Chapter 516: Approaching That Amazing Record! (2nd Update)
Chapter 516 is approaching that amazing record!
The Champions League group stage has come to an end for Atletico Madrid.
In the final round of the group stage, Gao Bo plans to send all the substitutes, and he will even draw a few players from the youth team to play, and the game against a team like Napoli is a rare opportunity for young players to practice.
Anyway, the result of the game will not affect the overall situation of Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.
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"In a Champions League match, Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid battled for 90 minutes, and finally Atletico Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 away. Bayern Munich, who are playing at home in this game, have a very strong desire to win, and they have always been in pursuit of goals, but in the end, Atletico Madrid relied on a counterattack to score a goal, with this goal, Atletico Madrid took away three points at the Allianz Arena, and they won 13 points after five rounds of group stage, locked the first place in the group one round ahead of schedule, and qualified from the group of death! ”
"After the match with Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid immediately welcomed the challenge of Rayo Vallecano in the 15th round of the league, Atletico Madrid showed a very strong self-confidence at home, Gao Bo once again made the wrong rotation in the league, he continued to use the substitute lineup, and as a result, Atletico Madrid defeated Rayo Vallecano 2-1 at home, and their unbeaten run in the league continued!"
"In the fourth round of the Copa del Rey, 20 teams from La Liga have fully joined the Copa del Rey competition, and Atletico Madrid has drawn Albacete from La Liga B. And in this game, the big shine is undoubtedly Saul, who was transferred to the first team by Gao Bo this season, in this game, Saul as the core of the midfield, he played quite well, he contributed two assists, and also scored a goal, and the home game of Atletico Madrid defeated Albacette 3-0. ”
"Looking back, in the league, Atletico Madrid sent their absolute main team away from home to challenge Espanyol! This is the sixteenth round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid is now three points away from the top of the table Real Madrid, facing the main Atletico Madrid, despite the Espanyol very hard, but they still have not been able to win at home, Atletico Madrid won 2-1 away, and this game is also the 53rd consecutive league unbeaten game of Atletico Madrid! Now they are five games away from AC Milan's unbeaten record!! ”
"On December 7, the final match of Group A of the UEFA Champions League group stage has already sealed the top of the group in advance, and Napoli, who have already announced their exit ahead of schedule, can only fight for third place in the Europa League at the Calderón Stadium. Atletico Madrid, who were fully fielded with substitutes and young players, lost 2-1 at home to Napoli in their first defeat of the season, but the defeat did not seem to affect the mood of Gao Bo and the Atletico Madrid fans, who had already qualified anyway. In a game on the other side, Bayern Munich defeated Manchester City 3-1 at home, successfully qualified for the second place in the group, and reached the round of 16 of the Champions League with Atletico Madrid!! ”
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The Champions League group stage matches are over, and the round of 16 has all been produced.
In La Liga, Valencia were eliminated from the competition, and they only finished third in the group and entered the Europa League, while Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid all finished first in the group.
The draw will take place on December 18, and before that, the La Liga competition continues.
Before the start of the Champions League knockout round in February next year, Atletico Madrid finally ushered in a period of relatively relaxed schedule, although there are still Copa del Rey games, but Gao Bo does not plan to invest too much energy in the Copa del Rey this season, if necessary, he can sacrifice the Copa del Rey at any time to concentrate on playing well in the league.
Defending the league title is the most important task for Atletico Madrid this season!
Immediately after the defeat to Napoli, Atletico Madrid hosted Real Betis in the seventeenth round of La Liga.
Real Betis caused a lot of trouble for Atletico Madrid, they took the lead away from home for a while, but in the end, thanks to the efforts of several strikers on the offensive end, Atletico Madrid turned the game 3-2 and maintained their unbeaten golden body!
On December 22, in the second leg of the fourth round of the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 with Albacete, and with a 3-0 advantage in the first leg, Atletico Madrid advanced to the third round of the Copa del Rey with an aggregate score of 4-1.
After this Copa del Rey match, the team entered a half-month winter break.
