Since Atletico Madrid reached a long-term partnership agreement with sponsor Emirates, Atletico Madrid will travel to Dubai in the Middle East for winter training every year after Christmas.

This year is no exception.

But just after Christmas, it is somewhat difficult for the players and employees to leave home for training.

So in the past few years, Atletico Madrid has been trying to introduce some measures to make players and employees more comfortable and more humane.

The club is well aware that the travel to the Middle East is more or less for commercial purposes, so it has always been very good at taking care of the players and employees, such as arranging for the families of the players and employees to travel to Dubai for leave.

Dubai and sponsors are also very supportive, after all, it is also a good thing for Dubai.

But after training in Dubai every year, I often can't find a suitable team to play a high-level warm-up game.

This is a problem for Atletico.

Therefore, Yang Hao had proposed to invite a team to Dubai every year to play a warm-up game.

The proposal was not only endorsed by Atletico Madrid, but also by Dubai and sponsors.

For example, Audi.

The German car brand proposed that the event be named the Audi Cup.

Because Audi has many sponsored teams in Europe's top leagues, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, etc., it is entirely possible to invite them to Dubai to play a warm-up match against Atletico Madrid.

A number of other sponsors are also interested.

If nothing else, Atletico Madrid's development in the Middle East and Africa in recent years has made all brands and companies that want to enter this market very interested.

Since Atletico Madrid had the idea, there have been many negotiations with Dubai officials and main sponsors such as Emirates.

In the end, the Sheets Army made a decision and named the event "Hill Cup".

As the name suggests, this cup is a commemorative match for Atletico Madrid to remember the old president of the old Hill.

Audi, Emirates and other sponsors agreed to sponsor the tournament, and Al Jazeera won the rights to broadcast the event.

Dubai's official support for this tournament is a green light, and hopes that Atletico Madrid will take it seriously, and the teams invited to participate in the Hill Cup commemorative match every year are preferably the top European giants.

To put it simply, money is not an issue, the greater the influence, the better.

Over the years, Dubai's global influence has grown.

Especially with Atletico Madrid coming to Dubai for winter training for several years in a row, it has gradually attracted other European teams to Dubai.

But they basically go back in style.

Atletico Madrid has been working hard for several years, and more importantly, Atletico is now the most influential team in the world, unlike any other team.

If it can really be a showdown of giants, it will persist for a long time, and its influence on Dubai will also be huge.

As early as the summer, Atletico Madrid officially reached an agreement with Dubai and sponsors, and in line with the idea that fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, Atletico Madrid is looking for opponents within La Liga, and the first thing that comes to mind is Real Madrid.

In fact, the relationship between Madrid's two clubs is not as antagonistic as that between the teams.

On the contrary, many times, the two Madrid heroes work together to develop the market, and they cooperate with each other quite tacitly.

For example, during the summer training camp, Atletico Madrid is on the west coast of the United States, and Real Madrid is on the east coast; Last year, Atletico Madrid was in Asia, and Real Madrid went to the United States, which was the result of private communication.

This time there is such a good thing, and it is also a Hill Cup commemorative match, which is also of extraordinary significance, so the first thing that comes to Atletico Madrid's mind is Real Madrid.

With two of the most influential teams in world football joining forces, this cup immediately attracted the attention of many sponsors.

Even the host country, the United Arab Emirates, is very interested.

Dubai's largest football stadium is the Maktoum Bin Rashid Maktoum Stadium, with a capacity of only 12,000 and even 7,000 people for a long time.

Such capacity is obviously not enough to meet the heavyweight showdown between the two giants of Madrid in the Middle East.

As a result, Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates stepped in and proposed that the tournament be held at Abu Dhabi's Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 people and is worthy of a collision between the world's top giants.

Not only that, but Abu Dhabi is also willing to provide various conveniences and even financial support for this event.

After communication between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the event finally fell to Abu Dhabi.

