After the draw away at Girona and his return to Madrid the next day, Simeone was invited to the office for tea by the club's hierarchy.

Although the league has just begun, the margin for error should be relatively large normally, but La Liga does not leave much room for them to make mistakes. Because their goal is to compete for the title and pull teeth out of the mouth of Barcelona Real Madrid.

Those two are super giants, what is the probability that they will not be able to take all three points when facing a team like Girona?

Different from the pattern of the Premier League, the pattern level of La Liga is still relatively clear. Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have long been in the top three of the league and are considered the first group. The second group, represented by Sevilla, can perform well in the Europa League and occasionally cause a little trouble for the three teams in the first group. In addition, teams such as Malaga and Villarreal have performed well and badly, and they have not been stable. The rest is just a few small teams that are trying to survive in the cracks.

If Barcelona and Real Madrid hadn't experienced phenomenal weakness at the same time, Atletico would have had to double their opponents in all four games of this season's head-to-head meetings to have a chance of rebounding. And only if they don't make mistakes like this one again.

Therefore, the result of the draw, if you look at it alone, I don't think it's bad, and in the overall pattern of the whole season's championship competition, Atletico Madrid is actually one position behind.

In the face of questions from the media, Atletico Madrid president Cerezo is still full of confidence on the surface: "It's just the first game, I believe that the manager will bring the team to the best condition, our goal will not change, and the winner who has the last laugh!" ”

Although the media thought that Cerezo was hard-mouthed and lacked confidence at all, after this tough statement, it was considered to have suppressed the momentum of media hype. However, it does not mean that the club can really look at the team's performance. Simeone's interview the next day showed the displeasure of Atletico's hierarchy.

Over the next two days of training, the change Simeone was evident. Due to Griezmann's red card suspension, he will definitely miss the next game. Simeone tried to put Wen Zhihao on the main side of the team's training. Naturally, this change did not escape the eyes of the keen Chinese media, so the conjecture that Wen Zhihao would make his La Liga debut in the second round of the league became a hot spot in the domestic fan circle.

Wen Zhihao was interviewed by the media in his hometown, and he seemed calm and confident: "I have been preparing to play, but as the saying goes, a good meal is not afraid of being late, and patience is also a virtue." ”

With Wen Zhihao's attitude, the media and fans seem more confident, unless Simeone is determined not to see Wen Zhihao, there is no reason to press such a player to the bench, not to mention that Atletico Madrid in order to get Wen Zhihao, the price is not small, and not giving him the opportunity to play is not a good deal for Atletico Madrid.

The Chinese media debate over Wen's debut continued into the middle of the second week, with all eyes on the Champions League as the draw for the new season approached.

The Champions League has a large fan base in China, and the attention is not weaker than that of the World Cup, and the Champions League is not like the World Cup only once every four years, so it can better meet the needs of fans to enjoy high-level games.

This year's Champions League grouping is in the spotlight more than most previous years. When UEFA announced the top 32 brackets, European mainstream media such as "Team Newspaper", "Bild", and "Marca" exclaimed that this may be the year with the most deaths.

How so?

Even giants like Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain are only second-tier teams! It can be seen how terrifying this year's Champions League grouping will be.

Barcelona and Grand Paris are in second gear? So who is the first gear?

The first gear is a real champion file!

Defending champion Real Madrid, Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich, Premier League champion Chelsea, Serie A champion Juventus, Portuguese Super League champion Benfica, Ligue 1 champion Monaco, Ukrainian Premier League champion Shakhtar Donetsk. The league title is just a ticket to Pot 1.

Because of Wen Zhihao, Chinese fans pay a lot of attention to Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid entered Pot 2 with a proud record of at least the Champions League semi-finals for two consecutive years. This bracket is fully in line with Atletico's strength and is the most advantageous position. Although the first pot is very bluffing, at least half of the teams, Atletico Madrid is under no pressure. Among them, Shakhtar Donetsk and Benfica, I'm afraid it's not just Atletico Madrid, Barcelona Paris and Manchester City, these second-tier teams are eager to draw a group, in terms of hard power, these giants are two games of abuse without suspense.

The only places that can put pressure on Atletico Madrid in the third pot are Roma, Napoli and Tottenham Hotspur, and as for the fourth pot, Atletico Madrid does not need to consider it at all. Although there will be an upset factor, it is only a small probability event, and teams like Maribor and Atletico Greeks can stop Atletico Madrid? The person who said this is expected to be spat on by most of the experts. Please don't insult our professionalism!

Italy's veteran international, "Wolves" Totti, and Kiev's ambassador Shevchenko, the finalist, were the guests in the draw, and the hands of God of the two superstars will decide the fate of 32 teams. Atletico Madrid president Cerezo attended the opening ceremony.

The lottery ceremony was really crazy to the end, which can be seen from the waves of exclamations on the scene, and the happy and sad faces of the representatives of each club.

And the situation of this year's grouping can be roughly summed up in one sentence: the gods fight, and the little ghosts suffer.

In Group B, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain will certainly top the group, with Anderlecht and Celtic set to be slaughtered by both teams.

In Group D, Juventus and Barcelona faced each other, and the officials of Olympiacos and Sporting could only sigh for their lives.

Group E is relatively uneventful, with Liverpool and Sevilla slightly stronger, but Spartak Moscow and Maribor are also relatively lucky.

In Group F, Manchester City and Serie A leaders Napoli have the upper hand, while Shakhtar Donetsk and Feyenoord are unable to make any big waves.

In Group G, Monaco, Porto, Besiktas and Leipzig do not have a clear advantage over each other, and the Ligue 1 champions have also dropped significantly after losing Mbappe and Tiemoue Bakayoko this summer.

In Group H, the Cypriot champion Atlético Greeks is probably going to cry. Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur are fighting for two places in the city, so let's pray there won't be too many tragedies......

Wait, what about Atletico?

Atletico were drawn from Group C by Andriy Shevchenko, and the situation was very similar to Group H. They are in the same group as Chelsea, Roma and Azerbaijani side Karabakh. The first two will be fierce rivals for Atletico, and Karabakh will undoubtedly be the score-giver for all three teams.

In addition, Wen Zhihao's old club, Vitesse, who participated in the Champions League for the first time as the Eredivisie champion, fell into Group A. In the same group, Benfica, Manchester United and Basel, for Vitesse, who suffered a lot of blood loss at the end of last season, the meaning of the Champions League is only to focus on participation.

Wen Zhihao learned about the grouping from the domestic webpage in the evening. His first feeling was that this was a signing, and although Chelsea and Roma were very strong, he felt that these two opponents were not very strong compared to Atletico Madrid.