Coutinho's pass was too subtle. He did not look back to observe his teammate's position at all. He relied on the sense of tacit understanding cultivated in the usual training games. He did not need to look to know where Suárez would appear.
The position where Suárez shot was almost on the line of the small penalty area. A powerful volley at such a close distance and the speed of the football was so fast that the RCD Espanyol goalkeeper, Diego Lopez, did not have any reaction at all. He did not even have time to wave his hand symbolically. He only had time to turn his head to take a look, and the football had already flown into the goal like a flash of lightning.
The Barça fans, who had already begun to give up, suddenly burst into huge cheers. The fighting spirit of the cheering song "JA!"
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Champion suddenly rang through Camp Nou again.
After Suárez scored, he showed his trademark front teeth and rushed to Coutinho, hugging him tightly.
Messi did not participate in the attack the whole time. In addition, despite Suárez's goal, Barça was still one goal behind with a score of two to three. It was far from the time to celebrate.
Therefore, Messi rushed directly into the goal, grabbed the ball tightly in his hands in front of Diego Lopez, and then ran toward the center circle.
There were still fifteen minutes left in the game. There were at least seventeen or eighteen minutes left including injury stoppage time, and Barça was only one goal behind.
The Barça fans and players were filled with hope, and the RCD Espanyol side suddenly became a lot more nervous because their lead was only one goal.
According to big data analysis, the peak period for goals was between the seventy-fifth and eightieth minutes of the game.
The main reason was that many players were physically weak. They were basically exhausted at this point in time. Whether it was defense, passing the ball, or the final shot, it was easy to have a situation where technical actions were in parallel.
Ruby shouted from the sidelines to the players on the field to cheer up and focus on defense, but the RCD Espanyol players' physical fitness was at the extreme. After all, they had spent most of the game defending. As the defensive side, their physical fitness was definitely more than the offensive side.
Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei frequently retreated to participate in the defense.
It could be said that other than the goalkeeper, Diego Lopez, only Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei were relatively energetic among the RCD Espanyol players on the field. The others were already showing signs of fatigue.
As a cultivator who was about to step into the Aurous Core stage, Xia Ruofei naturally had no problem with his physical fitness when he played a secular football game. Wu Lei had been persistently practicing the body-refining movements that Xia Ruofei had taught him during this period of time. His physical fitness had been greatly enhanced. When he first joined the team, his physical fitness was so poor that he couldn't even last the entire game. Now, he had become one of the few people with the best physical fitness in the team.
However, even though Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei did not hesitate to run, football was a team sport after all. Their role was still limited.
In this situation, unless Xia Ruofei disregarded sportsmanship and used his vital energy to secretly attack the Barça players who were in physical contact with him. It could be said that if Xia Ruofei did so, there would be absolutely no trace, and no one would be able to find out. It would be easy to make the Barça players unable to continue playing.
However, Xia Ruofei certainly would not do so. He was not even willing to use his vital energy and body movements to improve his strength in the game. How could he do such a despicable thing?
After all, as a cultivator, Xia Ruofei also had his own bottom line and dignity. Using his mental strength to observe the situation on the field was already his bottom line.
Therefore, when the game entered the final stage, the RCD Espanyol's situation became more and more passive.
On one side, after Barça chased the score to only one point, their morale was greatly boosted and they launched a fierce attack on the RCD Espanyol goal. On the other side, the RCD Espanyol players were a little disorganized. Coupled with the physical bottleneck, they could only run for their lives under Barça's frenzied attack.
For a time, the RCD Espanyol's three lines were pressed flat. The goalkeeper, Diego Lopez, became the busiest person on the field. If it were not for his high block, the score would have been rewritten again.
Many of the fans who came to Camp Nou to cheer for the RCD Espanyol dared not watch because it looked like the RCD Espanyol would concede the goal in the next second. Every time Barça touched the ball, every shot made the RCD Espanyol fans tremble in fear.
The situation was passive to this extent, so naturally, there was no way to talk about a counterattack. Basically, the football could not pass half of the field and would return to the feet of the Barça players again.
However, as Ruby said during the halftime interval, when facing Barça, blindly defending was not enough. It was only a matter of time before they conceded the goal.
PP Sports' commentator, Shen Fangjian, also said worriedly, "The RCD Espanyol's situation is precarious. At this time, someone needs to stand up and save the team. If Barça scores another goal during this period, the RCD Espanyol's great situation will be ruined!"
Before Shen Fangjian's voice fell, the RCD Espanyol backfield made another mistake under Barça's high pressure.
This time, it was the center back, Naldo, who made the mistake.
Barça developed their offense on the flank this time. When the football came near the end line, Rakitic, who was in possession of the ball, acted out of character and directly raised his leg to pass. Barça was a team that paid attention to passing and control. They rarely used this kind of play style of passing from the bottom. Even if they reached the end line, most of the time, they would pass back to reorganize. Most of the time, they chose to penetrate through the middle.
In addition, the RCD Espanyol's rear defensive line was already an arrow at the end of its flight under Barça's indiscriminate bombardment. Even if their nerves were always tense, their attention was no longer as focused as it was at the beginning of the game. This was a normal physiological phenomenon and was not shifted by personal will.
The height of Rakitic's pass was well controlled. It just passed over the head of the front defender, and the speed of the ball was extremely fast.
