Chapter 137: Fight Back!
The game has been going on for more than 80 minutes, Atletico Madrid's physical strength has begun to decline significantly, their running and scrambling are not as active as before, this is also a helpless thing, Atletico Madrid's full-court pressing tactics are extremely physically demanding, they use this way to make up for the overall shortcomings, if you look at the statistics of the game at this time, it is estimated that Atletico Madrid players per capita than Barcelona players run nearly one kilometer more.
Of course, the price comes with a severe decline in fitness.
The consequence of the decline in fitness is a lack of concentration and an unstoppable hole in defense.
And Pique, who rushed forward with the ball, seized this hole.
His original intention was to pass the ball to his team-mates, but as he continued to advance, Atletico's players kept retreating, focusing more on other players in the running position, and neglecting Pique's defence.
Pique was also unambiguous, about 20 meters before the penalty area, seeing that there were no defenders around him, he raised his foot and pumped it violently.
The moment Pique raised his foot, Qin Shou realized something, he left Messi, who had been following, and rushed over quickly, but it was too late, and the football rose from the ground and flew towards the lower right corner of the goal.
Courtois made a save and quickly fell to the ground to save the football, but Pique's shot was so powerful that it was touched by his right hand but did not change direction, still moving forward and eventually into the goal.
2:2!
In the 83rd minute, Pique's goal equalised Barcelona and the two teams were back on the same page.
Pique didn't celebrate much after the goal, he raced to the goal, picked up the ball and waved his team-mates to follow as he ran back.
Obviously. He wasn't happy with the equaliser, on his home turf he wanted to win, to win.
Also unhappy with the score was Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola, who made a substitution at this time, replacing Pedro. Cesc Fabregas was brought on, while he brought on Baltra for Xavi, who was in a state of declining fitness.
As a result, Barcelona have four strikers up front. Messi and Villa, as well as Cesc Fabregas and Gerard Pique who were pushed up front. This is also a common tactic used by Barcelona, because there is no strong center forward in the team, and when the situation cannot be opened, Guardiola will put Cesc Fabregas and Pique up front, and let these two men act as a charge and serve as the fulcrum of the team's attack. So as to create opportunities for Messi and others who are keeping up.
It was clear that Barcelona were looking to use the last ten minutes of the game in the hope of scoring another goal and winning the game.
On the other hand, Simeone also made a response. At this point, he was not dissatisfied, and although a point was not the most desirable result, it was better than losing the game outright.
He replaced Falcao and Turan with Antoine Griezmann and Merida, respectively. This is a signal to hold on to the draw to the end.
After the resumption of the game, Barcelona launched another onslaught towards Atletico Madrid. Cesc Fabregas, who came on to the pitch, received a pass from a team-mate. Two steps forward, and it was a sudden shot.
Courtois was focused, while Cesc Fabregas had a shot from a good angle and Courtois was comfortable in his arms.
Fabregas shook his head, speechless.
He was just trying his toes with this shot, after all, he had just come on. I don't know how it feels to be under my feet.
In fact, since joining Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas's footwork has not been smooth. It's also something that can't be helped, I want to feel good and have smooth feet. The easiest way to do this is to play more games. However, his position in Barcelona is very embarrassing, with a high transfer price but no stable playing time, in the midfield position, Barcelona can be described as full of talent, Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets firmly occupy the starting spot, he has no chance to start at all.
Cesc Fabregas spent most of his time sitting on the cold bench. Even when he gets the occasional chance to play, he doesn't play in his favourite midfielder, but more often as a centre-forward, as he does now.
It's ironic to think about it, at Arsenal he is the only core of the team, the manager relies on him, his teammates trust him, and the fans support him, but he is not satisfied, and he wants to transfer despite everyone's retention. Now that I'm back in Barcelona, I'm in such a situation, it's really impermanent.
In the past, when he was at Arsenal, he thought that Qin Shou's rise was a great threat to him, but now look at it, Qin Shou played well in Atletico Madrid and was the absolute core of the team, while he could only play in a limited time.
Despite the bitterness, the game still has to be played and Cesc Fabregas will be hoping to put in a good performance in the only time he has and hope that the manager will change his mind and give him more playing time.
