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Chapter 182 Travel to the United States!Scarface! 80-meter long run! [A big chapter with [-] words, please beg me to subscribe]

Atletico Madrid's trip to the United States is hosted by main sponsor Nike, and the training camp will be based on the East Coast.

Some European teams came to the United States before, but they basically played games when they came and left after the games.

But this time Atletico Madrid is different. This time, the Shenlian Legion is training directly in the United States.

The training camp is located in Chicago.

This time, in addition to the players from the first team, Yang Hao also specially brought along several young players from the second team, including Ramos, David Silva, Messi and Modry. strange.

Di Maria is still too young and is currently playing for the U17 echelon.

Atletico Madrid's first game this season is the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup on August 8, away to Real Mallorca.

The 27th is the second round of the Super Cup, the 30th is the first round of La Liga, and September 9 is the second round of La Liga.

As for the Champions League, since the second stage of the group stage has been changed to a knockout round, only 6 Champions League group stage games need to be played before the winter break, which is 2 games less than before.

Therefore, overall, the pressure of the game before the winter break is much lighter than before.

But even so, Yang Hao and the coaching staff still dare not be careless.

In terms of physical reserves, Atletico Madrid has also invested heavily in recent years. The laboratory not only cooperates with the University of Madrid, but also actively purchases advanced training equipment and research results from all over the world.

Over the years, Atletico Madrid has always been the most capable team in La Liga and even in Europe.

And there are very few injuries, especially major injuries, which are almost non-existent.

When it comes to controlling player status, Atletico Madrid also has its own set of plans, and they execute them very well.

After three years of running-in, Yang Hao and his team can control Atletico Madrid like an arm and a finger.

But the team still encountered some problems last season.

For example, they are often defeated by some teams that are very defensive.

This is very inappropriate.

Before the start of the training camp with the coaching staff, Yang Hao spent three days sorting out and analyzing the team's problems last season. The first priority was how to solve the difficult problem of positional warfare.

With players like Reyes and Joaquin, as well as Kaká, Torres, and Drogba, Atletico Madrid's specialty is quick counterattacks in transition between offense and defense.

Even, Yang Hao said without exaggeration, looking at European football, he is comparable to Atletico Madrid in this aspect.

Including Manchester United.

But once the fast break during the transition between offense and defense cannot be played, Atletico Madrid is often prone to encounter problems when it switches to positional warfare.

The key is also that the team's ball control and penetration are not enough.

What does that mean?

If the football field between the two goals is divided by the center line, the two halves are divided in half, and the football field is divided into four pieces, then from the own goal forward, it should be initiating, organizing, penetrating and end.

That is to say, within the own 30-meter area, the most important thing to get the ball is to launch an attack.

The area from the 30-meter area to the midline is mainly responsible for organization.

Once you cross the midline, the pulling and penetration begins.

Once you enter the opponent's 30-meter area, especially the area outside the penalty area, you enter the final shooting stage.

Atletico Madrid's problem lies in pulling and penetrating.

If you take a closer look at Atletico Madrid's current players, they all have good personal technical skills.

Even people like Drogba, after two seasons of training at Atletico Madrid, his technical ability is fully sufficient to cope with it, and his ability to touch the ball is also very good.

The passing and cutting style of play is what Yang Hao has insisted on for the past three years, and the players are accustomed to this style of play.

Touching the ball with one foot, one-two against the wall, large-scale transfer, cross-positioning of some players, running without the ball to create space...

All of these are not difficult for Atletico Madrid.

Even the player's passing comfort and strength are what Atletico Madrid has always emphasized and trained.

These two factors often determine how smoothly the receiver's next move is connected.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid can often play smoothly.

Yang Hao believes that once Atletico Madrid switches to a positional battle, it will be easy to crush the opponent's formation too flat.

This scene occurred more than once.

According to Yang Hao's thinking, ideally, after grabbing the ball, the first thing to do is to counterattack quickly.

Whether it's a direct pass or a long pass, if you can directly create a threat, you must play it.

But once a quick counterattack fails to pose a threat, what about switching to a positional attack?

Pulling and shifting are also necessary.

Even more callbacks need to be added.

Many teams, no, most teams, are reluctant to pass back when they can pass forward.

This is normal. Who wants to pass the ball to their own half without any trouble?

It's hard to push forward, and pass it back. Is there anything wrong?
But Yang Hao felt that Atletico Madrid's speed was already fast enough. If they continued to press forward, they would flatten the opponent's defensive formation, which was not conducive to the team's attack.

