Chapter 223 Mind Explosion
When Griezmann passed the football to Gao Zheng, many people felt that this was nothing more than a desperate struggle at Atletico Madrid and meaningless. Some Atletico Madrid fans even felt that Griezmann should not be so rash. He should pass the football back. When there is no chance, he should be steady and keep the football on his side, at least delaying the time.
Who would have thought that Gao Zheng would use a beautiful volley to pull the ball into Barcelona's goal next?
Diego Simeone showed a surprised expression. The instructions he gave the team were to be strictly guarded after the opening, so Atletico Madrid did not invest much in offense during this period. Even if there were some opportunities to counterattack, there were basically only two people, Griezmann and Gao Zheng.
After seeing Gao Zheng's goal, a sentence popped into his mind: "Offset is the best defense."
This sentence is actually wrong in a sense and is not universal.
But at this moment, Simeone could only come to such a conclusion. When Barcelona was bombing around Atletico Madrid in the first half, Gao Zheng used a goal to help the team reduce the defensive pressure, which was better than their previous shrinking near his penalty area.
Barcelona is now behind 1:5 in total, and Atletico Madrid still has an away goal. The Spanish Super Cup must have an away goal advantage.
Atletico Madrid's away goal means that even Barcelona equalizes the score now, it's useless. Originally, they only had to score three more goals, but now they have to score four more goals.
But there is not much time left for them.
Gao Zheng's goal occurred in the 53rd minute. Barcelona had to score four goals in a row with the remaining forty minutes. Even this was an away game in Barcelona, it was almost impossible, because Atletico Madrid was not a wooden man who would only be passively beaten and would not fight back. Gao Zheng's goal proves that when Barcelona came out in full swing, you must be careful that Atletico Madrid scored goals by counterattacking.
Barcelona are probably more clear about this than anyone else.
So when the TV broadcast swept the camera to the stands at the Camp Nou Stadium, every Barcelona fan who appeared in the camera was in pain and confused.
Pain is because of losing the ball, while confusion is because there is no hope of winning the game.
The stands, which were lively just now, are now quiet like a morgue in a hospital, and all Barcelona fans are in a state of despair.
Even after the goal, Gao Zheng made a "shut-up" gesture to them, they cooperated and really shut their mouths and did not boo to Gao Zheng.
This silence lasted for about ten seconds, and then a huge noise broke out in the stands, mixed with booing and scolding.
Of course, they were all given to Gao Zheng and Atletico Madrid.
But at this time, Gao Zheng was surrounded by his teammates.
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"Barcelona wants to create the Camp Nou miracle, but obviously, they have never asked Gao Zheng's opinion, so this miracle was denied by Gao!" Jose Maria said happily. "Gao's goal gave all Atletico Madrid fans a reassurance. They no longer have to worry about Barcelona's offensive. It can even be said that Gao's goal killed the game in advance..."
"Yes, it's true. He seemed to eat me like he was..."
"Okay, I understand." The referee had already reached the scene of the incident and put the yellow card in his hand back.
This move originally made many Barcelona fans feel relieved as the central defender. If they carry a yellow card, they will be restrained when defending.
As a result, the referee's actions gave these Barcelona fans a relief. He took out a red card from his mouth like a magic trick!
"Red card! Pique is going to be sent off! There is no problem with this penalty. Even if Pique doesn't yell at the lineman and kicks him down from behind, he should be sent off!" Josemaria said.
The Catalonian commentator shouted dissatisfiedly: "This is a frame-up! It is obviously a yellow card, why is it replaced with a red card?! Does Pique have any disrespectful words to the linebacker? I don't believe Pique is a person who is so easy to lose his mind! This is the 312th game Pique played for Barcelona. In these 312 games, he only has six red cards, with an average of more than fifty games. Such data shows that he is not the kind of player who is easy to get red cards. As a central defender, he is already clean enough!"
Enrique also seemed very angry on the sidelines, waving his fists to the fourth official to express his emotions.
Chapter completed!