Although at the recently concluded World Championships in Moscow, Sun Bingtian, Zheng Peimeng, and Xie Zhenye, three athletes, together with Feng Quan, helped the Chinese 4 x 100 meter relay team create a miracle.

But when these four stood on the track of the men's 100-meter final of the National Games at the same time on the afternoon of September 9, the comrades-in-arms who were still in a trench before had to fight each other for the honor of their respective teams at this moment. However, in the face of the incomparable Feng Quan, Sun Bingtian and the other three only had to compete for the second place.

In the end, Feng Quan, whose strength obviously crushed other competitors, easily won his first National Games championship with a time of 9.83 seconds.

A day later, even though Feng Quan had reservations in the 400m final in order to save face for the other competitors, when he crossed the finish line first with a time of 44.35 seconds, the second-placed athlete was at least seven or eight meters behind him.

Since Atletico Madrid will host Almeria on September 14, after completing the task of competing in the National Games, Feng Quan rushed to the capital by high-speed train on the evening of September 10. Then, on the morning of September 11, I flew to Madrid with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

After a long flight of more than 14 hours, Feng Quan finally arrived at Barajas Airport in Madrid at 12 noon local time on September 11, Spain.

Although Atletico Madrid will take on Almeria at the Estadio Calderón in three days' time, Feng Quan must have been physically and mentally exhausted considering the long flight.

As a result, Diego Simeone let the freshly disembarked Feng Quan go straight to his accommodation instead of attending the team's afternoon training.

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Since Diego Costa was injured in the first round of the league against Sevilla FC on August 18 and was also sent to the hospital for a check-up, Iker Aduris, the team doctor of Atletico Madrid, has made the decision to stay at home for at least two weeks.

If you were an ordinary person (especially a Chinese), you might be very happy to get two weeks of "rest". After all, it is not easy to come across such a good thing as "resting" at home and getting a good salary.

However, for a professional footballer, especially a passionate guy like Diego Costa, the decision to "rest" at home for two weeks is nothing short of a physical and mental ordeal.

It wasn't until September 3 that Diego Costa finally returned to the Espino training base after two weeks of "torment".

Although Diego Costa's injured ankle has largely healed after two weeks of recuperation, team doctor Iker Aduris has not agreed to let him return to normal training with the team. Instead, Diego Costa was asked to follow Oscar Ortega, who is very good at guiding players who have recovered from injury, for a week or so of recovery training, and then devote himself to the team's normal joint training.

Coach Diego Simeone did not have the slightest objection to Iker Aduris' decision. After all, this is also done to try to avoid a recurrence of Diego Costa's injury, and because the last week coincides with the FIFA match day, the vast majority of the main players in the first team have all been called up to their respective national teams.

Compared with the financially rich "two top two in the Western Super League", Atletico Madrid's operating funds are obviously limited, which leads to a more obvious gap in the strength of the substitute players and the main players in the first team.

Therefore, even if Diego Costa immediately enters the team's joint training after recovering from injury, no matter how tacit he cooperates with those substitutes, when it comes to the official game, it is difficult for the substitutes who cooperate with him to get the opportunity to play, what is the point?

As a result, Diego Costa, who has been recuperating for two weeks, has long been itching, but in order to achieve better results in the next competition, he still gladly accepted Iker Aduris's decision.

In fact, the large gap in quality between the main players and the substitutes of the first team is the key to restricting Atletico Madrid from going further.

In last season's La Liga, Atletico Madrid remained second in the table until the end of the first 27 rounds, and the gap between them and Barcelona at the top of the table has remained around five points.

However, after the 2-1 defeat away to Valencia in the 28th round of the league, the weakness of the substitutes and the inability to take on the responsibilities when the main players are not in good form or lack of fitness have been exposed.

It is precisely because Atletico Madrid won only four games in the last ten rounds of the league last season that Real Madrid, the rivals of the same city, who had been ranked third in the standings, were able to complete the comeback in the final stage of the league and finish second in the league.

Although the runner-up result in the league also means defeat for the powerful Real Madrid club, it can finally make the supporters of the "Galaxy Battleship" feel a little relieved to be able to beat their local rivals in the league standings.

It was precisely because of the "painful" experience in the final stages of last season that the management of Atletico Madrid finally made several "heavyweight" signings after the summer transfer window opened.

Several signings during the summer transfer period, although the embarrassing situation of embarrassing Atletico Madrid's substitutes has been alleviated, but there is still a big gap with the "top two in the Spanish Super League" in terms of the overall strength of the team.

Although the club's recruitment work did not satisfy Diego Simeone, fortunately, the club spent 23 million euros to introduce Fengquan, which not only quickly integrated into the team's tactical system, but also helped the team temporarily climb to the top of the standings with his excellent performance.

However, when the team's main center Diego Costa returns from injury, how to arrange Fengquan's position on the field and let him quickly form a tacit understanding with Diego Costa is the problem that Diego Simeone is most eager to solve.

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On September 12, the players of Atletico Madrid, who had finished their national team matches, finally returned to the training ground at the Espino base.

With many of the players playing in their respective national teams yesterday afternoon, even after a night's rest, you could still see a faint look of exhaustion on their faces.

Therefore, even though the fourth round of La Liga is about to kick off two days later, in order to avoid injuries and attrition due to fatigue, Diego Simeone can only reluctantly arrange restorative training content in the morning training.