Chapter 451: Just one goal

When the game resumed, everyone could see Atletico Madrid's tactics, and they shrank back and couldn't hold on.

But neither the Spanish commentators nor the Atletico Madrid fans thought the manager had done something wrong.

It stands to reason that with the strength of Atletico Madrid, this is their home stadium again, and they should not be so embarrassed.

In the first leg, Atletico Madrid played a half-court contraction defense at Sampdoria's home stadium, which was scolded, and after the game, the media criticized Simeone as a coward.

But now everyone's opinions are very unanimous - there is no shame in sticking to the bus, you should put the bus, you should stick to it, as long as you can prevent that damn Gao Zheng from continuing to score, you can do anything!

Gao Zheng really scared the Atletico Madrid fans.

Now as long as Gao Zheng gets the ball, the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands will boo wildly. This boo is not because they hate Gao Zheng, but because they fear Gao Zheng.

Simeone stood on the sidelines, his exaggerated body movements showing the tension in his heart.

Di Francisco was also standing on the sidelines, watching the field with the same nervousness.

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"High shot! Blocked by Godin with his body! ”

"Berardi crosses! Marcy's header! As a centre-back, Alberto Massi has rushed up front and become a centre-forward at this time. His header can really pose a threat to Atletico Madrid's goal, and it can also relieve Gao Zheng of the defensive pressure......"

"Hold on! Be sure to withstand Sampdoria's attack! We are only a few minutes away from the quarter-finals! ”

“…… With four minutes of stoppage time, Atletico Madrid fans were very unhappy with the result, believing that they should have given a little more...... Listen to this boo! ”

"There are only four minutes left for Sampdoria and now they still can't find the back of the net that Courtois is guarding, come on, Sampdoria!"

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At the last moment of the game, Sampdoria attacked the goal continuously, and Gao Zheng's last shot was rubbed by Miranda's head and flew out of the bottom line, so Sampdoria won a corner kick. Goalkeeper Sergio Romero abandoned the goal, ran to the Atletico Madrid goal, ambushed in the penalty area, and prepared to head the ball.

Gao Zheng didn't squeeze in, he knew he wasn't good at heading, so although this might be Sampdoria's last chance to attack, he could only give up space in the box to his teammates, and he did what he had done before, waiting to get a second shot, if any.

In order to compete for positions in the penalty area, the two sides also pushed and shoved.

Referee Clattenburg had to stop the game, call the players from both sides together and give them a verbal warning.

Later, the situation of pushing each other in front of the door improved slightly, but it could not be completely eliminated.

It stands to reason that the rules of football prohibit physical contact with hand movements in the penalty area, but in practice, it is almost impossible to completely eliminate physical contact, so as long as it is not very excessive, the referee will generally choose to turn a blind eye.

Rather than wait for the players on both sides to completely disengage before blowing the whistle, Clattenburg blew the whistle immediately.

With a whistle, Kosticic kicked the ball with the hopes of the entire Sampdoria fans towards the packed Atletico Madrid penalty area.

Whether it's Alberto Masi, or Mustafi, or goalkeeper Romero, and the replaced center forward Eder...... Not a single Sampdoria player got the ball.

The soccer ball was bumped, and Godin jumped up, and the ball flew slightly to the sideline.

As the ball flew off the touchline, there were Sampdoria players running to get ready to take a quick throw-in.

But then the referee Clattenburg's whistle sounded.

"Three whistles, it's over!!" The Spanish commentator sighed, "The game is over!" Atletico Madrid defeated Sampdoria 4:4 at home to eliminate their opponents with an aggregate score of 5:4 and advance to the quarterfinals! Congratulations to Atletico Madrid! Congratulations Simeone! They had a very tough game, but in the end the victory was theirs! ”

There was a huge cheer at the Calderón Stadium, as if they had won the championship.

At the same time as the whistle blew, many Sampdoria players collapsed on the field, and some people covered their faces with their hands, unable to hide their disappointment and pain.

Gao Zheng stood outside the penalty area waiting for the second landing point, he did not wait for the football. When the final whistle blew, his teammates fell to the ground one by one in disappointment, as if they had been drained of strength in an instant.

And he was still standing there, but his expression was slightly confused.

Yes, Gao Zheng, who appeared in the TV broadcast camera, looked at the celebrating Atletico Madrid players and his teammates who fell to the ground, his expression was no longer resolute and confident, and his eyes were a little confused, as if he had not yet determined that the game was over.

"The game is over...... Gao Zheng scored three goals for the team in this game and completed his first hat-trick in the Champions League. But such a good performance did not bring him a victory......" He Ping said in a low mood. 'He's done everything he can, think about it, it's at Atletico Madrid's home stadium, Atletico Madrid's defenders are almost an inch away from him, but he can still score three goals, especially the third one, even if the whole Atletico Madrid team is in front of him, he also stepped on the joint venture, rampage, and narrowed the gap to one goal for Sampdoria! With just one goal missing, one more goal will allow Sampdoria to equalize and eliminate Atletico Madrid on away goals, but alas...... It's just one ball ......."

He Ping shook his head as he spoke, he felt sorry for Gao Zheng in his heart. With Gao Zheng's performance in this game, he deserves a victory, but there is no way, there is still a big gap between Sampdoria's overall strength and Atletico Madrid, and it may be difficult to fully make up for such a gap by relying on Gao Zheng alone.

Originally, it was no suspense for Atletico Madrid to eliminate Sampdoria, but it was precisely because of Gao Zheng that this game was full of suspense, and the suspense disappeared until the last second.

Gao Zheng has done a good job, very good, very good.

It's like what he said before when he vaccinated the fans.

But when this result really came to him, he found that he couldn't accept it at all.

No matter how difficult this result is, it is not the result he wants to see......

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Feng Shiyu listened to the narrator's repeated chanting in the headphones, "It's just one ball missing", and lost her mind slightly.

In his eyes, Gao Zheng looked slightly confused, and then the camera was zoomed out, Gao Zheng stood in place with his hands on his hips, his teammates lying on the ground, and the ecstatic Atletico Madrid players running around him and cheering.

He stood there alone, looking alone.

It turns out that the big hero in everyone's minds will also have such a helpless time......

Feng Shiyu rubbed her face with the back of her hand, and found that she didn't know when tears had been hanging there.