Chapter 396: Atletico Madrid

After the match with the New Zealand national team, the Chinese men's national football team flew to Latin America and played a warm-up match with Costa Rica away.

The first international match between the Chinese team and Costa Rica was actually the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup.

At that time, the Chinese team was in a group with Brazil, Turkey and Costa Rica. Before the start of the World Cup, many people in China had the dream of winning Costa Rica and drawing Turkey and qualifying with 4 points.

As a result, the Chinese national team, which stepped on the World Cup stage, swallowed nine eggs and did not score a goal, bidding farewell to the first World Cup trip in the history of the national football team.

Facing Costa Rica, which is considered the weakest by domestic fans, the Chinese team lost 0-2, not to mention the third place in that World Cup, Turkey, and the champion Brazil.

Therefore, in fact, the Chinese team has an enmity with Costa Rica.

Coupled with the good news of Rehhagel's 2-1 comeback victory over New Zealand in the first warm-up game, and the second away game against Costa Rica, there are quite a few fans watching the live broadcast in China, and the CCTV ratings are not much worse than Zhang Huasong's Miami Masters.

It can be seen how many potential fans there are in the country.

As long as the national team has good results, Huaguo will definitely not worry about the fans.

It was in this situation that on March 27, in the second warm-up match after Rehhagel took office, the Chinese team defeated Costa Rica with a score of 3-1 away from home, which is more than 20 places higher than the Chinese national team.

Back in China, on March 29, the Chinese team continued to sit at the Wuhan Sports Center to face Honduras.

In the excited cheers of the audience, the Huaguo team sat at home and played a hearty victory.

In the final score, the Chinese team defeated the Honduran national team, which is ranked higher than Costa Rica and is currently ranked 43rd in FIFA.

After the game, the national media reported on the big win, praising Rehhagel's side for getting better.

In these three warm-up games, the scores of the Chinese team led by Rehhagel were all different from those of the Chinese team led by Gao Hongbo on the parallel space-time earth.

Gao Hongbo's three warm-up games, the scores were 1-1 draw with New Zealand, 2-2 draw with Costa Rica, 3-0 win over Honduras, one win and two draws, scoring 6 goals and conceding 3 goals.

In Rehhagel's three warm-up games, the scores were 2-1 victory over New Zealand, 3-1 victory over Costa Rica, and 5-0 victory over Honduras, winning all three games, scoring 10 goals and conceding 2 goals.

Whether it is on the offensive and defensive ends, Rehhagel has achieved better results than Gao Hongbo.

And Li Yanzhi is actually two people who are similar to Gao Hongbo in parallel time and space.

Therefore, seeing such results, Zhang Huasong can be regarded as relieved: with so much money to sponsor Huaguo football, and asking Rehhagel to replace Li Yanzhi in advance, there is no waste in vain.

The national team is finally under Zhang Huasong's large-scale operation, which is very different from parallel time and space.

Zhang Huasong himself also has to consider buying a European football club to prepare for him to enter the football world.

However, at present, Zhang Huasong naturally still has to take care of his Miami Masters.

Zhang Huasong's goal is not a career gold master, but a gold master of the year.

Therefore, Zhang Huasong cannot afford to lose all the Masters this year, including the Miami Masters in front of him.

On the afternoon of April 1, Peking time, the 2011 season of the Huaguo Football Super League officially opened, and the title sponsor was Beiping Feixun Technology Co., Ltd., the full name is the 2011 Feixun Technology Huaguo Football Association Super League.

Zhang Huasong, president of Feixun, is participating in the Miami Masters, so Ye Chu, general manager of Feixun, made a speech at the opening ceremony instead of Zhang Huasong, wishing the Chinese Super League to get better and better and eventually become the top league in Asia.

As the first game of the opening ceremony of the new season, the two Chinese Super League teams were not conservative and contributed a 4-3 goal battle for the fans, and the home team narrowly won by 1 goal.

For neutral fans, such a new season opening scene is obviously the happiest for everyone.

Due to the time difference, two hours after the end of the first game of the Chinese Super League, Zhang Huasong, who was in the eastern part of the Stars and Stripes, started his Miami Masters semifinals.

In fact, when the tennis game is played at the back, the opponents are basically acquaintances.

In this match, too, Zhang Huasong's semi-final opponent was old acquaintance Andy Murray. The other semi-final in the zone was Djokovic vs. Federer, also an acquaintance.

However, even in the face of Andy Murray, who has repeatedly lost to him, Zhang Huasong did not take it lightly, and he still showed the attitude of the second half of last year's US Open final against Nadal.

