At the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, the emotions of the Real Madrid fans were anything but good. Not long after the second half began, the referee served up a "red card plus penalty" combo, leaving them a man down and having to watch Messi convert from the spot.
Real Madrid, reduced to ten men, looked a bit overwhelmed in the face of wave after wave of Barcelona attacks. Chen Zhong dropped back into midfield again to help shore up the Defense.
At first, some of the fans couldn't understand this move, but very quickly the Real Madrid supporters had no choice but to praise Mourinho's foresight.
When Xavi had the ball, the surrounding Real Madrid players basically all had their own assignments, and at that distance, for a player like Xavi to get a Shot off, the chance of scoring was quite high.
But just when the nearby Real Madrid players were showing despair on their faces—
Chen Zhong stepped up at the moment he was needed most.
