Chapter 971: Perfect Suppression
is unwilling to fight back, but in the face of Atletico Madrid, can Barcelona really fight back? Maybe in the face of other opponents, Barcelona have the strength and confidence.
But they are now facing Atletico Madrid led by Lin Dong, since Lin Dong's transfer to La Liga, Barcelona has not beaten his team, and the best result is only a draw.
What's even more terrifying is that this season Barcelona will not only have to compete with Atletico Madrid for the Copa del Rey, but after the Copa del Rey, they will also have to compete for the European Champions Cup.
Substitutions, Enrique can only hope that substitutions can bring some changes to Barcelona at this time, veteran Xavi, there are rumors that this will be Xavi's last season at Barcelona.
Demon Sword Pedro, perhaps it would be more accurate to describe it as Fu Fu, but Pedro Fu's aura was not very effective in front of Lin Dong, and he had not been able to show it many times in the face of Lin Dong before.
Changed two people in a row, Xavi replaced Iniesta, although Iniesta is also good enough, but it is still a little worse than Xavi, especially the control of the team's rhythm and the control of the game situation.
Pedro replaced Suarez, in fact, Suarez's performance in this game was not bad, and the Barcelona trident should have played with all the cooperation, but Atletico Madrid's defense was a little too good.
It's not right, or Barcelona lacks a striker who has the opportunity of Lin Dong, there is no doubt that Suarez, Neymar and Messi are the top strikers today, but in terms of opportunity, the three certainly can't compare with Lin Dong.
But what can Barcelona do now, two goals behind, although the second half has only started for a short time, but this game is not only about the Copa del Rey championship, but even will affect the morale of the Champions League final later.
Barcelona tried to change the embarrassment on the field with substitutions, and Simeone on the other side will not only celebrate, correspondingly, Simeone also made a substitution decision, Mandzukic with a yellow card was replaced, and Mandzukic has almost the same effect, no, Raul Garcia is not as good as Mandzukic in attack, but Raul Garcia is much stronger than Mandzukic in defense, so Simeone's substitution is to strengthen the defense.
Xavi is old, some aspects will be more powerful, such as experience, but some aspects are inevitably declining, such as the body, and Simeone's substitution is to ask Raul Garcia to bully Xavi with his body, and after the debut, Raul Garcia retreated to the forward position and specifically opposed Xavi.
"Hahaha~~~ Simeone's substitution is very interesting" Martinez said with a laugh after the game began.
But on the other side, Barcelona could only scold Simeone for being shameless, because when Xavi got the ball, Raul Garcia didn't care about it at all and posted it directly.
Maybe it is difficult for Raul Garcia to cut off Xavi's ball, even if Xavi is already old, but he does not let Xavi take the ball comfortably, and does not let Xavi have too much time to take the ball, Raul Garcia can do it, with all aspects of his body.
As for Pedro, another lucky player who appeared on the field, under Atletico Madrid's preoccupied defense, Pedro obviously can't make any waves, and Pedro is not as threatening as Suarez.
So the next Barcelona attack can be imagined, although Barcelona can create a threat with individual ability, but there is no way to tear Atletico Madrid apart with passing control as before.
In Barcelona's passing, the midfield was very important, especially the man with the ball, but now Xavi is being harassed by Raul Garcia, and Sergio Busquets and Rakitic are afraid to step forward.
Although Atletico Madrid replaced Mandzukic, the pressure on Barcelona from the front line has not decreased.
They can't pose much of a threat to Atletico as a whole, but the individual abilities of the superstars can be very useful sometimes, for example, for a long time to come.
Reality Messi, the unwilling Messi began to hold the ball and use his personal ability to disrupt Atletico Madrid's defense, and then Neymar, the latter's skills are not as bad as Messi's, that is, Pedro's personal ability to hold the ball will completely destroy most of Atletico Madrid's attacking line.
In the 63rd minute, Messi staged a solo ride, which appeared once in the first half, but that time the shot was defused by Oblak.
This time, Oblak couldn't touch the ball, but Messi's last shot couldn't get the ball into the Atletico goal, and the ball eventually hit the post and went wide.
Then Neymar also staged a wonderful performance, really round the imagination, maybe Neymar is better than Messi, this is not right, after all, the two are players of two systems, although now one system.
Neymar is a standard South American born and grew up in Brazil, while Messi came to Barcelona at a young age and came out of La Masia's academy.
The rainbow is passing, and Neymar makes a technical move that is extremely disgusting to the defenders, of course, whether Neymar is purely to show his skills or deliberately cause something may only be known to Neymar himself.
Because when Neymar made this move, he was facing Gamez, who was already carrying a yellow card, and this time, Gamez obviously did not "go to the table".
However, Neymar's move caught Simeone's attention, and eventually, Simeone set his sights on Siqueira, who initially had high hopes for the Brazilian defender, hoping that he could replace the departing Felipe.
When it turned out that he was a Brazilian full-back at the same time, and even had similar technical characteristics, Siqueira was never Felipe, and he could not replace Felipe's tactical position in the team.
"Jose~~~ you go to warm up" In the end, Simeone still didn't call Siquela, between the Brazilian defender and the teenager Gimenez, Simeone believed in Gimenez more.
In this way, the time on the field came to the 70th minute, taking advantage of a dead goal, Atletico Madrid used up the second substitution, and the teenager Gimenez replaced Gámez, who was carrying a yellow card.
However, Gimenez did not play full-back, Miranda, Gimenez switched positions with Sider after coming on the field, and used Miranda, who was the calmest in the backline, to defend Neymar.
"Smart substitutions, this Atletico Madrid team is not only improving and growing, but the manager is also growing" Simeone's two substitutions really make people feel like they are eye-catching, perfectly restraining the opponent.