In the end, Andy Murray still failed to win a set, lost to Zhang Huasong with an aggregate score of 0-2, and left the court in frustration.

Zhang Huasong, on the other hand, smiled and interacted with the fans at the scene, and celebrated with his wife Shu Yufei on the side of the stands.

Two days later, on April 3, in the men's singles final of the 2011 Miami Masters, Zhang Huasong's opponent in the final was Djokovic again.

From the Australian Open final to the Indian Wells final, and then to the final of the Miami Masters, this is the third time Zhang Huasong has faced Djokovic in the final this year.

In this final, Djokovic played a little abnormally. Perhaps affected by the fact that Zhang Huasong had not won a set in the previous two consecutive finals, Djokovic's performance in this final was greatly unsatisfactory.

In the end, Djokovic only won a total of 4 games against Zhang Huasong in two sets, and was easily defeated by Zhang Huasong with a total score of 2-0.

Zhang Huasong successfully won the 2011 Miami Masters championship and won the second championship of the 2011 Golden Masters of the Year.

After the Miami Masters, Zhang Huasong signed another sky-high endorsement contract in the country of stars and stripes, and then flew back to China for two days, dealing with a little studio and Feixun before flying to Europe, ready to start the journey of the European clay series.

From April 9th to April 17th, at the Monte Carlo Clay Masters, Zhang Huasong advanced to the final 2-0 and faced Nadal, the most threatening player on the clay court.

However, after the lesson that Nadal almost defeated him at the US Open last year, Zhang Huasong is now just as serious about whoever he is, let alone Nadal.

Therefore, in this match, even Nadal, who has the strength bonus on the clay court, failed to win a set against Zhang Huasong, and was easily defeated by Zhang Huasong with an aggregate score of 2-0.

After the final of the Monte Carlo Masters, Zhang Huasong has 13 days off and will not start the Madrid Masters until May 1.

However, Zhang Huasong did not stay anywhere else, and rushed to Madrid, the capital of Spain, after the Monte Carlo Masters.

He didn't come to prepare for the Madrid Masters, nor did he go to see the Spanish derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Zhang Huasong's goal is the 33rd round of La Liga on April 25, Atletico Madrid's home match against Levante.

Atletico Madrid is the European football club that Zhang Huasong has been aiming at and preparing to acquire.

If Zhang Huasong wants to complete the goal of becoming the first person in football, the first thing is naturally to defeat the two current football superstars, Ronaldo and Messi.

And only by acquiring La Liga clubs can we guarantee that we will meet the clubs of these two men every season and beat them head-on.

In addition to Ronaldo and Messi's Real Madrid and Barcelona, Atletico Madrid is the most worthy club for Zhang Huasong.

Because, although Atletico Madrid claims to be the third most successful club in Spain, first of all, this club is not a membership system, but belongs to private ownership: Atletico Madrid is the private property of the Hill family.

Secondly, Jesús Hill, an avid Atletico Madrid fan and the previous head of the Hill family, passed away in 2004.

The current head of Atletico Madrid is Jesús Hill's son Hill Marin, who doesn't have that much affection for the team.

Finally, Atletico Madrid does not have the same glorious history as Real Madrid and Barcelona, and fans will not have as much resistance to foreign capital as Real Madrid and Barcelona fans.

The current world football has entered the golden era. Even the Chinese Super League has teams like Guangzhou Evergrande burning money, let alone the top five European leagues.

If a local tyrant buys Atletico Madrid and brings good results to Atletico Madrid, most Atletico Madrid fans will not object.

Judging from the history of the parallel time and space on Earth, Wanda Group bought a 20% stake in Atletico Madrid for 45 million euros in 2015.

Therefore, when Zhang Huasong was preparing to buy a European football club, his first target was Atletico Madrid.

At that time, Zhang Huasong played at Atletico Madrid, and would meet Real Madrid and Barcelona at least twice a season.

If you can beat the hottest duo of today's football, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, in face-to-face matches, and then dominate the other championship honors and personal data, it will be no problem to become the number one superstar in world football at the club level.

If you can cooperate with Rehhagel to win a World Cup, it is really possible to become the third football king after Pele and Maradona.

Of course, these are just Zhang Huasong's assumptions. At present, Zhang Huasong has not officially contacted Atletico Madrid, and naturally has not proposed the intention of acquisition.

He just came to watch the game, to convey a sense of goodwill to the fans of Atletico Madrid, and to establish an initial connection with Atletico Madrid.

