Chapter 131 Fifth Crown of the Year, the King of Kings in Europe

"Is it great?!"

"Ah?"

"I mean, how does it feel to win the championship right after arriving? Is it great?"

"Ha, it's great!"

Leon in the crowd looked at Modric, who was stroking the Spanish Super Cup with a happy look on his face, and laughed.

"Then you will have a great week. After winning this Spanish Super Cup, we will win the European Super Cup in a few days!"

Modric, who was reminded by Leon, remembered it now.

It seems that Real Madrid finished the Spanish Super Cup on August 29, and will face Atletico Madrid in the European Super Cup on September 2.

If Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid and win the cup, wouldn't it be two championships in a week?

"What if Atletico Madrid wins that thing?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Leon looked at Modric, who was still a little cautious, and patted him on the shoulder, just as confident as other teammates who promised him victory last season.

"If we play against Athletic Bilbao, we might lose in one round, but we won't lose in ten consecutive one-round deciders against Atletico Madrid."

"Are we so confident in playing the city derby?"

"Hey, Chris is here."

C Ronaldo, who had noticed something, turned his head and saw Li Ang standing next to Modric and pointing at him. He thought Li Ang was praising him and nodded to the two of them with a smile.

At this moment, in the Atletico Madrid training base, Simeone and his coaching team members were still having a headache about discussing ways to limit Ronaldo.

There is no way, no matter which team wants to play against Real Madrid at this stage, they want to fight for points or even win.

Then Ronaldo is a big difficulty that cannot be circumvented.

Fifty-one goals in the league and fifteen goals in the Champions League, two record-breaking single-season goal data, made Ronaldo the most threatening striker on the planet.

Such threats even made Simeone feel that as long as Ronaldo was restricted, the Atletico Madrid he led would have a great chance to win the UEFA Super Cup this time.

Perhaps, subconsciously.

Simeone actually knew that Mourinho's tactical system could still exert great power after removing Ronaldo.

But he couldn't care so much at this time. In a single-round decisive match, a superstar's influence on the outcome of the game was too great.

Moreover, last season, Ronaldo's four-goal performance against Atletico Madrid in the second half of the league caused too much damage to Simeone and Atletico Madrid.

Before that game, Simeone was still very confident that Atletico Madrid he led could become a sniper hero at the last moment of Real Madrid's sprint for the La Liga championship.

As a result, a 5-1 victory brought him back to reality.

He had completed his ideal signings in the past summer window, at least most of the new players were what he needed.

Last season's Europa League championship also gave him some confidence.

Challenging Real Madrid again, Simeone feels that his team has at least the strength to fight.

Whether it can succeed depends on whether they can limit Ronaldo on the night of September 2!

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The Real Madrid players easily embarked on the journey to Nice, France on September 1.

They will arrive at Nice Cote d'Azur Airport at noon, and then take a bus to Monaco in the afternoon, and complete the preparations for the Louis II Stadium before the game.

Mourinho and the members of the coaching staff also did some tactical rehearsals during the journey, and did not take this Atletico team lightly.

However, there is really no tension in the players of Real Madrid's first team.

Including Li Ang.

After all, he has played against Atletico led by the bandit coach Simeone.

After Simeone's half-season training, Atletico will definitely be more powerful and difficult than before.

But the transformation of a team is a long-term job. In a short period of time, Simeone can hardly make the entire Atletico team reborn.

At least this season, Atletico Madrid will not and is not qualified to be a stumbling block for Real Madrid to win the championship.

They still need to grow, and after another full season of tempering, they will transform into the iron-blooded army that will dominate Europe in the future.

Atletico Madrid today has only reorganized its defense, and the control of the midfield and the offensive ability of the front court are far from enough.

A team that can only defend cannot stop Real Madrid, and a tiger Falcao alone cannot shake Real Madrid's current steel defense.

The gap in hard power between the two teams is still huge.

As reflected in public opinion, now no matter which country's media, they are all one-sidedly optimistic that Real Madrid can once again defeat their city rivals.

The reality of public opinion bias is more severe than Simeone thought.

So much so that he had to encourage his players again before the game and instill in them the firm belief that they must win.

The large number of neutral French fans who watched the excitement did not care who won or lost, they just wanted to see the stars and one beautiful goal after another.

At a time when a large number of sports journalists have entered Monaco and the outside media are also launching a full-scale publicity campaign.

