Parc des Princes As quiet as a cemetery.
They couldn't believe their eyes. In less than ten minutes after the game started, Barcelona's first counterattack broke Paris Saint-Germain's goal.
This is too simple!
De Jong stole the ball, Alba dribbled the ball at high speed, and passed the ball to Li Mingyu. Li Mingyu passed two people and passed the ball through. Messi received the ball and shot directly.
The total time from stealing the ball to scoring a goal is no more than ten seconds.
In a flash of lightning, Barcelona actually completed this attack.
1:0, the total score is 3:1, and the away goal has also equalized.
This goal made Koeman finally let go of the big stone in his heart.
Li Mingyu and Messi are indeed the most trustworthy duo of Barcelona.
The clean goal pushed Paris Saint-Germain one step closer to the edge of the cliff.
Paris Saint-Germain's head coach Pochettino had an angry look on his face. He stood on the sidelines and kept roaring. He didn't know who he was scolding.
Icardi, who was still standing in Barcelona's half, looked confused. What's going on? I just got intercepted and I scored a goal.
Do you still want me to take the blame?
With Barcelona holding a two-goal lead, everyone felt relaxed.
After the restart, Barcelona's defense became even more unscrupulous, and the formation also pressed forward slightly.
In the midfield, the two teams started a fierce battle.
There was a whistle, and Neymar rolled on the ground.
Li Mingyu, who was standing next to him, looked innocent. He had indeed kicked Neymar's calf just now, but he had already recovered his strength.
Looking at Neymar rolling on the ground in pain, it felt like Li Mingyu had just kicked his leg off.
The referee ran over with a helpless expression, looked at Neymar rolling on the ground, and gave Li Mingyu a serious verbal warning.
Li Mingyu did not argue and shrugged helplessly.
Neymar rolled on the ground for a while. Seeing that the referee had no intention of taking out the cards, he had to sit up and complained to the referee. Li Mingyu just kicked his calf from behind. This was a very dangerous move and the cards should have been played.
However, the referee ignored him and signaled him to stand up quickly without wasting time.
Neymar stood up with a curse, touched his calf in a pretentious manner, and left with a grin on his face.
After taking two steps, Neymar had fully recovered.
The referee looked at Neymar's back and asked you to pretend.
In fact, in many cases, Neymar is not very good in the eyes of many referees. Not to mention that it will fall down at the first touch. Basically, there is no problem if it falls seven or eight times in a game.
There are indeed many times when it is indeed the opponent's foul, but there are also many times when Neymar is committing a foul.
Just like the story of the boy who cried wolf, the referees didn't believe it after too many falls.
Today's Paris Saint-Germain formation, the two wings of Neymar and Di Maria are very important.
However, from the beginning to now, Di Maria has not caught the ball a few times.
In the Ligue 1 league at the weekend, Pochettino gave Di Maria a break specifically for this Champions League game, so that he could perform at his full level in this game.
Di Maria was not active in running at the beginning, which made Barcelona's defensive players somewhat ignore his presence.
Facing Barcelona's very active fight, Paris Saint-Germain could not continue to pass the ball forward, but passed the football to the backcourt.
Barcelona's formation continues to press forward.
If the head coach of Barcelona was Capello, at this time, he would loudly tell the players not to press forward.
This Christmas Tree Formation is a defensive counterattack formation, and the connection between the midfield and the backcourt must be perfect.
Rushing forward pressure may lead to a disconnect between the midfield and the backcourt. Pressing forward from the two wingers will cause the gap behind them to become an opportunity for the opponent.
However, after all, this lineup is not Barcelona's regular lineup.
Barcelona, who is accustomed to attacking and defending, has undergone some minor changes in his lineup.
Alba's position was slightly forward, and Di Maria, who should have been on guard, quietly appeared behind him.
Paris Saint-Germain's pass went further and further back, and finally passed to goalkeeper Navas.
Griezmann, Messi and Li Mingyu stood in a triangle and fought in the frontcourt.
