Chapter 504 61 Atletico Madrid, Torres was beaten to the point of wanting to retire

Silence, deathly silence.

Lin Quan's goal at the Calderon Stadium completely shattered the Atletico Madrid people's dreams.

Some Atletico Madrid fans wearing red and white striped jerseys could not help crying.

Atletico Madrid is not a giant like Barcelona and Real Madrid. They do not have such a deep foundation and financial resources, so for them, there are very few opportunities to win the Champions League trophy.

The two missed opportunities in a row may be their only opportunities in this life.

However, in front of Manchester City, which is like a mountain, all their dreams were shattered.

How can this not make people heartbroken?

In a box in the stadium, the president of Atletico Madrid, who was watching the game with important guests, couldn't help but stop the introduction after seeing Lin Quan's goal and glanced at the scoreboard.

After confirming that Atletico Madrid was behind, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Winning or losing is a matter of course, Mr. President, don't worry. Even if we fail to reach the Champions League final this year, it will not change my confidence in Atletico Madrid's future!"

The guest's words made him feel a lot better, especially when he heard that the other party continued to be optimistic about Atletico Madrid's future, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

What Atletico Madrid lacks most now is funds. The team's coach and players on the field are actually not bad, but they just don't have money.

If we can get some more sponsorship from this big boss, this will definitely be a good thing for Atletico Madrid.

"Boss Wang is right. There is no need to be sentimental about a temporary victory or defeat. Our current lineup at Atletico Madrid is still very young and the head coach is also very talented. As long as we can maintain our current main lineup, we may not have a chance to reach the finals in the future. , holding up the big ear cup."

This is making a fool of ‘Boss Wang’!

However, even though he knew that the other party was trying to draw a cake, Boss Wang still took advantage of the situation and ate it.

In recent years, Boss Wang's company has been investing heavily overseas. As early as last year, he spent 300 million to buy the Spanish Tower, a landmark building with great influence in Spain, and also spent 45 million euros to buy the Marathon. bid for 20% of the shares.

Thanks to the trend of studying abroad in China, Boss Wang, who loves football from the bottom of his heart, plans to increase investment in the football field.

This time when he came to Spain, in addition to watching the peak battle between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, Boss Wang also planned to expand his shareholding in Atletico Madrid.

He plans to spend 200 million euros at a time to buy more than 50% of Atletico Madrid's shares, making himself the majority shareholder of Atletico Madrid, and then completely privatizing Atletico Madrid bit by bit, turning it into a team under his own group.

This trick has been used by Middle Eastern consortiums in Europe, and Russian oligarchs have also bought many teams. After proving that this method is feasible, Boss Wang also wants to give it a try.

Dalian Wanda, which he invested in early years, was once the dominant player in the Chinese Football League during the A-A period.

However, the water in domestic football is too deep, with black whistles, match-fixing, betting and other problems emerging one after another.

Although Boss Wang is currently cooperating with the Football Association on studying abroad and sponsoring the national team, he does not want to return to the Chinese Super League in the short term.

Especially with the presence of Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League, even if they enter at this time, it may be difficult to compete with them.

Moreover, domestic Jinyuan football has now reached a very crazy point, with the transfer fee for a national-level player costing tens of millions of yuan.

Better foreign aid costs tens of millions of euros!

In today's era, a Chinese Super League team that wants to compete for the championship will spend at least 7,800 million or even one billion yuan a year.

This amount of money can already catch up with the spending of many top teams in Europe!

That being the case, why not invest directly in the five major leagues?

The five major leagues not only have a higher level of competition, but also have better market prospects, and the overall football environment is far better than that in China.

Investing in the five major leagues can further increase the influence of Boss Wang and his company, which will be of great help to their internationalization strategy.

Although Atletico Madrid lost this game, Boss Wang did not underestimate Atletico Madrid because of this, but felt that Atletico Madrid had huge potential.

Therefore, I plan to invest in Atletico Madrid as soon as possible before it fully achieves its results. If it is later, it may not be at this price!

Atletico Madrid also welcomes Boss Wang's investment.

Although under Simeone's leadership in recent years, Atletico Madrid has achieved good results in both the league and the Champions League.

However, Atletico Madrid's foundation is still too thin. The weakness of their insufficient lineup depth was exposed in the second half of the previous seasons, especially in the final stages of competing for the league and Champions League titles.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid is eager to obtain more funds to expand the depth of its lineup and make up for this shortcoming.

In this way, with the reinforced Atletico Madrid, it is possible to try to compete for the Big Ear Cup, which symbolizes the club's highest glory, when these players on the field are still at the peak of their careers!

The two parties hit it off immediately and naturally had a great time chatting!

But on the court, Atletico Madrid's situation is not so wonderful!

