Chapter 724: The Fiercely Competitive Champions League Golden Boot
Atletico Madrid's set-piece, Gabi long pass into the penalty area, Raul Garcia's header was ferried, Lin Dong failed to touch the ball, Raul Garcia's header was too low, and Fabregas, who retreated directly from the ball, cleared the siege.
Alba, the cleared ball fell at the feet of full-back Alba, who turned and rushed towards the Atletico half, but just as he was about to cross the centre circle, Felipe completely broke the ball with a flying tackle.
Alba, who was broken off the ball at his feet, was unwilling and struggled to chase back the ball, but he put down Felipe directly with too much force and gave Atletico Madrid a set-piece again.
It's still Gabi, but this time Gabi didn't pass into the penalty area, because Lin Dong had withdrawn, and after seeing Lin Dong retreat, Gabi decisively made a direct pass and passed the ball to Lin Dong.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~ World Wave ~~~ World Wave ~~~ Long shot from outside the big penalty area, the ball went straight to the dead corner, Pinto didn't react at all."
"Flying Immortals~~~ God kicked, the Barcelona defenders did not react, the Barcelona goalkeeper did not react, and Atletico Madrid extended the lead by 2:0."
"Lin Dong ~~~ It's Lin Dong again ~~~ Lin Dong continued his performance against Barcelona with a brace, which was his second goal of the game and his eleventh goal in the Champions League this season."
Eleven Champions League goals, which could almost have won the Golden Boot in previous years, but after Lin Dong broke the Champions League goal record last season, some people expressed dissatisfaction.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently in charge of Real Madrid, has scored thirteen goals in the Champions League, with a comparable goal rate, and if it goes well, Ronaldo can even refresh Lin Dong's record last season.
It is understandable that Ronaldo is so desperate in the Champions League, and Lin Dong is considered the first contributor to Real Madrid's ability to reach the Champions League final last season, even if Lin Dong did not play in the final.
So Ronaldo is not convinced, and what Lin Dong can do Ronaldo will not think that he can't do it, besides, Ronaldo doesn't want his golden ball to be less than Messi, surpassing Messi is his goal, if he can complete the defense of the title, not only can suppress Lin Dong, but also compete for the Golden Ball Award next year, and make Real Madrid the first club to fully defend the title since the Champions League was restructured.
On the pitch, Barcelona fans are extremely low, because this scene is too similar, since last season, the Chinese wearing No. 9, the Chinese with black hair and yellow skin is about to become a lingering nightmare for everyone in Barcelona.
Although the jersey he wears has changed, the team he is for has changed, but his performance towards his team has never changed.
On the sidelines, Martino's face was pale, although he killed Real Madrid twice in the league this season, but he was eliminated by Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey, and now he is left with only the Champions League, but now?
Martino made a substitution, Sanchez came on for Cesc Fabregas, Iniesta moved back and came back to partner Xavi, Sanchez formed an attacking line with Neymar and Messi.
People who are just as ugly as Martino, or even more ugly, are on the pitch, Messi, the head of Barcelona, who set a flag in front of the media and fans before the game.
So after the game restarted, Messi was anxious, and he was indeed anxious, because Lin Dong gave him too much pressure, and he had fought five times in the past, but he had never defeated Lin Dong once, and even his performance on the court was overshadowed by Lin Dong.
Messi is indeed one of the best players today, from one in half to one-third now, but no matter how good he is, he is also a man.
Messi was very active, and in the next ten minutes, Barcelona's attack was almost completely stopped by Messi, and it was not even necessary to guess that after the ball crossed the half, it would eventually come to Messi's feet.
Messi is also the best player of the day, and even though Atletico knew that the ball would eventually reach Messi's feet, Atletico could not stop Barcelona from passing the ball to Messi's feet.
Xavi and Andres Iniesta are both a generation of midfield masters, especially Xavi, who is arguably the best midfield master in football today, not to mention the Barcelona players who cover for Messi.
Barcelona's offensive is very fierce, and Messi is also quite brave, but in fact, this is just the appearance, Messi has taken four shots in the past ten minutes, but Messi's four-foot shots have not posed a real threat to Atletico Madrid at all.
And after more than ten minutes of willfulness, Messi gradually calmed down, and he also knew that if he continued to do this, not only would he lose this game, but it was estimated that this round of knockout matches would be dangerous.
Indeed, Atletico Madrid is now leading by two goals, and it is still two away goals, but if you really want to talk about two goals, Barcelona is not unacceptable, as long as Barcelona recovers even one goal in the later time, then the next game will be much better, and a knockout round is two games.
The most important thing for Barcelona now is not to let Atletico score in the next time, you know, in these ten minutes, Barcelona attacked fiercely, and Atletico Madrid did not have no chance to counterattack, but it just failed to continue to score.
After Messi calmed down, Barcelona's attack will also be familiar to everyone, for this, Simeone on the sidelines is a pity.
If Atletico Madrid can score another goal just now while Messi is not calm, then this round of knockout matches will not be completely over, when at least half of Atletico Madrid's body has squeezed into the next round, and now, it is really hard to say.
In the 65th minute, Barcelona almost tore apart Atletico's reaction through a patient pass, but fortunately Miranda was calm enough and Gabi retreated to finally force Sanchez's powerful shot high.
Then Atletico Madrid counterattacked, that is, to see Barcelona and the lack of air defense, Lin Dong and Raul Garcia once again came to the header to create a chance for Koke to shoot.
Mascherano was smart enough not to fight Raul Garcia for the header and win anyway, but he didn't give Raul Garcia an easy chance to hit the goal, pinning his feet to the turf and jamming the position.
Batra saw this, but Batra was not successful in learning, because Lin Dong was obviously much better than Raul Garcia, and he was all-round.
Lin moved a header to Raul Garcia, who headed back to Koke, who took the ball past the retreating Iniesta and rushed into the box to shoot a powerful shot that was directly confiscated by Pinto.
Barcelona scored, Messi covered for Alves, who again rushed to the edge of the Atletico penalty area, but unfortunately, Alves shot finally on Neymar.
The Brazilian striker successfully went undercover, you know, Alves's long-range shot angle is quite tricky, if he can fly to the goal normally, it is estimated that Courtois will have to disarm.