With the confidence of the Malaga players and the fact that there were only about 15 minutes left before the end of the game, Diego Simeone replaced the man who dominated the game with Saul, who had just returned to the team.

Although the match was played at the Rose Garden Stadium in Malaga, many of the home fans stood up and applauded him for his wonderful performance when Feng was substituted.

With Saul, who is good at dribbling, on the field, Atletico Madrid has completely entered the "passing in the middle and backfield" mode.

In the end, until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the two sides failed to rewrite the score on the field again.

One day later, with Neymar and Messi absent due to injury, the Barcelona team playing at home beat Elche 4-0 with A. Sanchez's hat-trick and Pique's goal.

Real Madrid, which is also playing at home, won 3-0 against Celta with C. Ronaldo's brace and Benzema's long-range shot.

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Considering that there is still a La Liga with Levante to play in 3 days, Diego Simeone hid nearly half of the main players including Feng Quan, Diego Costa, and Alda Turan in the 1/8 finals of the Copa del Rey against Valencia.

Despite the absence of Diego Costa's strong fulcrum, and Feng Quan's lightning speed weakened Atletico Madrid's attacking strength. However, Griezmann, who is not slow but has a more agile movement, and Saul, who is excellent on the dribble and good at passing the ball, also pose a threat to Valencia's defence.

It was thanks to the excellent performance of the two of them that Atletico Madrid was able to break the deadlock on the pitch first 23 minutes into the first half.

At that time, Saul, who also returned to the team in the winter transfer period, broke through two defenders of the Valencia team with skillful foot skills in the middle of the front, thus forcing the opponent's defensive formation to shrink to the middle, and suddenly distributed the ball to Griezmann, who was cruising on the right side of the front.

Griezmann quickly made two quick changes of direction after receiving the pass, and Piati stumbled to the edge of the box before cutting inside.

Facing Romeu, who came from the defense, Griezmann first shook the opponent's leg to block with a fake shot, and then then dodged the ball sideways with his left foot, and then used the inside of his left foot to attack the goal with the inside of his left foot a little to the right of the penalty area.

Diego Alves made an accurate judgment and pounced on the left side of the goal, but the ball flying in mid-air still drew an arc, went around his right hand and grazed the post on the left side of the goal and flew into the goal.

After taking the lead, Atletico Madrid gave up the initiative on the field to the home team Valencia, and once again played their best defensive counter-attacking tactics.

Because of Saul, a "midfielder" who is good at dribbling and protecting the ball, Atletico Madrid has more options when it comes to controlling the ball in the midfield.

Before Saul's return, Atletico Madrid used to play through the exchange of players in the central midfield, and then find a gap before Koke or Gabi suddenly launched a quick attack on the front.

When Saul returned, his skill at his feet not only made it easy for him to adapt to the team's passes, but his dribbling breakthroughs could also play an important role when the team was pressed by the opposition high post.

Just like in the previous game against Barcelona, in the absence of dribbling masters in the middle and back, it was difficult for Atletico Madrid to calmly pass the ball to the front court under the opposition's high pressing. Saul's return will undoubtedly enhance the team's ability to crack high pressing.

Although Valencia took advantage of Atletico Madrid's retreat to control the game, they were unable to break through the opposition's solid defence until the end of the first half.

Not only that, but Atletico Madrid also took advantage of a corner kick to extend Miranda's lead with 39 minutes into the first half.

After the change of sides, Valencia, who are playing at home, still does not have a good way to tear through the opponent's defense. Atletico Madrid, who had the lead in the score, began to make adjustments to their players after 15 minutes of the second half.

Diego Simeone first replaced Felipe Luiz, who had lost significantly due to consecutive campaigns, with Insua in place.

Then, when the Argentine coach asked Xu Xin on the bench to warm up for 26 minutes in the second half, Feng Quan also warmed up together.

A few minutes later, when Xu Xin finished his warm-up and came to Diego Simeone's side, Feng Quan, who had also completed the warm-up, also came over.

Although Diego Simeone had no intention of sending Feng Quan to play in this game, the Argentine, who was in a good mood, smiled and said when the team was ahead: "Feng, I don't seem to let you go to warm up with Xu, right?" ”

Hearing this, Feng Quan pretended to be embarrassed and scratched his head and said:

"Boss I haven't played in the Copa del Rey yet, so hopefully I can make my Copa del Rey debut in the last minute."

After a moment of thought, Diego Simeone finally agreed to Feng Quan's "not excessive" request.

In fact, Feng Quan did not take the initiative to ask to play because he wanted to make his debut in the Copa del Rey, but hoped to help Xu Xin make his first-team debut.

As for how to help, it is naturally to use the "divine skill" of [Great God's Light].

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Although this game was Xu Xin's debut in the first team, with the ruthlessness of the newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, coupled with the bonus of Feng Quan's [Great God's Light], not only did he not leak a drop of water on the right side, but also had two accurate side crosses to almost help his teammates who received in the middle to expand their lead.

And it was Feng Quan who wasted Xu Xin's two beautiful biographies.

With the team in the lead, the wind wasted those two good scoring chances and probably didn't have much of an impact on the final outcome of the game.

However, if this happens at a time when the game is very close, it is likely to lead to a defeat for the team.

Although Feng Quan received a through ball from Griezmann in the 85th minute of the game to lock the score at 3-0, Xu Xin also made a perfect debut with his outstanding performance.

However, after the game, Feng Quan was not happy because of the team's victory and the wonderful debut of the "little brother" Xu Xin.

Because of the waste of Xu Xin's two accurate crosses, Feng Quan once again realized his lack of ability to grab points in front of goal.

That's right, Feng Quan did score many goals in the game and occupy the top spot in the La Liga scorer list with his speed advantage and sharp breakthroughs.

However, in addition to his own strong individual ability, the diversion role of strong teammates such as Diego Costa, Alda Turan, and Coke cannot be ignored.

If he returns to the national team where his teammates are far inferior to Atletico Madrid, without the containment of strong teammates, Feng Quan's individual performance will not be as impressive as when he was at club.

At that point, missing any chance to score could lead to a losing game.

Therefore, Feng Quan deeply realized that if he wanted to lead the Chinese team to make a difference, he must strengthen his ability to grab points in front of the goal.