Atletico Madrid won the first round and didn't bring much attention.

A 3-0 win over Sevilla, the 'loser' in August, was preferred by many media outlets to attribute the poor performance of Selivia to Atletico Madrid's strength over Sevilla.

In La Liga, a 3-0 is nothing either.

In the first round of the league, there was a 4-0, two 3-0 and two 3-1, these many big score results, Atletico Madrid's victory is not very prominent, more media are reporting Real Madrid's 'disappointment' and Barcelona's pride.

Of course, even if many media outlets don't care about Atletico Madrid's victory, Atletico Madrid's excellent performance cannot be erased, and they still have some praise for Atletico Madrid.

After the first round of the league, Atletico Madrid fans were also proud.

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Soon the second round of La Liga came, and Atletico Madrid's opponent was Athletic Bilbao.

Athletic Club Bilbao is located in the province of Vizcaya in the Basque Country in northern Spain, and was founded in 1898 and is the second oldest football club in Spain.

This team has an illustrious history, having never been relegated since 1928, and the only ones who have won this honour are Real Madrid and Barcelona.

They have also won eight La Liga titles, 24 Copa del Rey titles and two Spanish Super Cups, making them the fourth-best club overall in La Liga, behind Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

But in recent years, Athletic Bilbao's results have been mediocre.

There is a Spanish saying about Athletic Bilbao, "If you compare Athletic Bilbao to a pop icon, they would be Carlos Santana – a pioneer who is faithful to tradition." ”

Athletic Bilbao is true to tradition, which means that little has changed, as evidenced by the fact that they only use Basque players and that there were no commercials on their shirts until 2008.

Last season, the Basque Lions finished in the top 10 for the first time in five years.

They had been fighting hard for a place in the European tournament, but in the end they were out of the picture.

Wan Sheng is very serious about the game.

The "Basque Lions" are not easy to deal with, especially if this is another away game, but the distance between the first and second rounds is too close for the team to do any preparation, so they can only play away.

In the game, Atletico Madrid played well, at least the tactics were played, and they also suppressed Athletic Bilbao for a while.

What no one expected was that luck would determine the outcome of the game.

Atletico Madrid scored just one goal after three kicks at the post in the space of 90 minutes, while Athletic Bilbao capitalised on a corner and striker Vicente headed in to equalise.

The final match ended 1-1.

A draw did not disappoint Atletico Madrid, and Wan Sheng praised the opponent's performance after the game, "They are tenacious and deserve a point. ”

After the draw, Wansheng did not praise his opponent much, on the other hand, it also showed that Athletic Bilbao's performance was indeed excellent.

Athletic Bilbao coach Caparos was also pleased with the team's performance, and at the same time, he also praised Atletico Madrid and warned other La Liga teams to be wary, "This is a new Atletico Madrid, I don't feel that they are worse than Real Madrid or Barcelona, they are much better than us." ”

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Compared to the performance of the rivals, the draw at Atletico Madrid was nothing at all.

In the same round, Barcelona suffered a shock defeat at home to promoted El Coules.

It was Barcelona's first home league game.

Barcelona not only lost, but also lost their own 16-month unbeaten home record.

Barcelona's last home league defeat was in the penultimate round of the 2008/09 season when they lost to Osasuna, but they have already secured the title and have fielded most of their substitutes against Osasuna.

In all competitions, Barcelona only lost to Rubin Kazan in the group stage of the Champions League last season and Sevilla in the Copa del Rey last season, and Barcelona won all the home games of the league except for Villarreal.

After the game, Barcelona was the protagonist again.

Describing Barcelona's defeat as a "huge defeat", the Spanish newspaper El País said, "Barcelona crashed at Camp Nou and the team seemed to be basking in the joy of a big win over Racing Santander......

Mourinho, meanwhile, has led Real Madrid to revenge at the Bernabeu as they beat Osasuna 1-0.

The following reports in the Spanish media almost all revolve around Barcelona and Real Madrid, and it is not difficult to hear the meaning in many reports, and the Spanish media generally believe that the only teams that can win the championship are Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Barcelona won one and lost one, Real Madrid won one and drew one.

