Chapter 524: High, really high!

Pass...pass again...pass again...keep passing...see a gap!!!

Pedro quickly cut into the gap and Iniesta's pass landed very accurately on his sprinting path.

This brought a smile to the Spanish left winger's face.

He seemed to see that after rushing forward, he would be greeted by a suddenly bright situation!

He now felt like he was sprinting in a dark corridor, with light just ahead of him at the entrance!

But suddenly, the emergency alarm sounded.

Before Pedro could react, Juanfran rushed out from the side and stole the ball, cleanly and neatly...

...tripped him!

Beep!

The referee blew the foul whistle and Barcelona got a free kick opportunity!

No cards?

Pedro looked up and saw the kind smile of Michel Perez, it was so nice!

It was the first time he discovered that good people could also make others sad!

Set piece, high ball, lob into the penalty area, no chance!

The ball quickly returned to Barcelona's half, and was still passed back to the goal.

After Atletico Madrid took the lead, the defense line did not retreat, but continued to defend in the center line, and the tactics remained the same.

But... it seems that the pressing is more targeted!

Alba took the ball, was forced by Mario Suárez, and passed it to Busquets.

But as soon as Busquets got the ball, Diego Costa and Tevez played a tacit cooperation to attack from the front and back!

It’s from Yaya Gope, can’t I just pass it on?

Hey, who should I pass it to?

Raul Garcia, Gabi and Illarramendi looked at Barcelona's dual core, Xavi and Iniesta respectively.

Coupled with the referee wearing a yellow shirt and black shorts, Busquets wanted to cry.

You're blocking my ball passing path, do you know that?

As a last resort, the ball was passed to Alves on the right, but Atletico Madrid quickly adjusted the focus of their defense and blocked it again.

After pouring and pouring, he finally created an opportunity.

Xavi took the ball and rushed into the 30-meter area of ​​Atletico Madrid. When he looked up, he saw three of his own players in the penalty area, but there were four opponents.

Damn it, while we were advancing the ball, the opponent actually retreated their defense line to the front of the goal.

Soon, the alarm sounded again.

Illarramendi and Gabi approached quickly, and before Xavi could make a judgment, Gabi fouled directly from behind.

The kind Michel Perez ran over again, still a free kick in the frontcourt!

Xavi and others were immediately dissatisfied, and called a group of brothers to use the same trick again to put pressure on the referee!

"Mr. Perez, they should be given a warning!"

"Yeah, Michelle, don't you think they're committing too many fouls?"

"Don't you think they always resort to fouling to interrupt the game when we are trying to speed up our offense?"

"I think the least you should do is give them a yellow card warning, right?"

“Can you show some courage? Even though this is Calderon… no, this is our Camp Nou, our home ground. Shouldn’t you take proper care of the home team?”

"Look at how angry the fans are! Listen again, they can't stand it anymore, Atletico Madrid plays too dirty!"

Michel Perez laughed so kindly, and facing the pressure from the Barcelona players who swarmed towards him, he chose to retreat continuously, but smiled and shook his head.

"I think their fouls are within the rules. You should find a way to break through their defense instead of complaining about my penalty. I firmly believe that there is no problem with my law enforcement standards!"

"What? No problem? Does that mean we are the ones with the problem?"

"Wow, we have been playing football for so many years and have never seen such a cowardly referee!"

"That's right, they don't even accommodate and take care of the home team. Is that reasonable?"

This scene that took place in the stadium was seen by more than 90,000 fans at the scene, was captured by television cameras, and transmitted to every corner of the world.

"It seems that Barcelona's players are a little impatient. Vilanova should stabilize the team's morale as soon as possible!"

"It's only been 20 minutes. Even though we're one goal behind, it's not a problem at all given Barcelona's strength!"

"Atletico Madrid's defense was too flexible in this game. I finally understand why Mandzukic was not used. The Croatian is tall and is indeed a weapon against Barcelona, ​​but his mobility will indeed make Atletico Madrid's defense system slow and cumbersome!"

"Simeone's deployment of troops in this game is quite targeted and really eye-catching. It is enough to teach all teams that want to beat Barcelona a lesson!"

"But we are all curious, how long can Simeone's tactics last?"

The game restarted, but Barcelona still failed to break Atletico Madrid's tight defense.

But Vilanova seemed to realize that the players' anxious mood was not conducive to the game, so he kept passing messages on the sidelines and finally calmed the team down.

After calming down, Barcelona quickly stabilized its position. The players adjusted their mentality and began to consciously cooperate and advance.

Atletico Madrid can do nothing about it!

Once Barcelona's passing and control system starts to run smoothly, defending becomes quite difficult.

So, Simeone adjusted the tactics and signaled the team to return to defense!

After Atletico Madrid returned to defense, nine players retreated to the 30-meter area to defend, and the back line was arranged in front of the penalty area, leaving only Diego Costa in front.

After intercepting the ball, Atletico Madrid immediately went to find Diego Costa.

This made Barcelona's central defender Pique very proud!

Three consecutive long passes to Diego Costa were headed back by Pique. Pickenbauer once again won the cheers of the Camp Nou fans, which made him feel a little proud.

