On October 20, 2021, UEFA Champions League officially started.
Group D's game is played in the first game.
Spain At 18:00 local time in the evening, Camp Nou of Barcelona is already full.
Camp Nou, which can accommodate 100,000 people, is buzzing with people.
Barcelona has not entered the Champions League finals for six consecutive years, and the best result was only one Champions League semi-final.
This is simply unacceptable for a super strong team like Barcelona.
This is also the biggest reason why Messi and Barcelona have been criticized by people over the years.
This year, Li Mingyu was born, giving Barcelona a completely new look.
The fans of Barcelona have once again raised their hopes of winning the championship of Champions League.
After Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid, Spain's team has not touched Big Ears Cup.
In the home team's locker room, Koeman was making final arrangements before the game.
Li Mingyu's expression is also very serious. This is his first time to represent Champions League in the competition.
Although he has performed very well in the league and his performance in the national team has been well received, the Champions League competition field is the real touchstone for testing a player.
Messi saw the somewhat serious Li Mingyu on the side, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Li, don't be nervous, Champions League is not that scary, just perform normally!"
Li Mingyu also nodded when he heard this, saying in his heart, I'm not nervous, I'm excited, Champions League, this is Europe the pinnacle of football competition!
"Tencent Sports viewers, good evening, everyone is welcome to watch the Champions League game of the 2021-2022 season late at night. Today is the first match day of the group stage. Today there will be Group A- Among Group D's eight games, the game we broadcast live for you today can also be said to be one of the most important games today. FC Barcelona is at home and Camp Nou faces the Iron-Blooded Legion the Blues from Premier League. Chelsea."
"These two teams are both old and strong Champions League teams. However, in recent years, the results of these two teams in Champions League games have not been very satisfactory."
"Chelsea has not entered the semi-finals of Champions League for seven years, and Barcelona has not entered the finals of Champions League for six years."
"This season Chelsea has triumphed in the league. He has won all the first four games and is currently ranked first in the Premier League league. The momentum is very strong. The main forward Havertz performed very well. With three goals and one assist, he is firmly at the top of the Premier League scorer list."
"And FC Barcelona was affected by the international match day. After a regrettable draw in last week's game, the top spot has been handed over to Real Madrid, and he is now ranked third in the league."
"However, although Barcelona's Chinese youngster Li Mingyu did not score a goal in the last game, he still ranks first in the scorer list with 6 goals, beating Haaland with 5 goals."
"I don't know if Li Mingyu's condition has been adjusted. This is his first Champions League game. For him, this game is very important, and his opponent Chelsea is also a very difficult team. I hope he can show his due strength in today's game!"
"The camera was shown to the scene, and we can see that Camp Nou, which can accommodate 109,815 people, is already full of seats. The entire stadium stands are filled with a sea of red and blue. It can be seen that Barcelona fans are very excited!"
"The players on both sides have also appeared. Let's take a look at the lineups of both sides."
"FC Barcelona playing at home still uses the 4-2-3-1 lineup they have always used in the league, and the goalkeeper is still Little Lion Ter Stegen, the defense line is Alba, Rick·Garcia, Pique, Dest, two defensive midfielders Busquets and De Jong, in the attacking midfielder position is Li Mingyu who has performed well this year, flanked by Messi and Pedri respectively, and the center forward is Griezmann."
"Barcelona's lineup is both offensive and defensive. De Jong has fully demonstrated his fierce defensive side since he moved to the midfielder position, and paired with the experienced Busquets, they complement each other even more. Due to his age, Busquets has lost the mobility he had when he was young to suddenly dribble the ball, but the young De Jong can make up for this very well. These two people in the defensive midfielder position have brought new tactical concepts to Barcelona's midfield."
"The lineup of the Chelsea team playing away games has not changed much. They have always used a 3-4-2-1 lineup in the league. The goalkeeper is the tall guy Mendy who is 1.98 meters tall. The three players on the back line are Azpilicueta, Thiago-Silva and Rudiger, the two wide players in the midfield are Reece James and Chilwell, the two midfielders in the middle are Jorginho and Kovacic, the frontcourt trio, Havertz is at the front, behind are Mount and Werner."
"The lineup of team Chelsea is very sharp on the field of Premier League. It has scored 10 goals in four games, and so far, no team has been able to break the goal guarded by Mendy."
"Mendy, who is 1.96 meters tall, is the most stable person in Chelsea."
"The players from both sides have arrived on the court and the game is about to start."
Li Mingyu stood outside the center circle, looking at the football at the feet of the Chelsea players in the center circle, and felt a surge in his heart, Champions League, here I come!
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in Camp Nou and gaining the long-range ability of Barcelona celebrity Xavi.]
Xavi's long shot?
In fact, in many people's minds, Xavi is not a player who is good at long-range shooting. Everyone only remembers his passing and ball control, but they don't know that Xavi is also a player with superb shooting skills.
Xavi In many key games of Barcelona, he has repeatedly performed long-range shots, but in Barcelona's system, there is no need for so many long-range shots to pass the ball into the opponent's goal. Isn't he good?
"Beep!--"
With the whistle of the referee Austria Kovag, Li Mingyu's first Champions League game officially began.
Havertz kicked the football towards Chelsea's half. Barcelona's players pounced on the football like tigers descending a mountain.
As soon as the game started, the Barcelona players showed super aggressiveness, which caught the Chelsea players off guard.
Havertz's return pass came to the feet of Jorginho. Faced with Griezmann's aggressive press, he could only continue to pass the pass back.
Griezmann did not stop his pursuit, ran past Jorginho, and continued to chase the football.
Pedri and Messi also outflanked each other from both sides, leaving the opponent's defender with almost no path for the ball. He could only face the ball and kick the ball towards Barcelona's half.
