Silence, deathly silence.

Lin Quan's goal at Calderón Stadium can be said to have completely shattered the dream of Atletico Madrid.

Some Atletico Madrid fans wearing red and white striped jerseys at the scene couldn't help but start crying.

Atletico Madrid are not giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid, they don't have that deep heritage and financial resources, so for them, the chances of fighting for the Champions League trophy are very rare.

These two missed times in a row are likely to be their only chance in their lives.

However, in front of Manchester City, which is like a high mountain, their dreams are all shattered.

How can this not be heartbreaking?

In a box in the stadium, the president of Atletico Madrid, who was watching the game with important guests, couldn't help but stop introducing Lin Quan's goal and glanced at the scoreboard in a daze.

After confirming the reality that Atletico were behind the scoreline, he couldn't help but let out a low sigh.

"Winning or losing is a common thing, Mr. President, even if I can't reach the Champions League final this year, it won't change my confidence in Atletico's future!"

The guest's words made him feel a lot better, especially when he heard that the other party continued to be optimistic about the future of Atletico Madrid, and a big stone in his heart finally landed.

Atletico Madrid's biggest lack now is money, the team's coach and players on the field are actually not bad, but there is just no money.

If we can get some more sponsorship from this big boss, it will definitely be a good thing for Atletico.

"Boss Wang is right, there is really no need to be sentimental about the temporary victory or defeat, our current squad of Atletico Madrid is still very young, and the head coach is also very talented, as long as we can maintain our current main lineup, we may not have a chance to reach the final in the future and win the Big Ears Cup."

This is painting cakes for 'Boss Wang'!

However, even though he knew that the other party was painting cakes, Boss Wang still ate the boat.

As early as last year, he spent 300 million yuan to buy the Spanish Tower, a landmark building with great influence in Spain, and also spent 45 million euros to buy a 20% stake in Atletico Madrid.

Thanks to the trend of staying abroad in China, Boss Wang, who loves football from the bottom of his heart, intends to increase investment in the football field.

This time in Spain, in addition to watching the pinnacle battle between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, Boss Wang also plans to expand his stake in Atletico Madrid.

He plans to spend 200 million euros at one time to buy more than 50% of Atletico Madrid's shares, make himself the majority shareholder of Atletico Madrid, and then completely privatize Atletico Madrid little by little, so that he can become a team under his own group.

This trick has been played by the Middle Eastern consortium in Europe, and the Russian oligarchs have also bought a lot of teams, and after proving that this game is feasible, Boss Wang also wants to give it a try.

In the early years, Dalian Wanda, which he invested, was once the hegemon of the Chinese Football League during the A period.

However, the water in domestic football is too deep, and problems such as black whistles, match-fixing, and gambling emerge one after another.

Although Boss Wang is currently cooperating with the Football Association in terms of staying abroad and sponsoring the national team, he does not want to return to the Chinese Super League in a short period of time.

Especially in the case of Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League, even if it is entered at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with each other.

Moreover, domestic Jinyuan football has now reached a very crazy point, and the transfer fee of an international-level player is tens of millions of yuan.

A better foreign aid costs tens of millions of euros!

In today's era, a Chinese Super League team that wants to compete for the championship will have to pay 7800 million or even 1 billion yuan a year.

That's enough money to catch up with the spending of many of Europe's best teams!

In that case, why not invest directly in the five major leagues?

The five major leagues not only have a higher level of competition, but also have better market prospects, and the general environment for football is far better than that in China.

Investing in the five major leagues can further increase the influence of Boss Wang and his company, which will be of great help to their internationalization strategy.

Although Atletico Madrid lost this game, Boss Wang did not look down on Atletico Madrid because of this, but felt that Atletico Madrid's potential was huge.

So I plan to buy shares as soon as possible before Atletico Madrid fully plays the results, and if it is a little later, it may not be this price!

For Boss Wang's investment, Atletico Madrid is also very welcome.

Although under the leadership of Simeone in recent years, Atletico Madrid has achieved good results in the league and the Champions League.

