5 What it was like to beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou

Barcelona coach Enrique stood on the sidelines with an embarrassed face at this time, probably he was a little praised by the media and fans before the game, and he really felt that Granada was a soft persimmon, and let Barcelona's substitute lineup pinch casually. Coupled with the absolute dominance of the first sixty minutes, the score was 2-0. He wants to give more opportunities to young players by playing against weak teams, making frequent substitutions, and allowing them to grow up quickly, so as to alleviate the shortage of personnel in the camp full of wounded soldiers in recent times, and at the same time want to rely on their hard work to expand the score advantage.

In fact, there is another reason why Enrique used a large number of young players in midfield today. That is the serious injury in the team, Messi was injured in the last game against Las Palmas and will need to rest for at least a week according to the post-match examination. And next week they will face German powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, and he must give several players who are tired of frequent games such as Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets enough to prepare for the next Champions League fixture.

Who knew that Gonzalez, who was as cunning as him, had already seen through this qiē, and with less than 20 minutes left in the game, when he had already used up two substitutions, he actually sent Zidane, who was widely criticized by the outside world and was almost 20 years old and still playing in an amateur team, to slap Barcelona in the face after 38 seconds.

It's this little Zidane, who has played in the Real Madrid youth team since he was a child, and the media has reported it every now and then, and no one has ever said a good word about him. In addition to relying on his father to enter the Real Madrid B team and mixed a captain, in the first half of the year, Mao Sui recommended himself to the French youth team for training, and was slapped in the face by the head coach of the youth team, saying that he had never seen this young man play, and later was reminded by the assistant coach that it was Zizou's son, and he was embarrassed to change his words and said that there was no problem with not watching him play, and the youth team was to give young people more opportunities, explore their potential, and send talents for the national team.

Just such a 'star second generation' who can't please anywhere actually used a little trick, no feints, no pedaling, no fancy dribbling, just the most basic and simple introductory trick in the textbook - sudden acceleration - to pass Mascherano?

That's Mascherano, who moved to Barcelona from Liverpool for 22 million euros and was also shortlisted for last year's Ballon d'Or. While not every start in Barcelona's talent-packed midfield has been made, his quality should not be underestimated. He is known as the pivot of Argentina's offensive and defensive transition, and is the anchor of the Argentine team on the field. Today on his home turf, he was actually beaten by a fledgling half-sized boy who got rid of the defense with an unpretentious sudden acceleration?

It's unbelievable.

Enrique's gaze stayed on the young man with neat short brown hair and a delicate and immature face, consciously or unconsciously. The Marseille maneuver that amazed the whole field, got rid of the defense perfectly, and scored with a sharp angle of shots...... Only five minutes later, it was this young man named Fernandez, who gave Barcelona another unexpected 'surprise', burst into the penalty area with the ball, faced the goalkeeper with a single knife, and even deceived Ter Stegen with a flowing feint at the moment when the goalkeeper attacked, and sent the ball into the empty goal with an elegant tiptoe!

It's not surprising that such a player comes from Real Madrid's junior team, but it's strange that Real Madrid didn't recruit him into the first team and even let him go to Granada? I don't know what Benitez, the new coach of Real Madrid who has just taken office, thinks. But now that I think about it, Zidane gave the captain's armband when he recruited his son into the B team, which was really a wise decision, not cronyism.

Enrique settled down, still calmly walked to the sidelines, gestured to Mathieu to come over, and told him to keep all his attention on Fernandez, his speed is so terrible, he must be closely guarded, no matter what, he must not be allowed to run with the ball, even if it is a tactical foul to stop him.

Enrique faintly felt in his heart that the score of 2 to 2 was by no means the end, the game was not over, the score would not stop there, there were still ten minutes, and a qiē could happen. Barcelona had plenty of chances and Granada's counter-attacking counter-attack now seems to be very successful.

In the eyes of Barcelona fans, in just a few minutes, it seems that they have fallen from the clouds to a deep valley, only surprise, no joy. If Leo's first goal was spectacular, they were impressed. Then the second game-changing goal was unacceptable to them.

What about the Barcelona substitute team that said it would take three points at home? Why did Granada just come up with a player who used to play for Real Madrid's C team and score two goals in a few minutes? Could this really be Zidan's possession? How is it possible, that kid obviously looks childish, and the action of dribbling the ball under his feet is as simple as a middle school student, how did he do it?

Leo was still being pressed to the ground by his teammates and celebrated like arhats, and the home fans were upset and booed the visitors to stall for time. The referee felt the pressure from the stands, ran up to the Granada players and after a few words, motioned for them to hurry back to their positions and the game resumed.

The Barcelona players quickly reopened the ball and played a long ball in search of Neymar up front. Neymar received the ball on the left and chose to dribble himself, Granada immediately sandwiched up three players to intercept, and the two sides fought on the spot, forming a positional battle, Leo quickly retreated to his own half under Gonzalez's signal, filling the gap left by his teammates' support.

Neymar has excellent personal skills and excellent dribbling ability, and he even firmly controls the ball at his feet under the pressure of three people. The position of several people was close to the bottom line, and just as Neymar crossed the bottom, the ball bounced off the defender and flew out of the baseline.