From the moment the event was finalized, the competition began to be intensively prepared and promoted.

January happens to be winter in Europe, and the Middle East is the perfect place to take a vacation.

As a result, the showdown between this super giants has naturally become an important weapon for the UAE to attract European tourists.

Wouldn't it be nice to travel to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other regions, and enjoy the duel between the top European giants and watch the superstars play by the way?

Not only European tourists, but also Middle Eastern countries, Africa and Eastern Europe, many fans who have long been interested in going to Dubai, as soon as they heard that there is a Madrid derby to watch, they immediately flocked to it.

Before December, 60,000 tickets were sold out, creating a grand situation where tickets were hard to find.

In the end, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid knocked down the abacus over there and found that the two teams could each share at least 4 million euros in appearance fees, which was not only far beyond Real Madrid's expectations, but also unexpected even Atletico Madrid.

Real Madrid's heart is hot, yes, let's also go to the Middle East for training.

So, after Christmas, Real Madrid also went to the Middle East to train.

They are based in Abu Dhabi and Atletico Madrid in Dubai.

Two of Europe's top giants came to the Middle East at the same time, which suddenly became a major event in the sports arena of the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe.

When Little Hill came to the training camp to visit the class, he told Yang Hao that Florentino had come to the UAE in person.

"He just had a golden light in his eyes, took my hand and said, next year there is no need to find other teams, play tiger brothers, brothers in the same city work together to develop the Middle East market, they will also play the Hill Cup!"

Yang Hao laughed when he heard it, this is indeed too funny.

We are mortal enemies in the same city, how can we be considered brothers?

Well, at most, the time to make money is.

That's where the combined force comes in.

In the past few years, I have seen La Liga go to sea en masse, and teams from other European leagues have also gone to sea one after another, but it is difficult to form a joint force.

For example, Bayern has been to Dubai, Manchester United, Arsenal and other teams have also been to Asia, to North America, but none of them have been able to form the same momentum as Spain.

Why?

Because they don't have certainty.

Over the years, Atletico Madrid has gone to Dubai for winter training every winter, and fans in the surrounding areas are familiar with Atletico Madrid, coupled with the team's good results in recent years, it has gradually implanted an impression in the local area.

But why didn't the Atletico family come over in the past, and they couldn't form such a momentum this year?

At the end of the day, you can't do it alone.

Now it's okay, Atletico Madrid took the lead in creating the Hill Cup commemorative match, and the name is there, and then inviting a sworn enemy like Real Madrid in the same city, the gimmick is enough, the fans will naturally pursue it, and the momentum will naturally be played.

Of course, this competition is called the Hill Cup Memorial Match, and the meaning is obvious, Atletico Madrid is the leader.

Except for the fixed Atletico Madrid, who other opponents want to invite, Atletico Madrid has the final say.

Little Hill also revealed another piece of news to Yang Hao.

Florentino was officially received in Abu Dhabi.

It wasn't a big deal, and when Atletico came to Dubai, they were also well received.

"During the talks, people in Abu Dhabi revealed whether there was any possibility of taking a stake in Real Madrid." Little Ciel said with a laugh.

He told it purely as a joke.

Because many fans here in Abu Dhabi are pseudo-fans, they don't even know that Real Madrid is a membership system.

Those who can speak have no intention, but those who listen have intentions.

Yang Hao remembered another thing, the Abu Dhabi consortium.

They should have bought Manchester City in the summer of '08, right?

It's January '07 now.

It stands to reason that such an acquisition cannot be negotiated in a short period of time.

Moreover, according to the news obtained by Yang Hao in his previous life, the Abu Dhabi consortium had actually inspected several Premier League teams before acquiring Manchester City, and some even had secret substantive contacts.

As it stands, at least at the end of '07, they will start looking for targets in the Premier League.

With the Abu Dhabi consortium's consistent investment style, from defining goals to taking concrete actions, it is certainly not a whim.

