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Chapter 345 The beginning of the legend! The storm is coming! [A big chapter with words, please beg me to subscribe]

After Christmas, Atletico Madrid organized the entire team and hurried to Dubai.

As long as the schedule can be arranged, going to Dubai for winter training has become a routine for Atletico Madrid.

In Carlos Leo's words, the Middle East is Atletico Madrid's land of prosperity.

At that time, he had just switched careers and entered the football industry. When he first came to Atletico Madrid, Yang Hao reminded him to go to the Middle East to attract sponsorship and investment. This attracted Emirates Airlines, and the two parties have been cooperating to this day.

Today, Atletico Madrid has more than a dozen sponsors in Dubai, bringing in more than 1 million euros in business revenue from the Middle East every year.

Atletico still attaches great importance to this market.

In order to take care of the emotions of players and players' families, Atletico Madrid now has a complete plan, which is to invite all players' families to take a vacation in Dubai, with the expenses borne by the club.

Due to the support from Dubai, Atletico Madrid's expenses are actually not large, but the players and their families are quite satisfied.

After all, no one wants to be separated from their family just after Christmas.

It is indeed good to land in Europe to hunt for bargains now. The Abu Dhabi consortium is also working in full swing, especially Valencia is now firmly in the top four in La Liga. The momentum has skyrocketed, which has also caused many politicians and consortiums in other countries to have a question. .

Especially in the past two years.

Is it worth investing so much in football?

But Florentino had nothing to do.

For the sake of football, Jassim chose to give up his right to inherit the throne, began to serve as the chairman of Al Sadd Club, and founded the Qatar Golden League.

Besides, the Abu Dhabi consortium spends so much money every year on the broadcast rights of La Liga, so it should get more benefits, right?

This kind of warm-up match in winter training actually has a strong exhibition nature. The fans present also know this, but they still enjoy watching it because there are so many superstars.

Here, the United Arab Emirates is undoubtedly at the forefront.

After being held continuously in the past few years, the Hill Cup has gradually made its name in the Middle East and has been enthusiastically welcomed by many fans, including some Middle Eastern nobles who are keen on football.

"Because we are continuing to invest in hardware facilities, including stadiums, training bases, signings, and salaries of players and employees, etc., we are still losing money. We expect a loss of 1 million euros this year."

Valencia Chairman Mubarak smiled and introduced the investment of the Abu Dhabi Consortium in La Liga and Valencia.

The game in the stadium is in full swing, and the stories in the stands are equally exciting.

They not only founded emerging aviation companies such as Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways, but Dubai has also become the most famous international city in the Middle East.

In the presidential stand, Valencia President Mubarak was accompanying the UAE Deputy Prime Minister Mansour and others to entertain dignitaries from neighboring countries such as the Emirate of Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

The latter is the son of the Prime Minister of Qatar.

People from the Middle East all have long names and look similar, so Yang Hao couldn't tell who was who.

The acquisition cost a sum of money, and subsequent investments also cost a lot of money. In addition to a new stadium, there are plans to build a brand new five-star training base.

All business matters were left to Cerezo, Jr. and Carlos Leo.

But this year's Hill Cup is very different from previous years.

This makes Real Madrid feel a little depressed.

One of the most obvious changes is that security conditions have been significantly upgraded and extra emphasis has been placed on them.

Valencia is a team invested by a serious Middle Eastern consortium. How can Real Madrid compete?

However, he was not the same person as Jassim who was planning to acquire Manchester United in Yang Hao's previous life.

This kind of thing is not something he can inquire about casually, so he just concentrates on leading the team to play a good game.

For example, the famous football fan Prince Jassim of Qatar is famous all over the world.

After the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, the world's economy entered a recession. Financial groups in the Middle East were trying to find ways to land in Europe to hunt for bargains, and they were also using every means to expand their influence.

They were the first to play the Hill Cup with Atletico Madrid, but after Valencia was acquired by the Abu Dhabi consortium, they directly kicked Real Madrid. Now the Hill Cup has become between Atletico Madrid and Valencia. The showdown.

Among them, the one that Mansour paid the most attention to was the Crown Prince of Qatar Tamim sitting next to him.

Their plan is that by 2012, when the training base is fully completed, the total investment will be approximately 15 billion euros.

