After the Champions League group stage, UEFA held the draw for the second group stage at the Hilton Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.

Atletico still arranged for board member Clement Balavide to attend.

In the past, many fans had the impression that the Champions League was only the first stage of the group stage, and it is not surprising that the current two stages of the group stage are very unfamiliar, because this format does not last long.

The draw rules for the first stage of the group stage are familiar to all fans in later generations, dividing the 32 teams into 4 grades according to European points, and each grade draws a team to avoid the same national team.

Very simple rules.

The draw for the second stage of the group stage is actually similar, the difference is that the 16 teams that will advance will first separate the group leader from the group runner-up.

Then the 8 group leaders will be arranged according to the European points, and they will be arranged in the first and second pots in order; The 8 teams were divided into Pot 3 and Pot 4.

There are 4 teams in each bracket, and one team is drawn from each bracket for each draw.

It is still avoided by teams from the same country, and at the same time, teams in the same group in the first stage of the group stage are also avoided.

According to this rule, when the list comes out, the result of the draw is actually a high-probability event that can be guessed.

For example, Atletico Madrid.

Of the four teams participating in the Champions League in La Liga this season, in addition to Mallorca, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna are all top of the group.

In terms of European points, Bayern, Real Madrid, Deportivo La Coruna and Liverpool are all in Pot 1.

If the same country is avoided, Atletico Madrid will definitely not meet Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna, then it will basically be Bayern or Liverpool.

In the third pot, Juventus is in the same group as Atletico Madrid, and they will also be avoided, so it is basically Manchester United, Arsenal or Galatasaray.

All four of the teams in Pot 4 can be drawn by Atletico, but Bayern Munich and Liverpool will also have to avoid the same group, while Boavista and Sparta Prague in one of their group stages are both in Pot 4.

The remaining two are Roma and Bayer Leverkusen.

In other words, if Atletico Madrid draws Liverpool, the fourth pot will be Roma, Bayer Leverkusen, or Sparta Prague.

Conversely, if Bayern is drawn, then the fourth pot is Roma and Boavista.

To some extent, entering the second stage of the group stage, Atletico Madrid will definitely draw the group of death, the difference is only how dead it is.

And in the end, the result is that it is very dead, the kind that can no longer die.

In the first gear, Atletico Madrid was drawn to the Bayern group, which was very unfortunate.

In Pot 3, Atletico perfectly avoided Arsenal and Galatasaray in favour of Manchester United.

And in the fourth pot, the draw is the Serie A champion Roma.

Last season's La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and last season's Premier League champions all came together.

As soon as the draw results came out, fans all over the world were fried.

Good boy, you burrow.

This should be the blackest signing in the Champions League group stage ever, right?

Can this still be called a group of death?

It's a hellish group!

The champions of the four major leagues are drawn into a group, and this kind of thing is not to be seen in the second group stage.

Yang Hao really wanted to pick up the microphone now and say to Real Madrid's Bosque and Deportivo Irueta in the air: I thank you for your considerate care, suppressing these two defending champions and sending them to my doorstep.

I thank you all the family!

Yes, Manchester United and Roma finished second in the group thanks to Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna.

Well, now that they're free, the second place in both groups is a disaster for Atletico.

Yang Hao himself knows in his heart, can this be said to be shady?

Not really.

According to the draw rules, the probability of Atletico Madrid drawing the group of death is very high, and even many people have expected it.

The situation would be much better if Liverpool were drawn in the first pot, and the third pot would avoid Arsenal and Manchester United, but there is a high probability that the fourth pot will meet the runners-up of this season's Champions League, that is, the Sanya king Bayer Leverkusen led by Ballack.

This is also the group of death.

What else can Yang Hao say about this situation?

Heathfield, Ferguson, Capello......

Yang Hao couldn't help but laugh.

He really wants to compete with these famous marshals, but big brother, can we come one by one?

You all rushed up to me in one breath, what's the matter?

"What kind of expression should I give now?" Yang Hao asked Juanma Lillo next to him.

The latter also looked helpless, "I knew earlier, it would have been good if we had won the second place in the group." ”

Yang Hao thought so.

There are teams like Nantes and Panathinaikos in Pot 2, and if Atletico finish second in the group, the draw will be much better.

But Yang Hao didn't have a move.

It's impossible for him to avoid the draw and deliberately lose and finish second in the group, right?

