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Perhaps the derby with Real Madrid consumed too much Atletico Madrid players' energy, or maybe after winning the Madrid derby, the Atletico Madrid players slacked off.

All in all, Atletico Madrid suffered a shocking 2-3 loss to Greek side Olympiakos in this Champions League group stage on Tuesday night.

Olympiacos is definitely not a strong team in this group, he is only the third tier team, only better than the fourth tier Swedish team Malmo. Although they have participated in the UEFA Champions League many times, more often they just come to the group stage to play soy sauce and leave. Their strength is far behind the real giants in Europe.

Originally, everyone in this group thought that Atletico Madrid and Juventus were competing for the first place in the group. Whether it was Olympiacos or Malmo, they were the targets of the two teams to score points. What ultimately determines the outcome is the direct dialogue between these two teams.

As a result, as soon as the group stage started, Atletico Madrid capsized in the gutter.

In the same group, Juventus defeated Malmo 2:0 at home and got a good start in the Champions League.

It was nothing like their faltering performance in the Champions League group stage last season. I don't know if it's because without the threat of Gao Zheng, they can also devote themselves to the Champions League. Unlike last season, they have to be distracted to guard against Gao Zheng in the league...

City rivals Real Madrid swept Basel 5-1 in the Champions League group stage on the same day.

Cristiano Ronaldo had a goal and an assist in the game.

The win freed Ronaldo and the Real Madrid squad from the pressure and criticism.

After losing to Atletico Madrid, the media and the Internet were full of critics, thinking that Real Madrid's performance was too bad. Although Cristiano Ronaldo was very active in the game and made many murderous attempts, it is reasonable to say that he should not be criticized, but he was still scolded bloody after the game.

Everyone doesn't care whether Ronaldo created a lot of killing opportunities, they only care that Ronaldo only scored one goal. For a star of Ronaldo's level, shouldn't he turn the tide in the game? When the team encounters difficulties, he must stand up and bring the team victory with goals. If he fails to do so, even if all the murderous intentions he created for his teammates are wasted, that is his responsibility. After enjoying so much praise, he should also bear the same responsibility.

So in fact, in the game against Basel, until Cristiano Ronaldo scored, every time he got the ball, there would still be sporadic boos from the stands.

After he scored,

The booing disappeared and turned into a tsunami of cheers.

The football world is so cruel, if you win the ball, you are a hero, if you lose the ball, then you are a bear, as much praise as you have received, you have to face as much criticism as you have.

Real Madrid eased the pressure with a Champions League group stage win, and now more pressure has shifted to Atletico Madrid's side.

Last season's runner-up, this season's group stage faced an opponent that should have been won, but stumbled, which cast a shadow over the team's prospects for qualifying.

Criticism ensued after the game.

Of course, the criticism is more aimed at the Atletico Madrid team, especially the team's defense.

After all, last season, Atletico Madrid only conceded three goals in the entire Champions League group stage, and this season they conceded three goals in the first group stage, directly tying the goals conceded in the entire group stage of last season. His defensive performance is really unreasonable.

Simeone was also criticized. Some media ridiculed whether he hadn't directed the game on the coach's bench for too long, so he was a little rusty, which caused the team to lose the game.

Gao Zheng, who is most concerned by Chinese fans and the media, has not been criticized much. He scored a goal in the game, completed the first goal of the Champions League this season, rewritten the score to 1:2, and gave Atletico Madrid hope again.

As a result, Olympiacos scored again in the 73rd minute, and the score was opened again.

Another goal for Atletico Madrid was Griezmann, who tied the score at 2:3 in the 86th minute.

In the last few minutes, Atletico Madrid pressed all the lines and bombed around the goal of Olympiacos, but they still failed to equalize the score in the last few minutes.

Atletico Madrid can only accept the bitter fruit of an away loss to an opponent far inferior to their own.

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After losing to Olympiacos in the Champions League away game, Atletico Madrid, who returned to the league, did not improve. They were forced to a 2:2 tie by Celta Vigo at their home court.

Gao Zheng did not start this game. After playing consecutive national team games, Madrid city derby and Champions League away games, Simeone took Gao Zheng's physical condition into consideration and took him out of the starting list.

The game became 2:2 in the 53rd minute. The central defender combination of Miranda and Godin completed the two goals of Atletico Madrid in the game. Both goals were played with set kicks Going in, this fully demonstrates Atletico Madrid's strength in scoring from set kicks.

However, the two goals in the tie did not stop people from criticizing this pair of central defenders.

Because Atletico Madrid still conceded two goals in this game.

Among them, in the 53rd minute, Miranda, who scored a goal, fouled in the penalty area. Not only did he get a yellow card, but he also gave Celta Vigo a penalty, and Celta used this penalty to equalize. up the score.

In the 70th minute, Gao Zheng was substituted.

However, he was unable to turn the tide after he went up, helping Atletico Madrid beat Celta and win the game.

The final score was a 2:2 tie, and Atletico Madrid finally stopped their streak of consecutive victories in the league.

After this game, Atletico Madrid's ranking in the league also dropped from the previous second to fourth, being overtaken by Valencia and Sevilla.

Although he did not lose in the league, he failed to win at home, which is no different from losing a game.

Atletico Madrid has fallen into the criticism of the media after two consecutive games without victories. Everyone is stressed and the mood is not high.

Gao Zheng had told his agent Viviano before going to the Champions League group match away game that he would invite his teammates to his new house for a party when he came back. As a result, Atletico Madrid lost away to Olympiacos, and Gao Zheng had to temporarily cancel the party.

But seeing that his teammates failed to win two consecutive games, facing criticism from the outside world and his own pressure, Gao Zheng changed his mind.

He intends to invite everyone to his house to have fun and relax.

He extended an invitation to his teammates in the locker room before starting the day's practice.

Everyone was a little surprised-there are a lot of criticisms about them from the outside world. At this time, going to parties, eating, drinking and having fun, will the media and fans have more opinions on them?

Gao Zheng explained this: "Because we have not performed well recently, I think we need a party to relax and adjust. I don't think everyone can win the game again if they are sad all day long. No matter win or lose Life has to go on, doesn't it?"

Teammates are still a little hesitant about this, and not everyone agrees to come to the party. They may still worry that the team is in a bad situation. If they indulge in fun, they will attract criticism from the media and fans.

Gao Zheng expressed his understanding that everyone has his own ambitions and cannot be forced.

But there are also quite a few people who have expressed interest in coming to the party, such as his partner in the striker, the Frenchman Griezmann.

In this way, that night, the roadside of Gao Zheng's new house was full of cars parked, all of them were Atletico Madrid players who came to Gao Zheng's new house party. Of course, there are also some Atletico Madrid players who live in La Finca, who also chose to drive, because La Finca is not a small place.

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Cristiano Ronaldo stood in his room on the third floor of his villa. Through the window, he could see cars parked on the side of the road in the direction of Gao Zheng's house, the yard was lit, and there were only a few figures.

Although no sound could be heard, one could imagine that it must be very lively.

Losing the game and throwing a party with a lot of fanfare?

Do you really think that what happened to La Finca can't be spread?

The Portuguese snorted. This Chinese from Italy seems to have never seen the power of the Spanish paparazzi...

He waited to see Gao Zheng's joke.