This also allows the team to enter a period of recuperation, and the players can also use this half month to rest and adjust, recover their physical condition, and recover a little bit of physical energy that has been consumed for half a season.
The players can take a vacation, but Gao Bo can't stop.
As the winter window approaches, there are also some player transfers and loan deals in the team that need to be handled by Gao Bo.
With no regular playing opportunities, Italian striker Immobile is looking for a move this winter window and has made it clear to the team that he wants to leave.
This is also understandable, after all, because Mobile only came to Madrid as an addition to Diego Forlan's transfer to Juventus, Gao Bo's thought at the time was to see a young striker who has a good future, maybe he can make a name for himself in Spain, anyway, it doesn't cost much, why not give it a try?
However, in the end, Immobile was still defeated in the team's fierce forward competition, and it is not that Immobile is not weak, but in either aspect, he has no advantage in the face of Diego Costa and Aguero.
Immobile has received attention from Germany, with Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund bringing Immobile to Germany after paying two million euros, and Atletico Madrid did not create any obstacles to the deal.
However, after Immobile's departure, Gao Bo did not decide to bring in reinforcements in the forward line.
He did send Saul out on loan, and the seventeen-year-old has been doing well in a couple of games this season, but he is still some distance away from the main team, and this age is the time when players need to play and practice.
Therefore, Saul went to Zaragoza, and Atletico Madrid loaned Saul to Zaragoza for half a season.
Gao Bo is still very optimistic about Saul, this is a talented and very hard-working player!
Although the first team sent away a midfielder, it didn't really have much impact on the team.
Later, Gao Bo also decided to bring Li Yuanshan from Portugal to Spain.
His young fellow has been doing quite well in Portugal, and as a high school striker, he has been playing regularly in the Portuguese second division.
However, on the Luton side, it is obviously impossible to get him a labor certificate, because even if Li Yuanshan can obtain a labor certificate, he may not be able to gain a foothold in the Championship now.
Li Yuanshan, who is almost eighteen years old this year, needs a higher platform now.... For example, La Liga!
The deal to bring in Li Yuanshan went very smoothly, under the operation of Mendes, Atletico Madrid bought Li Yuanshan for 500,000 euros, and then Gao Bo sent him to the team's U18 youth team.
The youth team will play in the reserve league, and because he is really Gao Bo's men, Gao Bo can use training cards to improve him in his usual training.
In order to make his little brother grow up as soon as possible, Gao Bo also took a lot of painstaking work.
Li Yuanshan has a body that can become a first-class center forward, but he lacks systematic basic skills training and high-level competition.
Gao Bo naturally spares no effort to cultivate Li Yuanshan, how to say that he is also Chinese, if he can cultivate a star who can play steadily in the five major leagues for Chinese football in the future, it can be regarded as Gao Bo's hard work is not in vain.
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After returning from the winter break. On January 8, 2012, in the 18th round of the league, Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 away from Malaga, and in the first game after returning from the winter break, Atletico Madrid suffered a draw.
However, they soon adjusted, and in the 19th round of the league, Atletico Madrid beat Villarreal 3-0 at home, and Gobo's team quickly adjusted their form.
Then in this round, Real Madrid also met Barcelona head-on at home.
After 90 minutes of battle, Real Madrid lost 3-2 at home to Barcelona, giving them the top spot and their first defeat of the season.
Barcelona has 18 games, 16 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and is ranked first with 49 points, while Real Madrid, which is in second place, has 15 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, and is ranked second with 48 points, while Atletico Madrid is 14 wins and 4 draws, with 45 points, ranking third.
However, the Spanish media is not concerned about the current league points, but on Atletico Madrid's unbeaten record.
With their win over Villarreal, Atletico Madrid's unbeaten league run now extends to 56 games, and as long as they hold on to two more games unbeaten, they will equal AC Milan's record!
In the twentieth round of the league, Atletico Madrid defeated Osasuna 2-0 away, extending their unbeaten record to the 57th game!
And the next game is the first round of the league!
Atletico Madrid away to Real Sociedad!
Atletico Madrid is close to AC Milan's record unbeaten streak of 58 league games in 1991/92 and 1992/93.