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Chapter 369: Killing Feast! Who will overthrow Atletico Madrid’s hegemony? [A big chapter with ten thousand words, please beg me to subscribe]

hegemony!

This is the most frequently mentioned word about the new season of La Liga, Marca, AS, El Pais, ABC, Daily Sports, Mundo Deportivo and other media that have huge influence in Spain.

Spanish media all agree that La Liga in the new season will usher in a new era.

Externally, La Liga will continue to consolidate its hegemony as the world's number one league and strive to widen the gap with the second-ranked Premier League.

This is reflected in the fact that at the beginning of January 2011, the La Liga broadcasting rights for the next three years will be auctioned for external investment.

With local copyright lagging behind the Premier League, La Liga must rely on the global market to suppress the Premier League.

In the past few years, all La Liga teams have frequently gone abroad and expanded all over the world. The purpose is for this auction every three years, hoping that La Liga can become the most influential sports event in the world.

But for now, La Liga still has a long way to go.

This is external.

Spanish international Marchena is also 31 years old.

For example, they signed Jerome Boateng from Hamburg in the Bundesliga, Kolarov from Lazio in the Serie A, and Rafinha from Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

But there were no very exciting and exciting signings.

Therefore, Real Madrid did not make any moves in the transfer market this summer.

But for La Liga's competitors, this kind of Atletico Madrid is too scary.

Atletico Madrid now has countless stars flocking to it.

Looking at the transfer market this summer, after the Qatari consortium acquired Getafe, it was coached by the famous coach Benitez. He was ambitious and wanted to show off his talents. He frequently made sky-high prices and had a tendency to cause a big upset. .

This also represents another business philosophy of La Liga.

By this summer, Real Madrid's lineup was relatively complete, and its personnel reserves were also quite good. Under this situation, Wenger did not continue to introduce more superstars, but focused on how to adjust and stimulate the current team lineup. on work.

Real Madrid has continued to invest heavily, but still failed to overthrow Atletico Madrid's dominance of La Liga.

Yang Hao's team has dominated La Liga in the past few years and has become the most powerful club in Spain. It has established the identity and status of La Liga's top giants. It has also become the most influential and luxurious team in the world.

Although the relationship between the top management of the two clubs is very good, they think about the problem from different perspectives.

This also shows Barcelona's ambitions in signings.

As for the central defender, Lucio is 32 years old.

Especially Deportivo, after letting Falcao and Diego go, Super Deportivo invested all the funds it received into the expansion of the stadium and the upgrade of the training base.

Power often also represents pressure.

De Rossi, Aquilani, Sneijder, Anderson...

After Barcelona experienced high-level turmoil, Mourinho was clearly identified as the core figure, introducing stars such as Coentrao, Miranda, Azpilicueta, and was even close to Mascherano.

After Mourinho takes over the power, he must produce better results to prove himself.

Getafe has made a big breakthrough and has no historical baggage, so when it comes to signings, it can directly give more generous chips.

Internally, La Liga's heroes have set their sights on Atletico Madrid's hegemony.

Ancelotti's coaching is satisfactory, but how to further improve the team's strength?

Among them, Mohamed Sissoko's performance last season made Ancelotti very dissatisfied. Valencia's downturn was largely due to the injury of one of De Rossi and Aquilani. Sissoko Failed to produce a satisfactory performance.

So far, there are only a few midfielders that Ancelotti really trusts.

The three transfers were all good, and they all won unanimous recognition, which improved Valencia's strength.

As early as the end of last season, Valencia Chairman Mubarak publicly promised the fans of the Bat Legion in an interview with the media that after moving into the new stadium, the Bat Legion will further improve its strength and lineup and increase the team’s appeal. aid intensity.

Last season, the Sheets won the third Triple Crown in La Liga history.

But the age is there.

As the anchor of Valencia's defense, Lucio's performance is very satisfactory.

Everyone is clearly aware that La Liga is ushering in earth-shaking changes.

In addition to the wealthy teams, teams such as Deportivo La Coruna, Sevilla, Villarreal and Espanyol have all adopted a more rational investment approach.

At the very least, he has to prove to all Barcelona fans that he has the ability to become Barcelona's "Yang Hao".

