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Although they failed to make it to the finals, the Chinese team still had to play one more game like the teams that reached the finals—the third and fourth finals.

This also means that Gao Zheng cannot return to the club just because the Chinese team stops in the semi-finals.

The third and fourth finals of the Asian Cup were held on the night of January 30th, so there was only one day for the finals.

In this regard, when Simeone was asked this question in an interview, he half-jokingly said: "I am sorry for the high-level fight. Since there are six games to be played, why not play the finals, but play the three or four finals that are as tasteless as possible. What? It’s okay, just wait one more day, we’ll wait more often…”

All the reporters present laughed, and Simeone laughed too.

The atmosphere looks relaxed.

In fact, considering the lack of Gao Zheng, Atletico Madrid's performance during this period is not bad. Although they lost two games in the league, they did not drop in the ranking, and they are still in third place, biting Barcelona-they have the same points as Barcelona, ​​and both are four points behind the top-ranked Real Madrid.

In the Copa del Rey final, without Gao Zheng, they also eliminated their city rivals Real Madrid 2:0 at home and 2:2 away with a total score of 4:2.

Of course, in the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals a few days ago, they lost 0:1 away to Barcelona.

But isn't there a second round?

This press conference is the pre-match press conference for Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona.

On the night of January 28, the second round kicked off at the Calderon Stadium. Atletico Madrid played at home, only one goal behind Barcelona, ​​and they could still turn the tables.

No wonder Simeone looked so relaxed when answering this question. The premise of Simeone’s answer is that someone asked him, just like Atletico Madrid has lost to Barcelona in the league this season, and lost again in the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, will he face Barcelona again this time? I miss Gao Zheng.

So Simeone made the above answer, avoiding this topic half-jokingly-if he wants to talk about Gao Zheng, what do other Atletico Madrid players in the team think? Oh, it's Gao Zheng's credit to win the game, and it's because of Gao Zheng's loss. What do you think of us?

If he said he didn't want Gao Zheng, I'm afraid the next day the media would embellish his words and make a fuss about his relationship with Gao Zheng.

Although Gao Zheng is the core of Simeone's team, Atletico Madrid is not a one-man team. In addition to Gao Zheng, Atletico Madrid has other good players.

This is where his team is completely different from Sampdoria. If Sampdoria did not have Gao Zheng, it might have collapsed. This is also true. This season, Sampdoria without Gao Zheng only ranked thirteenth. Compared with the two seasons with Gao Zheng It's far from it.

Berardi performed very well, but he alone cannot take Sampdoria down. After all, he is not Gao Zheng, and there is still a big gap between him and Gao Zheng.

"...This time it's our home game and we're confident we can win against Barcelona."

Finally Simeone said so.

In the two games they lost before, Atletico Madrid challenged Barcelona away, so they lost. Atletico Madrid is home this time, and Atletico Madrid's home stadium has always been very scary-Real Madrid, who performed well in the league, challenged Atletico Madrid away in the first round of the quarter-finals, and lost 0:2.

The away game was only a small 0:1 loss to Barcelona, ​​and Simeone is of course confident of pulling it back at home.

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In the second round of the match, Atletico Madrid, who were playing at home, was indeed full of momentum, rushing forward as soon as they came up.

And in the first minute, Fernando Torres scored the first goal, tying the total score to 1:1, sounding the clarion call for Atletico Madrid's counterattack.

Torres, the "golden boy" of Atletico Madrid, came on loan from AC Milan in January this year. This is also to make up for the vacancy in Atletico Madrid's striker after Gao Zheng left the team to play in the Asian Cup.

At the same time, the return of the "golden boy" who has been wandering abroad for many years and is now unsatisfactory can also reflect the human touch of Atletico Madrid.

Torres has performed really well after returning from loan. Since returning from loan on January 6, he has scored two goals in the league, and now he has also scored a goal in the Copa del Rey.

However, Barcelona quickly equalized the score - in the ninth minute, Neymar helped Barcelona equalize the score at 1:1, and the total score became 2:1.

In the 30th minute, Atletico Madrid broke the deadlock again. Juanfran broke into the penalty area and caused a foul by Barcelona centre-back Javier Mascherano. The referee awarded Atletico Madrid a penalty.

Raul Garcia scored the penalty to tie the total score to 2:2, but according to this score, it is still not good for Atletico Madrid, because the total score is the same, and Barcelona has an away goal, the away goal The advantage allowed them to overwhelm Atletico Madrid and take the lead in the competition to advance to the semi-finals.

If they want to reverse the comeback, they will continue to score goals.

But in the 38th minute, Barcelona quickly pulled back again, this time Busquets' header was knocked into his own goal by Atletico Madrid's central defender Miranda.

This own goal is really a blow to morale.

But the worst was yet to come. Just three minutes later, Barcelona scored another goal-Neymar received a pass from Alva and scored twice.

Barcelona led 3:2 in a single game, and the total score was 4:2.

If Atlético want to come back, two more goals are not enough, they have to score three goals, while counting on Barcelona not scoring next time.

They have been cornered!

In the second half, Simeone dispatched troops and replaced Griezmann, who performed poorly in the first half, with Saul.

And at 63 minutes, all three substitutions were used up.

But Atletico Madrid's offensive has not improved.

On the contrary, team captain Gabi was sent off with a red card for a foul in the 78th minute.

"The score is behind and there is one less player. Simeone's home comeback plan seems to be in vain..." The commentator Jose Maria joked, "I wonder if Simeone missed Gao at this time? After falling behind Atletico Madrid had 45 minutes to solve the problem, but now it seems that they have no way to break the goal of Barcelona..."

The TV broadcast seemed to have a heart-to-heart with the narrator Maria, and happened to give Simeone a close-up.

In the close-up, Diego Simeone looked very anxious. He whistled from the sidelines and signaled his players to press on.

However, the three replacement places have been quickly used up, and after making the adjustments, he now has no better way than to watch the show off the court.

"By the way, Gao has scored seven goals in the Asian Cup, and he is the top scorer in the Asian Cup, far ahead of his opponents." The audience who didn't know and pay close attention said.

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In the end, Atletico Madrid tried their best and failed to score a single goal in the second half.

They lost to Barcelona with a score of 2:3 at home, and were beaten by their opponents in the Copa del Rey home and away.

Also eliminated from the Copa del Rey.

At the end of the game, Jose Maria quipped: "Whether Diego Simeone misses Gao or not, I think the Atlético fans must miss Gao very much..."

And Gao Zheng will not be able to return until January 31 at the earliest, after the three or four finals against the UAE.

He will definitely miss the 21st round of the league against Eibar.

But it doesn't matter, this game doesn't matter at all.

The important thing is that in the twenty-second round of the league on February 7, Atletico Madrid will face Real Madrid at home.

Yes, the second round of the Madrid derby in this season's league is coming.

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