Hegemony!

This is the most mentioned word about the new season of La Liga, Marca, As, El País, ABC, Daily Sport, World Sports and other media that have great influence in Spain.

The Spanish media are unanimously convinced that the new season of La Liga will usher in a new era.

Externally, La Liga will continue to consolidate its dominance as the world's No. 1 league and strive to widen the gap with the second-placed Premier League.

It is reflected in the early January 2011, which will be auctioned for the next three years of La Liga broadcasting rights.

With local rights trailing the Premier League, La Liga must rely on the global market to suppress the Premier League.

In the past few years, all La Liga teams have frequently gone overseas and expanded around the world, with the aim of this auction every 3 years, hoping that La Liga can become the most influential sporting event in the world.

But for now, La Liga still has a long way to go.

It's external.

Internally, La Liga giants have set their sights on Atletico Madrid's hegemony.

Yang Hao's team has dominated La Liga in the past few years and has become the strongest club in Spain, establishing the identity and status of the top club in La Liga, and also becoming the most influential and luxurious team in the world.

Now Atletico Madrid has made countless stars flock to it.

But for La Liga's rivals, such Atletico is too terrifying.

Real Madrid continued to invest heavily, but still failed to overturn Atletico's domination of La Liga.

Last season, the Sheets won the third treble in La Liga history.

By the summer, Real Madrid's squad was relatively neat and the personnel reserve was quite good, and in this case, Wenger did not continue to bring in more superstars, but focused on how to adjust and stimulate the current squad.

Therefore, Real Madrid did not make any moves in the transfer market this summer.

But Real Madrid doesn't, other teams do.

After Barcelona experienced turmoil at the top, Mourinho was clearly the central figure, bringing in stars such as Coentrão, Miranda, Azpilicueta, and even close to Mascherano at one point.

It also shows how ambitious Barcelona are in terms of recruitment.

Power often also represents pressure.

Once Mourinho is in power, he will have to prove himself with better results.

At the very least, he wants to prove to all Barcelona fans that he has the ability to become Barcelona's "Yang Hao".

Looking at the transfer market this summer, after the Qatari consortium bought Getafe, coached by the famous coach Benitez, he is ambitious, wants to show his strengths, and the sky-high prices are frequent, and there is a rhythm of a big upset.

In particular, the signings of Mascherano, Godin and Diego, combined with Ramirez, a midfielder who shone at the World Cup, have made Getafe particularly eye-catching.

In addition, after the Champions League champion coach Cooper coached Rayo Vallecano, which was acquired by Slim, the former richest man in the world, he did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money to forcibly acquire Deportivo LaCouna's top scorer Falcao, which caused a shock in the entire European football world and even the world.

Everyone is well aware that La Liga is undergoing a huge transformation.

In addition to the local tycoons, teams such as Deportivo La Coruna, Sevilla, Villarreal and Espanyol have taken a more rational approach to investment.

Deportivo La Coruna, in particular, after letting go of Falcao and Diego in succession, Super Laco invested all the funds it received in the expansion of the stadium and the upgrading of the training base.

This also represents another business idea of La Liga.

Among the movements of many La Liga teams, Valencia, who finished runners-up in the Champions League last season, does not look very moving.

As early as the end of last season, Valencia President Mubarak publicly promised the fans of the Bat Army in an interview with the media that after moving into the new stadium, the Bat Army will further improve its strength and lineup, and increase the team's reinforcements.

But this summer, Valencia didn't make much of a move.

For example, they signed Jerome Boateng from Hamburg in the Bundesliga, Kolarov from Lazio in Serie A and Raphinha from Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

The three transfers were all good, and they all won unanimous affirmation, which improved Valencia's strength.

But there was no too much excitement and excitement in the signings.

Valencia have been linked with Atletico Madrid's Mascherano at one point, and Carlo Ancelotti is very fond of the Argentine midfielder, feeling that his arrival will greatly improve Valencia's midfield.

So far, there are only a few midfielders that Ancelotti can really trust.

De Rossi, Aquilani, Sneijder, Anderson......

Among them, Mohamed Sissoko's performance last season left Carlo Ancelotti unhappy, and Valencia's slump was largely due to the injury of one of De Rossi and Aquilani.

