Maybe the city derby with Real Madrid took too much Atletico Madrid players' energy, or maybe it was because after winning the Madrid city derby, the Atletico Madrid players slack.

All in all, Atletico Madrid suffered a surprising 3-2 defeat to Greek side Olympiacos in this Champions League group stage on Tuesday night.

Olympiacos is definitely not a strong team in this group, he is only a team in the third tier, only better than the Swedish side Malmo in the fourth tier. Although they have also participated in the Champions League many times, more often they just come to the group stage to play soy sauce and leave, and their strength is far from the real giants in Europe.

Originally, everyone thought that Atletico Madrid and Juventus would compete for the top spot in the group, and both Olympiacos and Malmo were the targets of the two teams to get points. In the end, it was the two teams that went head-to-head to decide the winner.

As a result, at the beginning of the group stage, Atletico Madrid capsized in the gutter.

Juventus, who are in the same group, beat Malmo 2-0 at home and got the Champions League off to a flying start.

This is a completely different form from their faltering performance in the group stage of the Champions League last season. I don't know if it's because after there is no threat from Gao Zheng, they can also devote themselves to the Champions League, unlike last season, when they had to be distracted in the league to watch out for Gao Zheng......

City rivals Real Madrid swept Basel 5-1 in the Champions League group stage on the same day.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal in the game, along with an assist.

The victory freed Ronaldo and the entire Real Madrid squad from pressure and criticism.

After the defeat to Atletico Madrid, the media and the internet were full of critics who thought that Real Madrid's performance was simply too bad. Although Cristiano Ronaldo was very active in the game and made many killings, which should not be criticized, he was still scolded after the game.

People don't care if Ronaldo creates a lot of kills, they only care that Ronaldo only scored one goal. For a star of Ronaldo's level, shouldn't he turn the tide in the game? When the team is in trouble, he has to step up and score goals to bring the team to victory, and if he doesn't, even if all the killing opportunities he creates for his team-mates are wasted, that's his responsibility. After all the accolades he has enjoyed, he should also take the same responsibility.

So in fact, in the game against Basel, until Cristiano Ronaldo scored, every time he got the ball, there would still be sporadic boos in the stands.

When he scored, the boos disappeared and turned into a tsunami of cheers.

Football is so cruel, if you win, you are a hero, if you lose, then you are a bear, and how much praise you have to bear, how much criticism you have to face.

Real Madrid eased the pressure with a win in the Champions League group stage, and now more of the pressure has shifted to Atletico Madrid's side.

Last season's runners-up, this season's group stage did not lead to an opponent they should have won, casting a shadow over the team's prospects of qualifying from the group.

Post-match criticism followed.

Of course, the criticism was more directed at the Atletico Madrid team as a whole, and especially at the team's backline.

After all, last season, Atletico Madrid only conceded a total of three goals in the entire Champions League group stage, and this season they conceded three goals in the first group stage, directly tying the goals conceded in the group stage last season, such a defensive performance is really unreasonable.

Simeone was also criticized, with some media ridiculing him for not directing the game in the dugout for too long, so he was a little rusty, which led to the team losing the game.

Gao Zheng, who is the most concerned by Chinese fans and the media, has not been much criticized, and he scored a goal in the game to complete his first goal in the Champions League this season, changing the score to 1:2, giving Atletico Madrid hope again.

As a result, in the 73rd minute, Olympiacos scored again, and the score was pulled away again.

Another goalkeeper for Atletico was Antoine Griezmann, who leveled the score at 3-2 in the 86th minute.

In the final minutes, Atletico Madrid pressed all over the line, bombarding the Olympiacos goal, but could not equalize in the final minutes.

Atletico Madrid can only accept the bitter consequences of losing away to opponents who are far inferior to them.

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After losing away to Olympiacos in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid did not improve back in the league, and they were forced to draw 2-2 at Celta Vigo at their home stadium.

Gao Zheng did not start this game, and after playing consecutive national team games, Madrid city derbies and Champions League away games, Simeone took into account Gao Zheng's physical condition and removed him from the starting list.

The game became 2-2 in the 53rd minute, with the centre-back duo of Miranda and Godin scoring two goals from Atletico Madrid, both from set-pieces, which illustrated Atletico Madrid's strength from set-pieces.

However, the two goals did not stop people from criticising the centre-back pairing.

Because Atletico Madrid still conceded two goals in this game.

In the 53rd minute, Miranda, who scored the goal, committed a foul in the penalty area, which not only allowed herself to receive a yellow card, but also gave Vigo Celta a penalty, and it was with this penalty that Celta equalized.

In the 70th minute, Gao Zheng was substituted.

However, he was unable to turn the tide after he went up and helped Atletico Madrid beat Celta Vigo and win the game.

The final score was a 2-2 draw, and Atletico Madrid finally stopped their streak of league wins.

After this game, Atletico Madrid's league ranking also fell from second place to fourth, and was overtaken by Valencia and Sevilla.

Although you didn't lose in the league, you didn't win at your home stadium, which is no different from losing a game.

The two-game winless run has left Atletico Madrid caught up in media criticism, and everyone is stressed and not in high spirits.

Originally, before going to the away game to play the Champions League group stage, Gao Zheng had told his agent Viviano that he would invite his teammates to his new house for a party when he returned. As a result, Atletico Madrid lost to Olympiacos away at that time, and Gao Zheng had to cancel the party temporarily.

But seeing that his teammates had not won two games in a row, Gao Zheng changed his mind in the face of criticism from the outside world and his own pressure.

He plans to invite everyone to his house to have some fun and relax.

Before starting the day's training, he extended an invitation to his teammates in the locker room.

Everyone is a little surprised - there is a lot of criticism from the outside world now, and going to parties to eat and drink at this time will make the media and fans have more opinions about them?

Gao Zheng explained this as follows: "It is precisely because of our recent poor performance that I think we need a party to relax and adjust. I don't think you're going to be able to win the game again if you're sad all the time. No matter if you win or lose, you still have to go on, don't you? ”

The teammates were still a little hesitant about this, and not everyone agreed to come to the party. They may still be worried that the team is in a bad situation at the moment, and if they go to have fun, it will attract criticism from the media and fans.

Gao Zheng expressed his understanding that people have their own ambitions and cannot be forced.

But there were also a number of people who expressed interest in coming to the party, such as his partner up front, Frenchman Greezmann.

In this way, that night, the roadside of Gao Zheng's new home was full of cars, all of which were Atletico Madrid players who came to attend Gao Zheng's new house party. Of course, there are also some Atletico Madrid players who live in Lafinca, who also choose to drive, because Lafinca is not a small place.

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Cristiano Ronaldo was standing in his room on the third floor of his villa, and through the window, he could see that the direction of Gao Zheng's house was full of cars parked on the side of the road, and the yard was lit up.

I can't hear the sound, but I can imagine that it must have been bustling.

Can you still party with great fanfare if you lose the game?

Do you really think what happened to Lafinka can't get out?

The Portuguese snorted, the Chinese from Italy who didn't seem to have seen the Spanish paparazzi before......

He waited to see Gao Zheng's joke.