So, Cesc Fabregas was actively running on the pitch.
However, the new Merida is very physical, and seeing Fabregas gradually become active, he simply ran with Fabregas, looking like I will go wherever you go, I just want to stare you to death.
In the 87th minute, Cesc Fabregas received another pass from his teammate. He took the ball with his back to the outside of the box, and Merida tried to reach out for a tackle, but he squeezed away with his body, and then completed the turn.
Messi ran past his left and wanted to pick him up.
Cesc Fabregas did not choose to pass the ball, with Messi's involvement, he suddenly flicked the ball, shook the angle slightly, and was about to hit the goal directly.
When Messi was running, Qin Shou was originally following Messi's side, but as a former teammate, he was very familiar with Fabregas, and when his upper body shook slightly, Qin Shou guessed that Fabregas would not pass the ball, but would choose to hit the goal by himself, so he left Messi and rushed diagonally.
Sure enough, Fabregas lifted his right foot with a flick.
Qin Shou decisively rushed out, and a sliding shovel fell to the ground, shoveling the football away.
Cesc Fabregas, on the other hand, kicked the air and failed to maintain his balance, staggering and falling to the ground.
Qin Shou glared at the football with his foot on the ground, and the football passed to Juanfran's feet. Barcelona's attack was put to an end.
After completing all this, Qin Shou stood up, he glanced at Fabregas lightly, the corners of his mouth hooked up an arc full of mockery, and then ran forward.
Fabregas was a little reluctant to get up from the ground. Qin Shou laughed at him silently, naturally looking at it in his eyes, a little angry, but more helpless. Now, what right does he have to be angry? It was his choice, and although it was wrong, he had to pay for his choice.
"Why don't you pass the ball! Damn it! ”
Villa ran over and yelled at Fabregas.
In the view of "Hulu Baby", this is an excellent offensive opportunity, Messi has run out of position, he and Pique are also running in the penalty area, as long as the football enters the penalty area, several people cooperate with each other, and there may not be no possibility of breaking the goal.
Therefore, for Fabregas, who "wasted" opportunities, Villa has no good face.
Cesc Fabregas took one look at Villa and then at the other side, but none of his teammates stepped forward, let alone reached out to pull him up. He felt a chill in his heart.
He hung his head, didn't speak, got up silently, and ran backwards.
Villa looked at Fabregas's back, spat on the ground, and turned and ran away.
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The game quickly came to the 90th minute, the score was still 2:2, and although Barcelona tried their best to score another goal, Atletico Madrid's defense was tenacious and did not give them any decent chances.
And the referee also made a gesture of four minutes of stoppage time at this time.
Just when everyone thought the game was about to end in a draw, in the 91st minute, Barcelona launched another very dangerous attack.
Barcelona, who were pressing hard, made a quick pass up front, and eventually Andres Iniesta stuffed the ball into the box. Villa broke free of Felipe's entanglement, slammed into the box with a diagonal stab, and was about to raise his foot to shoot at the rolling football.
Courtois was quicker, risking a kick from Villa as he walked out of the net, and fell to the ground on the run to keep the ball under his hands.
Villa quickly gathered his foot, but due to inertia, the kick was still carried to Courtois's shoulder.
Courtois's face twitched in pain. However, he did not delay, he endured the pain and quickly got up, ran to the line of the penalty area with the football in his arms, and threw the football out with all his strength.
"Villa shoots...... Oooo ”
Courtois stood up! Throw the ball with your hand thrown vigorously! ”
"Fight back! It was a quick counter-attack from Atletico Madrid! ”
Courtois's hand threw the ball far into the air and directly past the center circle.
And Qin Shou, who was cruising near the midfield, suddenly rushed forward and ran quickly towards the landing point of the football.
Courtois's attack was so sudden that the Barcelona players didn't come to their senses. And because of their heavy pressing, the defense is empty, and even Puyol is still dragging in the front field and has not returned.
Except for one Baltra, it can be said that the Barcelona backfield at the moment is almost unguarded.
"Not good!"
Messi was also near the midfield, and when he saw Qin Shou's movements, he secretly screamed bad in his heart, and then quickly passed through the midfield and chased towards Qin Shou's figure. (To be continued.) )