Chapter 80: Wang Po Sells Melons
In post-match media coverage and online discussions, the match was indeed full of controversy.
As for whether the two handballs should be penalized, the fans who support Atletico Madrid and Juventus are arguing, and the media in Italy and Spain also say that the public is justified, and the mother-in-law is reasonable. The Italian media believed that the referee did not award the penalty because both handballs were unintentional handballs and should not have been awarded in the first place.
The Spanish media said that even if it was an unintentional handball, as long as the arm was open, a foul should be awarded and a penalty should be awarded.
The media on both sides cite scriptures to prove their views.
However, this kind of quarrel actually has little meaning except to vent emotions. Because even without those two penalties, Atletico Madrid still won the game.
The argument between the fans on both sides has nothing to do with who is right and who is wrong, and is purely to disgust each other.
Gao Zheng did not drag himself into this quagmire.
In an interview after the game, a reporter also asked him what he thought of the two handballs not being judged.
Gao Zheng said he didn't want to talk about this issue: "...... We've won, we're winners, and for me, those two decisions don't matter......"
The reporter asked: "What if Atletico Madrid doesn't win because of this?" ”
Obviously, the reporter still wants Gao Zheng to talk about this matter, they want to hear Gao Zheng accuse the referee, then it will be topical.
But Gao Zheng's answer was beyond their expectations: "How is it possible? ”
How can it be?
How is it possible?
A group of reporters looked at Gao Zheng in confusion, waiting for him to explain.
"How could we not win this game?" Gao Zheng spread his hands, "After two situations like that, how could we not win?" In China, there is a proverb called: 'There are only three things'. What do you mean? That is, something can happen once, it can happen twice, but it can't happen three times. In this game, it can only happen twice at most, and it will never happen a third time. ”
When a group of reporters heard Gao Zheng say this, they all resisted the urge to roll their eyes-it turns out that what your kid can't mean by that! Isn't this touting yourself in disguise!
However, when I think that Gao Zheng did score the only goal in the game and helped Atletico Madrid win, it makes people feel that he also has the capital to boast about himself.
But what about the good Chinese are very modest?
Why can't you see this traditional virtue of the Chinese in Gao Zheng at all?
Maybe those who say that the Chinese are humble are misinformation and rumors?
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With this victory, Atletico Madrid got points in the group stage of the Champions League.
However, in the other Champions League group game played at the same time, Malmo in the same group unexpectedly defeated Olympiacos 2-0 at home, which really made many people fall through their glasses.
Malmo, as a traditional powerhouse of Swedish teams, are outstanding in Sweden, but their performance in Europe is quite average. They've reached the Champions League final before, but that time. That was in the distant 1978-1979 season, when their opponent in the final was Nottingham Forest.
In the final, Malmo lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest, the English side became the first team in the history of the Champions League to win the league as promoted horses and then play in the Champions League, and to win the Champions League in their first trip to the competition.
While everyone remembers Nottingham Forest, not many people in Malmo probably do.
Later, Malmo became known to everyone because of the world-class star of this club - Ibrahimovic.
However, Ibrahimovic did not actually play for Malmo for long, and did not bring Malmo much success.
In this season's Champions League group stage, they are seen as the weakest team in this group and are the target of the other three teams vying for points and goal difference.
Especially after Olympiacos beat Atletico Madrid at home in the first round, everyone felt that the situation was very good for the Greek giants. In the second round of the group stage, Atletico Madrid and Juventus met and lost both, and Olympiacos could have the advantage as long as they could beat Malmo, the weakest side in the group, away - if Atletico Madrid lost at home to Juventus, Olympiacos could stretch the gap to six points; If Juventus loses to Atletico Madrid, then Olympiacos will have the lead, with three points ahead of both teams; It would be better if Juventus and Atletico Madrid drawn, a real lose-lose situation.
But man is not as good as heaven.
No one expected that Olympiacos, who had a promising future, would lose away to Malmo and be beaten by others without any defense. Two goals conceded and one goal not scored.
This kind of performance is even more strange for Atletico Madrid fans - how did we lose to such a weak team on the road in the first place?
If Atletico Madrid can win Olympiacos, and now they win at home to Juventus, it will not be a problem to qualify from the group, and even the group leader will have a big advantage.
Now it's good, Atletico Madrid won at home to Juventus and got three points, and Malmo beat Olympiacos and got three points.
After two rounds of group play, Group A presents a very unique phenomenon - all four teams have won one game each, lost one each, and are tied for three points.
Juventus has a goal difference and is temporarily in first place with this advantage, while Atletico Madrid and Malmo have the same goal difference of zero, and Olympiacos has a negative goal difference of one and has become the bottom of the group.
As a result, the qualifying situation of this group is a little chaotic.
Of course, it's just that it looks a little messy now.
Everyone believes that as the schedule progresses, the essence of the giants will still be reflected.
No one doubts that Olympiacos or Malmo will be able to snatch a place from Atletico Madrid and Juventus.
Juventus finished third in the group, as they did last season, and missing out on the knockout stages of the Champions League should not be repeated.
After all, in the group that Juventus was in last season, in addition to themselves and Real Madrid, there was Galatasaray, which is a Turkish Super League giant, often participates in the Champions League, and really has the strength to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League, unlike Olympiacos and Malmo.
So today's situation, many people also look at an interesting episode at that time, and use this situation to ridicule Atletico Madrid, the two giants of Juventus. After all, they are the dominant team in the group, and now they are on an equal footing with the two fish belly teams, which is really funny and infuriating......