Volume 4 World Cup Legends Chapter 13 The battle for the top spot
The next day, Yao Xiangyang didn't come to Li Meng's birthday, but he called over, "Because Li Huan did not disclose his relationship with Li Bing, Li Meng's birthday is just some relatives and friends who are close to Li Huan to come and get together, that is, far away." qUanBen。 My grandparents also sent gifts.
After Christmas, Li Huan left Madrid and went to France, and Ai Lìjie's new song "Burning Love" was released, and Li Huan wanted to go to the show. stayed in France for less than a week, "immediately flew to the United States to shoot an advertisement for Nike's new 2013 sports shoes, of course, Li Huan took Nike's advertisement mainly to the United States and Stewart's tryst.
Back and forth. The winter break passed quickly, during the winter break, Atletico Madrid's owner Li Huan went to the United States, France to meet his lover privately, buy a plane villa, a lot of extra money, but Atletico Madrid club has become the only team among the 20 La Liga teams that has not bought people and no renters, Manzano, who is used to living a hard life in the Xiǎ club, is very satisfied with the current configuration, in his opinion, there is no problem with such a lineup and the bench three-line battle. Manzano didn't want to buy people. The club headed by Liu Yang is of course very happy. Although Li Huan is worth tens of billions, the investment in the club is not unlimited, how much investment is what kind of results need to be made, now Atletico Madrid only has the league and the Copa del Rey to play, Liu Yang naturally will not blindly invest money, he wants to save his iron buddies.
Although Atletico did not invest money during the winter break. However, their momentum is still strong after the start of the winter break, and the team has not yet recovered from the vacation, and Atletico Madrid's nerve knife has already been 5, slaughtering the nouveau riche Malaga under the horse.
Won morale and confidence before the final round of the first round and the Barcelona jiā.
Barcelona began the rise of the empire since the purchase of XiǎLuo in 04, and they successfully overturned Real Madrid's domination of La Liga" to win the second Champions League trophy, only Real Madrid won two La Liga titles in eight years, and the other six titles were won by Barcelona because of the arms race between Real Madrid and Barcelona. The other La Liga teams have lost the title race. can only compete for the third, so foreign media also call Real Madrid and Barcelona the Western Super League.
However, since last season, the status of Barcelona and Real Madrid's Spanish Super League has begun to waver, first the Qatar Sheikh bought Malaga, and then Li Huan bought Atletico Madrid, and one is the outbreak of the new army. One is the blood transfusion of the old powerhouses, although they cannot threaten the status of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the short term. However, with strong financial support, both teams have the possibility of challenging Real Madrid and Barcelona.
This season, with Li Huan joining Atletico Madrid, "La Liga's third-best record in history, the Sheets Army finally showed its long-lost domineering. Climbed to the top of the standings in one fell swoop, turning the two-man rivalry into a romance of the Three Kingdoms, because of Li Huan's magical performances at Hoffenheim and Arsenal, Madrid media believe that Atletico Madrid can replace Barcelona's dominance of La Liga more than Real Madrid. Well, shifting the centre of gravity of football from Catalonia to Madrid is up to the Atletico guys.
Barcelona also suffered a lot in the hands of Li Huan, when Li Huan transferred to Atletico Madrid, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said that Atletico Madrid, like Real Madrid, was the biggest enemy of Barcelona to defend the title, but Atletico Madrid had not yet shown its edge at that time, so not too many people cared about Guardiola's words, thinking that it was just a cheap compliment from Guardiola. Now they finally get it. Pep Guardiola is not a compliment. Atletico are more than capable of being Barca's henchmen. In the first half of La Liga, Barcelona worked harder than in previous seasons, and they even gave up the Copa del Rey to defend the league and the Champions League. But in the end, it was taken away by Atletico before the decisive battle between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and in the battle for the La Liga title, "Barcelona was temporarily at a disadvantage, and the direct dialogue between the two sides in the final round turned into a real battle for the top spot."
The match was played at Calderón, home of Atletico Madrid. After an almost fantastic first half, many Atletico Madrid players understood that this direct dialogue would largely determine the final champions, and whether Atletico could return to the glory of the year, and this game played a big role, with some die-hard Atletico Madrid calling on Atletico to come to Madrid a month ago to support Atletico. Witness an important step in the rise of Atletico.
Atletico Madrid's players and coaches have also launched psychological warfare against Barcelona in various forms such as Weibo, columns, and interviews.
Previously, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid were only one point apart. Atletico's left-wing assassin Turan said after the first round, Atletico would pull the chase away as long as they could keep the score out of one game. They are sure to win La Liga.
