Since there was no dead ball just now, this ball is a challenge ball.
Cristiano Ronaldo also kicked the football out of the sideline very gracefully and returned the ball to Barcelona.
Sporadic applause broke out on the court.
Fans of Juventus are very depressed right now. Their team is now full of problems. The players on the field seem to be incompatible with each other. The head coach is like a mascot with no majesty at all. And the chairman of his own club is a model of willfulness.
Juventus, Where is the road?
Barcelona's attack, through a small range of short passes, reached near the midfield and handed it over to Li Mingyu who retreated.
Cristiano Ronaldo also retreated to the midfield. After seeing Li Mingyu get the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo also rushed over quickly, preparing to steal the ball from Li Mingyu's feet.
But Li Mingyu didn't stick to the ball. The moment he caught the ball, he kicked it out and handed it to Pedri not far away. Then he passed by Cristiano Ronaldo and received a pass from Pedri while running. It was another beautiful one-two, allowing Pedri to have a very good opportunity.
After Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed it for the first time, he stopped grabbing it. Instead, he stood behind Li Mingyu with his eyes dazed.
Xavi, this name, reminds Cristiano Ronaldo that in the early days of the Real Madrid era, he had been living in the shadow of Barcelona.
After Cristiano Ronaldo joined Real Madrid, Real Madrid only won one league championship and one Champions League championship.
But when Xavi left Barcelona, Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to be reborn, although they were still unable to resist Barcelona in the league. dominated, but in Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid completed the first three consecutive championships after the reform of Champions League.
Li Mingyu's playing style and the side-to-side movements of his head when running made Cristiano Ronaldo think of that formidable man.
Although Ballon d'Or was almost swept by Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi in the past few years, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi know that the person who deserves Ballon d'Or the most is the low-key man who always runs with him.
Owing Xavi a Ballon d'Or is the most unwilling thing for all Xavi fans.
Pedri's attack did not pose much of a threat, but Li Mingyu's passing and control organization has attracted the attention of Juventus's midfielder.
In the next game, Li Mingyu will always have a player from Juventus interfering with him, preventing him from catching the ball and passing the ball easily.
But Li Mingyu's ball control and passing have reached world-class levels, and it can't be stopped just by sending someone to mark him.
Juventus's attack.
After Morata caught the ball, it was destroyed by the players of Barcelona.
Cristiano Ronaldo shook his hand with a look of displeasure, but Morata didn't pay attention to him.
Barcelona's counterattack opportunity.
Li Mingyu received a short pass from De Jong and turned around in a similar manner to Xavi, causing the defensive players behind him to lose their defensive position.
Li Mingyu starts off like a cheetah, dribbling the ball forward from the top lane.
After Li Mingyu entered Juventus's half, his head quickly moved left and right, and the positions of everyone in the frontcourt were all in his mind.
Before the opponent's midfielder got close, Li Mingyu hit a very beautiful through ball to the left side of the court.
Braithwaite is in that position, Li Mingyu's pass is very comfortable, he just needs to move quickly.
After Braithwaite received the football, facing Cuadrado's defense, he did not show any timidity and cut directly inside, hoping to challenge the opponent one-on-one.
Cuadrado didn't expect that Braithwaite would cut in so resolutely. He was caught off guard, so his move to grab the ball was a little slow. After Braithwaite passed the ball, his feet appeared in front of Braithwaite.
As a result, Braithwaite fell to the ground.
Cuadrado quickly stretched out his hand to indicate that he had not committed a foul.
Because this position is too dangerous. It is only about 25 meters away from the goal and slightly to the left. But for right-footed players, this position is very good.
The referee blew the whistle, ran over, signaled that this was a direct free kick, and took out the topaz War God card from his pocket, expressing respect for Cuadrado's recklessness just now.
Generally speaking, Barcelona's free kicks are basically taken by Messi, but in the absence of Messi, Griezmann is the first free kick choice.
However, when Griezmann was standing in front of the football, Li Mingyu came over and quietly said a few words to Griezmann.
Griezmann looked surprised, because Li Mingyu wanted him to take the penalty kick.
Although a free kick is not like a penalty kick and the scoring rate is not that high, it is still a good scoring opportunity for Griezmann and cannot be given up easily.
But now FC Barcelona, in the minds of forward players, Li Mingyu sometimes has a higher priority than Messi. After all, Li Mingyu has more assists than Messi!
However, what makes Griezmann a little confused is that in the past half year, he has never seen Li Mingyu take a free kick during training. Even during training free kicks, Li Mingyu was nowhere to be seen.
Griezmann thought for a while and said a little bit thiefly, "Yes, yes, but today you have to assist me once!"
Li Mingyu looked at Griezmann helplessly, Brother, are you too arrogant? Do you think it is so easy to assist? If you have the ability, don't spit!
If Cristiano Ronaldo heard this, he would be so angry that he would hit someone!
Where did you two put me, Mr. Cristiano Ronaldo, and where did you put me, Mr. Juventus.
Li Mingyu could only say with a wry smile, "Then you should move well and don't waste my pass!"
Griezmann also smiled sarcastically. Just now, he wasted Li Mingyu a very beautiful through ball opportunity. Otherwise, the current score would have been rewritten long ago.
Although it was determined that Li Mingyu would take the free kick this time, Griezmann still pretended to stand not far behind the football, acting like "I just came to take the penalty kick."
Juventus doesn't know much about Li Mingyu, but he also knows that Li Mingyu is not very good at free kicks. It seems that from his debut to now, most of Li Mingyu's goals are goals in sports battles, not even penalty kicks.
Moreover, some media learned from some internal information that what Li Mingyu is not good at is set kicks, especially penalty kicks.
