On April 1, the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League was matched.

Chinatown took on Borussia Dortmund away and after conceding a goal, it was centre-forward Roberto Firmino who set up Ilya Ramendi for a goal, the Spanish midfielder has not scored many goals this season, but every goal counts.

However, in the 89th minute, Illah Ramendi, who had performed well in the game, received a second yellow card and was sent off, which also doomed him to miss the second leg of the home game.

What is even more surprising is that Chinatown once again hit a new high in possession in this game, even on the road, but still played 72% possession, Dortmund only 28%.

A one-1 draw away resulted in a valuable away goal that reaffirmed Chinatown's performance in the Champions League, especially against Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund, a result that boosted hopes of progressing to the semi-finals.

April 5, the 32nd round of La Liga.

Chinatown beat Levante 2-1 away without any surprises.

However, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid have also won back-to-back games, and the league standings remain unchanged.

With only six rounds left, Atletico Madrid and China City have the same number of points, both with 79 points, but Barcelona is only one point less than these two teams, Real Madrid is more behind, and the fourth place in the league is basically stable.

But in the end, the suspense of who can win the championship is still very confusing.

Three days later, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals was played.

China City continued their brilliant performance in the first leg, completely controlling the ball, with 73% possession, leaving Dortmund helpless, and three goals from Alvaro Morata, Isco and Antoine Griezmann helped China Town beat the Hornets 3-1 at home, and finally advanced to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 4-2.

After losing the game, Klopp said with great regret that his team was indeed inferior to Chinatown.

The other three teams in the semi-finals are Atletico Madrid and Manchester City in the top half, and Chinatown and Bayern Munich in the bottom half.

After returning to La Liga, the 33rd round of matches was ushered in.

With Chinatown beating Malaga 3-0 at home, Zidane's side showed plenty of high spirits.

In this round, Barcelona lost 0-1 away to Granada, and there was another surprise upset, but Atletico Madrid beat Getafe 2-0 away and continued to maintain the leader of the standings.

On the evening of April 16, at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia.

Copa del Rey final, Chinatown vs. Atletico Madrid.

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The league and the Champions League are both at a critical juncture, and this game is stuck in the middle of two league games, so Chinatown and Atletico Madrid have both rotated, with Zinedine Zidane and Simeone both rotating four players.

Chinatown, in particular, will host Barcelona at the weekend after the Copa del Rey final in midweek and the first leg of the Champions League semi-final next Wednesday at home to Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich.

The recent period has been a devil's race for Chinatown.

In addition, after the team lost points in a row, it gave up the position of the league leader, which put Zidane and the team under huge psychological pressure, and everyone was looking forward to Chinatown being able to win Atletico Madrid in this game and defeat the demons.

Indeed, Atletico Madrid has always been the bitter master of Chinatown, and the Sheets Army is basically more defeated and less victorious, but it is not as confident as Barcelona and Real Madrid.

But in this game, Zidane still insisted on the team's pass-and-control play, hoping to use pass-control to contain Atletico Madrid.

Simeone was also well aware of Zidane's thoughts, so he put on a defensive posture, conceded possession, and focused on defensive counterattacks.

Just eleven minutes into the first half, Atletico Madrid opened the scoring for the Biancons with a counter-attack from a corner won by Keylor Navas on the right and a header from inside the box by Sergio Ramos.

After that, the two sides played hard, especially in the second half, when Chinatown launched a crazy counterattack.

In the 65th minute, China City played a series of wall-hitting combinations, Isco, Hazard and Firmino passed the ball continuously, causing mistakes in the Atletico Madrid backline, Griezmann entered the penalty area, and scored with a low shot from 12 meters in front of the goal to equalize the score for China City.

After that, China City continued to attack the Atletico Madrid defence, and the substitution of coach Zinedine Zidane was also focused on further strengthening the attack, while Simeone continued to try to hold on.

When two teams with different philosophies are presented on the pitch, it becomes a fierce collision of attack and defense.

China City reversed the opposition, taking advantage of the opportunity to win a corner, Griezmann took the corner, Varane headed the ball, but the referee signaled that Varane had fouled Ramos, who was defending him, before jumping, and the goal was disallowed.

But in the 86th minute, Atletico Madrid played another counter-attack, Schneiderlin broke the ball, Herrera plugged through, and Torres successfully scored a solo goal against offside to score a fatal goal for the Sheets.

After conceding the goal again, Chinatown fought back angrily.

In the 89th minute, Verratti made a direct pass, and Hazard hit the goal 12 meters in front of the goal, but the ball hit the right post and bounced back.

After a series of missed scoring opportunities, Chinatown finally couldn't turn the situation around.

1-2, Chinatown sadly lost the Copa del Rey final.

