Messi did not see Chu Zhongtian's silent demonstration, but he was not a fool. From this foul, he could feel something - Chu Zhongtian was absolutely unfriendly to him.

He got up from the ground, and his ankle was still a little painful. Although he did not hurt his bones, he could only get over it head-on.

Barcelona won a free kick that was 38 meters away from the goal and was still far from the position. The direct shot of this free kick obviously could not pose any threat to Hoffenheim and could only pass it.

However, after Xavi's free kick was passed in, Simonic was pushed out. Barcelona's attack did not make it.

※※※Hoffenheim is now leading, but Hoffenheim fans are not happy for too long. They were only excited for a while after scoring the goal and fell into a deep worry - a goal is not safe, and they are worried that Barcelona will equalize the score. Although Barcelona equalizes the score just to let both sides return to the same starting line, the reality of already leading will make Hoffenheim fans become anxious and worried. They will think: "Since we are already leading, why are we still satisfied with being equalized by the opponent?"

Yes, since we are already ahead, why are we still satisfied with being equalized by the other party? Why can we still be calm if the other party equalizes?

Not only Hoffenheim fans have this idea, but Hoffenheim fans also have similar ideas.

Although the opinions within the team are relatively unified, that is, after taking the lead, continue to attack and strive to expand the advantage of leading. But everyone is always worried about possible situations. They are worried that Barcelona will equalize the score, worry that Barcelona will be very motivated because of the equalization of the score, and worry that they will take the opportunity to overtake the score... These worries are slowly accumulating in everyone's hearts, and may not have any impact at the beginning, but over time, they will become a heavy burden that is accumulated in the hearts of the players, affecting their thoughts and actions. This is pressure.

The pressure of leading will make players think too much. In such a game, thinking too much is not a good thing.

Hoffenheim, who had just begun the game, had a momentum of "barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes", so they could play freely as they please and show their best side. But now they have become shoes, while Barcelona has become bare feet. The roles of the two sides are in tune, so their mentality is naturally different.

Now Barcelona has no other way except to score goals, while Hoffenheim is burdened.

After all, the young Hoffenheim still lacks experience, especially the experience of dealing with early lead in the Champions League final.

Everyone still knows that they have to attack and try their best to score goals. But now they are very afraid of losing the ball. They are not the kind of losing the ball by the opponent's goal, but the ball being lost by the football being broken under their feet. This mental burden makes them obviously not as relaxed and comfortable in the game as before.

Salihovic originally planned to break through, but seeing that the opponent's Alves was very close to him, he changed his mind temporarily and chose to pass the ball. As a result, because it was a hasty pass, the intention was too obvious, and Iniesta saw through it and intercepted it in the middle. Barcelona took the opportunity to counterattack.

If Chu Zhongtian had not returned to defend in time, the loss of the ball this time would have caused serious consequences.

What kind of team is Barcelona? They have experienced countless major battles, and have never seen any opponents or situations?

After observing for several rounds, they knew that there was something wrong with Hoffenheim himself. So they strengthened their offensive and put more pressure on them while Hoffenheim was undecided.

Hoffenheim was a little embarrassed during this period, but Barcelona was fighting so well. Their powerful offensive was revealed.

Chu Zhongtian became one of the most photogenic players, of course, this is because Messi often takes the ball.

Every time Messi gets the ball, the Catalonian commentator is particularly excited. Although Messi is not a Catalan, he is already a symbol of Barcelona football.

"Messi received the ball! He faced Chu! He passed him!!"

"Fake action! Beautiful! That's it! Speed ​​up! He can't run away from you, Leo!"

The same is true for Barcelona fans. As soon as Messi gets the ball, their huge cheers will sound in the stands, and more than 20,000 people shouted together, "Messi! Messi! Messi!" The formation is indeed spectacular.

But they couldn't interfere with Chu Zhongtian.

Being able to compete with experts is an important reason why he likes the Champions League so much. He has played against Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Rooney, and it is just Messi. The four best players in the world football world today are just Messi. He wants to defeat Messi and defeat Barcelona led by Messi.

Messi got the ball and made a fake move to break out to the outside. Chu Zhongtian was unmoved, as if he knew that he was a fake move.

Seeing that he had not deceived Chu Zhongtian, Messi made another false move to break outward, and Chu Zhongtian still remained unmoved.

However, Messi cannot spend time with Chu Zhongtian here, and other Hoffenheim players are rushing to him.

The third breakthrough to the outside was no longer a fake move.

However, Chu Zhongtian almost moved with Messi. As a result, after Messi waded the football, he found that Chu Zhongtian had followed, and he followed very closely. He swung his right foot to make a cross, hoping to trick Chu Zhongtian into throwing away the center of gravity to block it. At the same time, he stopped quickly and turned around.

Usually, through this series of fake moves, the opponent is shaken off, but as a result, Messi stopped spiking and turned around, and found that Chu Zhongtian was still standing in front of him. It felt like he had done a series of actions, all of which were useless, and he was just standing still.

