Chapter 197 Lead the snake out of the hole
When the game restarts, the game broadcast screen often highlights Messi. Jose Maria introduced: "This is Messi's 54th goal in the 54th game of the season, including the 41st goal in the league. At the same time, this is Messi's 23rd time breaking the Atletico Madrid goal... In the Madrid derby, we said that Cristiano Ronaldo can be called Atletico Madrid killer, but in fact Messi is the real Atletico Madrid killer..."
This made Dong Jin in front of the radio very dissatisfied: "What a bullshit killer!"
But his protest was useless.
After scoring the goal, Messi's performance was still very good, obviously in his right form.
He made a wonderful pass in a fast break in Barcelona. Neymar received the ball in the small penalty area, but the first shot hit the ball high.
Barcelona was also very motivated after scoring the goal. Not only Messi, but other Barcelona players also performed very well.
After Pedro Nece cut past Atletico Madrid's defensive player, he decisively kicked off at the edge of the penalty area, and the football missed the post on the right.
After equalizing the score, Barcelona did not start the back-foot defense like the last moment of the first half, but continued to actively attack.
Obviously, they also hope to take their destiny completely into their own hands - if they can score another goal next, from a draw to a lead, the balance of victory and loss will completely fall to them.
Even if they only lead one goal, it means collapse for Atletico Madrid - Atletico Madrid must score two goals in a row. It is meaningless to score one goal and equalize the score.
This is why Barcelona still attacks.
To put it bluntly, Barcelona's football is biased towards offense, which is what they are best at and is integrated into the genes of each of their players.
Although a draw can win the championship, who can win only a draw?
With a draw as the goal, it is likely that the result of the loss in the end. In this regard, Barcelona is not as straightforward as Chinese football, because they can qualify for the tie, so they really only need a draw...
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Barcelona's active and active style of play has caused great trouble to Atletico Madrid. They want to fight back, but because Barcelona's offensive is too strong, they cannot make a decent counterattack.
For a while, Atletico Madrid could not even send football across the center line, let alone threatening Barcelona's goal.
Messi still plays a very important role in Barcelona's offense, and Atletico Madrid defensive players have to use all their strength to defend him.
But in this way, their emphasis on other Barcelona players on defense has decreased.
It has happened several times when Messi, after attracting Atletico Madrid's defensive attention, distributed football to his teammates.
If Atletico Madrid hadn't had good luck, they might have fallen behind at this time.
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Although the game during this period made Atletico Madrid fans and Chinese fans frightened, fortunately, Atletico Madrid's defense line withstood the test this time and they played a certain role in limiting Messi.
Messi has not yet had a better chance.
After consecutive besieging Atletico Madrid goal without gains, Barcelona temporarily slowed down.
After all, no team can keep playing the full game at this high pace.
Moreover, Atletico Madrid has been shrinking its defense so it is not easy to get a good opportunity. They also need to appropriately reduce the pressure on Atletico Madrid's defense line so that they can attack, so that Barcelona can get more opportunities - when Atletico Madrid attacks, there will definitely be a lot of room in their defense line.
By then, Barcelona will be able to use Messi and Neymar's speed to make high-quality fast attacks. It will be easier to score goals than it is now.
When Barcelona's offensive slowed down, Chinese fans breathed a sigh of relief in the stands and in front of the TV - finally getting through the most dangerous time.
Now they are all looking forward to Atletico Madrid being able to charge towards Barcelona's goal and score.
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After Barcelona slowed down, Atletico Madrid did start to gain more offensive opportunities. The atmosphere at Calderon Stadium became warmer again.
Amid their cheers, Atletico Madrid's offensive became more and more fierce.
There is a big stance to reverse the situation.
Enrique came to the sidelines with a little nervousness and stared at the inside.
But he is not worried about his defense, he is observing possible loopholes on Atletico Madrid's defense.
What he is worried about is whether his team can immediately seize the loophole and opportunity when Atletico Madrid's defense has problems.
If it fails and Atletico Madrid discovers its tactical intentions, it may be difficult for Barcelona to get such an opportunity again.
This is his "leading snake out of the hole" strategy, and he doesn't want to give up halfway...
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In the 78th minute, there were twelve minutes left before the end of the game in the 90th minute. Atletico Madrid took the ball in Barcelona in half.
However, facing Barcelona's defense, they did not have a good chance, so they could only pass the football around.
As a center, Gao Zheng was pulled to the wing to meet him, and Griezmann appeared in front of the goal with his replacement.
Gao Zheng, who was pulling to the side, quickly received a pass from his teammate.
While he was receiving the ball, Atletico Madrid's right back Juan Fran stepped forward at high speed and inserted from behind Alba who was defending Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng raised his foot and was about to pass the football to him, but the ball was blocked by Alba, who had long seen through Gao Zheng's intention to pass the ball.
The football was blocked to the sideline.
When Juan Fran saw that he had failed, he quickly moved back, preparing to defend, and on the other hand, it was to meet Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng took the lead in chasing the football, and at this time he could pass the football back to Juan Fran who was receiving him.
In fact, Alba once again saw through the two people's intention to cooperate, got stuck behind Gao Zheng, and prevented him from passing the football easily.
Unexpectedly, Gao Zheng's intention to pass back was just a fake move. His body did twist back, but not for passing the ball, but lifted his foot and made a Marseille swing!
I just passed by Alba and prepared to fight to the bottom line!
Atletico Madrid fans in the stands made deafening cheers to cheer Gao Zheng.
But their cheering was stopped by Alba. Seeing Gao Zheng break through, Alba, who had a lower foot tackle, slowed down and did not hit the football, but tackled Gao Zheng!
"Foofed!!" He Ping shouted.
"Foofed!" Jose Maria shouted.
Chapter completed!