Champions League star rising Ballon d'Or falls out of favor, Juve duo saves the day in second round, Messi out of the odds

Original title: Champions League star rose ball king fell, the second round of Juve duo to save the day, Messi out of the odds

The midweek Champions League tournament is indeed should be the sentence of the Yangtze River waves push forward, C Luo and Messi, the two great pride in the Champions League tournament is also tasted the taste of loss. This season's Champions League 1/8 final of the first round of the 4 games, Barcelona home 1 to 4 against Paris, Juve away 1 to 2 against Porto, the two king of the ball at the same time losing is indeed the same disease. At the same time, Mbappe and Harland, the two youngsters are in their respective games to shine all over the field, which means that the new twin stars will soon be born, but also will replace the position of Melo.

It is undeniable that age does not spare people, C Luo has reached 36 years old this year, and Messi has been 33 years old, these two players with the age of the rise of the strength of the individual has indeed been weakened. Plus these two heavenly kings nowadays teammates also really can't compare to the strength of their peak period teammates, so the Champions League is inevitable. C Luo from Real Madrid transferred to Juve, although still the team's main player, but can't get like Real Madrid period teammates unreserved support, especially after the coaching of Pirlo, C Luo holding the ball of the time is sharply reduced, how can threaten the opponent, the midfield to give the help and Ability related, and the tactics developed by the manager is also related, there are individual players in the team is a lone wolf.

The biggest problem in the Juventus team is the midfield, although the club has introduced some midfielders, but there is never a midfield master who can control the whole field and connect the front attack, there is only one after another "back to the master". Originally quite solid defense in this game is also a series of mistakes, Bentancourt in front of the penalty area door of a return pass directly into the oolong assist, Porto striker Taremi grabbed the goal to reap the individual's first goal in the Champions League.

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Juve conceded the goal just 63 seconds into the match after a misplaced Bentancur back pass, the third fastest goal conceded in Juve's Champions League history behind Muller's goal against Borussia Dortmund in 1995 and Alaba's goal against Bayern in 2013.

What's even more ridiculous is that after halftime the second half Juve again appeared like the first half of the lightning conceded goals. The Zebras, who trailed 0-1 at half-time, were two goals down at the start of the second half when Porto right-back Manafa burst through Juve's left defense and Porto striker Marega scored. Marega scored just 19 seconds into the second half, which is the fastest Juventus goal conceded in the second half in Champions League history.

One of the main attractions of the game is the duel between Cairo and Pepe, who are also players of the Portuguese national team, and this game is the first time they meet as opponents on the pitch after almost 20 years. The last time the two Portuguese stars met as rivals on the pitch was back in 2003, when they represented Sporting Portugal and Maritimo respectively. But after watching the game, it was tragic to find that Juve's offense did not even need Pepe to take a shot to disintegrate on its own, and Crowe simply did not have much chance to face Pepe's defense.

Juventus in the away 1-2 defeat Porto, the day before Barcelona in the Camp Nou home 1-4 defeat Paris Saint-Germain, these two teams want to turn the tide in the second round have a certain degree of difficulty, if Juventus and Barcelona can not in the second round reversal of the score, it means that Crow and Lionel Messi will not be in the Champions League Quarter-Finals of the season, the last time such a situation occurred in the 2004-05 season.

From the current situation, Barcelona's chances of reversal in the second round is very small, and Juve returned to the home field does have the opportunity to ultimately advance, after all, Porto home field is indeed very strong, but the away game will be a problem, Dybala may also play, Morata may also be the starting lineup, the two and Crow hand in hand to fight is possible to create a final reversal of the good game of the advancement of the game.

Juve's next opponent in the league is Crotone, the team will host this opponent on February 23rd at 03:45, the league is also not to lose points, but fortunately this opponent is weaker, Crow and his teammates are able to win the game. Crotone is currently ranked last in Serie A, with a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 16 losses, scoring 23 goals and conceding 52, so Juve could win big to boost their morale against such an opponent. Juve's subsequent league matches are against Verona, Spezia and Lazio, the latter two being tough opponents, followed by the Champions League where Juve host Porto in the second round, a difficult schedule indeed.

Barcelona next to host Cadiz on February 21, followed by rivals Elche and Sevilla, followed by the Copa del Rey at home again against Sevilla, and then after the away game against Osasuna after four days to play the Champions League away game against Paris, the schedule is more intensive for Messi is more of a test, the King of the ball also need to do a good job of the results of the exit.