Football: Start 99 explosive, shocked Messi

Barcelona's number one rival in La Liga, Real Madrid, has been in turmoil over internal problems.

Coupled with the fact that league consistency is not Zidane's strength, Atletico Madrid have become almost the most important opponents on Barcelona's way to winning La Liga.

More importantly, on the eve of the game, Valverde got a very important news. President Bartomeu was also very aware that the match was crucial and decided to watch it in person.

This also makes this already very important direct dialogue have a higher gold content.

The starting formations of both sides are discharged.

As Valverde predicted, Simeone put up a 442 formation for this game.

With the rise of Barcelona that year, 433 seems to have gradually become the mainstream of football. In this era, there are not many coaches who still insist on 442, Valverde and Simeone are among the leaders.

But after the starting line-up was discharged, the height of the two clubs suddenly showed a gap.

Atletico Madrid's starting line-up includes veterans like Godin, and there is even Torres on the bench.

Although Barcelona's squad is also in urgent need of updating, it is still much healthier than Atletico Madrid.

At the beginning of this game, both sides pulled the tempo to a very fast frequency. Such a fast and high-frequency offensive and defensive switch is actually not common in La Liga matches.

The major leagues in Europe have developed so far, in fact, they have formed their own distinct styles.

To a certain extent, this also affects the technical characteristics of the players honed in this league.

It's not that players in the Spanish league can't play the fast-paced changes like the Premier League, but it's often more popular within La Liga that the frequent fast-paced changes in attack bring about pull.

In this match, Malone and Dembele faced Atletico's backline as starting bilateral strikers.

While Simeone also knows that it will be difficult for a veteran like Juan Forlan to face an explosive player like Mallon, Atletico Madrid's configuration has led him to make such a dangerous choice.

At the start of the game, just in the first minute, such a choice gave Atletico a head-on blow.

"Malone holds the ball, he's fast, he's going to start accelerating! Malone seems to be running faster now than when he first landed in La Liga! Before

even the commentator could react, Malone suddenly began to accelerate with all his might.

In this game, Cork's return defense will cause him more trouble than Juan Foran.

Under Simeone, Atletico Madrid is an important feature. It is to transform the original midfielder with a certain offensive talent into a sapper player with a large coverage.

Whether it is the current Cork, or later DePaul, it is one of the representatives.

Cork's technique is very comprehensive, and under years of cultivation by Atletico, the defense is also remarkable.

"Marlon's start is too sudden, Cork's defensive attention is a little unfocused!"

But Malone is also well aware that he has an absolute advantage, and that is speed. While Cork's defensive awareness is good, he won't be taken advantage of most of the time.

But Malone still found a gap, and it was easy to lose concentration in the opening period of the game.

Facing Cork, Malone chose to signal Busquets behind him, and then fully unleashed his speed.

Busquets looked at the galloping Marlon and naturally knew what was in his heart. A masterful pass, very well given, Malone stopped and carried it without affecting his speed.

Through speed, the unprepared Cork could not fully follow in the first place, and thus got the opportunity to face full-back Juan Forlan.

Subsequently, Malone squandered his body's agility and flexibility. Successive changes in speed forced the position of veteran Juan Forlan.

After getting the space to pass the ball, he sent the ball into the box with a wonderful cross, and Messi had already sensed this opportunity and inserted it directly into the box.

After dunking the angle, he shot hard from a small angle to threaten the goal of Atletico Madrid.

But the man in front of Atletico Madrid is one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

Oblak decisively blocked the angle and held the ball tightly, not even giving way a corner.

"Keep playing like this, this ball is passed well."

Messi, who failed to seize the opportunity to help Barcelona open the situation directly, gave a thumbs up. Gesture to Marlon.

But the most important thing to defend and counterattack is to be able to prevent it, and then counterattack out. Just five minutes later, Atletico Madrid countered Barcelona's lightning raid.

Gabi tackles the ball at the feet of Rakitic and then uses a short straight kick to find Saul running forward.

After Saul won the ball, his excellent vision allowed him to observe Correa, who was running against the offside.

Then he sent a kick, just the right pick.

Fortunately, Umtiti was still online in defensive awareness this time, and directly through physical confrontation, he locked Correaka out of the box with a very exciting card position.

"Alas, Dembelay! His kick passed directly to the soles of Griezmann's feet, which is an undercover behavior! But

two minutes later, Dembele's passing error after breaking the ball gave Atletic Madrid another great chance.

Griezmann took the ball in the scuffle and immediately dribbled forward to face his national team team-mate Umtiti.

Griezmann excelled at his feet and used a simple feint to gain himself a certain shooting space.

Then, choose to pump one of the outer instep towards the near corner of the goal.

"Atletico Madrid's counterattack! Caught off guard, the doors of Barcelona are wide open! Griezmann, is this ball there! "

Umtiti's upswing, although it failed to cut off the ball at Griezmann's feet, still blocked a certain shot line.

Ter Stegen miraculously lifted the ball with one palm to keep the score 0-0 for Barcelona.

I don't know if this kick brought Griezmann a hot state, and in the next ten minutes, Griezmann was extremely active.

A few dribbles, organization, and scoring in the midfield were handled just right. Also opting to withdraw a central striker, Atletico Madrid are not at a disadvantage in a collision in midfield when the number of players is completely equal