Needless to say, Atletico Madrid's side is also full of superstars.

……

Is it worth buying tickets just for these superstars?

When he went to the Middle East for training, Yang Hao basically focused on the team's physical training to prepare for the second half of the game.

And football is a very important part of it.

As La Liga has developed better and better in recent years, its influence around the world has also grown, and Valencia's influence has also grown with it.

The annual Hill Cup will still be held in Abu Dhabi, this time the opponent is Valencia.

It can be said that the UAE is becoming a model for other countries and regions in the Middle East to learn from.

Almost every time Atletico Madrid comes to the Middle East to play, Jassim will be there to watch the game and is familiar with Yang Hao and Atletico Madrid players.

"Let me settle an account for you."

Cerezo, Jr. Hill, Carlos Leo and others were busy socializing among various political and business celebrities and sponsors.

"Although the season is just over halfway now, according to our preliminary estimates, this year's revenue can exceed 2 million euros, ranking among the top 10 in Europe, probably 9th or 10th."

He is the elder brother of the current Crown Prince of Qatar, Tamim, but due to Qatar’s regulations, members of the royal family are not allowed to work.

Yang Hao inquired about it, and it was said that the Emirate of Abu Dhabi was hosting many important foreign dignitaries.

They are all elites and leaders in the Middle East, and they are naturally good at calculations.

They could easily hear a signal from Mubarak's words.

Valencia is still losing money, and it has lost 1 million euros.

However, they were not in a hurry, because they knew from Mubarak's expression that there must be a [but].

Sure enough, Mubarak soon changed the subject.

"In the past few years, Valencia's biggest problem has been its poor infrastructure. When our new stadium is put into operation, it is expected to increase match day revenue by about 5000 million euros per year, and our losses will be further reduced."

"Moreover, our commercial revenue is still increasing rapidly. We are currently building commercial teams around the world. We are confident that by 2012, our revenue will exceed 3 million euros, and within 5 years, our revenue will exceed 4 million euros."

"Based on our financial model, we estimate that revenue will be around 3 million euros. Our revenue and expenditure will be balanced and we will initially achieve self-financing."

Everyone knows what Mubarak means by self-financing.

That means that from now on, the Valencia club will no longer need to rely on blood transfusions from the Abu Dhabi consortium.

The Abu Dhabi consortium's investment in Valencia will begin to see returns.

“Is it possible to make money in football?”

Mubarak looked around and found a strange face next to Tamim asking a question.

"This is Nasser Al-Khelafi, the chairman of our Qatar Tennis Association and the vice-president of the Asian Tennis Federation. He was once the best tennis player in our Middle East, but he was also very interested in football." Tamim He introduced casually.

Everyone understood immediately.

Nasser is Tamim's staff advisor.

"It is basically unrealistic to rely on football to make money. I can say this. So far, only one team has let me see them making money on football."

"Who?" Nasser asked.

Mubarak pointed to the game below the pitch and said, "Atletico Madrid."

Everyone immediately looked towards the stadium.

The game was actually quite exciting, and the fans kept shouting, but people in their area basically didn't care about football itself.

Because they are discussing a very serious issue that is considered by almost all oil-producing countries in the Middle East.

investment.

An investment in the future!

"Some media in Spain have made statistics. In the past few years, Atletico Madrid has invested 20 billion euros in training bases, stadiums, skyscrapers, office buildings, commercial residences, etc."

"In 2000, they were just a garbage team on the verge of bankruptcy, and everyone was falling apart. But now, in less than 10 years, they have transformed into the top football team in the world today, and they are also one of the top clubs in the world today. One of the two biggest clubs in football with the highest revenue."

"One is Atletico Madrid and the other is Real Madrid. Their revenue has exceeded 5 million euros."

"Now, how much does it cost to buy Atletico Madrid?" Nasser asked casually.

This should also be the doubt of everyone present.

To them, a few hundred million is nothing.

But Mubarak smiled, shook his head and said: "It's immeasurable."

"What do you mean?"

"Atletico Madrid now has three Ballon d'Or players in Kaká, Torres and Adriano, as well as a quasi-Golden Ball player like Messi. This team is full of superstars and has the best training base in the world. The stadium, the best youth training system.”

