Chapter 189: Weakness of Character
From this round, all the games kicked off at the same time.
It is 7:00 p.m. local time and 1:00 a.m. Beijing time.
Of course, this time is not as good as the eight or nine o'clock in the evening, but for Chinese fans, the kick-off at 1:00 a.m. is worse than the kick-off at 4:00 a.m. Watch La Liga broadcasts, and many games are at 4:00 a.m.
Feng Shiyao still has work that day, and she and Xiao Yingying were busy until almost twelve o'clock.
The agent Zhang downstairs told them to have a good rest and take a break early because work will continue tomorrow morning.
The two agreed in person, but as soon as they went upstairs, they turned on the TV and waited for the competition to begin.
China's domestic broadcaster CCTV also paid great attention to this game.
Because if Atletico Madrid can win the championship, it will be Gao Zheng's first league championship in his career.
When he was in Sampdoria, he was far from the league championship in both Serie A and Serie B. His best result was nothing more than the third in the league.
As the first time in Gao Zheng's career, it is quite commemorative. Domestic fans also feel it is worth staying up late because they can witness this historical moment with their own eyes.
Of course, the premise is that Atletico Madrid must win the game.
But if we can win, we are actually not sure.
Some people are full of confidence in Gao Zheng and think that as long as there is Gao Zheng, there will definitely be no problem.
Some people are very nervous. On the one hand, they hope Atletico Madrid will win, and on the other hand, they think Barcelona is strong and it is not easy to win. After all, for Barcelona, they only need to draw to almost win the championship.
In order not to "the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment", some people also build themselves psychologically in advance. They think that with Gao Zheng's performance this season, even if he can't win the league championship in the end, it would be excellent. After all, his opponent is Barcelona, who owns Messi...
"... In the last nine league matches between the two teams, Barcelona has achieved seven wins and two draws, and remained unbeaten. Among the last fifteen matches between the two sides, Barcelona only lost to Atletico Madrid away in the Champions League last season... In the 155 games of the historical confrontation between the two sides, Barcelona has won 68 wins 37 draws and 50 losses, gaining the upper hand..." Before the game began, He Ping had introduced the historical data of the two sides' confrontation record, and the Chinese fans in front of the TV felt desperate.
But then, He Ping changed his mind and threw out data that was beneficial to Atletico Madrid.
"...But at his home court, Atletico Madrid still achieved 37 wins, 19 draws and 21 losses, and had an advantage. Atletico Madrid also played at home in this game, which is their advantage... Atletico Madrid coached by Diego Simeone is difficult to play at home. Real Madrid has also failed here..."
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After the game began, Atletico Madrid, who was playing at home, was aggressive and launched a fierce offensive against Barcelona's goal.
Amid the huge sound created by home fans, their offense was like waves, one wave after another, making Barcelona have to reclaim their defense.
In the seventh minute, Gao Zheng suddenly made a cold arrow outside the penalty area, and the football rushed towards Barcelona's goal against the turf. Fortunately, Barcelona's goalkeeper Bravo reacted quickly and fell to the ground and rushed to the side with his fingertips to push the football out of the baseline.
"Oh! It's so dangerous! Atletico Madrid almost took the lead!"
A huge sigh also came from the stands, feeling sorry for Gao Zheng's failure to score.
In the next corner kick, it was Gao Zheng again!
He jumped high and rushed to Pique to attack!
"Gao Zheng! Header!!!"
This time it was Bravo again, and he flew up again and saved the football!
"Oh! Bravo made a wonderful save! It's amazing! Gao Zheng's header was very beautiful, but he was turned away by Bravo!"
"Heading! He rarely uses his heading high but makes a wonderful heading! The game has just begun, and he has threatened Barcelona's goal twice in a row! It seems that he is in very good shape today. Atletico Madrid has the chance to beat Barcelona at home!"
Barcelona's head coach Enrique saw this scene off the court, jumped up, rushed to the sidelines, yelled at the court, "Pique!! What are you doing?!"
Just now, it was Pique who gave the latter the opportunity to head the ball while defending Gao Zheng.
He repeatedly told me before the game that he didn't want such a scene to appear in the game.
As a result, Pique still gave Gao Zheng a chance to head the ball.
Although the scene was noisy, Pique still vaguely heard the head coach's roar. Perhaps it was because he knew that he had made a mistake the moment Gao Zheng headed the ball.
So he immediately turned to Gao Zheng and said to him: "Don't think of getting a chance in front of me!"
Gao Zheng turned around and ran away, ignoring him.
At the same time, Enrique returned to the coaching seat off the court, and his assistant Wensuer was advising him: "This is just one, Louis, don't be too nervous."
Unexpectedly, Enrique lowered his head and said to him: "I hope Gao can use more headers in the future..."
"Ah?" Wensuer didn't expect that he would get such an answer. He didn't think he was thinking about it for a moment.
"Juan, do you remember the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup?"
"Remember, Real Madrid lost to Atletico Madrid..."
"In that game, Gao kept using his head, whether it was passing or attacking, he obviously used headers more frequently than tie games. Do you know why this is?"
Wen Sue was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Is he competing with the media?"
"That's right." Enrique nodded. "Because the media criticized him for not being able to head, he only used the header. This looks very childish, but Gao is not old. Before this game, some media criticized Gao for not being able to header..."
"So you hope he competes with the media in this game, too?"
Enrique covered his mouth and smiled: "No matter what, a tall header is definitely not as threatening as his legs. If he can take the initiative to give up the most threatening scoring method and switch to a header that he is not good at, then we will win half of it..."
"Then you still let Pique pay attention to defending his header before the game..."
"Because no matter how good he is, it doesn't mean he is going to head the ball, and he won't score a goal..." Enrique spread his hands. "The defense you should have should be, so I criticize Pique's performance in defense just now."
Wensuer had already understood completely, and he turned his attention to Gao Zheng.
He has heard of some things about this young man, such as doing it against almost all media in Italy.
It seems that he is a person who is easily caught up in disputes with others and is competing with others.
Chapter completed!