Chapter 54: The Dull First Half

In the 10th minute, the game finally had its first shot on goal. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoXavi gave Neymar a straight shot, and Neymar, who had finally found space, hurriedly shot with his feet, and the ball was several meters wide of the goal.

Martino applauded the shot from the sidelines. Although it was a terrible shot, it was also a chance created by Barcelona through the pass as they gradually adapted to the hardness of Atletico's game. It was evident that Barcelona were gradually using their passes to slowly cut through Atletico's ferocious defence in midfield.

He has long been mentally prepared for Atletico's strategy in this game, Simeone will definitely not play against Barcelona at the Camp Nou, he will definitely press the treasure in the second leg, in Atletico's own home stadium, Simeone is sure to beat Barcelona.

The opening situation also confirmed his thoughts, so Martino was not in a hurry. Where is Barcelona's attacking prowess, it will be difficult for Atletico to defend alone to retreat from the Camp Nou, and they will definitely have a time when they want to attack. Taking 10,000 steps back, a 0-0 scoreline would be a disadvantage for Atletico – teams that don't score away goals will be passive in the two legs.

Martino is waiting for the time when Atletico wants to try to attack, and then it will also be Barcelona's chance!

And that will require Barcelona to create some chances when attacking in the field and make Atletico feel threatened.

After that shot, Courtois drove the ball forward with a big kick.

Li Qingshan easily stopped the ball, and Barcelona didn't seem to have anyone to compete with him for this high point. But Li Qingshan didn't take it easy for long, he just stopped the ball, Mascherano spared from behind him and grabbed the ball in front of him and stabbed the ball away. Barcelona also understands now that it is basically impossible to compete with Li Qingshan on the high-altitude ball, but Li Qingshan's feet are far less flexible than Mascherano's!

Mascherano didn't control the direction of the ball. Gabi and Busquez chased the ball at the same time.

Gabi slid when he was two meters away from the football! Busquez was startled when he saw his aggressive shovel coming, he gave up the idea of going toe-to-toe with Gabi, and after the ball was shoveled by Gabi, Busquets came up to grab the ball at Gabi's feet.

Gabi, who fell to the ground, had difficulty controlling the ball this time, and in desperation, he had to sweep the ball and kick the ball to Busquets's feet, trying to hit the opponent to bounce off the sideline.

But the ball bounced off Busquets' feet and bounced in the direction of Diego Costa!

With the wrong entry and exit, Atletico Madrid instead got a chance to face the Barcelona backline directly! Pique rushed up and prepared to fight Diego Costa for the header!

Pique jumped high, but instead of jumping, Costa pushed Pique from underneath. Caught off balance, Pique falls heavily from the air! Then he sat on the grass and touched his hip.

"It seems that this confrontation has caused Pique to be injured, and now the team doctor has come in to check Pique's condition, hoping that there will be no major problems." Duan Xuan is now a full-time commentator for CCTV Li Qingshan. Basically, as long as Li Qingshan's game is played, he is arranged to comment.

"Diego Costa, this butcher! His actions are so hateful that the referee should have changed Atletico's cards a long time ago! The Catalan commentator said in an airy voice.

At this moment, Barcelona's team doctor made a substitution gesture to the field, and then helped the limping Pique off the field.

Pique couldn't hold on anymore, and Barcelona suffered a huge loss. If there is anyone in the Barcelona team who can slightly limit Li Qingshan in heading, it is Pique, who is 192 cm tall, but now that Pique is injured, Barcelona has no player who can be on the same level as Li Qingshan in height! ”

After Pique came off the pitch, Bartra replaced him.

But in the next game, Li Qingshan didn't get many opportunities. The first is that most of the possession is still in the hands of Barcelona, and the second is that Barcelona now attaches great importance to the restriction of Atletico Madrid's side crosses, and most of the long passes in the backfield cannot directly form an attack, as long as Li Qingshan still has to stop or pass the ball, Barcelona has the opportunity to organize defense.

And Li Qingshan's biggest threat to the goal is his direct header on the goal, if this is restricted, Barcelona is still capable of defending him in other aspects, not to mention that Atletico Madrid has given Li Qingshan too few opportunities to touch the ball so far.

In the 29th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid was also hit by injuries, and Diego Costa sat on the ground without confrontation, touching his right leg thigh muscle.

Falling to the ground without confrontation is often a more troublesome injury. After seeing Diego Costa sitting on the ground, Simeone asked Raul to do so. Garcia went to warm up.

Sure enough, Diego Costa suffered a muscle strain, and the exact injury will only be known after careful examination, but this game will definitely not be able to last.

Simeone did not choose to change to Villa, but replaced Raul Garcia, adjusted the formation to 451, and played a single striker!

Barcelona lost a centre-back, while Atletico Madrid lost a striker. Both sides had to use up a substitution in the first half.

The rhythm of the game is still Barcelona controlling the football, while Atletico Madrid is mainly defending in the midfield, looking for opportunities to counter-attack.

After Pique went down, Li Qingshan didn't have much easier. With one less helper by his side, more often than not, he falls into a situation of fighting alone.

In the absence of support, it is difficult for Li Qingshan to play much role for the time being.

In the 36th minute, Li Qingshan finally got the chance to get the ball, he stopped the ball and used his body to protect the ball, but there was no teammate around him, and the Atletico Madrid players were still in the midfield at the moment.

In desperation, he had no choice but to protect the football and take it to the sideline. Barcelona's backline players surrounded them, but they couldn't get around Li Qingshan's strong body to reach the ball for a while and a half - Barcelona's players stood next to Li Qingshan like dwarfs, Li Qingshan only needed to use his body to separate the ball from the opponent's defenders, and he could protect the ball for dozens of seconds.

At this time, the Atletico midfielders who were shrinking in the backfield finally stepped forward to respond, and Mascherano tripped Li Qingshan to the ground before they rushed past the midfield.

As a last resort, Barcelona don't want to foul easily - giving Atletico set-pieces is also dangerous.

Sure enough, this set-piece Atletico created a threat. Gabi sent the ball to the back post, and because the ball was far from the goal, he sent the ball a little too close to the baseline.

Li Qingshan, who was at the back post, couldn't head the ball directly at the back post, so he pointed the ball back to the middle at the back post, and he aimed at Godin's position to head the ball.

The Atletico Madrid centre-back, who is also good at headers, grabbed the defender and flicked the ball in front of the defender, but it bounced off the crossbar and out of the bottom line!

This is the best chance Atletico Madrid has had since the start of this match!

Godin, who couldn't take advantage of this opportunity, patted his head in frustration and turned back to defend.

The first half was scoreless for both sides and went back to the dressing room with a 0-0 scoreline.