Valencia's previous record against Atletico Madrid was very bright, with 3 wins and 7 draws, and Valencia remained unbeaten in the last ten meetings, so psychologically, Valencia has an absolute advantage.

However, this advantage is actually useless in the eyes of many people, after all, Atletico Madrid's performance this season is obvious to all, and even Real Madrid's embarrassing record of more than ten years of winless has been broken.

Speaking of Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will be in a good mood at the moment, because Real Madrid has fallen behind again, and they are actually together

Osasuna, who are in the relegation zone, are drawn.

Calderón Stadium, Atletico Madrid and Valencia players have been stationed, Atletico Madrid's main force has fully returned, just past this week, Atletico Madrid's main force also said that it was fully rested, whether it was the Copa del Rey or the Champions League, there was nothing to do.

With the referee's whistle, the penultimate game before the winter break officially kicked off, Costa returned the ball, the ball was at Gabi's feet, and the Atletico captain took two steps forward and crossed Thiago.

In this game, Gabi is partnered with the veteran Thiago, and Atletico Madrid is currently in this position, and at the beginning of the season, Koke will be rotated, but as the season progresses, Koke uses a wonderful performance to make himself a starter.

Thiago gave them to Koke, who took a few steps and was intercepted by Romeu and passed it back to Juanfran, who was plugging in, who gave it to Lin Dong, who had already rushed to the heart of Valencia.

Lin Dong didn't choose to pass the ball, stopped the ball on his chest, and immediately knocked his heel when the ball fell, then turned around and forced the defender away.

However, the Valencia central defender was very decisive and directly brought down Lin Dong, perhaps because the game had just begun, the referee did not take out the card, but only gave Atletico a set-piece.

Atletico Madrid was very dissatisfied with this judgment, and the players were still restrained, and if they took the cards because of this, they would lose more than they would lose, but the fans did not have so many scruples, and Atletico Madrid's first boo was dedicated to the referee.

Gabi sent the ball out of the Valencia penalty area, Lin Dong fought for the first spot, the header shook the goal, the ball was slightly high, and the first wave of Atletico Madrid's attack officially ended.

Atletico Madrid wants to end the winless against Valencia, so the opening kick is more fierce, on the contrary, Valencia is more cautious, whether it is this season's record or the team's strength on the surface, Valencia is obviously inferior to Atletico Madrid, so the tactics chosen by Valencia coach Dukic in this game are based on defense and waiting for opportunities to counterattack.

It is said that so far in the season, La Liga teams have a new understanding of Atletico Madrid and Lin Dong, and Lin Dong's terrifying goal rate is even more terrifying to all opponents.

Eventually, Valencia's attack came to an end at the feet of Koke, who played the ball to Feghouli after nearly two minutes, who tried to break through on the flank, only to be cut off from behind by Koke.

Atletico immediately counter-attacked, with Koke crossing Gabi, who sent another shot to Turan, who held the ball and headed down the wing to break past Guardado.

Although Guardado's defensive ability is not very good, he is very fast, which is what Turan lacks, so Turan did not continue to dribble the ball to the bottom, but sent it directly into the penalty area.

"Lin Dong ~~~ header ~~~ missed" Although Lin Dong and Costa are both in the Valencia penalty area, Tulan's first pass target must be Lin Dong.

After landing, Lin Dong took a deep look at Ruiz, this header Ruiz didn't even jump, and because of this, Lin Dong's top was deflected, because Ruiz directly aimed at Lin Dong's waist and abdomen.

Small movements of defenders on the pitch are inevitable, and some players not only have small movements in their hands, but also do not keep the door in their mouths, the most famous of which is Zidane's in 06.

The game went on quickly, and Valencia finally had their first shot of the game, although it didn't hit the woodwork.

From Jonas's shot, Real Madrid's veteran Canales sent a beautiful through ball with a flying tackle, and faked to shake off Gabi's half of his body and then stuffed it into the penalty area.

Unfortunately, Jonas was not physically strong enough to barely shoot at compatriot Miranda's defence, the ball was too far over the goal and flew straight into the back stands.

Valencia's tactic in this game is to defend and counterattack, so Jonas, who is the fastest in the front line, has three and two skilled players behind him, increasing his possession and killing time.

Atletico Madrid is still the same, two long-range shots in a row, Turan moved sideways, Felipe inserted and crossed, and Turan shot high from outside the penalty area.

Two minutes later, Koke also hit a long-range shot, Lin Dong passed back, Koke cut in and shot angrily, unfortunately bumped into a defender and changed the flight trajectory.

In the 26th minute, Atletico Madrid ushered in the best chance of the opening game, Costa received a pass in the penalty area, did not shoot himself, and made a ball for Lin Dong.

Unfortunately, Lin Dong failed Costa this time, and failed to find the back of the net with almost no defending, the ball hit the post and bounced back just at the feet of Mathieu, who cleared the ball with a big foot.

Valencia counter-attacked quickly and the ball fell to the feet of Feghouli, who slashed diagonally to Jonas, who held the ball towards the Atletico penalty area, but couldn't get past Miranda.

Speaking of Jonas and Miranda, they are also old rivals, the two have played each other many times as early as Brazil, and they are also front and back feet when they log into La Liga.

In the 33rd minute, Lin Dong's header was deflected again, it was Ruiz, this goods still gave Lin Dong a shade, however, it was only three, when Ruiz faced the penalty area for the third time, this goods finally got the retribution they deserved.

Yellow card plus penalty, Lin Dong didn't jump this time, just waited for the ball to fall, stopped on his chest, and was about to forcibly turn around, but Ruiz directly put down Lin Dong in a hurry.

Although there was no red card, the penalty still satisfied Atletico Madrid, and Atletico Madrid fans cheered even more, so far this season, as long as Atletico Madrid scored first, the outcome of this game will be stable.

However, the Atletico players apparently rejoiced a little too soon, as the penalty did not help Atletico break the deadlock, and Costa deflected the spot-kick away for the third time this season.

"Are we a different person?" On the sidelines, after seeing Costa take the penalty kick away again, assistant coach Boggs couldn't help but suggest to Simeone.

Simeone didn't answer, but he was thinking about it, half of the season hadn't passed, but Costa had already missed three penalties, which was no longer a matter of luck.

Atletico Madrid is not without people who can take penalties, Gabi and Miranda both have good penalty skills, and the psychological quality of this two is better than Costa.