Manchester City's owners are very shrewd, and this is evident from the management they have taken over.

So, it's not surprising that you're starting to get interested in Real Madrid now.

Atletico Madrid have been in the Middle East for the past few years, and it is impossible for them not to see it, especially this summer, when the pomp and circumstance of the Madrid duo is likely to further stimulate them.

"What did Florentino say?" Yang Hao asked with a smile.

"This old boy is also shrewd, and after explaining the peculiarities of Real Madrid, he introduced Antonio Ponte, saying that if the Abu Dhabi consortium wants to enter Spain, Real Madrid is willing to help."

"No wonder." After listening to Cerezo, it suddenly dawned on him, "Antonio Ponte told me that he wanted to come to see our game, and I was quite puzzled, what does it matter to them in La Liga?" ”

Yang Hao was quite happy to hear the news.

He really hopes to bring the Abu Dhabi consortium to La Liga.

Although La Liga's broadcast rights are now packaged and sold, many teams have a much better time, but it is still very difficult.

La Liga began to conduct a financial audit of La Liga teams in the summer of 06, although the results were not announced to the public, but Yang Hao got the news from Cerezo that the financial situation of each club is not ideal.

Some are even very bad.

Atletico Madrid is in the best financial position at the moment, while Real Madrid, Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruna are no problem.

Villarreal's situation isn't good, but it's not bad either.

Valencia, Real Betis, Levante, Zaragoza, Getafe, Mallorca and other teams are basically in debt, and now the debt has not collapsed.

Strictly speaking, the increase in La Liga's broadcast fees can only alleviate their financial situation, not the root cause.

If La Liga can bring in a big chaebol with strength and background like the Abu Dhabi consortium, it will definitely be a good thing.

At the very least, it can play a good exemplary role, and at the same time, it can further increase the influence of La Liga.

Not to mention anything else, I'm afraid that the three heroes of the Western Super League will become the four heroes of the Western Super League in the future.

As for the threat to Atletico Madrid, Yang Hao is not worried at all.

If the Atletico he created was so easily beaten down by the money offensive, wouldn't Yang Hao have done it in vain all these years?

……

During the training camp in the Middle East, Yang Hao also ushered in a new assistant, Antonio Pintus.

After settling his contract with Juventus and packing up his hand, he officially arrived in Dubai on January 1 to report.

Yang Hao is very clear about the strength of this physical fitness coach.

Now, he has to play both Atletico Madrid and the Spanish national team alone, there are indeed too many things, and there is a shortage of manpower around him.

Next, Albert Roca should be more inclined to body data detection and tracking, Oscar Ortega and Antonio Pintus, two physical coaches, to help Yang Hao control Atletico Madrid and the Spanish national team, the task is still quite heavy.

Of course, they will also have their own assistants under them.

Atletico's first team now has a coaching staff of 40 people, not counting Cesar Mendiodo and his scouting team, as well as the medical team that Parales is in charge of, otherwise there would be even more.

There are a lot of people in the athletic department, and Atletico as a whole now employs just as much, with more than 350 people.

This includes everyone in Mahada Hongda and Calderón, as well as the cleaners and service staff who have signed contracts with the club.

However, it does not include temporary workers hired on match days and some special holidays, such as stadium security guards, security personnel, etc., which are temporarily hired on match days.

There are about 1,000 people on each race day.

Don't think it's a lot, where is this?

When Atletico's new stadium is completed, hundreds of new and stable jobs will be created, including stadium attendants and sales staff in shopping malls.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the current Atletico Madrid with a big business.

The income has increased rapidly, but the number of employees has also expanded a lot.

When Yang Hao first took over, Atletico Madrid went from beginning to end, from Mahatahonda to Calderon, and it was estimated that there would be a maximum of sixty or seventy people.

Who would have thought that in just a few years, it would have expanded to such a scale?

