Chapter 522: Tiger and Wolf Division

"Camp Nou? Are you sure?"

Just after walking out of the team locker room, Puyol stopped tying his shorts and looked at his central defender partner Gerard Pique in disbelief, who had just told him an unbelievable news.

"Sure, absolutely sure, he is in the presidential stand!" Gerard Pique nodded very confidently.

Puyol said nothing, just nodded and continued to tie his belt.

"It seems that the news outside is true. This guy has an unusual relationship with Atletico Madrid!"

Gerard Pique said with excitement.

Even now, he still clearly remembers how Ibrahimovic and Drogba, the two beasts from Southampton, raped him at the Miami Stadium in the United States a few months ago.

That is simply inhuman abuse!

They are simply not human!

Whenever he thinks of it, Gerard Pique still feels scared and traumatized.

Southampton is now powerful and Barcelona won't be able to meet them for a while. Besides, even if they meet them, Gerard Pique may not have the confidence to take revenge.

But Atletico Madrid is different. This team has always been a piece of meat on the chopping board and a meal on the plate for Barcelona.

Everyone knows that Atletico Madrid's least favorite away stadium is the Camp Nou, as the score is high almost every year.

Don't believe it?

Last season, Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 5-0 at the Camp Nou!

Going back further, in the 2010-2011 season, the score was 3-0, in the 2009-2010 season, it was 5-2, in the 2008-2009 season it was even worse, 6-1, and in the 2007-2008 season, it was 3-0.

The 2006-2007 season was slightly better, with the match at Camp Nou tied at 1-1, but the problem was that Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 6-0 at the Calderon Stadium.

Look, over the past few years, Barcelona has beaten Atletico Madrid terribly every season.

To be honest, it is a bit hard to believe that we win by a large margin every year.

Some people even joked that this was Atletico Madrid actively giving points to Barcelona, ​​with the hope that Barcelona could defeat Real Madrid and win the championship!

But looking around the world, a loss like Atletico Madrid's is considered bizarre and has even set a Guinness World Record!

"I heard that guy bought Atletico Madrid, so he showed up at Camp Nou!"

Gerard Pique looked at Puyol with a smile, raised his eyebrows and said in an instigating manner.

"This is our territory. We have to teach him a lesson. What do you think?"

Ever since Ibrahimovic moved to Southampton, the grudge between Pique and the Saints has been formed.

Later, because of the Nike and Adidas sponsorship incident, Pique was severely slapped in the face by Yang Huan on WeChat. As a result, the tall, rich and handsome Barcelona player couldn't stand it and vowed to take revenge.

But who could have imagined that in the International Champions Cup, he would be beaten terribly by the two beasts of Southampton.

Now, we have met the weak opponent Atletico Madrid, and we have to settle all the new and old grudges together!

Puyol turned around and grinned at his friends, "Okay, kill them!"

"Hey, let them go back to Madrid and make love!" Gerard Pique also became excited.

The conversation between the two active members of the team was immediately heard by teammates who walked out of the locker room, and they all came up to understand the situation.

As soon as they heard this, the players on the Barcelona team became excited.

Is there anything more gratifying than defeating opponents and pleasing fans?

Besides, Barcelona is currently ranked first in the La Liga standings, but Atletico Madrid is ranked second with the same points, second only to Barcelona. If Atletico Madrid had not been giving points to Barcelona in the past few years, this game should have been a fierce battle for the top spot!

But now, the whole world feels that Barcelona has secured the three points!

In the not-so-spacious player tunnel, Barcelona players walked down the stairs with laughter and came behind the head coach.

In this game, Vilanova still used a 4-3-3 formation.

The goalkeeper is Valdés, the defense is Alba, Puyol, Pique and Alves, the midfield is still the iron triangle of Iniesta, Busquets and Xavi, and the front trident is the combination of Pedro, Messi and Sanchez.

The referee of this game is the Spanish international referee, Michel Perez, who is only 45 years old.

The referee has a good image, especially when he smiles, he looks very kind.

I looked at the time, it’s almost time, but why hasn’t Atletico Madrid arrived yet?

Just as the referee and the referee team were discussing whether to urge the players again, a sound of running was heard from the top of the stairs in the player tunnel, and soon everyone from Atletico Madrid was seen rushing down quickly.

"Let's get out!"

Miguel Perez held the ball, gave the order, and led the way out.

The Barcelona players glanced at the Atletico Madrid players with a relaxed look on their faces, not realizing there was anything wrong. Many of them even couldn't help laughing.

That's it!

When playing against us Barcelona, ​​which team’s head coach didn’t give numerous instructions?

After all, the gap in strength is there!

But when the players of both teams walked out of the player tunnel and lined up in front of the podium, the home team coaching seats, the fans in the chairman's stands, and even the TV commentators noticed that something was wrong.

"Mandzukic did not play in this game!"

"Mario Suarez is back in the starting lineup, as is Raul Garcia. Oh my God, what lineup did Atletico Madrid line up for this game?"

When the match roster was received and announced, many people were surprised.

Goalkeeper Courtois, and the defense line of Felipe, Godin, Miranda and Juanfran, this is the standard configuration of Atletico Madrid.

But the midfield was surprising.

Gabi, Illarramendi, Mario Suarez and Raul Garcia all appeared in the starting lineup!