Because there is no space!
Properly controlling the ball and passing back appropriately can pull out the opponent's defensive formation.

On the court, the opposition is dynamic.

When Atletico Madrid passes back, the opponent will naturally spread the formation appropriately. If you try to attack at this time, the effect will be better.

And this requires increased ball control in the midfield.

At the same time, the full-backs must move forward more actively and participate in the organization and attack of the midfield and frontcourt.

Yang Hao's idea was also implemented into daily training by Juanma Lillo and others during the team's summer training camp.

Three-person passing teams and four-person passing teams have become the normal structure of various trainings.

All of these will allow Atletico to play more aggressively and have greater control over the scene.

As Yang Hao said to the players in the first internal team meeting after arriving in the United States.

"I hope that all of us will start to change the idea that we are no longer a weak team, that we are not the Atletico Madrid of the past."

"Judging from last season, whether in La Liga or the Champions League, more and more teams began to adopt defensive tactics against us. This is how AC Milan and Inter Milan made things difficult for us and defeated us. No. ?"

Everyone nodded.

"When the Milan duo and more and more teams are adopting this defensive tactic against us, then we must also change our strategies. We must show a more strong team temperament. We need to play well. More patient, more calm.”

"Pull, transfer, penetration, these are all competitions between us and our opponents. It is not only a technical and tactical competition, but also a psychological game. We must start to learn to completely control the entire game and let our opponents follow our rhythm. Play football.”

"It's harder than it has been in the past because we need to do more."

……

The team camped in Chicago and first conducted two weeks of physical reserve training.

The whole process was very difficult, and the players were trained in great pain by two physical coaches, Ortega and Roca.

Especially for the young players who were training with the team for the first time, although the coaching staff took care of their age and body and reduced their intensity, it was still very hard and tiring.

However, after hard work, the team will also organize some activities to enliven the training atmosphere, including indoor football games.

Some people say that wherever Brazilians gather, there will be football.

Even if there is no big field, there will definitely be a small field.

Therefore, Yang Hao specially approved a fund and asked Baraja to organize it, and established an indoor football competition within the Atletico Madrid team. Everyone formed their own teams, and the rewards were various.

The locker room organized itself, and Yang Hao and the coaching staff were not involved.

Two weeks later, the team ushered in its first warm-up match in Chicago, against the Eastern Conference of the Major League Baseball.

The reason why it is the star team of the Eastern Conference is also very simple.

If we didn't bring together such high-level players, how could we compete with Atletico Madrid?
The venue was Soldier Field in Chicago.

This is Atletico Madrid's first trip to the United States and the first game, so I didn't have high expectations at first.

What is unexpected is that with the warm-up and preparation before the game by many sponsors including Nike, and the ticket price is not high, the response to this game has exceeded expectations.

As many as 63000 fans suddenly poured into the Military Stadium, which can accommodate 5 people. This greatly exceeded the expectations of Atletico Madrid. They did not expect that Atletico Madrid still has a certain influence in the United States.

What a surprise.

Atletico Madrid has gone through two weeks of physical reserve training, and the players are seriously out of shape, but compared with the major league teams, the strength is obviously better.

What makes Yang Hao happy is that Torres, Kaka and other Atletico Madrid handsome guys are still very popular.

What surprised him most was that Lucio and Drogba also had many fans in the United States.

This made Yang Hao puzzled.

In the end, he could only say that Americans have really strong tastes.

In the first warm-up match, Atletico Madrid defeated their opponents 3-1.

The gap in strength is indeed too great.

……

After playing the first warm-up match, Atletico Madrid continued to stay in Chicago for training.

The first game was just a small test, and then the team set off for New York to face the Mexican American team at the New York Metropolitan Stadium.

This is a solid Mexican team.

This game also attracted a total of more than 6 fans. Although it still failed to fill the New York Metropolitan Stadium with more than 8 people, it was enough to satisfy Atletico Madrid and the organizers.

Atletico Madrid won 2-0 without any danger.

Then they played a warm-up match against Guadalajara in Mexico at FedEx Field in Maryland, and the Sheets won 3-0.

This game also attracted a total of 7 fans, but there were still less than 8 people at FedEx Field.

But even so, it was enough for everyone at Atletico Madrid to feel the huge potential of the American sports market.

