The hat trick against Valladolid not only allowed Qiao Anchen to refresh his personal goals in La Liga to 56 goals in a single season, but also allowed him to increase his total goals for Atletico Madrid to 145, thus surpassing Francisco Paco.
·With 144 goals, Campos became the third scorer in the history of Atlético Madrid.
In front of him, only Adrian Escudero, who scored 169 goals, and Luis Aragones, who scored 172 goals, are left.
This Aragones is the one who led the Spanish national team to win the European Cup in 2008. This was the beginning of Spain's winning of three consecutive major championships and domination of world football.
He is the top scorer in the history of Atlético Madrid. Now, Qiao Anchen only needs to surpass his 172 goals to become the top scorer in the history of the club.
Next, is the Champions League match that attracts worldwide attention.
It can be said that the Champions League brings together most of the best clubs, players, and coaches in the world. In the minds of most professional fans, the Champions League is the football game with the highest technical and tactical value.
The European Cup and World Cup only carry more hatred between countries and families. In addition, they are only played once every four years, which is rare. Moreover, countries from every continent can participate, so they have great influence. But in fact
, to really talk about the technical and tactical level, it has to be the Champions League.
Atletico Madrid's opponent in the 1/8 finals, Porto, is not from the five major leagues, but it cannot be underestimated.
Porto can be called the leader of the Portuguese Super League. Currently, they have 26 Portuguese Super League championships, 16 Portuguese Cup championships, 19 Portuguese Super Cup championships, two Champions Leagues (1987, 2004), two Europa Leagues (2003, 2011), and one
European Super Cup, two Toyota Cups (Club World Cup).
Let’s not talk about the gold content of La Liga and the Portuguese Super League. Let’s just talk about the Champions League. Porto, which has two Champions League champions, has a much higher foundation than Atletico Madrid, which currently has no Champions League champions.
In addition, the magic bird Mourinho became famous in Porto, leading Porto to win the Europa League in 2003 and the Champions League in 2004, and then moved to the five major leagues, entered the center of world football, and became a world-class name.
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Such a team, whose strength and foundation are no weaker than the strong teams in the five major leagues, will not be easy to deal with.
Moreover, Porto's recent record is also good, with five wins and one draw in 6 games, scoring an astonishing 17 goals and conceding only 1 goal.
With such strength, heritage and recent form, and being at the opponent's home court, Atletico Madrid's away trip is not an easy one.
Before the game started, Simeone deliberately reminded his disciples:
"Although we are in good shape since entering the new year and have maintained a complete victory, it is not the time to be proud yet."
"The last time we entered the knockout rounds of the Champions League was in the 2008/2009 season, when we were eliminated by Porto."
"Therefore, this is our battle of revenge. There is no room for mistakes and no room for underestimation of the enemy."
"We currently have zero Champions League honors, and we have no qualifications to underestimate the opponent in front of Porto."
"In this game, my bottom line is to be undefeated. The best result is of course to score goals, win, and get enough away goals."
"But we can't let the opponent take advantage of the opportunity in pursuit of goals and victory. The first goal is to be undefeated in the away game, and the second is to pursue goals when we have the opportunity."
In order to ensure stability on the defensive line, although Atletico Madrid played Falcao, Diego Costa, and Joan Chen together, there was no midfielder in the three midfielders. They were all defensive midfielders Mario Suarez.
Than, Thiago.
Moreover, both Falcao and Qiao Anchen were required to retreat and participate in defense appropriately, especially Qiao Anchen, who was physically strong and fast.
The formation is more similar to the 4321 Christmas tree formation, with Qiao Anchen and Falcao playing as double midfielders.
The same goes for Porto, who also fielded a 4321 three-midfielder Christmas tree formation.
Simeone reminded his players not to be proud and underestimate the enemy, but in fact, Porto is more afraid of Atletico Madrid.
Although the current Atletico Madrid led by Simeone and Joanchen has not yet won the heavyweight La Liga championship or the Champions League championship, in the eyes of professional media and fans, it is actually one of the strongest teams in European football today.
One, not even one.
In terms of offensive power alone, Qiao Anchen scored more goals than many teams as a whole. Atletico Madrid also has the highest number of wins in Europe.
Therefore, Porto, which is still at the disadvantage of playing home first and then away in the schedule, is under great pressure. It must not only stabilize its defense to avoid being overwhelmed by Joan Chen, Falcao, and Costa, but also attack and strive to win at home.
It's really difficult to do.
But no matter what, the game time came as scheduled.
At 20:45 in the evening on February 19, 2013, with the whistle of the British referee Clattenburg, the first leg of the 2012/2013 Champions League 1/8 finals saw Porto host Atletico Madrid at home. The home stadium of Porto can accommodate 50,000 people.
The multiplayer Dragon Stadium officially begins.
Both sides were very wary of the other side, so they were cautiously testing the opponent in the opening stage and did not dare to launch a large-scale attack.
However, after all, Qiao Anchen has huge advantages in speed, breakthrough, reaction, physique, and physical fitness, so in the 4th minute, he completed a long shot from outside the penalty area that surpassed two people.
Unfortunately, at the moment of shooting, he was pushed by the opponent's full-back Alex Sandro, who came over to defend in time, causing Qiao Anchen to miss the point where he touched the ball. In the end, the ball missed the post and failed to pose a direct threat to the goal.
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After ten minutes of warm-up and testing, Porto, who was at a disadvantage in terms of schedule, could not hold back and attacked first.
In the 13th minute, Porto's No. 9 forward Jackson Martinez received a pass from his teammate Varela's heel in the penalty area and then volleyed, making the first threatening shot of the game that hit the goal frame.
However, Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois reacted quickly and pounced to save Martinez's threatening volley from the penalty area.
Porto failed to grab the first point from the ensuing corner kick and was saved by Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin from the penalty area.
Both sides began to increase their offensive intensity. Porto wanted to win at home, while Atletico Madrid wanted to score away goals.
However, the foothold of both sides is that they cannot lose the ball, so they attach great importance to defense. There are not many people involved in the offense. And once the ball is lost, even the midfielders and even forwards will quickly retreat to participate in the defense.
In the 18th minute, Qiao Anchen returned to defense at high speed and forced the opponent's player to pass the ball hastily and make a mistake, allowing Atletico Madrid to regain the ball.
Qiao Anchen's physical fitness and speed can also play a huge role in returning to defense after losing the ball.