In particular, the signings of Mascherano, Godin and Diego, coupled with Ramirez, a midfielder who shone in the World Cup, make Getafe particularly attractive.

Valencia was once linked with Atletico Madrid's Javier Mascherano. Ancelotti likes the Argentine midfielder very much and feels that his joining can greatly enhance the thickness of Valencia's midfield.

But this summer, Valencia did not make big moves.

In addition, after Champions League champion coach Cooper coached Rayo Vallecano, acquired by former world rich man Slim, he even spent huge sums of money to forcibly acquire Deportivo La Coruna's top scorer Falcao, which caused a stir in the entire European football world. , and even the whole world was shocked.

Today's Valencia is obviously different from Getafe.

But Valencia couldn't do it. They had to take into account the team's salary structure and the current players in the team. Therefore, when they competed for Mascherano, they lost to the Qatari consortium.

Coupled with the shortcomings of the Bat Legion's defense, last season, although Valencia eventually reached third place in the league, historically defeated Barcelona, ​​and re-entered the Champions League final, they ended up with nothing.

Among the movements of many La Liga teams, the movement of Valencia, last season's Champions League runner-up, does not seem to be big.

But Real Madrid doesn't have it, other teams do.

Real Madrid's lessons have deeply affected Valencia.

Signing Boateng is just part of the metabolism of the team's defense.

Albiol's ability is good, but in Valencia's position, this youth training man obviously does not have the ability to take charge of the defense like Lucio.

Especially on a wealthy team.

As a result, Valencia signed Brazilian central defender David Luiz from Benfica for a high price of 3000 million euros.

The Brazilian, who always has a shaggy head, performed very well at Benfica. Although he is not as good as Lucio in terms of physical confrontation, personal defense, or forward attack, he has a pretty good pass. .

Moreover, his defensive style of attacking is very similar to Lucio.

This made Ancelotti very interested in him, especially after it was reported that Yang Hao had asked Benfica about the price of David Luiz. Valencia did not hesitate to take action, and the transfer fee also increased repeatedly.

In the end, the Bat Legion won David Luiz for 3000 million euros.

This is indeed a very exaggerated transfer offer.

But after Yang Hao learned the news, he could only smile bitterly.

Signing David Luiz for 3000 million euros seems to be a bad deal now, but if he can be cultivated, it will definitely be worth it!

In his previous life, David Luiz received a lot of criticism and criticism, but that has always been the case for centre-backs.

The Brazilian central defender is still very good.

After signing David Luiz, Valencia turned its focus again and aimed directly at the Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva of Liverpool in the Premier League.

Different from Yang Hao's previous life, because Mascherano, Xabi Alonso and Aquilani are all playing in La Liga, Liverpool's midfielder does not have many players, and Lucas Leiva is Become a beneficiary of the butterfly effect.

This Brazilian midfielder with excellent organizational and defensive abilities has been the main force in Liverpool for many years. His strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and now he is the unstoppable main force in Liverpool's defensive midfielder position.

After missing out on Mascherano, Valencia signed Lucas Leiva from Liverpool for a sky-high price of 4000 million euros.

Both transactions were completed at the end of August, before the start of La Liga, and cost Valencia a total of 8 million euros, plus the previous deals of Boateng, Kolarov and Rafinha.

The Bat Corps has once again become one of the teams with the highest investment in this summer's transfer market.

Valencia showed the world its determination.

Valencia and Getafe, two teams from a Middle Eastern consortium, have become the clubs that have made the most moves and invested the most in the transfer market this summer. This has forced the world to re-recognize these two La Liga teams.

At the same time, it also forces everyone in the industry to re-examine clubs run by sovereign funds such as Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Their models have completely subverted past traditions.

Before the sovereign funds of Abu Dhabi and Qatar came to European football, there were only two business models for football clubs.

Most of them are maintained by their own operations, including Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Although the membership system of Real Madrid and Barcelona has brought them special treatment, coupled with a certain government background, it has brought them some benefits, but in general, the business models of these wealthy teams are basically the same. almost the same.

It's like this season, after Real Madrid continued to burn money, the salary pressure was too great, and there were no exciting superstars in the transfer market this summer, so Real Madrid did not continue to sign.

With Real Madrid's current lineup configuration, Florentino's strategy is to play short rather than waste.

Another business model relies on the boss's money burning.

