Raul Garcia was depressed, but Raul Garcia quickly adjusted his mentality, after all, he is not a newcomer to the professional game, as a player who has been in the professional schedule for many years, Raul Garcia knows very well that football is like this.

Besides, although Mandzukic has arrived, it will take some time to integrate into the team, and the league is about to start, besides, he can play more than just a striker.

La Liga season starts on August 24, the second day of the Spanish Super Cup, and Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are scheduled for the first round of matches on the 26th because of the Super Cup, which means that Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid only have three days of rest.

Thankfully, Atletico's opponents in the first round were not strong, and Atletico didn't need to travel far, with Madrid's other La Liga team, Rayo Vallecano.

Although the opponent in the first round is not strong, but after two rounds, Atletico Madrid is going to usher in the Madrid derby, well, the Madrid derby is going to be played until it vomits, just played the Madrid derby, the first round of the league is also a derby, and the third round is against Real Madrid.

The match against Barcelona is similar to last season, where Atletico Madrid played Barcelona in the final round and this season in the penultimate round.

With Atletico Madrid's triumph last season and continued to be strong this season, the La Liga double league has finally evolved into a triwizard competition, and Atletico Madrid has finally squeezed into the two-man rotation of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

However, the odds given by the bookmaker before the season announced that Atletico Madrid still need to continue to strengthen the team if they want to be truly equal to Real Madrid and Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid has the lowest odds among the top three.

Simeone even used the odds to motivate Atletico players, who won the treble last season and have now become a five-time winner, and also beat Real Madrid, who are above Atletico Madrid.

On the pitch at the "beautiful" Espino training base, Lin Dong gave Mandzukic a thumbs up.

Although he has only joined Atletico Madrid for one day, after most of the match, Mandzukic's ability has been recognized by Lin Dong.

I'm a little sorry for Raul Garcia, but Mandzukic's ability is indeed stronger than Raul Garcia, not to mention offensive ability, in terms of seizing opportunities, that is, in defense, Mandzukic is much more positive than Raul Garcia.

Of course, it is also possible that Croatia has just joined the team and deliberately did it for his teammates and head coach, but Lin Dong's doubts soon disappeared, because after training that day, he went home and watched the video of Mandzukic on the Internet.

Lin Dong found that Mandzukic seemed to be more suitable to match him, because Croatia defended very aggressively, and was even rated as a defensive striker at one point.

Lin Dong himself hates to return to defense, which has not changed even under Mourinho, and he rarely participates in defense after moving to Atletico Madrid, unless the team really reaches a critical moment.

This point was also fully proved last season, and throughout the season, Lin Dong counted the number of times he returned to defense, and because of this, his return defense effect was surprisingly good.

The previous Costa and the current Raul Garcia, although they often return to defense, but the level of enthusiasm and participation in the round is definitely not as good as Mandzukic.

At the same time, Lin Dong also found more accurately that Mandzukic's offensive ability is also very good, maybe not as good as Costa, but even if it is not as big as the gap.

And Lin Dong also found that Mandzukic is very versatile, has a certain amount of dribbling ability, does not have to be bad with Costa, is tall and strong, his heading ability is even better than Costa, and the running position in the penalty area is also very sensitive.

In addition to his ability on the field, his off-court personality is also quite good, although Lin Dong has not been with Mandzukic for a long time, but his vision in the entertainment industry is still very trustworthy.

Mandzukic was a surprise, but the performance of the other was disappointing, Cerci, the Italian who has yet to play for Atletico, but his performance on the training pitch alone was a bit disappointing.

Of course, it's not a question of Celci's ability, Cerci's ability is still good, and it's really the type of player that Atletico need.

The problem lies in the tactical integration, Atletico Madrid is the overall football, unless the ability reaches the level of Lin Dong, or if you want to mix in Atletico Madrid, it must be perfectly integrated into the overall tactics of Atletico Madrid.

Although Lin Dong has enough strength to override the team, in terms of tactical integration, Lin Dong is still doing very well, which is also the embodiment of a player's talent and understanding.

Integration is also one of the most important hurdles for a new player to face, and the main question is why some players do well in some teams and not as good as they used to be in another.

Of course, Chelsch has only been with Atletico for as long as he has time to settle in, and Simeone is not the kind of manager who is impatient.

"OPPA~~~ I'll help you" When Lin Dong was busy in the kitchen, Cui Xueli tiptoed in.

"No~~~ obediently do the living room and wait for me," Lin shook his head and refused.

If it was normal times, Lin Dong would definitely not mind letting Cui Xueli come in to help, this is still a kind of fun, and Cui Xueli will take the initiative to tease Lin Dong, and the two even had a fight in the kitchen.

But today is not good, because tomorrow is the first game of the season for Atletico Madrid, although Lin Dong is physically fine, but the habit he has developed in the past few years has made him refuse Cui Shirley's request, at this time, Lin Dong prefers to be busy in the kitchen alone.

"But I'm so bored in the living room," Cui Shirley said pitifully.

"Then take Kimchi and Erash to the yard to play," Lin didn't look back, and continued to be busy with his own affairs.

In order to meet tomorrow's competition, Lin Dong is also very careful in the selection of ingredients, not only ordering two extremely fatty king crabs.

It also shows what it means to be rich and capricious, and airlift ten Maine lobsters from the United States, which are high in protein and low in fat, making them ideal for athletes.

"Then OPPA wants" Cui Xueli did not leave immediately, but stepped forward and pouted at Lin Dong.

Well, in fact, Cui Xueli also knows Lin Dong's habit, so her purpose from beginning to end is this.

"Hmm~~~~" It didn't take long for Cui Xueli to leave the kitchen with a happy and satisfied face.

After Cui Xueli left, Lin Dong could finally continue to fight with the lobster, the king crab was steamed, so it only needed to be washed, but the lobster Lin Dong was not ready to be steamed, and Lin Dong didn't like to eat steamed lobster.