Regardless of whether the 3-2 score is beneficial to the next road to qualification, Atletico Madrid has no intention of worrying about the wins and losses in this match against Schalke 04, and they have to shift all their focus to the league.

The next big game is the clash with Barcelona, their second meeting in the league this season.

The main battlefield of Atletico Madrid this season is the league, so they can't help but be cautious about this game, after all, if they want to go straight to the final championship, Barcelona is the mountain they must climb.

What's more, as the most direct opponent in the championship battle, this is a game that can be said to be worth "six points" - if you win, Atletico Madrid will tie the league points with Barcelona and take the initiative to win the championship in your own hands; Defeat and they will be left even further behind by Barcelona.

Barcelona is one of the top teams in world football, in La Liga, especially in recent years, it can be described as the No.1 in the league, even the huge investment, star-studded Real Madrid, compared with Barcelona, is inevitably inferior.

The reason why Barcelona is strong, many people believe that this is the result of Barcelona's 20 years of insisting on their pass-and-possession style of play, and Barcelona has reached the extreme in such a tactical style of play and has become an exceptionally powerful whole.

Of course, there are many people who believe that it is Xavi, Iniesta, and even Messi's golden generation of players that have created Barcelona's glory today.

There are two arguments on the Internet about this. One theory is that Messi has made Barcelona and brought the level and ability of the Catalan team to a higher level, while the other theory is that Barcelona as a whole has made Messi, because of the strong support of the midfield, Messi can continue to score goals.

Both of these statements are true and incorrect.

Barcelona are strong overall, there's no doubt about it, but because of a top player like Messi. It has led the level of the whole team to a higher level. On the other hand, Messi's performance is naturally better because of the strong support of the team as a whole.

So the two complement each other.

But in any case, Barcelona is a team that needs to be a whole, and the individual ability of the players is very balanced in all aspects, and their passing and possession style of play is their invincible and invincible weapon.

In the first leg of the league this season, Atletico Madrid won 4-1 against Barcelona. If you just look at the score, it will make people think that Atletico Madrid won easily, but only fans who watched the whole game know that it is actually very difficult for Atletico to win.

Rao is so, Atletico also won only Barcelona without Messi. In other words, the Barcelona team that Atletico Madrid defeated was not the strongest Barcelona.

Now, Messi has already returned from injury and is in excellent form. He has scored repeatedly in the league, and more than halfway through the league, he has scored 19 goals, only two fewer than Cristiano Ronaldo in first place. 1 more than Qin Shou, who is in third place.

To know. Real Madrid is gathering the strength of the whole team to serve Cristiano Ronaldo, while Barcelona is more flowering, but Messi's personal ability is too strong, and his performance is naturally more prominent. This is still achieved after Messi was injured for a month. It is conceivable that if Messi had not retired from injury for a month, maybe the first position in the scorer list would have to be said whether it was C. Ronaldo.

So. Facing the powerful Barcelona and Messi, who is in good shape, even if Atletico Madrid defeated the other party in the first leg, he still doesn't have much confidence in his heart.

Moreover, Atletico Madrid is still playing two games a week this week, and they have also suffered some losses in terms of physical fitness.

Barcelona's quarter-knockout opponent is Galatasaray in Group H, and their match will not be played until the middle of next week, so Barcelona, who occupy the right time, place and people, is really flawless.

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While Atletico Madrid was struggling with the crucial battle ahead, Barcelona's training ground was full of laughter. The Barcelona players are full of confidence for the next game, they don't care who the opponent is, they just know that they are Barcelona and that's enough.

At the end of the intra-team match, Messi and his teammates sat on the turf, drinking water and chatting.

"Leo, you were in really good shape today, you scored three goals."

Xavi took a sip of water and laughed and chatted with Messi.

In the intra-team game just now, although it was not an official game, everyone did not use all their strength, but everyone can see that Messi's condition is really good, and he actually scored three goals, and even one is a header that is rare and not good at on weekdays.

"Okay." Messi responded with a smile.

