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Chinese fans really care about the hat-trick. It seems that without this hat-trick, Atletico Madrid's victory would be incomplete, and there are irreparable shortcomings.

But Gao Zheng really didn't care, he was very happy when the team won.

It's not that he wants to pretend.

It's not too difficult for him to score goals. Even if he didn't complete a hat-trick in this game, he is confident that he can score triple goals in other games.

Only those who usually have difficulty scoring goals will pay special attention to hat-tricks. After all, they really lack goals and hat-tricks.

Although Gao Zheng has only two Champions League hat-tricks in his career so far, there are countless hat-tricks in the league.

He really doesn't care much about hats or not.

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game shortly after Dedečko's own goal.

Atletico Madrid defeated Astana 4-0 at home with Gao Zheng's brace and Saul's goal, as well as the opponent's own goal.

In another group match at the same time, Benfica lost 1:2 away to Galatasaray.

Originally, the two teams had the same points, but in this way, Atletico Madrid won two and drew one, accumulating seven points and occupying the top spot of the group. And Benfica, like Galatasaray, has one win, one draw and one loss, and because they do not have an advantage in the relationship with Galatasaray, Benfica also fell to third place.

Astana, which is hard to find a win, continues to rank bottom.

In the next three rounds of the group stage, Atletico Madrid will go to Astana away, Galatasaray at home, and Benfica in the final round.

If all goes well, I am afraid that the qualifying situation will be very clear before the last game against Benfica.

After this round of group matches, Atletico Madrid regained the initiative to compete for the first place in the group.

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After the Champions League group match with Astana, Atletico Madrid attracted Valencia at home.

Although Simeone made a rotation adjustment in this game, Gao Zheng still appeared in the starting lineup.

Now Simeone is more and more dependent on Gao Zheng. Even if it is a double match a week, Gao Zheng is rarely placed on the bench.

And he was occasionally arranged like this last season.

This season, Simeone decided to give full play to Gao Zheng's ability. Putting him on the bench is a waste, and waste is a crime.

The starter Gao Zheng also lived up to Simeone's expectations. He opened the scoring for the team in the 32nd minute, helping Atletico Madrid lead Valencia 1-0 at home.

In the 40th minute, Carrasco extended Atlético's lead.

Valencia didn't get a goal back for Valencia until the 72nd minute, but it was too late.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Valencia 2:1 at home and continued to lead the league standings.

Since losing 0:1 to Villarreal in the sixth round of the league, Atletico Madrid has maintained a three-game winning streak in the league.

But this wave of three consecutive victories was broken in the next Atletico Madrid away game against Deportivo.

Because considering that the next game is away to Astana, Simeone has carried out a substantial rotation of the team,

Even Gao Zheng was put on the bench this time.

This is mainly because the away game against Astana is too difficult.

From Madrid to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, the Atlético Madrid team needs to fly for seven hours, with a total distance of 5,700 kilometers and a five-hour time difference.

These are huge challenges.

In order to ensure that his players have sufficient physical fitness and energy to cope with this Champions League group match, Simeone must make some trade-offs.

Of course, this trade-off comes at a price.

So when Atletico Madrid lost 0:1 to Deportivo in the away game, everyone was not surprised.

Because most of the main players are not on the field.

Even those players on the field may be thinking about the seven-hour flight and the 5,700-kilometer away game...

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Atletico Madrid, who lost the game, was caught up by Real Madrid in the league standings.

Now Real Madrid are only one point behind Atletico Madrid, with Atletico Madrid on 24 and Real Madrid on 23.

The lead has been largely wiped out.

After Real Madrid lost to Atletico Madrid, Benitez's coaching position was unstable for a while, but the next wave of three consecutive victories allowed Real Madrid to bite Atletico Madrid tightly, and took advantage of Atletico Madrid's loss to La Coruña's opportunity was successfully caught up.

As long as it continues like this, Atletico Madrid will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure of Real Madrid pressing from behind.

At that time, it will be Real Madrid's chance to overtake.

As for another competitor, Barcelona, ​​it currently has 21 points, ranking third and Real Madrid by two points.

As long as Real Madrid do their own thing, there is no need to worry about Barcelona.

After three consecutive victories and catching up with Atletico Madrid, Benitez's coaching position seems to have become stable again.

But in fact, there is another big test before him, that is, the twelfth round of the league, the "National Derby" between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

After losing to Atletico Madrid, neither the Real Madrid club nor the fans can afford to lose to Barcelona.

So don't look at Real Madrid tying Atletico Madrid now, but in fact, for Benitez, the pressure is still high.

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Gao Zheng felt that Atlético de Madrid and Astana were like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, separated by a huge Milky Way, they could only meet once a year, and it was not easy to meet once.

Even with the advanced means of transportation such as airplanes, it is still very painful to sit on an airplane for seven hours.

When the results of the draw first came out, many Atletico Madrid players still felt that this was a good opponent, because they were weak enough that they could easily beat their opponents.

But thinking about it now, they completely underestimated the away distance of 5,700 kilometers.

Besides, there is no way to sit in the first class. There are so many people in the team, and there are not so many seats in the first class. If some people sit and some don't, it's too unfair.

The cramped seats in the economy class are very unfriendly to Gao Zheng, who is 1.9 meters tall.

He can't even straighten his legs...

Worse than the cramped seats was the seven hours of boring travel time.

Gao Zheng finally chose to pass the time by watching.

He found a book dedicated to football on the Internet. The author is Lin Hai Tingtao, who is said to be a well-known football author on the Internet. This book is called "The Hero of the Forbidden Zone". The protagonist in it is as tall as Gao Zheng, but his playing style and personality are completely different. This guy named Chen Yingxiong has a violent personality, a strong body, and is very good at heading the ball. , It really looks like a giant bear.

It's just that the technique is too rough.

Gao Zheng scoffed at this.

However, his private life is much more lively than his own, and even Sharapova, a beautiful Russian tennis girl, has fallen in love with her. Later, after breaking up with Sharapova, she had a one-night stand with Ivanka Tianlei, the daughter of the American billionaire Trump!

Gao Zheng yelled when he saw this, the author really dares to flirt...

But compared with others, my private life is indeed too monotonous.

Not to mention going to nightclubs to pick up girls, I don't even have a girlfriend yet...

Thinking of this, Gao Zheng dug out the antique-like second-hand CD player from his handbag, put on the earphones, and listened to Feng Shiyao's song.

When Sister Feng's singing wafted into his ears, his slightly restless heart gradually calmed down.

He continued to look at this exciting...