Barcelona made up for the missing game and became top of the league.

But the real competition may only begin at this time.

The Champions League is about to begin, and the three teams that have reached the knockout stages will inevitably suffer.

For example, in the 25th round, Atletico Madrid's home match against Villarreal, Diego Simeone rotated the lineup to a certain extent.

Gao Zheng started the game, but his forward partner was replaced by Fernando Torres.

With the quality to play the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final in midweek, the intention for PSV Eindhoven is clear.

Fortunately, Simeone didn't let Gao Zheng also enter the rotation list.

In the end, it was Gao Zheng's goal that helped Atletico Madrid defeat Villarreal 1-0 at home.

Barcelona were also affected, and unlike their previous opponents, who have always beaten their opponents easily, they only beat Las Palmas 2-1 away this time. You must know that Las Palmas are currently eighteenth and third from bottom, already in the relegation zone.

Playing a team like this, Barcelona won so hard.

Their Champions League fixture was played a day earlier than Atletico Madrid's, and they also played a game in the middle of the week, which must have had a negative impact on their fitness, so Enrique rotated for this game.

Real Madrid were even more affected by the Champions League, as they were held to a 1-1 draw away from Málaga in this round of the league.

Some analysts believe that Zidane must feel that with Real Madrid's current form and points situation, it is basically impossible to win the La Liga championship. So after weighing it, he simply gave up La Liga and went all out to focus on the Champions League.

That's fine.

When the time comes, both sides don't want to give up, and the result is that the bamboo basket is empty.

It's better to give up early, so that you can play better in the Champions League.

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In addition, in this round of the league, Espanyol finally ended their three-game losing streak in the league.

Wu Lei got almost half of the playing time, and although he did not score or assist, he made various positive advances up front, disrupting Deportivo Deportivo and helping Asensio score.

It's just as good.

After coming off the bench for two games in a row, Chinese fans and the media are expecting Wu Lei to start the next game.

Anyway, there are many injured soldiers in the Spaniard squad at present, and there are a large number of positions that need to be topped up, so why not choose Wu Lei, who has performed well recently?

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Atletico Madrid didn't get used to PSV Eindhoven's venue and climate very early. They left for the Netherlands early in the morning of the day before the race.

As group winners, their schedule is to play away first and then at home.

This time, Antoine Griezmann, who was rested in the last league game, appeared in the starting lineup and partnered Gao Zheng.

Just three minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid created a killer when Juanfran played a long pass at the back and Griezmann was successfully countered for offside, but he stopped the ball a little wider, and the ball fell to the feet of the PSV Eindhoven defender.

A minute later, Atletico Madrid again unleashed a pinpoint long ball from the back and hit the edge of PSV Eindhoven's box.

This time it was Gao Zheng who cut forward, he ran diagonally and then used his chest to pad the flying football forward, and then strode to catch up with the football and grab the ball before the attacking Eindhoven goalkeeper Geralon Zott picked the ball into the empty goal behind him!

"Atletico Madrid's chances ——!!" José Maria was thrilled and scored in the opening four minutes, which was a golden start for Atletico Madrid.

But he was happy in vain, and just as the football was about to fly into the goal, PSV Eindhoven defender Bruma stretched out his foot and poked the bottom line......

"Ouch! Bruma has made a meritorious service, and this kick is really crucial! This time, the Dutch commentator shouted excitedly.

By the end of the day, PSV Eindhoven was behind.

And Atletico Madrid can still get an away goal, which is definitely bad news for PSV Eindhoven.

This game Eindhoven is playing at home, they play very actively, and the front line has a lot of premises, which also gives Atletico Madrid a lot of opportunities to play directly behind them.

However, PSV Eindhoven's head coach Koku knows this, but he is helpless. There's no way he's going to shrink his defense on his home turf, right?

In order to score, in order to win, he has to make some trade-offs and sacrifices.

Of course, he is not completely ignorant of this problem, in the past week, he has specially let the team practice offside tactics, that is, he hopes to use offside methods to contain Atletico Madrid's attack.

However, at the moment, the effect of this offside is not particularly good.

Gao Zheng and Griezmann took turns to step forward, which made Eindhoven's defense a little confused.

Even if they were eyeing Gao Zheng and Griezmann at the same time...... There are other Atletico Madrid players as well!

In the eighteenth minute, Atletico Madrid launched another long pass to attack, this time Gao Zheng and Griezmann both contained Eindhoven's players, but Koke cut in from behind, a beautiful anti-offside, appeared in front of Eindhoven's penalty area.

Then Koke did not stop the ball, but directly chose to shoot, PSV Eindhoven's goalkeeper Zott jumped in a hurry during the attack, and reached back to reach out to lift Koke's hanging shot out of the bottom line!

"It's dangerous! During this time, Atletico Madrid's offensive was in full swing, and PSV Eindhoven's backline was under tremendous pressure! ”

Seeing this, PSV Eindhoven head coach Coku got up and left the table, standing on the sidelines, watching nervously on the field.

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In the 29th minute, Atletico Madrid had the best chance.

After Gao Zheng retreated to the midfield, he sent a beautiful through ball, Griezmann first ran sideways, and suddenly became a forward insertion at the moment of Gao Zheng's pass, and once again successfully countered offside!

Antoine Griezmann then left all PSV Eindhoven defenders behind and dribbled towards PSV Eindhoven.

"Griezmann's single knife! Chance for Atletico Madrid! ”

But Griezmann didn't take advantage of this opportunity, his shot was blocked by the attacking PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Zott with his chest!

"Wow!! Zute saved the team again! Cocu's offside tactics do have a lot of risk, but with Zott, that risk is reduced! The Dutch commentator raved about PSV Eindhoven's goalkeeper.

After a series of good saves from Zolter, the morale of the rest of PSV Eindhoven's players was also boosted.

They created a killing chance in the 33rd minute, forming a siege in front of the Atletico Madrid goal, and three consecutive shots on goal, each time they threatened, making Atletico Madrid's side embarrassed.

The team's performance gave the PSV Eindhoven fans in the stands hope of winning, singing loudly and cheering on the team.

Even if there is a little gap between the two teams in terms of strength, the home advantage is enough to erase this gap!