In Yang Hao's previous life, many fans often mentioned the so-called salary structure.

Basically, it means that the salary of a team's players is divided into several grades, and different players correspond to different grades.

But this is actually a relatively simple and crude statement, or rather, a straightforward statement that is easier for fans to understand.

The real situation is often very, very complicated.

For example, Atletico Madrid.

If you simply refer to the data given by the media, it is easy for fans to come to a conclusion, where is Atletico's salary expenditure spent?

And, what is Atletico's current annual salary in European football?

In fact, the media's algorithms are often significantly biased, and each club keeps its pay structure strictly secret.

Even, in the same team, the remuneration packages between players and players are not disclosed to each other.

But there are always some ways to get some clues.

Atletico's finance department hasn't done nothing over the years.

Fernando Vázquez has made a lot of efforts to control the salary structure of the team.

For example, every year, a professional third-party company is hired to conduct research on the top teams in European football, and then give a professional analysis report.

Once you have this report, Atletico's finance department will analyze and compare it.

Of course, this is not 100% accurate, but it can give a similar reference value.

Atletico Madrid's financial department can clearly know what kind of position Atletico Madrid's current salary package is in among players of the same level in the same industry.

In addition to external factors, Atletico also makes internal comparisons against the top teams in the industry.

This is what everyone is familiar with, what grade the players are, how much they contribute, how much they are paid, etc.

But the problem is that the market in European football as a whole changes almost every day.

Fans rarely pay attention to these on weekdays except to watch the game.

But in reality, the industry is changing all the time.

The simplest example, after the Abu Dhabi consortium landed in La Liga and acquired Valencia, the four players poached by the Bat Army from Atletico Madrid have an annual salary far higher than that of their peers.

Villa, Lucio and Petr Cech have an annual salary of 8 million euros.

What is this level?

The highest annual salaries in European football are now capped at 9 million euros.

And there is a very tacit understanding, it is between 8.5 million and 9 million euros, and no one has exceeded this number.

For example, Real Madrid offered Ballack 9 million euros, and Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic renewed their contracts this summer, with an annual salary of 9 million euros.

Some people will say that Wenger is awesome.

Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo don't make a fuss, it's amazing.

But how much does Ibrahimovic get paid at Juventus?

1.7 million euros.

When Inter Milan competed with Real Madrid for him, he only gave an annual salary of 5 million euros, before tax.

If according to the tax ratio in Italy, how much is his real income?

What now?

Real Madrid gives the highest salary!

Trouble?

If you have the ability, you can try it!

Jump to other leagues, is there a team that can give you such a maximum salary?

Do you know any concepts?

Leaving La Liga, it is almost impossible for a team to be willing to give an annual salary at this level.

If Ibrahimovic can't stay at Real Madrid, he will have to go to other teams in La Liga, otherwise, his income will have to fall.

In Yang Hao's previous life, Ibrahimovic went from Inter Milan to Barcelona, and his annual salary increased slightly, and when he joined AC Milan from Barcelona, his annual salary was slightly reduced, but as long as he played and scored similar goals, the overall income remained unchanged.

But AC Milan signed Ibrahimovic for the price of cabbage!

Now there are still teams that will vigorously poach Ibrahimovic and give such a high annual salary?

Of course, Real Madrid will not be emboldened to treat their players.

The salary is more and less, which is the result of negotiations between the two parties.

In the case that Real Madrid's salary is enough and everything else is good, Ibrahimovic will naturally not make trouble.

What's more, Arsene Wenger has used both him and Ronaldo well.

At Barcelona, Ronaldinho's annual salary is also 9 million euros, and Eto'o and Henry are 8.7 million euros.

It can also be seen that although Real Madrid has rubbed enough traffic in the World Cup in Germany, and its commercial income has skyrocketed, breaking through the threshold of 400 million euros, Ballack's annual salary is also quite high.

There is also Tevez, after this kid came to Barcelona, the annual salary is 6 million euros.

This has led to an increase in the annual salaries of a group of players, including Xavi and Puyol.

Pushing this wave of salary increases in La Liga to Valencia is somewhat unobjective.

After all, Real Madrid and Barcelona also have their own responsibilities.

Especially Real Madrid, when they poached Ballack, the salary they gave was too high.

Of course, from a business point of view, Real Madrid will not lose money in this wave of Ballack.

Now, the performance of Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic has come up, and their annual salaries will naturally follow.

