Qiao Anchen and his teammates finished celebrating. After the game restarted, Athletic Bilbao continued to attack. At the same time, they guarded Qiao Anchen tightly in defense, basically not giving Qiao Anchen any chance, and even did not hesitate to foul.
They didn't want to lose by a huge margin in the final and also become the backdrop for Qiao Anchen's record breaking. Although Qiao Anchen had already tied the record, it still didn't break it after all.
In the 70th minute, Athletic Bilbao created an excellent shooting opportunity.
The right midfielder Iturraspe cooperated with Susaeta and Perez after hitting the wall twice in a row and then made a pass.
This ball was not a high-altitude ball, but a ground ball, but Llorente, who connected in the middle, ran over his head, and the ball rolled past him and to the back point.
However, although Llorente's grab in the middle went too far and failed to touch the ball, he severely shook Atletico Madrid's defender, leaving the back point unguarded, and goalkeeper Courtois was also beaten by Llorente.
Te was attracted to the middle and could not pounce to the back in time.
The left midfielder Muniain rushed into the back of the small penalty area and shot the ball without any defense. Many people thought that the goal was bound to be scored. But who would have expected that Muniain's kick was so close at hand?
, the shot that was less than 4 meters away from the goal actually took off and flew high over the crossbar.
Many commentators were uncanny:
"Llorente went too far."
"Later point!"
“Muniyain!”
"Shoot..."
"ah???"
"The ball was hit too high???"
"With no one on guard, Muniayin missed the chance to score from a goal less than 4 meters away?"
"It's such a pity that Muniayin missed a sure goal scoring opportunity."
"Although Athletic Bilbao still lost if this ball went in, at least they wouldn't lose. Unexpectedly, this ball was missed."
On the goal line, Courtois, who had already surrendered, felt quite incredible. He looked at Muniain who was kneeling on the ground and kept beating the ground, and was very speechless.
The Athletic Bilbao fans in the stands originally raised their hands to applaud and cheer, but now they had no choice but to put their hands on the back of their heads, shaking their heads and sighing.
The head coach Bielsa on the sidelines didn't even have any expression. He just shook his head slightly, probably sighing in his heart: Luck was not on Biba's side in this game.
To miss such a good opportunity really makes everyone at Athletic Bilbao despair.
In the next game, Biba's offense even became weak. However, the defense continued to adhere to their thinking, guarding Qiao Anchen tightly and trying not to let Qiao Anchen score another record-breaking goal.
However, Qiao Anchen himself is not in a hurry. If he still cannot score in the last few minutes, he will use the lucky card that must score.
Atletico Madrid will play in the Champions League next season, and in the future, I am afraid that Qiao Anchen will not be able to come back to play in the Europa League. Therefore, this season is his last time to win the Europa League and also the last time to participate in the Europa League.
The League Cup is a game where scoring records can be broken.
Qiao Anchen definitely wants to engrav his name into the history of the Europa League forever. Although this is a bit depressing for Falcao, he can't care so much.
If he fails to score in the last few minutes and breaks the record, he will use the lucky card that must score.
Under Athletic Bilbao's targeted strict defense and tactical fouls, Qiao Anchen was indeed unable to score. Instead, Falcao took a free kick created by Qiao Anchen in the 78th minute and was kicked by Diego.
The free kick was dropped into the penalty area, and Falcao cleverly grabbed the header and scored.
Falcao scored twice, helping Atletico Madrid expand the score to 6-0.
If it weren't for Qiao Anchen, Falcao would have become the hero of Atletico Madrid's championship. Unfortunately, Qiao Anchen came out of nowhere and took away Falcao's defending golden boot in just half a season.
He scored four goals in the final, tying the record he set last season and completely overshadowing his two goals in the final.
However, Falcao's goal was not completely meaningless. Because when the score reached 6-0, Atletico Madrid created the largest point difference record in the history of the Europa League finals and tied the highest goal score.
record.
The previous record for the highest goal and the largest point difference in the Europa League (UEFA Cup) final was set by Juventus in the 1992/1993 UEFA Cup final when they beat Dortmund 6-1.
The 6 goals scored by Juventus are the most scored by a single team in the history of the Europa League finals; the 5-goal gap is also the largest point difference record in the history of the Europa League (UEFA Cup) finals. (Note, this is only the final)
When Falcao scored twice to help Atletico Madrid expand the score to 6-0, Atletico Madrid tied Juventus's record for the highest number of goals scored by a single team in the history of the Europa League (UEFA Cup) final, with 6 goals.
