Chapter Eighty-Four: The League Champion

Madrid's two teams teamed up to reach the Champions League final, which was the biggest news topic in European football and world football at this time.

The Champions League is held every year, and every year there is definitely going to be a Champions League winner. And with the gold content of the Champions League, it will be the focus of countless spotlights.

After the reform of the Champions League, it is not uncommon for teams from the same country to fight each other in the Champions League, and even city derbies are common in the Champions League.

But in the Champions League final, this is the first time that such a situation has been staged! In fact, not to mention the same city, before the Champions League was restructured, due to the competition system, there was no case of the Champions League final and the national team meeting - the first time in history the two teams in the Champions League final were in 2000, the final between Real Madrid and Valencia.

For the first time in history, the Champions League final will naturally attract more attention and discussion.

The Madrid derby is already full of grievances, and when the rivalry between the two Madrid teams comes to the Champions League stage, the media comes alive – so there is more to watch.

In this era of rampant headline parties, the media is of course most concerned about various traffic problems. The same city derby in the Champions League final, how could such a gimmick be let go by them.

So, as soon as the two semi-finals were over, the media began to hype up the Champions League final, which will be played at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon 25 days later.

The media began to hype up the Champions League final of the local derby, and every part of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid was crumpled and analyzed for fans.

Among them, the media is more willing to dissect the civilian team Atletico Madrid, the biggest "dark horse" this season

It was no surprise that Real Madrid reached the Champions League final – if there was one of the most successful teams of the 20th century, they had the most votes, having won a total of 10 European Cups. And Real Madrid's squad is also star-studded, with the Galaxy Battleship bringing together some of the most famous stars on the planet, and almost every position in his position is the best player in the world.

Compared with Atletico Madrid, the starlight is much dimmer first - according to the current value ranking published by the German transfer market website, the most valuable player in the Atletico Madrid team is Diego Costa, and the transfer market website gives him a valuation of 35 million euros, which can only be regarded as a mid-range level in Real Madrid's squad. Judging from the comparison of the value of the two sides, Real Madrid has an absolute advantage.

But such discussions did not affect Atletico Madrid.

Domestically, Atletico Madrid's main concern right now is not the Champions League final – it's still early.

What they care about most is Atletico's next match away from home against Levante!

Atletico now have 85 points, seven points ahead of Real Madrid and nine points ahead of Barcelona! With three rounds left in the league, as long as they win Levante away, Atletico Madrid will win this season's La Liga title two rounds in advance!

This season's Atletico fans are living in a dream - even the most die-hard Atletico fans probably wouldn't have imagined at the beginning of the season, when at the end of the season, Atletico have a good chance of winning the league title and going all the way to the Champions League final!

The fans, of course, were anxious, and they crossed their fingers to count the start time of the game. And for Atletico to be able to beat Levante, Atletico fans have no doubt that the team will not be able to do so.

But when the game began, Atletico realized that things were not so simple.........

"Felipe !!!!!!!"

"Ahh

"Less than seven minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid were 1-0 down to Levante away and the way they conceded the goal was very demoralizing – an own goal from Felipe!"

Simeone was also very helpless about the ball, it can only be said that the team's bad luck, Felipe did not push the ball out of the clearance at the back post, but rubbed on his head and changed direction and flew into the goal, Courtois did not react at all - who would have thought.

If that's all there is, it's not too bad, the game is still long, Levante is playing at home, but Atletico Madrid is the team that reached the Champions League final, and Atletico Madrid will not think that there is any surprise in this game.

Levante currently has 42 points, basically has been relegated, and like last season, Levante began to relax after the early relegation success, and the results plummeted, and the team's combat effectiveness was very different from before.

When a team is relaxed, it's harder to get tense again.

So Atletico didn't expect this game to be too difficult - even if they conceded an own goal in the opening stages, the players still didn't particularly care.

If you lose the goal, you will fight back, with the strength of Atletico Madrid, against a relegation team like Levante, this is not a hand!

So after conceding the goal, Atletico Madrid began to press sharply and began to besiege Levante. Strange to say, perhaps because of the impact of the Champions League in midweek, or maybe it was the Champions League final that made the players relaxed, Atletico's attack didn't feel too good, and although they created a lot of shots, they either went high or flew away......

Instead, in the final stages of the first half, Atletico conceded again..........

When Levante striker Baral single-handedly smashed past Thibaut Courtois's goal, Atletico's players finally showed nervousness on their faces......... Or even panic!

originally thought that the game would be nine out of ten, but the process was not as smooth as they imagined.

At half-time, Simeone yelled at the players for fifteen minutes, and the scolding players couldn't lift their heads.

But Simeone did not make substitution adjustments - Simeone has already sent the team's main lineup in this game, Diego Costa and Li Qingshan double forwards, such an attacking combination is enough to break through Levante's defense!

Perhaps it was Simeone who was scolded at half-time, and the state of Atletico Madrid's players seemed to be awakened.

With their unremitting efforts, finally in the 52nd minute, Li Qingshan received a cross from his teammates and put the ball into Levante's goal, making the score 1-2.

After the goal, Li Qingshan did not celebrate, but quickly hit the goal, scooped up the football and ran to the center circle, and then pressed the ball on the center circle to signal the opponent to hurry up - Atletico Madrid can't afford to waste time.

Perhaps it was the first goal that brought Atletico's players to their senses, and they finally showed that they were far superior to Levante. Levante was completely compressed by Atletico Madrid in the penalty area and could not move, and could only be beaten passively.

Just ten minutes after Li Qingshan's goal, he scored again.

In the 62nd minute, Raul Garcia made a long shot outside the penalty area, forcing Levante's goalkeeper to make a save, and Li Qingshan in the penalty area stretched out his long legs and shot the ball into the net, two to two! Atletico Madrid equalised!

But that's not enough – a point doesn't guarantee Atletico an early title, they have to get three points.

Levante's lead was levelled by two goals, and although they have no desire now, as professional players, they certainly won't be willing to give up the win like this.

They wanted to fight back, but they were afraid of Atletico Madrid's strong strength, especially the scoring ability of Li Qingshan, who was at the front, and they didn't dare to press too much, and they were very weak in counterattacking.

Atletico Madrid were not surprised to see this, and in the 80th minute, Atletico scored the third goal of the game. Li Qingshan received a pass from a teammate in the penalty area and volleyed a side hook to score - his shooting skills have improved a lot now!

Li Qingshan, who completed the hat-trick, can finally celebrate at Levante's home stadium with confidence.

The pace of the game was completely under Atletico's control, and with the last minute of stoppage time remaining, none of the Atletico fans were still seated in their seats.

Not only them, but everyone on the bench and the coach's bench at Atletico Madrid stood up, put their arms around each other's shoulders, and waited for the moment when the referee blew the final whistle.

"The stoppage time has come to an end, the referee is looking at the watch, and the ball is still in the hands of Atletico Madrid, Li Qingshan brought the ball to the corner flag area, with his physical advantage, he has successfully dragged on in this area for almost two minutes......." The commentator was talking, when he saw Levante's defender stretch out a kick to touch the ball out of the bottom line, and the referee raised his hands above his head, and then stretched out to the front.

Three long whistles, the game is over!!

"The game is over!!!"

With this roar and whistle, the Atletico players and coaches who had been waiting outside the stadium for a long time rushed into the stadium.

And they did! They became league champions! After a lapse of 17 years, Atletico Madrid is once again the league champion!

"Hooray!!!!!!

Atletico Madrid fans, both live and in front of the TV, chanted!