Messi moved forward to get the ball, and Li Chuanqi stayed close to the inside.
After Messi stopped the football, his center of gravity suddenly moved forward, while Li Chuanqi's center of gravity moved forward slightly.
A strong premonition told him that Messi was not trying to break through to the baseline this time. This was just a fake move. He was going to spike the ball to the center and shoot.
The reason why he focused forward was to make Messi think that he had eaten his fake move and then make the next move so that he could steal the ball.
As expected, Messi's center of gravity suddenly shifted back, stretched out his right foot and pulled the football to the left.
One foot stuck in front of the football!
Messi didn't expect that Li Chuanqi didn't take advantage of his fake move!
The Argentinian superstar failed to control his center of gravity and fell to the turf!
Li Chuanqi moves forward quickly with the football!
"Beep!..."
At this moment, the referee blew his whistle and pointed his right hand at the penalty spot.
Penalty kick!
The Malaga defenders were blinded for a moment, and then ran towards the referee to show him that this was a clean and beautiful defense.
The Barcelona players nodded towards the referee, thinking that the referee's decision was extremely accurate and it was a penalty kick.
Malaga fans reacted and booed.
Some excited fans even began to express condolences to the female members of the referee's family.
Li Chuanqi kicked the football out of the field angrily and ran to the referee to argue.
Malaga goalkeeper Caballero ran to Messi and shouted: "Liar! Barcelona are all liars! Tell yourself, did Li foul? Where did he foul?"
Messi remained silent and left him silently.
The scene was extremely chaotic.
The Barcelona TV commentator shouted: "Penalty kick! This is definitely a penalty kick! No one in the world can guard Messi in the penalty area!
Li must have committed a foul, otherwise Messi would not have fallen!"
The Malaga TV commentator said indignantly: "This is an extremely serious wrong call. The referee made a serious subjectivist error. He thought no one could guard Messi in the penalty area!
Li has guarded Messi many times in this game, so there is no problem for him to guard Messi!"
A reporter from Marca mocked: "La Masia does have talents, and everyone is a performing genius!"
A reporter from Aspen News said with a smile: "If you are not capable enough, you have to use your acting skills to make up for it!"
A reporter from World Sports News said coldly: "It is absolutely impossible for the referee to make a mistake. No one can defend Messi in the penalty area!"
A reporter from the Malaga regional media ridiculed: "No one can guard Messi? What can we say in the first half?"
The reporter from World Sports News looked sad.
The referee realized that he may have made a mistake, and this penalty may change the direction of the game.
To be cautious, he pushed aside the players and ran to the assistant referee.
After a simple and quick exchange, the referee called Messi and Li Chuanqi to his side and asked about the specific situation that just happened.
What Li Chuanqi didn't expect was that Messi actually admitted that this was a clean defense!
Li Chuanqi gave a thumbs up to the Argentinian superstar!
Since Messi said this, the referee combined with the assistant referee's judgment and blew the whistle to indicate that this was a misjudgment and handed the ball to Malaga.
Thunderous applause erupted in the Rose Garden, and those guys who had just "consoled" the female members of the referee's family began to praise the referee again.
The Malaga TV commentator loudly said: "The referee changed the decision! He realized that he had just made a misjudgment! We should commend such referees who have the courage to admit their mistakes!"
The Barcelona TV commentator said regretfully: "The referee changed the decision and canceled the penalty kick, and Barcelona lost the best opportunity to equalize the score.
However, it doesn’t matter, Barcelona still has time to score goals!”
The reporter from Marca glanced at the reporter from Mundo Deportivo and raised his eyebrows: "Didn't someone just say that no one can guard Messi in the penalty area?"
Reporters from AS and Málaga regional media nodded in succession: "Yeah, why did the referee change the decision? This only shows that the referee was wrong, and he should stick to his decision!"
The reporter from World Sports News was so angry that he was shaking all over.
On the court, Messi glanced at Li Chuanqi: "I don't need such a goal. After that Hand of God, I deeply reflected that I don't think it is necessary for me to score such a goal."
Li Chuanqi suddenly remembered something about Messi's "Hand of God".
In the 37th round of La Liga in the 2006-07 season, Barcelona tied with Espanyol at home 2-2. Messi shot the football into the net in the 43rd minute of the game, replicating Maradona's Hand of God.
After that game, the Madrid media ridiculed him.
Messi's behavior at this moment left a deep impression on Li Chuanqi.
Of course, Messi's actions did not make Li Chuanqi relax his defense. He would still press when he should, and go around and steal the ball when he should.
However, the two of them were not as tense as before.
Once, Li Chuanqi stole the ball from Messi's feet and after passing the football, he took the initiative to pull Messi up.
The reporter was shocked by this scene.
Damn it, we were fighting each other just now, but now we are in love with each other?!
The World Sports reporter raised his head proudly: "This is the charm of Messi!"
He finally found a chance to fight back.
Reporters from Marca, AS, and Malaga local media blushed and didn't know how to refute for a while.
A reporter from a neutral media said: "This should be a sign of sympathy."
The game was very stalemate, and Messi still failed to exert his intimidating power.
Since Malaga is at an absolute disadvantage in possession of the ball, there are not many opportunities to attack.
In addition, they are the leading side, so they focus most of their energy on defense.
In the 27th minute of the second half, the situation on the court suddenly changed.
Iniesta firmly assumed Messi's role, forced a breakthrough in front of the penalty area, and used his own unique skill of "fried meatballs".
In his haste, Camacho stretched out his foot and tripped Iniesta.
"Beep!..."
The referee blew his whistle and awarded Barcelona a direct free kick.
This is a well-placed direct free kick that can be shot directly.
The atmosphere on the field became tense.
Like a carpenter, Caballero directed the wall with squinted eyes.
Messi, Xavi and Iniesta stood behind the football and discussed in low voices.
The Malaga TV commentator said solemnly: "I hope the goddess of luck will favor Malaga!"
The Barcelona TV commentator shouted: "This is a good opportunity to equalize the score! This is also Messi's opportunity to prove himself!"
There was chaos in the Málaga penalty area, with players from both sides quarreling and pushing each other for a better position.
The referee had to go over and deal with it.
After handling these matters, the referee exited the penalty area and blew the whistle.
Messi and Xavi ran towards the football from different directions.
The Rose Garden stadium was extremely tense.
"Pa!..."
Messi kicked the football with his left foot, and the football spun strongly, flew over the left side of the wall, and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal!
Caballero jumped up and flew towards the football!
In a flash of lightning, the football flew into the net from the upper left corner of the goal!
