8 April 2000, south of Madrid, the capital of Spain.

On the north bank of the Manzanares River, off the M30 road.

Yang Hao got out of the back of the taxi, and as soon as he turned his head, he could see the magnificent Calderon Stadium across the road surface of the M30.

Every day, there is a constant flow of traffic passing through the tunnel under this creeping beast, and everyone can see the huge bronze team emblem of Atletico Madrid as soon as they look up, like Yang Hao now.

In the early years, when Atletico Madrid's results were thriving, the team emblem gave people the impression of increasing majesty.

But in the last two years, especially now, everyone has felt more about decline and dilapidation.

This is the case with teams in the relegation zone.

Yang Hao stood at the intersection, looking at the Atletico emblem above the tunnel entrance from afar, and there was a trace of eagerness in his heart.

He straightened his suit slightly, tightened his briefcase, and walked towards the office door of Calderón Stadium.

Today, he came to interview the manager of Atletico Madrid.

……

Yang Hao never dared to believe that such an impossible thing would happen to him.

In his previous life, he was a little-known street writer in 2023, and he has written football novels for more than ten years.

Suddenly, one day, he didn't know what kind of tendon he was pumping, and he wanted to write a novel about saving Chinese football, but needless to say, his results were a mess.

Even Namek's divine dragon can't fulfill his wishes, and mortals shouldn't think about it.

The script of the national football team never makes people write it wrong.

At the moment when he decided to cut it off, he slapped a few big-eared melon seeds fiercely, and really wanted to chop the chicken Mingzhi.

In a depressed mood, Yang Hao went to the park to relax, sat on the stone railing of the Lake Pavilion to rest, and by the way conceived a new book that had not yet landed.

At that moment, he kept vowing in his mind that he would never water again in the future.

I must concentrate on the code word, and strive to ask for tickets, collections, follow-ups, subscriptions......

Help, I can't swim!

God really still treats those men who have reformed themselves and are handsome, so he was rescued.

But who would have thought that when he went ashore, the time was already 2000, and he was in Madrid, the capital of Spain.

Yang Hao was thinking, is this a punishment for him for writing the national football team?

As a veteran who has created N books in his previous life and read countless crossover online articles, Yang Hao is sure that after winning the crossover lottery, the first thing he will do is to find the crossover gift package.

Commonly known as: gold finger.

But waiting left and right, he was very sad to find out: writing a book, he pounced, crossed, he pounced.

The traverser who doesn't even have a golden finger is equivalent to rushing to grandma's house in the first round of water testing.

There's no way, people have already passed through, what else can I do?

Fortunately, Yang Hao found that his new identity in this world is not bad, he actually has a coaching certificate that can coach the top league, and he is also proficient in two foreign languages, English and Spanish.

This made him very impulsive for a staff member in Aite Barcelona.

Fellow travelers.

After adapting to the identity of the traverser, Yang Hao began to work on his own coaching plan.

As a fan himself, he has written football novels for more than ten years, he knows everything about professional football in the past and the next few years, and after crossing over, he has a coaching certificate, and there is a job more suitable for him than a coach?

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Madrid was turbulent in 2000.

Real Madrid's results were sluggish, coach Tosak was sacked due to poor results, and second team coach Bosque went to the first team for the third time to put out the fire, leading the stormy and debt-ridden giants to struggle forward in the hopeless situation of the league.

At present, Real Madrid only has two fronts left: the Champions League and the Copa del Rey.

With hundreds of millions of euros in debt, Real Madrid's president Sanz is controversial, and the opposition Florentino Pérez, Spain's most famous billionaire, is bent on overthrowing him in this summer's presidential election.

His campaign slogan is: pay off the debt and sign the world's top superstar, Barcelona king Luis Figo, for Real Madrid!

This is a crazy slogan in the eyes of everyone.

But as a traverser, Yang Hao knows this script too well.

So, he managed to sneak into the Real Madrid Attack Fan Club, which Florentino had set up specifically for the campaign.

With the analytical skills and football knowledge accumulated over many years of writing football novels, coupled with the advantages of the time-traveler and his repeated support for Bosque, Real Madrid has repeatedly defeated strong opponents in the Champions League, making Yang Hao quickly stand out in the fan club.

Eventually, he had the privilege of speaking with Florentino in person, and he tactfully reminded Florentino that the superstar strategy had a fatal flaw and that some improvements were necessary.

In response to this, Yang Hao also prepared a set of plans, planning to have a good talk with Florentino.

But as a result, Florentino only thought he was talking endlessly.

At this moment, Florentino was full of ambition and confidence in the grand plan he had outlined, and he couldn't listen to any dissent at all, not only that, but he also directly expelled Yang Hao from the offensive fan club.

The reasons are both far-fetched and reasonable.

Yang Hao is not a member of Real Madrid.

……

When God closes a door for you, He often opens a window for you.

was turned away by Florentino, but Yang Hao met Michel Angel Hill, a 37-year-old general manager of Atletico Madrid, known as Little Hill, who came to borrow wine in a bar in Madrid.

Because Yang Hao scolded Florentino a few words, saying that Real Madrid would definitely suffer a big loss because of his superstar strategy, Little Hill, who had drunk a little wine, applauded him and invited him to drink.

The two got acquainted with each other.