Coupled with the shortcomings of the Bat Army's backline, Valencia ended up third in the league last season, stomping on Barcelona and reaching the Champions League final again, but in the end nothing came of it.

Carlo Ancelotti's coaching is satisfactory, but how can he improve the squad even further?

Valencia is markedly different from Getafe today.

Although the two clubs have a good relationship at the top, they don't think about things from a different perspective.

Getafe is a big break and has no historical baggage, so when it comes to recruitment, it can directly give more bargaining chips.

But Valencia can't, they have to take into account the salary structure of the team, take into account the current players in the team, so when it comes to the race for Mascherano, they lose to the Qatari consortium.

And in the matter of central defenders, Lucio is 32 years old.

As the anchor of Valencia's backline, Lucio's performance was very satisfying.

But age is there.

Spain international Marchena is also 31 years old.

Real Madrid's experience has left Valencia deeply affected.

The signing of Boateng is just one part of the team's backline.

Albiol's ability is good, but in Valencia's positioning, the academy player obviously does not have the strength to dominate the backline like Lucio.

Especially in the big teams.

As a result, Valencia signed Brazilian central defender David Luiz from Benfica for a high price of 30 million euros.

The always unkempt Brazilian was in excellent form at Benfica, and although he was not as good as Lucio in terms of physical confrontation, individual defence or attacking forwards, he had a pretty good pass.

Moreover, his defensive style of tackling is very similar to Lucio.

This made Ancelotti full of interest in him, especially after it was rumored that Yang Hao had also asked Benfica for David Luiz, Valencia did not hesitate to make a move, and the transfer fee has also risen repeatedly.

In the end, the Bats took David Luiz for 30 million euros.

This is indeed a very exaggerated transfer offer.

But after Yang Hao learned the news, he could only smile bitterly.

The signing of David Luiz for 30 million euros seems to be a bad deal right now, but if it is cultivated, it is definitely worth it!

In his previous life, David Luiz received a lot of criticism and blame, but the centre-back has always been like this.

The Brazilian centre-back is still very good.

After signing David Luiz, Valencia turned their guns on Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder, Lucas Rewa.

Unlike Yang Hao's previous life, because Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Aquilani all played in La Liga, Liverpool's midfield did not have many players, and Lucas Rewa became the beneficiary of the butterfly effect.

The Brazilian midfielder, who has excellent playmaking and defensive skills, has been playing for Liverpool for many years, and his strength has grown by leaps and bounds, and now he is the main force in Liverpool's midfield position.

Valencia signed Lucas Rewa from Liverpool for a sky-high price of 40 million euros after missing out on Mascherano.

Both deals were completed at the end of August, just before La Liga kicked off, costing Valencia €70 million, plus Boateng, Kolarov and Raphinha.

The Bats are once again one of the most expensive teams in the transfer market this summer.

Valencia showed the world its determination.

Valencia and Getafe, the two teams of the Middle Eastern consortium, have become the clubs with the biggest action and the most investment in the transfer market this summer, which has forced the world to reacquaint itself with these two La Liga teams.

At the same time, it has forced everyone in the industry to re-examine clubs run by sovereign wealth funds such as Abu Dhabi and Qatar, whose model is a radical reversal of the traditions of the past.

Before the arrival of the sovereign funds of Abu Dhabi and Qatar in European football, there were only two business models for football clubs.

The vast majority are on their own, including the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Although the membership system of Real Madrid and Barcelona has brought them special treatment, coupled with a certain government background, it has brought them some benefits, but in general, the business model of these giant teams is basically the same.

It's like this season, after Real Madrid burned money continuously, the salary pressure was too great, and there were no exciting superstars in the transfer market this summer, so Real Madrid did not continue to bring in reinforcements.

With the current configuration of Real Madrid's squad, Florentino's strategy is to prefer lack to excess.

Another business model is to rely on the boss to burn money.

For example, Moratti at Inter Milan and Roman Abramovich at Chelsea, all of them are of this type.

But the boss's burning of money is also limited, after all, no matter how the boss of the local tyrant, the money cannot be blown by the wind, and they also have interests to enter professional football, and it is impossible to invest uncontrollably.