This is not his usual way of dealing with the world!

"It's all Lazio and Arsenal! If they weren't too stretched, how would these two teams have made it to the top of the group? Then we won't be ......."

In fact, Arsenal can't be blamed on all of them.

The biggest headache for Greek side Panathinaikos is their home stadium.

In the group stage, they beat all three of their opponents at home, netting nine points.

And the core weapon is the long-distance labor expedition.

However, Yang Hao quickly put aside the troubles of the second stage of the Champions League group stage for the time being, because his biggest headache now is the 12th round of La Liga at the weekend.

Real Madrid have won 11 consecutive games so far, and they have been in the limelight for a while.

The newspaper even praised Real Madrid as an "invincible team".

It can be seen that the current galactic battleship is strong.

As Yang Hao said before the season, the addition of Cannavaro can be said to make up for the last shortcoming of Real Madrid, so that the entire Galaxy Battleship lineup has reached a balanced peak.

Even, to some extent, what Florentino needs to do next is to strengthen and recruit for every position, instead of blindly piling up superstars, and Real Madrid will be invincible in the next few years.

But that's not the point either.

Yang Hao's biggest headache now is the national team training camp.

Yes, weird, right?

That's the messy schedule of La Liga this season.

In Aragonés's words, this is the schedule of blind JB messing around, I don't know which genius big baby patted his head and melon seeds, he has already come once in October, and he will come again in November.

Now South America is in full swing with the World Cup qualifiers.

The World Cup is coming up next year, and now they haven't finished their qualifiers, with the last two rounds in November.

'The clear message we have at the moment is that Zinedine Zidane will definitely go to training and that France have a friendly against Australia when we play Real Madrid. Mendiodo is in charge of the scouting system and intelligence gathering.

Yang Hao laughed.

Bosque is in no better mood than he is right now.

In a friendly match, he took away his two humerus generals, which must be imagined by many strange people?

But this also reflects where the core of the conflict between the national team and the club is.

The whole world recognises that it is a duty and a supreme honour for a player to play for his country, and he should be supported.

When a player plays for the country, he is tired and injured, and the club recognizes it.

In the past, many players played in the national team and returned to the club to recuperate from injuries, but there were no major contradictions.

But the problem is, your national team can't pull my players uncontrollably, can you?

It has now been restricted.

In the early years, when FIFA did not explicitly stipulate the training period of the national team, the national team almost called up when it wanted.

What now?

As long as it is during the national team training period, FIFA clearly stipulates that your club must release people.

What?

Playing friendlies?

It doesn't matter what game I play, what if my Football Association collects appearance fees for friendly matches?

During the national team training camp, your club has to release people, and I just want to recruit them.

Affect your league and results?

It's my!

That's the status quo.

Yang Hao completely realized where the crux of the contradiction was.

From FIFA to UEFA to national football associations and national teams, there is no need to bear any consequences and costs for this at all.

So they can call up internationals without hesitation, and as long as it is during the national team training camp, the club must let them go.

Even, if you want to ask the Spanish Football Association, why did it formulate such a strange schedule, it still comes back to the national team, because it is necessary to accommodate next year's World Cup.

FIFA has set a rule that you have to end your league and cup competitions to allow enough time for the national team to train and prepare for the World Cup.

In the summer of '01, there was also the Confederations Cup, as well as other continental cups.

Many people don't understand that if there was no club struggle, FIFA would not even consider setting up a fixed national team training period, and the international recruitment at that time was even more chaotic than it is now.

Later, as the club's protest escalated, FIFA had to introduce a series of compensation measures, which relatively restricted the national team's recruitment and use of international players, and made up for the club's losses to a certain extent.

Note that the national team is not so innocent in this matter.

It's as if France had to call up Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makelele on November 11 to fly to Australia for a warm-up match.

Why?

Make money, there is an appearance fee!

It is clearly stated in the contract that you have to get as many superstars as you have to get from the French team, and who has to get the game.

If they want to change the status quo, European clubs still have to make trouble, they have to unite and fight.

But it's more about communicating privately.

Therefore, this time Yang Hao specially called the Brazilian Football Association and head coach Scolari.

He told the Brazilian Football Federation and Scolari that since none of Atletico's players could play in Brazil, it was better not to go back.

