Chapter 124: A Great Victory over Eibar

The Champions League group draw is the hottest topic in Spain these days, and the conversation has been burning until Atletico Madrid's pre-match press conference against Eibar at home.

The Champions League group draw every season is actually reported by major media, and fans will also pay close attention. After all, the Champions League is a very high-profile event.

The two teams that have attracted the most attention in Spain in the past are, of course, Barcelona and Real Madrid. In the past, the pro-Real Madrid media used to ridicule Barcelona for "another good draw", while the pro-Barcelona media would also ridicule them.......

And this season, everyone's focus is different, Atletico Madrid stole the limelight from the two giants of La Liga for the first time.

Atletico Madrid continued to compete in the Champions League as the defending champions this season, but were unlucky enough to draw a suffocating Super Death group........... Sometimes bad luck can be a topic of discussion.

This is the blessing of Seon's loss.........

But Simone would rather not have this blessing. In his pre-match press conference against Eibar, he was already annoyed by questions from reporters about the Champions League group stage draw.

“......... Again, this is the pre-match press conference for the league game against Eibar, and as for the draw for the Champions League group stage, I have only one sentence: we are Champions League winners, that's all!'

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Atletico Madrid played mid-table teams in the first two rounds of the league, but in the third round, Atletico Madrid will face their familiar rivals Real Madrid.

Therefore, Simeone no longer uses three forwards in the face of promoted Ma Eibar, but restores the 442 system that was used last season, Griezmann and Li Qingshan partner in the front, the two forwards stand one in front and one behind, Li Qingshan is in the front, and Griezmann is cruising in the space behind him. In the midfield position, due to a minor injury suffered by Alda Tulan after the last league game, Simeone sent Mario Suarez to replace him in this game, and the other three midfielders were Gabi, Koke and Raul Garcia. At the back, Siqueira has been solid in the first few games and Simeone is already a qualified left-back in Simeone's mind, with him a position ahead of fellow left-back Ansaldi. In this game, Siqueira was still in the starting left wing-back position. As for the goalkeeper position, Simeone still relies more on the experience of the veteran Moya, who was born in 1984, while another new goalkeeper, Oblak, who has just returned from injury, is on the bench.

Before the start of the season, Eibar was almost condemned to a relegation spot by the Spanish media. Not to mention being promoted, after being promoted to La Liga, not only did he not make up for it, but he sold almost half of his main players in the summer, but there was not much supplement, and the strength of the team was greatly reduced on the cards.

Speaking of Eibar FC, I'm afraid many fans are not familiar with it. Founded in 1940 in the Spanish countryside, the team has been playing in the Spanish second division for 18 years.

Eibar qualified for La Liga for the first time this summer as La Liga champions. But at the same time, Eibar has encountered a very real obstacle - La Liga participating clubs need to pay a deposit of 1.7 million euros (about 14 million yuan) to the Spanish Football Federation. This is an astronomical amount for the small town of Eibar, which has a permanent population of only 27,000 people. Not having enough money means that Eibar could be forced back into La Liga. However, the Évars did not give up their efforts – they raised funds from all over the world by selling their shares online, selling them for 50 euros (less than 400 yuan) per share.

For this small rural team, they can't even take out a La Liga guarantee of 1.7 million euros, how can they have the financial strength to replenish players to the team?

With the help of fans around the world, after four months of fundraising, Eibar finally received a total of 1.98 million euros of support from all over the world, successfully passed the assessment of the Spanish Football Association, and entered the new season of La Liga.

Interestingly, Chinese fans have become the second largest group of agitators for Eibar abroad, after the United States.

Thus, in Eibar's first La Liga home match against Real Sociedad, five representatives of Chinese fan shareholders appeared in the stands. They accepted an invitation from FC Eibar to watch the team's first La Liga game live as shareholders.

Speaking of shareholders, in fact, they are ordinary fans in China, and everyone only spent a few dozen euros to buy a little bit of Eibar's shares.

And Eibar also used Chinese on the billboard at his home stadium to thank the Chinese fans for their help. Before the start of the new season of La Liga, Eibar, a little-known Spanish team, became attached to China.........

Perhaps with the help of the club's shareholders shouting and cheering, Eibar unexpectedly beat Real Sociedad in the first round of the league and even gained the upper hand on the pitch.

Speaking of which, this is also the survival situation of most of Spain's small teams, whose financial situation is generally not optimistic, and many clubs are on the verge of bankruptcy due to the overall economic downturn in Spain.

But these are all things that the fucked Spanish Football Federation should consider, and for Atletico Madrid, although Eibar looks pitiful, Atletico Madrid's rough men will not show mercy at all!

Atletico Madrid were in full swing at home, and Eibar was overwhelmed by Atletico Madrid's strong attacking momentum at the Calderón Stadium.

Li Qingshan did his old job again in this game, facing the defense of Eibar's defenders, he didn't have to run and pull at all, he stood in the penalty area, and Eibar's defenders were helpless against him.

A perfect stumping centre-forward.

Almost all of Atletico Madrid's tactical routines have only one purpose, to pass the ball to Li Qingshan's head in the penalty area!

Finally in the sixth minute, the continuous onslaught finally allowed Li Qingshan to seize a chance and put Griezmann's cross into the goal!

"One to zero, Atletico Madrid takes the lead! Perfect start, Eibar looks to be a lot of luck in this game....."

Atletico Madrid, after taking the lead, did not slow down the pace of attack.

In the 28th minute, Koke launched a long pass through the ball, Li Qingshan stopped the ball on his chest and passed the ball to Griezmann in the penalty area, Griezmann showed his dribbling skills at this time, he flashed and moved in the penalty area, shook several defenders and passed the ball to Li Qingshan's feet, Li Qingshan easily pushed the empty goal in the middle!

Two to zero!

Simeone is now very satisfied with Griezmann's performance, first of all, of course, his attacking ability makes it easy for him to create opportunities for low crosses on the wing, so as to maximize Li Qingshan's header advantage.

The score in the first half was finally fixed at 2-0, and in the first half, Eibar conceded two goals in a row, and Eibar, who was playing away, was completely dead to the mind of getting points on Atletico Madrid.

At the beginning of the second half, Eibar made two substitutions in a row in an attempt to recover a little bit of slump. But in the fifty-eighth point, Atletico Madrid scored again.

This time Li Qingshan did not stay in the penalty area, he pulled out of the penalty area to respond, Raul Garcia midfielder passed directly to his feet, Li Qingshan flicked the instep of his foot and dialed it to Griezmann on the other side, Griezmann did not stop the ball and pushed the ball back directly, a simple two-by-one cooperation. And Li Qingshan has completed the turn and faced the goal head-on.

On the penalty line, Li Qingshan pulled out his foot and shot angrily, once again penetrating the goal.

Three to zero!

Then Simeone began to deploy troops, replacing Li Qingshan and replacing Mandzukic. Let Li Qingshan, who scored a hat trick, accept the applause of the fans at the scene alone. Saul and another new striker, Mexican Raul Jimenez, also got the chance to play. Saul replaces Koke and Raul Jimenez replaces Griezmann.

Atletico Madrid's attacking momentum slowed down slightly, but substitute Mandzukic scored a goal in the 83rd minute to make the game 4-0.

Atletico Madrid have a big win on their home turf!