When the first half of the match concluded, the television broadcast displayed the first half's statistics. Despite Barcelona trailing in the score, they held a slight advantage in terms of performance and statistics.

Possession: Barcelona, 57%, slightly better than Borussia Dortmund.

Shots: In the forty-five minutes of the first half, Barcelona had five shots, three of which were on target.

Borussia Dortmund had four shots, with only one on target, which resulted in a goal, making their efficiency quite high.

Securing an away goal was Dortmund's primary objective, and they achieved it.

The Catalan commentators were surprised that Barcelona hadn't managed to equalize in the first half.

The broadcast focused on Zhou Yi walking off the field, chatting and laughing with Götze. Nearby, Messi walked quickly with his head down, covering his mouth with his hand.

The contrast between the two was stark.

"Zhou Yi was Dortmund's best player in the first half," the Catalan commentator said. "He orchestrated Dortmund's goal. Moreover, surprisingly, his defensive performance was also outstanding, which I believe is the main reason why Barcelona couldn't score in the first half..."

"Zhou Yi's defensive performance is truly astonishing. Traditionally, Zhou Yi has been viewed as an attacking midfielder, with his defensive contributions being mostly symbolic, just needing to be in position," He Ping began to analyze Zhou Yi's first-half performance. "However, Zhou Yi seems to have shown us another form of defense. This defense is built on his thorough understanding of the opponent. Zhou Yi knows Barcelona very well, almost intimately. As Sun Tzu's Art of War says, 'Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.' We have always known that understanding the opponent is important, but Zhou Yi has redefined 'understanding the opponent.'"

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During the halftime break, Barcelona's players gathered, unable to fully explain Zhou Yi's familiarity with them. Xavi had his suspicions, but he didn't want to voice them casually.

Guardiola told the players not to dwell on these issues.

The most important thing wasn't why Zhou Yi was so familiar with them, but how they could avoid embarrassment at home while trailing by a goal.

Guardiola adjusted the team's tactics for the second half. Since Zhou Yi seemed to know Barcelona's passing routes very well in the first half, they would reduce such passes in the second half.

The burden fell on Messi.

Guardiola's adjustment was simple: rely more on the individual abilities of the star players.

If I dribble through, you can't possibly know my moves, right?

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After the halftime break, the second half began with the teams switching sides.

Barcelona quickly made changes, noticeably reducing the number of passes in the attacking third.

Instead, they increased their incisive dribbling.

Messi became the brightest star on the field.

The cheers at Camp Nou came in waves, and the commentators were also captivated by Messi's brilliant performance.

When Messi suddenly cut inside from the wing, began to dribble horizontally, evaded two Dortmund players, and then shot, narrowly missing the goal, the Catalan commentator roared, "Aaaaaah! What a pity! Messi! A magnificent performance! He is the riotous force in our hearts! If you love football, this is your Romeo! Look at this genius! Look at his lightning speed! Look at those who want to bring him down! Look at how many people surround him, he defies them all!"

If you only heard this commentary, you'd think Messi had just completed a great performance worthy of being nominated for the goal of the year, but in reality, the ball didn't go in...

"...But unfortunately, he didn't sprinkle that last drop of honey..." The Catalan commentator obviously knew this too, so he mentioned that the shot didn't go in, but immediately switched back to praising and flattering Messi. "But what astonishing ability this is!!"

Fortunately, Zhou Yi couldn't hear this commentator, or he would definitely roll his eyes—what was all that about!

Messi's fans weren't just the Catalan commentator. In this match, perhaps apart from the German commentator Marcel Reif and the Chinese commentator He Ping, the commentators from other neutral television stations were all Messi fans.

The most famous was probably the English commentator for the Spanish television station goLtv, Ray Hudson. This commentator with a slightly hoarse voice was known for his passionate commentary, but most of this passion was reserved for Barcelona and Messi. He never hid his identity as a Barcelona supporter and a "Messi-lover."

Later, Messi had another brilliant breakthrough near the penalty area, using a Marseille turn to break into Dortmund's penalty area, and then shooting.

