Barcelona lost the Spanish Super Cup at their home court, and Enrique's five-time champion plan was completely bankrupt. This year they only have one Club World Cup to compete for.

Even if Barcelona wins the Club World Cup, this year will probably be imperfect for them.

And it's not just about throwing away the Spanish Super Cup.

Pique was sent off for insulting the lineman in the game, so he might be suspended for four games, and he might be suspended for up to 12 games. According to regulations, insulting the referee is a serious plot, and Pique was considered to be hit by the gun.

The red card ban in the Spanish Super Cup will be brought to the league, so Pique may miss a few games in the start of the La Liga.

I don't know if he will miss until the third round of the league. In that game, Barcelona's opponent was Atletico Madrid...

On August 22, Atletico Madrid ushered in the first round of the La Liga, and their opponent was the newly promoted Las Palmas.

When playing at home, the opponent is still a new team. Considering that the team has just played two Super Cups, Simeone made some rotations in this game.

However, Gao Zheng is still in the lineup.

This game kicked off at 2:30 Beijing time, so CCTV naturally broadcast it live.

Although the kick-off time was very late, there were still many Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV to watch the game.

The Spanish Super Cup was very lively. Gao Zheng scored a hat trick when facing Barcelona. However, because CCTV did not have the right to broadcast, not everyone saw Gao Zheng's outstanding performance.

For Chinese fans, La Liga is the real beginning of the new season.

Since it is the beginning, we must naturally not be absent.

We all rested for a summer and were waiting for the new season to continue cheering for Gao Zheng.

And Gao Zheng did not disappoint Chinese fans.

Sixteen minutes into the game, he used his direct free kick to open the first record for Atletico Madrid, breaking the deadlock.

This goal was also the only goal in this game. With Gao Zheng's goal, Atletico Madrid defeated the newly promoted Las Palmas 1-0 at his home court and scored three points.

Their rival Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 1-0 away, and Real Madrid was tied by Sporting Gijon 0-0 away.

After Ancelotti resigned this season, Real Madrid found another tactical master Benitez as the team's head coach.

But judging from the first round of this league, Benitez's coaching journey is probably not that easy...

A week later, Atletico Madrid challenged Sevilla away, which was the first hard bone they encountered in the new season.

Everyone thought that Sevilla, who played at home, could compete with Atletico Madrid to be evenly matched, but it was surprising whether it was the game process or the result.

Sevilla was completely suppressed at his home court. In the 35th minute, Cork took the lead for Atletico Madrid. In the 79th minute, Gaby expanded the score to 2:0.

In the 85th minute, Gao Zheng secured the victory for the team. His goal helped Atletico Madrid defeat Sevilla 0 away and achieved two consecutive victories.

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After two rounds of the La Liga, it will be temporarily suspended, followed by the national team match day.

As an indispensable core of the Chinese national team, Gao Zheng naturally had to fly back to China to participate in two top 40 games.

Their opponents are Hong Kong, China and the Maldives.

In the minds of Chinese fans, six points in these two games have been booked in advance.

Neither Hong Kong nor the Maldives can threaten the Chinese team.

Qatar is probably the only one who can really make the Chinese team feel a little threat in this group.

According to the rules of the Asian qualifiers, the first in the eight groups in the top 40 stage will directly advance to the top 12, and the remaining eight groups will select the four best-achieved groups to advance to the top 12.

However, due to the Indonesian government's interference in football affairs, the Indonesian national team was banned from participating in the next World Cup qualifiers by FIFA, and all competitions involving the Indonesian team were cancelled.

In this way, the second rule for calculating the best results has also changed. When comparing the results of the Indonesian team, the second team in the other seven groups will not be calculated with the last team in their respective groups.

According to the expectations of Chinese fans and media, the Chinese team with Gao Zheng must be the first in the group, so they don’t care how to compare the results in the second in the group.

As the third place in the Asian Cup, it shouldn't be difficult to win the first place in the group in the top 40s, right?

Qatar may have some strength, but whether it is Bhutan, Maldives or Hong Kong, China, are the targets for the Chinese team to score points.

And not only have to win the game, but also win with a big score, so that when competing with Qatar, the goal difference advantage may come in handy.

So in the eyes of Chinese fans and media, Bhutan, Maldives, and Hong Kong are all targets for Chinese teams to score goals. If you cannot get enough goals from them, it will be considered a failure.

It is precisely because of this that when the Chinese team defeated Bhutan only 7-0 away, domestic public opinion reactions would be so strong... After all, in their hearts, the score of this game should be double-digit.

Currently, Hong Kong, China has played two games, one more game than both the Chinese team and Qatar.

In the first game, they beat Bhutan 7-0 at home, and in the second game, they beat Maldives 2-0 at home. They temporarily ranked first in the group with six points and nine goals.

However, they only beat the Maldives in their home court with two goals, which shows their strength. In the eyes of many Chinese fans, the Chinese team will have to win at least five goals in their home court against Hong Kong.

The Chinese team first played Hong Kong, China and then played away in the Maldives five days later. When the home game was planned, considering this, the Chinese Football Association arranged the home game in Shenzhen, so that after playing against Hong Kong, they could fly directly to the Maldives capital, Maldives, and the road was much shorter, which also allowed players to get more rest time.

However, in late August, the home turf of Maldives' capital Male was seriously damaged due to large-scale celebrations. After the AFC inspected, it believed that the turf could not host the World Cup qualifiers. The Maldives hoped to play a home and away game with the Chinese team, that is, the home turf of the Maldives on September 8 will be replaced by the Chinese team, and the home turf of the Chinese team will be replaced by the Maldives' home turf in March next year.

However, this request was rejected by the Chinese Football Association. On the one hand, it was because the Chinese team had already contracted out their home games. Now it is temporarily requested to change home and away games. China will suffer a lot, and there is no time left. On the other hand, it is naturally because the Chinese team's two World Cup qualifiers will be home games in March next year, and this schedule is beneficial to the Chinese team. If the Chinese team is now in a row, then the Chinese team will have to play away games thousands of miles away. Lao Shiyuan Expedition is probably not good for the results.

Anyway, the problem is the Maldives, so there is no need for the Chinese team to think about them.

In the end, the Maldives had to give up this home court, and the Chinese Football Association took the opportunity to apply to the AFC to arrange this game in China. In this way, the Chinese team would have an extra home court out of thin air.

The Maldives wanted to find a neutral position, but the time was tight and the task was heavy, so the neutral position was so easy to find? They had no choice but to agree to the Chinese team's application.
Chapter completed!