Chapter 152: The Undefeated Continues
"Horror! Unbeaten in the league, unbeaten in domestic cups, unbeaten in Champions League...... This season, Atletico Madrid are the only team in the European calendar to remain unbeaten on all fronts, and their unbeaten record has reached 37 games! Oh my God, are they rushing out of the earth and into the rhythm of the universe? ”
"Who can stop them! Who can hold them back! ”
"I'm curious to know, where will Atletico Madrid end? Or how many games can they go unbeaten against? ”
"The longest unbeaten run in European football today was set by AC Milan under Fabio Capello, who went on to go unbeaten in 58 games in all competitions. In the well-known 03-04 season, when the Premier League giants Arsenal won the championship with an undefeated record, their unbeaten record was 49 games! And now, it seems, we have another AC Milan, another Arsenal – yes, Atletico Madrid! I think there's a good chance they're going to set a new record! ”
"In fact, even if the unbeaten streak is now over, I would still give them the highest respect and praise - in modern football, which is becoming more and more competitive, it is getting harder and harder to remain unbeaten for a long time. Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, has shown everyone what makes them different, and they are brave on difficult roads! ”
With an away win over Córdoba, Atletico Madrid's unbeaten run in all competitions this season now extends to 37. While this is not the longest unbeaten run in European or even world football, it is still an extremely scary statistic. And for Atletico Madrid, a 37-game unbeaten run is enough to write their club history.
All of Europe and the world are looking at this upstart team that has only risen in the past two seasons, and they are speculating about where they will end.
However, Madrid's well-known local media "As" still sounded the alarm for Atletico Madrid: "The unbeaten record of 37 games in all competitions is indeed a gorgeous and exciting statistic, but it is also likely to translate into a kind of pressure, in fact, we hope that Atletico Madrid is still on the right track and will not be burdened with any psychological baggage because of such a long losing streak." It's just a number, a statistic, and most importantly, they have to be on the right track and keep going. ”
If at the beginning of the season, Atletico Madrid was not favored by most people, and there were still many people who questioned whether they would be as good and amazing as last season, then now they have completely silenced all doubting voices.
The league is temporarily ranked first, the domestic cup competition is under no pressure to advance to the quarterfinals, and the Champions League is also guaranteed to qualify for the quarterfinals...... It can be said that the current Atletico Madrid is moving fast towards the high point of glory and even the road to creating club history.
This is something that no one else can think of, even many players in the Atletico Madrid team can't think of. They didn't notice what they had done in the long league at all, they just followed their footsteps under the leadership of the head coach and Qin Shou, and before they knew it, they had already created such a gorgeous statistic.
Thirty-seven games unbeaten in all competitions, and that number is likely to continue to grow, is exciting to think about, but it's also a bit fantastic.
If 10 years ago, someone told the Atletico people that you would be the most competitive team in La Liga and even in Europe in 10 years, and that they would be unbeaten in 37 games, they would have thought that they were laughing at them and provoking them.
Although they love this team, no matter how you look at it, Atletico Madrid is not like a team that will achieve such a big result. Like a beggar, can you imagine him becoming the richest man in the world in ten years? I guess either the person who said this is crazy, or the world is crazy.
But now, the world is really crazy, football is really the most amazing thing in the world, everything can be not a slogan, Atletico Madrid has proved the famous saying "football is round" with practical actions.
Of course, as the newspaper said, such a result is a kind of motivation, but also a huge pressure. As the core of the team and the number one superstar, Qin Shou said in an interview.
"We are a strong team and each of us is dedicated to doing our job. Thirty-seven games unbeaten is really exciting and I'd love to see us go further, but no matter what the future holds, I think we're going to keep going. Yes, I will take my team and take any challenge, no difficulty can knock us down. We want to keep winning, but we're not afraid to lose. We can afford to lose, because after losing, we grit our teeth, get up, and ...... Keep on your way! ”
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Today's Atletico Madrid really has the prototype of a giant team. They have the quality, they have the pursuit, they may still be young, maybe they will be arrogant, they will be complacent, but after the ups and downs of these two seasons, their hearts have been trained to be extremely strong.
