Chapter 158: Audi Cup Training [Sunday's First Shift!] 】
Simeone's arrangement is very targeted, Wen Zhihao is very strong in the offensive end, whether it is back insertion, passing or shooting, and he runs actively in the front court, not only can open up space on the offensive end, but also when pressing the defense in the whole court, Wen Zhihao's attributes of desperate Saburo will have a great psychological deterrent for the back line players.
Although the probability of a defender making a big gift by a direct mistake is less than 1 in 1,000 for a high-level European team, the charm of football lies in the serendipitous accident.
In addition, Griezmann's substitution problem has been one of Simeone's headaches in the past two or three seasons, and the only candidates who can be rotated are Angel Correa and Bietto, who has just returned from loan from Sevilla, but both of them are biased towards the type of solitary play, and Simeone's ideal substitute is a semi-striker type, which can bring vitality and change to the team on the offensive side after Griezmann is gone. In the entire first team, only Wen Zhihao is temporarily compliant.
Wen Zhihao, who was moved to the position of shadow forward by Simeone, was able to fully exploit his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and soon found his feeling like a fish in water. The two current first-team strikers Torres and Kevin Gameiro have similar characteristics, both are sharp-minded goalscorer strikers, and Wen Zhihao can basically use one way of thinking to run in with the two.
After a few days of training, Wen Zhihao has become the most willing player for the two to cooperate, Wen Zhihao's accurate shooting skills from time to time let Torres have a more comprehensive understanding of him, and the Frenchman Gameiro expressed his feelings more directly, after the training warmly invited Wen Zhihao to his villa in the suburbs of Madrid as a guest, the beautiful name said: As a striker, it is the best gift to be able to receive a nanny pass that is fed to the feet, and the pass you give me makes me enjoy this feeling, I think we can become friends.
After nearly ten days of training, Wen Zhihao's strength and progress were obvious to all, and these teammates from the top football powerhouses gradually let go of the last doubts and prejudices. This is obviously a very important benefit for Wen Zhihao's deeper integration into the team.
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Entering August, Atletico Madrid will gradually start the preparation mode of training on behalf of the game, at the beginning of the month will go to Munich, Germany to participate in the biennial commercial event Audi Cup, and then there will be two warm-up matches before the start of the new season.
Most of these first-team stars have families or girlfriends in Madrid, so as long as it is not a training day, the main field of the Espino training center is basically empty, and Wen Zhihao spent a day and a half practicing alone, and Wen Zhihao left the training center in the afternoon.
After arriving in Madrid, Wen Zhihao has been staying in a five-star hotel very close to the training center, and on the first day, he put the matter of finding a house on the agenda, and entrusted Saki to help him keep an eye on the house close to the training center in Madrid, and finally got a reply today.
Originally, Saki thought that Wen Zhihao wanted a villa, but Wen Zhihao told him that he could only find an apartment building, and he could only rent it for the first year. Not because Wen Zhihao hypocritically wants to work hard, but because there is not enough money!
After disposing of the villa in Arnhem at the previous friendly price, Wen Zhihao left most of the money to his parents to improve the quality of life, this time he came to Madrid, only 50,000 euros, at least until the end of the Christmas holiday, which is enough under normal circumstances, but don't think about buying a house, at least until this time next year, the club will not be able to consider it after cashing in the salary and bonuses.
But I don't know if it's a coincidence or Saki is careful and intentional, the landlord is actually an overseas Chinese who has lived in Madrid for many years. Although this overseas Chinese compatriot does not pay attention to football, Wen Zhihao works hard alone in a foreign country to make him admire, and Wen Zhihao signed a rental contract with him very smoothly. The two-bedroom apartment with study room is fully furnished, a total of more than 100 square meters, and the monthly rent is 350 euros. Wen Zhihao also has a home in Madrid.
After finishing the major events in life on his rest day, Wen Zhihao can also go to Germany to participate in the Audi Cup without distraction.
The Audi Cup is a commercial football competition created by Audi AG to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the brand, and the first competition has been held since 2009, and is held every two years, and each edition is fixed at the Allianz Arena in Munich, the home of Bayern. Although it is a commercial event, the quality of each event is high due to the global reach of the Audi brand. Previous invited teams include Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan and other prestigious European teams, as well as South American giants such as Sao Paulo and Brazil International.
This is the first time that Atletico Madrid has been invited to participate by the organizers, the other three teams are the host Bayern Munich, the Serie A Napoli and the "Red" Liverpool.
The Audi Cup also offers a generous reward, with the winner receiving €3.5 million and a Audi car.
Since it is a commercial event, some off-site promotional activities are naturally indispensable. The organisers brought together the managers of the four teams for a press conference before the start of the tournament to draw media attention to the tournament. The four managers Simeone, Jurgen Klopp, Carlo Ancelotti and Maurizio Sarri made headlines on sports websites for the first time with their various memes at the press conference.
However, compared with Sarri and Klopp, Simeone shouted the goal of winning the championship very "uninterestingly" at the press conference, which made the organizer's staff cry and laugh.
If it's a key battle between the Champions League and La Liga, there's no problem with that, but for commercial events, we want gimmicks and all kinds of lace!
The staff would love to ask Simone what he thinks.
Atletico Madrid is also the team that has won La Liga, Copa del Rey, Europa League, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup, so they won't be so hungry for this dispensable title, right?
Your team is not short of these big names for millions of euros and an Audi car, right?
The media at the scene understood the nature of the game, and Simeone had already left an impression in the minds of these media that there was no humor at all.
But Simeone said in all seriousness: "There is no game to lose, we need to use this title to boost the team's confidence to face the new season!" ”
At the same time, the organizers and the media felt that there was really no way to have a good chat.
But this is not the most ruthless, if they hear Wen Zhihao's response, they will really have the urge to beat people.
China is an important market for Audi's global marketing, and Atletico Madrid's Wen Zhihao was given the opportunity to be interviewed separately by the organizers. As a result, when Wen Zhihao talked about the goal, he said very bluntly: "I am here for the championship, which is a dispensable honor for others, but for me it will not be incompatible with the bonus prize, because ...... I'm really short on money! ”