Chapter 249: A Wave of Unsettled
Benzema's goal came in the ninth minute of the game, and within 10 minutes of the game, Real Madrid took the lead on the road.
It was a great start.
After the restart, Benzema was also more active. Everyone could see that he was in great shape today.
In fact, before this game, many people thought that it was Benitez's arrival that activated Benzema.
According to Madrid media reports, the new manager even challenged Benzema, asking him to score between 20 and 25 goals in the league this season.
You must know that Benzema scored a measly fifteen league goals last season.
Since joining Real Madrid in 2009, Benzema's most goalscoring season in La Liga was in 2011-2012, scoring more than 20 goals and scoring 21 goals.
If Benzema can really score 25 league goals this season, it will be his best season at Real Madrid.
Judging by the current trend, Benzema is still very promising.
He has scored six goals in six league games this season, an efficiency he has never had since a Real Madrid player.
Prior to that, he had never scored more than three league goals in the same period – three in 2014-2015, 2011-2012 and 2009-2010, two in 2013-2014 and one in 2012-2013 and 2010-2011.
In this way, Benzema really has a chance to perform in his last season since joining Real Madrid this season.
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Benzema's performance is good, he is in high spirits, but some people are happy and some people are worried.
This worried man is Cristiano Ronaldo.
He was thinking about defeating Gao Zheng in this game.
Unexpectedly, it was Benzema who took the lead.
When Benzema rushed to the corner flag to celebrate, the Portuguese didn't even go up to celebrate.
He was annoyed by his performance – why wasn't that header headed in by himself? Obviously, the header is the way he is good at scoring, and his bounce is the best, why didn't he hit the ball in the end?
What's wrong with this?
Cristiano Ronaldo is self-reflecting.
It wasn't until Benzema and the rest of his teammates had returned from the corner flag area that he went up to high-five Benzema.
Well, now that the goal has happened, the next goal is up to you.
That's what Cristiano Ronaldo thought when he gave him a high-five.
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Atletico Madrid were not defeated by the goal after conceding it, and they launched a counter-attack on Real Madrid's goal with the cheers of the home fans.
And it really creates a threat.
In the twelfth minute, Gao Zheng and Oliver Torres played a wall-to-wall combination, and then fired a low shot from the right side of the edge of the penalty area, and the ball was slightly wide.
Three minutes later, Gao Zheng pulled the ball to the side and Griezmann fired a powerful shot from outside the box, only for the ball to go wide of the right post.
In the eighteenth minute, Juanfran crossed, this time with Griezmann's header deflected wide.
In the period after conceding the goal, Atletico Madrid continued to play threatening attacks, making Real Madrid a storm in front of the goal.
The Atletico Madrid fans were also extra excited, with their singing and shouting coming in waves, wave after wave.
Cheer on the Atletico Madrid players on the pitch.
With their cheering, Real Madrid can only defend passively, and it really can't be seen that they are actually the leading side......
In the twenty-first minute, they finally had their chance!
Griezmann received a pass from a teammate after the arc of the penalty kick, and Real Madrid centre-back Sergio Ramos quickly returned to the defense, taking advantage of Griezmann's absence, directly reaching out from behind to pass the football, and also brought down Griezmann.
Griezmann clutched his ankle and collapsed outside the box.
This caused displeasure among Atletico Madrid fans, who booed and complained to the referee that Ramos had committed a foul.
However, the referee did not say anything.
Ramos tried to get the ball out of the box after breaking the ball from the back up, and he was still facing the goal, so he flicked the ball to his side and then turned......
But as soon as he turned around, he saw Gao Zheng suddenly plug in, stretching out his foot to reach the ball!
Ramos couldn't think about where this kid came from at this time, and in a hurry, he coached a sliding shovel and shoveled towards Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng just stabbed the football away, and was swept to the ground by Ramos!
It's in the restricted area!
The boos went up a notch.
Gao Zheng fell to the ground, opened his arms and turned his head to look at the referee.
He couldn't hear the whistle clearly because of the deafening boos from the scene, but he could clearly see the referee's hand, which was pointing to the penalty spot!
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"Penalty!!" José Maria shouted. "Ramos recklessly tackles high! It's a penalty without a doubt! ”
"Penalty! Eh, penalty! Under the continuous offensive of Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid's defense finally has problems! First of all, the leakage of the defense missed Griezmann, which forced Ramos to rush back to the defense. Although he successfully cut off the ball at Griezmann's feet, he ignored Gao Zheng! This is a fatal shot! Gao Zheng's movements are very agile...... Penalty kick! No problem! He Ping shook his fist vigorously.
There were always rumors that he was a Real Madrid fan, but no matter who he was before, since Gao Zheng joined Atletico Madrid, he has become a fan of Atletico Madrid. In the match between Atletico Madrid and any team, he will be firmly on Atletico Madrid's side.
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The referee's penalty kick sent the stands at the Stadio Calderón thunderous, and twelve minutes after conceding the goal, Atletico Madrid would equalize and the game would be back on track!
No matter how Ramos and the other Real Madrid players argued around the referee, they couldn't change the decision.
At the same time, on the question of who will take the penalty, Atletico Madrid has also made a decision.
Although the penalty was won by Gao Zheng, he had no intention of taking the penalty himself, he stuffed the ball to Griezmann, and then patted the Frenchman, signaling the opponent to take the penalty.
Griezmann is grateful to Gao Zheng, who only scored a goal after the start of the new season. He does need to score goals.
So he set up the football, took a deep breath, and waited for the referee to blow the whistle.
For a time, the French were in the limelight.
The referee had already dispersed the Real Madrid players, leaving only goalkeeper Keylor Navas in the box.
The Costa Rican goalkeeper spread his arms and leaned down to lower his center of gravity.
When Antoine Griezmann ran and shot the ball, he pounced on the bottom left corner of the goal like an agile cheetah, and the ball flew in that direction!
Immediately after, the football was slapped out by Navas with both hands!
The football flew diagonally out of the bottom line!