After learning about Yang Hao's relationship with Florentino, and listening to Yang Hao's analysis of Real Madrid's problems and Florentino's superstar strategy, Xiao Hill greatly appreciated it and invited him to analyze Atletico Madrid.

This season, Atletico Madrid's life has been much tougher than Real Madrid's.

Real Madrid's results are terrible, although the ranking once fell to around 10th in the standings, but they have a lot of background, and they immediately rebounded back, and now they are working hard for next season's Champions League qualification.

What's more, Bosque's side have repeatedly performed well in the Champions League, progressing all the way.

But Atletico is different.

This season has been very poor under the management of Italian tinkerer Ranieri, especially at the end of December, after the club's president Jesús Hill was imprisoned, the team's debt of more than 70 million euros was exposed, and the government took custody of Atletico.

All of them, including Vice Chairman Cerezo and General Manager Hill Jr., were suspended.

During the winter break, under the chairmanship of the interim trustee head Luis Ruby Blanco, in order to improve the team's financial situation, the Spanish golden boy Jose Mari was sold to the Serie A giants AC Milan for 19 million euros.

Then he sold Argentine centre-back Jose Chamot to the Rossoneri for 3 million euros.

The two transactions were exchanged for 22 million euros, but the overall strength of the team was affected, and the trusteeship group was condemned by the Spanish media, and Atletico Madrid fans continued to protest the decision of the trusteeship group through demonstrations and other means.

Despite Ranieri's refusal to echo the media and fans, the team fell into the relegation zone and the Italian finally submitted his resignation on 3 March, with former Atletico Madrid boss Antic temporarily appointed to take over.

Like Bosque has taken over Real Madrid, Antich has also entered the palace three times.

But unlike the affirmation of Bosque, Yang Hao unceremoniously asserted that Antich could not save Atletico Madrid.

"On the contrary, he will take Atletico into the abyss of relegation!"

"No matter how many years from now, the world will be surprised and unbelievable about Atletico this season, because with Atletico's star line-up, it shouldn't be relegated under any circumstances."

Who does Atletico have today?

Spain's Prince Kico, Dutch super scorer Jimmy Hasselbaink, Spain's talented midfielder Belleron, Brazil's talented midfielder Juninho (on loan at Middlesbrough), Argentine winger Solari, Portugal's talented midfielder Hugo Leal, Uruguayan midfielder Pablo Garcia, Spanish midfielder Baraja, homegrown left wing-back Capdevilla, goalkeeper Molina......

Not to mention that Atletico themselves have a number of strong stalwarts such as Toni Muñoz, Sante, Jose Luke, Gamarra, Cerso Ayala, Gaspar, Aguilera ......

No matter from which point of view, today's Atletico Madrid team can be described as a star team, full of talent, properly hitting the top three, and even the league championship, how can it not perform so badly that it will be relegated.

Even in 2023, there are still countless people who are puzzled by Atletico's relegation.

Many blame Claudio Ranieri for not being able to coach, others blame the elder Hill's imprisonment for having a big impact on Atletico, and others blame the club's financial crisis......

Yang Hao told Hill Jr. that these are all problems this season, but Atletico Madrid has had a very deep fatal problem over the years, and that is the most fatal problem.

"No one can save Atletico Madrid without solving this problem, including Antich, who once brought Atletico Madrid a double!"

And the facts have proved that Yang Hao is right.

Since the 27th round of the league, Atletico Madrid has not improved under the management of Antich.

1:1 draw with Real Betis, 0:1 loss to Valladolid, 1:1 draw at home to Real Madrid, 0:3 loss to Numancia, 1:2 loss to Athletic Bilbao......

Then last night, in the 32nd round of La Liga, 1:4 away defeat to Deportivo La Coruna.

Atletico Madrid, under the leadership of Antich, not only failed to break out of the relegation zone, but also fell repeatedly in the rankings.

They are now 19th in La Liga, just a bit better than bottom Sevilla, but four points clear of 17th-placed Real Betis led by Guus Hiddink.

With six rounds of the league remaining, this is an almost impossible situation to turn around.

The whole of Spain, the whole of European football, and even the fans of the whole world have unanimously concluded that Atletico's relegation is a foregone conclusion!

Even Atletico Madrid's fans began to accept this judgment, so they organised an even louder protest after the defeat to Deportivo La Coruna, forcing the government to compromise and suspend the trusteeship and bring back the old Hill, Cerezo and Junior Hill.

Clearly, neither the government nor the trusteeship group are willing to bear the stigma of relegating Atletico!

With so many stars, it would be the most outrageous joke of the century in the history of the big four leagues!

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Saving soldiers is like fighting fire.

As soon as the Hill father and son returned to Calderón Stadium, Hill Jr. immediately advocated a change of coach.

After two or three months of contact and many in-depth conversations, he was convinced of Yang Hao.

He firmly believes that if anyone can save Atletico from fire and water, then this person must be Yang Hao.

So, the day after the heavy defeat to Deportivo La Coruna, Yang Hao walked into the Calderón Stadium and stood in front of Hill Sr., Cerezo and Hill Jr.

When both the elder Hill and Cerezo were amazed at his youth, he made a promise loudly.

"Only I can help Atletico relegation and become the best team in Spain and Europe in the coming years!"