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"I knew it, Bayer Leverkusen isn't strong enough."
"It's obvious, how could this group of Bayer Leverkusen players have the makings of champions? At most, they can bully teams in the Bundesliga."
"What's going on? They clearly thrashed Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid."
"But Real Madrid was already struggling in the second half of the season; they couldn't even beat Barcelona in the league."
"Barcelona is truly invincible this season, the MSN trio is unstoppable."
"Could it be that this season they'll end up with nothing?"
"It's very possible. You could say Bayer Leverkusen is quite unfortunate."
Second half.
As Barcelona continued to maintain their suffocating possession rhythm, fans in China who supported Lance became desperate.
The Bayer Leverkusen players in black on the pitch all looked like zombies, being toyed with by Barcelona like dogs.
Barcelona's passing and movement became more relaxed and confident with each play.
Bayer Leverkusen scurried back and forth, being led around by the nose by their opponents.
Fortunately, Bayer Leverkusen still had some willpower, the players hadn't collapsed yet, otherwise, they would have been completely overwhelmed by Barcelona.
Rolfes and Lars Bender, they are not world-class midfielders.
Maguire, Van Dijk, Kimmich, and Nathan Aké—this defensive line has not yet reached its peak and is not a world-class defence.
Goalkeeper Leno is also just an excellent Bundesliga goalkeeper, not considered world-class.
Relying solely on Lance, De Bruyne, Son Heung-min, and a dog-tired Firmino, how could they stop the peak Barcelona lineup?
Unless Lance could continue to create miracles.
"We can only count on God Lance."
"Believe in God Lance!"
"Believe in God Lance +1"
As if hearing the thoughts of Chinese fans, the Champions League live director also switched the close-up shot to Lance, who was running and fighting on the pitch, entangled with Xavi.
Without the [Cannavaro] template, Lance still relied on willpower and defensive instinct to make it difficult for Xavi to turn.
Xavi could only pass back to Busquets to circulate the ball.
"This kid."
Xavi looked back at Lance, shaking his head helplessly.
If he had a choice, Xavi really didn't want to face this player.
He's like sticky sweets, too difficult to shake off!
You can score against him countless times, but you can never break his will!
"Busquets, spread it wide to Alves… pass it forward, Messi!!"
The moment Messi got the ball, the entire Bayer Leverkusen team tensed up.
Seeing Messi's incredibly fast footwork, continuously feinting and dribbling, he beat Nathan Aké, then cut inside, dribbling past Lars Bender, moving right into the penalty area, about to get past Van Dijk!
"Messi!! He's in!!"
Jian Jun almost couldn't bear to watch.
If Messi's continuous dribbling resulted in a breakthrough, Bayer Leverkusen would soon be 0-3 down, and it would be completely beyond salvation.
At such a crucial moment, everyone from Barcelona and everyone from Bayer Leverkusen had their attention on the penalty area, only Lance didn't track back, instead moving forward against the flow, secretly lurking around Barcelona's defence.
Van Dijk!
The future world's best centre-back!
It's up to you!
At the critical moment, Lance believed his teammate could do it!
"Damn it!! Calm down, calm down!!"
On the training ground, Van Dijk had countless 1v1 duels with Lance, the less experienced Van Dijk had been honed by Lance's flashy dribbling.
Facing Messi, Van Dijk focused his attention and wasn't fooled by Messi's feints.
Instead, he deliberately created an opening, stepping back to the right!
"Bingo!"
He guessed right!
Messi indeed feinted, breaking through to Van Dijk's left!
Only then did Van Dijk stride forward with his long legs, challenging Messi physically, and decisively dispossessing him!
"What?!!"
Messi was stunned!
Very few people in the world could dispossess him 1v1, usually, three or more players would double-team him.
Messi was already used to fighting against multiple opponents, being dispossessed 1v1 suddenly caught him off guard!
Van Dijk didn't care about anything else; at the first moment of winning the ball, he backheeled it and turned, bypassing Messi directly to find the retreating De Bruyne!
