Chapter 285 Messi's Fighting Spirit

In fact, Barcelona did have high hopes for this match with Real Madrid.

After all, this is a head-to-head match worth six points. If Barcelona still wants to retain a slim hope of winning the championship this season, defeating Real Madrid at home is what they must do.

When the Real Madrid players walked into the Camp Nou stadium.

They were greeted by deafening cheers.

Don't get me wrong.

The cheers were not for them.

But for the Barcelona players next to them.

Barcelona fans are putting pressure on the Real Madrid players in this way.

So that they know whose territory this is.

This is not uncommon for the Real Madrid players.

The two sides are mortal enemies.

Such scenes have been seen many times.

And the Real Madrid players are all famous stars. If even this little scene can change their emotions, then they are too bad.

The head coaches of both sides are shaking hands.

There is no feud between Zidane and Enrique.

But at this time, each of them serves his own master.

Both of them have stern faces.

No greetings.

No smiles.

Because one of them represented Real Madrid and the other represented Barcelona.

These were two extremely hostile teams.

What would it look like if the two head coaches greeted each other warmly before the game?

In fact, the relationship between the two teams, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​was not bad.

After all, Spain won the first World Cup in its history by relying on the sincere cooperation of Spanish players in the two clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The reason why Real Madrid captain Casillas and Mourinho fell out was largely because Casillas, the captain of both Spain and Real Madrid, believed that Mourinho was too inciting hatred against Barcelona. This influence was not only in the La Liga arena, but also risked the Spanish national team to split.

As the captain of Spain, Casillas was of course firmly opposed to this.

But everyone also knew what attitude to show in what occasion.

The current occasion was not suitable for smiling.

Even if everyone had a good relationship in private.

At this time.

No friendliness would be shown.

This is the relationship between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Zidane and Enrique shook hands and returned to their seats.

However, neither side could stay in their seats.

Although this game is only one of the 38 rounds of the league, it can only get three points at most.

But to a certain extent, it is also a head-to-head confrontation between the two strongest teams in La Liga.

The victory or defeat has a great impact on the morale of both sides.

Neither head coach can sit back and relax.

Even if Real Madrid's points advantage reaches 10 points.

But if they lose this game.

It is equivalent to giving Barcelona a chance.

Therefore, Zidane's attitude towards this game is: win it resolutely!

The two teams were very cautious from the beginning.

The first ten minutes were a stage of mutual probing.

After this stage passed.

The scene of the game began to change.

The tenth minute of the game.

Real Madrid organized an offensive in the frontcourt.

Modric and Li Mo cooperated continuously, and finally Li Mo passed the ball directly to Bell to give him a chance to play his speed advantage.

Bale made full use of his speed advantage.

He went straight to bully Barcelona's central defender Pique.

Pique had no choice but to reach out to pull Bale.

He got a yellow card as a result.

He got a yellow card ten minutes into the game.

This made Pique dare not make too much defensive moves in the future, he couldn't let go and was restrained.

This yellow card made Enrique on the sidelines very dissatisfied.

He felt that Pique was not prepared for defense at all. Before the game, he emphasized the speed of several Real Madrid attackers.

However, Pique was still careless.

"Pique's foul"

On the commentary stand.

Ole Gross shook his head repeatedly.

"Pique seemed too slow in front of Bale. He should have been prepared earlier."

"Pique is too arrogant!"

"After getting a yellow card at the beginning, Barcelona's defense will not dare to take it lightly in the future."

Barcelona captain Xavi found the referee to protest the penalty.

He felt that the referee gave a yellow card a bit too much.

This was Pique's first foul in this game

And this was Barcelona's home stadium.

Even if it was a foul.

Shouldn't he have been warned first?

How could he have just given a yellow card?

But the referee certainly had his reasons.

If Pique hadn't committed a foul.

Bale cut into the penalty area.

If Alba hadn't been dragging behind him at the far end.

