"Kaka !!"

When Platini shouted his name on the podium at the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland, the Atletico players cheered in unison at the Mahada Honda training base in Madrid, Spain.

"Great!"

"Kaka, good job!"

"Well behaved!"

Kaka's popularity within the Atletico team is very good, and everyone agrees with his skills.

Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba are both some of the best attackers in world football today, but they are still somewhat inferior to Kaka.

Of course, this disadvantage is more reflected in some key moments on the pitch.

There are some things that Kaka can do, but they can't, so they have to obey.

Of course, being convinced does not mean admitting defeat.

At their level, everyone has their own unique advantages, and the gap between them is often just a little bit.

Maybe one day, they'll rush over.

Torres and Drogba, for example, have been under 10 for two or three seasons in a row and have been very consistent.

This proves that they only need to break a little further to break through that ceiling.

Drogba is the hardest of them because he's 29 years old.

Too much time had been wasted in his early years, otherwise his achievements would have been even greater than they are now.

But what can be done about it?

The wrong things that you did when you were young and frivolous must be made up for no matter what.

In the live TV broadcast, Kaka gave a speech, first thanking God, his family and his wife.

He also thanked his teammates in Madrid and the Brazilian national team.

"Without you, I wouldn't have been able to get this honor!" Kaka said excitedly.

This is the second time he has won this award.

This also means that he has officially embarked on the ranks of great stars such as Ronaldo, Adriano, and Zidane.

What's more, he's only 24 years old.

And, with the strong competitiveness that Atletico is currently showing, it is estimated that it will be difficult for any team to stop Atletico in the next few years.

Kaka said with emotion, "Coming to Atletico Madrid is the greatest decision of my life. ”

"I never imagined that one day I would get this honour and I did it twice, it was Atletico who gave me everything I could get as a professional footballer, and my great country of Brazil, and I will always be proud of Brazilian football."

Mahada Hongda burst into applause again.

Everyone was cheering for Kaka's prize.

And after winning the Grand Slam for two consecutive years, Kaka was interviewed on the spot.

The Brazilians talked a lot about it, including the Brazilian national team, including former Brazilian coach Andreas Pereira, including Atletico Madrid, including Atletico's teammates, and Yang Hao.

"He is the most respected person in my life, without him, there would be no Kaka today!"

As for Atletico, Kaka said he has been playing here for more than six years, coming out of the youth team and winning everything here, and the Brazilian said he could not imagine leaving Atletico one day.

"It's going to be a huge disaster for me, for my family, and even for my entire career!"

"I will never leave Atletico!"

Atletico Madrid's players are ranked very well in the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year, and Kaka recited several names in one breath as to who has a chance to become the next "World Footballer" to win the award after Kaka.

Torres, Drogba, Iniesta, Robben ......

Mahada Hongda's players burst into laughter.

"Is he going to read the names of all of our team?" Torres spit out.

But it can be seen that Kaka is very receptive to Atletico Madrid's teammates.

He felt that Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba were great strikers, Robben had unrivalled pace and penetration, and Andres Iniesta was very, very delicate in possession and imaginative in passing......

"I feel like all of them are possible."

The host also reminded Kaka at this time, "You seem to have forgotten, Messi, he is ranked 16th in this year's World Footballer of the Year list, the youngest in the top 30, and the only player under the age of 20, what do you think of him?" ”

'He's the little brother that everybody in our dressing room likes, I'm a crazy fan of him, I think he's doing really well, but it's not his time yet, and in two years' time, I'm sure he'll be his time!'

Kaka gave a very high rating.

Everyone immediately turned their heads and looked at Messi, who was sitting quietly on the side, with bad intentions.

The Argentine pursed his lips and muttered, "Don't look at me, I don't fight with you." ”

After everyone heard this, they all nodded secretly: This kid is well-behaved and sensible, and he is worth hurting.

But I never expected that the Argentines would let them break the defense directly in the next sentence.

"If I end up fighting, what else will happen to you?"

After speaking, Messi didn't wait for others to react, and went out directly, leaving a burst of cheerful laughter, and ran away.

In the lounge, teammates laughed and cursed.

Messi's talent can be seen even by ordinary fans, let alone their group of professional players?

Everyone knows that Yang Hao is focusing on cultivating Messi, and he has invested a lot of money and energy.

But everyone was convinced.

Talent is such a thing, there is a thing, there is no is nothing.