Mendes and Raiola are not fuel-efficient lamps, and if the players are doing well, they will definitely have to ask for a salary cap commensurate with the performance.

Here, one more point to mention.

Valencia is a new team, and they must give a high salary to poach people.

Moreover, in the salary structure of the Bat Legion, the proportion of fixed salary is on the high side.

This is easy to understand, just like a start-up, which is usually relatively unstable both inside and outside, and appeasing the players with a higher fixed salary is a good way to stabilize the morale of the military.

It's equivalent to telling the players that if they perform well or badly, they will get the money.

Of course, they will definitely come up with some more ways to motivate the players to perform better.

And giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona, which are already very mature, have relatively stable salary structures.

If it was before this wave of salary increases, Atletico's salary was actually okay.

But after that, it's a bit on the low side.

Therefore, Yang Hao wants to renew the contract of Kaka and Messi, but it is really not a whim.

Before, Fernando Vázquez, the God of Wealth, had already made a new salary analysis report, and Yang Hao also read it, and basically recognized it.

The remuneration packages of other employees are actually okay, and generally not too high.

The number of players is small, but it is the core competitiveness of the club, so the salary package will be tailored to each player.

That's why fans often hear that clubs can't renew the contracts of too many players at once.

For example, Kaka is already a very mature player, his indicators and statistics are very stable, and his career has reached a peak.

Atletico Madrid's previous salary was 6.5 million, and then increased Kaka's income through commercial income, so Kaka is the highest-paid player in European football in the past two years.

The ratio of fixed salary to variable salary is about 7 to 3, which is a relatively mature and stable ratio, and it is also widely used in the industry.

But there is one thing to take into account, that is, Kaka is only 25 years old now, and it is foreseeable that there will be one or two salary increases in his career, which is tantamount to presenting a test for Atletico Madrid.

How much to give?

If you give too much, you won't be able to increase your revenue in the future, and when you renew the contract, it will be very troublesome.

Give less, the salary of so many stars outside, you can guess some.

Here, you can't mention the commercial revenue share, that's extra, besides, Kaka also paid a certain price.

To some extent, when negotiating a contract renewal, the club has to have to balance its interests, but at the same time, it also has to take into account the emotional bond with the player.

This is where brokers come into play.

Torres is in a similar situation to Kaka, with both now both of them now paying the highest salaries in the Atletico team.

And what about Messi?

For players in this high-speed growth period, the salary structure design is often more inclined to incentives, that is, to use the salary to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the players.

For veterans like Baraha, they are often paid a fixed percentage to retain talent.

This is why many people say that whether the salary is well designed or not will seriously affect the motivation of the players.

That's what it's all about.

Let's take the example of Real Madrid.

Ballack is now starting to be a little out of play, and he still receives an annual salary of 9 million euros, how much will Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic get?

Don't give 9 million euros, the two pillars have the motivation to play?

The club will find a third party to do research, and the players and agents will also know that they will also have all kinds of references.

Atletico are actually relatively good.

Yang Hao's attitude has always been that the money that should be given and the money that can be given, Atletico Madrid must give enough and give sincerity.

But players need to be at their best in the Atletico team.

Previously, after selling Cech, Lucio, Villa and Antonio López, Atletico Madrid freed up a large piece of salary space, and in the past period, Atletico Madrid have been talking to the player for contract extensions.

But the first few players didn't move.

The reason is also very simple, the team has to carefully calculate and take into account all aspects.

Yang Hao's opinion is that this time Atletico Madrid should directly target Real Madrid.

Although there is still a bit of a gap between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in terms of revenue, after moving into the new stadium, the significant increase in matchday revenue is obvious, even far exceeding previous expectations.

Originally, I thought it could break 100 million, but now it seems that it is more than that.

Every game at the Emirates Stadium has been packed up so far.

With 76,500 people and almost every game packed, the attendance was staggering.

In this case, the team's revenue will definitely increase significantly, and it is even expected to exceed 400 million euros this season.

Yang Hao believes that in this case, Atletico Madrid should start to comprehensively benchmark Real Madrid.

They can offer their top stars an annual salary of 9 million euros, so why can't Atletico?

There is also an advantage of Atletico.

When Yang Hao had an in-depth understanding, he found that whether it was Real Madrid or Barcelona, there were actually many employees who lived on the club.