Sure enough, when Atletico Madrid played against Levante on April 25, Zhang Huasong appeared in the VIP box at Calderón Stadium, causing quite a stir among Atletico Madrid fans.

Even before the start of the game, the live broadcast of Zhang Huasong talking and laughing with Atletico Madrid CEO Hill Marin in the box was cut to the big screen on the scene, which aroused applause and welcome from all the Atletico Madrid fans, and the audience shouted "President Zhang".

Zhang Huasong waved his hand to the fans at the scene, which caused even greater applause and cheers, proving that Zhang Huasong's popularity in the sports world is really not to be underestimated.

Even these Atletico Madrid fans, who usually only watch football, know Zhang Huasong's name.

In the VIP box, Hill Marin expressed a warm welcome to Zhang Huasong's arrival.

Before coming, Zhang Huasong used his vivid memory to remember the history of Atletico Madrid, the history of the Hill family and related news.

So, during the casual conversation, Zhang Huasong's understanding of Atletico Madrid made Hill Marin and the current president of Atletico Madrid, Enrique Cerezo, extremely happy.

It is a great honor for a world-class superstar like Zhang Huasong to know so much about Atletico Madrid and come to watch Atletico Madrid's game.

After the start of the game, Zhang Huasong applauded every attack of the Atletico Madrid team. For every goal scored by Atletico Madrid, Zhang Huasong stood up and applauded like other Atletico fans.

The TV broadcast also aimed at Zhang Huasong from time to time, and transmitted the picture of Zhang Huasong's carnival for Atletico Madrid's goal to all the Atletico Madrid fans who watched the live broadcast in front of the TV, so that Zhang Huasong won a lot of favor among Atletico Madrid fans.

The TV commentator explained: "After investing 1.5 billion yuan in Chinese football and asking Otto the Great to be the head coach of the Chinese national team with the world's highest salary, Zhang Huasong's fanatical love for football became known to the world. And today, Zhang Huasong even came to Calderón to watch the game in the gap between the Monte Carlo Masters and the Madrid Masters, applauding and cheering for every goal of Atletico Madrid. I don't know, Zhang Huasong is just cheering for the goal, or is he a fan of Atletico Madrid?"

Cheered on by Zhang Huasong and the home fans, Atletico Madrid made a big splash at the Calderón Stadium and beat the away team Levante 4-1.

After the game, Zhang Huasong was caught by reporters and besieged, asking Zhang Huasong if he ran to Calderón Stadium to watch the game, and whether he was a fan of Atletico Madrid.

Zhang Huasong replied in the affirmative, saying that he likes Atletico Madrid and knows the history of Atletico Madrid well.

During the interview, Zhang Huasong casually talked about several historical events in Atletico Madrid, some of which were even very distant and could not be remembered by reporters.

After the interview was broadcast, Zhang Huasong's answer won the favor of countless Atletico fans.

After watching the Atletico Madrid game, Zhang Huasong did not propose to Hill Marin to buy Atletico Madrid.

Because, at this time, the La Liga league has not yet ended, and Zhang Huasong does not want to affect Atletico Madrid's final results.

In 2015, Wanda Group acquired a 20% stake in Atletico Madrid for 45 million euros, with an estimated value of 225 million euros, which is 1.8 billion yuan when converted into RMB.

Although Zhang Huasong claimed to have invested 1.5 billion yuan in Huaguo Football, all the funds were allocated in installments, not all at once.

Therefore, the cash available to Zhang Huasong not only did not decrease with the investment in Chinese football, but increased more and more because of the launch of "Crossfire", and the acquisition of Atletico Madrid Club was no problem.

Moreover, when Parallel Time and Space Wanda Group acquired Atletico Madrid's shares in 2015, Atletico Madrid had broken through the monopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona on La Liga under the leadership of iron-blooded coach Simeone, won a La Liga championship, and also reached the Champions League final.

At that time, Atletico's valuation was much higher than in 2011.

Now Atletico Madrid, Simeone has not yet come to coach, and Atletico Madrid's results are also high or low, and many times they can't even get a place in the Champions League.

Therefore, if it goes well, Zhang Huasong will definitely not have to spend 225 million euros to take ownership of Atletico Madrid.

Even if a wholly-owned acquisition would require a premium of more than Wanda Group's acquisition of only 20 percent of the shares, it would not cost 225 million euros.

Zhang Huasong plans to wait until the end of La Liga before contacting Hill Marin to propose a wholly-owned acquisition of Atletico Madrid.

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