"In this match, neither side has any room for retreat. In the first leg, Manchester City unfortunately lost to Barcelona 2-3 at Camp Nou.

Messi scored a hat-trick and sealed the win at the last moment, proving to the world that he is still the all-powerful King of Camp Nou, one of the best players in the world.

Throughout the match, Manchester City actually had a chance to secure a draw, or even defeat Barcelona at Camp Nou, but Sterling's certain goal was miraculously cleared by Umtiti, and Jesus's one-on-one opportunity was brilliantly saved by Ter Stegen.

Manchester City showed very good resistance at Camp Nou, causing considerable trouble for Barcelona on both ends of the field.

The gap in strength between the two sides is not as large as some media predicted before the match.

This Manchester City team is no longer the Blue Moon that was at Barcelona's mercy last season!

In this second leg at the Etihad Stadium, it will probably be difficult for Barcelona to take down the transformed Manchester City!

In this match, Manchester City has not made any adjustments to the lineup, still using the 3-4-3 formation, with Otamendi, Stones, and Kompany forming the three-center-back combination in the backfield. They were very successful in limiting Suarez in the previous round, and Neymar also had difficulty gaining much advantage, but their defense against Messi was still lacking.

In midfield, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, and Zhao Gang.

In the actual game, the positioning of the four is very flexible. Zhao Gang and De Bruyne will stand in front of Fernandinho and Silva at any time to support the attack.

And in defense, Zhao Gang will also fall back, forming a double defensive midfielder position with Fernandinho, which is a very severe test of Zhao Gang's stamina.

In the last game, we could already see that even for an iron man like Zhao Gang, he didn't have much energy left to rush forward and attack at the last moment.

If he continues to play like that in this game, it means that Manchester City still has some problems in defense.

In the frontcourt, Jesus, Aguero, and Sterling.

On the Barcelona side, they are still using the 4-3-3 formation... Andre Gomes replaces Iniesta in the starting lineup.

Considering Iniesta's age and stamina, Enrique probably wants Iniesta to appear as a substitute surprise weapon.

Among them, Umtiti's defense against Zhao Gang can be described as disastrous, but he saved Barcelona near the end of the match.

Fans jokingly call him half-god, half-devil. His defensive task in this match is also very heavy, as he has to partner with Pique to limit Aguero's performance, and as the last line of defense in front of the goalkeeper, he is also likely to be impacted by Zhao Gang, who will fall back to the center!"

The players from both sides stand in position, and with a whistle from the referee.

The fans throughout the Etihad Stadium cheer wildly, cheering for their home team.

Manchester City wins the coin toss, Barcelona has possession.

Busquets is still the organizing core of the midfield, gets the ball, and almost the same as the opening of the last game, Zhao Gang is facing Busquets again.

Busquets is too experienced and will definitely not compete for immediate gains or losses, nor will he show off his dribbling skills in front of Zhao Gang.

Fans all know Zhao Gang's shooting and passing skills, but only those who have faced Zhao Gang know his tackling ability.

Busquets is very wary, and a careless mistake could lead to irreparable errors.

One of the things Enrique emphasized is to pay attention to Zhao Gang's defense.

Busquets directly passes the ball back, and Jesus quickly follows up to continue pressing.

Sterling and Aguero also quickly follow up.

Different from the last game, Manchester City showed a very active tactical ideology from the beginning.

Alba passes the ball to Rakitic with one foot, Zhao Gang runs towards Rakitic again, David Silva and Fernandinho follow up with their own marked players, forcing Rakitic to only choose to pass back.

After Pique receives the ball, Aguero rushes over like crazy. Pique swings his foot, and for safety's sake, kicks it out with a big foot!

Stones stops the ball with his chest, turns around, leans against Suarez who is approaching, and passes it back to Kompany.

Kompany takes the ball forward. Both sides have a tactical idea that is rarely used by other teams, which is to use the center back as the starting point of the attack.

When Kompany goes forward, the other two will form a protection in the backfield.

Sometimes, Stones will also stand in the midfield, forming more passing points.

This time, it's Kompany.

And Barcelona's midfield and frontcourt strength is also extraordinary. After encountering Manchester City's pressing, they also began to counter-press on the field.

This is different from what Guardiola imagined. He thought Barcelona would be more conservative.

Perhaps because of the players' individual abilities, Enrique felt that Barcelona should not defend, but should be ready to intercept and launch a counterattack at any time.

The players from both sides began to press in the midfield. If they fail, they immediately retreat and continue to try to intercept the ball and launch a counterattack in front of the penalty area.

Therefore, there are many mistakes on both sides, but at the same time, the scene is unusually fierce, and it doesn't look like a Champions League semi-final, without any conservatism.

They often attack the opponent's hinterland, forming dangerous attacks.

The fans are happy, and this kind of scene is comfortable to watch.

