Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 346 Pique's Attempt to Stop Shan Yongzhuo from Scoring
The Camp Nou stadium fell silent again, with only the cheers of Manchester City fans audible.

In response, the English commentator shouted wildly: "Goal! Goal! Shan Yongzhuo, this terrible man, a signature shot from the edge of the penalty area!"

"Shooting like that is as easy as drinking water for Shan Yongzhuo!"

"beautiful!"

"After receiving a pass from Yaya Toure, he immediately shook off Xavi and Mascherano's defense and then took a shot!"

"This goal is unbelievable. One second Barcelona were celebrating their goal, and the next second their goal was breached again."

"Barcelona fans certainly didn't expect that their joy would only last for half a minute, 39 seconds, which is the exact time."

"2 to 4!"

"Manchester City are now two goals ahead again, and this goal will surely be a heavy blow to the Barcelona players!"

This is indeed a huge blow.

The Barcelona players looked at the ball in the goal as if they were about to vomit blood.

How can this match be played?

They worked so hard to score, but it was less effective than a casual attack from the opponent?
The Camp Nou stadium was quiet.

Barcelona fans also experienced the entire process from hope to despair, a blow that was hard to accept at first.

However, just one minute later, an even bigger blow came.

After the match restarted, the Barcelona players' mentality seemed a bit off.

Then, in their first attack, Kompany intercepted the ball and launched a long ball directly to Nasri in front.

Nasri dribbled the ball and sprinted down the wing.

Manchester City's rapid counter-attacks caught Barcelona off guard, and Barcelona failed to track back quickly enough.

Nasri made a sudden run down the wing with the ball, and then delivered a cross from the byline.

This is a horizontal sphere.

Shan Yongzhuo's position wasn't very good; he was at the far post.

Moreover, Pique stayed close to him, and the two of them were vying for position, but in the end, Pique got the ball.

However, something unexpected happened.

Pique got the ball during the duel with Shan Yongzhuo, but he failed to position himself properly, and before he could even react, the ball was already out of play.

In fact, in order to get the ball before Shan Yongzhuo, he didn't have many good options for clearing the ball, so Pique used his long legs and ended up kicking the ball into his own goal.

Valdes was about to vomit.

The ball went straight into the goal from the bottom right corner, giving Valdes absolutely no chance.

"Damn Gerrard, how can he be so accurate?"

"Such accurate footwork is something you might not see even once in ten games!"

Valdes was helpless.

On the other side, Pique was even more helpless. The moment he saw the ball enter the goal, he held his head in his hands in frustration and stood there blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

In particular, he saw Shan Yongzhuo standing next to him, glancing at him, and then saying something in plain English that made him want to vomit blood.

Thank you!

Pique felt a strong urge to rush over and deliver a vicious punch to Shan Yongzhuo's smirking face.

But reason prevailed and he held back.

Meanwhile, the Camp Nou stadium erupted in uproar.

Although many of his teammates came to comfort Pique and did not blame him for the own goal, the fans were not convinced.

"Damn Pique, what did he do?"

"He's the undercover agent!"

"That idiot, he actually scored an own goal!"

"It's over, we're doomed!" "..."

While Barcelona fans were furiously criticizing Pique, they also discovered a very serious problem.

With only 20 minutes left in the game, they were already down by 3 goals.

2 is better than 5!

What's even more alarming is that less than two minutes had passed since the last goal.

Manchester City scored two goals in just a few minutes!

That's not quite right either, because one of them was scored by a Barcelona player, it just happened to be in their own net...

Before this goal was scored, many people were still immersed in the previous goal. They didn't expect the goal to come so quickly, it was almost endless.

this is too scary.

The stadium fell silent. The Barcelona players stared blankly, unsure of what to do.

2 is better than 5!

The team is down by 3 goals.

Even more alarming is that they conceded five away goals.

Is there any hope?
You could even say that with just one match, Barcelona was already eliminated by Manchester City.
The English commentator excitedly joked, "Pique did a great job; he successfully prevented Shan Yongzhuo from scoring."

"You know, stopping Shan Yongzhuo is no easy feat, and Pique did it!"

"However, the price we paid was a bit too high."

"In order to prevent Shan Yongzhuo from scoring, Pique simply kicked the ball into his own net..."

Meanwhile, the Spanish commentator on the other side was filled with frustration.

"From that goal just now, we can see how much pressure Shan Yongzhuo puts on Barcelona's defense."

"I believe Pique didn't do it on purpose, it's just that the pressure from Shan Yongzhuo was too great, he had already completed a hat trick."

"And Barcelona's defense simply had no way to deal with him."

"Although there are still 17 minutes left in the game, the outcome is no longer in doubt. Now, Barcelona should not be thinking about equalizing or taking the lead, but about how to prevent conceding a goal."

"Moreover, they need to find a way to contain Shan Yongzhuo, which is something Guardiola should focus on after the match."

"Otherwise, if we don't resolve the issue of Shan Yongzhuo, I believe the outcome at the Etihad Stadium won't be very optimistic..."

2 you 5!

The game has reached its final moments.

As the Spanish commentator said, no one thought Barcelona could equalize or even take the lead anymore; the outcome was no longer in doubt.

The Spanish commentator was right.

Barcelona must find a way to limit Shan Yongzhuo's performance; otherwise, if the opponent scores easily, there will be no hope of winning.

But can Barcelona effectively limit Shan Yongzhuo?
In this match, Barcelona's defense was completely overwhelmed, and even with Xavi's assistance, Mascherano was unable to pose any threat to Shan Yongzhuo.

Pique decisively scored an own goal.

They are already Barcelona's best center-backs, so why should veteran Puyol have to defend against Shan Yongzhuo?

This is Guardiola's biggest worry on the sidelines.

He found that he not only lacked good defensive options, but also couldn't find a way to contain Shan Yongzhuo.

The pre-match defensive strategy targeting the opponent's habits has now proven to be a failure.

The opponent completed a hat trick.

But what else can we do?

Guardiola rested his chin on his hand, his brows furrowed, for the first time he was so troubled by a player.

(End of this chapter)