"More importantly, this club has an annual revenue of more than 5 million euros, and its salary expenditure is less than 45%. It can also spend a large amount of money every year to invest in other project infrastructure, such as the two skyscrapers in the core of Madrid city center."

At this point, Mubarak smiled and asked, "How much do you think Atletico Madrid is worth?"

Everyone present was speechless.

This is truly immeasurable.

"This is what I want to express, when you play football, don't think about making money from football."

Mubarak gave everyone the current example of Valencia.

By 2012, the total investment will reach 15 billion euros. From a purely financial perspective, will this investment be recovered in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse? It's almost impossible, okay?

But after investing so much money, Valencia's value has changed dramatically.

Despite the substantial investment, the assets in the year have also grown significantly.

"Especially in the past few years, La Liga's global influence has continued to grow, and the valuation of La Liga clubs has also increased significantly, which gives La Liga clubs unparalleled influence around the world."

Mubarak's words once again aroused the thinking of everyone present.

I have to say, this is indeed quite attractive.

Football really can't make money, but football can bring things that other industries cannot give.

Especially after La Liga becomes globalized, the overall valuation continues to rise.

"I heard that the valuation of the Premier League is also very high now," Nassar said.

He was obviously prepared.

Mubarak nodded, "Yes, that's right, the Premier League's current revenue is indeed high, but it mainly comes from the local market. Globally, the Premier League's broadcast rights in the next three years are expected to be only 3 billion euros, and our La Liga currently implements This contract alone has exceeded 10 billion euros, and the next one will definitely be even higher.”

As the chairman of Valencia and an important member of La Liga, Mubarak was full of confidence when he said these words.

Not only that, he also analyzed the biggest differences between La Liga and the Premier League, especially the huge advantages of La Liga.

In terms of talent reserves and player salaries alone, La Liga's advantages far exceed those of the Premier League.

"What about other leagues?"

"Serie A is generally very depressed now, and the stadiums are not owned by oneself. The Bundesliga has regulatory restrictions, and it is basically impossible for foreign capital to enter."

"What about Ligue 2012? By 10, you have invested more than billion euros in total. Then if I use this money to buy a team in Ligue , the remaining money will be poured into the transfer market every year. Every year Wouldn’t it be more cost-effective if it can create a sensational effect?”

Nasser further expressed some of his thoughts.

But Mubarak smiled and shook his head and said no repeatedly.

"You know, before I really entered this industry and understood the football industry, I would have thought that your idea is feasible. It's all a waste of money anyway. How come it's not a waste?"

"But after entering the football industry, I discovered that the rules of the game are not like this."

Nasser and everyone around him listened.

"Football is a team sport, not just in the game. If you want to win, 11 players must unite as one."

"More importantly, for a club, if it wants to succeed, everyone from top to bottom must unite, work together, and work together to achieve success."

"In European football, I have seen many teams that are obviously very strong, but due to various internal frictions, the team falls apart and even performs worse and worse."

"For the same reason, for a country's league, there must be coordinated operations from top to bottom."

"In Spain, from La Liga to ordinary youth training, the entire system is running, so every club attaches great importance to youth training and is willing to invest in youth training."

"If, like you said, you go to Ligue 1 to acquire a team, you may spend less money than La Liga, and then invest huge sums of money every year to recruit, but have you ever thought about one problem? The influence of Ligue 1 itself is It's not as good as La Liga. If you want to recruit people, you have to give higher transfer fees and better annual salaries, which all require investment."

"But you have to consider one thing. In La Liga, your high investment can improve your competitiveness in the league. What you have to face are the world's top giants such as Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and the upper limit is very high."

"But what about in Ligue 1? Your upper limit may not be at the bottom of La Liga. Although crazy money burning can bring advertising effects, it is not sustainable. Once the money burning ends, the influence will immediately decline."

"This is the same as when we do business. We hope to go to a popular downtown area. The more popular it is, the more popular it is. If a person goes alone to a corner to set up a stall, no matter how loud he shouts, can anyone hear him? ?”

When Mubarak said this, he calmly summarized his words.

"You can't make money in professional football. To play with valuation and influence, you have to go to the top leagues, especially La Liga or the Premier League."

