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Chapter 742 Fighting Barcelona Again
Chapter 742 Fighting Barcelona Again
Although Real Madrid and Barcelona both won the game in this round, and Real Madrid beat their opponents 4:0, but even so, they are still farther and farther away from the league championship.
Because Atletico Madrid also defeated their opponents, Lin Dong still maintained his recent scoring rate of one goal per game in the league. After helping Atletico Madrid score the second goal, Simeone replaced Lin Dong at halftime.
In the previous physical examination, Lin Dong was the healthiest Atletico Madrid player, even healthier than those substitute players who couldn't play. According to the doctor, after half a season of fierce competition, Lin Dong's physical fitness is better than that at the beginning of the season, and he is in a truly perfect peak state.
Abnormal, when Simeone got this report of Lin Dong's physical examination, he was relieved and at the same time finally felt that Lin Dong was not a normal person, so he called himself to ask about it.
But even so, if conditions permit, Simeone will still choose to replace Lin Dong, because Lin Dong is too important to Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid with Lin Dong and without Lin Dong are completely two teams.
With Lin Dong's Atletico Madrid, it is a team that can challenge super giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid, and even win the battle, but without Lin Dong's Atletico Madrid, last season is the best proof.
In the competition, Lin Dong has always been the player who has been violated the most by his opponents. If it weren't for Lin Dong's outstanding physical fitness, quick response, and knowing how to protect himself, there would still be the current Lin Dong.
Others don't know, but Lin Dong knows very well that it's not Lin Dong who knows how to protect himself, but the system is protecting him. Every time there is danger, the system always subconsciously reminds him to prepare him.
After Lin Dong left the field, Atletico Madrid did seem to have changed teams, because Atletico Madrid did not score again in the second half, and the score of 2:0 was maintained until the whole game.
In the second round of No.30, Atletico Madrid also ended with a victory, and continued to maintain a 10-point advantage over Barcelona and an 11-point advantage over Real Madrid. After 32 rounds of the league, with only 6 rounds left in the league, Atletico Madrid is getting closer and closer to their tenth La Liga title.
So recently Atletico Madrid is in a good mood. The fans came to the stadium singing and dancing, and left happily. The club is full of laughter.
But as a player, it is not time to relax, because the league is still going on, and the Champions League has a strong opponent, and the final of the King's Cup is coming soon.
When everyone else is happy for Atletico Madrid's results, Atletico Madrid players still need to work hard on the training ground, especially a few veterans, who have worked harder and harder than before in training, because they know very well how difficult it is to achieve results like this season, and maybe there will be no more in the future.
The time is slowly passing by like this, actually only a few days, because the middle of the week is the Champions Cup, which is the life-and-death battle of the quarter-finals.
Although Atletico Madrid currently has a temporary advantage with a score of 2:1, Atletico Madrid dare not be careless in the slightest, because the opponent is Barcelona, the best team in football today.
This game is about Atletico Madrid's ability to break into the semi-finals of the Champions League again after 40 years. Just 40 years ago, in the 73-74 season, Atletico Madrid not only broke into the semi-finals, but even reached the final, but lost to Bayern Munich in the final, which was Atletico Madrid's best result in the Champions League.
Under the leadership of Martino, Barcelona came to Madrid again, a team they are very familiar with, because every season, they will come at least twice, and if there are more, they can even come three, four or even five times.
"We came to Madrid with only one goal, to win the game and enter the semi-finals." After getting off the plane, Martino expressed his determination to win the game.
After all, Barcelona has no retreat in this game, even Martino has no retreat. In the past few years, Barcelona's results were too good, but now, the hope of the league is no longer great, the Copa del Rey has also been eliminated, and there is only one Champions Cup left for Barcelona to chase.
According to reports from the media in Catalonia, Barcelona has already contacted a new coach. If Martino does not want to leave in despair, then the Champions League is his last chance.
Also, this is the last chance for everyone in Barcelona. If the Champions League is also eliminated by Atletico Madrid, then Barcelona will really lose all four players this season.
Barcelona is coming fiercely, and Atletico Madrid is also united. Simeone expressed Atletico Madrid's determination in an interview, "This is Calderon."
At 08:30 p.m. in Spain, the double-goal players were already making final preparations. Compared with the previous game, Atletico Madrid had two substitutions, but they were all passive substitutions.
Turan was injured on the training ground, which made Simeone even more convinced that Atletico Madrid really needs to rotate now. After all, the lesson from the past is in front of us, and the other is Costa.
It was Raul Garcia who replaced Costa, and Adrian Lopez who replaced Turan. It is said that Adrian Lopez has not started for a long time.
Barcelona also has a different position from the previous game, but they, like Atletico Madrid, also made passive substitutions. Pique was replaced by Bartra. The two injured in the previous game failed to return to the court.
The referee of this game is Howard Weber, a famous whistler from England. This referee has served in the 10 World Cup finals. Spain won the World Cup championship in Weber.
With Webber's whistle, the game officially began, Barcelona still had the right to attack first, and only scored into the hinterland of Atletico Madrid after a full 2 minutes of passing.
Fabregas made a diagonal pass from the side, Neymar deliberately missed it, the ball came to the back and Messi added it, the Barcelona core swung his foot and shot directly from a long distance, the ball was slightly higher.
Atletico Madrid counterattacked, Courtois made a long pass, Raul Garcia headed the ball to Lin Dong, Lin Dong passed back to Gabi, Gabi dribbled the ball across the half and rushed into the Barcelona penalty area and was intercepted by Harvey.
Although Harvey's defense was average, Gabi still didn't continue to hold the ball. The Atletico Madrid captain's pursuit was not about personal performance. What he wanted was victory and helped Atletico Madrid win.
Pass back to Thiago, who gets the ball long pass as soon as he gets the ball. Thiago's role is here, assisting Gabi to control the rhythm, and the most important thing is to find Lin Dong with a long pass.
Lin Dong and Raul Garcia have already rushed to the front of Barcelona's penalty area and hit the header back. Lin Dong did not pass the ball to Raul Garcia, but chose to pass it back.
Cork, the Atletico Madrid midfielder has moved to the middle, and rushed to the front of the penalty area under the cover of Lin Dong and Raul Garcia, and shot from a long distance. Atletico Madrid's first long-range shot was also a long-range shot.
(End of this chapter)