Chapter 519 Dispute Judgment
"Valdes' wonderful save! Licado's ball played very high quality, a pity," the commentator said. "Real Madrid has gained some advantages until now. Barcelona seems to have not come out of the previous defeat. The players' condition is a little problem. Their passing success rate today is not as good as usual, and there are too many mistakes."
Real Madrid is becoming more and more braver the more they fight.
In the 26th minute, Likado took the ball to get rid of Busquets' entanglement and sent a fatal pass. Higuain broke into the penalty area with one single sword, and Abidal used both hands and feet to knock Higuain to the ground.
Real Madrid players immediately asked for a penalty, but referee Haining signaled the game to continue.
Pellegrini made a head-to-head gesture, and he found it incredible. Why not judge such an obvious penalty?
Soon, the large screen above the court released a slow-motion replay. When Abidal was defending Higuain, he pulled his hands around Higuain's waist, and there was a clear force movement. At the same time, his legs also tripped Higuain's support leg.
It is no exaggeration to give a penalty.
But the referee made a penalty, and everyone could only abide by it.
Real Madrid slowed down its offensive and gradually retracted. Barcelona's physical fitness was not much better. They could not support the 90-minute high-intensity game, so they needed to slow down at this time.
Barcelona also began to control the ball patiently, reducing turnovers and improving the passing success rate, but there were few times when speeding up, and it seemed that they were not in a hurry to equalize the score.
Real Madrid fought back several times, but Licado was saving energy and not fighting every goal, so he didn't fight back much.
Until the 41st minute of the game, Real Madrid launched a counterattack from the right side, and Robben dribbled the ball and inserted it at high speed, instantly igniting the passion of all the players.
When he was almost at the bottom line, Robben passed the ball, and the football flew high, flew past the goal, and came to the back point.
Likado turned his back to the goal and Busquez. When the football fell in front of him, he stretched out his legs and gently hooked the football. Then he suddenly knocked his heel on his right foot and quickly turned around and faced Busquez.
Busquets moved his steps but did not stretch his legs. This was in the penalty area and he did not dare to move casually.
Likado then knocked the ball to the front right with his left foot. This time Busquets stretched out his leg, but Likado quickly knocked the ball to the left with his right foot, and gently poked the ball on his left heel, and the whole person broke through from the bottom line.
Valdes moved two steps outside the goal line to prevent Licado from passing the ball to Higuain who was ambushing in front of the goal, but Licado suddenly kicked the ball. Valdes couldn't react in a good way, and the football crawled through the narrow space between his legs and the goal post and rolled across the goal line.
"Leekado goalsllllll! This is a great goal. He played with Busquets and scored the ball in a small angle!"
"In the 41st minute of the first half, Licado scored twice, and Real Madrid led his opponent with two goals. This is really bad news for Barcelona. They gave up the initiative of the league in the last game, and they were forced into a desperate situation again!"
"Of course, Barcelona is not without opportunities. As long as they score two goals, they can eliminate their opponents because they score many away goals. For a team like Barcelona, scoring two goals is not impossible! Real Madrid should focus on their attention and not give their opponents a chance to turn the tables!"
The stimulation of the two goals made the Barcelona player quickly fight back like a cat with a hair blown away.
In the 43rd minute, Messi staged a good show of two consecutive times in a small space, passing the ball to the back post. Etoo may not have expected Messi to complete the breakthrough and followed up in time enough, and missed the opportunity to get a goal back.
In the 45th minute, Xavi received Messi's return and shot directly at the top of the penalty area. After the defender bounced out, he immediately made a shot himself, but he hit the ball high.
In injury time, Messi broke through and handed the ball back to Xavi. Xavi immediately transferred the ball to the left, Iniesta adjusted one step, shot at a small angle, and deviated from the target.
Real Madrid walked into the locker room with a two-goal advantage.
Pellegrini set the tone of the second half: retreating across the board.
Needless to say, the players knew the opponent's attack power and would not take it lightly.
For Barcelona, there is no choice but to attack in the second half.
After the start of the second half, Guardiola was standing on the side of the court, and this situation made him unable to sit still.
Barcelona launched a fierce attack from the first minute, but Real Madrid did a good job of defense, they only got some corner kick opportunities, and the height gap made their corner kicks not very threatening.
Instead, Real Madrid has gained some good counterattack opportunities in a row.
In the 52nd minute, Licardo dribbled the ball into front of the penalty area and sent a ball behind him. Higuain inserted it and dunked Alves skillfully. A strong shot was blocked by Valdes. Robben's follow-up shot hit the defender, and Las Diarra followed up and shot again. This time Valdes tried hard to block the ball from the baseline.
In the 55th minute, Xavi tried a long shot and bounced out on the defender. Real Madrid immediately launched a quick counterattack. Higuain took the ball in front of the penalty area and stuffed it to the left. Licado inserted it into the penalty area at high speed. When he tried to shake away Yaya Toure, he tripped by Yaya Toure.
Referee Haining still signaled the game to continue.
Likado was furious, got up from the ground and ran to the referee, saying a few words loudly.
Of course, he was more careful not to spit dirty words. Since Raul did not appear today, he put on the captain's armband and had the right to communicate with the referee, so Haining did not play cards with him. He just pointed to his eyes and signaled that he could see clearly and told Li Kado not to make any arguments.
Soon, the large screen above the court released a slow-motion replay. The camera showed that Likado had already swung the ball over Yaya Toure, and then tripped on Yaya Toure's outstretched leg and fell to the ground.
This should be a penalty kick, and Barcelona escaped another disaster.
Perhaps in order to find balance, in the 66th minute, when Abidal kicked Robben down at the edge of the penalty area, Haining directly showed Abidal a red card.
Barcelona players all expressed their discomfort about the penalty. Abidal's actions were not rough, and Robben did not have the chance to shoot directly. Giving such a yellow card is the limit.
Barcelona, which was behind in the score, can only face 10 players. It seems that Real Madrid is sure to win.
Pellegrini replaced Robben with Kaka, who was slightly injured. Kaka was in the front midfielder, and Likado came to the front line to partner with Higuain, and the team played a 4312 formation.
Chapter completed!