Having already acquired the long-desired Lewandowski, Bayern Munich FC did not put too many obstacles in the way of Mandzukic's transfer.

As a result, Atletico Madrid only spent 22 million euros at a "low price" to buy Mandzukic, who scored a total of 48 goals in two seasons at Bayern Munich.

After securing a replacement for Diego Costa, he spent 16 million euros to buy last season's best goalkeeper Jan Oblak from Benfica in Portugal to fill the void left by Courtois, who returned to Chelsea FC on loan.

Although Oblak contributed to Benfica's domestic treble (Portuguese Super League, Portuguese Cup, Portuguese League Cup) last season, and was also named the best goalkeeper in the Portuguese Super League last season, Atletico Madrid brought him in at a record transfer price of 1,600 euros for a La Liga goalkeeper, which was still regarded as "wronged" by many hostile media.

In the eyes of hostile media, because the overall level of the Portuguese Super League is not far from the five major leagues, the attacking ability of each team naturally cannot be compared with Real Madrid, Bayern and other well-known European giants. Even if Oblak won the best goalkeeper in the Portuguese Super League last season, it can only prove that he is a good goalkeeper at best, but his true value is definitely not up to the height of setting a new La Liga goalkeeper transfer record.

In fact, even Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone believes the club has made a loss-making deal on Oblak's transfer.

In the Argentine's view, the club had finalized the details of the transfer at the end of last season, and Miquel Moya, a homegrown goalkeeper who had played for Spain's Under-19 and Under-21 youth teams in a number of continental competitions, was at least slightly better than Oblak, who only became Benfica's goalkeeper in the middle and second stages of last season, if not comparable in terms of ability, to Courtois, who returned to Chelsea FC.

Therefore, if it weren't for the departure of veteran goalkeeper Alan Subia's contract at the end of his contract, Diego Simeone would not even agree to the club to bring in Oblak, after all, it is not very cost-effective to pay a high price of 16 million euros to buy a "backup goalkeeper".

Because Diego Simeone is not optimistic about Oblak's development prospects in the team, he is involved

Most of the team's players are also a little cold towards the new signing. In their opinion, Oblak, who came with the aura of the best goalkeeper in the Portuguese Super League, will naturally not be willing to sit on the cold bench for a long time, and it is difficult for Simeone, who has always been tough, to easily change what he thinks is right. Therefore, the Slovenian goalkeeper is likely to go on loan in the winter transfer window or join another club.

With the increasing number of professional football matches in Europe, there is not much spare time left for the players, so it is natural that everyone will not be too enthusiastic about Oblak, a teammate who is destined to become a "passing by". Compared with fellow new signings Moya, Mandzukic and others, Oblak is obviously a little unpopular.

However, when most of his teammates treated Oblak coldly, Feng Quan, who had already grown into the team's number one star with his excellent performance last season, returned to the Espino base on the first day, first greeted coach Diego Simeone and a number of teammates who were familiar with him, and then spoke to Oblak very enthusiastically before greeting Moya, Mandzukic and other new signings that coach Diego Simeone was optimistic about.

Although Feng Quan's enthusiasm made Oblak's mood better, the coldness of most of his teammates towards him still made his mood seem a little low.

Captain Gabi is also a little puzzled by the club's high price to bring in Oblak, but as the team's spiritual leader, he is still ready to calm the emotions of his new teammates after training.

However, before Gabi could take action, he was preempted by the wind.

In the afternoon group confrontation game, when Oblak, who was on the "substitute team", saved a very threatening shot from Griezmann, as the "opponent", Feng Quan, instead of having any regrets, ran to Oblak with an excited face and said excitedly: "Well done, you must know that there are few goalkeepers in the entire La Liga who can make such beautiful saves." Believe me, as long as you can keep up this high level of savings, you will become the best goalkeeper in the whole of La Liga and the whole of European football. ”

After that, Feng Quan first patted Oblak on the shoulder hard, and then shouted loudly while retreating out of the forbidden area: "Come on Yang, I'm optimistic about you." ”

The reason why Feng Quan is so courteous to Oblak is entirely because no one knows better what Oblak will do in the future. Even to some extent, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Oblak is the best signing for Atletico Madrid apart from himself and Griezmann.

And Oblak, who was encouraged by Feng Quan, was originally a little depressed, and his mood returned to normal. In fact, Oblak is still very confident in his ability, after all, he has won the honor of the best goalkeeper in the Portuguese Super League with his solid performance, although the attacking ability of the Portuguese Super League team cannot be compared with the La Liga giants, but at the same time, the defensive ability of the Portuguese Super League team is also inferior to the La Liga club.

Therefore, it is obviously unfair to deny Oblak's "best goalkeeper in the Portuguese Super League" just because the overall strength of the Portuguese Super League is not as good as La Liga.

Now, Feng Quan's encouragement has allowed Oblak to find a direction to work towards.

What is the most important thing about a professional player? Of course, it's your own strength!

You question the lack of merit in my previous achievements? Think I'm not good enough to be a regular at a La Liga giant like Atletico Madrid?

It doesn't matter, no matter what you think, I just need to work hard to complete every training task assigned by the coach and wait for the most opportune time to prove that you are all wrong!

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On August 12, 2014, at 7:45 p.m., the first major event of the new season in European football, the UEFA Super Cup, officially began at Cardiff Stadium in Wales.

Since Sevilla won the Europa League last season, this UEFA Super Cup match has become a "civil war" between La Liga clubs.

Considering that his side lost both league meetings with Atletico Madrid last season and were also scored six goals by the opposition, Sevilla boss Unai Emery deployed a defensively oriented 4-2-3-1 formation.

And Diego Simeone, who led the team to win the first treble of Atletico Madrid, changed the norm and put out a very aggressive lineup, putting on a posture that easily crushed the opponent with strong attacking power.