Chapter 128: The Fifth Crown of the Year, the King of Europe

"Isn't it cool!?"

"Huh?"

"I mean, how does it feel to win the championship when you first arrive, isn't it cool?"

"Ha Shuang!"

Li Ang in the crowd looked at Modric, who was rubbing the Western Super Cup with happy eyes at the moment, and also smiled.

"Then you will have a good time this week, after winning this Spanish Super Cup, we will win the European Super Cup in a few days!"

Modric, who was reminded by Leon, remembered it at this time.

It seems to be the case, Real Madrid finished the Spanish Super Cup on August 29, and will usher in the UEFA Super Cup match with Atletico Madrid on September 2.

If Real Madrid defeats Atletico Madrid to win the cup at that time, won't it be two consecutive championships in a week!

"If Atletico wins"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Leon looked at the still cautious Modric and patted the other man on the shoulder, just as confident as his other teammates did last season when they assured him of a must-win.

"If we play Athletic Bilbao, we might have overturned in one round, but in Atletico Madrid, we won't overturn in the first leg of the tiebreaker ten times in a row."

"Are we so confident that we will play the same city derby?"

"Hey, there's Chris."

Ronaldo, who was aware of it, turned his head and saw Leon standing next to Modric pointing at him, thinking that Leon was praising himself, and nodded at the two with a smile.

At this moment, in the Atletico Madrid training base, Simeone and his coaching team members are still having a headache discussing ways to limit Ronaldo.

No way, no matter which team is going to play against Real Madrid at this stage, they want to fight for points or even win.

Then Ronaldo is a big difficulty that cannot be bypassed.

Fifty-one goals in the league and fifteen in the Champions League, two record-breaking single-season goals have made Ronaldo the most dangerous striker on the planet.

Such a threat even made Simeone feel that as long as he limited Cristiano Ronaldo, his Atletico Madrid had a great hope of winning the UEFA Super Cup.

Perhaps, subconsciously.

Simeone actually knows that Mourinho's tactical system can still exert great power after taking out Ronaldo.

But he won't care so much, in a single-legged decisive match, a supergiant has too much influence on the outcome of the game.

And last season, Cristiano Ronaldo's devastating four-goal performance against Atletico Madrid in the second half of the league caused too much damage to Simeone and Atletico.

Before that game, Simeone was still very confident that his Atletico Madrid could become a sniper hero in the final moments of Real Madrid's sprint for La Liga title.

As a result, a 5-1 simply knocked him back to reality.

He has made his ideal signings in the past summer window, and at least most of the new arrivals are what he needs.

Last season's Europa League triumph also gave him some confidence.

Challenging Real Madrid once again, Simeone feels his team has at least one fight.

Whether it can be done depends on the night of September 2, whether they can restrain Ronaldo!

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The Real Madrid players easily embarked on the journey to Nice, France on September 1st.

They will arrive at Nice Côte d'Azur airport at noon and then arrive in Monaco in the afternoon by coach to prepare for the Stade Louis II.

Jose Mourinho and the members of the coaching staff also made a tactical rehearsal during the trip and did not take the Atletico side lightly.

But in the players of Real Madrid's first team, there is really no half point of tension.

Including Leon.

After all, he has already played against Atletico Madrid led by the bandit Simeone.

Atletico Madrid, who have been trained by Simeone for half a season, will definitely be a little more powerful and difficult than before.

However, the transformation of a team is a long-term work, and in a short period of time, it is difficult for Simeone to make the whole Atletico team reborn.

At least this season, Atletico will not, and are not qualified to be, a stumbling block to Real Madrid's title.

They still need to grow, and after another full season, they will transform into the iron-blooded army that will shock Europe in the future.

Today's Atletico Madrid, only the defense has been initially reorganized, and the control of the midfield and the offensive ability of the front court are far from enough.

A team that can only defend can't stop Real Madrid, and a tiger Falcao alone can't stir up Real Madrid's current steel defense.

The gap in hard power between the two teams is still huge.

In terms of public opinion, no matter which country's media are now one-sidedly optimistic that Real Madrid can once again defeat their sworn enemies in the same city.

The reality of public opinion is more severe than Simeone thinks.

So much so that he had to encourage his players again before the game, instilling in them a firm belief that they would win.

Watching the lively crowd of Chinese French fans don't care who wins or loses, they just want to see the stars and one beautiful goal after another.

And with a large number of sports journalists stationed in Monaco and the outside media also going all out to promote it.

The popularity and attention of this UEFA Super Cup match is still considerable.