The popularity and attention of this European Super Cup match are still considerable.

On the evening of September 2, at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, the players of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid followed the referee team onto the field.

Today, He Wei, who is telling "stand-up comedy", appeared in front of the TV at 2 a.m. in China time with the fans.

With Real Madrid's fourth championship of the year, the Spanish Super Cup, in hand, China is also boiling. No one wants to miss the important historical moment of witnessing Li Ang win the six championships.

Some new fans who may not have watched the game last season because of Li Ang's domestic commercial activities in the summer will also try to watch the game late at night.

They set the alarm clock, got out of bed in the early morning of the summer night, turned on the TV and tuned directly to Channel 5.

He Wei did not show his face for too long, and the director quickly aimed the live camera at the stadium.

The figure of Li Ang holding the little ball boy just happened to break into the eyes of countless Chinese fans.

The familiar confident smile on his face also made domestic fans full of confidence in this game!

Barcelona has already passed this season, are you afraid of not being able to beat Atletico?

Winning the fifth championship, today, for sure!

Compared with the calmness and confidence of Real Madrid, the expressions of Atletico's players seemed more or less solemn.

Facing Real Madrid, which won the treble last season, as a challenger, this psychological pressure cannot be easily dissipated by shouting a few slogans before the game.

After the routine handshake and greeting before the game, Mourinho and Simeone also walked back to their coaching seats with a calm face.

In terms of tactical preparation before the game, Mourinho thought it was relatively sufficient.

His formation and starting predictions were basically accurate.

Simeone still did not dare to change the formation boldly to play 442, and still played a set of 4231 with a relatively balanced offense and defense.

Real Madrid was unrestrained for a while, and did not play 4231, but played a very offensive and aggressive 433.

When He Wei introduced the starting lineups of the two teams before the game, he was somewhat amazed at Real Madrid's tactics and personnel selection today.

". In the backcourt, we can see that Real Madrid's starting lineup is not much different from the past, but in the midfield, Mourinho's choice today is very unexpected!

Li Ang and Di Maria partnered as left and right midfielders, only Alonso was dragged back, and Ronaldo, Higuain and Benzema formed the front trident of Real Madrid today!"

With He Wei's commentary, the fans in China came to life.

Or rather, most of the fans who were watching this game at the moment came to life!

Simeone was confused by Mourinho's trick again.

"Do you look down on our offensive ability?"

This thought subconsciously emerged in the mind of the bandit coach.

But when the game officially started, looking at the Atletico players who were quickly suppressed by Real Madrid and had to retreat to their own half, Simeone could only suppress his unhappy emotions.

Mourinho is qualified to formulate a strong attacking tactic against Atletico.

When Real Madrid put five players in the frontcourt, the two full-backs actively crossed the sidelines and made forward runs.

Under the huge pressure of the defense, Atletico could not even counterattack at this time, and Falcao had to retreat to the center line to assist his teammates in defense.

After flattening Atletico's formation, Mourinho's calmness was added.

Falcao is a good center forward, but he is not a standing center forward. His biggest threat is not after retreating, but in the opponent's penalty area.

His body shape template has already determined that even if Atletico counterattacks, it can't force the way to go to the middle to make a pass.

Without the ball in the middle, it depends on Arda Turan's advancing pass?

Can he explode Ramos or force Arbeloa who returns to defense?

Without a speed-type explosive point and a disruptive center forward, it would be very difficult for Atletico Madrid to counterattack Real Madrid.

After all, for Real Madrid, which is old at counterattacks, the defenders know exactly how to defend against the opponent's counterattack.

Atletico Madrid's offensive means could not be exerted, and the back line was suppressed by Real Madrid. There was no good way to engage Real Madrid's periphery, so they could only passively take the beating.

If Simeone was bolder at this time and replaced Diego Costa on the bench, the situation would be really different.

The empty space in Real Madrid's half gave him ample room to play, and he also had the spirit of a bachelor who was not afraid of Pepe and Ramos.

With Costa disrupting the game and protecting the ball, Atletico Madrid at least had one more counterattack route combining the side and the center.

Unfortunately, Simeone did not have this courage at this time.

He did not expect that the Brazilian center forward on his bench had the power and ambition to change the situation on the field.

In the tight defensive situation, the young Courtois immediately became the most nervous and busy player in Atletico Madrid.

Ronaldo's powerful long-range shots at this stage are really hard to catch.

