302 needs a miracle!
Barcelona boss Luis Enrique reiterated Catalonia's slogan for a week in his pre-match press conference.
"We need a miracle and we believe the team can do it!"
Simeone didn't have a tough tone before the game.
The game is played out!
It doesn't make much sense to talk about it.
April 13, evening.
Atletico Madrid fans prepared a "gift" for Barcelona at the Calderón Stadium.
A spectacular TIFO emerges from the stands.
The red and blue background symbolizes Barcelona, and in the center is the scene of the whole team celebrating after Ye Yifeng scored the killer goal in the last game of Atletico Madrid.
The moment Ye Yifeng stepped back and jumped up from the ground and crashed into the crowd from the air.
It's just that this hand-painted pattern turns his smile into a more passionate shouting expression.
It was a picture of the game from last week's Champions League to the weekend.
Tang Mo also deliberately washed out a high-definition picture and included it in the album of Ye Yifeng's wonderful moments in the arena.
At the top of TIFO is a sentence written.
Unity, fearlessness, courage!
The starters of the two teams stood on the field, Ye Yifeng looked solemn, the Champions League reached the quarterfinals, and every time he took a step forward in the battlefield of the strong and cloudy, he was climbing a new peak of his career!
"Good evening, and welcome to the second leg of the 2015-2016 Champions League 14 finals against Atletico Madrid against defending champions Barcelona.
A week ago at Camp Nou, Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona 3-2 to establish a score advantage, Barcelona need to beat Atletico Madrid away from home to have any hope of turning the tables, 1:0 or 2:1, they will still be eliminated, 3:2, the two teams go to extra time, and the other winning scores can be reversed.
Barcelona's recent form has been a real concern, with a missed chance to close the gap on the top of the table in the league and if they fail to turn the tables on the road today, citing reports from the Catalan media, Barcelona will lose everything in eight days.
They may end up competing for just one Copa del Rey title this season.
Atletico Madrid knocked out Barcelona in the knockout rounds of the Champions League two years ago and it is likely that history will repeat itself today.
Atletico Madrid started 442.
Goalkeeper: Oblak.
Defenders: Juanfrán, Godin, Savic, Felipe Luiz.
Midfielders: Koke, Gabi, Saul, Correa.
Forwards: Torres, Ye Yifeng.
Antoine Griezmann was suspended for the first leg and sat in the stands to watch today.
Atletico Madrid's starting line-up is still tough, and they will inevitably come up with a stubborn defense at home to contain Barcelona's attack.
Barcelona started 433.
Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.
Defenders: Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba.
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic.
Forwards: Messi, Suarez, Neymar.
The same starting line-up as a week ago, Barcelona still put out their strongest squad.
The game is about to begin, let's see if Barcelona will be restrained by Atletico Madrid's defensive counter-attack again today.
If Barcelona can't win today, they will have an embarrassing record of four times this season against Atletico Madrid, without a win. ”
The frenzied cheering of Calderón Stadium shook the streets.
When the game began, Barcelona kicked off and Atletico Madrid had as many as four players on the counter-attack near the centre circle.
The Barcelona crowd was caught off guard!
Atletico Madrid, who played out a week ago, took drugs today?
When Fernando Torres and Ye Yifeng pressed against Rakitic and Andres Iniesta respectively, Barcelona's attack was forced to move to the wings.
Messi dribbled forward on the right and saw Saul and Correa press him in quick succession.
Messi sank his shoulders and changed direction, accelerated and turned sharply, and after getting rid of two people in succession, he was cut off by Savage.
Atletico Madrid's side defended successfully and immediately launched a fast attack.
Ye Yifeng responded at the back of the center circle, pulled the ball and turned around after receiving it, took the initiative to knock Iniesta away, and then sent the ball to the right side of the front court with a diagonal pass.
Koke rushed forward quickly, Torres followed up in the middle, Atletico Madrid's defense entered the state quickly, the crazy counter-attack was high, and the defensive counterattack was not delayed.
Torres received a pass from Cork on the right in front of the penalty area and shot straight into the goal without making adjustments!
The ball flew towards the near corner of the goal and was blocked by Ter Stegen on the side.
Alba retreated to the baseline to control the ball, and Torres and Cork quickly retreated.
Torres went back to pressing Rakitic to defend Rakitic, while Ye Yifeng still went to mark Iniesta.
The two full-backs swept away the style of shrinking today, and went directly to the front to mark Neymar and Messi.
Completely unafraid of the opponent's running to get rid of the posture.
Luis Enrique looked solemn.
The "savagery" of Atletico Madrid's posture after the opening was unexpected.
It did hit Barcelona by surprise.
When Barcelona wanted to speed up, they found that the midfield was frozen!
The defensive presence of Torres and Ye Yifeng has greatly reduced Barcelona's ability to control the field and undermined the conditions that shape the offensive situation.
Simeone's face sank like water, and the calm gaze of the coach's seat made him, a thug in a suit, look like a beast of reason.
In the first leg at Camp Nou, Atletico Madrid played an extreme counter-attack.
Back at Calderón in the second leg, although Atletico Madrid still played defensive counterattacks, they improved a lot in defensive initiative, and the focus was no longer on curbing the space of the MSN combination, but on targeting Barcelona's core midfielder!
Needless to say, Barcelona's MSN combo start needs to have a midfield to deliver shells.
And when it comes to shifting attacks, the overplay of the midfield is also crucial.