Since Atletico Madrid came to the United States for training this time, they brought with them more than a dozen journalists from Spain and Europe. So when they sent Atletico Madrid’s every move in the U.S. warm-up match back to Europe, it immediately aroused A strong response from European football.

In the past, everyone has always felt that the United States is a football desert.

But Atletico Madrid's situation in the United States doesn't seem to be the case.

Carlos Leo, who is in charge of Atletico Madrid's North American tour, emphasized this point in interviews with many authoritative European media such as Marca and called on other European teams to actively develop the North American market.

This cake is so big that Atletico Madrid cannot bear it as a club.

Especially this year, the opponents in the warm-up match are really not strong enough, which makes the game not enjoyable enough.

Yang Hao even suggested that he hopes Cerezo will issue an appeal within La Liga so that La Liga teams can actively come to the United States. Everyone can play warm-up matches in the United States, or even simply hold the Spanish Super Cup in the United States. .

Or, we can prepare some warm-up cup matches specifically for the North American market.

Let's make money together!
After playing three warm-up games on the East Coast, Atletico Madrid returned to the Chicago training camp to rest, and then headed to the West Coast as a group. First, they visited sponsor Nike's headquarters in Portland and participated in a series of sponsorship activities. .

After that, they played 3 warm-up games on the West Coast of the United States.

The opponents are Vancouver Whitecaps, Western United and Mexican Club Blue Cross.

Won all three games.

Among them, the game against the Vancouver Whitecaps won the most, winning the opponent by 5 goals.

If Atletico Madrid hadn't been merciful, they would have scored even more.

After playing all the warm-up matches, Atletico Madrid flew directly from Los Angeles back to Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's North American tour has attracted a lot of attention. Not only has the club earned a large amount of appearance fees, but it has also been favored by many sponsor brands. It has signed two sponsorship contracts and many more. Talking.

This is already a rich harvest for Atletico Madrid.

Of course, this is not the effect of just over a month, but the results accumulated over the past two or three years.

Carlos Leo has always been aiming to develop the North American market, and this trip to North America can be regarded as an ice-breaker.

Whether it's feedback from fans on site, media reports, or news from Europe, Atletico Madrid has gained enough attention that it can be compared with Real Madrid in Asia.

This summer, Real Madrid's Asian tour also attracted a lot of attention, especially after Atletico Madrid's Asian tour last year, all Asian fans are obviously looking forward to Real Madrid this year.

But what is surprising is that Real Madrid's Asia trip has gained a lot of popularity among fans and media, but it has not gained much at the commercial level.

On the contrary, Atletico Madrid's training camp in North America was not as good as Real Madrid's. Not even one of the six warm-up games was full. It was also reported that the ticket prices were low.

But here, Atletico makes more money than Real Madrid.

Fans outside and even most of the media don't know this, but the top management of the two clubs and some senior media can grasp it.

Yang Hao believes that this will also provide more experience for teams that later hope to develop overseas markets.

……

Boulogne-sur-Mer, a port city in northwest France.

There is a community in the northwest of this small city of only 4 people, next to the coastal highway.

It has a beautiful name: Le Chemin Vert, French: Green Boulevard.

The irony is that there is no shade here, nor is it environmentally friendly. Even the football field has a cement floor.

Boulogne-sur-Mer is home to the poorest low-income groups.

Next to the criss-crossing narrow roads, there are rows of old small single-family houses or small townhouses. There are cars parked at the door of every house, but they are all very shabby. At first glance, they look like old second-hand classic cars.

But these residents already belong to the high-income group in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Lower-income groups who cannot afford to live in these small detached houses and townhouses will be forced to live in rows of apartment buildings, which are known as birdcages by locals. The apartment buildings are very long and the floors are not high, but the rooms are all Very small.

Each room, from a distance, looks like birdcages stacked on top of each other.

The residents living in the "Birdcage" are all from the lowest-income class in the entire neighborhood. They are even unemployed homeless people receiving relief, or workers who have families to support.

In fact, the income of these workers is not low, but they all have a typical characteristic. They have two or three children. The wife takes care of the children at home, and the whole family relies on the husband to sell his labor outside to earn money to support the whole family.

They can't afford to live in those old small single-family houses facing the street, so the whole family can only live in such a small "birdcage".

If it's a family of three, it's better, but if it's parents and a pair of children, it seems crowded.

Francois's family is the most troubled. They are a family of seven, three sons, a daughter and a daughter-in-law.

