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After the game, the group photo of Gao Zheng and Mr. Chen really appeared on the major media and the Internet.

But no one criticized Mr. Chen's actions, nor Gao Zheng.

Both the Spanish media and the Chinese media feel that this is a normal thing.

If it is said that the two sides had such close contact before the game, people may be criticized. But the game is over, what else is there to avoid?

This kind of topic is not even qualified to hype.

On December 1st, the fourth round of the Copa del Rey began. As a first-tier team, Atletico Madrid started the Copa del Rey journey this season directly from the fourth round. Their opponent was Reus, a second-tier team. In the game, Simeone did not let the main players of the first team play.

Atletico Madrid finally defeated Reus 2:1 in the away game. The two sides will have a second round match on the 17th. Atletico Madrid will return to the home court to face their opponents.

Then, in the fourteenth round of La Liga on December 5, Atletico Madrid challenged Granada away. Although the next game was the last game of the Champions League group stage, Simeone did not use any rotation in this game.

Atletico Madrid, the main force, won the opponent 2:0 in the away game and continued to lead the league standings.

The GG combination of Gao Zheng and Griezmann contributed two goals together, and they each scored one goal in the game.

After their game against Granada, Barcelona challenged Valencia in an away game. In this game, Barcelona was a bit unexpected and tied 1:1 by Valencia.

Valencia equalized the score in the 86th minute, which can be said to have absolutely tied Barcelona.

Barcelona capsized unexpectedly, giving Atletico Madrid a five-point lead.

Next, Atletico Madrid challenged Benfica in an away game. Many of the main players in this game did not even go with the team, but Gao Zheng still went.

It was precisely because Gao Zheng went, and finally with his goal in the 75th minute, Atletico Madrid defeated Benfica 2:1 in the away game, ending the group stage with an unbeaten record.

Although Benfica only accumulated eight points, they also won the second place in the group and qualified from this group.

Only Galatasaray, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Astana at their own home court, finally accumulated five points and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Astana out,

The Champions League tour is over.

A day later all the UEFA Champions League group stages were over and the teams that had advanced to the knockout stages were all announced.

Although Real Madrid did not perform well in the league, they have a clear advantage in the Champions League, with five wins and one tie, and the first place in the group with 16 points. They scored 19 goals in these six group games. The top scorer in the team, Cristiano Ronaldo, even vented his depression of not scoring many goals in the league to the Champions League.

He scored an astonishing eleven goals in the group stage!

This created a new Champions League group stage scoring record.

The previous record was also set by Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored nine goals in the Champions League group stage in 2013. A year later, Brazilian striker Luis Adriano, who played for Shakhtar Donetsk, also tied Ronaldo's record with nine goals, and the Brazilian also created another record-he beat Bonaventure 7-0 in the team. In Lisov's game, he scored five goals alone, creating a record of scoring five goals in a single game in the Champions League group stage. He is also the second player to score five goals in a single game in the Champions League after Messi.

After the national derby loss to Barcelona, ​​​​Cristiano Ronaldo has been under tremendous pressure. Sometimes he can even hear boos against him when playing at home.

Here I have to say that Real Madrid fans are really a group of fans. They can applaud their rival players generously at their home court, but they are very harsh on their own players. If they perform poorly, they just boo them. .

Even a player like Cristiano Ronaldo can be booed, who else is immune?

Think about how the Dutch full-back Drenthe, the best player in the World Youth Championship, was booed to collapse at home and retired early?

Real Madrid fans seem to take pleasure in berating their players, as if a player doesn't deserve to wear a white jersey if they don't live up to their expectations.

Now with these eleven goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is far ahead in the Champions League scorer list. Many media and experts now predict that he may break the Champions League single-season scoring record he created in the 2013-2014 season.

At that time, he scored 17 goals, greatly improving the previous record of 14 goals held by Altafini and Messi in a single season by three goals.

