In the 29th round of the league, Atletico Madrid faces La Coruña at home, and this league is a bit different from the previous leagues.

Because after playing this league, Atletico Madrid will welcome Eindhoven at home next week. That Champions League match is related to whether they can reach the Champions League quarter-finals.

In fact, in the middle of last week, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals had already started. Real Madrid defeated Roma 2:0 at home and advanced to the quarter-finals with a total score of 4:0 in two rounds, becoming the first Spanish team to advance to the quarter-finals.

In the other three quarter-finals, Wolfsburg defeated Ghent 1:0 and advanced with a total score of 4:2; Benfica defeated St. Petersburg Zenit 2:1 away, and advanced with a total score of 3:1; Paris Saint-Germain defeated Chelsea 2:1 away, eliminating his opponent with a total score of 4:2 and advancing to the quarterfinals.

In this way, all the first four quarter-final teams were born.

Next, on March 15 and 16, the remaining four quarter-finals teams will be released one after another.

On the 15th, Atletico Madrid faced Eindhoven at home and Manchester City faced Dynamo Kiev at home.

It was Barcelona's turn to play the next day. They played against Arsenal at home and Bayern Munich played against Juventus at home.

As the Champions League advances, the schedule will become increasingly intensive.

Now there is still half a month between the first and second rounds of the quarterfinals, and it is only one week away from the quarterfinals. At the same time, it is only a dozen days away from the quarterfinals and the semi-finals.

The further you play the team, the harder it will be.

This is also the reason why the Champions League is a giant game. If you don't have a deep enough bench thickness, it is impossible for you to survive such a intensive high-intensity confrontation.

Now there are more and more games in a season, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for teams that rely on only one lineup to achieve good results in multi-line combat. It is becoming increasingly impossible for dark horses like the previous Nottingham Forest to achieve good results in multi-line combat.

In the Champions League now, being able to reach the quarterfinals can be considered a big dark horse. If you want to reach the finals in one go and win the cup? Daydream!

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Although the next one was the Champions League match against Eindhoven, Diego Simeone did not perform a large rotation in the team's match against La Coruña in the 29th round of the league.

He only adjusted two positions.

At least Gao Zheng is still on the court.

No matter how the adjustment is made, if he still wants to win, he has to ensure that Gao Zheng is on the court.

Gao Zheng is the guarantee of victory.

Even if he doesn't score a goal, he can assist his teammates, just like in the last round of the league.

Of course, Gao Zheng scored a goal in this game.

In the 60th minute, he helped the team rewrite the score to 2:0.

Then he was replaced in the 71st minute, and Griezmann was the one who replaced him.

The French striker freezes the score at 3:0 in the 83rd minute.

They were not affected by the Champions League and won the game.

This disappointed many Barcelona fans.

With Barcelona defeating Getafe 6-0, they also expect Atletico Madrid to lose the game under the influence of the Champions League or tie with La Coruna...

But Manuel Blanco doesn't think so.

He believes that with Atletico Madrid's strength, it is not now that it will be affected.

He even felt that Atletico Madrid had a high probability of reaching the quarterfinals.

Eindhoven is still difficult to cause trouble for Atletico Madrid.

But once you enter the quarterfinals, it will be different.

At that time, the lottery will be drawn again, and Atletico Madrid will no longer meet a second-rate team like Einho.

The opponent's strength becomes stronger and the schedule becomes more and more dense. Only then will the impact of the two-line battle on Atletico Madrid gradually be revealed.

Now it’s unnecessary to sigh because Atletico Madrid wins the ball, a group of young people who can’t hold back!

He, Blanco, has been a journalist for so many years, and has never seen any scenes or storms?

Wait, my expectations are not wrong. After entering the quarterfinals, it is the time when Atletico Madrid collapses!

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Everyone previously thought that Atletico Madrid might be affected by the Champions League in the league, but Atletico Madrid beat La Coruna 3:0 in the league, and they didn't see where they were affected by their willingness.

After their match with Eindhoven began, everyone realized that it was not that the league was affected by the Champions League, but that the Champions League was affected by the Champions League!

In ninety minutes, although Atletico Madrid created many opportunities, it failed to break through the goal guarded by Zuote, and the game was dragged into overtime.

Atletico Madrid's offensive declined in overtime, and Eindhoven also tried to start some attacks, but they still seemed very cautious. If it weren't for a particularly good opportunity, they would basically not invest too much force.

In the end, neither side scored a goal in the 120-minute game, and the game entered a penalty kick.

Atletico Madrid and Barcelona play a "penalty finale" in the league. In the Champions League, they actually have to rely on penalties to decide whether to advance to the quarterfinale...

Blanco saw this scene in front of the TV and sneered.

The impact has begun to emerge gradually.

But he doesn't want Atletico Madrid to be eliminated here.

If the Champions League is eliminated, they can chase Barcelona with all their might in the league. Teams like Atletico Madrid, when they go all out in a game, the threat to Barcelona is very big.

So in order to avoid such a situation, Blanco still has to cheer for Atletico Madrid, hoping that they can laugh to the end in the penalty shootout.

Of course, this does not mean his betrayal of Barcelona.

This is just to make Atletico Madrid lose even worse in the future and ensure Barcelona's revenge is successful.

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Eindhoven played first in the penalty shootout, and the first to play was Marco Van Kinker, who was Eindhoven's midfielder. He performed well in this game. It was his unity and cooperation with his teammates that resisted Atletico Madrid's attacks one after another and successfully dragged the game into the penalty shootout.

Generally speaking, the first player who takes the penalty kick does not need to be too skilled, but his psychological quality must be strong and his physical fitness must be good. Otherwise, after 120 minutes of game, physical fitness will lead to deforming the technical movements when playing football, reducing the free throw shooting rate.

Therefore, everyone who chooses this penalty is basically midfielder and backcourt players. They have guaranteed physical fitness and strong psychological qualities.

Van Jinkele lived up to expectations and kicked the ball into the goal with one kick, setting a good start for Eindhoven.

Atletico Madrid's first penalty was Griezmann.

The French striker also hit the same shot.

The score between the two sides was 1:1.

Eindhoven's second penalty was Guardado, who was also a midfielder. He also kicked the penalty into the goal like his midfielder partner.

Atletico Madrid's second player is captain Gabi, who steadily scored a penalty kick.

Both sides went back and forth, and they kept playing until the fifth round, and they still tied.

Moreno, the fifth player who took the penalty, also kicked the football into the goal.

The pressure is all over Atletico Madrid. If Atletico Madrid's fifth free throw player cannot kick the ball, then Eindhoven will eliminate Atletico Madrid and enter the Champions League quarter-finals!

On Atletico Madrid, the fifth person to take the penalty was Gao Zheng.
Chapter completed!