Some of them may have contributed to the club in the past, or they came in through some kind of connection, or some other mess......

If it's the first one, it's a little better, but there are a lot of the latter ones.

So in terms of overall spending, Real Madrid and Barcelona have a lot of confusing accounts that cannot be disclosed to the public.

But after Atletico Madrid was reorganized before, there are basically few such situations until now.

Yang Hao attaches great importance to this salary structure upgrade.

Especially for the contract renewal of players such as Kaka, Torres, Messi, Iniesta, Xavi Alonso, Yang Hao even did it himself.

Because this time represents Atletico Madrid's transformation from a fast-growing club to a mature and stable giant.

This renewal will seriously affect the operation and development of Atletico Madrid in the next two or three years, or even longer.

……

After Messi gradually made a name for himself, Jorge Messi quit his job.

Messi also bought a piece of land near Yang Hao's home and is building a villa.

But at this stage, he and his family still live in the same house.

It's different from the previous life.

In Yang Hao's previous life, Messi's brother stopped playing football early in order to better treat him, and retired to become a chef.

And the rest of the family, too.

After Jorge Messi went to Barcelona, he was also busy with work every day.

But it's different now, Atletico do much better than Barcelona in this regard.

His brother is still playing, first in Spain's second division and then in the Portuguese league, and he is also okay.

Jorge Messi's task is to take care of Messi and his family, and now life is better, it is said that he has returned to his hometown in good clothes and built a house in his hometown, which is very proud.

Yang Hao is not like the past now, and he runs to their house all day long when he has nothing to do.

The main thing is to be busy, both official and private, and to some extent to avoid suspicion.

Not to mention anything else, with so many people watching inside and out, he runs all day long, and it still gives people a feeling of special care, which is not very good.

Keep the right distance and give the players more space, which is good for each other.

After all, Messi is not a child now.

But as soon as Yang Hao called, Jorge Messi came from home.

It's close, just a few minutes away.

"Jorge, you've gained a lot of weight lately." Yang Hao greeted him warmly.

Jorge Messi smiled and chatted with Yang Hao.

Yang Hao also asked about the situation at home, including the children, including Antonella, and many other things.

In fact, Jorge Messi said that he was Messi's agent, but he basically didn't understand these things.

Atletico are in charge of a lot of the operations.

For example, some of Messi's business activities.

As Messi's performance became better and better, more and more brands sponsored him, and more and more commercial activities invited to him, these were all connected by people from Atletico Madrid's marketing department.

In addition, Messi has set up his own charitable foundation to help sick children in Argentina.

This is also Atletico's support and help behind the scenes.

Judging from Jorge Messi's feedback, everything is fine, smooth and nothing is a big problem.

"Thank God! Calm and quiet is the greatest luck! ”

Yang Hao thought so.

He told Jorge Messi very directly that he called him to come over this time, mainly to talk to him about Messi's contract renewal, "The club is going to give Messi a salary increase." ”

"Really?" Jorge Messi was slightly surprised.

Yang Hao saw it in his eyes.

In the past period, the club has raised the salaries of many players, and two days ago it was rumored that they would renew their contracts with Kaka and Torres, and it was impossible for Jorge Messi's family to receive the news, but they never asked, obviously waiting.

Feelings belong to feelings, but interests are still more accounting.

Atletico Madrid is now offering Kaka and Torres an annual salary of 9 million euros, which is the ceiling of the annual salary of Atletico Madrid players at this stage, and only the two of them in the team get this salary package.

As for Messi, Yang Hao and the management have risen from the original 5 million euros to 7.5 million euros.

When Yang Hao said it, he was always paying attention to Jorge Messi's reaction.

He found that Jorge Messi was stunned for a moment, but then there was a look of surprise.

This reassured Yang Hao.

It seems that this salary increase is quite satisfactory to them.

But Yang Hao will not let Messi suffer.

'You know, Jorge, Leo is only 20 years old, we are designing the salary package, there is no way to say, to give him very, very high all of a sudden, on the one hand, it will have a serious impact on the salary structure of our club.

Jorge Messi nodded incessantly.

If it were another person, he would put a big question mark, but what Yang Hao said, he would believe it.

"On the other hand, I hope you also understand that from a human point of view, we need to leave more room for Leo to improve, so that he can continue to maintain a momentum, and the better he performs in the next few years, we will definitely renew his contract, and even if he performs well enough, it will be okay to get the highest salary in football, or even higher."