This could even be considered a one-on-one shot.

A yellow card was considered a light punishment.

But what made the Barcelona players even more upset was yet to come.

Just three minutes after Pique's foul.

Barcelona launched a siege in the frontcourt.

This ball was originally a fast break opportunity for Real Madrid.

As a result, when Di Maria received the ball and turned around, Mascherano seized the opportunity and poked the ball away.

The ball reached Alves' feet.

Alves passed the ball to Suarez in front of him.

After Suarez got the ball, he made a two-on-one cooperation with Messi who was close at hand.

He shook off the defender and began to dribble horizontally inwards.

During this process.

Real Madrid's defenders quickly reorganized their defense, and Carvajal was placed in front of Suarez.

Suarez passed the ball horizontally to Iniesta.

But when Iniesta stopped the ball, the ball bounced up.

This forced him to make some adjustments, which broke the rhythm of continuous passing.

Iniesta had to re-select the target of the pass.

He protected the ball and passed it diagonally to Alves on the other side.

He lifted the ball.

The football hit the arm of Alonso who came up to defend.

Iniesta immediately raised his hands high, indicating that Alonso had committed a handball foul.

The referee blew the whistle.

Sure enough, a foul was called.

However, Alonso was very dissatisfied with the penalty.

He loudly explained that his arm was retracted within the range of his torso and he had no intention of actively expanding the defensive range.

But the referee did not listen to his explanation.

He indicated that Barcelona should take the free kick.

Barcelona was also very unhappy.

Iniesta made a gesture of holding a sign.

He thought that the referee should give Alonso a yellow card.

Enrique rushed out at the first time on the sidelines.

He seemed very excited.

He yelled at the fourth official: "Yellow card? Why no yellow card?"

It stands to reason.

This foul is not enough to make Barcelona so excited.

After all, it is just a normal handball foul.

Giving a yellow card would be too much.

"Why are they so excited?"

Zidane's assistant frowned.

"No way, this home game is too important for Barcelona!"

Zidane spread his hands.

Put yourself in his shoes.

If he were him, he would be so excited.

"Barcelona doesn't want to lose at home, if they want to win the championship"

Zidane touched his chin.

"This may not be a bad thing for us. Enrique is so anxious, so their players must be anxious too."

"The opponent's unstable mentality is definitely a good thing for us!"

Zidane is right.

Even Enrique is so excited.

Then the Barcelona players are excited.

They even argued with the referee for almost a minute because of this.

"Barcelona players are very excited, they seem to be a little too excited. But this also shows how much Barcelona players want to win this game!"

Ore Gross said.

He was right.

Being 10 points behind Real Madrid put Barcelona under great pressure.

If they lose this game, they will be 13 points behind, which basically means that in this season's La Liga, Barcelona can only compete with Atletico Madrid for the second place.

In the end, Alonso did not get a yellow card.

And the free kick taken by Iniesta was too close to goalkeeper Casillas.

Casillas hugged him directly.

Barcelona got nothing in this attack.

After Casillas took the high point, he immediately threw the ball to the front court.

Real Madrid, playing away, is not conservative at all!

They dare to pounce when they have the chance and invest enough attackers.

This time, Real Madrid's attack ended with Li Mo's long shot missing the post.

When Li Mo shot.

The entire Camp Nou stadium seemed to have a sudden cardiac arrest.

Until the ball hit the post and went out of the bottom line.

All Barcelona fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Mo's threat was real.

And for Barcelona.

The best way to put the heart back into the throat is to score a goal.

So Barcelona's attack soon came back.

Neymar broke through on the left.

He was shoveled out of the bottom line by Carvajal.

Barcelona got a corner kick.

Judging from the few minutes of the game.

This game was still at Barcelona's home ground.

The referee's penalty still took into account the home advantage.

Facing Barcelona's aggressive offensive.

Real Madrid shrank their defense during this period.

No one knew that it was Barcelona's powerful attack that forced Real Madrid to shrink their defense.

