Hot water poured down from the top of his head, pouring from head to toe. Messi stood under the shower with his head down, letting the hot water wash his body.

Harvey's words echoed over and over in his mind.

"When he stares at you, your eyes must not be taken away, otherwise you will lose."

This sentence reminded him of the confrontation between him and Rongguang last season.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona challenged Manchester City away.

Messi was in very good shape in that game, and he threatened Manchester City's goal since the opening.

When he thought of defeating Glory, he seemed full of fighting spirit. He felt that he could definitely defeat Glory this time.

But after a great performance, he turned his head and looked at Glory.

I found that Glory was also looking at him.

As a result, at the moment when the two people met, Messi suddenly lowered his eyelids in a panic and ran back.

He dared not look at Glory.

In the end, although he helped Barcelona equalize the score in that game, Rong Guang scored twice, helping Manchester City beat Barcelona 3-1 at home, laying a very good foundation for the final elimination of Barcelona.

He was in such a good state that he could not defeat glory.

In the second round, he mustered up the courage to tell Rongguang that he would be his opponent, but Rongguang scored twice in the game, but he didn't score a single goal.

After those two games, he even suspected that he would never be able to surpass his glory in his life.

The only thing he has an advantage over glory is his age - he is younger.

Perhaps only when the glory retires can he become the world's number one...

Messi performed very well in the Champions League this season, and he even sacrificed his performance in the league a little. After thirty-five rounds of the league, his number of goals in the league was 31, three goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo and ranked second.

But he became the first in the scorer list with fourteen goals in the Champions League.

But this still doesn't make Messi feel that he can defeat glory.

He can be a glorious opponent, but he cannot defeat it?.

Messi is so confused now.

Now Harvey's words awaken him.

I didn't even dare to look at Rong, so how could I dare to defeat him?

So this is not a question of whether you can do it, it is a question of whether you dare to do it.

If you don't dare, you can't.

First, you must dare, and then you can.

Messi felt that he might have been a little too weak before...

I don’t know why, but when he is in front of glory, he will feel an unconscious sense of inferiority, and he will look up at glory - this is not just because he is shorter than glory...

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that he can never defeat Glory and can only chase Glory.

Thinking about it now, his unconscious inferiority complex in the face of glory may have come from the 2005 World Youth Championship final.

At that time, Rongguang had become completely famous with his two seasons at Werder Bremen and was considered to be a player with a level higher level than the World Youth Championship.

Messi is still a newcomer who has made his mark in Barcelona and European football. Although he has received a lot of attention, no one compared him with glory at all.

From that time on, Messi could see the gap between himself and glory from various comments and voices from the outside world.

Later in the final, Rongguang completed a hat-trick, one of which was directly dribbled from the backcourt to the frontcourt and then scored. In this process, Messi followed Rongguang from beginning to end, trying to cut Rongguang's ball, but he didn't do it until Rongguang scored the goal.

He became the best footnote to Rongguang's performance in the World Youth Championship.

He became famous in the future, but this history has been repeatedly mentioned by people. The more successful he is, the more famous his contrast to glory was...

This "black history" may be the deep shadow of the shadow that always caused him to be afraid of glory.

It’s just that this reason has been ignored most of the time, and even Messi himself has not noticed it.

Now when he thinks about it, he is still a little surprised that he has not yet come out of the game that year.

But this is not an illusion... As long as he competes with Glory, he will always want to catch up with Glory.

This idea comes from the ball that he could never catch up with glory back then...

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The Champions League semi-finals with Manchester United ended, and although the media and fans' attention has shifted to the Champions League final, the league is still very important for Manchester City, at least they cannot lose in the league.

In this way, their unbeaten plan for the season will be ruined.

Therefore, in the 36th round of the league, when Manchester City challenged Everton away, Benitez sent all the main players, and he did not let the main players who had just finished the second leg of the semi-final against Manchester United rest.

In the end, Rong Guang scored twice in the game, Ibrahimovic scored a goal, Sneijder added icing on the cake, helping Manchester City defeat Everton 4-1 away.

After overcoming the most difficult hurdle, no team can stop Manchester City from ending the league with an unbeaten result.

In the 37th round, Manchester City will face Stoke City at home. At the same time, after this game, Manchester City will also be awarded the Premier League championship trophy.