As a result, Scolari told him that no, Adriano, Aurelio, Lucio and Belletti had to go back.

Ronaldo's current form has not fully recovered, and Adriano is now the main center forward of the Brazilian national team.

Lucio is also a stalwart at the back, while Aurelio and Belletti are important substitutes for Carlos and Cafu.

In recent times, Cafu has been injured and needs Belletti to return to the game.

Scolari also complained to Yang Hao on the phone, because his recent results are very unsatisfactory, and he can't win the last two rounds, and he doesn't expect to see next year's World Cup.

At that time, it is estimated that the Brazilian fans will eat him directly.

Yang Hao believes that he is a big-headed ghost in Scolari, and this old guy is also a thief.

The two tore apart on the phone, and in the end the two sides reached an agreement that Adriano would return and the three players in the backline would stay.

Scolari also asked Yang Hao about Kaka, and Yang Hao was so frightened that he hung up the phone quickly.

NND, you have poached it, so what am I going to do with Real Madrid?

……

It won't work on Brazil's side, and Argentina and Uruguay won't work on its side.

However, Real Madrid did the work of Spain and Portugal.

Both on the Iberian Peninsula, Real Madrid are hoping that the two national teams will let go and get the internationals back for this Madrid derby.

Bosque shouted in the media that if the Spanish national team didn't let him go, he would have to boycott the game.

Casillas, Raul, Morientes, Munitis, Guti, Elguera, Hierro...... These are all Spain internationals, and that's not counting the injured Salgado.

If these internationals can't come back, and Figo can't come back, then what will Bosque do to fight Atletico?

Atletico Madrid at least has Deco, Kaka, Torres and other young players who have performed well this season, what does Real Madrid have?

Solari, McManaman, Pavon, Geremi, Celades, Raul Bravo, Alberto Rivera, Minambrais......

Could it be that this group of players should fight against Atletico Madrid?

In the end, the Spanish Football Federation stepped forward and allowed the internationals of the national team to come back to play the game on the 11th because the warm-up match was scheduled on the 14th.

Yes, in November, the Spanish national team was tasked with a warm-up match at home against the Netherlands.

Since the internationals of Real Madrid have come back, the internationals of other teams have naturally followed suit.

But Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makelele are going to Australia as far away, Cannavaro is playing for the Italian national team, and Carlos is going back to Brazil, so ......

"Invincible?"

"I'm going to try to beat you once!"

"It's called, take advantage of your illness, kill you!"

……

Real Madrid's old sports city has finally been sold.

The club's huge debt has finally come to an end.

According to the agreement between Real Madrid and the Madrid city government, the city government will set aside a piece of land for Real Madrid to rebuild a training base, and when Real Madrid moves over, the old sports city will be demolished and used to build four skyscrapers.

This will be Madrid's new landmark.

But now, Real Madrid coach Bosque is still in the new landmark of the future, and hung up the phone with a sad face.

He had just made a phone call to Le Maire, the head coach of the French national team.

And just now, he also called the head coach of the Brazilian national team, Scolari.

Because he heard that Yang Hao left Adriano from Scolari, he wanted to keep Carlos.

As a result, Scolari told him no.

Later, Le Maire also told him that there was no way.

Even if the Real Madrid coach finally compromised and proposed to keep one of the two, Lemaire refused.

"How?" Assistant coach Tony Grande asked with a concerned look on his face when he saw Bosque put down the phone.

Bosque shook his head speechlessly, "Both Scolari and Lemaire refused. ”

"Groove!" Grande blurted out and scolded, "I knew that they were a group of vampires who took the money." ”

The assistant coach of Real Madrid is 54 years old, but his temper is still not small.

Otherwise, with the character of Bosque's good old man, how to manage the team well?

"I heard that France went to Australia to play a warm-up match this time, and the appearance fee was very high, and the gold content of the game had to be given enough, and we should have learned from Arsene Wenger."

Arsene Wenger is an old fox.

As early as the list of national team matches came out, he directly announced to the public that Henry was injured.

The French Football Association didn't believe it, and immediately sent someone to investigate, but it turned out to be really "injured".

Arsene Wenger himself is French, and his relationship with the French Football Federation is nothing to say.

But the most important thing in this matter was that Wenger persuaded Henry.

"It's useless, neither Zinedin nor Claude will agree." Bosque shook his head.

