Li Mingyu alone made 127 passes, and what is shocking is that Li Mingyu's passing success rate was 90%. Except for some through balls or crosses that were intercepted by the opponent, Li Mingyu made almost no mistakes.
127 passes were passed, more than 80 of which occurred in the opponent's half.
Li Mingyu's number of passes is half as many as the opposing team's.
Not to mention the 82% ball possession rate, almost the entire game was completed in Barcelona's offense.
Li Mingyu's performance in the new position shocked the entire Spain media.
After all, anyone who is a Spanish fan knows how important Xavi was to the team when the Spanish team won three consecutive European Cups and World Cups.
For a time, all Spain fans began to look forward to World Cup Qualifiers in a few days.
However, before World Cup Qualifiers, Barcelona ushered in the last opponent before World Cup Qualifiers at their home court, the bitter host of last season, the Atletico Madrid team.
In the first two games, Barcelona and Madrid Duo both won two consecutive games. Atletico Madrid ranked third due to a low goal difference.
On the scorer list, Li Mingyu ranked first with 4 goals, Haaland of Real Madrid scored 3 goals and ranked second, Ibrahimovic of Atletico Madrid scored 2 goals and Messi, who also scored 2 goals, tied for third.
On October 5, 2021, after three days of rest, Barcelona ushered in the aggressive Atletico Madrid team at their home court.
In the player tunnel, the tall Ibrahimovic and Messi were chatting and laughing happily together. Although Ibrahimovic was very unhappy during his time with Barcelona, he still liked Messi very much.
Ibrahimovic is a famous "Mei Chui". In one of his interviews, he once said that the first is Messi, the second is Messi who is in bad condition, and the third is me.
However, Ibrahimovic, who just celebrated his 40th birthday on October 3, is still proving that he is not old on the court.
This famous tyrant in the football world has played for eleven teams throughout his football career. Except for Bundesliga, he has not been involved in Top Five Leagues. He has played for all the others and won championships in all of them.
But what is regrettable is that, I don't know if it is a curse, Ibrahimovic has been reluctant to win the championship in so many teams, but UEFA Champions League has never got a chance to win the championship.
In the Sweden national team, he was not able to help the team win the World Series championship.
Ibrahimovic, who was chatting with Messi, felt that someone had been looking at him, so he looked back keenly and saw Li Mingyu looking him up and down.
Li Mingyu quickly showed a kind smile to him. In Li Mingyu's heart, Ibrahimovic is a very respectable player.
Messi also saw Li Mingyu's gaze and said with a smile, "Zlatan, this is the most powerful Li in our team, an amazing little guy, even more powerful than me!"
Ibrahimovic shook his head noncommittally and said, "Really? Then see you on the court!"
Ibrahimovic made a provocative expression towards Li Mingyu.
Ibrahimovic, 40 years old, is not much younger than Li Mingyu's father, Li Zhenfei.
Although Li Mingyu respects Ibrahimovic, he will not show weakness at this time. He nodded and accepted this challenge.
"You can come in!"
Li Mingyu followed everyone's footsteps and stepped into Camp Nou.
Spain This year's summer seems particularly long. Although it is already October, the temperature still has no tendency to drop.
Most of La Liga's games are scheduled to start in the evening.
17:00, Camp Nou.
The highest temperature outside is already about 35 degrees, but the temperature inside the stadium seems even higher.
The fans' enthusiasm has completely ignited this stadium.
Facing the challenge of Atletico Madrid, not only the players are ready, but also the fans are ready.
Last season, the championship trophy was taken back from Atletico Madrid at the last moment. Everyone knows that Atletico Madrid will never give up in this game.
Players from both sides stood on the court with murderous intent, waiting for the referee's whistle to start the official fight.
The referee Truge glanced at his watch and finally blew his whistle.
With a whistle, this focus battle officially came to an end.
Atletico Madrid kicks off first.
