Volume 6 Chapter 24 The Master Makes a Move
"Audience friends, audience friends", at this time in the middle of the night in China, countless people's TVs in the living room or computers on the desks were lit up, because their Mr. Ma entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League two years later.
Or against Barcelona!
"The players of the two teams have entered", Zhan Jun's voice was particularly clear in the middle of the night, "We finally saw Mr. Ma standing in the quarterfinals of the Champions League again"
"In the first two years of his debut, his performance in the Champions League was a miracle, winning the Champions League top scorer twice in a row, a semi-final and a title, but we have been extremely sorry for the past two years because he has not been able to appear in the Champions League knockout rounds, and now, he is finally back"
At this time, countless fans in front of the live broadcast were full of anticipation, just like Zhan Jun!
After all, the Champions League is the most dazzling stage in the whole of Europe.
In the picture, Mackin walked at the front of the team, leading the Atletico Madrid players wearing red and white arrow shirts into the stadium, still wearing red football boots, which were very eye-catching.
The entire stadium stands have been completely occupied by the cheering scarves of Atletico Madrid fans, and apart from the huge portraits and slogans, there are hardly any gaps in sight.
The unified and loud Atletico anthem flew over Calderón, telling of anticipation, full of passion, and the blood of battle.
The starting line-ups of both teams then played:
Barcelona:
Goalkeeper: Valdés
Defenders: Enrique, Mascherano, Pique, Alves
Midfielders: Butskec, Xavi, Iniesta
Forwards: Villa, Cesc Fabregas, Messi
Atletico Madrid:
Goalkeeper: David De Gea
Defenders: Felipe, Silva, Godin, Juanfran
Midfielders: Gabi, Martinez, Mackqin
Forwards: Sanchez, Aguero, Mata
"Oh, Pep Guardiola started Mascherano today, and Puyol sat on the bench", Zhang Lu said, "It seems that Puyol's form has dropped a bit this season"
"After all, Puyol is already a 34-year-old veteran", Zhan Jun continued, "Oh, the camera showed the bench, we saw Torres, I heard that he has been unhappy lately and could leave Barcelona in the summer"
"Hehe, it's understandable", Zhang Lu said, "After all, he is only 28 years old, still in his prime, and it is probably unacceptable to sit on the bench in Barcelona"
"Is there any possibility of returning to Atletico?" , While the two sides were shaking hands, Zhan Jun chatted.
Zhang Lu shook his head, "I'm not optimistic, Atletico Madrid doesn't have his place, in fact, Torres's style is more suitable for the kind of teams in the Premier League, such as the original Liverpool"
With Makqin winning the coin guess and choosing the right to tee, this world-renowned game is about to begin, like an enemy who can't be killed, they have met countless times, and they have to fight countless times, each of which is earth-shattering.
Apart from going all out to win, Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti didn't talk about anything else before the game, and it was their common philosophy to let the best team win and use their best self to defeat their enemies.
Now, they stand quietly in the coaching area on the sidelines, waiting for the game to begin.
Needless to say, nothing needs to be said, the ball at your feet can represent everything!
The referee from Poland finally looked at his watch, and then confirmed whether the assistant referee on the sidelines was in place, and finally blew the whistle in his mouth hard, and the game officially started.
Aguero kicked back to Mackqin, Barcelona pressed as always, and the two sides have been extremely familiar with each other in the past two years, and there is no need to test at all.
Winning or losing, in the end, depends on the performance on the spot, as well as luck.
Mack kicked back, handed Godin to Godin on the back line, and ran back, but Gabi didn't retreat, but went forward.
With Martinez in the field, needless to say, Gaddin and Silva can take turns to cut in the ball, and this Gabi position will move with Mack at any time, and he will also be responsible for blocking the link between Butzques and Xavi.
With the return of the ball, Atletico Madrid's formation instantly dispersed, each to their own position, but did not press too much, if viewed from a high altitude, it looks like a stack of several triangles with Mackin as the core point, becoming a roaring chariot.
When Mackin returned to position, Godin knocked the ball back to him with a gentle kick, and he picked up the ball and turned, and Barcelona's forward line had pressed up.
Cesc Fabregas is Mackqin's old rivals, having just been in the Premier League a year apart, and then both quickly became the heart of their respective teams, and then moved on to La Liga almost at the same time.
It's just that Cesc Fabregas is now moving further and further in the central striker position, and he is far from the imminent spirituality that he had at Arsenal.
At that time, everyone was playing around his style of rhythm, but Barcelona certainly didn't, he had to adapt to the rhythm here, but a playmaking midfielder, such a crucial period of growth, to change the rhythm again, the most likely result is to lose what he was best at.
Mark Qin pushed to the left front, crossed the ball with his right foot, and then quickly pulled the ball back with the sole of his foot, and then knocked the arch of his foot to break through Xiaofa from the right front.
"Oops, beautiful", Xiaofa's left foot broke the ball and pounced on it, Zhan Jun shouted in admiration, "Freehand, practical, Mr. Ma's ball control skills are becoming more and more proficient"
The second high-voltage line Xavi quickly appeared in front of Mackqin, Xiaofa also braked sharply from behind him to chase back, and then he took two steps, did not see any obvious opportunities in the front, stopped the ball with the outside of his right foot, turned around, avoided Xiaofa again, and then pushed the ball to the front of Felipe on the left side with his left foot.
Messi is short Felipe a lot of head, Mackin bullied him with short legs, Felipe advanced to the halfline, did not break through in the face of the bag, but used his tall body to resist Messi, and returned the ball to Mackin diagonally behind.
