At the end of August, La Liga officially resumed its rivalry, with Atletico Madrid hosting Calderón against Sporting Gijón in northwestern Spain in the first round.

Their group draw for the UEFA Cup was also completed, with Atletico Madrid being drawn in Group B, along with Germany's Bayer Leverkusen, Greece's Ares and Norway's Rosenborg.

In addition to these competitions, in Spain, there is only one cup competition that La Liga teams need to play in, the Copa del Rey.

La Liga teams will start the fourth round in mid-November, and although there are not many rounds, there are a lot of games, because except for the final, each round is a home-and-away system, and the fight is not much different from the two cup competitions in England.

Mackin carefully studied the schedule, and then discussed it with Carlo Ancelotti to prepare for an official comeback in early December.

The timing comes just in time for the final two games of the Europa League group stage, and the Copa del Rey has just finished its fourth round, with less than one-third of the league going on, giving him time to rest and insurance for the team, and a chance to remedy it in case something goes wrong.

At 9 o'clock in the evening of the 30th, Makqin appeared in the main stand of Calderón in a formal suit, which has been used for almost 40 years and is still a five-star stadium in Europe.

The stadium stands immediately erupted in cheers, and the fans were expecting him as the biggest superstar they had ever acquired.

The lonely host Zhan Jun sat alone in front of the commentary seat to explain this battle that was not the focus, and if it was said that Mackin transferred to La Liga, the opinions of domestic fans were relatively large.

They think it's just enough to go to Real Madrid or Barcelona, but they go to Atletico Madrid, at this time, who knows which onion Atletico Madrid is, and even the people who say that Mr. Ma is willing to fall have come out.

Another reason is that La Liga starts late, with a 7-hour time difference, and it is basically around 3 o'clock in the morning to watch the game in China, which generally increases the difficulty of domestic fans chasing stars and watching the game.

"Audience friends, Mr. Ma sat in the stands today, according to the news, he will not be able to come back until early December, and we have to endure a period of life without Mr. Ma", Zhan Jun chatted while explaining.

"At present, we have re-stationed our resident correspondent in Madrid, and I believe that after a period of time, domestic fans will still be able to keep up with him as they did in Liverpool."

Atletico didn't play well today, and it could even be said that it was a bit chaotic, with no speed, no rhythm, and a lot of coordination mistakes, which was also expected by them, after all, they only had less than 3 formal tactical training sessions.

But in the end, they won the game with their superior individual ability, Simão opened the scoring with a penalty on the wing, and in the second half, Forlan burst out and scored twice from distance to give Atletico Madrid a 3-0 start.

La Liga is a very technical league, the compression of defensive space is not so ruthless, the pace is not so fast, and it is more conducive to the performance of offensive teams, which has a lot to do with the style of the league.

Even if it is a weak team, it is quite disciplined to pass the attack through the feet, and the result is that the gap between the rich and the poor in La Liga looks very large, because it is basically the same style, relying on technology to play a strong team, and it is generally looking for death.

Unlike the Premier League, where styles are diverse, there are quite a lot of underdogs in the Premier League, and if you are not careful, you will overturn in the gutter, even if you are the top team in the league.

Because of the existence of the Western Super League, there is a lot of debate on the Internet about who is the first league in the Premier League La Liga, which is the same as Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong, it is purely nothing to look for.

After the game, Marca went to the dressing room to congratulate the team on their successful start to the season, and then spoke to the newspaper Marca in the tunnel.

'We got the win, we scored three goals and today we took our chances, Fran gave another great performance, it was a good start and as we get more and more comfortable we will definitely be contenders for the title'

"Of course, it would be unimaginable if a team that invested more than 200 million in a summer did not aim for the title, even though our opponent was Barcelona......"

……

The climate in Spain is actually more suitable for playing football than in England, England has too many rainy days, and in September it is even more sunny and sunny, although Mackin cannot participate in the game, but he is trying his best to do recovery training according to the plan of the rehabilitation trainer.

And every day in the club's training session, he will also participate in the team's joint training, but he does not participate in a large amount of sports.

Mark Qin asked Jonathan's assistant to find a villa in a high-end residential area not far from the training base, and he officially moved out of the hotel in the past two days.

He doesn't have particularly high requirements for the house, it's safe, quiet, spacious, and bright, after all, this is not a place for him to stay for a long time after all, no matter how good the house is, it will have to be sold in the future.

On September 12, the second round of La Liga matches took place as scheduled, this time Atletico Madrid was an away match, against Xavi Martinez's old club, Athletic Bilbao.

Next, they are three consecutive away games, and after this game, they will go to Greece to play the first group game of the Europa League against Ares, and then the much-anticipated Barcelona host Atletico Madrid, the first strong match of the new season.

Mackin won't be away from home in the first two games, but he will go to Barcelona, which is a bit premature for them, but it is a crucial battle that they cannot afford to lose.

Before the team left, he went to the head coach's office of Mahada Onda and went straight to Carlo Ancelotti.

"You want to take a leave of absence to go back to Liverpool?" , Ancelotti asked.

