On December 22, the 17th round of La Liga, which is also the last round of the first half of the La Liga season this season, Atletico Madrid hosted Levante at home.

Levante is a team in Valencia City, Valencia's rival, but not very famous.

Levante should be most famous for their home jersey, the red and blue vertical stripe jersey, which has a high degree of similarity with Barcelona's home jersey, but Levante's jersey vertical strip is wider, so Levante also has the name of the pseudo-red and blue army.

Perhaps because of the similarity in the jersey, Levante occasionally acts as a giant killer and snipes at Real Madrid.

In the 11/12 season, Real Madrid won the La Liga title with a high score of 100 points, and that season Real Madrid only lost two league games, one to Barcelona and the other to Levante.

Well, it's all a loss to the Red and Blue Army anyway, and it doesn't make much difference.

The home game against Levante, Atletico's last game before the winter break, and the last game before Christmas, as well as the top spot in the league in the last round, made the home stadium very popular and there were many fans in attendance.

When the whole Atletico Madrid team came out of the players' tunnel, they saw a lot of Atletico Madrid emblem flags fluttering in the stands, as well as many banners.

"We are champions!"

"The only champion team in Madrid!"

Atletico have already won a Spanish Super Cup this season and are indeed the only Madrid team to have won the title so far this season.

Ringer also saw a lot of banners supporting him.

"Lin, you're the best!"

"Happy birthday Chinese rocket!"

Ringer's 23rd birthday in two days, and the Atletico Madrid fans remembered it and came to send him their best wishes.

Before he knew it, Ringer's professional football career was almost two years away.

Before the start of the game, the scene was happy and peaceful, but after the game started, everyone found out that Levante was here to smash the field.

At the beginning, Levante pressed the attack, passed the ball to the right side of the front court to test the chance, and then turned to the middle. The Greek full-back Calabaras who went up to the middle received the ball and plugged it through, and Austrian midfielder Ivan Schitz cut in from the ribs to receive the ball to form a single knife, and entered the small penalty area to hit the goal at a small angle, Courtois was too close, although he barely stretched his leg to block it, the ball still bounced into the goal.

"Oh~~Incredible~~ Incredible!!"

"Levante scored at the Calderón Stadium and in less than a minute of the opening period, their first attack, the first shot, scored!"

"Pseudo-red Blues, they are helping Barcelona snipe the Sheets Army and help Barcelona get back to the top!"

Atletico are a bit of a mambi up and down, what's going on? Conceding a goal as soon as you start?

"Stay focused~~ Cheer up!!" Simeone, who was on the sidelines, roared angrily, believing that it was the team that had reached the top of the table, and everyone was too lax with joy.

When the whole Atletico Madrid team packed up their mood and was ready to fight back with all their might, the other side was already prepared. The opponent played a 541 formation, intending to use five defenders to stop Atletico's attack, and the midfield was slightly back, and the black and hard goods from Africa were responsible for protecting the front of the penalty area.

"They had planned it, and I'm afraid this game will be more difficult." Simeone on the sidelines scratched his head and muttered to himself.

Obviously, the opponent was ready to come to Calderón to snipe at Atletico Madrid, but Atletico Madrid, including Simeone himself, was a little blindly optimistic, and was successfully attacked by the opponent at the beginning.

Atletico quickly organised a press attack, but the counter-attack was sharp.

In the 6th minute, Atletico Madrid attacked the front field and faced the bucket formation for the time being, and Ringer tried to break through with the ball. At present, in the Atletico Madrid team, if you want to make people dribble strongly, the two who have the most choices are Ringer and Alda Turan.

Ringer couldn't make a strong breakthrough, the ball was broken, and the opponent's counterattack hit the penalty area with three or two kicks, but fortunately, the final shot was saved by Courtois.

In the 11th minute, Ringer and Koke crossed at 45 degrees after a one-two in front, and Diego Costa's header was lifted over the crossbar by the opposing Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas.

