Defeating Barcelona at home, Atletico Madrid's record improved to five wins and three draws, accumulating 18 points, firmly in the top four, and continuing to chase the title group.

The Madrid media paid close attention to the victory, and in addition to the result, they were also intrigued by Wen's all-round attacking performance, and the number of media who contacted Wen Zhihao for interviews the day after the game was huge, and Madrid TV 2 was the equivalent of a local sports channel, and they even sent a special invitation to Wen Zhihao, hoping to find time to do an interview with Wen Zhihao. Although Real Madrid is the more popular darling of most fans, the European media has never turned a blind eye to a young man like Wen Zhihao, who has outstanding ability and a special background.

The Madrid media's impression of Wen Zhihao is not particularly comprehensive, except for his proud talent on the court, he is very disciplined off the field. There is no packaging publicity and scandal to create a hype, the exposure rate is not high, and the media material is very limited. For this interview, Madrid TV also tried to find Chinese media reports about Wen Zhihao, but not many were found. The top of the TV station is becoming more and more aware of the importance of this interview. This is a good opportunity to get first-hand information about Wen Zhihao, these people are senior relevant people, and they can naturally assess Wen Zhihao's upper limit, this interview as the most precious first-hand information, with the soaring popularity and potential value of Wen Zhihao, the value is entirely likely to rise, and then the interview record of Atletico Madrid superstar Wen Zhihao will be the only one in demand, and the income can be less?

Let's not forget that Wen Zhihao also has a rather attractive Chinese market behind him, and Wen Zhihao seems to be low-key, in case he can get some behind-the-scenes news that the Chinese media doesn't grasp......

It is not the first time Wen Zhihao has been interviewed, but he feels that the Spanish media is different from the media in the UK and the Netherlands.

Wen Zhihao knows that if he talks too much, he will lose it, and he will talk less about the media if he can talk about it, some problems are related to his past, and he doesn't want to say more, but some problems he has to face directly. Sona, the female journalist in charge of the interview, asked: "Now many Madrid fans compare you to Real Madrid's supernova Marco Asensio, have you heard of him?" Mind comparing yourself to him? ”

Wen Zhihao replied angrily: "If I say I don't mind, won't everyone compare?" Ha! I've heard of him, he was shortlisted for the European Golden Boy Award last year, I don't need to say how big the gap is, those who compare me with him, I can only say that your praise is not for me. ”

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This interview was done, and the result made the TV station executives very annoyed, there are not many valuable dry goods, Wen Zhihao's answer is very deep, although it sounds very reasonable, but it is like this question, playing with a lot of well-known things, originally counting on digging some fresh material with the east wind of Barcelona, but now it seems that the result is going to be disappointed.

Wen Zhihao didn't care about the effect of the media's publicity, for him, this was originally a temporary task, and it was done. As soon as the interview was over, he immediately returned to the training center to practice, and it is the job of a professional player to show good form on the field.

The third round of the Champions League group stage will be back in four days' time, and the next two games will be favourable for Atletico. In the third and fourth rounds, they faced Qarabag, the weakest team in the group, back-to-back, and a four-game winning streak was well worth looking forward to. Not only is there hope to lock in the qualification in advance, but the first place in the group will not be a big problem.

Away from Atletico Madrid has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and Wen Zhihao's worth of tens of millions of euros is worth more than half of the opponent's team. But football is not just about money and value, there are many other factors. First, Qarabag entered the group stage of the Champions League for the first time in their history, and they also know that it is unrealistic to break through from this group. Secondly, the main players have just experienced a duel with Barcelona, and against a relatively weak opponent, rotation is imperative. Atletico Madrid's recent main lineup is relatively fixed, and the strength of the bench players is not to be said, but playing on the field is another matter, and if you don't pay attention to it ideologically, there may really be problems.

Qarabag coach FC Kurbanov highlighted this point when cheering on his players in the dressing room: "Atletico Madrid is strong, but we are not without chances. They just played a tough game against Barcelona and they were better than us, so it's hard to stay fully focused, so that's our chance to surprise the fans. ”

Simeone's pre-match focus was also on everyone's mental work: "This is the Champions League, a new game!" Forget about the previous two wins in a row, forget about the win against Barcelona, it's still too early to qualify, and if you have problems yourself, the punishment will be terrible. ”

Wen Zhihao entered the rotation line-up for this game, with Gameiro starting alongside Antoine Griezmann. Simeone rotated one player on each of the three lines. Jimenez replaced Savic as the starting centre-back, while Argentine Gaitan, who has had few opportunities this year, also played at right midfield. Simeone still showed enough attention and respect for the underdogs, just a fine-tuning of individual positions, not the so-called reshuffle as predicted by the media.

However, this squad is basically the majority of the main force, and it is natural that Atletico Madrid have the advantage on the field, and Qarabag's tenacity is also expected by Simeone. The opponent is in a 4-2-3-1 formation, in fact, the lineup is very contractile, the defensive end is similar to 4-5-1, only the striker Ndlovu poked in the front, and when he turned into a counterattack, the full-back inserted was very resolute, the hard power was not good, but the execution of tactical discipline was quite strong.

Atletico Madrid had an absolute advantage on the field, but the most outstanding performance on the field was the opposing goalkeeper Xie Xiqi. There were at least four good saves in the first half, with Carrasco and Gaitan being denied almost half of the empty ball. Simeone's face is gloomy, it seems that the team is still an old problem, there is no pressure, the downwind ball that occupies the initiative will not be played, and the first kick lacks the decisiveness to deal with it at the first time, Griezmann showed a strong finishing ability last season, and Wen Zhihao played this role this year, but when one of the two was not on the field, and the other became unusable, the operation of the whole system was problematic.

In the second half, Simeone could only choose to replace Wen Zhihao back, and the effect was immediate. In the 80th minute, Wen Zhihao received a pass from Carrasco and volleyed in the penalty area, helping Atletico Madrid to retreat from the away stadium with the slightest advantage.

After three consecutive wins, Atletico Madrid leads the standings with nine points in Group C, five points ahead of third-ranked Chelsea, as long as they win at home in the next round, they can almost lock in 100% of the qualifying places, but Atletico Madrid also has hidden dangers, five goals in three games, Wen Zhihao contributed three, although ranked first in the Champions League scorer list, especially the Chinese media began to blow up, but it is not necessarily a good thing for the team. Too much concentration of attacking points will be a major concern in the knockout stages.

Marca's sour remarks after the game are not lacking in truth, if there is no Wen Zhihao, Atletico Madrid may be in the standings!

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