Returning to the apartment from Calderón Stadium, Yang Hao studied Atletico Madrid behind closed doors.

Coaching a team is far from being as simple as writing a novel, and there is still a lot of preparation that needs to be done.

Before noon, little Hill called him.

"It's done!"

After Yang Hao left, the Atletico triumvirate held a meeting by themselves behind closed doors and finalized the matter.

"Yang, I'll entrust you with all the next team matters." Little Hill said sincerely on the phone.

In this big gamble, both father and son made a big bet.

To fire Antich, Atletico Madrid will need to pay a large amount of compensation.

But that's not the point.

The point is that Yang Hao has no coaching experience at all before, and everything is based on his mouth, whether he can control the team, which is a very disturbing question.

What's more, Atletico Madrid is now in turmoil, once the news spreads, fire the famous coach Antici and choose a rookie who is only 25 years old and has no coaching experience as the head coach, are you sure you are not joking?

At that point, the father and son will surely become the laughing stock of all of Spain, nay, the whole world.

Little Hill would say such things on the phone, proving that he was not completely free of worries about Yang Hao.

"Michelle, don't worry, I promise, you'll be proud of the decision you made today, trust me!"

Hill Jr. said yes on the other end of the phone, mentioning that he had asked someone to find a suitable assistant, and he also called Fernando Zambrano, the manager of Atletico Madrid's second team.

The 50-year-old Spanish manager used to manage Rayo Vallecano, but what happened to him at Atletico was a bit like Antic's.

In March 99, he fought fires at Atletico Madrid, and his contract only ended last season.

As a result, this season's manager, Carlos Agiar, had a poor coaching performance and was sacked in November '99, so Atletico brought Zambrano back.

According to Hill Jr.'s communication with him, Zambrano has little interest in serving as an assistant coach in the first team.

Even, he was very opposed to a rookie like Yang Hao taking over the team, thinking that it was a crazy decision.

Yang Hao was not surprised by this.

As far back as he can remember, Antic didn't finish the season, and after the class, he was succeeded by Zambrano.

In other words, Yang Hao snatched the coaching opportunity that should have belonged to Zambrano.

The Spanish coach certainly wouldn't be happy.

Of course, Atletico is also the pinnacle of Zambrano's coaching career.

"It's okay, let's look for it again." Yang Hao said with a smile.

Yang Hao gave Xiao Hill a very calm feeling from beginning to end, which made the prince of Atletico feel a little more at ease.

After the two sides made an appointment, Yang Hao returned to Calderon Stadium in the afternoon to sign a contract.

Atletico will also make the appointment official.

……

After hanging up the phone, Yang Hao was not as excited as he imagined.

On the contrary, he was quite calm.

The real test has only just begun, and the burden on his shoulders is heavy.

As a time-traveler, the current European football scene can be described as full of talent for him, for example, Ruud van Nistelrooy is still recovering from an injury in PSV Eindhoven, and Ronaldinho is still waiting for a ticket to Europe in Gremio.

Then there's Samuel Eto'o, who went on loan to Real Mallorca on loan from Real Madrid.

It's also interesting to say, before Yang Hao crossed, he happened to see Eto'o retire as the president of the Cameroon Football Association, suspected of manipulating the game, causing an uproar among fans around the world.

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, Eto'o was just a budding hairy boy.

In the next 20 years, European football will usher in the most prosperous and talented era, and at the same time, it will also usher in the era of superstars belonging to Ronaldo and Messi.

Yang Hao is looking forward to it very much and ambitious, and wants to write his own brilliant chapter in this best era, so as to live up to his crossing.

And coaching Atletico Madrid is his beginning, and it must be written well no matter what.

……

Time is money.

Just after the lunch break, Yang Hao returned to Calderón Stadium.

Unlike last time, his identity has changed now.

He is the new manager of Atletico.

Little Hill personally came to the front desk to pick him up and welcomed him into the morning conference room.

Unlike in the morning, where only the Hill father and son and Serezo were the only three, there were a few more conference rooms in the afternoon.

Sitting next to Hill Sr. and Hill Jr. is club legend Paulo Futre, the 34-year-old Portuguese, Atletico's first superstar player, who retired in Japan in January '99.

Not long ago, he was embroiled in the transfer rumours of Real Madrid presidential candidate Florentino Pérez and Figo, and some said that he helped his agent José Vega meet Florentino.

The club legend has been in Madrid lately and has been very active.

In Yang Hao's previous life, Paul Futtre took over as Atletico's sporting director in November this year.

Now it seems that it is going to be brought forward.

Paul Futrey was obviously closer to Hill's father and son, and when he saw Yang Hao, he smiled and nodded in friendship.

Sitting next to Cerezo was Clement Balavide, a member of the club's board of directors, who had been with Atletico for many years but was purged in '87 when the elder Hill took over at the helm.