Is this a four-midfield configuration?

On the forward line, Mandzukic did not play, but Diego Costa and Tevez appeared in the starting lineup.

At first glance, this is a 442 configuration!

Could it be that Simeone is planning to play 4-4-2?

Also, this kind of midfield configuration looks like it is a defensive posture, will it work?

The live TV camera gave a close-up of Vilanova in front of the home team's coaching bench. The thin-looking Barcelona coach also had a frown on his face, obviously thinking about Simeone's thoughts.

But Simeone, who was standing in front of the visiting team's coaching booth, crossed his arms and looked at the field with amusement.

"What are you guys playing?"

In the presidential stand of Camp Nou, Rosell had a funny expression on his face and spread his hands, looking helpless.

"Are you planning to set up an iron bucket formation? This is totally not your style, Mr. Yang Huan!"

The whole world knows that Master Huan pursues offensive football, and Southampton's offense is also world-famous.

But now, Atletico Madrid has put out such a lineup, which is very mismatched!

Yang Huan shook his head and smiled: "I don't know either. How Simeone arranges his troops is his business. I am only responsible for the results!"

"The result?" Russell laughed even more happily this time.

"Mr. Yang Huan, don't you know that in the past few years, Atletico Madrid's worst losses every season were at our Camp Nou stadium?"

"I know!" Yang Huan said with a smile.

"But I don't believe in any so-called curse or anything like that. Even the idea that the playing styles are incompatible is nonsense to me, so I believe Simeone still has a chance!"

"Really?" Russell smiled and shook his head.

He now has a lot of cooperation with Yang Huan, but deep down, he still has a grudge against Yang Huan.

Especially Ibrahimovic's transfer!

That is a shame that he will never be able to wash away in his entire life!

Therefore, he would also be happy to see Yang Huan suffer a defeat at the Camp Nou!

"Just wait and see!" Yang Huan said confidently while looking at the court.

"Our players will show you clearly what a true army of tigers and wolves is!"

The game at Camp Nou is about to start!

There were constant noises coming from the packed stands; Barcelona fans were singing the team's anthem to show their support for their team.

As long as Barcelona can beat Atletico Madrid in this game, they will be firmly at the top of the table!

With the referee's whistle, Atletico Madrid, playing away, took the first kick-off.

Tevez suddenly cut into the right and after receiving the pass from Mario Suarez, he faced Alba and tried to break through and cross the ball, but Alba's defense was in place and Tevez failed to create a threat. His cross was cleared by Pique with a header before Diego Costa could reach it.

Barcelona quickly launched a counterattack, but the ball was cleared by Atletico Madrid out of bounds.

"We can see that Atletico Madrid's defense speed is very fast. Not only did the back line quickly return to the defense area, but the four midfielders also returned. Even Tevez, who just made a cross from the bottom, retreated to his own half at the first opportunity."

"It can be seen that Simeone's tone in this game is still mainly defensive."

"But they defended in a very innovative way. The overall formation was stretched out, making full use of the four players on the back line, the four players in the midfield, and Tevez and Diego Costa who actively retreated. They easily formed a ten-man defense and stayed in the area from the 30-meter zone to the center line!"

"Barcelona kept passing the ball back and forth in the backcourt, but Atletico Madrid didn't press too hard, so they passed the ball to the right and gave it to Pedro."

"Juanfran was the first to grab it!"

"We noticed that at least two Atletico Madrid players, Mario Suarez and Illarramendi, moved towards Pedro's side, without trying to press the ball but to force Barcelona to pass it back."

Pedro, Alba and Iniesta tried to cooperate but failed to create any chances, so they had no choice but to pass the ball back to the backcourt.

Atletico Madrid did not press further, allowing Barcelona to control the ball and pass the ball back in the backcourt.

Soon, the ball reached the right again and was passed to Sanchez's feet.

But just like before, Atletico Madrid's left-back Felipe rushed forward and entangled Sanchez, and Raul Garcia and Gabi also surrounded him immediately to form a siege.

Sanchez had no choice but to pass the ball to Alves and then to Xavi. Xavi got rid of Gabi and dribbled the ball to his own half, but was forced to pass the ball back to the back line to Puyol and Pique.

"We noticed that Atletico Madrid's formation was flat, with little distance between the three lines, and the players responded and cooperated with each other in an orderly manner."

"Simeone's attitude is to give up possession of the ball and focus on defense!"

The ball returned to the half court. Seeing that the situation in the frontcourt was difficult to open up, Pique chose to pass the ball forward with a long foot.

But when the ball reached the frontcourt, it was immediately headed back by Atletico Madrid's defender.

Although the ball was held by Xavi and Messi in the midfield with their personal abilities, it returned to the back line after just two or three kicks.

This made Yang Huan in the stands laugh.

Simeone's move was really insidious and cunning!

This is the Camp Nou stadium. Barcelona is ambitious to take it, so their mentality is definitely more positive.

On the other hand, Atletico Madrid gave up possession of the ball. It didn't matter. As long as I defended it, the worst that could happen was we would end up with a 0-0 draw. Anyway, I suffered terrible defeats in the past few years, so it's completely acceptable to end up with a 0-0 draw this year!

But Barcelona can't accept a score of zero to zero!