Chapter 25 The Biggest Competitor

At the post-match press conference, Alvarez never talked about winning again. He didn't make excuses for losing, but calmly praised Atletico Madrid "they played better and deserved to win".

When asked how Sevilla's loss would affect his position, Alvarez was silent.

As anyone knows, Alvarez's presidency is in jeopardy.

Alvarez doesn't want to talk about his coaching position, it will embarrass him. The first round of the league has just ended, and he doesn't want to be the first La Liga coach to be fired.

After that, Alvarez again focused on Atletico Madrid's performance.

In this regard, many media reporters believe that Alvarez wants to attribute the responsibility for the loss to the performance of his opponents. He is unwilling to admit that Sevilla's performance is poor, or that there is a problem with his coaching.

When Wansheng brought Diego Costa into the venue, Alvarez had already left first. Obviously, he didn't want to meet Wansheng. With the saliva before the game, and losing the game by three goals, The meeting between the two would have been embarrassing for Alvarez.

As soon as he entered the venue, Wan Sheng became the protagonist.

The media reporters aimed all kinds of equipment at Wansheng, and even Diego Costa behind him couldn't let the reporters shake half a point. Everyone knows that the biggest focus will always be Wansheng, and it is he who brings changes to Atletico Madrid. , Wansheng's coaching is the biggest factor that allowed Atletico Madrid to beat Sevilla with three goals.

Wan Sheng walked to the podium and first praised the performance of the whole team, "We had a good start, 0-3, this victory will give the team more confidence."

A reporter then asked about Atletico Madrid's goals.

Media reporters who know Wansheng know that when this young Chinese mentions the goal, he will never leave the championship. He will definitely say, "Atletico Madrid's goal is the championship."

But that's what the Madrid media want!

Taking advantage of the team's away victory against Sevilla, it is natural to say that some champions can improve morale, regardless of whether Atletico Madrid is capable of competing for the championship, but it is still necessary to say it when it is time to say it.

However, Wansheng's answer surprised the media. He mentioned the league and the King's Cup at the same time, "...Our main focus will be on the league, but the King's Cup must also be fought for..."

King's Cup?

It's a bit early to talk about fighting for the Copa del Rey at the start of the season, isn't it?

The cup is different from the league. If you want to compete for the league championship, you need the overall strength of the team. Because a season is very long, the team that can persist all the time is likely to compete for the league championship.

The cup is different, because of the rules, the cup is very lucky.

Media reporters did not expect Wan Sheng to answer like this, they were a little stunned, but Wan Sheng did not explain more, and then he left the time to Diego Costa.

As the hero of the team's victory, Costa deserves this kind of treatment.

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In the press conference, Wan Sheng talked about the Copa del Rey for a reason.

Before starting the first round of the league with Sevilla, the football training master system released three tasks, two of which are traditional tasks - the new season's journey and the game achievement task.

"The journey of the new season: Atlético de Madrid is a La Liga team, and the new season has officially started. As the coach of the team, you should lead the team to achieve good results!

Task content (an optional):

1. Led Atletico Madrid to the league title.

2. Lead Atletico Madrid into the top four in the league.

Mission Rewards (cannot be claimed repeatedly):

1. Experience 5000 points, special reward: three skill upgrade points.

2. Experience 2000 points. "

"Game Achievement Mission: You need to lead the team and keep winning to complete the game achievement.

Mission content: Consecutive wins: (0/8) (0/12) (0/16)

Mission reward: experience 1000/2000/3000 points. "

It can be seen from the content of the two tasks that with the improvement of the coaching level, the tasks released by the football training master system are also increasing in difficulty. This selection requirement is only to be in the top six, and now the minimum standard for task completion is also the top four, which is to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

Has the "competition achievement mission" also improved? After five consecutive victories, the mission can no longer be completed, and the minimum requirement has also been raised to eight.

Of course, these two tasks are nothing.

Wansheng believes that his Atletico Madrid team is definitely a team that can compete for the championship, so no matter which task is not much difficult.

The third task released by the football training master system, that is, the "honor task", the requirements are different.

Wansheng came to Spain from England, the league is different, the cup is different, so the requirement of the honorary task is to win a new championship.

"Personal honorary task: Wansheng, you are already a world-renowned international coach, but you need to keep moving forward and lay the road to the king, new champions can bring greater glory.

Mission requirements: Win a Spanish domestic championship.

Quest reward: 1000 experience points, high-level talent skill "Eye of Status Evaluation". "

The reward skill of 'Personal Honor Mission' made Wansheng very excited. The 'Eye of Status Evaluation' sounded like it knew the function, that is, to see through the state of each player, or in other words, to see through the state of the opponent's players.

Don't talk about the state of the opponent's players now, even if it is his own players, Wansheng can only make an evaluation based on the physical fitness value and some training conditions. What state of the opponent's players is completely at a loss.

If we can have the "Eye of Status Evaluation", then it will be much simpler to arrange the starting lineup in the future.

So the 'personal honor mission' must be completed!

The mission requirement is to win a championship in a domestic competition in Spain. This season, Atletico Madrid can only compete for the La Liga and the Copa del Rey. It is not easy to say the league title. After all, a season is a long time, and even 10,000 wins cannot be 100% certain. , the team can win the league championship.

So the King's Cup should also be taken into account!

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That night, many media reported the game between Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, and they praised Atletico Madrid's performance.

What the media praised was the overall performance on the one hand, and the positive offensive displayed by Atlético de Madrid on the other hand, which made the game look very entertaining.

