Seeing Messi’s shot, Courtois quickly turned sideways and saved it.

Fortunately, the angle of Messi’s shot was not very tricky, and he pounced sideways to catch it.

He slapped the football that was flying over with his left hand and knocked it away with one slap.

But before he could get happy, he saw the football that flew out with his slap hit his own defender Godin’s arm.

“beep!”

A shrill whistle sounded.

The referee blew the whistle and ran over.

His finger pointed at the penalty spot.

“oops! Godin had a handball and the referee awarded a penalty kick. This penalty kick was so unfair. It was hit on the arm by the football played by the own goalkeeper.”

In the live broadcast booth, Liu Jian slammed the table in frustration.

When seeing the referee awarding a penalty kick, Atletico Madrid players immediately ran to the head coach to ask for mercy.

Godin, in particular, argued that he was passive. A penalty kick should not be awarded for handball.

However, the referee shook his head and said:”Your arms are open, so a penalty kick must be awarded. Now, back off, or I will give you a card.””

Hearing the referee’s words, Godin was speechless. His arms were indeed open just now. If the football hit his arm, there would be no problem for the referee to award a penalty kick.

I only blame myself for being unlucky. He had to stand on the path of the ball, but his arms were still open. After being depressed for a while, he could only leave in annoyance.

Messi stood at the penalty spot.

Facing Courtois, he scored the ball in one fell swoop. A steady penalty went into the lower right corner of the goal.

Barcelona equalized the score in the last minute of the first half.

After the goal, Messi and his teammates embraced and celebrated.

At this time, the referee also blew the whistle for the first half The final whistle.

The players from both sides walked to the tunnel with a score of 1 to 1.

Although the scores were evenly divided, the expressions on their faces were completely different. The

Barcelona players were all in high spirits, arm-in-arm, It seemed as if they had won the game.

Atletico Madrid’s players were somewhat downcast.

This is normal. Anyone who falls short in the last minute will be emotional.

Back in the locker room, Simeone didn’t say much about that. The goal was just a warning to the players not to have their mentality affected by that goal.

After all, there is really no way to blame anyone for that goal.

Even Godin, the culprit, did not do it intentionally.

It was really bad luck..

This situation is sometimes inevitable on the court.

After all, football is round and anything can happen. The important thing now is not to hold accountable the responsibility for conceding the ball in the first half, but to see what to do in the second half.

“In the second half, we can no longer just defend, we must attack at the appropriate time. remember! This is at our home stadium, with tens of thousands of our supporters watching. We must not let them down”

“Lin, you need to move forward more in the second half. You can’t let their defenders come to our half to participate in the attack.”

“And Falcao, the same goes for you, press out. Pin down the opponent’s defenders”

“Others should pay attention to maintaining a defensive formation and not giving the opponent a chance to break through and counter offside. After you get the ball, remember to look for Lin and Falcao”

…………

Simeone explained everything in detail to the players one by one about the tactics for the second half.

Atletico Madrid’s players listened carefully to the head coach’s arrangements, and the fighting spirit gradually grew in their eyes.

On the other side is the visiting team’s locker room.

Vilanova first praised his disciples’ performance in the second half of the first half.

Then we started making arrangements

“In the second half, we still had to maintain enough pressure on Atletico Madrid’s defense. At the same time, we must also prevent the opponent from counterattacking.”

“Therefore, in the second half, our defense should not push too far forward, and we must be optimistic about the position of the opponent’s players, especially the position of their forward line. Be alert to them at all times and you can foul them if necessary”

“Especially the Chinese No. 18 in their team, I must keep an eye on him. Also note that when defending him, two or more people must defend together. That guy can’t be dealt with alone”

…………

Vilanova also arranged it very carefully, and the Barcelona players also listened very carefully.

Soon, the intermission time passed and players from both sides returned to the court.

After the change of venue, the referee blew his whistle and the second half began.

In the second half, Atletico Madrid kicked off first.

Lin Rui knocked the ball back to Raul Garcia behind him, and then immediately rushed forward.

After Raul Garcia got the ball, he started to move forward quickly.

Soon a Barcelona player came up to intercept.

Facing Pedro who came up to block him, Raul Garcia made a beautiful pull and dodged the opponent’s outstretched foot, and then took advantage of the situation and wiped past Pedro’s side.

After passing Pedro, Raul Garcia continued to take a few steps forward, attracting Busquets to defend, and then he sent the pass.

The football was passed to Koke on the right, and Koke quickly went down after taking the ball.

A cross was sent before reaching the baseline.

The football was kicked towards the center of the penalty area, where Lin Rui was already jumping high.

Next to him, Mascherano and Puyol also jumped at the same time, trying to interfere with his header.

It’s just that the physical strength of these two people is obviously incomparable to Lin Rui.

Lin Rui jumped a full head higher than the two of them.

And Lin Rui firmly stands at the starting point of football.

No matter how hard the two Barcelona defenders squeezed, they couldn’t shake him in the slightest.

In the end, she could only jump against him in despair.

However, the two people’s jumping height and height were crushed.

The interference caused to Lin Rui can only be said to be better than nothing.

In a matter of seconds, the football quickly flew over the penalty area.

Lin Rui jumped high in front of the football, hitting the football with a head height higher than the defensive players around him.

“Bang!”

The football hit Lin Rui’s forehead, making a dull impact.

Then the football changed its direction under the violent impact and flew towards Barcelona’s goal.

This time Valdez’s reaction was very fast. As soon as the football came, he threw his body sideways.

Although Lin Rui’s header had a good angle, it still failed to break through Valdez’s fingers.

The football was hit by his right hand. He held up the crossbar with one hand.

Atletico Madrid got a corner kick opportunity.

The home fans in the stands put their hands on their foreheads with regret on their faces.


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