Chapter 16 is all about making you uncomfortable to play

Atletico Madrid has also reached their home stadium, the Calderón Stadium. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Located in the southwest of the city of Madrid, on the banks of the Manzanares River, the Estadio Calderón was originally called the Estadio Manzanares, and was named after the fact that it was located on the banks of the Manzanares River. Calderón, in 1971, changed the name of the course to Vincent. Calderón Stadium.

Today, Calderón Stadium is one of the best stadiums in the world, with a capacity of 54,207 people, and was rated a five-star football stadium by UEFA in 2004.

Li Qingshan followed the team to the home team's locker room on the pitch.

Although he has played two games for the team and scored three goals, this is his first home game.

Upon arriving at the locker room, assistant coach Juan Viscaino shouted to the players to change their jerseys and prepare for the warm-up.

Li Qingshan found his own locker at a glance. The cabinet was next to Gabi, the team's captain.

He walked over and put his belongings inside. Then he changed into the red and white jersey of Atletico Madrid's home stadium.

Once the players were ready, Juan Viscciano waved his hand and motioned for the players to go out and warm up.

When the Atletico Madrid players appeared in front of the fans at Calderón one by one, the fans at the scene erupted in bursts of enthusiastic cheers.

And Li Qingshan, a newcomer, made his first appearance at Calderón Stadium, and Atletico Madrid fans were also very face-saving. When he walked out, the volume of the scene suddenly increased.

Li Qingshan scored three goals for the team as soon as he came to Atletico Madrid, and the players of Atletico Madrid naturally have a good impression of the team's new signings. When Li Qingshan walked out of the players' tunnel and applauded the surrounding fans, the fans responded with enthusiastic cheers.

When the Barcelona players came out, they were greeted with a flood of boos.

Just as the players of both sides were warming up on the field, the starting lists of the players were also in the hands of the coaches of both sides.

Simeone is now thinking about Barcelona starting XI. Messi was not ranked in the starting line-up, which shows that Martino is still a little worried about Messi's injury and does not dare to risk sending Messi. In case a team like Atletico Madrid with a tough style gets rid of Messi, who has just recovered from injury, it will be worth the loss.

But what Simeone didn't expect was that Martino actually put Neymar on the bench as well.

What's the plan?

Moreover, in Barcelona's arranged lineup, there is not a single genuine center forward player. Martino's starting line-up is like this: goalkeeper Valdés, the center-back combination is still Pique and Mascherano, the two wingers are Alba and Alves, and the midfield three are Xavi, Buzquez and Iniesta. That's no problem, it's the regular main line-up in Barcelona's midfield. But in the attacking trio in front, Martino sent Cesc Fabregas and Pedro. Sanchez's combination. This left Simeone a little uncertain.

Alexis Sanchez and Pedro are both typical wingers, and they don't generally play as central strikers. Cesc Fabregas, on the other hand, is a midfielder.

No striker?

Or a four-midfielder?

Simone pondered.

On the other side, Martino also got the starting list of Atletico Madrid. Sure enough, he saw Li Qingshan's name inside. The weakness of Barcelona's air defense, Simeone naturally will not let go of this one of Barcelona's weaknesses. With a big center forward who is good at heading, Simeone really changed the forward combination of Atletico Madrid.

After confirming his thoughts, Martino's heart settled. He had already told Pique that for the control of high-altitude balls, Barcelona could only rely on him.

Martino has a lot of faith in Pique.

This is because Pique is a player with a high ball quotient, and he is the same height as Li Qingshan, although it seems that Li Qingshan is much stronger than Pique, but, Martino believes that with Pique's experience, Li Qingshan will not be given too many comfortable header opportunities!

Moreover, Barcelona pursues possession, as long as they can firmly control the football at their feet and not give the opponent too many opportunities to cross, then Atletico Madrid's threat to the Barcelona goal will be greatly weakened.

Martino took a look at the other Atletico Madrid starters and it was exactly as predicted. Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, the central defenders are Godin and Miranda, and the two full-backs are Felipe and Juanfran on the left and right. The midfielders are Gabi, Thiago, Alda Turan, Koke. The other striker is Diego Costa.

Despite the arrangements already made, Martino was prepared for the difficulties he encountered in the away game. Even though he told his players to win the game, in his mind, a draw was acceptable. When the second leg arrives at home, the chances of winning Atletico Madrid at home will be greater.

It was only not long after the game started that Martino began to sit still on the sidelines.

Atletico Madrid is even tougher than he thought.

They seemed to have given up on attacking, and as soon as the Barcelona midfielder got the ball, they immediately leaned in with their bodies.

In the first five minutes, Iniesta just took the ball and tried to turn around, but Thiago pressed his body up, and the relatively thin Iniesta was knocked to the ground by Thiago with his chest.

And this is the third time that Iniesta has fallen to the ground since the opening, and the referee did not even blow a penalty for the first two fouls. Atletico Madrid's body movements are well controlled. Just like this time, Thiago didn't move his hands or feet, but just used the torso of his body to squeeze Iniesta down.

Such an action is on the verge of a foul, and in fact the referee is not easy to deal with.

Only this time, the referee on duty, Mateu, hesitated for a moment, and finally blew for a foul on Atletico Madrid.

Since the foul was committed near the center circle, Barcelona quickly sent the ball out. Iniesta got up and kicked the ball to Xavi. Before Xavi could get the ball, he felt the pressure behind him. Ardaturan slid up from behind him and Xavi struggled to control his balance and slammed the ball back to Sergio Busquets. As soon as Busquets was about to receive the ball, Gabi next to him stabbed the ball away, and at the same time, his body knocked Busquets into a stumble, intentionally or unintentionally. A somewhat annoyed Busquets pulled Gabi from behind.

It was a foul, of course, and the referee, after blowing the whistle, ran over to warn Sergio Busquets to pay attention to his movements.

Sergio Busquets' mentality also represents the mentality of the players on the pitch at Barcelona. Atletico Madrid seem to be less focused on playing, all they do is sabotage, sabotage, sabotage. This pace of play made Barcelona quite uncomfortable.

At this time, the Barcelona players have surrounded the referee team, and complaints about Atletico Madrid's physical movements should also be warned. The referee waved his hands and motioned for the Barcelona players to disperse.

Atletico Madrid won a free-kick in the Barcelona half. Although it was a bit far from goal, Godin and Miranda both ran into the Barcelona penalty area and were ready to take advantage of the set-piece.