Even though he was already sitting in Little Hill's car, Yang Hao's mind was still full of the scene of the conversation with Kiko just now.

He originally thought that Kiko had come to him for a showdown.

What he didn't expect was that the Atletico Madrid center forward came to show his heart to him.

"Please believe that I will never be you and a problem to the team!"

When he heard this, Yang Hao was already deeply shocked.

It's not just the words themselves, it's the tone of voice, the look on his face when he says this, all of which represent the mood of the moment, and the weight of this club in his mind.

Kiko said he knew his problems well.

He had said something similar to Antich before, but Antich felt that the team needed him now.

It's not just his performance on the pitch, it's his impact on the fans, on the players, on the dressing room.

So, even though Kiko's performance on the court is not as good as before, Antich still lets him play game after game.

And they played the whole game.

Yang Hao can't comment on whether Antich's decision is right or wrong, because the result of the game has already given the answer.

As brutal as it is.

Ji Ke showed his heart, so Yang Hao can't hide it, otherwise it will seem that he has a small pattern.

So, he was very frank and told Kiko about his thoughts and ideas.

He insisted that the team needs to adjust their tactical play, especially to strengthen the defense, and 4231 can activate Beleron while maximizing the team's defensive level.

But in this way, between Kiko and Hasselbaink, Yang Hao cannot choose Kiko.

At that moment, Yang Hao clearly felt that the brilliance in Kiko's eyes was rapidly dimming, and it was replaced by depression.

His time is over!

But soon, he picked himself up again and said that he could accept the manager's arrangement, as long as it was good for the team.

"You don't even have to put me on the big list."

Yang Hao has always felt that professional football is a vanity fair full of interests and calculations.

But Kiko's move today really made him feel subverted.

The reason why football is fascinating is that behind the interests and calculations, there are also touching sincere emotions.

Yang Hao told Kiko that he is still very important to the team, not only in the dressing room, not just on the bench, but also because of one person, "a player I am very, very optimistic about." ”

"Who?" Kiko asked.

"Fernando Torres."

"It's him." Kiko smiled, he knew Torres, and he knew it well.

Yang Hao hopes that Kiko can play more of a role, bringing Torres with him, as well as others.

With Torres' current age and strength, regardless of whether Atletico Madrid can be relegated this season, he will not be Yang Hao's first choice next season because he is still young.

But Torres will be the target of Yang Hao's key cultivation.

"Trust me, stay and keep playing your part, and you will soon see a stronger Atletico team than ever!"

When Yang Hao gave this promise, he was extremely confident.

……

"Just now, I saw Kiko coming out of your office, how were you talking?"

Little Hill asked with concern as he drove.

Kiko is still very influential in the minds of Atletico Madrid fans.

Yang Hao roughly said the conversation just now, and Xiao Cier was also very touched.

'Kiko is from Cadiz, but the Atletico spirit is in his blood, his life.

Yang Hao smiled, but suddenly, he had a doubt, "What is the Atletico spirit that you always talk about?" ”

He knows that this is a football culture, a football spirit.

But it can make Kiko make such a choice, what is it?

Little Hill sighed and smiled bitterly: "It's not important, not many people care about this anymore." ”

"Why?" Yang Hao asked.

"I don't know, I haven't studied it, but I feel as if the whole world doesn't know when it started, and suddenly it became rushed, everyone was busy, they were all nervous, everyone was no longer impatient, and they couldn't calm down."

Yang Hao rarely heard such thoughtful words from Little Hill's mouth.

"I remember that when I was studying, the number of fans in my class, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, was actually about the same, and we often made appointments to fight outside the school in order to support our own team."

Speaking of the great achievements of the year, Little Hill had a smug smile on his face.

"But now, when I went to a primary school before, I found that twenty or thirty people in a class may not be able to find a single Atletico fan, and many people have changed."

"I asked the kids, and I said, 'Why do you like Real Madrid?'

"The most common answer they get is because Real Madrid win a lot, and then there's the stars, like Raul, Redondo, Suker, Mijatovic."

"It's like that's with the little fans, it's the same with the media reporters, they all revolve around the big teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona."

Yang Hao is not a local, so he can't understand Xiao Hill's complicated feelings, but he can see this trend clearly.

Times have changed!

Life is getting faster and faster, everyone is focusing their time and energy on work, family and other aspects, and no one wants to spend too much emotion and emotion on football anymore.