But after all, this is the backcourt of Paris Saint-Germain, and there is strength in numbers.
Navas passed the ball to Paredes who was retreating very easily.
Through these two passes, Barcelona's back line was almost pressed to the center circle.
Behind Paredes, De Jong was already following him closely. It was simply unbelievable that a midfielder was pulled to this position by the opponent.
Paredes knew there was someone behind him, so he did not choose to stop the ball or turn around, but continued to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Navas.
At this time, Navas was the person with the broadest vision of Paris Saint-Germain, and he saw Di Maria that was ready to start.
Due to these several pressings and passes, the players of Barcelona focused all their attention on the ball, hoping to steal the ball in the frontcourt and start the attack directly.
The entire back line of defense ignored Di Maria, who had been invisible.
After Navas received the return pass from Paredes, he did not stop the ball and directly kicked the long pass across the half court. The football flew directly in front of Di Maria on the right.
At this moment, Di Maria was like an angel possessing him, taking long strides and rushing towards the football.
The closest defensive player was five or six meters away from him.
Mingueza and Lenglet ran back desperately, Mingueza ran diagonally towards Di Maria, and Lenglet looked at the position of Ilkadi and Neymar who were inserted behind them.
When Alba saw the pass, he looked back in horror and saw that Di Maria had run behind him.
There was no time to regret, Alba was also chasing after him desperately.
Di Maria stretched out his foot and lightly touched it, and the football continued to roll forward lightly.
While thinking about dribbling the ball, Di Maria looked at the situation in the middle. Mingueza quickly rushed to Di Maria's side.
Di Maria made a beautiful emergency stop. With a slight flick of his left foot, Mingueza couldn't stop the car and rushed directly to the direction of the bottom line.
Di Maria cut inside and opened up an angle for shooting.
Lenglet rushed forward desperately, stretching his legs to block Di Maria's shooting angle.
Who would have known that Di Maria was still making a fake move this time, with a slight click of his left foot and his body rushing forward.
Di Maria rushed into the penalty area and faced goalkeeper Ter Stegen.
One-shot ball!
Ter Stegen stood in the small penalty area, opened his arms, and blocked the near corner. His eyes were fixed on Di Maria, hoping to determine the direction of his shot.
I saw Di Maria lift his right foot and push the football toward the center with the arch of his foot.
Ter Stegen At first glance, it was broken. It was a pass.
Ter Stegen flew out, trying to hit the ball directly from the middle.
However, the ball speed is too fast, and the ball is slightly inverted triangle.
I saw Icardi appearing on the football line. Facing an empty goal, Icardi scored in one fell swoop.
1:1, Paris Saint-Germain equalized the score.
Parc des Princes has become a sea of joy.
After Icardi scored, he rushed directly into the goal, picked up the football, high-fived Di Maria who was running over, and quickly ran towards the midfield.
After all, Paris Saint-Germain is still one goal behind in the total score, and it is not the time to celebrate yet.
This goal made Koeman standing on the sidelines look very ugly. He knew that this was a failure of his tactical arrangement.
After all, this formation is rarely practiced during training, so many players are not familiar with their positions.
When the two full-backs press up, the defensive midfielder must make up for the position behind him. Otherwise, like just now, there will basically be an open space behind Alba.
Di Maria can be said to be very cunning. He knew where the gaps in his path were through the first ten minutes of the first half.
After the opening, Paris Saint-Germain's tactics focused on Neymar's side, which also allowed him to successfully hide.
When there was a problem with Barcelona's defense, Di Maria revealed his long-hidden fangs and bit Barcelona's neck fiercely.
A fatal blow.
Although Mbappe is gone, Paris Saint-Germain's offense is definitely not weak. Ilkadi, Di Maria, and Neymar are all top attackers.
As long as they are given a chance, they can complete their mission of ending the game.
After the restart, Barcelona was not in a hurry to attack, because when Paris Saint-Germain was celebrating just now, Koeman had reminded them that in the next game, they must control the ball at their feet to achieve success.