Some football analysts believe that Mourinho's Real Madrid is more composure, "Even if they only score one goal in two rounds, this is Mourinho's style!" ”

Barcelona was a huge blow!

“…… The unbeaten run at home was ended and the defeat came to a weaker promoted side, while Barcelona's biggest rivals, Real Madrid, were in solid form, picking up four points despite scoring just one goal in two games, and the team's defence looked solid. Barcelona are not good at completing comebacks, they are better at playing downwind. However, in this match against El Cules, Barcelona did not control the field and did not even have the will to get the ball, which is also a sign that Barcelona's attack is very bad. ”

El Cules' coach Esteban used to play in Barcelona and was an old acquaintance of Barcelona, and on this night, he found a way to restrain Barcelona and make Barcelona's "dream team" completely lose its former charm. ”

A few days ago, Spain, mainly Barcelona players, lost 1-4 to Argentina, and now, Barcelona lost 2-0 to promoted Madrid.

"This shows that Barcelona football is starting to face serious challenges!"

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"A tough challenge?"

Seeing this report article, Wan Sheng only felt very funny.

There are 38 rounds in the league, and there is still a long way to go, and Barcelona only lost one game, and was criticized by the Spanish media as if the end of the world had come.

From this point of view, the Spanish media is no different from the English media, they will constantly sing praises for victory, and a bad performance will turn into a sad song, as if everything is going to be lost.

But in reality, it's just a game......

Wan Sheng doesn't think Barcelona really suffered any big blow, if there is a 'serious challenge', it should also be external factors, such as ...... Atletico Madrid, if Atletico Madrid wants to rise, it must beat Barcelona and Real Madrid.

That's the challenge!

After playing Athletic Bilbao, Wan Sheng is already thinking about the third round of the league, which will be a test for him after taking over Atletico Madrid, and they will host Barcelona in the league.

After the second round of the league, the media on both sides began to hype.

There are two influential newspapers in Madrid, one is Marca and the other is As, both of which are influential in Spain and Europe, but they are also tendentious.

Marca has a partnership with Real Madrid, so they are very inclined to Real Madrid, and their favorite thing to report is the bad news about Barcelona, and of course, whenever they encounter a Madrid derby, they don't mind sarcastically playing Atletico Madrid.

For Real Madrid, the biggest enemy will always be Barcelona, as for Atletico Madrid...... Their results have not been very good, and it is difficult to compete with Real Madrid, so Marca newspaper does not report much on Atletico Madrid.

The newspaper "As" supported Atletico Madrid and boycotted Real Madrid.

The newspaper As, which has a partnership with Atletico Madrid, is still very accurate in its coverage of Atletico Madrid, and on their pages, you can often see bad news about Real Madrid.

This is the division of public opinion within Madrid.

However, the public opinion is only internal, and when Madrid's team meets Barcelona, they will all support their city's team together.

Another thing worth mentioning is World Sport.

Headquartered in Catalonia, Spain, Le Monde Sport is a pro-Barcelona newspaper and the 'royal' newspaper of FC Barcelona.

"World Sports" did not have a very good impression of Wansheng.

In the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League, Wan Sheng led Manchester City to beat Barcelona to reach the final and win the Champions League.

As a result, the Barcelona media and fans began to hate Wan Sheng, who believed that Wan Sheng led Manchester City to 'steal' the championship belonging to Barcelona.

When Atletico Madrid broke the news that it had been acquired, and the new manager was former Manchester City coach Wan Sheng, "World Sports" felt that the opportunity for revenge had come, and they began to criticize and question Wan Sheng.

Of course, Wansheng didn't care at all.

The pro-Barcelona media naturally do not speak well of him, and the doubts of these media are evidence of his rising fame - anyone who excels in one field will be criticized and questioned in all sorts of ways.

The reason Le Monde Sport does this is because they have experienced failure.

If Barcelona had beaten Manchester City to reach the final more than two years ago, Le Monde Sport wouldn't have been like that – who cares what happens if they lose?

Now, Atletico Madrid meets Barcelona.

Although the venue of the game was at the Calderón Stadium, and Wan Sheng led the team not Manchester City, but Atletico Madrid, "Le Monde Sport" still believed, "This is a 'revenge' of Barcelona to Wan Sheng!" (To be continued.) )