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The Champions League is in the middle of the week, and the league is on the weekend, so after the Champions League match against Barcelona, ​​the league came within a few days.

The Atletico Madrid team has just come to Barcelona, ​​and this time they are back in Barcelona.

Some netizens joked that Atletico Madrid should not leave after playing Barcelona, ​​but stay in a hotel and wait for the league to come, so as not to run back and forth like this, and the tossing time on the road may be longer than the training time.

That's not entirely unreasonable.

But Atletico Madrid didn't do that.

After the game against Barcelona on Tuesday night, they rushed back to Madrid overnight. They rested for half a day on Wednesday morning, resumed training on Wednesday afternoon, practiced for one day on Thursday, and trained for half a day on Friday. In the afternoon, everyone set off for Barcelona, ​​and in Barcelona that night, they adapted to the venue. train.

Then the whole team went back to the hotel to rest and prepare for tomorrow's game against the Spaniard.

Judging from the news from both sides before the game, the Spaniard should play the main force here-this may not be because of the Barcelona conspiracy theory.

Considering the Spaniards' own needs, they also have this need.

At present, they hope to have a chance to qualify for the European competition. With seven rounds left in the league, of course they must try to get as many points as possible. And the three points in the home game must be obtained.

Even if they face the powerful Atletico Madrid, they will not surrender.

So in fact, some Barcelona media said that they would deliberately lose to Atletico Madrid in order to disgust their rivals in the same city, which is simply an insult to the Spaniards.

As for Atletico Madrid, it is more ambiguous.

In the next big battle, will Simeone do his best in this game?

At least judging from the 18-man roster, both Gao Zheng and Griezmann came to Barcelona.

It's just that it's not easy to say whether they will start the game.

Atletico Madrid did not reveal their starting XI until two hours before the game.

Neither Gao Zheng nor Griezmann entered!

Now everyone will know,

Atletico Madrid still has to stay strong for the next quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Manuel Blanco, who saw the starting lineup online, couldn't help but laugh.

This is what he wanted.

Simeone definitely still does not intend to give up the Champions League, but this is bound to affect the league.

The current starting lineup and roster fully illustrate Simeone's inner ambivalence.

He wants both the Champions League and the league.

But the result of such greed is likely to be empty-headed, whether it is the league or the Champions League.

In Manuel Blanco's view, no matter how struggling Simeone is in the Champions League, it is definitely impossible to advance.

If Simeone is smarter, he should decisively abandon the Champions League at this time, focus on the league, and strive to hold the league championship in his hands.

In this way, at least when the season ends, Atletico Madrid can still have a championship.

It turned out that Simeone was confused at this critical moment.

It gave Barcelona a chance to complete the treble-in the Copa del Rey, Barcelona had eliminated Valencia in the semi-finals with a total score of 8:1 and reached the final.

Their opponent in the final is Sevilla. Barcelona have great hopes of winning the Copa del Rey.

At that time, after regaining the initiative in the league, the league championship will also be in the bag.

After the quarter-finals of the Champions League eliminated Atletico Madrid, the Champions League champion is naturally also Barcelona's goal.

In this way, wouldn't it be possible to achieve another Triple Crown after Guardiola?

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The Spaniard's home game against Atletico Madrid has attracted a lot of attention because of its complex background and particularity.

CCTV naturally broadcast the game live.

The game kicked off at 5:15 pm local time in Spain, and 0:15 am Beijing time the next day.

Of course, this time is not as good as the golden time at ** o'clock, but it is also more suitable than other games in La Liga that usually kick off at two or three o'clock.

So many Chinese fans watched this game in front of the TV.

Gao Zheng did not start, which made them feel a little regretful. After all, Wu Lei started this game, and the "Chinese Derby" was not finished.

But thinking of the UEFA Champions League game in the middle of next week, everyone still expects a miracle in their hearts, so Gao Zheng didn't play if he didn't play...

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The Spaniards were really desperate in this game. From the beginning of the game, they continued to attack Atletico Madrid's goal amidst the cheers of the home fans.

And in the 29th minute, their midfielder Diop took advantage of a corner kick and scored with a header!

"Diop!! Oh--!! He helped the Spaniard lead!" The Catalan commentator whistled excitedly. "Good job! They are one step closer to qualifying for the European competition!"

And Madrid's commentator Jose Maria was a little depressed: "It can be seen that the Atletico Madrid players' minds in this game are indeed not on the opponent in front of them. Although they came to Barcelona, ​​their hearts probably stayed in Madrid. Waiting for the second leg against Barcelona..."

He was right. In the first 30 minutes, although Atletico Madrid was strong, they were basically at a disadvantage. This can only be explained that the players are not focused on this game, otherwise, if Atletico Madrid is playing normally, how could this happen?

Then he sighed out of range of the microphone.

Originally, Real Madrid helped Atletico Madrid and brought them back to the top of the league, but they didn't expect to encounter a disastrous defeat in the Champions League.

It is estimated that none of Simeone and his players expected to lose so badly in the away game-it is not that they did not think that they might lose to Barcelona in the away game, but it is still too surprising to lose a clean 0:3 .

The impact of this fiasco on the players is far from over.

Reflected in this league is the Spaniard's goal.

When Diop jumped up to head the ball, there was no Atletico Madrid player next to him to jump up with him to fight for the top, which made it easy for him to score the goal.

Chinese fans have mixed feelings about this ball.

The joy is naturally because this corner kick was created by Wu Lei-he shot a threatening shot in the penalty area, allowing Oblak to shoot the football out of the bottom line, and this is how the corner kick came into being. So Wu Lei also contributed to the Spaniard's goal. Judging from the 30 minutes since the start of the game, Wu Lei was very active and performed very well. If he can continue to perform like this, it will be considered that the Spaniard has completely gained a foothold.

The worry is that Atletico Madrid may lose the league championship because of this. The league battle between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid has entered a fierce stage, and with the Catalan media constantly disgusting Chinese fans, few people hope that Barcelona can win the championship. In that case, like Gao Zheng, they will suffer the ridicule and contempt from Barcelona—although this is actually aimed at Gao Zheng, but as Gao Zheng's fans, they are naturally one with their idols. Lose all.

When the Espanyol player celebrated the goal, the TV broadcast cut to Atletico Madrid's bench. Gao Zheng was sitting in it, covering his mouth and not knowing what he was talking to Griezmann next to him.

Perhaps they are exchanging views on the situation of the game...

Seeing this, He Ping said: "I don't know if Simeone will send Gao Zheng on the field, and if so, I don't know when he will be on the field..."

With Wu Lei's physical fitness, it is impossible to play the whole game in all likelihood. If Gao Zheng plays too late and Wu Lei has already been replaced, then this "Chinese Derby" will be completely over.

He still has a glimmer of hope, even if Gao Zheng and Wu Lei can have a face-to-face on the court... This matter is mainly more symbolic than practical.

This is the first time in history that Chinese players have met in La Liga!