"Atlético de Madrid plays a very entertaining football. They attack and defend in all three lines. They attack fast and retreat fast, which makes the game extremely intense from the first minute."

"Their offense was smooth, the game was fast-paced from start to finish, and the fans watching the game felt hearty."

"Spain has always had no shortage of offensive football, but from a viewing point of view, Atletico Madrid played even better than Barcelona, ​​they were aggressive and aggressive almost every minute, the fast-paced game made the fans feel more It's like watching an action movie."

"Nervous, good-looking, exciting... This is what Atlético de Madrid showed to the fans in the first game of the new season."

"This is undoubtedly brought about by Wansheng. This young Chinese has returned to European football after two years of silence, which has completely changed Atlético de Madrid. Compared with last season, this Atlético de Madrid is more aggressive now. , Sevilla is very passive at home is the proof. The three goals in the audience also made Sevilla speechless, and even Sevilla coach Alvarez couldn't stop praising him. You know, he can definitely think Sevilla will win before the game..."

"...Of course, Sevilla's big loss must have made Alvarez very difficult. In August, Sevilla lost the Super Cup, lost the Champions League qualification, and lost the first round of the league. Almost a complete failure..."

European media has always been good at touting winners.

Atlético de Madrid was the winner, and the media gave Atlético de Madrid all kinds of praise.

But that's not exactly touted either.

What Atletico Madrid showed in the game surprised many people. I don’t know how many people watched the game over and over again this night. They were all analyzing why Atletico Madrid could beat Sevilla with three goals away.

It's no luck!

Atlético de Madrid fans were pleasantly surprised, they did not expect that after a summer, their team played better and still won the opponent on the road.

It would be fine if the opponent was just a small ball, but the opponent is Sevilla.

4th in the league last season!

In the hearts of many fans, Sevilla is much stronger than Atletico Madrid.

Atlético de Madrid has completely changed!

Inside the Atlético de Madrid club, the one who pays the most attention to the game is undoubtedly Hill. Atletico Madrid is everything to Hill. He has been running for the team all his life. In a very good mood, he is full of hope for the team.

After this game, Hill was firm in his choice.

He has been thinking about whether it is right or wrong to sell his shares to Taiwan Investment Group, where will the team go in the future, success or failure?

Little Hill was not sure.

But now Little Hill believes he made the right decision.

A large amount of money has been injected, and there are top coaches in charge. Everything is developing in a positive direction, and the future of the team is all pinned on this young Chinese man.

He is the creator of miracles.

The revival of Atlético de Madrid is just around the corner and they are sure to become the newest force in European football!

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Atletico Madrid won the first round of the league cleanly, which attracted a lot of media attention, but in fact, the most concerned team in Spain is always the 'Western Super League'.

After the first round, the media continued to report the games of the 'Western Super League'.

The two giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are both away from home, and the two teams have ushered in different results - Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​the new trident Messi-Villa-Iniesta each scored One goal, 3-0 victory over Santander; Mourinho's Real Madrid tried their best, but could only play a 0-0 without a goal and was tied by Mallorca.

For the first round of La Liga, the "News of the World" commented, "Barcelona made a good start."

"Mourinho's Real Madrid has a long way to go."

Atletico Madrid's away win over Sevilla was completely ignored.

For many influential news outlets in Europe, the only teams Spain needs to focus on are Real Madrid and Barcelona.

This is the influence gap.

Wansheng is also concerned about Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​because the two teams are the most powerful in La Liga.

As long as you want to compete for the league championship, you cannot miss the competition with the two giants.

Real Madrid's performance is really poor. Mourinho's coaching seems to bring only defense to Real Madrid. Their game against Mallorca completely failed to seize the opportunity to appear.

Mallorca is worth noting, their goalkeeper Avat performed bravely and made wonderful saves one after another.

Overall, Real Madrid struggled more than skill, and individual flashes were more than overall cooperation. In the face of Mallorca, which was plagued by economic problems, they were incapable of scoring goals and did not score in the whole game.

On the other hand, Mallorca, the players tried their best and finally got an undisputed 1 point.

The draw was a reward for Laudrup's (Mallorca boss) coaching team and also highlighted the flaws Real Madrid needed to address.

This kind of Real Madrid makes Wansheng feel pretty good.

If Mourinho's team has been performing like this, then Atletico Madrid is one less competitor, but Barcelona is also worth noting, Guardiola's Barcelona is too strong, they are playing better than Atletico Madrid Only strong and not weak.

Although both are 3 to 0, the combination of Messi and Villa is obviously stronger than Diego Costa and Diego Forlan.

Without Ibrahimovic, Guardiola would put Villa on the left, Iniesta on the right, and Messi in the middle.

Several players have no height advantage, but their passing, movement awareness and shooting are first-class.

This is a typical Barcelona!

Although Villa is a new player, his performance on the field does not show this at all, as if his experience in the national team has paved the way for the cooperation between him and his Barcelona teammates.

Barcelona's overall performance also proves that they have continued the way they played in the past, are confident in their own style of play, always show the momentum of "I am the main", and at most make some fine-tuning according to the characteristics of the opponent.

In this game, Santander gave them almost no difficulties.

3 to 0, there is no suspense in Barcelona's victory.

After the first round, Wansheng's first job was to watch the video of Barcelona's game. He knew that Barcelona would be the biggest competitor in the league. In addition, a very important point is that in the third round of the league, Atlético de Madrid will be the best player in the league. To play against Barcelona.

He has to be ready for the game. (To be continued ~^~)