Although the game was not pretty, the teammates still used Wen Zhihao's birthday to get excited for a while. Without candles and cakes, a few bottles of champagne can allow young people to unleash their passions to the fullest.

Even Simeone, who usually trains with a serious face, also joined everyone's carnival, the Argentine has the gene of crazy indulgence, Simeone is also the coach of the passionate faction, Wen Zhihao was quickly tricked by everyone, and Simone personally sprayed Wen Zhihao with half a bottle of champagne.

However, Wen Zhihao didn't mind this feeling at all, and in everyone's laughter, Wen Zhihao felt that his heart was beginning to truly belong to this team.

After returning to Madrid, there was no training scheduled for the next day, but Wen Zhihao still found time to visit the Espino training center, and Audi delivered the personal prizes of the Audi Cup winners to the club, the latest Audi A6.

Wen Zhihao lamented that he was about to become a car owner, and according to the standards of young people in China, it is already one of the standards for achievement. He couldn't help but think that if he had been shaken by the ticket and his mother's opposition, he had given up the road of football, and followed the growth trajectory of the vast majority of his peers, and now he should have fought for the college entrance examination in the high school classroom, and whether he would enter college or society in the future, and where the future would be, it was still completely unclear.

Wen Zhihao thought of what his father often said: Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion. The path that suits you is the best. Often, it only takes one step to make a difference.

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According to Atletico's plan for the next warm-up matches, there will be two consecutive pre-season warm-up games against Leganes and Getafe, and the team will usher in the first round of the new league season with a week between the two games.

Both rivals belong to the same zone of Madrid, and they are located in the south, next to each other, and Atletico can be reached by bus on the morning of the match.

At the same time, La Liga officially released the first edition of the registration list of twenty teams for the new season. According to La Liga's registration regulations, the number of registered players in the first team is no more than 25, so the next two warm-up matches will be Simeone's last chance to investigate and screen.

At the same time as the official release of La Liga, various forward-looking predictions for the new season of La Liga have been released. The media generally believed that the suspense of the championship was still between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

As for Atletico Madrid, the general view is that it will impact the two super giants and may also play the role of the champion judge, but it is unrealistic to want to step on the two giants and force a counterattack. Last season, Atletico finished third with only 78 points, while Real Madrid won the title with 93 points and runners-up Barcelona with 90 points. It can be seen that there is still a gap in Atletico Madrid's hard power, especially in terms of recruitment, except for Wen Zhihao's transfer of tens of millions of euros, the others are all petty fights. As for how much qualitative improvement Wen Zhihao can bring to Atletico Madrid, 99% of the Spanish media do not believe it.

Regardless of whether he can adapt to the rhythm of the game, which is completely different from that of the Eredivisie, it is difficult to say how many opportunities Simeone will give him in the official league. One is because of Wen Zhihao's lack of experience in La Liga, and the second reason is pointed out by the media who have watched Wen Zhihao's performance in the Audi Cup. Once the opponent uses a defender with good physical fitness to play against him in the game, his performance will definitely be compromised.

As soon as these views of the Spanish media were transmitted back home, two different voices immediately appeared on the Internet.

The rationalists believe that Wen Zhihao should be treated with a normal heart.

"I think the media said it very objectively, in the previous Eredivisie season, he relied on skill and speed, but this is La Liga, the opponent will give him so much space? Only by facing up to the problem can we make progress. ”

But when the "warm fans" group heard that their idols were questioned, they were instantly unhappy and jumped out to fight back.

"Upstairs, I hate you the most to show off your intelligence, you know more about football than Simeone and Atletico Madrid? Willing to spend more than 10 million euros on Zhihao, will Simeone not see his value? Isn't it enough to have goals and assists in these two games? ”

The one upstairs immediately replied and retorted: "Brother, do you watch the ball?" How can the warm-up match compare to the official game? Not to mention the Champions League, the intensity of the confrontation between the mid-table teams in La Liga, now he can cope with it, even if it is thankful, not to mention, he can compete for Griezmann? ”

This benevolent brother is completely optimistic about Wen Zhihao's prospects in Atletico Madrid, and immediately stimulates more Wen Zhihao's fans to join the group attack: "The landlord is rough!" Chinese football is made like this by people like you who are self-righteous and think they are smart, Zhihao can't do it, at least people are now better than those who export to domestic sales. You're awesome, you're on it! ”

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In the last two warm-up games of Atletico Madrid, Simeone hid most of the main players for the purpose of scouting the players, and played in these two games as substitutes and B team players. Against Getafe, Wen Zhihao sat the whole game, and Atletico Madrid finally drew 0-0. In the second game against Leganes, Wen Zhihao played thirteen minutes, instigated an offensive in the front court, and indirectly assisted Correa to score. Atletico also won 1-0 with just this goal.

Given Simeone's strategy for these two games, the results look acceptable, at least unbeaten in pre-season.

But one of the things Real Madrid's mouthpiece media outlet Marca has done in recent seasons has been to pick a bone from Atletico's performance to praise Real Madrid's strength. Even Atletico's unbeaten pre-season record is completely incomparable to the Galacticos in the eyes of Marca.

But I have to admit that from the data, this time I really didn't say it wrong.

Atletico Madrid's August is all warm-up matches, while Real Madrid's August is a real official match. In the UEFA Super Cup at the beginning of the month, Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 2-1, followed by the Spanish Super Cup, and Real Madrid beat their archrival Barcelona 5-1 on aggregate over two legs. Before the start of the new season, he won two trophies of champions.

Season preview, to put it bluntly, is a platform for the media of each other's camps to spit on each other.

However, the large number of Chinese journalists stationed in Madrid can not be used to pinch each other, and in their eyes, only Wen Zhihao's dynamics are the most valuable.

For several days, Wen Zhihao improved his strength under the guidance of "Professor" Meinders and left the training center very late, and the reporters did not interview Wen Zhihao for a day or two, but they also had the spirit of perseverance, and finally on the day of the approaching weekend, the reporters who were squatting in the training center until the last moment intercepted Wen Zhihao, who had ended training early.

"Zhihao, it's the first time you've been teammates with superstars, how is your integration now?"

Wen Zhihao said frankly: "Very good! It's nice to be with my teammates. Two days ago, my teammates celebrated my birthday, and I took photos with Torres, Gabi and others, but unfortunately I didn't bring a photo today. ”

"The goal for the new season? My motivation to be a professional footballer is always to be a champion, and the bigger the money, the better, otherwise I wouldn't be here! Wen Zhihao looked at the young reporter with glasses and smiled that he might be a novice, this question is really not of any level.

There was still no shortage of local reporters next to him, and he was a little unhappy with Wen Zhihao's "arrogance", and countered harshly: "May I ask where your confidence comes from?" Because you haven't played against a strong team? ”

Wen Zhihao's eyes met him directly, and he said with a calm face: "I think you may be a fan of Real Madrid, but are you the prophetic emperor?" The game hasn't started yet, what's impossible? I'd like to give you a suggestion, hurry up and prepare some fast-acting heart pills, otherwise I'm worried that the result will be too much for your heart to bear. ”

The Chinese reporters laughed, and Wen Zhihao, whom they knew well, had always been so confident.

And this kind of self-confidence has almost never been seen in all the foreign players in China in the past.