Sometimes the exciting game is not necessarily because of goals scored. On the other hand, the game where there are time to score more goals will be more exciting. The game between Manchester City and Barcelona belongs to the former.

Although they are full of the shadow of Dutch football, they are completely different. Barcelona's football owner is in control, while Manchester City's football is simple and effective. After passing a few kicks, they will inevitably attack the opponent's hinterland.

In the 24th minute, Messi performed another wonderful performance, but this time it was not his shot himself, but his choice to pass the ball.

He broke through on the left and passed Iniesta back, who shot a long shot from the penalty area line and was saved by Johart, but the ball still belonged to Barcelona.

Fabregas, the Barcelona midfielder rushed into Manchester City's penalty area without anyone paying attention, but Fabregas's shot was not very good. Even when no one was defending, the ball was directly missed by him.

In the 30th minute, Li Feng finally got his first shot in this game, passing from the left, and returning pass after Silva's breakthrough, Li Feng directly shot hard in the penalty area, and the ball was a little short of it, and the ball flew out of the baseline on the crossbar.

In the 33rd minute, the most controversial scene in the first half, Iniesta broke through in the middle and was hit by Kompani, and the referee did not give Barcelona a penalty, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among Barcelona players.

"This is a correct penalty. Kompany did not make a foul. When intercepting, the Manchester City captain did not make any foul moves," said the English commentator without hesitation.

Of course~~~ In Spain, it must be another situation. After all, it is a team from your own country, and it is inevitable to help. After all, no matter how professional he is, he is always a human being. What's more, football is a highly confrontational sport.

In the 40th minute, Xavi also received his first shot in the game. Adriano started from the back and made a cross from the bottom, with a low-altitude ball. However, the final goal was not a Barcelona player, but Boateng, the Manchester City defender cleared the ball.

After landing at Xavi's feet in the penalty area, the core of Barcelona would certainly not hesitate. He just started a long shot, and even the level of this long shot was quite high.

However, Manchester City goalkeeper is not a vegetarian, especially after seeing Valdes' outstanding performance, he jumped and lifted Xavi's long shot with both hands.

Barcelona then started a tactical corner kick, and Messi finally completed the shot, but Messi's shot was directly won by Johart.

Judging from the situation in the first half, Li Feng and Messi did not have a direct contest at all, and even had very few confrontations from afar. In the whole first half, Li Feng only shot with one shot, and almost all the rest of the time was creating opportunities for his teammates.

Barcelona and Messi were not as active in the first half as before, or Manchester City did a good job in defense, De Jong's mission was completed very well, and Boateng was even more outstanding. Whether facing Messi, Sanchez or Iniesta, Manchester City's central defender was not at a disadvantage.

Although the offensive in the last few minutes belonged to Barcelona, ​​the Universe team did not have a real threatening shot. However, even if they did not score in the first half, the offense between the two sides still played very well.

"Abstract, both sides have many opportunities in the first half, but their luck seems to be a little worse. We can look forward to the performance of both sides in the second half." With the referee's whistle, the first half officially came to an end.

Of course~~~ If this game is for the name of Li Feng and Messi, then the performance of the two in the first half will definitely disappoint them.

What they want to see is the mutual competition between Li Feng and Messi, rather than the overall offense of the two teams, although the whole day of offense between the two teams can be described as pleasing to the eye.

Back in the locker room, Van Basten focused on the performances of De Jong and Boateng. On the defensive end in the first half, the two were the biggest contributors to curb Barcelona's offense.

De Jong perfectly implemented the tactics set by Van Basten, limiting Xavi's passing route, while Boateng did not fall at a disadvantage in the middle, no matter how he faced anyone on the front line.

"In the second half, we will increase the number of crosses, Feng~Aya, you should attack more from the opponent's penalty area." Barcelona's weaknesses are no longer needed, but Manchester City did not make many crosses in the first half.

Faced with the request of the head coach, Li Feng and Yaya Toure naturally had no objection. Li Feng was not tall, but in Barcelona, ​​Li Feng was already very tall, and Li Feng's physical fitness and bounce were quite amazing.

When the players of both sides walked out of the locker room again, light rain began to float in Manchester's sky, but the two teams were obviously prepared. Although the weather forecast was the same as a woman's mood, everything needed to be prepared. The two teams changed their shoes as early as the locker room.

However, rain is always an uncertain factor for the game, especially for Barcelona, ​​Spain is not England. It is estimated that not many people will like the weather in England except for native people, and in addition to the control that Barcelona pursues.

However, at the beginning of the second half, Barcelona reminded Manchester City that even if it rains and even if they are not good at rain battles, Barcelona is still Barcelona and is still the strongest team in Europe.

Yaya Toure's pass was cut off, Barcelona made a fast attack, and Fabregas and Messi made continuous wall-to-wave cooperation. In the end, Messi attracted most of Manchester City's defensive forces and created a shooting opportunity for Fabregas.

But unfortunately, Fabregas's shot was really out of standard. With an anti-aircraft gun, the ball flew directly out of the baseline and flew towards the stands.

The goal kick started with Johart's big foot, and Li Feng fought with Busquets. Although Li Feng was much shorter than Busquets, he completely crushed the opponent in terms of bounce and physical fitness.

But the moment Li Feng pinned the ball, he regretted it because he found that Mascherano had rushed out of the penalty area. When Dzeko controlled the ball and wanted to turn around, Malma instantly stretched out a bucket and stabbed the ball away from Dzeko's control. The ball returned to Barcelona's feet again, and another fast attack.

Xavi, Barcelona's core pass in the middle, Iniesta moved sideways, Messi and Sanchez went hand in hand, "Dangerous~~~" At this moment, Xavi completed a direct pass and shouted, but this sound did not change the next thing.
Chapter completed!