Fifteen minutes later, the excitement continued as expected.
Barcelona returned to the pitch brimming with passion. If only the second-half possession rate was counted, they had once reached eighty-two percent!
Yet, just like Manchester United during that stretch before and after Bruno Fernandes missed his penalty over the weekend, the more ferocious Barcelona's attack became, the closer danger came to them.
In the 63rd minute, Junior took off down the wing and pushed his speed to the limit.
Like a crazed Tesla with no brakes, he tore Barcelona's right flank wide open.
Bebeto knew he could not stop Junior, so he gave up on marking him and tucked inside the penalty area.
Forget defending the cross—he simply came back to challenge for the ball in the air.
But Junior did not cross this time.
He kept running along the byline, carrying the ball sideways into the box.
Bebeto tried to shoulder Junior out over the byline, a move that carried some suspicion of a foul.
But Junior kicked the ball away before Bebeto could crash into him.
Then, despite being knocked beyond the byline, Junior still used his powerful physique to overtake Bebeto on the outside and catch up with the ball.
At that moment, he was less than two meters from the side netting!
There was no way he could shoot from that position.
But it was the perfect spot for a cutback.
Bang!
Junior played the ball back diagonally.
The six-yard box was a mess, with several players swinging at the ball.
But none of them got a touch.
Instead, Zizo, arriving late in the box completely unmarked, easily pounced on the loose ball.
Bang!
Zizo fired into the empty net. With his finishing ability, there was no way he would miss from there.
"GOAL! Unbelievable! Five-finger mountain—another