Barcelona didn't have a strong tempo in the opening stages, and the formation was still 4-3-3, with only Andres Iniesta, who had a relatively heavy organizational task, relatively up front. He is the team's well-deserved attacking brain, and the other two midfielders, Denis Suarez, are tasked with linking up in central midfield, while Sergio Busquets is behind to do what he does best, intercepting and defending.

See any noticeable changes?

That's right, Paulinho wasn't put in the starting line-up in this crucial final, but waited on the bench for his chance.

"Leaving Paulinho behind, is Valverde unhappy with his performances against Atletico Madrid in the first two times? Ha ha! But Paulinho's best efforts are indeed not Wen's opponents! Garcia grinned and joked.

He Wei embodied the outstanding characteristics of the rigorous Chinese commentators, and warned Atletico Madrid: "Valverde is obviously leaving Paulinho as an important backhand, Atletico Madrid must pay attention to Barcelona's sudden strength in the second half, Paulinho in this system, the role of substitutes is much more obvious than the starter!" ”

From the overall perspective of the head coach, Valverde's adjustment in the midfield was successful from the opening situation, not only controlling the ball and controlling the rhythm, but more importantly, with two midfielders who are good at organization, Barcelona can easily break the interception of Atletico Madrid's midfield, and Barcelona's passing control dominates the game.

Although Barcelona has no intention of speeding up the pace now, Simeone is not at ease in his heart, he does not see the integration of offense and defense, the overall linkage of defense, the entire midfield is not very active, especially what makes him unable to sit still is that Wen Zhihao looks very inactive today, and even the entire midfield has been affected, and the overall movement is obviously not as positive as when the league played two games.

Simone's face froze, if he continued to fight like this, there would be a big problem.

If Atletico loses the tireless running and scrambling of the midfield, they will also lose the biggest hole card to restrain Barcelona's passing, and it will also affect the quality of the counter-attack. Then all Atletico can do on the pitch is to run hard.

The stars on the opposite side are also clearly finding that the pressure is not as strong today as it was in the league. After fifteen minutes of cautious probing, Barcelona's attacking focus shifted from the flanks to the middle, pursuing a straight attack.

The atmosphere in the stands of Barcelona was very warm, although Barcelona had not yet knocked on the goal of Atletico Madrid, but the fans felt very happy, very refreshed, and breathed a bad breath. And attacking from the flanks is not Barcelona's specialty, and with the current situation, it is only a matter of time before they score.

Barcelona's attack in the middle is very targeted, Iniesta deliberately came to the right side, just against Godin's defensive side, Messi's role in this game is not a pure right winger, more of a cruising in the front of the penalty area, Atletico Madrid's defensive side and center combination. His physical agility and skill at his feet were enough to ignore Godin, and with Iniesta's cooperation, Messi, who is usually left-footed, doubled his attack on the right wing.

Godin is tall and has long legs, which is originally an advantage for defenders, but there are two sides to everything, and in front of elves like Messi, this is the biggest disadvantage. Messi used two dodging and moving feints, and Godin's center of gravity didn't know which direction it was shaken.

By the time Godin came to his senses again, Messi had already entered the penalty area, and at this time, even the right full-backs Juanfran and Gabi chased over to make up for the defense, and the Messi King also deceived Oblak with a fake fax shot, and then pushed it to Suarez, and the Uruguayan was directly happy to eat the cake in the face of the empty goal.

“OOOOO!!! The ball is in! Suarez puts us ahead of the Madridians! But the biggest highlight is Messi's performance of Godin! Ha ha! Atletico Madrid boast of being the world's number one centre-back, but that's it! The Catalan commentator was ecstatic.

And He Wei stood in the position of Atletico Madrid, at this time he was very crazy, but he still tried his best to hide it, so he could only say in a low and slow voice: "I said before the game that Atletico Madrid must not be led by the rhythm of Barcelona, this goal is a lesson, in addition, Wen Zhihao seems to have some problems today, so far, his running on the field is obviously a lot less, although he does not contribute much on the defensive end, but his running energy is very effective in driving the attack and defense of the midfield." So far he's not doing as well as he used to. ”

Many Chinese fans were upset by Mr. He's words. Wen Zhihao played a season of high-intensity games, players are human beings after all, not game machines, don't they allow physical fatigue? is so nitpicky, if Wen Zhihao is injured, he will not be able to play in the Champions League final or even the World Cup, and it is not you media who make the most trouble? Do you want to question him for not knowing how to prioritize?

Although he was scored a goal by his opponent, Wen Zhihao was not particularly anxious, although he did not have much experience in dealing with the final, but he knew that only if he was in a stable state of mind could he seize the opportunity to equalize, and it was too normal to be scored by Barcelona. At this time, if you mess up, then there is really no chance.

Simeone warned everyone in the dressing room before the game to be patient, distribute their physical energy reasonably, and be mentally prepared to stay up to the penalty shootout with their opponents.

Wen Zhihao has no psychological disdain for Barcelona, but he does have the idea of reserving his fitness for the second half of the game. The team's disadvantage in the first half of the game does have a lot to do with their own lack of investment and forward-looking thinking.

"Wen, something is wrong with you today, is there anything wrong with your body?" Gabi came over to express his concern, everyone could see that Wen Zhihao had reservations, and Gabi, as the captain on the field, was even more worried that Wen Zhihao would be injured in order to play this final.

Wen Zhihao knew that he meant well, and waved his hand: "It's okay, you think too much." ”

Gabi nodded and patted him on the shoulder in encouragement.

This scene is a bit irritating to Wen Zhihao, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is already a core member of the team and should take the initiative to lead the whole team on the field. On the contrary, because of his own responsibility, he brought the team into a predicament where the score was behind and the scene was suppressed. Isn't it a little too sorry for the trust of your teammates and the manager?

Gabi continues to motivate the team through body language on the field, which is his duty as captain and spiritual leader on the field. And Wen Zhihao's drive is directly manifested in action.

Since kick-off, Wen Zhihao has never taken the initiative to carry out the press, and a veteran like Iniesta is still vigilant in his consciousness, but Denis Suarez is relatively young, Wen Zhihao suddenly stepped forward, and suddenly grabbed when he didn't straighten out the ball at his feet. The tough tackle directly tackles the ball, and the whole action is clean and coherent. At the same time, the huge inertia brought Suarez down on the turf.

This is just the first step, everyone didn't expect Wen Zhihao to stand up with one hand after this defense, lead the ball in front of him with one step, and then start his signature dribble sprint!

"Good shot! is very uplifting one-on-one defense, Wen Zhihao counterattacks with the ball, and his state seems to have suddenly returned to normal! He Wei shouted excitedly.