Ringer's first hat-trick against Real Madrid helped the team make it 3-2, but with a 3-0 defeat away and an away goal, Atletico needed at least three more goals to come.

The first half ended with a score of 3:2, and at halftime, Simeone didn't make much arrangements, because there were still three goals to chase, which was indeed a big gap.

However, at the beginning of the second half, Simeone still replaced Juanfran and Gabi to see if there was a chance.

After halftime adjustments, Real Madrid played more stable, in the second half Atletico Madrid attacked for about 20 minutes without scoring, but the opponent almost was broken by Isco in a counterattack, Simeone completely gave up, let the team slow down, keep a 3:2 score.

Even if they are eliminated, it is not bad to beat Real Madrid at home.

Ringer was substituted in the 75th minute in preparation for the upcoming weekend's league game, which is just around the heels of the Champions League knockout round.

In the end, the score of 3:2 was maintained to the end, Ringer hat-trick, Ronaldo scored twice, and although Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid at home, they were still eliminated from the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey with an aggregate score of 3:5.

'It was disappointing to be knocked out of the Copa del Rey but we have more important games to play, the league and the Champions League, and that's the most important thing.

In an interview after the game, Ringer could only say that.

"Copa del Rey Golden Boot? We've been knocked out of the tournament and the rest of the people will go on to play in the finals, and the Copa del Rey Golden Boot doesn't make much sense. ”

With this hat-trick, Ringer has reached six goals in the Copa del Rey this season, temporarily ranking first in the Copa del Rey scorer list this season.

Messi, the top scorer in the Copa del Rey after Ringer, has scored five goals so far, but he still has a Copa del Rey final to play and could overtake Ringer.

Ringer's hat-trick is his fourth of the season, and he is also the player with the most hat-tricks in La Liga so far.

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February 14, Valentine's Day.

The young lady came all the way to celebrate the holiday, and of course Ringer wanted to accompany her out for a while.

The two of them first went to the observation tower in Moncloa Park, which overlooks the entire city of Madrid from the tallest building in Madrid.

"Lin Jun, it's really too high here, I'm a little afraid of heights."

"Don't be afraid, follow me and shout ~~~'I"m King of the orld'! ”

Ascending high and looking into the distance, the world is at his feet, Ringer shouted coquettishly, and then attracted the attention of the others.

"Is that Lin? Seems to be with his Chinese girlfriend? ”

"Let's go and have a look."

Well, the Spaniard couldn't tell where his girlfriend was from.

As a result, Ringer had to send off two fans and leave.

Soon, Ringer took the young lady to the famous Plaza de España.

"Is that Don Quixote?"

"Well, he's the most famous old man in Spain."

In the square is the famous sculpture of Don Quixote, as well as the mounted spear he used to fight the windmill giants in his hand, and the lean horse under his crotch.

At noon, the two found a restaurant on the edge of the square to eat, and then in the afternoon it was the time of the young lady, and the two came to Grand Avenue, the young lady shopped, and Ringer was responsible for carrying the bag and paying the bill.

The day after Valentine's Day, the 24th round of La Liga arrives, and Atletico Madrid will host Valladolid.

After this game, it will be the last 16 of the Champions League knockout round.

The Champions League round of 16 is played over two weeks, with Atletico Madrid playing in the first week away to AC Milan.

"The three most important months of the season for Atletico Madrid are approaching." These are the words of the Spanish press.

Although Atletico Madrid's current record is good, it is a big dark horse, but the previous results do not say anything, and now is only the beginning of the most important stage of the season.

La Liga wants to compete for the championship, the Champions League wants to play the most fierce knockout round, and the tense schedules on both sides converge, and it is not good to be defeated on both sides, and many dark horse teams are strangled to death in this way.

However, for Atletico Madrid, it is important to play the current league first, and if this one loses again, it will lose the top spot.

Valladolid are currently 18th in La Liga, which means they are in the relegation zone.

Before the start of the game, Simeone was still a little worried that the opponent would grab points for relegation, and this game would be difficult to play.

But as soon as the game started, he knew he was thinking too much.

Just three minutes into the game, Cork stuffed the ball into the box, Ringer cut in to catch the ball, feinted to the right, but pulled the ball back and pushed it into the far corner with his left foot.

The opposing young goalkeeper was also deceived and by the time it was discovered that Ringer had pushed the ball into the far corner, the ball had already reached the goal line.

“Gooooool~~~~”

"Lin~~ It's him again!!"

"Lin opened the scoring with a shot and he is in great form at the moment, which is pretty good news for Atletico Madrid, who are about to play AC Milan!!"

With the opening goal scored, the relegation team was clearly a bit flustered and the defence was in disarray.

So 3 minutes later, Ringer and Turan made a one-two in front of the penalty area, and the defense line in front of the opponent's penalty area was completely torn apart, and Ringer got a good long-range shot and immediately got up to hit the goal.

The ball headed towards the bottom right corner of the goal, but this time the opposition goalkeeper Marino made a good save and slapped the ball back into the box, but Costa rushed up in the box to make a follow-up shot, and the ball flew into the opponent's goal again.

Two goals were scored in the opening 6 minutes, and Valladolid, a relegation team, had no intention of relegating and stealing points at all.

So in the 24th minute, Godin also relied on a corner kick opportunity to score a header to expand the score to 3:0.

The first half ended at 3-0, and at the beginning of the second half, Simeone began to make substitutions.

Ringer was substituted in the 64th minute, Costa in the 75th minute and Koke in the 79th.

All the key players were rested in preparation for the upcoming knockout rounds of the Champions League.

On the pitch, Raul Garcia seized the opportunity to score another goal in the 78th minute to extend the score to 4:0.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated relegation team Valladolid 4-0 at home to avoid two consecutive defeats in the league and retain the top spot.

However, in this round, Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano 6:0, Real Madrid beat Getafe 3:0, and the score gap remained unchanged, with Atletico Madrid leading the table with 62 points, followed by Barcelona Real Madrid with 60 points.

La Liga's three-country dominance will continue.

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After La Liga, the Champions League knockout round is coming soon, and the media has begun to hype up the topic.

Simeone now told reporters: "Although most of us have not played in the knockout stages of the Champions League, we are not afraid. And Lin has enough experience, he played in every knockout game of the championship team last year, and his experience will help us as well. ”

'Getting out of the Copa del Rey is not the end of the day, we reached a peak and then slipped down on that peak and that's what happened to us, but now we've stopped the decline and we're going to play every knockout game and every knockout game is a final for us.

Simeone is also a little less confident about the outcome of the knockout round against Milan, after all, the opponent is a seven-time Champions League champion and has a deep background.

In the game that has attracted much attention, whether the lineups of the two sides are in line has naturally attracted much attention.

On Atletico Madrid's side, Courtois has fully recovered from injury after two games of rest and will certainly not miss the big game against Milan, but the Brazilian Felipe at left-back is still injured and can only let Insua play.

In the last few games, Insua has been nothing in ordinary games, but in the two-legged Copa del Rey against Real Madrid, he was a little stretched against the fierce Real Madrid, and it could even be said that it was bad, he scored an own goal in one of the two games, and gave the opponent a penalty in the other.

According to the Italian media, this is a point that AC Milan can take advantage of.

AC Milan, on the other hand, have confirmed that Robinho, Cristante and teenager Al Shaarawy will be absent, and even Kaka may be absent.

Kaka went off injured in the league game against Bologna at the weekend, and although it was confirmed after the game that it was only a simple ankle sprain, it was too short to predict whether Kaka would be able to make it in time for the Champions League clash after all.