There are no games between the 23rd and 24th rounds of La Liga, whether it is the Copa del Rey or the Champions League. Therefore, Atletico Madrid finally got a few days off.
This away game against Rayo Vallecano was thrilling and very exhausting. It wasn't until injury time that the opponent was defeated by Qiao Anchen's lucky face-to-face goal.
Therefore, Simeone gave everyone a full four days off directly after the game, leaving Valentine's Day on February 14th for the players. He did not return to the team for training until February 15th for one day, and then on the 16th.
Off again, heading to the away game to face Valladolid.
The previous round was an away game against Rayo Vallecano, and this round is an away game. The next game is an away game in Portugal in the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals.
The recent schedule has been quite unfriendly to Atletico Madrid. Under such circumstances, Simeone gave the players a full four days off without authorization, which also included Valentine's Day on February 14th.
You can imagine that except for Qiao Anchen, a little brat who doesn't have a girlfriend or wife, everyone else will definitely have a day of partying on Valentine's Day.
Do you still have the energy to train on the second day, and are you still in shape to play away games on the third day?
Club executives expressed doubts.
However, Simeone insisted on his own approach and firmly gave the players a few days off.
The players did not live up to Simeone's trust. Although they did have a happy Valentine's Day with their partners, this did not affect everyone's state.
During the daily training on February 15th, everyone was full of energy and relaxed. After the previous double matches for a week, they were relaxed and refreshed by this relaxed holiday.
Then, at 20:00 on the evening of February 16, when the 24th round of La Liga Valladolid vs Atletico Madrid started, everyone saw that the away team quickly turned away and launched an offensive against Valladolid.
And gradually compressed the home team to within 30 meters of their own goal. They could only defend passively and were bombarded by Atletico Madrid.
Moreover, Valladolid is ranked in the middle and is not as strong as Rayo Vallecano.
This time, Atletico Madrid, which was not affected by the New Year's Eve dinner and had a few days off, and everyone had regained their energy, did not allow Valladolid to score easily like Rayo Vallecano, but instead continued to break through
The home team’s city.
In the 11th minute, Qiao Anchen moved horizontally in the penalty area and drew away the two central defenders. Midfielder Gabi sent the ball into the penalty area with a through ball.
Although Diego Costa, who received the ball, had his back to the goal and was being closely guarded by a defensive player, it was difficult to turn around and shoot.
But with Joan Chen and Costa attracting a lot of defensive attention from the home team, Falcao outside the penalty area on the left had already run out of space.
Diego Costa, who received the ball, did not reluctantly turn around and shoot. Instead, he decisively knocked the ball directly into the left rib of the penalty area without stopping the ball.
Falcao penetrated at high speed from outside the penalty area, met the ball with a fierce shot, and hit a close-range heavy shot that instantly blasted the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.
Although goalkeeper Daniel Hernandez's save hit the ball, the ball was too powerful and his save failed to save the ball. In the end, he could only watch in despair as the ball only slightly changed its line and continued to fly.
Got into the goal.
Atletico Madrid opened the scoring and led 1-0 away from home.
Facts have proved that it is not enough to just focus on Qiao Anchen. Others at Atletico Madrid can also score goals.
And now the score is still behind, and it is Valladolid's home court. It is inevitable that some of them want to attack and equalize the score.
But facing the powerful and good-looking Sheets Army, Valladolid's resistance not only failed to achieve results, but was also punished quickly.
In the 26th minute, Qiao Anchen withdrew to the midfield to get the ball. He first used his speed to break through the interception of two players on the wing, then used Matthews to pass through and break through a defender, and then connected with Alda.
·Turan hit the wall and then entered the penalty area.
This wave of four players directly penetrated Valladolid's defense. There was no obstacle in front of Joan Chen, and he volleyed into the near corner from the right rib of the penalty area about 15 meters away from the goal.
Goalkeeper Daniel Hernandez was very nervous. He knew that Qiao Anchen was a good shooter. If he waited to see the path of Qiao Anchen's shot before he pounced, he would usually miss it. Therefore, he predicted that Qiao Anchen would shoot into the far corner and moved to pounce in advance.
Got out.
His bet was right, Qiao Anchen did shoot into the far corner.
However, even so, he still failed to touch the ball, because Qiao Anchen's close-range shot without interference in the penalty area was too accurate.
The ball just passed by Daniel Hernandez's fingertips, and finally got ahead of defender Rukavina who was trying to save the goal line. It drilled into the goal against the far post and hit the side netting.
Qiao Anchen scored Atletico Madrid's second goal of the game, giving the club a 2-0 away lead.
At the same time, Qiao Anchen once again broke the world record for consecutive goals in La Liga, extending the number of consecutive goals to 44 games, and raising the personal record for goals in a La Liga single season to 54.
Two more record-breaking additional rewards were recorded.
If there are no record-breaking experience rewards, La Liga and Copa del Rey alone only have hundreds of thousands of game experience rewards for each game. It is too slow to upgrade to a level where experience is worth hundreds of millions.
Therefore, Qiao Anchen must continue to maintain his La Liga scoring record. At least, scoring one goal in each game and refreshing the consecutive scoring record will be a world record-breaking reward of at least 10 million.
After the score became 2-0, Valladolid may have realized the huge strength gap between the two sides and did not try to make a big attack to equalize the score. They only tried to attack with two or three frontcourt attackers when they got the ball.
Once the ball is lost, he will return to defense at full speed and try not to let Atletico Madrid score again.
This approach stabilized Valladolid's defense a lot. However, in this game, Qiao Anchen and his teammates, who had rested for four days, were in very good condition.
Before the end of the first half, in the 39th minute, Qiao Anchen took a shot from outside the penalty area about 27 meters away from the goal. He hit a long-range heavy shot that hit the home team's goal again.
Qiao Anchen scored twice, setting his La Liga single-season personal goal record to 55, and Atletico Madrid also expanded the score to 3-0.
Such a score, considering the huge strength gap between the two sides, can be said to completely kill the suspense of the game.
In addition, the next game was an away game, and it was the more critical 1/8 finals of the Champions League. Therefore, Simeone made two substitutions at halftime, replacing both Falcao and Felipe Luis.
They rest and prepare for the next Champions League game.
Even after replacing the two main starting players, Atletico Madrid still scored two more goals in the second half. In the end, they beat Valladolid with a score of 5-0 and won the 24th round of the league.
Qiao Anchen scored another goal in the second half and once again performed a hat trick, refreshing his La Liga single-season personal goal record to 56, only 10 goals short of the European record and 11 goals short of the world record.
Once the world record is exceeded, every time the record is refreshed, it will not be 1 million, but 10 million experience points.