Chapter 163: Mental Fatigue

After the Champions League game, we have to go back to the league.

Since next year's World Cup will end early, and La Liga will start relatively late, there will be some tension in the schedule, and some La Liga matches will be scheduled for midweek, and then there will be soon.

On this day, Krot came to visit Ringer again.

"Lin, how is your stay here, it's not bad, right?"

"Ok, nice environment. Okay, Thomas, if there's anything to say directly, don't be polite. ”

Ringer is now the most important player in Krott's team, Shinji Kagawa has not been successful at Manchester United, and Neuer is unlikely to transfer at Bayern for a long time, Ringer has undoubtedly become the most important player in his team, so Kroe often runs to Madrid.

"That's right, the news from China, your TV station selected sports figures, you are on the shortlist, and they asked me, can you go back then?"

Ringer knew that Krot was referring to Yang Ma's sports figure of the year awards, and he was selected as the best newcomer last year, but their award time coincided with the Club World Cup, and Ringer directly said that he could not go back to participate, so he naturally did not win the award last year.

However, last year there was the Olympic Games, which was a big year for sports, China is a big Olympic country, and there are a lot of people who hold Olympic gold medals and are waiting to win awards.

In the end, last year's best newcomer went to Chen Ding, a race walker who broke the Olympic record and won the gold medal, and it was not much controversy that he won the award against Ringer.

But this year is a sports year, and Ringer is undoubtedly the best athlete in China, especially after landing in Europe, breaking a lot of records, and having a performance like a Champions League stunner, it may be a bit controversial not to award him.

So Yang Ma contacted Krot and asked him if he could go back, if he couldn't go back, he might still have to think carefully.

"When is their award date?" Ringer asked.

"It's early January next year, probably around January 10."

"We were having a game at the time." Ringer frowned.

La Liga has a winter break, but only for two weeks. This year's winter break is after the end of the 17th round of La Liga, the winter break will be two weeks after December 22, and the second half of the La Liga season will begin on January 10.

"Well, your sponsors, especially in China, want you to go back and participate, and if the schedule is not suitable, they can contact the organizers and bring the awards forward."

Ringer thought for a while and said: "If the award time can be set in the days when the La Liga winter break has just begun, then I will have no problem going back, and it will not affect the state too much." ”

It is not right to take people's money to eliminate disasters for others, and it is not right to be entrusted by others to be loyal to others. In short, it is to take the money of those sponsors, and sometimes you have to think about it for them.

"Alright then, I'll negotiate with them. BMW has been interested in inviting you to be their China spokesperson, and I have been negotiating with them recently. ”

"Ok, wait for your good news."

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On September 21, in the 5th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid came to the west of Spain and will face Valladolid here.

Valladolid is a La Liga lift, not strong and not a player who can make Ringer familiar, and the strength is far worse than Atletico Madrid.

However, their defence was tenacious, with Atletico failing to find the back of the net in 11 attempts in the first half, and Ringer also had a penalty spot that went wide. However, at the start of the second half, in the 51st minute, Cork took a corner kick, and Raul Garcia seized the opportunity to head home, and finally broke their turtle shell.

In the 68th minute, they didn't have so much determination to defend after being broken, Ringer received a pass from Turan from the left and cut inside, which completely shook off the defense, but this time it bounced off the crossbar, but there was also Costa in the box, he rushed up and kicked the ball into the goal, and Ringer also got an assist.

Ringer provided an assist as Atletico Madrid won 2-0 away to make it five wins in a row. At the same time, in this round of the league, Real Madrid and Barcelona won respectively, and the top three in the standings remained unchanged.

On the bus back to Madrid, Simeone called Ringer to his side.

"Lin, have you been a little tired lately?"

"Well, no." Ringer said uncertainly.

To be honest, Ringer didn't feel physically tired, after all, the season had just begun, but he just felt a little mentally tired and didn't know what was going on.

Ringer told Simeone how he felt, and Simeone said: "I see, you used to play in Asia, and when you played two games a week, your manager would usually ask you to rotate or only play half of the game, and go all out to play the more important game. And for half a season at Bayern, you're almost always on the bench, and two games a week won't affect you. ”

'And now, because we've played the Super Cup and now it's the Champions League, we've been playing two games a week for weeks since the start of the season, and you've been a key player in every game, which you've never experienced before, so you're not going to be used to it, or you're mentally tired.

"So when will I get used to it? Will it affect the team's results? ”

"Don't worry, you'll be able to adapt to it in two or three months at most." Simeone thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to let you rest in the next game. ”

"So? Will it ~~"

"Rest is not to give you a holiday, but to let you play as a substitute, the next game is not strong against you, if there is a need I will let you play. And this break, the main thing is to get you ready, and then two tough battles are coming. ”

"Okay."

