Chapter 818: Mandzukic

Atletico Madrid's fifth title, Spanish Super Cup - "Marca".

In fact, it can be seen from the first game of the Spanish Super Cup that Real Madrid cannot stop the pace of Atletico Madrid's progress.

The departure of Alonso, the core of the midfield, although there is a supplement to Kroos and the purchase of Rodriguez, but as the core of Real Madrid's midfield in the past few seasons, it will take time for Kroos to really replace him, not to mention that Ronaldo is still injured.

2:0 is the final score of the second leg of the Super Cup, and if you add the first leg, Atletico Madrid will win the fifth title with a score of 4:1 in the two legs.

And after Atletico Madrid won this championship, Barcelona finally panicked, the so-called honor, who doesn't want to enjoy it exclusively, but with Atletico Madrid's situation, maybe the honor of the six crowns will soon not be exclusive to Barcelona.

And the rise of Atletico Madrid will definitely affect Barcelona's domination of La Liga, originally Barcelona only needed to pay attention to Real Madrid, and now there is one more Atletico Madrid, not to mention that Atletico Madrid was faintly Barcelona's younger brother before.

As for Real Madrid, it's upset enough right now, especially after losing this Super Cup, with three of Atletico's five current titles snatched from Real Madrid.

As for Atletico Madrid, the mood naturally does not need to be said, and even Atletico Madrid fans spontaneously organized a wave of celebrations, the Spanish Super Cup is indeed just chicken ribs, but it can't stand the current significance for Atletico Madrid.

And in addition to this, Atletico Madrid has something to be happy about, because Atletico Madrid has introduced another player, although Atletico Madrid's previous publicity and recruitment work has ended, but for Atletico Madrid fans, the recruitment is a happy thing.

The reason why Atletico Madrid fans resisted the construction of a new stadium is not because they feel that the club should spend money on increasing the strength of the team.

Now, Atletico Madrid's strength has been recognized by the fans, but in the hearts of the fans, they will never be satisfied, they must be as strong as possible for the team, and even hope to buy the world's best players to their beloved team.

Of course, this is just the imagination of the fans, not to mention Atletico Madrid, even Real Madrid and Barcelona can't do this, but they are still happy to see the team continue to strengthen the squad.

Mandzukic, the Croatian striker, previously played for Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, and Atletico paid 22 million euros to get the striker.

Last season, Pep Guardiola, who created the Barcelona six-time crown, entered Bayern Munich, and it was in this season that Mandzukic's hard days began.

Although Mandzukic performed well last season, he has not been Guardiola's first choice, even though he scored seven goals in six games to help Bayern Munich win the league title directly.

Pep Guardiola doesn't use a centre-forward and doesn't like a centre-forward, which was evident at Barcelona, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic being the best proof of that.

After coming to Bayern Munich, Guardiola played a strikerless tactic, and the results were not good, and every time at this time, Guardiola sent Mandzukic, and Mandzukic's performance did not disappoint.

But even so, Mandzukic still didn't get the treatment he deserved, and in the summer, after Bayern Munich signed Dortmund striker Lewandowski, Guardiola even drove people out, even though Mandzukic said he was willing to stay at Bayern Munich to compete with Lewandowski.

Although Pep Guardiola has achieved a lot so far, the character of the Spanish coach is not very good, Ibrahimovic has said it publicly, and now it can be seen from what happened to Mandzukic.

Especially after Mandzukic has confirmed his transfer to Atletico Madrid, the Croatian striker directly fired at Guardiola and scolded him as a villain.

It is precisely because of Guardiola's rush that although Mandzukic has no shortage of suitors, no one is willing to pay a high price, which is the reason why Croatia is staying at Bayern Munich so far.

Although Bayern's management is in line with Guardiola's wishes, they do not want to sell Mandzukic cheaply, and some clubs that are willing to pay for Mandzukic themselves do not look down on it.

In the end, Atletico Madrid's move solved the dilemma, and 22 million euros was in line with Bayern Munich's psychological price, and Atletico itself met Mandzukic's demands.

Atletico Madrid, who won the Champions League last season, won the treble last season and turned the treble into a fifth after the Real Madrid game.

In terms of team strength, although Atletico Madrid sold Costa and Felipe this season, they have not invested much in the transfer market, not to mention that Lin Dong is still in Atletico Madrid.

Besides, in fact, Costa's departure is also an important reason for Mandzukic to choose Atletico Madrid, Raul Garcia's limited ability is actually known to everyone, Mandzukic has been the main player in Bayern Munich for two seasons, and his performance is very good, he has absolute confidence that he can overpower Raul Garcia.

As for Lin Dong, Mandzukic is half worried, half expectant, worried because of Lin Dong's relationship with Costa last season, before that, Lin Dong's conflicts with Ronaldo when he was in Real Madrid were also exhausted.

The expectation is naturally because of the cooperation with Lin Dong, which can also be seen from the performance of Lin Dong on the court, and the feelings that Lin Dong gives people have never been the kind of ball bully who is selfish and dominates the ball.

Well, this is actually an illusion, although Lin Dong is not selfish, but for the domination of the ball, it is still very strong, but Lin Dong's grasp and prediction of opportunities are different from ordinary players, and if Lin Dong really doesn't care about this aspect, he can't leave Real Madrid.

For the arrival of Mandzukic, Lin Dong naturally welcomed, although it was a little late, in fact, when the club announced the transfer of Mandzukic, Lin Dong was still a little unhappy.

Because of last season's relationship with Costa, Lin Dong did not welcome the arrival of Mandzukic, firstly, he did not want to experience the bad feelings of last season, and secondly, Lin Dong had absolute confidence, with him, Atletico Madrid did not need to buy any more strikers.

However, this idea changed after seeing you Mandzukic join the interview, because Croatia expressed their respect for Lin Dong, and even bluntly said that they were here to assist Lin Dong.

This can also reflect the true situation of Lin Dong's heart, he is definitely not as generous as people imagine, of course, this means that he is in football, in reality, Lin Dong is still a good person.

It was Mandzukic's first expression that led to Lin Dong's later welcome, well, Lin Dong obviously forgot Raul Garcia, who he regarded as a good wingman last season.