Keylor Navas is one of the new goalkeepers in La Liga, and Real Madrid are said to be looking for a goalkeeper replacement because Casillas is getting older, and Navas is one of the targets.

Gabi took a corner, Miranda grabbed the point in front of the point, although the header power was insufficient under the interference, but the angle was still very good, but it did not test Navas at all, and he held the ball steadily.

"Bastard!!" Simeone couldn't help but curse again.

The opponent's targeted defensive tactics and a goalkeeper who is in good form have given Simeone a headache.

Atletico kept organising the offensive but couldn't find a good opportunity.

In the 16th minute, Ringer received a pass from Turan and entered the left side of the penalty area, but the opponent had quite a lot of people in the penalty area, and the final kick was blocked.

In the 23rd minute, Juanfran crossed from the right side, and Diego Costa couldn't grab the point in the crowd.

In this way, the game time kept slipping, but the whole team, under the command of Simeone, began to try to threaten the opposition goal with free kicks. After all, in the face of dense defense, free kicks, long shots, and strong bursts are all commonly used methods.

Unexpectedly, such a tactic is really useful.

In the 35th minute, Costa won a free-kick on the right side of the field.

Due to his remote position, he could only take tactical free-kicks, and Ringer also followed in the box to look for opportunities.

Gabi drove the ball out and it headed straight for the back post, with Ringer and Godin both at the back post. Godin was the quickest to react, the first to squeeze in front of the door, and Ringer wanted to squeeze in front of the door as well, but after thinking about it, he didn't follow the crowd in front of the door, but acted like a human wall, intending to help Godin stop people.

It worked, as the Greek defender Ventra, who was defending against Godin, was blocked by Ringer, who was given a brief free space and rushed to the goal to make a header that flew into the net.

It was a header just around 8 meters from the goal, and Navas was finally unable to do anything.

Godin obviously knew that Ringer was helping him stop people, and immediately ran back to hug Ringer to celebrate.

At the end of the first half, there was another little accident on the field.

In the 41st minute, Gabi collided with his knee in a scramble with the opposing midfielder Ivan Schitz, causing Ivan Schitz to go off the field with an injury, which caused Levante players to be quite dissatisfied.

Austrian Ivan Schitz scored the goal at the beginning, Levante thought Atletico Madrid was deliberately hurting, but Atletico Madrid thought it was a reasonable collision.

In the end, the first half ended 1:1.

At halftime, Simeone told him to be calm in the second half, just score one more goal to reverse the score, and don't need to care about whether the top is or not.

At present, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona rely on goal difference to determine the top position, so in the last game before the winter break, if Atletico Madrid only wins by a small score, and Barcelona wins by a big score, they can rely on goal difference to beat Atletico Madrid back to the top.

Before the start of the game, Simeone also said that if he could, he would brush up on two more goal difference and try to win the winter break title. But now, Simeone also saw the difficulty of this game, Levante really came to snipe Atletico Madrid, so he had to make a change, just win the game, and don't need to care about whether the top of the list is or not.

But at the beginning of the second half, there was still another accident on the field.

At the beginning, Atletico pressed a lot, with the intention of trying to steal one.

Who knows that stealing chickens does not make rice, and Atletico Madrid's attack does not succeed, but gives the opponent a good opportunity to counterattack.

Levante made a long pass after breaking the ball in the backfield, Miranda made a mistake in clearing the ball, and the veteran Rios, who came on as a substitute for Ivan Schitz in the first half, stepped in to take the ball, and it was a single knife.

Courtois rushed straight out and made a bold pounce, but he didn't save the ball at all, but instead knocked Rios down.

This time, the referee not only awarded a penalty, but also took out the card.

"Mr. referee, he didn't mean to foul on purpose, he just wanted to save that shot."

"It doesn't constitute a red card."

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After everyone explained, the referee finally showed mercy and only gave a yellow card.

If a penalty is taken and Courtois is sent off with a red card, then there is really no way to play this game.