"And we have absolute reasons to expect that in the next few years, La Liga will gradually leave behind the Premier League, continue to grow at a high global level, attract more and more talented stars from all over the world, and then become a veritable first league in the world. !”

From the perspective of a club operator, Mubarak actually hopes that more competitors will flock to La Liga to further increase La Liga's influence and overall competitiveness, which is a good thing for Valencia.

He had already reported to Mansour.

Once his Valencia model works, he hopes to replicate it around the world.

By acquiring clubs around the world, a huge football group is formed, allowing players to move within the group and maximizing the use of resources.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste if Valencia trains so many young players every year?

But the premise of all this is that Valencia's model must work.

The main reason why Mubarak told everyone so much is that behind these politicians are large consortiums, and many of them are consortiums that have watched football for many years, such as the investment boards of Bahrain and Kuwait.

Qatar is actively preparing to bid for the 2022 World Cup and is said to be interested in acquiring a club.

If we can really attract these rich people to La Liga, then the overall strength of La Liga will definitely reach a higher level.

But by that time, competitive pressure will also increase exponentially.

But this is also a good thing for club operators.

……

Atletico finally narrowly defeated Valencia 4-3 in the Hill Cup.

In fact, the performance of both teams was not very good, but they played very vigorously and scored enough goals, so the fans enjoyed watching it.

But both Yang Hao and Ancelotti mentioned the team's poor performance when communicating after the game.

In January and February every year, Atletico Madrid's state will experience some fluctuations, which is related to the physical training of the players by Yang Hao's coaching staff.

Short-term fluctuations can lead to the team's excellent form in March and April, and it is worth doing so.

After the Hill Cup, Atletico Madrid set off back to Madrid.

On the return flight, Yang Hao heard Cerezo talking about what happened in the stands.

"Are all the princes from the Middle East coming to watch the game?"

Yang Hao was quite surprised.

He knew that the Hill Cup had a certain influence in the Middle East, but he didn't expect it to be so big.

"I heard that they received an invitation from Abu Dhabi, and it is said that they will organize an inspection team to go to Europe, especially Spain."

"They want to invest in La Liga?" Yang Hao's eyes twitched.

"Mubarak said that there is a possibility. After all, the market in La Liga is promising now, and it is not too late to enter the game at this time."

The best time to invest in La Liga has passed.

But from now on, the best time to invest is always now.

Because the development momentum of La Liga is getting better and better.

Yang Hao could only smile bitterly at this.

He really found that things were getting more and more chaotic and beyond his expectation and control.

It's as if he couldn't believe that Antonio Ponte could run La Liga like this.

Now not only the princes of the Middle East, but also investors from all over the world, especially some private equity funds, are very interested in investing in La Liga, but La Liga has mandatory requirements and will conduct background checks on investors. To some extent, this has restricted some "negative men" from coveting La Liga.

For example, if the Glazer family and some American consortiums want to acquire La Liga through debt, it is simply not feasible.

Yang Hao is not an expert on how to operate it specifically.

But he had a vague feeling that the logic of Antonio Ponte and others was: Now that the La Liga business card is out and its influence is greater, all investors must come in. Yes, they must abide by the rules of La Liga.

These rules are to ensure that investors can come in and throw money, and they can sell it in the future. If they want to play with nothing, or even want to make profits through La Liga clubs, don't even think about it!

To a certain extent, this has blocked many European and American speculators who covet La Liga.

But if these princes from the Middle East enter the scene, the situation will be different.

"Is the Qatari consortium really considering coming to La Liga?" Yang Hao felt a pain in his head.

The competition in La Liga is fierce enough now, why not enter?

"Says he's very interested."

Cerezo couldn't help laughing when he said this, "I heard that they are preparing to bid for the World Cup."

At this point, Cerezo and Hill both looked at each other and smiled. "Everyone knows that this is basically impossible. The United States also wants to bid for the World Cup. What can Qatar do to compete with the Americans?"

The Americans have long announced that they will also bid to host the World Cup, using the World Cup to drive economic development in the United States and invest in sports facilities and infrastructure.

Let me ask, who in the world can compete with Americans?

There is also the UK, they are also bidding to host the World Cup.

There is news that the United States and the United Kingdom have already divided the cake.

After the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it will be given to the United Kingdom in 2018 and to the United States in 2022.

There is nothing about Qatar in this.

