The second round of the Copa del Rey semi-finals came to Barcelona's home court Camp Nou.
In the cheers of the home fans, Barcelona effortlessly ended the game 3:0 with Li Mingyu's pass and shot, and Messi's penalty kick.
Barcelona entered the finals of Copa del Rey.
Another team that emerged was also born at the same time, which is Real Madrid who is in hot form.
The two teams will compete in the finals of Copa del Rey on April 20.
As soon as the schedule came out, both Barcelona and Real Madrid complained.
From April 7th to April 20th, Barcelona and Real Madrid need to play two four-point straight finals of Champions League, and two El Clasico, one is the league, and the other is the final of Copa del Rey.
Barcelona and Real Madrid simultaneously submitted applications to Royal Spanish Football Federation to reschedule the Copa del Rey final.
After a day of consultation, Royal Spanish Football Federation decided to postpone the finals of Copa del Rey to April 25th.
In the next three league games, Barcelona and Real Madrid still maintained good condition and won one after another.
Atletico Madrid has three games, two wins and one loss, and has basically bid farewell to the championship.
Simeone couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw the state of Barcelona and Real Madrid this season.
Last season, Atletico Madrid of Simeone was the closest to the league championship. Unfortunately, in the end, they were unable to hold on. The explosive Li Mingyu led Barcelona to come back.
This season, from the beginning, Barcelona and Real Madrid hardly made any big mistakes.
Currently, the two teams are in extremely good shape.
Barcelona, 26 rounds, 24 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, accumulated 73 points, ranking first in the league.
Real Madrid, 26 league rounds, 23 wins, 3 losses, 69 points, ranking second in the league.
Real Madrid's condition is good enough, but Barcelona's condition is even more terrifying.
There are still 12 games left before the end of the league.
Last season, it was at this time that Li Mingyu was entrusted with an important task and came into being.
However, last season, at this time, Barcelona no longer had the competition between Champions League and Copa del Rey, and was able to devote himself wholeheartedly to the La Liga league.
This season, Barcelona is fighting on the third front, and so far, many players have experienced some injuries.
Especially the players in the midfield and backcourt, Busquets and Pique's old injuries made it impossible for them to last the entire game.
Busquets did not play in these league games. He was resting at home and preparing for the quarter-finals of Champions League.
On April 6, world football, which had been silent for half a month, became lively again.
The quarter-finals of Champions League are about to begin.
The four teams in the top half competed in the first round of the quarter-finals.
Bayern Munich defeated Real Madrid 2:1 at his home court.
For Real Madrid, this score is acceptable. There is an away goal. When the next round comes, when we return to our home court, we can win the game with just a 1:0.
In another game, Juventus actually lost to Benfica 0:2. Cristiano Ronaldo lost all his form in this game. After returning from a rib injury, Cristiano Ronaldo's state has been ups and downs.
This upset caused many fans who were optimistic about Juventus to be in an uproar.
Juventus's defeat made Italy's media very dissatisfied. Among the four quarter-finals, Juventus's opponent was the weakest. Unexpectedly, Juventus overturned on his home court.
Benfica's victory made everyone understand that in Champions League's competition, especially in the knockout stage, no team is truly weak.
On April 7, the second half of the Champions League quarter-finals continued.
"Good evening, Tencent Sports viewers, today we will bring you the second match day of the 2021-2022 season Champions League quarter-finals."
"The two sides in this game are teams FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain."
"This game was voted by everyone on the Internet as the most popular game among the four Champions League quarter-finals this season."
"The two teams have the most powerful frontcourt duo in the world today, Li Mingyu and Messi from Barcelona, Mbappe and Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain."
"In this two-round match, we can see which of these two frontcourt duos is more powerful."
"Paris Saint-Germain has invested a lot in the past few years. In order to win the Champions League championship, he did not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to retain Neymar. However, Mbappe seems to have not chosen to renew the contract until now. This year's Champions League is very important to Paris Saint-Germain."
"For Barcelona, this Champions League championship seems to be very important. Messi has not entered the Champions League finals for 7 years. In these 7 years, either it was crushed by a big score or was ruthlessly reversed by its opponent. Messi has also been criticized."
"Now, with the addition of Li Mingyu, the 2021 Europe Golden Boy Award winner, Barcelona is reborn. Not only does it stand out in the league, but Copa del Rey has also entered the finals. In the Champions League arena, it is also the most difficult team to offend."
"Players from both sides have begun to enter the stadium. Let's take a look at the lineups of both sides."
"Barcelona has no changes in today's lineup. The goalkeeper Ter Stegen and the defense line, because in the second round of the last game against AC Milan, Lenglet got a Red Gem Promotion Card, so he can't play in this game. The three backs are Pique, Eric Garcia and Mingueza."
"De Jong is partnered with Busquets, who has been resting for half a month, as a defensive midfielder. The two wings are Alba and Pedri, and the core of the midfield is Li Mingyu."
"The two forwards are Aguero and Messi, who replaced Griezmann, Argentina National Team's old partners."
"Let's look at the Paris Saint-Germain team's lineup, 4-2-3-1, the goalkeeper is No. 1 Navas, the four defenders are Florenzi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe and Bakker, and the two defensive midfielders are Gueye and Paredes, three attacking midfielders, Di Maria on the left, Neymar in the center and Verratti on the right, the forward forward is France forward Mbappe."
"The game will start soon. Let's come to Camp Nou to watch the highly anticipated quarter-finals of Champions League!"
The referee looked at his watch, put the whistle into his mouth, and when the time came, he blew the whistle to start the game on time.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in Camp Nou and receiving a piece of 2012 Messi Star Card (one-time use).]