As the season comes to a close, will Andres Iniesta, who is approaching the age of 32, be able to sustain 90 minutes of intense action?
Rakitic has been an obvious weak point in Barcelona's ups and downs in form, as well as Neymar.
Controlling Rakitic and Iniesta is equivalent to abolishing the two legs of Barcelona's attack!
Without the power of their legs, no matter how powerful their wings are, they can't take off from the ground!
Ye Yifeng, who is full of physical energy and vitality, is definitely worthy of the role of a player symbolized by him wearing the No. 10 jersey on the field today!
In the 7th minute of the game, when Neymar couldn't wait for Alba to come up on the left side of the front court, he could only do it alone, Juanfran blocked the outside line, he was forced to change to cut inward, and when he encountered Gabi and then dialed the ball to change to cross-cutting, Ye Yifeng suddenly swept past him, broke the ball with his right foot, and then stepped on the football.
Neymar hurriedly grabbed it, Ye Yifeng was already prepared, and took the initiative to fight against Neymar and knock him away!
Then he pulled the ball and turned around, facing Iniesta, who was grabbing at this time, Ye Yifeng walked with Saul to complete the cooperation of hitting the wall nearby.
He had just taken a step forward when Neymar, who had risen from the ground behind him, rushed in and knocked him to the ground.
The referee blew the whistle for a foul on Neymar.
When Ye Yifeng stood up, Neymar was standing in front of him, with a fierce expression as if he was very concerned about Ye Yifeng knocking him over just now.
Ye Yifeng looked puzzled and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”
Neymar pointed at him and said, "The movement gives me a little restraint. ”
Cork rushed up to help, but Ye Yifeng instead raised his hand to block Coke, and asked Neymar puzzled: "The referee didn't for a foul just now, right?" You see, the referee is coming, you can go and ask him why he didn't blow my foul and he will give you the answer.
If you can't get the referee to for a foul, I'll hit you like that next time. ”
Ye Yifeng took the initiative to take two steps back.
Neymar reasoned with the referee again, and the referee awarded him a foul anyway, did not give a card, and gave a verbal warning.
In the 9th minute, Atletico Madrid made a quick attack in front, Torres sent a diagonal pass to Correa in the middle of the field, who sent the ball into the arms of Ter Stegen with a long-range shot from outside the box.
Barcelona fast attack.
Their rhythm today was very bad, especially the formation couldn't be pressed!
Without the midfield to shape the situation, it is difficult to dominate the field.
When Sergio Busquets passed the ball to Messi, Messi tried to walk outside from the right only to find Felipe Luiz rushing up to block the line.
In the blink of an eye, the sudden stop changed direction and passed the ball from behind Correa, and Messi's on-the-spot ball control reaction was still terrifying.
Saul grabbed to block the inside line, and Messi was stabbed off by Ye Yifeng in the cross-cutting of the ball.
Savage stepped forward and passed the ball diagonally to Ye Yifeng.
Turning around and dribbling forward quickly, Iniesta unleashed a diagonal cross that sent Koke up the right flank.
Ye Yifeng and Torres ran forward in the middle to follow up.
Koke came to the dangerous area on the ball and flicked a diagonal cross from Alba.
Torres took the initiative to observe the situation behind him, stopped the ball and adjusted it and sent a return pass.
Ye Yifeng received the ball and turned directly and retreated to make Rakitic pounce, change direction and cut the ball across the middle, and grabbed the ball on Busquets to the left before the penalty area.
Correa runs inside and touches the ball and crosses.
The ball flew to the right side of the penalty area, and Torres stepped forward to head the goal!
Mascherano was slow to block.
As a result, the ball hit the goal-side netting at a different angle.
Atletico Madrid's attacking players in front of the court quickly returned to the defense.
The frenzied cheers of the home fans are very much in line with the situation on the pitch right now.
Atletico Madrid is not intimidated at all!
Rush and fight.
The front court does not love to fight.
There is no confusion at the back.
It's like a steel beast on the pitch, not necessarily gorgeous and coquettish, but absolutely majestic and heavy!
In the 15th minute of the game, Neymar dribbled on the left, and this time he was going to go outside.
Juanfran blocked the outside line, and Cork quickly returned to block his inside line.
Neymar's space for possession was getting smaller and smaller, so he pulled the ball and turned to try to find a team-mate in the middle or behind him.
But as soon as he turned around, he was knocked over by Ye Yifeng, who was fouled by the referee when he dribbled forward with the ball.
He picked up the soccer ball and smiled wryly.
I was going to force the ball from behind Neymar, but I didn't expect the opponent to turn around.
It is true that he is rushing to the ball during the sudden braking, that is, there is indeed a suspicion of foul in the collision.
After all, it's too violent.
With a soccer ball in his left arm, he walked and patted Neymar, who was rolling around on the ground and covering his face.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Ye Yifeng had a good attitude, but Neymar opened his hands and slapped his hands away vigorously.
With a fierce look on his face, he asked, "You definitely did it on a purpose!" ”
Ye Yifeng said helplessly: "Okay, I admit it, I deceived you just now, even if the referee will for a foul, I will still hit you like that, but this is too normal on the court, isn't it?"
Don't be so careful, if you come to hit me, I will definitely not care.
Get up, okay? ”
In the end, Neymar still did not accept Ye Yifeng's hand of friendship.
The referee did not show Ye Yifeng a yellow card, and he also gave a verbal warning.
Ye Yifeng threw the football away, and Atletico Madrid's defensive formation was already set.
Barcelona, come on.