Chapter Ninety-Six: The Winning Streak Continues
Not long after the match, the entire Dortmund crew left Madrid in a bus.
Surprisingly, in the post-match press conference held earlier, the managers of both teams, including several players who accompanied them, were calm and did not smell of gunpowder.
This disappointed countless reporters who looked forward to the two sides continuing the fierce "war of words" after the game, before the game, the two teams spat on each other and played inextricably, which created how many eye-catching news and materials, originally thought that the two sides divided the winners and losers, the winning side should be aggressive, and the losing side should be very unhappy, it is best to scold, in order to express unwillingness and dissatisfaction, but I didn't expect that the two teams seemed to be fine, you touted me for playing well, deserving of the victory, you praised me for my excellent performance, The strength is very strong.
This feeling of "loving each other as a family" made the reporters on the scene very unhappy, but there was no way to do it, they couldn't stir up trouble at the press conference, let the people of the two teams fight, and the practice of "making waves without wind" is too obvious.
The press conference ended with a friendly exchange of compliments between the two teams, with Borussia Dortmund leaving and Atletico Madrid returning to celebrate their early qualification from the group.
Soon, the results of another game came back.
Arsenal finally secured their first Champions League win of the season on their home turf with a 2-0 home win over Napoli.
It was a simple process, with the Gunners showing their quality as a Premier League giant, controlling the tempo throughout the game and eventually scoring goals from Gervinho and Koscielny to give a comfortable win over visiting Napoli.
After this round of group stage, Atletico Madrid have won three and drawn one by 10 points, not only remaining top of the group, but also topping the group two rounds ahead of the group - if Napoli win away at Arsenal, they will have seven points. Atletico can still qualify early, but the first place in the group is uncertain. However, Napoli lost to Arsenal, so Atletico could qualify early as group winners. Because even if Atletico Madrid lose all the next two group games, they will continue to rank first by virtue of the win-loss relationship and goal difference.
For Atletico Madrid, who have already qualified from the group, their mood is extremely relaxed at the moment. But for the other three teams in the group, the mood is a bit heavy.
In addition to Atletico Madrid, which has already qualified in advance, the competition for another qualifying place can be said to have entered a white-hot stage.
Napoli has one win, one draw and two losses, and is temporarily second in the group with four points; Arsenal also have four points, but they are third in the group on goal difference; Borussia Dortmund drew three and lost one. Despite being at the bottom of the table, they are only one point away from the top two, and their hopes of qualification are still alive.
Both teams have a chance to qualify, and both have the possibility of being eliminated, and the situation can be described as chaotic. The remaining two games will be crucial do-or-die battles for them.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Atletico Madrid. In the remaining two rounds of the Champions League group stage, they can deal with it with a very relaxed mentality, sit and watch the clouds roll up, and have a leisurely mentality. That's what they're talking about.
The task of qualifying from the group has been completed ahead of schedule, and they can also focus on the league for the time being.
Four days later, Atletico Madrid hosted Madrid's mini-derby against Getafe, a satellite city on the outskirts of Madrid.
Because of the Champions League game in midweek. In order to allow the main players to have more time to rest, Simeone sent a semi-substitute and semi-main rotation lineup in this game.
However, Rao is like this, and the difference in strength between the two teams is like a trench. Belgian striker Carrasco, who started the game in place of Costa, scored a brilliant breakthrough in the seventh minute of the first half to give his team the top spot.
And before the end of the first half, Qin Shou inserted in the back row, received Vazquez's cross, and scored with a header.
Atletico had a two-goal lead in the first half, and at the beginning of the second half, Simeone began to deploy his troops to give more opportunities to the newcomers.
In the 59th minute, Alda, who had just come on as a substitute for Coke. After Turan broke through in front, he hoisted the ball into the penalty area diagonally, and Griezmann shook his head to make it 3:0.
Alda. Turan has been saying goodbye to the field for almost three months, and this one has just returned from injury, and he has provided an assist, which is particularly exciting, and the subsequent game is more positive.
And his positivity also allowed him to get a good harvest, at the end of the game, Thiago, who replaced Qin Shou, sent him a straight stopper, and Turan volleyed directly on the penalty line, fixing the score at 4:0.
