Volume 6 Chapter 3 Pre-season Killing
Baldano's departure symbolizes Mourinho's eventual victory in this power struggle for the club.
Zinedine Zidane eventually became Real Madrid's new sporting director, but everyone knows that the power is now in Mourinho's hands.
He brought Shaheen to Real Madrid in the summer, Altentop and Coentrão and recalled Callejon.
Tottenham have forcefully rejected Real Madrid's offer for Modric as they go all out to secure a Champions League place this year.
And the newspaper Marca also claims that one of the monsters Drogba, Ibrahimovic, or Adebayo will land at the Bernabeu this summer.
Because Mourinho has always been obsessed with a high striker, he even admitted that in order to beat Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, there must be a high striker.
What kind of logic is this, Makqin doesn't understand it anyway, but Florentino still gritted his teeth to satisfy Mourinho, and it may be that the Champions League semi-finals finally strengthened his confidence.
When Mackin returned to the club, Real Madrid next door broke out a shocking transfer, and Ibrahimovic came to Real Madrid to renew his old relationship with Mourinho.
80 million euros!
Ibrahimovic wants to come on his own, and his conflict with Bam Adebayor is well known at Manchester City, so he would certainly like to come to the bigger stage of Real Madrid, even though City won the Premier League title last year.
But so what, the emperor's dream, the child's dream is too much.
Real Madrid have once again been the hottest presence on the market this summer, while Barcelona have been rather low-key and, in Pep Guardiola's words, their squad has perfected.
So apart from finding a replacement for Puyol, they did almost nothing, and sold a few marginal people.
For example, Bojan was sent to Rome.
And Atletico Madrid, this summer, is also tinkering with the squad as originally planned, starting with the departures of Forlan and Simao, López, and Ujfarusi.
These people are all veterans over 30 years old, and their strength is declining, which is no longer in line with Ancelotti's team building plan.
Also leaving is Asenjo, who has worked very hard in the second half of the season and has deliberately controlled his weight as recommended by Mack to reduce the pressure on his knees.
He went to Liverpool as part of a series of deals between the two teams, with Liverpool's Cáceres coming to Atletico.
With two defenders gone, Carlo Ancelotti wanted to bring in two rotational defenders, and he followed the advice of the scouts to bring in another Brazilian centre-back, Miranda, from Sao Paulo.
Then at the suggestion of Mackqin, Cáceres was the kind of panacea, who was not outstanding but had a very stable strength, and coaches like to keep a person like to keep in reserve.
But the youngsters in Liverpool's midfield have risen, and his playing time is getting less and less, just as Spalletti wants a goalkeeper, one is that Schmeichel Jr. wants to play the main transfer, and Reina was not in good form last year, so he needs competitive pressure.
So the two teams combined, Asenjo and Cáceres swapped owners, and Atletico Madrid supplied Liverpool with millions of euros.
And as Simao's replacement, Carlo Ancelotti brought winger Alda Turan from Turkey.
In the end, their opponent in the League Cup final, "Tiger" Falcao, joined in the finale, 40 million euros!
'We're definitely going to have more defence teams in the new season, so we need a centre-forward like Falcao,' Ancelotti said in an interview with Marca.
After five outs, four in, and a third goalkeeper from the youth team, Atletico Madrid's summer transfer was all completed.
They spent much less in this summer transfer period than last year, with a net expenditure of less than 60 million.
As an aside, Manchester United wanted to bring in De Gea due to Van der Sar's retirement, and Manchester City also wanted to sign Aguero, but now that Qatar has moved in, Atletico's weekly salary has increased significantly, and no one will leave Atletico Madrid to make money.
In the end, Atletico Madrid replied directly to Manchester United without talking, and Manchester City refused to be more tactful because the owners were too familiar with each other.
"I'm happy with our summer run," said Makin on Rose's talk show before the start of the season.
"There are old friends of mine among the newcomers, as well as guys who have proven themselves, and I've called each of them to welcome them to a championship team"
"Yes", Mack Qin said bluntly, "we are ambitious, so they have to prepare accordingly, this is a long-term battle that lasts for a season"
Rose let out an "oh", "Is this a championship declaration?" How many points do you think it will take to win the title this season, Barcelona had 96 points last season and you were 94"
"More than 100 points", Makqin said without hesitation, "More than 100 points can ensure the championship"
"Wow ......", the scene was amazed, 100 points, at least 32 wins in a season, and losses cannot exceed 3 games, how dominant it must be to get!
The next day, the news of Marc Qin's boastful victory immediately dominated the major Spanish media newspapers.
Marca: What Mark said is very likely to happen this season, these three teams are too strong and the rest of the teams are at least a notch behind them.
Daily Sport: We Barcelona have completed three consecutive league titles, no matter who the opponent is or how many points are scored, the final championship must belong to the great Barcelona.
Jose Mourinho: I don't care what people say, we just have to do our best, I can win the league in the second season with any team and now we are ready.
What he said is not an exaggeration, if the future generations look at their current three center forwards, Ibrahimovic, Benzema, Higuain, most fans must not be scared to death, not to mention Ronaldo next to him, fortunately, Benzema and Higuain have not been fully developed.