"Hey, don't expect to get even one header from me tonight!"

Pique was playing well and was full of confidence, and he couldn't help but want to attack Diego Costa.

Damn you, if I don’t vent all the grievances and frustrations I suffered from Drogba and Ibrahimovic on you, from now on I will not be called Pique!

Diego Costa smiled coldly at the triumphant Pique, "Just wait and see!"

Barcelona quickly attacked Atletico Madrid's 30-meter area again, but was quickly cleared by the Colchoneros.

The ball still came to Diego Costa.

The Brazilian judged the landing point early and was the first to block the position.

Pique was a little slow to react and realized that he had lost the best position, but he quickly had an idea and immediately approached Diego Costa.

As the ball was falling quickly, Pique put one hand on Diego Costa.

The latter broke free for a moment, but Pique quickly caught up with him again.

Seeing the ball coming, Pique exerted force with his hands, trying to hold down Diego Costa so that the latter could not jump up, and then he could use the force to jump up to clear the ball.

If it were anyone else, that would be fine.

But who is Diego Costa?

How could he use me like this? Why didn't he fight back?

Diego Costa is a smart man with quick reactions. When he saw Pique jumping up and leaning on him, he simply stopped jumping and bent forward.

Pique was in trouble when he jumped up.

He originally wanted to press on Diego Costa's shoulders, but the latter bent over slipperily, causing him to lose balance. Although he headed the ball, he fell down and landed heavily on the ground.

Moreover, his butt landed first!

There was a bang, mixed with a scream, and Pique lay on the ground, grimacing in pain.

Diego Costa walked away very calmly and calmly.

Pique struggled to get up from the ground, looking very uncomfortable. He had just walked for a while when he immediately bent down and gestured towards the sidelines, indicating that he could not go on and was injured!

"Gerard Pique seems to be injured!"

"This is really not good news for Barcelona, ​​because Pique is too important to Barcelona's defense!"

"We saw that Vilanova was also very concerned on the sidelines and asked Mascherano to warm up quickly. It was time for a substitution!"

Sure enough, Barcelona made a substitution soon and Vilanova had to replace Pique with Mascherano.

The latter limped towards the sidelines, and when he passed by Diego Costa, he heard the latter's sinister laugh.

"So, you're using this method to stop me from stealing the ball from your head. It's really high!"

Pique's originally painful expression suddenly froze, and was replaced by anger.

If Vilanova hadn't been watching him on the sidelines, he would have wanted to tear Diego Costa into pieces.

This guy did it on purpose!

He must have made me slip on purpose just now, he must have!

Pique walked to the sidelines angrily, not even bothering to shake hands with Mascherano. He even gave head coach Vilanova a cold look and walked towards the player tunnel.

Vilanova was stunned. Are you angry with me?

Damn you, it was you who took the initiative to say that you were injured and couldn't play in the game, so I substituted you out?

I sacrificed one of the team's substitution quotas and adjusted my defense only halfway through the first half. And you're still angry with me?

Okay, okay, just let me recover from my injuries!

Vilanova was so angry that he almost vomited blood!

But at this moment, Atletico Madrid seized the opportunity of Barcelona adjusting their defense and launched another round of attack.

For the second time in this game, Atletico Madrid adopted a high-defense and step-by-step pressing tactic and directly approached Barcelona's penalty area.

Barcelona was already in a restless mood, and Pique was injured again, so the team's morale was a little low.

Now, being forced like this by Atletico Madrid, the players on the field suddenly panicked.

When Messi got the ball in the frontcourt, he was double-teamed by four Atletico Madrid players. When he passed the ball to Iniesta, it was intercepted halfway, and Atletico Madrid took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

Tevez took the ball and advanced to the front of Barcelona's penalty area. Seeing Diego Costa approaching Mascherano, he made an over-the-top pass and sent the ball into the penalty area.

Diego Costa quickly came back and got in position before Mascherano.

At this time, Valdes was the only one left in front of Diego Costa!

Diego Costa was seen looking up, watching the ball fall, bounce after landing, and observing Valdes at the same time.

The latter finally couldn't help it and chose to attack.

Diego Costa made a direct lob shot and the ball passed Valdes and fell into the goal behind him.

The moment the ball rolled across the white line and fell into the Barcelona goal, the referee Michel Perez blew the whistle again.

The goal is valid!

Two to zero!

In an instant, the entire Camp Nou stadium fell into deathly silence!

No one would have thought that Atletico Madrid would play so smoothly in the first half!

Two to zero!

It's only been half an hour and they have already taken a 2-0 lead, and even sent the opponent's main central defender Pique off the field!

Awesome, it’s really awesome, isn’t it?

On the other hand, Barcelona fans began to worry and get scared!

This Atletico Madrid is too fierce, too ruthless and too powerful!

Not only the players in the midfield and backcourt are strong, but even Diego Costa and Tevez in the frontcourt are also very aggressive when fighting for the ball.

The tough aura of the entire team really leaves a very deep impression on people.

Even the fans on the sidelines felt it so deeply, what about the players on the field?

Can they still perform well against such a fierce team?

Barcelona is already two goals behind, do they still have a chance of winning?