Yang Hao smiled bitterly in his heart.

Not surprisingly.

In the eyes of Europeans, Qatar is a small country in the Middle East that is extremely rich but has no ability to protect itself and can only rely on big countries.

But who would have thought that it would be Qatar that would dare to snatch food from the mouth of a big tiger like the United States.

The key was successful!

However, the price paid for this is also high.

Blatter, Platini and others all fell into it.

In the final analysis, they are all too self-righteous. They all think that they are the masters of the football world. No one can restrict them no matter how they play or how they play.

And it turns out, they were wrong!

World football will not become clean because of this, because football associations and federations around the world are similar.

In comparison, the certain football association that caused Yang Hao to travel through time can be considered clean.

FIFA has always been regarded as an independent kingdom and the highest authority in the field of football.

It can be said that almost no organization can supervise FIFA.

If there is one, it’s UEFA.

UEFA has always been at odds with FIFA, and often even threatens to withdraw from FIFA.

But UEFA itself is not clean either.

The world is as black as crows.

Before the storm in 2015, no one thought that things would be like this.

But after that, a lot of the rules of the game changed.

Yang Hao has little interest in FIFA matters, but he is very interested in UEFA.

That's a great opportunity!

As long as Europe's top leagues, as well as teams from French Ligue 1, Portuguese Super League, Eredivisie and other leagues, speak out and unite to put pressure on them, they will definitely be able to force UEFA to give in, thereby limiting UEFA's power and forcing them to do so. Improve operational transparency.

"Enrique, our plan needs to be tighter. We need to contact teams in other leagues, especially wealthy teams, as soon as possible, but at the same time, we must pay attention to keeping it secret."

Yang Hao looked at Cerezo and warned.

Either don't do it, or do it with a fatal blow!

Cerezo is really a good communicator.

Now, La Liga is responsible for communicating with the giant teams in other leagues, Cerezo and Florentino.

"I have a strong feeling that the rules of this game will change soon!"

There are many things that Yang Hao, as a time traveler, cannot tell others.

For example, it was January 2010 and he had no way of telling Cerezo that the World Cup bid at the end of this year would completely change the world of football.

Many people will wonder, no, didn’t it only happen in 2015?

no.

When it comes to power struggles, nothing happens overnight.

At the end of 2010, Russia and Qatar both won the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and both the United Kingdom and the United States suffered setbacks.

Everyone knows that there are many inside stories involved, even the dark side.

The reason why Blatter was anxious to announce the right to host the 2010 World Cup in 2022 was to fulfill some promises in advance, because he had an agreement with Platini and would abdicate in 2014.

As early as 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, during the FIFA West Asia Executive Committee election, Blatter had a falling out with his die-hard ally, bin Hamman from Qatar, who is FIFA Vice President and Asian Football Association Joint Chairman.

This has already happened.

This means that Blatter has been divided within FIFA and is no longer monolithic.

At the end of 2010, after Britain lost the right to host the World Cup, BBC reporter Andrew Jenning exposed some insider information on the program, which was the so-called ISL corruption case.

ISL is a Swiss sports marketing company that went bankrupt as early as 2001. They owned the television rights to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.

The founder of this company is Horst Dassler. He is the son of Adidas founder Adolf Dassler. He has a close relationship with International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch and then FIFA President Havelange. shallow.

After ISL went bankrupt, Switzerland liquidated the company's assets. Auditors found that between 1992 and 2000, ISL bribed senior FIFA officials on multiple occasions.

Don't think that the BBC revealed this secret out of justice. To put it bluntly, it was because they lost the bid to host the World Cup, so they were flipping the table.

No one is cleaner than anyone else here!

Didn't Britain and the United States pay bribes when they bid to host the World Cup?

What makes the United Kingdom and the United States angry is that they can't even bribe Qatar and Russia. This makes them angry.

After the BBC exposed it, it caused quite a stir within football.

But at that time, there were not many domestic reports, and no one paid attention to it.

FIFA has always had a so-called inheritance, that is, the successors wipe the butt of the predecessors.

For example, Blatter promised to let Platini take over in 2014, and Platini promised to help Blatter deal with the aftermath, including ensuring that Blatter would not face retroactive problems after his retirement.

The same goes for Blatter about what happened before his term.