Havertz looked up at the landing point of the football and ran over quickly, but Li Mingyu arrived a step earlier and directly headed the ball to his own player.
After Dest caught the ball, he saw that Li Mingyu was in a very good position, so he directly handed the ball to Li Mingyu, and then ran forward.
After Li Mingyu caught the ball, he made a fake move to shake away Havertz who was approaching him. He made a short pass and passed the ball to Dest who was running near the center line.
After Dest received the ball, he did not stick to the ball, but directly passed it forward to Messi who was retreating.
Messi got the ball in the 40-meter area, and Chelsea's defensive focus immediately moved over.
Kovacic, Chilwell and Werner in the frontcourt quickly moved closer to Messi.
Faced with the outflanking of three people, Messi didn't panic at all. He moved the ball around in a small area, passed two defensive players in a row, and then passed the ball across the field to the middle of the field.
Li Mingyu rushed in, but Chelsea's defense had a huge hole. Messi took too much defensive energy. As a result, the middle door was wide open.
After Li Mingyu caught the ball, he took a step forward and made a shot.
This position is about thirty-five meters away from the goal. For ordinary players, their feet are not strong enough to make threatening long-range shots.
But Li Mingyu's long-range shooting ability is now very powerful. After acquiring the skills of many football celebrities, Li Mingyu's long-range shooting level is already very high. What's more, this time he has obtained the long-range shooting ability of Xavi, which makes Li Mingyu's long-range shooting level even higher.
I saw Li Mingyu's left foot stepping hard on the turf. If there is a slow motion at this time, you can see that the ankle of Li Mingyu's left foot is already a little twisted.
Li Mingyu's right leg was swung high back, like a whip, and it was whipped hard towards the rolling football.
The football was like a missile, drawing a beautiful arc and heading straight for the upper left corner of the goal.
Although the goalkeeper of Chelsea is 1.96 meters tall, when he saw the football flying over, it was too late to move over.
When Mendy was flying in the air, he saw the football slipping past his hand and slamming into the goal.
Mendy and the football landed at the same time. Looking at the football popping out of the goal, Mendy looked at Li Mingyu in the middle with disbelief.
The referee made a gesture validating the goal.
The whole Camp Nou exploded.
In one minute and twenty-seven seconds, Li Mingyu helped Barcelona lead the Chelsea team by one goal at their home court.
A dreamlike start.
The head coach Koeman on the sidelines had just sat on the bench when he heard a deafening cheer. The bench players around him rushed out like crazy and celebrated crazily.
Koeman was also hugged tightly by his assistant coach. At this time, Koeman realized that the team had scored a goal!
Damn it!
Less than two minutes into the game, my own team took the lead.
Such a start is so comfortable!
Some fans watching the live TV broadcast at home may have just turned on the TV and saw the Barcelona players rushing to the edge of the stands and celebrating crazily together.
Damn it!
Scored!
Do you want it to be so fast?
I should have known I wouldn't have to go to the toilet!
Can it be suffocated to death?
After Li Mingyu scored, he excitedly rushed directly to the stands on the sidelines, jumped high, and showed the jersey number behind him to the audience!
"Li--"
The audience at the scene also shouted Li Mingyu's name loudly and were excited.
In one minute and twenty-seven seconds, Li Mingyu completed his first Champions League goal. Although it is not the fastest goal in Champions League history, it is definitely shou'xiu. As a player who participated in the Champions League game for the first time, this result is enough to be recorded in the history of Champions League.
The opponent scored such a wonderful long-range shot at the beginning, which really hurt Chelsea's morale.
Mendy picked up the football from the goal and threw it hard towards the midfield. He shook his head in displeasure and spat.
The captain of Chelsea and the backbone of the team Azpilicueta kept applauding to keep everyone focused and not to let the goal just disrupt their pre-match plans.
Azpilicueta is a veteran of Chelsea. He came to Chelsea in 2012. This is already his tenth season playing for Chelsea.
Azpilicueta, nicknamed "AZP", is the indispensable defensive backbone of Chelsea. In the ten seasons he played for Chelsea, he has completed 110 clean sheets. This is a very outstanding performance.
Li Mingyu's goal, in Azpilicueta's opinion, had a greater component of luck, so he didn't take it too seriously.
Some people can make such a long shot in a game in their lifetime.
The game restarted. This time, Chelsea's players were mentally prepared for Barcelona's crazy pressing, so the formation was very open, which effectively avoided the dilemma at the beginning.
The Chelsea players are actually very good at footwork. The Premier League league now also pays great attention to the coordination of the feet. It is no longer like the crude style of play that only knew long passes and lobs more than ten years ago.
After all, the entire trend of world football has been rewritten by Spain's three consecutive championships of UEFA European Championship and World Cup.
Pay attention to passing and control, pay attention to coordination, pay attention to short-pass penetration. Nowadays, there are very few teams in the entire football world that still use long passes as their main style of play.
Chelsea and Barcelona fought back and forth for the next twenty minutes.
Although Barcelona scored a goal first, it did not have a big impact on the players of Chelsea.
The head coach of Chelsea is Tuchel from Germany. His coaching style is very open and highly offensive. When he was coaching Mainz, he also successfully defeated the giant Bayern Munich team of Bundesliga.
Tuchel was fired by Paris Saint-Germain on December 29, 2020. On January 27, 2021, FireWire joined the Chelsea team. At the time, Chelsea's head coach, Chelsea's meritorious player Lampard has had 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses in 5 games, while Chelsea has fallen to 11th place. The team has no choice but to make the choice to terminate the contract with Lampard.
After Tuchel led Chelsea, he went undefeated for ten consecutive games, achieving the best coaching record in the history of Chelsea, and finally brought Chelsea back to the playing field of Champions League.