Atletico Madrid's striker and the target of the transfer market, Falcao, also said: The initiative of the championship is in the hands of Atletico Madrid. As long as they don't make mistakes, other teams don't have a chance. Even if it is a team like Barcelona and Real Madrid, although one point is not much, the advantage of this point will allow Atletico Madrid to take the initiative in the game, because a draw is also acceptable to Atletico Madrid, but it is difficult for Barcelona to accept a draw.
Manzano is a smart and low-key coach, he will not easily speak out until he wins any trophies, and before the match against Barcelona, Manzano praised Barcelona's style of play as the most beautiful in the world, and it is undoubtedly the best of both worlds to be beautiful and win the title. But Barça did.
Manzano said that he has been learning from Barcelona, but because of the quality of the team, "the original team could not play the same game as Barcelona, and now Atletico Madrid has the possibility of becoming a second Barcelona, as the 18 games in the first half have proved this, Manzano hopes that this direct dialogue will allow Atletico to show the world what they are capable of."
The match was played on January 15, and according to the statistics of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of foreigners entering the country during this period exceeded the usual three times, which is similar to the data of the original national derby, which shows that many people have raised the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to a very important position.
Real Madridians are used to it when they gather in Madrid from all over the world, but this time, they didn't come to Madrid to watch Real Madrid play a relegation team like Athletic Bilbao. They came to watch the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, who are competing for the title.
It's also a blessing to do Atletico. The bars around Caltron are far more affordable than those around the Bernabeu, and they are very enjoyable and lively. Finding a player here is an easy and sacred thing to do, as long as you shout Atletico millions. Or shout down Real Madrid, a lot of Atletico Madrid will immediately introduce you as a confidant.
On the day of the match, in the south of Madrid, the march along the dilapidated old houses towards the Calderón Stadium became a sight to behold that night. There is no direct metro to the Calderón Stadium, only buses, but this is not exactly the main reason for the disappointment, many of them are willing to walk because this is the well-preserved old town of Madrid, and the Spaniards can't afford to forcibly tear down the real old buildings and build them with antique buildings. Like the famous "China Zone", the pirate market still exists, and walking through the relatively narrow streets is as if you had walked a century ago. It is a high artistic enjoyment.
The game took place at 7:30 p.m., and the 58,000-capacity Calderón Stadium was already filled with flag-wielding sheets. They sang Atletico's team anthem and waited for this powerful conversation to come.
"It's a battle for the top spot, it's an early title fight, La Liga champions Barcelona, Madrid upstart Atletico Madrid, they're going to have a match-like battle in Calderón. There can only be one winner here, and the goals that like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid may be tangled, but I want you to support Atletico Madrid, because we are tired of the La Liga two-man competition that is played every year, and we need new heroes, and this Atletico team is very likely to be the new heroes. ”
"Now let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides, first look at the home team, Atletico Madrid played 4-4-2:1 - Courtois/6 Felipe, 8 - Domingos. 23-Miranda, 13-Li Huan/12-Assunsan, You-Gabi, No.10 Diego, 11-Turan/18 Adrian, 9-Falcao. Such a lineup does not meet people's pre-match predictions, and with the initiative of one point in hand, Manzano will not use the 433 formation, he will choose the more stable 442. The No. 1 Én Edwin Courtois is due to the fact that the recent main player Asenjo has suffered from a cold and is temporarily unavailable. Adrian instead of Borja or Salvio is because Adrian has a strong ability to grab points and will not làng Fei Lihuan's wonderful passes.
“…… The match has already begun, now let's see the starting line-up of Barcelona: én will: Valdés defenders: Alves, Pique, Puyol, Abidal; Midfielders: Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta; Forwards: Cesc Fabregas, Messi. Pedro.
Villa has just returned from injury. He is still on the bench, but the combination of Cesc Fabregas and Pedro is also very powerful, and after coming to Cesc Fabregas, Barcelona's forward line is more flexible, because Messi and Cesc Fabregas can pass shè players......
The game has already begun, Manzano has analyzed well before the game, Pep Guardiola's red and blue team are not conservative, and the one-point gap is very unhappy for Barcelona, who are accustomed to leading the way, and they hope to beat Atletico Madrid away from home to reclaim the top spot of their own, while at the same time striking at the increasingly rampant Atletico Madrid.
Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, started with a solid start, focusing on defense, returning passes when there were no good chances, and choosing a more reliable position to pass. Try to keep the ball in your own hands as much as possible, Atletico are not a possession team, they just don't want to give Barcelona more chances to get the ball.
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