Chapter 238: Flat Hell
Galatasaray are on their home turf, but they don't take advantage of anything.
Gao Zheng's goal in the sixteenth minute of the opening game caught them off guard.
They didn't think they were going to concede the ball before the game.
After all, this is their home field, this is the "home of hell".
Unexpectedly, the boos in the sky didn't seem to have any impact on Atletico Madrid's players, especially that Gao Zheng, as the core player of Atletico Madrid, was booed the most and fiercely, but he was calm.
Galatasaray, who conceded the goal, was inevitably a little panicked, and he also played very sloppily when counterattacking, only thinking about sending the football to the goal of Atletico Madrid as soon as possible, but he didn't think about the fact that it was very inefficient to do so.
Not only can it not threaten Atletico Madrid's goal, but it will also pose a threat to its own goal.
In the 26th minute, Atletico Madrid threatened Galatasaray's goal with a counter-attack, when it was a pass from Gao Zheng, Saul tried a long-range shot from outside the box, but the ball was slightly wide of the goal.
Although he didn't score, he scared the Galatasaray fans enough.
The boos were all so frightened that they paused for a second.
On Atletico Madrid's side, it can't be said that the boos in the stands will not affect them at all, but after Gao Zheng's goal, everyone is very relieved and doesn't think it's a big deal.
What a hellish home game, they are not the first time to play away from home.
It's just that the boos are louder, can those fans really rush down and hit them?
Looking at their opponents, Galatasaray's players, they didn't even perform as well as the home fans who cheered them on from the stands.
So the Atletico Madrid players are relaxed.
As soon as this mentality is relaxed, it will be good to play naturally.
In the 31st minute, Atletico Madrid launched another counter-attack, this time Griezmann's shot was saved by Muslera, and Atletico Madrid won a corner.
After the corner kick came out, Godin at the front point jumped high and rubbed the football back, Gao Zheng just plugged in and ran to the landing point of the football, and shot with his foot!
His sudden shot from the edge of the six-yard penalty area caught Muslera off guard, and the Portuguese goalkeeper reflexively waved his arm but couldn't touch the football......
“GAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!! High!! Brace! He helped Atletico Madrid take a two-goal lead away from home!! This is a bit unexpected - Galatasaray's home stadium Ali Samyan Stadium has always been known to be difficult to overcome, but now that the game has only been played for half an hour, Atletico Madrid has a two-goal lead! Is the title of 'Home of Hell' too exaggerated, or is Gao too powerful? ”
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After scoring the goal, Gao Zheng did not run to the corner flag area again this time, but continued to celebrate in front of Galatasaray's goal, and he seemed to have found a trick - as long as the goal is celebrated here, Galatasaray fans can't do anything with him.
The other Atletico Madrid players rushed up to hug Gao Zheng and celebrate the goal with him.
Now that they have two goals in hand, Atletico Madrid has nothing to worry about.
This so-called hellish away game will still be conquered by them.
What about Hell's home field?
When the sky falls, there are tall people on top of it!
And Gao Zheng, who is 1.9 meters tall, happens to be the tallest man in the team!
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Atletico Madrid celebrated their second goal at Galatasaray's home stadium, and this time the boos in the stands were much smaller and the silence was longer.
It may be that only the most die-hard Galatasaray fans will continue to boo, but many more Galatasaray fans just look at the stadium in silence, a little tired and their throats are starting to smoke.
It stands to reason that the game has only started for 30 minutes, and it shouldn't be like this.
But many people just have an irrepressible feeling of visceral weariness.
Their efforts, which seem to be of little use in front of Atletico Madrid, are really demoralizing Galatasaray fans.
It turns out that their so-called "hellish home field" is completely useless against Atletico Madrid!
It was probably more heartbreaking for them than their team lost.
The nickname "Home of Hell" has long been the pride of Galatasaray fans, who even regard stabbing the visitors to death and beating the visitors here as the glory of the stadium.
But today, all the glory was shattered by Gao Zheng's two balls.
Gao Zheng and his teammates are showing off their might right under their noses, but what else can they do but boo?
Even the deafening boos couldn't hurt the Atletico Madrid players in the slightest, and they couldn't stop Gao Zheng from scoring at all.
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After the restart, Atletico Madrid, who had a two-goal lead, continued their defensive counter-attack. However, Galatasaray's attack is difficult to threaten them.
The first half ended with a score of 2:0.
At the start of the second half, Galatasaray's attack intensified, but there were still not many times they could threaten Atletico Madrid's goal.
In many cases, they don't even bother to organise an attack, and whoever gets the ball and looks at it within 30 meters is just a shot, regardless of whether their teammates are better than their own position......
Although Galatasaray made a substitution, it didn't make any difference.
Podolski shot wide, Sneijder shot high from distance and Brunt headed wide...... It wasn't until the 74th minute that Galatasaray had their first shot in the woodwork – Sneijder sent in a through ball, Godin made a mistake in defence, and in the box Yilmaz got up to shoot but couldn't hit the target, and the ball was easily held by Oblak. It was also Oblak's first effective save of the game......
This kind of performance is really miserable.
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Galatasaray's attack was unthreatening, while Atletico Madrid's counter-attack kept Galatasaray's fans in the heart pumping every time.
In the 86th minute, Gao Zheng almost completed a hat-trick, if it wasn't for Muslera's hard work......
After the save, the boos were much quieter, as many Galatasaray fans were unhappy with the home team's performance and started to leave the stadium early.
The red and orange fireworks that had been set off before the game had long since been blown away by the wind, revealing the stands with many empty seats, like black rocks formed by the cooling of magma.
Hell disintegrates......
The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game after three minutes of stoppage time, and finally thanks to Gao Zheng's brace, Atletico Madrid beat Galatasaray 2-0 away to get the Champions League off to a good start.
Judging by the post-match statistics, it's hard to imagine that this match will be won so easily.
Because whether it is possession, shots on goal or passes, Galatasaray has the upper hand.
They had over 51 per cent possession and had 22 shots on goal, far more than Atletico Madrid's 14.
However, Galatasaray had just three shots on target in total, compared to Atletico Madrid's eight.
This determines the outcome of the match.
Atletico Madrid went to hell and came out unscathed in flames and molten lava.