For example, Inter Milan's Moratti and Chelsea's Abramovich are all of this type.

But the boss's money-burning is also limited. After all, no matter how rich the boss is, money cannot come from the strong wind. They also have interests in entering professional football and cannot invest uncontrollably.

To some extent, the traditional business model of the past has reached a certain balance.

But now, people suddenly discovered that a third model has emerged in European football, that is, the sovereign funds headed by the Abu Dhabi Consortium and the Qatar Consortium. After they acquired the club, they began to invest regardless of returns.

Living within your means?

nonexistent.

Just like Getafe.

After just acquiring the club, due to La Liga's budget review restrictions, the Qatari consortium directly "helped" Getafe sign multiple high-priced sponsorships, helping Getafe to significantly increase revenue.

As revenue goes up, the transfer budget will naturally follow.

This model was also used when the Abu Dhabi consortium acquired Valencia.

At the beginning, many people thought that the Abu Dhabi Consortium might just be a small business, trying to gain attention. It couldn't possibly burn so much money every summer, right?

But a few years later, people were surprised to find that Valencia has become a popular team in the summer transfer market every year.

How strong is Valencia's current squad?

The goalkeeper is Cech; the defense includes Antonio Lopez, Kolarov, Lucio, Marchena, Albiol, Jerome Boateng, David Luiz, Miguel, Raffi Nia, Jordi Alba et al.

The midfielder includes De Rossi, Aquilani, Anderson, Sneijder, Banega, Mohamed Sissoko, Lucas Leiva, etc.

On the forward line, Vicente, Nani, Juan Mata, Villa, Robin van Persie and Dzeko are all the top scorers in world football today.

With such a lineup configuration, and the head coach being the world-famous coach Carlo Ancelotti, it would be a super strong team in any league in the world.

But the Bat Legion seems to show no signs of stopping.

President Mubarak even threatened to continue to strengthen signings after signing Lucas Leiva and David Luiz.

"We want to win the championship at all costs!"

This is the difference between sovereign funds and traditional sports teams.

They have a very large amount of capital behind them, which allows them to continuously invest at any cost in order to achieve a certain strategic goal.

The same is true for Getafe of the Qatari consortium.

Everyone knows that Getafe this summer is just a small show, just a small warm-up. Their real intention is to prepare for the bid to host the World Cup and at the same time create a business card for Qatar.

In the next few years, Qatar is bound to invest heavily in Getafe.

For example, a new stadium and a brand new training base have begun to be put on the agenda.

At the inauguration ceremony of Chairman Nasser, in front of wealthy teams such as Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, he publicly threatened to build Getafe into the top giants in La Liga.

He wants to compete with giants such as Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in Madrid.

For all professional football practitioners, this is a completely unfamiliar model.

Just think about it for a moment and you can guess that for teams like Valencia and Getafe, it is only a matter of time before they win the championship, and they will even become stronger and stronger in the future.

How can other teams compete with them?

But now, how to compete with Valencia is not the top priority for everyone.

Especially in La Liga.

All teams are more concerned about who, and when, can overthrow Atletico Madrid's hegemony?
……

When Atletico Madrid returned to Madrid from Monaco, La Liga had already completed the first round.

The game was really exciting.

There was a strong dialogue on the first match day, with two wealthy teams, Rayo Vallecano and Valencia, fighting each other.

Several new players have not been included in the squad, especially Lucas Leiva and David Luiz. They were only officially announced the day before the game, so naturally they cannot play in the game as soon as they join the team.

But Valencia still relied on Robin van Persie's brace and Villa's goal to defeat Rayo Vallecano 3-1 away from home.

The man who scored a goal for Rayo Vallecano was the summer transfer bidder, Falcao.

This battle attracted the attention of media and fans around the world.

Both tycoon teams have gathered a lot of stars, and Valencia is obviously better.

When Cooper encountered his old club, it was rare to be able to compete with Valencia on a par most of the time without having an advantage in overall strength.

There was another game on the first match day, when Sevilla defeated newly promoted Levante 4-1 away from home.

But there are also accidents.

Deportivo, which successively sold off its core players, was held to a 0-0 home draw by Zaragoza and failed to score 3 points.

The Spaniard defeated Getafe 3-1 at home.

