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After winning the Champions League, Atlético Madrid are now unbeaten in four games in all competitions.

But they didn't keep the momentum going.

In the next three days in the league, they lost 1:3 away to Valencia.

This game was also wicked. In the opening six minutes, Miranda headed a non-threatening cross into his own goal, which led to Valencia taking the lead with an own goal.

One minute later, Valencia player Alcacer passed the ball, Gomez forced a breakthrough and shot on the left side of the small penalty area, and the football flew into Atletico Madrid's goal for the second time.

Seven minutes later, Valencia scored again with a header from a corner.

They scored three goals in eight minutes!

Thirteen minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid trailed by three goals.

Last season, Atletico Madrid double-killed Valencia, losing only one of the last seven league clashes.

Atlético Madrid pulled one back in the 29th minute, Gao Zheng sent an assist to help Griezmann score.

Atletico Madrid, who pulled back a goal, boosted their morale and planned to tie the score in one go.

And they really got such a good opportunity in stoppage time in the first half-when Gao Zheng shot in the penalty area, the football hit his teammate Moose when he played in Sampdoria. Taffy's hand, the referee gave Atletico Madrid a penalty.

This is a great opportunity to catch up with Valencia.

But Siqueira's penalty kick was directly hugged by Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves... Atletico Madrid players were not even given the chance to make up shots!

Missing this penalty dealt a heavy blow to Atletico Madrid's morale,

Then it was not until the end of the game that Atletico Madrid got another chance to score.

However, Chelsea, who came off the bench, was disallowed for a handball foul before scoring. Not only that, Chelsea's handball foul also allowed him to get his second yellow card of the game and was sent off.

Atletico Madrid actually had a chance to score in the game, but they missed a penalty kick and scored a handball first, which finally made them regretfully lose 1:3 to Valencia in the away game.

In fact, with ten minutes left in the game, Gao Zheng was replaced by Simeone. It can be seen that he has no hope of winning Valencia in the away game.

Losing this game allowed Atletico Madrid's unbeaten league results to be fixed in six rounds.

Although they lost the game, Atletico Madrid is still in the top three and is only one point behind the second-placed Valencia, and has not been left behind.

However, the failure of this game was not exaggerated in the media.

They were afraid of being slapped in the face by Gao Zheng...

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After the game against Valencia, La Liga was temporarily suspended because the national team match day came.

Gao Zheng left Madrid and returned to China to participate in the two warm-up matches of the Chinese team.

The Chinese team will play these two games on October 10 and 14, against Thailand and Paraguay respectively.

Among them, this warm-up match with the Thai team has attracted much attention, because just over a year ago, the Chinese team had a warm-up match with the Thai team. I thought it was just an ordinary warm-up match. It is recorded in the history of Chinese football.

The Chinese team lost 1:5 to the Thai team composed of youth team players in Hefei.

The failure of this game also led to the dismissal of the national team coach Camacho.

After the game, there were many rumors about this game. For example, some people said that the international players deliberately lost to the Thai team in order to get rid of Camacho, because their defense in the game can be said to be "eye defense".

It is precisely because of this 1:5 Liangzi that the game between the Chinese team and the Thai team is even more eye-catching.

Regardless of the reason why the Chinese team lost to the Thai team, it has now become their revenge battle.

When returning to this game,

Gao Zheng was also asked about last year's game by media reporters. In this regard, Gao Zheng answered very smartly: "I was not in the team at that time last year. I don't know what happened. I may not know what happened. You guys. So I don't have much to say about that game."

So what about the next game?

"We still have to work hard to win, after all, we want to win every game."

"Then how much do you know about this Thai team?" a reporter asked.

Gao Zheng shook his head and said honestly: "I don't know much about it. I don't know about the main Thai team, let alone the third Thai team."

The reporters were a little surprised that Gao Zheng spoke so bluntly.

They thought Gao Zheng would say something polite.

For example, "I don't know the Thai team very well, but I heard that they are a strong team in Southeast Asia."

Unexpectedly, Gao Zheng directly called him "Thailand's third team", which was cruel enough.

Some reporters even keenly heard Gao Zheng's dissatisfaction from his answer.

