Chapter 599: The Bitter Fruit of Last Season
6:2, when the referee Gonzalez blew the whistle of the whole game, the score on the field was finally fixed at 6:2, with the home team in front and the away team behind.
In the first half, Atletico entered the break with a 3-0 advantage, but after returning from the break, Almeria unexpectedly brought a goal back.
From Rodri, full-back Rafita crossed from the wing, Rodri's first shot was blocked, and then he scored from the back of the line.
Almeria's goal eventually completed Lin's second hat-trick of the season, and after Almeria pulled one back, Simeone would not have replaced Lin Dong so soon because the game was in suspense again.
The result was that Lin Dong again turned the lead back to three goals in the 60th minute, this time with a long-range shot, Costa rushed into the penalty area to create conditions for Lin Dong, and Cork passed Lin Dong diagonally, and Lin Dong outside the big penalty area was unguarded.
As a result, Lin Dong ushered in the first long-range goal of the season, because the previous goals were all in the penalty area, and everyone may have ignored that Lin Dong also has a long-range shooting skills.
Although Lin Dong's goal completely sealed the victory, Atletico Madrid's goal did not stop, and in the next 20 minutes, Koke and Thiago scored successively, expanding the score to 6:, during which Lin Dong has been replaced.
Almeria chased another goal in the last minute to lock the score at 6-2, which was also the first time Atletico Madrid conceded more than two goals this season, and Atletico now has a very bad phenomenon.
Because the team often locked the win early, Atletico always lacked in defense at the end of the game, resulting in always conceding goals at the end.
Simeone has found out that Simeone is very ambitious, and of course, Atletico Madrid is also very ambitious, and if Atletico wants to go further, then this problem must be solved.
This is something that Simeone and his disciples need to solve, and as Atletico fans, at this moment, they just have to enjoy the joy of their team.
Especially on the second day, when Real Madrid only won a draw at the Stadio de la Romance, Atletico Madrid's fans were completely in a frenzy.
Although Bale scored his first goal for Real Madrid in this game, Bale's first goal did not bring luck to Real Madrid, as Barcelona veteran dos Santos completed the fatal blow and finally tied the score after Real Madrid overtook the score.
Real Madrid fell out, Barcelona almost fell behind, and in the last minute of normal play, Sevilla tied the score to a 2-2 draw.
However, in stoppage time, Barcelona relied on Messi's breakthrough and Sanchez's stunner once again overtook the scoreline, but the score was full of controversy.
Because at the end of the 90 minutes, the referee signaled that the stoppage time was three minutes, but by the time Barcelona scored the last goal, the stoppage time was close to five minutes.
So after the game, Sevilla was very dissatisfied, the players found the referee, the coach found the fourth official, and the subsequent post-match interview, the coach was even more wild.
For the situation of Barcelona, Atletico Madrid players are naturally on the side of Sevilla, although Atletico Madrid has a good relationship with Barcelona, but the fans value the interests of the team more.
If Barcelona also draws this time, then Atletico Madrid is the only one left to maintain all wins in La Liga, and Atletico Madrid has won all four games in the current league, and occupies the top spot with the number of goals.
The second is Barcelona, who have won all four games with Atletico Madrid, and then this round ended in a draw with Real Madrid and Villarreal, both teams have also won all three of their previous rounds.
Atletico Madrid has been away from the La Liga title for too long, and they have been suppressed by death over the years, so they are still very happy to be able to occupy the top spot.
However, the attention of Atletico Madrid players is no longer on the league, although Real Madrid drawn, but at the beginning of last season, Atletico Madrid did not suppress Real Madrid.
Atletico's attention is now more focused on the Champions League in midweek, you know, this is the first time Atletico Madrid have returned to the Champions League in five years, and the last time they reached the Champions League was the 0-09 season.
That Atletico Madrid finally ranked fourth, won the Champions League qualifiers, and then broke into the main game, and even broke into the knockout stage, speaking of which Atletico Madrid and Porto are also enemies, because the last knockout round eliminated Atletico Madrid's official Porto, UEFA's madness no longer needs to say more, for the sake of gimmicks, turn over the old accounts of adulthood.
However, Atletico's first game of the group stage is not Porto, but Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg, and Atletico will host the Russian giants at home.
From the perspective of the lineup, Zenit St. Petersburg is better than Atletico Madrid, with not only the "Hulk" Hulk on the front line, but also from Porto, Portugal, as well as the former core Arshavin, and behind him is the Belgian talented midfielder Witsel.
And in recent years, Zenit St. Petersburg has been a regular in the Champions League, and the Champions League experience alone is not comparable to Atletico Madrid, after all, Atletico Madrid has been away from the Champions League for five seasons, and there are very few players with Champions League experience in the team.
This is not the worst, Atletico Madrid's worst now is Lin Dong, Lin Dong can be said to be Atletico's most experienced player in the Champions League at present, not only broke the Champions League goal record for half a century last season, but also helped Real Madrid reach the final and eventually win the title, although he did a full 90 minutes on the bench.
But it is precisely because of the championship last season that Lin Dong suffered the most UEFA punishment, but Lin Dong obviously deserved it, and throwing trophies is such a thing, and the suspension of three games is already very light.
But this has hurt Atletico Madrid, who have no Champions League experience in the team, let alone the loss of the main core.
Yes, Lin Dong is now the tactical core of Atletico Madrid, which can be seen from Lin Dong's performance on the pitch now, not to mention that the airport tactics in front of him are all around Lin Dong, otherwise why would Lin Dong often take the lead in scoring goals.
And after losing Lin Dong, Atletico Madrid's attack power will undoubtedly drop a notch, 0 goals in 4 games, an average of 2.5 goals per game, accounting for almost half of Atletico Madrid's goals, Atletico Madrid has only scored 22 goals in four games, of course, 22 goals in 4 games is already an exaggeration, and it is already one-third of Atletico Madrid's goals in the entire season last season.
Therefore, it can be seen from the data alone what kind of existence Lin Dong is for Atletico Madrid, and even if it is not an exaggeration, Atletico Madrid with Lin Dong and Atletico Madrid without Lin Dong can be described as two teams.
It is clearly impossible for the head coach of Zenit St. Petersburg not to see this, not to take it into account.