Since Pintus is new to the city and does not know much about Atletico Madrid and the players, Oscar Ortega is basically in charge of the specific matters, and Pintus assists from the side.

The training camp during the entire winter break is basically the same as before, focusing on short-term training and physical recharging.

In the Hill Cup commemorative match in Abu Dhabi, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid were mainly warm-ups, but they also did their best to give all the fans in attendance a wonderful matchup.

Both sides have to inspect the players, run in the team, and at the same time please the fans, so the game was played very openly, without reservations, and it was all about holding high the banner of attacking football.

In the end, Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 4-3.

Both sides have largely rotated 11 players, but Arsene Wenger's situation is a bit peculiar.

Yang Hao noticed that he promoted a number of young players, such as de la Red, Parejo, Bueno, Negredo and Juan Mata, all of whom were given the opportunity to play in this game.

This made Yang Hao feel quite interesting.

If the reason why Wenger wanted to vigorously promote young players during his early years at Arsenal was more because Arsenal was preparing to build a new stadium, then he is now promoting young players at Real Madrid, which is really his hobby.

Over the years, Real Madrid's youth training strength has been one of the best in Spain, and it can even be said that it is not worse than Barcelona or slightly inferior to Atletico Madrid, but the success rate is not high, and in the final analysis, it is Real Madrid's own team strategy.

The arrival of Arsene Wenger believes that there will be more room for improvement in Real Madrid's youth echelon players.

……

After returning to Madrid from the Middle East, the players began to rest and prepare for the second half of the season.

But the next day, Yang Hao still took all the players of the first team to the Calderón stadium in the center of Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's new stadium is already completed from the outside, and the next thing to do is to renovate the exterior of the stadium, especially the concept of arching bricks proposed by Herzog and de Meuron, and each load-bearing concrete column must be pasted with Spanish red bricks.

In addition, the installation and commissioning of various facilities inside the stadium, the decoration of VIP boxes, and the layout of commercial spaces.

It takes a lot of time.

At the moment, all the projects are in full swing, and all the projects will be completed by next season.

After Yang Hao and his entourage arrived at Calderón Stadium, they first visited the construction site of the new stadium in the shadow of all media reporters, and everyone could feel the grandeur of the new stadium.

The total capacity will reach 75,600 people.

According to Atletico's preliminary estimates, once the new stadium is put into use, Atletico's matchday revenue will exceed 100 million.

By that time, Atletico Madrid will fully catch up with Real Madrid in terms of revenue.

Yang Hao led the players to every corner of the new stadium, from the locker room to the players' tunnel, to the playing field, everyone deeply felt the grandeur of the new stadium.

Proper wealthy atmosphere!

To put it a little cheesy, it's a big deal.

The locker room is big, the players' tunnel is big, the playing field is big, and even the stands are big.

"God, I can already imagine that when we were playing in this stadium, the cheers from the fans in the stands slanted down, even if it was just imagination, goosebumps rose all over the body!" Torres said excitedly.

Everyone feels the same way.

Calderón Stadium is good and has a lot of memories, but as young people, they are looking forward to the new stadium even more.

Since the construction is still in full swing, they must wear safety helmets when entering the site and do a good job of protection.

They also specially went to the top stand of the stadium, and found that unlike the top stands of other stadiums, the top stand on Atletico Madrid's side is fine, and there is a circle of space for tours on the periphery, from here you can overlook the city of Madrid, and the scenery is quite good.

The residential projects next to the new stadium have been completed and are all sold out.

Atletico and MSM Group are making a lot of money from the residential project, and the next step is to demolish the Calderon Stadium and build two more skyscrapers when Atletico move over.

At that time, Atletico will need to invest a lot of money again.

But it's all worth it.

Just like the new stadium, which will be named the Emirates Stadium, the two basement car parks, the B1 and the peripheral shops on the ground floor are all packaged for rent, attracting a lot of interest from retail businesses.

After all, Atletico are in a pretty good position.