Messi sighed in his heart, knowing that he could not get rid of the other party this time, and would instead fall into the other party's siege.

So he passed the football back, gave Alves the plug, and moved to the middle.

After receiving the ball, Alves forced a breakthrough and then made a cross. In terms of fighting for a header, Barcelona was at a disadvantage. Neither Villa nor Pedro could catch the header in front of Simonic and Compper.

This ball made Comper push out.

However, Barcelona's ability to grab the second landing point was excellent. The football that Comper pushed fell to Buzquez's feet. Buzquez did not directly shoot a long shot, but passed the football to Xavi and reorganized the attack.

Barcelona continues to put pressure on Hoffenheim's defense line.

He Ping can only praise Chu Zhongtian's defensive ability during this period, and basically can't see him on the offensive end. In order to stabilize the defense, even if it is Hoffenheim's turn to attack, Chu Zhongtian rarely intervenes. He just uses passes from various distances in the backcourt to dispatch and organize and command the team. He now looks like a real midfielder.

※※Messi found that this game was actually very fun. Not only was Hoffenheim's team not as weak as they thought, but Chu Zhongtian didn't think he thought it was as vulnerable.

Such a game, such an opponent, is very interesting.

Everyone could see that Messi was more active than before. He kept raising his hands to ask that his movement rate was already fast enough, but now it was faster than before!

"Messi got the ball! Salihovic, who came up to defend him, was very relaxed!"

"Watching Messi play football, you will feel at ease, because as long as the football reaches his feet, it will pose a threat to the opponent, and he rarely loses the ball easily!"

Everyone gave Messi a compliment, and even the commentators from Germany and China had to praise Messi's performance and admitted that Messi is currently the number one figure in world football.

Chu Zhongtian also noticed Messi's changes. His expression became more serious and even frowned. It seemed that he had put out all his abilities to deal with him.

Chu Zhongtian was satisfied with this. In order to pay tribute, he must also show all his strength and curb Messi without reservation.

Barcelona counterattacked. After they broke the pass from Ibisekic to Obasi in the backcourt, they quickly passed to the right side, and Messi took the ball near the center line. He faced the ball with his back to Salihovic, and at the moment he received the ball, he used his outer instep to push the ball behind him, and then turned around closely to Salihovic.

His speed was very fast. After he finished turning, Salihovich reacted and it was too late to turn around to chase him.

Messi, who passed Salihovic, immediately faced Kolarov's blockade.

He buckled the football to his left foot, then accelerated forward and dribbled the ball. Kolarov directly flew the ball, but asked him to jump up and dodge easily.

Seeing him passing two more times, the Barcelona fans in the stands gave deafening cheers. The commentators of Catalonia and Spain also shouted excitedly: "Messi! Messi! He passed Salihovic and Kolarov! Beautiful! Such a Messi cannot be stopped!"

Messi passed Kolarov and was ahead of Hoffenheim's central defender. His teammates were running to support him, which made Hoffenheim's defenders in a dilemma - to defend Messi, leaving the space on his side to Villa, Pedro, Iniesta and others; if he didn't defend Messi, let him dribble the ball and hit Huanglong, the result was still the same?

At this moment, Chu Zhongtian rushed over from behind at high speed.

At this moment, in Chu Zhongtian's mind, every move of Messi was broken down very clearly. Every step he took seemed like a slow motion replay in Chu Zhongtian. He could easily catch Messi's rhythm in the dribbling.

Then just find this rhythm and see the opportunity to step down... Messi wades the football out, and his speed changes. After all, if you want to touch the ball, the rhythm cannot be maintained consistently.

This is Chu Zhongtian’s opportunity!

The moment Messi's foot was about to touch the football, Chu Zhongtian on the side suddenly stepped down and tackled!

His right foot was accurately crossed in front of the football. Messi kicked the football but did not wade the ball out. Instead, he encountered strong resistance. His body staggered and fell out. The football was left at Chu Zhongtian's feet.

"Foofed!!" Before the referee could say anything, the Barcelona fans in the stands jumped up from their seats and pointed at Chu Zhongtian in the field and shouted in unison.

Most players will quickly wave their hands to indicate that they have not committed a foul. Chu Zhongtian did not do this. He has no time to prove anything to others. You must know that this is a good opportunity for Hoffenheim to attack! Messi concedes the ball? This does not happen often.

Chu Zhongtian didn't care about the referee at all. The referee said he was foul and sent the football out without typing himself and the game continued!

When he got up from the ground, Messi was still lying on the ground, holding his hands up to signal that the other party was a foul.

The referee did not satisfy the wishes of Barcelona fans, but just hooked up and signaled Messi to get up, and then chased Chu Zhongtian and ran up.

Hoffenheim's attack!