And the fans who came to the Etihad Stadium are like riding a roller coaster. When Manchester City players attack into Barcelona's half, they cheer and shout to cheer them on.

When Barcelona quickly intercepts the ball and exchanges possession to attack into Manchester City's half, they swallow their saliva, hold their breath, and watch carefully.

Every successful breakthrough by Barcelona on the field makes Manchester City fans' hearts rise to their throats. Seeing Manchester City intercept the ball, they relax and cheer again.

Countless waist drum sounds rang out at the same time.

The fans are certainly not more tired than the players on the field, but they are definitely more nervous and busier than the players.

After Rakitic receives the ball, he passes it forward with one foot.

Neymar gets the ball and starts juggling on the wing. Facing David Silva who is approaching, he makes a feint, takes a strong touch, then changes direction and skillfully cuts inside towards the middle.

Fernandinho and Aguero, who retreated, quickly formed a double-team on him. Messi is running, Neymar passes the ball, and Zhao Gang takes the lead and blocks the ball.

Messi immediately turns around and counter-presses Zhao Gang on the spot, and Neymar also runs over.

According to the previous rhythm, Zhao Gang would pass the ball to Silva or Stones, and then run back to receive the ball.

This rhythm has been going on for fifteen or sixteen minutes.

Who knew that this time Zhao Gang didn't make a short pass, nor did he dribble the ball forward.

Instead, he kicked it out with a big foot!

Neymar leaned on Zhao Gang's side and was confused for a moment. Why did this kid suddenly play out of line?

Zhao Gang, who was in the backfield, directly and accurately found Sterling on the right with this kick.

Winger Sterling, in the first leg between the two sides, left almost no deep impression on the audience except for that header.

Manchester City's attacks are mostly launched by De Bruyne on the wing, or by Zhao Gang, who occupies the wing and actually wanders to the middle.

Barcelona's marking on Sterling's side is somewhat lax.

And Zhao Gang basically chooses to pass to whoever has the opportunity.

This time, Sterling has a very large opening.

Zhao Gang took it for granted and found the advancing Sterling with a long-range transfer.

Sterling's most prominent features are his running and impact.

His speed can be said to be superb. When he realized that the ball was picked off by Zhao Gang on the right, he had already accelerated and charged.

Rakitic can only eat dust behind him, and Sterling jumps and bumps while running.

He directly crossed Alba with a stop and pass.

"Sterling! This ball control is definitely world-class!"

Sterling seems to be good at everything except shooting.

Especially now that he is still in the growth stage.

If he can be polished well, he will definitely be able to grow into a first-class player.

After passing the defender, Sterling rushed into the penalty area in one go!

Pique and Umtiti quickly rushed to the wing, preparing to block Sterling's breakthrough and shooting route.

Ter Stegen stared fiercely at Sterling, preparing to first intimidate him with his momentum, then block the near corner of the goal, open his body, and rush towards Sterling.

Sterling entered the penalty area, saw Pique and Umtiti rushing over beside him, and Ter Stegen blocking in front.

He raised his foot, instinctively wanting to adjust.

But he forcibly changed his mind and directly kicked the football!

"Don't think so much. You are first and foremost a striker. What is most important for a striker? It is shooting, it is scoring! What is most important for a top striker?

It is the ability to seize opportunities, it is the ability to shoot with one touch! Not giving the opponent any time to prepare to block!

Just kick it at the goal! Without adjustment, there are no weaknesses.

What if you kick it away?

Please, kicking it away is better than letting others defend it, right?"

In training, Zhao Gang kept telling Sterling to rush up, either pass to find teammates, or just kick the ball, don't think about other things.

Sterling was a little awkward, but listened to Zhao Gang and did not adjust.

And this time, it did surprise Pique a bit. They had studied every frontline player in Manchester City. Sterling always hesitated when facing opportunities and always made some unnecessary adjustments. Therefore, when defending him, even if there was a distance, they could block him in time.

This time, Sterling rushed in with the ball, and he would definitely adjust before shooting, but as he ran, he just kicked the ball directly?

Something is wrong!

Ter Stegen reacted much faster than Pique. Goalkeepers have this kind of quick reaction ability.

Seeing Sterling raise his foot, he subconsciously opened his arms, stretched his legs, and lowered his body.

The football directly passed through his legs, was touched by the thigh that landed, but still stubbornly crashed into the goal line!

Whoosh...

The football crossed the goal line and hit the net.

A pleasant sound rang in Sterling's ears, Sterling opened his mouth wide and rushed off the field.

Finally proved himself!

This goal can finally prove that he is not a flop!

Knockout stage, Manchester City is behind, and I can also score a key goal!

Hoo!!!

Tens of thousands of fans in the Etihad Stadium cheered together.

Strong!

Fierce!

There was a certain goal in the first leg.

