Chapter 347 But we will still win
After Gao Zheng scored in the 89th minute, the outcome of the game was no longer suspense. Atletico Madrid was so motivated, and Espanyol had no power to fight back.
In fact, they have done everything they can do in this game, leading Atletico Madrid twice at one time, which is very good. You should know that no team has ever been able to lead Atletico Madrid twice in the game this season, they are the first team.
It can be said that Espanyol has tried his best to stop Atletico Madrid from winning the championship.
No one can say that Espanyol has problems with professional ethics after watching this game, and deliberately let Atletico Madrid win.
They have all achieved this and asked them to score another goal at the last moment to tie the score, which is a tough situation.
If you may not be able to change to Barcelona, don't expect Espanyol.
It is really interesting to be able to fight this with Atletico Madrid, who has no grudges or grudges.
Three minutes after injury time, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game.
Cheers burst out in front of the TV again.
The victory of this game means that Atletico Madrid continues to lead the league standings with two points, and they once again shattered Barcelona's plot to overtake the points.
Real Madrid won them the opportunity, and they did not waste this time.
This result made many Barcelona fans very painful.
Think about it, they are all mortal enemies in the city, how did Real Madrid help Atletico Madrid? They won 2:1 away against Barcelona, helping Atletico Madrid return to the top of the league standings.
And what about the Spanish?
Losing 2:3 away to Atletico Madrid...
Although Espanyol has performed very well in this game, it still cannot resist the Barcelona fans who are a little angry and run to accuse Espanyol of their performance.
They believed that Galca's operation of replacing Wu Lei in advance in the game was too cowardly. It was precisely because he replaced Wu Lei too early that the team lost the offensive threat, so when Atletico Madrid then pressed Espanyol to fight back...
Although this accusation is completely untenable, the angry Barcelona fans don't care.
Of course, they were also hit back by Espanyol fans: "Why don't you lead Atletico Madrid in the league standings if you have the ability? If you want a league championship, you still expect your mortal enemies in the city to help you... The world-class giants are so shameless, aren't they shameless?"
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At the post-match press conference, Simeone talked about the game and why Gao Zheng and Griezmann were asked to substitute: "...I will definitely do some rotation after just a fierce Champions League match. But this does not mean that I don't want to win today's game... The players' performance in the first half was indeed not satisfactory, but I'm glad they found the right rhythm in the second half. Of course, high appearances are also important and key... No matter what, we won, it's more important than anything else."
He then took this opportunity to talk about the next second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
"Down three balls? So what? I don't think there is anything scary about it. Because we have a full ninety minutes to solve this problem. We were two balls behind in this game, only one less than three balls, but we went for only forty-five minutes, and did we complete the reversal differently?"
"But Barcelona is not a Spanish." A Catalan reporter said dissatisfied.
Simeone smiled: "In the Barcelona derby in January, Barcelona and Espanyol played 0:0, right? To me, Barcelona and Espanyol are no different."
In the post-match report, the Catalan reporter wrote: "...After just defeating Espanyol, Simeone seemed to be in a good mood, and she was smiling when attending the press conference. Perhaps the reversal victory in this game gave him confidence and made him full of optimism for the next game. But I still want to say that Barcelona is not Espanyol, and Enrique is not Galca. He will never do such a stupid behavior as being scared and panicked by his opponent when he leads two goals and rescinding one goal by his opponent..."
The Catalan journalist is clearly a supporter of Barcelona, and his reports are filled with ridicule and anger at the Spanish failure.
Mocking is easy to understand.
The anger was because the Spaniards did not complete the mission to block Atletico Madrid.
Fortunately, Barcelona was very successful in the subsequent games and defeated the tenacious Real Sociedad 1-0 away game, continuing to bite Atletico Madrid's tail by two points, not allowing Atletico Madrid to run away.
But it is precisely because of this that Barcelona fans are even more angry and unwilling to do so. If Espanyol beat Atletico Madrid and Barcelona wins this game, wouldn’t they be the first in the league now?
Barcelona missed this great opportunity, and it was all because of the mortal enemy in the city who could not support the mud!
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The match with Espanyol has ended, and the "China Derby" has not started at all, and there is no way to hype it up in China.
But it doesn't matter. Everyone's focus has long been no longer on the past game, but has fallen to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in mid-week.
Although Atletico Madrid lost 0:3 in the first leg, almost losing the suspense in the second leg, another new suspense was created - that is, will a miracle happen?
Facing the gap between three balls and the strong enemy, can Atletico Madrid withstand it?
After the training, Gao Zheng was surrounded by reporters. Everyone wanted to hear his opinion on this game.
Gao Zheng seemed calm: "I don't think it's difficult. Think about how we beat Barcelona at home in the Spanish Super Cup this season?"
After he said this, many reporters were a little confused at first, and then their eyes lit up - in that game, Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 4-0 at his home court!
Now, if Atletico Madrid wants to create a miracle, it just so that it can eliminate its opponent with a total score of 4:3 and advance to the semi-finals!
Is Gao Zheng hinting that Atletico Madrid will beat Barcelona 4-0 at home?
But a Catalan reporter immediately raised objections: "One time and another time, Barcelona at that time were different from Barcelona now, and the Super Cup was definitely not as important as the Champions League quarter-finals."
The Catalan journalist was willing to arouse Gao Zheng’s rebuttal for his words, but unexpectedly, after Gao Zheng looked at him, a smile appeared on his face, and then nodded, "Yes, you are right."
Chapter completed!