Chapter 144: Winning streak

Atletico Madrid left Germany with a point, and of course, even if they drew away from home, they still had a huge advantage in this group.

After three rounds of the group stage, Atletico Madrid won two and drew seven points, and the other game in the same group was played at the home of Rome, and the home game of Roma beat Liverpool 2-1, so that Rome won one win, one draw and one loss in the group stage and accumulated four points temporarily ranked second in the group, Dortmund scored three consecutive draws in the group stage and ranked third, while the performance of the English giants Liverpool in this group made Liverpool fans quite disappointed, after three rounds of group stage, the opponents in the group touched one by one, and Liverpool only got one point, lost two games. With three rounds left in the group stage, it will be very difficult for Liverpool to break through the group.

Of course, Atletico Madrid are not absolutely consistent in this group, with Roma now just three points away from them, and with three rounds remaining in the group stage, Atletico Madrid will need to be cautious to secure top spot in the group.

After the Champions League in midweek is over, the weekend league games are also underway.

In the ninth round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid will play one day later than the other teams, and the highlight of this round is the Spanish national derby!

On October 25, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3-1 at home! While giving Barcelona the first loss of the season, it also narrowed the gap between himself and Barcelona to one point. Zinedine Zidane quickly found his groove as a coach after an adaptation period at the start of the season, during which Real Madrid won back-to-back games and quickly caught up with the points when both Atletico and Barcelona made mistakes.

Barcelona's first defeat of the season is a good thing for the team aiming to win the title, especially for Atletico Madrid.

Thus, in the away game against Getafe on 26 October, Atletico Madrid got into the game from the start.

With Getafe on three consecutive league wins, Atletico Madrid were well prepared for the away game before the game.

And in a way, Getafe is also a Madrid team, and this game is also a Madrid derby.

Getafe have always struggled in derbies, with the last two seasons facing Madrid's three derby opponents losing 10 games with one win and one draw.

And Atletico Madrid's recent form in the league has not been very good, and Getafe was originally planning to score points against Atletico at home.

But as soon as the game began, Getafe was stunned by Atletico Madrid's head-butt.

After scoring from set-pieces in the last round of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid's set-piece tactics seemed to have opened the light. This time it was the same, Koke's corner kick into the penalty area, Mandzukic rubbed it back, Li Qingshan bypassed the defense and smashed the ball into the goal.

It was only in the second minute that Atletico Madrid scored from a corner.

The goal seemed to foreshadow the game, with Getafe at home looking helpless against Atletico Madrid.

Just ten minutes after that goal, Atletico Madrid doubled their advantage when captain Gabi scored again with a long-range shot from outside the box.

The 2-0 scoreline completely dispelled Getafe's desire to take advantage of Atletico's poor form and want to eat some meat.

In the second half, Li Qingshan successfully scored a single goal against offside and fixed the score at 3-0. For Li Qingshan, it is rare to score a goal against the goalkeeper alone, but as a center forward, his training in the world of football training camp will of course involve this aspect.

Although he still has some technical shortcomings, on the whole, the basic technical requirements of being a qualified center forward, with his hard work, can finally be basically met.

After this round of the league, due to Barcelona's defeat, the chasers behind took the opportunity to close the gap with Barcelona. In the standings, although Barcelona is still at the top of the table with 22 points, Sevilla, which is in second place, also has 22 points, only behind Barcelona on goal difference.

In third place is Real Madrid with 21 points, while Atletico Madrid and Valencia are tied on 20 points.

In addition to the traditional top two, the defending champion Atletico Madrid has not fallen behind, and Sevilla and Valencia's performance at the beginning of the season is also impressive, with nine rounds of La Liga and the top five points separated by only 2 points.

Of course, the league has only been played for nine rounds, and it's not yet time to draw conclusions.

In the tenth round of the league, Atletico Madrid faced promoted Cordoba at home.

After Córdoba was promoted to La Liga in the new season, he has not tasted a win in ten league games so far, and for such an opponent, Atletico Madrid naturally needs to take three points.

Simeone made a certain rotation in this game, after all, no team can play a long season with a lineup.

In the centre-back position, Jose Simon started the game, and Miranda rested in this round of the league. The greater rotation has occurred in the midfield position, Mario Suarez, Saul, and Alda Turan all started, and this is the first time that these three major rotational substitutes have appeared at the same time this season, and only Koke is the absolute main force of the four players in the midfield.

There are no adjustments made to the forward line, Griezmann and Li Qingshan start, Griezmann can play as a striker, or withdraw to play in the midfield when needed, so Simeone still prefers this forward combination.

Sure enough, Cordoba failed to pose any threat to Atletico Madrid, who rotated half of the team. Atletico Madrid, playing at home, firmly controlled the tempo of the game and won 2-0 in the end.

This round of Atletico Madrid matches was played in the early stage, and when the Atletico Madrid match was over, the matches of the other teams began one after another.

After this round, to the delight of all the championship contenders, Barcelona lost again!

After losing to Real Madrid away, Barcelona sat at home in this round and lost to Celta Vigo in an upset!

Thus, after this round, Barcelona handed over their top spot for ten rounds and fell to fourth place in the standings.

As Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Valencia all won one after another, these three teams surpassed Barcelona in points to reach the top three in the standings.

This season's La Liga standings are much more conscious than previous La Liga standings.