Malaga is currently unbeaten with four wins and two draws, ranking third in the standings. It has a chance to compete for the championship, although the possibility is very slim.
However, what is surprising is that after falling behind in the first 6 minutes, Malaga did not rush to attack to try to equalize the score, but continued to guard their penalty area to prevent losing the ball again.
Malaga was not dazzled by the unbeaten record in the first six rounds. In the match against Atletico Madrid at the Calderon Stadium, head coach Pellegrini was still relatively good.
A relatively rational defense allowed Atletico Madrid to get several shooting opportunities in the following period, but they were unable to expand the score.
During this period, Qiao Anchen also had two shooting opportunities, but the opponent's defense against him was too tight, and his shots were interfered with. One time missed the post, and the other time the angle was too straight and was saved by the goalkeeper.
Atletico Madrid's second goal failed to come. Instead, in the 36th minute, Malaga took advantage of Atletico Madrid's continued attack and paralyzed mentality to launch a successful quick counterattack. Finally, No. 24 St.
Cruz scored a goal and successfully tied the score.
A small number of Malaga fans at the scene cheered and celebrated excitedly in a corner.
Fans of the Shen Shen Legion seemed a little nervous.
With Barcelona having been tied by Real Madrid, if Atletico Madrid cannot seize the opportunity to take all three points, they will really be disappointed.
Therefore, after a moment of silence, Atletico Madrid fans began to sing the team song in unison under the leadership of the fan organization, cheering for the home team, hoping that the home team would score another goal and take the lead.
Especially Qiao Anchen, everyone has high hopes. Moreover, if Qiao Anchen scores another goal, he will continue to refresh his La Liga record of consecutive goals.
Obviously, Malaga also knew this. Not only did they want to escape from the Calderon Stadium, but they also wanted to end Joan Chen's consecutive La Liga scoring record.
If Malaga successfully blocked Joan Chen's consecutive goals in this game, the sensation would probably be greater than their reverse victory over Atletico Madrid.
Therefore, in the rest of the first half, Qiao Anchen was even more closely guarded, and it was almost impossible to even get a chance to shoot, let alone score a goal.
But the result of Malaga's defensive focus entirely on Joanchen was that Arda Turan, Falcao, and Diego Costa got a lot of open opportunities.
Before the end of the first half, in the 43rd minute, midfielder Mario Suarez stepped in from the left, hit the wall with Arda Turan, then reached the bottom line, and made a pass to intercept his horse.
The Laga defender crossed the baseline.
Then, Suarez dribbled the ball inward and made an inverted triangle pass to Falcao, who retreated near the penalty spot in the penalty area, causing the defenders and goalkeepers in the small penalty area to move outside.
As a result, Suarez's foot dropped but he did not pass the ball. He volleyed directly into the near corner from a small angle, catching goalkeeper Wilfred off guard.
The ball flew through the tiny gap between the goalkeeper and the post, and successfully flew into the goal.
As a defensive midfielder, Mario Suarez performed a rare one-stop performance of breakthrough goals from the wing, helping Atletico Madrid rewrite the score to 2-1 and regain the lead.
Therefore, Mario Suarez was very excited after scoring the goal. He rushed to the sidelines and roared in front of the camera before turning around and hugging his teammates who caught up to him in celebration.
Atletico Madrid fans in the stands can celebrate excitedly again.
Neither side scored again in the rest of the first half and entered the halftime break with a score of 2-1.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
At the beginning of the second half, Malaga launched a surprise attack, but Atletico Madrid was well prepared and very vigilant, and did not let Malaga's surprise attack succeed. Instead, in the 59th minute, captain Gabi and the opponent's striker who had scored before
Santa Cruz injured the opponent while fighting for a header.
Malaga had to replace the in-form goal scorer Santa Cruz at the beginning of the second half and replaced him with substitute No. 9 forward Saviola.
Saviola was once a good striker, nicknamed Rabbit, but now he is over 30 and no longer as brave as he once was. His appearance on the field did not equalize the score for Malaga.
However, adhering to the mentality of not making mistakes, Málaga did not invest too much energy in offense because they were afraid that Atletico Madrid would counterattack and lose the ball again. Now they are only one goal behind, there is still hope. But if they are two goals behind
, then there is really no hope of equalizing.
I have to say that Malaga's strategy was correct. They had a defensive mentality first and allowed Malaga to maintain the score until the 70th minute.
