Although Mario Suarez's "opening blitz" almost helped Atletico Madrid establish a lead, the thrilling scene in front of his own goal only drew a complaint from the Italian coach of Zenit St. Petersburg on the sidelines, Luciano Spalletti, and did not attract enough attention from the opponent.

In Spalletti's view, although the strength of Atletico Madrid's starting lineup is very strong, because the opponent has not participated in the Champions League for a long time, the only player who really has Champions League experience is David Villa, who once won the "Big Ears Cup" with the Barcelona team.

That's right, although Atletico Madrid won the Europa League in the 2011-2012 season, those who are familiar with European football know very well that whether it is the overall strength of the participating teams, or the attention of the game, and the influence of the event, the Champions League, as the world's most level club competition, is incomparable to the Europa League, which is regarded as a "chicken rib" event.

In addition, after Zenit St. Petersburg brought in Brazilian striker Hulk, known as the "Hulk", and Belgian titan Axel itsel last season, Spalletti believes that the team is not inferior to Atletico Madrid in terms of overall strength.

So, even though Mario Suarez's "opening blitz" has sounded the alarm for the defense of the Zenit St. Petersburg team, Spalletti, who has always advocated attacking football, still tried to win the game with his team's powerful attacking power. It is precisely because of this that the Italian coach will put out a set of attack-oriented 3-4-3 formation.

As a result, although the situation on the field of Zenit St. Petersburg is very good, in front of Atletico Madrid, which is very good at defensive counter-attacking tactics, such a choice is extremely risky. If their attack is unable to tear through Atletico Madrid's tight and ferocious defence, and the opponent also completes the ball directly, the rapid counterattack of Atletico Madrid, with the "king of speed" Feng Quan and the powerful center Diego Costa, can be fatal.

Soon, the Atletico Madrid team, which is very good at defensive counterattacks, used a textbook quick counterattack to teach the somewhat trusting St. Petersburg Zenit team a hard lesson.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Aleksandr Kerzhakov of the Zenit St. Petersburg team was trying to cut inside on the right side of the front field, and Gabi saw through the intention and broke the ball directly.

Gabi broke the ball and immediately completed a wall-to-wall link with Felipe Luiz on the left, and after getting rid of the swift Hulk, he sent a long ball over the top directly to the unguarded area on the left side of the field.

Since the three central defenders of the Zenit St. Petersburg team had already pressed near the halfway line, even if the three of them immediately began to retreat the next moment Korzhakov lost the ball, even if the "King of Speed" was already at full power, even if he blocked the wind by fouling the ball in the back tackle, it was simply impossible to do so.

In the end, in the face of goalkeeper Yuri Lodykin, who abandoned the goal, Feng Quan, who dribbled to the edge of the opponent's penalty area, helped Atletico Madrid break the deadlock on the field with a wonderful spoon lob shot.

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Feng Quan's spoon lob is a sight to behold, but it wasn't the most spectacular of all his goals. But after the goal, Feng Quan was particularly excited.

Under normal circumstances, whenever his goal is assisted by a teammate, Feng Quan basically chooses to celebrate the goal by hugging the assisting teammate.

But this time, Feng Quan did not choose to run to captain Gabi and hug him, but ran to a camera in the stadium with excitement on his face, quickly took off his jersey and revealed a white sports T-shirt with Chinese written on it, and then shouted angrily at the camera lens in Chinese: "Chinese, omnipotent!" ”

Although the domestic audience watching the game was affected by the deafening cheers of the fans at the scene, they really couldn't hear what Qing Fengquan said, but just from his "hideous and terrifying" expression like "Donkey Kong" defending his territory, you can see Fengquan's excitement at the moment.

As the first Chinese player to score in the Champions League, how could Feng Quan not be thrilled by this. Although three Chinese players appeared in the Champions League long before Feng Quan landed in football, all three of them failed to score in the Champions League without exception.

Feng Quan's spoon hanging shot is not only precious to him, but also has extraordinary significance for all Chinese football people, and all fans who support Chinese football will always remember this historic moment.

And at the next moment, when the cameraman at the scene moved the camera from Fengquan's face to the T-shirt on his chest, the seven big characters "Chinese, omnipotent" were red like a five-star red flag,

appeared in front of all the domestic fans who watched the broadcast of this game.

Although Feng Quan received a yellow card for stripping to celebrate the goal, neither his team-mates who started with him nor the team's manager Diego Simeone standing on the sidelines blamed him in the slightest.

After all, the scoop shot here is also of great historical significance for Atletico Madrid, which has been away from the Champions League for 16 years.

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Although Feng Quan's spoon hanging shot greatly boosted the morale of the Atletico Madrid team, the Zenit St. Petersburg team, which was playing away, did not mess up because of the first goal.

Not only that, just when the morale of the high-spirited Atletico Madrid team was ready to take advantage of the victory to completely kill the suspense of the game, Hulk, the number one striker of the Zenit St. Petersburg team, relied on his strong individual ability to pull the two sides back to the same running line.

In the 31st minute of the first half, Korzhakov of the Zenit St. Petersburg team forced Juanfran to squeeze through the defense of Juanfran on the left side of the front field, and sent a ball directly to the middle.

After receiving the pass, Hulk adjusted slightly, and directly raised his left foot about 278 meters away from the goal to complete a powerful heavy bombardment.

Although Courtois, who reacted quickly, touched the ball with the tip of his left finger, it was too fast to change the fate of the goal.

However, just five minutes after Zenit St. Petersburg's equaliser, Feng Quan used his superior speed to help Atletico Madrid win a free-kick on the left side of the pitch, around 35 meters from goal.

Koke's free-kick was headed out of the box by Zenit St. Petersburg's centre-back Luís Neto, but David Villa, who had been ambushed at the edge of the box, managed to take the second spot.

In the face of Vitesel, who pounced from inside the penalty area, David Villa first used his left foot to deflect the ball a little bit of space, and then directly completed a powerful "slash" about 21 meters from the goal.

Although more than a dozen players from both sides gathered in the penalty area of Zenit St. Petersburg, David Villa's shot was as if it had long eyes, avoiding everyone on both sides and drilling directly into the goal against the post on the left side of the goal.

Due to the fact that the view was blocked by the players of both sides, Yuri Lodykin did not make any saves until the moment the football drilled into the goal.

Although Atletico Madrid had a couple of good chances to open the scoring in the remainder of the first half, luck could not change the scoreline again.