This is really unenviable.

What's more, Messi himself is also very competitive, a big step a year, and his progress is very fast.

Now they are the main players of the first team.

If it weren't for his age, it is estimated that he would be the core of the team.

……

"I've heard that they can't find you everywhere!"

In the middle of Mahada Hongda's first-team training ground, Messi was sitting at the tee, wearing a thick down jacket, wrapped tightly, but looking up at the dark night sky in a daze.

Yang Hao was in the office, watched the live broadcast, and was about to go home to sleep with his little girlfriend, but he saw Messi sitting here and immediately walked over.

Kaka won the prize and the players were celebrating over there.

This award is not only for Kaka, but also for the Brazilian national team, and also for Atletico Madrid.

"Boss, you say, can I be like Kaka?" Messi looked envious.

It's really just envy, nothing envy or anything else.

"Of course, I never doubted it." Yang Hao replied without hesitation.

Messi smiled instead, "Boss, how many people have you said this?" ”

"Is there one?"

"Why not?"

After a pause, Messi said: "You said before, Torres has a chance, and then you said Kaka, and Drogba, and others, you said several." ”

After saying that, Messi also had a disgusted expression that I want to discount your words and deeds.

Yang Hao shook his hand and grabbed the Argentine youngster's long hair, which immediately made Messi beg for mercy again and again.

"For everyone else, it's a chance, but they need to fight, they need to grab, they have to fight for everything, including things like Kaka."

Kaka's efforts are visible to all.

For the sake of this Ballon d'Or and for the World Footballer of the Year, he really gave it up.

Of course, this is normal.

As long as they feel like they have an opportunity, who doesn't work hard?

"But you're different from everyone else."

Messi was a little surprised, looking at Yang Hao, as if asking: What's the difference?

"As long as you keep a normal heart, play normally, have no injuries or illnesses, live self-discipline, and keep training, then you will definitely be able to get it, and more than once, you can get it many times."

"Three times?" Messi was surprised.

Obviously, in his consciousness, or in the consciousness of everyone at the moment, this is already the limit.

"Be bolder."

"That's a maximum of 4 times, it can't be more than 5 times, like Kaka, from 23 years old, to 27 years old, and then I should almost start to go downhill." Messi joked exaggeratedly.

This is already the limit of his career imaginable.

Even, he already felt that this was the boss's excessive demand on him.

Yang Hao really wanted to tell the long-haired young man in front of him: Leo, you have to believe in yourself, you take it at least 7 times!

But when this kind of thing is said, no one will believe it at all, but will feel that it is exaggerated and counterproductive.

"Leo, you shouldn't go in someone else's track." Yang Hao persuaded earnestly.

'You know, Ronaldo won the European Silver Ball and World Footballer of the Year at the age of 20, he's different from everybody.

"All great players are different!"

Messi gave a thoughtful look.

In the past two years, many people have encouraged him, including Maradona, and told him how to behave, but he was a little unsure, they all talked about it.

For example, Maradona told him: you should try to dominate the game!

Dominate the game?

How to go to dominate?

Maradona said a lot of things that made Messi listen to a mess, but in the end he didn't understand what was going on.

"Whether you can win the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year is not about your age, but whether you are ready to live up to everyone's expectations, and when the team is in trouble and needs you, do you have the courage to stand up and rise to the occasion?"

Messi vaguely seemed to have captured something, but he wasn't quite sure.

"Boss, I never thought about that, you know, I just like to play, I like to dribble, I really didn't think about it......"

"Then think about it from now on!" Yang Hao interrupted him.

"Playing Barcelona at the weekend, Kaka won't play, you can give it a try, just in case...... What can you do? Yang Hao encouraged.

After speaking, Yang Hao stretched out his hand and grabbed Messi's long hair, a little disgusted.

"Go back and cut your hair, it's really an eyesore, I'm leaving!"

Messi reached out and stroked his messed up long hair, stuck out his tongue at Yang Hao's back, turned around and ran.

Let me cut my hair?

Just want my fate to tell!

What an aesthetic.

Long hair fluttering, how handsome!

But while running, Messi's words couldn't help but appear in his mind, and he couldn't help but ask himself.

Can I?

Does it really work?

……

Entering December, Barcelona began to suffer from injuries.

Samuel Eto'o had previously broken the meniscus in his right knee and was out for a long time, which caused Barca's attack to suffer.