The eldest son of their family is a well-known bad guy in the whole neighborhood. His nickname is Quasimodo, the bell ringer in Notre Dame de Paris. Some people also call him Frankenstein, a Frankenstein in science fiction novels. .

The reason came from a car accident when he was 2 years old. His father's small broken car crashed into a truck. The child who was not wearing a seat belt was directly slammed into the front windshield from the back seat. More than 100 stitches were needed on the left side of the face, leaving a shocking scar and the entire face distorted.

He was not tall and thin, but he was very fierce in fights, and often even beat people to bloody heads because others called him nicknames and laughed at him.

Francois was afraid that he would cause trouble outside all day long, so he kept him at home and played football with his younger brothers and sisters.

Unexpectedly, after kicking and kicking, he went to Lille.

That is a famous football school in France.

Many people feel that he might actually be able to play football.

But three years later, he came back.

It is said that he got into a fight there and caused trouble, and was driven back by Lille.

He first played football in a third-level club in the city, and he did pretty well. There were many people in the neighborhood who came to watch him play. He was indeed very good. But then they fell out again, saying that the salary requirements were too high. .

I went to Alais to play football for a year, but some time ago, for some unknown reason, I came back.

Francois said: The club went bankrupt and owed him his salary.

The boss of US Boulogne in the urban area made harsh words and asked him to apologize and admit his mistakes in person, and he would consider letting him join the team again.

But this stubborn boy Frank went to many teams for trial training without success. Now he can only accompany his father Francois to work on the construction site while waiting for opportunities.

Perhaps, there is a team willing to accept him?

After all, he does play well.

For more than two months, every morning at 7 o'clock, people in the neighborhood could see Francois driving his old pickup truck, pulling a load of tools and getting ready to go to work. Frank, the scar boy, always sat in the Fighting behind the car, looking lonely.

He is short and his face has become darker after working at the construction site for more than two months, which makes the scars on his face stand out.

No one would say hello to him and he never said hello to anyone.

Today, I was helping to demolish the walls of a house that was about to be renovated.

It's a good job.

Although swinging a hammer seems very strenuous, in fact, with skills and experience, it is quite easy and very fast.

When the father and son arrived at the place, they immediately started moving things.

Frank followed his father with a hammer, listening to his continuous introduction, marking out what needed to be dismantled and where to go, and he would just follow it later.

He couldn't read the drawings.

In fact, my father couldn't understand it at first, but as he worked more and became familiar with it, he gradually understood it a little bit.

In the words of his teaching, there is no need to know too much.

"We just need to know a little more than the landlord, that's enough."

This is his way of life.

With the sound of a hammer hitting the wall, Frank began.

According to what my father taught me, I first made a hole at the bottom, and then slowly expanded it upward and to both sides.

This way is the most labor-saving, because the bricks and earth knocked down will fall off by themselves.

Every once in a while, Francois would come over to take a look, in case Frank had typed something wrong or made a mistake, and would give some instructions.

Except for stopping for lunch and taking a break, the rest of the time was accompanied by the sound of hammering.

Two people can work faster.

What was supposed to be a day's work was finished early in the afternoon.

After paying the wages, Francois divided the portion that should be given to his son. After a moment's hesitation, he gave a little more and stuffed it directly into Frank's hand.

After Frank took it, he put it directly in his trouser pocket without counting it.

He knew there must be more, but he said nothing.

He needs money.The whole family knows.

His mother never asked for his living expenses, and his younger brothers and sisters never asked him for money. They all knew that he was saving money.

Whenever he saved enough money, he would take a few days off and go away for a tryout.

From May to now, he left a total of three times, but came back every time.

He talks less and less, and sometimes he may not even say a few words a day, but his parents and younger siblings can't do anything.

Although the work here was finished early, they still couldn't get off work. They still had several previous construction sites to finish.

It's like this every day. Anyway, I have to be busy all the time. I can't go home until after 18 o'clock.

His whole body was dirty, his head and face were covered with dust.

Even if they meet their neighbors on the stairs of the apartment building, they are afraid to avoid them.

Occasionally, someone would even complain, "Francois, come back after cleaning next time, and there will be dust everywhere."

Every time, Francois dealt with it with a smile, while Frank followed behind expressionlessly.

But tonight was different.

A guest came to the house. He said his name was Philip.

"I am Atletico Madrid's scout in France." The man introduced himself with a smile.

Atletico Madrid?

Both François and his wife were confused. They were not fans and did not understand football.

