Chapter 181: Chinese Rockets

Ringer scored a hat-trick in two consecutive La Liga rounds, which became the hottest news in Spanish football, and even had a lot of influence in European football.

"Another super striker produced by Atletico Madrid, Chinese-style rocket lifts off in La Liga", this is the report of "Marca".

"When the Chinese joined Atletico Madrid in the summer, we had high expectations for him, because his transfer fee was really not cheap, 40 million euros."

"But as the Chinese adapt to the rhythm of Spanish football, his ascent is as fast as a rocket, after the Champions League hat trick, now it is two consecutive league hat tricks, which is something that only Ronaldo and Messi can do before, and the Chinese have now done it, he is undoubtedly a super striker in football other than Ronaldo Messi, he is a Chinese rocket that is soaring in Spain~~~"

This report in the newspaper Marca received a lot of reprints, so Ringer began to have the nickname of the Chinese rocket.

Various figures expressed their opinions on Ringer's performance, and Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo said in front of reporters: "When Diego (Simeone) said that he would spend 40 million to buy a Bayern substitute striker, we did hesitate, but fortunately, we finally agreed to Diego's proposal and spent 40 million, which is well spent. ”

"He's the guarantee of the team's goals, I would even say he's the best player in the world, no worse than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and all Atletico fans are proud of him in the red and white striped shirt."

The Atletico president's touting is a bit too much, but he is signaling that the club has recently begun to contact Thomas Crote to discuss a salary increase.

Simeone also said in front of the media: "I never doubted his ability, he was perfect on the pitch and I couldn't find the words to describe him. ”

The retired Heynckes also said in an interview with German journalists: "I gave the club the advice we should do our best to keep him, he still has a lot of potential that has not been fully realized. It's a pity that the club eventually let him go, but we still have enough good players in the team and his departure is a loss for Bayern, but it will not affect Bayern's results. ”

Ringer's first head coach, Bobovic, was also interviewed by Chinese journalists and said: "I only coached him for a few games, and I said that his future would be in Europe, and some guys laughed at me for being whimsical, but it turned out that I was right, and Lin even exceeded my expectations. ”

In this round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid defeated Getafe 7-0 at home, while Real Madrid and Barcelona won respectively, and the top three in the La Liga standings remained unchanged.

However, in the Real Madrid game, Ronaldo was injured after scoring a goal in the first half, and Ronaldo, who had been breaking out for half a year, finally couldn't stand it. Although the injury is not serious and only needs a week or two of rest to come back, it is still an injury.

As a result, two of La Liga's most talked-about stars have been injured, and Ringer has undoubtedly become the most popular striker in La Liga for the time being, and the most talked about star.

After two consecutive hat-tricks, Ringer's La Liga tally has reached 13.

At the top of the current La Liga scorer list is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 17 league goals so far.

Second place is Ringer's team-mate Diego Costa, who has been playing hard in the first few rounds, scoring a total of 14 goals even if his performances have dropped recently.

Ringer is third on the scorers' list with 13 goals.

As for the much-talked-about Messi, he has scored just eight goals in La Liga with his intermittent injuries.

With this hat-trick, Ringer's tally of goals in 2013 also increased to 42, once again surpassing Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic also scored a goal in Ligue 1 at the weekend and currently stands at 41, just one less than Ringer.

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After the 14th round of La Liga, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage will be held in midweek, and Atletico Madrid will go to Russia to take on Zenit St. Petersburg.

Before the Champions League began, Ringer was called out of the manager's office by Simeone.

"Lin, would you like a cup of yerba mate?"

"Not yet, Cholo." As the two grew acquainted, Ringer began to refer to Simone more by the nickname Cholo.

"Okay, I'll just get to it." Simeone said: "We've already topped the group in the Champions League, so I'm going to rotate the squad and keep most of them in Madrid, so so do you. ”

"Uh, okay." Although Ringer also has the idea of continuing to score two goals, but the manager has an arrangement, how can he obey the arrangement.