Even if the other players are not strong enough, as the soul of the team, Qin Shou's heart will always beat strongly - he will ensure that he will always run at high speed, as long as he does not have problems, the high-speed train of Atletico Madrid will not stop.
As if to confirm Qin Shou's "victory declaration", in the next 25th round of the league, Atletico Madrid ushered in a strong resistance from Espanyol at home. After trailing by one goal for nearly 80 minutes in the whole game, in the last minute, Atletico Madrid king Qin Shou stepped forward again and scored with a direct free kick to make the score 1:1.
Atletico Madrid's unbeaten run was maintained, and although they came close to ending their record, they were fortunate to survive.
The hard-fought draw left Atletico with a lot of criticism and criticism after the game, and most importantly, Barcelona and Real Madrid, who both won the game, brought the gap closer and were just one step away from Atletico Madrid.
With the Tigers chasing after them, the pressure on Atletico is actually very high.
But the pressure didn't crush them, and they showed their unrivalled dominance in the subsequent league game, where they thrashed Malaga 4-0 away to temporarily secure their place at the top of the league.
And Qin Shou also scored a hat trick in this game, and his league goal tally reached 31. With an average of 1.2 goals per game, it's crazy to think about. And this also allowed Qin Shou to surpass the Portuguese superstar C. Ronaldo, who has also performed well in recent times and is full of goals, two goals ahead of the opponent, becoming the first in the league scorer list.
After this game, the good news continued to come.
The highlight of this round was not Atletico Madrid's away game against Malaga, but Real Madrid's home national derby against Barcelona. The two teams are second in the league and third in the league, and Atletico will be the beneficiary of whoever wins or loses. Of course, it is better for the two teams to draw, then Atletico will maximize the benefits.
The final result was a 3-1 home win over the Catalan team, Real Madrid still held the second place in the league, and Barcelona's third position was solid and innocent, but the gap between the first two points tended to widen.
This is one of the good news, the other is the return of Atletico's injured players. Thiago, Suarez, Gámez...... Those players who had minor injuries midway through the league have all returned to the squad to report.
What's more, the whole Atletico Madrid team is happy that their old captain, Gabi, who has been away from the stadium for nearly four months, also returned to the team early and began adaptation training.
This means that in the second half of the league, Gabi will be back on the pitch and fight with them for the peak of victory!
The return of veteran captain Gabi brought morale to a high point for the entire team, and a week later, Atletico once again won by a big score, beating fourth-placed Real Sociedad to the ground and finally beating them 6-1.
Costa and substitute Thiago scored a goal each, and Qin Shou's state continued to heat up, and even got more and more intense, following the hat trick in the last round, he kicked his head and feet in this round of the league, scored four goals, and completed the big four.
His league goal tally has also climbed to 35.
Last season, he won the league golden boot with 40 goals, and this season's league has only passed 27 rounds, and his goals are close to the total number of goals in the league last season, which makes countless people exclaim, this season's Qin Shou has fallen into a crazy state, and such a crazy Chinese Qin, no one can stop it!
In fact, there really is no one who can stop it.
In midweek, the Champions League was back in flames.
Atletico Madrid hosted the French giants Marseille.
The score result of the first leg had already set the tone for the final promotion, and the second leg match, which was originally a formality, turned into a naked slaughter in Qin Shou's fiery state.
The final result of the game was the same as the first leg, 3:1, with Antoine Griezmann opening the scoring for the team, while the remaining two goals were covered by Qin Shou. Marseille, on the other hand, scored a header from centre-back Diawara.
Atletico Madrid entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a two-legged aggregate score of 6:2.
And Qin Shou is also proud of 13 Champions League goals, and he is only one step away from the single-season Champions League goal record of 14 goals set by Cristiano Ronaldo!
(To be continued.) )