After Manchester City once again surpassed the score, Barcelona launched a fierce counterattack.

For a time, the La Liga giants also pushed Manchester City into a mess. Modric also fouled Iniesta and was warned by the referee's yellow card, which was also the first yellow card in this game.

But soon, Alves also fouled Cristiano Ronaldo and received the second yellow card.

As the game deepened, especially after sixty minutes, although both sides were still insisting on attacking, they began to show some fatigue. After all, they had an hour of fast-paced attack, and even an iron man would not be able to bear it.

What's more, there is still half an hour left in the game.

The stadium was temporarily in a stalemate, but in the administrative VIP box, everyone was having a lot of chatting.

But the topic has nothing to do with this highly anticipated Champions League final, but a major earthquake that will detonate European football.

Qatar Investment Agency will acquire Paris Saint-Germain.

"The terms have been basically agreed upon and are expected to be completed in early June," Tamim said confidently.

He was more envious of the Abu Dhabi consortium's acquisition of Manchester City, because two years have passed, and this investment has been proven to be worth a thousand dollars, especially in the past two years, foreign capital has been pouring in, European football players' value has soared, and high-level stars are hard to find, and there is no market for them.

At least, no matter how much money Paris Saint-Germain invests, it is impossible to replicate Manchester City's crazy recruitment of superstars back then. It is difficult to recreate the shocking effect that caused a global sensation back then.

This also made Tamim feel a little disappointed, because the Qatar Investment Agency's acquisition of Paris Saint-Germain only had one purpose, the advertising effect.

Fortunately, Tamim also got a definite news from Mansour that as long as Manchester City wins the Champions League, Gao Han is likely to leave Manchester City, which undoubtedly gives Paris Saint-Germain an excellent opportunity to take action.

However, Paris Saint-Germain only won fourth place in the Ligue 1 this season, missed the Champions League and had to participate in the UEFA Cup, and lost to champion Lille in the French Cup final, which made Tamim a little dissatisfied, but he could not do anything about it.

If Paris Saint-Germain was not weak, it wouldn't have been so cheap, wouldn't it?

When Mansour heard that Tamim had almost successfully acquired Paris Saint-Germain, he also smiled slightly, "Have the new management team been looking for it?"

Tamim smiled slightly and pointed to a middle-aged Qatari who seemed to be about 40 years old beside him and said, "Nasser will serve as the chairman of Paris Saint-Germain. As for the general manager and technical director, Jorge introduced me two very good candidates. We are in contact. If possible, we will basically have an agreement."

Mansour glanced at Mendes and sighed in his heart. He is such a shrewd businessman.

If the person he recommended officially takes office as the general manager and technical director of Paris Saint-Germain, wouldn't it be easy for Mendes to send his players to Paris Saint-Germain in the future?

For the Qatar consortium, this is also a very cost-effective deal. With the help of Mendes' connections and channels, they can quickly form an experienced management team and build a competitive team. As for the little money lost for this, they are not taken seriously at all.

What's more, their real purpose is more than these.

Qatar has just won the right to host the 2022 World Cup, but this has caused small Middle East countries to fall into huge disputes because they defeated the two traditional powers, the United States and Britain, so from the very beginning, many media have exposed the dark side of the bid for the World Cup and the remarks that the Middle East is not suitable for hosting the World Cup.

For example, not long ago, a French media published an article reporting that Qatar had serious bribery and undercover operations during its bid for the World Cup, and even included French President Sarkozy.

The media published a photo of French President Sarkozy, Tamim and UEFA President Platini having dinner together, and revealed that this happened during the World Cup bid. Before the dinner, Platini and UEFA's attitude was supportive of the United States, but after the dinner, Platini changed direction and turned to Qatar, which eventually led to Qatar's successful bid for the World Cup in December last year.

After the successful bid, the Qatar Investment Agency also quickly announced that it would invest in the famous French nuclear energy group.

During the bid for the World Cup, Qatar also invested 10 million euros and invited many football celebrities such as Zidane to serve as ambassadors, which further increased the outside world's doubts about Qatar's bid for the World Cup.

Recently, in France, the Qatar Investment Agency has also caused a huge response. In addition to the acquisition of Paris Saint-Germain, Bein Media, owned by Al Jazeera, bought out the broadcast rights of the Ligue 1 League at a high price of 90 million euros per year. At the same time, Bein Media also announced that it will compete for the 2013 La Liga broadcast rights bundled auction.

What’s interesting is that the president of Bein Media is Nasser Halefi, who will be the chairman of Paris Saint-Germain.

Tamim obviously doesn't care about the various doubts from the outside world, because he believes that these voices will soon disappear. What he really wants to do is to continue to increase Qatar's influence in world football, maintain this popularity, and pave the way for the 2022 World Cup.

So, they chose to acquire Paris Saint-Germain, but this was just the beginning.

There are still eleven years left from now to the Qatar World Cup. They will continue to invest in Paris Saint-Germain, striving to build this French Ligue 1 into the top European giant team and become the most eye-catching golden signboard in Qatar.

