Chapter 229: The game between the Chinese team and the Maldives was played on September 8, and Atletico Madrid played at home against Barcelona on September 12, with only four days left in the middle. Considering the time spent on the road, there is actually not much time left for Atletico Madrid to prepare for the game.

Fortunately, for Barcelona, ​​this is the same. They also have international players from all over the world in their team, especially those who play football in South America. The time they need to travel is not less than Gao Zheng.

Moreover, Barcelona is away this time, and they have to cross 600 kilometers from Barcelona to Madrid.

But even so, both teams still came up with the strongest lineup they could line up.

Gao Zheng, who is at Atletico Madrid, is of course right, and Barcelona's Messi also appeared in the lineup.

You should know that because he was recruited into the national team, Messi did not even participate in Barcelona training this week. But even so, Enrique still put him in the lineup. It can be seen that he relies on and attaches great importance to Messi.

Enrique believes that even such a Messi is enough to help the team and is an indispensable person for the team.

It turns out he was right.

Just three minutes into the game, Messi made a cross from the right, and the football was blocked by Atletico Madrid centre-back Jimenez from the baseline. However, the referee Antonio Matteu Laos blew the whistle not to award Barcelona a corner kick, but... a penalty kick!

"Punishment?!" Jose Maria exclaimed. "How could it be... a penalty?!"

Boos also rang out at the scene.

However, the subsequent slow-motion replay allowed everyone to see what happened between lightning and flashing. Jimenez used his hand to block Messi's cross from the bottom line.

Of course, I have to play a penalty.

"Jimenez's move is really..." Jose Maria sighed helplessly after watching the slow motion of the game.

His move not only gave Barcelona a penalty, but also received a yellow card.

As the main central defender, he held a yellow card in the first three minutes. How to play in the next game?

Every Atletico Madrid fan has a shadow in his heart.

"The continuous battles and running around seem to have not affected Messi's form. He was very active after the opening and successfully created a penalty kick!" The Catalonian commentator was very excited.

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Messi, who created the penalty kick, must have taken the penalty kick in person.

It has played two games this season, and Messi has not scored yet. This is very rare for Messi.

He did not score a goal after two rounds of the last league start, and it can be traced back to the 2007-2008 season. At that time, he only played in the fourth round of the league. He played twice in the first three rounds, and once he did not make the roster and failed to score a goal.

At that time, Messi was not the core of Barcelona. He played 28 times in the league that season and scored ten goals. He made nine appearances in the Champions League and scored six goals.

Since then, he has at least scored one goal in the first two rounds of the league each season.

Messi, standing in front of the penalty spot, seemed very calm. After the referee blew the whistle, he assisted and shot.

The football was shot in the lower left corner of the goal by him. Although Oblak judged the right direction, he was still beyond his reach for such a tricky shot.

Even though he stretched his arms hard, he still couldn't touch the ball.

The football flew into the goal he was guarding!

"Messi!!! Stable!!!" Catalonian commentator raised his arms and shouted. "gooooooooooooooooool!!! Barcelona took the lead in the away game! The game only started for three minutes, and it was a wonderful beginning!"

The entire Calderon Stadium fell into silence.

This start was so bad for them...

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Taking the lead in three minutes allowed Barcelona to boost morale in the following game and continue to impact Atletico Madrid's defense line.

Atletico Madrid is clearly at home, but it plays like away games. In the face of Barcelona's aggressive offensive, it can only shrink its defense.

In the first fifteen minutes, Barcelona was basically attacking.

Atletico Madrid did not get an offensive opportunity until the 17th minute. At that time, Griezmann pressed Mascherano in the frontcourt, cut off the Argentinian's ball, and distributed the football to Gao Zheng. Gao Zheng dribbled the ball into the penalty area, shot at the small angle of his left foot, and went over the crossbar.

This is Atletico Madrid's first shot in this game.

However, this shot did not reverse the passive situation facing Atletico Madrid.

The next 25th minute, Barcelona won a corner kick. After Rakitic took it, Suarez headed the ball at the front point and rubbed it. Messi ran into the space at the back point and shot directly!

Football hit the crossbar amid the exclamations of Atletico Madrid fans.

"Atlético Madrid escaped! But it's not good to keep going like this. Obviously Barcelona has gained the upper hand. If they continue to attack like this, I think it's only a matter of time to lose the ball..." Although many Atletico Madrid fans must not like to listen to it, he said it well.

If you continue to play like this, Atletico Madrid is indeed in danger. If you lose the ball again, you may lose this game...

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Barcelona fans were excitedly looking forward to a successful revenge. Although none of Barcelona players mentioned revenge before the game, from the perspective of the game, not saying these players does not mean that they do not want to take revenge. They are just holding back their strength and talking with their results, and are not willing to talk before the game.

This is what football has to do. When you blow your mouth, you still have to speak with your feet.

Only victors are qualified to speak.

But just as Barcelona fans were looking forward to the team's successful revenge, an accident happened on the court.

In the 28th minute, Gao Zheng got the ball in the frontcourt. When he started to get rid of the defense of Vermullen, he accelerated and Vermullen rushed out. But Gao Zheng made an emergency stop and changed direction.

It was this sudden stop and change direction that caused Vermullen to hurt his thigh when the brakes were suddenly braked, and he fell to the ground depressedly.

Gao Zheng took the opportunity to break through his defense. If Mascherano hadn't made up for the position in time, he would have directly entered the penalty area.

Finally, under the interference of Mascherano, Gao Zheng's shot was saved from the baseline by Barcelona goalkeeper Bravo.

But this is no longer important, everyone's attention is focused on the fallen Villemonen.

The Barcelona team doctor came on the court immediately and examined Vermalen, and then quickly came to a conclusion that the Dutch international could not hold on anymore and had to replace him!

This really gave Barcelona the most popular Barcelona a blow because Pique was suspended from the Super Cup with a red card, and he was not even included in the roster. The two central defenders sitting on the bench were young Bartra and Mathieu.
Chapter completed!