Chapter 69: The Return Gift

Atletico Madrid led Sevilla by two goals in the first half, and the whole team played lively.

But the Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV were not very satisfied, quite simply, because Gao Zheng did not score.

Although Atletico Madrid's two goals and Gao Zheng actually have a lot to do with it, because these two goals were all caused by Gao Zheng's free kick that was violated by the opponent.

However, with Gao Zheng's strength, Chinese fans will definitely not be satisfied so easily.

If a Chinese player who is not so strong appears in La Liga, if he can use his ability to help the team win free kicks, penalties or something, and let the team score goals, such a performance can naturally be regarded as very good, and it can make Chinese fans happy for a long time.

But Gao Zheng can't, such a standard can't be put on Gao Zheng.

With Gao Zheng's current status, value and ability, Chinese fans naturally can't just be satisfied with him creating free kicks for his teammates to score.

Even if it is to make a free kick, the last free kick must be scored by Gao Zheng.

Therefore, after the end of the first half, although some football commentators felt on the Internet that Gao Zheng's ability to make fouls and Atletico Madrid's advantage of scoring from set-pieces were combined to be a very good tactical arrangement.

But more Chinese fans still feel that Gao Zheng's performance in the first half was a bit mediocre.

This sentiment was even higher after Gao Zheng scored such a beautiful goal in the match against Almeria.

Everyone's expectations for Gao Zheng are getting higher and higher, and they think that Gao Zheng, who can score that kind of goal, what else can't be done?

almost didn't let Gao Zheng lead the Chinese team to the World Cup - Chinese fans are still rational in this matter, they feel that leading the Chinese team to the World Cup finals is considered to be a complete task......

This is naturally a huge pressure for Gao Zheng.

There are many people who are crushed in the face of heavy pressure, which can explain why the more the Chinese team paid attention to it in the past, and the more frequent the meeting, the worse the performance. Because the leaders attach importance and have frequent meetings will bring huge pressure to the players, and the Chinese players are notoriously weak in their ability to resist pressure, so the more the leaders pay attention to it, the more various mobilization meetings will be held, and the players will be more unable to let go of their hands and feet when they get on the field.

But there are also people who can withstand the pressure.

Gao Zheng obviously belongs to the latter, otherwise he would not have achieved what he is today.

At the start of the second half, despite the watchful eyes and high expectations of thousands of Chinese fans, he received a cross from Antoine Griezmann in the 60th minute, and scored a cushion shot in front of the goal, giving Atletico Madrid a 3-0 lead at home.

At this time, this score, it basically means that the outcome of this game has lost its suspense.

"Gao Zheng!! Strike!! Pretty! His clever movement caught a hole in the Sevilla defenders' defence! It was his fifth league goal of the season! After joining the new team, he scored a lot of goals, and it seemed that there was no adjustment period at all, so everyone's worries about him before the transfer were swept away......"

The Chinese fans, who were watching the game in front of the TV and computer in the middle of the night, were finally happy.

Although compared to the goal in the last game, this goal is very ordinary, so ordinary that it can even be said to be bleak, and it is more in line with the definition of "leakage" by some pseudo-fans.

But everyone is still very happy, after all, they also know that it is very unrealistic to ask Gao Zheng to score a goal in every game, as long as they can continue to score goals.

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Shortly after Gao Zheng scored the goal, he was replaced by Simeone, more than twenty minutes before the end of the game.

However, because Gao Zheng has already scored a goal, Chinese fans do not feel any regrets.

After all, Gao Zheng will represent Atletico Madrid at home next week against his former "old rival", Juventus from Serie A. During this time, the schedule was intensive, and the frequent double matches a week also had a great negative impact on Gao Zheng's physical fitness.

You must know that when he first debuted, Gao Zheng's physical fitness was a big problem.

After Simone replaced Gao Zheng, Xiao Yingying and Feng Shiyu turned off the TV and went to sleep separately......

There is no suspense about the outcome of this game, Gao Zheng also scored, so why is there any need to continue watching?

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But in fact, after Gao Zheng went down, Atletico Madrid also scored two goals.

In the 82nd minute, the Atletico Madrid midfielder directly picked up Griezmann, who burst into the penalty area, and the French front jumped up to receive the ball when his back was in the direction of the attack, only to be thrown to the ground by Sevilla's defender Figues.

Atletico Madrid won a penalty when substitute Raul Garcia slotted the ball into the bottom left corner of the Sevilla goal to make it 4-0.

In the 89th minute, Atletico Madrid won another chance to score, Sevilla substitute midfielder Denis Suarez was fouled at the back, Koke's free-kick was kicked in front of goal, and Saul, who had come on in place of Antoine Griezmann, leaped to the top of the net to send the ball into the Sevilla net for the fifth time.

This game, which was supposed to be a strong dialogue, turned out to be one-sided.

Sevilla didn't get any decent chances for almost the whole game, except for a chance in the first half of the second half, but the attack was quickly extinguished by Gao Zheng's goal.

In the first game of the manager's return to the dugout, the Atletico Madrid players used a hearty 5:0 to give Simeone the best return gift.

After this game, with five wins and one draw, they temporarily became second in the league with 16 points.

The top of the league is Barcelona, who swept 6-0 at home to Granada in an earlier game, overtaking Valencia, who have not yet played, to become league leaders.

But it doesn't matter, it's the Champions League group stage.

Atletico Madrid's surprise defeat to Greece's Olympiacos in the first round of the group stage meant that the next home game against Juventus could not be missed. If you can't win, then qualifying from the group will really become a very dangerous thing.

Atletico Madrid's opponent in this match is the reigning Serie A champion Juventus, and it is a showdown between the champions of the two leagues.

For Gao Zheng, it is also a duel between old acquaintances - he is from Sampdoria and has competed with Juventus in Serie A, and the duel between him and Juventus is still a story that the Italian media is talking about......