The distance between the two metro stations is about 400 meters, and the transportation is very convenient, and the north is just over 1 kilometer from the Royal Palace, and opposite the Royal Palace is the core business district of the entire Spanish city center.

In terms of location, Atletico's new stadium is closer to the core than Real Madrid's Bernabeu.

Villarreal's owner, Roig, and his two brothers, who had previously visited the site, and their family-run Mercadona, Spain's largest supermarket chain, wanted to rent the ground floor of Atletico Madrid and turn it into a shopping mall.

In addition, there are a number of other retail companies in Spain and abroad, such as Westfield, Wal-Mart, Carrefour and other multinational companies that have expressed strong interest, or visited the site and negotiated with Atletico Madrid.

But in the end, Atletico Madrid chose the Spanish department store group, Inglés Department Store.

Inglés is not as large as the Mercadona chain, and its business is mainly in Spain, that is, in 2001, it acquired 5 Carrefour and 9 Marks & Spencer, also in Spain.

But the department store is ambitious, wants to go overseas, and at the same time aims to transform.

For example, they proposed to turn this store at Atletico Madrid's new stadium into their world's first food experience hall, bringing together various food brands, well-known chef restaurants and food stores, combined with their traditional advantages of cosmetics, ready-to-wear, perfume and jewelry and other department stores, to create a one-stop high-end mall.

This concept is very much in line with Atletico's positioning for the new stadium.

What's more, Inglés attaches great importance to the food experience, after all, it is the first of its kind, echoing the main store 2 kilometers away, located on Preciados Street, east of the Royal Palace of Spain.

In addition, they also have a Castilian store in the north of the city, diagonally opposite the Bernabeu Stadium, which is not small.

Atletico Madrid's partnership with Inglése this time also includes an overseas promotion cooperation in addition to venue rental.

The two parties have reached an agreement to carry out overseas cooperation and promotion over the next 10 years, plus the rental of venues, with a total value of up to 150 million euros, during which time Atletico Madrid will authorize Atletico to use the Atletico brand for promotional purposes.

In other words, Atletico Madrid earns 15 million euros a year for this alone.

The reason why Yang Hao brought the players over today is that in addition to giving this blockbuster cooperation platform, there are also other investment projects, including the investment promotion of commercial spaces inside the stadium, such as KFC and McDonald's, and some other restaurants and retail stores will also open at the same time when the new stadium is opened.

Therefore, today is a collective signing ceremony.

Naturally, Atletico are taking this more seriously.

Incidentally, the Atletico Madrid medical service station mentioned by Yang Hao before will be slightly later than the new stadium.

Due to the limited amount of space inside the new stadium, the medical service station, fan shop and museum will be located at Atletico's headquarters next to the stadium.

Between the Petronas Twin Towers, the residential area and the new stadium, Atletico Madrid and MSM Group each have a headquarters building, which is not high enough to meet their respective office purposes and will not be rented out, so Atletico Madrid will use the ground floor.

In the center of Madrid, where land is at a premium, the layout of the entire project is relatively compact.

Since Atletico Madrid's new stadium is owned by Atletico, the entire signing ceremony is organized by Atletico Madrid, and has nothing to do with MSM Group, but Marao Beer is a sponsor of Atletico Madrid, and they will become the exclusive supplier of Atletico Madrid's new stadium beer.

Yang Hao took the players to attend the signing ceremony, which was presided over by Atletico Madrid's press director Andrew Barrasco, and Atletico Madrid's president Cerezo delivered a speech, and the process was also very smooth.

Once the contract is officially signed, they can start preparing to settle in.

Of course, the rent will also have to be paid.

……

The summer transfer season of 2006 was not buzzing, leading everyone to assume that the transfer market during the winter break in early 2007 was not going to be much better.

This is also true as the market expects, but there are exceptions.

That's Real Madrid.