In the second leg, the first shot, goal!

Manchester City equalized the score!

Because of the advantage of away goals, Manchester City now has the initiative!

Sterling, great!

After the fans excitedly celebrated, Sterling slid out of the field and released his emotions passionately, he got up and hugged his teammates tightly.

Sterling stretched out his hands and pointed at Zhao Gang, expressing his gratitude for his assist, and more importantly, for his shooting guidance.

"Hey, this Sterling seems to have heard what we said. He's not thinking anymore, he's just kicking the ball at the first time." Director Zhang once discussed Sterling with Teacher Zhan, believing that he has the talent to become a top player, but he always likes to think too much in front of the goal, as if he doesn't know how to kick the ball.

The more you think, the easier it is to have problems, and the more problems you have, the more you want to think.

"Manchester City! Sterling's goal! One to zero lead over Barcelona!

Barcelona must score, otherwise they will be eliminated!

This means that this game will become more intense and crazy!"

"Zhao Gang's retreat still worked. The position he appeared in made Barcelona's defenders a little careless, thinking that he might still organize forward with the ball. They didn't expect him to directly find Sterling with a long pass.

In the first leg, there were few passes between Zhao Gang and Sterling, which made Barcelona's defenders misjudge again, thinking that Zhao Gang was more willing to cooperate with Aguero, De Bruyne, or even Jesus!

As a result, Barcelona paid a very serious price this time!"

"Manchester City has taken the first step, Barcelona must respond, otherwise something big will happen!"

Messi stood in the frontcourt with his hands on his hips, his face didn't have Ronaldo's perseverance, but no one could relax their vigilance against him.

In the last round, when Manchester City was in the lead, it was Messi who fought back, scoring two goals in a row and reversing the score.

Barcelona kicks off in the center circle.

And Barcelona's tactics are still biased towards the left, letting Neymar dribble and attack.

This newly promoted Brazilian core player has outstanding skills, but because he is at Barcelona, his brilliance is still overshadowed by Messi.

In the end, he couldn't bear the fans' preference for Messi. The original heir apparent of Barcelona fled Camp Nou and went to France. In addition to money, Neymar didn't get anything he wanted.

Now, Neymar is using his personal ability to face Otamendi. Manchester City's three-defender formation is very flexible. Otamendi is young and flexible, so he can be a full-back to defend these fast wingers.

Stones and Kompany are much worse in this regard.

However, even if Otamendi tried his best, it was still difficult to limit Neymar.

This requires Zhao Gang to retreat and make up for the defense.

But in this game, Guardiola let Zhao Gang stay in the front, and even if he retreated to the very back, he could only be in the defensive midfielder position, and must not run to the defense line.

So it was Fernandinho who went to make up for the defense.

The two players' restrictions prevented Neymar from causing too much trouble, but he still easily dodged his position and found an angle to pass the ball.

A precise cross, Stones in the middle desperately stuck Suarez, twisting his head and heading the ball out of the penalty area.

In this game, the three defenders really put in all their effort, taking turns to defend, and David Silva, the midfield commander, also supported the rear many times, liberating Zhao Gang.

Andre Gomes, who rushed up, kicked the ball into the stands with a high shot, then hugged his head, full of frustration.

Messi on the right ran to the position and stared at Gomes in surprise, not embarrassed to point to the open space in front of him.

This is Messi. This kind of character is very peaceful, low-key, and pleasing. He will not offend his teammates, but he will also indulge his teammates, which will waste very good opportunities.

This is the opposite of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo would scold all the teammates who wasted opportunities, telling them what choices they should make at what time.

The personalities of the two determine their playing style on the field. As for who is right and who is wrong, everyone has their own opinions.

Bravo ran very fast, received the football from the ball boy, and quickly returned to prepare to kick it out with a big foot.

And his unusual behavior, of course, attracted the attention of Barcelona players.

In the last game, this guy hugged the ball, quickly got up, and found Zhao Gang with a strong hand throw, leading to a goal.

This time, can we let you succeed again?

Barcelona's defenders noticed Zhao Gang's quick start and immediately ran over, absolutely not letting them succeed again!

Zhao Gang quickly passed through the midfield and moved forward, and Busquets and Mascherano double-teamed Zhao Gang without the ball.

Bravo passed the ball to Kompany with one foot.

Zhao Gang's speed also slowed down at the same time, and Busquets was relieved and slowed down, wandering around Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang, who stopped, strolled around. Kompany stood in the backcourt, directing his teammates to stand in position, preparing for them to respond and cope with Barcelona's pressing.

At this time, Zhao Gang, who had stopped, suddenly accelerated forward again.

Busquets just stopped and reacted half a beat slower, and Mascherano went to mark his own player.

With a swoosh, Kompany, who was directing, seized the opportunity, using a feint to deceive the opponent.

