Chapter 145 Entering the top four in the standings
On the field, Qiao Anchen, who scored the goal, did not celebrate wildly. He just high-fived and hugged his teammates who came over to celebrate for a while, then returned to his own half, allowing Valencia to kick the ball in the circle.
After the game restarted, Valencia, ranked third in La Liga, was naturally unwilling to lose and attacked aggressively, trying to recover the one-goal gap, equalize, or even reverse the score.
However, everyone was out of shape in this game. In the next ten minutes, Valencia did not score a single goal, and Atletico Madrid failed to expand the score.
After 2 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. With Joan Chen's supplementary shot, Atletico Madrid defeated Valencia 1-0 at home and won the team's fifth consecutive victory since 2012.
win.
Because the point difference between fourth place and seventh place is very small, and the teams ranked before Atletico Madrid all tied in this round, Atletico Madrid used the 3 points in this game to surpass the two teams in a row and rise to the league's third place.
4, entering the Champions League qualifying area.
For a team that was only ranked 10th before New Year's Day and was not far from the relegation zone, it was really satisfying to rise to 4th place and enter the Champions League play-off zone after just 5 league games at the beginning of the new year.
However, no one wants to play in the play-offs, neither players nor fans. As long as they play in the play-offs, they may lose, and they will train in advance, disrupting everyone's vacation and training plans.
Only by entering the top three and getting a spot directly into the Champions League group stage can people feel reassured.
However, Atletico Madrid is currently a little behind third-placed Valencia, with a full 6 points. The Madrid team needs to win two games in a row and Valencia loses two games in a row to tie the points.
With Atletico Madrid's state, it is possible to win two games in a row. But it is a bit difficult for Valencia to lose two games in a row. We can only catch up slowly. With Simeone and Joanchen, everything becomes full of hope.
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In any case, entering the top four is already a great surprise and victory. Even with the impact of the Port Said tragedy, Atletico Madrid players and fans still had an interactive celebration after the game.
Qiao Anchen was also elected as the best player of the game with his only goal, so he won 100,000 starting points, 1 goal, 100,000 winning prizes, 50,000 best on the spot, 200,000 = 450,000 game experience, and the total experience increased to level 30
1.89 million/4 million.
The next day the team had a holiday, and the Chinese Football Committee also announced the national football training list for the final group match of the top 20 World Cup preliminaries. Qiao Anchen was not on the list, but no media or fans felt that the Football Committee made a wise decision.
They are all sarcastic:
"Qiao Anchen has scored double figures in La Liga, but he still can't make it to the national football team."
"Let me tell you a joke, the record holder for the most goals scored in a single season by Chinese players studying abroad in the five major leagues will not be able to join the national team."
"Qiao Anchen, who scored 10 goals in 5 games and averaged 2 goals per game, was disliked by the Football Committee."
"It doesn't matter if you can't make it, since you've already been eliminated from the World Cup preliminaries anyway. It would be a waste of time for Qiao Anchen to come back."
"Yes, what you said above makes sense."
Qiao Anchen did not participate in this kind of topic. Anyway, it is impossible for him to reconcile with the national football team in a short time. He just concentrates on the training and competition of his own club.
On February 10, Falcao’s 26th birthday, he held a grand birthday party at his villa. Qiao Anchen and other players from the first team attended the party, as well as Falcao’s relatives and friends who were familiar with him.
Even the top brass of the club appeared at the party on behalf of the club.
Although Qiao Anchen has been in the limelight recently and can be regarded as the traffic controller of Atletico Madrid, for now, Falcao is Atletico Madrid's number one star.
With a net worth of 40 million euros, no one in the team can match him.
Therefore, Falcao's birthday dinner was very lively, and many media reported on it that night and the next day.
This is the treatment of a superstar. Every birthday can be in the news.
However, no one dared to have a drink at Falcao's birthday party because there was a game the next day.
Simeone said hello, if anyone gets drunk at the party and performs poorly the next day, he will be banished to the sidelines.
Therefore, even the birthday boy Falcao didn't have a few drinks, and the others even less. Qiao Anchen even used the excuse of being underage to not drink at all, but drank a few drinks with everyone.
The next day, at 19:00 on the evening of February 11, the 23rd round of La Liga match between Racing Santander and Atletico Madrid officially started at the "Estadio Sardines", the home stadium of Racing Santander, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people.
Racing Santander is currently ranked third from the bottom, deep in the relegation zone and weak. Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, has won five consecutive games and its ranking has risen from 10th to 4th. The changes are earth-shaking.
In this match, everyone is optimistic that Atletico Madrid will win away from home.
The result was unexpected. Racing Santander showed extraordinary fighting spirit in this game and used a bus and iron barrel array to block Atletico Madrid's attacks and bombardments at home.
For Racing Santander, which is deep in the relegation zone, facing Atletico Madrid, which is clearly in the upper hand, they don't want to win at all. They just want to win by holding on to 1 point. Even if it is only 1 point, it is precious on the road to relegation.
, not to mention facing a strong enemy like Atletico Madrid.
Therefore, almost all of them huddled within the 30-meter area of the goal to defend, leaving Atletico Madrid helpless.
Even Qiao Anchen and Falcao couldn't do anything.
Falcao is not good at shooting and relies on luck. Although Qiao Anchen is good at shooting, he has not reached the point where he can dribble the ball alone into the Longtan.
As for long-range shots from outside the penalty area, he is not good at arcing skills or shooting power. As long as the opponent is not negligent and can block his shooting route, he can't.
He has no ability to compete for headers in the penalty area.
As a result, until the 83rd minute of the game, Atletico Madrid had not scored a single goal, and the game was likely to end 0-0.
Seeing this, Qiao Anchen had no choice but to activate a "must score lucky card". He wanted to score in the last ten minutes to continue his consecutive scoring record.
Then, when the time came to the 89th minute and it was about to enter stoppage time, winger Adrian made a pass and passed the ball into the penalty area.
Atletico Madrid failed to grab the first point. The first point was grabbed by Racing Santander's central defender, but he also failed to go far and fell just behind Joan Chen near the penalty spot.
Qiao Anchen looked at the ball falling behind him. There was interference around him, he didn't know how to header the ball, and he wanted to shoot. He immediately resisted the defensive player around him, turned around, jumped, and shot an overhead kick.