This is a promise made by Yang Hao to Jorge Messi personally.

Jorge Messi is very happy with this.

"You know, Yang, Leo and I trust you very, very much, I trust you, you just have an idea."

"That can't." Yang Hao said with a smile.

This time, he just wanted to hear Jorge Messi's request.

"In addition, I have negotiated with the people in the marketing department, with Leo's current performance, the next will be the focus of our club's promotion, and we are very confident that in the next two or three years, we will help Leo increase his annual commercial income to more than 20 million euros."

Jorge Messi's eyes widened in disbelief.

"So much?"

"As long as Leo keeps up his current performance, or even better, believe me, it's the most conservative estimate and there will be more."

Atletico Madrid really can't give Messi the same salary as Kaka and Torres all at once, and must reserve some room for future salary increases.

Yes, Messi's current momentum is very strong, but not to the extent that it is comparable to Kaka.

In addition, Drogba's annual salary will reach 7.5 million euros after this salary increase.

Robben is probably around 6.5 million euros.

Andres Iniesta, Xavi Alonso, Alves and others are around 5 million euros.

In the context of the entire European football scene, 5 million euros is actually quite high.

According to the information currently available to Atletico Madrid, there are no more than 30 professional players with an annual salary of more than 5 million euros in the entire European football world, and Atletico Madrid is now pushing several players into the ranks of 5 million euros at once.

Give a set of reference data to get a general idea.

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard now earns €7.5 million, Real Madrid's Raul is around €6.5 million, Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand is €6 million and Roma's Totti is €5.5 million.

Bayern claimed to have poached Luca Toney from Serie A with a sky-high annual salary that broke the club's history, but only gave an annual salary of 5.2 million euros.

Chelsea's annual salary is considered to be on the high end of European football, with Frank Lampard earning €8.1 million and Shevchenko €7.8 million.

In recent years, Deco's annual salary at Chelsea has only been 7 million euros.

This is a very obvious and intuitive contrast.

Atletico Madrid's salary increase this time is very strong, and the club has shown enough sincerity and determination.

Yang Hao said at the previous core high-level meeting that players are desperately trying to create better results on the field, and the club should generate as much income as possible in the commercial field.

Generating more revenue will naturally lead to higher remuneration packages for players, employees and club owners.

In addition to generating revenue, the finance department also has a more important job, which is to help players avoid taxes reasonably.

This is not a special case for Atletico.

On the contrary, all the clubs in European football are doing it.

Even, there are many clubs who use this as a benefit for players to negotiate contract renewals.

In Yang Hao's previous life, the yin and yang contracts that made a lot of noise in China, the opening of companies in low-tax countries and regions, etc., have long been played in European football.

But the magic is one foot high, the road is one foot high, and it is always evolving.

In this regard, the Premier League teams are the most spendsome and can be described as varied.

La Liga, because of the Beckham Act, the tax rate itself is not high, so it is relatively better, but the income from commercial sponsorship will also avoid taxes.

Kaka, for example, signed two sponsorship contracts in Thailand this summer for a total of around €6 million.

Atletico own 50% of the player's image rights, and the 3 million euros that belong to Kaka will actually pay only a small part of the tax.

The whole tax shelter structure is very complex.

Some funds go to Ireland, some go to Malta, and even Ronaldo's hometown of Madeira, as well as Slovenia, as well as the Caribbean, which are very common tax havens.

In the corporate sector, there is the so-called dual Irish structure, and for the players, it's about the same.

……

On the evening of October 23, the Emirates Stadium in Madrid.

In the third round of the Champions League group stage, Atletico Madrid hosted Slavia Prague.

It was a game without much suspense, and the difference in quality between the two teams was too great.

Just five minutes into Atletico, Arjen Robben sent a cross past two defenders on the left flank, and Kaka fired a diagonal shot from the left near the penalty spot to find the back of the net for Slavia Prague.

After that, the Sheets Corps kept creating offensives.

Patrice Evra crossed from the left twice in quick succession, and Drogba headed narrowly wide from close range.

And in the 23rd minute, Robben received a wonderful pass from Iniesta on the left side, burst into the penalty area and hit the goal with his feet, expanding the score, 2-0!

In the 29th minute, Messi and Kaka had a cooperation on the right rib, Kaka passed diagonally to the right side, Alves inserted a cross, Drogba hit the goal with a header in the middle, 3-0!