Therefore, Blatter has always refused to disclose details to the outside world, citing Swiss domestic laws.

The so-called Swiss law means that Swiss judicial institutions have no power to track bribe requests by non-citizens.

Since the FIFA officials suspected of corruption are not Swiss citizens, corporate bribery is not a crime under Swiss law, so the Swiss court cannot hold these people legally responsible and can only require them to return the stolen money.

After FIFA paid a fine of 250 million Swiss francs to the Swiss government, the Swiss government promised not to disclose the details of the case and the names of the officials involved.

In May 2011, some scandals broke out again, including the scandal involving AFC Chairman Ben Harman and other continental football association presidents reselling World Cup tickets, which put FIFA under pressure.

After procrastinating again and again, they finally kept it secret, especially the Swiss government, which had to release more details of the ISL corruption case, which shocked everyone.

It turned out that those involved included former FIFA president Havelange and his son-in-law, Ricardo Teixeira.

Ricardo Teixeira was the president of the Brazilian Football Federation and an executive committee member of FIFA at the time.

My father-in-law is the president of FIFA, and my son-in-law is the president of the Brazilian Football Federation and a member of the FIFA executive committee. Do you believe that there is nothing fishy?

After the ISL corruption case was announced, it immediately caused an uproar.

Even the president of FIFA has accepted bribes, what else is there to say?

As it is said in a certain TV series: Some things cannot be weighed even if they are weighed as little as four or two, and even if they are weighed as much as a thousand pounds, they cannot be stopped.

Blatter began to come under overwhelming pressure, so he had to stand up and advocate for an investigation into corruption within FIFA.

But in the past, such investigations were conducted only by Blatter’s cronies, which was not convincing.

Therefore, in order to win the public's trust, Blatter announced the establishment of a brand-new agency this time and the establishment of an independent ethics court.

The court is composed of 15 people. Michael Garcia, an American with a background in Interpol and the FBI, is invited to serve as the chief prosecutor and is responsible for investigating the case.

At the same time, Chief Judge Hans-Josim Eckert of the Munich District Court in Germany was appointed as the chief judge to be responsible for hearing the case.

Under the mandate, the independent ethics tribunal can investigate not only corruption cases that have been exposed, but also any matter or person they deem necessary to investigate, including the bids to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

The independent ethics tribunal was established in July 2012.

After more than two years of investigation, Michael Garcia produced a 2-page report, which is the [Garcia Report] that many media and fans are discussing in Yang Hao's previous life in China.

The most eye-catching thing in this report is undoubtedly the various bribery and corruption incidents that occurred during the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup.

More importantly, Blatter was not ready to give up his position to Platini as he had promised before.

For some unknown reason, maybe he was worried that he wouldn't be able to hold on after retreating, or maybe it was something else, he finally broke his promise.

Therefore, Platini turned the gun around and continued to take the lead in asking Blatter to release the findings of the [Garcia Report] in order to retaliate and put pressure on Blatter.

Of course, it later turned out that Platini himself was not clean either.

The whole thing, from beginning to end, is full of thrilling and countless intrigues.

Yang Hao even thinks that this can be written into a book and made into a movie, which will definitely be very exciting.

Yang Hao's appeal is very clear, which is to force UEFA to be more transparent and the clubs to put enough pressure on UEFA to limit UEFA's power.

Then, the next five years will be a very critical five years.

The club must accurately grasp the various changes in the current situation, especially the various changes among Blatter, Platini and others, and use the current situation to create a situation that is beneficial to the club, and then seize the initiative.

When mentioning Blatter and Platini, Yang Hao thought of Spanish Football Federation Chairman Bilal.

After Platini stepped down, Bilal was the interim president of UEFA and was once the top candidate for UEFA president. However, he was later arrested by the Spanish police for corruption, embezzlement and abuse of public funds. authority.

Earlier, Bilal was also revealed to be involved in the corruption case involving Qatar's bid to host the World Cup.

In addition to him, there are others such as Beckenbauer.

Yang Hao was thinking about whether to come forward to remind him and give him a hand?

……

After returning to Madrid from Abu Dhabi, we ushered in the 16th round of La Liga.

In this round, all teams performed very poorly.

