In the 65th minute, Wen Zhihao assisted Costa to score, and Atletico Madrid took a crucial lead at home.

With nearly 70 minutes of goal approaching, the balance of the game was clearly tilted in Atletico's side, and Simeone had already begun to set up a defence and control the tempo. However, he is not in a hurry to adjust, and can see what his opponent makes first, and he has plenty of room to adapt to all changes.

There is also a precautionary purpose, I only have one last substitution left, in case a player is injured in the final stage, which can be used to deal with the emergency.

Marcelino was already ready to replace Mina to strengthen the attack, and now this plan has been overturned, in less than 20 minutes, with Atletico Madrid's performance and Simeone's style, he will definitely not be satisfied with this most unsafe advantage, and will definitely take advantage of the heat of the goal to press, at this time and the opponent is not a good choice.

Having coached La Liga for more than ten years, led a championship team of Valencia, and also coached relegation teams such as Racing Santander and Zaragoza, Marcelino has a lot of experience in grasping trade-offs and advances and retreats. It will never be like the young leader of the Shaozhuang faction, who is hot-headed for a while, knowing that he can't do it.

Valencia quickly made a change in position, with defensive midfielder Kondogbia coming off and Chilean midfielder Aureliana coming off the bench. He has yet to play this season, but Marcelino sees his ability to play the ball on the offensive end and could help Parejo. Replacing the defensive midfielders with attacking midfielders is the smoothest transition for Marcelino to intensify the attack.

With two attacking players in midfield at the same time, Valencia did set off a wave of counter-attacks, and for a while 70 minutes later, Valencia put Atletico at bay. Parejo and Zaza kept Atletico busy in front of their own goal for a while, and also gave Oblak the chance to be on camera in the spotlight matchup. Although the scene has been hot, there have not been many shots that can make Oblak make saves until then, who has made Atletico's midfield perverted at both ends of the pitch, and two world-class defenders of Godin and Savic guarding the box. Being an audience on the field is also an invincible loneliness......

The campaign didn't last long, as Oblak had just mustered the excitement and Simeone replaced Antoine Griezmann with Saul to strengthen the midfield and regain the initiative.

Simeone made a 4-5-1 late formation, including Wen Zhihao, who retreated to midfield and tried to wear down the opponent's fighting spirit through the control of return passes and cross-passes.

The final stages of the game were like a clash between the best teams, with Atletico playing conservatively and cautiously, while Valencia were bent on dominating possession, but most of the time they were just doing nothing. Wen Zhihao has encountered this situation countless times in one season at Vitesse, and he is naturally comfortable with it.

He Wei felt very interesting, which was very different from Atletico's style.

"Simeone, is this going to learn from Barcelona and break the opponent's will through possession? If that's what Simeone memeled in, it can only be said that he has only learned the surface, and the core of Barcelona's Tiki-taka style is attacking forwards, and now Atletico are almost all passing horizontally and back. In fact, at this time, Atletico Madrid can fight for another one, and you can sit back and relax with a two-goal lead. ”

Of course, fans and commentators hope that the scene will be as hot as possible, but Simone will not be stupid at this time, and being able to win the key battle at the minimum cost is the most perfect result. And with only 10 days to go before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Simeone doesn't want to have an unexpected injury caused by a pointless risk.

In the last ten minutes, Atletico Madrid really used back and forth to exhaust Valencia's fighting spirit and maintain the 1:0 advantage until the end.

Marcelino was a little unhappy with the defeat after the game, because Atletico's tactics were "too bummer". ”

Valencia fans and Real Madrid fans immediately criticized Atletico Madrid's style of play, which simply discredited La Liga, which is moving towards the world's first league, and seriously dragged down the league's viewing legs.

Simeone didn't care about that, and after this victory, Atletico not only overtook Valencia to move into second place in the table with 54 points, but also won 11 consecutive games in all competitions. They are just two games away from equalling the all-time record of 13 straight wins set in 2012-13.

What makes Atletico Madrid fans even more proud is that the league has been played more than halfway, and Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are unbeaten in the standings at the same time, which is far behind Real Madrid, and the number of goals conceded is in the single digits, Atletico Madrid conceded nine goals, and Barcelona has one less.

Real Madrid is currently eight points behind Barcelona and has fallen to fourth in the standings, and it is difficult to counterattack in the league, and want to reach the top again in the Champions League? First of all, ask the ambitious Atletico if they say yes.

At the end of the 22nd round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid replaced the top two teams that had long belonged to Real Madrid, four points behind Barcelona, and became the team that could most threaten Barcelona's re-coronation.

Compared to Atletico at the start of the season, the current pattern is surprising enough, but this is not the first time such a situation has occurred. It appeared once in the 2013-14 season.

At that time, Atletico Madrid relied on Costa's all-powerful goalscoring performance and Simeone's strong defense to firmly suppress Barcelona and Real Madrid in the second half. Before the final round of the league, Atletico Madrid is three points ahead of second-place Barcelona and third-place Real Madrid by five points.

That time, Simone had the last laugh. Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring for the home team, giving Barcelona hope of reaching the top of the whistle. However, Godin equalised for Atletico in the second half and became the team's hero.

It was in that season that Atletico conceded 26 goals in a single season, and Simeone's iron-clad defence has since truly made a name for himself on the European stage.

When the Catalan media discovered that Atletico Madrid were following Barcelona closely, euphoria and nervousness followed. Unlike in the past, Barcelona are now on the dominant side, and they are four points ahead, more than one goal apart. The pro-Barcelona media, represented by Le Monde Sport, is full of confidence. Barcelona will definitely throw Atletico Madrid out of sight. Unbeatable gesture to reclaim the championship trophy strongly.

However, the facts immediately slapped him in the face. In the 23rd round of the league, Atletico Madrid beat Malaga 3:2 in a thrilling away game, and Wen Zhihao contributed a key equalizing goal. Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Getafe's Bucket Pair. The lead narrowed to two points and the Catalan media finally felt the price of hubris.

If God wants to destroy man, he must first make him mad. The situation teaches the pro-Barcelona media to keep a low profile. lost his character in advance, and the rest is estimated to be only a piece of chicken feathers.

Atletico's winning streak this season has extended to twelve. In the first leg of the quarter-finals in the middle of next week, Atletico's chance to equalle their all-time winning streak is within reach.