While the transfer market in European football as a whole is sluggish, Real Madrid is waving a cheque in their hands.

They signed Gago from Boca Juniors in Argentina for a transfer fee of 20 million euros, with the title of Redondo II.

For a transfer fee of 13 million euros, Argentine teenager Higuain was signed from River Plate.

The two players spent 33 million euros, making Real Madrid the club that invested the most during the winter break.

Real Madrid, which is aiming to snipe at Atletico Madrid, can be regarded as a bloody investment!

Gonzalo Higuain is a striker who is used to improve the attacking power up front, while Gago, who is seen by Arsene Wenger as an important part of improving the midfield.

In the absence of Pirlo, Arsene Wenger can only replace him with Gago for the time being.

Both youngsters also featured in the Hill Cup Commemorative Tournament in Abu Dhabi.

Yang Hao is looking forward to it, and he doesn't know if Gago, who has excellent technical and organizational skills, will take a different path from his previous life under Wenger's tutelage.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, have been struggling with Pirlo or Cesc Fabregas.

The former was mainly rejected by AC Milan, while the latter also struggled to make the trip because Cesc Fabregas said that if he returned to Spain, he would only go to Barcelona.

That's why Real Madrid signed Gago.

In addition, it has also been revealed that Arsene Wenger is not satisfied with Salgado's performance after a long period of serious injury to Cicinho and wants to bring in a right wing-back, while Real Madrid have their eye on Bayern's Philippe Lahm.

Coincidentally, Manchester United has their eye on Bayern's Hargreaves.

Interestingly, both teams are very interested in poaching Bayern and keep inflating their offers.

In the end, both ended at 35 million euros.

Bayern also rejected offers from both sides, making it clear that they would not sell during the winter break.

But with the current situation of Bayern and the Bundesliga, it is quite difficult to keep these two players.

In addition to this, Manchester United also have their eye on Southampton youngster Gareth Bale, but the player has been on the radar of several teams such as Tottenham, and Real Madrid's Arsene Wenger is also interested in him, resulting in the Saints now being a strange commodity with an asking price of up to 20 million euros.

This is outrageous for a young player.

Therefore, in the end, Gareth Bale also failed to make a successful transfer.

Yang Hao did not pay attention to the disturbances in the transfer market, he was more concerned about the Abu Dhabi consortium's investigation to Spain, Antonio Ponte and La Liga were dispatched.

Then there is the subprime mortgage crisis brewing in the United States, far across the ocean.

He watched the movie "Big Short" in his previous life, and vaguely remembered that it began to break out in early 07.

……

La Liga has reignited the flames.

On January 7, the first match of the 17th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid hosted Tarragona.

Due to Atletico's physical reserve training during the winter break, the player's form has been affected and is still in the adjustment phase.

But someone doesn't need it.

In the 19th minute of the opening game, Messi received an assist from Alves and scored a goal for Atletico Madrid.

It was also the first competitive goal for the Sheets since the winter break.

After that, Atletico Madrid's overall performance was not very ideal, the state of the players was generally not very excited, and Messi was taken care of by the opponent after scoring the goal, and his performance was also greatly affected.

Yang Hao's strategy is still based on passing and cutting, constantly consuming the opponent.

In the 68th minute, Torres scored another goal for Atletico.

In the 81st minute, substitute Luka Modric scored the third goal.

In the end, Atletico beat Tarragona 3-0 at home.

Barcelona, who have been affected by injuries, drew 1-1 away to Getafe in this round.

Thierry Henry returned and scored a goal at a crucial moment to avoid Barca's away defeat.

And the most surprising thing in this round was that at the Riazor Stadium, Real Madrid lost 0-2 to Deportivo La Coruna.

Dutch centre-forward Ruud van Nistelrooy made a pass and shot to help Deportivo La Coruna snipe at Real Madrid at home.

Deschamps faced Arsene Wenger and his old club and showed no mercy at all.

