After establishing a huge advantage of seven goals, Diego Costa decided that his opponent could no longer turn the tables, so he let his team continue to defend solidly, and try to use the ball in the middle of the field to pass through the way to achieve the purpose of wasting time.

The reason why Diego Simeone chose this way is not because he is not aggressive, but because he is worried that the opposing players will lose control of their emotions when they are down by a large score, and then move more and more in defense and cause unnecessary injuries to their players.

While scoring more goals can win the hearts of the home fans, the health of his players is clearly more important to Diego Simeone.

With a tenacious Espanyol side in the league four days later, the score remained 2-0 until the 65th minute, and Diego Simeone replaced Feng Quan and Diego Costa, the two scorers of the game, within five minutes.

Not only that, but with 77 minutes played, Diego Simeone also replaced right wing-back Juanfran with Xu Xin, allowing the Chinese teenager to make his Champions League debut.

Xu Xin, who made his debut on the Champions League stage, did not have many outstanding performances in his short playing time, but he did not suffer in the direct competition with Shaarawy, who was two years older than him.

In the end, with two goals from Feng Quan and Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid beat the visiting AC Milan 2-0 on their home turf. So far, Atletico Madrid has finally entered the ranks of the Champions League quarterfinals again after 17 years.

At the same time, he scored two goals in this game, and temporarily surpassed Ronaldo with 11 goals to regain the top spot in the Champions League scorer list.

3 days later, just when many fans were "expecting" Atletico Madrid, which had just experienced the knockout round of the Champions League, would unexpectedly capsize in the league due to physical reasons, thus rekindling the hope of the "top two in the Western Super League", Barcelona, who had just eliminated Manchester City in the Champions League 1/8 finals, unexpectedly lost away to Valladolid, which was deep in the relegation zone.

A day later, Atletico Madrid, who had also just experienced a Champions League knockout match, were not in ideal condition for most of the players in the match against Espanyol due to a lack of fitness. However, Feng Quan scored in front of the goal in the 66th minute of the game, and still helped Atletico Madrid win a thrilling victory.

After this round of league games, there is no doubt that Atletico Madrid will win La Liga this season, after all, it is almost impossible to chase the 17-point gap with only ten rounds remaining.

A week later, Barcelona won the "Spanish National Derby" with the best performances of Messi and Neymar.

However, just a few hours later, Atletico Madrid, who had been well rested, easily defeated La Liga's "vice-captain" Real Betis with a brace from the wind and goals from Diego Costa and Griezmann, but Barcelona's victory suddenly lost a lot.

After losing the "National Derby", Real Madrid, which has only 52 points, can only rely on goal difference to beat Bilbao, who has won all three rounds, to occupy the third place in the standings.

With Atletico Madrid only needing 11 points from the remaining nine league games to secure the league title, Diego Simeone not only made a major overhaul of his starting line-up against Granada on 27 March, but also provided Alderweireld and José Jimenez, two defenders who have rarely started on a regular basis, to show off their chances.

Despite sending nearly half of the substitutes to the field, Atletico Madrid's ability to control the game has decreased, but David Villa and Griezmann, who partnered in the attack, helped Atletico Madrid extend their "La Liga winning streak" to 21 games with a goal each.

As the quarter-finals of the Champions League will be rekindled on April 2, Diego Simeone not only lined up the forward combination of David Villa and Griezmann in the away game against Athletic Bilbao on March 30, but even excluded the team's only "real strong centre-forward" Diego Costa from the team's 18-man squad.

The absence of the "feared" attacking combination of Feng Quan and Diego Costa has reduced the attacking power of Atletico Madrid's forward line, but the starting forward line composed of Antoine Griezmann and David Villa still causes headaches for Athletic Bilbao's backline.

In fact, if you switch to other clubs, Antoine Griezmann and David Villa, who have scored 22 and 13 goals respectively in the league, are enough to become the heart of the team's attack. However, the combination of Fengquan and Diego Costa has been too perverted this season, resulting in Griezmann and David Villa, two powerful forwards, being reduced to Atletico Madrid's forward rotation.

However, Griezmann and David Villa are not unhappy because of their "substitute" status.

On the one hand, the palmares of Feng Quan and Diego Costa this season are too dazzling; On the other hand, Atletico Madrid's triumphant progress in all competitions has also given all members of the team hope of winning the "double" and even more.

That's why players like Antoine Griezmann and David Villa, who are enough to be at the heart of other clubs, are willing to take on the role of "rotation player", sacrificing their playing time for the good of the team as a whole.

The duo of Antoine Griezmann and David Villa lacked physical ability, but with their dexterous possession and ghostly movement, they still gave Bilbao a headache at the back.

In the 23rd minute of the first half, David Villa, who had been moving in the front of the opponent's penalty area since the opening, suddenly inserted himself on the right side and made a wall-to-wall interaction with forward midfielder Diego to help the opposing Bilbao player's marking.

At the same time, Griezmann, who had been ambushed near the penalty spot, quickly ran to the open space in the penalty area, and Mario Suarez, who is good at heading the spot, immediately inserted into the middle of the box.

Breaking away from the defense, Diego did not choose to enter the box, but took a little look at the positions of the players in the box and sent a very fast cross.

Although Mario Suarez, who was ambushed six or seven metres in front of goal, could not get on top of Diego's cross, his jump still interfered with the judgment of the Bilbao defenders, allowing the ball to fly straight past goal and into the left side of the box.

As Mario Suarez, who was scrambling in the middle, attracted the attention of many defenders of the opposing position, Griezmann, who had already been ambushed on the left side of the penalty area, calmly completed the chest stop almost without pressure, then slammed the central defender with his left foot, and then fired the ball into the top right corner of the Athletic Bilbao goal with the inside of his right foot.