Chapter 493: Never Give Up
Just when the whole audience was shocked by Messi's wonderful solo goal, the Argentine king did not celebrate it in any way, but rushed into the goal and quickly picked up the football.
Then, despite the heaviness in his legs, he quickly ran in the direction of the middle circle.
Messi's never-say-die gesture is respectable, but don't forget that this game is Atletico Madrid's home stadium.
As a result, tens of thousands of fans who fell into a brief sluggish state because of shock immediately responded with bursts of shrill boos after seeing Messi pick up the football and run to the center circle. In their opinion, although Messi's wonderful goal just now narrowed the gap between the two sides to only one goal, it is basically an impossible task to stage a big comeback at the last moment.
In fact, even many Atletico Madrid players on the field have the same idea as the fans, after all, the most powerful convenience of their team lies in defense, once all the players are fully committed to defense, Messi, whose physical fitness is already close to the limit, wants to stage the previous solo Longtan drama again, it is simply foolish and funny.
However, these Atletico Madrid players still underestimated the "championship heart" that their opponents have had for many years.
That's right, Messi, who has just staged a good show in Longtan, has indeed reached his own limit in terms of physical fitness, not to mention letting him replicate his previous wonderful performance again, I am afraid that the defender will have a little physical contact with him, and Messi may fall directly on the lawn.
However, Messi's goal was a huge boost to the already low morale of the Barcelona players. With Messi's previous brilliant performances, even if they only had a minute left, they still believed that they could equalize or even overtake the score before the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
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After the game restarted, Diego Costa had just passed the ball to Feng Quan beside him, and Neymar, who had been a little lazy in the previous game, rushed towards Feng Quan who received the ball like a cheetah that had found its prey.
Because the team was in the lead and there was not much left in the game, in the face of Neymar's onslaught, he did not have to compete with the opponent as in the previous game. After all, as long as you keep the ball firmly at your feet and run out of time, the most important thing is for the team to win this game.
Therefore, as soon as Neymar burst into the center circle, Feng Quan chose to pass the ball to Alda Turan behind him, and then rushed across the halfway line with Diego Costa in order to contain the Barcelona backline and not press too much.
However, Alda Turan, who received the pass, had a completely different idea in his mind than Feng Quan. In the eyes of the Turkish star, his team must not only win this game, but also convince their opponents to lose.
Yes, it's smartest to run out of game time, but there are many different ways to do it. Compared with passing the ball to his teammates, Alda Tulan, who is good at getting rid of the ball in a small area, is more willing to rely on his skillful ball control skills to firmly control the ball at his feet, so that the opponent waits in "despair" for the referee to blow the whistle for the end of the game.
So, instead of passing the ball to other opponents, Alda Turan took the ball directly to Neymar, who pounced.
Although Alda Turan easily dodged Neymar's onslaught with a simple quick change of direction, the next moment he met the menacing Messi and Pique and quickly formed a trap on them.
In the face of the double package of Pique and Messi, although Alda Turan did not stubbornly choose to break through with the ball, he made a wrong choice under the pressure of the opponent's strong momentum.
Seeing Alda Turan caught in the opponent's double bag, Koke, who was lying in ambush behind him, shouted: "Alda, pass the ball quickly." ”
Hearing the shout, Alda Turan immediately dunked the ball behind him with his right foot, then turned to pass the ball to Koke, who received him.
However, just as Alda Turan finished turning and then swung his right leg backwards to pass the ball to Koke, Cork shouted again: "Alda - be careful! ”
Then, Neymar, who had just been shaken off by Alda Turan with a quick change of direction, appeared like a ghost next to the Turk and stabbed the ball out before he could complete the pass.
The next moment, Messi, whose legs were already extremely heavy, once again forcibly squeezed what little physical strength he had left, and grabbed the ball before Koke who was trying to clear the siege like a 100-meter sprint.
However, Messi, who had just completed a quick sprint, could no longer perform a good show of going into Longtan alone as before, but could only hold down his body and barely protect the ball at his feet, while slowly advancing in the direction of the opponent's penalty area.
But even so, his forward partners Pique and Neymar still rushed towards the middle and left of the front without hesitation. Because they believe that even if Messi's physical strength can no longer support him to stage a good show of going to Longtan again, he must open up enough space for him to help him create the final miracle.
Although Messi is exhausted and panting at the moment, he still controls the ball firmly at his feet with his skillful ball control skills in the face of the double package of Alda Turan and Koke.
Just when Alda Turan wanted to use his strength advantage to squeeze Messi and lose his center of gravity, so as to take the ball away, Messi straddled his right leg diagonally in front of him, and when his right shoulder slammed in, his left foot suddenly took a step forward, and at the same time, the ball stepped back slightly with the sole of his right foot, and then used the inside of his right foot to move the ball between Alda Turan's legs behind him.
Immediately afterwards, Messi first leaned back slightly to avoid Alda Turan's squeeze, and then took advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's unsuccessful impact to lose his body's center of gravity, and kicked his right foot in the direction of the football rolling.
Since his strike partner had been inserted into the middle and left respectively, Messi, who had regained possession of the ball, dribbled diagonally towards the right side of the penalty area.
After seeing Messi hit the right side of the penalty area, the overall formation of Atletico Madrid also moved closer.
And when Messi advanced with the ball to a distance of three or four meters from the penalty area line, he suddenly flicked the ball sideways with the outside of his left foot and made a long-range shot.
The next moment, when Miranda and Gabi rushed at the same time to stretch their legs to block the shooting line, Messi deftly picked the ball into the unguarded area on the left side of the penalty area.
Just when Messi began to dribble horizontally, Neymar, who had been cruising on the left side of the front, first pretended to move in the direction of the bottom line, and then suddenly made a sudden stop when Messi pretended to shoot, and then headed towards the space on the left side of the penalty area.
However, just when Neymar rushed to the left side of the penalty area and rested the ball with his right foot, Juan Fran, who was reflexively chasing back, pulled his shirt from behind the side......