Chapter 306: A Special Day to Remember
Every Chinese fan who sincerely hopes that Chinese football will become better this weekend is undoubtedly happy.
Wu Lei assisted Asensio to score, achieving his first assist statistic in La Liga.
The next day, the Chinese Internet and media were full of praise and various reports about Wu Lei, and fans found these reports from various sources to reminisce about yesterday's game.
At the same time, in the second half of the night, Gao Zheng is about to appear again.
There are two games to look forward to every weekend in the future, which makes the Chinese fans feel very happy, and almost every weekend feels like a holiday.
What is a football feast?
Isn't that what it is?
However, unlike everyone's expectation of Wu Lei but apprehensive, Chinese fans are not so nervous about Gao Zheng.
After all, Wu Lei has just landed in La Liga, and every one of his initial performances is the key to determining whether he can gain a firm foothold in this team, so his every move naturally affects the hearts of Chinese fans.
And Gao Zheng is different, this is his second season at Atletico Madrid, the entire Atletico Madrid revolves around him, his position is unbreakable, what else is there to worry about? Everyone just needs to relax and watch his performance, and there will be no anxiety.
Gao Zheng is not a junior brother after all, I think when he played Serie B in Sampdoria, everyone was still worried about him.
The season when I was just promoted to Serie A, everyone was worried.
But then, that worry became less and less, less and less...... I don't know when it started, no one is worried about Gao Zheng's bad performance at all.
It's not that Gao Zheng will never have a bad performance, but even if he doesn't perform well, it will not affect his status and reputation in the team. In that case, what is there to worry about?
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In the game against Getafe, Gao Zheng did not score, but he assisted Griezmann's goal to help Atletico Madrid beat Getafe 2-0 away, accumulating 56 points and continuing to lead the league standings.
But that could change next.
Because Barcelona are going to make up for the game they are missing.
In this round of the league, Barcelona faced Celta Vigo at home, perhaps because they felt that the day of overtaking Atletico Madrid was approaching, and the whole Barcelona team was particularly excited and once again performed a goal feast.
They beat Celta Vigo 6-1 at home and are still just three points behind Atletico Madrid.
Three days later, on February 17, the sixteenth round of the league was played.
Barcelona take on Sporting Gijón away.
This make-up match was postponed to February this year because Barcelona went to the Club World Cup in mid-December last year, and the schedule was really unscheduled.
Barcelona met Guangzhou from China in their first match in the Club World Cup.
The match also attracted a lot of attention in China.
In the end, Barcelona defeated the AFC Champions League champion from China 3-0 in this game.
It fully reflects the huge difference in strength between the European champions and the Asian champions.
In the end, Barcelona defeated River Plate, the champion of the Copa Libertadores from South America, 3-0 in the final to win the Club World Cup.
In 2015, they won the Copa del Rey, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup, but lost La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup, making their dream of a six-time title unrealisable.
And it's all to blame for Atletico Madrid. After all, the two titles they didn't win were all in the hands of Atletico Madrid.
Now they have a chance to get their revenge on Atletico Madrid – if they can beat Sporting Gijón away from home, they will overtake Atletico Madrid by one point in league points and become top of the league with the same number of games played by Atletico Madrid.
At the same time, since there will be no more direct talks with Atletico Madrid in the upcoming fixtures, they do not have to worry about being reversed by Atletico Madrid later.
As long as they play their game well and keep winning, they can finally win the league title and complete their revenge on Atletico Madrid for two seasons.
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February 17 is an ordinary day, but in the minds of many Barcelona fans, it is indeed a memorable day.
Because on this day, Barcelona defeated Sporting Gijón 3:1 away and regained the top of the league standings with 57 points!
Manuel Blanco, who had disappeared online for a long time, finally appeared and posted a special tweet to celebrate this special day.
"Congratulations on the return of the King to his throne!"
Photos of the Barcelona players celebrating their goals are shown below.
Atletico Madrid fans sighed - they had hoped that Sporting Gijón could hold back Barcelona at home, let alone beat Barcelona, even if they could draw their opponents.
But now it seems that this is a luxury, with the strength of Athletic Gijón, how can this be done?
"Now we can only count on our sworn enemies in the city...... It's really unpleasant to think about pinning your hopes on them...... "said an Atletico Madrid fan online.
Although Barcelona will not meet Atletico Madrid again, it does not mean that their schedule will be smooth sailing.
In the 31st round of the league, Barcelona will face Real Madrid at home.
If Atletico Madrid still has a chance to overtake Barcelona, it may be the last chance. If Real Madrid can't stop Barcelona, then Atletico Madrid may really end up in second place by one point.
At this time, some people began to criticize the performance of Atletico Madrid in the game where they were held to a draw by Sevilla.
There's nothing to say about the away defeat to Barcelona, they have the quality. But it was a great injustice to be held to a draw at home by Sevilla......
Had they beaten Sevilla at home at that time, Atletico Madrid would have two more points than they do now, and even if Barcelona won the replay, they would still be one point behind Atletico Madrid.
And this difference of one point may determine the league championship.
Of course, there are also Barcelona fans who do not agree with the statement of the Atletico Madrid fan: "Atletico Madrid fans are counting on Real Madrid? I think they should worry about losing to Real Madrid first, and then everything will be in vain! ”
The match between Barcelona and Real Madrid is the thirty-first round, while the match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid is the twenty-sixth round, in front. If Atletico Madrid loses to Real Madrid, then don't look at the "national derby" in the 31st round, when Atletico Madrid is four points behind Barcelona, even if Barcelona capsizes in the gutter and loses to Real Madrid, what then? Isn't it still leading the standings by one point?
The dialogue between Barcelona fans and Atletico Madrid fans really made Real Madrid fans feel uncomfortable.
Since then, the dignified Real Madrid has become a tool to determine the ownership of the league championship, and the ownership of the championship has nothing to do with itself......
Real Madrid now have 52 points, five points shy of Atletico Madrid, second in the league, and six points behind Barcelona in the first place.
It's a sad story.