"We're going to play at home to Atletico Madrid in two days, so in such good form, Leo, you need to score two more goals!" Alves squeezed his eyebrows at Messi, and then remembered something, and an unhappy look appeared on his face, "Hmph, I lost to them 1:4 last year, hmph, this time we must get the field back, let them see how good we are!" ”

In other words, Alves is really full of resentment towards Atletico Madrid, or Qin Shou. Before the first leg, they had a war of words with the Atletico players in the media, but they lost the game, and they were suddenly deprived of the Atletico number 10 in the game, which was really a shame to grandma's house.

Alves is holding his breath, and even every day he is thinking that the second leg of the confrontation is coming soon, this time, he and his teammates must be on their home turf and beat the opponent to the north. Only in this way can he vent his full anger.

"I'll do my best."

Messi was still that modest, smiled and nodded.

"Don't, Leo, it's not your best, it's necessary!" Alves and Messi have a good relationship, he hugged each other's necks, and complained as if complaining, "You don't know, you didn't play last year, we really held back the fire in our stomachs, they not only won, but also got the captain down, that damn Atletico Madrid No. 10, and used a free kick to sneak attack us, it's really shameless to get home......"

Puyol glared at him and said coldly, "It's not like wiping your ass yet!" ”

There was a burst of laughter from the teammates around him. Most of the players were involved in the first leg of the two teams, so it was clear to everyone that Alves was terrible in that game, and it was a great irony to think of his pre-match words, "If you want to score, step over me".

Alves's face was thick, and with an embarrassed smile, he stopped complaining and didn't continue.

However, his teammates did not let him go, and everyone talked about the game at that time, laughing at Alves's poor performance, Alves did not show weakness, and retorted noisily, and a group of people laughed together.

In fact, Messi watched the whole game on TV, so he was very clear about what everyone was talking about. Still, he listened with relish.

He could hear the chatter of his teammates, but his eyes drifted into the distance.

"Qin, I already regard you as a worthy opponent, don't let me down!"

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Compared with the situation before the first leg of the league meeting between the two teams this season, this time, it can be said that it was a lot quieter before the game, although the fans of the two teams also had verbal quarrels from time to time, but there was no large-scale war of words.

However, this quiet pre-match atmosphere was quickly broken because Messi posted a message on his Twitter - "I feel full of strength when we play against Atletico Madrid. Qin is a top player and I'm looking forward to playing against him. Good luck to me and my team! ”

I don't know if Messi is bored and casually sent a mood message, or on purpose, in short, the media turned into a cat with a fishy smell, and the news quickly appeared in the newspapers - of course, before reporting, they will go through their own interpretation and "polishing".

"The new Argentine football king praised China's Qin as a worthy opponent, and he sent a challenge post to Qin!"

"It's not a challenge! It's just fresh and curious! ”

"China's Qin's performance this season has caught the attention of the Argentine king, and Messi said that he would be happy to play against such a top player!"

"Messi: My team and I will definitely win against Qin and Atletico Madrid!"

"Messi - Barcelona's time to be ashamed!"

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After the reporters interpreted themselves, how exciting these reports were, and in the end, some newspapers even marked "Messi: Last year you beat us 4:1, and now we want to pay you back an 8:2!" ".

These media are really enough, in order to attract the attention of fans and increase newspaper sales, they are really undisciplined and have no bottom line, and dare to make up and say anything.

In fact, such a report will not be taken seriously by fans and players who are a little sensible. However, there are always people in the world with no lower IQ, Alves saw the news on Messi's Twitter, and thought that his friend was preparing to get back to the field for his embarrassing performance last year, so he jumped out as soon as possible.

"We're going to give Atletico Madrid an unprecedented rout at the Camp Nou! Wait, you'll know we're awesome! ”

In the face of Alves' provocation, Atletico Madrid have exercised restraint - they are now trying to rehearse their tactics against Barcelona, and they have no time to engage in a war of words.

Qin Shou also ignored Alves's provocation, and Qin Shou didn't bother to deal with this brain-dead child who could only amplify his words.

However, he also sent a new message on his Weibo, which was a response to Messi's message.

"Leo is one of the best and greatest players of our time and I'm looking forward to playing against him as well. See you on the field. ”

"See you on the field."

This was Messi's last response to him.

There are not many conversations, but they all show the strong confidence of the two.

PS: The previous WeChat account, some book friends said that they couldn't find it, let's try this, yx3335665. (To be continued.) )