After winning the Champions League, Atletico Madrid has been unbeaten in four games in all competitions.

But they did not keep the momentum going.

In the next three days later, they lost to Valencia 1:3 away.

This game is also a weird one. Six minutes into the game, Miranda pushed his opponent's unthreatening cross into his goal, causing Valencia to take the lead with this own goal.

One minute later, Valencia player Alcassel passed the ball, Gomez forced a breakthrough and shot hard on the left side of the small penalty area, and the football flew into Atletico Madrid's goal for the second time.

Seven minutes later, Valencia headed the ball again with a corner kick.

They scored three goals in eight minutes!

The game started thirteen minutes ago, Atletico Madrid fell behind three goals.

Last season, Atletico Madrid defeated Valencia twice, and only lost one of its last seven league matches.

Atletico Madrid scored a goal in the 29th minute, Gao Zheng gave an assist to help Griezmann score a goal.

Atletico Madrid's morale was greatly boosted and he planned to equalize the score in one go.

And they really got such a good opportunity in the first half of injury time. When Gao Zheng was shooting in the penalty area, the football hit the hand of his teammate Mustafi, who was once playing football at Sampdoria. The referee gave Atletico Madrid a penalty kick.

This is a great opportunity to catch up with Valencia.

But Sikela's penalty kick was directly held by Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves... He didn't even give the Atletico Madrid player a chance to shoot!

Losing this penalty kick has brought a heavy blow to Atletico Madrid's morale.

Then, until the end of the game, Atletico Madrid won another chance to score.

However, Chelch, who came on the bench, was sentenced to invalid due to a handball foul before scoring. Not only that, Chelch's handball foul also gave him the second yellow card of the game and was sent off.

Atletico Madrid actually had a chance to score goals in the game, but one penalty was lost and the other goal was scored first, which eventually made them lose 1:3 to Valencia away.

In fact, with ten minutes left in the game, Gao Zheng was replaced by Simeone. It can be seen that he no longer has any hope of winning Valencia away.

Losing this game made Atletico Madrid's unbeaten result in six rounds.

Although he lost the game, Atletico Madrid was still in the top three, and he was only one point behind second-place Valencia and was not left behind.

However, the media did not exaggerate the failure of this game.

They are afraid of being slapped in the face by Gao Zheng...

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After the game against Valencia, the La Liga was temporarily in a standstill because the national team match day is coming.

Gao Zheng left Madrid and returned to China to participate in two warm-up matches of the Chinese team.

The Chinese team will play these two games on October 10th and 14th, with their opponents being Thailand and Paraguay.

This warm-up match with the Thai team attracted much attention because just over a year ago, the Chinese team and the Thai team had a warm-up match. They thought it was just an ordinary warm-up match, but they didn't expect that the last match would be recorded in the history of Chinese football forever.

The Chinese team lost 1:5 to the Thai team composed of youth team players in Hefei.

The failure of this game also led to the dismissal of national team head coach Camacho.

There were many rumors about this game after the game. For example, some people said that the internationals deliberately lost to the Thai team just to get rid of Camacho, because their defense in the game can be said to be "eye defense".

It is precisely because of this 1:5 Liangzi that the match between the Chinese team and the Thai team is more eye-catching.

No matter what the Chinese team lost to Thailand before, it has become their battle of revenge.

When he came back to participate in this game, Gao Zheng was also asked by media reporters about the game last year. Gao Zheng answered very smartly in this regard: "I was not in the team at that time last year. I don't know what happened. I may not know much. So I have nothing to say about that game."

So what about the next game?

"You should try your best to pursue victory, after all, you want to win every game."

"Then how much do you know about this Thai team?" a reporter asked.

Gao Zheng shook his head and said honestly: "I don't know much. I don't know the whole main team of Thailand, let alone this Thai team."

Gao Zheng said so rudely, which surprised the reporters.

They thought Gao Zheng would say something.

For example, "I don't know much about the Thai team, but I heard that they are a strong team in Southeast Asia."