"Well, my girlfriend needs to go back, and the transfer is finalized, and I also want to go back to give the fans an explanation, after all, I always feel a little sorry not to go without them saying goodbye in person"

'No problem on my side', Carlo Ancelotti said after a moment's reflection, "but you know your influence in England and Liverpool, be on the safe side, we need a 100 per cent healthy Mark this season"

"Thanks, Chief", he replied with a smile, "I will fly back in the evening, don't worry, and in addition, I will return to Mahadaonda in time for the team to go to Barcelona before the team comes back from Greece"

"Well, I just wanted to ask your opinion, what do you think we have problems on the field after watching the first game?" , he was watching the video before he came.

"The biggest problem is tacit understanding, this can't be helped, it takes time, my suggestion is to start with the defense first, our defensive players in the backfield are very capable, and if you stabilize the defense, you can ensure that you can score points against the middle and lower teams, and then slowly run in the offense."

Carlo Ancelotti nodded, agreeing with him, "Adjust your body and try to get back on the field as soon as possible......"

……

In the dark, the Gulfstream special plane carrying Mackin and Isabella quietly arrived in Liverpool from Madrid Airport, and Peter's car was already waiting at the airport, picking them up and returning directly to the villa.

During the time he was gone, newspapers throughout England were speculating every day about where he was going, and Dalglish had also made the previous Liverpool deal official.

"The story of his years at Liverpool could be published in a book", and finally McManaman sighed and said, "There has never been a player whose career has been so dramatic"

Soon after, the news of Mackqin's arrival in Atletico Madrid came to the Spanish media, causing an uproar in the entire British media, lamenting that money had once again changed the fate of a club and a top superstar.

13 September, Anfield.

Sam and the others were shouting from the diehard stands as their partner held up the huge banner that clearly read "Mark, this is Anfield, we're waiting for you to come back"

It was the fourth round of the Premier League, Liverpool's home game against Birmingham, it was like a reincarnation, his first appearance in the first team was against Birmingham, and now he is away for the first time and is still facing Birmingham.

'Listen, guys', captain Steven Gerrard said as he unexpectedly stood up in the dressing room before the game, 'today is a very special day because one of the important ones at Anfield has come back to see us and I don't want him to see us lose'

Spalletti also nodded and said: "Mark is in the studio on the corner of the South Stand, we won one and drew one and lost one in the first three rounds, which made me a little embarrassed in front of Mark, today you look at it"

"Mark is back?" , especially the young players such as Lallana and N'Golo Kante, were pleasantly surprised, after all, this name means too much to Liverpool and England.

"Fuck it, I don't want to lose face in front of him, like we can't win without him", Carragher stood up and yelled, "Destroy Birmingham"

"yes, cripple their ......"

As the Liverpool players yelled and rushed out of the dressing room and onto the pitch, Mark was laughing and hugging Peterson and McManaman.

"To be honest, I'm really not used to it without you commenting when I'm playing," Makqin joked as he sat in his seat as a guest.

The fans who were watching the live broadcast froze for a moment, then wiped their eyes, and screamed "Ah......", and then the news spread almost at the speed of light, and in an instant the fans in the stadium all knew that Macqin was back!

"Mark, Mark ......", "Welcome back......", before the game began, there was a tsunami of shouts from the stands, and they were all directed at the studio in the corner of the south stand.

"Oh, looks like you're going to have to say hello to the fans at the stadium," Peterson said, glancing back.

The director hurriedly projected the picture of the studio onto the big screen in the stadium, and Ma Qin was sitting in the middle of the studio with a smile on his face, waving his hand and saying, "Guys, I'm back to see you......"

The stadium exploded instantly, and although the east stand was now completely closed because it was being expanded, and only three sides of the stand were full of fans, the sound was still overwhelming.

The atmosphere of the whole game began in a nameless enthusiasm, the red attack wave after wave, and Mackin was really like a commentator, gagging to follow the two live games.

Perhaps it was a real momentum bonus today, and in the end, Liverpool beat Birmingham City cleanly 3-0 to get a complete victory, and Mackin and McManaman high-fived each other.

"Okay then, it's ...... you're back this time", Peterson led the conversation to the part that had been arranged a long time ago, and the director cut the picture over.

"Say goodbye, I left too hastily at the time, I only said goodbye to a few teammates, and now that the dust has settled, I think I should come back and give an explanation to the fans, although you all know what happened now, but I think I also need to say sorry......"

"We don't need to be sorry, we need you to come back as soon as possible, you belong to the Anfield ......", shouted from the stands.

Makqin smiled and said to the camera: "One day, your Mark will come back......"

After flying hundreds of miles back and forth, just for this sorry and peace of mind, he needed to say a face-to-face goodbye to Red and Anfield, and he needed to say goodbye to those old friends who had not had time or were inconvenient to tell the truth before, and then he could move forward steadily and with peace of mind.

When he returned to Madrid, Atletico also came back from away with a one-win and one-defeat result, beating Athletic Bilbao away but losing to Ares in Greece.

Then, they had to rush to Barcelona......