Chapter 197: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole
When the game resumed, the game broadcast often gave Messi a close-up. José Maria said: "It was Messi's 54th goal in 54 games of the season, including 41st in the league. At the same time, this is the 23rd time that Messi has scored a goal against Atletico Madrid...... In the previous Madrid derby, we said that Cristiano Ronaldo can be called an Atletico Madrid killer, but in fact, Messi is the real Atletico Madrid killer......"
This made Dong Jin in front of the radio very dissatisfied: "What a bullshit killer!" ”
But his protests were of little avail.
After the goal, Messi's performance was still very good, obviously in good shape.
He delivered a clever pass from a fast break at Barcelona and Neymar received the ball in the six-yard box, but the first shot went high and wide.
Barcelona were also in high spirits after the goal, not only Messi, but other Barcelona players also performed very well.
Pedro cut past the Atletico Madrid defenders and got off the edge of the penalty area with the ball grazing the right post.
After the equaliser, Barcelona did not start defending with the same feet as in the final moments of the first half, but continued to attack aggressively.
Obviously they also want to take their fate into their own hands completely - if they can score another goal next and go from draw to lead, then the balance of victory and defeat will be completely tilted in their favor.
Even if they were just one goal ahead, it would mean a collapse for Atletico Madrid – they had to score two goals in a row to do so. It doesn't mean anything to score a goal and equalise.
That's why Barcelona are still attacking.
To put it bluntly, Barcelona's football is more attack-oriented, and that's what they do best, something that's built into the DNA of each of their players.
A draw can win the title, but who wants to win with just one draw?
Aim for a draw and it is likely to end up being a loss. At this point, Barcelona is not as upright as Chinese football, because a draw can qualify, and it really only needs a draw......
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Barcelona's proactive style of play has caused Atletico Madrid a lot of problems, and they want to counterattack, but they can't play a decent counterattack because Barcelona's attack is too fierce.
For a while, Atletico Madrid couldn't even get the ball through the halfway line, let alone threaten Barcelona's goal.
Messi still plays a very important role in Barcelona's attack, and the Atletico Madrid defenders have had to use all their resources to keep him at bay.
But in doing so, they put less emphasis on the defense of other Barcelona players.
There have been several instances of Messi giving football to his teammates after attracting the attention of Atletico Madrid's defence.
If it weren't for Atletico Madrid's luck, they might have fallen behind at this time.
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Although the Atletico Madrid fans and Chinese fans were terrified during this period of play, fortunately, Atletico Madrid's backline withstood the test this time, and they played a role in Messi's restrictions.
Messi hasn't been given a better chance yet.
After a succession of sieges to the Atletico Madrid goal without success, Barcelona also slowed down for the time being.
After all, no team can play the whole game at this high tempo.
And Atletico Madrid has been so tight defensively, it's not easy to get good chances. They also need to take the pressure off the Atletico Madrid backline so that they can get more chances for Barcelona – and when Atletico Madrid does, there will be plenty of openings in their backline.
At that time, Barcelona can use the speed of Messi and Neymar to play high-quality fast attacks, and it will be easier to score goals than now.
When Barcelona's offensive slowed down, Atletico Madrid and Chinese fans in the stands and in front of the TV breathed a sigh of relief - finally survived the most dangerous time.
Now they are all expecting Atletico Madrid to charge towards Barcelona's goal and score goals.
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After Barcelona slowed down, Atletico Madrid did start getting more attacking chances. The atmosphere at Calderón Stadium is back in full swing.
In the midst of their cheers, Atletico Madrid's offensive is also becoming more and more fierce.
There is a great deal of momentum to reverse the situation.
Enrique came to the sideline a little nervously, staring at the field.
But he's not worried about his defence, he's watching for holes in Atletico Madrid's backline.
He was worried about whether his team would be able to seize the hole and opportunity immediately when Atletico Madrid's defense went wrong.
If it fails, Atletico Madrid discovers their tactical intentions, maybe Barcelona will have a hard time getting such an opportunity.
This is his "lure the snake out of the hole" strategy, and he doesn't want to give up halfway......
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In the seventy-eighth minute, twelve minutes remained before the end of the ninety minutes. Atletico Madrid possessed the ball in Barcelona's half.
However, against Barcelona's defence, they didn't have too good chances and could only pass the football around.
Gao Zheng, as a center forward, was pulled to the side to respond, and Griezmann appeared in front of the goal in his place.
Gao Zheng, who pulled to the side, quickly received a pass from his teammates.
As he received the ball, Atletico Madrid's right wing-back Juanfran cut forward at high speed and cut in from behind the towering Alba.
Gao Zheng raised his foot and was about to pass the football to him, but the ball was blocked by Alba, who had already seen through Gao Zheng's passing intentions.
The ball was blocked on the sideline.
Juan Fran, who stepped forward, saw that he had failed, and hurriedly moved back, on the one hand, to prepare for defense, and on the other hand, to meet Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng took the lead in chasing the football, and at this time he could pass the football back to Juan Fran, who received him.
In fact, Alba once again saw through the intention of the two people to seek cooperation, and stuck behind Gao Zheng, preventing him from passing the football easily.
Who thought that Gao Zheng's intention to pass back was just a feint, his body did twist back, but not to pass the ball, but to raise his foot and make a Marseille roundabout!
Wipe directly in front of Alba, ready to kill to the bottom line!
The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands let out a deafening cheer and cheered for Gao Zheng.
But their cheering was stopped by Alba - seeing Gao Zheng break through, Alba, who tackled with his lower foot, was slow to kick out, and instead of hitting the football, he shoveled down Gao Zheng!
"Foul!!" He Ping shouted.
"Foul!!" José Maria shouted.
"Foul !!" Xiao Yingying jumped up from the sofa and screamed.