To some extent, the traditional business model of the past has reached a certain balance.

But now, people have suddenly discovered that there is a third model in European football, that is, sovereign funds led by the Abu Dhabi consortium and the Qatari consortium, who bought the club and began to invest without any return.

Make ends meet?

Inexistent.

It's like Getafe.

Just after the acquisition of the club, due to the budget review restrictions of La Liga, the Qatari consortium directly "helped" Getafe to sign a number of sky-high sponsorships, helping Getafe to significantly increase revenue.

When the revenue goes up, the transfer budget will naturally follow.

This model was also used when the Abu Dhabi consortium acquired Valencia.

At the beginning, many people thought that the Abu Dhabi consortium might just be a small fight, and it was impossible to burn money so much every summer, right?

But a few years later, people were surprised to find that Valencia had become the favourite in the transfer market every summer.

How strong is the current Valencia squad?

Goalkeeper is Petr Cech; The backline has Antonio López, Kolarov, Lucio, Marchena, Albiol, Jerome Boateng, David Luiz, Miguel, Raphinha, Jordi Alba and others.

The midfield has De Rossi, Aquilani, Anderson, Sneijder, Banega, Mohamed Sissoko, Lucas Rewa, etc.

Up front, Vicente, Nani, Juan Mata, Villa, Robin van Persie and Dzeko are all among the top scorers in world football today.

With such a set of squad configuration, the head coach is the world-famous coach Carlo Ancelotti, and in any league in the world, it is a proper super team.

But the Bat Legion doesn't seem to be stopping yet.

Chairman Hosni Mubarak has even threatened to continue to strengthen his reinforcements after signing Lucas Rewa and David Luiz.

"We want to win the title, at all costs!"

That's what sets sovereign funds apart from traditional teams.

They have a very large amount of money behind them, which allows them to invest continuously at any cost in order to achieve a certain strategic goal.

And the same goes for Getafe, a Qatari consortium.

Everyone knows that this summer's Getafe is just a small fight, just a small warm-up, and their real intention is to prepare for the World Cup bid and at the same time create a business card for Qatar.

In the coming years, Qatar is bound to invest heavily in Getafe.

For example, new stadiums and a brand new training base are already on the agenda.

At the inauguration of President Al-Nasser, he publicly choked in front of Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia and other giants, and wanted to make Getafe a top club in La Liga.

In Madrid, compete with giants such as Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

This is a completely unfamiliar model for all professional football practitioners.

With a little thought, you can guess that teams like Valencia and Getafe will win the championship sooner or later, and even their future will get stronger and stronger.

How can other teams compete with them?

But right now, how to contend with Valencia is not the number one thing that everyone is most concerned about.

Especially in La Liga.

All the teams are more concerned about who, and when, can overthrow Atletico's hegemony?

……

When Atletico Madrid returned to Madrid from Monaco, La Liga had already completed the first round.

The game was really exciting.

On the first matchday, there was a battle between the two giants, Rayo Vallecano and Valencia.

Several new signings did not make the squad, especially Lucas Rewa and David Luiz, who were officially announced the day before the game, so it is naturally impossible to play as soon as they join the team.

However, Valencia still beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1 away thanks to a brace from Robin van Persie and a goal from Villa.

The one who scored a goal for Rayo Vallecano was the summer transfer king, Falcao.

The fight attracted the attention of media and fans around the world.

Both local teams have gathered a lot of stars, and Valencia are clearly the better side.

And Cooper encountered his old club, and when the overall strength was not dominant, it was rare to be able to fight Valencia most of the time.

There was another match day on the first day, when Sevilla FC beat promoted Mallevant 4-1 away.

But there are also surprises.

Deportivo La Coruna, who sold key players one after another, was forced to draw 0-0 at home by Zaragoza and failed to win three points.

Espanyol, on the other hand, beat Getafe 3-1 at home.

The team bought by the Qatari consortium suffered Waterloo in their first La Liga match.

Of course, this is understood by all.

With so many stars brought in in in a summer, Getafe will need a little time to get used to the already honed Spaniards, especially to get familiar with Benitez's tactics.