Manchester City will also hold a ceremony to celebrate the success of the defending champion at its home court.

Under such a premise, how could Manchester City lose the game at home and let Stoke City disrupt their innings?

In the end, Manchester City defeated Stoke City 3-0. Glory, Ibrahimovic and David Silva each scored one goal.

The post-match awards ceremony and celebration ceremony were particularly warm.

At the celebration ceremony, as the captain of Manchester City, Rong Guang held a microphone and wanted to say a few words to the fans.

"I'm here to make a promise to everyone." Rongguang raised his arm and raised his index finger. "After the 28th Champions League final, we will come back here to celebrate and celebrate the championship!"

The scene was filled with joy and the cheers were deafening, which was almost overturned the ceiling of Manchester City Stadium...

Rongguang once expressed his ambitions in an interview, but this was the first time he had made a clear commitment in public, saying that he would win the championship.

What is the promise?

The promise is to be fulfilled if it says it.

Glory now makes this promise in front of tens of thousands of people, which means he will definitely bring back the UEFA Champions League championship trophy.

It's not just a promise, it's a glorious champion declaration!

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That night, the promise made by Rongguang at this celebration appeared on major European sports media.

"Rong promised Manchester City fans to win the championship!"

"Rong's Champions League Champions League Declaration!"

"Lord is determined to win the Champions League championship!"

...

Almost all of them are like this.

In response to this, Barcelona defeated La Coruña 1-0 at home in the 37th round of the league, and Messi scored the only goal in the game.

With this victory, Barcelona finally secured the league championship. They won the championship one round ahead of schedule, making Real Madrid's victory over Villarreal 3-1 away lose its meaning.

Now Barcelona can also completely put the league down to prepare for the Champions League championship.

Although Rongguang issued the championship declaration, Barcelona would not give in so easily.

After the game, Catalonian media wrote an article to cheer for Messi.

"Messi's goal helped Barcelona win the league championship one round in advance! After we were accidentally tied by Levante in the last round, Messi's goal liberated everyone's tense nerves! Now we can prepare for the Champions League final with a relaxed mood! Rong said he had locked in the Champions League championship? But I remember he said that the championship was not determined by the media analysis, so I would like to ask Rong: Is the champion who he said belongs to Manchester City? Media analysis does not count, and he counts when he said it?"

In fact, the Catalan media had a good attitude towards Rongguang in the past. After all, Rongguang has a few good friends in Barcelona, ​​and he was also very close to becoming a Barcelona player.

But since the two sides fought to the death in the Champions League quarter-final last season, the relatively good relationship between Catalonia and Glory has disappeared.

There were so many things in that showdown that Catalan media could feel glory unhappy.

The first thing the Catalan media claimed before the game that glory was the only opponent worthy of Messi. They actually felt that they were praising glory. But after the words came out, they attracted ridicule and ridicule from Manchester City fans and the English media.

This incident was a big deal at that time, and it also made the Catalan media dirty, making many people think that the Catalan media is too shameless.

Later, the Catalan media distorted the meaning of Glory, and hyped Glory did not take Messi seriously, which was considered a counterattack against the previous one.

Then the fierce collision between the two teams during the game, fake falls, red cards and other factors also made the smell of gunpowder stronger.

This kind of gunpowder smell will naturally extend to the ground and to the media level.

Several media outlets in Barcelona are the mouthpieces of Barcelona clubs, and they are playing Barcelona and calling out for Barcelona. Barcelona was eliminated. They are naturally unhappy, so they can only ask Manchester City and Rongguang for some cheap words.

Of course, Rongguang ignored them.

Now, the two sides met in the final, and the Barcelona media all had a collective climax, looking forward to their team's appearance after defeating Manchester City led by Rongguang in the final. They fantasized with Rongguang's dull expression and watched Messi and his teammates celebrate. They also fantasized about Rongguang's collapse on the turf and covering their faces with their hands.

Anyway, they are happy to witness the decline of glory at Wembley...

What gives them confidence is Messi's performance in the Champions League this season.

After many years after Rong Guang prepared for the Champions League top scorer, they finally saw Messi being able to ride on Rong Guang's head for the first time!

This gave them confidence in the finals.
Chapter completed!