The team acquired by the Qatari consortium encountered Waterloo in its first La Liga game.

Of course, everyone understands this.

Having introduced so many stars in one summer, Getafe still needs some time to get used to the Spaniards who have already been formed, especially to become familiar with Benitez's tactics.

Wenger's team was held to a 0-0 away draw by Real Mallorca.

This was also an upset.

Mourinho's Barcelona defeated Racing Santander 3-0 in an away game, scoring three valuable points and getting off to a good start.

Looking at the entire La Liga situation, the strength of all teams is indeed improving.

As strong as Real Madrid, if you are not careful, you may be pulled down by Real Mallorca.

……

After returning to Madrid, the first thing Yang Hao did was renew his contract.

It's not that he renewed his contract with Atletico Madrid, but that Toni Kroos and several other players renewed their contracts with the team.

With his outstanding performance in the World Cup, Toni Kroos has won the attention of many wealthy clubs and fans.

As early as after the semi-finals of the World Cup, Yang Hao had already mentioned this matter to Toni Kroos when chatting with him after the game. He hoped that Toni Kroos would seriously consider renewing his contract.

Toni Kroos has also made it clear that he wants to stay at Atletico Madrid.

But he also hopes to get more playing time.

In front of Iniesta and Kaka, he and Modric's playing time is not small, but it is still not enough.

At their age, of course they want the whole team to surround them.

After the World Cup, Yang Hao also talked about this matter with Toni Kroos during the team training, and met with Toni Kroos' agent, and the two parties began contract renewal negotiations.

There is no difference in salary between the two sides. Atletico Madrid is willing to offer Toni Kroos a relatively high salary, which makes the German midfielder very satisfied. In terms of playing time, Yang Hao also promised to give more.

Atletico Madrid even stated that it would increase its commercial promotion to help Toni Kroos increase his commercial income.

The two parties actually had a very harmonious discussion, but due to the team's busy schedule, the contract extension has been delayed until now.

After the team returned from Monaco, Atletico Madrid issued a press release: Yang Hao officially signed a contract extension with Toni Kroos in Mahdajonda's office.

In the published photos, both Yang Hao and Toni Kroos were very happy.

Subsequently, Atletico Madrid also specially invited media reporters to conduct an exclusive interview with Toni Kroos.

The German said that he hopes to continue playing at Atletico Madrid. "This is a great honor for me."

"When we signed, our boss told me that this was a great signing because they signed the best midfielder in the world for the next 10 years. This makes me extremely proud."

"I know that in the past few years and in the next few years, the best midfielders in the world may still belong to Iniesta and Kaká, but I hope that after them, I can occupy a place as the boss expects."

"I have a very good relationship with Iniesta, Kaka and Luka. We have no problem cooperating with each other. I also know that there are many young friends in the youth team who are eyeing my position..." When Toni Kroos said this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"But I want to say, man, I'm not even up there yet, you've got to work harder."

Toni Kroos has always been known for being forthright and daring to speak, and his interviews are also very candid and he speaks directly.

Toni Kroos expressed no interest in invitations from other teams.

At that time, the reason why he chose to join Atletico Madrid was not only because Atletico Madrid was the best team, but more importantly, it came from the attention and kind invitation of head coach Yang Hao.

"From the first time I met him, he made me feel valued and trusted."

Toni Kroos said that he is still young, but he has already won many honors, but none of them truly belong to him. He is more in the glory of the team and teammates.

"I hope that in the future, I will help Atletico win more championships with my own efforts!"

In addition to Toni Kroos, there is also Marcelo, who also completed his contract extension this time.

Evra is only 29 years old, but Yang Hao knows very well that the future of Atletico Madrid's left wing belongs to Marcelo.

Just like in Valencia, Ancelotti focused on cultivating Jordi Alba when he had Antonio Lopez, but this summer, he still introduced Kolarov.

Atletico Madrid certainly don't have the luxury of Valencia, but retaining Marcelo is key.

……

August 8, the first round of La Liga.

Both teams participating in the European Super Cup ushered in the first La Liga game of the new season, but they were in different situations.

Atletico Madrid plays against Sporting Gijon at home.

Yang Hao's team sent out all its main players and took advantage of the home court advantage to take the lead from the start.