Courtois, who was stunned by Ronaldo's two consecutive shots last season, did not dare to neglect it at all.

In just four minutes, he blocked Ronaldo's long-range shots twice and gave Real Madrid two corner kicks.

Real Madrid did not knock on Atletico's goal, but the attackers who had already played in form had a momentum of extraordinary performance.

Modric's eyes flickered as he watched Di Maria's wonderful performance on the sidelines.

He felt that he was also suitable for this position.

Even if he did not play in the middle, he could also provide good offensive support to Ronaldo if he played in the left midfield.

Moreover, he believed that he would definitely make a better defensive contribution than Di Maria.

"If I am in the left midfield, Li Ang is on my right, and Di Maria is still playing on the right winger, then we should be able to play a more powerful offensive combination."

After making a tactical summary, Modric's heart was even more heated.

But Mourinho did not speak at this time, and he could only sit on the bench and envy.

Li Ang saw Di Maria being double-teamed by Atletico's backcourt players, so he accelerated forward and shouted a reminder.

Di Maria, who tilted his head to see Li Ang's action, shook the angle and passed the ball to him diagonally.

At the moment when he was about to confront Atletico's midfielder Gabi, Li Ang decisively stood in position with his back to the goal, and then passed the ball to his left.

Let him and Gabi make a one-on-one breakthrough? What a joke!

Li Ang, who is self-aware, does not want to lose the offensive ball easily.

And his clear choice also allowed Benzema, who retreated to respond, to smoothly transfer the ball to Averoa who was going down the bottom.

Atletico's penalty area was in chaos.

Averoa kicked a cross near the bottom line, but the direction he aimed at was not the middle and back point of the penalty area.

Instead, he passed it to the top of the penalty area where Li Ang and Benzema were, like an inverted triangle!

Gabi and Godin rushed to the ball's landing point at the first time.

But Li Ang, with the cover of Benzema, headed the ball to the back of Atletico's goal!

At the moment of collision with Godin, Li Ang felt very uncomfortable. This powerful Uruguayan central defender was too tough!

However, thanks to his header this time, Ronaldo, who was advancing, no longer needed to compete with Godin one-on-one.

Miranda failed to defend against Ronaldo's strong impact.

Almost a relay with Li Ang's header, Ronaldo fiercely knocked on the door guarded by Courtois with a close-range header!

From the middle to the wing, to the final defensive involvement and the final blow.

Li Ang cooperated with his teammates to complete a variety of offensive changes. Atletico's backcourt defense line, which had just been running in, was torn into pieces!

And Ronaldo, who scored this goal, also made Simeone on the sidelines black.

"Really can't defend?!"

The bandit coach slammed the coach's chair with an ugly face.

But Mourinho smiled and applauded his disciples at this moment.

"The outcome has been decided."

Listening to Mourinho's confident conclusion, Karanka and the Real Madrid players on the bench felt that it was still too early.

But when Ramos, who took advantage of the set-piece opportunity to attack forward, headed in another header in the 34th minute of the first half, everyone on the Real Madrid bench only had faith in Mourinho!

Atletico, who were two goals behind, began to get anxious, but Mourinho instructed Real Madrid to shrink their half.

The 4-3-3 formation that Real Madrid had played before also changed to 4-2-3-1.

Well, Mourinho started to counterattack, which made the bandit coach more and more headache.

Higuain rushed forward, Benzema retreated to play as a front midfielder, and Li Ang also retreated to play as a double back midfielder with Alonso.

Real Madrid players were not too skilled in changing formations and positions. At the last moment of the first half, Atletico had no way to defend.

In the second half, when Atletico replaced two forwards in the 75th minute and tried to fight for their lives, Real Madrid increased their counterattack.

Higuain scored another goal after receiving Marcelo's cross. At this point, the game basically lost all suspense.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Simeone sat in the coaching seat and felt a stinging pain in his eyes when he saw the score of 3-0!

Well, there is still progress, from losing 1-5 to losing 0-3.

After hurriedly shaking hands and congratulating Mourinho, Simeone walked towards his disciples with strong reluctance.

They will use this season and this painful defeat to hone themselves.

But now, the carnival belongs to Real Madrid.

When Casillas lifted the European Super Cup and caused cheers from the audience, almost the entire European continent trembled and crouched under the gaze of Real Madrid.

The fifth championship of the year is won.

Real Madrid.

The king of kings in Europe!