De Bruyne had already dropped from right winger to defensive midfielder, Barcelona currently had no forces to surround him, De Bruyne received the ball, let it run to his right, shrugging off the double-team from Suárez and Iniesta, and without any hesitation, sent a long pass!
"Lance!!! Go!!!"
With Son Heung-min having missed a one-on-one in the first half and his confidence shaken, only Lance could save the team!
"Go!!! Lance!!! Go!!!"
The coaching staff and substitute players on the bench, and all the fans in BayArena also stood up, tens of thousands of people wishing they could gather their strength and transmit it to Lance!
"Damn it!! Puta!!"
Busquets never relaxed his vigilance, always paying attention to Lance's position.
Seeing this, he immediately rushed towards Lance, attempting to challenge him for the header.
"Perfect timing!!"
De Bruyne's pass was very comfortable; he deliberately kicked a topspin ball, and the ball's trajectory clearly dipped, landing slightly further back.
Lance deliberately took a sudden stop, evading Busquets's defence, cushioning the ball with his chest whilst facing away, using his countless practised juggling skills, he lightly flicked the ball to the right with his ankle, turned, and sprinted towards the left wing.
"No way!!"
Professor Busquets's acting was excellent, and his defence was not weak.
He quickly closed in, seeing through Lance's intended breakthrough direction.
"You can't… What?!"
In what should have been a certain defence, during his turn, Lance, before the ball had fully landed, subtly backheeled it with his right foot!
At the same time, he changed direction a second time, breaking through to the right!
Such extreme distance and a highly difficult move caught Busquets completely off guard!
A world-class defensive midfielder, was toyed with by Lance like a wooden post!
The agile and flamboyant Lance was back!!
The entire stadium erupted, morale greatly boosted!
"Lance —"
"Lance —"
"Lance —"
Encouraged by tens of thousands of home fans, Lance's sports car engine ignited and started!
In an instant, he pulled away from Busquets!
Xavi came in with a diagonal slide tackle for a tactical foul, but Lance accelerated his dribble, avoiding him again! He surged past midfield along the touchline!
"Lance!!! Beautiful!! He beat two men! Bayer Leverkusen's counterattack!"
This was the first time in the second half that Bayer Leverkusen had broken through Barcelona's half!
Right-back Alves rushed over to defend immediately, he didn't dare to get too close, maintaining a distance and retreating as he battled.
If he were to be held up by Alves, the attack would suffer again.
Lance didn't hesitate, again expending some stamina to activate a skill!
Meteor Trajectory!
[Meteor Trajectory: Greatly accelerates within 3 seconds, greatly boosts ball control]
From a visual perspective, Lance accelerated his dribble, beating Alves on the outside with raw pace!
Instantly igniting everyone's adrenaline!
"Great play!! Pass the ball to yourself 3 seconds later!! Lance has broken through!!"
"Lance!! Beat him!! Get in there!"
The moment the [Meteor Trajectory] effect ended, Lance used the last bit of the ball control effect bonus, combined with Bachira Meguru's[Wild Dribble], he performed continuous step-overs, creating illusory afterimages, and in the instant Piqué was momentarily distracted, he cut inside, accelerating his dribble past Piqué!
Beating 4 Barcelona players in a row!!
Mascherano completely panicked, disregarding the risk of a foul in the penalty area, he came in with a diagonal flying tackle to stop Lance.
But!
Lance was already seeing red!
Inside the penalty area, he actually stopped abruptly and performed a Marseille turn, skilfully evading Mascherano's slide tackle, the turn created an angle, and the moment he turned, he fired directly!
Tiger!
A tank cannon shoved in Barcelona's face, a battleship's main gun firing at point-blank range!
Bang —
The immense shooting power from the penalty spot left Marc-André ter Stegen no time to react!
The ball pierced through the stars!
And fiercely struck the Barcelona net!
"Lance!!! The goal is in!!! He beat 5 men and powerfully pulled one back!"
"With strength to pluck mountains and spirit to conquer worlds! King Lance breaks formations and captures banners!"
"In Bayer Leverkusen's desperate situation! We still have to rely on my Lance, God Lance, to save the world!"