Chu Zhongtian dribbled the ball along the side road, Kolarov escorted him, Salihovic responded to him in the front, and Ibisevic retreated and Sana in the middle. If he was farther away, he could directly pass the ball to find Quaresma and Obasi on the right.

Because Messi concedes the ball, Barcelona's return to defense seems to be hasty.

Chu Zhongtian led more than 20 meters forward before someone came up to block him. As soon as Buzquez appeared in front of Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian passed the ball. He passed the ball to Ibisekic who came back to pick up the ball. At the same time, he continued to speed up and ran forward, creating the illusion of playing two-way past Ibisekic. Barcelona's defense was indeed pulled by him. Ibisekic took the opportunity to pass the ball to Salihovic on the side.

Salihovic made another cross, and Obasi, who was surrounded by the middle, headed the ball!

A little bit off... Barcelona escaped, and their fans had more reason to be dissatisfied with the referee and Chu Zhongtian. They were dissatisfied with the referee not calling a foul, they were dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian's actions and had no sports morality at all. When they saw Messi lying on the ground, they didn't know how to reach out and kick the ball out of the sideline?

The Catalan narrator has a similar view.

In fact, in the eyes of this commentator, the referee of this game had long become a "black whistle" that was biased towards Hoffenheim. Before, Chu Zhongtian "roughly" tackled Messi and should have shown him a yellow card. As a result, the referee only warned him verbally, and this time it was even more excessive and he didn't even foul!

FIFA and UEFA repeatedly declared that they would protect Messi, artistic football and beautiful football. Do you, the referee, turn a deaf ear?

Now as soon as Chu Zhongtian gets the ball, the uniform booing of Barcelona fans will be immediately reminded of the Wembley stadium.

Barcelona fans hate Chu Zhongtian, but Hoffenheim fans like it very much. As long as Barcelona fans start to boo Chu Zhongtian, Hoffenheim fans in the stands will start singing and singing Chu Zhongtian's hymn: "Charge! Chu! You are invincible! Running all over the field, you are invincible! You are the truth, on the court, let your opponent salute you! Ascend the throne! The world is in your hands!"

On one side there was booing and on the other side there was singing. Fans of both sides fought in this way.

Of course, there is also a "its_my_chu" from Wimbledon Athletics fans, but they are too few and their voices are not as good as fans from the other two sides, so they are basically submerged.

On TV, the time when Chu Zhongtian tackled Messi just now was replayed, and this controversial shot would have to be played several times so that everyone can see clearly.

He Ping was very excited: "There is no problem at all! There is no problem at all! This is a very clean tackle! Chu Zhongtian's body stretched out and even touched the corner of Messi's clothes!"

Just now, the Catalan commentator, who had been swearing that it must be a rude, barbaric and unethical foul, shut up, because from that perspective, it was an impeccable tackle, very clean. Messi's fall was entirely due to his foot tripping on the football and inertia... ※※※ Barcelona did not slow down the offensive momentum because Messi was stopped by Chu Zhongtian. They were still strengthening their offense, attacking and attacking again.

They must equalize the score before the end of the first half. It is not that there are any tactical and strategic requirements, but that their own pride and self-esteem do not allow them to enter the locker room with a score of 0:1. It is not that they have never been like this, but this is the Champions League final, and their opponent is a country bumpkin team Hoffenheim. Barcelona is so strong this season, even surpassing the season when they won the six-champion, which gives Barcelona players great confidence. Of course, they will expand with more confidence. This season, they faced their arch rival Real Madrid four times, never lost once, won twice at home and tied them away twice. Since even Real Madrid can't beat them, what other teams in this world are qualified to beat them?

They cannot accept it even if they are behind Hoffenheim for a while.

So no matter what, it is necessary to equalize the score before the end of the first half. It would be better if they could reverse the lead in the first half. However, they had not lost their calm yet and knew that some things could not be forced... The attack that Chu Zhongtian stopped just now was just one of Hoffenheim's few flashes during this period. Most of the time, Hoffenheim could only be suppressed by the powerful Barcelona in his half, and organized the attack with a long pass from big feet. Only Ibissevic was left in front, and even Obasi had to return to defense.

Defense is not Hoffenheim's style, but due to the situation, they must defend.

Barcelona launched a fierce offensive against Hoffenheim's hinterland amid the continuous cheers of fans.

Just looking at the offensive during this period, you will think that it will be a matter of time before Barcelona wins this game, because Hoffenheim has no chance to fight back under their blows. All they can do is defense, defense, besides defense, and also defense.

Defence is not what Hoffenheim is good at. If the team that is resisting Barcelona's offense is Inter Milan led by Mourinho, which won the Champions League championship last year, many people will even feel at ease with Inter Milan because they have the opportunity and ability to rely on airtight defense to win.

Now that this happened to Hoffenheim, everyone was suspicious.

Not to mention the spectators, even Hoffenheim's own players are doubting whether they can hold on like this.

We are not very good at defense... Many people are murmuring in their hearts.
Chapter completed!