In the first half, Atletico Madrid led Galatasaray with Gao Zheng's goal.

Neither team made any personnel changes at half-time, and after the restart, Atletico Madrid completely overpowered Galatasaray on the field.

This is Atletico Madrid's home stadium after all, and their advantage is clear.

In the 65th minute, after Gao Zheng received another assist from Gabi, he scored with a low left-footed shot.

"High!! Brace! ESOME！！！ GOLTV commentator Ray Hudson exclaimed. He completely dominated the game! The two goals in this game put him in the sixth tally of goals in this season's Champions League! Now he is second only to Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored seven goals! ”

Gao Zheng's goal means that Atletico Madrid has basically sealed the win, and in this way, Atletico Madrid will win the group one round earlier and advance to the round of 16! This is also Gao Zheng's third consecutive season to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League! Congratulations, congratulations! ”

After He Ping finished speaking, his partner Xu Yang sighed: "I hope Gao Zheng can go further in the Champions League this time." He reached the last 16 in his first Champions League appearance and the quarter-finals his second time. I don't know if I can make it to the semifinals this time......"

"Then if you can reach the semi-finals, it will be really amazing, and you will be the second Asian player to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League after Park Ji-sung, right?" He Ping was surprised and a little longing, if there really was such a day......

It's just that now I feel very happy when I think about it, and if there really is such a day, I don't know what a grand occasion it will be!

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In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Galatasaray 2-0 at home with Gao Zheng's brace.

After this match, the final round of the group stage basically lost its meaning. Benfica's home game against Atletico Madrid will not affect the qualification of both teams and the rankings.

Atletico Madrid are currently in first place with 13 points.

Benfica is second with eight points.

Galatasaray is third with four points.

Astana are top of the table with two points, but they are still theoretically eligible for the Europa League – as long as they beat Galatasaray away in the final round, they could overtake the Turkish giants and finish third in their group for the Europa League, where they can continue their magical European campaign this season.

It's just that this possibility is so slim that no one dares to think that Astana can beat Galatasaray away from home, even if Galatasaray's performance in the Champions League this season is too poor, it is better than Astana.

Atletico Madrid's early qualification is a good thing for the team as a whole, so that in the final round of the group stage, Atletico Madrid can not let the main team play away, although Spain and Portugal are next to each other, but in any case, this kind of away game will still consume the players' energy.

And as we approach the end of the year, the various competitions are already intensive, and being able to play one less unnecessary game will also make Simeone much more relaxed when preparing for other games.

After all, Barcelona is gaining momentum in the league and is close behind by three points, so you can imagine how difficult it will be to play in the next league.

Barcelona were overtaken by Atletico Madrid in the penultimate round last season to snatch the league title. They must be holding back their strength to snatch the championship back.

Simeone also doesn't know if his side will be able to win the league for three consecutive seasons, and maybe he will have to make a choice between the league and the Champions League.

But that's for later, and now if possible, try to extend the team's lead in the league in case you need it.

Like squirrels who desperately store food to survive the winter, they stuff nuts all over the place, so much so that they themselves may forget that they have nuts hidden somewhere.

For Simeone, he now wants to be a "squirrel" and collect as many league points as possible like nuts.

With a behemoth like Barcelona chasing after him, Simeone felt very insecure......

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In the thirteenth round of the league, Atletico Madrid hosted Espanyol.

RCD Espanyol has just recently gone through a major event in the club's history.

Founded in 1900 as an all-Spanish football club, the original intention was to create a team of Spanish players to compete with Barcelona FC, which was almost entirely made up of foreign players.

It can be said that just from the name, you can know that this club has a strong Spanish vernacular.

But the nativist club, which even has its name, has now become a club that is effectively controlled by a Chinese company, in other words, a football club for Chinese, albeit "RCD Espanyol".

A Chinese listed company specializing in car model toys injected more than 60 million euros to buy 50.1 percent of the shares of RCD Espanyol, a number that means the Chinese company has absolute control over the club.

And this meeting between Atletico Madrid and Espanyol has also taken on a different meaning because of this acquisition.

For example, when the newspaper "Marca" reported this game, it deliberately wrote: Atletico Madrid VS Real Chinese.

They replaced "Spaniard" with "Chinese".

This is a kind of "Chinese derby" in a special sense.

Naturally, this match also attracted the attention of the majority of Chinese media.

Because Espanyol is the first club actually controlled by a Chinese company in the top five leagues.

The majority of Chinese fans are very concerned about the fact that Chinese have become the owners of football clubs in Europe's five major leagues.

Everyone even imagines that when the Chinese become the helm of the Espanyol club, will the road of Chinese players staying abroad become better in the future?

Although we don't expect all of them to be like Gao Zheng - this is a once-in-a-century genius - at least there are a large number of players active in the European arena like South Korea and Japan.

When there are enough Chinese players who can gain a foothold in Europe, then the level of the Chinese national team will definitely be guaranteed, and reaching the World Cup finals may not be a goal for everyone to fight for, and this goal may be replaced by how to enter the knockout round of the World Cup finals......

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In the course of the game, the TV broadcast also gave close-ups of the new Spaniard boss on the rostrum many times, and he was indeed a thoroughly pure Chinese, with yellow skin, black hair, black eyes, some hair, and a very gentle middle-aged man.

From time to time, he got up to shake hands and greet other guests on the podium.

I always have a smile on my face, and the first impression makes me feel good.

It's not like that cunning businessman.

Even José Maria was telling the fans in Madrid: "This is the new owner of Espanyol, the Chinese, Mr. Chen. He runs a company specializing in car model toys in China, which is the most successful car model toy company in China...... But honestly, I don't really know why he bought Espanyol, after all, car toys and football clubs are like two worlds......"