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Chapter 604 Finals ([-])

Millennium Stadium.

A cultural performance with a strong British style is underway. The medieval British warriors who walked into the stadium are simulating a medieval war. The upcoming final is also a war in a certain sense, but it is only a war in peacetime.

In the player tunnel, Li Qiao is looking at Barcelona. Sandro and Prahimi are now the absolute main players of Barcelona.

Li Qiao looked at Xiao Hei, and when Xiao Hei turned his head, he happened to see Li Qiao, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled.

Sandro in front of Xiao Hei looked much more serious. Now he and Li Qiao are not friends, but rivals, so he never looked at Li Qiao from the beginning to the end.

The hustle and bustle outside came to an end, and they were about to enter the stadium. This was the second time Li Qiao participated in the Champions League final, and he was much calmer than the first time.

Walking into the stadium, the Champions League theme song, accompanied by the cheers of the fans, immediately aroused the passion of the players' physical fitness.

The players will feel that they are smart, and some will have goosebumps. Under such an atmosphere, the adrenaline will definitely surge.

After picking sides, it was Bayern Munich who took the lead in the first half. Players from both sides stood up and the battle was imminent.

*****
Compared with the semi-finals, Barcelona's starting lineup in this game has only one change, that is, Mascherano replaced Montoya as the right back.

Goalkeeper - Ter Stegen
Defenders - Mascherano, Pique, Busquets, Alba
Midfielders - Sandro, Brahimi, Rakitic

Forwards - Messi, Suarez, Neymar
The purpose of this change is very clear. It must be to defend Li Qiao. Now the whole world knows that Li Qiao is the engine of Bayern's offense. Preventing Li Qiao is equivalent to limiting Bayern's offense.

Compared with the young Montoya, Mascherano's defensive hardness is very strong, and Enrique also trusts the Argentine veteran more.

Bayern is still the same here,
Goalkeeper - Manuel Neuer
Defenders - Alaba, Boateng, Benatia, Lahm

Midfielders - Javi Martinez, Vidal
Midfielders - Costa, Muller, Joe Lee

Striker - Lewandowski

This is Bayern's top match, and it is also Bayern's only choice when no players are injured. It may be because of Summer's devil training this season that the player's muscle strength has been greatly improved, so there are very few players injured this season.

After the start of the game, Bayern first controlled the ball in the midfield, and Vidal and Martinez controlled the ball at their feet, but Barcelona's high-position press was very domineering, and Bayern did not allow Bayern to calmly control the ball in the midfield.

Martinez split the side under the pressure, but the ball was cut off by Mascherano before it reached Li Qiao's feet.

After stealing the ball, Mascherano pushed forward to Messi, and here Lahm also got in position and destroyed the ball before Messi.

Before the game, Sammer was thinking about who would mark Messi, Ram or Alaba?Because Messi is too fast, Lahm has rich experience, but the speed has slowed down, and Alaba is fast, but the position is not accurate.

In the end, Sammer decided to trust Lahm, and this was also a gamble. After all, the key to the outcome of this game lies in whether he can keep a close eye on Messi.

In the first 5 minutes, Li Qiao took the ball zero times, because his teammates couldn't pass the ball at all. Enrique arranged two gates - Brahimi and Mascherano, who blocked all the passes.

The same is true for Barcelona. Messi has zero possessions. Lahm has used his life's tricks, and every time he predicts the card position, he is ahead of Messi. This makes the Messi king very upset.

When the game reached 10 minutes, the situation was still the same. Vidal took the ball in the midfield, and Li Qiao pointed to the front.

Vidal looked at it, and the space in front of him was very small. First, the ball must be passed high, second, it must be very accurate, and third, Li Qiao's running position must also be accurate.

For example, this is like throwing a basketball on the 10th floor, and it is as difficult for you to catch the ball on the 1st floor.

In order to be more deceptive, Vidal also made a false eye movement. He looked at Costa before passing the ball. At the moment of the final pass, Vidal twisted his ankle and passed the ball in front of Li Qiao.

Mascherano was startled at first, and then immediately turned around to chase. For Li Qiao, the enemy of this ball is not Mascherano, but the bottom line. In order to pass the ball, Vidal passed the ball with great power, so as long as Li Qiao slows down, the ball will definitely go out of the bottom line.

Li Qiao stomped wildly, and Mascherano saw himself being pulled further and further away, "Damn, this kid's speed...".

But the art of defense does not lie in speed, but in the layout. This is a bit like playing chess. Barcelona's defensive layout is very good, so Vidal's pass must be passed to the limit, and the limit can avoid Barcelona's defensive position.

