Chapter 270: Five Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty-Six Days
Gao Zheng...... Strike!! ”
The football, which was drawn by Gao Zheng with an unconventional move, flew precisely towards the vacancy that Torres saw.
Torres, meanwhile, quickly stepped forward and went into the void.
Astana's defenders still lacked vigilance against Torres, and when they saw Torres step forward and then defend, their movements were half a beat slower.
Gao Zheng's ball was passed very accurately, not at all like it was passed in a hurry with irregular movements.
The ball even arced in the air before falling in front of Torres.
He stretched out his foot to stop the incoming ball and then shot again.
This time there were no more Astana players who were not even interfering with him.
He faced the goal and goalkeeper Eric.
"Fernando ——!!"
José Maria dragged out her voice again.
With a roar, the ball flew into the top corner of the goal.
Despite Astana's goalkeeper Eric struggling to make a back-to-back save, he couldn't touch the football.
It was a very high quality shot!
Next, everyone watched as the ball went through the lower edge of the goal crossbar like a shooting star!
—Torres!!!! Oooo Torres! 100th goal! The hundredth goal!! Oh my! My God! The hundredth ball! Fernando Torres scored his hundredth goal for Atletico Madrid!! ”
José Maria screamed desperately, almost out of shape.
"June 3, 2001, was the day he scored his first goal for Atletico Madrid! After 5,266 days, he finally scored his 100th Atletico Madrid goal! During this time, he travelled between Liverpool, Chelsea and AC Milan...... A wandering prodigal son has finally come home! Fourteen years and five months, the 'golden boy' who became famous at a young age has become a 'veteran'! If someone was born at that time, he would be a teenager by now...... A lot of things have changed, but the relationship between Atletico Madrid and Torres hasn't! On a hellish pitch, Torres used his 100th Atletico Madrid goal to help his team take the lead! It's a perfect loop! ”
José Maria was already a little incoherent, he was so excited.
The number of days between the first ball and the hundredth ball he opened his mouth because he had been prepared for the day for a long time. When Torres scored the ninety-ninth goal, he started to calculate, every day, how many days it was.
Today is 5,266 days from the first goal, and that number has finally come in handy.
The only regret is that this is not Atletico Madrid's home stadium, otherwise he would have heard deafening cheers.
But now there is only silence, a deathly silence for the Astana fans.
They sat before the game and beat Atletico Madrid at home to write history. Unexpectedly, they still conceded a goal in the game and were in a backward position.
The team's defense of Gao Zheng was successful, and Gao Zheng did not have a single threatening shot on goal from the beginning of the game until now.
But how could I think that there was no threat to shoot, but there was a dangerous pass......
There had been a clever pass for Torres to open up a shot and this time it was finally the assist......
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After the goal, Torres was stunned for a moment before realizing that he had indeed scored.
So he turned and ran to the corner flag area, trying to vent his emotions by running wildly.
The rest of his teammates chased after him.
Gao Zheng gestured to his teammates on the sidelines while running: Hurry up and take the things!
There were also Atletico Madrid players on the bench who rushed to the corner flag area, where they were to join Torres and give him the 100-goal shirt that had been prepared for a long time.
Everyone flocked to the area, and the commemorative shirt was stuffed into Torres's hand.
He was stunned for a moment, and looked up at everyone's smiling faces.
"We've got you covered."
"Yes, yes, I've been preparing for several games, and I haven't had a chance to take it out, but this time it's finally good!"
"Here, show it to them!"
Everyone said to Torres.
Some people also feel regretful: "It's a pity that it's not the home field, no one cheers, you see they are so quiet, there is no atmosphere at all......"
Gao Zheng clapped his hands and said, "Isn't that better?" Isn't it more memorable to be able to silence the 100th goal of the whole game? ”
Torres held up his 100-goal shirt, a red and white Atletico Madrid home shirt, but with the number "100" on the back, representing 100 goals.
On the number is Fernando Torres's name, which means that it is his 100-goal commemorative jersey.
As Torres lifted the particular jersey towards the stands, there was finally some sound from there, but it was boos.
But Torres didn't care, Gao Zheng was right, although there was no enthusiastic cheer, but he was able to silence the opponent, and even boo, this hundredth goal is obviously more meaningful than those icing on the cake and painless goals.
It was the first goal in Hell and it could help the team get out of Hell.
What could be better than the hundredth ball?
He proudly displayed his 100-ball commemorative shirt.
When he left Atletico Madrid, he really didn't think he would one day be able to return to Atletico Madrid and score his hundredth goal with this team.
From the first ball to the hundredth goal, he went through four teams, fourteen years, and it was like a lifetime away.
When he returned to Atletico Madrid, he was no longer the core of the team, but he didn't care.
With today, his return makes sense.
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Simeone on the sidelines was also particularly excited, he turned to the stands, raised his hands and raised his arms and shouted.
Not only to celebrate Torres' 100th goal, but also to celebrate Atletico Madrid's lead over Astana.
To be honest, Atletico Madrid are now top of the Champions League group stage, three points ahead of second Galatasaray and Benfica.
But that's just a game thing.
If Atletico Madrid can't beat the weakest side Astana on the road, the lead will be wiped out once Benfica and Galatasaray are separated.
Whether it is Benfica or Galatasaray, as long as they win, they will also accumulate seven points.
Even if Atletico Madrid doesn't give Astana away and gets a draw, they are only one point ahead.
This is not a reassuring point difference.
So if possible, Simeone would still like his side to beat Astana on the road.
It's just that Astana's home stadium is so difficult to play, it's not easy to win.
And the opponent has also made full preparations, which can be seen from their defense of Gao Zheng.
Good thing they still have Torres.
Torres' 100 goals for this club couldn't have come at a better time!
Simeone now feels that the cold wind and cold air are nothing, and the ice wall of Astana will surely melt and collapse before Atletico Madrid's hot attack!