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Chapter 306 Near the End
The game is coming to an end, and the Chelsea players are obviously exhausted, while the Barcelona players seem to have more energy.

"Chelsea players can't run anymore," Zhang Junwen also discovered this, "The Premier League is a recognized devil's schedule, and there is no winter break, which also leads to physical disadvantages for Premier League teams in the knockout stage of the European arena. I remember Bale said in an interview when he just transferred to Real Madrid that if the Premier League does not modify the schedule, it will be difficult to make a difference in the Champions League."

Zhang Lu nodded in agreement: "There is only one Chelsea in the top 8 of the Champions League this year. Both Manchester City and Arsenal have collapsed. Physical fitness is indeed an important factor restricting them."

Shi Hao also felt that his feet were as heavy as lead.He played more than 60 minutes in the league game against Manchester United. Compared with Hazard and others who did not play, his physical condition is worse.

Mourinho's face has been gloomy, and he has also noticed the decline in the players' physical fitness.Soon he made a decision to replace Oscar with Willian and Fabregas with Ramirez.Enrique also used up the last substitution spot, replacing Suarez with Pedro.

Both sides are making the last fight.

At this time, Messi also suddenly became active.

In the previous 80-minute game, Messi seldom dribbled through by himself. Under the close defense of the long-legged Matic, he chose to cooperate more with his teammates.

In the first 80 minutes, the most dazzling person in Barcelona was Neymar, who not only scored two goals, but also made many wonderful personal breakthroughs.

But now that everyone's physical fitness is declining, Messi is like a cub who has just woken up, galloping across the court.

The pleasing continuous dribbling, and the sudden breakthrough that caught people off guard, continuously threatened Chelsea's defense.

In the 82nd minute, he took the ball 40 meters away from the goal, and suddenly started to break through Matic's defense. Under the joint closing of Ramirez and Cahill, he stumbled through the past and broke into the penalty area. Shot from the far corner, the football brushed the goal post and flew out of the baseline, causing the Nou Camp to sigh with regret.

Shi Hao watched from a distance, almost thought the ball was going to be scored, and his heart missed a few beats.If Barcelona scores a goal at this time, the blow to Chelsea's morale will be too great.

"Messi, broke through the defense and kicked the goal! Oops, almost, Chelsea's defense in this Messi corridor is too careless," Zhang Junwen sighed, but his tone seemed to be glad that Messi did not score, "Watching Messi play is really a kind of enjoyment. Maybe he saw the performance of Neymar and Shi Hao. He also felt the pressure from these two, so he broke out suddenly."

Zhang Lu also said with a smile: "Neymar and Shi Hao are both strong contenders for the Ballon d'Or. It will not be so easy for Messi and Ronaldo to take turns in the future. Pass to Terry, slowly attack..."

Shi Hao retreated his position a bit.After Cesc Fabregas went off, Chelsea's midfield operation became more jerky, and he had to drop back a little to help organize.

In the last game, due to Messi's large retracement, he and Messi had 4 direct encounters.Once he dribbled past Messi, and three times Messi tried to dribble past him, but only succeeded once.

In today's game, until now, he has not had the chance to play against Messi directly.

After Chelsea attacked the frontcourt, the pass was too large and went out of the touchline.Barcelona throws a throw, Messi catches it, and Shi Hao puts it on.

Seeing Shi Hao approaching, Messi didn't dribble any more, but handed the ball over.After playing against Chelsea in the last round, he has personally experienced Shi Hao's speed, so there is no need to take risks.

Although Messi is also a player known for his speed, compared to Shi Hao, he is still a bit worse in this respect.

Shi Hao was very unwilling.But the opponent really doesn't need to cooperate with his thoughts, he can only shake his head and continue chasing the football...

With Barcelona in possession, game time was ticking away and so was Chelsea's stamina...

In the 88th minute, Messi suddenly started to pass Matic again. Facing Ramirez, he flicked the ball to the left to get out of the gap, and pushed the ball straight into Chelsea's penalty area.

Neymar, who had been silent for a while, appeared in front of the ball and stopped the ball with his back to the goal.Because it was in the penalty area, although Terry posted it up immediately, he did not rush to make a move, waiting for Ivanovic to step forward to cooperate with the press.

Neymar was like a juggler. When Ivanovic came over, he suddenly pulled the ball and turned around three times in a row. He broke through the joint attack of Ivanovic and Terry, took the ball to the bottom line and made a cross.

"Neymar breaks through, beautiful, cross! Cahill clears the ball. Ramirez chests the ball, beautiful, flick past Xavi, chance for Chelsea to counter!"

After Ramirez passed Xavi, he strode the ball and quickly passed the midfield.There was Harvey chasing after him, and Sergi Roberto intercepted in front. He didn't take the ball anymore and chose to distribute the ball to the wing.

The new force William sprinted along the sideline with the ball, used his speed to break through the tired Alba, looked up at the middle, and decisively kicked a pass.

Diego Costa outflanked in the middle, but his header failed to hit the power. Ter Stegen hugged the ball firmly, and then threw the ball to Rakitic to start the attack.

At this time, most of Chelsea's players pressed up, and the midfield looked extremely empty. Rakitic made a long pass to the midfield to find Messi.

As soon as Messi stopped the ball in his chest, he was about to turn around, but at this time, one person rushing out of the diagonal thrust was about to steal the ball.

Messi didn't see who was coming, but as soon as his body touched him, he immediately pulled the ball and turned around, intending to pass it to his teammates.

But the speed of the comer was so fast that he stepped over in two steps and snatched the ball away before he could get out.

"Shi Hao stole the ball from Messi's feet!" Zhang Junwen exclaimed, "Messi's counterattack... failed, Shi Hao continued to dribble!"

Messi didn't continue to chase, but soon there were two more people in front of Shi Hao, Harvey and Serge Robert ran towards him from left to right.Shi Hao didn't wait for the two to complete the encirclement, and suddenly threw a pass behind Harvey, and Ramirez appeared there, easily unloading the ball and turning around.He was about to hit the ball to the side, when Shi Hao yelled, Ramirez changed his mind and passed the ball in front of Shi Hao.After all, Shi Hao is the core of the team's offense.

Shi Hao used his speed to get ahead of Sergi Roberto, and blocked him abruptly with his body. When Ramirez's pass arrived, Shi Hao didn't stop the ball, but took advantage of the trend and passed. Rakitic jumped on.

"There is a loophole in Barcelona's defense!" Zhang Junwen exclaimed, "It's a 5v4 situation now!"

(End of this chapter)