Frank's face, which had no expression but was somewhat oozing under the dim light, changed for the first time.

Shock!

"Mr. Yang Hao, you should have heard of it, right?" Philip asked proudly.

Even just mentioning this name makes this scout feel proud.

Frank said nothing but nodded.

"Mr. Yang Hao has watched you play, but I don't know when or where exactly. He admires you very much. I wonder if you would like to play football at Atletico Madrid?"

Playing for the La Liga champions?
Frank was even more shocked.

Atletico Madrid is definitely one of the hottest and strongest teams in European football in the past few years.

He actually likes me?
This was something he had never dreamed of before.

But is this a prank?

Frank's mind was filled with random thoughts.

"Are you willing?" Philip asked again.

Frank can't control that much anymore.

For the past two months or so, he has been leaving early and coming home late every day, working with his father on the construction site, and working with hammers and electric drills. He has had enough!

He has never felt that playing football is such a joyful thing like now.

He is really going crazy!
At this time, no matter who it is, as long as he can rescue him from this hellish life, no matter whether it is a prank or not, whether it is true or false, he will answer without hesitation.

"I am willing!"

……

When Yang Hao led the team back from training in the United States, he met Franck Ribery, who had been waiting here for three days in Mahdahonda.

"Hello, Frank, nice to meet you."

As soon as the French Scarface entered the door, Yang Hao stood up with a smile and stretched out his hand.

"Hello, Mr. Yang, I am Frank Ribery, reporting to you!"

"You're welcome, sit down."

After asking Ribery to sit down, Yang Hao also sat down, "Our team doesn't have so many rules. Everyone is very casual, so you don't have to be rigid and relax."

Ribery took a deep breath and calmed down.

Even now, he still feels incredible.

He actually wants to join Atletico Madrid!

This is one of the best teams in Europe over the past few years.

He even felt that he was being whimsical and dreaming?

"I heard that your girlfriend also came with you?"

"Yes, we have been together since childhood."

"Have you found a place to live?"

Ribery scratched his head, "Not yet."

"What's going on? Our placement specialist didn't prepare for you?"

"No, no, no, it's because..."

"It's okay, just say it."

After Ribery looked at Yang Hao, he gathered up his courage and said, "The rent here is too expensive."

Yang Hao immediately laughed, took out his mobile phone and called the resettlement specialist.

After a while, people came over.

"Help him look for a slightly better house nearby. It doesn't need to be big. It's comfortable for a family of two. It's closer to Mahadahonda. The rent and other expenses will be reimbursed by the club for the time being."

"Okay." The resettlement specialist went.

Ribery couldn't believe it. He was still playing in Atletico Madrid?

"By the way, Frank, do you have any specific requirements for salary?"

Ribery hesitated, shook his head and said: "No, as long as I can play football, I have no requirements for salary."

Yang Hao chuckled, "Then how do you live?"

This time it was really difficult.

"How much was your salary at your previous team?"

"400 euros," Ribery said.

"400?" Yang Hao was a little surprised.

This was his previous salary in Boulogne. Didn't he already receive 1500 when he arrived in Ales?

"Yes, monthly salary."

Yang Hao understood and did not expose it, "In this way, we sign a contract, and I will give you a monthly salary of 500 euros in the first year. In addition, if you perform well, score goals or assists, there will be additional bonuses."

Ribery was shocked at first, then frowned, "You mean, the first team?"

"Of course not, I said it's the second team, and our second team is in Segunda División."

Ribery suddenly realized that this makes sense.

This has made him very satisfied.

Because he really didn't want to go back to work on the construction site.

Not to mention giving 500 euros and renting a house, even if he didn't get it, he would still be willing to fight for this opportunity.

It is definitely impossible for Yang Hao to give Ribery the money exactly as stated in his autobiography. Brest only gave him 240 euros, because this is the capital of Spain, and prices and consumption levels are completely different.

Giving them a monthly salary of 500 euros means that their lives are already very tight.

Of course, Ribery can eat in the restaurant at the training base.

What Yang Hao wants to do is to mobilize his enthusiasm and let him get bonuses through outstanding performance, goals or assists, so that he can perform better.

"I understand, sir, I accept." Ribery didn't even hesitate.

When he came to Madrid, he never thought about hesitation.

He has no money, but he is not stupid.

Yang Hao worked hard to get people to find him, spend money to bring him to Madrid, find a house for him, and let him play at Atletico Madrid. Which of these is not higher than the monthly salary of 500 euros?