Ibrahimovic kicked the ball towards his own half, then took long strides and ran towards Barcelona's half.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in Camp Nou and obtaining Ibrahimovic's special skills: Scorpion Kick.]
After the referee blew the whistle, a system prompt sounded in Li Mingyu's ear.
Li Mingyu I immediately felt that the flexibility of my legs became even better.
Scorpion Kick This kind of special action on the football field cannot be done by ordinary people. You must have super flexibility to perform such actions with ease in fierce competitions.
Ibrahimovic As a master of Taekwondo, the flexibility of his legs is simply beyond ordinary people's imagination.
It's really unimaginable for a big man like him to have such good flexibility.
Li Mingyu looked at Ibrahimovic who passed by him and showed a faint smile.
Treat others in their own way.
Suarez's suspension period has not ended yet, but due to the loss last season, there have been some internal changes at Atletico Madrid.
Ibrahimovic has just joined the team, and his tactics with Atletico Madrid are not yet so harmonious.
Two goals in two games were achieved entirely by virtue of Ibrahimovic's super personal strength.
In the first fifteen minutes of the game, both sides were very cautious in their offense and their defense was also flawless.
Li Mingyu's scheduling in the midfield made Atletico Madrid's players feel very annoyed, like a slippery loach, which made the defenders very uncomfortable.
Li Mingyu suddenly accelerated and stepped in from time to time, causing Atletico Madrid's defensive players to suffer a lot.
Three defensive players have received verbal warnings from the referee.
Li Mingyu sat on the ground, adjusted his shin guards, and looked at the already a little angry players on the other side with a helpless smile.
In order to stop Li Mingyu's team, the players of Atletico Madrid have begun to carry out destructive defensive actions.
Li Mingyu has been knocked down three times in a row, but because the opponent's movements were very concealed and were all hand movements, the referee had no intention of taking out the cards.
However, Li Mingyu was fouled this time, which gave Barcelona a chance to take a free kick in a very good position.
The location of this direct free kick is very comfortable, directly facing the goal, about thirty meters away.
Messi and Li Mingyu were both standing behind the football, covering their mouths and whispering something.
Generally speaking, Messi will take the free kick of Barcelona.
But last season, when Li Mingyu faced El Clasico from Real Madrid, he had sneak attack on the opponent and succeeded.
This time, Li Mingyu stood not far from the football just like last time.
Messi stood on the other side, standing on both sides of the football with Li Mingyu.
At this time, the most nervous person is Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper Oblak.
Oblak was carefully directing his own human wall. This time, Atletico Madrid set up a human wall of seven people, blocking almost all shooting angles.
Oblak is a little undecided as to where he should stand.
At such a close distance, if the football breaks through the wall, the goalkeeper will have no extra time to move. Therefore, in this case, the goalkeeper usually lets the wall be responsible for the defense on one side, while he is responsible for the defense on the other side.
But Li Mingyu and Messi are standing in front of the football at the same time, so there are too many options for such a free kick.
In the end, Oblak still believed that the ball would be taken by Messi, so he took two steps slightly to his left.
Because Messi's free kicks are hit in this direction more often.
The referee couldn't help but ask the Atletico Madrid players to retreat a distance of 9.15 meters, but every time the referee was about to leave, the Atletico Madrid players would always sneak forward with small steps.
We just mess around.
The referee had no choice but to quickly exit the penalty area and blow the whistle after asking them to step back for the last time.
Li Mingyu and Messi moved together.
Atletico Madrid's players are all highly focused.
Li Mingyu ran directly over the football this time.
It is indeed a pretense!
At the same time, Messi had appeared in front of the football, swinging his left foot as if he was about to shoot.
The wall actually started to move forward when Li Mingyu was running. When Messi was about to touch the ball, it had already moved about half a meter beyond the prescribed distance.
But the referee didn't make any comment at all.
