After Griezmann scored the third goal of the game, there was no suspense in this game.

In the next game, the Leverkusen players themselves were a little overwhelmed.

If you fall behind by one goal, you can still fight. Now you fall behind by two goals, how can you fight?

Moreover, Gao Zheng is in such a good state. When the Leverkusen players are pushing heavily, aren't they worried that their goal will be pierced by Gao Zheng for the third time?

Son Heung-min worked very hard, but he couldn't speak alone, so he was just working hard enough, and it still did not pose any threat to Atletico Madrid's defense line.

In the 77th minute, he was replaced by Schmidt and completely lost the qualification to seek revenge on Gao Zheng.

This "Asian derby" that was hyped by Korean media came to an end early.

Later, there was a statistics saying that the ratings of this game in South Korea quickly fell to freezing point since Son Heung-min was replaced.

Gao Zheng was replaced early by Diego Simeone in the 85th minute.

With two goals leading, there are still a few minutes left in the game and no more accidents should happen.

The person who replaced Gao Zheng was Torres, the former golden boy of Atletico Madrid. There was warm applause from the scene, but the applause was not given to Torres, but for Gao Zheng. When he left the court, he received the treatment of standing ovation from all Atletico Madrid fans.

This scene is no stranger to any Chinese fan or Chinese journalist.

Although Gao Zheng's first season at Atletico Madrid has not ended yet, everyone can see that he has conquered the stadium and the fans here.

Gao Zheng, who walked off the court, applauded and thanked the Atletico Madrid fans in the stands on the sidelines, then hugged Simeone who came up, then returned to the bench, and high-fives with his teammates one by one.

Everyone had relaxed smiles on their faces.

They have already won this game.

Four minutes after injury time, referee Rizzoli blew the whistle to the end of the game, and a huge cheer burst out from Calderon Stadium.

"Congratulations to Atletico Madrid! Congratulations to Simeone! They completed the reversal when they lost away in the first leg! 3:0 at home and 3:1 in total. Atletico Madrid reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the seventh time in history!"

"Gao Zheng is the well-deserved best in this game! He is the number one hero who can reverse Leverkusen and advance to the Champions League quarterfinals! When the team encountered an unfavorable situation at the beginning, he completed the reversal with two goals and one assist! This is also the first time he reached the Champions League quarterfinals in his career! Last season at Sampdoria, they encountered Atletico Madrid in the process of 16-to-8. Although he completed a hat-trick at Atletico Madrid at home, he was still eliminated. This time, he finally made up for the regrets of last season!" He Ping said happily. "The Champions League will continue, and we will also see him in the Champions League. This is really a happy thing!"

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After the game, Gao Zheng was surrounded by reporters in the mixed area. Whether it was a Chinese journalist or a Korean journalist, he wanted to hear what he thought about the competition with Son Heung-min.

"Competition?" Gao Zheng asked back, and after receiving a definite answer, he smiled and shook his head: "No, there is no competition between us. In Europe, we all represent Asian football. Compared with competition, I think it is more important for us to make progress together. As long as we can perform well, it is a good thing for Asian football, and it is also a good thing for Chinese football and Korean football."

Gao Zheng's answer was reasonable and well-founded, neither humble nor arrogant, nor provoked hatred, nor deliberately belittled himself.

Such an answer can be said to be the standard answer.

Chinese journalists all smiled.

But the Korean journalists felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.

Although Gao Zheng was right, they always felt that behind these extremely correct words, there was still some arrogance.

Is "We are not competitors" a good thing? For Son Heung-min, who is determined to defeat Gao Zheng, he may not be willing to accept such an answer?

However, this is just the inner speculation of the Korean journalists and has not been confirmed. Moreover, they are not even able to say it, because if they criticize Gao Zheng based on what Gao Zheng said, they will probably be besieged by many neutrals.

After all, Gao Zheng said nothing, and there was no problem.

If they forcefully stumbling, they will give people the impression of being narrow-minded, even though they have always been narrow-minded...

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In an interview, Gao Zheng said that there is no competitive relationship between him and Son Heung-min, and Son Heung-min once again denied the claim that this game was a "fight of revenge" after the game.

"...We want to advance to the quarterfinals, it's that simple. It has nothing to do with hatred."

Son Heung-min lowered his head and said.

"Sorry, we didn't do it. I want to apologize to the fans of Leverkusen... We had a chance, but we couldn't catch it..."

He kept apologizing, and as for Gao Zheng, he would never mention it.

But this does not mean that he has really let go of this matter.

In fact, deep down in his heart, the idea of ​​defeating Gao Zheng not only did not disappear, but became stronger and stronger. He and Gao Zheng will continue to stay in Europe, and they will definitely have opportunities to meet in the future. Today's failure will definitely not end.

But he knew better that before he could do it, he should hide his ideas rather than spread them to the point that everyone knows.

Through the two games between the Asian Cup and the Champions League, he has fully realized that it is not that simple to defeat Gao Zheng, so it is best not to let people know what he thinks in his heart before doing it. He doesn't want to be a laughing stock for some people...

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Progressing to the Champions League quarterfinals is certainly worth celebrating, but Atletico Madrid players are not happy for too long.

Next they will challenge Espanyol away in the league.

Because he just played in the Champions League with Leverkusen, Simeone implemented a rotation policy in the game against Espanyol.

Many players, including Gao Zheng, did not appear in the lineup.

But even so, Atletico Madrid still beat Espanyol 2:0 away.

After this game, Barcelona media accused Espanyol of having no sports ethics and actually giving money to Atletico Madrid.

Because Barcelona and Espanyol are mortal enemies in the same city, some conspiracy theorists believe that Espanyol deliberately lost to Atletico Madrid, which is not the strongest lineup, in order to make Barcelona win the championship.

This criticism naturally attracted the retort of Espanyol: "If Barcelona were as confident as they said and were determined to win the championship, they would not care about the results of other teams and Atletico Madrid. Because in terms of points, Barcelona is ahead of Atletico Madrid..."

Atletico Madrid did not expect that the game between itself and Espanyol made the two teams of Catalonia quarrel, but this had nothing to do with them.

In this round of the league, Barcelona defeated Eibar 2-0 away, and Real Madrid defeated Levante 2-0 at home.
Chapter completed!