In the end, Argentina could not equalise with the remaining five minutes and dragged the game into a penalty shootout.

Messi won a free-kick in the final moments, but his free-kick flew high into the stands.

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Germany lifted the World Cup for the fourth time in their history. And Messi is once again close to the World Series title.

This is the closest he's been to a World Cup.

When the award was presented after the game, the runner-up Argentine players came to the stage to accept the award first, and when Messi was passing through the World Cup, he leaned over and stared at the scene of the Hercules Gold Cup.

Giovanni Simeone was in a bad mood for the day.

But his father, Diego Simeone, didn't let emotions linger on this kind of thing for long.

Or Diego Simeone was not very sad in the first place, Atletico Madrid finally won Gao Zheng, and the happiness of this incident diluted the sadness of Argentina not winning the World Cup.

After the World Cup final, he simply comforted his son and picked up his phone and went to the yard again.

He was going to call Gao Zheng.

In fact, he wanted to call Gao Zheng a long time ago, but because he was worried that competitors would sue them for private contact with the players, he endured it.

Now that Atletico Madrid has signed Gao Zheng, there is no need to have any worries about calling him again.

Gao Zheng just learned from his agent that he and Atletico Madrid Club have reached an agreement on the treatment of individual contracts, as long as he passes the physical examination, he will become a player of Atletico Madrid.

He also sighed and lamented the miracle of fate - last season's opponent against Sampdoria was Atletico Madrid, and although he performed well on the road, scoring three goals, he still couldn't help the team beat Atletico Madrid, watching Atletico Madrid eliminate them and go all the way to the final.

If it was Sampdoria who beat Atletico Madrid at the time, could Sampdoria reach the Champions League final? Like the last time they reached the Champions League?

At that time, the two sides were fierce opponents, but now they have become teammates with them.

"I wonder if the Atletico Madrid players welcome me, will they hold a grudge?" Gao Zheng asked the agent Viviano.

"It's not like that for professional players, everyone knows that yesterday it was the opponent, tomorrow it may be a team-mate. Yesterday it was a teammate, tomorrow it may be an opponent, it's normal. Viviano reassured.

"But Atletico Madrid is a different team, isn't it nicknamed 'bandits'? And their manager, Simeone, is a very controversial person"

Viviano laughed: "You're embarrassed to say that people are controversial, do you think about the things you did before?" ”

Gao Zheng pouted: "Speaking of Simeone, the first thing I can think of is the one he threw Beckham off the court at the World Cup in France."

"When they played Sampdoria last season, they could have touted you like crazy. It made many people think that Simeone was your coach, but I didn't expect it to come true! ”

The two of them were chatting, Gao Zheng's mobile phone rang suddenly, and he looked down to see that it was an unfamiliar number.

Gao Zheng hesitated for a while but picked up: "Hey? I'm Gao Zheng, who is it? ”

Viviano also shut up when he saw this, and quietly watched Gao Zheng answer the phone, but he soon saw that Gao Zheng's expression became very weird.

"Hi high! Guess who I am? Oh no, forget it, I'll tell you anyway, I'm Diego Simeone who is about to become your manager! ”

When Gao Zheng heard this, his expression suddenly became exciting.

He's been in contact with a few coaches, but none of them are like Diego Simeone.

"I called you suddenly because I wanted to tell you: welcome to Atletico Madrid, you will fall in love here, I assure you, if it weren't for the fact that we couldn't contact the players in private before, I would have wanted to call you and persuade you to join Atletico Madrid, especially when you say that your goal is to beat Real Madrid, hahaha!"

Simone didn't wait for Gao Zheng to speak, and started talking on the phone.

Although Gao Zheng didn't see the coach, through the ups and downs of his voice, he could completely hear how happy Simeone was now, and he must have a smile on his face.

However, Gao Zheng still decided to tell Simone the truth, after all, people welcomed him so warmly, and he should be more frank.

So he said, "Well, Mr. Simone." Actually, my goal is to challenge Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi"

Simeone was stunned for a moment after hearing Gao Zheng say this, and there was silence on the other end of the phone for about two seconds, and then his laughter rang out again: "You have a kind of G than I thought, you should join our team!" Last season we beat Real Madrid and Barcelona in the league and won the league title. Only by coming to us can you achieve both of your goals! ”

Gao Zheng thinks that Simeone's words are reasonable, if you want to challenge the two superstars of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, then there is nothing more convenient than joining Atletico Madrid. Joining the giants of other leagues, he certainly has the opportunity to meet Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League, but this encounter is not fixed and the probability is not high.

Only by joining a La Liga team can you have the opportunity to play against these two superstars every year. Looking at all the teams in La Liga, only Atletico Madrid has the ability and possibility to challenge Real Madrid and Barcelona

Joining Atletico Madrid was not in his initial plans. But by mistake, it has now become the most suitable ulcer.

Thinking of this, Gao Zheng was much less worried about transferring to a new team.

Simeone did not talk to Gao Zheng on the phone and introduce him to how good Atletico Madrid is, but agreed with Gao Zheng to meet in Spain, and he will introduce the team to Gao Zheng at that time.

He also told Gao Zheng that when he arrived in the new environment, he could talk to him if he had any difficulties, and he would help solve them.

Finally, he suggested that Gao Zheng should learn Spanish from now on, because language is very, very important for professional footballers. Because language is not only a communication tool, but also an important tool to help players become familiar with their new environment.

Gao Zheng also took this into account.

He had just spoken Italian with Simeone, who had played for Inter Milan and Lazio for seven seasons, and it was not difficult for him to speak Italian.

But in the Spanish team of Atletico Madrid, Spanish is the mainstream language, Gao Zheng's proficient Italian will be of little use there, and English Gao Zheng will only have some skin.

So language is really the first problem he needs to solve, and it's also the number one priority.

After hanging up the phone, Viviano asked, "Was it a call from the manager of Atletico Madrid?" ”

In fact, he had already heard Gao Zheng call the other party "Mr. Simone", but he still wanted to confirm it.

Gao Zheng nodded: "Yes, Diego Simeone, the head coach of Atletico Madrid." ”

Viviano laughed: "It's really interesting, the manager sounds like he can't wait for you to go to Madrid. ”

"I thought now that this matter has been decided, we might as well go to Madrid as soon as possible, there are still many things waiting for me over there∫ house to live in, find a language teacher, get familiar with the new environment, new teammates, new style of football," Gao Zheng said.

Everything that lies ahead of him is new and unknown, and this is a new adventure.

The Genoese Christopher Columbus set out from here, eventually gained support in Spain, embarked on a voyage to You, and finally discovered the New World, which will go down in history.

Five hundred and sixty-four years ago, when the Genoese stood on the bow of the ship and looked into the distance, did they have the same state of mind as Gao Zheng today, full of expectations for the unknown distance?

Now that Gao Zheng is following the journey of Columbus, starting from Genoa and coming to Spain, what will he get here?