Chapter 251 Passive

In such an important game, whoever concedes the ball first means who goes into the passive first.

The same goes for Atletico Madrid.

Despite the efforts of the players, Atletico Madrid's offensive has improved. But for Barcelona, they relied on pure possession skills and controlled most of the possession on the field.

Atletico Madrid had just threatened with a header. And Barcelona's attacking organization quickly created a threat.

In the 26th minute, Neymar made contact with Iniesta after cutting inside on the left. Iniesta had already observed Messi's position before he got the ball.

Messi was in very good shape and was very active in this game, so Iniesta also deliberately passed the ball to Messi's feet and let Messi torture the Atletico Madrid defenders.

Gabi and Thiago are very headaches for Messi at this time.

Now the player in charge of marking Messi is Gabi. Messi had just received the ball, and Gabi had already posted it. However, he still kept a hand and didn't dare to stick too close to prevent the opponent from passing him without stopping.

Messi stopped the ball and faced Gabi's defence. Then he suddenly started and flicked the ball with his right foot, ready to pass Gabi directly.

Messi's start was so sudden that Gabi paused and couldn't keep up in time. In fact, there are not many defenders in this world who can keep up with Messi at this pace. Thankfully, he reacted quickly enough in his next second move – he turned and squeezed with his body, and after giving Messi a physical duel, Thiago cut the ball off to the side.

However, the referee's whistle blew and Gabi fouled!!

A foul is a foul, and Gabi doesn't think it's a big deal. He did not have an advantage in his position just now, and the referee blew him for a foul, and he admitted it.

However, the referee from Turkey, Çalki, did not just award a foul, he also took a yellow card from his pocket and showed it to Gabi.

"Give me a yellow card!!"

Gabi is a little incredible. How could he be shown a yellow card for his reluctant foul just now?

Simeone shouted on the sidelines in protest, but it didn't work. The referee made the decision and didn't think he would take it back.

"Gabi was booked for the ball......... It's debatable. Duan Xuan wanted to speak and stopped.

The ball was indeed fouled just now, and it was not obvious, even if it was a foul, it was reluctant. And even if Messi breaks through Gabi, the defense behind Atletico Madrid is still very tightly organized. It's not a ruined scoring opportunity at all.

Therefore, referee Calki's decision looked very tight.

If you have to find any basis for his decision, you can only use the fact that Gabi has fouled Messi for the third time in this game as an explanation.

The Catalan commentator obviously thinks so, and he is even a little dissatisfied: "This yellow card should have been issued a long time ago, if this Mr. Çalki had blown the Barcelona game, if Atletico Madrid's action could not be curbed in time, the game would definitely go to a misunderstanding, and the stadium at that time would have become a wrestling arena, this is the purpose of Atletico Madrid!" This must be stopped!! ”

During this period, Atletico Madrid pressed aggressively and managed to turn the situation back a bit. But overall, Atletico Madrid is still at the bottom.

This season's Barcelona look to have returned to their peak form under Enrique's tutelage. Especially the combination of the attacking trident in the front court makes Barcelona's attack extremely powerful!

After Gabi was shown a yellow card, Barcelona quickly took advantage of the opportunity to launch an effective attack.

Barcelona's free-kick is coming soon, Iniesta. Messi made successive passes and then passed the ball to the feet of Neymar on the left. Neymar suddenly cut in, attracting the attention of Atletico Madrid's defense, so that Messi, who has been heavily defended by Atletico Madrid, gained a little space in a short moment, and it was this little space that Messi did not hesitate at all after receiving Neymar's pass, and he shot directly!!

Messi picked up the ball with the inside of his left foot and the ball went around Godin in front of him, and a clear arc went around Godin and Juanfran back in the box.

It was almost the only route where you could shoot, and it was caught by Messi.

Oblak flew to his feet, pinched the ball to the side with the tips of his fingers, and was cleared by Godin's big foot.

"Wow!!! It's dangerous!! Messi almost broke the goal of Oblak's handle!! ”

"Atletico Madrid is really passive at the moment, they are one goal behind in the early days of the game. In a major competition like the Champions League final, the first team to score will always have the upper hand. A huge psychological advantage will make Barcelona play more and more smoothly, and they will keep the game firmly in control, making it more difficult for Atletico Madrid to turn the game around. ”

Messi's shot just now made the Atletico Madrid fans breathe a sigh of relief. Others were so frightened that they kept drawing crosses on their chests to thank God for their blessings.

The fans from China were also a little silent. They came to see Li Qingshan's performance, but this game has been played for 30 minutes now, and Li Qingshan has not been able to touch the ball a few times.

Messi's shot was saved by Oblak and then cleared by Godin.

At this time, the TV commentators were still talking about Messi's goal just now, and the TV station's broadcast camera was still repeating the slow motion of Messi's goal just now.

Messi was also annoyed after the shot, if he had just added a little bit of strength to make the arc of the football bigger, Oblak would not have had a chance to save the ball.

At that time, Barcelona was 2-0 up.

In a big tournament like the Champions League final, it becomes quite difficult for the opponent to turn the tables around when you are 2-0 up.

Liverpool came from three goals down in the first half to level the scoreline in the second half. The reason why this game is brought out every year and gets the fans talking about it, of course, is because it's incredible, it's a miracle.

Miracles are always rare.

However, Messi was not annoyed for a while, and the TV broadcast was still in awe of Messi's shooting treatment. The footage of Messi's goal shot from another angle of the TV broadcast was abruptly stopped and cut back to the live broadcast of the game!

There was a huge uproar at the scene!!

Godin's clearance was taken down by Li Qingshan. Barcelona defended the air and it was a very sharp counter-attack from Atletico Madrid!! [.]