Chapter 243 Unpopular in the Champions League group stage
While celebrating the goal with his teammates, Qiao Anchen also received the system reward of 10 million experience points for "28 consecutive La Liga goals to set a world record", with the total experience level rising to level 41, 27.23 million/60 million.
After celebrating for half a minute, Qiao Anchen and his teammates returned to their own half. The Spaniard kicked the ball out of the center circle and the game restarted.
However, neither side scored again during the rest of the first half.
After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0-2. Atletico Madrid, playing away, temporarily tied the score with Raul Garcia's pass and shot.
Ball lead.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again. In the case of needing to guard against Qiao Anchen's counterattack, the Spaniard's offense was still helpless against Atletico Madrid.
The 0-2 score continued until the 55th minute. Simeone used the defensive midfielder, and captain Gabi replaced left winger Arda Turan, changing the formation to 4312 to strengthen defense.
In the 61st minute, the Spaniard's attack failed again. Atletico Madrid intercepted the ball and launched a quick counterattack. Raul Garcia took the ball in the midfield and directly passed the ball through the ball to the Spaniard's backcourt.
Although the two central defenders of the Spaniard were not out of position, they were still unable to stop Qiao Anchen who rushed up like lightning, nor could they outrun Qiao Anchen. Qiao Anchen went around Moreno from the outside and succeeded.
In response to offside, he received a through ball from Raul Garcia outside the penalty area and formed a one-on-one goal.
The next thing is simple.
Qiao Anchen dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area. Facing the goalkeeper Alvarez who came into the penalty area, he made a light lob shot, lobbed the ball past the goalkeeper and fell into the goal.
In the 61st minute of the second half, Qiao Anchen scored another goal and scored twice, helping Atletico Madrid expand the score to 3-0, basically killing the suspense of the game.
And it was Raul Garcia who sent the long pass and assist.
Simeone applauded excitedly on the sidelines to celebrate, not only for Joan Chen's brace, but also for Raul Garcia's outstanding performance.
After the emergence of the super offensive combination of Falcao, Diego Costa, and Joan Chen on the forward line, Raul Garcia, an excellent central midfielder with all-round offensive and defensive capabilities who specializes in delivering artillery shells, appeared in the midfield.
I am much more confident about achieving good results in the third-line battle this season.
After the score became 3-0, the game basically lost its suspense. In addition, there was another away game three days later, and it was still the Champions League group stage.
Therefore, in the 66th minute, Simeone replaced Qiao Anchen with Adrian and took a rest.
In the 70th minute, Simeone replaced Diego Costa with Falcao. While letting Costa rest, he also let Falcao come on to get a feel for the game and prepare for the next Champions League game.
In the following games, Atletico Madrid did not score again. However, the Spaniards playing at home also failed to score.
In fact, in the 84th minute, the Spaniard once shot a very threatening shot, which went straight to the blind corner. However, Courtois reacted quickly and saved it. In the end, he failed to break through the goal of the Shenlian Legion and save some face.
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After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. With Joan Chen's two goals and Raul Garcia's long shot, Atletico Madrid defeated Espanyol 3-0 away from home and won the league's third place.
The victory in the 6th round has continued the momentum of six consecutive victories in the league like Barcelona. They are also the only two teams in La Liga this season with six consecutive victories.
Moreover, Atletico Madrid's goal difference has reached 14, while Barcelona's goal difference is only 12. This time, there is no need to compare the number of goals. In terms of goal difference alone, Atletico Madrid is already ahead of Barcelona and firmly ranks first in the standings.
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Real Madrid also relied on this round's 5-1 victory to move up a step to sixth place, gradually climbing towards the top of the standings.
On the scorer list, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored 6 goals in 6 rounds, averaging 1 goal per game, which is enough to be proud of La Liga and even the entire Europe.
However, Qiao Anchen is even more perverted, scoring 11 goals in 6 games, almost twice as much as Melo. This kind of efficiency, let alone others, is beyond the reach of even Melo.
The first year of Qiao Anchen's career was a year that overturned the pattern of world football. The La Liga Golden Boot, Champions League Golden Boot, etc., which were previously won by Melo, may be taken away by Qiao Anchen this season.
The emergence of Qiao Anchen is simply jaw-dropping.
Subsequently, European football entered the European competition day.
On October 2nd, the Champions League group matches of the four groups e, f, g and h started.