The moment Messi's left foot came into contact with the football, he suddenly withdrew his strength, flicked his ankle slightly, and passed the ball directly to the feet of Li Mingyu, who had already run to the right rib.
Tactical free kick!
Atletico Madrid didn't expect such a good direct free kick opportunity, and Barcelona would also take a tactical free kick, so he was a little flustered.
Since the human wall is composed of 7 people, Atletico Madrid's defense is seriously short of manpower.
The player on the left edge of the wall pounced directly in the direction of Li Mingyu, trying to block Li Mingyu's shot.
But Li Mingyu didn't want to shoot. Instead, he pushed directly with the arch of his foot the moment he received the ball.
I saw a figure suddenly rush out from the other side of Atletico Madrid's wall and push the ball towards the football. The football rolled from Oblak's armpit into Atletico Madrid's goal.
Pedri rushed to the sidelines excitedly, extending his hand to greet Li Mingyu and Messi to celebrate together.
Messi and Li Mingyu rushed towards him happily, and the three of them hugged each other on the sidelines.
This combination of free kicks was thought up by several of their midfielders and frontcourt players during off-field training. I didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.
You must know that the success rate of tactical free kicks is actually not high, because it not only requires exquisite coordination of passing and movement, but also requires the "cooperation" of the opponent.
Today's opponents were very cooperative. Due to the pressure of Li Mingyu and Messi standing in front of the football at the same time, Atletico Madrid had to line up a 7-man wall, leaving a serious shortage of manpower to mark other players.
After Messi passed the ball, everyone pounced on Li Mingyu who was holding the ball, leaving Pedri on the other side completely empty.
Koeman off the court was also excited and waved his fists repeatedly. The coordination of this free kick was so exciting.
Simeone on the other side had a dark look on his face, and he actually cooperated with the free kick.
Simeone glanced at the excited Koeman and couldn't help but secretly cursed, "Old Silver Coin, do this to me!"
In the 18th minute of the first half, Barcelona relied on a tactical free kick, and Pedri completed the goal.
Barcelona leads Atletico Madrid 1:0 at home.
Barcelona leads Atletico Madrid 1:0 at home.
The deadlock of the game was broken, and the probing attacks from both sides ended.
Atletico Madrid's offensive seems even more fierce.
Although Ibrahimovic is already 40 years old, his superhuman physical fitness still makes him a duck to water in Barcelona's backcourt, frequently creating murderous opportunities.
Atletico Madrid's midfielder Llorente is also more mature than last year, and his offense is sharper.
In the 30th minute of the first half, Llorente intercepted the ball from Alba in the midfield, then made a fake move to pass Pedri who rushed to defend, and ran a long way towards Barcelona's backcourt.
Ibrahimovic in the middle also rushed towards Barcelona's penalty area at high speed.
Since Li Mingyu is located closer to the middle, when chasing back, we can only chase Ibrahimovic about ten meters behind.
Although Ibrahimovic is tall and powerful, his physical fitness is definitely top-notch in world football. At the age of 40, his running speed is not much slower than Li Mingyu.
Pique on the defense saw Llorente pass the defensive midfielder Busquets, and shouted loudly, "Clément, go and block him!"
When Clement Lenglet heard this, he immediately rushed out and tried to block Llorente from the penalty area.
However, Llorente, which has already started to speed up, is not so easy to defend.
Llorente saw Lenglet approaching him, and he scratched the football twice with both feet, and stepped on his bicycle continuously, causing Lenglet's defense to deviate. He stumbled slightly, and was directly wiped away by Llorente.
Koeman off the court couldn't help but roar, this Lenglet has become the most unstable point in Barcelona's defense.
In the first two games, Barcelona's central defender partners have always been Pique and Garcia, but Lenglet is a player bought by the team at a large price., and his performance in training was pretty hard, Koeman couldn't deny him a chance to play, so in this crucial game, Koeman let Lenglet start.
Who knew that his poor performance in defense this time caused him to completely lose his status in Koeman's heart.