Chapter 954: Countdown
Wake up? This can't happen to Ibrahimovic, even if there is a wall in front of him, the Swede will hit his head over, even if the head is bleeding, he will still be the same, this is Ibrahimovic, one of the most special players in football today.
Therefore, the outcome of this game was already predictable, especially when Atletico Madrid completed the second goal of the game through substitutions, and this game lost its suspense.
There is no doubt that Paris Saint-Germain lost this game not only because of Ibrahimovic, but also because of coach Blanco, because he could not make effective adjustments, he should have replaced Ibrahimovic when he fell into paranoia.
In the rest of the game, PSG still had the ball at the feet of Ibrahimovic, and Atletico failed to continue to score while defending well.
2:2 is also the final score of this game, Atletico Madrid successfully eliminated Paris Saint-Germain with a big score of 5:3 to enter the semifinals, which also makes Atletico Madrid closer to defending the title.
A day after seeing off Paris, the two remaining opponents in the semi-finals were also produced as scheduled, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Barcelona, with La Liga still accounting for half of the country, and one team each from the Bundesliga and Serie A.
After the semi-finals are decided, there is a draw, to be honest, there is not much difference in the strength of these four teams, so there is no difference between who is against whom, and it is not right, in fact, there is still a difference, for example, Barcelona, I don't want to play against Atletico Madrid, because Barcelona has not won a team with Lin Dong so far.
From the perspective of La Liga, I don't want La Liga teams to continue the civil war, and in the quarterfinals, Spain has already had a round of civil war.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the previous round of civil war, this draw UEFA did not do anything, no, it may also deliberately avoid the two teams, Atletico Madrid drew the Serie A giants Juventus, and Barcelona faced the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich.
Atletico Madrid and Juventus are a spear and shield match, Atletico have the best striker in football today, Juventus has the best goalkeeper of the last decade, and although Buffon is old, he is still in excellent form.
Not to mention on the other side, Pep Guardiola is facing Barcelona, the former Barcelona meritorious coach, the creator of the six-time crown, and now Bayern Munich head coach Pep Guardiola is facing his old club.
This game is another test for Enrique, this season Barcelona in the league has basically cooled, can compete for only one Champions League, although there is the Copa del Rey, but in the face of the Champions League, the Copa del Rey has no comparison.
Anyway, Barcelona is okay, there is still the Champions League to compete for, Real Madrid is not so lucky, the Galaxy Battleship season can basically be said to be over, during this period of time, there is no less discussion in the media about Zidane's coaching position, and even the Spanish media has intimately provided a coach candidate for Real Madrid.
But it's a pity that the media is working in vain this time, because Real Madrid is not ready to change the coach, although I don't know what means Zidane used, but with a season when the four are empty, you can still sit in the position of head coach to know Zidane's strength.
Real Madrid President Florentino personally came forward to refute the rumors, Zinedine Zidane will still be the head coach of Real Madrid next season, and then the core Ronaldo also made a statement.
This was the focus of the media attention before, and after the Champions League quarter-finals, the media focus has shifted to Atletico Madrid and Lin Dong.
As for why Lin Dong did not start in the match against Paris Saint-Germain, during the game, the whole world was digging into this reason, so that it was also learned that Lin Dong was not injured, which was actually proved in the game, Lin Dong on the field was still alive and well, and he was in excellent shape, and he scored two goals for Atletico Madrid.
In the first season, that is, when he was in Real Madrid, Lin Dong set a new Champions League goal record with 18 goals, and last season, Lin Dong once again refreshed the record he created, pushing the number of goals to 20.
In this season, Lin Dong is likely to refresh his own goal record again, otherwise, Lin Dong's goal rate this season has changed even more than last season, in the league, Lin Dong has scored 64 goals, an average of two goals per game, and the Champions League is a little less, but the average per game has also reached 1.6.
Not to mention the finals, just the two-legged battle in the semi-finals, Lin Dong is likely to directly refresh the goal record, after all, according to the goal rate, Lin Dong can score at least three goals in the two legs.
If you enter the final again, the number of goals will be a bit exaggerated, you know, in last year's final, Lin Dong scored the first hat trick in the Champions League final.
Of course, that's all for later, after the game against Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico's attention needs to return to the league and Simeone needs to deal with the media first.
"I think our advantage is big enough" Simeone had to come forward to explain the growing trend.
After the explanation, Simeone began to lead Atletico Madrid to fully prepare for the 33rd round, and Atletico Madrid hosted Elche in the middle and lower reaches of the table.
Lin Dong returned to the starter, and Lin Dong's partner was Griezmann, saying that although Atletico Madrid broke into the semifinals last week, there were still unpleasant things, but Lin Dong did not start to cover up.
That is, Mandzukic was replaced, and the Croatian striker was very dissatisfied with his substitution, and he threw Simeone again on the field.
In fact, not to mention Mandzukic, it is felt by other Atletico Madrid players, Simeone values Griezmann more than Mandzukic.
In addition to the attack, Atletico made a few changes elsewhere, with Thiago and Ursar coming on, and Gimenez starting again at the back, although it was Oblak in goal.
The line-up was adjusted, but the result was no surprise, and although they failed to score in the opening kick-off, Atletico still took the lead in the first half.
In the 33rd minute, Lin Dong's long-range shot from outside the penalty area helped Atletico break the deadlock, and seven minutes later, it was still Lin Dong, or a long-range shot, and the score in the first half was rewritten to 2:0.
Although an unfortunate thing happened to Atletico at the beginning of the second half, Siqueira collided with his opponent and left the field injured, but this injury did not affect Atletico to win the game.
Antoine Griezmann scored the third goal of the game, and after Griezmann's goal, Lin Dong was replaced again, but it was not Mandzukic who replaced Lin Dong but Torres.
In the end, Atletico beat Elche 4-0, with Antoine Griezmann scoring another goal after Lin Dong went off.