Atletico Madrid slowed down the pace of attack immediately after equalising, but still retained the high pressing in front.

Levante's frontcourt players lack height and lack any advantage in terms of physical confrontation, and their midfielders don't have the same passing ability as Barcelona. Therefore, under the ferocious high pressing of Atletico Madrid, it is difficult for Levante to pose a substantial threat to the goal even if he launches a long pass to send the ball to the front.

Not only that, just five minutes after Atletico Madrid's equaliser, Ivan Schz, who helped Levante open the scoring, sprained his ankle in a defense and was forced to leave the field early.

The Levante team, which was already at a disadvantage, lost the "strong point on the wing" of Ivan Schitz, and had to be taken on by the young player Ruben Garcia to take on the heavy responsibility of attacking on the side.

However, because Feng Quan's main attack direction is the right corridor of the Levante team, Ruben Garcia, who plays as a right midfielder, does not dare to press too high in the attack.

So, after basically suppressing the main attack point of the Levante team, it is only a matter of time before Atletico Madrid wants to win this game.

Just 41 minutes into the first half, Diego Costa, who had helped his team equalize, stepped up again to help Atletico Madrid open the door to victory.

At that time, Feng Quan relied on his breakthrough to help the team win a free kick on the right side nearly 35 meters from the goal.

Gabi sent the ball to the left side of the penalty area, and after taking advantage of the power advantage, he smashed the ball directly into the top left corner of the goal with a powerful header.

In fact, Diego Costa was able to score this header because of Feng Quan's part.

Because Diego Costa's previous equalizing goal came from Feng Quan's header, Feng Quan, who was ambushed near the penalty spot in this free kick tactic, not only attracted the attention of Levante's two players, but also caused interference to many defenders in the direction of the front point when Gabi sent the ball out, resulting in the defenders on the football flight path not being able to complete the clearance.

With a brace from Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid ended the first half with a one-goal lead.

After the change of sides, the demoralized Levante team "gifted" a penalty to Atletico Madrid in the 11th minute of the second half.

At that time, Diego Costa, who dribbled to the front of the penalty area, faced Carabelas who pounced on him fiercely, first shook the opponent's leg to block it with a fake shot, and then wiped the ball from the right side of the opponent's body with his right foot.

However, Diego Costa had a little more power to get past Carabelas, so Navas, who was about to block the near corner, decisively chose to abandon the goal.

Just when Navas, who abandoned the goal, was about to fall to the ground and confiscate the ball, Carabelas, who had just been deceived by Diego Costa, miraculously tackled Diego Costa directly into the penalty area.

At the next moment, the referee on duty not only awarded a penalty to Atletico Madrid without hesitation, but also sent Carabelas, who was tackling in the back, a red card straight out of the field.

Just when everyone thought that Diego Costa, who had scored twice, would take on the responsibility of taking the penalty, the Spanish international, who picked up the football from the lawn, unexpectedly came to Fengquan.

"Wind, you gave me the penalty against Real Madrid. This time, it's my turn to change your favor. Diego Costa said with a sincere face.

If it were the same as before, Feng Quan would definitely thank the absolute side for his kindness, but after Diego Simeone's penalty training, he gladly accepted Diego Costa's kindness.

Then, when the referee signaled that Feng Quan could start the free throw, he first looked to the left side of the goal, and then began to run forward.

Just as Feng Quan finished running and then moved his right leg backwards, goalkeeper Navas subconsciously pounced towards the left side of the goal.

In the next moment, Feng Quan, who had previously volleyed hard, pushed the ball to the right side of the goal with the arch of his right foot.

Although the difficulty of taking a penalty is much less than that of a sports goal, Feng Quan, who scored a penalty for the first time in an official match, rushed to the stands of the visiting fans in excitement and made a kneeling gesture in celebration.

The Levante team, which was two goals behind and played one less, completely lost the fighting spirit of equalizing.

In the end, thanks to Diego Costa's brace and Feng Quan's penalty shot, Atletico Madrid had a thrilling 18th win of the season.

In later matches, Barcelona and Real Madrid also defeated their respective opponents to continue to keep up with Atletico Madrid at the top of the table.

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Atletico Madrid, who continued to remain unbeaten after the end of this round of the league, not only easily won the La Liga halfway title, but also broke the La Liga half-time goal difference record of 44 goals set by Barcelona last season with 50 goal difference.

Although Atletico Madrid is only six points clear of second-placed Barcelona, many Spanish media believe that the introduction of Griezmann and the recovery of Saul in the winter transfer window will win the league title this season as long as they do not suffer a large number of injuries in the second half of the league.

At first, the mouthpiece media of Barcelona and Real Madrid expressed disdain for such views, but Atletico Madrid's strong performance in the subsequent matches gradually made the suspense of this season's La Liga title gradually lost.

On January 15, Atletico Madrid, who sent six substitutes, beat Valencia 2-0 at home to advance to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey thanks to goals from Antoine Griezmann and David Villa.

It is worth mentioning that Griezmann, who joined Atletico Madrid in January, not only quickly adapted to the team's technical and tactical style of play, but also scored in all three games he played.

On January 20, in order to prepare for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey four days later, although Atletico Madrid hid Diego Costa, Koke, Alda Turan, and Juanfran as the four main players, they still beat Sevilla 3-0 at home with a brace from Griezmann, who started in the league for the first time, and a heavy bombardment by Feng Quan outside the penalty area.

Meanwhile, rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid were forced to draw by the bottom half of the table by Levante and Real Betis.

Four days later, Atletico Madrid had a 3-1 home win over rivals Athletic Bilbao to qualify for the last four of the Copa del Rey thanks to goalkeepers from Diego Costa and David Villa, as well as a long-range shot from Arda Turan from the outside.

Although Griezmann, who was deployed as a winger by Diego Costa, was unable to continue his scoring momentum in this game, the goals of Diego Costa and David Villa came from his wide crosses.

In the 21st round of La Liga, Barcelona and Real Madrid won 3-0 against their respective opponents with the same score, although they relied on the strong performance of their respective stars (Messi and Ronaldo also scored twice). However, with Feng Quan and Diego Costa scoring a hat-trick at the same time, Atletico Madrid even beat Rayo Vallecano by six goals away from home.

Three days later, Atletico Madrid, who once again hid four main players including Feng Quan and Diego Costa, suffered their first defeat of the season in a 1-2 defeat away to Bilbao. However, with a goal difference of two in the first leg, they still advanced to the last four of the Copa del Rey without danger.