Chapter 53: A slap in the face

At half-time, Simeone made changes to his line-up.

He replaced the physically exerted Cork with Thiago and replaced an attacking player with a defensive central midfielder, which seemed to weaken the team's attacking ability, but in reality, Thiago and Gabi will form a double midfield, which once again insures Atletico's midfield line.

Simeone's intentions are clear, a one-goal lead is not reliable, Barcelona's attacking ability is not in doubt, and a one-goal gap is not enough to make the opponent surrender. Therefore, Simeone intends to sweep away the worries of the team's midfield, let Qin Shou free his hands, focus on attacking, and take advantage of the advantage of playing one more person to pull the score away as much as possible.

However, Barcelona also made a change, with striker Pedro replaced and a new player coming in with Argentinian Mascherano, an all-round defensive player who can play in multiple positions at the back and at centre-back, and after he came on, Barcelona changed to a 4-3-2 formation.

Although Barcelona is missing one person, they are still strong overall, Xavi and Iniesta both have excellent passing skills, and Sanchez and Villa are also quite good in terms of individual ability, so in terms of attacking power, even if they play one less, they will not necessarily be inferior to Atletico Madrid.

That was all there was in the opening of the second half.

After Barcelona got the ball, the midfield organized an offensive, Xavi and Little White Iniesta played a wonderful combination in a row, and finally Iniesta broke through to the penalty area 30 meters, and suddenly picked up a pass, Sanchez deftly avoided Miranda, and volleyed directly without stopping the ball, fortunately, Courtois was very focused and flew to save the football from the bottom line.

"Brilliant passing! Brilliant shot! Brilliant save! ”

"Sanchez just narrowly missed Barcelona to equalise!"

"Despite having one man on the pitch, Barcelona are the best team in world football, and their attacking ability is still terrifying!"

Barcelona's attack was a thrill to the hearts of Atletico Madrid's players, and it was also a wake-up call. Don't look at the current score they are ahead, and at the same time have a numerical advantage, but the opponent will not easily admit defeat, they can still cause a lot of trouble for Atletico.

After surviving this crisis, it was Atletico Madrid's turn to attack.

Atletico Madrid players are used to handing over the football to Qin Shou, and this time is no exception, Courtois threw the ball to Felipe, who passed the football to the side without hesitation, Qin Shou received the ball while knocking on his feet, stopping the ball and turning around. Coherent.

Barcelona also knew that Qin Shou was the core of Atletico Madrid, so Xavi greeted him as soon as possible, but Xavi was not a player good at defense after all.

This kind of passing is very simple and direct, but for a player like Xavi who is not a speed type, it is really uncomfortable, knowing what way the opponent is going to pass you. You still can't help it, and it makes people feel depressed just thinking about it.

The muscles on Harvey's face twitched a few times, and instead of chasing Qin Shou, he turned around and ran back to half court from the middle. He has a lot of experience. Chasing, he can't catch up, just go back to the middle to defend, anyway, whether it's a cross or an inward cut. Qin Shou's attack will eventually hit the middle.

Qin Shou rushed forward quickly on the side and soon approached Alves. The latter was directly pasted.

Alves' performance in this game was simply terrible, and the assists did not improve. The defense was also played by Qin Shou, and because of his own reasons, he also caused captain Puyol to be sent off. So Alves was holding back the fire in his belly, wanting to give Qin Shou a little color to see.

Alves rushed very violently, and he had a posture of directly colliding with Qin Shou.

Qin Shou had to slow down, not because he was afraid of colliding with his opponent, but because he felt that it was not worth wasting an offensive opportunity because of his vindictiveness.

Alves rejoiced that his purpose had been achieved. He is not a reckless man, and the reason why he rushed up with great momentum was to make the other party slow down. His speed was not as good as the other party, if Qin Shou used his speed to eat him, he really didn't have any good way. So he lay his body on Qin Shou's sprint route, and he had a posture that if you want to eat me, you will overturn me first.

And now that Qin Shou has slowed down his speed, he can step forward and stick to him, as long as he doesn't let him break through, he has a chance to cut off the football. At the same time, Busquets also ran over, wanting to break Qin Shou's possession with Alves.

The two of them surrounded him, and he didn't believe that Qin Shou could still grow wings behind his back and fly out of his encirclement.

Qin Shou naturally didn't have wings on his back, but he could guess a few points of Alves's intentions, he didn't look at Busquets sneakily approaching, he stepped on the ball when he slowed down, and when Alves was about to stick up, he jerked the ball forward, his body picked up again, bypassed Alves, and rushed forward.

Alves didn't expect Qin Shou to come with him with such a move, this simple step on it, but it was a time difference, the rapid rhythm change made Alves have no time to react, the football passed between his feet, and when a feeling called humiliation came to his heart, Qin Shou rushed directly from his side.