In just 9 minutes, Messi opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid with a wonderful shot.

2 minutes later, Kaka, after continuous cooperation with Alves and Messi on the right side, passed back near the right baseline in the penalty area. Torres calmly volleyed and hit, 2-0!

In less than 12 minutes, Atletico scored two goals in a row, completely igniting morale.

But Sporting Gijon also performed very bravely.

This team from northern Spain, instead of being badly hit by conceding two goals in a row, actually took the initiative and had the aura to fight Atletico Madrid to the death, and even played a lot of threatening attacks.

From the 12th minute to the 40th minute, for about half an hour, Sporting Gijon was evenly matched with Atletico Madrid in the away game, which was very exciting.

But in the 41st minute, Messi dribbled the ball from the right side of the frontcourt. After passing 4 defensive players, he broke into the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball over the goalkeeper. The score was expanded again, 3-0!

But in the second half, after changing sides and fighting again, Sporting Gijon revived and continued its fierce attack on Atletico Madrid.

In the 56th minute, they even created a one-on-one opportunity for forward Cuevas, but Neuer kicked the ball out near the penalty area line.

In the 63rd minute, Alves made a pass from the right, and Torres scored with a header in front of the goal, 4-0!

This goal also completely damaged the morale of Sporting Gijon.

Subsequently, Atletico Madrid missed many scoring opportunities in a row, especially Messi and Torres, who both missed the opportunity to perform a hat trick. However, in the 91st minute, Tony came on as a substitute and had just completed his contract extension with the team. Cross sent a wonderful pass.

Hazard, who also came on as a substitute, volleyed from the top of the penalty area and knocked on Sporting Gijon's goal again.

5 is better than 0!

In the end, Atletico Madrid beat Sporting Gijon 5-0 at home!

With this victory, Yang Hao's team surpassed other La Liga teams in one fell swoop and jumped to the top of the standings.

But in another game, Villarreal did not have such good luck.

Continuous battles made the Yellow Submarine perform poorly in the away game and were upset 1-0 by newly promoted Real Sociedad.

……

After the first round of La Liga, two weeks of national team games began.

As the World Cup comes to an end, Spain will soon usher in the European Cup qualifying rounds.

During the national team match days in September, Spain has only one qualifying match, and its opponent is Liechtenstein.

But the Spanish Football Federation arranged a warm-up match, which was to go to Mexico to have a fight with this powerful team in Central and North America.

Speaking of which, this friendly match was facilitated by Rayo Vallecano.

Latin America and Central and North America have always been regarded as the basic market of La Liga, so La Liga also attaches great importance to the development of this market.

Perhaps, it is indeed relatively poor here, but it is La Liga's talent supply base.

Therefore, La Liga has been increasing its influence in South America and Central and North America.

The Spanish Football Federation is naturally happy to see this happen.

Since it is all about arranging a warm-up match, there is no problem in playing in Mexico. You can also earn an appearance fee, so why not?

It is worth mentioning that the national team roster announced by Yang Hao this time is basically based on the World Cup winning lineup, but some adjustments have been made, mainly to make the lineup younger.

Including veterans like Marchena, they have gradually faded out of the main lineup.

Puyol's absence is due to injuries and muscle tears, which forced him to miss this training camp.

The 32-year-old veteran has inevitably suffered more injuries.

In the team's away game against Liechtenstein, Yang Hao formed another line of defense.

Antonio Lopez, Ramos, Pepe and Arbeloa.

Compared with Ramos, Arbeloa does not have a strong desire to attack forward on the right, and his defense will be better, but his support for the front attack is not strong enough.

But now, Puyol will gradually fade out of the national team. Yang Hao is not only considering using Pique to partner with Pepe, but also considering letting Ramos return to the center, so someone is needed on the right.

Based on Yang Hao's military usage habits, he actually prefers to use full-backs like Carvajal. Arbeloa is not his cup of tea.

But there is no way, there is no right back of this type in Spain now.

Therefore, in the game against Liechtenstein, Yang Hao adopted such a defensive line.

Other positions remain largely unchanged.

Spain defeated Liechtenstein 6-0 cleanly in the away game. Torres scored twice, and Villa, David Silva, Iniesta and Ramos each scored one goal.

The opponent in this game was too weak, there was not much reference, and the defense was not threatened much.