Arsene Wenger's side were held to a 0-0 draw away from Real Mallorca.

It's also an upset.

Jose Mourinho's Barcelona got off to a flying start with a 3-0 win away at Racing Santander and a valuable three points.

Judging from the situation in La Liga as a whole, the strength of all teams is indeed improving.

is as strong as Real Madrid, and if you are not careful, you may be pulled down by Real Mallorca.

……

After returning to Madrid, the first thing Yang Hao did was to renew his contract.

It's not that he renewed his contract with Atletico Madrid, but that several players such as Toni Kroos renewed their contracts with the team.

With his outstanding performance in the World Cup, Toni Kroos has won the attention of many giants and fans.

As early as after the semi-finals of the World Cup, Yang Hao had already mentioned this matter to him when he chatted with Tony Kroos after the game, and he hoped that Tony Kroos would think about renewing his contract.

Toni Kroos has also made it clear that he wants to stay at Atletico.

But he also wants to get more game time.

In front of Andres Iniesta and Kaka, he and Luka Modric had a lot of playing time, but it was still not enough.

At their age, of course, the whole team revolves around them.

After the World Cup, when the team was training, Yang Hao also talked to Tony Kroos about this matter, and met Tony Kroos's agent, and the two sides began contract renewal negotiations.

There is no difference between the two sides in terms of salary, Atletico Madrid is willing to offer Toni Kroos a relatively high salary, which makes the German midfielder very satisfied, and in terms of playing time, Yang Hao also promised to give more.

Even, Atletico said that they would increase their promotion in business to help Tony Kroos increase his business income.

The two sides actually talked very well, but because the team has a busy schedule, the renewal of the contract has been delayed until now.

After the team returned from Monaco, Atletico Madrid issued a press release: Yang Hao officially signed a contract extension with Toni Kroos in Mahada Hongda's office.

In the published photos, Yang Hao and Tony Cross are both very happy.

Subsequently, Atletico Madrid also specially invited media reporters to conduct an exclusive interview with Toni Kroos.

The German said he wants to stay at Atletico Madrid, "It's a great honour for me. ”

'When we signed, our boss told me that it was a great signing because they signed the best midfielder in the world for the next 10 years, which makes me incredibly proud.

'I know that in the past years and in the years to come, the best midfielders in the world may still belong to Andres Iniesta and Kaka, but I hope that after them, I can have a place as the boss hopes.'

'I have a very good relationship with Andres Iniesta, Kaka and Luca, we don't have any problems working together with each other and I know that there are a lot of young guys in the youth team who are eyeing my place......

Tony Cross couldn't help but laugh out loud when he said this.

"But I want to say, man, I haven't even climbed up yet, you'll have to work harder."

Tony Cross has always been known for his outspokenness, and his interviews are equally frank and straightforward.

Regarding the invitations from other teams, Toni Kroos said he had no interest.

At that time, the reason why he chose to join Atletico Madrid was not only because Atletico Madrid was the best team, but more importantly, because of the attention and warm invitation of head coach Yang Hao.

"From the first time I met him, he made me feel valued and trusted."

Tony Kroos said that he is still young, but he has won a lot of honors, but none of them are really his own, he is more stained with the light of the team and his teammates.

"I hope that in the future, I will help Atletico win more trophies with my own efforts!"

And in addition to Toni Kroos, there is also Marcelo, who also completed the contract extension this time.

Patrice Evra is only 29 years old, but Yang Hao knows very well that the future of Atletico Madrid's left side belongs to Marcelo.

For example, in Valencia, Carlo Ancelotti focused on developing Jordi Alba with Antonio López, but this summer, Kolarov was brought in.

Atletico certainly don't have the luxury of Valencia, but keeping Marcelo is key.

……

August 30, the first round of La Liga.

Both teams participating in the UEFA Super Cup have their first La Liga games of the new season, but in different situations.

Atletico are at home to Sporting Gijon.

Yang Hao's team played with the main force, and with the help of home advantage, it took the lead at the beginning.

Just nine minutes into the game, Messi opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid with a wonderful shot.