Unexpectedly, Gao Zheng directly called him "Thailand Third Team", which was so cruel.

Some reporters even keenly heard his dissatisfaction from Gao Zheng's answer.

Gao Zheng is indeed a little dissatisfied. He flew back to China from Madrid, and the one-way flight time was more than ten hours. As a result, he was happy to play the third team in Thailand.

I have paid such a big price and traveled on the road, hoping to participate in a quality warm-up match that will be helpful to the Chinese team preparing for the Asian Cup.

But for the Thai team, which can't even make up for substitutes, isn't the quality of such warm-up matches too bad, right?

The Chinese national team is not as valued by its opponents as the Chinese national Olympic team. At the just-concluded Incheon Asian Games, the national Olympic team represented China in men's football. What this national Olympic team encountered in the first round of knockout matches of the men's football event at the Asian Games was the Thai team.

However, this is not the current "Thailand Three Teams", but the Thai team that is truly playing for all the main players.

In the end, the Chinese National Olympic Team lost to Thailand 0:2 and was eliminated.

After reaching the quarterfinals, the Thai team defeated Jordan 2:0 and reached the semi-finals. They finally lost to the host South Korean team 0:2 in the semi-finals.

Although such a Thai team is the national Olympic team, it is the team that will be the best in Thailand in the future. This team is also the one who defeated the Chinese national team 5:1 a year ago. Although they are the national Olympic team, their strength is stronger than the serious Thai national team. This is because on the one hand, there is also a talent gap between the age range of 26 and 30. On the other hand, it is naturally that Thailand vigorously develops youth football training and has produced fruitful results in youth training. Therefore, there is a situation where young players are more able to play than middle-aged players. The Thai Football Association also consciously asked the national Olympic team to represent Thailand in various national team competitions.

When the two sides discussed the warm-up match, Thailand promised that they would send out such a strongest lineup.

But when the game is approaching, Thailand has temporarily changed its mind.

At the beginning, Thailand gave a list of 27 people, including 12 players who participated in the 5:1 game last year. As a result, because they just finished the Asian Games and the Thai domestic cup, there were only fifteen people left in the roster of the Thai team, including three goalkeepers. At that time, four people on the bench, and two of them were substitute goalkeepers, which means that the Thai team may not even use up three substitutions…

Gao Zheng flew back from Spain in order to prepare for this warm-up match and to prepare for the Asian Cup. In sharp contrast, he is the star of Thailand. He has tried out at Manchester City and Atletico Madrid. Dangda, who currently plays for La Liga team Almeria, has never come back to participate in this game.

They are all the leading stars of their respective national teams and they both play in Spain. The distance is the same, but Gao Zheng comes back, but the other party does not come back. What does this mean?

You should know that in the game where Atletico Madrid defeated Almeria 1-0, Gao Zheng also scored a stunning goal. Dangda sat on the bench throughout the whole time and witnessed this historical moment with his own eyes on the sidelines...

A player who can't even play in Almeria stays in the club and does not come back to compete in the national team.

But the absolute core of a club flew back to China to participate in this game.

Gao Zheng hasn't even put on airs yet, Dangda's score is quite big, of course, Thai media said that Dangda is trying to play in Almeria, so he won't come back. However, judging from his performance in Almeria, staying in Almeria for training without coming back to play in the national team will probably have no positive impact on his chances of playing in the club...

In addition to Dangda not coming back to participate in the game, many experienced and outstanding players in the Thai team did not come. Among these fifteen people, nine of them played less than five games. Saraute on the defense only represented the Thai team in one game, Wannaris only played once, Fosa Ian played four times, Yuian, Tevigan and forward Inpinett all played twice, Surya, Booneyong, and Supasek were all debuting in the national team. And Supasek is already twenty-seven years old this year and is indeed selected for the national team for the first time. From this, it can be seen that some players are completely here to "make up the numbers".

The Thai Football Association attaches great importance to this game.

Facing such an opponent, domestic public opinion is still shouting "revenge", which really makes Gao Zheng speechless.
Chapter completed!