Later, players including Zambrotta, Gyuli, Baptista and Van Bronckhorst were injured.

Compared to Samuel Eto'o's serious injuries, none of them were very serious, but they were between a month or two.

Yes, now a month or two of injuries is not very serious for La Liga.

But just entered December, that is, after Yang Hao's special speech, Barcelona officially announced that Henry was injured in training and is expected to miss for 1 month.

In other words, say goodbye to all the games before the winter break.

This is a very outrageous phenomenon, there are no people in Barcelona.

The whole world knows that Atletico Madrid has traveled long distances to Japan to play in the Club World Cup.

I returned to Madrid on the evening of the 18th, and on the 19th I had to go to Barcelona to participate in the tournament on the 20th.

During the whole process, they did not have any time to rest or breathe.

Rijkaard and Ten Carter will be hoping to snipe at Atletico at Camp Nou and take the Sheets out of the way.

But now, with an injury like this, how can you kick it?

Thankfully, players such as Ronaldinho, Xavi and Puyol are injury-free.

So, Rijkaard did everything he could to put out the strongest lineup he could put out right now.

Goalkeepers: Valdés;

Defence: Oleg, Puyol, Thuram and Belletti;

Midfielders: Thiago Motta trails, Rosicky and Xavi in the middle;

Forwards: Ronaldinho, Gudjohnson and Van der Vaart.

Atletico are also understaffed.

Kaka, who won the second World Footballer of the Year in Zurich, Switzerland, on the evening of the 18th, did not appear in the squad that followed the team to Barcelona.

Yang Hao still put out a 433 lineup.

Goalkeepers: Petr Cech;

Defence: Patrice Evra, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Alves;

Midfielders: Xavi Alonso behind, Luka Modric and Baraja in the middle;

Forwards: Angel Di Maria, Fernando Torres and Arjen Robben.

As soon as the game started, Atletico took the initiative to press forward, especially against Thuram and Oleg.

Thuram's defensive ability at the back is unquestionable, but his ability to take the ball and play the ball has always been a hidden danger in the Barcelona backline, and Oleg playing on the left side is also a problem.

Less than a minute into the game, Thuram made a mistake when he stopped the ball at the back and was successfully tackled by Torres.

Puyol reacted quickly and with great speed to catch up with Torres.

The two battled for it, and Torres barely got to his feet, but his shot couldn't be on target.

Two minutes later, Xavi Alonso's long pass, Torres retreated to stop the ball, knocked back, Baraja followed up with a long-range shot, which was saved by goalkeeper Valdés.

The Atletico captain is getting older, but he is known for his long-range shooting skills.

One minute later, Di Maria tried to break through with the ball on the left, and after being intercepted by Belletti, the ball fell to the feet of Modric.

The Croatian midfielder fired a direct volley wide of the mark.

In less than five minutes, Atletico had three shots on goal.

Yang Hao's opening attack was as ruthless as ever, and Barcelona had no temper.

Rijkaard is obviously aware of this, so he did not rush to fight Atletico from the start, but started with a steady approach.

Even, the Dutch Black Swans didn't press out to play against Atletico Madrid tonight, but waited patiently for Atletico Madrid's wave of attacks, and then they waited for an opportunity to play a threatening counterattack.

With so many wounded, Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o are both sidelined, and Gyuli is still on the bench despite returning from injury.

Now it's up to Ronaldinho and Gudjohnson.

Atletico Madrid started aggressively, which made Barcelona a little embarrassed.

In the 10th minute, even Xavi, who has always passed steadily, made a passing error.

Torres dribbled the ball to try to break through Puyol, but was tackled by the Barcelona captain.

Puyol's defence, especially his individual defensive ability, is really strong and very fast.

His biggest weakness is his height.

Many people say that if Puyol is 5 centimeters taller, while maintaining his current pace and flexibility, his overall strength will go to the next level, and even become the world's top central defender.

Well, if he is 5 centimeters taller, he is about 1.83 meters.

Ramos is 1.84 meters tall.

……

Yang Hao stood in front of the away team's coach's seat and shook his head helplessly.

Atletico opened the scoring for 15 minutes, creating seven shots on goal but failing to find the back of the net.

As a last resort, Yang Hao could only signal the players to slow down the offensive.

Otherwise, the body will not be able to bear it.

All the physical energy is used up in the opening moment, so how do you play next?

The game gradually entered a stalemate.