It's overwhelming!

Before the end of the first half, Messi switched to the left side, suddenly stole the opponent's defender, burst into the left side of the penalty area with the ball, dribbled past the attacking goalkeeper, and pushed the empty goal, 4-0!

After the rematch in the second half, in the 46th minute, it was Kaka's wonderful pass, Robben broke into the left side of the penalty area again, scored a low shot, and scored twice, 5-0!

In the 50th minute, Robben and Messi once again completed their cooperation on the left side, and after Messi burst into the penalty area, he pushed the ball with the outside of his right foot and sent the ball into the bottom of the net again, 6-0!

The Argentine youngster also scored a brace!

In the 53rd minute, still on the left side, Drogba, Robben, Messi and Iniesta passed continuously, Kaka burst into the vicinity of the penalty spot, pushed the shot, and also scored a brace!

7 to 0!

Drogba then desperately tried to create another goal.

There was no way, seeing that the partners around him all scored two goals, and he was left alone, scoring 1 goal alone, he felt embarrassed himself.

But you can't blame your teammates, who let him get two headers and not score?

In the 72nd minute, substitute Luka Modric also sent a wonderful through ball, and when Drogba hit the goal from a small angle, he was too hasty and hit the side netting.

So angry that the Ivory Coast Warcraft jumped straight to its feet!

What made Drogba even more embarrassed was that in the 82nd minute, Modric received Iniesta's pass, burst into the right side of the penalty spot with the ball, and hit the goal with his feet, 8-0!

Drogba collapsed, and spread his hands in front of the goal, as if to say: I have run in place, you are passing!

Why did you fight it yourself?

Subsequently, Suarez, who was also a substitute, also burst into the right side of the penalty area and hit the post when he hit the goal.

Drogba is going crazy.

Until the 89th minute, Modric and Suarez completed a wall-hitting cooperation on the right side, and after breaking into the right side of the penalty area, Suarez selflessly crossed when he could hit the goal with his own feet.

Drogba followed up at the back point and easily pushed the empty goal!

The Ivorian was so excited that he rushed straight out of the pitch, kneeling, pulling out his long three bars and spreading his arms to the cheers of the Atletico fans.

He finally scored a brace!

9 to 0!

Atletico slaughtered Slavia Prague at home!

After the game, Atletico Madrid's wild victory shocked the entire European football world.

It's crazy!

The last game just finished in La Liga, and this one is still a wild win in the Champions League.

Atletico still can't give people a way to live?

……

On the afternoon of October 27, Valencia City Stadium.

In the 9th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid challenged Levante away.

No one expected that the first to attack was the deputy squad leader Levante.

Levante, playing at home, seem to want to take advantage of the opportunity to attack and try to create a goal.

They did take their chances in the sixth minute and fired a shot that Rigano headed into a tight hold for Neuer.

The German goalkeeper is a bit of a nerve knife now, sometimes he is very steady, and sometimes he makes bizarre mistakes.

In Yang Hao's words, young goalkeepers are often like this.

Gotta get used to it.

From the 10th minute, Atletico kept the situation under control and created a succession of chances.

It wasn't until the 17th minute that Xavi Alonso moved from a diagonal pass from the left to the right, and Messi burst into the box with the ball, shook off the defenders, and then got up to shoot the goal, which was saved by goalkeeper Storari.

The unguarded Torres easily followed up and missed the shot, 1-0!

After the goal, Atletico began to increase their pressing in front.

In the 24th minute, after Messi suddenly stole the ball at the feet of the opponent's central defender Alfaro, he burst into the penalty area with the ball to form a single knife, and easily picked up the goal, 2-0!

The Argentine youngster's performances are getting better and better.

Especially in recent times, after it was rumored that the team was going to renew his contract, he showed a very amazing form.

Not only in the attack, but also in the defense, in the front court, he also put a lot of effort into the pressing.

In the last Champions League game, he scored after a tackle in front, and this time it was still the same.

And just seven minutes later, it was Messi who shook off the defender with the ball and sent a precise through ball with his left foot.

After Torres shook off the defenders, he successfully countered offside, received the ball to form a single knife, and scored again, 3-0!

Throughout the first half, Atletico tried to attack, but in the end they couldn't score again.

But after the second half of the rematch, just 3 minutes, Kaka sent a fatal through ball, Torres went straight behind the central defender, easily pushed and hit, for Atletico Madrid to go to the next city, 4-0!

