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Atletico Madrid and Valencia come after Barcelona.

In this game, due to preparations for the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of next week, Simeone carried out a moderate rotation-there was no major player replacement, but fine-tuning in certain positions.

Of course, in order to ensure victory, Gao Zheng and Griezmann still appeared in the starting lineup at the same time.

In the end, the two successfully connected once in the game, helping Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 1-0 at home.

The two games in a row were won by one goal, and the process was not easy, but it didn't matter.

The important thing is that Atletico Madrid has won this game, and the league ranking has risen to second place!

Of course, there are also reasons why Real Madrid lost the game themselves.

But in any case, they stepped on their city rivals Real Madrid and tied the points with Barcelona.

If this points situation continues, the game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid may determine the final league title.

Of course, although Real Madrid fell to third place, there is still hope for a comeback.

After all, they are only one point behind Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. And Real Madrid still has the opportunity to have a direct dialogue with Barcelona. In the national derby, if Real Madrid can beat Barcelona, ​​they can still regain their first place in the league.

The race for the league title intensified at the last minute.

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After the game against Valencia, Atletico Madrid switched to preparing for the game against Leverkusen.

This game is very important for Atletico Madrid.

Because of the first round, they lost 0:1 away to Leverkusen.

Not only that, the central defender Diego Godin received a yellow card for uprooting the opposing player Lars Bender in the game, and was suspended for accumulating yellow cards. Thiago directly accumulated two yellow cards in the game, was sent off with a red card, and will also miss this life-and-death battle.

Saul not recovering from injury against Real Madrid

will also not be able to participate in this game.

And this game has also attracted the attention of the media in China and South Korea.

Because this is the second confrontation between Gao Zheng and Sun Xingmin after the Asian Cup-Gao Zheng played in the first round of the match between the two sides, but Sun Xingmin did not.

So the second round is the first meeting between the two sides in the club.

This time, many Korean media rushed to Madrid to report on the game.

They surrounded Sun Xingmin at the airport and wanted to hear what Sun Xingmin thought about this match.

"Sun Jun, do you think this is the best chance to avenge the Asian Cup?"

"After the Asian Cup, facing Gao Zheng again, do you have the confidence to beat him?"

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The questions the reporters asked Sun Xingmin were basically related to Gao Zheng and revenge.

Although almost two months have passed since the Asian Cup, the Koreans who were eliminated by the Chinese team in the quarter-finals have been brooding about it.

After that defeat, the South Korean players were even booed and protested by some fans at the airport when they returned home. Although the South Korean team actually played very well in that game, and they were only a thin line away from the semi-finals, as long as they lost to China, it would be an unacceptable result.

Korean football has maintained an absolute advantage over Chinese football for a long time, making many Korean fans feel that as long as they meet the Chinese team, the victory is predetermined in advance, and the result of the game will not have any other possibility.

As a result, they lost to the Chinese team. Their biggest star, Sun Xingmin, lost to Gao Zheng.

How can the Koreans swallow this breath?

It's just that after the Asian Cup, China and South Korea don't know when they want to meet again.

I don't know if they can be assigned to a group in the World Cup Asian qualifiers.

If we can't meet again, if we can't seek revenge from the Chinese team, we will have to keep this breath in the hearts of the Koreans, torturing them day and night.

As a result, Gao Zheng and Sun Xingmin met in the Champions League when no one expected it!

This chance is much smaller than the chance of meeting in the national team!

Before the first round match between Atletico Madrid and Leverkusen, the South Korean media frantically hyped Sun Xingmin's revenge battle and South Korea's revenge battle.

As a result, Son Heung-min did not appear in the starting lineup.

This embarrasses Korean fans.

But this time, the Korean media has received very reliable news from various channels-Sun Xingmin will definitely start in the second round.

After all, Leverkusen, which is leading by one goal, does not need a large-scale attack in the away game. What they need is a defensive counterattack.

And Sun Xingmin is fast and has strong individual combat ability, which is very suitable for defensive counterattacks. At this time, as long as Leverkusen is playing a defensive counterattack, they will definitely choose Sun Xingmin to start.