In this matter, the monthly salary is not important.

The important thing is that Yang Hao wants him to perform better and strive for a higher salary.

"Frank." Yang Hao emphasized his tone.

"Well, you said."

"I have heard some rumors about you in France. Even our scouts told me that your reputation there is not very good."

Ribery knew that Yang Hao had already spoken very tactfully.

It's not just good, it's terrible, right?

He wanted to explain, but Yang Hao stopped him with his hand.

"I don't want to hear any explanation, and you don't have to worry about me and the people at the club being biased against you. You can rest assured that the past is in the past, and we don't have to worry about it."

Ribery nodded hastily.

"But let me tell you in advance, our management at Atletico Madrid is very strict. If you let me hear that you make any bad news or make bad moves outside the stadium, then I can only tell you. Sorry."

Ribery raised his head and felt the severity in Yang Hao's eyes.

This is by no means empty talk.

As long as he does it again, he will be kicked out of Atletico Madrid!
Ribery took a deep breath, and after hesitating for a long time, he stood up and said, "Don't worry, I promise I will never do it again!"

Yang Hao was quite satisfied with his attitude and nodded: "Very good, we will fight side by side from now on. No matter what happens, you can contact me at any time and I will be responsible for helping you solve it. Do you understand?"

"I understand, thank you...boss."

"Go."

Watching Ribery leave, Yang Hao made a special call to Manolo Jimenez, telling him that he had handed Ribery over to him and asking him to pay more attention to this kid.

In addition, several young players in the second team this season must also be closely monitored and carefully cultivated.

Ribery is already 20 years old, but he has not broken the 23-year-old bottleneck set by Yang Hao for the second team.

According to Yang Hao's wishes, let him continue to participate in competition and training in the second team. If he is really capable and can endure hardship, then he can practice it, just like Drogba.

If he can't adapt, or doesn't cherish this opportunity, there's nothing he can do. Yang Hao will give him two or three years at most.

After all, many things have changed since time travel.

Yang Hao is now not sure whether Ribery can change his ways and mature after he found him in advance.

……

While Atletico Madrid was training in the United States, Ronaldinho finally moved to Barcelona.

Manchester United did not take this transfer seriously. Ferguson even went to Paris in person to negotiate with Paris Saint-Germain and the player's agent. Moreover, when there were rumors at the time, the Brazilian genius was infinitely close to Manchester United.

But who would have thought that Ronaldinho would eventually go to Barcelona.

This Brazilian genius can be regarded as the most watched star this summer. First, he almost signed with Real Madrid, then Manchester United, Chelsea, and finally ended up with Barcelona. It was really a roundabout way.

Nowadays, the outside media are basically ridiculing Manchester United, thinking that the Red Devils are too confident and have been stolen by Barcelona.

But Yang Hao knew that according to the news that came out in his previous life, Barcelona gave Ronaldinho's brother and agent Assis a large commission, and it was Barcelona Vice Chairman Rosell who was in charge of it.

Therefore, Assis has not allowed Ronaldinho to meet with Ferguson.

This is also the reason why Yang Hao never considered Ronaldinho from beginning to end.

Atletico Madrid can barely afford it now, but why bother?
Manchester United can be considered useless this summer.

Beckham moved to Real Madrid and earned 3750 million euros, and Veron moved to Chelsea and earned 2180 million euros.

Nearly 6 million euros in revenue, what’s the result?
The number one goal, Ronaldinho, was snatched away by Barcelona, ​​and the number two target, Duff, was snatched away by Chelsea.

In the end, Ferguson's signing turned into a complete joke.

When Atletico Madrid returned from the United States, Manchester United signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League for 1900 million euros.

Many British media believe that this is a signing made by Ferguson after he missed out on Ronaldinho and went to the hospital due to illness.

So, they named Cristiano Ronaldo: Ronaldinho.

The reason is very simple. There is Ronaldinho in front of him. Manchester United missed Ronaldinho and hurriedly signed Ronaldinho to make up for it.

In La Liga, an interesting transfer also occurred.

Since deciding not to renew Hierro's contract, Real Madrid signed center back Gabriel Milito from Argentina's Independiente team. However, during the medical examination, it was discovered that Milito had a knee injury, so Real Madrid temporarily decided to return the contract.

This incident also caused quite a stir.

The transfer market is gradually coming to an end.

