Simeone's team walked out of the locker room with high spirits. They will defend their home glory in their own stadium tonight.
The stars in Barcelona have different expressions, some are confident, some are worried, and some are thinking about something on their mind.
Li Chuanqi did not find Messi in the Barcelona lineup, which made him a little regretful.
As the host, he took the initiative to hug Iniesta, Xavi and other Spanish teammates to express his welcome.
The only person Li Chuanqi did not hug was Pique, which made Pique feel embarrassed.
Harvey signaled to Li Chuanqi to hug Pique, but Li Chuanqi didn't seem to understand what he meant.
Some people are unforgivable.
Although the two are no longer hostile due to the mediation of many big bosses, Li Chuanqi will never forget that scene.
In Li Chuanqi's mind, many people can be friends, but it is absolutely impossible for Pique to be a friend.
After all the starting players from both sides arrived, four referees led them into the stadium from the tunnel.
What greeted them was cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
The commentator of Madrid Sports Station said loudly: "Friends, fans! The starting players of both sides enter the stadium! The Calderon Stadium is filled with cheers, and the much-anticipated peak showdown between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona is about to begin!
This game attracted more than 500 media from all over the world to report on the scene!
This is unprecedented!
The La Liga half-time champion will be decided tonight at the Calderon Stadium!
This pinnacle battle attracted FIFA President Mr. Blatter to come to the scene to watch the game in person, and sitting in the VIP box were Spanish team coach Mr. Bosque and his assistants!"
The commentator of Barcelona Sports Station said loudly: "We would like to introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides.
Barcelona coach Martino has arranged a four-three-three lineup: goalkeeper: Valdes; four defenders: Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; three midfielders: Xavi, Busquets,
Iniesta; three forwards: Alexis Sanchez, Fabregas, Pedro!
Messi, who returned from injury, did not start, which is different from the news we got before.
The news we got this afternoon is that Messi will start tonight!
Not only that, Neymar did not appear in the starting lineup.
Of course, Neymar did not appear in the starting lineup. The big reason was that Alexis Sanchez performed very well in the last round and scored a hat trick.
Let’s take a look at Atletico Madrid’s starting lineup.
Simeone arranged a 442 formation, goalkeeper: Courtois; four defenders: Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Felipe; four midfielders: Koke, Thiago, Gabi,
Arda Turan; double forward: Diego Costa, Lee!
Atletico Madrid sent out all its main players!
For Barcelona, tonight is a tough game. Atletico Madrid is the team that conceded the fewest goals in La Liga and also scored the most goals.
This shows that Atletico Madrid has excellent performance on both offense and defense, and they are playing at home tonight!
But for Barcelona, they have never been afraid of strong enemies!"
In the photo area on the sidelines, guns and cannons were set up, and reporters from all over the world took pictures of the players.
The ESPN commentator loudly said: "A domestic league attracts so many media to report on the scene. This is the attraction of top stars.
The duel between Messi and Li became the biggest highlight of the game.
The last confrontation between the two took place in the 19th round of last season, and Barcelona also played away from home.
At that time, Li had just entered La Liga and it was his rookie season.
But in his rookie season, he was closely chasing Messi and ranked second in the scorer list!
At that time, Li was not as famous as he is now, and that competition was also about competing for the top spot.
Li scored one goal in that game and Messi scored two goals, but Barcelona lost the game.
The reason is that Li targeted Messi to death.
Many fans think there is something wrong with what I said. Messi scored two goals, why can you still say that he was targeted?
The actual situation is that for Messi's first goal, the two were not on the same side. Messi's second goal was scored through a free kick. After Li changed sides, Messi was completely restricted by Li in the sports battle. Li Duo
He snatched the football from Messi's feet for the first time.
Many fans consider that game to be one of Messi's worst performances in recent years.
After that game, Lee slowly entered the attention of fans around the world.
The only regret tonight is that Messi did not start, but we believe that Messi will come off the bench tonight and have a real showdown with Li."
The major TV stations are busy introducing this game. Players from both sides have already entered the stadium, and the battle is about to begin!
On the Barcelona bench, Messi sat on the chair with an expressionless face.
The coaching team told him this afternoon that they hoped he could start tonight, but after the scene in the locker room, he was told that because he had just recovered from injury, for the sake of his health, he was asked to come on as a substitute.
This kind of operation made Messi very uncomfortable.
"Since you know that I can make the chairman fire you by calling me, why do you still dare to do it?"
This is something Messi can't understand.
He couldn't figure out where Martino's confidence came from.
He originally wanted to have a good battle with Li Chuanqi tonight to return the shame of last season.
"Beep!..."
As the referee Lajos blew the whistle, the game officially started.
Fabregas moved the football to the backcourt, and several Atletico Madrid midfielders and frontcourt players immediately crossed the half court and started a crazy press.
When Costa had no hope of grabbing the ball, he directly knocked Xavi down!
Costa's behavior inspired Simeone to inject "fierceness" into Atletico Madrid players. In the following games, Atletico Madrid players frequently interrupted Barcelona's smooth passing with fouls.
The Calderon stadium turned into a meat grinder!
This scene made the Barcelona fans at the scene very dissatisfied and booed the Atletico Madrid players.
What makes them even more dissatisfied is that many fouls committed by Atletico Madrid players were clearly worthy of yellow cards, but the referee Lajos had no intention of taking out the cards and did not even blow the whistle!
In the 12th minute of the first half, Iniesta took the ball and turned around. Gabi tackled fiercely from the side, knocking Iniesta over with the ball!
For Gabi's big foul, Lajos only gave him a foul!
Barcelona coach Martino could no longer control his emotions. He came to the command area and roared at Lajos: "Referee! Play the card! You don't play the card for such an action?"
Lajos frowned and ran to Martino to warn: "This is the first time! If it happens a second time, I will ask you out!"
Martino said angrily: "This is not the first time! The opponent's moves were so big, and you didn't even give me a card! How should this match be played? Is this a wrestling match?"
Martino's assistants immediately pulled him back to the bench.
If you have trouble with anyone, you can't have trouble with the referee.
