The Champions League quarter-final draw group will have to wait another week.

Before that, Atletico Madrid had another league game against Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid at home.

In this game, Gao Zheng and Griezmann's "GG combination" once again exerted its power, Gao Zheng scored two goals, and Griezmann scored one assist and one goal.

Helped the team beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1 at home.

Gao Zheng scored twice to increase his personal goal tally to fifteen.

At the same time, he also surpassed Neymar and Suarez in the league scorer list, sitting at the top of the scorer list with 15 goals.

This is not the first time Gao Zheng has sat in this position this season, and for Gao Zheng's supporters, Gao Zheng is just regaining what belongs to him.

And what makes Atletico Madrid fans even happier is that in this round of the league, Barcelona drew again!

They were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Deportivo La Coruna.

Just like in the previous round of the league, Barcelona also conceded in the 86th minute and were held to a goalless draw by Deportivo La Coruna.

It was a surprise that Barcelona could have been equalised in the 86th minute for two consecutive games.

Real Madrid, meanwhile, also suffered a surprise 1-0 away defeat to Villarreal in this round of the league.

It's unbelievable that neither of the two competitors won.

Now Atletico Madrid has 39 points, while Barcelona is only 32 points, and Real Madrid is even worse, with no more than 30 points, and currently has 29 points, ranking third.

Simeone's plan to make the team as big as possible in the league turned out to be working.

It was a real surprise.

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Next up is the draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League.

Because Atletico Madrid is the top team in the group, they will play away first and then at home, and this schedule is in favor of the team that wins the group. After all, the home team comes first, which means you still have a chance to go back to your home stadium and correct the mistakes you made in the first leg.

The first leg of the final quarter-finals is as follows:

Paris Saint-Germain host Chelsea.

Benfica drew Zenit St. Petersburg.

And Wolfsburg became the most envied team because they drew the "grand prize" Ghent.

When the results of the draw came out, the representatives of the other teams cast the Wolfsburg representatives with envy and hatred.

Roma and Real Madrid will stage horse races in the quarter-finals to see who can run fast.

Juventus face Bayern Munich.

Arsenal had the misfortune to meet Barcelona.

Manchester City drew a good draw and their opponents were Dynamo Kyiv.

Atletico Madrid's signing is also not bad, and their opponent is PSV Eindhoven.

Although they did not draw Gent, they also avoided the three strong teams of Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Arsenal.

If Atletico Madrid make it to the quarter-finals, there will also be a draw to determine who they will face in the quarter-finals.

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After the draw was announced, Atletico Madrid also ushered in the second leg of the fourth round of the Copa del Rey.

In the first leg, they beat La Liga side Reus 2-1 away.

This second leg, they are playing at home.

Although Atletico Madrid only led by one goal in the first leg, which did not seem very safe, Simeone still used a rotation lineup and did not let the main team play.

Gao Zheng simply didn't even enter the list.

It is estimated that if he wants to participate in the Copa del Rey, he will have to wait for the next game.

It's the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Reus 1-0 on their home ground and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.

The competition will be held on January 6 and January 14 next year.

Last season, Gao Zheng missed this stage of the Copa del Rey because of his participation in the Asian Cup. By the time he returned, Atletico Madrid had already been eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Barcelona.

So he only scored one goal in the Copa del Rey last season.

However, this season, without the interference of the Asian Cup, maybe he can score more goals in the Copa del Rey?

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Last season's La Liga actually had a winter break, for example, the 16th round of the league last season was played on December 21, and the next round of the league was on January 3 of the following year, which was about ten days in between, leaving the players with a week of vacation.

This is the winter break in La Liga.

La Liga's winter break has always been very short, about the same time as Serie A.

The longest winter break in the top five leagues is the Bundesliga, which usually involves a five-week break.

This has something to do with the climate of various places, Western Europe has an oceanic climate, and the winter is not too cold, especially in Spain, many British people will even run to Spain in winter to vacation, just because there is warmer sunshine here.

Germany, on the other hand, has a typically continental climate, with naturally colder and longer winters.

However, there will be no winter break in La Liga this season.

This is because in the summer of 2016, there was the European Championship, and the leagues of all countries had to end earlier than usual, and the schedule was dense, so the natural winter break was compressed.

Originally, La Liga's winter break was short, but this time it was simply canceled.

The last league game of 2015 was between Villarreal and Valencia on December 31.

The first league game of 2016 was played on 2 January, when Espanyol hosted Barcelona and the Catalan derby.

There was only a day in between, and you can see how dense the schedule is.

And such a dense game will definitely put forward higher requirements for the physical fitness and body of the players.

Gao Zheng will also frequently return to China to participate in the World Cup qualifiers in the process, and I am afraid that he will have to work harder this season.

really responded to the "famous saying" of Six Star Sports: "For the sake of Chinese football, Gao Zheng, you should grit your teeth again!" ”

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Maybe it's because Barcelona has made mistakes again and again, which makes Atletico Madrid slack.

In the 16th round of the league, Real Madrid defeated Rayo Vallecano 10-2 at home, while Atletico Madrid unexpectedly capsized in the gutter.

They faced 16th-placed Malaga away and lost the game with a score of 0:1!

Although even if they lose this game, Atletico Madrid is still the top of the league.

But now they have one more game than Barcelona, but they are still only seven points ahead, and Real Madrid has also caught up, accumulating 32 points, the same as Barcelona, but because of the problem of winning and losing, they continue to be in third place.

Barcelona are going to the Club World Cup, so this round of the league has been postponed to February 17 next year.

Although it hasn't been played yet, everyone thinks that Sporting Gijón should not be able to stop Barcelona at home at that time, and these three points can be counted directly by Barcelona......

It's a bit of a shame to say this, but who calls someone's opponent a super giant like Barcelona?

All in all, Atletico Madrid's defeat gave them a missed chance to continue widening the gap.

I wonder if today's defeat will make Atletico Madrid regret it towards the end of the season?