2 minutes later, after Kaka's continuous cooperation with Alves and Messi on the right side, he returned a pass near the bottom line on the right side of the big penalty area, and Torres calmly volleyed it to 2-0!

In less than 12 minutes, Atletico Madrid scored two goals in a row, which completely ignited morale.

But Sporting Gijón has also shown itself to be quite brave.

This team from the north of Spain, instead of being hit by conceding two goals in a row, took the initiative to attack, and had the momentum of fighting to the death with Atletico Madrid, and once played a lot of threatening attacks.

From the 12th minute to the 40th minute, in about half an hour, Sporting Gijón fought with Atletico Madrid away from home, which was very exciting.

But in the 41st minute, Messi started with the ball on the right side of the front field, and after connecting the opponent's 4 defenders, he burst into the right side of the penalty area, picked the ball past the goalkeeper, and expanded the score again, 3-0!

But after the rematch in the second half, Sporting Gijón regained its strength and continued to attack Atletico Madrid.

In the 56th minute, they even created a one-on-one chance for striker Cuevas, only to be kicked out with his foot by Neuer near the line of the penalty area.

In the 63rd minute, Alves crossed from the right side, and Torres scored with a header in front of the goal, 4-0!

This goal also completely hit the morale of Sporting Gijón.

Subsequently, Atletico missed a number of good chances to score, especially Messi and Torres, both missed the chance to score a hat-trick, but in the 91st minute, the substitute came on and Toni Kroos, who had just completed a contract extension with the team, sent a wonderful pass.

Eden Hazard, who also came on as a substitute, fired a volley from the edge of the box and knocked on the goal of Sporting Gijón again.

5 to 0!

In the end, Atletico beat Sporting Gijón 5-0 at home!

With this victory, Yang Hao's team surpassed other teams in La Liga and jumped to the top of the standings.

But in the other game, Villarreal didn't have such good luck.

The continuous fighting made the Yellow Submarine perform poorly on the road, and were upset 1-0 by promoted Real Sociedad.

……

After playing the first round of La Liga, it ushered in two weeks of national team competition.

With the World Cup coming to an end, Spain is about to make qualifiers for the European Championship.

During the September international break, Spain had only one qualifier against Liechtenstein.

But the Spanish Football Federation arranged a warm-up match, which was to go to Mexico to fight against this strong team in Central and North America.

Speaking of which, this friendly match was facilitated by Rayo Vallecano.

Latin America and North America have always been the basic markets of La Liga, so La Liga also attaches great importance to the development of this market.

Perhaps, it is indeed poor, but it is the talent supply base of La Liga.

Therefore, La Liga has been increasing its influence in South America and Central and North America.

The Spanish Football Federation is naturally happy to see it happen.

Since they are all going to arrange a warm-up game, there is no problem in going to Mexico to play, and you can also earn an appearance fee, so why not?

It is worth mentioning that this time Yang Hao's announcement of the national team list is basically based on the World Cup winning lineup, but some adjustments have been made, mainly the younger lineup.

Including veterans like Marchena, they have gradually faded out of the main lineup.

Puyol's absence was due to an injury and a torn muscle, which made him have to miss this training camp.

The 32-year-old veteran inevitably has more injuries.

In the team's away game against Liechtenstein, Yang Hao discharged another backline.

Antonio López, Ramos, Pepe and Arbeloa.

Compared with Ramos, Arbeloa has less desire to attack forward on the right flank, and the defense will be better, but the support for the attack in front is not strong enough.

But now, Puyol will gradually fade out of the national team, Yang Hao is considering using Pique to partner with Pepe, and also considering letting Ramos return to the middle, so the right side needs a person.

With Yang Hao's habit of using troops, he actually prefers to use a fullback like Carvajal, and Arbeloa is not his cup of tea.

But it can't be helped, Spain doesn't have this type of right back right now.

Therefore, in the game against Array Chitenstein, Yang Hao adopted such a backline.

The rest of the locations remained largely unchanged.

Spain thrashed Liechtenstein cleanly 6-0 away from home, with Fernando Torres scoring a brace and Villa, David Silva, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Ramos netting a goal each.

The opponents in this game were too weak to have much reference and the backline was not much of a threat.

