Gulacchi's two wonderful saves obviously shook the morale of Barcelona.
When you are about to launch a strong attack, you find that while your opponent's defense is very tenacious, their goalkeeper is also playing very well - this is the most depressing thing.
Because everyone knows that when encountering this kind of situation, there is often only a hard fight, and nothing else is of use. Only by fighting hard can we have a chance to win.
But at this time, they could only grit their teeth and continue to launch fierce attacks.
Of course, Southampton's defensive players will not just watch the opponent attack.
Defense is never the goalkeeper's business alone.
Rudiger is guarding Neymar on the wing. Neymar controls the ball well at his feet and moves very quickly. However, Rudiger's physical fitness is also quite good. He constantly keeps up with Neymar's movements and interferes with his movements.
His advance made it impossible for him to break through from his own side.
Neymar glanced at Rudiger in surprise. He didn't expect this big black man to be so agile in his reactions and movements. Generally speaking, defenders of this size are relatively slow. When playing as a full-back, defense also relies on experience and advance preparation.
card slot.
It turned out that Rudiger relied on reaction and speed, which made Neymar a little uncomfortable.
Seeing that he couldn't break through, Neymar could only choose to stop the ball and pass it back. Alba followed up and passed the ball to the center of the penalty area. Iniesta missed the ball, and Messi followed up with a powerful shot!
However, as soon as the ball was shot out, Casemiro rushed over from the side and intercepted the ball with his body!
The ball hit Casemiro and bounced to the other side. Luke Shaw jumped in front of Cesc Fabregas to make a clearance.
Barcelona launched another attack. Fabregas planned to do a two-on-one with Xavi, but was quickly interfered by De Bruyne and could only pass to Alves who was advancing on the right. Alves and
Luke Shaw started a fight on the wing. Alves had the upper hand in terms of speed, experience, body and skills. However, Luke Shaw relied on his youth to pester Alves.
Keeping him from dribbling the ball forward.
Alves could only choose to pass back, and Xavi organized the attack again.
Seeing that Barcelona had been attacking for a while but could not open up the situation, Martino had no choice but to make substitutions. Sanchez came on and replaced Fabregas...
After the Chilean came on the field, he began to show his own quality. He constantly took the ball from the wing and forced breakthroughs. Although his breakthrough ability may not be as good as Alves, let alone Neymar and Messi, he has one more breakthrough point.
After that, Barcelona seemed to be able to create more opportunities.
However, Southampton's defense is still extremely strong.
At the same time, they also began to use counterattacks to delay the opponent's offensive and interrupt the opponent's onslaught.
If it weren't for Pinto's wonderful save, Suarez would have scored twice in this game...
Fortunately, Pinto saved Barcelona's last glimmer of hope.
However, Southampton's defense is still so solid.
You first have to face their running and pressing in the midfield, and then in the penalty area, you have to face the interception of the central defenders of Font and Otamendi. Even if you pass this level, you still have to go through Gulacchi.
of ten fingers.
With these three layers of filters, there will be very few places where Barcelona can threaten Southampton.
In the 78th minute of the game, Barcelona got the best chance of the game. Sanchez made a pass from the right. Neymar flicked his head from behind and hit the goal. The ball missed the goal post and flew out of the baseline!
The Southampton fans in the stands screamed for their escape, but this was also Barcelona's last chance...
In the following time, they also created some opportunities, but not many were able to shoot, and even fewer hit the goal frame. Occasionally, they were saved by Gulacchi twice.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Southampton fans gave a huge cheer.
One to zero at home and three to one in two rounds, Southampton eliminated Barcelona and reached the semi-finals of this Champions League!
This is the first time in six years that Barcelona has missed the semi-finals of the Champions League!
Southampton fans celebrated wildly, but Martino sighed and stood up.
He knows that his time in Barcelona will not last long. After this season, regardless of whether they can win the league championship or not, he should not be able to coach Barcelona again.
Barcelona may still be able to create glory in the future, but that no longer belongs to him.
Ji Ya would not care about his mood.
After shaking hands with him, Ji Ya also started celebrating crazily!
"Barcelona has completely fallen off the altar! After being eliminated from the Champions League semi-finals by Southampton, I think it's time for Barcelona to revolutionize!"
Many media outlets have begun to show this attitude.
In other games, there are not too many surprises.
Atletico Madrid defeated Manchester United 3-1 at home and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League again after 40 years. Real Madrid almost overturned in the away game, but the 3-0 score at home still allowed them to eliminate Dortmund 3-2 in two rounds, while Chelsea
It was under the leadership of Mourinho that they completed a great reversal. The goals of Schürrle and Benteke allowed them to defeat their opponents 2-0 at home and enter the quarterfinals relying on the advantage of more away goals. It is worth mentioning.
What’s more, Benteke’s goal occurred in the 87th minute, which is also one of Benteke’s biggest highlights this season...
After all, after transferring to Chelsea at a high price, he was injured for almost half a year and only recently returned from injury. If it hadn't been for such a key goal, the money Chelsea spent on him would have been wasted...
In this way, the top four teams in the Champions League each have two teams from the Premier League and La Liga. The Premier League is Southampton and Chelsea, and the La Liga is Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. The semi-finals also happen to be a head-to-head matchup. Southampton’s opponent is
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid's opponent is Chelsea.
Two teams that have won the Champions League are bumping into each other, and two teams that have not won the Champions League are also bumping into each other. If this grouping was not deliberately arranged by UEFA, no one would believe it...
The two-leg match will be played at the end of April and the beginning of May. Before that, Southampton has two league games to play, and there will be no games on the weekends in between. This is also a rare opportunity for Southampton in this devilish April.
Break time.
"Cardiff City, Villa, Everton, Swansea...except that it may be a bit difficult to play Manchester United in the last round, in the league, we have to work hard to win consecutive victories!" Noriya waved to the players.
