Chapter 969: Half-time
This proved in the following games, and Lin Dong's follow-up goal did not discourage Ter Stegen, but on the contrary stimulated his fighting spirit.
For a long time afterward, Ter Stegen used his high and low blocks to show everyone why he was valued by Barcelona and why he could take the starting position in the cup.
Of course, on the other side, Oblak in front of Atletico Madrid's goal also proved why he suppressed Moya, who has performed well this season, so for a long time, the game almost became the performance time of the two goalkeepers.
In the seventh minute, Oblak saved Messi's shot after bursting into the box with the ball, and three minutes later, Ter Stegen saved the Atletico captain's long-range shot near the top of the arc with a brilliant leap.
In the 14th minute, Neymar made a brilliant breakthrough past two Atletico defenders and crossed to Suarez in the box, but the latter's shot still couldn't get past Oblak's ten fingers.
In the fourth minute, Atletico came up with a bizarre shot that Turan fired from the left that looked like a cross, but it was ultimately saved by Ter Stegen.
In the 23rd minute, Ter Stegen made the best save since the opening period, Juanfran cut in at high speed to complete a low cross, and Lin Dong jumped high in front of the point.
But Lin Dong did not attack the goal himself, and after attracting everyone's defensive attention, Lin Dong flicked the ball with a header and threw the ball to Mandzukic in front of the small penalty area at the back point.
"Ter Stegen, a world-class save from the Barcelona goalkeeper, at the moment of Lin Dong's pass, Ter Stegen actually followed the sideways."
"Excellent anticipation and reaction, Ter Stegen" Just as the ball was about to fly into the goal, the Barcelona goalkeeper's fist arrived, and the ball flew off the line.
"The outstanding performance of two outstanding young goalkeepers, although this game is praised by more people as a competition between Lin Dong and Messi, but from the beginning to the present, the goalkeepers of both teams have become the most active players on the field."
In fact, the performance of other players on both teams is not bad, such as Barcelona's trident, when Rakitic and Busquets focus on defense, Barcelona's attack is almost supported by the trident.
With Messi as the core and Suarez as the arrow, Neymar immediately responded, and the Barcelona trident has shown their due cooperation and power.
It's just that Atletico Madrid did too well in defense in this game, Koke once again gave up the offensive retreat to participate in the defense, and Turan was even more entangled with Iniesta.
It is said that there have been recent rumors that Barcelona has taken a fancy to Turan and wants to take away the Atletico midfielder this summer, although this rumor is not true, but one thing is certain, in fact, Turan also intends to leave Atletico Madrid.
Turan has won all the accolades he can get at Atletico Madrid, and then he needs to think about his future, the giants are a temptation in themselves, not to mention that they can get more money by transferring to the giants.
Atletico Madrid is very generous to Lin Dong, but for other players, Atletico Madrid gives a very strict control over the annual salary, so the transfer has become inevitable, and no one can escape fame and fortune.
Even Atletico Madrid wants to leave not only Turan, but now everyone is focused on the game, focused on defending the title, and only if Atletico Madrid has good results, Atletico players can get more things in the upcoming transfer.
Therefore, this game is not only for defending the title, for the sake of honor, but also for the future to have enough performance and chips to play with the club.
Offensively, Lin Dong is as good as ever, and Mandzukic, who is partnered with Lin Dong, is also very desperate, and the Atletico Madrid center forward will definitely leave next summer, and he and Simeone can no longer work together.
From this, we can know what this accident happened to Mandzukic, unless Simeone leaves Atletico Madrid, otherwise it is impossible for Mandzukic to stay in Atletico Madrid, and from the current situation, it is impossible for Atletico Madrid to let Simeone go, and Simeone has no intention of leaving Atletico Madrid now.
As both sides attacked and defended, time passed imperceptibly, and as time passed, the fouls on the court slowly began to increase, so that after thirty minutes, both teams barely had a complete attack.
In this case, the referee Belakos did not have the slightest softness, and took out four yellow cards in a row, and the big fifty boards made the players of the two teams calm down.
On Atletico's side, Mandzukic's active retreat allowed him to get the first yellow card of the game, and Games tried to prevent Neymar from getting the second card on Atletico's side.
The first one for Barcelona belongs to Busquets, the yellow card of the actor must be on Lin Dong, and the second one appears on Neymar, if it is not for Neymar's timely reaction, Atletico Madrid is likely to play a wave of rapid counterattacks.
As the clock ticked into the 40th minute, Barcelona launched their most frantic offensive since the opening kick-off, and in those five minutes, Barcelona almost pressed Atletico Madrid to play, and it was suppressed in the half.
In the 42nd minute, Alves and Neymar made a wonderful collision against the wall, and the two passed back and forth to tear apart Atletico's defense, but unfortunately, Neymar's final kick lacked a little threat.
Corner, tactical corner, Rakitic passes to Andres Iniesta, who takes the ball and a croquette crosses Juanfran into the box, but the final shot can't be pressed and goes over the crossbar.
Atletico then launched a counter-attack, but the ball felt that Thiago was cut off by Barcelona, Mascherano, and the Barcelona central defender rushed from his back to the halfway line to cut off the ball at Thiago's feet.
Messi, the Argentine king ushered in the brightest moment, Messi shook Koke after receiving the pass, and then cut inside to brush Juanfrán, rushed into the Atletico penalty area and shook Miranda.
However, Messi's highlight was finally achieved by Oblak, who fired a low shot and the ball went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, but the moment the ball crossed the goal line, the appearance of the big white hand made the Barcelona people who were already ready to celebrate despair.
However, it was not Barcelona's final attack of the first half, as Barcelona had another shot on goal in stoppage time, and this time it was Suarez's turn.
And it was Messi who sent the pass for Suarez, or Messi's breakthrough, but Suarez's shot did not really threaten Atletico Madrid's goal, at the moment when Suarez shot, Miranda flew into a sliding tackle, and finally the ball hit Miranda's leg and bounced off the bottom line.
Corners, this is Barcelona's last attacking opportunity in the first half, or tactical corners, although several tall Barcelona players have rushed into the Atletico penalty area, but Barcelona really have no advantage in headers.
In the end, the first half ended with Alves shooting high from outside the penalty area.