Alves was shocked, and subconsciously reached out to grab Qin Shou's jersey, but only caught a cloud of air, and Qin Shou had completely left him behind.

"Good...... So fast. Alves muttered to himself in horror.

In the stands, the home fans were already clamoring excitedly.

"Well done! That's it, that's it, blow this Brazilian monkey to the core! ”

"Oh, oh, Alves is like a wooden stake, look at the shock on his face, ha, it's really enjoyable!"

"Rush rush! Qin, rush ......"

Amid the cheers in the sky, Qin Shou quickly descended to the bottom line.

Mascherano had to rush out of the penalty area to fill in for Alves, the side was completely empty, if he didn't come out, Qin Shou would cut straight inside the box without hindrance.

As for the result of entering the penalty area, a fool can think of it, Mascherano didn't dare to pin his hopes on the unrealistic fantasy that Qin Shou would rush into the penalty area and then shoot and jerk off.

Speaking of which, Mascherano is also hard enough, he has only been on the scene for a long time, and his body and bones have not been completely activated, so he has to face such a big challenge. Don't look at him wiping Alves' ass, but Atletico really had to score in the end. Then fans and media will only remember this sentence: Qin shoots after breaking through Mascherano, or Qin decisively crosses under Mascherano's defense, and XXX grabs the point to score!

"What a pig-like teammate!"

Mascherano, who was destined to carry the black cauldron, scolded so in his heart, but his feet did not stop, and he ran to the bottom line quickly.

"Mascherano pounced!"

"Now it's up to Qin to deal with this ball!"

Under the gaze of the audience and the commentator, Qin Shou raised his left foot and made a cross. Mascherano didn't dare to slack off, so he could only stretch out his feet to block Qin Shou's cross.

Qin Shou's raised left foot fell slightly, the football was pushed forward a little, and Qin Shou followed again. Avoiding Mascherano's outstretched foot, he lifted his left foot again after shaking out of the space completely.

This time it wasn't a feint, as the ball rose from the ground, sliced a beautiful parabola through the air, and crashed straight into the box.

Barcelona have always been their weakness in defending high balls, and with Puyol's downfall, this shortcoming is even more obvious. Originally, Mascherano's ability to compete for the top was quite good, but at the moment he was pulled out of the penalty area. Only Pique is left with one high point, and under the double impact of Falcao and Costa, it is inevitable that it will be a little difficult to stand alone.

Qin Shou's cross is of high quality, and it feels like a penalty ball is looking for someone. Falcao, who was at the front of the line, took the lead, but he was only a cover and did not reach the football at all. The football bypassed him, as well as the likes of Xavi and Abidal, who returned to the penalty area to participate in the defense. At the back post, Costa overpowered Pique and leaped high. At the moment of jumping, the head to the ball arrives.

Costa stretched his head comfortably, and the ball changed direction and went straight into the corner of the goal.

At such a close distance, even if Valdés was a god, there was nothing he could do, he could only subconsciously wave his hand, and then the football rushed into the goal from his eyes.

3:1!

Costa helped Atletico Madrid extend their lead to two goals and the balance of victory was fully tilted in favour of the home side.

"Qin! Breakthrough, pass ...... Break through again! Cross! ”

"Costa! Costa! Pretty! Costa crushed Pique and smashed all resistance from Barcelona in one fell swoop! ”

“3:1! Atletico Madrid leads Barcelona by two goals! Victory is at hand! ”

The live radio was filled with the hoarse roars of the commentators, and for the third time, the Calderón Stadium became a sea of joy, with the fans yelling with excitement.

After the goal, Costa glanced at Pique, who was bitter, and his heart was so happy. From the beginning of the game to the present, he has been battling Pique, the two have won and lost each other, but he has never scored, and from this point of view, Pique's defense against him is undoubtedly successful.

But now...... Hmph, losers can only be despised!

Costa looked at the other and sneered twice, then stood still, growling with excitement.

The teammates also stepped forward to celebrate with Costa, don't look at the relationship between everyone and Costa in private, but in the game, everyone is a whole, even Qin Shou, a guy who has fought with Costa, can cooperate with Costa, so what reason do they have to exclude each other on the court?

Anyway, Costa scored a goal, and the whole team benefited.

Qin Shou didn't step forward, he slowly ran backwards after completing the assist, and when he passed Alves, he stopped.

Without speaking, Qin Shou just glanced at the other party lightly, then shook his head and ran away.

There are no words, but the meaning of disdain is obvious.

Alves's face was blue and white for a while, if his eyes could kill, maybe Qin Shou would have died ten times or eight times.

"If you want a goal or an assist, then step over me!"

Alves suddenly thought of the provocation he swore to say, and when he thought about it at this moment, it was simply ashamed to death, which was tantamount to slapping himself in the face, and he also made a "pop~" sound.

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