After Antoine Griezmann scored the third goal of the game, there was little suspense in this game.

In the next game, the Bayer Leverkusen players themselves were a little unmotivated.

You can still fight one goal behind, but now you are two goals behind, how can you fight?

And Gao Zheng's condition is so good, when the Leverkusen players are pressing hard, aren't they worried that their goal will be pierced by Gao Zheng for the third time?

Son Xingmin is very hardworking, but he is alone, and he is just hard enough, and he still does not pose any threat to the back line of Atletico Madrid.

In the seventy-seventh minute, he was also replaced by Schmidt, and completely lost the qualification to seek revenge on Gao Zheng.

This "Asian Derby", which is not frantically hyped by the Korean media, came to an early end.

Later, there was a statistic that said that the ratings of this game in South Korea quickly fell to the freezing point from the time Son Heung-min was replaced.

Gao Zheng was replaced by Diego Simeone in the 85th minute.

With a two-goal lead and a few minutes left in the game, there should be no more surprises.

The person who replaced Gao Zheng was Atletico Madrid's former golden boy Torres, and there was warm applause at the scene, but this applause was not given to Torres, but to Gao Zheng - when he left the field, he received a standing ovation from the Atletico Madrid fans.

This scene is no stranger to any Chinese fan or Chinese journalist.

Although Gao Zheng's first season at Atletico Madrid has not yet ended, everyone can see that he has conquered the stadium and the fans here.

Gao Zheng, who walked off the field, applauded and thanked the Atletico Madrid fans in the quadruple stands on the sidelines, then hugged Simeone who greeted him, and then returned to the bench and high-fived his teammates one by one.

Everyone had a relaxed smile on their faces.

They have won this game.

Four minutes into stoppage time, referee Rizzoli blew the whistle for the end of the match, and the Stadio Calderón erupted in loud cheers.

"Congratulations to Atletico Madrid! Congratulations Simeone! They completed the comeback after losing the first leg away from home! 3:0 at home, 3:1 on aggregate, Atletico Madrid reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the seventh time in history! ”

"Gao Zheng is the best in the game for this game! He was the number one contributor to Atletico Madrid's reversal of Bayer Leverkusen and the promotion to the quarterfinals of the Champions League! After a bad start to the game, he completed the comeback with two goals and an assist! And this is the first time in his career that he has reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League! Last season at Sampdoria, they faced Atletico Madrid in their eight-to-16 run, and despite a hat-trick at home to Atletico Madrid, they were knocked out of the tournament. And this time, he finally made up for the regret of last season! He Ping said happily. The Champions League will go on and we'll see him in the Champions League, so it's a real pleasure! ”

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After the match, Gao Zheng was surrounded by reporters in the mixed zone, and both Chinese and South Korean reporters wanted to hear what he thought about the rivalry with Son Heung-min.

"Competition?" Gao Zheng asked rhetorically, and after getting a definite answer, he shook his head with a smile: "No, there is no competition between us." In Europe, we all represent Asian football. Compared to competition, I think it's more important for us to progress together. As long as we can all perform well, it's a good thing for Asian football, and it's good for Chinese football and Korean football. ”

Gao Zheng's answer was reasonable, neither humble nor arrogant, neither provoking hatred, nor deliberately dwarfing himself.

Such an answer can be said to be a standard answer.

The Chinese reporters were smiling.

But after hearing this, the Korean reporters felt very uncomfortable.

Although Gao Zheng was right, they always felt that behind these incomparably correct words, there was some arrogance.

Is "we're not competitors" a good thing? For Sun Xingmin, who is bent on defeating Gao Zheng, he is probably not willing to accept such an answer, right?

However, this is only the inner speculation of South Korean journalists, and it has not been confirmed. And they can't even say it, because if they criticize Gao Zheng based on Gao Zheng's words, they are afraid that they will be besieged by many neutrals.

After all, Gao Zheng's words are not leaky, and there is no problem.

If they were to be forced to be embarrassed, they would give the impression of narrow-mindedness, even though they have always been narrow-minded......

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Gao Zheng said in an interview that there was no competition between him and Son Xingmin, and Son Xingmin also denied the claim that the match was a "revenge battle" after the game.

“…… We want to get to the quarter-finals, it's as simple as that. It has nothing to do with hatred. ”

Sun Xingmin lowered his head and said.

"It's a shame we didn't. I would like to apologise to the fans at Bayer Leverkusen...... We had a chance but couldn't catch ......"

He kept apologizing, and as for Gao Zheng, he never mentioned it.

But that doesn't mean he's really letting go of it.

In fact, deep in his heart, the idea of defeating Gao Zheng not only did not disappear, but became stronger and stronger. He and Gao Zheng will continue to stay in Europe, and they will definitely have the opportunity to meet in the future, and today's defeat will definitely not be the end.

It's just that he knows better that before he does it, he should hide his thoughts more than to publicize it to the point where the world knows it.

Through the two games of the Asian Cup and the Champions League, he has fully realized this - it is not so easy to beat Gao Zheng, so it is best not to let people know his inner thoughts before doing so, he does not want to be the laughing stock of some people......

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Reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League is certainly worth celebrating, but the Atletico Madrid players couldn't be happy for long.

Next up is an away game against Espanyol in the league.

Having just played the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen, Simeone adopted a rotation policy against Espanyol.

A number of players, including Gao Zheng, did not appear in the starting lineup.

However, even so, Atletico Madrid still beat Espanyol 2-0 away from home.

After this game, some Barcelona media accused the Spaniard of being unsportsmanlike and even released water to Atletico Madrid.

Because Barcelona and Espanyol are sworn enemies in the same city, some conspiracy theorists believe that Espanyol deliberately lost to Atletico Madrid, which is not the strongest team, in order to win the championship for Barcelona.

Naturally, this criticism drew a response from the Spaniard: "If Barcelona were as confident as they say they are, and they are determined to win the title, they would not care about the results of other teams against Atletico Madrid." Because in terms of points, Barcelona is ahead of Atletico Madrid's ......"

Atletico Madrid didn't expect their match against Espanyol, but instead caused the two Catalan teams to quarrel, but it had nothing to do with them.

In this round of the league, Barcelona beat Eibar 2-0 away and Real Madrid beat Levante 2-0 at home.

Atletico Madrid's league standings have not changed, and they are still second.