But the most surprising thing was Vanney.

The Dutch centre-forward threatened to score goals in the game before the game, but he didn't expect him to deliver.

Deportivo La Coruna also showed a very tenacious performance in this game, and the action was a bit big, Real Madrid midfielder Guti only played 11 minutes before he was injured and went down, and it is initially estimated that he will be out of injury for at least one month.

Real Madrid and Barcelona, as well as many teams in La Liga, are suffering from a wave of injuries.

Atletico Madrid is the only one, and the situation is very good now.

But Yang Hao didn't dare to be careless, and he was still very cautious.

After all, no one can say for sure about such a thing as injury, and if you are a little careless, it will come to you at any time.

……

In midweek, the first leg of the Copa del Rey round of 16.

Atletico beat Osasuna 2-0 at home, with Didier Drogba scoring a brace.

However, in the 18th round of La Liga at the weekend, Atletico Madrid scored one goal in the opening game, and was finally equalized by Celta Vigo, and finally drew 1-1.

It was also Atletico's first draw of the season.

Since losing away to Real Madrid in the fifth round, Atletico Madrid have won all the way to the present, but the draw against Celta Vigo in this round put Atletico's winning streak to 12 consecutive wins.

The team is unbeaten in 13 games so far.

Yang Hao is satisfied with the team's performance.

Barcelona lost 3-1 away to Espanyol in this round, with the likes of Tamudo and Luis Garcia putting in excellent performances.

Thierry Henry scored a goal but couldn't prevent Barca from losing.

Now Barcelona's whole state is not ideal, and even Henry is not very stable.

Catalan media revealed that Henry's injuries have not yet fully healed, and this time he came out urgently to put out the fire.

Real Madrid beat Zaragoza 1-0 at home thanks to Ibrahimovic's goal.

In the second leg of the Copa del Rey round of 16 in midweek, Atletico drew 1-1 away at Osasuna.

With an aggregate score of 3-1, Atletico Madrid successfully eliminated Osasuna to advance.

Arsene Wenger's Real Madrid was in a two-legged match with Real Betis, 0-0 away, 1-1 at home, and was eliminated by Real Betis and failed to advance to the quarterfinals.

Atletico's quarter-final opponent is Getafe.

……

In the 19th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid hosted Osasuna.

The northern Spanish team, which has always played a fierce style, showed aggressive momentum at the Calderón Stadium, especially when it came to fouls, and was frequently booed by Atletico Madrid fans.

In the first 20 minutes, the opponent's central defender was defending Torres once, and he moved too much and had a physical altercation with Torres, and was given a yellow card by the referee on 50 boards.

At present, the injury situation in La Liga is so serious, not to mention the team and coach, the players are also in danger.

The result?

Osasuna also frequently uses lethal tactics, which is outrageous.

But the real clash between the two sides came after 60 minutes of the second half.

As their fitness declined, Osasuna's handling of Atletico's attack became more and more difficult, their defensive movements became bigger and bigger, and the smell of gunpowder on the scene became stronger.

In the 67th minute, central defender Cuellar fouled Torres in the box and was directly shown a red card.

Atletico's captain personally took the penalty to break the deadlock.

The Osasuna players clearly could not accept this fact, which they believed was a move by the referee to take care of Atletico.

In a defensive game in the 78th minute, Pablo Garcia fouled Andres Iniesta, causing the Spanish midfielder to go off injured and the Uruguayan midfielder to be sent off with a straight red card.

This once again sparked strong indignation among Osasuna's players.

Thiago Silva took advantage of a corner kick in the 84th minute to score 2-0 for Atletico Madrid!

But just two minutes later, substitute Real Madrid striker Soldado on loan at Osasuna elbowed Thiago Silva when he was fighting for the top in the penalty area, and was also sent off with a red card.

This immediately sparked a strong clash between the two sides, and goalkeeper Ricardo pushed the Atletico player and also received a red card.