After playing against Liechtenstein, Yang Hao led the team to fly to Mexico and challenge the Mexican national team in Mexico City.

The game was held at the Aztec Stadium and attracted 10 fans. The scene was truly spectacular.

Compared to Mexico, which sent all its main players, Yang Hao was somewhat reserved.

After all, we have just played in the European Cup qualifying rounds.

In the first half, Spain played with substitutes and rotations. Yang Hao lined up the defense line of Capdevila, Pique, Albiol and Arbeloa, hoping to examine the performance of the players on this defense line. .

Facing the double forward composed of Hernandez and Vela, plus stars such as Dos Santos and Guardado, they all play in La Liga and are very familiar with Spain.

In just 12 minutes, Guardado assisted Hernandez to score.

But throughout the first half, Mexico only got this chance.

Spain relied on their skillful ball control to firmly control the situation and ball possession of the game.

On the contrary, Mexico adopted a 532 strategy and played very cautiously at home.

The fans at the scene also gave them full Spanish courtesy.

At halftime, Yang Hao replaced Torres, David Silva, Villa, Iniesta and other big-name superstars in the team in one go according to the previous contract agreement between the two parties, and the defense also made adjustments accordingly. .

The combination of Antonio Lopez, Pique, Pepe and Ramos made both Spanish wings fly in the second half.

Yang Hao's original plan was to let Ramos play in the middle and let Arbeloa play the whole game.

But after losing 1 goal in the first half, coupled with the contract restrictions of commercial competitions, Yang Hao simply asked Ramos to step aside.

After changing sides in the second half, Spain completely controlled the situation and launched attacks continuously.

First, in the 73rd minute, Fabregas scored a goal and successfully equalized the score.

Before the end of the game, David Silva scored another victory.

2 is better than 1!

reversed!
If in the first half, Mexico was barely able to fight against Spain's substitute lineup, then in the second half, the entire scene was obviously at a disadvantage.

If Mexico hadn't been so defensive in the final stage, it might have been defeated by Spain.

Although Spain's trip to Mexico came and went in a hurry, only lasting 4 days, it caused a tsunami-like response throughout Mexico and even Central and North America.

Fans are full of praise for Spanish football.

On the day of the game, the stadium with 10 people was packed, which shows the appeal of Spain.

After the game, Yang Hao also specially took the team's stars to participate in interviews in the media area, and also communicated and interacted with the fans at the scene.

Yang Hao said that Mexico has a group of outstanding players, many of whom are capable of playing in La Liga, and they all performed very well, which left a deep impression on him.

"I hope to see more and more Mexican players come to Spain to play football, and we will do our best to provide more exciting La Liga games for fans in Mexico, Central and North America, and even the world!"

Yang Hao's words received applause from the audience.

The sound generated by the gathering of 100,000 people can almost be described as overwhelming.

The Spanish national team's visit to Mexico is their first trip after winning the World Cup, which is also something that Mexican fans are proud of.

Yang Hao also knows very well that this is not just to earn an appearance fee, nor is it just for a friendly match, but also to build momentum for La Liga and prepare for the subsequent broadcast rights auction.

Therefore, both he and the players of the national team are doing their best to do everything better and make sure that the fans at the scene are satisfied.

When Spain set off to return to Madrid, Mexico, and even Central and North America, were still immersed in the sensation brought by Spain.

……

After returning to Madrid from Mexico, Atletico Madrid ushered in the second round of La Liga without stopping.

This time, the Sheets are going to face the Basque Lions away from home.

This is definitely a tough battle.

Also in this round, almost all the strong teams performed sluggishly because they had to rotate.

Barcelona is held at 15:22 in the afternoon, which means that it is held around : in Asia.

As a result, Mourinho's team was attacked by newly promoted Hercules 0-1 at home.

This made Mourinho furious.

The Portuguese criticized La Liga's schedule and believed it was very unfavorable to Barcelona.

Afternoon games always turn out worse than evening games!

But neither the Barcelona management nor La Liga responded to Mourinho's "accusations."

At the end of the day, this is a decision that all teams make together.

Valencia also performed poorly. They played against Racing Santander at home. It was not until the end of the game that De Rossi scored a goal. In the end, they defeated their opponent 1-0.