Or was it Real Madrid's own initiative to defend and counterattack.

Iniesta took the corner kick.

He raised his right hand and looked back, ready to run up.

But at this moment, he suddenly trotted forward and kicked the ball out.

The camera flicked.

Near the corner of the penalty area.

"Messi received the ball!!"

The commentators exclaimed.

The fans at the scene also cheered.

In the cheers of Camp Nou.

Messi received the ball.

This was an intentional tactical match.

Messi unexpectedly pulled out, received the ball, and turned around.

Li Mo was originally waiting for a counterattack.

He felt bad when he saw Messi pull out.

No Real Madrid player came out of the penalty area.

This time Barcelona's tactics were obviously successful.

Li Mo rushed forward.

He had no defensive task.

But his sense of responsibility did not allow him to let Messi shoot in such a situation.

After Messi pulled the ball and turned around, he found that it was Li Mo who was coming towards him.

He became calmer.

Li Mo's offense was very strong, but his defense was only better than a wooden stake.

So he decisively chose to do it himself.

"Messi! Cut inside! Pass Li Mo!!"

Messi cut directly into the middle and shot a curved ball with his left foot!

The football flew over Li Mo's head.

Flying towards the goal.

"Messi! Shoot!!!"

Li Mo originally planned to jump to block the ball, but Messi's shot was very fast. Before he could jump, the football flew over his head.

He could only turn his head to look at the goal.

Li Mo was slightly relieved after seeing Varane standing at the far post and jumping up to head the ball out of the bottom line.

Barcelona got another corner kick.

"Oh"

There were bursts of cheers from the stands that stopped abruptly.

But then the applause rang out.

This applause was for Barcelona's attack and for Messi.

The TV broadcast was also replaying Messi's shot over and over again.

"Barcelona organized a very beautiful corner kick attack. Messi pulled out to receive the ball and turned to shoot. It was done in one go. It was very beautiful. If Varane hadn't been standing in position, this ball might have gone in!"

He Wei couldn't help but praise Messi's shot.

This route is called the Messi Corridor.

Because he can always cut in from this route.

Use his golden left foot to shoot into the far corner.

He can always score a goal.

Messi is sometimes a bit unsolvable on the offensive end.

"This goal fully demonstrates Messi's ability. Although he is still behind Li Mo in the scorer list, it is undeniable that Messi is still one of the best players in the world. His personal ability is threatening Real Madrid's goal all the time!"

Ore Gross said.

"In terms of personal data, Messi is almost completely behind Li Mo. This was not uncommon a few seasons ago. At that time, only Ronaldo could barely catch up with Messi in terms of data. But now, Messi can't match Li Mo in personal data. However, if he can lead Barcelona to win the La Liga and Champions League titles, he will still be ahead of Li Mo in the competition for the Golden Ball!"

Seeing that his shot was blocked.

Messi held his head with regret.

Li Mo turned his head and looked at Messi.

He really had no way to deal with this ball.

It was good that he could get to the right position.

After all, Li Mo is not a dedicated defensive player.

Li Mo's defensive ability is not to say that it is better than nothing, but it can be said to be negligible.

But it's okay.

The ball didn't go in.

Otherwise, Li Mo would have become the background of a world wave.

After feeling regretful, Messi also looked at Li Mo for the first time.

He found that Li Mo was looking at him.

He didn't dodge, but looked at Li Mo in the same way.

He was calm.

Under the calm, his inner fighting spirit made him full of strength.

This is a terrible opponent!

Li Mo's face also became solemn.

Messi ran to the penalty area to prepare for the second corner kick.

Defeating Li Mo in a head-on confrontation is Messi's biggest motivation for this game.

He and Li Mo have played against each other three times.

Three times.

All ended in his miserable defeat.

Li Mo has almost become Messi's inner demon.

Messi's seriousness in this game is unprecedented. (End of this chapter)