Real Madrid's entire team was already spent in the final moments of the game. Every time they destroyed the opponent's attack, they would aimlessly clear the ball out of the encirclement to gain a short respite, and then face Barcelona's comeback attack again.
The game was about to reach the injury stoppage time.
Barcelona's last extremely team-oriented offensive began to be implemented.
Abidal passed the ball straight to Pedro on the left side of the front field, who received the ball and kicked it out. The football came to Iniesta's feet.
Iniesta, who was standing in front of the left side of the penalty area and 30 yards away from the goal, controlled the ball in place. After Pedro returned the ball, he immediately cut into the penalty area to form an attack point in the penalty area.
Eto 'o plugged in from between Metzelder and Ramos. With just Pedro and Eto' o, three of Real Madrid's four defenders quickly retreated into the danger zone in front of the goal.
Robben harassed Iniesta from the side and appeared to be powerless. It was completely impossible for him to intercept the ball at Iniesta's feet.
When Qin Xiong and Gago intended to form a joint defense to force the ball, they were alerted to see Yaya Touré striding forward into the penalty area!
Qin Xiong and Gago immediately retreated and were bound to block Touré's threat from plugging in from the back.
Just behind Touré, Puyol also bravely and decisively rushed into the penalty area. Iniesta was about to pass the ball at this time.
Barcelona, who originally did not have a high point in the forward line, could now use a pass to try to break Real Madrid's goal.
Whether it was Touré or Puyol, they were both masters of blocking against pressing. As long as they snatched the ball's landing point in the penalty area, they might be able to penetrate Casillas's fingers!
Under such circumstances, Van Der Vaart and Raúl immediately retreated into the penalty area. Real Madrid seemed to simply use the number of defenders to fill all the areas in the defensive zone, so that Barcelona could not see the goal at all and could not form a shot in the penalty area.
Iniesta's ball was passed out, but unexpectedly, it was not a pass, but a cross pass close to the ground!
On the other side, Messi, who had shaken off Marcelo, cut across the penalty area!
At the moment when Iniesta passed the ball, the Real Madrid team had already realized that Barcelona used the team as a cover and handed the ball to Messi as the key player to make the final call.
This was true teamwork!
And it was a good idea.
He used more attacking points to pressure Real Madrid's defensive line to withdraw, and then relaxed the defense on the periphery. Messi took two steps to cross the ball in front of the penalty area. Even if Van Der Vaart headed out to try to snatch it, he could not keep up with Messi's rhythm at all!
Messi calmly observed the situation in Real Madrid's penalty area.
It was almost impossible for a half-high shot to penetrate Real Madrid's goal.
Because there were too many people in the penalty area, not only the Real Madrid players, but also the Barcelona players could block his shot.
At this moment, Messi did not hesitate either. For a genius, there was no need to think too much after observing the situation. It was just a flash of inspiration. How to deal with the ball was instinct!
He used the inner instep of his left foot, which he was good at, to rub the ball up, or it was more like a kick kick!
The football spun slightly and the speed of the ball was not fast. It drew a parabola from the position in front of the penalty area to the right and crossed Real Madrid's penalty area!
Metzelder and Ramos tried to jump but failed to touch the football. The two men looked back in the process of falling after the jump and saw the football fall lightly to the upper left corner of Real Madrid's goal!
Casillas had already made a move to save himself, but his extended arms were still too far away to reach!
Real Madrid wanted to use concrete and steel to build a wall to stop Barcelona, but Messi shot the ball into Real Madrid's goal with a shot without any power or beauty!
Using softness to overcome strength!
The moment the football fell into the goal, the entire Camp Nou erupted like a flash flood. The Barcelona fans cheered!
"Messi! Messi! Messi! "
The commentator shouted Messi's name passionately.
Perhaps Barcelona's advantage in possession of the ball, oppression, and various statistical advantages in offense throughout the game made the outside world think that they should win the game, but in the process of the game, they fell behind again and again.
When the game came to the end, Barcelona was still behind in the score. Instead, they needed a miracle, a savior!
Unsurprisingly, the candidate was naturally the new king of Camp Nou, Lionel Messi!
He saved Barcelona, so that Barcelona did not embarrass and ironically lose the El Clásico at home!
At this time, no Barcelona fans cared about the game before the game. In fact, 99% of them thought that Barcelona would win the game!
Even if it was a draw, so that Real Madrid could not take away the victory here and maintain the advantage before the El Clásico, it was enough to make them satisfied.
Especially when they thought about it carefully, maybe Barcelona could not win the final result, but in the process of the game, the scene of Barcelona suppressing Real Madrid for most of the time still made them regain their pride in the past!
Real Madrid wanted to steal a victory at Camp Nou?
Dream on!
Real Madrid, who had lost the momentum of last season, was nothing to be afraid of!
Even if they were lucky enough to take away a draw here, so what?
Messi was crazily surrounded by his teammates after the goal. He looked up in the embrace of Xavi and Puyol and saw Qin Xiong standing in the distance on the penalty area line through the gaps in the crowd.
The two superstars had both put on spectacular performances in today's match.
The game was likely to be settled, unless Real Madrid was still dreaming of a last-minute finish. In that case, Real Madrid had a chance, and so did Barcelona.
But how could Real Madrid, who could barely run, risk attacking after the restart of the game?
Qin Xiong also glanced at Messi. The opponent scored a last-minute equalizer goal to turn three points into one. Naturally, no one would be happy.
But looking back at the whole game, Real Madrid could be said to have cut a bloody path through the cracks and fought for the advantage with great difficulty.
Barcelona's goal, on the other hand, looked more like a natural payout.
After all, in terms of the macro situation, Barcelona was stronger!
There was no doubt about it.
Whether it was the team's technical and tactical strength or the players' individual conditions.
They were all stronger than Real Madrid!
Real Madrid did not launch an oppressive attack after the restart of the game. They really could not run, and it was not because they lost their courage at this moment.
If they rashly attacked and lost the ball, it would be tantamount to giving Barcelona a chance to kill at the last minute.
Qin Xiong was also very clear about this situation in his heart.
With Barcelona's current strength, it was only a matter of ten seconds or less to pass the ball from the backfield to the front field and then form a shot.
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