Barcelona were very strategic in defending against Wen Zhihao today, with Paulinho and Sergio Busquets forming a semi-circular barrier around Wen Zhihao throughout. The former mainly used his body to interfere with Wen Zhihao's sprint, while Busquets used his height and long legs to block Wen Zhihao's passes.

As a result, the recurring scenario on the pitch was that Atletico's attack struggled to penetrate deep into the heart of Barcelona's defence, and Barcelona continued to attack with more and more breaks in midfield. Wen Zhihao felt a little powerless. The two top defenders in La Liga are indeed a little difficult for him.

Paulinho seems to be very defense, he and Wen Zhihao have a good personal relationship, but they are each their own masters on the field, and there is no politeness or mercy in tackling and pulling. He knows exactly what the manager is doing with him. Wen Zhihao continued to learn lessons on the field, trying to use the advantages of position and ball control to jam Paulinho, and at the same time, his teammates did not take the initiative to approach and never blindly passed, and did not give the eyeing Busquets any chance to try to break the ball.

From the perspective of a bystander, you will feel that Paulinho's defense today is very effective, basically allowing himself to follow Wen Zhihao or even stick to him at all times, it seems that Wen Zhihao did not play his own small and fast characteristics as he wants, and Barcelona's tactics were successful. But Paulinho clearly knows what it feels like to face Wen Zhihao now.

Difficulty!

Wen Zhihao is not in a hurry to pass the ball, in the small space of the place, it is definitely not easy for Paulinho to steal the ball at his feet cleanly. The long-term strength training has brought great changes to Wen Zhihao's physical fitness, especially the core strength of the upper limbs, there are not many abdominal muscles in the body, but the density is extremely large and the explosiveness is extremely strong. This makes up for his biggest weakness compared to Paulinho, and ball control has always been his strength. As he continues to compete at a high level, he has gained experience and on-the-spot skills. In the face of Paulinho's behind-the-back aggression, his arms were slightly open to increase the defensive area, stepping on the ball and protecting the ball in a very small range, and constantly using small turns of the body to ensure that the ball was always in front of him.

Wen Zhihao used this skill to wear off Paulinho's confidence at the beginning, and he needed to pay a lot of effort in order to steal Wen Zhihao. If it is only the physical consumption, maybe the problem is not big, but the psychological consumption and the loss of confidence are the most deadly.

Simeone, who was watching the game from the sidelines, slowly relaxed and smiled faintly. Starting from his position as head coach and considering the overall situation of the game, Wen Zhihao's approach has the deep-seated significance of reducing the opponent's momentum.

The pace of the game was gradually chopped to pieces, and the referee's whistle sounded intensively. In order to control the game, referee Lahoz was very strict about the physical contact between the two sides, which further irritated the Barcelona players who had not been able to get the ball for a long time, and the Camp Nou fans also sent huge boos to the referee who was selected for the World Cup in Russia. They don't have much affection for this referee.

In the referee circles of the five major leagues, La Liga referees are notoriously temperamental. Lahoz is one of the "outstanding figures". Alba complained twice about his dissatisfaction with the decision, and as a result, Lahoz pulled out a red card and sent Alba off. Not only did he form a bond with Barcelona, but it also sparked a discussion on the Internet about the issue of La Liga referees. Some fans jokingly called La Liga a "Spanish Match-fixing League" and questioned La Liga referees' involvement in match-fixing.

Of course, this is just speculation from the sidelines. For the players on both sides of the current Camp Nou, there must be absolute respect and obedience to the referee Lahoz's decision.

Today at the home of Barcelona, Lajoz was a little "polite", although the whistle sounded frequently, but he did not play cards easily. Even Paulinho, who kicked Wen Zhihao from behind when it was completely impossible to get the ball, was only given a verbal warning.

However, it is worth affirming that Wen Zhihao's "selfishness" allowed Atletico Madrid to withstand the most passive period. Messi, Dembele and striker Suarez did not have the ball, the movement up front was significantly reduced, and Atletico Madrid's offensive and defensive hardness was gradually shown. There is no playmaking core like Xavi, and Iniesta is also on the bench, and it is hard-hitting, but Atletico Madrid does not suffer at all. Even if Busquets is tall and has long legs and enough momentum, the tenacious Thomas is even more unambiguous, and he directly tackles Busquets for a ball in the midfield, and both sides lose. However, both of them had a shallow cut on their exposed socks and had to go to the sidelines to change them.

Twenty-five minutes into the first half, Atletico gradually levelled the game. And Saul took the initiative to intervene to help Wen Zhihao attract some of Busquets' attention, which won more space for Wen Zhihao to move up front.

Without Busquets' effective defense, Paulinho was obviously more difficult to play against Wen Zhihao alone, and what made him even more depressed was that Wen Zhihao deliberately avoided him on the offensive end, and organized Atletico Madrid's counterattack through a long pass of 360 degrees without dead ends.

Valverde was in the coach's seat of the home team, his face turned from sunny to cloudy, and he happened to be seen by Paulinho's casual turn of his head, not wanting to live up to the trust of the manager, although Paulinho was very hesitant, he still chose to be the most risky as a midfielder, and it was also the most wrong defensive way to face Wen Zhihao.

Seeing Saul pass the ball to Wen Zhihao from the left behind, Paulinho went around to Wen Zhihao's left side and quickly fell to the ground to put the tackle, but Saul's pass was not a straight stopper, but a light rub was added to the outside instep when he pushed forward, with a slight rotation, Wen Zhihao could just take advantage of the situation to take a step and avoid Paulinho's tackle's left foot.

Because Busquets had just had a confrontation with Saul, Wen Zhihao's seemingly ordinary trip had an extremely unexpected effect, and the two strongest defenders of Barcelona were left behind at the same time! Between the midfielders and the defenders, it's a very open sprint area!

All the commentators immediately exclaimed, with their professional quality, even if they don't know Wen Zhihao and Atletico Madrid comprehensively, they can see that this is an excellent attacking opportunity to create goals.

And Garcia and He Wei, who often pay attention to Atletico Madrid's commentary, are absolutely aware of it. I was silent for Barcelona for three seconds, and I still said excitedly: "Beautiful!" A great opportunity for Atletico! ”

Wen Zhihao withstood the boos of the Barcelona fans in the stadium, ran wildly with the ball, and went directly into the penalty area, so that Mascherano had to turn his attention to him, and Griezmann was unguarded at this time.

Wen Zhihao was next to Alba, who was adducted and supplemented, and the two of them would form a closed door defense one step later, and Wen Zhihao grabbed this momentary opportunity, and hit the goal directly with a heavy artillery on the ground. A powerful burst of power sent Ter Stegen off the hook and Griezmann cleverly stepped in and fired into the corner from a tight angle.

Atletico's on-field players, including centre-backs Godin and Savic, ran dozens of meters to the left corner to celebrate wildly in front of nearly 1,000 Atletico fans.

"Haha! It's just dramatic! After watching the opening, we all thought it was a matter of time before Barcelona took the lead, but they were behind. Atletico's tenacity is truly amazing. ”

Sky Sports commentary Joe? Crouka was completely neutral and wanted to see a good shootout, and the deadlock-breaking goal made him extremely excited: "Textbook counterattack! Atletico Madrid took a surprise lead. This is far from the end, the climax has just begun! ”