Naldo, who was in charge of the defense in the middle, actually reacted quickly. He jumped high in an attempt to head the ball out of the siege.
But his jump was still a little late, so the height of his jump was not high enough. The ball was already above his head.
Naldo knew that Barça's Coutinho was behind him to compete with him for the header. The ball could not be let go no matter what, so he could only barely head the ball out of the penalty area.
But it was precisely because the height was not high enough that Naldo's attempt to clear the siege only grazed the bottom of the football a little. Therefore, the flight trajectory of the football did not fly out of the penalty area as he had hoped. Instead, it only changed direction a little and continued to fall in the middle of the penalty area.
And even more unfortunately, the ball changed direction after being grazed by Naldo. It just so happened that it fell at the feet of Suarez, who was following up in the middle.
How could Suarez let go of such a free lunch that fell from the sky? He did not even make any adjustments. He directly faced the ball with a powerful volley.
This shot also fully demonstrated Suarez's strength as a top striker. Although it was a volley, it was fast and flat. The football went straight to the goal like a bolt of lightning.
Although the goalkeeper, Diego Lopez, tried his best to save, there was still no way to touch the ball. In the blink of an eye, the football had drilled into the net.
Three to three!
The Barça fans in the stands cheered wildly. It was as if the whole Camp Nou was trembling.
This game was really not easy. Originally, with Barça's strength, even though the RCD Espanyol was their nemesis in the same city. Every time they played against Barça, it was as if they were on steroids. However, it was very difficult for them to cause trouble for Barça.
However, this game was completely beyond their expectations. Although Barça had the absolute initiative, the RCD Espanyol was always in the lead from the first minute of the game. Barça had been playing the role of a chaser.
After the score was finally tied at two to one, Xia Ruofei's full moon scimitar-style pass directly instigated a classic counterattack, giving the RCD Espanyol a two-goal lead again.
To be honest, when Iglesias scored the RCD Espanyol's third goal, many Barça fans had already despaired.
But with Suarez's excellent performance, they finally tied the score at the end of the game!
The positive impact of a superstar player's individual performance on the team was vividly displayed in this game.
If someone had told the Barça fans before the start of the game that Barça would try their best to snatch a point from the RCD Espanyol and obtain a rare draw, the Barça fans would have thought that person was dreaming and would have sneered mercilessly.
But now that the game had progressed to this point, when Barça tied the score, many Barça fans felt that they had won everything. Only those who watched the game would know how difficult it was to obtain this draw point.
Of course, the game was not over yet. Barça, whose morale was high, still had a good chance to continue to score and take all three points.
When Suarez scored his second individual goal of the game, the RCD Espanyol substitutes' bench lamented. The substitutes could not help but cover their faces. Manager Ruby also looked depressed. He frowned and did not say a word.
The three points that were almost in their hands had now become one point. No manager would be happy.
What's more, whether or not they could keep this point was still a big problem!
After Suarez's goal, a large number of fans poured into the discussion area of PP Sports' live broadcast room. They blamed Shen Fangjian because Shen Fangjian had just said what would happen if the RCD Espanyol conceded a goal. Then, the RCD Espanyol really conceded a goal.
"Don't jinx it!"
"Teacher Shen, can you stop talking?"
"What are you thinking by saying such depressing things at a time like this? These words have come true, haven't they? "
"Shen Fangjian, can you still do it? Is there anyone who commentates like you? "
Shen Fangjian and Jia Tianning could also see these real-time comments. They looked at each other and saw bitter smiles on each other's faces.
However, as a commentator, no matter what happened during the live broadcast, he had to do his job.
Therefore, although Shen Fangjian's mind was a little messy, he quickly adjusted his mood and said, "In the 83rd minute of the game, the RCD Espanyol unfortunately conceded a goal. In the face of Barça's indiscriminate bombardment, they were unable to maintain the lead until the end …"
As Shen Fangjian's partner, Jia Tianning naturally had to help him out, and it was most appropriate for him to say some words.
Therefore, Jia Tianning took over the conversation and said, "In fact, before the goal was conceded, the RCD Espanyol's situation was already very dangerous. Barça completely controlled the initiative on the field. If it weren't for the goalkeeper Diego Lopez's excellent performance, this goal loss might have come earlier. He saved several of the opponent's goals that were sure to be scored!"
Shen Fangjian looked at Jia Tianning gratefully and said, "Naldo has some responsibility for this goal, but now that it has come to this, it doesn't make any sense to blame anyone. I don't think the RCD Espanyol can be affected by this goal loss. First of all, they have to adjust their mentality and do a good job of defending in the last few minutes. Even if this game ends in a draw, the RCD Espanyol can still leave Camp Nou with their heads held high! "
This time, Shen Fangjian did not dare to say how dangerous the RCD Espanyol's situation was or how likely Barça was to score another goal. After Wu Lei joined RCD Espanyol, many of the fans who watched the football game in Huaxia naturally became RCD Espanyol fans. Even if there were many Barça fans in Huaxia, when Barça played against RCD Espanyol, they would still choose to support RCD Espanyol. To be precise, they chose to support Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei.
The most representative point of view was that they wanted Barça to win, and at the same time, they also wanted Wu Lei and Xia Ruofei to score.
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