Perhaps it was because the same-city derby with Real Madrid took too much energy from Atletico Madrid players, or perhaps it was because the Atletico Madrid players relaxed after winning the same-city derby of Madrid.

In short, in this Champions League group stage on Tuesday night, Atletico Madrid, who played away, lost to Greek team Olympiacos 2:3.

Olympiacos is definitely not a strong team in this group. He is only a third-level team, only better than the fourth-level Swedish team Malmo. Although he has participated in the Champions League many times, he often only comes to the group stage and leaves. Their strength is far worse than that of the real European giants.

Originally, everyone thought that Atletico Madrid and Juventus were competing for the first place in the group. Whether it was Olympiacos or Malmö, they were the targets of the two teams to score points. The final decision was the direct dialogue between the two teams.

As a result, Atletico Madrid capsized in the gutter at the beginning of the group stage.

Juventus, who is in the same group, defeated Malmo 2-0 at home and got a good start to the Champions League.

This is completely different from their staggering performance in the Champions League group stage last season. I don’t know if it is because without Gao Zheng’s threat, they can devote themselves to the Champions League. Unlike last season, they have to be distracted and guarded against Gao Zheng in the league...

The city rival Real Madrid swept Basel 5:1 in the Champions League group stage held on the same day.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal and another assist in the game.

The victory liberated both Ronaldo and Real Madrid from pressure and criticism.

After losing to Atletico Madrid, the media and the Internet were filled with criticisms of them, believing that Real Madrid's performance was really bad. Although Cristiano Ronaldo performed very positively in the game and created murderous intent many times, it was logical that he should not be criticized, but he was still scolded after the game.

Everyone doesn't care whether Ronaldo has created many murderous intents. They only care that Ronaldo only scored one goal. For a star of Ronaldo's level, shouldn't he turn the tide in the game? When the team is in trouble, he must stand up and use the goal to bring victory to the team. If he fails to do so, even if all the murderous intents he creates for his teammates is wasted, that is his responsibility. After enjoying so much praise, he should also assume the same responsibility.

So in fact, in the game against Basel, until Cristiano Ronaldo scored, every time he got the ball, there were still sporadic boos in the stands.

When he scored the goal, the boo disappeared and turned into a tsunami-like cheer.

The world of football is so cruel. If you win the ball, you are a hero. If you lose, you are a bear. The more praise you receive, the more criticism you need to face.

Real Madrid used a victory in the Champions League group stage to relieve their pressure, and now more pressure is transferred to Atletico Madrid.

Last season's runner-up, this season's group stage missed the opponent he should have won, which cast a shadow on the team's prospect of qualifying for the group.

Criticism after the game followed one after another.

Of course, criticism is more directed at Atletico Madrid's team, especially the team's defense line.

After all, last season, Atletico Madrid only conceded three goals in the entire Champions League group stage, and this season they conceded three goals in their first group stage, directly tying the goals conceded in the entire group stage last season. Such a defensive performance is indeed unreasonable.

Simeone was also criticized. Some media mocked him for not commanding the game on the coach's seat for too long, so he was a little unfamiliar, which led to the team losing the game.

Gao Zheng, who is most concerned by Chinese fans and media, has not been criticized much. He scored a goal in the game and completed his first goal in the Champions League this season, rewriting the score to 1:2, allowing Atletico Madrid to see hope again.

As a result, in the 73rd minute, Olympiacos scored again and the score was widened again.

The other goal for Atletico Madrid was Griezmann, who tied the score to 2:3 in the 86th minute.

In the last few minutes, Atletico Madrid pushed up the entire line and bombed the goal around Olympiacos, but he still failed to equalize the score in the last few minutes.

Atletico Madrid can only accept the bitter consequences of losing away to an opponent who is far inferior to his own strength.

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After losing to Olympiacos away from the Champions League, Atletico Madrid, who returned to the league, did not improve. They were forced to draw 2:2 by Vigo Celta at their home court.

Gao Zheng did not play in this game. After playing in the national team games in a row, Madrid's city derby and the Champions League away games, Simeone took Gao Zheng's physical fitness and took him out of the list.

The game turned into 2:2 in the 53rd minute. Miranda and Godin, the central defender combination, completed two goals from Atletico Madrid in the game. Both goals were scored using set pieces, which fully demonstrates Atletico Madrid's strength in set pieces.

However, with two goals, it doesn't stop people from criticizing the pair of centre-backs.

Because Atletico Madrid still lost two goals in this game.

In the 53rd minute, Miranda, who scored a goal, made a foul in the penalty area, not only gave herself a yellow card, but also gave Vigo Celta a penalty, which Celta equalized the score with this penalty.

In the 70th minute, Gao Zheng was replaced.

However, after he went up, he was unable to turn the tide and helped Atletico Madrid win the game.

The final score was 2:2, and Atletico Madrid finally stopped winning consecutively in the league.

After this game, Atletico Madrid's ranking in the league fell from the previous second place to fourth place, and was overtaken by Valencia and Sevilla.

Although he did not lose in the league, he did not win at home, which was no different from losing the game.

The two consecutive games of unbeatable Atletico Madrid has been criticized by the media, and everyone is under pressure and in a low mood.

Before going to play in the Champions League group stage away, Gao Zheng told his agent Viviano that he would invite his teammates to his new house to attend the party when he came back. As a result, Atletico Madrid lost to Olympiacos away, and Gao Zheng had to cancel the party temporarily.

However, seeing that his teammates failed to win two consecutive games, facing outside criticism and pressure from themselves, Gao Zheng changed his mind.

He plans to invite everyone to go to his house for fun and relax.

Before starting the day of training, he sent an invitation to his teammates in the locker room.

Everyone was a little surprised that the outside world is criticizing them a lot now. At this time, they go to parties to eat, drink and have fun. Will the media and fans have greater opinions about them?

Gao Zheng explained this: "It is precisely because we have performed poorly recently that I think it is necessary to relax and adjust. I don't think everyone can win the game again if they are frowning all day long. Whether they win or lose, they still have to continue their lives, right?"

The teammates were still a little hesitant about this, and not everyone agreed to attend the party. They may still be worried that the team is in a bad situation at the moment. If they go to have fun, it will attract criticism from the media and fans.

Gao Zheng expressed his understanding, and everyone has their own ambitions and cannot force them.

But many people also expressed interest in coming to the party, such as his partner on the front line, Frenchman Griezmann.

In this way, that night, the roadside of Gao Zheng's new home was full of cars, and all Atletico Madrid players came to participate in Gao Zheng's new house party. Of course, there were also some Atletico Madrid players who lived in Rafenca, who also chose to drive because Rafenca is not a small place.

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Cristiano Ronaldo stood in the room on the third floor of his villa. Through the window, he could see that the roadside was parked in the direction of Gao Zheng's house, and the yard was lighted and silhouetted.

Although you can't hear the sound, you can imagine that it must be very lively.

Can you still hold a party with great fanfare after losing the game?

Do you really think what happened in Rafenka can't be spread?

The Portuguese snorted. This Chinese from Italy seemed to have never seen the power of Spanish paparazzi...

He was waiting to see Gao Zheng joke.
Chapter completed!