Unknown opponents are frightening, and facing the most familiar and unfamiliar opponents, especially when the ability value is higher than what you have previously known, your heart will be very entangled.

Paulinho's most real psychological state is like this now, and the shock that Wen Zhihao brought him is like this.

When he was a teammate with himself two years ago, Wen Zhihao also needed his own support in the midfield, and the biggest advantage in attack was speed. Look at it now, he has gone from being a regular bread eater on the field to a powerful ammunition conveyor. Paulinho couldn't help but sigh that time is the worst enemy. That is, two years have passed, and the growth rate of his potential opponents is so amazing.

If Wen Zhihao hears such an exclamation from his former teammate, who is the main defender of the Brazilian national team, he will probably roll his eyes: What is this, my personal offense has not had a chance to play yet, and passing is just a sideline now.

Now Barcelona is actually very difficult in the midfield, Wen Zhihao obviously grasped the weakness of only Busquets as a defensive midfielder, and launched an attack through continuous passes and layers of advancement, Rakitic very much wants to share a little defensive pressure for his teammates, constantly interfering with Wen Zhihao from behind or from the side. Rakitic believes he is the youngest and the more likely he is to make mistakes. But it backfired, and the effect was not good. Wen Zhihao didn't dwell too much at all, and he had already thought about how to play the ball next before he got the ball, so his movements were very coherent and fast, and Rakitic's defense was mostly ineffective scrambles. The side effect is that his fitness declines very quickly, which affects his playmaking efficiency on the offensive end.

The Catalan TV commentator frowned: "Ivan Rakitic is very unintelligent in the way he plays, it is easy to expose his shortcomings in front of his opponents, he is 30 years old, not 20 years old, so if you play like this, Valverde will have to consider replacing him at half-time." ”

He Wei looked at Rakitic, who was already a little out of breath on the field, and quipped: "Wen Zhihao's way of playing today is very elegant, which makes people see his demeanor as the core of the midfield at Vitesse. ”

Although the first 20 minutes were still Barcelona's offense as a whole, but there were Messi and Suarez, this situation is not unexpected, the sharpness of the mentor Atletico Madrid's attack is a bit surprising, especially when Wen Zhihao took the initiative to retreat to the midfield, and the front line is equivalent to cutting off an arm, Atletico Madrid actually threatened Ter Stegen's shot three or four times, which is a little surprising, when did Barcelona's defense become so vulnerable?

Many Chinese fans are thinking that if Griezmann's opening two chances are replaced by Wen Zhihao, with his current shooting feeling, he should be able to score at least one, right?

In other words, Griezmann's last kick this season is really touching......

Although Atletico Madrid has only four times in the opponent's 30-meter area, the number is not as good as Barcelona, but the efficiency is extremely high, Simeone specially explained before the game to fully mobilize the opponent, the whole team is very thorough, the most obvious point is that Atletico Madrid players are basically running at the expense of physical strength, so Wen Zhihao will always encounter happy troubles when he gets the ball, there are too many points, everyone has a strong desire to get the ball, and sometimes there is more than one good receiving point. Atletico's limited counter-attacks can present such a situation, and goals could be scored at any time.

Just after 20 minutes, when everyone thought the two sides would enter a stalemate phase, Atletico took the lead at this very delicate time.

Wen Zhihao's continuous dribbling attracted Rakitic's forward pressing, but Rakitic just took a big stride, Wen Zhihao led the ball to the outside of his body, and skillfully led it in the opposite direction of Rakitic's center of gravity, Rakitic shoveled in the air, but Wen Zhihao took advantage of the situation to distribute the ball to Saul, who followed up, and cleverly avoided Busquets's second round of pressing, while continuing to insert himself into the defensive ribs of Alba and Umtiti.

All the defenders of Barcelona focused on Wen Zhihao, Griezmann and Carrasco as the focal points, Saul only had Iniesta next to him, and his height and size were not at all in the same class, and Saul had absolute initiative in possession.

It's time to show what you're capable of!

Saul made two big strides directly to the edge of the penalty area, Wen Zhihao originally made a gesture to ask for the ball on the left side of the penalty area, but Saul didn't see it at all, and dribbled the ball horizontally in the opposite direction of Wen Zhihao, Barcelona's back line contracted very quickly, Pique and Busquets had already laid out their pockets one after the other, Saul was compressed into a narrow area at the front of the penalty area, and the ball would be cut off if he took another step.

Wen Zhihao cursed "it's over" in his heart, and ran to Saul's side in a big circle, hoping that his appearance would attract the attention of a part of Barcelona's backline.

He Wei was also a little dissatisfied with Saul's choice: "Saul took the ball to death, he just passed the outside instep to Wen Zhihao is the best choice, Alba can't come back at all, if it is Gabi, he may pass it as soon as possible." ”

But no one expected that Saul would choose to take a hard bow when he was on the verge of despair, and directly blasted a sharp and tricky long-range shot, shooting the ball from Pique's two long legs to the upper right corner of the goal. Ter Steer thought that he could sit back and relax with the double insurance of Pique and Busquets, but he was not mentally prepared, and the defenders also blocked his vision, and when he saw the ball drill out of his heart, he quickly kicked the ground and flew away, 25 years old, the instant speed of the body was very amazing, but it was still a little slower, and the ball grazed his fingertips and flew into the goal.

The Wanda Metropolitano Stadium was like a volcano erupting in an instant, and the Atletico Madrid fans were frantically venting their passion, in stark contrast to the surprise and loss of Barcelona fans.

"Oh my God, ball...... Entered?! It's incredible. Saul's previous treatment made people feel that there was no way out, but the effect of this long-range shot was even more gratifying than that of another village! He Wei said.

The famous Spanish commentator Garcia affirmed: "Absolutely impeccable goal! Saul brutally destroys Barcelona's self-confidence. ”

Saul scored his first goal of the season and ran frantically to the centre of the pitch to face the cheers of the home fans.

When he walked back into his position, Wen Zhihao said to Saul: "Although you robbed me of my work with Da Gezi (Griezmann), for the sake of scoring goals, I won't give you advice." ”

Saul smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "I'll give it to you next time." It's easy for you to score goals as a striker, but my goal in the back is all based on the jackpot! ”