His determination can be seen from the lineup he submitted before the game.
The goalkeeper is Valdes, the defense is Adriano, Pique, Mascherano and Alves, the midfielder is Yaya Toure, and Iniesta is partnered with Xavi in front.
The field trident is Pedro, Cesc Fabregas and Messi.
Mourinho made some changes, but still insisted on his choice, arranging Yaya Toure as a deep-lying midfielder, keeping Fabregas at the forefront, and letting Messi return to the right wing position.
Having said that, Mourinho has arranged such a lineup, making it clear that he is going to fight Manchester City away from home.
He wants to score first at Manchester City's home ground!
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Manchester City also played with its full lineup, and compared to Barcelona's sluggish match against Real Madrid last weekend, Manchester City was recharging their energy and waiting for work. Whether it was the schedule or the progress of the game, they clearly had an advantage.
Goalkeeper Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva, Toni Kroos and forward.
The field trident is the combination of Di Maria, Sudong and Sanchez.
Guardiola does not speculate on the opponent's tactics, but continues to adhere to my own tactical philosophy.
Manchester City has already been prepared for the idea that Mourinho might give it a go, but preparation is preparation. Guardiola is unlikely to change himself in order to target Mourinho's tactics, so Manchester City still sticks to his strategy.
A set of tactics.
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It can be said that both sides of the confrontation have their own persistence and have made some appropriate compromises.
The whole world is full of expectations for this game. Even the Catalan media, which claimed to have fallen into despair in the first round, even dispatched an unprecedented team of reporters to Manchester.
A large number of Barcelona fans followed the team to the Etihad Stadium. After mediation, Manchester City gave 3,000 visiting team fans tickets, but the supply was still in short supply. As a result, many Barcelona fans were still at the Etihad Stadium before the game started.
Outside the German stadium, people are waiting for tickets from scalpers.
The highest scalper ticket price is said to be 4,000 pounds, but it is still hard to get a ticket, which shows how much attention this game has received.
Fans who are lucky enough to enter the Etihad Stadium are also cheering for the team they support. The game has not started yet, but the atmosphere in the stadium is already quite warm, especially the home team Manchester City fans, who are even more crazy about it.
The own team cheers and tries to completely overwhelm the visiting team in terms of momentum.
Barcelona fans are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but they are not inferior in terms of momentum.
The fans of the two teams were fighting before the game started, making the atmosphere in the stadium extremely intense. When the players of the two teams walked into the stadium under the leadership of the referee, everyone's emotions were already high before the game started.
Was inspired.
Everyone believed that this was an extremely exciting game from the moment the whistle sounded.
And the facts have proved that it is indeed the case.
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As German referee Felix Brück blew the whistle, Fabregas, who was standing in the center circle, immediately kicked the ball to Messi, who kicked it back to the midfield.
As soon as Harvey stopped the ball, Manchester City players were already pressing forward, forcing him to pass the ball back to the defense again.
This seems like a pretty routine start.
Manchester City, who played at home, were proactive, while Barcelona, who played away from home, patiently tried to control the ball.
But gradually, everyone realized that the trend of the game did not follow the script.
After Barcelona lost the ball in the frontcourt for the first time, they immediately launched a counterattack and immediately launched a fierce pressure on Manchester City's midfield and backfield, especially the three-pronged team headed by Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Pedro.
Halberd was even more active in running, and the midfielder also actively pressed forward, creating a lot of pressure on Manchester City's midfield and backfield.
Just three minutes into the game, Iniesta on Barcelona's left got the ball and suddenly moved his big foot to the right.
After Messi received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, although Marcelo and Busquets both went up immediately, Messi still very skillfully pulled the ball horizontally and dribbled the ball toward the center along the line of the penalty area, continuously accelerating.
After passing Marcelo and Busquets, he kicked a curve ball with his left foot.
The trajectory of the ball was very strange. Courtois tried his best to dive sideways, but the angle was too tricky. The Belgian goalkeeper failed to save the ball in time. The ball was directly installed in the side net and fell into Manchester City's goal.
One to zero!
In an instant, the entire Etihad Stadium fell into a brief deathly silence.
The Barcelona fans shouted and cheered crazily, and everyone was shouting Messi's name.
What is a superstar?
Messi is it!
When Barcelona was in trouble and everyone felt desperate, Messi used a wonderful personal performance to equalize the score for Barcelona with a weird curve ball that hit the dead center of the goal.
The second round was 1-0, and the total score was 1-1. The two sides returned to the same starting line!
