The Champions League group draw has ended, Atletico Madrid can be said to have drawn a draw, the opponents in the same group in terms of strength, except for AC Milan, the other two teams are slightly inferior to Atletico Madrid, which also makes Simeone full of confidence in Atletico Madrid's Champions League journey this season - not surprisingly, the team can at least reach the round of 16, which will not only create the best results in Atletico Madrid's Champions League in recent seasons, but also allow Atletico to add some Champions League experience, which is undoubtedly the most important for this young team.

Today's Atletico Madrid is still in the stage of revival, and it is unrealistic to want to become a fat man in one bite.

Of course, if he finally succeeds in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, the broadcast share and game revenue will be a large amount of money, which will greatly reduce the financial pressure on the club, and maybe Simeone will have a lot of transfer funds in his hands next season, so that he can continue to bring in players and increase the strength of the team.

However, the start date of the Champions League group stage is September 20, which is more than half a month before the start of the official competition, and during this period, Atletico Madrid's focus is still on the league. The Champions League is the highest honour that a European club can strive for, and the league is the foundation of every team.

Due to the schedule, there will be a 12-day pause after the first round of La Liga, and the second opponent of the Atletico Madrid League is Valencia, known as the Bat Army, on September 11.

Although the more than 10-day downtime period is a bit long, the league has already started, so the team will not take a holiday, and the daily routine training will still be carried out.

Training days are still dull and boring, as Atletico Madrid's style of play dictates that their training focus is on physical training. Atletico Madrid's ferocious defense and pressing tactics dictate that they need to run aggressively during the game, which is a great drain on physical energy. If you want to continue to put pressure on your opponent, such attrition is inevitable.

Of course, although the focus is on physical training. But that's not to say that Atletico doesn't pay attention to the coordination of technique and tactics. On the contrary, because there are no big-name super players in the team, the cooperation between the teams of Atletico Madrid is more important. Especially in set-pieces, they are a powerful means of scoring.

Outside of training, Simeone often stands on the sidelines, urging his players to practise different free-kick tactics. Before Qin Shou joined Atletico Madrid, there were no players with particularly outstanding free kick skills in the Atletico team, so under normal circumstances, it was a team cooperation. And after Qin Shou, who has a superb free kick kung fu, joined, in addition to cooperating. Simeone also asked Qin Shou to score directly with a free kick in the right area.

To this end, Simeone also specially let Qin Shou and Courtois constantly practice free kicks at the training ground.

And Qin Shou's wonderful free kick kung fu is to let his teammates express their amazement, basically about 28 meters away from the goal, no matter what the position, Qin Shou's arc ball can accurately drill into the goal, which makes Courtois resentful, occasionally Qin Shou misses or is saved by his football, Courtois is like winning the Mark Six lottery. I couldn't be more excited.

In training, Qin Shou's performance was as good as ever, and the performance of two other players was also good. One is Qin Shou's younger brother Courtois. The young Belgian goalkeeper initially came on loan to rotate for Assunção, but after Assunção's injury, the shy youngster has improved rapidly, not only in his two competitive games. In daily training, his performance has made goalkeeping coach Nideto exclaim that he is the most talented and potential young goalkeeper he has ever seen.

The other is Diego, who was found wrong when Qin Shou first arrived at the training ground, and then was knocked down with a punch. Costa too. This hot-tempered and perverse player is not very popular in the team. But he's a very good centre-forward. Tall and strong, he can easily carry defenders, and his foot skills are also good, he is fast, and has a keen sense of smell, although Costa has been assigned to the bench in the team training games in the past few days, but he still has a lot of goals in the account, which makes the head coach Simeone nod his head constantly.

In fact, Diego. Costa was bought back by the club because of his outstanding performances at Valladolid during his loan spell, and Simeone brought him in to help the team win the game. If it weren't for the brawl before the start of the season, Costa might have been firmly in the team's main striker position.

Think about it, there are Costa and Falcao in front, Qin Shou's dispatch and impact in the midfield, and Godin and Miranda in the backline, two powerful players, such a lineup is enough to make Atletico Madrid have the ability to wrestle with the top two in La Liga in the new season.

However, Costa's temper really gave Simeone a bit of a headache. But Simeone thinks he has what it takes to handle such a player. What is clear is that after Costa lifts the ban, it will definitely be reused by the team.

Costa's outstanding performance in training, Qin Shou also saw it, and in his heart, he also recognized the ability of this "opponent". It is impossible for such a player to always be without the importance of the head coach, although he has conflicts with the other party, but it is only a private matter between the two, in terms of right and wrong, Qin Shou can still distinguish clearly.