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Gao Han sat in the stands of the Mestalla Stadium throughout the game, with Atletico Madrid's president Cerezo and general manager Junior Hill next to him, and the duel off the pitch did not affect the relationship between each other in the stands.

When Gao Han saw that Hazard's shot didn't enter, he couldn't stop shaking his head.

Especially when the whistle blew at the end of the game, many players from Chinatown knelt on the court, and some even cried bitterly, looking extremely sad and sad, which made Gao Han in the stands couldn't help but feel sad.

The two teams are more like brothers, with Atletico Madrid having players from Chinatown such as Schneiderlin and Herrera, and the cooperation over the past decade or so has made the relationship between the two teams very good.

After the final whistle blew, many Atletico Madrid stars, including Fernando Torres, Villa and Sergio Ramos, took the initiative to comfort the players in Chinatown, which made the otherwise intense scene of the game suddenly warm.

Gao Han in the stands shook his head heavily and sighed.

"If the average age of the team is two years older, you lose the game. Gao Han said very firmly.

A lot of mistakes in the game are not deserved, not because of the lack of strength of the players in Chinatown, but because of experience and understanding of the game, on the other hand, Atletico Madrid, the age combination is better, and the overall performance is also higher, which can beat Chinatown in a weak situation.

Judging from the game data, whether it is the possession rate, pass success rate, the number of shots on goal, or the chance to shoot on target, China City is better and better than Atletico Madrid, but unfortunately, these cannot change the final score.

Gao Han's words were somewhat protective of the calf, but he couldn't refute them.

As the youngest average age in La Liga, the team is full of young players in their mid-twenties, Chinatown has been selling its core for many years, but the team's competitiveness is gradually improving.

If everyone thought that Chinatown had reached its peak during Pochettino's previous coaching period, then Zidane's coaching, coupled with Gao Han's sitting, has re-energized Chinatown this season, and there have been breakthroughs in both performance and results.

The most obvious is that in attack, Chinatown is second only to Barcelona in attacking ability.

However, Barcelona is home to two superstars, Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, while Chinatown is characterized by blossoming in many places, with eight players in the team reaching double figures in all competitions this season, which is second to none in La Liga.

"You're right, in two years, the whole of Europe will be yours. Little Hill also praised convincingly.

Atletico Madrid won this game very dangerously, both goals were the result of counterattacks, including the mistakes of the players of Chinatown themselves, but Chinatown has also threatened Atletico Madrid's goal many times, and even a goal was invalid, and a hit post is enough to prove the strength of Chinatown.

Such a group of players, given time, will definitely lead the entire European football world to be shocked.

"Still, you'll have to think about how you're going to deal with this summer's big club poaching. Cerezo teased.

Atletico Madrid itself is well aware of this situation.

Under Gao Han's coaching, it reached the peak of history, but then the stars were poached one after another, and even later had to simply change the team's playing style, with Simeone's philosophy as the team, which rebuilt the current Iron Army.

And Chinatown is undoubtedly facing the same dilemma.

But Gao Han already knew it.

After listening to Cerezo's words, he snorted and laughed twice, "Don't talk as if you didn't want to poach us, I tell you, friendship is friendship, Godin is our most important member, there is no liquidated damages, you don't expect to take it away." ”

It's obvious that Atletico Madrid wants Godin.

Cerezo and Little Hill glanced at each other, both showing helpless expressions.

Europe's No. 1 black shop, this head is not a fake.

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Chinatown unfortunately lost 1-2 to Atletico Madrid and lost the Copa del Rey, which caused heated discussions among fans throughout Spain and even around the world.

After entering the second half of the season, Chinatown's performance is indeed not as stable as the first half, a very important reason is that whether it is the Champions League or the Copa del Rey, the opponents they face are obviously getting stronger and stronger, and the competitive pressure in the league is also increasing.

In this case, the team conceded more points than in the first half, and it is understandable.

However, well-known media personalities close to Chinatown, including Matayana and De la Morena, have issued appeals, hoping that Chinatown can regain its mood as soon as possible and get out of the shadow of the Copa del Rey defeat.

Zidane also said in an interview with the media, "We don't have time to lick our wounds, because what we have to face next is a life-and-death battle." ”

Everyone understands what Zidane is talking about, which is an away game against Barcelona.

Now that the league title race has entered a white-hot stage, this game will undoubtedly change the development trend of the league in the future, especially for Chinatown.

But there is a good saying, blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not alone.

Three days later, China City scored twice in the last 20 minutes at the Camp Nou, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Messi scoring a goal each to help Barcelona complete a comeback.

This has caused Chinatown to suffer an unprecedented blow.

After losing to Barcelona, China City are three points behind Atletico Madrid in the standings.

In just one week, two games, losing the Copa del Rey first, is it possible to give up even the league championship now?

(End of chapter)