The commentator still maintains a commentary style that focuses on Barcelona: "Barcelona got a corner, Rakitic took it, and the ball made a wonderful arc in the air and landed precisely in the box of Granada. The ball landed well, and both players were scrambling for a header, and it was No. 17 Munir again, and the header hit the goal, and the ball was high again. It was a shame that the goalkeeper for Granada had fallen to the ground and Munir was bouncing very high to grab a header but couldn't capitalise on his chance. It seems that the youngster was a little too excited today and wasted a couple of great chances. ”

While the commentator was still lamenting that Barca's corner kick had not been converted into a goal, Granada launched a quick counter-attack. Fernandes, however, was closely marked by two excellent defenders, Mathieu and Jordi Alba, and was unable to take advantage of his speed. As long as he has the ball, the opponent will definitely come forward to fight, he accelerates with the ball, and the two immediately take tactical fouls to keep the ball in place, delay Granada's attack, and leave enough time for his players to return quickly.

Leo's movement was restricted, which put him in an awkward position on the court, unable to use his speed advantage in attack, and defense was not his strong point, so he could only run to meet his teammates under Gonzalez's command.

At this time, Enrique, who was standing on the sidelines, made another bold substitution decision, replacing Munir with the main striker Suarez, who did not start the game, who missed many opportunities in this game. Trying to salvage the win with Suarez's supernatural ability to catch chances in the box.

The top striker, known as the 'box finisher', put pressure on Granada's already stretched backline as soon as he came on. For the next 10 minutes or so, Barcelona pressed almost all but the goalkeeper in unison and bombarded the goal in the Granada half. However, whether it was a header or a powerful shot, the ball always went wide of the woodwork or was pocketed by goalkeeper Oyer.

Fernandes is not good at defense, and he was closely marked by Mathieu and Alma, so he could only fill in for his teammates who went to support under the command of the coach, and after getting the ball, he also gave up carrying the ball himself, but drove directly to the front court, looking for striker Peaty.

Barcelona's attack became more and more fierce, with as many as 7 shots on goal in just 10 minutes, 3 of which were within the goal frame, but Granada always implemented Gonzalez's tactical idea of defensive counterattack, guarding the penalty area tightly, and several defenders were desperately defending to the death, even if they knew that they would be injured, they did not hesitate to pounce on it and steal.

Barcelona's stars are worth a game, and any one of them is worth tens of millions of euros. It's just a normal league game and there's no need to risk injury to fight each other, after all, there is a more important Champions League ahead of them.

Moreover, Barcelona has always been known for its "beautiful football", advocating technical tactics, control, and passing, but always lacking power, speed and passion.

Therefore, in the face of Granada's deadly style of play, although Barcelona had the upper hand in the situation, they were never able to completely break down the opponent's defense. Luck is one thing, but the contest of wills is also an important factor.

The game entered the white heat, and even the football commentator, who had been in a state of excitement all night, changed his voice a little because of nervousness: "The second half has been played for 88 minutes, the score is still 2-2, Barcelona has 43 shots on goal throughout the game, and the possession time is more than 70%. Suarez picked up the ball and passed it to Sandro, who was outflanking on the right, and Granada's No.5 Fernandez was very timely in his defense, breaking the ball off the touchline the moment Sandro got up and shot. The young player is obviously inexperienced, and Sandro is not a good stopper, and if it were some other good defender, there would have been a better way to deal with it, rather than simply giving the opponent a throw-in in front. ”

Leo's approach to defense is so simple and crude, and since he can't do a more ideal way to deal with it for the time being, it is obviously safer to decisively kick the ball off the touchline than to stalemate with the opponent.

By this time, the game had already played the full 90 minutes, and the fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines to announce two minutes of stoppage time for the game. In the stands, both home and away fans stood up, staring intently at every change on the pitch.

Sandro lifted the ball as fast as he could, and Suarez, who quickly passed the ball to Rakitic, who cut in from behind, and after a few passes it reached the feet of Neymar, he easily got past a Granada defender, dribbled to the edge of the box, and shot with his feet, which hit another defender. Granada launched a counter-attack, which should have been their last chance to counter-attack, the ball reached Barcelona's half, at the feet of Fernandez, this time he did not stop, the moment he got the ball immediately accelerated, Mathieu was caught off guard and immediately followed, but Fernandes was unimaginably fast and had already come to the outside of the box. Matthieu had no choice, he reached out and grabbed Fernandez's arm, and instead of immediately falling to the ground, the stunned young boy raised his hand to signal to the referee, who was standing beside him, taking in the full view of what had just happened. ”

The commentator continued, not without regret: "The referee did not hesitate to give Mathieu a yellow card and Granada won a free-kick from a great position on the right side of the box. Pitti, Fernandez and captain Xavi? Marx stood on the penalty spot, and after a brief discussion, Fernandez and Pitty walked towards the penalty area, the ball was taken by Marx, he did not choose to shoot directly, but drove the ball to the back post, Fernandez headed the ball from a small angle, and the ball went in!! ”

The whole Camp Nou seemed to be quiet for a moment, and this tumultuous night was a nightmare for the home fans. In the final seconds of the match, Fernandes turned the tide and scored a hat-trick to save Granada from danger by single-handedly.

The commentator in the live broadcast room was completely dumbfounded: "This is incredible, how did he do it?" Mathieu was always on the mark, but he was half a body taller than the defenders when he jumped. ”

At this point, the Barcelona players drove the ball out at the mid-point, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Granada defeated Barcelona 3-2 away.

Fernandes was still standing in front of the stands of the away fans, and this time he did not deliberately restrain his feelings, but shook his fist vigorously and grinned like a child getting candy.