Barcelona defeated Benfica 2-0 in an away game. Messi sent two assists. His performance was not bad. However, he still did not score. The total number of goals for the year remained at 63 goals on September 19. He was beaten by Joan Chenyue.
The trend of moving further and further away.
Many people are beginning to feel that the competition between Qiao Anchen and Messi in the annual total goal list is beginning to turn into a one-man show for Qiao Anchen.
In addition to Messi's goal drought, there were two upsets in the Champions League on this day. One of them was Juventus being tied 1-1 at home by Shakhtar Donetsk.
However, Shakhtar is also a Ukrainian giant and a frequent visitor to the European competition. It won the last UEFA Cup in 2008/2009 (later replaced by the Europa League). Although it was relatively cold, it drew 1-1 with Juventus in the away game.
Not unacceptably cold.
The most surprising thing was another match in Group F, Bayern Munich lost 1-3 to BATE Borisov on the field.
Bayern Munich is the dominant team in the Bundesliga and a world-class giant, while BATE Borisov is a little-known Belarusian team.
Although it was an away game, Bayern lost to Bart and lost two goals. It was the biggest upset in the Champions League on this day. I don’t know how many gamblers lost money because of this game.
The next day, at 20:45 in the evening on October 3, the eight second-round group matches of the four groups a, b, c, and d started at the same time. Atletico Madrid challenged the Belgian team Anderlecht away.
As Atletico Madrid, which ranks first in the La Liga standings, it is basically considered easy to win against a Belgian team.
But in the locker room before the game, Simeone reminded everyone:
"I believe everyone has seen yesterday's game news. Bayern Munich lost 1-3 to BATE Borisov."
"Bayern, like us, has also won the first six rounds of the league and ranks first in the standings. There is no problem in terms of strength."
"But they lost 1-3 away to BATE Borisov of Belarus."
"I hope this game will alert you."
"No team that can enter the Champions League is a weak opponent. Especially the teams in these secondary leagues are particularly excited to play against the champion teams of the five major leagues, much more energetic than they are when playing in domestic leagues."
"Because the Champions League attracts more attention and because the opponents have more star players."
"For example, in today's game, Qiao Anchen and Falcao started, and the media received a lot of attention. If they can step on your shoulders and win the game, it will be of great benefit to the team's reputation and the player's personal future."
"So they will have a much higher fighting spirit than the league."
"And if you underestimate the enemy and are careless, your form is lower than in the league, and you are playing away from home, it is not impossible to lose like Bayern Munich in an away game."
"I don't want Atletico Madrid to become a negative example discussed by media across Europe and even the world after the game, as they lost because they underestimated their opponents and were careless."
After hearing Simeone's reminder, all the Atletico Madrid players who were originally a little too relaxed and thought that this game was easy to win suddenly became nervous.
If Simeone hadn't warned him, he would have lost if he lost. Both players and coaches would be criticized by the media and fans, and everyone would be treated the same.
But now Simeone has reminded everyone that if everyone doesn't listen, is still arrogant, underestimates the enemy, and loses in the end, then I'm afraid they will have to face the wrath of the bandit commander.
No one wants to be Simeone's target.
Therefore, everyone in the team is cheering up and preparing to go all out to play this away game seriously.
Facts have proved that Simeone's worries were not wrong.
BATE Borisov's 3-1 victory over Bayern Munich on the previous day gave all the weaker teams a shot in the arm.
You know, Bayern Munich is even more famous than Atletico Madrid! Bayern is the dominant player in the Bundesliga and has won the Champions League four times. It is an absolute world-class club.
BATE Borisov can win against such a team, why can't Anderlecht beat Atletico Madrid?
They even drew 0-0 away from AC Milan in the first round of the group stage!
It seems natural to draw with AC Milan in the away game and win against Atletico Madrid at home.
Therefore, when the referee Viktor Kashay blew the opening whistle and the game officially started, Anderlecht took advantage of the home court advantage and launched an attack on Atletico Madrid in the opening raid, hoping to catch Atletico Madrid off guard.
Being able to draw away from the powerful AC Milan in the first round of the group stage, Anderlecht is indeed good in terms of strength and condition.
In this game, their opening attack was also impressive. They hit the 30-meter area of Atletico Madrid's goal several times and even completed two shots.
Fortunately, Simeone's pre-match reminder was very timely. From the beginning, the Shenlian Legion's defense and goalkeeper, who were attentive and attentive from the beginning, did not give the opponent any chance. After all, Anderlecht's attack within the first 15 minutes failed.