During Barcelona's inside penalty kick training, Li Mingyu seemed like a different person, just like a soft-footed shrimp.
However, I don't know if this news is a smoke bomb specially released by Barcelona, because it seems that in everyone's memory, no attacker who scores goals like this can have such a bad penalty kick!
Li Mingyu's inner thoughts, "My penalty kicks are so bad, can't they?"
Juventus There are six people lined up in the human wall, sealing the angle of the near goalpost.
Cristiano Ronaldo was also placed in the wall. His position is very important, at the edge of the near goal post.
All of Juventus's attention was focused on Griezmann who was getting ready to go, but Li Mingyu, who was standing only two steps away from the football, didn't pay attention at all, thinking that he was just a cover.
Only Cristiano Ronaldo looked at Li Mingyu with a somewhat uneasy look, because as a free kick master, he could clearly feel the difference in the physical states of Li Mingyu and Griezmann.
You must know that when taking a free kick, the free kick player's physical condition must be fully concentrated and his mental strength must be concentrated in order to take a high-quality free kick.
But in Cristiano Ronaldo's eyes, Griezmann's attention did not seem to be on the football, but instead fell on Li Mingyu in front of him from time to time.
As for Li Mingyu, although he was very close to the football and had a loose look on his face, Cristiano Ronaldo saw a determined expression in Li Mingyu's eyes.
Broken, the free throw shooter was not Griezmann, but Li Mingyu.
But before Cristiano Ronaldo could issue a warning, the referee's whistle sounded, indicating that Barcelona could take the free kick.
Everyone at the scene was focused.
Griezmann began to run slowly.
But fans who are familiar with Barcelona and Griezmann frowned slightly, because this action is not the action of Griezmann taking a free kick.
You must know that every master who kicks free kicks will have strict regulations on the distance between himself and the ball, the size of his steps, and even his own breath. It is like a precise machine that does not allow any mistakes.
"Griezmann What are you doing?"
Even Koeman on the sidelines frowned.
Messi, who was watching the live broadcast across the TV screen, was also biting his thumb nail with a trace of confusion on his face.
In the whole world, probably only two people, Griezmann and Li Mingyu, know that this ball is going to be kicked by Li Mingyu.
And Cristiano Ronaldo only guessed this possibility.
Cristiano Ronaldo didn't look at Griezmann at all, his eyes and attention were all on Li Mingyu.
Sure enough, Li Mingyu Suddenly, the loose laziness on his body disappeared all of a sudden, like a sharp sword unsheathed, its sharp edge revealed.
Li Mingyu ran forward two steps, swung his right leg quickly, and kicked hard on the lower right side of the football. The football flew towards the wall in a strong arc.
Since all the attention of the other people in the wall was on Griezmann, when Li Mingyu kicked the ball out, these people were shocked. When they wanted to jump up to intercept, they found that it was too late.
Cristiano Ronaldo also jumped high and stretched his neck, trying to reach the ball, but the ball was kicked out from the middle of the wall.
What made Cristiano Ronaldo breathe a sigh of relief was that it was obvious that based on the height of his jump, he could feel that the ball was too high.
At this distance, the football is so high that it is difficult to have time to fall quickly. Therefore, the best result of this ball is to hit the crossbar.
The most shocking thing is probably the goalkeeper Juventus. Because of his position, he can't see the football at all. The human wall has completely blocked the football.
His reference object was actually Griezmann. He was still calculating Griezmann's pace and the direction of the free throw in his mind. He was shocked to find that the football came out from above the wall.
What's going on? Griezmann hasn't reached the position of the football yet. Why did the ball fly over?
Is the wind blowing? Who could it be?
Poland National goalkeeper Szczesny stood on the spot, paying attention to the ball, because he could not move his body at all.
However, like Cristiano Ronaldo, he could see that the flight trajectory of the ball should be higher than the crossbar or hit the crossbar, so he was relieved in his heart.
But what made the faces of Cristiano Ronaldo and Szczesny change drastically was that after the ball crossed the wall, its trajectory suddenly became erratic. It really felt like a leaf blown down by a gust of wind. Moreover, when it was about to reach the goal, the football dropped rapidly.
In everyone's shocked eyes, the football fell into the gate of Juventus like a fallen leaf.
"Beautiful Knuckleball!"
After Li Mingyu scored, he rushed all the way to the camera in excitement, roaring loudly, venting his excitement.
Griezmann was also overjoyed. He didn't expect Li Mingyu to kick such a high-quality free kick. It was really cool.
Griezmann said that if I were to kick a hundred kicks of this kind of ball, I might not be able to kick a ball like this one.
The most depressing person was probably Cristiano Ronaldo in the human wall. Although he guessed the beginning, he didn't guess the end.
Of all the players in the field, he was the one who saw the free kick just now the most vividly. Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't help but admire the world-class Knuckleball kick.
Cristiano Ronaldo As a free kick master, he knows how difficult it is to play such a Knuckleball. In the entire history of world football, there are only a handful of people who can kick such a beautiful Knuckleball.
Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't help but cast his eyes to the sidelines and fell on his bearded head coach Pirlo.
Because of the free kick just now, Cristiano Ronaldo felt the shadow of Pirlo.
Pirlo also felt this way. Although he did not see all the movements of Li Mingyu like Cristiano Ronaldo, when Li Mingyu shot, Pirlo's eyes suddenly flashed with light.
Because Li Mingyu's movements are very similar to his own. If Li Mingyu were given long flowing hair, a big beard, and Juventus's team uniform, he would look like himself back then!
No matter how the fans at the scene were booing, or how unhappy the Juventus players were, Li Mingyu relied on this wonderful free kick to rewrite the score on the field to 0:1, and Barcelona, playing away from home, took the lead.