Chapter 20: Counterattack

When Messi burst forward with the ball, Simeone had a bad premonition in his heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sure enough, when Messi faced the defense of Felipe and Godin, he still took the ball at his feet and made Godin's foul.

And at the moment when Messi was running, Simeone had a warning of danger.

This high-quality free kick bypassed the human wall, and even Li Qingshan, the tallest in the team, had no way to block the ball.

Simeone shook his head on the sidelines, who could he blame for conceding such a goal?

This is completely a reflection of Messi's personal strength, and such a goal conceded is a bit unreasonable, but the reality is that Atletico Madrid is behind on their home turf.

The most important thing is not to let this goal disrupt the rhythm of the game.

In fact, Atletico Madrid's tactics were relatively successful, they managed to contain Barcelona's attack, and they also threatened Barcelona's goal several times with set-pieces and counter-attacks. Moreover, before Messi came on the pitch, Barcelona did not get many good attacking opportunities, which shows that Atletico Madrid's tactics are fruitful.

However, Messi's individual performance made Atletico Madrid's first-half efforts come to naught, and in this case, Atletico Madrid will have to think about attacking.

It's just that Barcelona who just scored a goal is in high spirits, and if they attack rashly at this time, it is more likely that Barcelona will seize the opportunity to score consecutive goals. This super club has exactly that kind of strength.

In fact, Martino did exactly that, he made a push on the sidelines, allowing Barcelona to take advantage of the opportunity to strengthen the attack.

Simeone pressed down with both hands, signaling the players of Atletico Madrid to stabilize the situation first and not rush in.

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If there is any biggest change that Simeone has brought to Atletico Madrid, it is Simeone, and Atletico Madrid has transformed into an iron army of "orders and forbidden".

Simeone's emphasis on tactical discipline is almost harsh.

After seeing Simeone's gesture, the Atletico Madrid player didn't think much of it. Many of the players on the field were promoted or brought in by Simeone, and Simeone brought Atletico Madrid two championship trophies of the League Cup and the Copa del Rey after taking office, and may also win the league this season. So, the players have a lot of trust in Simeone.

Since the coach told us to stay steady and keep playing like we did before, then we did it.

Of course, Atletico Madrid is not unchanged at all, Messi's personal breakthrough is too much of a threat, so when the game resumes, Alda Turan will only focus on one thing - to stay close to Messi.

He doesn't care about anything else, he sticks wherever Messi goes, and he will never give Messi a chance to get the ball comfortably.

In the 67th minute, Messi reached out on the right side of the midfield to ask for the ball, and Iniesta hesitated and passed the ball to Messi.

But before Messi could receive the ball, he was directly knocked over by Alda Turan.

Messi fell to the ground and complained to the referee with open hands. Ardaturan also knew that his actions were challenging the scale of the referee's dealing, so he reached out with a smile on his face and pulled Messi up from the ground.

The referee came over and warned Alda Tulan and did not give him a card.

Li Qingshan looked at Messi with some envy.

That's what a superstar treats! Dedicated personnel to keep an eye on it, and never leave an inch.

When can I enjoy such treatment myself? Li Qingshan thought with some wistfulness.

If Messi, who is now depressed by Arda Tulan's inseparable marking, knows Li Qingshan's thoughts, he may not be able to complain.

It's just that the situation of Atletico Madrid is not too optimistic now, and in the case of falling behind by one goal, it is not possible to control the initiative on the field, and can only defend passively.

Barcelona's possession tactics can also be used defensively - if you keep the ball firmly under your feet, then the side without the ball will naturally have no chance to attack.

In the 70th minute, Barcelona created a chance to shoot with a quick pass, and Iniesta's shot from the edge of the box line was picked up by the tall Courtois.

Li Qingshan, who was unmarked in the middle circle at the moment, immediately smelled the smell of counterattack.

"Thibaud!" Li Qingshan shouted at Courtois!

Courtois also saw Li Qingshan, who had no defenders within a radius of ten meters in front.

He threw the ball hard and threw it at Li Qingshan's feet.

After Li Qingshan received the ball, he turned around directly and dribbled the ball into Barcelona's penalty area.

On his left and right, Diego Costa and Cork were both pulling away quickly. Barcelona's players are starting to chase back!

Mascherano stood in front of Li Qingshan, but he didn't dare to stand in the position, but fought and retreated, he knew that Li Qingshan was not good at dribbling and breaking through, so as long as he blocked the opponent's forward route, maybe Li Qingshan himself would lose the ball!

Li Qingshan himself understands this, if he fights for his skills, these players on the field may be the last one. So he's not going to dribble the ball past the whole defence or even the goalkeeper and send the ball into the empty net like Messi, that's not his style.

He struggled to keep the ball within a metre of his feet. The head is always watching the movement of teammates on both sides.

Diego Costa and Koke are on the left and right, and although they have stretched the space in the Barcelona defence, there are Barcelona players around them who are quickly chasing back.

"Li !!" Li Qingshan heard a shout from behind him.

By the time he saw it, Captain Gabi had already stepped in from the back row.

Li Qingshan smoothed the ball to his side and passed it to Gabi, who had already accelerated. Then he started to complete a cross with Gabi himself, and went forward.

Up front, Diego Costa has begun to cut diagonally into the box, with both Alba and Pique drawing attention to him. Although Li Qingshan has put a lot of pressure on Barcelona on the high-altitude ball, Barcelona's most feared is Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid's top scorer who broke out this season.

Li Qingshan and Gabi crossed the run, and Mascherano could only put down Li Qingshan, who was without the ball, to resist Gabi who led the ball forward.

Gabi didn't dribble the ball too much, and after attracting Mascherano's attention, he passed the ball diagonally to the middle and passed it back to Li Qingshan, who was moving forward at high speed!

Busquets was chasing after Li Qingshan, but he underestimated Li Qingshan's speed, although Li Qingshan's absolute speed was not fast, but when his two long legs took a step and ran wildly, Buckets, who was also not known for speed, really couldn't catch up for a while.

Mascherano turned his head to look at the football passed by Gabi, but his heart was immediately shocked!

"Gabby passes!!" Madrid's commentator has now stood up from his seat, and even the fans at the scene are holding their breath, for fear of affecting Atletico's rare opportunity to counterattack.

Li Qingshan stared at the football in front of him, silently adjusting his pace.

"Li Qingshan!!!!!"

"Be careful!!!!

If one watches both Madrid and Catalan television, one hears two equally high-pitched but completely different screams.

I saw that Li Qingshan had already picked up his thighs, and his body was like a longbow, facing the football rolling towards him.

"Shot !!"

Li Qingshan kicked a heavy cannon, if there was a high-speed camera that locked on the soccer ball that he hit, he would find that the air-filled soccer ball made of mixed materials was transformed into an exaggerated oval shape by him!

In front of Valdés, his eyes fixed on the soccer ball flying towards him at high speed.

In fact, by the time he saw the football flying towards him, there was not much time left for him to react.

He flew sideways and pounced with both palms in the direction of the ball.........