On July 13, 2014, the World Cup final was played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Simeone's home country, Argentina, reached the World Cup final under Messi's leadership against the German national team.

This is the third time the two teams have met in the World Cup final, with both teams winning once each of the first two times:

In the classic 1986 Mexico World Cup, Argentina led by the king Maradona defeated Germany 3:2 and won the Hercules Gold Cup.

The second and last meeting was in Italy four years later, when Argentina with Maradona lost 1-0 to Germany in the final, dashing hopes of defending champions.

Although Simeone sat in front of the TV watching the game live, he was visibly absent-minded.

Almost halfway through July, the World Cup is coming to an end. Those who only played in the group stage of the World Cup have returned to the team, those who have participated in the knockout rounds are also returning, and Atletico Madrid's training camp is more lively and full of people every day, and the plan for the new season must be finalized.

But until now, the most important piece of the puzzle in Simeone's mind has not been implemented.

This made him a little uninterested in paying attention to whether Argentina can beat Germany to become the world champion, and whether Messi can successfully win the king with this World Cup.

Although it was the final, the two sides played very cautiously, and the scene was not exciting, plus Simeone had something on his mind and often ran away.

Argentina had a goal in the 30th minute, but Higuain was offside. Simeone only reacted to the goal just after the ball was blown off, and his national team had just scored......

"Dad, can you concentrate on watching the game?" Son Giovanni Simeone gave his father a blank look. "This is a great opportunity for us to hit the World Cup!"

Simeone made an apologetic gesture to his son.

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In this way, both sides had some chances, but they didn't take them, and the minutes of the game passed.

Until the end of the 90-minute game, the score was 0:0.

After the start of extra time, Simeone could finally focus on the game, after all, Gao Zheng's matter was not in a hurry for a while, but the World Cup winner was likely to be decided in 30 minutes.

As an Argentine, he still hopes that his home country can win the World Cup.

In the 97th minute of the game, Argentine full-back Rojo sent a diagonal pass from the left side, and Icardi, a striker who plays for Inter Milan, faced Neuer one-on-one, he chose to shoot with a volley, but the ball was wide of the goal!

"Oops!" Simeone slapped his thigh hard in regret.

"Icardi missed a great opportunity! He had a chance to tip the scales of victory in Argentina's favor! The top scorer at Inter Milan last season failed to score football this time! He himself regretted it very much......"

The television broadcast gave Icardi a close-up of him holding his head in his hands and watching the ball go in the direction of the goal, in an unbelievable way.

"Icardi was excellent at Inter Milan last season, but his performance at this World Cup was quite average...... He hasn't scored a goal in the final yet, and if you count the last few rounds of the league, he's a bit of a ......goal-scoring dwarf," said the commentator on Spanish television.

In the 33rd round of last season's Serie A match between Sampdoria and Inter Milan, Icardi scored a goal. But that was the last goal he scored, and until the end of the league, he didn't score in five league games, and the league goal tally was finally fixed at 21.

With his outstanding performances in the first 33 rounds of the league, he was selected for the Argentine national team, and once started once in the group stage, but did not score, and was also a substitute in the team at other times.

In this final, he only replaced Higuain in the 77th minute.

He almost became an Argentine hero.

"I have to say that there is indeed a gap between Icardi and Gao." Giovanni said so suddenly.

Let Simeone look at him.

"If Gao had been in his position at this opportunity, there was a good chance that the ball would have gone in." The eldest son said indignantly.

"But Gao is not Argentine." Simeone reminded his son.

"yes. It's a pity that he's not Argentine, his national team is so bad that I don't think he will be in the World Cup until he retires...... I mean as a player, not on the ......billboards," Giovanni said. "I think if Icardi had scored that goal, he might have beaten Gao because Gao would never have played in the World Cup......

Just then, Simeone's cell phone rang, and he looked down to see that it was his sister calling.

"Dad......" Giovanni complained helplessly, no one wanted to be disturbed at the critical moment of watching the game.

"I'm sorry." Simeone picked up his phone and walked out of the living room, where he answered the phone in the courtyard outside.

"Dear brother, get ready to negotiate a contract extension with Atletico Madrid!" Natalia's cheerful voice rang on the other end of the phone.

Simeone was stunned for a moment before he realized the meaning behind this sentence, and he exclaimed: "They signed Gao?!" ”

"Yes, that's right! Cerezo just called me to let me know the news, the two clubs have reached an agreement, and now it's time to sign the medical examination! ”

"Did he agree to join Atletico Madrid?" Simeone asked eagerly, as he noticed that Natalia was talking about an agreement between the two clubs. There is no shortage of precedents in world football where teams agree with each other, but for various reasons the players themselves do not agree, resulting in high transfer blows.

"His agent has already negotiated with Atletico Madrid, I said, only the player himself needs to sign the medical examination!"

"But how can the club come up with 90 million ......"

"Actually, not ninety million, my brother. The final transaction was 75 million euros, and Sampdoria agreed to this figure in exchange for our guarantee that the money would be paid in full within two years. ”

"But 75 million is not a small number, where does the club get so much money?"

"Ha, I have to talk about the merits of the Chinese!"

"High? What does this have to do with high? ”

"No, it's not Gao, it's Gao's compatriots, a super-super rich consortium in China, they took the initiative to contact Atletico Madrid and are willing to provide part of the funds for this transfer of Atletico Madrid, in exchange for the opportunity for further in-depth cooperation between the two sides......"

"This ......" Simeone was surprised, he didn't expect the funding problem to be solved in such a way. But when you think about it, it makes sense. As a Chinese player who has been so successful in Europe, Gao Zheng's influence in China must be huge, and it is estimated that Messi's status in Argentine football is the same. It's no surprise that Chinese companies are willing to spend money to land the player in La Liga and join future partner Atletico Madrid. Although the company paid a huge amount of money, it got the opportunity to cooperate with Atletico Madrid, and at the same time gained a reputation in China, which is a good deal that is sure to make a profit.

Simeone doesn't care how the club solves the funding problem, whether it's sponsored by Chinese companies or in any other way, he only cares about the result, as long as Gao Zheng buys it, that's a good thing.

After he put down his phone, he didn't suppress his emotions anymore, but yelled excitedly.

Then he returned to the living room with a smile on his face, but found that his son's mood was not right, so he asked curiously, "What's wrong?" ”

"Germany scores! Gotze! Just now, we fell behind......"

Giovanni said with a sad face.

Simeone then turned his attention to the TV and saw that the game was going on, but the live score in the top right corner had indeed become 1-0 and Germany was ahead.

Now the game is 115 minutes, and there is not much time left for Argentina and Messi......