In 2012, Messi was the closest to being the "Ball King". That year he not only won Ballon d'Or, Champions League and La Liga Golden Boot, but also created a miracle - scoring 91 goals in a single natural year (Barca club 79 goals, Argentina National Team 12 goals), breaking the 40-year-old annual scoring record in one fell swoop, and improving Gade-Muller's score by 6 goals! How strong is this record? 91 goals in 69 games, which means 1.3 goals per game!
However, it seems that it is not that difficult for Li Mingyu to surpass this goal efficiency.
Li Mingyu's current total number of goals, including club and national team, has exceeded 100, reaching 111 goals.
Basically, this is also the result for a whole year. From the end of March 2021 to the end of March 2022, his number of goals has exceeded Messi in 2012.
But according to 2021, Li Mingyu's total number of goals has reached 83, but Li Mingyu has played fewer games, 42 games, averaging 2 goals per game.
The terrifying Li Mingyu turned the real game into a game.
Such a terrifying goal efficiency, no player in history can match it.
It is estimated that by the end of this year, Messi's record will be broken by Li Mingyu.
According to the state of Li Mingyu, the number of goals in the entire calendar year of 2022 will definitely exceed 100.
However, this year's World Cup held at Qatar is special. It is not held during the offseason in June as before, but will be held in November.
After all, the weather conditions in Qatar are the hottest in June, and the outdoor temperature is too high to hold a competition.
Therefore, FIFA agreed to hold World Cup in the northern hemisphere winter for the first time.
This will have an impact on many games next season.
The league, Champions League all need to be rescheduled, and next season's schedule will be even more intensive.
Since the Europe mainstream league will be in full swing at that time, FIFA has shortened the 2022 World Cup schedule from the original 32 days to 28 days.
The game started, Barcelona kicked off first.
Li Mingyu received the pass from Messi, tapped his heel lightly, and passed the football to the feet of De Jong behind him.
Li Mingyu performed very easily, which made the fans of Camp Nou burst into cheers.
Playing at home, Li Mingyu is in full condition. Facing a strong team like Paris Saint-Germain, Li Mingyu dare not relax at all.
The opponent's Mbappe and Neymar are both players with the ability to make the final decision.
At the beginning, Barcelona's offense was not in a hurry. Li Mingyu kept running, passing, running, and catching the ball in the midfield, which made Barcelona's lineup very stretched.
Paris Saint-Germain conducted a high-position press for about five minutes at the beginning, but saw that Li Mingyu did not make any mistakes, so he lowered the intensity of the defense.
After all, no team can do it by always following the rhythm of Barcelona.
Barcelona, wearing a red and blue jersey, began to slowly press towards Paris Saint-Germain's defense zone under the leadership of Li Mingyu.
I am very afraid of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe and Neymar couldn't help but look at the young man wearing jersey No. 11.
Li Mingyu kept dropping back to catch the ball and sorting out the team's offensive formation.
When Li Mingyu got the ball just now, Mbappe went up and wanted to bully Li Mingyu with his body.
But now Li Mingyu, whose strength has exceeded 90, is no longer the guy who fell down when someone touched him last season.
Mbappe found that he could not take advantage of Li Mingyu in the physical confrontation, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.
I still have a good impression of Li Mingyu and Neymar. The last time Li Mingyu faced Haaland's provocation, he made consecutive passes and won the support of Neymar after the game.
Neymar has long wanted to compete with Li Mingyu on the same field to see who is more skilled in passing.
As soon as Li Mingyu gets the ball, either Mbappe will stick to it, or Neymar will stick to it.
This time, De Jong passed the ball, Li Mingyu stepped forward and caught the football, and saw Neymar sticking up like a conjoined twin.
Li Mingyu was about to pass the ball quickly when he heard Neymar say in Spain, "Hey, Li, stop passing the ball, let me see your extraordinary skills!"
As he said that, Neymar hit Li Mingyu hard with his shoulder, and tried his best to reach the football at Li Mingyu's feet with his right foot.
Li Mingyu gently pulled his left foot back, and then quickly took a step back, widening the distance between him and Neymar.
Suddenly, the two became face to face, Li Mingyu stood in his own half, Neymar stood in Paris Saint-Germain's half, and the two looked at each other across the center line.
Seeing this scene, the entire audience stood up involuntarily, applauding and making loud noises.
Under normal circumstances, it is rare to see such a pure one-on-one scene on the football field.
Generally speaking, it seems that only Neymar takes the ball, stands one-on-one with the opponent, and is ready to use his skills to defeat the opponent.
But Neymar's situation as a defender is really rare.
The players on both sides did not want to disturb the enjoyment of these two people, so they wisely distanced themselves.
It's in the midfield anyway, so even if the ball is lost, it doesn't matter much.
If you want to play, I'll let you play once.
Li Mingyu felt the strong fighting spirit in Neymar.
The smile on Li Mingyu's face slowly disappeared.
He also became serious.
Although in the current football world, Neymar's passing moves are recognized as powerful, but Li Mingyu will not be worse than him.
Li Mingyu, who combines the skills of so many powerful football seniors, is definitely no less confident than Neymar.
Li Mingyu used the outer instep of his right foot and started to rush towards Neymar with the ball.
Neymar had an uninhibited smile on his face, but his eyes were very serious.
Looking at Li Mingyu's right foot, Neymar's eyes became even more solemn.
Because in his opinion, Li Mingyu's dribbling had almost no flaws, and it felt like the football was sticking to Li Mingyu's feet.
Neymar has only seen this kind of ball feeling from one person.
It was when Barcelona was dribbling the ball, Messi was like that.
The fast frequency and super ball feel make you feel as if the football is growing on Messi's feet.
Neymar looked at Li Mingyu who was getting closer and closer, his eyebrows suddenly raised, he quickly stretched out his right foot, and kicked the football at Li Mingyu's feet without missing a beat.