Everyone thinks that this record is difficult to break, but now it seems that the only one who can break Ronaldo's record is Ronaldo himself.

In Group A, Real Madrid topped the list with 16 points, and they qualified first. Followed by Paris Saint-Germain, they scored 13 points, second in the group.

The situation in Group B was a bit unexpected. Manchester United failed to qualify from the group. They only got third place in the group with eight points. The first place in the group is Wolfsburg with 12 points, and the second place in the group is Eindhoven. With these two teams qualifying together, Manchester United can only play in the Europa League.

Manchester United lost 2:3 away to Wolfsburg in the last life-and-death battle, regrettably out.

Group C is the group stage where Atletico Madrid is in. They and Benfica advance together.

In Group D, Manchester City has 12 points, Juventus has 11 points, and the top two teams in the split group have qualified for the knockout round.

Another La Liga team, Sevilla, was eliminated and could only participate in the Europa League. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for Sevilla, because the Europa League and its predecessor UEFA Cup have another name called "Sevilla Cup"-Sevilla from 2006 to 2015, ten Won four championships in this season. In the new century, the monopoly of the championship of this event has basically been realized.

So Sevilla was relegated to participate in the Europa League. For Sevilla, it was like a fish in water. For other teams that participated in the Europa League, it was a sudden sleep. Dogs, sharks came to the kindergarten swimming pool, Is there a way out for anyone else?

In Group E, Barcelona qualified with 14 points, and they have an absolute advantage in this group. The second-placed Roma and the third-placed Leverkusen have the same six points, but because Roma has an advantage in the match against Leverkusen, they overwhelmed the German team and won the right to qualify for the group.

In Group F, Bayern Munich and Arsenal qualified together. Bayern Munich ranked first in the 15-point group, and Arsenal ranked second in the nine-point group. However, Riolympiacos in the same group also has nine points. Their record against Arsenal is one win and one loss, and the record is tied. Comparing the goal difference between each other, Arsenal has the upper hand in this regard. Although they played in the first round Lost to Olympiacos 2:3 at home, which was an upset. However, in the last round of the group stage, they defeated their opponents 3:0 in the away game and won the second place in the group with the same points as Olympiacos.

Chelsea and Dynamo Kyiv in Group G qualified first and second respectively.

The situation in Group H is very unexpected. When they were grouped, Valencia, Lyon, Zenit St. Petersburg, and Gent were divided into this group. Everyone believed that Valencia and Lyon should qualify from this group. The result was just the opposite. Zenit St. Petersburg ranked first in the group with 15 points, and the Belgian team Gent came second in the group with 10 points. Valencia is third in the group with six points, and Lyon is bottom with four points.

Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Wolfsburg, PSV, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Manchester City, Juventus, Barcelona, ​​Roma, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Chelsea, Dynamo Kyiv, Zenit St Petersburg , Ghent, these sixteen teams became the top sixteen teams in the Champions League.

Among them, Real Madrid, Wolfsburg, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Zenit St. Petersburg are the first in the group. Atletico Madrid will definitely not be able to play them in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. They are also in the group The first Atletico Madrid opponent will be the second in each group, but it is necessary to avoid the second in the same group and the team from the same football association.

In this way, it is certainly impossible for Atletico Madrid to meet Benfica in the quarter-finals. As for the situation with the Football Association, there are no other Spanish teams in the second group, so there is no need to consider this.

In addition to Benfica's remaining second in the group, Atletico Madrid may encounter them all.

Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and Arsenal are the three most powerful teams in the second group, and Atletico Madrid certainly does not want to meet them.

The second weakest group is Ghent, which is probably the opponent that all the first in the group hope to meet.

The draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League next week is like buying a lottery ticket and waiting for the results of the lottery.

Everyone is looking forward to winning the grand prize.

Except Ghent.

As the "Special Prize", it doesn't matter who they draw, among the 16 teams, none of them is easy to mess with.