Now the three giants can be called strong, and they are all gearing up to wait for the start of the new season.
And this moment is not far off.
August 14-17, Barcelona VS Real Madrid, Spanish Super Cup, two-legged home and away!
On August 26, Barcelona VS Atletico Madrid, UEFA Super Cup!
The two blockbuster matchups before the start of the new season will completely kick off the new season of La Liga.
In mid-August, after a peaceful summer, the European continent finally rekindled the war, and the leagues of various countries have started one after another, and La Liga has also ushered in their outpost battle.
Spanish Super Cup!
No matter how many times Real Madrid and Barcelona collide, they will attract the attention of the whole world, and this opening is extremely hot.
On August 14, at the Bernabeu, the two teams played a crazy 3:3 draw, Messi Ronaldo scored twice, and substitute Ibratores scored one goal each, and the whole game was earth-shattering.
It can be seen in the live broadcast that Real Madrid is obviously not as afraid of Barcelona as it was last season, and the two teams have gone back and forth with each other.
But in the second leg, Real Madrid still failed to avenge last season's revenge at Camp Nou, losing the game 1:2, and Messi scored twice, with his current state, it seems that he will soar this season!
Last season's European Champions League finally won the championship, he also won the Champions League top scorer, and finally relieved his three years of depression, this season, whether it is mental, physical, technical, he will usher in his real peak.
"OleOle, no matter how much money you spend, you can't beat Barça, Barça! Your summer is a joke! ”
"Take out your 80 million gentlemen and take a look!"
"Where is your 96 million Ronaldo!"
Mourinho walked out of the stadium with a black face again, the reason why he was old at Camp Nou is because it is too wide, and he is a natural nemesis of his anti-counter-tactics!
"The referee let them go for at least five fouls and it was added to our heads, I never understand, is it possible that all the La Liga referees are Catalan?"
After the game, he naturally got into trouble with the referee again, and Barcelona's touch fell to his muscles and strangled him, which was naturally compatible.
'I think Mourinho is right, Barcelona are taken care of a lot of the time [by the referees] and I don't understand why, maybe they have good shirts?"
In an interview with the media, Mackin rarely echoed Mourinho's statement, first cooperate to pull down the one on the top of the head, and then say, just like the three countries, isn't it all a weak and strong?
"But Mourinho don't be angry, in nine days at Monaco, Atletico Madrid will avenge them! We will bring back the glory that rightfully belongs to Madrid! ”
I'm sorry, Mourinho felt a greasy feeling.
And this game is also a test of the new style of play and new lineup before the official start of the Atletico Madrid season.
The good news for them is that Juan Mata made a successful return at the end of last season and is in good form after a summer of pre-season training and warm-up games.
Atletico Madrid finally formed a small free team in Ancelotti's mind, and in the face of Barcelona, he chose to go safe, not as a central striker, but as a midfielder, Raul Garcia.
Mackqin, who came to Monaco again, as the official first captain of Atletico Madrid this season, led Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in a fierce battle at the Stadio Louis II.
Fight for the ball! Fight for control!
The two teams can be said to be two completely different systems under the concept of ball control, really like Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, the two sides play mercury, and they are afraid of each other.
As a result, both sides played 0:0 in regular time, but neither could score a goal, and the extra time was still 0:0.
Messi failed to continue his red-hot form from a week ago, and Mackin failed to help his team-mates or score himself.
The two teams had no choice but to play a penalty shootout!
Valdés on one side and De Gea on the other, but Papa Duck did not disappoint Mack.
He saved Xavi's penalty in the fourth round and a last-minute penalty would have been enough for them to win.
Mackqin, who walked to the penalty spot with the ball in his arms, looked relaxed, and suddenly paused before kicking the ball, which deceived Valdés into moving his center of gravity and pushed a direct reverse corner.
"The goal is in...... Atletico Madrid won the UEFA Super Cup", shouted Zhan Jun, the commentator.
Atletico Madrid's bench players rushed into the field in a frenzy, raising their arms and shouting loudly.
They got off to a resounding start to the 11-12 season!
The hero of this game, De Gea, was firmly hugged by his teammates, and he came to a set of touches and kills!
"De Gea...... don't look at his young age, his hands are not soft at all, he performed very well last season, and now he is completely in the main position! , Zhan Jun said.
Pep Guardiola was very unhappy with not being able to break through Atletico Madrid's goal, but in the end he had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of this defeat.
Mack has already won the UEFA Super Cup once at Liverpool, but this time he looks even more excited because the opponent is Barcelona!
"Well done, brethren," he yelled, holding the captain's armband on his arm, as he put his arms around his teammates.
"Remember the feeling, the feeling of winning!"
"Haaa......, Champion!"
The red-and-white boiling and red-blue regret are in stark contrast to Monaco today, and the pre-match Barcelona fans' rhetoric of beating Madrid has become a joke.
"As I said, we will never let Barcelona get rid of us easily this time, this Super Cup is the interest we charged for last season, and this season they want to give us back the league title!"
After the award ceremony, Mackin with the medal was interviewed by Sky Sports with a smile on his face.
And from these three games, some clues have also been revealed, and the gap between the top three has been minimal......