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"Abidal is almost out of reach!"

Guardiola stood on the sidelines, staring at the stadium with her eyes tightly on it, and she could easily notice Abidal on the back line.

In recent times, after being one goal behind, Barcelona launched a crazy counterattack against Manchester City. The frontcourt launched a continuous offensive. First, Iniesta passed the ball, Ibrahimovic got rid of Xavi Martinez and shot low in the penalty area, which was saved by Cech very bravely. Then, Alves was on the right side and made a delicate cooperation with Messi. The Argentinian's low shot was blocked by Kompany and cleared the ball with his big foot.

The most threatening thing is that in the 66th minute, after Iniesta and Xavi were in cooperation, Ibrahimovic got the ball at the front of the penalty area and shot directly, which was fast and fast, and the angle was very appropriate. However, Cech once again pushed the Swedish center's shot through the crossbar with one hand, barely resolving another crisis.

Then Pedro broke into the bottom line on the left and passed back. Iniesta followed up with a push shot and hit Cech directly in the arms.

Barcelona attacked Manchester City for ten minutes, but never broke through Manchester City's goal. This made Guardiola a little anxious on the sidelines, but more nervous, especially when he saw Abidal bent over and supported his hands on his knees, an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

The game has entered seventy minutes. If Manchester City scores again at this time, then this game will be really desperate.

"Let Adriano go warm up." Guardiola reminded in a deep voice.

Assistant coach Bilanova also noticed Abidal's situation. After hearing Guardiola's words, he did not agree. He turned around and walked to the bench, asking Brazilian left-back Adriano to warm up quickly, while he himself followed quickly and kept introducing the current situation to Adriano.

Barcelona has only one attitude towards this player, not seeking merit, but seeking no mistakes.

As long as he can hold on, it will be considered completing the task.

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“Abidal was almost exhausted.”

On the Manchester City coach's seat, Sergio Garcia came to Gao Han with an Apple tablet.

The above clearly lists Abidal's data. After analysis, the conclusion is that the French left-back is already a little overwhelmed.

After all, this game is too much consumption.

Gao Han narrowed his eyes slightly and noticed the movements on the Barcelona coach's seat, but soon looked back at the stadium.

"Tell them, try to hand the ball to Sanchez."

"I understand." Brian Kidd immediately walked to the sidelines to convey Gao Han's instructions.

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Soon, Manchester City launched a counterattack.

The ball was passed to Sanchez's side, and the Chilean winger quickly dribbled the ball along the right side, trying to break into the penalty area from the right side of the penalty area, but Abidal followed closely, which made him unable to get a chance and was forced to pass it back.

Kaka shot with a curved ball at the front of the penalty area, slightly off the upper right corner.

Although this counterattack failed, it still made Barcelona sweat.

Whether it is the coaching staff on the sidelines or the players on the court, everyone knows that they are now at a critical moment of the game. Either Manchester City will make another one and Barcelona will be completely finished, or Barcelona will equalize the score and turn the situation around.

The competition has been held until now, and it is not just a simple competition in terms of technical and tactics, but also a test of willpower and victory. Neither side will easily make concessions.

Two minutes later, Manchester City launched another attack. Sanchez got the ball on the edge of the penalty area, but was tackled by Abidal and fell to the ground. The referee Kass signaled that this was a successful defense and rejected Sanchez's foul appeal.

One minute later, Manchester City's offensive made a comeback and passed to Sanchez.

After the Chilean winger took the ball, he faced Abidal one-on-one, and suddenly started, getting rid of the French left-back and crossed from the bottom.

But this cross was a bit too close to the goalkeeper. Valdes attacked decisively and took off the ball, resolving a crisis for Manchester City.

Manchester City did not seem to be planning to retreat, and still pressed Barcelona in the halftime.

All the fans on the stadium also realized that the game was at a critical moment, and everyone was watching the stadium anxiously.

Valdes threw the ball with his hand, and Barcelona quickly passed the ball, but Manchester City launched a front court press, forcing Barcelona to transfer the ball to his big foot, and soon landed at Manchester City's feet.

Xavi Martinez controlled the ball and passed it back to Barcelona's halftime.

After several twists and turns, the ball still fell to Sanchez on the right. However, after Sanchez got the ball, he quickly passed to the front of the penalty area without waiting for Abidal to approach. He saw Kaka quickly inserted from the back row and then walked into the penalty area after getting the ball.

Pique returned to defend in time, blocking Kaka and the goal, not giving Kaka any angle to shoot, and Puyol next to him also stepped forward in time to attack.

But at this moment, they saw Kaka's skilled and brave. After calmly stopping the ball in the penalty area, they suddenly rubbed the ball with his right foot, rubbed a half high ball, and passed the ball through the gap between Pike and Puyor, and landed on the left side of the goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't know when he threw away the right-back Alves and chased the goal like lightning. He rubbed the ball against Kaka and judged the fall. He bent over and jumped to the top, pushing Kaka's pass into the goal guarded by Valdes.
Chapter completed!