On the evening of September 2, at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, players from Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid followed the footsteps of the referee team on the field.

Today, He Wei, who is talking about "stand-up comedy" again, also appeared in front of the TV on time at two o'clock in the morning with the fans.

With Real Madrid's fourth championship of the year, that is, the Spanish Super Cup, China is also boiling, and no one wants to miss the important historical moment of witnessing Li Ang winning the six crowns.

Some of the new fans who may not have watched the game last season but were in the pit because of Leon's domestic business activities in the summer will also start to try to watch the game late at night.

They set the alarm clock, got out of the bed in the early morning of a summer night, turned on the TV and tuned directly to Channel 5.

He Wei didn't show his face for too long, and the director quickly focused the live camera on the court.

Li Ang's figure holding the little caddie just happened to break into the eyes of countless Chinese fans.

And the familiar confident smile on his face also made the domestic fans full of confidence in this game!

This season Barcelona has passed, are you still afraid that you won't be able to win against Atletico Madrid?

Winning the fifth crown, just today, proper!

Compared with the calm and self-confidence of Real Madrid, the expressions of the players on the field of Atletico Madrid are somewhat dignified.

Facing Real Madrid, who won the treble last season, as a challenger, this psychological pressure cannot be easily dissipated by shouting two slogans before the game.

Mourinho and Simeone also walked back to their coach's seat with a calm face after the routine handshake and greeting before the game.

In terms of tactical preparation before the game, Mu Shuai thinks that he is still relatively adequate.

His formation and starting predictions are also largely accurate.

Simeone still didn't dare to boldly change the formation to play 442, and still played a set of 4231 with a relatively balanced offense and defense.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, was unrestrained for a while, did not play 4231, and played 433 aggressively.

When He Wei introduced the starting formations of the two teams before the game, he was a little amazed by Real Madrid's tactics and personnel selection today.

In the backfield, we can see that Real Madrid's starting candidates are not much different from the past, but in the midfield position, Coach Mourinho's choice today is very unexpected!

Leon and Di Maria partnered as the left and right central midfielders, only Alonso lagged behind, and Ronaldo, Higuain and Benzema formed the forward trident of Real Madrid today! ”

With He Wei's commentary, fans in China came to the spirit.

In other words, the vast majority of the fans who are watching this game at the moment are in good spirits!

Simeone was stunned by Mourinho's tricks.

"Just look down on our offensive prowess?"

Such an idea subconsciously popped up in the bandit marshal's heart.

But when the game officially started, looking at the Atletico Madrid players who were quickly suppressed by Real Madrid and had to retreat to their own half, Simeone could only forcibly press the unhappiness in his heart.

Jose Mourinho has the qualifications to develop a strong attacking strategy against Atletico.

And when Real Madrid put a full five players up front, the two full-backs also actively stepped forward and back.

Under huge defensive pressure, Atletico will not talk about counter-attacking, and Falcao will have to retreat to near the halfway line to assist his teammates in defending.

After coming up and flattening Atletico Madrid's formation first, the calmness in Mourinho's eyes added a little more.

Falcao is a good centre-forward, but he's not a stand-up centre-forward and his biggest threat is not after dropping back, but in the opposition's box.

His body shape template has already destined Atletico to be unable to force the way of walking in the middle to make the ball even if they fight back.

There is no ball in the middle to make the ball, just rely on an Alda Tulan to pass the ball?

Will he be able to blow off Ramos or force Arbeloa?

Without a speed-type explosive point, without a disruptive fulcrum center, Atletico Madrid wants to play Real Madrid's counterattack, which is too difficult.

After all, for Real Madrid, which is old and counterattacking, how to prevent the opponent from counterattacking, the defenders are very clear.

Atletico Madrid's offensive means can't be used, the back line is forced and contracted by Real Madrid, and there is no good way to involve Real Madrid's periphery, so he can only be beaten passively.

If Simeone had been a little more bold and had replaced Diego Costa on the bench, the situation would have been different.

Real Madrid's half-time space allows him to play fully, and against Pepe and Ramos, he also has the slightest fearless single-man spirit.

With Costa disrupting the ball and protecting the ball, then Atletico will at least have one more counter-attacking way to combine the side and the middle.

Unfortunately, Simeone doesn't have the courage.

Nor did he expect that the Brazilian centre-forward on his bench had the strength and ambition to change the situation on the field.

With a tight defensive stance, the young Courtois suddenly became the most nervous and busy player in the Atletico squad.

Ronaldo's powerful long-range shot at this stage is really difficult to catch.

