Chapter 189: Costa's Return

In the devil's schedule of two matches a week, Atletico Madrid slapped all the doubts in the face with a wave of three consecutive wins, and those who followed Atletico rejoiced, this is the Sheet Army they are familiar with. The previous weakness was just a pain at the beginning of the season, and the tiger just took a nap. Which giants will not have such fluctuations at the beginning of the season, but the results are basically won to the end, and strength is the foundation of the hegemony.

After winning Sevilla at home, Simeone gave the team a day off, Wen Zhihao practiced in the training center for half a day, and made up for sleep in the apartment in the afternoon. Wen Zhihao would rather go on the Internet to watch movies by himself, according to the popular saying in China, he is actually a standard otaku. But Wen Zhihao didn't care if there was anything wrong. Everyone has their own way of life, and it is their own freedom to live how to love without disturbing others.

After a short day of vacation, the team concentrated on flying to London, Wen Zhihao felt that he was the most energetic one, the other players were in different states, like Little Black Thomas, it was completely like not waking up, and you could guess that most of them were excited the day before, and they used too much force. Wen Zhihao saw him secretly yawning, and suddenly felt how healthy his life was.

"Black Bull, I think it's better for you to make up for sleep on the plane, you know the temper of the leader, if he finds out that you look like this, it is estimated that it will make you reflect a few times."

Black Bull is Wen Zhihao's nickname for Thomas in private, this guy is indeed black and strong, and he likes to rely on his body to push directly on the playing field, this nickname is appropriate, Wen Zhihao also called it so in private, the relationship between the two is good, Thomas is not angry and laughs, of course, only for Wen Zhihao, others can't. Squirting "black **" in the mouth of a white person can easily make people think of the problem of racial discrimination.

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Atletico Madrid and Chelsea's strong dialogue is very interesting, the mainstream media in Europe have paid attention, and the vast majority of the media focus on three games on this Champions League match day, in addition to this, there are also Group B Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, Group H Real Madrid and Dortmund matches, all of which are related to the focus of the group qualification and even the rankings.

Atletico Madrid and Chelsea were very interesting, and as the game was tense, both clubs announced an important transfer at the same time before the game. Chelsea striker Diego Costa has returned to Atletico Madrid on a contract until 2021 for a transfer fee of €55 million.

In fact, the transfer of Costa, whether it is the authoritative "Transfer Market" website or the personal information of the famous transfer expert Di Marzio, has been disclosed, which is not a too shocking secret, but the two sides chose to make an official announcement at this point in time, which is inevitably a little reminiscent.

Is Chelsea ready to admit in advance and give up the Champions League to defend the league title?

Such a statement has become very marketable after the analysis of the Premier League situation by authoritative experts, for example, in China, many fans have begun to pay attention to Atletico Madrid because of Wen Zhihao, and many people joked on the Internet: "Haha, is Chelsea begging to be let go?" For the sake of sincerely sending the heavy gunner that Atletico Madrid urgently needs, the next game of Zhihao will be lightly abused. ”

Of course, such a blockbuster transfer news Atletico Madrid players soon learned through various information channels, and Wen Zhihao was only slightly happy that there was one more big-name teammate around him. Other people's reactions are not as calm as Wen Zhihao's, counting this return, Diego Costa is already the second to enter the palace, but it must be admitted that he and Atletico Madrid really have a deep fate, no matter how big a circle, he will eventually return to Atletico Madrid. Costa perfectly interprets the domestic saying: the world is so big, I want to see it, but the home is so good, I can come back at any time.

The buyback of Costa is an important step in Simeone's plan for this season's title race, and now that Atletico Madrid's forward line is in dire need of attacking masters and high-altitude bombers, Simeone's first thought is the proud disciple of his former command. The call of the former mentor, combined with Atletico's now strong financial resources, has double-insured the deal.

For Simeone and Atletico, the only question is how to stay strong until the winter break. Costa will not be able to play for Atletico until the winter transfer window opens in January and Costa is officially registered.

In the pre-match press conference, in addition to the game itself, Costa's transfer was the focus of media attention, but Conte and Simeone chose to play it down at the same time.

Conte told all the media present: "About Diego Costa, of course he is a good player, we think it's the best, it's a happy result. We have stronger players like Michy Batshuayi and Alvaro Morata and we are 100 per cent confident in playing against Atletico. ”

Simeone's response was more direct and thorny: "I don't think it's smart for you to focus on players who won't help tomorrow, I'm thinking about getting a better place in this group now. Antonio Conte is 100 per cent confident and we are 100 per cent confident of winning the Champions League. ”

The reporters at the scene burst into laughter, and Simeone waited until everyone had almost laughed and said: "Football is not played by mouth, only the feet are the most convincing." ”

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At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on September 28, the referee team led the players from both sides into the Stamford Bridge stadium, the broadcast camera swept over the stands, the blue and red sea stood against each other, and the Atletico Madrid cheering group that went to London also had two or three thousand people. The confrontation of the focus battle is never limited to the court. Diego Costa, who is in the spotlight of the transfer, appeared in the stands in civilian clothes to watch the match between the two sides.

Simeone made a surprise move in this game, and the 4-4-2 formation remained unchanged, but the attacking combination of the front line was actually Wen Zhihao and Griezmann!

Not to mention that the commentator was taken aback, even Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was quite surprised, what kind of road is this, is it fighting to the end? But this is our home field......

Diego Costa held his chin with interest, and his eyes converged on one place - Wen Zhihao, who was looking up at the sky. When it was confirmed that he would return to Atletico, he and Simeone had a phone call to find out about the changes in the team. It was during this call that Wen Zhihao's name successfully aroused his interest, and with his knowledge of his mentor, Simeone rarely directly affirmed a player's talent, and he wanted to see what Wen Zhihao could make Simeone, who had a very high vision, admire him.

Diego Costa doesn't have much interest in Chinese players, but he has a special interest in Wen Zhihao, and he probably didn't realize it himself.