Chapter 128: Champion ——!!
Many media outlets feel like they have done something meaningless, which is to hype Atletico Madrid's unbeaten league run. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In more than 80 years of Spanish football, no team has won the league undefeated, and in the 2003-2004 season, when Arsenal won the Premier League undefeated, many Spanish media ridiculed the Premier League as 'not competitive'.
At that time, the Premier League was ranked below Serie A, UEFA was not a few points higher than La Liga, and the competition between the two leagues was quite fierce, and the Spanish media had reason to say this to satirize the Premier League, they believed that Arsenal won the championship because of the competition problem in the Premier League.
Then, in the 2006-2007 season, Wan Sheng led Manchester City to an unbeaten record to win the title, and also set a record for Premier League championship points.
The Spanish media burst into laughter.
The 2006-2007 season is no longer the same as a few years ago, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, have all played well in the Champions League in a row, and Manchester City is the same.
At that time, Manchester City won the championship undefeated, and it can even be said to be the highest point in history.
It was created by Wansheng team.
Now Wansheng is in charge of Atletico Madrid, and the league is still unbeaten after 34 rounds, and they also subconsciously hype up Atletico Madrid's undefeated.
But what does this mean for Wansheng?
It's much easier to win La Liga unbeaten than the Premier League, and since it's all done in the Premier League, La Liga doesn't really make much sense.
For Atletico Madrid, being unbeaten in the league is certainly an honor worthy of special attention, but for Wan Sheng, it is nothing at all, the longest unbeaten record in history is created by him leading Manchester City, leading Atletico Madrid to continue undefeated, and he can only strive to break his own record.
It's understandable that Wansheng doesn't care.
Many media suddenly felt that they were making a 'big fuss', they hyped it for a long time, and the protagonist didn't care at all.
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Due to the UEFA Champions League schedule, the 35th round of the league is played over two days, with Barcelona on the first day and Atletico Madrid on the second day.
In this round, Atletico Madrid takes on Malaga at the Estadio Calderón.
The day before the game, the team received good news that Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw away from Levante.
Before this round of the league, the difference between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona was 7 points, and Barcelona was forced to draw and only won one point, which means that as long as Atletico Madrid can beat Malaga, the difference between the two teams will become 9 points.
9 points, three games.
There are also only 3 rounds left in the league.
According to the final ranking rules of La Liga, the same points must first look at the relationship between victory and defeat, Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona home and away, the relationship between victory and defeat must be superior, in other words, as long as it can beat Malaga, Atletico Madrid will be able to win the championship three rounds in advance.
Atletico Madrid fans are already excited, and Atletico Madrid's supporting media has begun to make a big splash.
The club is ready to celebrate.
The Atletico Madrid flag was also hoisted in Madrid's Municipal Square, and all Atletico Madrid fans and relevant authorities began to prepare to celebrate Atletico Madrid's victory.
When it comes to celebrating the championship, the Madrid city government is already familiar with it.
The only difference is that in previous years, it was Real Madrid who won the league title, but this time it was Atletico Madrid, but for the city government, the difference is not much.
City officials and staff, there are also teams that support, and the Real Madrid faction and the Atletico Madrid faction are clearly divided.
Now it's time to happily switch to the Atletico Madrid faction.
Finally the game came.
At the Calderón Stadium, Atletico Madrid fans are eager to win the league title if Atletico Madrid can beat Malaga.
Even before the start of the game, some of the veteran players were already in tears in the stands, recalling that the last time the team won the league was back in the 1995-1996 season, 15 years ago, and in 15 years, Atletico Madrid had never won a domestic trophy.
In the 1995-1996 season, the elder Hill had the great luck of bringing in the Yugoslav Radomir Antik to reorganize the team.
It was undoubtedly the most glorious year in the 100-year history of Atletico Madrid, as the team won the first double in history - the 9th league title and the 9th Copa del Rey title!
In the Spanish Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 1-0 thanks to the play of Prince Calderón - Kiko and the talented midfield talent Camino Caminello!
Atletico Madrid in 1996 brought the club's 100-year history to its highest peak!
But again...... That was 15 years ago, exactly 15 years ago, Atletico Madrid even sank to the second division, and now the team is finally back on the rise, the league title is just around the corner, and some fans who experienced the 1995-1996 season can't help but lose their eyes.
Under the spectator stands, officials from the Spanish Football Federation have arrived, bringing the league championship trophy and placing it in front of the players' tunnel.
Atletico Madrid are undoubtedly desperate to win the game.
It is also an honour to win the championship three rounds earlier, and many players can't wait to touch the trophy, and this round is also played at the Calderón Stadium, and in the next round, Atletico Madrid will be away from home.