After playing Liechtenstein, Yang Hao led a flight to Mexico and challenged the Mexican national team in Mexico City.

The match was held at the Aztec Stadium and attracted 100,000 and 5,000 fans, and it was truly spectacular.

Compared with Mexico's main force, Yang Hao is appropriately retained.

After all, they have just played the qualifiers for the European Championship.

In the first half, Spain played with substitutes and rotations, and Yang Hao lined up the backline of Capdevilla, Pique, Albiol and Arbeloa, hoping to examine the performance of the players on this backline.

Facing the duo of Hernandez and Vela, plus stars such as Dos Santos and Guardado, both of whom play in La Liga, are also very familiar with Spain.

In just 12 minutes, Guardado set up Hernandez to open the scoring.

But throughout the first half, Mexico got this chance.

Spain relied on their skilful possession of the ball and firmly controlled the situation and possession of the game.

On the contrary, Mexico, with the 532 tactic, played very cautiously at home.

The fans at the scene also gave full Spanish courtesy.

At halftime, Yang Hao replaced Torres, David Silva, Villa, Iniesta and other big-name superstars in the team in accordance with the previous contract between the two parties, and the back line also made adjustments.

The combination of Antonio López, Pique, Pepe and Ramos made both of Spain's wings fly in the second half.

Yang Hao's original plan was to let Ramos play in the middle and let Arbeloa play the whole game.

But after losing by 1 goal in the first half, coupled with the contract restrictions of commercial matches, Yang Hao simply let Ramos pull aside.

After the rematch in the second half, Spain completely controlled the scene and launched attacks continuously.

First, in the 73rd minute, Cesc Fabregas scored a goal to equalize the score.

And just before the end of the game, David Silva added another goal.

2 to 1!

It's reversed!

If, in the first half, Mexico faced Spain's substitute lineup barely had the strength to fight, then in the second half, the whole scene was obviously at a disadvantage.

If it weren't for Mexico's strict defense in the final stage, it might have been beaten into a sieve by Spain.

Although Spain's trip to Mexico came and went in a hurry, only four days, it caused a tsunami-like reaction throughout Mexico, and indeed throughout Central and North America.

Avid fans are raving about Spanish football.

On the day of the match, the 105,000-seat stadium was packed, which shows the appeal of Spain.

After the game, Yang Hao also specially took the stars of the team to participate in the interview in the media area, and also communicated and interacted with the fans at the scene.

Yang Hao said that Mexico has a group of outstanding players, many of whom have the level to play in La Liga, and they have all performed very well, which has left a deep impression on him.

"I look forward to seeing more and more Mexican players come to Spain to play, and we will do our best to provide more exciting La Liga matches for Mexico, for North and Central America, and even around the world!"

Yang Hao's shout was applauded by the audience.

The sound of 100,000 people gathering can almost be described as overwhelming.

The Spanish national team's visit to Mexico was the first trip after winning the World Cup, which was also a source of pride for Mexican fans.

Yang Hao also knows very well that this is not just to earn an appearance fee, not just for a friendly match, but also to build momentum for La Liga and prepare for the next broadcast rights auction.

So, whether it's him or the players in the national team, they're doing everything they can to do everything better to make the fans happy at the scene.

When Spain returned to Madrid, Mexico, as well as the whole of North and Central America, was still immersed in the sensation that Spain had bringed.

……

After returning to Madrid from Mexico, Atletico Madrid ushered in the second round of La Liga non-stop.

This time, the Sheets are away to the Basque Lions.

It's definitely an uphill battle.

It was also in this round that almost all the strong teams were sluggish because they had to rotate.

Barcelona is held at 15 o'clock in the afternoon, which is about 22 o'clock in Asia.

As a result, Jose Mourinho's side were sniped 1-0 at home by promoted Mahkules.

This made Mourinho furious.

The Portuguese bombarded La Liga's fixture schedule, believing it to be very bad for Barcelona.

Afternoon games are always worse than evenings!

But neither the Barcelona management nor the La Liga league responded to Mourinho's "accusations".

At the end of the day, it's a decision made by all teams.

Valencia also had a terrible run of form at home to Racing Santander, only to score a goal near the end of the game and win 1-0.

