China News Service, July 1st, early in the morning on the 1st of Beijing time, Barcelona ushered in the challenge of Atletico Madrid in the 31st round of La Liga. In this campaign, Barcelona's leading star Messi broke through the 700 goals mark of his career. In the end, Barcelona 2:2 draw with Atletico Madrid, first game behind Real Madrid 1 point.
Messi 700
In the 11th minute of the first half of the match, Barcelona's right corner was taken by Messi. Before the point, Diego Costa wanted to make a clearance, but there was a problem with the judgment. After a touch, the ball hit the net and Barcelona took the lead.
In the 15th minute, Carrasco drove the ball straight into the penalty area and quickly cut into the penalty area. Vidal reached his foot and tripped him. The referee awarded a penalty. Diego Costa took a penalty kick to the middle and Ter Stegen saved the ball on the side, but the referee signalled a heavy penalty and gave Ter Stegen a yellow card that moved ahead. Atletico replaced free thrower Saúl. Saúl pushed the goal at the bottom right corner. Ter Stegen did not judge the right direction and Atletico equalized the score.
In the 22nd minute, Messi cut the ball to the right side of the penalty area and directly shot the far corner of the goal, the ball slightly missed the baseline. In the 41st minute, Messi took a free kick and directly hit the goal. After the ball refracted and fell in front of the goal, Oblak flew the ball with one hand and pulled it out of the beam. At halftime, Barcelona temporarily 1:1 Atletico.
Easy side fight again, in the 48th minute, Semedo went to the penalty area and was touched by Felipe, and the referee awarded a penalty. In the 49th minute, Messi took a penalty kick to break through the 700 goal mark of his career.
In the 56th minute, Llorente scored the ball, Arias picked the pass from the right to the penalty area, Costa snatched a header and missed the goal slightly. In the 61st minute, Atletico sent a straight, Carrasco followed the penalty area, Semedo defensively touched Carrasco, the referee once again awarded a penalty kick. It was still Saur who continued to volley the bottom right corner and Atletico equalized again.
In the 69th minute, Messi took the right corner to the back point. Pique and Jimenez jumped for the fight at the same time. Both of them did not touch. Pique signaled that he was overwhelmed and the referee did not indicate. In the 81st minute, Messi's free kick on the right drove to the front point of the penalty area, Busquets headed back, but the ball was directly above the crossbar.
At the end of the game, Barcelona 2:2 was tied by Atletico Madrid. (Finish)