The battle of revenge that Koreans have been looking forward to for a long time can finally be staged!

Facing the questions from these South Korean reporters, Sun Xingmin was very indifferent: "This is not revenge, this is a game between clubs. A goal lead in the first round does not mean anything, and this is Atletico Madrid's home court. We have to Be very careful... Me and Gao Zheng? He is a very good player, and we must go all out to beat him."

This disappointed the Korean reporters. Someone said to him in Korean: "Sun Jun, don't worry, this is a news report for domestic fans in Korea!"

The implication is to let Sun Xingmin not have any worries and reservations, and say whatever he wants. Is there anything else to hide from his compatriots?

Sun Xingmin smiled and nodded: "I know."

It seemed that this was what he was expressing without reservation.

The South Korean reporters finally got his true thoughts out of Sun Xingmin's mouth, and the South Korean reporters firmly believed that what Sun Xingmin said must not be the truth, but they had no choice but to use what Sun Xingmin told them to do news reports.

They guessed well, Sun Xingmin did not tell them the truth.

How could the pain caused by that Asian Cup be erased so easily?

This is not revenge, he told reporters in his country.

But on the contrary, deep down in Sun Xingmin's heart, he thinks this is a revenge.

In fact, this duel between Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid came out as early as the end of last year after all the top sixteen of the Champions League were released.

At that time, Sun Xingmin knew that he was going to play against Gao Zheng. At that time, he was quite looking forward to it. After all, he and Gao Zheng were the best players in Asian football, and he wanted to compete with Gao Zheng.

This game is just a simple contest with the masters.

Unexpectedly, the contest between him and Gao Zheng was brought forward to the Asian Cup.

And despite his outstanding performance in that game, he still failed to prevent the Chinese team from winning.

Especially Gao Zheng's last barbed ball, when he jumped up into the air and made an upside-down golden hook, the scene remained in Sun Xingmin's mind for a long time.

It was hard for him to forget that scene.

The lights of the stadium came down from a high place and were blocked by Gao Zheng's body. The light squeezed out from the edge of Gao Zheng's body, completely outlining the outline of his movement.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

He witnessed a wonderful barb ball. Later, some media said that Gao Zheng's barb ball can be recorded in the history of the Asian Cup forever, and may become the most exciting ball in the history of the Asian Cup.

And Sun Xingmin already had such an idea when he saw this scene at the time.

At that moment, Gao Zheng was in the sky and he was on the ground, and he felt ashamed.

However, the shame after the game made Sun Xingmin full of fighting spirit, vowing to fight Gao Zheng again, this time he will never be as unbearable as he did in the Asian Cup.

He has been looking forward to the Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid.

But in the first round, he had some minor injuries, even though he insisted that he was fine and could play. The head coach Schmidt did not believe his words, but to be on the safe side, let Sun Xingmin sit on the bench, depending on the situation, whether to let him play.

As a result, Leverkusen scored a goal in the second half and took the lead, and then withstood Atletico Madrid's offensive, so Sun Xingmin has been on the bench until the end of the game.

Even though he tried his best to suppress his expression and emotions in front of the camera lens, it could still be seen that he was a little unhappy.

It's just that the outside world thought that he was unhappy because he suffered a little injury and couldn't catch up with the game.

Only he himself knows the real reason.

Now, in the second round of the quarter-finals, he has fully recovered from his injury and has performed well in the league. His state is not a problem.

Coach Schmidt has no reason to put him on the bench.

He knows that Atletico Madrid will be difficult to play at home, and he also knows that Atletico Madrid, who lost the game in the first round, will definitely attack with all their strength, which is exactly in line with his characteristics. He will use speed and sharp counterattacks to find Gao Zheng to get back the ground.

But he kept his mouth shut in front of the reporter, and he didn't tell his true thoughts, because he didn't seem to turn the private duel between himself and Gao Zheng into a well-known hype.

This is the grievance between him and Gao Zheng, and has nothing to do with the country.

The account of the national team will wait until the national team is on the field.