The next day, reports of the match spread all over European football.

"Chinese Qin will kill at the last moment and lead the Sheets Army to move forward!"

"The most exciting and exciting duel, two games, thrilling every game!"

"Atletico Madrid advanced 5:4 thrillingly, and the game process was full of twists and turns!"

"Simeone's team has advanced to the quarter-finals, and three teams in La Liga have reached the quarter-finals this season, accounting for almost half of the quarter-finals, which shows the strength of La Liga!"

"Magath: Atletico Madrid is a strong team, they have the confidence to go further!"

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After the match between Atletico Madrid and Schalke 04, most of the other matchups have also been decided. As reported by the media, the three Spanish teams that broke through from the group stage, in addition to Atletico Madrid, which has already qualified, Real Madrid and Barcelona also defeated their respective opponents and reached the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League.

AC Milan, who are also in Group C, were not so lucky, as they were knocked out by Group B winners Arsenal 3-1 on aggregate over two legs. And Dortmund in the Bundesliga lost to French upstart Paris Saint-Germain with an aggregate score of 2:4 over two legs.

The other three teams that have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League are Chelsea and Manchester United in the Premier League, and Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga giants.

Of the eight teams, La Liga and the Premier League each occupy three places, while the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 each have only one place.

According to the rule that teams from the same league will not meet until the semi-finals, Atletico Madrid's next quarter-knockout match will likely be against a team from the Premier League. Of course, it is also possible to meet Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, but the odds are much smaller.

However, the quarters of the Champions League will not be grouped until mid-to-early March, so Atletico Madrid is once again focusing all their attention on the league at this stage.

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It's early March. After winning the clash with Barcelona, Atletico Madrid have equalled Barcelona and are second in the league table on goal difference. They also have a slim gap to top-placed Real Madrid, with just two points.

In April, they will also play Real Madrid in Calderón in another local derby, and if they can win, they can lift the points together. It can be said that Atletico Madrid has taken the fate of winning the title into their own hands.

Of course, the premise is that Atletico Madrid must keep their momentum going, before the decisive battle with Real Madrid. You must not drop the chain yourself.

The league is more than halfway through, and March and April of each season are the sprint stage of the league. During this time period, the team that aims to win the championship is rushing forward with all its strength, and the team whose task is to relegate is also gritting its teeth to support and try to grab as many points as possible.

So at this time, whether it's for winning the championship or for relegation. Every team has to fight tenaciously for their goals, and every game, every point, is precious.

March 4. Atletico Madrid travelled to the Estadio Pizjuán to take on the home team Sevilla.

Sevilla are currently fifth in the league table, and they will definitely be out of action if they win the title, but for a place in Europe. They also had to give it a go.

The continuous battles have caused the main players of Atletico Madrid to enter a period of exhaustion, so in order to accumulate energy and prevent accidents, Simeone has rotated the squad on a large scale in this game.

In addition to goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and central defender Godin. He almost changed the backline, sending new signings and second-team promotions, while in midfield, Suarez and Thiago also started in place of Gabi and Turan, and up front, it was Falcao who rotated and replaced Adrian.

Qin Shou and Costa still started. These are two of Atletico Madrid's top scorers, and both of them are very physical, so there is no problem with their fitness, and it will take them to keep the situation in the presence of the team with a majority of the bench.

And it was true that towards the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid took advantage of a quick counter-attack to create a scoring opportunity, and after a pass up front, Costa leaned his body against the defender and then turned the ball back. Qin Shou, who was keeping up, greeted the ball with a furious shot.

The ball smashed through the goal, and Atletico were able to take the lead into the dressing room because of the goal.

Sevilla fought back fiercely in the second half, but never found the back of the net. In the 75th minute of the game, Costa and Qin Shou were replaced successively, and Simeone began to shrink the defense line purposefully, ready to defend the fruits of victory.

Without Qin Shou's midfield scheduling, although Atletico Madrid's scramble is still very active, the attack seems a little chaotic and unorganized. It was precisely because they could not contain their opponents with threatening counter-attacks that Sevilla's offensive was even more ferocious.