Real Madrid beat Osasuna 1-0 with a goal from Nemanja Vidic in the first two minutes of the second half.

Atletico lost 1-0 away to Athletic Bilbao.

Llorente took advantage of a corner kick in the 88th minute to break through Atletico's goal.

Yang Hao made a lot of changes in this game, including the South American team, including the Spanish international who traveled to Mexico with the team, and the game was put on the bench.

As a result, throughout the game, Atletico Madrid was scoreless and was upset 0-1 by the Basque Lions.

For this result, Yang Hao accepted it calmly.

As Atletico's manager, he certainly wouldn't be happy to see the Spanish national team travel to Mexico just to play a warm-up game.

But if you put aside Atletico Madrid's results, whether it is for the Spanish national team or the entire La Liga, this warm-up match is very successful, and it has caused a huge sensation in Mexico and even the whole of Central and North America.

As a strong team, it is natural to take on more responsibilities.

……

On the evening of September 14, in the first round of the Champions League group stage, Atletico Madrid went to Slovakia to challenge Zhilina away.

Atletico reversed their previous slump in La Liga and showed aggressive momentum in Slovakia.

Just 12 minutes into the game, Kaka set up Lionel Messi to score a goal and open the scoring for Atletico.

Subsequently, the game turned into a one-sided slaughter for Atletico.

In the 21st minute, it was Messi's goal again, with an assist from Sergio Busquets, which allowed the Argentines to score a brace.

Three minutes later, Marcelo scored his third goal for Atletico.

The Sheets Legion began a frenzied killing feast.

From Adriano to David Silva to Kaka......

Atletico are constantly attacking and scoring goals one after another.

Messi, in particular, scored again before leaving the field and scored a hat-trick.

In the end, Atletico Madrid slaughtered Gillina 7-0 away and cut a hearty victory.

……

On the afternoon of September 20, in the third round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid hosted Barcelona.

It was another game around 15 p.m.

Mourinho's complaint is not entirely unreasonable.

After two weeks of international matches, two consecutive rounds were scheduled for the afternoon, not to mention the intensive schedule, especially in the third round, which was an away challenge to Atletico Madrid, which put heavy pressure on Mourinho and his Barcelona.

The same is true for Atletico.

The Sheets are also affected by the national team and the two-front battle.

But Yang Hao's team obviously wants to play more disciplined.

As soon as the game started, the two sides fought very fiercely, and the players of both teams were very familiar with each other, and they were full of gunpowder.

And in the sixth minute, Atletico seized a chance, Busquets made a tackle in his own half, instigated a counter-attack, and handed the ball to Kaka.

The Brazilian started with the ball, advanced with great speed, rushed through his own half, spotted the opportunity, sent a straight ball behind him, and passed the ball towards Barcelona's penalty area.

Torres also shook off Bruno Alves and Puyol in an instant and cut forward as fast as he could.

Puyol is no longer young, and he has just returned from injury, and his recovery speed is difficult to catch up with Torres, who is young and strong and good at frontal impact.

But at the critical moment, Buffon decisively abandoned the goal, and in the area between the penalty spot and the big penalty area, when Torres was shooting, he fell to the ground and shot to completely block the shot of the Spanish center.

The ball hit Buffon, bounced back and landed on the right side of the pitch.

After Messi grabbed the landing point, he suddenly made a sharp stop, smashed the ball past Abidal, and cut inside horizontally with the ball.

When the Argentine got the ball past Muntari again and passed the ball with his left foot behind him, Kaka was rushing forward at lightning speed, grabbing ahead of Puyol, catching up with Messi's pass and striding forward.

Kaka's speed was fully exerted at this moment.

The Brazilian slid the ball into the right side of the box and slotted it into the bottom of Barca's net before goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was in place.

1 to 0!

The whole Emirates Stadium burst into passion!

In the first 6 minutes, Atletico scored first!

Jose Mourinho was furious on the sidelines.

In this game, he wants to adopt a more active tactical style of play, after all, it is an away game, and it is not a good strategy to blindly defend strictly.

But he never expected to concede a goal in the first 6 minutes.

How is this game still played?

(End of chapter)