After the privatization of the club in '92, he joined the management of the club as a member of the board of directors and has served until now.

After the beating of the old Hill in 96, he basically became the representative of the club, whether it was the Spanish Football Federation or UEFA's various meetings and draw ceremonies, basically Balavide attended.

In addition to these management of the club, two players came on the scene, namely the captain of the team, Tony Muñoz, and the vice-captain Juan Carlos Aguilera.

Toni Muñoz, who has lost his place at left wing-back this season, has been replaced by a younger Capdevilla, and the 32-year-old is already in the twilight of his career.

Also a veteran, the 31-year-old has grown stronger and stronger, playing more as a right wing-back this season.

This also reflects the lack of talent on the right side of Atletico.

As soon as Yang Hao arrived, the meeting began.

Hill Jr. first announced the appointment of Yang Hao, saying that the club has reached an agreement with Antich, who will no longer be the head coach of Atletico Madrid, and all the remaining games of the season will be led by Yang Hao.

"The team has reached a very critical time now, we need to make some extraordinary decisions and use extraordinary people!"

Hill Jr. used this to explain the reason for the appointment at the top.

But it is clear that this is not convincing at all.

Not only the captains and vice-captains frowned, but even Balavid shook his head.

The appointment came as a surprise to them, and at the same time it was incredible.

Antioch is out of class, and this is not unusual.

The whole of Madrid knows that the old Hill, like the vast majority of Atletico Madrid fans, dislikes Antich very much.

Although, Antich once brought the team a double.

But after firing Antich, he hired a 25-year-old Chinese with no coaching experience, isn't it a joke?

Is it really playing at the helm of a team?

However, the entire club belongs to the Hill family and Serezo, and as long as they don't object, it's useless for anyone else to say anything.

Of course, after the news spread, Atletico Madrid fans will definitely protest.

And there will be serious protests.

It is precisely because of this concern that Atletico Madrid's management wants to keep a low profile with this change of manager.

Yang Hao sat in his position and watched the reactions of everyone present, which was expected by him.

It's normal to oppose it, but it's strange not to oppose it.

In addition to appointing Yang Hao as head coach, Paul Futtre will also be the team's sporting director.

This is also in response to what Yang Hao said before, Atletico Madrid has formed a team in the past few years, there is no way to form a team in the past few years, there is no mature idea at all, and it is purely based on feeling, which will definitely not work.

So, they chose to appoint a sports director.

Paul Futtrey, as a former superstar player, is still very well connected in European football.

For example, the Portuguese agent Jose Vega, who befriended him, is a well-known predator, and almost everyone in Portugal who plays abroad has to pass through Jose Vega's hands.

Even, Jorge Mendes, who will be in the European football scene in the next few years, is still working as a horse boy under Jose Vega, which shows how famous Jose Vega is now.

At the moment, Hugo Leal in the Atletico Madrid team is a player for Jose Vega.

And in the coming years, the Portuguese Super League will be a treasure trove of talent.

Paul Futrey took office in a hurry, from the time he received the call from the old Hill to now, he made a decision in a few hours, and it will definitely not work if he is asked to come up with a complete set of ideas.

Therefore, Futrey just said a few words, and threw the thorny problem to Yang Hao.

This can also be regarded as a preliminary examination for Yang Hao.

He had to give a full account of his next coaching plan in front of everyone at today's meeting.

And the first thing is how to relegate.

……

"I've done the math, we need at least 44-46 points if we want to be relegated from La Liga this season."

Yang Hao first gave a general introduction to Atletico Madrid's current situation and the relegation situation in La Liga.

"But we only have 32 points now, which means we have to get 12 points in the remaining six league games to have a chance of relegation."

Everyone present actually knows that Atletico's relegation hopes this season are very, very slim.

Now, Yang Hao's words undoubtedly further confirm this.

In 6 rounds of league games, all wins are only 18 points, and to get 12 points, you need to win at least 4 games.

Is it difficult?

Hard, and very hard.

Even for the big clubs, it is very difficult to get four wins in six games.

Note that it's La Liga 2000.

None of the teams have yet to open up the gap.

In the next few years, with the surging tide of globalization, Real Madrid and Barcelona took advantage of this limelight, and their income rose at a very rapid rate, and then recruited more and more stars, and the overall strength increased by leaps and bounds, which completely opened the gap with other teams.

But now, the era of the Western Super League has not yet arrived.

With the current strength of Real Madrid and Barcelona, it is not easy to win 4 of the 6 games in La Liga.

Not to mention Atletico Madrid, which has been winless for ten rounds.

The last win of the Sheets Legion was in January, and it has been 3 months since then.

With this quality, will Atletico stay in the relegation zone?

Therefore, as soon as Yang Hao's voice fell, someone immediately refuted it.