However, Atletico's foundation is still too thin, and the weakness of their lack of depth in the squad has been exposed in the second half of previous seasons, especially in the final stages of the race for the league and Champions League titles.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid desperately want to get more money to expand the depth of their squad and make up for this shortcoming.

In this way, with the reinforcement of Atletico Madrid, it is possible to try to compete for the Big Ears Cup, which symbolizes the highest glory of the club, when this group of players on the field is still at the peak of their careers!

The two sides hit it off and naturally chatted very happily!

On the pitch, though, Atletico's situation is not so good!

After falling behind in the score, Simeone immediately made tactical adjustments, and wherever Lin Quan went, he strengthened the defense of wherever he went.

He can see that after De Bruyera's side, Lin Quan has become the brain of Manchester City, and he completely dominates Manchester City's attack.

Since this is the case, then it is pointless to target others, and Lin Quan, the brain of Manchester City, must be strangled!

Simeone's decision is of course correct, but how can such a simple response not be expected by Guardiola?

After seeing Atletico Madrid's choice, Pep Guardiola changed his formation again, and Manchester City's midfield position was advanced, coming to the center circle.

Is this going to play the pressing offense?

Seeing this scene, Simone was a little excited in his heart!

He is not afraid that Manchester City will press up, but he is afraid that Manchester City will shrink into defense after taking the lead, in which case they will really die!

However, to Simeone's disappointment, there was only one midfielder pressed by Manchester City, and that was Kroos.

Kante, as the defensive gate of Manchester City's midfield, did not press too forward, but has been wandering away from Chris's side, responding and protecting him.

As for City's two full-backs, when Kroos comes forward, one of them will inevitably adduct and the other will burst forward, keeping City's attacking pressure up front and keeping their backline from being too empty.

After Kroos's position, Manchester City's attacking promoter has changed again!

Lin Quan's positioning on the court has changed from a forward to a second striker!

After not having to take on the responsibility of organizing the attack, Lin Quan was closer to the opponent's goal, and with Aguero in front of him, he had more chances to shoot!

Thirty minutes into the first half, Manchester City played a series of attacking climaxes.

Sergio Aguero, Lin Quan, David Silva, De Bruyne had chances to shoot in quick succession, and even Kroos tried to shoot from distance.

Although they failed to score, Manchester City's attack in this round played Atletico Madrid, and the players were nervous and under great pressure!

Simeone sighed, today is a knife to pull the ass, opened his eyes!

What the hell, can football still be played like this?

Bullying me doesn't have an all-round player like Lin Quan in the team, right?

Not only Simeone was indignant in his heart, but the fans at the scene and in front of the TV couldn't help but sigh when they saw Lin Quan change his position and style of play again:

"Lin Huang is so comprehensive!"

"It doesn't feel like there's anything that can stump him!"

"I have to say, Pep Guardiola is really a genius, he can always come up with some new tricks!"

"Indeed, Guardiola's tactical reserves are very rich, without substitutions, by giving Lin Huang a different positioning, allowing him to play a completely different effect, so that Atletico Madrid's side can't be targeted!"

"Now Manchester City's metronome is Kroos, Atletico should go against him!"

"But the problem is that once the restrictions on Lin Huang are relaxed, Lin Huang will become the organizer again in minutes, and all the efforts of Atletico Madrid will be in vain!"

"It's so difficult, it's so desperate to be an opponent for Manchester City!"

"Guardiola's luck is really good, he had Messi when he debuted, and he just fell into a trough, and he immediately met Lin Huang to pull him again!"

"Indeed, if Mourinho had such good luck as Guardiola, the madman would be even more crazy!"

Blindly passive defense, there will always be a moment when you can't hold it.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, just as the first half was about to end, Manchester City played a wonderful combination in front.

Kroos spotted his chance and played a long ball to De Bruyne on the wing, who sent in a cross that Aguero sent back to Lin Quan, who cut in forward.

Lin Quan moved laterally at the edge of the penalty area, passed three defenders in a row and then entered the penalty area, and scored again with a stunning outside instep shot.

