Chapter 151: The First Battle (1)

With the arrival of late August, it is time for the new season of Europe's major leagues to begin.

The summer transfer period is also about to end, and Arsenal, who have a huge amount of 70 million in hand, has not spent a single point, and all the British media are anxious for them.

Since next summer will be the World Cup, this year's Europa League has started relatively early, and the Bundesliga, which started the earliest game, has already completed the first round.

The first round of La Liga starts on August 18, and Atletico's first match is on August 19.

Atletico Madrid won the Copa del Rey final 2-1 and will play in the Spanish Super Cup this year against league champions Barcelona.

Due to the tight schedule, the Spanish Super Cup is again played over two legs, with the two matches scheduled for the two midweeks after the start of the league. That is, at the beginning of the new season, Atletico Madrid will first warm up for two consecutive weeks of double matches a week.

Early in the morning of August 19, the whole Atletico Madrid team departed from Madrid for the province of Seville in the southwestern region of Spain, where the first match of Atletico Madrid will be played.

Sevilla has two La Liga clubs, Sevilla and Real Betis, the relationship between the two rival teams is quite poor, and the Sevilla derby of the two teams is also one of the most fierce derbies in La Liga, but unfortunately the influence of the two teams is not enough, and not many people care about it except for their respective fans, which is equivalent to fighting each other behind closed doors.

Atletico Madrid's opening game was against Sevilla, and it was also Ringer's La Liga debut.

As a star that Atletico have spent a lot of money on this season, he certainly has to start.

At the pre-match press conference, the most present were Chinese journalists, waiting to ask questions to Ringer.

"Ringer, as the first Chinese player to play in La Liga, do you feel nervous?"

"No, I've been playing in the Bundesliga for half a season, and I don't think there's much difference between La Liga and the Bundesliga."

Chinese football is really water, and Ringer is actually the first Chinese to play in La Liga. In fact, the five major leagues and Serie A have never appeared Chinese.

"What are your expectations for your first fight?"

"As long as I can help the team win, I don't care about my performance."

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At 9pm Spanish time, this is the latest start time, and the first game of the new season for Atletico Madrid has just begun.

At the Pizjuan Stadium, Ringer saw a sign against him.

"Chinese, we will let you taste the power of Don Quixote!"

The other party was afraid that Ringer would not be able to understand Spanish, and he deliberately used English.

It was in Seville that Cervantes wrote the world-famous novel Don Quixote, and Seville people sometimes refer to themselves as Don Quixote.

Ringer was a little speechless, I didn't provoke you at all, and I actually played a sign against me?

It seems that the effect of the 40 million transfer fee has made him famous a lot.

Just then, Costa walked over and patted him on the shoulder and said in stumbling English, "Don't be afraid, I'll help you pass the ball later." ”

Diego Costa is the "old man" who has played for Atletico Madrid for three seasons, and he has been the most important player in the team's forward line since Falcao's departure, even if the team brings in Ringer, he is still the boss of the team.

"Isn't Don Quixote a delusional madman? With such a slogan, doesn't that mean that it is just an illusion for them to win the game themselves? ”

"Huh??"

Diego Costa is a man of few books and can't understand Ringer's jokes.

Atletico's starting lineup is a 442 formation commonly used by defensive teams.

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois;

Defenders: Juanfrán, Diego Godin, Miranda, Felipe;

Midfielders: Gabi, Mario Suarez, Koke, Turan;

Forwards: Diego Costa, Ringer.

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who was loaned by Chelsea, has grown rapidly in the past two years at Atletico Madrid, winning the best goalkeeper in La Liga last season and is already one of Europe's top goalkeepers.

Atletico Madrid has not only produced a brilliant striker, but also a top goalkeeper over the years.

Atletico Madrid, a South American backline, is also the most solid backline in La Liga, and together with Thibaut Courtois, they conceded the fewest goals in La Liga last season.

At the heart of the defence is Uruguayan Diego Godin, who has great physicality and speed, and is calm and experienced at the back, especially when it comes to using his position awareness to block out strikers with great technique.

