The time has entered the middle of August, and the major European leagues have gradually started the journey of the new season.

La Liga doesn't start until the end of August, and for Atletico Madrid, the first games to prepare for before La Liga starts are the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup.

This is the third time in the history of Atletico Madrid that they have participated in the UEFA Super Cup, and the third time in the last five years. In the previous two UEFA Super Cups, 2010 and 2012, Atletico Madrid won both of them as UEFA Cup winners, and this will be the first time Atletico have participated in the Super Cup as Champions League winners.

The UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup are both a continuation of last season's title, and the gold content is not too high, but it is important for Ringer.

Winning these titles will help him win the Ballon d'Or at the end of the year, if he wins all two Super Cups and finishes the Club World Cup at the end of the year, then he will successfully win five titles in 2014, how can it be a five-time champion.

Moreover, this is Ringer's first time participating in the UEFA Super Cup, and his opponent is Sevilla, the winner of last season's League Cup, and he is not the kind of opponent who should win this title.

The Spanish Super Cup after the European Super Cup, the opponent is last season's Copa del Rey champion Real Madrid, and the two sides met in the Champions League final last season, which may be the real difficult game.

On August 11, the entire Atletico Madrid team boarded a plane and flew to Cardiff, the capital of Wales in the southwest of England, to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup.

For more than a decade, the UEFA Super Cup has been played at Monaco's home stadium, the Louis II Stadium, and the game time is almost scheduled on the same day as the draw for the Champions League group stage, which can be said to be the opening match before the Champions League starts.

However, since 2013, UEFA has restructured the UEFA Super Cup, and the UEFA Super Cup will no longer be held at the Louis II Stadium, but will be designated by UEFA every year, and the venue will be changed almost every year, which can help expand the influence of European football.

Last year's UEFA Super Cup was held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and this year it was scheduled in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

Cardiff is an important port city in the United Kingdom, and there is also a slightly well-known professional club in the region, Cardiff City Football Club, Cardiff City has been playing in the English professional league for a long time, and also reached the final of the English League Cup in the 11/12 season, but lost to Liverpool on penalties, but Cardiff City was relegated from the Premier League last season. Atletico came a day in advance to prepare, intending to borrow their training ground temporarily.

When they came out of Cardiff Airport, there were already many British reporters waiting for them, and the new Champions League champion will certainly attract attention.

"Coach Simeone, if you can't direct the team from the sidelines in this game, will it cause you to lose?"

"No, we're confident we can win the game."

"Lin, Chen, the owner of Cardiff City, he said that when you are ready to retire in the future, he will invite you to join Cardiff City, will you consider it?"

"If it's appropriate, I'll seriously consider it."

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Coming to the Super Cup as Champions League winners, everyone was in a good mood and answered a few questions.

Simeone was banned for two matches in Europe because of last season's Champions League final clash with Raphael Varane, which was later punished by UEFA.

The penalty is not serious, but Simeone will miss the UEFA Super Cup and the team's first group game of the Champions League this season.

The owner of Cardiff City FC is a Chinese-American, Malaysian billionaire Tan Chee Yuen, who bought the Welsh team in '09 when it was on the verge of bankruptcy and quickly got the team back on track.

Since this year's UEFA Super Cup is held in Cardiff, and it is the home of Cardiff City FC, Cardiff City Stadium, and there is Ringer, an Asian star, to lead the team, Cardiff City's Chinese owner Chen Zhiyuan will naturally be asked about the Super Cup, he said in front of reporters: "Ringer is already the best player in football today, he can definitely help Atletico Madrid win the Super Cup, and there is no doubt that he will win this year's Ballon d'Or." If one day he is about to retire, I will invite him to play in Cardiff City. ”

Others cheered, and of course Ringer had to respond.

Chen Zhiyuan is not famous, but he has another identity, he is the uncle of Hong Kong star Andy Lau's wife, it is said that Andy Lau knew his wife because he was invited by Chen Zhiyuan to attend an event in Malaysia, and then he met.

However, Chen Zhiyuan spends most of his time in Asia doing business, and Ringer has not met this person yet.

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On August 12, at 19:45 local time in the United Kingdom and 2:45 a.m. Beijing time the next day, the 2014 European Super Cup will start at Cardiff City Stadium in Wales.

The British are still very enthusiastic about football, and the 33,000-seat Cardiff City Stadium is completely full, most of them are neutral fans, and there are not many fans in Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.

There was no doubt that the game was broadcast in China, and Zhan Jun was commentating.

"This is Atletico Madrid's third UEFA Super Cup in five years, having won both of the previous two times, and if they do do this time, they will win the UEFA Super Cup for the third time and become the third-most team to win the UEFA Super Cup, behind AC Milan who have won the UEFA Super Cup five times and Barcelona who have won it four times."

"The two teams in this UEFA Super Cup are both from La Liga, and it is the fourth domestic competition in the history of the UEFA Super Cup. The first two civil wars of the UEFA Super Cup were Serie A civil wars, when Serie A was still a mini-World Cup. The third civil war was in '06, the civil war between Barcelona and Seville, and this time it was the fourth civil war in the super. ”

"It is worth mentioning that in the last La Liga civil war in the Super Cup, Sevilla defeated Barcelona to win the championship, and that time Sevilla also participated in the Super Cup as the league champion, but defeated the stronger Champions League champion Barcelona and won the championship."

'So before the Super Cup, Sevilla manager Unai Emery said they had the ability to replicate the tribulation eight years ago.

'Of course, this is Ringer's first UEFA Super Cup and his parents are sitting in the stands and hopefully he can do well.

After Daddy Lin and Grandma Lin came to Europe, Ringer wanted to prepare for the new season, and the young lady took them around, Spain in addition to Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia They have been there. Now that the UEFA Super Cup is coming, it is natural for them to come and watch the game.

Simeone could not command from the sidelines in this game, and was temporarily commanded by Fat Boggs.

Atletico started with,

Goalkeeper: Moya;

Defenders: Juanfrán, Godin, Miranda, Ansaldi;

Midfielders: Tulan, Mario Suarez, Gabi, Koke;

Forwards: Ringer, Raul Garcia.

In the goalkeeper position, Simeone still believes in the more experienced Moya, and Oblak still needs to wait for his chance.

Argentine Ansaldi was able to play at left wing-back in the starting position.

This game is the first game of the new season for Atletico, and Simeone is also trying to win, so the forward line chose to pair Raul Garcia and Ringer together, and they are more familiar with each other.

Sevilla's starting XI was a 4231 formation;

Goalkeeper: Beto;

Defenders: Fegulas, Facio, Parea, Tremolonas;

Defenders: Cariko, Krichowiak;

Defenders: Alex Vidal, Denis Suarez, Bitolo;

Striker: Baka.

After winning the UEFA Cup, Sevilla also poached a lot of people in the team, the most important is that the core of the midfield Rakitic was poached by Barcelona, but Barcelona also loaned Denis Suarez and Deulofeu to Sevilla as compensation.

With the whistle of English referee Clattenburg, the 2014 UEFA Super Cup officially kicked off in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.