With a win, Atletico Madrid have 29 points in the league and Barcelona continue their winning streak with 33 points.
Barcelona have won 11 consecutive league games, which is a frightening record, and Atletico Madrid have performed extremely well on both fronts in the league and the Champions League during this period, but there is still a slight gap compared to Barcelona's winning streak.
Atletico Madrid have won four consecutive league games, but they are still four points away from Barcelona, which will inevitably make Atletico's players discouraged. However, there is no way, they can only do their best now, keep the pressure on Barcelona behind them, and expect the opponent to make mistakes.
A week later, Atletico took on Granada away.
In this game, Atletico Madrid was the main force, and from the first minute of the game, they firmly held the initiative on the field.
In the end, they unsurprisingly got three points, the score was 5:0, Qin Shou and Costa were in a brave state, the two of them seemed to be vindictive, you scored one, I also scored one, all five goals were covered by these two, the former scored a hat trick, and the latter scored twice.
After this game, Qin Shou's league goals reached 13, with an average goal rate of more than one per game, but he could still only rank second in the league scorer list, and Real Madrid's C. Ronaldo continued to hang up, and his goals reached 16. Although Real Madrid was temporarily suppressed by Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in points, Cristiano Ronaldo still kept the face of the best club of the century for them in the scorer list.
What made all the Atletico Madrid players cheer was that in this round of games, Barcelona, who had been winning streaks and showed extremely ferociousness, finally stopped moving forward. They had a surprise upset at home, beaten 1-0 by Zaragoza.
Zaragoza deserves to be known as the "giant killer" and indeed deserves the name of Barcelona's biggest sufferer, they even knocked the mighty Barcelona to the ground on the road.
In this way, Atletico Madrid's league points have reached 22 points, and Barcelona's points have not changed, although the top position has not changed, but Atletico Madrid is only one point away from the first, which makes all Atletico Madrid players see the hope of overtaking.
Of course, the premise is that Atletico themselves can't make mistakes. Otherwise, even if Barcelona slows down and they drop the chain themselves, it will not help.
Atletico Madrid made no mistake and in the thirteenth round of the league, they won 1-0 at home to Sevilla, who challenged them on goal. It was a tough game, and Sevilla are also a well-known veteran powerhouse in La Liga, playing with caution at the Estadio Calderón and causing problems for the home side on the counter-attack.
It wasn't until the 79th minute of the game that Atletico scored a goal, Carrasco received a through ball from Qin Shou, successfully countered offside, and scored the only goal of the game. Atletico Madrid won five consecutive league games and continued to bite Barcelona by one point.
Behind them, there is Real Madrid, who are three points behind.
That is, Real Madrid are four points behind Barcelona in first place.
Last season's triwizard competition has continued again since the beginning of the new season, and the three-legged situation of La Liga has been completely formed.
In midweek, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage kicks off again, with Atletico Madrid travelling to Italy to take on Napoli away.
Having previously qualified early, Atletico Madrid will have their first league game of the season in four days' time, with their first city derby of the new season at the Santiago Bernabeu in the north of Madrid.
In order to preserve physical strength and strength, Simeone still sent a mixed lineup of half substitutes and half main players in this game. That's the advantage of having already qualified, without the pressure of being eliminated, they can be willful and can also face the game with an extremely relaxed mentality.
On the football pitch, sometimes the more relaxed the mentality, the better it is likely to perform.
This game can be described as a battle of life and death for the home team Napoli, if they win, they will firmly grasp the initiative to qualify from the group in their own hands, and if they lose, then the fate has to be in the hands of others.
Perhaps because of the pressure, Napoli showed a tight performance in this game, and as a result, Atletico Madrid scored two goals in the first half by a relaxed side. Qin Shou and Antoine Griezmann scored one goal each.
Napoli woke up in the second half and launched a ferocious counter-attack, scoring twice in the 63rd and 79th minutes through Hamsik and Pandev respectively. However, they came to their senses a little late, and before they could score their second goal, Atletico scored another goal from a corner by substitute centre-back Simeone.
The final result was fixed at 2:3, with the home team in front and the away team behind, Atletico Madrid continued their unbeaten Champions League group status, while Napoli had the same points, but their fate was completely out of their hands.
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