Atletico Madrid's bench does not have a reliable goalkeeper at all, only an aging old goalkeeper Alan Subia, but he also gave Ringer a free kick training OK, let him come up to guard the goal, everyone is not at ease.

Although the opponent easily scored the ball and exceeded the score again, Courtois was not sent off, which is a blessing in misfortune.

In this situation, Atletico quickly equalised.

In the 55th minute, still relying on a free kick opportunity, Gabi drove the ball out, Costa stuck in the back post, shot with his left foot, and the ball grazed the post and flew into the goal.

'Atletico Madrid equalised again, they were aiming for this last game before the winter break, and now there is still plenty of time in the game and they still have time to turn the score.

Atletico Madrid, who scored the goal, tried to step up the attack, but Levante's defense was quite tenacious, even at the expense of fouls, and it didn't matter if they received three yellow cards in a row in 20 minutes, just to snipe Atletico Madrid.

As the minutes of the game passed, Simeone on the sidelines began to get anxious. If Atletico Madrid draws this time and Barcelona wins, Atletico Madrid will be 2 points behind the opponent, and it is acceptable that the winter break champion will not win, as long as the points are equal, but if it is two points behind the opponent, it will be a little unwilling.

Simeone brought on Adrian and Raul Garcia in quick succession, but the less time remained, the more confident the opposition defence became.

The clock ticked 80 minutes, and the Calderón Stadium resounded with the high team song, "Atletico Madrid forever".

Fans who came to Calderón were hoping for a big win over the pseudo-red Blues to win the winter break title. The last time Atletico won the winter break was in the 95/96 season, when they won the La Liga and Copa del Rey double.

But now in the situation on the field, it is very difficult for Atletico Madrid to win, and there is no shadow of a big victory, and Atletico Madrid fans can only support the team by singing the team song.

In the 84th minute, Atletico Madrid attacked again, Turan passed the ball to Ringer in front of the penalty area in the midfield. At this point in the game, it was difficult to catch the ball in front of the penalty area, and Ringer was pushed by the Senegalese black buddy Diop behind him.

Ringer turned his back to face the incoming ball, knowing that he had no chance to turn around with the ball normally, so he had an idea, not receiving the ball at all, but a point between his legs, so that the ball leaked from his crotch, and the moment the ball passed, Ringer raised his elbow slightly and turned around, trying to see if he could pass the ball once.

"Lin ~~ Leaking ??!"

Ringer turned around and gave his elbow a side motion that prevented him from catching up immediately. Otherwise, some black buddies have explosive physical fitness, and even if you pass him, there is still a possibility of being caught up.

The moment Ringer turned around, the ball also rolled under the black buddy's crotch, although it was inadvertently rubbed by the other party, but it still came.

"Beautiful~~~ Lin beautiful leaked ball~~ The ball was divided!!"

The ball came, and Ringer rushed forward without hesitation, and directly shot with a powerful shot.

At this time, the penalty area was full of people, and there was no chance to break through with the ball.

The opposing defender Navarro also reacted quickly, immediately raised his foot to try to block the shot, but the ball hit his thigh, and after changing the line, it still went towards the goal.

Keylor Navas was always at a high level of concentration, and Ringer saved the first time he spent, but he was desperate after the save. Originally, Ringer's shot he thought he still had a chance to save, but his teammate blocked the ball and changed the line, and he couldn't do anything at all.

Keylor Navas pounced and looked sideways, hoping it would go wide of the post, but he was disappointed.

“Goooool~~~~~”

"Lin~~Lingoal~~Lingoal!!"

"The ball went in~~ Lin's shot, Lin finally helped the Sheets Legion reverse the score in the 84th minute, he was the most trusted player of the Sheets Legion, and he saved the team again!!"

"It was a deflected goal, the ball was deflected through Navarro's thigh and flew into the goal, which left Navas, who was in great form in this game, unable to do anything!"

"Lin, he used a lore ball to help him celebrate his birthday early and celebrate in advance!"