The 6th round of the league is scheduled in midweek, and Atletico Madrid's opponent is the relegation team Osasuna, but after Osasuna, the 7th round of the league will be played immediately after the weekend, and Atletico Madrid will not have to leave Madrid, but will play away, and another Madrid derby will come.

After the Madrid derby, it will be the second round of the Champions League group stage in midweek, and we will go to Portugal to challenge Porto, the first team in this group, and Costa will continue to be suspended, and it will be up to Ringer to help the team score.

Ringer thought about it carefully, Simeone's arrangement was not bad, and he had a rest to prepare for the next two tough battles.

On September 24, in the 6th round of La Liga, Ringer sat on the bench at the start of the game for the first time.

Ringer didn't start for Atletico for the first time before Simeone was bombarded by Chinese journalists at his pre-match press conference.

"Coach Simeone, was Ringer injured in training?"

"Did Ringer have a discord with his teammates and have a conflict with his teammates?"

"Is it that Ringer doesn't fit your tactical plan?"

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Simeone felt the power of Chinese football for the first time, and finally had to say with a roar: "Lin is not injured, he has not fought with anyone, and it is also very in line with my tactics, I rotated him just to rest him and let him help the team better." ”

Overall, the game against Osasuna was still very easy, Diego Costa scored twice in the first half to help the team lead 2-0, although the opponent pulled a goal back in the second half, but Atletico's solid defense still kept the score 2-1 until the end, Ringer has been sitting on the bench to rest, did not play a minute.

In fact, in this game, not only Ringer rotated, but also the two main players in the team, Gabi and Felipe, also rotated to sit on the sidelines and rest.

At the end of the sixth round of the league, Real Madrid and Barcelona still won the same way, but the media attention has shifted to the upcoming Madrid derby.

At present, Atletico Madrid has 18 points from the first 6 consecutive wins, ranking behind Barcelona only on goal difference, while Real Madrid ranks behind Atletico Madrid with 5 wins, 1 draw and 16 points.

"At the beginning of the season, when Atletico Madrid sold Falcao for 60 million, many people thought they had to go back to the old ways, most of the time in the middle of the table, occasionally challenging for Champions League qualification, and this is the state of the Sheets in the last 20 years."

"But Simeone quickly bought back the super substitute of the Cosmos team Bayern at a high price of 40 million, and supported the bad boy Diego Costa, who has improved rapidly in the last two seasons, and they have achieved success in this way, and they have won six consecutive games in the league, tying the best start in Atletico Madrid's history, defeating Barcelona in the Super Cup to win the championship, and winning the Champions League game smoothly, it seems that Atletico Madrid is the best team in Madrid."

'This Madrid derby is also an opportunity for Atletico to clear their name, the Sheets have never beaten Real Madrid in the league since the beginning of the 21st century, and now they are in good form and it is time for them to end this embarrassing record.

On the other hand, on the Real Madrid side, Bale, who they bought back for 100 million in the summer, suffered an injury after only one start, although Real Madrid has repeatedly claimed that it is only a minor problem, but this is still a concern for many Real Madrid fans. If a player bought back for 100 million euros only plays one game, it will definitely be the biggest joke of the century. ”

Carlo Ancelotti will also have his own challenge, having only faced one difficult game since taking over Real Madrid, the league game against Villarreal, but it was in that game that his side were held to a draw. The upcoming Madrid derby will be Ancelotti's second challenge, and if they still can't win, his place in Fiorentino's heart could be greatly reduced. ”

This was reported by the newspaper Marca in Madrid.

While the media was hyping up the Madrid derby, Ringer ushered in an unexpected person.

"Gakki, why are you here?"

"How's that, isn't it a surprise?"

Ringer was indeed surprised, and when the young lady asked him to wait for her at the airport, he thought he had misheard.

"This is my sister, you've seen it."

The elder sister of the young lady, whom Ringer had seen last time she went to her house, was in charge of helping her take care of a lot of things, more like her agent.

"Lin Jun, I'm too sleepy, do I have a place to sleep?"

"Yes~~"

Ringer hurriedly arranged for her sister and took her to rest again.

On the way back, Ringer had already asked clearly. It turned out that Uniqlo was planning to open a store in Europe, so she was invited to come over to the platform.

Uniqlo has always been only a little famous in Asia, and in the past few years, it has tried to expand into the American market, but it quickly failed, and it may want to try to explore the European market again.

Therefore, the young lady set off first and came to Ringer.

Soon, the young lady fell asleep, and Ringer put her arm around her, just in time for a nap.

I feel pretty good, and I'm much more relaxed mentally.