The match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is Gao Zheng's first time to face Messi in La Liga, but it is not his first time to face Messi.

Their first encounter dates back to the Champions League group stage last season, when Gao Zheng was still in Sampdoria and was assigned to the same group with Barcelona.

At that time, many people were not optimistic about Sampdoria and thought that being able to participate in the group stage would be a victory.

The result was such a team that was not favored by others, but eventually reached the quarterfinals.

In the group stage, he tied Barcelona 2:2 at home.

That game was the first time Gao Zheng and Messi played against each other.

Before that game, Messi had never heard of this person. He only learned from head coach Martino that Sampdoria had a pretty good player and had to defend the players and pay attention to defending him.

That's all.

However, after that game, Messi remembered Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng's performance in that game left a deep impression on him.

Although Barcelona and Sampdoria were tied in that game, it felt like Sampdoria won the game in the end. After the game, all the focus figures became Gao Zheng, who equalized the score.

Messi, who also scored goals in the game, was ignored, and this kind of thing rarely happened to Messi.

His limelight was stolen by Gao Zheng.

Messi still remembers the scene when the whole Barcelona team left Genoa.

On the way to the airport, no one spoke on the bus, and even head coach Martino didn't say anything to boost the team's morale.

The car was as quiet as a morgue in a hospital.

It was not until I got on the plane that the dead silence improved slightly.

Obviously, no one is very acceptable to the result of being tied by an unknown baron like Sampdoria away.

Especially Gao Zheng's last goal. Pique didn't even shoot social networks that night, Mascherano kept lowering his head, but in fact no one blamed them.

In the face of such a goal, no defense is meaningless.

You know, just before the game, many players turned a deaf ear to Martino's reminder, thinking that the head coach exaggerated that the Chinese man was not as powerful as the head coach said. He just wanted to keep us focused during the game.

The representative figure is Alves.

As a result, after that game, Alves was also silent.

This is not the first time Messi has gone on a away game with the team, but it is very rare to see the whole team silent after losing the game.

At that time, he realized that his teammates were hit by Gao Zheng's psychological shadow.

Of course, I'm afraid no one will admit this, because that's really shameful.

So before the start of this game, Pique could still swear that he would definitely defend Gao Zheng, otherwise what would you say? Can you admit that you can't face Gao Zheng?

In this game, everyone's defense was hard to say, and they basically didn't give him a few chances in the first half. Most of Atletico Madrid's counterattack was ineffective. Gao Zheng could not even get the ball with Pique's close defense and the assistance of other players.

But Gao Zheng's sudden retreat caught Barcelona's defensive player off guard, resulting in no way to form a siege against Gao Zheng, allowing him to find a breakthrough.

The next thing will be natural.

Since that game, Messi has believed that as long as Gao Zheng is given enough space and time, then scoring will not be too difficult for him.

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After the halftime break, players from both sides came to the court one after another. When Gao Zheng walked out, he saw Messi. He focused his eyes on Messi for about a second, and then naturally moved away.

Just after he looked away, Messi also cast his eyes on his back. After a short gaze, Messi also moved his eyes away.

After that game last season, Barcelona, ​​who returned to home, accumulated anger and defeated Sampdoria 3:1 in the second leg, but for Messi, it was still an imperfect victory and there was no revenge at all. After all, Gao Zheng scored a goal in the game...

If we can completely destroy Atletico Madrid's hope of winning the championship in this game, it may be barely called a successful revenge.

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At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona launched a fierce attack on Atletico Madrid's goal. Shortly after Neymar's shot missed, Pique's header also went above the crossbar, and then Pedro's shot from the left side of the penalty area was confiscated by Oblak.

Although it did not result in a goal, Atletico Madrid players still felt the pressure.

Even Atletico Madrid fans in the stands saw that Barcelona's fighting spirit in the second half was more fierce than in the first half, and the fire was burning.

They were a little worried, not knowing whether their team could withstand Barcelona's surging offensive.

Although it was his own home court... But didn’t the King’s Cup also lose at home and be eliminated by Barcelona?

Barcelona fans, who were behind, were all focused on Messi. Although Neymar, Pique and Pedro had taken turns to attack Atletico Madrid's goal, they still couldn't shake it. Atletico Madrid narrowed its defense and arranged heavy troops near the penalty area. It was not easy to break through their defense and score a goal.

For Barcelona fans, the only one who can trust and be entrusted with hope at this time is naturally Messi.

If you want to break Atletico Madrid's intensive defense, you can only rely on Messi!

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In the 65th minute of the game, when Messi got the ball at the front of Atletico Madrid's penalty area, ahead of him was an Atletico Madrid's defensive lineup of up to nine people.

It can be said that except Gao Zheng and Griezmann, everyone else is in the penalty area.

At this time, Gao Zheng and Griezmann were also free throwing arcs outside the penalty area, right behind Messi, moving closer to Messi.

It is no exaggeration to say that Messi is facing a wall.

Facing the wall, Messi passed the ball to Pedro in the penalty area.

Pedro was facing away from the attacking direction at this time. When Messi's ball was passed, he did not drive the ball and turn around and shoot, but passed the ball back to Messi who was in front of him!

The two made a wall-to-wall cooperation!

After Messi, who broke into the penalty area, received a pass from Pedro, showed an emergency stop. He gently pushed the ball under his feet and shook the Atletico Madrid player Arda Tulan.

Then, facing five Atletico Madrid players rushing forward, he unexpectedly suddenly shot!

The shooting range was very small and very suddenly. None of the Atletico Madrid players surrounding him reacted. It was not until they saw the football fly towards the goal that they realized it was a shot!

Goalkeeper Oblak was also shaken by Messi. He made a save move when the football flew towards the lower left corner of the goal...

It's too late!
Chapter completed!