Gao Zheng was indeed a little dissatisfied. He flew back to China from Madrid, and the one-way flight time was more than ten hours. In the end, he played against the third team in Thailand. Would he be happy?

I paid such a high price and traveled all the way, hoping to participate in a quality warm-up match, which can help the Chinese team prepare for the Asian Cup.

But against the Thai team, which doesn't even have enough substitutes, the quality of such a warm-up match is too bad, right?

The dignified Chinese national team is not as highly valued by the opponents as the Chinese Olympic team-in the just-concluded Incheon Asian Games, it was the National Olympic team that represented China in the men's football event. The Olympic team encountered the Thai team in the first knockout round of the Asian Games men's football event.

But this is not the "Thailand Three Teams" today, but the Thai team that really plays with all the main players.

In the end, the Chinese Olympic team lost to the Thai team 0:2 and was eliminated.

And this Thai team defeated Jordan 2:0 after reaching the quarter-finals and reached the semi-finals. In the end, they lost 0:2 to the host South Korea team in the semifinals.

Although such a Thai team is an Olympic team, it will be the team of the future Thailand national team, and it is also the team that defeated the Chinese national team 5:1 a year ago. Although they are the Olympic team, they are stronger than the serious Thai national team. This is because on the one hand, there is a talent gap in Thai football between the ages of 26 and 30. On the other hand, it is natural that Thailand vigorously develops youth football training and has achieved great results in youth training. So there are situations where young players are better at playing than Mesozoic players. The Thai Football Association also consciously allows the Olympic team to represent Thailand in various national team competitions.

When the two sides discussed the warm-up match before, Thailand promised that they would send such a strongest lineup.

But when it came to the game, Thailand changed its mind temporarily.

At the beginning, the list given by Thailand was 27 people, including 12 players who participated in the 5:1 game last year. As a result, due to the Asian Games just finished and the Thailand domestic cup competition, there were only 15 players left in the Thailand squad that came to China, including three goalkeepers. At that time, there will be four people on the bench, and two of them will be substitute goalkeepers, which means that the Thai team may not even have three substitutions...

Gao Zheng flew back from Spain specially for this warm-up match and to prepare for the Asian Cup. In sharp contrast to this is Thailand's head star, who once tried out in Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, and currently plays for the La Liga team Almeria, Dang Da did not come back to participate in this game at all.

They are all star players of their respective national teams, and they both play for Spain. The distance is the same, but Gao Zheng is back, but the other party is not. What does it mean?

You must know that in Atletico Madrid's 1-0 victory over Almeria, Gao Zheng also scored a stunning goal, and Dang Da sat on the bench the whole time, witnessing this historical moment from the sidelines. ...

A player who couldn't even play a game in Almeria, stayed at the club and didn't come back to play for the national team.

But the absolute core of a club flew all the way back to China to participate in this game.

Gao Zheng hasn't put on airs yet, but Dangda's score is quite big-of course, the Thai media said that Dangda is not coming back because he wants to play in Almeria. It's just that judging from his performance in Almeria, staying in Almeria for training and not coming back to play for the national team may not have any positive impact on his chances of playing in the club...

In addition to Dangda who did not come back to participate in the competition, many experienced and outstanding players of the Thai team did not come. Among the fifteen players, nine of them have played less than five games in the national team. Salaut on the defensive line only represented Thailand in one game, Wanneris only played once, Fossaian played four times, the midfielder Youen, Taiwigan and the striker were due to Pinet has only played twice, and Surya, Boon Yong, and Supassek all made their national team debuts. And this Supassek is 27 years old this year, and he was indeed selected for the national team for the first time. From this, it can be seen that some players are here to "make up the numbers".

The importance attached by the Thai Football Association to this game can be seen.

Faced with such an opponent, domestic public opinion is still shouting "revenge", which really makes Gao Zheng speechless.

So when facing reporters this time, he downplayed the 1:5 defeat last year, and at the same time repeatedly emphasized to the reporters: "Don't talk about 'revenge', this is not 'revenge', the opponent we faced It’s all different from a year ago. What’s the point of ‘revenge’? This is just an ordinary warm-up match. For the Asian Cup at the beginning of next year, it’s enough to play this warm-up match well. What’s the opponent’s situation? Tell us It's ok."