Gao Zheng's goal woke up Juventus' dream of winning the group.

Even if Juventus scores another goal, they will not be able to snatch the top spot from Atletico Madrid. And Gao Zheng's goal also clearly warned Juventus - if you continue to attack like this, I can score again.

So, despite some reluctance, Allegri adjusted his tactics and slowed down the pace of Juventus' attack - they did not show the attitude of "if you don't believe it, you will attack if you have the ability", because they knew Gao Zheng's ability very well.

Just like Gao Zheng said before the game, he is very familiar with this court and this opponent. So on the other hand, Juventus must be very familiar with Gao Zheng and know what Gao Zheng is good at and what he can do.

If they continue to play according to the previous rhythm, Gao Zheng is definitely capable of scoring their goals again.

If you lose, you really won't be able to qualify from the group.

In this case, it doesn't matter what group comes first.

It is still the group that can qualify for the most important thing.

After Juventus slowed down the tempo, Atletico Madrid, which had equalized and consolidated the top spot in the group, naturally did not need to fight with Juventus, and the mentality of the players in this game was indeed different from the last time the two sides met.

Simeone also didn't push his players to keep attacking the Juventus backline.

After Gao Zheng scored a goal, the game that was still boiling before suddenly seemed to be poured a basin of cold water down.

After a burst of rolling eyes and a loud noise, it calmed down.

There was no Juventus counter-attack, and there was no Atletico Madrid's winning pursuit.

The 1:1 score could have allowed the two teams to qualify together, and Atletico Madrid could also win the group as they wished, so they didn't have to score more goals to force Juventus to fight them and lose the top spot in the group.

Juventus don't have to have to win to ensure they qualify, because they may die in the pursuit of victory before they get it.

In this way, the two sides of the game have formed a very delicate balance.

As the game went on, both sides played more and more conservatively, and the ball was more of a backward pass, and even if it was an occasional attack, the threat was far less than before.

In stark contrast to them, the other group stage was a lively home game against Malmo.

In the 22nd minute, Olympiacos took the lead. However, in the 59th minute of the second half, Malmo equalised.

Soon Olympiacos put the lead again.

They are expecting Atletico Madrid to beat Juventus away from home to qualify from the group.

However, when the live news of the match between Atletico Madrid and Juventus arrived, there were loud boos from the stands.

Atletico Madrid and Juventus clearly don't want to fight for Olympiacos......

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With ten minutes left in the game, the two sides simply fell to their feet and used up the game time.

For neutral fans, this is certainly ugly. But from the perspective of both teams, there's nothing wrong with them doing so – they really can't afford to fight here for the benefit of a third party, and if a player is injured, can the third party who benefited from it compensate them?

The referee also saw that the two teams had no intention of fighting, so he blew the final whistle without waiting for the end of stoppage time.

Until the end of this game, the two teams did not change people once, which shows how much the desire to win of the two teams has degraded after Gao Zheng's goal.

You must know that since the Champions League was restructured in 1992, there have only been two games before them that have not changed anyone......

With this victory, Juventus overtook Olympiacos by one point and qualified for the knockout stage.

Olympiacos, on the other hand, beat Malmo 4-2 at home, but still missed out on the knockout stage of the Champions League and could only finish third in the group to participate in the Europa League in the second half of the season.

Atletico Madrid topped the group with 13 points.

Speaking at a press conference after the game, Allegri was pleased with the result: "...... The important thing is to qualify from the group and I'm happy that we can continue to play in the Champions League this season. That didn't happen last season......"

A reporter asked him if he changed his tactics because of Gao Zheng's goal and focused on stability.

He shook his head in denial: "Of course not. The high goal really made us aware of the danger. But it wasn't because of him who changed the style of play, we actually made the same changes in the dressing room at half-time and were a bit more conservative in the second half. Because we know that even if we concede in the second half, a draw would be enough to secure our right to qualify from the group. ”

Of course he won't tell the truth, isn't that a slap in the face?

There is no need for him to increase his prestige at the cost of damaging his reputation.

Reporters did not ask why Juventus played too conservatively in the end, for Italian journalists, Juventus's ability to successfully advance to the knockout stage is already a victory for Italian football, after all, Juventus was eliminated in the group stage last season.

Reaching the last 16 of the Champions League this season is a huge step forward and makes anything possible in the future.

As for Atletico Madrid, they got the right to qualify from the group and secured the top spot in the group, so there's not much to say, it's a very satisfying result.

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Back home, Atletico Madrid followed up with a league match against Villarreal.

This game has attracted a lot of attention from the Chinese media, and it is also because after this game, Gao Zheng will return to China to train with the team and prepare for the Asian Cup.

Everyone is not interested in seeing Gao Zheng score, and they are not very interested in this. They are concerned about Gao Zheng's injury, it doesn't matter if he scores in this last league game, as long as he is safe and healthy.

They don't want to see Gao Zheng injured in this game, so he directly misses the bloody plot of the Asian Cup.

Perhaps even Atletico Madrid fans in Spain did not have much hope for the outcome of this match.

The team has just finished the Champions League, and there are no substitutions, and the fitness of the main squad will definitely not be too good.

In addition, Gao Zheng is about to go back, and I'm afraid his mind is not on the league.

So what the outcome of this game will be, you can think of it with your knees.

The newspaper "As" has been popularizing the relevant knowledge of the Asian Cup for Atletico Madrid fans, telling those Atletico Madrid fans who usually don't pay attention to Asian football at all that the Asian Cup, the European Cup, and the Copa America are a level of competition, and like the African Cup, it is held every winter, and it is the highest level of competition in Asia.

This Asian Cup is held in Australia, as for why Australia, which is obviously a country in Oceania, can host the Asian Cup, or even participate in the Asian Cup? The newspaper explained that this is because Australia has long joined the AFC and is also a qualifier for the Asian region to participate in the World Cup qualifiers, so it is eligible to participate in and host the Asian Cup.

This popularization of science can be regarded as an answer to the doubts of some Atletico Madrid fans before.