Chapter 61 The stunned Barcelona

"Now the players on both sides have started to come out of the tunnel of the players!" Duan Xuan suddenly raised his voice!

The referee of this match was England whistle Howard. Weber. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Webb, the sheriff of Yorkshire, had a locked-up figure and a shiny bald head, and looked even more fierce than the players behind him.

When the players from both sides lined up on the pitch, the familiar Champions League theme song played on the spot. There was a deafening cry from the Atletico fans, and as the cameras locked on to Calderón's stands, the Atletico fans spelled out a huge picture of "Ganar, ganar y volver a ganar".

With all the pre-match cutscenes out and the players from both sides in their respective positions, the battle of the spotlight is about to begin.

Atletico Madrid got the right to kick off in this game, and Li Qingshan and Raul Garcia stood in the center circle, waiting for kickoff.

Simeone used Villa and Li Qingshan as a double center forward in the last league game, maintaining Atletico's regular 442 formation. However, Villa was on the bench for this game, on the one hand, because Simeone was not at ease with the veteran's state of play, and on the other hand, Simeone focused on strengthening Atletico's depth in midfield. So the formation he chose for this game was 451, and he piled up five players in the midfield.

Simeone's starting lineup for this game has not changed much, except for a few minor tweaks in the midfield. The goalkeeper is still Thibaut Courtois, and the four players at the back are right wing-back Juanfran and centre-back Godin, as well as Miranda, and left wing-back Felipe. The five players in the midfield are Thiago, Gabi, Koke, Raul Garcia and Adrian.

Due to Alda Tulan's pre-match injury, Simeone had to replace him with Adrian.

Without Diego Costa, without Alda Tulan, Simeone doesn't feel like his team is any less productive now – all because of the fact that he brought in Li Qingshan in the winter, which is a great deal.

On the Barcelona side, due to the injury of their main goalkeeper Valdés, the goalkeeper position is still using the second goalkeeper Pinto, and because Pique is also injured, the central defender combination is Baltra and Mascherano, the left and right fullbacks are Alves and Alba respectively, the only four in the midfield are Xavi, Iniesta, and Busquets, and the front trident is Messi, Fabregas, and Neymar.

Martino still chose Cesc Fabregas to play as a central striker.

"In this game, the biggest test for Barcelona is the height of their two central defenders, in the face of the impact of a tall center forward like Li Qingshan, the height of their back line is obviously at an absolute disadvantage." Duan Xuan said.

With a whistle from referee Weber, Li Qingshan drove the ball out, and the game began.

Positional attack is not Atletico's strong suit, and through a long ball from the back, Li Qingshan's reluctant header went over the crossbar, and the ball quickly returned to Barcelona's side.

But Barcelona soon found that the game was starting to move in a direction out of their control.

When Pinto passed the ground ball to Mascherano, Mascherano turned and passed the ball to Xavi.

Everything was normal so far in the game, Barcelona were unhurriedly taking the ball and passing the ball. Just like they've done in countless games before them.

But Xavi hadn't gotten the ball yet, and the Atletico players pounced on it like beasts out of the cage!

Gabi, Coke and Raul Garcia pounced on Xavi at the same time.

Mascherano just wanted to open his mouth to remind, but before he could open his mouth, the football was stabbed by Gabi in front of Xavi and stabbed Raul Garcia!

"Atletico made a tackle!!" Duan Xuan exclaimed!

Martino, who had just sat in the coach's box, hurriedly came from the coach's seat to the sidelines before he could sit on the hot side.

Atletico's top grab was so ferocious that it caught Barcelona off guard!

Raul Garcia didn't drag the ball at all, he played the ball straight to the wing.

Koke, who was following up on the wing, did not stop the ball, did not even look at the situation in the penalty area, he directly arched his right foot and passed the ball into the penalty area!

Steals-passes-crosses, Atletico play quite fast!

Simeone has also gotten up from his seat, and that's what he arranged before the game!

