Barcelona won the UEFA Super Cup, and there was a frenzy of praise in the media, and some media said that the pressure is now on Atletico Madrid's side.

In this regard, Gao Zheng expressed his inexplicability in an interview: "Why did the pressure come to our side? This is not last season's league title race. What pressures do we have? Shouldn't Barcelona be the one who should be under pressure? Because this game is on our home turf, wasn't it here that they lost the league title last season? ”

Gao Zheng's words are simply rubbing salt in Barcelona's wounds, and Barcelona fans were originally haunted by the loss of the league championship last season, resulting in the loss of the treble.

As a result, Gao Zheng didn't open any pot and mentioned which pot, so he had to talk about Barcelona losing the league championship.

His words naturally aroused the disgust of many Barcelona fans, and on the Internet, these Barcelona fans ran to Gao Zheng's Twitter to attack him.

One of the most enjoyable jumps is naturally Blanco.

Last season, he was slapped several times by Gao Zheng, but he did not remember the lesson because of this, but always lingered and wanted revenge.

Messi scored twice in the European Super Cup, which made him see the hope of revenge on Gao Zheng, so he once again posted a big talk about historical statistics: "...... Barcelona have played in 20 Spanish Super Cups, winning 11 of them. And what about Atletico Madrid? Participated in five times and won only twice......"

His approach also drew a counterattack from the Madrid media: "Blanco, a reporter for Daily Sport, said a lot of statistics, but what he didn't tell you was that Atletico Madrid won the Spanish Super Cup for the first time in their history, beating Barcelona......"

Blanco immediately retorted, "Why didn't I say this? It's because if I say it, I'm afraid it's even worse for Atletico Madrid. I planned to save some face for them out of love and concern for Atletico Madrid, but I didn't expect the media in Madrid to hack their own people more ruthlessly than me. Well, that's right, I admit that Atletico Madrid's first Spanish Super Cup was achieved by beating Barcelona. But what the Madrid media don't tell you is that Atletico Madrid will participate in the Spanish Super Cup three times, and the opponents are all Barcelona, and they ...... All lost. Lo and behold, Barcelona have an advantage over Atletico Madrid in every respect......"

This historical data is really quite a slap in the face, so the war of words on the side of the Madrid media came to an abrupt end and did not continue.

Only a few Atletico Madrid fans replied on Blanco's Twitter, citing the results of last season's league title race as an example to prove that historical data is useless and that it will still roll over when it should be.

Blanco didn't bother at all.

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Luis Enrique frowned as he looked at the schedule for this period.

The UEFA Super Cup was played on 11 August, followed by the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup on 14 August and the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup on 17 August.

Six days later, on August 23, Barcelona will welcome the first round of La Liga.

It's too crowded.

It stands to reason that he should be rotated, but when you think that the Spanish Super Cup opponent is Atletico Madrid, his decision to rotate is a little difficult to determine.

If he rotates against Atletico Madrid, he is worried that he will lose the away game against Atletico Madrid.

However, if you don't rotate, such a dense game will also exhaust the team and increase the risk of injury to the players.

After thinking about it, Enrique finally made a decision that the rotation was still going to be rotated, but by a small margin.

In particular, make sure you have enough offensive firepower on the field, just in case.

With these circumstances in mind, Enrique lined up his starting line-up.

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“…… Before the start of the game, the two sides announced their starting line-ups. It was a slight surprise that Enrique didn't line up for this game. Messi and Suarez started up front, while Pedro, who came off the bench in the last UEFA Super Cup, came into the starting ...... In midfield, Sergio Busquets was in the position he knew best, but in front of him, there was no Andres Iniesta, who was on the bench in this game, starting with Rakitic and Raphinha. At the back, Alves and Gerard Pique both started, but instead of Mascherano, Pique was paired with Vermaelen, and at left-back Adriano...... The goalkeeper is of course Ter Stegen......"

"Considering that they have just played 120 minutes against Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup, it is understandable that Barcelona will rotate. And in fact, whether the rotation or not does not affect the fighting spirit of the Barcelona players, because this is playing Atletico Madrid away, every Barcelona player will not forget how they lost the league title here last season, and now there is such a chance for revenge, how can Barcelona give up? Besides, the rotation players want to win more opportunities for themselves to play in the new season, and this game will naturally have to work harder, so maybe it will be better than the main team? ”

Atletico Madrid also announced their starting lineup, and Gao Zheng appeared in the starting lineup without any suspense, and he was partnered by Antoine Griezmann. There are four players in the midfield, from left to right, Koke, Thiago and Gabi, and Torres. Left-back Felipe Luiz, centre-backs Jimenez and Godin, right-back Juanfran and goalkeeper Oblak. That's basically the main squad for Atletico Madrid. Simeone didn't rotate, and of course he didn't, because it was their first competitive game of the new season......"

Everyone has their interpretation of these two starting lineups, but the interpretation of these experts does not make much sense, because the final game is won or lost does not depend on their interpretation.

When the players on both sides walked out of the players' tunnel, the TV broadcast focused the camera on Messi and Gao Zheng successively.

After last season, everyone has now begun to accept the fact that Gao Zheng is compared to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Of course, whether Gao Zheng can really withstand such a comparison still needs to be observed.

But at least now everyone admits that Gao Zheng can be compared with Messi.

Although Gao Zheng's ultimate goal is to beat Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, it is already remarkable to be able to compare them now. After all, the other party is a world-class superstar who has been famous for a long time.

And he's just getting on the road.