Chapter 134: A League with a Tight Schedule

When the game was over, Simeone breathed a sigh of relief, judging from the results, Atletico Madrid won a big victory, but in Simeone's heart, it was very lucky.

The opponent scored two goals in a row in the first half, and if it weren't for Li Qingshan's sudden outburst in the first half, allowing the Roma team to enter the second half with a 2-0 lead, then it would have been much more difficult to get back this game.

Either way, Atletico Madrid managed to secure their first three points in the group stage. Borussia Dortmund's away game against Liverpool ended in a draw, with neither side able to score. As a result, Atletico Madrid is at the top of the group table after the first round of the group stage.

The other teams that have played in the Champions League have also performed quite well. Real Madrid's 8-2 away win over Bulgarian team Ludogorec Razgrad made Zidane, who has been criticized in the league, a little relieved, although there are also media nitpicks that Real Madrid was scored two goals by a small team, and the defensive performance is not up to par, but fortunately, Real Madrid's offensive line is perfect, Ronaldo staged a big four on the first match day of the Champions League, and is now in the top scorer ahead of Li Qingshan, who scored three goals. Real Madrid's opponents in the Champions League group stage are all weak teams, and with Ronaldo's finishing ability, some media have now begun to look forward to how much data Ronaldo can brush up on in the Champions League group stage.

Barcelona also won away from home, beating Cypriot side Atlético Greeks 3-0 thanks to Messi's hat-trick.

Athletic Bilbao, on the other hand, won 2-1 away to Borisov.

On the first matchday of the Champions League, all four teams in La Liga won without a hitch.

Li Qingshan's performance in the Champions League, especially after his hat-trick, was second only to Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League scorer list and tied for second place with Messi, which made the Chinese media and fans very excited. Atletico Madrid won the Champions League last season, and Li Qingshan's performance in key games was impeccable, but the overall statistics were not good, after all, he missed the full six group games.

And this season, Li Qingshan will start from the group stage. After a full Champions League season, how far Atletico Madrid can go and what kind of personal data Li Qingshan can get have made the media and fans very concerned.

On the Chinese Internet, headlines such as "Comparable to Mero" have long been flying all over the sky.

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Li Qingshan, who is far away in Spain, has little time to pay attention to the situation in China. Since the start of the Champions League, the two-front battle has left the players with little time to rest.

When Atletico Madrid returned to Madrid from Rome, Italy, just three days later, they were back on the road to take on Celta Vigo.

The drawbacks of the two-front battle began to show at this time, and during the pre-game warm-up, Mandzukic suffered a calf muscle strain, and Simeone had no choice but to remove him from the starting list and replace him with this season's new Mexico international striker Raul Jimenez.

The game didn't go very well from the start.

Sure enough, when it came time to play, Atletico Madrid didn't seem to be able to lift their spirits. The test of the player's spirit in the double-line battle is evident at this time.

Celta Vigo, on the other hand, have been on the back foot, with Enrique being poached by Barcelona last season, and the new team exchange being Berizzo. Berizzo continued the 433 system left by Enrique, and they played steadily and attacked very fluidly. If it weren't for the lack of ability of their strikers to take their chances, perhaps they would have taken the lead at home long ago.

But at the start of the second half, Celta Vigo did manage to get on the scoresheet when they scored with a header from striker Larevi through a quick-fledged counter-attack.

Atletico Madrid as a whole is not in shape, and Li Qingshan has not been able to do anything. In particular, the performance of his new partner in this game was nothing short of disastrous. The Mexicans couldn't find any sense on the pitch at all, but instead deprived Atletico Madrid of a link in their attack.

After Celta Vigo's goal, Simeone finally couldn't stand Raul Jimenez's poor form on the pitch, and in the 60th minute, he brought on Saul to replace Raul Jimenez.

After Saul came on the field, Li Qingshan's position immediately became much freer, and Atletico Madrid gradually played an offensive.

Finally, in the 80th minute, Li Qingshan shot from the penalty line to help Atletico Madrid equalize. A hard-fought draw on the road for the team.

Two consecutive draws in the league dropped Atletico Madrid from second to fourth in the league, while Barcelona beat Levante 5-0 away in this round to keep them at the top of the table with 12 points from four consecutive wins.

Real Madrid also bounced back in this round as they claimed another 8-2 win away from home, with Deportivo La Coruna playing a nightmare game on their home turf.

Now that the La Liga schedule is starting to get tighter, Simeone has not had time to adjust to his team's form after a week of double matches.

Fortunately, four days later, on September 25, Atletico Madrid finally won the league and avoided the embarrassment of three rounds without a win.

Atletico Madrid, playing at home, faced the challenge of Almeria, and Atletico Madrid, who made a certain rotation, completely controlled the game, and Griezmann, who returned from injury, was given the opportunity to start.

Almeria narrowly escaped relegation last season and have not had much to add to their roster this summer. Antoine Griezmann, who returned from injury, quickly found his groove in the face of such a weak team, and the Frenchman, who was placed in the shadow striker position by Simeone, was very active from the start of the game.

In the 34th minute of the first half, Griezmann received Li Qingshan's return pass on the penalty line and scored with his feet, and Atletico Madrid led 1-0.

In the 69th minute of the second half, Li Qingshan grabbed a shovel in the penalty area and scored a goal, 2-0!

In the fifth round of the league, Atletico Madrid finally played efficiently after returning to their home stadium and scored three points with a very economical score.

It is worth mentioning that Barcelona finally stopped their winning streak in this round of the league and they were held to a draw away from Malaga.

Three days later, the sixth round of La Liga was in full swing, and on September 28, Atletico Madrid hosted Sevilla.

Before the game, many media analysed that Sevilla would cause some trouble for Atletico Madrid at the Calderón Stadium. Sevilla FC got off to a great start, sitting second in the league with 13 points after five league games, a team with a variety of attacking patterns and a strong set-piece ability.

But the game didn't turn out to be the same as the media had predicted.

Li Qingshan!! Shot!! The ball is in again!! ”

As Li Qingshan and his teammates celebrated the goal, the camera focused on the score display at the Calderón Stadium.

In the 83rd minute of the game, the score was ............ Four to zero!

Sevilla did cause some problems for Atletico Madrid in the first half, but in the second half, Atletico Madrid exploded in full swing, with Li Qingshan scoring a brace and Raul Garcia and Antoine Griezmann scoring a goal each.

Four to zero!

After several rounds of ups and downs in form, Atletico Madrid has a big win at home!

In the standings, Atletico Madrid also climbed back into second place, biting only Barcelona by two points.