In a single game, 4 red cards are very rare.

After the game, the Spanish media were very disappointed with the referee Vicente's enforcement, believing that a game like this should be controlled as soon as possible, rather than allowing the two sides to continue to develop, and finally turned into a red card battle.

Yang Hao blamed Osasuna in the post-match press conference.

'I can even say very responsibly that there are a lot of teams that have a lot of rough defensive moves against us and they want to contain our attack in this way.

"I think that's a very bad thing."

"Even, I think, some of them are not trying to beat us, they're not trying to win games, they're just venting!"

Yang Hao believes that for similar behaviors, the Spanish Football Association and La Liga should consider giving heavy penalties and making an example.

"This isn't the first time!"

In fact, in the previous Copa del Rey game, Atletico Madrid also suffered a rough foul from Osasuna, but it was manageable at the time, but this time, Osasuna was obviously out of control.

It could be because of three games in a row and Osasuna being knocked out of the Copa del Rey.

But in any case, this kind of scene should not happen.

……

In the 20th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid hosted Racing Santander.

Andres Iniesta was injured and Yang Hao discharged the midfield combination of Kaka and Modric.

In the 16th minute of the first half, Kaka scored a goal for Atletico.

It wasn't until the 52nd minute of the second half that Torres scored again.

But four minutes later, Munitis set up a goal from Žikic.

The Serbian center forward is 2.02 meters tall, and the advantage in the air is too obvious, just in this game Lucio was injured and absent, Yang Hao was forced to discharge the combination of Pepe and Ramos, and was drilled by Zhikic.

But Fernando Torres scored the third goal for Atletico 10 minutes later.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Racing Santander 3-1 thanks to a brace from Fernando Torres.

Barcelona defeated Celta Vigo 3-1 at home thanks to goals from Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho and Giuli.

However, it is very sad that Henry, who has performed very well since his comeback and also played a pass and a shot in this game, was tested by the Barcelona team doctor after playing Vigo Celta and confirmed the recurrence of the muscle strain.

This time the injury has worsened and it is likely that he will be out for the entire season.

This immediately sparked strong indignation in the Catalan media.

What's going on with Barcelona this season?

Injured one after another, Henry finally came back, and it was less than a month before he was injured again, what the hell is going on?

Do all team doctors eat dry food?

The Daily Sports newspaper even wrote an article criticizing: Compared with Atletico Madrid, Barcelona's team doctor is simply not too amateurish.

Barcelona team doctor Toni Tramuras stood up and defended himself in an interview with World Sport.

Tramulas said he had done his part as the team's team doctor, but many times it wasn't he who decided whether a player would be able to play.

"The club arranged for a lot of us to visit Atletico Madrid's Mahada Honda, and we even started to try to learn how to use traffic lights to mark the physical condition of the players, but so what?"

"From his comeback to the present, Henry has been in a yellow light state, I have reminded him many times that his injury has not healed and it is not suitable to play, especially too many games, can anyone listen?"

"From his comeback to the present, Henry has played in the league and the Copa del Rey in a row, which is the reason for his injury recurrence!"

The team doctor also mentioned Thuram and a number of other players, saying that their injuries were actually forewarned, but the problem is that the team doctor has no say in deciding whether a player will be able to play.

"We can only submit reports and give recommendations, but if we don't listen to them, we can't control them."

Public opinion was in a complete uproar.

Who is to blame for Barca's injury surge this season?

Who is to blame for this season's poor results?

While Barcelona was in a ruffle, Real Madrid lost 1-0 away to Villarreal and Sergio Aguero scored the winning goal.

After 20 rounds, Atletico leads the La Liga standings with 55 points, six points more than Real Madrid, who are in second place.

Now even the hornet's nest in Madrid has been pierced.

The Ace newspaper even issued a soul torture question: "Do we really want to sit back and watch Atletico Madrid achieve five consecutive La Liga titles?" ”

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