It's not like he hasn't thought about it.

In private, he has already knocked on the side with Zidane and Makellele, but they are both sensitive.

One of the reasons for this is that they are all of African descent.

Makellele, in particular, will hardly refuse a call-up to the French team.

And now, it is the time when the French national team is the most popular, and the appearance fee is ridiculously high, it is said that a sky-high price of 3 million euros is given for a game, but the requirement is that the international players must get it.

"It's okay, Figo can come back, Raul and they can come back, they can barely put together a lineup." Grande reassured.

Bosque's worries were not relieved in the slightest.

Yes, these internationals can come back, but so can the Atletico internationals.

It stands to reason that both teams have been seriously affected by the national team competition, and if they want to play badly, they will also play badly, but the problem is that Yang Hao has been increasing the training of young players since last season, especially this season.

Some time ago, Atletico Madrid ranked outside the top ten, and some media even spread rumors that Yang Hao was going to leave class, why?

Because he always arranges young players to play in leagues.

It's definitely going to affect the results, but it's also a big takeaway.

By now, Kaka, Xavi Alonso and others have strong strength.

Real Madrid......

Bosque has to admit that he is indeed inferior to Yang Hao in terms of precautions.

"To be honest, Tony, I'm a little worried about this game." Bosque said anxiously.

Tony Grande rarely saw Bosque like this, and quickly persuaded: "There's nothing to worry about, we were almost this lineup last season, don't we also have a relationship with Atletico Madrid?" ”

Bosque looked at his assistant, and he knew that Grande was not telling the truth.

Last season, Real Madrid couldn't beat Atletico.

'Atletico are stronger now than they were last season and there are a number of young players coming out of the picture.

Torres, Kaka, Reyes, Xavi Alonso...... Even Patrice Evra, who is in resurgence, and McConn, these are all youngsters who have performed very well.

God knows how Yang Hao dug up these people?

Real Madrid also have some great young players in their squad, such as Pavon, Portillo, Rieira, Minambrai, Borja, Geremi, Raul Bravo and many more, who are also very potential.

However, at Real Madrid, it is difficult for these talented young players to get a chance to play.

Not to mention them, McManaman, Solari, Celades, Campo and Flavio, among others, all have very little playing time.

Bosque can't help it.

While the two were discussing, Bosque's cell phone rang suddenly.

Caller ID: Alfredo.

This is the editor-in-chief of Real Madrid's mouthpiece, As.

"Hello, Alfredo, did you bring me any news, my friend?" Bosque answers the phone.

"Vicente, not great news, but I think I should tell you."

"You say, I'm in a bad mood." Bosque smiled wryly.

'I just got word from the Netherlands that Van der Sar is back for derby.

"What?" Bosque was taken aback.

But he immediately denied it, "It can't be, Van Gaal's old stubbornness won't agree." ”

"No, Vicente, Van Gaal agreed."

"It can't be." Bosque still insisted.

He knew Van Gaal, although he didn't know him well, but they were all in the same circle, and he knew how stubborn and stubborn the old man was.

What's more, Van Gaal is notoriously foul-tempered, and the entire European football scene doesn't know how many people have offended.

At the mention of this, Bosque also remembered.

"Don't forget, when he was in charge of Barcelona, how did he get out of class?"

Isn't it that when Yang Hao was coaching Atletico Madrid, he stepped on him?

No, it's a few feet.

With Van Gaal's character of retribution, it is impossible to agree to Yang Hao.

"It's true, Vicente, Yang Hao personally called Van Gaal, what the two talked about, I don't know, but it is said that Van Gaal made an exception to allow Van der Sar to return to the team early after playing Denmark."

"What about the Barcelona internationals?"

"It's not clear yet."

"Groove!" This time, even the suave Bosque burst into foul language.

Van Gaal is dying!

The Netherlands played friendly matches with Denmark and Spain.

But that's not the point, the point is, if you put Van der Sar back, what will Barcelona think?

"Does he care? I've heard that Barcelona are now planning to bring Van Gaal back. Alfredo smiled wryly.

Bosque was speechless.

After sacking Louis van Gaal, Barcelona changed two managers, one of which was not as good as the other.

Now, if you want to bring Van Gaal back, would people want to come back?

"What kind of soup did Yang Hao's kid pour into Van Gaal?" Bosque was puzzled.