Among the top four teams, only Valencia won. They relied on Robin van Persie's goal to beat Espanyol 1-0 at home.

Barcelona drew 1-1 at home with Villarreal.

Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 with Sevilla at home, with Messi scoring a goal.

Deportivo La Coruna drew 0-0 away with Zaragoza.

Real Madrid drew 0-0 away with Osasuna.

In the first game after Christmas and the winter break, all teams were making adjustments and were not in very good shape.

……

Midweek, the first leg of the Copa del Rey knockout round of 16.

Atletico Madrid once again played with a full substitute and rotation lineup, and their opponent was Huelva in the second division.

After being relegated, Huelva's strength is obviously not as good as before, and its performance in La Liga this season is relatively average, ranking only on par with Atletico Madrid's second team.

Therefore, Yang Hao promoted many young players from the second team to play this time, plus some players from the first team, and directly defeated Huelva 3-0 in the away game, basically winning the right to advance.

But at Camp Nou, Barcelona lost 1-2 at home to Sevilla.

Valencia also lost 1-2 at home to Deportivo La Coruna.

In addition, Real Madrid has been eliminated before, which means that among the top four teams in the league, only Atletico Madrid wins.

This doesn't seem like a very good sign.

……

Over the weekend, the 17th round of La Liga.

Atletico Madrid will challenge Valladolid away from home in this round.

In order to avoid relegation, the latter adopted a 451-defense tactics at home, but it only lasted 17 minutes.

In the 17th minute, David Silva assisted Kaká and scored, opening the scoring for Atletico Madrid.

In the 32nd minute, Torres scored another victory for Atletico Madrid.

Subsequently, Atletico Madrid took an overwhelming advantage, but failed to score.

Especially Messi.

His performance in this game was very positive, but he was never able to pose a threat, let alone score.

Sometimes, players' performance is like this. The more anxious they are, the worse they perform.

After changing sides in the second half, Torres assisted David Silva to score in the 59th minute, expanding the score to 3-0!

Subsequently, Yang Hao made a substitution and replaced Torres with Suarez.

Yang Hao's purpose is very clear, try to help Messi score goals.

The Argentinian also performed very actively, but always followed up on the edge of the ball.

Prior to this, he had scored in 9 consecutive games. As long as he scores again in this game, he will score in 10 consecutive games, which will catch up with the footsteps of legendary stars such as Ronaldo.

This will be the beginning of a legend for Messi in 2010!

The Argentines themselves think so too.

After missing out on the 2009 Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year, he tried his best to perform better.

But the more active you are, the more likely you are to have problems.

Even Messi's most proud shooting accuracy, as well as his superb ball-taking and dribbling breakthroughs in the game, were greatly compromised in this game.

But Yang Hao never replaced Messi from beginning to end, but kept waiting.

As time continued to pass and the hope of scoring a goal became increasingly slim, Yang Hao continued to encourage Messi from the sidelines.

He even asked Modric, who replaced Kaká, to give Messi a message, asking him to stay patient. This game will allow him to play the whole game, don't be anxious and steady the rhythm.

But time is not even on Messi's side, how can he not be anxious?

After missing many opportunities in a row, everyone basically felt that Messi had no hope of scoring.

In the 92nd minute of the game, Di Maria, who came on as a substitute for David Silva, suddenly started, dribbling the ball into the left side of the penalty area and passing the ball to Suarez.

The Uruguayan knocked back to Di Maria and completed a one-two against the wall.

Di Maria was on the left side of the penalty spot in the penalty area, facing the pursuit and interception of defensive players, and sent a wonderful pass through the gap.

The ball passed right through the defender's crotch and landed in the right corner of the small penalty area.

Messi, who was unguarded, rushed over. After catching up, he pushed the ball directly with his right foot.

The ball clung to the right post and entered Valladolid's goal.

The moment he scored, Messi turned around, yelled, and rushed out of the field excitedly.

Di Maria, Suarez and others followed closely, all chasing after Messi.

Scored goals in 10 consecutive games!

Messi finally broke Ronaldo and Martin's historical records!

More importantly, he scored 10 goals in these 13 games, more than Ronaldo's 96 goals in the 97/10 season.

Messi even received bursts of applause from the Valladolid fans.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Valladolid 4-0 in an away game!

(End of this chapter)