In the 71st minute, Simeone made a substitution adjustment, replacing two people in a row, replacing Diego Costa with Adrian and replacing Falcao with Koke, but he still needed to score a goal to set a new record.
Qiao Anchen stayed on the field.
With the departure of Diego Costa and Falcao, losing two strong partners, it became more difficult for Qiao Anchen to score goals.
But the problem is that Atletico Madrid is leading the score now.
Malaga's defensive strategy is just to prevent conceding more goals. If they keep defending like this, they will lose in the end.
Therefore, as time passed, after the time entered the 80th minute, Malaga finally began to lose control and began to try to counterattack.
After all, they are only one goal behind. If they are lucky, it is possible to score and end their unbeaten record in the league in the new season.
However, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Malaga's counterattack not only failed to score a goal and equalize the score, but gave Atletico Madrid a chance to counterattack.
As the game time became less and less, Malaga's offense became more and more advanced. Finally, when the time came to the 87th minute, when Joan Chen was about to use the lucky card that must score, Saviola dribbled the ball
When he was about to break through Diego Godin, Godin made a decisive tackle and successfully intercepted the ball.
Saviola was tackled to the ground and reached out to the referee for a free kick, but the referee ignored it.
Atletico Madrid got the ball and decisively started to counterattack. Alda Turan, Joan Chen, Adrian, and Koke fired four arrows at once, and soon a four-on-four situation was formed in the frontcourt.
It was a counterattack in itself. Malaga's backcourt defense was not properly arranged, and the ball quickly passed to Joan Chen's feet. In front of Joan Chen, there was only one Malaga defender, Demichelis.
If there are two or three people intercepting Qiao Anchen together, it may be difficult for Qiao Anchen to break through. But if there is only one person and there is no one behind to defend, then Qiao Anchen will be rude.
Although Demichelis is considered an experienced world-class central defender, he still couldn't withstand the speed of Qiao Anchen.
Qiao Anchen first used a perfect Matthews dribble to sway Demichelis over, and then made a breakthrough with the ball. Although Demichelis did not react slowly, he could not keep up with the speed. In the end, even if he wanted to turn around and pull down Qiao Anchen, he could not.
Get.
Qiao Anchen directly broke through Demichelis, forming a semi-single chance, and dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Duarte, another defender who was marking Adrian in the middle, gave up his defense on Adrian and tried to rush over to make up the position, but still failed to catch Qiao Anchen's shot.
Before Duart blocked Qiao Anchen's shooting path, Qiao Anchen took a long shot from a position about 23 meters away from the goal outside the penalty area.
Although the goalkeeper did not hit too far, Qiao Anchen did not hit the lob either. The ball was relatively fast and the angle was very tricky, heading straight for the upper left corner.
Goalkeeper Wilfred's position was a little to the right. Faced with this fast and awkward shot, Wilfred tried his best to run to the left to save, but he still couldn't catch up.
The ball passed Wilfred's fingers and went into the blind corner.
Before the end of the game, in the 87th minute, Qiao Anchen finally scored in a counterattack, helping Atletico Madrid expand the score to 3-1 to seal the victory. At the same time, he once again refreshed his world record for consecutive goals in La Liga across seasons.
, raising his record to 29 games.
They had already been looking forward to Qiao Anchen's goal to break the record. The commentators who thought Qiao Anchen might not be able to score in this game suddenly roared excitedly:
"goooooooooooooooooooooooooal..."'
"The ball went in!!!"
"Qiao Anchen finally scored!"
"In the 29th game, Qiao Anchen finally scored in the 87th minute, raising his La Liga world record for consecutive goals to 29 games."
"Pellegrini's Malaga failed to stop Joan Chen's goal, and the world-class center back Demichelis was helpless against Joan Chen and could only watch Joan Chen score."
"Qiao Anchen is only one game away from breaking through the 30-game mark."
"Incredible, unparalleled. While the consecutive scoring records in other leagues are still limited to more than ten games, Qiao Anchen is about to break the 30-game mark."
"If Qiao Anchen increases his consecutive scoring record to 32 games, it will become twice as long as Gerd Muller."
"It's really unbelievable. I never thought that someone could score in 30 consecutive games. Sometimes, scoring 30 goals in a season can lock the league's golden boot. As a result, Qiao Anchen has scored in 30 consecutive games.
Goal, at least one in every game.”
"Such efficiency and stability cannot even be compared to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He can be called the best striker in the world."