With Van Gaal's oily and salty character, it is impossible to just say a few soft words and ask for mercy.

"I don't know, but the news I received is true, Van der Sar will return to Madrid as soon as he plays Denmark on the 9th, and I guess he should also appear in the warm-up game against Spain, but I don't know if he will play."

Bosque was completely speechless at this point.

Atletico Madrid's first team has had two goalkeepers in the past two seasons, Edwin van der Sar and Toni Gimenez, with the former playing in almost all of his games, and the latter in some of Van der Sar's absences or Copa del Rey games.

In terms of strength, Van der Sar is undoubtedly very strong.

Many people even say that after leaving Juventus, he has regained his top position.

With Van der Sar's strength, his return will definitely greatly improve Atletico's defensive standards.

Now it's really troublesome!

……

"Have you been out for a walk lately?"

While Bosque was struggling, in the conference room of Mahada Honda in the western suburbs of Madrid, Yang Hao was having a meeting with the players who stayed in the team to prepare for the next La Liga match.

As for the Copa del Rey second round knockout round in midweek, Atletico will definitely play with an all-bench lineup.

Yang Hao will not let a Copa del Rey affect the La Liga game.

Some of the players nodded, some shook their heads.

"I guess even if you don't go out, you'll be able to feel the atmosphere of this city derby, right?"

This time everyone nodded.

Everyone knows that both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have been badly affected by the national team, and neither team has been able to assemble their strongest squad to face their opponents.

But a derby is a derby.

Especially now, Real Madrid leads La Liga with 11 consecutive wins, and the momentum is really staggering.

"As you can see, Real Madrid is the best team in La Liga and the Champions League, and they even won 15 consecutive games on all fronts."

These 15 league games are including 10 La Liga games and 5 Champions League games.

Real Madrid are on a five-game winning streak in the group stage, only to draw 1-1 away at Lokomotiv Moscow in the final round.

What's more, in these five rounds of group stage, Real Madrid scored 13 goals and conceded only one.

Not to mention La Liga, with 11 consecutive wins, from Valencia to Vigo Celta to Barcelona, all of them were slashed by Real Madrid.

La Liga commentators are saying that if Atletico Madrid can't stop Real Madrid in the 12th round, then Real Madrid is likely to win all the way to the 19th round against Deportivo La Coruna.

What does this mean?

If Real Madrid were to win all the way to the 19th round, and that was still at the Bernabeu, by that time, Deportivo La Coruna would have lost, and Real Madrid would have become the first team in history to win the second half of the title with a complete winning record.

Even if Deportivo wins, Real Madrid, which has won 18 consecutive games, has already won the league championship in advance.

"There are a lot of media out there, even rarely, and we see that the Catalan media are also actively cheering for us." Yang Hao said with a smile.

If you want to talk about Yang Hao, it is definitely the most hated head coach of Barcelona.

But the Catalan media would rather Atletico win than Real Madrid continue to win like this.

The next teams, from Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano to Osasuna and Tenerife, etc., could not stop Real Madrid.

Therefore, the whole of Spain, all those who do not want to see Real Madrid win all the way, have pinned their hopes on Atletico Madrid.

"It's on you!"

Yang Hao laughed, "So, the burden on your body is very heavy. ”

"But from the first day you joined this team, you should know that beating Real Madrid is our job at Atletico."

Everyone nodded.

Old Hill even shouted at one point: As long as he can beat Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid will not hesitate to be relegated.

This is the Madrid derby!

"In this race in Calderón, we must win and we will win!"

"In the coming week, we're going to start putting all our energy into preparing for this game."

'They all say that Real Madrid are an unbeatable team.

"Well, this weekend, at Calderón, I hope that we will use a great victory to show everyone that no matter how strong the opponent is, at Calderón, you have to lie down for me!"

"Because, we are Atletico Madrid who never say die!"

……

On October 9, the second round of the Copa del Rey was held.

Atletico Madrid take on Sporting Gijón away.

Yang Hao used an all-substitute lineup in this game, and the goalkeeper also arranged for Tony Gimenez to start.

There was not a single main player in the starting lineup of the entire team.

Up front, the trident of Reyes, Torres and Villa was lined up, followed by Kaka.

It was Villa's first start for Atletico's first team, who had previously played in Atletico second.