Real Madrid defeated Osasuna 2-1 with Vidic's goal 0 minutes into the second half.

Atletico Madrid lost 0-1 away to Athletic Bilbao.

Llorente took advantage of a corner kick to score Atletico Madrid's goal in the 88th minute.

Yang Hao made a lot of rotations in this game, including the South American players, including the Spanish international players who traveled to Mexico with the team, and were placed on the bench in this game.

As a result, Atletico Madrid did not score any points throughout the game and were upset by the Basque Lions 0-1.

Yang Hao accepted this result calmly.

As the head coach of Atletico Madrid, he is definitely not happy to see the Spanish national team travel to Mexico just to play a warm-up match.

But if you put aside Atletico Madrid's results, this warm-up match was very successful for both the Spanish national team and La Liga as a whole. It caused a huge sensation in Mexico and even Central and North America.

As a strong team, it naturally has to take on more responsibilities.

……

On the evening of September 9, in the first round of the Champions League group stage, Atletico Madrid traveled to Slovakia to challenge Žilina away.

Atletico Madrid reversed its previous slump in La Liga and showed an aggressive momentum in Slovakia.

In just 12 minutes, Kaka assisted Messi and scored a goal, opening the scoring for Atletico Madrid.

Subsequently, the game completely turned into a one-sided massacre by Atletico Madrid.

In the 21st minute, another Messi goal and an assist from Busquets gave the Argentinian a brace.

3 minutes later, Marcelo scored the third goal for Atletico Madrid.

The sheet army began a crazy killing feast.

From Adriano to David Silva, to Kaká…

Atletico Madrid kept attacking and scoring goals.

Messi, in particular, scored again and scored a hat trick before leaving the field.

In the end, Atletico Madrid slaughtered Zilina 7-0 in the away game, scoring a hearty victory.

……

On the afternoon of September 9, in the third round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid faced Barcelona at home.

This is another game around 15: in the afternoon.

In fact, Mourinho's complaints cannot be said to be completely unreasonable.

After two weeks of national team games, two consecutive rounds were scheduled in the afternoon. Not to mention the intensive schedule, especially the third round, which was an away game against Atletico Madrid. This put heavy pressure on Mourinho and his Barcelona.

The same is true for Atletico Madrid.

The Sheets Legion is also heavily influenced by national team competitions and two-front operations.

But Yang Hao's team obviously needs to play more methodically.

As soon as the game started, the two sides fought fiercely. The players of the two teams were very familiar with each other and were full of excitement.

In the 6th minute, Atletico Madrid seized an opportunity. After Busquets stole the ball in his own half, he launched a counterattack and handed the ball to Kaká.

The Brazilian started with the ball and advanced at a very fast speed. After crossing his own half, he spotted the opportunity and sent a ball through behind him and passed the ball into Barcelona's penalty area.

Torres also got rid of Bruno Alves and Puyol in an instant and moved forward at the fastest speed.

After all, Puyol is no longer young, and he has just returned from injury. It is difficult for his pursuit speed to catch up with Torres, who is young and strong and is good at frontal impact.

But at the critical moment, Buffon decisively abandoned the goal and attacked in the area between the penalty spot and the penalty area line. When Torres shot, he fell to the ground and completely blocked the Spanish center's shot.

The ball hit Buffon, bounced back, and landed on the right side of the frontcourt.

After Messi grabbed the spot, he suddenly made an emergency stop, smashed the ball past Abidal, and then cut inside with the ball.

When the Argentinian got the ball and passed Muntari again, when he passed the ball directly behind him with his left foot, Kaká was rushing forward at a lightning speed, catching up with Messi's pass before Puyol, striding like a meteor. Go forward.

Kaka's speed came into full play at this moment.

The Brazilian reached the right side of the penalty area and sent the ball into the bottom of Barcelona's goal net before goalkeeper Buffon was in place.

1 is better than 0!

The entire Emirates Stadium instantly burst into passion!
In the first 6 minutes, Atletico Madrid took the lead to score!

Mourinho was furious on the sidelines.

In this game, he wanted to adopt a more active tactical approach. After all, it was an away game, and blindly defending was not a good strategy.

But he never expected that he would concede the ball in the first 6 minutes.

How to play this game?
(End of this chapter)