchester City lost 2:4 to Manchester United, making the points gap between them and Chelsea an astonishing 16 points.

And, don't forget, Chelsea still have one game less at this time!Their 27th round match will be played on April 4th!

Therefore, the ownership of the Premier League champion this season has completely lost suspense.

With only 6 rounds left in the remaining league, Chelsea can celebrate winning the championship in advance as long as they win one more game!

The Premier League organizing committee has promised to bring the championship trophy to Chelsea's next home game.Awards will be given to them as long as they win the game!

And their next home game will be against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

If you can win the opponent and then win the league championship trophy, the picture is too beautiful to look at!

On the bus back to London, Chelsea's players happily celebrated their upcoming league title.Shi Hao is also full of joy, this championship will give him more confidence to compete for this year's Golden Globe Award.

Of course, there will be some gains in the Champions League next, such as eliminating Messi's Barcelona and Ronaldo's Real Madrid in direct dialogue...

On the night of April 4th, in the locker room of the home team at Stanford Stadium, Mourinho was making the final arrangements for the team.

In such an important game, he is facing the strongest team on the planet—perhaps not one of them. Mourinho can't be too cautious.

In the past ten days or so, most of the team's training centered around this game. Today, it's time to check the results.

Most of the players looked dignified, and Mourinho naturally noticed this.After arranging the tactics, he changed the subject: "Qianshi said in an interview that Barcelona should be frustrated when we are drawn. I think he is right!"

"We were training, practicing repeatedly, trying to contain Messi, Neymar and Suarez in the game. But I bet Enrique is also struggling with how to contain Stone, Costa and Hazard. ! And we have another advantage - I know Barcelona, ​​I've been there for 4 years, I know them very well. They know almost nothing about us!"

"Barcelona is very strong, but we don't need to be afraid of our opponents, because we are also the favorites to compete for the championship! It is unfortunate for Barcelona to meet us!"

"Everyone says Barcelona is the best team in the world! If we beat them, we are number one in the world!"

Mourinho's short speech made the Chelsea players unburdened, and everyone's eyes were burning with fighting spirit.

In this game, both sides basically came up with the best lineup.Chelsea completely copied the lineup of the last game against Paris Saint-Germain, and Barcelona also had a tit-for-tat 433.

Goalkeeper No. 1 Ter Stegen, right back No. 2 Montoya, central defender No. 3 Pique and No. 14 Mascherano, left back No. 18 Alba; midfielder No. 4 Rakiti Odd, No. 5 Busquets and No. 8 Iniesta; the striker is No. 10 Messi, No. 9 Suarez and No. 11 Neymar.Now that Xavi is getting old and Daniel Alves is in decline, this is already the strongest lineup that Barcelona can come up with.

After the game started, Barcelona tried to keep the ball in their usual style, but Chelsea pressed from the beginning with a crazy high position.

This is Mourinho's tactic. When he was in Inter Milan, he pressed high at home and placed a bus away. Under the circumstances that no one was optimistic about, he finally eliminated the mighty Barcelona and won the Champions League that year. .

In this game, since it is at home, Mourinho does not intend to let the team play too passively, so he requires the players to actively press, disrupt Barcelona's rhythm, and never allow them to comfortably control the ball.

Messi had to frequently retreat to his own half to get the ball and help Iniesta organize the series.

In the 9th minute, Chelsea made a murderous attempt.Matic successfully steals the midfielder and passes to the right.After catching the ball, Shi Hao brushed past Alba, dribbling the ball to kill in the penalty area.However, Alba's speed was very fast and he was chasing after him. Shi Hao had no choice but to change direction, took a few steps towards the baseline and then made a cross. Diego Costa shot from the corner of the penalty area and hit the side netting.

Not to be outdone, Barcelona responded in the 14th minute.Suarez ran to the left and broke through with the ball, then suddenly cut inside and hit the ball in the middle. Messi, who was undefended, took the ball at the top of the arc.

At this time, Neymar ran to the right and resolutely moved forward. Most of the attention of Chelsea's defensive players was attracted by Suarez and Neymar.He curled the ball with his left foot and Courtois tried to stretch his arms as far as he could but couldn't touch the ball.To the horrified eyes of the Blues fans, the football bounced off the left post.

This ball was a wake-up call for Chelsea, but Mourinho did not make adjustments at this time.Barcelona seemed to find their way with this goal, and they threatened Chelsea's goal one after another in the next few minutes.

In the 15th minute, Messi took the ball in the middle again and decisively distributed it to the left, but the ball was passed a little bigger, and Neymar inserted a small angle to hit the goal and kicked it on the side net.

In the 17th minute, Neymar made an inverted triangle after receiving Messi's pass, and Iniesta followed up with a high shot.

In the 18th minute, Rakitic successfully took the ball from Fabregas' feet, and he quickly handed the ball to Messi.Messi turned around and wiped Ramirez, speeding up the breakthrough, Matic went up to steal the ball, but was swayed by Messi with a simple sound.Messi's speed was fast, and he soon reached the front of Chelsea's penalty area. Facing the attack from Terry and Cahill, he didn't stick to the ball anymore, and stuffed the ball to the left side of the penalty area before the opponent approached.

Neymar suddenly accelerated, broke out from the double-team of Ivanovic and Fabregas, and received the football firmly.He was so fast that even with a stoppage, he was still 3-4 ahead of Fabregas and Ivanovic, and he was able to adjust calmly and push the goal away with his right foot. horn.It was his most comfortable and favorite position, and his shot lived up to expectations, slipping around Courtois' fingers into the corner of the net.

This is his 28th goal of the season!

(End of this chapter)