Atletico Madrid midfielder, Koke and Gabi are the two most important, Koke can attack and defend, Gabi intercepts well, but both of them are the kind of simple players, many times silently complete their tasks, and their performance is not obvious. On the contrary, the Turkish Turan, who has excellent technique at his feet, looks more like the heart of Atletico's midfield.

As for Mario Suarez, he is just a midfield rotation player with good playmaking skills.

Up front, Ringer and Diego Costa are the attacking combinations that Simeone needs to focus on, with Ringer's ability to dribble and break through, and Costa's physical strength, which is his strength in seizing opportunities to attack the opponent's goal.

A cursory look at Ringer shows that there are also a few good players on the side of Sevilla.

The Croatian Rakitic in the midfield, who is the super plum blow of Barcelona in the future, is still working hard in Sevilla to obtain the qualification certificate for entering the group.

There are also Argentine Perotti and Colombian Barca, all of whom are players who can play.

Of course, their head coach Unai Emery is the most famous, who later overturned the aircraft carrier in Grand Paris and went to London to take over from Arsene Wenger to drive the boat.

However, the last few years should be Emery's glory period, and he will soon lead Sevilla to a third consecutive League Cup title, and the League Cup is about to be turned into a Sevilla Cup by him.

The game officially started, and Sevilla were a typical Spanish technical team, attacking with the ball from the beginning.

Ringer has been training for a while and is confident in the team's defence, and Atletico are arguably the best team he has ever seen, especially in the high post, which is very disruptive for teams that are good at playing slowly after possession.

In the 5th minute, Gabi intercepted Iborra's pass in the midfield, and immediately passed the ball to Costa to launch a counterattack, and Ringer was also actively following up, but this thing rushed up with the ball alone, and had no intention of seeking cooperation, so he was strangled by the opposing defenders.

"Cooperate, bastard! Do you know what cooperation means?!! Simeone roared on the sidelines.

This year will be his first time leading the team to play in the Champions League, and he has been a little nervous during this time, and he has been strengthening the team's run-in during this time.

In the counterattacking team, the cooperation of the striker players is very important, and many attacks are completed by the small cooperation of two or three offensive players in the front court, so whether Ringer and Costa can spark is the key to whether Atletico Madrid can produce results in the new season.

Just now, Costa got the ball and messed around by himself, which simply made Simeone angry.

"Don't worry, don't be nervous, I'll pass you the ball!" Ringer walked over to a dejected Costa.

Ringer knew he wanted to show himself and prove that he was at the heart of the team. In fact, Ringer played a counter-attacking tactic when he was at Tokyo FC, and he knew exactly how to match up with his striker partners.

Atletico's counter-attack didn't work for the time being, but the defence was solid, and Sevilla were forced to shoot from distance from the edge of the area for the most part.

But after playing like this for more than ten minutes, the opponent actually broke the goal.

In the 18th minute, German Marco Marlin made a strong breakthrough with the ball in the middle, and the Argentine Perotti shot a long shot from outside the penalty area, which accidentally hit the world wave, and the ball flew directly into the upper right corner of the goal, and Courtois flew to save and couldn't touch the ball at all.

"gol~~~~~~~ Perotti~~ Perotti hit a beautiful world wave and broke through Spain's most solid defense!!" The Spanish commentators are speaking out.

The Spanish word for goal is gol, which is very similar to the English word for goal, and it is almost the same as coming out of the commentator's mouth.

The long-pitched shouting gol was first invented by South Americans, and was later introduced to Europe.

South America used to be a colony of the Iberian Peninsula, and South American countries spoke either Spanish or Portuguese, and Spanish and Portuguese are like the difference between Beijing's dialect and Northeast dialect in China, and they can basically communicate with each other.

Therefore, it was the Spaniards who learned this way of roaring from South Americans, and among the football commentators, the Spanish commentaries of the five major leagues are generally the most passionate.

Perotti was celebrating wildly on the sidelines, and he was proud to have broken down Spain's strongest defence.

On the field, the captain of the team, Gabi, called everyone over and said: "The goal just now was just bad luck, we don't need to worry, there is a chance to get it back." But Lin and Diego, you have to find the right fit to cooperate as soon as possible, otherwise you won't be able to attack, and our game may be really dangerous. ”