Their efforts paid off in the final minute of the game, when in the 87th minute, Negredo received a pass from his teammate on the side, stopped the ball in the box and turned to hit the goal, Courtois couldn't make a save, and the ball broke through Atletico's goal.

1:1！

Negredo's goal helped the home side equalise.

The goal seemed to drain Sevilla's attacking momentum, and in the following minutes both teams tried to continue attacking but were unable to do so, and the game ended in a draw.

The draw left Atletico Madrid with just one league point, stretching them to four points from Real Madrid, who won this round, while Barcelona also won and moved back to second place in the league table by two points, while Atletico fell to third.

However, Rao's biggest point difference between the top three teams is only four points, which shows how fierce the competition for the league title is this season.

A week later, Atletico Madrid hosted Granada.

Granada are currently third from bottom in the league and a veritable relegation team.

Atletico Madrid, the third in the positive number, did not lose points for no reason this time, and Atletico Madrid, who played in the main lineup, established a two-goal lead in the first half.

In this game, Qin Shou's state was extremely hot, and after a short goal drought, Qin Shou opened his goal account again. In the seventh minute of the game, Qin Shou used a long-range shot to penetrate the door of the visiting team.

In the 27th minute, Qin Shou took advantage of another corner kick opportunity to push Juanfran into the gate of Granada.

The first half ended with a score of 2:0.

Atletico played less aggressively in the second half than in the first, giving Granada a chance to breathe, and the opposition stepped up their counter-attacks and at one point came close to finding the back of the net against Thibaut Courtois.

However, in the 63rd minute, Qin Shou's third goal completely extinguished the opponent's counterattack.

Costa volleyed from the edge of the penalty area, the opposing goalkeeper blocked the football, the ball bounced back into the box, Qin Shou fought in the chaos, picked up the leak, and scored his third goal of the game.

And Qin Shou's hat trick also completely killed the suspense of the game.

The score of 3:0 turned the subsequent game into garbage time, neither team scored again, and Atletico Madrid also relied on Qin Shou's hat trick to win a big victory easily.

The week passed quickly and Atletico Madrid was back on the road again, this time against Mallorca.

Mallorca are now in the middle of the league, with no hope of moving forward to Europe, and one step back is a team that has no desire and no desire.

Playing against such an opponent, in the eyes of Atletico Madrid players, should be very easy, after all, the opponent has no pursuit, and there will be no too stubborn resistance.

But in fact, the process of the game was extremely difficult.

As soon as the game started, Mallorca were extremely lucky to take the lead. They used to play in Barcelona with Mexican striker Dos. Santos fired a long-range shot straight after the pitch breakaway, and the ball hit Miranda's back and bounced into the back of the net.

For such an unexpected goal, Courtois can only cry out in vain.

However, less than ten minutes later, Qin Shou equalized for Atletico Madrid. He continued his red-hot form of scoring a hat-trick in the previous round when he burst into the box with the ball and combined with Falcao to get on the ball again before nudging it into the far corner.

Towards the end of the first half, centre-back Miranda made up for it, assisting him in the penalty area to receive a cross from Juanfrán, jumping up to stop the ball with his chest, and then leaning against the opposing defender Conceição, a non-standard sweep leg, swept the ball into the goal.

Atletico Madrid, who led by one goal in the first half, were met by Mallorca in the second half and scored again in the 61st minute by Victor to make it 2-2.

However, Atletico Madrid's overall strength is more than a step higher than that of the home team, and in the following time, Qin Shou and Koke scored another goal respectively, and the game ended with a 4-2 victory for the away team.

In three rounds of the league, Qin Shou scored six goals with a head kick, which is terrifying, and because of the crazy "brush data" in these three games, Qin Shou's league goals have come up again, and now he is only three goals away from C. Ronaldo, who ranks first in the scorer list.

Of course, the most important thing is that Atletico Madrid, who have won two in a row, once again climbed to second place in the league standings, and Barcelona lost unexpectedly in this round, and Atletico Madrid overtook Barcelona by one point. Real Madrid, on the other hand, drew away to Villarreal in the last round of the league, so that the gap between the two was reduced to two points.

The competition for the league championship has completely entered a white-hot state.

PS: Kicking WeChat YX3335665. (To be continued.) )