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Amid the overwhelming roar of more than 50,000 Sheeters fans, Atletico Madrid ushered in the first match of the new season in the UEFA Cup, against the vice-captain of the Danish Super League, Silkeborg.

The last time the Sheets participated in a European competition was in the 99-00 season, finishing fifth in La Liga, participating in the UEFA Cup, and finally being eliminated by Ligue 1 Lens in the round of 16.

Now, after more than a year of absence, the team is back and competing in Europe again, and Atletico Madrid has high hopes.

Head coach Gao Han also took the lead, and at the pre-match press conference, he rarely shouted the slogan that the team should end the battle at home, requiring every player to go all out and not take it lightly.

From the very beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid took advantage of home advantage to launch an offensive against Silkeborg.

Silkeborg have struggled in the domestic league this season and have no time to focus on European competitions.

Just six minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid opened the scoring with Villa opening the scoring for Silkeborg.

After that, the Sheets continued to launch a wild attack, and Silkeborg retreated in full force, but was still unable to stop it, conceding two goals in a row in the 20th and 25th minutes respectively, with goals scored by Torres and Villa respectively.

With a three-goal lead in the first half, Atletico Madrid's offensive strength can be seen.

However, after the two sides changed sides in the second half, the Sheets continued to attack Silkeborg, and every player was resolutely implementing the strategy set by the head coach before the game to decide the winner and loser.

In the 52nd and 69th minutes, Kaka and substitute Fernando Correa scored two goals in quick succession to make it 5-0.

The five-goal victory, every goal made Calderón's fans fascinated, and the wave after wave of attacks made every Sheets fans addicted.

After the game, both fans and the media gave Atletico Madrid a very high evaluation, believing that although the cold team was competing in Europe for the first time, its performance was remarkable.

And the 5-0 victory basically announced that Atletico Madrid had advanced from the first round of elimination.

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After playing Silkeborg, Atletico Madrid rested for two days in Mahada Enda before rushing to challenge Valladolid away.

Valladolid lost 4-0 at Deportivo La Coruna in the first round of the league but quickly adjusted, drawing at home to Valencia in the second round and beating Malaga 2-1 away in the third.

Head coach Pepe Morey is a Catalan native but has been in charge of Valladolid for more than a decade, alternating frequently between assistant coach, second team manager and first team manager until 2000.

And his best style of play is the four-five-one defensive tactic.

This is also the usual style of play of many La Liga teams in recent years, with double backs strangling and defensive counterattacks.

Sitting at home against the leader, Pepe Morey did not dare to be careless, and still put on a strict defensive position, waiting for work and counterattacking.

Gao Han also expected that the opponent would adopt such a style of play, but he was not afraid at all.

Atletico Madrid, which is playing away, still adopts high pressing and pressing, possession tactics in the midfield and backfield, and patiently looks for the opponent's loopholes.

In the end, after a 0-0 deficit in the first half, in the 61st minute of the second half, Atletico Madrid finally seized a chance, after a frustration in the attack, midfielder Marcos Senna stepped in and fired a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area through the Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo.

It was also Marcos Senna's first La Liga goal!

The goal broke the deadlock but didn't change the game, with Valladolid still in front of goal.

Gao Han quickly made adjustments, replacing Torres with high school striker Kico and replacing Kaka with Roberto, and the team's tactics immediately changed to 4231, with Villa and Dario Srna as the wings, Deco going up to play as a midfielder, and Xavi Alonso and Marcos Senna forming a double midfield.

The change quickly paid off, and Atletico Madrid went on the offensive again.

In the 78th minute, it was Srna's cross from the right side, which accurately assisted into the big penalty area, and Kiko squeezed away the opponent's central defender in front of the goal with the blessing of the three-star confrontation card, and hit the head hammer, 2-0!

This score was maintained until the end of the game, and Atletico Madrid won four consecutive La Liga wins!

With Celta Vigo beating Real Mallorca 2-0 in the fourth round, Atletico Madrid's lead is still two points.

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Three days later, Silkeborg, Denmark.

In the first round, which has been won 5-0 and basically advanced in advance, Gao Han arranged rotation and substitute players including Kiko, Fernando Correa, Gabi, Aguilera, Roberto, etc., but still won 1-0 against Silkeborg away with Kiko's final word.

The two-legged match was 6-0 on aggregate, and Atletico Madrid successfully advanced to the second round.

Immediately after the first round of knockouts, UEFA organized a draw, and Atletico Madrid drew Legia Warsaw of the Polish league.

