Chapter 618: Anyone Can Win

With the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid on their home turf a week later, Diego Simeone is ready to face the likes of Malaga away this weekend against the likes of Fuquan and Antoine Griezmann in order to be in the best shape for their fifth Madrid derby of the season.

It is precisely because of this that Diego Simeone will agree to Feng Quan's request to play the whole game, after all, Simeone is not ready to let Feng Quan play in the weekend league.

So, even though Atletico Madrid had a big lead, Diego Simeone still did not replace Feng Quanquan in advance as he did in previous games, but let him stay on the field, and then decide whether to replace him according to the actual situation on the field.

Of course, in order to avoid unnecessary injuries, Diego Simeone still took advantage of a substitution opportunity to let Xu Xinxiangfeng, who replaced Juanfran on the field, pass the command to "minimize dribbling and avoid being injured by the opponent's retaliatory foul".

Actually, Diego Simeone is clearly a little overwhelmed.

After the team swallowed six eggs, the Real Sociedad players had no intention of fighting, and only hoped that the referee could blow the whistle for the end of the game as soon as possible.

However, Feng Quan, who has scored five goals, also happily followed Simeone's instructions, choosing to create chances for his teammates in attack as much as possible, rather than tearing apart the opponent's defense with individual breakthroughs as in previous games.

Although Feng Quan, who changed his attacking methods, failed to score in the rest of the game, his intimidating effect on the field allowed other teammates to gain more space to attack.

In the 27th minute of the second half, Feng Quan took the ball on the right side of the front court and slowly advanced with the ball, and when the opponent's two defenders stepped forward to intercept, he did not hesitate to pass the ball to Saul who received it in front of the left, and then quickly inserted it into the space on the right side of the front field.

Because Feng Quan's forward insertion attracted the attention of many defenders to the right side of the field, so that there was a large "vacuum" area on the left side of the front, so Saul received the ball and sent a through ball towards the gap in the left rib of the opponent's penalty area.

Then, Griezmann, who was cruising on the left, first got the ball before the defender cleared the ball and easily entered the penalty area, and then when the goalkeeper abandoned the goal, he fired a spoon with his left foot to lock the score of the game at 7-0.

The day after Atletico Madrid's big win over Real Sociedad, Barcelona, who still had the hope of winning the title, won a four-goal victory on their home turf. Messi, who failed to score in the last round of the league, not only scored two goals of his own, but also helped Suarez score a brace.

A little later, Real Madrid, who were playing away, also won a game, but the process of winning was a bit difficult.

Rayo Vallecano finished 11th in the table after the last round of the league, but they are actually only seven points clear of sixth-placed Villarreal, and still have the possibility of entering European competition with nine rounds remaining.

Therefore, in the match against Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, who has the advantage of being at home, does not intend to give up easily.

Since Feng Quan scored 5 goals in the match with Real Sociedad, Ronaldo, who had just narrowed the goal gap to 2 goals after the end of the last round of the league, was suddenly thrown away by Feng Quan with a gap of 7 goals.

If Ronaldo can't score against Rayo Vallecano, then he is likely to miss the La Liga Golden Boot completely.

However, Rayo Vallecano, who still retains the hope of European competition, broke out with amazing fighting power, which made Real Madrid, who threatened a big victory before the game, feel great pressure.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was unwilling to be swept away by the wind and won the league golden boot for two consecutive years, although he was strictly defended by the opponent from the beginning of the game, he finally won 10 shots in the game with his superb personal ability. You know, Rayo Vallecano only had nine shots on goal in this game.

However, although Ronaldo had many shots, six of them came from outside the penalty area, so the Portuguese superstar only had two shots on goal in the whole game, and was "cruelly" denied by the excellent goalkeeper Corbeno.

It wasn't until 10 minutes before full-time that Real Madrid, who were superior, scored the only goal of the game thanks to a curling kick from outside the box by new signing J. Rodriguez.

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Due to the fact that the "top three" will participate in the quarterfinals of the Champions League in the middle of next week, La Liga officials have conveniently scheduled the matches of their three teams on April 11.

Although many media have already guessed that there will be many substitutes in the starting lineup of the "Western Super League Three" in this round of the league, what they did not expect was that Atletico Madrid's forward trio Feng Quan, Griezmann and Mandzukic were "lost" from the team's 18-man squad at the same time.

You must know that Málaga, who are currently in 7th place in the standings, are only 4 points away from Villarreal and still have great hopes of qualifying for next season's European competition. Against such an opponent, Atletico Madrid is likely to face a tough battle.

Therefore, in the opinion of many, even if the three are not allowed to start, they should be put on the bench to be ready for emergencies in the game.

In fact, in addition to the "missing" of the 18-man squad, Coke, Gabi, Miranda, Felipe Luiz, and Juanfran are also on the bench.

Although the appearance of only three main players has greatly reduced the strength of Atletico Madrid on the offensive end, the strong desire of substitutes to fight** has made up for the lack of overall strength of the team to a certain extent.

In particular, Torres, who has regained his sense of scoring goals after returning to La Liga, not only actively intersperses and pulls in the front court to create more attacking space for other teammates, but also has rich game experience that always allows him to appear in the most troublesome position for opposing defenders.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Saul won the ball in the middle of the field and pushed forward with skilful individual skills. Forcing Málaga's defensive formation to shrink towards the middle.

Just as Malaga's Camacho and Tisone were about to work together to intercept Saul, Saul suddenly made a sharp stop to distribute the ball to a huge gap on the right side of the field, and then continued to kill the opponent's penalty area.

Xu Xin, who was inserted at high speed, first rushed past the opponent before Rosales fell to the ground, and then used his speed advantage to pass Antunes, who came over to make up the defense.

At the same time, Raul Jimenez, Torres, and Raul Garcia quickly inserted into the penalty area, while Saul was ambushed near the top of the penalty area, ready to receive Xu Xin for the next attack.

When Xu Xin advanced with the ball to a distance of four or five meters from the bottom line and was ready to cross, Raul Jimenez and Raul Garcia, who are good at heading goals, inserted to the front and back points of the goal respectively. Torres, who was originally ambushed near the penalty spot, cut diagonally to the left front and took away the defenders who were marking him.

After seeing the four defenders gathered near the small penalty area, Xu Xin did not choose to cross to the goal, but passed an inverted triangle pass to the empty space on the right side of the penalty area.

In the next moment, Saul, who had been ambushed outside the penalty area, first cut past the central defender Sanchez with his right foot, and then broke the deadlock with a left-footed shot from the inside of the field.

Although Saul's goal was very exciting, if it weren't for Torres' previous pull to take away a defender, Xu Xin's pass would likely have been intercepted by the opponent in the middle, and there would have been no Saul's subsequent goal.

Despite the almost frantic offensive of the Malaga team in the subsequent game, they were unable to find the back of the net against the opponent's goal in the face of Atletico Madrid's steel defense until the end of the game.

In the end, thanks to Saul's brilliant goal, Atletico Madrid, who had been on the bench for most of the substitutes, still won their 30th league game of the season. 2k reading web