Barcelona's counterattacks were getting stronger and stronger. Although the Spaniards tried their best to keep Barcelona out of the attacking third, with Barcelona running at full strength, the Spaniards had no way to control the midfield and could only retreat step by step.
When the game reached 30 minutes, Barcelona had completely controlled the midfield and suppressed the Spaniard inside and outside its own penalty area.
For other teams, faced with this ultra-dense defensive formation, the Tigers have nothing to offer.
But Barcelona is different. They still have the ability to make short passes at the front of the Spaniard's penalty area.
Barcelona midfielder Busques sent a ball through to find Suarez in the middle.
Suarez kept hitting the ball back to Iniesta, and Iniesta kept passing the ball to the wing to Alves.
Alves then passes to Messi.
Messi made a fake move to pass someone, then crossed the ball to the front of the penalty area, then looked for Suarez and inserted himself diagonally into the penalty area.
Suarez wanted to hit the wall with Messi, but Messi was followed by two people. Suarez immediately missed the ball, passed it to Neymar, and inserted himself into the penalty area.
Barcelona's short passing penetration was dazzling, and the Spanish defensive players were a little confused. They only cared about the cooperation of Messi, Suarez and Alves, and even forgot to mark Neymar.
At this time, Neymar is right in front of the penalty area and can shoot directly.
But Neymar, who had some excessive personal heroism before, was very selfless and directly passed the ball to Suarez this time.
Neymar passed the ball very well, over the defender's head and right in Suarez's running route.
Unfortunately, Espanyol goalkeeper Lopez was highly focused and reacted quickly. He struck out in time and knocked the ball out of the penalty area with both fists.
Lopez struck out too fast, and Suarez ran too fast. After the ball went out, neither of them stopped the car, and they collided with each other.
Although most of the commentators in the commentary box were biased towards Zhao Yang and Espanyol, Barcelona's cooperation still aroused their amazement.
"What an attack like mercury pouring down the ground!"
"Building a dojo in a snail shell, only Barcelona can do it."
"Except for the best first pass, everything else is perfect."
"Neymar is a bit overkill. If he shoots, he should have it."
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While the commentators were commenting, the game did not stop. After the ball was played, it was still controlled by Barcelona.
Barcelona continued to penetrate into the Spanish penalty area.
After being penetrated by Barcelona's defense with several short passes, the Spaniard found that he could not defend himself. In desperation, he began to attack players who were running without the ball, leaving Barcelona without a connection point when attacking.
Even if this kind of defense can be deceived by the referee, it cannot be deceived by the linesman.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Neymar received the ball from the front left side of the penalty area and was knocked down by a Spanish player when he tried to move.
The referee Gonzalez didn't see it at first. After the linesman raised the flag to remind him, he gave Barcelona a free kick in the frontcourt.
Set-pieces are a good way to break dense defenses.
Messi and Neymar were standing in front of the ball. Goalkeeper Lopez didn't know which of the two was going to take the free kick, so he simply focused on both of them.
It was Messi who took the penalty. Under the cover of Neymar, Messi took the free kick, but he did not shoot directly, but passed it diagonally into the penalty area.
This free kick is within Messi's range, but Messi doesn't shoot directly?
Goalkeeper Lopez was so surprised that he didn't see Suarez burst out of the crowd.
With so many people around him, Suarez didn't dare wait for the ball to fall directly to the ground, so he immediately jumped up and fired a volley.
Suarez is only three meters away from the goal. As long as he reaches the goal, he will definitely score.
Unfortunately, Suarez's shooting action was too difficult, and the ball missed the baseline after Suarez padded it out.
After being attacked by Barcelona for ten consecutive minutes, the Spaniards' nerves were extremely sleepy. This goal kick just allowed them to take a breather.
Goalkeeper Lopez understood his teammates' thoughts. He slowly went out to get the ball and came back to release it. It was not until the referee warned that Lopez kicked the ball away.
It's rare that the ball didn't fall to Barcelona again this time, and the ball went directly to Caicedo's head.
Caicedo's header passed to Zhao Yang who was penetrating forward.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Busques wanted to head the ball to goalkeeper Bravo, but the ball went too far and flew directly out of the baseline, giving the Spaniard a corner kick.
When Asensio took a corner kick, Alvaro pushed Pique while fighting for position, and Pique in turn pushed Alvaro.
The referee came to mediate and warned the two people, but did not play the card.
Asensio took a corner kick, Zhao Yang suddenly rushed to the front point and headed the ball back.
Originally this was a very conventional corner kick tactic, but Zhao Yang's ball flew strangely towards the back corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Bravo tried his best, ran to the back corner, and lifted the ball with one hand.
The Spaniard continues the corner kick.
After the lesson from the last corner kick, Barcelona defended more seriously. The ball was passed into the penalty area and was pushed out by Pique.
Barcelona midfielder Busquet relayed the header and passed the ball to the wing to find Neymar. Neymar stopped the ball with his chest, then picked it up, turned around and passed the Spanish captain Lopez who was preparing to defend him personally.
In this position, Lopez didn't dare to let Neymar break through. He fished behind him and grabbed Neymar's jersey.
Neymar was dragged and staggered.
The referee Gonzalez immediately ran over and showed Lopez a yellow card.
Barcelona wins a free kick from the wing.
Iniesta took a free kick. The ball passed into the penalty area and was headed out by the Spaniard. Rakitic grabbed the spot and volleyed directly.
The ball was powerful and heavy, but unfortunately the accuracy was a bit off and the ball went wide of the goal.
The Spaniard took a goal kick. Lopez drove the ball into the frontcourt and was headed back by Pique.
Spanish center back Alvaro wanted to head the ball back, but due to Suarez's interference, the ball hit Messi's feet.
Messi took the ball and passed Diop, and when he broke through to the penalty area, he was pushed back by Perez and Barcelona won a direct free kick from the edge of the penalty area.
The location is very good, only 25 meters from the goal.
Neymar feinted, and Messi's left foot arced straight into the upper right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Lopez made a flying dive to save the ball, but failed to touch the ball. The ball flew into the net at the angle between the goal beam and the post.
1:2
Messi got a goal back for Barcelona with a free kick.
After scoring the goal, Messi was so excited that he roared and ran to the sideline.
“goalgoalgoal…”
The 100,000 Barcelona fans at the scene instantly went crazy. They stood up and clapped and cheered. The momentum was so huge that it almost shook the entire Camp Nou stadium.