Chapter 641: A well-deserved champion

Although Atletico Madrid has already secured the La Liga crown this season, the 37th round match against Barcelona on May 18 still attracted a lot of media and fans.

In fact, although the outcome of this game has nothing to do with the ownership of the league championship, for the two teams, especially Barcelona, which is only a "chicken rib" Copa del Rey away competition, although the victory over Atletico Madrid cannot soothe the pain of missing the Champions League and the league title, it can calm the dissatisfaction of fans and club executives to a certain extent.

On the other hand, Atletico Madrid's only defeat in the league was due to Barcelona, and it was also eliminated in the Copa del Rey by the "Cosmos". Therefore, in the eyes of Atletico Madrid players, only by winning this game can their league title be regarded as deserved.

Although a little reluctant, because Atletico Madrid had already locked in the league title after the end of the last round of the league, according to La Liga practice, Barcelona's 11 starters still came to the stadium before the start of the game, and then all lined up to welcome Atletico Madrid, who won the championship in advance.

Although the Atletico Madrid players had "enjoyed" the courtesy of welcoming their opponents in the aisle last season, this time, when Barcelona, who had almost dominated La Liga with Real Madrid, entered the field in advance to welcome them, they felt even more comfortable than when they won the Champions League trophy for the first time last season.

This is like the peasants who have been tenants of the landlord's family for generations and have been exploited, and after liberation, they suddenly knock the landlord to the ground, and then the landlords have to kneel and kowtow and beg for mercy. As for Barcelona, welcoming their opponents before the game was nothing less than a humiliation.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the outcome of this game was related to the face of the club, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and other team cores would have even considered not participating in this game. After all, how could they, who are used to being "landlords", be willing to give courtesy to those "mud legs" who were obedient to them in the past.

Therefore, without Luis Enrique to do the mobilization, the Barcelona players are holding back their momentum to win Atletico Madrid, who knocked them out of the Champions League.

However, although Barcelona showed their determination to win from the beginning of the game, they were met by Atletico Madrid, who were also bound to win this game.

When the overall difference in strength between the two teams is not obvious, the outcome of the game often depends on the flash of inspiration at the core of the team.

Although Messi, a superstar with his own "ZONE" skills, can often help the team win by himself, it is difficult for Messi to ensure that he can enter the "ZONE" state in every game because the "ZONE" state has a high demand for physical condition.

If he is an opponent who is not outstanding defensively, Messi may still be able to rely on the strong support of his teammates to tear apart the defense, but against Atletico Madrid, which has a fierce defense and extremely sharp counterattacks, Messi can get very limited support.

As for Feng Quan, it is completely different, he is a decathlon athlete himself, his physical condition is far better than that of most professional players, and now Feng Quan, who has almost no shortcomings, can threaten the opponent's goal in any way.

Even if the team's midfield organization is not functioning well, as long as a teammate passes the ball to the opponent's defensive weak area, Feng Quan can do wonders with his extraordinary individual ability.

Not only that, Feng Quan's [Great God's Light] skill can also help other teammates temporarily improve their personal abilities.

Considering that this is the team's fourth game in the past two weeks, many teammates have some physical problems to a greater or lesser extent, so Feng Quan chose to add [stamina] to the two fullbacks who have a relatively large range of motion in the game before the game.

Then they added bonuses to Koke and Saul's [Technique] and [Passing Accuracy], as well as Mandzukic's [Dribbling] and [Shooting Accuracy].

As a result, Barcelona, which had a slight advantage on paper, was unprecedentedly seized the initiative on the field by Atletico Madrid as the game time went by. You must know that even in the Champions League semifinals against Atletico Madrid's home and away double, Barcelona's possession rate is close to 6 percent, at least on the field.

For Barcelona, who regard pass-and-control football as their life, it is not terrible to be beaten by their opponents, but it is unacceptable to "lose" to their opponents in possession and on the field.

In fact, if it weren't for the continuous double matches in a week, many veterans in the Barcelona team would have been difficult to recover, which limited their ability to intersperse and run to a certain extent, even if Feng Quan's [Great God's Light] temporarily improved the individual ability of Koke and Saul, Atletico Madrid's ability to control the game was still slightly inferior.

When Barcelona's proudest possession advantage was taken away, they could only wait for Atletico Madrid to bite like a hungry wolf.

In the 19th minute of the first half, Juanfran received a ball from Cork on the right side of the front field and sent the ball directly to the goal.

Mandzukic, who was outflanked in place, beat Pique to grab the first point, but his header to the far corner bypassed the attacking Ter Stegen, but was cleared out of the box by Danny Alves, who galloped back to goal.

However, just when the Barcelona players thought they had escaped, the football kicked by Alves was so good that the wind that was ambushed outside the penalty area was all taken first.

Facing Mascherano and Rakitic, who pounced on him at the same time, Feng Quan first avoided the opponent's swoop with his right foot in a series of horizontal dribbles, and then sent the ball directly into the upper right corner of the goal with a straight curling shot, 1-0.

Fifteen minutes later, after cutting inside along the left flank to the edge of the box, Feng Quan first pretended to shoot from distance, and then distributed the ball to Felipe Luiz on the left side when the opponent stepped forward to block.

Felipe Luiz received the ball and adjusted a little before delivering a well-placed cross to the front of goal.

Mandzukic, who had failed to find the back of the net under Pique's interference, finally made up for his previous regret against Mascherano's marking this time, smashing the ball into the goal of Ter Stegen with a powerful header, 2-1.

Although Argentine star Lionel Messi was about to enter stoppage time in the first half, he pulled a goal back from the edge of the box to help Barcelona rekindle their hopes of a comeback victory.

However, just when Barcelona was about to reverse the game in the second half, Feng Quan scored with a header that he was not good at in the 13th minute of the second half, pouring cold water on the opponent.

Not only that, Feng Quan also assisted Griezmann to score a goal 20 minutes later, thus completely killing the suspense of the game.

In the end, with a hat-trick from the wind, Atletico Madrid comfortably defeated strong rivals Barcelona at their home stadium to tie the two teams' head-to-head record this season to a "3-3" draw, thus making their league title even more deserved.