But in this way, it is also a huge problem for our players. The ball is 5 meters away from the ball, and Li Qiao is still 10 meters away from the ball. In other words, in the last paragraph, Li Qiao must run faster than the ball.

is it possible?

At least Mascherano thought it was impossible, so he slowed down for the last distance and started to slow down. He felt that Li Qiao was running blindly, and it was impossible to stop the ball before it went out of bounds.

The final result was that Mascherano was right. Li Qiao did not stop the ball before it went out of bounds, but Li Qiao swept the ball at the last moment. Li Qiao swept the ball with his left foot and the ball swept to the middle.

It's a pity that Lewandowski didn't expect Li Qiao to pass the ball in. He didn't start it at all. Li Qiao hit the lawn hard, "Damn, idiot, I ran for nothing."

Ter Stegen jumped up and hugged the ball. When the Bayern players were still in a daze, the little lion king drove the ball forward with a big foot. The ball crossed half of the court.

Messi rushed up at full speed this time, he quickly waded the ball past Lahm, and then cut inside, this time Messi's iconic move, before Benatia made up for it, Messi had already kicked and shot, it was a long shot from outside the penalty area.

The ball flew to the goal against the lawn. Neuer fell to the ground and missed the goal. The ball drilled into the goal from the small space beside the goalpost, 1-0.

After the goal, the Lionel Messi celebrated with his fists waving. He ran and roared, and the fans in the stands were also very strong. They waved their hands to encourage Messi.

In this position, as long as he draws the ball accurately, Messi's scoring rate is very high, and this time Neuer got the trick.

At the same time, the camera is on Li Qiao, and the whole world knows what it means, Messi has scored a goal, what about you?
Li Qiao felt hot on his face, because the big screen was broadcasting live at the same time, not only the whole world saw all this, but also everyone at the scene, including Li Qiao himself.

The scene just now was just laughing at yourself, young people challenged Messi, are you still young?There are many golden boys in Europe, but those who challenge Messi have become a joke, so what about this one?
Li Qiao can guess how many people are watching his jokes without saying a word. This kind of pressure is unprecedented, and Li Qiao feels a lot of pressure on him.

Messi's wanton celebration was far away from Li Qiao. Obviously, Messi didn't mean to provoke Li Qiao, but it stimulated Li Qiao deeply.

*****
At the re-kick-off, Sammer looked at the stadium worriedly. Bayern has never won the Champions League since 2013. Although Sammer also hopes that Li Qiao will win, what he cares more about is the Champions League Gold Cup.

Re-kick-off, Barcelona's frontcourt press is enough to suffocate Bayern, and now Barcelona's midfield has completed the transition from old to new, with Sandro taking over Iniesta's position, and after Brahimi becomes a defensive midfielder, Busquets can play as a central defender.

This is a bit like Bayern's use of Alonso in the past. It is a reasonable choice to switch from a good midfielder to a central defender.

Barcelona's technique is better than Bayern's. Barcelona's midfield is younger than Bayern's. Soon Barcelona forced Bayern to make mistakes in the midfield.

Brahimi intercepted the ball and passed it to Suarez, Suarez passed it to Neymar, the Brazilian forced a shot from the corner of the penalty area, and the ball flew to the back corner with a strong arc. At this time, the Bayern fans in the audience were extremely nervous.

Neuer will definitely not be able to touch this ball. The ball was a little higher. After the ball flew out of the baseline, the audience exclaimed.

Sammer asked all the substitute players to warm up. Under the current situation, Bayern is likely to be exhausted by the opponent's run, and it is necessary to prepare for the second half in advance.

Barcelona played very domineeringly and had an advantage in any position on the pitch. Before the game, football experts and the media also recognized that Barcelona was a bit better than Bayern, but now the situation is not small.

"The key lies in Li Qiao," Summer thought.

But Li Qiao was stared to death, let alone unable to hold the ball, even if he did hold the ball, Prahimi and Mascherano posted it immediately. In front of the two strong defensive players, Li Qiao had nothing to do.

But when Li Qiao fell into the double-teaming of Brahimi and Mascherano again, suddenly Li Qiao felt someone passing by beside him, and from the corner of his eye, it was Ram.

Samer was also shocked at this time, is this desperate?The pre-match arrangement is that Lahm just sticks to Messi, but now Lahm has given up defending Messi and went up to assist alone. If he is hit and counterattacked, wouldn’t he be dead?

Lahm's desire for the last Champions League title in his career is incomprehensible to ordinary people. Today he can't care so much, and he will definitely use what he has learned all his life to help Bayern.

Seeing Lahm running up, Li Qiao gave Lahm a straight kick without saying a word, and this was something that Barcelona's defense did not expect. Mascherano and Prahimi were still standing beside Li Qiao, and Lahm had already left.

(End of this chapter)