Everyone thought the ball was going in for sure.

But the ball hit the near post and bounced out behind Weidenfeller, eventually being cleared out of bounds by a Dortmund defender.

When the ball hit the post, Hudson held his head in his hands and screamed, "Ahhhhh!"

Then, when the television replayed the shot in slow motion, Hudson said passionately, "Play 'The City of Broken Dreams' for Messi! How captivating! Look at that, then pick your jaw up off the carpet! That impossible, yet ever so reachable pace! Magnificent! And the ball hits that tall, ugly, white, skinny thing! How dare it deny us a masterpiece from the magic man! From the greatest player ever!"

This kind of talk was painful to listen to, but Hudson could say it without any psychological obstacles.

Besides being a famous "Messi-lover," the situation Barcelona was in during this match made him uncontrollably anxious and excited.

He hoped Barcelona could equalize as soon as possible, laying the foundation for a comeback.

So every shot Messi took that didn't go in triggered Hudson's climax.

Messi didn't make his supporters wait too long.

In the fifty-third minute, Messi received a pass from Xavi near Dortmund's penalty area. Facing Gündoğan's challenge, he simply used his left foot to flick the ball slightly forward, shaking off Gündoğan.

Then he immediately faced the waiting center-back Hummels.

As Hummels lunged forward, Messi suddenly slowed down, then used the outside of his left foot to flick the ball to his left, while cutting inside. Hummels turned to continue tracking him.

While Messi and Hummels were entangled, Gündoğan had already run back, again blocking between Messi and the goal. In addition, Sven Bender also rushed over from the left to support his teammates, with three Dortmund players in yellow shirts blocking Messi's path.

This was a heavy encirclement, an iron wall of defense.

But Messi twisted and turned in the circle formed by these three men, incredibly agile.

Facing the approaching Sven Bender, Messi made a move to pass the ball out, but he paused in the desperate breakaway.

But it was this pause that made Sven Bender hesitate. He didn't extend his foot to steal the ball at Messi's feet, but to block Messi's passing lane.

But as he extended his foot, Messi used his left foot to pull the ball back, towards the edge of the penalty area.

This pull not only allowed him to get past Sven Bender, but also past Gündoğan, who was very close to Sven Bender.

Then he squeezed into the gap ahead of Hummels, rushing towards Dortmund's penalty area.

After entering the penalty area, he controlled the ball with his left foot, keeping Hummels to his right, and then shot low directly.

The ball drew an arc along the grass, passing through the Dortmund players surrounding Messi, and over Weidenfeller's outstretched fingers.

Then, grazing the far post, it rolled into the goal in a very tricky manner!

"Ooooooooh!! Are you f***ing kidding me?!" Hudson instantly climaxed, his hoarse voice bursting from the television's speakers. "This man has pure footballing magic surging through his veins! Completely from another galaxy! Completely different from ours!! This is absolutely a breathtaking, jaw-dropping stroke of genius! Look at that hesitation when he's trapped in the middle of those three men, three Dortmund players defending tightly, he doesn't care! He castrates them!! One by one!! Total collapse!! He's literally decomposing atoms of energy on one side of the defense! Then rearranging them on the other! Unparalleled, Lionel! Amazing!! Unbelievable!!"

In his near-manic commentary, a huge cheer erupted from the stands of Camp Nou, like an erupting volcano, with a powerful momentum. Standing here, you could feel the ground shaking beneath your feet, making you feel unsteady.

This was the power of the Camp Nou stadium!

All the Barcelona fans were celebrating Messi's goal, cheering for Messi, shouting his name, hoarsely, hysterically.

Amidst this vast momentum, Messi ran towards the corner flag with his arms outstretched. His teammates chased after him, embraced him, and celebrated the goal with him.

The Dortmund players were stunned by this explosive atmosphere. The moment Messi scored, it was as if a heavy bomb had been detonated in front of their goal. They were knocked to the ground by the shockwave, dizzy...