Just one minute into the game, veteran captain Aguilera opened the scoring for Atletico.

Fernando Torres and Reyes then scored.

Towards the end of the first half, David Villa, who was extremely excited against his old club, scored another goal for Atletico with a shot from the right side of the penalty area.

After the rematch in the second half, Villa received Kaka's clever pass in the box and scored their second goal of the game.

And just before the end of the game, Sporting Gijón pulled a goal back and saved face.

David Villa, who returned to his hometown, scored a brace in front of his hometown parents, and he also performed very well throughout the game, which made people see his shining points and huge potential.

Atletico also beat Sporting Gijón 5-1 away to advance to the next round.

In the other game, Real Madrid defeated the West Division 2 team Pahala 4-0 with Guti's hat trick and Savio's goal.

……

After playing in the Copa del Rey, the 12th round of La Liga also began to enter the schedule.

The preparation of each team is also in full swing.

In the meantime, there was news that the Dutch national team had agreed to Barcelona's request to let Kluivert wait for the Dutch international to come back to play the 12th round of La Liga for Barcelona, but after the game, they had to return to the national team training camp.

In addition to this, Deportivo Mackay was also allowed to return to the team.

Since Atletico Madrid has taken a different path and made a start, it is now difficult for the Dutch national team to refuse the requests of Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruna, and can only arrange for the return of the internationals.

But since it's just a warm-up game, it doesn't matter.

After playing for the national team, there was also a news from Real Madrid.

Real Madrid officially announced that the club has called the player's agent to make an appointment to negotiate at the Bernabeu to renew the contracts of Pavon and Raul Bravo with salary increases.

According to the newspaper As, the two Real Madrid youngsters have performed well this season, not to mention Pavon, who is now the team's third central defender, and Raul Bravo has also performed remarkably during Carlos' injury.

In this case, Real Madrid decided to give a reward.

The current buyout fee for the two youngsters is 5 million euros, but after Real Madrid gives a contract extension, the release fee will be increased to 20 million euros, which is already high for the two youngsters in 2001, when there was no popular buyout.

Of course, something like Atletico Madrid is more outrageous.

Because Yang Hao set a high termination fee for the young players in the team.

The media did not disclose how high the salary package Real Madrid will give to the two youngsters, but because they currently only have an annual salary of 30,000 euros, even if it is a large salary increase, it is estimated that it will not be high.

It's more like seeing a player perform well and seizing the time to renew a long-term contract.

The newspapers Ace and Marca revealed that Real Madrid's move was to appease and encourage the two youngsters.

Cannavaro is far away in Italy, Carlos is far away in Brazil, and in the next Madrid derby, Real Madrid will need the consistent performance of Pavon and Raul Bravo.

The choice to renew the contract at this time is undoubtedly to want them to play better in the city derby.

The newspaper also revealed that Bosque has been in full swing in preparation for the war recently.

"With other leagues suspended for national team competitions, La Liga will be the only league that is still holding out this weekend."

"The highlight of this round, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, who are currently at the top and second place in the table, will stage a local derby in Madrid, which has attracted the attention of fans and media around the world."

Real Madrid coach Bosque also said in a high-profile press conference before the game: "I believe that we have the confidence to win in Calderón!" ”

Bosque says it's been an incredible season for Real Madrid.

"We have the best team of the best players in the world, we are unbeaten in 18 games on all fronts so far, with 17 wins and one draw, which is very satisfying for me, the fans and the media, and it gives us confidence that we have never had before."

Bosque takes a look back at one game of the season.

'We beat Valencia, we beat Barcelona, we beat Roma...... These games are very difficult, but the wins continue to instill confidence in us. ”

"We will walk into Calderón with that confidence and the belief to win."

Bosque admits that football always requires a bit of luck, but Real Madrid have been lucky this season.

"We have a very good group of players, we are playing a football that amazes the whole world and we are confident that we will continue this momentum and this winning streak this season!"

Bosque's pre-match rhetoric made fans all over Spain and even the world enthusiastic.

This is Real Madrid, which is unbeaten in 18 games and 11 consecutive wins in La Liga!

The three major European bookmakers have also offered odds on the Madrid derby.

Atletico Madrid won 2.9, the draw was 3.1 and Real Madrid won just 2.2.

And in Asia, the odds offered by the bookmakers in Macau show that Real Madrid concede a half.

