Chapter 148: Five consecutive wins

Having conceded the ball early, Moyes disrupted all of his tactical arrangements.

As a result, Real Sociedad were comfortably beaten at home by Atletico Madrid, scoring a goal in each half. Atletico Madrid gave their opponent an embarrassing record of 10 consecutive rounds without a win.

After this round of matches, due to the draws or losses of Valencia and Sevilla, there was a very interesting scene in the La Liga standings at this time.

Real Madrid are top of the table with 27 points, followed by Atletico Madrid with 26 points, followed by Barcelona with 25 points, followed by Valencia with 24 points and Sevilla FC with 23 points.

The top five in the standings are just one point apart each.

The impact of European competition is still very big for Sevilla and Valencia, and although they are participating in the Europa League, it is also a heavy burden for these two teams with too thin squads. It's not easy to be able to bite in the standings until now.

You must know that Athletic Bilbao, which has participated in the Champions League this season, is now ranked eleventh after tenth.

The eleventh round of the league looks like a watershed, Sevilla and Valencia are gradually falling behind, and the teams that remain in the top three of the standings will return to normal, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, and Barcelona are the protagonists in the fight for the La Liga title!

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After this round, Li Qingshan had a vacation of nearly ten days.

Because the FIFA international break is here again, but this time Lippi did not call Li Qingshan back to China to play a warm-up match. In fact, not only Li Qingshan, but also some players who have been confirmed to be able to enter the Asian Cup squad have not been called, such as Zheng Zhi, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Wu Lei, who plays for Shanghai East Asia, and others.

Lippi is looking at the team's fringe lineup before the Asian Cup. This time, he recruited a huge training squad of nearly 30 people, all of whom were fringe internationals and some new newcomers in the league.

China, who came off the bench in full, will face New Zealand and Honduras at home, with China drawing 1-1 with Honduras and 0-0 with New Zealand.

After this training camp, Lippi will officially determine the 23-man squad for the Asian Cup in Australia when he assembles for the next time.

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When many of Atletico Madrid's internationals returned to Madrid, bad news began to come one after another.

What worries Atletico Madrid fans the most is Miranda's injury. During the match between Brazil and Austria, Miranda was injured and was diagnosed with a muscle injury in her left leg after the match. It is expected to be out for at least two weeks, at least this Saturday, when Atletico Madrid will not be available for their home game against Malaga.

In addition to Miranda, Koke also picked up an injury during the international break, but the injury was not as serious as Miranda's, and it is not yet known whether he will be in time for Saturday's league game.

There were also losses in other positions, with Mario Suarez and Siqueira both accumulating yellow cards and receiving suspensions.

Except for Li Qingshan, who did not fly to China to play for the national team, almost all of the other players are internationals of their respective national teams, and their opponents in the league on Saturday are Málaga. They play away from home, but Malaga certainly have the upper hand in terms of fitness.

Málaga, on the other hand, are not in the limelight, having excelled this season under manager Vitinez and currently sit sixth in the table. Therefore, Simeone will have to be very cautious in this match.

Simeone's caution can be seen from the pre-match starters, and the main players who can play are all on the field. Miranda's place was started by Uruguay's 19-year-old centre-back Jimenez, who has never played this season, but his partnership with Godin, the big brother, has been solid at this year's World Cup.

Therefore, Simeone is relatively relieved to send such a Uruguayan pair at central defender.

Simeone had more options in midfield, with Koke and Mario Suarez unavailable, and Simeone fielded veteran Thiago and captain Godin in a midfield pairing, with Raul Garcia on the left and Alda Turan on the right. Forward Antoine Griezmann, striker Li Qingshan.

Judging from the starting lineup, Atletico Madrid is of course far stronger than Malaga.

But when the game started, the content on the pitch did not reflect such a gap.

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When the camera swept to the sideline dugout again, Simeone couldn't sit still, and now the game time has reached more than 70 minutes, and it is about to enter 80 minutes, and the score on the field is still 0-0.

Maybe it's because after returning from the national team game, the players are really tired, and the players of Atletico Madrid are not as energetic as usual.

Such slow-to-fall and drowsy games are rarely played at Atletico Madrid's home stadium.

In the 79th minute, Argentina international Andiersa, who started in place of Siqueira, sent in a low cross from the wing, but the quality of his pass was not complimentary. A good opportunity to pass the ball in the open space was actually passed out of the bottom line by him.

This is a microcosm of the first 70 minutes of this game, Atletico Madrid are not in good shape, with inaccurate passes and frequent mistakes.

Malaga were not in a hurry, they came to the Calderón Stadium for a point, and a draw was their goal. Therefore, when Atletico's attack is not going well, they have no intention of changing this rhythm.

By the time the goalkeeper returned to the goal, the game had finally entered the 80th minute.

Simeone brought Mandzukic to the sidelines to bring on a striker to step up the attack.

Just as Simeone was explaining something in Mandzukic's ear, the Calderon Stadium, which was a little weak, suddenly erupted in a burst of enthusiastic cheers.

By the time Simeone turned his head to look at the court, he had already found that Li Qingshan jumped high and put the ball into the goal!

Simeone couldn't care about explaining his tactics to Mandzukic anymore, he threw the notebook in his hand and roared wildly.

It was the televised footage that gave Simeone an idea of what had just happened. The goal kick sent by the Malaga goalkeeper just kicked past the center circle, and was headed back by Gabi, and after Raul Garcia on the side caught up with the ball, he directly crossed it, and Li Qingshan inserted the lion at high speed and shook his head.

A quick counter-attack after a tackle, Atletico Madrid completed the goal with three touches!

"Boss, do I still need to play?" Mandzukic asked.

"And what about the tactical adjustments you just haven't talked about?"

"No matter, fuck the fucking tactics, you go up and score goals!" Simeone rubbed Mandzukic's head and shoved him to the sidelines.

Mandzukic came on and scored quickly.

After conceding the goal, Malaga began to press and try to attack, only to be counter-attacked by Atletico Madrid.

In the 86th minute, Li Qingshan nodded the ball to the feet of Mandzukic, who had just been replaced on the field, and gently scored the ball.

The final score also stayed at 2-0.

After a draw away to Dott in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid have won five consecutive league games.