Quote from: BITCOIN4X on Today at 08:57:52 PM

Quote from: Arenga pinnata on Today at 08:49:46 PM

As I write this the result of the match has changed to 1-0 in favor of Atletico Madrid.

The goal came before the end of the first half and it was a very effective quick counter attack from Atletico Madrid. Barcelona are 1-0 down now, but their performance in this game looks like they can be expected to win. Turning things around in the second half is Barcelona's main mission now, but we both know that Atletico Madrid has a strong defense to maintain its lead. Their counterattack is very dangerous, but I still believe Atletico Madrid will drop points in their home match.

Barcelona basically dominates ball possession and attacks, but they have not been able to take advantage of goal opportunities well. Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski missed those chances, but I think they will in the second half. On the other hand, Barcelona cannot afford to drop points in this match if they want to continue leading the La Liga standings, but I know this will definitely be difficult.

Barcelona basically played better from the first half. In fact, Barcelona's passing accuracy is also more accurate than Atletico Madrid, which more often makes mistakes in passing the ball. It's just that at the end of the first half Barcelona's defense was careless and Atletico Madrid just took advantage of it. And yes, I also hope that in the second half Barcelona will be able to reply to this goal and even reply with more than 1 goal. But yes, all of that will be difficult to happen if Atletico Madrid starts to focus on their very strong defense level. So it looks like the hot match will continue in the second half. And what would be really scary is if Atletico Madrid were the ones who added a goal first in the second half. Surely it will be very painful for Barcelona. Because Barcelona will even drop to third place if they lose this match.