The three people sitting in the office of the general manager of Calderón Stadium all looked solemn, as if something big had happened. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since last night, Atletico Madrid beat Manchester United 2-0 away to make it two wins in a row in the second stage of the group stage, and suddenly became the biggest favorite to break through the group stage, the whole European football world has been shaken.

The media sang praises, the fans rejoiced, and everyone at the club was in high spirits.

Without a doubt, this is a rare pinnacle for Atletico Madrid in decades.

But behind this group of people who were carried away by the impact of the team's results, there are still people who remain calm at all times.

That's Enrique Cerezo!

The vice-chairman, who usually seems to be a little wooden, reticent and depressing, and outrageously calculating, arrived at the Calderón Stadium early this morning and immediately called Hill Jr. and Paul Futrley for a meeting.

The first sentence was: "We're in big trouble like never before!"

Hill Jr. and Paul Futrey clearly hadn't recovered from the excitement of last night, and their first reaction was that the guy was joking, but it didn't take long for Cerezo's next words to make them realize the seriousness of the problem.

"We're going to have a hard time keeping players!"

The two on the other side were completely stunned, and the laughter on their faces turned into a solemn worry.

Yes, Atletico Madrid is in big trouble!

The better the team's results and the better the players perform, the more difficult it will be for Atletico Madrid to keep players.

Today's Sheets Army is no longer the third giants of La Liga before relegation, once relegated, everything was overturned, and without the financial support of the Hill family, Atletico Madrid must be self-reliant.

Not to mention that as before, a lot of money to poach Vieri, Hasselbaink and other top stars, even if the existing players in the team are retained, it is a very heavy burden for Atletico Madrid.

"In the past two years, the team's salary has risen again and again, the top salary has also been broken again and again, many players are renewing their contracts every year, increasing their salaries every year, and now, the entire salary expenditure of our team has climbed to the upper reaches of La Liga. ”

Cerezo's words made both Hill Jr. and Paul Futrey realize the seriousness of the problem.

Money, that's a problem that all professional teams have to face.

If you want to run a team like Atletico Madrid and become self-reliant, you have to keep your finances under control.

On the one hand, it is necessary to open source and increase the team's financial income as much as possible, which needs to rely on sponsors, rely on matchday income, and rely on broadcast rights sharing, but in La Liga, the majority of broadcast rights only belong to Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid wants to fight, yes, and only with long-term and stable performance can there be bargaining chips.

In terms of matchday income, Atletico Madrid is limited by the Calderón Stadium, and Atletico Madrid has no advantage in this regard.

As for sponsors, they are progressing well with the team's performances, but they are still far from being on par with the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

In addition to open source, the team also has to pay attention to throttling.

The biggest expense of a club is undoubtedly the salary of the players, which needs to be controlled.

Why are big teams always able to poach players from other teams so easily?

In addition to the fact that the platform is broader, a very important reason is that the big teams can give higher salaries.

There is a saying that is true, if you don't have such a big head, don't wear such a big hat.

Without a strong enough financial revenue, there is no way to retain the stars.

The more potential and strength there are, the more you can't keep them!

"As our team has been doing better and better in Europe over the past few years, the big teams have been poaching more and more aggressively, especially AC Milan, who are desperate to get Kaka. ”

"Manchester United's Peter Kenyon has also contacted me to ask for offers from Xavi Alonso and Carvalho, and I've heard that Ferguson is very interested in the two players. ”

Also interested in Xavi Alonso is Barcelona, who Van Gaal believes has what it takes to replace Pep Guardiola. ”

Cerezo's words undoubtedly sounded the alarm in the hearts of the two opposites.

The Champions League is indeed beautiful, but for Atletico Madrid at this stage, it is undoubtedly a hot potato.

Originally, the management meant to focus on participation, enter the second stage of the group stage, earn some appearance fees, game bonuses, and broadcast fee sharing, and make a profit.

But now it's a different story, the team is getting better and better, more and more combative, which puts the team in a dilemma.

The team's results go up, and the better the players perform, the easier it is to attract poaching from the big teams.

Today's Atletico Madrid is a bit like Valencia, if not more terrible than Valencia's situation.

At that time, many giants coaxed Mendieta, but now......

Villa, Torres, Kaka, Xavi Alonso, Deco, Marcos Senna, Carvalho, Cech......

That group of wolf-like giants is simply going to split Atletico Madrid's five horses!

Now, there are only two paths in front of Atletico Madrid.

Either stubbornly fight to the end and forcibly retain the player, but this has to renew the contract and raise the salary, which will greatly increase the financial burden of the team, and once it is not handled carefully, the team is likely to go bankrupt, or even repeat the mistake of relegation that year.

Either abandon the army to protect the commander, sell a few players, in exchange for a large amount of cash, and retain a group of backbones.

