After a short trip home, Qin Shou returned to Madrid.

After a two-day break in Madrid, the squad regrouped and the players who had returned to their respective national teams for the tournament were returning to the squad one after another. Atletico Madrid's rhythm is back in league preparations.

The impact of the "FIFA virus" really cannot be ignored, in these few days of training, the state of the players is generally very average, not too much spirit, and some people even wander from time to time in the team's training matches. This is actually a clear sign of mental fatigue.

For this situation, Simeone also did not have a good solution. As the team's results get better and better, the status of this group of young players in the team in their respective national teams is also rising, most of them have become the absolute main force in the national team, and some people have even become the core, shouldering more responsibilities and tasks. This makes the players consume too much energy and energy in the national team game.

This is the inevitable after-effects of the FIFA virus.

So in this stage of daily training, Simeone is more about honing the substitutes. He already has a plan to let the substitutes take on more of the burden in the next round of the league.

In fact, this round of Atletico Madrid's league opponents is not easy to deal with, when Atletico Madrid has a complete squad and the players are in good shape, there is no absolute certainty of victory, let alone the current situation when the main players are sluggish. Their opponents are Barcelona, one of the two strongest teams in La Liga.

At this time, when he met Barcelona, Simeone only felt cheating, but he was helpless. But the good news is that Barcelona's form is not much better.

If most of Atletico Madrid's players are the main players of the national team, then Barcelona, almost all the main players and substitute players are the pillars of their respective national teams. After all, Barcelona is the premier super club in today's football, and the players who can play in this club are very good, and it is inevitable to play a leading role in the national team.

What's even more beneficial for Atletico is that the two most threatening players in the team, Qin Shou and Diego. Costa is a player who has no national team assignments, and as long as the two are in good form, then Atletico still have a good chance of fighting on the road.

In fact, there are many highlights of this game, who wins and who loses in the showdown between Messi and Qin Shou again, whether Barcelona can snow the shame of being killed by Atletico Madrid last season, whether Atletico Madrid's unbeaten golden body in the sixteenth round of the league can be maintained, and the difference between the two teams is now only one point......

On top of that, because this is the last league game before the winter break, either team win either team will be the winter break champions of the league this season. The winter break championship is nothing, but it is undoubtedly a favorable factor, because after the next round of games, the league process is over, that is, whoever wins this game is likely to become the halfway champion of the league.

The league halfway title is just a verbal honor, with no substance, and no trophy awarded, but the probability of the La Liga halfway champion eventually winning the league title has reached more than 50%, just like Real Madrid, who have been the halfway champions of La Liga 32 times in their history, and finally won 22 league titles, and the probability of winning the championship is more than 70%.

This is an excellent omen and a huge boost to the team's self-confidence. No one cares about the halfway victory, everyone wants to get this so-called "verbal honor".

Therefore, Simeone is extremely desperate to win this game. Of course, it will not be easy to achieve this goal, and Barcelona will not easily give up the victory, and it is foreseeable that the two teams will inevitably collide fiercely in this game.

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It's just that everyone underestimated the impact of the FIFA virus, and the day before the battle between the top and the eye, Atletico Madrid revealed a news that the team's main midfielder Koke was accidentally injured in training, and it is not clear whether the injury is serious for the time being, but it is destined to miss this game.

Koke is an extremely important part of Atletico Madrid's lineup, his interspersed running and defensive ability in the midfield are extremely outstanding, in the period when Gabi was out of the game due to injury, Koke not only showed his own level in attack, but more importantly, he also became Qin Shou's "one of the guardians" - Raul. Garcia has a balanced offense and defense, but is not as good as Gabi in defensive skills, so Koke has to take on more responsibility, and it is precisely because of his tacit cooperation with Garcia that he makes up for the vacancy of Gabi's absence.

And if he is really absent, it will have a great impact on Atletico Madrid's overall strength.

Barcelona originally questioned that this was a smoke bomb released by Atletico Madrid, after all, it has long been common for modern football to play some false and real tricks before the game, but soon they didn't bother to care whether the news was true or not, because they themselves had a headache.

Their main defender Sergio. Sergio Busquets was also injured in training and will not be able to compete for the title during the winter break. Not only that, but in the forward line, David. Villa also had a problem with thigh muscle soreness, which was diagnosed by the team doctor as an adverse symptom caused by excessive fatigue, and for the sake of safety, Villa would not start this game, because there were too many injuries caused by fatigue, and Barcelona did not dare to take this risk.

As a result, Barcelona had to let Argentine player Mascherano, who switched to central defender, return to his old job and replace Sergio Busquets. He was topped by right-back Abidal and youngster Baltra on the right.

As for the dismantled "MVP" combination, Messi and Pedro will still start, and Villa's position is also topped by the young player Tello from La Masia's academy.

Both teams have important players absent, which can have a huge impact on this game and make the outcome even more unpredictable.

In terms of overall strength, Barcelona is undoubtedly more dominant. However, the absence of the main midfielder and the main striker has made them have hidden dangers at both offensive and defensive ends. In comparison, although Atletico Madrid, which is slightly weaker overall, is absent from Cork, Qin Shou and Costa can start.

The most important point is that Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona twice last season, and this season they even stepped on Barcelona's corpse to win the Spanish Super Cup, which will undoubtedly give Atletico some more psychological advantages.

But that's the way it is in the professional game, pre-match predictions and evaluations are completely useless, especially in a strong conversation like Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, where all guesses are just a moon in the water, and no one knows what the outcome will be until the last second of the game.

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The time soon came to December 22, which is the day of the 17th round of La Liga, which attracted the whole of Spain Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to talk strongly, and will also start on this evening.

Atletico Madrid and Barcelona really did not set off smoke bombs, the commentators on the scene got the starting lineup of both teams in this game half an hour before the start of the game, and it was rumored that Koke, Busquets and Villa, who would miss the game due to injury, did not appear in the starting list, except for Villa, Koke and Busquets did not even enter the eighteen-man squad.

"Atletico Madrid lost Koke, and Barcelona missed Professor Bu and Huluwa, which had a huge impact on the strength of both sides. The game has also become unpredictable. ”

"That's the impact of the international break. There's no way around it, and if they could, I think Simeone and Vilanova would have said no to the national team, but it's a pity...... It's impossible. ”

"Although there are a few important players missing, I believe it will still be a good game, Qin, Costa, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta...... These star-studded names are still on display in this game, and they are bound to fight fiercely for the final league game before the winter break! ”

"Hah, that's right! But I'm more optimistic about Atletico Madrid, although it's an away game, but in the past two seasons, they have impressed everyone too much, a group of grassroots counterattacks giants, ha, such a drama can only qualify in a bloody TV series, and now, Atletico Madrid is staging this wonderful plot......"

'I'm more interested in Barcelona if they can win at home, Atletico haven't lost in official matches this season, in the Champions League and in the league, and I wonder how long their unbeaten run will last......

"It's a test of the gold and the reigning champions will be put to the test at Camp Nou, the strongest team in La Liga, Barcelona......"

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The commentators expressed their opinions on the commentary bench, compared to the two teams of players who seem to be a little less energetic in their mental condition, their spirits are very good - anyway, they will not be affected by the "FIFA virus", standing and talking without back pain is such a reason, as long as the two teams play well and play lively, they don't care whether the players are in good shape or not.

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Last night's shift lasted until half past nine this morning, and I went home and slept until half past four, and the update was late, forgive me, brothers. (To be continued.) )