Chapter 324: The Neglected Team

La Liga kicks off at the end of August.

If Atletico Madrid had won the Europa League last season, they would have gone to the UEFA Super Cup – although in the end this year's UEFA Super Cup was between Champions League winners Inter Milan and Europa League winners Luton Town.

And Atletico Madrid didn't even qualify for the Europa League last season, so this season is for the team to devote themselves to domestic competitions.

There is no need to go to Southeast Asia to make money, which allows the team to have a very complete pre-season training camp, which is of course a good thing for Gao Bo in his first season at Atletico Madrid, because it allows his training plan to be carried out in its entirety and not be disrupted in the middle of the process.

The team has always been in the training base, but occasionally Atletico Madrid will play warm-up matches elsewhere in Spain.

On August 9, the team played a match against Espanyol in Catalonia. Espanyol's manager Gao Bo also happens to be quite familiar - he is the future manager of Tottenham Pochettino.

Atletico Madrid were a little better in this game, but they did not get on the scoresheet, and Atletico Madrid played 0-0 with Espanyol away from home.

But even so, the media and fans have not seen what style of football Atletico Madrid is going to play.

Because it was a warm-up game, Gao Bo did not send a starting lineup, he completely used two sets of lineups in the first and second halves, and at the same time kept making substitutions in the game.

In fact, Gao Bo is not saying that he wants to deliberately confuse the main force and the substitute, his main purpose is to let more players try to find the feeling of this tactical system in the game, so that more substitute players can play the game.

In fact, at the level of Atletico Madrid, it is difficult to say how much difference there is between the main and the substitute. After all, Atletico Madrid is not a small team like Luton.

In Luton, Gao Bo only rotated in some games that had to be rotated, and the gap between Luton's main team and the substitute is still very large, after all, in such a team, it is not easy to put together a set of main lineups with enough strength.

However, Atletico Madrid is different, they are also La Liga giants, with a deep heritage, and there should still be personnel reserves, and the sense of rotation is also very strong.

After this season's replenishment, the strength of the team's main force and substitutes has been greatly improved, which makes Gao Bo more comfortable in the use of players.

On August 15, the team played a warm-up match against Mallorca, who finished fifth in the league last season and eighth in the league with Atletico Madrid. However, Mallorca has gone a lot this season, and Atletico Madrid has added a lot of personnel, so the media think that Atletico Madrid will have more advantages in this game.

However, it turned out to be a 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid.

Gao Bo's team suffered their first defeat in the warm-up match.

The defeat also seems to have cast a shadow over Atletico Madrid's prospects for the new season.

There is still half a month to go before the new season begins, but Atletico Madrid doesn't seem to have fully found their rhythm.

Many Atletico Madrid fans are starting to get a little worried.

However, Gao Bo is not too worried, because Gao Bo does not care about the outcome of this game, he has been adjusting and looking for the weaknesses and possible problems of this group of players in Atletico Madrid on the field.

Warm-up matches are meant to find problems, and after finding out the problems, they can be solved in training.

On August 20, Atletico Madrid had a warm-up with Sporting Gijón!

The starting lineup sent by Gao Bo in this game is widely regarded by the media as the main lineup of Atletico Madrid in the new season, because the new season is about to start, and it is time for Gao Bo's Atletico Madrid to show his real main force.

Goalkeeper David De Gea, centre-backs Godin and Uj Farousi are partnered, right-back Barella, left wing-back Antonio López, midfielders N'Golo Kante, Luka Modric, Thiago Cardoso, forwards Reyes, Aguero, Antoine Griezmann.

The media's speculation is not unreasonable based on the performances of these players last season, and the line-up looks reasonable at first glance, with an experienced backline, a balanced midfield combination and a very good striker.

And in the first half of the game, Atletico Madrid was already 2-0 ahead of Sporting Gijón.

In the second half, Gao Bo once again replaced all the starters and replaced a lineup.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Sporting Gijón 3-0 and won a warm-up match.

The game was a slight relief to Atletico Madrid's supporters, with the new coach taking office, at least judging by the series of warm-ups, the team's form has been steadily rising amid instability.

And this shows that Gao Bo's work is still effective.

Atletico Madrid has been sinking for many years, and fans don't dare to expect too much, this season Gao Bo made a big move, purged a large number of people, and then brought in a large number of people, which made fans begin to have expectations in their hearts.

This season... Maybe we can qualify for the Champions League?

The fans thought with some uncertainty.

With Atletico Madrid's results in previous years, finishing in the top three is already a very bold idea.

In fact, in the pre-season predictions of the major media outlets, Atletico Madrid is a team that has been overlooked.

The newspaper As, one of the major newspapers in the Madrid area, made a report on the preview of the season.

The Spanish media has more or less the nature of a mouthpiece, for example, the newspaper "As" is regarded as the mouthpiece of Real Madrid.

But Ass is a self-proclaimed neutral medium....... EMMMMMM WHERE IS THE NEUTRAL MEDIA IN SPAIN.

In the report of the newspaper As, the self-proclaimed neutral newspaper As, of course, did not reveal its Real Madrid attributes quickly.

He began by introducing last season's champions, Barcelona.

"Pep Guardiola's elimination from Inter Milan last season was seen as a disgrace, so this season's Barcelona are rightly aiming to defend their league title and regain the Champions League title. Pep Guardiola's team has made a big move in terms of reinforcements this season! Villa is one of the most critical reinforcements, Barcelona spent 40 million euros to bring the super striker from Valencia to Camp Nou, and out of Villa, Barcelona also spent 20 million to bring in Mascherano from Liverpool, 10 million euros to bring in Adriano from Sevilla, this season Barcelona continues to strengthen, and their strength must be even more terrifying!! ”

And then there's Real Madrid.

"In order to break Barcelona's domination of La Liga, the Galactic Battleship has found a new captain - the madman Mourinho! The champion, who won the treble at Inter Milan last season, will be driving the Galaxy to challenge Barcelona this season! And this season's Real Madrid, although they only spent 80 million euros to buy players, they bought six newcomers in one go: Canales, Di Maria, Leon, Khedira, Carvalho, Ozil!! Jose Mourinho's ships are ready to go, and they will be highly anticipated this season! ”

Barcelona and Real Madrid are naturally the focus of major media when making season predictions, because for La Liga, the only one who can deal with Barcelona in La Liga, who is now in full swing, may be Mourinho's Real Madrid.

As for the other teams, Ace has introduced Valencia and Sevilla in turn, which were third and fourth last season, so Ace believes that these two teams can play the role of spoilers this season. It's unlikely that they'll win the title, but if they're the spoilers, they have the quality.

As for the other teams, "As" just skipped it in one sentence.

Speaking about Atletico Madrid, As: "As Madrid's second largest team, Atletico Madrid has completed a change of manager this season and brought in a number of players, but it remains to be seen how they will perform in the league after the sale of Diego Forlan. ”

Not only the words of the "As", almost all the Spanish media, before the start of the league, when making a season preview, are focusing on Barcelona and Real Madrid, and at most focusing on Valencia and Sevilla, the two La Liga powerhouses.

As for Atletico Madrid....... Right now in Spain, not many people think they will be able to make much of a breakthrough in the new season. The group of players they have introduced now, in fact, is nothing from the perspective of today's people, and the most famous Modric is just a relatively good midfielder in the whole of Europe.

Godin's strength is good, but can he compare to Ramos, Pepe, Pique and others?

Boateng? A defender in the middle of the Bundesliga.

Canter? Griezmann? Sandro? Even if they win the Europa League, they are seen as a lower league.

Not many would think that these players could shake the position of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid was ignored by everyone.

Except for the high waves.

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