I believe that all reasonable operators know how to choose.

But the problem is that there is also a considerable risk of abandoning the army to protect the commander.

The giants are targeting the best players in the team, which is the soul core of a team, and they are sold, although in exchange for a large transfer fee, the team's technical and tactical play will definitely change.

Whether the team will be able to maintain its competitiveness at that time is difficult to say.

Isn't a giant team like Real Madrid the best at the strategy of digging if it can't be beaten?

A little further away are Tenerife coach Baldano and midfielder Redondo, Valencia's Mijatovic, and closer to Vigo Celta's Claude Makelele and Deportivo Flavio......

Whenever these giant teams are at a low ebb, they always rely on their strong financial advantages, waving cheques in their hands, sucking blood from other teams, poaching high-level players, replenishing their own strength, and achieving revival in the shortest possible time.

As for those teams that have been poached and sucked blood, if they handle it well, they can tide over the difficulties, and once they are not handled well, they are likely to collapse, and it is difficult to compete with the giant teams.

The biggest difference between ordinary fans and team operators is that they look at things from a different perspective.

The former often only pays attention to the team's highlights and always wants to improve the team's results as quickly as possible, but the latter pays more attention to the team's troughs, pays more attention to improving the team's ability to resist risks, avoids as much as possible, or helps the team get out of the trough as soon as possible.

is often talked about by fans, the so-called rich heritage, isn't it only reflected in the trough?

Atletico Madrid's relegation has exhausted everything in the team, and the current Sheets Army has been rebuilt after being overthrown.

It's not easy, but it's also shaky and can't withstand the slightest risk and impact.

Cerezzo was the first to see this, as did Hill Jr. and Paul Futré.

With the current situation of the team, it is necessary to sell a few players and keep another group of players to seek a more long-term and stable development.

But selling the star of the house, I'm afraid it's ......

"Gao Han should be able to understand. Paul Futrey wasn't very sure.

The most prominent credit of the technical director of Atletico Madrid is to bet on Gao Han's top position, so he has always unconditionally supported Gao Han.

But Cerezo sighed, "I'm afraid I'm afraid that even the cold ......"

The three of them looked at each other, and none of them could speak.

If you want to say that the most attractive thing in the Atletico Madrid team, it is none other than Gao Han.

The biggest poaching efforts of the giant teams are also Gao Han.

It was previously reported in the media that Bayern Munich intended to invite Gao Han to coach, and it was strongly recommended by head coach Heathfield.

Later, it was revealed that Barcelona will re-elect its president this summer, and at least three candidates who are interested in running have played Gao Han's signboard, promising to hire Gao Han as a coach once elected.

After playing AC Milan in the first stage, the Italian media also broke the news that Inter Milan had lost patience with Cooper and intended to invite Gao Han to coach and join Meazza.

Just this morning, the British media was still hyping that Gao Han would leave Atletico Madrid to coach the Premier League for the new season, and many teams, including Liverpool, were included in it.

It is not difficult to see that Gao Han's popularity is not inferior to the top superstars in European football.

Will Atletico Madrid still be able to keep him in this situation?

"You have to try. Little Hill broke the silence suddenly.

"Without Gao Han, there would be no team today, so no matter what, even any player can go, but only Gao Han, we must do our best to stay!"

Cerezo and Paul Futrey also nodded their heads after hearing this.

"I have faith in Gao Han, as long as he is there, the team will not collapse!" Paul Futrey shouted.

It is clear that the Big Three are on a consensus.

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The Champions League was temporarily suspended after beating Manchester United 2-0 away, but La Liga continues.

Immediately after returning to Spain, Atletico Madrid went to challenge Alaves away.

Despite the rotation, the Sheets, who had a strong bench line-up, beat Alaves 2-0 away thanks to goals from Kiko and Baptista.

But in this round, Valencia, Deportivo La Coruna and Real Madrid also defeated their opponents one after another, especially Real Madrid, who beat Huelva 4-2 at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Barcelona was the only one, and Louis van Gaal's side lost 3-0 to Sevilla at the Camp Nou, which caused angry boos from fans at the Camp Nou again.

A week later, on December 21, the fifteenth round of La Liga and the last round of the league before Christmas.

Atletico Madrid defeated Racing de Santander 3-0 at the Stadio Calderón.

After a week's rest, the Sheets went from strength to strength, taking complete control of the game and winning without any danger.

Real Madrid narrowly beat Malaga 3-2 away.

Barcelona, who suffered a heavy defeat at home in the last round, broke out in this round of away games, slaughtering Real Mallorca 4-0 away, and the hard-nosed Van Gaal once again saved the team's decline.

In the focus of this round, Deportivo La Coruna narrowly defeated Valencia 1-0 away, and got a valuable three points in this strong conversation. (To be continued.) )