Atletico Madrid's schedule during this period is too dense and it is a long journey, and the consumption of players is huge, and many players' bodies are lit up yellow.

In this case, no matter how reluctant Yang Hao is, he must also adopt prudent tactics.

Tonight, at Camp Nou, Yang Hao wants a draw.

But even if it was a loss, he could accept it.

Of course, he hid all this in his heart and didn't tell anyone.

On the contrary, he repeatedly encouraged his players, believing that the team would be able to overcome the difficulties.

Even in an interview with media reporters before the game, Yang Hao said in a high-profile manner that he would beat Barcelona again at Camp Nou!

"Barcelona also played cautiously tonight." Juanma Lillo said.

Yang Hao walked back to the coach's seat, and after listening, he nodded and said, "There are a lot of injuries." ”

"Well deserved! The Catalan media has been laughing at us back then, sarcastic and sarcastic at the very least, and now the wave of injuries is coming! "Parrales is still very vindictive.

He is now the head of Atletico's medical team, responsible for the connection between the team medical team and the coaching staff, and he also serves in the laboratory, which is a very important member of the Atletico Madrid coaching staff.

He deserves it, too.

He and Atletico Madrid are old courtiers who came out of the brink of bankruptcy all the way, and their ability is really not to be said, they have been keeping pace with the times and constantly studying over the years.

After Atletico gradually slowed down their attack, the two sides went back and forth, a bit like a round battle, but neither was able to create a chance.

"This trip to Japan hurts too much." Physical trainer Ortega also sighed helplessly.

"It's mainly 14 hours of flight time, plus time waiting for the plane and on the road...... "Parrales is also helpless.

Everyone's hearts were not convinced.

It was supposed to be a great opportunity to take advantage of Barcelona's illness and take their lives.

But I just ran into the Club World Cup.

Yang Hao's choice is no problem, before the Camp Nou and the Club World Cup, everyone knows how to choose.

It's just a little unwilling!

The main thing is that Atletico want both.

But on the pitch, the Atletico players really weren't excited enough tonight.

Yang Hao started with Baraja, not only valuing his long-range shots, but also hoping that he would target Ronaldinho and protect Xavi Alonso, in this regard, Atletico Madrid's old captain still did a very good job.

The only one who has been in good form is Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech.

This kid has always been steady.

Especially in the 39th minute, Ronaldinho sent a beautiful diagonal pass into the box.

Xavi then inserted a header to attack the goal, but Cech made a decisive attack, rushed out of the small penalty area, and directly picked the ball cleanly, so that Yang Hao and others couldn't help but applaud him.

After that, Barcelona stepped up their attack.

On 41 minutes, during a defensive break on the edge of the box, Baraja tackled Rosicky, who fell to the ground and the referee awarded a free-kick.

Ronaldinho took a very high level free-kick, but Cech saved it very bravely.

Both Yang Hao and Atletico's coaching staff couldn't help but applaud Cech's save from the sidelines.

The first half ended 0-0!

When Yang Hao entered the players' tunnel, he specially called Messi, who was warming up with his teammates.

"Warm up more and be ready for the second half."

After speaking, Yang Hao grabbed Messi's long hair encouragingly.

When will this long hair be cut off?

Messi ran out quickly to warm up, and he was obviously more energetic.

Although Yang Hao is mentally prepared to lose, and his goal is to get a draw, this does not mean that he has to lie down.

He who seeks above will find it, and he who asks for it will get it below.

Yang Hao is trying his best to win, and if it is a draw and a loss, he can accept it.

In the end, Atletico Madrid's schedule is indeed too tight during this time, the players are under too much pressure and their bodies are very tired.

……

In the 60th minute, Atletico replaced Robben with Messi.

The Dutchman has been in a slump during his time on the pitch.

The long journey consumes too much physical energy, so that Peter Pan will not be able to fly tonight.

Messi came on the pitch less than 2 minutes ago when he got a chance to pick up the ball near the right corner of the penalty area.

When Yang Hao was on the court, he specially told him to take more balls, dribble more balls, and break through more.

"You have to believe in yourself, give it a try, you can do it!"

The manager's words of encouragement were still ringing in Messi's ears.

When facing Oleg with the ball, Messi's eyes gradually became resolute.

As soon as the Argentine stopped the ball, the whole person had a gesture to go to the bottom line, break through from the outside, and lean his shoulder to the right side.