And 3 minutes later, after Kaka broke through with the ball, he sent a diagonal pass, Messi burst into the penalty area, stopped to get rid of it, broke through the central defender Bruno, and hit the far corner with his left foot, and hit it accurately again, 5-0!

One of the obvious changes is that as Messi gets more and more opportunities, and as his physical ability improves, his ability to take chances in the game is also getting stronger.

And almost every shot on goal went to the corner.

This is a huge headache for the defenders.

Even, there is no way to defend.

But maybe the attack in front was too smooth, and there was a problem in the back defense.

In the 82nd minute, Atletico were on the safe side when Ramos was awarded a penalty for a foul on striker Rigano in the box.

Rigano scored from the penalty spot to make it 1-5!

Yang Hao also felt a little speechless about this.

But it's also really understandable.

As an Italian center forward, Rigano is 1.91 meters tall, half a head taller than Ramos, and his body is also very strong, which causes Ramos to suffer a lot when defending, and sometimes has to rely on some body movements.

But in any case, a 5-1 away win against Levante gave Atletico a big victory.

……

Also in the 9th round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Deportivo La Coruna.

Less than a minute into the game, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a goal for Deportivo La Coruna.

It's a bit of a catastrophe for Real Madrid.

The two sides fought hard until the second half, and in the 78th minute, at the critical moment, Ronaldo stepped forward and scored a goal for Real Madrid, successfully equalizing the score, 1-1!

In the 89th minute, substitute Robinho scored a goal to turn the score around.

2-1, Real Madrid reversed Super Laco at home.

After the game, Van Nistelrooy's performance was unanimously positive.

Since being abandoned by Real Madrid, almost every time he meets Real Madrid, he will show his best performance and leave a deep impression on people.

Barcelona beat Almeria 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o.

And the most surprising thing about this round are the two matchups.

Zaragoza beat Villarreal 3-1 at home.

The Yellow Submarine were humiliated away by Zaragoza in the relegation zone.

This really blew everyone away.

But that's the norm in La Liga right now.

Even a team in the relegation zone can turn the tables around in minutes.

There was also a game in which Sevilla beat Valencia 3-0 at home.

This was hailed as a football victory after the game!

Valencia are known as a team built by capital, but Sevilla FC is mainly about developing young players.

But if you look at the process of the game, in fact, most of the time, Valencia has an overwhelming advantage.

But in the opening game, Kanute sneaked up and grabbed a goal.

In the closing stages of the game, he was too anxious to equalize and reverse, and Sevilla scored two goals in a row.

Carlo Ancelotti was disappointed with the result.

He believes that what the team needs to do now is to put in a more consistent performance.

Carlo Ancelotti also revealed that La Liga is too competitive right now.

"It's suffocatingly cruel!"

……

In midweek, La Liga ushered in the 10th round of matches.

On the first matchday, Villarreal beat Levante 3-0 at home to get out of the haze of previous defeats.

Real Madrid couldn't have been more stable, beating Valencia 5-2 away.

Carlo Ancelotti's side suffered two defeats in a row.

The reason why he lost so badly was because in the 39th minute of the first half, Raul Albiol was sent off with a red card.

The score was 1-1.

As a result, Valencia conceded consecutive goals in the second half and finally lost 2-5!

Carlo Ancelotti's coaching has always been accompanied by heavy defeats, and this seems to have become a rule.

If you don't lose a few heavy defeats, it's not Ancelotti.

But Barca's situation was not much better, with a 1-1 draw away to Valladolid.

Jose Mourinho's side have had a serious problem this season and have not been playing well on the road.

They've always played well at home, but they've been hit the road.

It has even been said that Barça suffer from away phobia.

Mourinho scoffed at this.

But he also does not deny that there are indeed problems with Barça's away games.

Atletico welcomed Sevilla at home.

What surprised Yang Hao was that Sevilla actually played against Atletico Madrid in this game.

What's even more outrageous is that the auspicious three treasures of Atletico Madrid's backline actually had problems at the same time.

The game actually started very smoothly, with Atletico's scramble creating chances in the second minute, after Drogba's shot was saved by the goalkeeper, Messi knocked back in front of the bottom line, and Kaka pushed and hit.

It's a great start indeed.