"Lin, I know you're competing with the Swedes, and if you can be named in this year's Team of the Year, it's a good thing for the team, but Russia is not an easy place, it's very cold and there is an extreme climate in Russia right now, and the opponent will definitely be very desperate for the right to qualify from the group, we have already occupied the top spot in the group in advance, there is no need to take risks, and I arranged this way to prevent injuries."

Ringer has heard of the troubles in Russia, especially in St. Petersburg, the northernmost big city on the planet, which has been very cold recently, but also has polar weather, and it will be dark at three o'clock in the afternoon, and many people will be quite uncomfortable when they go for the first time.

With Ringer's performances impressive, Simeone also had to take care of Ringer's emotions, and he continued: "Actually with your successive hat-tricks, a lot of the media have sided with you and think you're better than the Swedes and you don't need to take that risk. If you just want to score more goals than the other side, the Copa del Rey starts next week and we play in the first round against the third-division side Saint-André, so if you want two more goals, I can arrange for you to start in that kind of game. ”

In this way, in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Atletico Madrid, which had already qualified for the first place in the group in advance, rotated and went to Russia away with a squad dominated by most of the substitutes.

The Russians were said to have been happy when they got the news, just when they needed to take points to qualify from the group, but at the end of the game they were not so happy.

Atletico Madrid, who were mainly substitutes, scored the first goal on the defensive counter-attack away from home, and Zenit fought back desperately to create an own goal to equalize, and finally Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 away to Zenit and continued to remain unbeaten in the Champions League group stage this season.

However, in the other game in the same group, Porto were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Austrian Vienna, which was a slightly happier news for the Russians.

After five rounds of group stage in Group G, Atletico Madrid has 13 points from 4 wins and 1 draw, Zenit has 6 points from 1 win and 3 draws, Porto has 5 points from 1 win and 2 draws, and Austria Vienna has 2 points from 2 draws.

The final round will decide who will qualify between Zenit and Porto, with Porto going to Calderón to play Atletico Madrid, who have already qualified, and Zenit going to Austria to play Vienna.

At the end of this round of the Champions League, someone actually completed a hat trick, Juventus defeated Copenhagen 3:1 at home, and Juventus midfielder Vidal completed a hat trick, which is already the seventh hat trick in the Champions League this season.

At the same time, in this round of the Champions League, Ringer, Ronaldo, and Messi did not play, but Ibrahimovic played and scored a goal, and his Champions League goals this season reached 8, catching up with Ronaldo for the first place, and also equaling the number of goals scored in the group stage in a single season in the history of the Champions League.

Yes, the current Champions League group stage goal record is eight, Inter Milan's Crespo in 02/03 and AC Milan's Inzaghi in 02/03, as well as Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy in 04/05, both of whom scored eight goals in the group stage that year, and now Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic have equalled that record.

Ibrahimovic, who had recently been stolen by Ringer for a lot of limelight, finally pulled back a city, so he stood up again and spoke out, saying in front of reporters: "You can go and tell the Chinese that Zlatan has scored again and has set a Champions League record." ”

After listening to the reporter's words, Ringer said: "Congratulations to him on reaching nine Champions League goals this year, and let me know when he can score his seventh goal in the knockout rounds of the Champions League." ”

Although Ibrahimovic has scored a lot of goals in the league, he has always been criticized for not being able to play tough battles, the league is playing okay, and he has always been a soft-footed shrimp in the Champions League. In fact, before this season, Ibrahimovic's single-season Champions League goal record has been five, he scored five goals in a single season in his first Champions League appearance in the 02/03 season, and has equaled twice in the years since, but has not been able to break this number, until this year's Champions League has broken through, this year is Ibrahimovic's highest year in the Champions League.

Ibrahimovic, who has participated in the Champions League every year, is now in his 12th season in the Champions League, and his current Champions League knockout stage goal tally is six, which is the same as Ringer's Champions League knockout goals after only one season.

Ringer is now using his black dot to mock him.

He has scored eight goals in the current Champions League group stage, but only nine in the annual Champions League, meaning he scored just one goal in the knockout stages of the Champions League last season.