Prominence in Football Community

The next day, Gao Zheng noticed that many of his teammates looked at him in a strange way. He wondered if they all knew that I was lonely looking for someone to chat with last night?

But Gao Zheng didn't go to them for confirmation, because it was a bit embarrassing to talk about...

In case everyone asked him why he harassed his teammates, how would he answer?

Could it be that he was fed a mouthful of dog food, so he was so lonely that he took the initiative to find more dog food?

The teammates looked at Gao Zheng at this time, as if they could see the looming figure of Diego Simeone behind Gao Zheng.

They were not stupid enough to directly ask Gao Zheng if he was with the boss last night, because they knew that Gao Zheng would definitely not admit it.

The important thing is that in the next training, you must be more active, and you must not let the boss take advantage of it!

※※※

Diego Simeone was delighted with the positives shown by the players in training today and told his assistant coach Boggs: "Look, 'Professor'. I'm proud of what the players showed. I am gratified. After we did not win the home game against Levante, the players still maintained their fighting spirit. I think even if we were tied by Levante, it might not be a bad thing. At least that game let We are aware of our problems. It is not terrible to have problems, and now we realize that our problems at least have a chance to correct."

Boggs also nodded: "Yeah. I thought they had to scold them severely before they knew this. Now it seems that they are already a very mature team. Know that you can correct your mistakes."

The two coaches stood on the sidelines, looked at the players who were training, and showed gratified smiles.

It's like two old farmers looking at the gratifying crops in the field, with smiles on their faces, and a beautiful picture of a good harvest in their minds.

※※※

In the nineteenth round of the league, Atletico Madrid, which was tied by Levante at home, challenged Celta Vigo away this time.

The last game did not take advantage of the draw between Barcelona and Real Madrid to open up the point advantage.

This has some people worrying whether Atletico Madrid will be unstable in the second half of the season.

This situation is not without precedent.

In the European Football League,

There is no lack of examples of those teams who performed very differently in the first and second half of the league.

The most famous one is probably the newly promoted Bundesliga Hoffenheim in the 2008-2007 season.

This small village team performed well in the first Bundesliga season. They won the half-time championship in the first half of the season. Among them, the main striker Ibisevic is the top scorer.

Everyone was expecting Hoffenheim to create a brand new "Kaiserslautern miracle", looking forward to a good show of "David the shepherd boy defeating the giant Goliath".

As a result, after a winter break, Ibisevic was injured, basically reimbursed for the season, and Hoffenheim also collapsed across the board.

In the end, Hoffenheim fell to seventh in the league. Let alone the league championship, they didn't even qualify for the European war.

The final champion still belongs to the "Giant Goliath" Bayern Munich.

So even if Atletico Madrid performed well in the first half of this season, but in the first game of the new year, Atletico Madrid was tied by Levante at home, which still makes many people a little bit worried.

Their concerns are not delusional.

In the first round of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals just two days ago, Atletico Madrid challenged Vallecano away. This opponent, which they had won 4:0 in the league before, even drew 1:1 at home. Atletico Madrid.

This greatly exceeded the expectations of many people.

After the New Year, Atletico Madrid failed to win two consecutive games. Doesn't this explain the problem?

So this away game against Celta Vigo has attracted much attention.

But it was different from everyone's pre-match predictions. From the first minute of this game, it entered the rhythm of Atletico Madrid.

Although Celta Vigo is at their home court, facing Atletico Madrid's aggressive offensive, they can only parry and have no power to fight back.

The scene is not dominant at all, and can only be beaten passively.

Such Atletico Madrid was completely invisible in the first two games.

It's a different team from before.

Gao Zheng opened the scoring for the team in the 27th minute and scored his 17th league goal of the season.

In the 49th minute, he assisted Griezmann to score again, and Atletico Madrid led 2:0 away.

In the 80th minute, Carrasco, who came off the bench in the second half, sealed the victory for the team.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Celta Vigo 3:0 in the away game, won the victory and scored a precious three points.

But this time their competitors did not lose the chain, Barcelona defeated Granada 4:0 at home, and Real Madrid defeated Deportivo Deportivo 5:0 at home.

Both won the ball, and the difference between the two sides was still seven points.

After the game, the Madrid media praised the performance of Atletico Madrid players and praised them for getting rid of the downturn of two consecutive games.

And Celta Vigo is powerless to stop Atletico Madrid at their home court.

In the end, the media said that if Atletico Madrid can continue to play like this, then it will not be difficult for them to win the league championship this season.

At the same time, some media are speculating on what caused Atletico Madrid to undergo such earth-shaking changes.

After all, from the last round of the league to the last Copa del Rey and today's league, it took only eight days. In such a short period of eight days, three games were played, the first two games were bad, and the third game Why are they suddenly different?

A reporter interviewed some players, and everyone said that it was because their coach Diego Simeone was angry, so they used their lives.

The reporter asked about Simeone at the post-match press conference. Simeone was full of question marks. He couldn't remember when he expressed his anger to the players.

The reason why he is not angry is because he realizes that the team needs such ups and downs, and it is impossible to maintain high morale and excellent state forever, so ups and downs are normal. While he also wants the players to adjust themselves, he certainly doesn't berate them.

But in front of a group of reporters, Simeone still smiled and nodded to admit the matter: "Yes, I am dissatisfied with their performance that they have been tied by their opponents in two consecutive games. But I am very happy that they can adjust themselves Come on. We can’t be undefeated in the league forever, but what’s more important than being undefeated is that the players learn how to face adversity, and I think it’s more important than us winning three points…”

Although the reporters felt that Simeone's words were a bit pretentious, after all, you missed the opportunity to open the point difference with Barcelona, ​​and even said something more important than winning three points. They bet Simeone would have preferred to win the three points in his heart.

But there is no way, who will let others be the winner today?

You are a winner and you are right in everything you say.