After Yang Hao returned from the United States, he began to prepare intensively for the Spanish Super Cup.

This time the opponent is Aragones' Real Mallorca.

Atletico Madrid also confirmed the 25-man roster for the first team.

Goalkeepers: Cech, Palop;

Defenders: Lucio, Carvalho, Evra, Maicon, Antonio Lopez, Marchena, Alves, Pepe;
Midfielder: Baraja, Xavi Alonso, Deco, Kaká, Gabi, Marcos Senna, Iniesta, Mascherano;

Forwards: Drogba, Torres, Joaquin, Reyes, Villa, Robben, Ribery.

Although Ribery, Mascherano and Pepe are training with the first team, in fact, they will mostly participate in Segunda División games with the second team.

Yang Hao believes that with this lineup, Atletico Madrid can achieve better results in the new season.

In addition, Ramos and others will often train with the first team, and Yang Hao will find the right time for them to make their debut this season.

Most likely it will be in the Copa del Rey.

This cup is somewhat tasteless, especially the first two or three rounds. It is suitable for young players to practice their skills.

This is basically the consistent approach of wealthy teams.

……

On the evening of August 8th, Mallorca Sanmoïs Stadium.

In the first round of the Spanish Super Cup, Atletico Madrid challenged Real Mallorca away.

Aragones' team deployed a 442 formation at home, while Atletico Madrid continued to adopt the 433 formation commonly used in the past two seasons.

Goalkeeper: Petr Cech;
Defense: Evra, Carvalho, Lucio and Maicon;
Midfield: Xavi Alonso is deep, Deco and Kaká are forward;

Forwards: Reyes, Torres and Joaquin.

Baraja will be sidelined for some time due to an injury sustained during the U.S. warm-up match.

As soon as the game started, Atletico Madrid tried to control the midfield instead of actively pressing forward and attacking as they did in the past.

This is also a change for Yang Hao this season.

But Real Mallorca kept destroying, trying to disrupt Atletico Madrid's rhythm.

The two sides played a bit chaotically.

Atletico Madrid changed their past straight-forward style of play and began to try more short passes in the middle tonight.

For example, in the first 4 minutes, Kaka had a one-two with Deco. Kaka sent a through ball. Torres kicked the ball in the penalty area and was saved by goalkeeper Franck.

Afterwards, Eto'o also had a shot saved by Cech.

In the 22nd minute, Atletico Madrid's performance was even more obvious this time.

After Reyes dribbled the ball from the left and cut inside, he once again completed a very exquisite short pass with Deco and Kaká. Deco sent the ball into the penalty area. Torres kicked the ball and hit the goal, breaking the deadlock on the field. .

This wonderful cooperation, even the Mallorca fans couldn't help but applaud.

But under Mallorca's defense and pressing pressure, Atletico Madrid's tactics were obviously still a bit rusty.

First, in the first half, Ibagaza assisted Brookink to score. Not long after the start of the second half, Eto'o also scored, directly reversing the score.

Throughout the game, Atletico Madrid showed great patience.

Even the on-site commentator felt, "Yang Hao is more like training with Real Mallorca to test his tactical play."

Atletico Madrid's midfielder played with more control, but the pace was a bit slow.

This is also a problem.

But before the end of the game, when Real Mallorca rushed into the Atletico Madrid penalty area and tried to score again, Atletico Madrid launched a counterattack. Kaka picked up the ball at the front of the penalty area and ran with the ball all the way.

The Brazilian player thoroughly demonstrated his skill and excellent dribbling skills. He ran with the ball for 80 meters and finally equalized the score for Atletico Madrid with a wonderful shot in the penalty area of ​​Real Mallorca. .

2 is better than 2!

The two sides shook hands and made peace.

Yang Hao was not disappointed with the result of this game, nor was he even too surprised.

In the previous training camp in the United States, the opponents the team faced were not strong, which resulted in the team's tactical play not being fully tested and tempered, which is very detrimental to the new season.

So Yang Hao took the opportunity to use the Super Cup as a test field.

In the final analysis, this cup is not important, La Liga in the new season is the key.

In this game, Atletico Madrid had a full 68% ball possession rate.

Yang Hao really didn't expect it, but it did expose some problems.

"Just wait, on the 27th, at the Calderon Stadium, I will show you how awesome it is!" Yang Hao said confidently to Aragones.

The Spanish wise old man curled his lips helplessly.

It was a shame that we failed to win Atletico Madrid at home!

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