Chapter 347: But We'll Still Win
After Gao Zheng's goal in the 89th minute, there was no suspense about the outcome of this game, Atletico Madrid's morale was like a rainbow, and the Spaniards had no way to fight back.
In fact, they did everything they could in this game, at one point leading Atletico Madrid by two goals, which was a good performance. Never before has a team ever been able to lead Atletico Madrid by two goals in a game this season, they are the first.
It can be said that in preventing Atletico Madrid from winning the championship, the Spaniard has done his best to stand to the last pawn.
No one can say after watching this game that the Spaniards have a problem with their work ethic and deliberately let Atletico Madrid win.
They did it all, and they asked them to score another goal at the last minute to equalize the score, which is difficult for the strongmen.
Barcelona may not be able to do it, so don't count on the Spaniards.
It is really interesting that they can fight with Atletico Madrid.
Three minutes into stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Cheers erupted again in front of the television.
The victory meant that Atletico Madrid continued to lead the league table by two points, and they once again shattered Barcelona's plot to overtake the points.
Real Madrid gave them a chance and they didn't waste it.
This result has caused a lot of pain for many Barcelona fans.
Think about how Real Madrid helped Atletico Madrid, who are also sworn enemies in the same city? Playing Barcelona away from home, they won 2-1 to help Atletico Madrid return to the top of the league table.
And what about the Spaniards?
Lost 2-3 away to Atletico Madrid......
Although the Spaniard's performance in this game was already excellent, it still did not stop some stunned Barcelona fans from running to criticize the Espanyol's performance.
They think that Galka was too cowardly in replacing Wu Lei in advance in the game, and it was precisely because he replaced Wu Lei too early that the team lost its offensive threat, so when Atletico Madrid then pressed the Spaniards, they had no way to fight back......
Although this accusation is completely untenable, the distraught Barcelona fans don't care.
Of course, they were also hit back by Espanyol fans: "Why don't you have the ability to lead Atletico Madrid in the league standings?" If you want to win the league, you can even count on your rivals in the same city to help you...... A world-class giant, is it so shameless, is it shameful? ”
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In his post-match press conference, Simeone spoke about the game and why he had Gao Zheng and Antoine Griezmann on the bench: "...... After just a tough Champions League game, I'm definitely going to make some rotations. But that doesn't mean I don't want to win today...... The players didn't do as well as they could have in the first half, but I'm glad they found the right rhythm in the second half. Of course, high appearances are also important and crucial...... Anyway, we won, and that's more important than anything else. ”
He then took the opportunity to talk about the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
"Three goals behind? So what? I don't think there's anything terrible about it. Because we still have a full ninety minutes to figure this out. We were two goals behind in this game, just one goal less than three, but we only went for 45 minutes and in the end we didn't complete the comeback? ”
"But Barcelona is not Spanish." A Catalan journalist said unconvinced.
Simeone smiled: "In the Barcelona derby in January, Barcelona and Espanyol played 0:0, right? For me, there is no difference between Barcelona and Espanyol. ”
In his post-match report, the Catalan journalist wrote: "...... Simeone seemed to be in a good mood after the comeback win over Espanyol, and he was all smiles at the press conference. Perhaps it was the comeback victory that gave him the confidence and optimism for the next match. But I still have to say that Barcelona is not Espanyol, and Enrique is not Galca, and he will never make the foolish act of being frightened and panicking and replacing his counter-attacking power when he is two goals ahead and the opponent pulls one back......"
The Catalan journalist is clearly a supporter of Barcelona, and his coverage is rife with similar ridicule and anger at the Spaniard's defeat.
Ridicule is well understood.
The anger was due to the fact that the Spaniards did not complete their task of stopping Atletico Madrid.
Fortunately, Barcelona was competitive enough in the subsequent game, defeating the tenacious Real Sociedad 1:0 away, and continued to bite Atletico Madrid's tail by two points, not letting Atletico Madrid run away.
But it is precisely because of this that Barcelona fans are even more angry and unwilling - if Espanyol beat Atletico Madrid, after Barcelona win this game, wouldn't they already be the first in the league by now?
Barcelona missed this great opportunity, and blamed the sworn enemy of the same city who couldn't support the wall!
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The match with the Spaniards has ended, the "Chinese derby" has not started at all, and there is no hype in China.
But it doesn't matter, the focus is long since the games that have already passed, and the focus has fallen on the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final next week.
Although Atletico Madrid lost 0:3 in the first leg, making the second leg almost lose suspense, a new suspense has arisen - that is, will there be a miracle?
With a three-goal gap, coupled with a formidable foe, can Atletico Madrid withstand it?
After Gao Zheng finished training, he was surrounded by reporters, who wanted to hear his thoughts on the game.
Gao Zheng looked very calm: "I don't think it's difficult. Think about this season's Spanish Super Cup, how did we beat Barcelona at home? ”
When he said this, many reporters were a little confused at first, and then their eyes lit up - in that game, Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 4-0 at their home stadium!
And now, if Atletico Madrid wants to create a miracle, it just needs such a score, so that they can eliminate their opponents with an aggregate score of 4:3 and advance to the semi-finals!
Is Gao Zheng hinting that Atletico Madrid will beat Barcelona 4-0 at home?
But a Catalan reporter immediately raised objections: "At this time and then, Barcelona at that time was different from Barcelona now, and the Super Cup was certainly not as important as the Champions League quarterfinals." ”
The Catalan reporter was willing to draw Gao Zheng's rebuttal for his words, but he didn't expect Gao Zheng to look at him, a smile bloomed on his face, and then nodded: "Yes, you're right." ”
Just when everyone was wondering why Gao Zheng was suddenly so good at talking, they heard Gao Zheng smile and say, "But we will still win." ”