"One-all! Barcelona tenaciously equalized at home. They were nowhere near as vulnerable as everyone had predicted before the match."
"Lu Yang's header was extremely powerful, and with Mateo's threat from free kicks, Barcelona might really have a chance to go toe-to-toe with Real Madrid today."
"Of course, Real Madrid's three giants still haven't exerted themselves so far. Once they join the battle, Barcelona won't have an easy time of it."
Luo Cheng's judgment proved remarkably prescient.
Just three minutes after Lu Yang equalized for Barcelona, a Real Madrid superstar stepped up.
After the restart, Real Madrid had Zizo take control of the ball, twisting and turning through the midfield.
He looked like he was fighting alone, yet Barcelona simply could not win the ball from him.
Whether it was Ortiz or Hernandez, Zizo had no trouble holding off two opponents by himself.
Burgos watched the stumbling Zizo and thought he had an opening. He rushed forward to press him.
However...
Bang!
Zizo, staggering as he was, chipped a long pass forward.
That pass stunned the entire stadium.
While holding off two opponents, moving at a relatively slow pace with no room to properly swing his leg, and with Burgos blocking his path ahead, Zizo played a lofted through ball that completely tore apart Barcelona's defense.
Lima beat the offside trap and easily collected the ball outside the penalty area.
Kahn charged out immediately.
But Lima swayed left and right with the ball.
Kahn's center of gravity shifted again and again before he finally crashed to the ground.
Lima easily rounded Kahn and calmly rolled the ball into the unguarded net.
After scoring, Lima sprinted toward the corner flag, shaking his head and shrugging as he ran.
As if to say, wasn't that far too easy?
And in truth, it was.