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This game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is the first time Gao Zheng has faced Messi in La Liga, but it is not the first time he has faced Messi.

Their first confrontation dates back to last season's Champions League group stage, when Gao Zheng was still in Sampdoria and was in a group with Barcelona.

At that time, many people were not optimistic about Sampdoria, thinking that being able to participate in the group stage was a victory.

The result was such an unpopular team, but in the end they made it to the top 16 in one go.

In the group stage, Barcelona drew 2:2 at home.

That game was the first time Gao Zheng and Messi played against each other.

Before that game, Messi had never heard of this person. He just learned from the head coach Martino that Sampdoria has a pretty good player, and the defensive players should pay attention to defending him.

That's all.

But after that game, Messi remembered Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng's performance in that game left a very deep impression on him.

Although Barcelona and Sampdoria ended in a draw in that game, it felt as if Sampdoria had won the game in the end. After the game, the focus was Gao Zheng, who equalized the score.

Messi, who also scored goals in the game, was ignored. This kind of thing rarely happened to Messi.

His limelight was stolen by Gao Zheng.

Messi still remembers the scene when the Barcelona team left Genoa.

On the way to the airport, no one on the bus spoke, not even coach Martino said anything to boost the morale of the team.

The interior of the car is as quiet as a hospital morgue.

It wasn't until we boarded the plane that the dead silence improved slightly.

Obviously, everyone is not very able to accept the result of being tied by an unknown player like Sampdoria in the away game.

Especially Gao Zheng's last goal. Pique didn't even check social media that night, Mascherano kept his head down, but no one blamed them.

In front of such a goal, any defense is meaningless.

You know, just before the game, many players still turned a deaf ear to Martino's reminder, thinking that the head coach was exaggerating, the Chinese is not as powerful as the head coach said, he was just trying to keep us focused during the game That's all.

The representative figure is Alves.

As a result, after that game, Alves was also silent.

It is not the first time that Messi has gone to an away game with the team, but it is very rare for the whole team to be silent after losing the game like this.

At that moment, he realized that his teammates had been psychologically shadowed by Gao Zheng.

Of course, I am afraid that no one will admit this, because it would be too shameful.

So before the start of this game, Pique can still swear that he will guard Gao Zheng, otherwise what do you ask him to say? Can't you admit that you are facing Gao Zheng?

In this game, it can be said that everyone's defense against Gao Zheng was hard-working. In the first half, he basically didn't give him a few chances. Most of Atletico Madrid's counterattacks were ineffective. Gao Zheng couldn't even get the ball with Pique's close defense and the assistance of other players.

However, Gao Zheng's sudden retreat caught Barcelona's defenders by surprise, making it impossible to encircle Gao Zheng, allowing him to find a breakthrough.

The next thing will be a matter of course.

Since that game, Messi believed that as long as Gao Zheng was given enough space and time, scoring goals would not be too difficult for him.

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After the intermission, players from both sides came to the court one after another. When Gao Zheng walked out, he saw Messi. He focused his eyes on Messi for about a second, then naturally moved away.

And as soon as he looked away,

Messi also cast his eyes on his back, and after a short stare, Messi also moved his eyes away.

After that game last season, Barcelona, ​​who returned to the home court, accumulated a lot of anger and defeated Sampdoria 3:1 in the second round, but for Messi, it was still an imperfect victory. Not to mention revenge. After all, Gao Zheng scored a goal in the game...

If Atletico Madrid's hopes of winning the title can be completely destroyed in this game, it may barely be called a successful revenge.

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At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona launched a fierce attack on Atletico Madrid's goal. Shortly after Neymar's shot went wide, Pique's header was also over the crossbar, and then Pedro's shot from the left side of the penalty area was directly confiscated by Oblak.

Although it did not result in a goal, it still made the Atletico Madrid players feel the pressure.

Even the Atlético Madrid fans in the stands could tell that Barcelona's fighting spirit in the second half was stronger than that in the first half, and the fire was burning.

They were a little worried, wondering if their team could withstand Barcelona's surging offensive.

Although it is his home court... But didn't the Copa del Rey also lose at home and was eliminated by Barcelona?

The Barcelona fans on the other side locked their eyes on Messi. Although Neymar, Pique and Pedro had all hit Atletico Madrid's goal in turn before, they still couldn't shake the slightest. Atletico Madrid shrank their defense and deployed heavy guards near the penalty area. It is not easy to break through their defense and score goals.

For Barcelona fans, the only one who can be trusted and hoped for at this time is naturally only Messi.

If you want to break Atletico Madrid's dense defense, you can only rely on Messi!

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In the 65th minute of the game, when Messi took the ball at the front of Atletico Madrid's penalty area, in front of him was Atletico Madrid's defensive lineup of up to nine people.

It can be said that, except for Gao Zheng and Griezmann, everyone else is in the penalty area.

At this time, Gao Zheng and Griezmann are also in the free throw arc generation outside the penalty area, just behind Messi, and are getting closer to Messi.

It is no exaggeration to say that Messi is facing a wall.

And facing the wall, Messi passed the ball to Pedro in the penalty area.

Pedro's back was facing the attacking direction at this time. When Messi's ball was passed, he did not take the ball and turn around to shoot, but passed the football back to Messi who was going forward!

The two made a wall-banging match!

Messi, who broke into the penalty area, received a pass from Pedro, showed an emergency stop, flicked the football with his feet, and knocked down Atletico Madrid player Arda Turan who was rushing up.

Then facing five Atletico Madrid players swarming up, he unexpectedly kicked and shot!

The shot was very small and sudden. None of the Atletico Madrid players around him reacted. They didn't realize it was a shot until they saw the football flying towards the goal!

Goalkeeper Oblak was also shaken by Messi. He waited until the football flew towards the lower left corner of the goal before he made a save...

It's too late!

The football flew into the goal lightly!