Rijkaard used Oleg to play on the left side in this game, which is to keep an eye on Atletico Madrid's right winger Messi.

But what he didn't expect was that Yang Hao would let Robben start first, and then use Messi as a substitute.

Arjen Robben was not in good shape today, failing to threaten on a couple of occasions with in-cut runs down the right, which led to Oleg being more confident defensively, and he has made six tackles so far.

The right-footed player plays on the left, his contribution in attack is small, but the defense is steady.

They all play left and right wingers, and they are all good at cutting inside with the ball.

In Oleg's eyes, Messi is probably similar to Robben.

At best, Messi is a little shorter and more flexible, but Robben is faster and more explosive.

This makes Oleg also very confident.

Unexpectedly, after Messi approached with the ball in the first contact, the sudden feint made Oleg a little unexpected.

Is this a feint?

No!

It looks like it's really going to rush over!

Oleg has a strong feeling that if he doesn't block it, Messi will definitely go to the bottom line.

With a high striker like Torres in the middle, he can't be allowed to go to the bottom line.

So, Oleg immediately shifted his focus and wanted to follow Messi.

But the Argentine suddenly smashed the ball back, took a lateral step, shook off Oleg at once, cut inside a step, and pulled out a long-range shot with his left foot.

The ball was fast, it was flat, and the line was right between Oleg and Puyol and straight into the goal.

Valdés was well positioned, holding the ball up and quickly holding it on.

At this time, nearly 100,000 Barcelona fans at Camp Nou let out an exclamation.

It's so fast!

Oleg was just shaken out of an angle by him, but he didn't expect Messi's movements to be so fast.

This kid is very different from Robben's path.

Luckily, his feet weren't very good and he didn't threaten from a distance.

"Oleg, keep an eye on him, don't make a move lightly, his center of gravity shifts quickly."

Captain Puyol shouted from behind

Oleg waved his hand at Puyol, signaling that he had heard.

But soon, he discovered another problem.

Keep up with Messi?

No, he can't!

Because he found that Messi was not actually active on the right side at all.

Baraja's position retreated, and Messi began to be more on the right side, and even often in the middle, and the entire right side was given up to Alves.

That damn Brazilian right wing-back literally uses himself as a right wing-back, or even a right winger, and whenever Atletico attack with the ball, he will press through the half.

In the 68th minute, when Barcelona attacked in front of the court and got a corner kick opportunity, although it failed to form a goal, but it also produced some threat, Yang Hao made a second substitution.

Villa replaces Di Maria.

Then, Barcelona's defenders noticed that Atletico's attacking tactics had changed again.

In the 71st minute, when Modric was dribbling the ball in the middle, Messi ran sideways from the right rib to the middle to ask for the ball.

The Magic Flute got ahead of Xavi and crossed the ball to Messi.

At this time, Torres quickly ran sideways to the right from the top of the arc.

Messi also started with the ball at the same time.

Facing Thiago Motta, Messi made a quick and skilful fake move to the left, but quickly reversed the ball.

A croquette allowed Messi to quickly break through Thiago Motta.

Barcelona's midfielder was deceived all of a sudden, and he couldn't even catch up.

When Messi burst to the top of the arc of the penalty area with the ball, facing Thuram who came up to block, he chose to dribble the ball to the right side, forcing Thuram and Puyol to pay attention, and then suddenly distributed the ball to Torres in the gap on the right side of the arc.

Torres has been deliberately keeping his position open and avoiding offside.

When receiving Messi's pass, he stepped into the right side of the penalty area.

Puyol was prepared, turned and chased as fast as he could.

But that's also to be expected by Torres.

As soon as he entered the penalty area, Torres made a sharp stop and sent a cross.

After seeing Messi's pass, he also stepped forward as fast as he could, straight behind Thuram.

Poor Thuram is not young and a little bulky, so he immediately turned around and chased, but he still lagged behind Messi, watching Messi near the penalty spot, stopping Torres' pass, and kicking his right foot to the left side of the goal.

Valdés stood in the line of the small penalty area and made a direct side pounce, but where was the time?

"The ball is in!!!"

"Messi!! Messi !! ”

"In the 71st minute, Atletico made a wonderful attack."

"Messi broke through with the ball in the middle, completed a beautiful wall-hitting combination with Torres in the front court, and hit the goal near the penalty spot to break the deadlock on the field for Atletico Madrid!"

"1 to 0!