Looking like he was going to pass the ball to David Silva, or even Stones, he kicked a long pass over the top to find Zhao Gang, who was rushing up.

This was obviously planned long ago.

Busquets gritted his teeth, knowing that he had been tricked and desperately chased back.

Mascherano also quickly began to support from the wing.

At the same time, Umtiti also rushed over.

The football was still forward in the air, and Zhao Gang was completely running without the ball, so Busquets couldn't catch up.

When the football fell, Zhao Gang had to slow down, and he unloaded the ball with his head.

By the time he adjusted his position, Busquets had already caught up, and Mascherano and Umtiti formed an encirclement at the same time.

Zhao Gang swung his leg and kicked the football hard. Umtiti saw Zhao Gang's possible passing route and slid to the ground!

The football swooshed, not kicked out by Zhao Gang, but lifted up by him!

This ball was too deceptive. The football passed over Umtiti and came to De Bruyne's side.

Zhao Gang accelerated and directly crossed Umtiti. Umtiti fell there, turned his head and stretched out his hand, trying to pull Zhao Gang's leg. It looked quite comical, but it also showed his unwillingness and dedication.

Unfortunately, it was useless.

De Bruyne didn't stop the ball and sent it to Zhao Gang's feet in the middle with a volley.

Pique, Alba, quickly formed a siege, while Mascherano and Busquets chased from behind, and Rakitic, not far away, also desperately chased back to support.

In an instant, Zhao Gang fell into an encirclement of four people that was even more difficult than before.

Only De Bruyne had an open space among Manchester City's other teammates, and the rest had not yet come to support.

Rakitic quickly locked onto De Bruyne, preventing him from receiving the ball.

Pique's tall body could well block the opponent's breakthrough route, plus Alba's defense, it was difficult for anyone to break through directly.

The two of them retreated and defended, also slowing down Zhao Gang, and Mascherano rushed over, directly seeking physical confrontation, wanting to snatch the ball from Zhao Gang, or interfere with him, and when Busquets came to support, wouldn't the two of them take him down?

Bang!

Xiao Ma Ge saw Zhao Gang take a touch forward and crashed into Zhao Gang fiercely.

Zhao Gang was not polite either, and the two men's shoulders collided fiercely.

Xiao Ma Ge rolled twice before stopping, Zhao Gang staggered two steps, but was still moving forward.

Alba seized the opportunity of Zhao Gang's unstable center of gravity and rushed up!

Zhao Gang saw Alba's tackle and knew that the opportunity had come.

He and Pique stood together, and the two of them jointly built a defense line, and it was difficult for Zhao Gang to break through, but one-on-one was different, and the chances increased too much!

Zhao Gang had not yet stood firm when Alba blocked in front of Zhao Gang, preparing to forcibly control the ball.

When his body had not completely resisted Zhao Gang, Zhao Gang staggered twice, fell to one side, and used his hands and feet to stand up, and ran forward from Alba's side.

Alba quickly moved his body around the ball, preparing to block Zhao Gang.

The two collided, Zhao Gang poked his foot, and the football left Alba's control.

Alba kept entangling with Zhao Gang, blocking him and letting his teammates control the football.

The two pushed each other, banged twice, and Alba immediately covered his face and fell to the ground.

"This? He didn't even touch his face, why did he cover his face and fall down???"

Zhao Gang was shaken twice by the collision, but he still forcibly rushed towards the football, and Pique also rushed over at the first time.

Pique saw that he could not control the ball 100%, and directly shoveled!

Zhao Gang kicked the ball away, and then was directly knocked to the ground by Pique!

Beep!!!

The referee's whistle sounded directly.

Zhao Gang covered his foot, his face was quite painful, Pique, and Alba, who was lying on the ground, quickly got up and argued with the referee.

I was knocked to the ground, you didn't blow the whistle, now you blow the whistle, is it too much?

Manchester City's players also rushed over quickly, De Bruyne checked Zhao Gang's condition, and the others ran to the referee, accusing this terrible foul, a red card must be issued, a red card!

The referee waved to both players, signaling not to get excited.

Then he took out a yellow card and gave it to Pique.

Alba was still talking non-stop, pointing to his face, my face is swollen, you don't blow, don't blow?

The referee shook his head helplessly, yellow card!

Alba was directly pulled away by his teammates, if you continue like this, you will be sent off!

"Zhao Gang... seems... to be okay, he stood up again! There is really no big problem, this foul... let's take a look... very fierce, it really directly shoveled the foot, Guardiola's face is also very ugly, he is afraid of injury!

Fortunately, it's not a big problem!!

Let's take another look at Zhao Gang's series of breakthroughs just now, this physical confrontation! He knocked down Mascherano and Alba who came forward. He really didn't touch Alba's face. Why did Alba cover his face after falling to the ground? He has to ask himself."