Chapter 422: La Liga's No. 1 Center

White represents nobility and purity, red and white represents indomitability and iron blood, this is the struggle between the aristocracy and the commoners, even in this day and age, this class still exists, Real Madrid represents the rich, Atletico Madrid represents the workers.

These are two kinds of interdependence and hatred, football is a war in peacetime is still very reasonable, the hatred between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid is war, and the hatred between them has become irreconcilable.

Especially recently, this season, Atletico Madrid has seen a resurgence under the leadership of young coach Diego Simeone, and even for a long time, Atletico Madrid was the leader of the league.

Although Atletico Madrid has lost the top spot in the table, they are still ahead of Real Madrid, which may be enough for Atletico Madrid.

After all, in the past ten years, Atletico Madrid has always followed Real Madrid's ass and never surpassed Real Madrid.

You know, in the Madrid derby, the last time Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid was more than 20 years ago, in the 99-00 season, when in the 10th round of the league, Atletico Madrid finally reversed Real Madrid with a goal at the Bernabeu with a brace from Hasselbaink.

When all Atletico Madrid fans were immersed in a crazy reversal, they would never have imagined that in the 22 years since then, in the 23 meetings that followed, whether it was La Liga or the Copa del Rey, away or at home, they would never have beaten their local rivals again.

So, for this match, Atletico Madrid fans are full of hunger, because of Atletico Madrid's results this season, because of the confidence that Simeone brings them.

Midway through last season, Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone accepted the call of his former club to take over at Atletico Madrid, who were only 10th in the league at the time.

But now, after half a season of adaptation, this season's Atletico Madrid has shown amazing energy, so far, Atletico Madrid has only lost one game, and has been first in the standings for a long time, even now, Atletico Madrid has 1 point more points than Real Madrid.

And when it comes to Simeone, Atletico Madrid's old fans may be very familiar, because Atletico Madrid once won the double, the league and the Copa del Rey under Simeone's leadership.

It was also the pinnacle of the Argentine's career, when Simeone was brought to Italy by Moratti, who was aiming to revive the era of Inter Milan.

In Italy, Simeone played for Inter Milan and then Lazio before returning to Atletico Madrid at the end of his career, before returning to Argentina after two seasons at Atletico Madrid.

Just as he started his career in Argentina, Simeone's coaching career also started in Argentina, with Atlético Argentina, 2006, also taking over halfway through.

In Argentina, Simeone's coaching record was quite impressive, and he led Estudiantes de La Plata and River Plate to the Argentine league title.

In 2011, he moved to Italy, but the results in Italy were not ideal, and after just half a season, Simeone returned to the place where his coaching career began, Atlético Argentina.

When Simeone's next time he took charge of a European team, it was now Atletico Madrid, and in more than half a season, Simeone brought Atletico Madrid a drastic change.

And when it comes to Simeone, we have to mention his tactics at Atletico Madrid, although Simeone is not an anti-ball control activist, but Simeone's tactics have too many similarities with Mourinho's tactics.

Focusing on the whole, concise and efficient, emphasizing defense, and full of resilience, this game is also considered by the media to be a struggle between head coaches.

Similarity does not mean the same, although there are many similarities between the two, but the two are completely different in details, which is the essential difference.

In addition to the manager, there is also the battle for the center, Falcao is excellent, and the Atletico Madrid striker has been known as the third man under Ronaldo and Messi as early as last season.

This season, Falcao has been even better, with Atletico Madrid now at least half of Falcao's score, with a third of the team's goals.

After thirteen rounds, the Atletico Madrid center forward made 12 appearances and scored 11 goals, ranking fourth in the scorer list, behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Lin Dong.

As we all know, Ronaldo and Messi are at the same level, and the other players are at another level, so now the real comparison with Falcao is Lin Dong.

In other words, the third person under Messi and Ronaldo has been seriously challenged by Lin Dong this season, and at present, Lin Dong's appearances are lower than Falcao, but the goals are 2 more than Falcao.

If it weren't for the recent start of Real Madrid's "rotation system", perhaps the gap might have been even greater, although it has only been a few months, but Lin Dong has proved with facts how good he is.

Therefore, this Madrid derby is also seen as a war between the first center forward in La Liga, Lin Dong and Falcao, who is better.

Lin Dong is notoriously willful and uncooperative, so when the media hyped it, Lin Dong did not participate in the whole process, and Falcao also did not participate.

Don't look at Falcao on the pitch is very domineering, and even has a very domineering nickname, called Tiger, but Falcao outside the stadium is quite low-key.

He doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, has good living habits, and never causes trouble, and even this guy is an out-and-out top student.

Well, when it comes to studying, Lin Dong's college graduation doesn't know when, this guy is now in Europe all year round, even if he is usually in Asia during the holidays, this guy doesn't go to school much.

From 09 to now, his classmates have entered the last moments of their college life, but the time they have spent in school has not even been a semester.

Of course, for Lin Dong's situation, Dongda will not only not say anything, but will also open the door to convenience, after all, Lin Dong's current fame is also a huge promotion for Dongda.

Even the University of Tokyo is worried that Lin Dong will suspend or transfer to another school, after all, not everyone can go internationally, there are so many students at the University of Tokyo, but in terms of fame, no one can compare to Lin Dong at present.

Time is eternal, and as time passes, the atmosphere in Madrid becomes more and more lively, and even more tourists.

While most of them are destined not to be at the Bernabeu, they can come and get a feel for football and the atmosphere of the Madrid derby.

For example, Park Jin-young, Bae Rabbit and IU from South Korea are the first to experience what real football is, and the fanaticism of European football is definitely not comparable to Asia, even if they have personally experienced the World Cup in 02.