After Messi scored, the whole person continued to rush out of the stadium quickly, cheering all the way, celebrating his goal after coming on as a substitute.

Behind him, Torres and other teammates also chased after him, all holding Messi in the middle.

'We saw that Atletico had a very clever attack.

"Messi's move past Thiago Motta is beautiful and crucial, breaking through this one, resulting in him and Torres becoming a 2-on-2 situation near the top of the arc of the penalty area, which is a good game for Messi and Torres."

Yang Hao was also so excited on the sidelines that the whole person jumped up.

He hoped that Messi would come off the bench to break the deadlock, but when that hope turned into reality, he was still very surprised.

Behind him, Atletico's coaches were also cheering excitedly.

The players on the bench have even rushed out and cheered for Messi loudly over there.

And just as the Atletico Madrid players walked back to the stadium and were about to restart, Yang Hao was also thinking about whether to continue to maintain his current style of play or be a little more conservative.

On his bench, Mascherano was still sitting.

"What's wrong with Thuram?" Parales shouted.

Yang Hao immediately turned his head, just in time to see Thuram waving his hand to the sidelines, signaling that he couldn't do it.

The French central defender simply lay down and didn't dare to go any further.

The referee motioned for the team doctor to hurry in.

There was a startled uproar throughout the Camp Nou.

Everyone realized that Thuram was afraid of being injured and would not be able to hold on.

"Looks like it should have been the one who turned around and chased back just now." Ortega analyzed Yang Hao.

"Strained a muscle?"

"Eight or nine is not far from ten." Ortega said.

Yang Hao smiled and shook his head.

He wasn't really gloating, but he was sympathetic to Rijkaard.

Being injured like this is really embarrassing for him.

If it is really a strained muscle, it is also a trouble, at least for more than a month.

Yang Hao wants to see now, what is Rijkaard going to do?

……

Rijkaard is a bit of a mess.

I felt a feeling of pulling out the cold.

Especially when he looked at Thuram's expression as he was taken off the stretcher, it was clear to him that he couldn't keep playing anymore.

"It should be a torn biceps in the thigh, at least for a month." Team Medic Tony Tramuras came over and said.

"How so?" Rijkaard asked speechlessly.

"He said that when he was chasing Messi just now, he accelerated it, maybe he was strained at that time, and he had to wait for the examination of the hospital, he was old, and he was too tired recently, I warned before." The team doctor was also very helpless.

Rijkaard was nothing, but when he heard the last sentence, he had already impatiently dismissed the team doctor.

He knew what that last sentence meant.

The team doctor doesn't want to take the blame!

Yes, he had been warned, but what could Rijkaard do?

There are only a few people in the team, he doesn't use Thuram, who does he use?

Gabriel Milito?

Short.

Edmilson?

I was not in good shape after the injury.

Rafael Marcos?

Hurt.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the current Barcelona is full of wounded soldiers.

What's worse is that he must now hurry to remedy.

"Attack, or defend?" Tengkart came over and asked.

Thuram has to be replaced in this position.

But now, Barcelona has no one to change, unless he is willing to play the young Olmo.

Jesús Olmo is a 21-year-old central defender of Barcelona's second team, but he is only 1.79m tall.

Rijkaard was originally used for him to make a show, and if he really wanted to go up and partner with Puyol, then ......

"Kamikuli, attack!" Rijkaard had no choice.

……

Barcelona replaced Thuram with Giuli who left the pitch injured.

After the substitution, Thiago Motta dropped back to central defence to partner Puyol, with Giuli playing on the right and Van der Vaart, Xavi and Rosicky forming a central triangle.

In this case, Barcelona had no choice but to continue to attack forward and try to control the ball.

Yang Hao made a quick decision, seized the opportunity, and adopted a strategy of stabilizing the midfield.

In particular, on 80 minutes, he replaced Xavi Alonso with Mascherano and continued to strengthen the midfield defence.

And in the 84th minute, Atletico made a tackle near the 30-metre area of their own half.

After Mascherano made a tackle that cut off Rosicky's feet, the Czech midfielder went to the ground.

The whole Camp Nou was booed.

But the referee didn't blow the whistle.

Andres Iniesta scrambled to move the ball to the left.

Patrice Evra followed, played a long diagonal pass, and kicked the ball forward with a big foot.

The ball crossed the halfway line and landed on the right side of Barca's half.

