When Gao Zheng gave Wu Lei a thumbs up, maybe few people noticed, but as soon as Griezmann, who was sitting next to him, looked down and saw Gao Zheng's thumbs up, and then he looked up and saw Wu Lei on the court.

After the two of them had finished communicating silently, he asked, "Are you complimenting him?" ”

"yes. It was a beautiful goal. Gao Zheng admitted it very simply. He didn't seem to want to hide it.

"Aren't you afraid of being caught in pigtails after the game?" Griezmann was surprised.

"Why did you get caught in pigtails?"

"Let me tell you, there must be a camera on our bench in this game, it doesn't do anything in a game, it just shoots our ......side," Griezmann reminded Gao Zheng by covering his mouth.

"I say hello to my national team teammates, it's not a big deal, right?"

Griezmann glanced at Gao Zheng, and didn't know if he was really stupid or pretending to be stupid: "But if we lose the game, some people won't see it that way." Under the deliberate guidance of someone with a heart, public opinion will be unfavorable to you......"

Gao Zheng smiled: "I don't think we will lose, Anthony." There's still half a game. Although the boss has reserved a little bit of strength for next week's Champions League, he doesn't think he will accept the price of losing the league title. I'm willing to bet he'll make a substitution at half-time at the earliest. ”

Griezmann didn't expect Gao Zheng to be so confident.

You know, even if you make a substitution, it's only forty-five minutes.

And three goals in 45 minutes – it doesn't make sense to score two goals to equalise, you have to score three goals to win – the clock is still too tight. After all, the Spaniards in the second half could have adjusted their tactics and played defensive counterattacks.

With home advantage, they may not be able to stop Atletico Madrid's attack.

In short, Griezmann already feels that the league title is going to be lost. As a result, all hopes of not being empty-handed this season are pinned on the second leg of the Champions League next week.

But Griezmann has little confidence in this.

After two seasons at high speed, two league titles and a Champions League runners-up, the team's motivation seems to be fading.

But it's also a normal cycle for a team, so there's nothing to complain about.

It's just that I've only been here for two seasons......

He sighed inwardly.

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When Wu Lei helped Espanyol score the second goal, many people felt that Atletico Madrid might really say goodbye to the league champion this time.

One proof of this is that at this time, the odds about the La Liga title changed, Atletico Madrid fell from the original lead, Barcelona returned to the first place, and the bookmakers favored La Liga to win the championship.

Of course, for gamblers, this also means that if you insist on buying Atletico Madrid to win the championship, you will either lose all or make a lot of money in the end.

With two goals in the first half, Espanyol ended the first half.

When Gao Zheng walked off the court, the TV broadcast focused a close-up on him.

He didn't show any expression in the camera, turned around and walked into the players' tunnel, and then disappeared into the camera lens.

At half-time, there were quite a few fans talking about the game.

"I don't think Simeone should still think about the two ends in this game, the Champions League is definitely out of play, how can it be reversed in the first leg 0:3? You must know that in the round of 16, Eindhoven played so easily at their home stadium, and this time the opponent was Barcelona...... The best option should be to play the best in this league and guarantee to win the league title, so as to ensure that there is at least one more title to win this season......"

"yes, yes, in the first leg of the Champions League, there is no shame in giving up the Champions League directly. It's as painful as it is now...... Simeone may want a decent exit, but saving face could kill him......"

"What's the use of talking about that now? We lost 0:3 in the first leg of the Champions League, and now we have lost 0:2 in the league! In any case, Atletico Madrid has also bid farewell to the competition for two titles! I think the club should think about rebuilding the squad in the summer. In the last two seasons, the team has won two league titles in a row and reached a Champions League final, so I admit it's a really competitive team. But at the end of the day, Atletico Madrid's morale was shattered after losing to arch-rivals Real Madrid in that Champions League final. If it weren't for Gao Zheng last season, how could Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona in the penultimate round and reclaim the league title? The fan analyzed it at length on the Internet.

"This team has obviously lost the desire to win, the pursuit of the title, so it should be a new group of players and start all over again. Of course, Simeone has to stay, I think as long as he and Gao Zheng are still there, no matter how the players change, Atletico Madrid will still be competitive! This season should be a lesson......"

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Meanwhile, in the dressing room, Simeone scolded all the Atletico Madrid players to the brim: "I'm not going to rotate to make you give up the league!" I believe in you, I firmly believe that you should be able to win against the Spaniards in the rotation, but I am so disappointed by your performance! If that's what you want, then I'm not going to make any adjustments at halftime, whatever you want! Just wait to be the target of ridicule from the Barcelona media! ”

Diego Simeone did what he said, he really didn't make any adjustments, and after saying that, he opened the door and went out. Until the start of the second half of the game, he didn't explain anything, there was no tactical adjustment, and naturally there was no substitution adjustment.

It seems that there is genuine despair of the performance of these players.

Griezmann glanced at Gao Zheng next to him: Didn't you say that the boss was going to be replaced at halftime at the earliest?

Gao Zheng also scratched his head a little embarrassed, he didn't expect the boss to play cards out of common sense? Does the boss really want to sacrifice the league title?

After Simeone's departure, Fernando Torres and Gabi stepped up, with a self-criticism and then a morale boost: "It's not over yet, it's not over yet, it's not over yet, it's not over yet, we have forty-five minutes left, we can change our fate." As long as everyone is serious, I believe that the advantage will still come back to our side! We must not make ourselves a laughing stock in the eyes of Barcelonans! ”

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After the start of the second half, everyone found that there was no substitution adjustment on Atletico Madrid's side, and Gao Zheng and Griezmann were still sitting on the bench to "watch the play".

"This ......" Seeing this, He Ping didn't know what to say.

Could it be that Simeone is really planning to give up the league?

But giving up the league doesn't necessarily guarantee that Atletico Madrid will knock out Barcelona, after all, they lost the first leg by three goals!

What's the point?

He thought that at halftime, Simeone would send Gao Zheng or Griezmann to show his desperate attitude.

But Simeone didn't say anything, so what does that mean for the rest of the Atletico Madrid players?

Or did he make some tactical adjustments at half-time, and he was confident that he would be able to reverse the comeback based on the players on the pitch at the moment?

However, after watching the game for a while, Heping found that Simeone did not make any adjustments to the tactics of the first half, except that the players were more active, and the tactical level did not change.

That's weird......