Courtois, who was stunned by Cristiano Ronaldo's two consecutive bursts last season, will not dare to slack off.

In just four minutes, he twice blocked Cristiano Ronaldo's long-range attempts and gave Real Madrid two corners.

Real Madrid didn't knock on Atletico's goal, but the big attackers who have already played their form will have the momentum to play beyond the norm.

Modric's eyes twinkled as he watched Di Maria's wonderful performance from the sidelines.

He felt he was a good fit for the position.

Even if he doesn't play in the middle, if he plays in the left midfield, he can also complete the offensive support for Ronaldo very well.

And, he thinks he's sure to make a better defensive contribution than Di Maria.

'If I'm on the left midfield, Leon on my right and Di Maria is still playing as a right winger, then we should be able to play a more powerful attacking combination.

After making a tactical summary, Modric's heart was even more hot.

But Mu Shuai will not speak, he can still only honestly sit on the bench and watch greedy.

Leon watched as Di Maria was being besieged by Atletico's backfield players, and he decisively accelerated forward and yelled at the same time.

Di Maria, who turned his head to see Leon's movements, shook off the angle and gave the ball to the ball diagonally.

At the moment when he was about to face up to Atletico Madrid's defender, Li Ang decisively stood up with his back to the position first, and then faced the incoming ball to his left side to score another point.

Let him and Gabby make a one-on-one breakthrough? Are you kidding!

The self-aware Li Ang didn't want to easily lose the offensive ball this time.

And his clear choice also allowed Benzema, who retreated to respond, to smoothly cede the ball further to Arbeloa.

Chaos erupted in Atletico's penalty area.

Arbeloa took a cross from an area close to the baseline, but it wasn't aimed at the back post of the box.

Instead, it passed to the top of the arc of the big penalty area where Leon and Benzema were in front of the attack!

Gabi and Godin rushed to the ball spot for the first time.

But Leon relied on Benzema's cover to take the lead and pushed the ball to the back of Atletico Madrid's goal!

At the moment of collision with Godin, Li Ang felt very uncomfortable, and the bones of this powerful Uruguayan central defender were too hard!

However, thanks to his involvement in the top contest this time, Ronaldo, who is inserted forward, does not need to have a one-on-one battle with Godin anymore.

Miranda failed to defend against Cristiano Ronaldo's strong onslaught.

almost made a relay with Leon's header ferry, and Ronaldo fiercely knocked on the door guarded by Courtois with a close-range header attack!

From the middle to the wing, to the final defensive involvement and the finishing shot.

Leon cooperated with his teammates to complete a wealth of offensive changes, and Atletico Madrid's backfield defense, which has only been running in for a short time, was torn apart!

And Ronaldo, who scored this goal, also made Simeone's eyes on the sidelines dark.

"I really can't prevent it?!"

The bandit shuai slammed the coach's seat with an ugly face.

But Mourinho is smiling at the moment and constantly applauding his disciples.

"The outcome is decided."

Listening to Mourinho's confident conclusions, Karanka and the rest of the Real Madrid players on the bench felt it was a little too early.

But when Ramos, who took advantage of the set-piece opportunity to attack in the 34th minute of the first half, scored another header, everyone on the Real Madrid bench was only convinced of Mourinho!

Atletico Madrid, who were two goals behind, began to panic, but this time Mourinho directed Real Madrid to shrink his own half.

And the four-three-three formation that Real Madrid played before, this will also become four-two-three-one.

Well, Mu Shuai's side began to fight back, and it became more and more headache for the bandit shuai.

Higuain burst forward, Benzema retreated to play in the front midfield, and Leon also retreated to play with Alonso in a double midfield.

The players on the Real Madrid pitch are not too skillful in changing positions, and there is nothing they can do to keep Atletico Madrid in the final moments of the first half.

In the second half, when Atletico Madrid replaced two strikers in the 75th minute and tried to fight desperately, Real Madrid stepped up their counterattack.

Higuain received Marcelo's cross and shot again, and the game basically lost all suspense.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Simeone sat in the dugout, watching the 3-0 score and only felt a tingling in his eyes!

Well, there is still some progress, from losing 1-5 to losing 0-3.

After a hurried handshake and congratulations to Mu Shuai, Simone walked towards his disciples with a strong unwillingness.

They're going to sharpen themselves with this season and this painful loss.

But now, the carnival belongs to the Real Madridians.

When Casillas lifted the UEFA Super Cup and the crowd cheered, almost the entire continent trembled under the gaze of Real Madrid.

The fifth crown of the year is in hand.

Real madrid.

The king of kings of Europe!

(End of chapter)