Chapter 255: The third giant in La Liga

Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid to complete the Spanish Super Cup defense, which became a big news in Spain.

"Real Madrid's revenge failed, and old hatred added new hatred"

"Chinese Rockets scored twice, and the Sheets Army reversed Real Madrid at home to win the championship"

"Simeone's re-standing, no obstacle to Atletico's success in defending the title"

As last season's Champions League winners, Atletico Madrid is not only being watched by the Spanish media, but also by other European media. After Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid to win the Spanish Super Cup, their strength was also more recognized.

"The third big club rising in La Liga", this is a report from the newspaper "Team".

"Atletico Madrid unexpectedly won the La Liga title and the Champions League last season, and it can be said that it is the biggest dark horse in European football."

"After winning the double last season, Atletico Madrid has won 10 domestic top league titles and domestic cups, and with the Champions League bonus, there is a discussion that the Bianconeri are the new third giants in La Liga."

'But in the summer, Atletico Madrid lost a lot of good players, and last season's absolute heroes Costa and Courtois both went to Chelsea, which led to a renewed discussion of the issue. Key players have left one after another, and many have begun to think that Atletico Madrid could become a short-lived team, stunning one season and then falling into the dust. ”

"However, since the beginning of this season, Atletico Madrid first defeated Sevilla 3:0 in the UEFA Super Cup to win the championship, and then in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup 1:3 down, back to the home side to defeat Real Madrid 2:0 to complete the reversal to win the championship, the new season of European football has just begun, Atletico Madrid has won two titles, and the number of championships in 2014 reached 4, becoming the club with the most European football titles this year."

"In the games that won the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup, Atletico Madrid's star Lin Du scored a brace, and the Chinese Rocket once again proved his ability, he can always help the Sheets Army score goals, and always help the Sheets Army win the championship."

"After winning these two Super Cups, Atletico Madrid is already the third-most team in European football, even surpassing their city rivals Real Madrid. After defending the Spanish Super Cup, Atletico Madrid also became the first team in La Liga to defend the Spanish Super Cup in addition to Barcelona and Real Madrid. ”

"With these results, in fact, Atletico Madrid can be called the third giant team in La Liga~~~~"

Despite some twists and turns, Atletico still managed to win two Super Cups, and have won four titles in 2014, and the most direct impact is that people are more recognizable of Atletico's strength.

Ringer, on the other hand, is competing for the Golden Globe Award at the end of the year, adding another resume.

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The first round of La Liga is immediately after the Spanish Super Cup, but since Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid have played two Super Cup matches in a few consecutive days, the first round of matches between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid is scheduled for the last matchday, which is also a small change made by the Spanish Football Federation.

The day after the Super Cup, the Spanish Football Federation also quickly issued a penalty against Simeone, who will be banned for five games in addition to a small monetary fine.

In other words, in the first five rounds of La Liga this season, Simeone could not personally direct the game from the sidelines.

La Liga is about to begin, and it is natural to mention the favorites for the new season.

Although Atletico Madrid is the defending champion, it will certainly not be the most favored, in the general spinach company to win the odds, Atletico Madrid is 1 to 7 in third place, in front of 1 to 4 Barcelona and 1 to 3 Real Madrid.

However, in terms of this odds, Atletico Madrid is also a team about the same level as Barcelona Real Madrid, because the odds of the other 17 teams in La Liga are all above 1 to 100, which is considered almost impossible to win the championship.

And during this period, there was also a very interesting incident in China.

The Chinese Football Association held a press conference, at which it was announced that Lippi officially took over as the head coach of the Chinese national team, and Lippi will lead the Chinese team to the Asian Cup in Australia early next year.

In fact, soon after the World Cup, Evergrande announced that Scolari, who came down from the position of head coach of the Brazilian national team after the World Cup, became the new coach of Evergrande, and Lippi temporarily left due to physical reasons.

At that time, the domestic sports media had different opinions, and many were speculating that Lippi would be the head coach of the national team, but now it has finally been confirmed.

At the press conference, in addition to Lippi's matter, there was also the official entry of Ringer into the Chinese national team.

As Ringer's performances in Europe got better and better, many people knew that he would have to join the national team sooner or later, and now it has finally become a reality.

The news quickly dominated the front pages of China's major media outlets, with a variety of opinions disagreeing.

Ringer has reached some agreements with the Football Association, which is for sure, and with Ringer's current ability and football status, the Football Association will definitely have to make some concessions.

Many media are saying that Ringer not only has a relatively high degree of autonomy in the national team competition, but even Lippi can be the head coach of the national team, which is also Ringer's requirement.

The reason why the Football Association made so many concessions to Ringer was mainly because there were leaders above who were not very satisfied with the fact that a star like Ringer had not joined the country for a long time, so the Sports Bureau received the news and sent the task to the Football Association, and the Football Association responded quickly and got the matter done as soon as possible.

In short, Ringer's official entry into the national team is finalized, and Ringer's No. 8 jersey has also begun to be sold in China, and it is said that the sales are not bad.

Of course, in China, copycats are the best in sales.

The addition of Ringer to the Chinese national team has also attracted many people's attention in Spain.

Joining the national team, Ringer's influence in China will become greater, which is good for the commercial development of Atletico Madrid, but his return to play in the national team will definitely affect the team's results, especially this season.

The 2015 Asian Cup will be held in January next year and Ringer will definitely have to go back to the tournament in the middle of the season and it will definitely affect Atletico's results.

Recently, there is also a piece of news in Spain that has attracted attention, China's richest man Wang is negotiating with Atletico Madrid club, and has plans to take a stake in Atletico Madrid and become a shareholder.

The succession of these news has made Atletico Madrid a hot topic, and it can be said that it is one of the most famous clubs in China, and its influence is no worse than that of other giant teams.

On August 26, the match day of Atletico Madrid in the first round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid went to challenge Rayo Vallecano away.

Before the start of the game, Ringer was asked various questions by reporters.

"Lin, will joining the Chinese national team affect your performance at the club?"

"No, I will do a good job of adjusting and it will not affect my state."

"What do you think of Lippi as the head coach of the Chinese team?"

"Lippi is a great coach who has achieved a lot and I believe he can help Chinese football win some honours."

"Wanda Group intends to take a stake in Atletico Madrid, what do you think?"

"Wanda Group is a well-known company in China, and if this is true, they can bring more working capital to the club, which is good news."

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Ringer answered a few questions normally.

But after the game, everyone was not happy.

Atletico were held to a 0-0 draw away at Rayo Vallecano and had a less successful league debut for the new season.

In the last week or so, Atletico Madrid has participated in the European Super Cup and two Spanish Super Cups in a row, a total of three games, although successfully won two titles, but everyone is a little tired, this time on the road, everyone can not find the form, and finally can only accept a helpless draw.