Chapter 26 Revenge?

Atletico Madrid won the first round without much attention.

A 3-0 victory over the "loser" Sevilla in August, many media prefer to attribute the reason to the poor performance of Sevilla, rather than how much better Atletico Madrid is than Sevilla.

In La Liga, a 3-0 is nothing.

In the first round of the league, there was a 4-0, two 3-0 and two 3-1 results. With many big scores, Atletico Madrid's victory was not very prominent. More media reported Real Madrid's results. 'Frustrated' and Barcelona's triumph.

Of course, even if many media don't care about Atletico Madrid's victory, Atletico Madrid's outstanding performance cannot be erased, and they still praised Atletico Madrid.

After the first round of the league, Atlético de Madrid fans were also proud.

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Soon the second round of La Liga came, and Atletico Madrid's opponent was Athletic Bilbao.

Athletic Club Bilbao is located in the province of Biscay, Basque Country in northern Spain. Founded in 1898, it is the second oldest football club in Spain.

This team has a glorious history, they haven't been relegated since 1928, and only Real Madrid and Barcelona have the honor.

They have also won 8 La Liga titles, 24 Copa del Rey and 2 Spanish Super Cups, and are the fourth best club in La Liga, behind Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid.

But Athletic Bilbao's performance has been mediocre in recent years.

There is a saying in Spain describing Athletic Bilbao, "If Athletic Bilbao were compared to pop icons, they would be Carlos Santana - pioneers faithful to tradition."

Athletic Bilbao is faithful to tradition, which means little has changed, as evidenced by the fact that they use only Basque players and have never had any commercials on their shirts until 2008.

Last season, the "Basque Lions" broke into the top 10 for the first time in five years.

They've been fighting hard for a spot in the European event, but they've finally missed it.

Wansheng is very serious about the game.

The "Basque Lions" are not easy to deal with, especially since this is another away game, but the time between the first round and the second round is too close, and the team can't do any preparation work, so they can only bite the bullet and play away games.

In the game, Atletico Madrid played well, at least played the tactics, and once suppressed Athletic Bilbao.

What no one thought was that luck determined the outcome of the game.

In the 90 minutes of the game, Atlético de Madrid kicked a three-legged goalpost and only scored one goal, while Athletic Bilbao took advantage of a corner kick. Striker Vicente took the opportunity to head the ball to help the team equalize the score. .

The final game ended 1-1.

A draw did not disappoint Atletico Madrid, and Wansheng also praised the opponent's performance after the game, "They are very tenacious and deserve a point."

After the game was tied, Wansheng didn't have much time to praise his opponent. On the other hand, it also showed that Athletic Bilbao's performance was really good.

Athletic Bilbao coach Caparros is also very satisfied with the team's performance. At the same time, he also praised Atletico Madrid and reminded other La Liga teams to be vigilant, "This is a brand new Atletico Madrid, I don't feel they are better than Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid and Barcelona are far behind, they are much stronger than us."

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Atletico Madrid's draw is nothing compared to the performance of its rivals.

In the same round, Barcelona lost to newly-promoted Hercules at home.

This is the first home game of the Barcelona league.

Barcelona not only lost the game, but also lost their 16-month unbeaten home record.

The last time Barcelona lost at home in the league was in the penultimate round of the 2008-09 season, when they lost to Osasuna, but they had already won the championship, so they sent most of the game against Osasuna. substitute player.

As far as all competitions are concerned, last season, Barcelona only lost to Kazan Rubies in the Champions League group stage, and lost to Sevilla in the King's Cup. Liarreal drew, and the rest of the game was won.

After the game Barcelona became the protagonist again.

Spain's El Pais described Barcelona's defeat as a "huge failure", saying, "Barcelona crashed at Camp Nou and the team seems to be immersed in a big win over Sporting Santander. In the joy of..."

Meanwhile, Mourinho has led Real Madrid to a revenge call at the Bernabeu, with a clean 1-0 win over Osasuna.

The following Spanish media reports almost all revolved around Barcelona and Real Madrid. It is not difficult to hear the meaning of many reports. The Spanish media generally believe that the only teams that can win the championship are Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Barcelona has one win and one loss, and Real Madrid has one win and one draw.

Some football analysts believe that Mourinho's Real Madrid performance is more calm, "Even if they only scored one goal in two rounds, this is Mourinho's style!"