So Qin Shou doesn't have any special emotions, as long as it's good for the team, everything else is a small thing.

On the one hand, they really can't get used to Costa's arrogant and domineering temperament, and on the other hand, these two have been ravaged by Costa in these team training matches - one of these two is a goalkeeper and the other is a defender, and since Costa can score, of course, it is scored under their defense.

This is also what hit the two of them hard.

Regardless, training continued, time passed quickly, and the second round of La Liga came as scheduled.

Valencia FC is a veteran powerhouse in La Liga, having won La Liga 6 times, Spanish domestic cups 7 times, and reached the UEFA Champions Cup final twice, only to be runners-up in the final.

This team has also produced a lot of stars, Mendieta, Albelda, Canizares, Vincent, Joaquín...... These familiar names all came out of this stadium.

After entering the 21st century. Valencia continued to excel, winning the league in 2002 and 2004 and lifting the UEFA Cup in 2004. Unfortunately, after a group of stars gradually retired, the results of the Bat Army have been up and down, and it is difficult to achieve the previous glory, and under the pressure of Real Madrid and Barcelona, the league title is a luxury.

However, they are still a strong team in the league, having beaten Atletico Madrid to finish third in the league last season.

In terms of strength. The two teams are almost the same, and they are playing away, so Simeone does not dare to underestimate anything.

The game turned out to be as difficult as expected, and as soon as the game began, the Bat Army took advantage of the home advantage to launch a fierce attack on the away side Atletico Madrid. Their number one star Soldado was extremely active, with three shots on goal in less than 20 minutes, but for Thibaut Courtois's heroic play and the consistent consistency of the back line. Maybe just after halfway through the first half, Atletico Madrid will fall behind on the road.

It was clear that Valencia, playing at home, wanted to take advantage of the opening frenzy to secure the lead. Then put the game under their control.

Qin Shou also understands this, and in the continuous offensive of the home team, Qin Shou made the choice to avoid the limelight for the time being, and he and Gabi teamed up to build the first layer of defense in the midfield. Take the pressure off the backline with aggressive running and scrambling. Juanfran also cooperated with the defense, leaving only Turan and Falcao to counterattack.

Although Atletico Madrid was suppressed by the opponent's attack, it was firmly holding the line. did not allow the opponent to make substantial progress.

Thirty minutes into the game, Valencia's ferocious offensive momentum began to wane, and the midfielders led by Qin Shou began to counterattack. However, there was also no goal.

In the first half, the two teams exchanged blanks and entered the halftime break with a score of 0:0.

And in the second half, after a break, the home team, which had recovered a lot of physical strength, began to attack again at the beginning. However, this was expected by Simeone, and Atletico Madrid came through the most difficult period together.

And in the 65th minute, the turning point of the game finally appeared. After Qin Shou broke the ball in the midfield, he organized a quick counterattack, after the football passed three times and fell down, Qin Shou rushed to the front of Valencia's penalty area with the ball, after attracting the attention of several defenders, Qin Shou did not choose to shoot directly, but chose a more secure approach, he stuffed the football straight into the penalty area, Falcao ran to receive the ball, formed a single knife, and finally shot lightly and broke through the opponent's goal.

0:1, Atletico Madrid, who was playing away, took the lead in scoring after withstanding the onslaught of the home team.

The home deficit greatly stimulated the Bats, and in the ensuing period, their offensive began to become ferocious again. However, Qin Shou and Gabi's sweep helped relieve the pressure at the back, and Valencia still failed to score.

When the time entered the seventy-five minutes, Valencia's momentum was finally weakened, and the initiative of the game was taken over by Atletico Madrid, and in the following time, Atletico Madrid, who had been suppressed on the field, turned over and sang and began to attack the opponent's position.

Qin Shou also held his breath and actively stepped forward to participate in the attack, this game Valencia was like going crazy, attacking like he was dying, beating around Atletico Madrid, if it weren't for the defense of him and his teammates, plus good luck, it was really possible to be beaten down by the opponent's wild attack.

Now that he is finally able to return all the beatings and qi he has suffered, Qin Shou and his teammates are naturally not polite at all.

Atletico Madrid and Valencia swapped roles and in the closing stages of the game, Atletico were like a pack of cage-free beasts, storming the home side's half.

However, although the attack was lively, it lacked a hint of luck, and in the end, Atletico failed to score again, and the game ended 0-1.

Atletico Madrid won by one goal to make it two wins in a row in the new season.

Note: Today's chapter four!

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