Although, they are still willing to pay for tickets to enter the venue, and they are still willing to sit in front of the TV on time to watch the live broadcast.

So, it became what Van Gaal said, football became a piece of entertainment, a show.

Everyone walks into the stadium or sits in front of the TV to watch a game, just to enjoy the pleasure of that short period of time, albeit briefly, but enough.

It's not particularly obvious right now, but with the advent of the Internet and globalization in the coming years, this trend will become more thorough and the fan base will become more diverse.

That's the trend, you either change yourself and cater to it, or you can't keep up with the times and get eliminated!

"You know, a lot of fans misunderstand that we and Athletic Bilbao are in red and white, and they all think that Athletic Bilbao is imitating us, but it's actually the opposite."

"On the contrary?"

"Yes, we at Atletico Madrid were the first division of Athletic Bilbao in Madrid, and they were the second football club in Spain to be founded, because in the north, they were the first to come into contact with the football culture from the United Kingdom."

Yang Hao really didn't know about this relationship.

"The first thing we used was the Athletic Bilbao crest, a shield that blended Bilbao and Biscay, with the bridge and contest of St. Anthony, the wolf totem of the mighty Harrow family, the tree of Guernica, and the cross of St. Andrew."

"More than ten years after its establishment, we have our own team emblem, red and white stripes, representing our Sheet Army, seven stars from the flag of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, and a bear reaching out to the strawberry tree, which represents the city of Madrid."

"Just as the Bilbao region rebelled against the capital, Atletico Madrid has inherited this spirit of rebellion, and from the moment we were founded, we have been fighting against all inequalities, against authority, never compromising, always fighting until the last moment!"

"If Real Madrid represents nobility and royal power, then we at Atletico Madrid represent all the insignificant ordinary people in this city."

"So, in our values at Atletico, we have stood for hard work, humility, sacrifice and tenacity over the past 100 years, as well as the rebellion against another football giant in the city of Madrid, Real Madrid!"

Yang Hao listened quietly, and he suddenly understood a little bit of Little Hill's complicated feelings for Atletico Madrid.

The values of Atletico Madrid, which he had been instilled in since childhood, collapsed.

He had always thought that Atletico represented the general public in Madrid, for all ordinary people, but now he suddenly realized that these people no longer needed them to represent.

Not only that, but they also ran in turn to support Real Madrid, a power that Atletico was born to rebel against.

The Hill family didn't have the money to fight against Real Madrid, and they collapsed emotionally, so Hill Jr. wanted to sell the team.

And his father, Hill Sr., is still fighting.

Atletico Madrid's die-hard fans, after knowing that the old Hill has various problems, even corruption and lawlessness, still insist that this is a kind of suppression of Atletico by the powerful.

Is there such a factor?

Actually, not necessarily nothing.

The court acquitted the elder Hill of embezzlement and tax evasion, which undoubtedly further strengthened this idea among Atletico Madrid fans.

But what about being innocent?

There are fewer and fewer like-minded people around, especially the younger generation, and it is already difficult to find a fan of Atletico Madrid, which is the reason for the panic of Little Hill and the root of Atletico's decline.

In the future, in what way and in what capacity will Atletico put down roots in the city?

It is estimated that everyone does not know and is very confused.

So, Atletico is lost!

Yang Hao suddenly remembered Atletico Madrid's parent team, Athletic Bilbao.

Many people say that the Basque Lions are a very strange team, and everyone who has coached this team can feel their unique football culture.

Perhaps, that's what I'm talking about.

It's just that Athletic Bilbao is more fortunate than Atletico Madrid, they are not in the capital, and there is no such arch-rival as Real Madrid.

But even so, Athletic Bilbao is still struggling to insist on using only Basque players.

Some people say that this is a backward and self-enclosed decision, but is it not a protection of the football culture and values of their own club?

"Let's work together!" Yang Hao suddenly said to Little Hill.

He was smiling.

Xiao Cier frowned at first, but quickly let go and laughed with Yang Hao.

"yes, let's work together!"

Yang Hao must strive to gain a firm foothold in the Atletico coach's position, and strive to become a qualified, even excellent, Atletico coach to lead this team to conquer the city on the football field.

And Little Hill wants to take his doubts, with his hesitation, and strive to find a new path that belongs to Atletico Madrid, and rebrand the spiritual imprint that belongs to Atletico Madrid in this city, among this group of fans, especially the younger generation of fans.

At this moment, they can be regarded as truly like-minded.