He pulled back with his left foot again, as if with his own rhythm, and once again let Xiaofa, who stretched out his foot behind him to break the ball, made a save, and then turned around and deliberately dodged Xiaofa before chasing the ball.
The whole process reveals an absolute sense of confidence and relaxation.
Then a pick-and-roll was handed to the right midfielder in front of him, who cut inside Mata, who drew in the defence and then moved to the feet of Alexis Sanchez on the left.
In this way, several people with good footwork were responsible for distributing the ball, and others were responsible for responding, and Atletico Madrid actually attacked step by step under the high pressure of Barcelona, and also pressed Barcelona back.
Guardiola frowned involuntarily, every time he met Atletico Madrid, he would find that Atletico Madrid had improved by one point in dealing with their oppression, and it had developed so far that it was very comfortable.
"From a couple of games against Barcelona, you can see a clear improvement in the Atletico Madrid team, and now they are getting more and more confident overall," Zhan explained.
Atletico's performance, or rather performance, was greeted with cheers from Calderón, who doesn't want their team to crush their opponents in an artistic way, especially in this case, Spain.
In Barcelona's 35-meter area, Atletico Madrid began their skillful running coordination, and the front four were like silver shuttles interspersed back and forth, trying to strangle Barcelona's defensive formation.
"Aguero, retreat, dodge Pique's lateral dribbling, Gabi pressed very high today", Zhan Jun said, "Gabi turned his back to seek cooperation......"
He certainly didn't want to play center, but to press Barcelona's back line and turn the ball back to Mackin who was inserted!
"Mr. Ma came up, ...... long-range shot", his calf stopped on the side of the ball in an instant, so that Buzketz, who subconsciously turned around to dodge, was out of rhythm, and then his left foot flicked the momentum, and he dodged Buzketz, and rushed to make an arc with his right foot before he got close again.
"Oh ......", as the ball drew an arc and directly deflected off the post, it not only provoked an exclamation from the stands, but also scared Valdés into a cold sweat.
This kid is really getting more and more demonic......
"Oops, it's so much ten centimeters, Mr. Ma's action is really fast, and Buzkets hasn't kept up with the rhythm at all, it's really amazing," Zhan Jun said regretfully.
"Well, yes", Zhang Lu nodded, "It's a bit of a peak Zidane"
The game between these two teams is far from being as hot and-for-tat as it is with Real Madrid, but because of the similar style and technical bias, there seems to be no trace of pyrotechnics.
Atletico Madrid, who completed the shot, did not regret seeing that the ball did not score, and quickly retreated to the midfield, not entangled with Barcelona in the front court at all, and did not make that effort.
Butskec received the ball easily, but Gabi's defense began to be pressing when he wanted to combine with Xavi, and thanks to Messi's presence, Sanchez also collected deep to assist Felipe's defense.
Butskec saw that Xavi was being chased very tightly, and directly passed to Messi, who also retreated and cut inside, and Messi's breakthrough has become Barcelona's signature means now.
Cesc Fabregas, as a pseudo-centre-forward, pulled back and played with Messi, who began his unrewarded diagonal dribbling, one straight from the right side of the pitch to the left.
Atletico Madrid still uses a chain defense in the zone, trying their best not to let Messi mess up the entire defensive system, Messi saw no chance to plug the ribs directly, and directly gave it to Iniesta on the side.
"Iniesta, retreat to the corner of the big penalty area, Enrique is on the side, didn't give it, gave it to Villa, Villa, and Xiaofa two to one, hey, soon, into the ribs of the penalty area", Zhan Jun suddenly shouted.
Barcelona's attack is sometimes so fast, a few passes can score two ribs, and that's where they are the most powerful.
But Atletico Madrid has been prepared for a long time, the recovery of the recovery, the card position of the card position, and did not panic because Barcelona entered the penalty area.
Villa saw no chance to cross the small penalty area under Godin's watch, and directly kicked back and sent the ball to the top of the penalty area by feeling.
Martinez made up Godin's position to help defend the small penalty area, and the ball crossed directly past him, where Messi met the ball!
But just before he swung his leg and was ready to meet the volley, a figure fell directly to the ground and stabbed the ball with his foot to Mata, who returned to the penalty area to assist in the defense, Messi couldn't hold his foot, kicked directly on that foot, and was tripped over.
"It's Mr. Ma, he appeared very timely, a shovel pass ruined Messi's shooting ......", when playing Barcelona, Mackqin's defensive role has always been a little reversed with Gabi.
Gabi grabbed up, he assisted in defense, because he didn't have to fight his body, relying on the card position, his prediction and interception of the ball path were more efficient, especially suitable for Barcelona.
As soon as Juan Mata got the ball, Atletico's formation immediately spread out and reverted to the opening stance, and then once again dodged Barcelona's forward pressure at the back and hit their heart.
It was already evident from the draw at Camp Nou last time out, and now both teams have the ability to break through the opposition's pressing defence and get the game in front of the opposition penalty area.
Then whether you can score or not depends on who has a smoother foot wind and better cooperation in front of the penalty area.
Just like two peerless masters, you make one move and I make one move, it is difficult for each other to prevent each other, such a duel seems to be not hot, the rhythm is not fast, but many people don't pay attention, the two offensive rounds have passed, and fifteen minutes have passed!
Just because both sides played extremely smoothly, so that the game was rarely interrupted, it was not felt that time passed.