Chapter 130 is about to capsize

A draw at the Bernabeu would have been enough to cheer Atletico Madrid fans if it had been before, but Atletico Madrid is not what it used to be, and an away draw would not quench their thirst.

On the other hand, Barcelona won 2-0 at home against Athletic Bilbao thanks to Neymar's two goals in the 80th and 84th minutes of the match. Brazilian prodigy Neymar has been in excellent form since the start of the new season, with two goals and two assists in three league games.

Since then, Barcelona won the first three rounds of the new season, won nine points, and occupied the top position, while Atletico Madrid won two and drew seven points, squeezing out Valencia and Sevilla with the same point on goal difference, ranking second in the standings.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, are in a much worse situation, finishing 12th in the league with just four points after three league games.

It can be seen that Barcelona's form has picked up quickly after the new coach Luis Enrique took over. Defensively, in particular, Barcelona have improved significantly from last season. After three league games, Barcelona have scored six goals, an average of two goals per game is not too many goals for Barcelona, but the most important thing is that they have not conceded a goal in three league games. The clean sheets shown that Luis Enrique has been very successful with Barcelona.

Compared to the other two championship contenders, Barcelona showed great consistency from the start.

However, the season is still long, and the current points comparison is meaningless.

Atletico Madrid did not have any time to rest after this round of league play, and as a team with Champions League tasks, it was common for them to play two games a week from the beginning of the season.

The Atletico Madrid squad travelled to Athens, the capital of Greece, two days ahead of schedule for their first Champions League opponent of the season, Olympiacos, on 17 September.

Olympiacos is a multisport sports club, and the football team is just one of the teams in this club, in addition to basketball, volleyball, water polo, and track and field. There are more than 4,000 registered athletes in various sports alone.

The football team of Olympiacos FC is a traditional Greek powerhouse and the most successful football team in Greece. From the 1996-1997 season to the present, they have won 15 titles in 17 seasons of the Greek domestic league!

It's just that although this is a team that has dominated Greece for a long time, in the whole of Europe, Olympiacos is certainly far inferior to Atletico Madrid.

Atletico were unbeaten in six away games in the Champions League last season, including against the likes of Chelsea, AC Milan and Barcelona, with their only previous meeting coming in the 1992/93 Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals, where Atletico progressed 4-2 on aggregate. Therefore, I don't think Olympiacos can pose any threat to Atletico Madrid, and for Simeone, the biggest hope for this game is not to have too much consumption on the road due to the trip to Greece, and there will be no injuries in any way. Antoine Griezmann is still recovering from injury, and although Mandzukic has been in the team for two days, it is difficult to guarantee his form. ”

Before the game, the Spanish newspaper Marca reported.

Simeone started the game with young goalkeeper Oblak and elsewhere, Ansaldi was given the opportunity to replace Siqueira at left wing-back, with the centre-back combination still fixed Godin and Miranda, and Juanfran at right-back. In midfield, Gabi, Mario Suarez, Raul Garcia and Koke started the game, while up front were Mandzukic and Li Qingshan, who had just returned from injury.

Judging by Simeone's starting line-up, he is bound to win this game.

It stands to reason that such a starting lineup is a crushing situation in almost every position compared to Olympiacos' team lineup. However, the game started from the start, after the referee blew the whistle to start the game. It made Simeone feel a little uneasy.

Olympiacos played quite tough at home and was very ....... dirty!

Mandzukic was bloodied in the opening two minutes when Olympiacos defender Kasami elbowed Mandzukic in the face, leaving his nose bleeding.

This action also caused a riot between the players of both sides, and the two teams had no grudge in the past, but the fire on the field began to be arched before the game began.

What made Atletico Madrid even more dissatisfied was that the referee turned a blind eye to such an action, he did not show Casami any color of cards, and he did not even give a penalty for a foul.

Such an action also set the rhythm of the game, and the players of Atletico Madrid were also provoked by the opponent. For a while, the scene seemed to be a rugby game, and people turned on their backs.

In the thirteenth minute, Atletico Madrid suffered a fatal blow, Olympiacos took a tactical corner from the left, Afele returned the pass on the left, Masuaku fired a low left-footed shot from 21 meters in front of the goal, and the ball went into the net from the bottom right corner.

1 to 0!

Atletico Madrid are behind on the road!

Atletico Madrid, who had fallen behind, finally returned to the game, and instead of focusing on fighting their opponents, they launched a counterattack. In the seventeenth minute, Gabi took a corner kick, and Li Qingshan nodded the ball slightly higher.

In the twentieth minute, Cork went straight forward, and it was Li Qingshan who fought for the landing point, and then turned and shot was defused by the opponent's goalkeeper!

Two minutes later, Ansaldi crossed from the left, Li Qingshan rubbed back in front of him, and Raul Garcia grabbed the back point and went high!

In the 29th minute, Juanfran crossed from the right, and Mandzukic volleyed at the back point and hit the opponent's defender out of the bottom line!

When Atletico Madrid got serious, Olympiacos was pressed into the box and rubbed, their goal looked shaky, and the Greek fans in the stadium were much less vocal, and their team looked like they could concede a goal at any moment!

However, just when it looked like Atletico Madrid could equalise at any moment, Olympiacos scored again.

In the 31st minute, Olympiacos had a chance to counterattack, Dominguez's cross from the left was missed by Mitroglu, and Afelai volleyed into the bottom left corner from 13 meters in front of the goal!!

Two to zero!!

Before the game, no one would have imagined that the defending champion Atletico Madrid, who did not look difficult in the first game of the Champions League group stage, would encounter such an unbelievable situation before the first half was over!

Could it be that Atletico Madrid is going to capsize in the gutter?!

In Spain, many fans and even the media who are hostile to Atletico Madrid are starting to gloatize.