The score was 2-0 and the aggregate score was 6-1, and Atletico had to score six goals to turn the game around, which was so difficult that the theoretical hope of their promotion was almost gone.

The Atletico fans at the Estadio Calderón were stunned!

What shocked them was not only the score on the field, but also Lin Quan's coquettish outside instep shot.

This kind of shot with a strange arc makes people feel desperate to watch, let alone save.

No one blames Oblak for not making a save, let alone him, even the world's No. 1 goalkeeper like Buffon may be powerless for this kind of shooting.

Lin Quan's shot reminded many fans of a star in Portugal - Quaresma!

This guy, who was once returned by Barcelona, has a coquettish outside instep shot.

However, this guy is mediocre except for the outer instep.

Being returned by Inter and Barcelona in a row is enough to prove that his strength cannot gain a foothold in the top five leagues.

But Lin Quan is different, except for the outer instep, he is also proficient in everything, except for a slight deficiency in heading, other offensive skills are almost full!

Such a player, coupled with the technique of shooting with the outside instep, who can stop him!

Despair!

It's so desperate!

How can I, Atletico Madrid, meet such a demon in the semi-finals!

Simeone also lay flat, and the hope of advancing was completely gone.

There is a high probability that this game will not be won, so let go of all the baggage and play the second half well!

The change in mentality not only didn't make Atletico's performance worse, but they played better and better after they traveled lightly.

In the 54th minute of the second half, Atletico played their trademark quick counter-attack, which ended in a goal from Antoine Griezmann through Fernando Torres.

In the 64th minute, Atletico had another chance when Torres was tripped by Vincent Kompany in the box, and the referee did not hesitate to award a penalty.

All of a sudden, the situation of the game has turned around!

However, Torres, who took the penalty, failed to withstand the pressure and missed the penalty in front of tens of thousands of fans in the stadium!

After missing the penalty, Torres held his head and fell to his knees on the turf, burying his head deep in the ground.

He doesn't dare to face the fans of Atletico Madrid, he doesn't dare to face his teammates!

Such an important penalty, I actually missed it!

I deserve to die!

At this moment, Torres, who is not yet 32 years old, even has the idea of retiring.

After being sold by Chelsea and abandoned by the national team, he developed deep doubts about his own quality.

Am I really fit to stay professional?

Just as Torres was in self-doubt, a pair of hands were placed on his shoulders:

"Fernando, just missing a penalty, it's not the end of the world!"

Torres turned his head and saw clearly that the person who comforted him turned out to be the other person.

"Lin, I'm ......"

"It's just a penalty, it doesn't matter if you score it or not, we're still four goals ahead!"

"Besides, with Manchester City here, do you think Atletico have a chance to turn the tables?"

Damn, that's a good cup to say, but why do you feel like you can't refute it?

In the second half, Atletico's attack improved, on the one hand, because after they fell behind by a large score, the players let go of their psychological baggage and played more relaxed.

On the other hand, it is also related to Manchester City's letting down its vigilance.

City's players in the second half were clearly not as desperate as they were in the first half, and they backed down in some of the half-goal scrambles.

And when it comes to physical confrontation and scramble, he is also more careful, and it seems that he doesn't want to get injured in this game.

Fear of accidental injury will affect their final Champions League final!

Yes, Manchester City has such a huge lead, and it will undoubtedly be difficult for Atletico Madrid to turn around.

City's players will certainly want to save their strength for the Champions League final.

And it is this lax attitude of theirs that allows Atletico to find an opportunity.

However, City's advantage is simply too great, with five goal difference and two away goals, meaning Atletico will have to score at least six goals to turn the tables around.

Even if Fernando Torres scored the penalty, they were four goals away!

It will be very difficult to score four more goals in the last 30 minutes.

What's more, Manchester City will not be beaten like this all the time, with Manchester City's offensive ability, as long as they are serious, Atletico Madrid's defense will not be able to stop them at all.

Therefore, his penalty is really not that important!

(End of chapter)