That said, from Europe to Asia, and even to North and South America, almost everyone is optimistic about Real Madrid.

……

The first match of the 12th round of La Liga was an absolute hit.

Barcelona, who had just suffered a heavy defeat to Real Madrid in the last round, will face Valladolid at the Camp Nou in this round.

Rexage's side beat Valladolid 4-0 at home thanks to a brace from Saviola and goals from Kluivert and Puyol.

Although Saviola was selected for the Argentine national team in 2000 and played 13 minutes, there is no place for him in Bielsa's Argentina team.

But he broke out at Barça.

Overall, all the other teams have been affected to a greater or lesser extent, especially the strong teams.

Valencia drew 0-0 away at Osasuna.

Rafael Benitez's side have climbed the road and are now back in the top five, but this time the Bats are also heavily influenced by the international competition.

The same is true of A Coruña.

Although Mackay, Bellerón and others returned, the absence of Mauro Silva and others caused huge problems for Irueta's side, and Super Laco suffered a 3-1 defeat to Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

This made Iruetta furious.

Aragonés' Real Mallorca also lost several internationals, including Samuel Eto'o, but still beat Real Sociedad 2-1 away.

The first day of the game was won and lost, and the performance of the strong teams was also different, but the impact of the national team training camp was very obvious.

The next day, all eyes were on Calderón.

The whole of Madrid is also watching this world-renowned battle on the banks of the Manzanares River.

……

"This is Spanish national television!"

"All the viewers in front of the TV, welcome to the 2001/02 season, the 12th round of La Liga, where Atletico Madrid hosts the city rival Real Madrid, which we are broadcasting live from the Calderón Stadium in Madrid."

"Tonight is the weekend, the pinnacle matchup that all the fans around the world are looking forward to."

"At the moment, the Madrid duo are at the top and second in the La Liga standings."

"The players of both teams, led by the referee Luis Medina, slowly walked onto the pitch."

"Here's the starting line-up for both teams tonight."

"First of all, Atletico Madrid, who play at home."

"We see that Atletico still use the 433 tactic they are most familiar with, which is the main tactic of Atletico this season."

"Goalkeeper: Van der Sar; Defence: Patrice Evra, Carvalho, Marchena and McConn; Midfielders: Deco, Xavi Alonso and Baraja; Forwards: Vicente, Adriano and Joaquin. ”

'This is probably the strongest squad that Atletico can field at the moment, because their central defenders Lucio, midfielder Simeone, and two main full-backs, Aurelio and Belletti, are all playing for the national team.

"Let's take a look at Real Madrid's starting line-up."

"Bosque is a little cautious in his use of troops tonight, and still uses the 4231 formation they are most familiar with."

"Goalkeeper: Casillas; Defenders: Raul Bravo, Hierro, Pavon and Geremi; Midfielders: Serades and Elgra form a back two, with McManaman, Raul and Figo in front; The striker is Morientes. ”

"As you can see, internationals such as Zinedine Zidane, Claude Makelele and Cannavaro are also absent from this game."

"Both teams have been affected by the FIFA virus, and they have done their best to put out their strongest lineups at the moment."

'Now, we can see that both teams are in their respective halves.

"Real Madrid kicked off first."

"The game is on the verge of going on."

"The camera switches to the sidelines, and we can see that this is Real Madrid's head coach Bosque, and this one is Atletico Madrid's head coach, Yang Hao, who is only 26 years old."

"The director also specially swept the camera to the stands, every home stadium of Atletico Madrid, there will be a beautiful scenery here, Yang Hao's girlfriend, Jessica Alba from Hollywood, USA."

"Now countless fans and media are guessing, how long will it take for Yang Hao to change his girlfriend?"

"The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game."

"We saw that Atletico Madrid, who were playing at home, were the first to attack."

I have a hunch that everyone is going to scold me again when they see this chapter...... I know that it's uncomfortable to see that I'm stuck here, I'll have one more chapter today, and I'll finish this game, and I have nothing else to do, so I can only use this way to make everyone's Mid-Autumn Festival happy. As for the time, I try to finish it before noon (it's 3 o'clock in the morning now, I've written more than 3,000 words, I'm so tired, I have to go to sleep for a while), because I have to take the children back to spend the holiday with my grandparents. By the way, I'm here to wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

(End of chapter)