Mascherano and Baltra's lack of heading ability is an obvious weakness, and Atletico Madrid certainly has to take advantage of it, not to mention that Atletico Madrid still has an absolute air bully like Li Qingshan.

Therefore, Simeone asked not to hesitate after the break in midfield, and not to forget the direct pass in the middle - in the absence of Diego Costa, Li Qingshan's ability to take the through ball is naturally not as good as his ability to receive the cross and head the goal!

Encirclement in the midfield, high-altitude bombing, fast-paced impact, to disrupt Barcelona's defense! This was the tone Simeone set before the game.

Such a strategy really paid off from the start.

Koke's cross got past Alba at the front post.

In the middle lane, Li Qingshan jumped high, and neither Baltra nor Mascherano could effectively interfere with him!

"Li Qingshan!!!!!"

"Header !!!!!" Duan Xuan's voice was about to be distorted.

"Ahh!!!!!!!!!h Crossbeam!! Duan Xuan hugged his head and regretted, "The crossbar rejected Li Qingshan's goal, delaying his second goal in the Champions League a little!" ”

Simeone also hugged his head on the sidelines, and then he clapped his hands vigorously and applauded the players' performance.

Barcelona, who escaped the catastrophe, could not recover before Atletico Madrid's counter-attack came back.

Thiago broke the ball successfully in the midfield, he directly found Adrian on the side with a long pass, Adrian did not continue to dribble the ball in the direction of the bottom line after stopping the ball, but stopped the ball and crossed directly at a 45-degree angle!

Now Barcelona's defense is completely in disarray, and even goalkeeper Pinto has panicked.

Li Qingshan, who was inserted at high speed, did not miss this opportunity this time, he rushed in front of Baltra and smashed the ball headlong into the goal!

"Li Qingshan!!!!!" Duan Xuan shouted excitedly. 'He opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid, which was a big goal! Now that the score of the two legs is 2-0, Barcelona must score two goals at the Calderón Stadium to advance! ”

After scoring the goal, Li Qingshan rushed to the corner kick area, and in the fanatical cheers of the fans at the scene, he jumped up directly, made a bent flight celebration, and slid seven or eight meters on the grass!

His teammates followed, pinning him down and celebrating their goal in a frenzy!

"Hey, conceding a goal at the beginning of the game, the attention of the Barcelona defense really didn't get nervous at the first time......... Now Barcelona is in trouble. The Catalan commentator said regretfully, "But it doesn't matter, there are still nearly 90 minutes left in the game, and with the strength of Barcelona, they can come back!" Scoring two goals is not a difficult task for Barca. ”

But the game didn't go the way the Catalan commentator said.

In the sixth minute of the game, Barcelona was once again cut off in the midfield, and Raul Garcia crossed! Li Qingshan swung the ball to the middle of the ferry at the back point, and Adrian, who followed up, shook the header.

The hearts of the Barcelona players were lifted, and they were holding the football that flew towards the goal.

Luckily, the ball hit the crossbar again!

Barça's players and fans breathed a sigh of relief. If the match becomes 2-0........ That's unimaginable!

But blessings and misfortunes do not go alone. No sooner had they than they had come up with the idea, Atletico had scored again..........

In the eighth minute, Cesc Fabregas had Barcelona's first shot of the game, but his shot failed to test Courtois, who was comfortably embraced into his arms.

Courtois then didn't pause, got up and kicked straight forward.

Barcelona didn't even have time to react, and the football was once again played to the front by Atletico.

Li Qingshan unloaded the ball easily, and then scored a point to the side.

Koke, who received on the wing, did not stop the ball and quickly cooked a cross!

Li Qingshan headers again!

Pinto, who was already panicking, didn't even react!

Two to zero!!

In just eight minutes, Atletico Madrid's lightning-fast counterattack broke through Barcelona's goal twice!

If you count those two posts, and if Atletico have a little more luck, they even have a chance to lead Barcelona by four goals!

The Barcelona players are a little confused and empty in their eyes at the moment.

What is it?

Is this a nightmare?

Barcelona was completely stunned in the space of just eight minutes!