After scoring the goal, Messi was so excited that he rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, and all the Barcelona players followed suit. Everyone felt extremely excited and excited.
In front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Mourinho even rushed out of the coaching area in an exaggerated manner. He ignored the fourth official's dissuasion and rushed to the sidelines, roaring and venting at the live broadcast camera.
"Mourinho has been under too much pressure during this period of time."
"First we lost to Manchester City at home, then lost to Real Madrid, and suffered two consecutive defeats at Camp Nou. This is very rare. More importantly, Mourinho even felt an unprecedented coaching crisis.
Even the Barcelona management started not to support him, which made him feel desperate."
"And now, Barcelona successfully reversed the situation with a goal three minutes after the opening. At the same time, it also told everyone that Barcelona is still Barcelona, and Mourinho is still Mourinho!"
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Guardiola's face was full of solemnity.
Su Dong reminded him several times before the game that Mourinho was a gambler and was likely to gamble heavily in this game. At that time, he also agreed with Su Dong's view, but when arranging tactics
At the time, it was still a bit too "willful".
As a result, reality dealt him a cruel blow.
Messi's goal not only led Barcelona out of the quagmire, but also dragged Manchester City into trouble.
This is what happens in the knockout rounds. One goal may be the dividing line between heaven and hell.
What Manchester City originally valued most was a 1-0 away victory, but now, Messi's goal has caused Manchester City to completely lose this advantage. Not only did it draw a 1-1 draw, it also tied the away goal.
Barcelona also relied on this goal to completely come back to life.
How to play the next game?
Guardiola didn't care either.
Conceding the goal in the first three minutes is a huge blow to any team.
Especially the opening tactics.
Guardiola now can only hope that the players on the field can stabilize their position and avoid falling into chaos.
The best thing is to be able to score goals.
At this time, if we can score a goal as soon as possible, we can stabilize the morale of the army.
But how easy is it?
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Su Dong's idea is the same as Guardiola's.
It is indeed not easy to score Barcelona goals, but he is still patiently looking for opportunities.
After the restart, Barcelona, having tasted the sweetness, continued to put pressure on Manchester City, especially on Manchester City's midfield and backfield.
Obviously, they want to score one more goal.
As long as Barcelona scores another goal, Manchester City's situation will be completely trapped.
Su Dong understood this, so he stayed in front of Barcelona's defense, forcing Mascherano and Pique to not dare to press too hard. At the same time, he also used his movement to tell his teammates that he was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.
Manchester City's players also understood this and passed the ball to Su Dong whenever they had the opportunity, but failed to create a threat twice in a row.
Until the seventh minute, Manchester City stole the ball in the frontcourt and counterattacked on the spot.
Barcelona, as always, actively counterattacked and exerted pressure in the frontcourt, trying to keep Manchester City's ball in the frontcourt.
Marcelo quickly moved forward from the left. After receiving the ball, he strode the ball across the center line. At the outside of the 30-meter area, he glanced in front and found that Barcelona's defense was still relatively far forward, and Su Dong was already ready.
Sent.
The Brazilian left back made a prompt decision and without any hesitation, kicked the ball behind him with his left foot and sent the ball directly into the left side of the penalty area.
Su Dong has been paying attention to Marcelo's movements. After seeing his gesture, he moved forward decisively without hesitation, countered offside as quickly as possible, and drove straight into the left side of Barcelona's penalty area.
Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes reacted the fastest. After seeing Su Dong countering offside, he decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.
Mascherano and Pique were both left behind by Su Dong, and the ball landed on the outside of the small penalty area. Su Dong and Valdes both sprinted towards the ball at the same time.
Valdez tried to hit it with his hands, but Su Dong was also very fast and rushed to the ball's landing point. He took the first step and lightly touched the falling ball.
The ball hit Su Dong's feet first, was cushioned and bounced back.
Valdez tried to hit the ball out, but found that the ball was padded by Su Dong. The action that he was originally determined to win unexpectedly missed. After the ball was padded by Su Dong, it slowly passed over his head and landed.
Towards the goal behind him.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Many people didn't even pay attention to what happened. They just saw Su Dong counterattacking offside and Valdes attacking. Then the two of them missed each other and Su
Dong's leg was hit by Valdes, and he lost his balance and fell directly to the left side of Barcelona's small penalty area.
But the ball went over Valdez's head and fell to the unguarded goal behind him.
Although Pique desperately chased back, by the time he rushed to the small penalty area, Su Dong's shot had slowly fallen into Barcelona's goal line.
Referee Brücke's whistle also suddenly sounded to confirm that the goal was valid.
