Chapter 172: Strong Atletico Madrid
With a win over AC Milan, Atletico Madrid won their first title of the season.
In the league, Atletico Madrid have been riding high and full of momentum, and it looks as if they are going to win the league title again this season.
However, many people know that what Atletico Madrid has to do well now is how to fight on two fronts.
After the third round of matches, Atletico Madrid will travel to the German city of Gelsenkirchen, where the first round of the Champions League will be played away, with Atletico playing away to Schalke 04.
Schalke 04 is also an established team, and everyone is recognized as a contender for qualification in Group B.
It's an interesting group of teams, as Chelsea, despite their turmoil last season, are the last four of the team and many believe they have no problem topping the group.
Schalke 04 and Atletico Madrid will be battling it out for another qualifying spot, so this game is crucial.
The two matches started at the same time, and everyone paid more attention to the match between Schalke 04 and Atletico Madrid.
The Champions League game has the right to broadcast in China, and because of the existence of Goldwind, the TV station also decided to broadcast the big game live.
"Jinfeng is not the first Chinese player to appear in the Champions League, but he is the first Chinese player to play as a starter." Huang Huo appeared in the live broadcast room on time.
Huang Huo was very excited to be able to explain the Champions League games in which Chinese players participated, the Champions League is the highest competition for European clubs, and being able to start here is enough to prove the strength of Golden Wind.
In fact, through the Asian Cup competition, you can completely see the strength of Goldwind, but the overall strength of Asian football is not strong after all.
And Huang Huo expects Goldwind to score in the Champions League, so Goldwind will be the first player in China to score in the Champions League.
Schalke 04 didn't know much about Atletico, they didn't do their pre-match work properly, and at the beginning of the game, they were stunned by Atletico's quick attack.
Golden Wind launched a quick attack as soon as the ball kicked off, Golden Wind crossed from the right and then Sergio headed the ball in.
"Good goal, just one minute into the game, Atletico brought us a goal, an assist from Goldwind." Huang Huo felt that his lineup had not been introduced yet, so why did he score?
Although it wasn't Jin Feng's entry, it was Jin Feng's assist, which was quite good.
Schalke 04 were clearly not particularly well prepared and they were very poor.
After conceding the goal, Schalke 04's attack still looked very chaotic and without the slightest discipline.
"A foul, a foul on the edge of the penalty area." Huang Huo came to the spirit, how could Schalke 04 foul here? This is clearly giving Goldwind a chance.
Golden Wind unceremoniously stepped forward and scored his first goal in the Champions League.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please remember this goal, this is the first goal scored by a Chinese player in the Champions League." Huang Huo said excitedly.
The only pity is that Goldwind is not the first Asian to score in the Champions League, not even the second, but at least Huaxia has the first person, which can be regarded as satisfying the careful wishes of Chinese fans.
In the first half of the game, with a pass and a shot from the golden wind, Atletico temporarily led Schalke 04.
In the second half, Atletico still suppressed Schalke 04, but Atletico's luck was not good, they didn't score.
"It's a goalpost again, Jin Feng's luck today is not very good." Huang Huo said very regretfully.
"Golden Wind has hit the post three times today, Schalke's defense is not good, but they have the post to help."
The post can't always save the world, and this time it was Forlan who scored Atletico's third goal of the game after receiving a pass from the Golden Wind.
In this way, Atletico Madrid won 3-0 against Schalke 04 to claim their first win in the Champions League group stage, while Schalke 04 lost the game by a big score at home, which means they are a little behind in the fight for qualification.
If it was Atletico Madrid's victory over Schalke 04, everyone would still be able to understand it, but the other game in Group B was an upset.
Favored by everyone, Chelsea, the semi-final team of the last Champions League, was forced to draw at home by Rosenborg from the Norwegian Super League.
In doing so, Atletico are temporarily at the top of Group B, leaving Chelsea in second place.
Back in the league, Atletico continued their winning streak with a 4-0 win at home to Racing Santander.
Many fans exclaimed that La Liga is about to change, and Atletico Madrid will rise strongly.
Before the second round of the Champions League group stage, Atletico Madrid also played three rounds of league games, and in these three rounds of the league, Atletico Madrid won all three rounds, so that Atletico Madrid is unbeaten in six rounds, five consecutive wins, and has 16 points to reach the top of the league table.
Xavier has made trade-offs on several fronts this year, first of all, the league must be guaranteed, the Champions League must also be placed in an important position, and as for the Copa del Rey, it is a game that can be abandoned.
That's why Xavier decided to use young players for the Copa del Rey tournament, but the Copa del Rey won't start until November.
In the second round of the Champions League group stage, Atletico Madrid will host a strong Chelsea team at home, at least as the outside world sees it.
However, the course of the game was a shock, and although Chelsea scored two goals on the road, Atletico still fought back strongly, and finally ended the game with a score of 4-2.
In this way, Atletico are top of the table with two wins, while Chelsea are in third place with just one point.
Schalke 04 won away from home against Rosenborg, so Schalke 04 are in second place.
This was a result that no one expected before the game.
Subsequently, Atletico went to challenge Barcelona away, and Barcelona was still very strong, they beat Atletico at home, which was the first defeat that Atletico Madrid tasted this season, and the first defeat that Golden Wind tasted.
Golden Wind found himself still a little small in front of the team.
However, this situation did not last long, and Atletico still ushered in a victory in the eighth round of the league.
Then, on 25 October, Atletico Madrid travelled to Trondheim, Norway, where they faced the seemingly weak Rosenborg.
Rosenborg resisted very tenaciously, but Atletico Madrid was not a vegetarian, and the two sides were inseparable, and finally scored with a free kick from the Golden Wind, and Atletico Madrid successfully took away three points from the away side.
Atletico Madrid, who have won three in a row, are still top of the group, with Chelsea winning at home to Schalke 04 to sit second by one point.
The speculation on the pitch was wrong, and it was Atletico Madrid who were in a good position to qualify, while Chelsea and Schalke 04 will be fighting for second place in the group.