The score difference also surpassed that final and created the record for the largest score difference in the history of the final.
Of course, if Atletico Madrid stops scoring goals later and Athletic Bilbao can score, the point difference will be narrowed.
But will Qiao Anchen agree?
Will not.
This season may be the only time he participates in the Europa League. How can he set a new Europa League single-season scoring record without scoring?
Even if he can't score a goal, he still has to use the lucky card to score a goal.
However, Qiao Anchen ultimately failed to use the lucky card he planned to score.
When the time came to the 86th minute, when Qiao Anchen was already hesitating whether to use the card, Atletico Madrid got another chance to counterattack. Qiao Anchen ran out of space on the right side of the front court and received a pass from midfielder Diego.
In an instant, three Biba players surrounded them, even Falcao, Diego and others who came next to them were ignored. They just wanted to restrict Qiao Anchen and prevent Qiao Anchen from taking the ball and shooting.
But Qiao Anchen did not force a breakthrough this time, but immediately passed the ball back to Diego, bypassing the defender in front of him and inserting himself into the penalty area.
Although defender Elora tried to pull down Qiao Anchen with a foul, Qiao Anchen relied on his good physique, reaction, balance and speed to get rid of Elola's pull and successfully rushed into the penalty area.
And Diego, who wanted to assist Joan Anchen to break the record, did not pass the ball to Falcao in the gap, but sent it to the gap in front of Joan Chen in the penalty area.
This is an opportunity.
Seeing Qiao Anchen swung his right foot and was about to shoot the ball without stopping, the other defender Ott who was defending from the side did not have time to think deeply and subconsciously made a flying tackle in an attempt to scoop the ball away. As a result,
Not only did he fail to tackle the ball, he tackled Qiao Anchen in the penalty area.
"beep……"
The sharp whistle sounded, and the referee Wolfgang Stark rushed into the penalty area, pointed at the penalty spot, awarded the penalty without hesitation, and showed Otner a yellow card.
The commentators all shouted excitedly:
"Penalty kick!!!"
"Ott cut inside the penalty area and tackled Joan Chen, and Atletico Madrid got a penalty kick opportunity."
"There is no doubt that this penalty kick will be taken by Qiao Anchen."
"As long as he makes the penalty, he will put on a five-goal show in a single game. Not only will he help Atletico Madrid expand the score to 7-0, but he will also surpass Falcao last season with 18 goals.
Porto set a single-season Europa League personal scoring record of 17 goals, creating a new Europa League/European competition single-season personal scoring record."
"Prior to this, Qiao Anchen had never made any mistakes in penalty kicks, and they all went towards the two upper blind corners. The goalkeeper had no chance at all."
"If nothing else happens, it will be a sure thing that Qiao Anchen sets a new record."
In the stadium, Diego, Adrian and others had already pulled up Qiao Anchen, who had been knocked down, and were hugging and celebrating. Because they all knew that Qiao Anchen would definitely score the penalty kick.
The Athletic Bilbao players were still surrounding the referee, trying to quibble, saying that Ott cut inside and did not tackle Qiao Anchen, but that Qiao Anchen faked a penalty kick.
But the referee Wolfgang Stark will not change the decision, not only because he saw it clearly just now, but also the penalty that has been made, even if it is a misjudgment, it is almost impossible for the referee to change the decision, just to maintain the authority of the referee
.
There was no doubt about the penalty kick, and Athletic Bilbao's players were eventually ejected from the penalty area by Wolfgang Starck, giving Joan Chen the space to take the penalty kick.
Under the expectant eyes of countless Atletico Madrid and Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV, Qiao Anchen took a deep breath, took a three-step approach and then volleyed the ball hard towards the upper left corner of the goal.
The weather conditions of this game were very good, there was no mud at the penalty spot, and Qiao Anchen made no mistakes. He had perfect shooting skills to hit the penalty kick wherever he wanted, and successfully kicked the ball into the upper left corner.
Although goalkeeper Elisos judged the direction correctly, it had no effect. The distance was too far and he was completely out of reach. He could only watch the ball enter the net.
In the 86th minute, Qiao Anchen made a penalty kick and took it personally, helping Atletico Madrid expand the score to 7-0. At the same time, he also performed the miracle of five goals in a single game on the stage of the Europa League final, and won his
This season's Europa League individual goals have expanded to 18 goals, surpassing Falcao's 17 goals, and creating a new Europa League/European War single-season individual goal record.
Qiao Anchen became the single-season top scorer in the Europa League (UEFA Cup).