Paris Saint-Germain's current momentum is strong, and Barcelona is ready to avoid its edge.
Li Mingyu retreated to the midfield and backcourt to help the team organize the offense.
Paris Saint-Germain's high-pressure press was so strong that Barcelona could only pass the ball forward bit by bit.
There were many thrilling cross passes, which were almost intercepted by the Paris Saint-Germain players. Each time, the Parc des Princes fans let out a burst of exclamations.
For this game, Paris Saint-Germain has made adequate preparations. In the league four days ago, Paris Saint-Germain would rather lose to Lyon, but also ensure that several main players rest.
In the last round of the league, Lyon also gained valuable three points by defeating Paris Saint-Germain, who had no intention of playing, and became the first place in the Ligue 1 league, leading Paris Saint-Germain by 1 point.
If Paris Saint-Germain can defeat Barcelona in this game and enter the semi-finals of Champions League, then losing to Lyon will not be considered a loss.
But if Paris Saint-Germain fails to eliminate Barcelona in this game, then for Paris Saint-Germain, this is simply losing his wife and losing his troops.
Paris Saint-Germain's physical condition is obviously better than Barcelona.
Messi, Li Mingyu, Griezmann, these three people all played the entire game in two consecutive games, and their physical exertion was very huge.
This is not because Camp Nou and Li Mingyu's condition and physical condition are not optimal.
With a tired body and the away environment, the opposing players were like wolves and tigers.
Barcelona's situation is not very good!
After Real Madrid lost to Bayern Munich yesterday, Real Madrid's head coach Zidane had already bombarded Royal Spanish Football Federation, thinking that their officials who arranged the schedule were a bunch of pigs. How could El Clasico arrange such an important game between two Champions League quarter-finals.
Within a week, three consecutive high-intensity games were a hellish schedule for Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Moreover, this hellish schedule was created by Royal Spanish Football Federation himself.
If Barcelona is eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain again, then Royal Spanish Football Federation is really to blame this time.
The crazy pressing of Paris Saint-Germain's players made Barcelona's offense difficult, but invisibly, it also consumed a lot of their own physical strength.
At the 35th minute of the first half, Paris Saint-Germain's defensive intensity finally could no longer be maintained.
When Li Mingyu was retreating to catch the ball, he suddenly felt a sense of relief behind him. He did not dare to neglect. After continuing to pass the ball back, he quickly looked back. Paredes, who had been following him like a shadow all this time, was still standing three meters away from him and did not follow him.
Li Mingyu showed a relaxed smile, you can't run anymore, right?
After all, humans are not machines and cannot maintain such a high-intensity pressing.
Li Mingyu beckoned for the ball again, and De Jong passed the ball to him again.
Li Mingyu turned around after receiving the ball.
This is a rare moment for Li Mingyu to dribble in the direction of Paris Saint-Germain in these ten minutes or so.
Li Mingyu passed the ball to Alba on the wing. Wijnaldum quickly filled the position behind him.
Every time you take a step, you gain wisdom.
Alba has been frustrated for a while. In the past ten minutes, Alba was in his position and did not dare to step forward casually. He did not even dare to pass through the midfield, for fear of being hit in the gap behind him again.
However, this time, he saw Li Mingyu's gesture, and then he boldly stepped forward to assist.
After all, in Barcelona's current formation, the attack from the two wings is the most important. The center is responsible for receiving and pulling, and the attack from the two wings is king.
Li Mingyu moved forward quickly and received the pass from Alba.
Li Mingyu's current position is about forty meters away from the goal.
Verratti rushed over from the side, trying to steal the ball from Li Mingyu's feet.
Li Mingyu pulled the ball very lightly and escaped Verratti's pressing.
And just when Li Mingyu was about to move forward, he felt his jersey being pulled from behind.
Due to the strong pulling force, Li Mingyu was able to break free as soon as he exerted force, but he had already lost control of the football.
The referee's whistle sounded at the same time.