Although judging from the comparison of the strength of the two teams, Atletico Madrid, which is playing away, has a certain advantage. However, if you take into account the home advantage of Zenit St. Petersburg (mainly the cold weather), the balance of strength between the two sides in this game is basically in half.

Since Atletico Madrid, who have won all four games, have already locked up the top spot in the group in advance, Diego Simeone has a more conservative 4-5-1 formation in the game when the main defenders Godin and Felipe Luiz are suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, and the top scorer Diego Costa is unable to play due to a slight concussion.

In order to better stabilize the team's defense, Diego Simeone deployed three defensive midfielders in front of the back line, Gabi, Raul Garcia, and Mario Suarez. At the same time, Koke, who has some defensive ability, was put up front, allowing him to form a double forward with Alda Turan.

Zenit St. Petersburg, who only scored five points in the first four rounds of the Champions League group stage and were only one point ahead of Porto, who are temporarily third in the group, took advantage of the disadvantage of Atletico Madrid's players who made more passing and receiving errors in cold weather to launch a fierce attack on the visitors from the beginning of the game.

Although the overall strength of Atletico Madrid is significantly higher than that of their opponents, more than half of the Atletico Madrid players were a little out of shape in the opening stages when they were not adapted to cold weather operations.

It was taking advantage of the Atletico Madrid players' discomfort to the cold weather that the Zenit St. Petersburg team, which had the advantage of being at home, quickly took the initiative on the field with the support of tens of thousands of home fans.

Just two minutes into the first half, Italian international Domenico Criscito broke through to the corner of the box on the left side and did not cross directly into the box, but passed the ball horizontally to Hulk, who was ambushed at the top of the box.

Hulk received the ball and fired straight away, causing goalkeeper Courtois to save the ball.

Just as Axel itsel, who was inserting into the box at high speed, was about to make a follow-up shot, Alderweireld, who replaced Godin in this game, shoveled the ball out of the bottom line first.

Three minutes later, after receiving the ball from Andrey Arshavin on the right side of the front field, he first broke through in the direction of the bottom line, and then took advantage of the shift of the center of gravity of the left fullback Insua's body, and suddenly flicked the ball sideways with the outside of his left foot, and cut inside to the front of the big penalty area.

Then, just when the Atletico Madrid defenders thought Hulk was going to perform his long-range skills again, the Brazilian striker sent a through ball to the right side of the penalty area.

Korzhakov, who cut diagonally to the right side of the penalty area at high speed, although he used his speed advantage to complete a tackle shot that fell to the ground before Alderweireld blocked, but under the interference of the opponent, the football he shot still grazed the post on the right side of the goal and rolled out of the bottom line.

In the 10th minute of the first half, Vladimir Bystrov sent a flat cross from the right side of the field.

Alderweireld grabbed the first spot, but the ball he pushed out of the box fell to Hulk, who was ambushed outside the box. Then, after a slight adjustment, Hulk completed a heavy shot from a position of about 21 meters from the goal.

Although Hulk's long-range shot was not very tricky, goalkeeper Courtois chose to knock the ball off the line for the sake of safety.

If the "script" of this game continues to develop according to this plot, then it will not only be difficult for the away team to get out of the game, but they will even be greeted with a heavy defeat.

Just when Atletico Madrid was facing a crisis, Feng Quan, who had saved the team from fire and water many times since the start of this season, stood up again.

Hulk's corner flew near the goal post and was knocked out of the box by Courtois's fists.

Alda Turan, who had been in charge of defending the top of the penalty area, first looked up to see the situation ahead, and then passed the ball to the feet of Fengquan, who was running forward along the left touchline.

Although the weather for this game was very cold, the quality of the turf of the St. Petersburg Stadium was no less than that of the Wonder Metropolitano Stadium. Therefore, the venue of this game will basically not have any impact on Feng Quan's rapid dribbling advancement.

After receiving the ball, Feng Quan took advantage of the situation and walked forward, leaving Korzhakov, who had been chasing him closely, behind him easily.

Then, in the face of Cristian Ansaldi, who was stabbing in the diagonal stab, Feng Quan made two bicycle movements in succession during the high-speed run, and then flicked the ball horizontally with the outside of his right foot, and then completed the inward cut to the middle.

The next moment, just as Vitesel, who had already occupied a favorable position in the middle, was about to take advantage of Feng Quan's moment of just completing the inward cut, Feng Quan grabbed the ball with his right foot before the opponent stabbed the ball, and buckled the ball to the left front position with his right foot.

Thanks to the two central defenders of Zenit St. Petersburg, they all rushed into the Atletico Madrid penalty area when the team won a corner. Therefore, when the wind got rid of Witsel, only goalkeeper Lodykin was left in front of him.

Facing Lodykin, who abandoned the goal, Feng Quan first made a feint to shoot, and then took advantage of the moment when the opponent's body lost its center of gravity to bring the ball in the opposite direction. Then, before Aleksandar Lukovic made a tackle, he pushed the ball into the unguarded goal, 1-0.

Although Zenit St. Petersburg, playing at home, firmly dominated the field from the beginning of the game, it was Atletico Madrid who scored first, which has been in a passive defensive state. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that the goal scored by Feng Quan in the 13th minute was the first shot on goal for Atletico Madrid since the start of the game.

In fact, in addition to the many uncertainties in the football game (except for the huge disparity in strength between the two sides), the game itself is full of all kinds of suspense, thus creating many classic moments in the history of world football, many of the world's top stars have far superior skills beyond ordinary players, and even the ability of one person to influence the normal game and achieve the "superhero" moment on the field, are the key factors for football to become the "world's number one sport" recognized globally.

And Feng Quan in this game is the "superhero" on the field.

Although Zenit St. Petersburg were keen to use their home advantage to win the game, it was a huge blow to their morale after Feng Quan took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field. Moreover, Feng Quan's superior speed advantage also forced their overall formation to retract a lot.

It can be said that Feng Quan's goal not only helped Atletico Madrid take the lead in the score, but also relieved the team's defensive pressure to a certain extent.

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With Atletico Madrid already locked up the top spot in the group, Diego Simeone continued to use his best counter-attacking tactics after his team took the lead. Therefore, in the remaining game time, the Zenit St. Petersburg team, which is playing at home, still firmly occupies the initiative on the field.

However, Zenit St. Petersburg, who were afraid of Fengquan's speed advantage and did not dare to invest a lot of troops in the attack as they did at the beginning of the game, failed to knock on Courtois's door until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Not only that, Feng Quan, who was the first to break the deadlock on the field, also scored the winning goal in the 39th minute of the second half, assisted substitute Adrian López.