Cristiano Ronaldo Injured, The Madman Sent Off

Lin Feng's goal had a major impact on the mentality and morale of both teams.

Real Madrid, having pulled back two goals in a row, were riding high. In the closing stages of the first half, they completely seized the initiative, even clawing back some ground in possession and shots.

Barcelona, on the other hand, grew somewhat impatient after conceding. During one challenge, Busquets got into physical contact with Mascherano.

When Mascherano used his positioning and anticipation to successfully win the ball from his feet, Busquets reached out from behind and pulled him down for a foul.

It was an obvious foul, the kind even the referee could not overlook.

Yet after the foul was called, Busquets was extremely unhappy and angrily slammed the ball onto the grass.

That rash act earned him punishment, and the referee showed him a yellow card.

A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

Over the entire first half, Barcelona had 55% possession, ten percentage points higher than Real Madrid.

Barcelona also had three more shots than Real Madrid.

Judging by the statistics, Barcelona held a slight advantage.

If not for those two conceded goals—especially the second one—Barcelona's first half would have been nearly perfect.

But with those two goals conceded, the situation became unpredictable.

The Champions League Final was played at an intense level. When both sides gave everything they had, even a player as strong as Messi had few opportunities to make an impact.

The gap between the two teams might have been only one goal, but even that single goal might prove impossible to recover before the match ended.

Guardiola was clearly very dissatisfied with his team's first-half performance, and Ibrahimović's display displeased him most of all.

Although Ibrahimović himself had not played poorly and