Judging from the strength of the opponents in the League Cup, I am afraid that the real threat to Atletico Madrid will have to wait until the third round, or even the fourth round of the knockout round.

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It's October.

On October 1, China's National Day, Atletico Madrid hosted Las Palmas in the fifth round of La Liga.

After a tough battle between the two sides, the Sheets defeated their opponents 1-0 with Kaka's key kill.

The double match in a row, coupled with the double fire of the twin star goalscorers who have been in the limelight since the beginning of the season, has caused many media to speculate that Atletico Madrid's form will gradually decline, especially in the next two games.

Zambrano even made a bold judgment in his column that Atletico Madrid would lose in the next two rounds of the league.

To everyone's surprise, on the 4th of October, Atletico Madrid took on Heynckes' Athletic Bilbao away.

The Basque Lions have shone in their last two rounds, beating Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 away and drawing 2-2 at home to Valencia, where they twice met the champions, while Athletic Bilbao remain unbeaten and have an impressive record.

In this round of home games against leaders Atletico Madrid, Heynckes is full of confidence and aims for three points.

The German coach used Athletic Bilbao's best overall pressing and pressing tactics at home, hoping to use the home advantage to suppress the Sheets, but it was clear that the tactics that worked against Deportivo La Coruna and Valencia suddenly failed against Atletico Madrid.

Although Athletic Bilbao caused Atletico Madrid considerable problems in the first 35 minutes of the game, not giving the Bandoners much chance to attack effectively, they struggled to maintain this pressure as their fitness declined.

In the end, in the 38th minute of the first half, and in the 43rd minute, Villa scored two consecutive goals to help Atletico Madrid lead by two goals and enter the second half.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides again, and Athletic Bilbao quickly regrouped, fought back wildly in the second half, and soon used high striker Urces to score the equaliser to make it 1-2.

But Atletico Madrid was not ambiguous, taking advantage of Athletic Bilbao's counterattack, Torres and Villa scored one goal each to rewrite the score to four to one.

Villa, in particular, scored his first La Liga hat-trick in the 75th minute after picking two players in the box in a row and hitting a left-footed volley!

Four to one, the game ended with this score.

Although from the point of view of the score, this is a big victory, but in fact, in the process of the game, Atletico Madrid won not easily, and the team consumption is also very large, which directly leads to the team's state is not ideal when sitting at home and facing Alaves three days later.

The game was locked until the 84th minute, and in the end, it was Atletico Madrid who forced a break through the opponent's defense with a personal flash at a crucial moment from Kaka and assisted Kiko to score the winning goal.

At 1-0, Atletico Madrid got the three points again.

It was also a relief to all the Sheets fans who came to Calderón Stadium to watch the game.

But then, there was a frenzied celebration!

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Seven wins in a row!

Atletico Madrid has stunned the whole of Spanish football!

In La Liga history, the seven-game winning streak started second only to Real Madrid's eight-game winning streak in the 1961-1962 season.

It was the most glorious period of five consecutive Champions League titles in Real Madrid's history.

Gao Han is very satisfied with the opening seven consecutive wins, but even more satisfied with the team's position in the standings.

Atletico Madrid is still firmly in the top spot in the league, with 21 points from seven consecutive wins.

In second place in the league is Barcelona.

Lexage's side won three in a row after one win and two draws in the first three rounds, but lost 2-1 away to Deportivo La Coruna in the seventh round, and finally finished second in the league with 14 points from seven rounds.

Also with four wins, two draws and one loss, Deportivo La Coruna, with 14 points, is in third place in the league because of goal difference.

Then there are three teams with 13 points: Celta Vigo, Villarreal and Valencia.

There are also four teams with eleven points: Alaves, Sevilla, Zaragoza and Osasuna.

Espanyol pair are 11th in the league with 10 points, while Athletic Bilbao are 12th in the league with 9 points.

Real Madrid, who were hailed as the favourites to win the title before the season, are 13th in the league after seven rounds of fixtures, and although they have managed to escape the relegation zone, they are still a big surprise.

However, it was Real Mallorca that really caught some surprises.

Aragonés' side have picked up just four points from their previous seven league games, with one win, one draw and five defeats, a somewhat surprising comparison to last season's third-place finish in the league.

But the most surprising, even shocking, is the leader Atletico Madrid.

Originally, all the media thought that after three weeks of two-front battles, the Sheets Army would definitely fall from the leading position.

But it didn't work out, not only did it not fall, but it further expanded the lead.

A full seven points ahead! )