I saw a short but swift figure, rushing out of Barcelona's defense, shaking off Oleg, all the way forward, catching up with Evra's pass, heading forward, and then continuing to chase.

Puyol was chasing after him, but he still had to be slower.

Messi chested up on his chest as he caught up with his header at the edge of the box.

Valdés had no choice but to abandon the goal and sprint straight to the right of the penalty spot.

The Argentine youngster had long been observing Valdés' position and picked it lightly.

The ball went over Valdés' head and into the empty goal behind him.

Like a gust of wind, Puyol rushed past Messi, past Valdés, and towards his own goal.

In the end, he fell all over, but it couldn't stop Messi's volley from breaking the goal.

"The ball is in!!!"

"Scored a brace!!"

"Messi! It's the teenager Messi again! ”

"Oh my God, when Atletico Madrid was in trouble, at the critical moment, Messi stepped up!"

"2 to 0!"

"What a surprise!"

"Messi scored a brace tonight at the Camp Nou!"

'Both of his goals were eye-catching.

"It was a performance of individual ability and team-mates, and this time it was a quick counterattack."

"Let's take another look at the whole process of the goal."

"Messi's speed is really not very fast, but he started at a good time, and his header was very clever."

'2-0, Barcelona are very dangerous now.'

"On the morning of the 18th, Atletico Madrid was still more than 10,000 kilometers away in Japan, waiting for the flight back to Madrid."

"Right now on the 20th, they're at the Camp Nou in Barcelona."

"Before this game, almost everyone was optimistic about Barcelona, thinking that playing at home and waiting for work, Barcelona should be able to win Atletico Madrid."

"But the result is unexpected, Yang Hao's arrangement in this game, especially the decision to substitute Messi and play in the second half, completely changed the game!"

"The Argentine youngsters are getting better and better."

"Someone said before that Torres is a Barcelona killer, and every time he meets Barcelona, he can put on a good performance."

"But now it seems that Messi is the Barcelona killer."

"Last season's five in a row, this season's brace, Messi seems to have an undying grudge with Barcelona."

……

The match ended 2-0.

Messi's brace helped Atletico Madrid win away to Barcelona.

This is something that Yang Hao could never have imagined.

In this round of matches, Real Madrid beat Huelva 3-0 at home.

So now, after 16 rounds of matches, Atletico Madrid has a record of 15 wins and 1 loss, with 45 points, and is at the top of La Liga.

Real Madrid followed with 43 points.

Arsene Wenger's team has also performed quite well this season, not only ranking well in the standings, but also playing better on the field, especially the trident in the front, the more they run in, the more in place.

The combination of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and Joaquin/Robinho has given Real Madrid's attack a huge boost.

Especially Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish centre-forward's pressure on the back line in the front court has made Real Madrid's attack more freewheeling.

After Barcelona lost this round, the league points also fell to 4th place, which is not as good as Sevilla.

Juan de Ramos's Sevilla have also been very impressive this season.

Deschamps' Deportivo are currently fifth, and the main problem is the run-in, but they are not far from Barcelona in fourth and fourth, and they still have a good chance.

In the Champions League, the group stage was all played, and all four teams in La Liga qualified first in the group.

This also once again confirms the outside world's conjecture about La Liga teams.

La Liga as a whole this season has been even better than before.

Not only the Champions League, but also in the League Cup, the four participating La Liga teams have all won the promotion places in the round of 32, and all of them have performed well.

Deschamps' Deportivo La Coruna has maintained a winning record and can be described as playing well.

Halfway through the fixtures, although the current situation is not very clear, La Liga still continues the good momentum of last season, whether it is in the domestic league, or the Champions League and the League Cup, the overall performance has improved significantly.

This also makes everyone believe that the current La Liga is indeed on a broad road of continuous development and strengthening.

In the draw for the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League, I don't know if it was a prank by UEFA, Arsene Wenger's Real Madrid actually drew Arsenal, which is simply too gimmicky.

After Arsene Wenger took charge of Real Madrid, Arsenal brought in Claude Pierre, who has been coaching Lille in Ligue 1 for the past few years.

Interestingly, Pierre was a player for Arsene Wenger when he was in charge of Monaco, and Pierre's assistant coach Jean Pettit was Arsene Wenger's assistant coach when he was in charge of Monaco.

Now, this master-apprentice duel has made European football look forward to it.

Atletico Madrid drew Roma from Serie A.

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