Sevilla FC had a great free-kick opportunity in the 16th minute, when Pepe fouled Fabiano and gave them a well-placed free-kick, which Fabiano took and hit the back of the net.

1 to 1!

Just two minutes later, Atletico added another goal.

After Messi's shot was saved by the goalkeeper, Drogba hit the shot from close range to put the score ahead again.

But just before the end of the first half, Sevilla made a cross from the right, Ramos and Fabiano in the penalty area competed for the top, but I don't know what happened, by mistake, Ramos actually pushed the ball into his own goal.

2 to 2!

Flat!

Who would have thought?

When Yang Hao was at halftime, he really didn't know what to say.

Scold them?

I really can't scold.

Pepe was fouled while defending, and Ramos was careless during the aerial duel......

But you're going to say no problem......

Yang Hao finally made a request, don't make any more mistakes in the second half.

At the start of the second half, Juande Ramos' side began to play an Italianate defence, putting Atletico in a tough battle.

The smell of gunpowder on both sides is also getting stronger and stronger.

Atletico have the upper hand and are constantly attacking.

In the 68th minute, Di Maria passed diagonally to the back point on the left side, and after Messi stopped the ball on his chest, he volleyed with his left foot at a small angle and played a very wonderful volley, which made another city for Atletico Madrid, 3 to 2!

And in the 83rd minute, it was Di Maria's left side that broke through and knocked back, and David Silva scored another goal to further expand the score, 4-2!

But just before the end of the game, Mikel Arteta sent in a through ball that was cut off by Fabiano before the Brazilian fired home an empty net.

3 to 4!

Yang Hao sat in the coach's seat of the home team and felt particularly embarrassed.

There is even a feeling of shamelessness for Atletico Madrid fans.

Auspicious Three Treasures!

This is the auspicious Three Jewels!

Is there such a queue to give gifts to each other?

Either don't concede the ball, lose it!

Agreed, huh?

Do you want to trap me?

No matter how much you can score in front, you can't afford to squander it like this!

Yang Hao really wanted to tear the devil apart and directly tear the three bastards in half.

……

'I don't think there's any crisis at the back!'

At the post-match press conference, he had just been furious in the locker room and scolded the players fiercely, but Yang Hao changed his face and smiled at the media.

'We've analysed the three goals and the players did make some mistakes, but they weren't to blame.

Yang Hao said that conceding a goal is inevitable, and it is unrealistic if the defender is responsible for every conceded goal.

'I'm not going to make excuses for the players, but I'm still saying that, we don't have any problems defensively and I have a lot of confidence in them.

"Atletico fans? I didn't hear any dissatisfaction from the fans, on the contrary, we won and the fans reacted well. ”

Yang Hao once again reiterated that Atletico Madrid does not have a so-called defensive crisis.

However, there was still a vote of no confidence in Atletico's backline.

The two centre-backs, plus a goalkeeper, are so unreliable that when they get together, the consequences are unimaginable.

In Marca's statement, "Whenever we see Ramos and Pepe starting at the same time, we can't help but think, it's over, Atletico are conceding again tonight? ”

"I didn't expect that now there is one more Neuer......"

Regarding the current situation of Atletico Madrid, Marca newspaper agrees with Yang Hao's statement, mainly because the players are not stable enough.

After all, last summer saw the departure of Lucio and Petr Cech.

But Asbao was pleased.

Although Atletico did not drop points in this round, they even began to shout as if they had passed the holiday.

"Atletico will have nothing to gain this season and a poor backline will drag them down!"

So far, Atletico Madrid has the most attacking firepower in European football, and it can even be described as overwhelming.

But judging from the game against Sevilla, the back line was somewhat stretched.

The newspaper even asserted that Atletico would not get any accolades, while Real Madrid would catch up.

For this statement, Yang Hao and Atletico Madrid did not reply and continued to renew their contracts behind closed doors.

Atletico Madrid soon officially announced that they had officially reached a contract extension with Messi.

Although it has not been announced to the public, the outside world has also received some news.

Messi's liquidated damages will amount to a staggering €500 million.

Fist clench! Take a bow! I'm sorry! It's late again! In recent days, the weather has not been very good, and the temperature has risen and fallen sharply...... Forget it, don't make excuses, it's just that the nap quilt is too comfortable, and the alarm clock didn't wake up, delaying the code word in the afternoon...... Embarrassed...... I don't dare to ask for a monthly pass tonight!

(End of chapter)