According to Wan Sheng, "This one, we have to win!" ”
Málaga don't want to be a stepping stone for Atletico Madrid, they have played very average this season, although they are 11th in the league, only three points more than Deportivo La Coruna in the league, and there is no guarantee that the team will survive relegation, and every game is very important to them.
If you lose this game, the team's ranking will drop significantly, and the next three games will become more dangerous.
In his pre-match press conference, Malaga coach Pacos Ferreira expressed his determination: "I was surprised to see that many Madrid fans had already started celebrating the championship in advance, because the game hadn't started yet! ”
"I don't think Atletico can win for sure, that's an insult to us!"
"Of course, what they do is none of our business, but we will do our best to fight for relegation! If Atletico Madrid think they can win, then they need to be careful! ”
Wan Sheng heard Ferreira's words and was a little incomprehensible.
If it were him, standing in Ferreira's position, he would definitely congratulate the opponent on winning the championship in advance, let the opponent relax his vigilance, and then in the game, he might have a little more advantage.
Instead of doing this, the other party said openly, "We will do our best!" ", also reminding Atletico Madrid to be careful.
Isn't this a reminder to Atletico Madrid to play seriously?
What a nice guy......
Ferreira said this, which is equivalent to reminding Atletico Madrid that Wan Sheng even feels that he doesn't need to boost morale or anything, as long as Ferreira's words are told to all the players, there is basically no suspense in the game.
After returning to the locker room, Wan Sheng first repeated Ferreira's words, and then said seriously, "I also want to remind you again, you must play seriously, you should all know that many times the relegation team is more difficult to deal with than the championship team, because their failure is equivalent to entering the abyss!" But we need champions even more! You all should know what our fans are doing, on the way I saw some fans crying, they really shed tears, they have been waiting for the league title for too long, 15 years! How many 15 years are there in life? We've worked hard all season long, and we're going to be in this game, so don't let the fans down, we're going to win at Calderón! ”
"If we don't win, it's a joke! The championship trophy is just around the corner, beat them and win back the championship! ”
Atletico Madrid's players are no less than the fans' expectations for the championship.
Especially the veteran players of Atletico Madrid, such as Sergio Aguero, Forlan and Raul Garcia, they never thought that the team would have a chance to win the league title, and now the league championship is in sight, which is extremely tempting for them.
So when it came to the game, Atletico Madrid worked as hard as they did against Barcelona.
Malaga has been tenacious.
However, there is a big gap in strength between the two sides, coupled with the home advantage of Calderón Stadium, Atletico Madrid has no reason to play badly.
Malaga lasted only 20 minutes.
Aguero then used a brilliant solo performance to blast open the door that had been closed in Málaga.
"Aguero! Aguero! ”
“gooooooooal!”
Juan Andrés shouted excitedly at the Calderón Stadium, "Sergio Aguero once again showed great individual skills, he shook off two Malaga defenders and helped Atletico Madrid break down the Maraga's goal with a powerful shot that was close to the line of the box!" ”
"Atletico Madrid broke the deadlock, they have seen the victory!"
After Aguero scored a goal, the game was even better, and if Malaga wanted to get points, they had to break through the door of Atletico Madrid, but their poor attack was difficult to have much effect in the front, so Malaga's attack was not, nor was the defense, and their formation was a little messed up.
In fact, Malaga didn't really have much fighting spirit as coach Ferreira said.
In the La Liga standings, they are indeed only 3 points more than Deportivo La Coruna, 18th in the league, normally speaking, 3 points is just a game, nothing at all, but for the teams in the relegation zone, 3 points is also a lot, and the rivals are not easy to play, such as Deportivo La Coruna, who will face Barcelona in the next round.
The match against Atletico Madrid is also not in the planning of Malaga, and they do not necessarily have to pick up points in this game.
Ferreira's statement is also just 'try to get it'.
The current game situation...... There's no way to fight for it!
They have done their best, but the huge difference in quality between the two sides is in front of them, Atletico Madrid have scored another goal, their attack is pitiful, most of the time they are forced to defend the goal, the game is very difficult.
So some of the Malaga players even thought the game was hopeless in advance.
When a player has a similar idea in his heart, it will be reflected in the game, for example, some people who think that they don't do unnecessary running, and when several players are like this, it will affect the overall performance.
In the 39th minute, Mesut Ozil burst into the box and pushed the ball in front of goal.
The Málaga defender was a little slower, and Klose in the middle was unguarded, so he ran easily to the goal and fired a shot into the ball.
"Klose! Klose! ”
"2 to 0!"
"There's no suspense in the game! Atletico Madrid has already secured the title ahead of schedule! ”
There was a huge cheer from the crowd at the Calderón Stadium, as did the fans watching the game on a large screen in the square outside the stadium.
The entire stadium and the surrounding area were filled with cheers, and many fans simply shouted out the voice, "Champion-!! (To be continued.) )