Barcelona suffered a huge blow!

"...the unbeaten home record was ended, and the loss was to a weaker newly-promoted horse, while at the same time, Barcelona's biggest rival, Real Madrid, showed a stable form, despite only scoring in two rounds. 1 goal, but 4 points, and the team's defense is impeccable. Barcelona is not good at completing the reversal, they are better at playing the tailwind. However, in this game against Hercules, Barcelona Gina didn't control the game, didn't even have the will to get the ball, and that's a sign that Barcelona's attack is very bad."

"Esteban, the head coach of Erkules, used to play in Barcelona and is an old acquaintance of Barcelona. This night, he found a way to restrain Barcelona and let Barcelona's "dream" The team "has completely lost its former charm."

A few days ago, the Spanish team, dominated by Barcelona players, lost 1-4 to Argentina. Now, Barcelona lost 0-2 to the newly promoted team.

"This shows that football in Barcelona is starting to face serious challenges!"

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"Serious challenges?"

Seeing this report article, Wansheng only felt very funny.

There are 38 rounds in the league, and the time is still long. Barcelona only lost one game and were criticized by the Spanish media for this, as if the end of the world had come.

From this point of view, the Spanish media is no different from the English media. They will continue to sing praises when they win, and a bad performance will turn into a sad song, as if everything is going to be lost.

But in fact, it's just a game...

Wansheng does not think that Barcelona has really suffered a huge blow. To say 'severe challenges', it should also be external factors, such as... own Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid must defeat Barcelona if they want to rise. and Real Madrid.

This is a serious challenge!

After the match against Athletic Bilbao, Wansheng has already begun to consider the third round of the league, which is a test after he takes up Atlético de Madrid. They are going to host Barcelona in the league.

After the second round of the league, the media on both sides began to hype.

There are two influential newspapers in Madrid, one is "Marca" and the other is "Aspen", both of which are quite influential in Spain and even Europe, but they are also tendentious. .

"Marca" and Real Madrid have a cooperative relationship, so they are very inclined to Real Madrid, and their favorite report is the bad news of Barcelona. Of course, whenever they encounter a Madrid derby, they don't mind sarcasm at Atletico Madrid.

For Real Madrid, the biggest enemy will always be Barcelona, ​​as for Atletico Madrid... Their results have not been very good, and it is difficult to compete with Real Madrid, so there is not much coverage of Atlético Madrid in "Marca" .

"Aspen" supports Atletico Madrid and boycotts Real Madrid.

"Aspen" has a cooperative relationship with Atlético de Madrid, and their reports on Atlético de Madrid are still very accurate, and on their pages, bad news about Real Madrid can often be seen.

This is the division of opinion within Madrid.

However, the division of opinion is only internal. When the Madrid team meets Barcelona, ​​they will support the team of their own city together.

Also worth mentioning is the "World Sports News".

"World Sports News" is headquartered in Catalonia, Spain. The newspaper belongs to the pro-Barcelona department and is the 'Queen' newspaper of FC Barcelona.

"World Sports News" is not very good impression of Wansheng.

In the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League, Wan Sheng led Manchester City to the final against Barcelona and won the Champions League.

As a result, the Barcelona media and fans began to hate Wan Sheng, who believed that Wan Sheng led Manchester City to "snatch" the championship belonging to Barcelona.

When Atlético de Madrid broke the news that it had been acquired and the new head coach was the former Manchester City coach Wansheng, Mundo Deportivo felt that the opportunity for revenge was coming, and they began to constantly criticize and question Wansheng.

Of course, Wansheng didn't care at all.

The pro-Barcelona media naturally won't say good things about him. The doubts of these media are the evidence of his rising fame - anyone who excels in a field will be criticized and questioned in various ways.

The reason why the World Sports News does this is that they have experienced failure.

If more than two years ago, Barcelona beat Manchester City and got close to the final, "Sportsport" would not have been like this - who cares about what happens to the defeated team?

Now, Atletico Madrid meets Barcelona.

Although the venue of the game was at the Calderon Stadium, and Wansheng led not Manchester City, but Atletico Madrid, but the "World Sports News" still believes that "this is a 'revenge' of Barcelona to Wansheng!" ( To be continued~^~)