Chapter 353: Evenly matched
After the goal, Gao Zheng did not celebrate the goal, but beckoned his teammates to pick up the football in the goal, and then turned and ran back to his own half, so that Barcelona could kick off quickly.
They have to race against time.
To celebrate, wait until you advance to the Final Four.
However, the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands were already cheering for the goal.
Their cheers swept through the audience and penetrated into everyone's hearts.
In the press gallery, journalists from Madrid and China were cheering.
Manuel Blanco looked at their elated appearance and snorted, "What's so joyful about this? We expected Atletico Madrid to score at home, but so what? You're two goals behind! ”
He seemed to be cheering himself up.
He firmly believes that a three-goal gap is not enough for Atletico Madrid to overcome.
And the goal will also wake up the Barcelona players – he admits that they had not been in the groove until then, as evidenced by Alba's header. If he was in the middle of the game, how could he make such a soft return pass?
But it doesn't matter, there is no such worry after this conceded goal.
Barcelona have been completely woken up and the game will go back on normal track.
With Barcelona's quality, it is impossible for Atletico Madrid to score easily.
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The next match seemed to confirm Blanco's point.
After Liverpool's goal, Barcelona fought back.
And their offense looks even more threatening.
Because Liverpool, who have already pulled one back, are eager to score more goals and press high, there are naturally plenty of gaps behind their backline.
In the fourteenth minute, Barcelona played a beautiful combination, Busquets passed the football to Messi after a steal in the midfield, Messi passed back directly, and Busquets, who got rid of the defense, did not stop the ball, but met the ball with a long pass, passed the football directly to the right side, and gave it to Neymar.
Neymar broke through with the ball and then distributed the ball on the wing to Alva, who was inserted in the back.
At this time, Suarez had already run to the penalty area smartly, and when he saw this, he quickly ran to the back point, ready to respond.
But Alba passed the football to Messi.
Messi shot at the ball, and this close-range shot went straight to the top corner of the goal!
"Messi!"
Oblak !! He made a brilliant save and single-handedly lifted Messi's shot over the crossbar! ”
The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands exclaimed, their hearts beating with fright.
At that time, when Alaba passed the ball to Messi in an inverted triangle, Messi did not have a single Atletico Madrid player around him, and everyone was obviously focused on Iniesta and Suarez.
If Oblak hadn't been focused, Atletico Madrid would have conceded the goal.
And if you let the opponent score an away goal, you will be in trouble. Even if Atletico Madrid scored four goals at home, they would have been eliminated due to the disadvantage of away goals.
So this game is actually a difficult task for Atletico Madrid, on the one hand, they have to score at least four goals, and on the other hand, they must not allow Barcelona, who are known for their attacking power, to score even a single goal.
Four minutes later, Barcelona's attack returned, Messi sent a through ball at the edge of the Atletico Madrid penalty area, Neymar received the ball and fired a low shot, and the football was saved by Oblak again!
"Barcelona have two dangerous attacks in a row! I thought that after Gao Zheng's goal, Atletico Madrid would be able to take advantage of the victory to chase, but now it seems that Barcelona has entered the game state, and if Atletico Madrid continues to attack like this, the holes in the back line will be caught sooner or later......" He Ping said worriedly.
He didn't have time to rejoice in Gao Zheng's first goal for long before the situation gradually turned against Atletico Madrid......
Chinese fans in front of the TV were also anxious.
Gao Zheng's goal gave them hope, but now hope is sinking into their hearts little by little.
This is the "Cosmos" Barcelona......
Despite Atletico Madrid's opening spree, they soon recovered. And once they get back to normal, they can actually suppress Atletico Madrid on the field...... It really makes people wonder if this is Atletico Madrid's home stadium.
And Gao Zheng wants to challenge such an opponent.
"It's really desperate......" Xiao Yingying sighed in front of the TV.
She was waiting for Atletico Madrid to take advantage of Barcelona and now it looked like she would be able to concede a goal before scoring if she continued to attack.
It was said before the game that even if Atletico Madrid scored four goals in this game, Barcelona only needed to score one. Is it easier to score four goals or easier to score one?
The answer is self-explanatory.
Feng Shiyu, who was sitting on the sofa, didn't say anything, just stared at the TV and watched the game very seriously.
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Despite the threat from Barcelona's attack, Atletico Madrid did not shrink their defence, but continued to strengthen their attack, and they seemed to be hoping to push back Barcelona's attack with a more fierce attack.
But Barcelona also played tenaciously.
In the next game, the two sides attacked and defended each other.
Atletico Madrid had two shots in quick succession within two minutes, and then Barcelona were able to force Atletico Madrid defender Juanfran to kick the ball off the line with a counter-attack.
Judging from the scene, Barcelona are not at the bottom.
It can be said that this is a normal strong dialogue. No one can completely suppress anyone.
In fact, the first leg of the two sides was like this before Messi's goal, there were back and forth, although Barcelona was leading at the time, but Atletico Madrid actually had many opportunities, if you can seize one time, you can change the trend of the game.
If this kind of game continues, Atletico Madrid should be able to score.
But Barcelona have Messi, and he didn't let Atletico Madrid continue to try like this. The problem was solved cleanly with two beautiful goals.
It was originally a strong dialogue that was evenly matched, but in the end, because of Messi, it made people feel like they were one-sided just looking at the score......
I have to say that the score of the first leg was too deceptive.
In this kind of back-and-forth attack, time flies.
By the time the audience in front of the TV reacted, the first half of the game had come to an end.
The score was still 1-0, with Atletico Madrid leading by one goal at home, but trailing by two goals on aggregate.
After Gao Zheng's goal, many Atletico Madrid fans were full of hope, thinking that Atletico Madrid could score another goal in the first half. If you can only go down by one goal before the break, this game will be promising.
But the result is so far, the score has not changed again.
And in addition to Gao Zheng's goal, the most threatening attack in the first half basically came from Barcelona.
For example, Messi's close-range shot, if Oblak hadn't reacted quickly enough, Atletico Madrid would have conceded the goal.
Another example is that at the end of the first half, Barcelona's right wing-back Alaba, who drove straight into the front of Atletico Madrid's penalty area and then shifted off, while Messi sent a through ball at the right time.
Let Alaba receive the ball without being offside and form a single knife!
If it weren't for Oblak's quick attack again, blocking Alaba's shot, and his second reaction was quick enough to get up and turn around and hold the football in his arms, Barcelona would have equalised......
"It's dangerous! Oblak has made a meritorious service! ”
It was the last shot on goal from both sides in the first half.
When referee Rizzoli blew the whistle, the score was temporarily fixed at 1:0.
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Manuel Blanco spread his hands in the media booth: "What am I talking about?" Enrique certainly expected Atletico Madrid to score, so it wasn't a big deal to be scored by them. But then Barcelona's performance proved my point, they were woken up! Normal Barcelona won't let Atletico Madrid score easily! ”
However, he expected the trend of the first half, even if Madrid and Chinese reporters were very unhappy with his arrogant attitude, there was nothing he could do at this time.
At the same time, they also have a faint fear that this game will really turn into a close tug-of-war, as Blanco said.
At that time, this Blanco is probably going to pretend to be in front of them again, and they are really worried that they will not be able to help but teach this pretending criminal......