After falling behind, Simeone immediately made tactical adjustments. Wherever Lin Quan went, he would strengthen the defense in a targeted manner.

He finally figured it out. With De Bruyne on the side, Lin Quan became the brains of Manchester City, and he completely dominated Manchester City's offense.

In this case, there is no point in targeting other people. Lin Quan, the brain of Manchester City, must be strangled!

Of course Simeone's decision was correct, but how could such a simple response not be expected by Guardiola?

After seeing Atletico make this choice, Guardiola changed the formation again, and Manchester City's midfielder position was advanced and came to near the center circle.

Is this a pressing attack?

Seeing this scene, Simone was actually a little excited!

He is not afraid of Manchester City pressing forward, but he is afraid that Manchester City will retreat and defend after taking the lead. In that case, they will really be dead!

However, what disappoints Simeone is that there is only one midfielder that Manchester City presses, and that is Kroos.

Kanter, as the defensive gate of Manchester City's midfield, did not press too far forward, but stayed close to Chris to support and protect him.

As for Manchester City's two full-backs, when Kroos steps forward, one of them will definitely move inward and the other forward. This not only maintains Manchester City's offensive pressure in the frontcourt, but also prevents their backline from attacking. As for being too empty.

After Cross's position improved, Manchester City's offensive initiator changed again!

Lin Quan's position on the court has changed from attacking midfielder to second forward!

Without having to take on the responsibility of organizing the offense, Lin Quan is closer to the opponent's goal, and with Aguero covering in front of him, he has more chances to shoot!

Thirty minutes after the first half, Manchester City continued to hit offensive climaxes.

Aguero, Lin Quan, David Silva, De Bruyne got shooting opportunities one after another, and even Kroos tried a long shot.

Although they failed to score a goal, Manchester City's attack made Atletico Madrid very nervous. The players were tense and under great pressure!

Simone sighed. Today was a bit of a knife attack, and it opened his eyes!

Damn it, can football be played like this?

Bullying: I don’t have an all-around player like Lin Quan in my team, right?

Not only was Simeone indignant in his heart, but the fans at the scene and in front of the TV couldn't help but sigh when they saw Lin Quan changing his position and playing style again:

"Emperor Lin is so comprehensive!"

"It feels like nothing can trouble him!"

"I have to say, Guardiola is really a genius, he can always come up with some new tricks!"

"Indeed, Guardiola has very rich tactical reserves. Without changing players, by giving Lin a different positioning, he can exert a completely different effect, making it impossible for Atletico Madrid to target him! "

"The metronome of Manchester City is Kroos now, Atletico Madrid should target him!"

"But the problem is, once the restrictions on Lin are relaxed and Lin becomes an organizer every minute, then all Atletico Madrid's efforts will be in vain!"

"It's so difficult, it's so disappointing to be Manchester City's opponent!"

"Guardiola is so lucky. When he debuted, he had Messi. Just when he hit a trough, he immediately met Lin Lin and helped him!"

"Indeed, if Mourinho was as lucky as Guardiola, then the madman would probably be even more crazy!"

If you blindly defend passively, there will always be a moment when you cannot defend.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, just as the first half was about to end, Manchester City played wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt.

Cross saw the opportunity and passed a long pass to De Bruyne on the wing. De Bruyne sent a cross. Aguero passed the ball back to Lin Quan who was advancing.

Lin Quan moved laterally at the front of the penalty area, passed three defensive players in a row, then entered the penalty area, and shot with an outside instep that shocked everyone, breaking Atletico Madrid's goal again.

The score became 2:0, and the total score became 6:1. Atletico Madrid had to score 6 goals to reverse the game. This was too difficult, and almost announced that their theoretical hope of advancing was gone.

The Atletico Madrid fans at the Calderon Stadium were all stunned!

What shocked them was not only the score on the field, but also Lin Quan's coquettish outside-instep shot.

This kind of shot with a weird arc makes people feel desperate just looking at it, let alone trying to save it.

No one blames Oblak for not saving, let alone him. Even the world's number one goalkeeper like Buffon is probably powerless against this kind of shot.

Lin Quan's shot reminded many fans of a Portuguese star-Quaresma!

This guy who was once rejected by Barcelona has a coquettish outside-instep shot.

However, except for the outer instep, this guy is unremarkable in other aspects.

Continuously being rejected by Inter Milan and Barcelona is enough to prove that his strength cannot gain a foothold in the five major leagues.

But Lin Quan is different. Except for the outer instep, he is also proficient in everything else. Except for a slight deficiency in heading, he has almost all the other offensive skills!

Such a player, coupled with the skill of outside-instep shooting, who can stop him!

despair!

So desperate!

How could I, Atletico Madrid, be so virtuous and capable that I actually encountered such a monster in the semi-finals!

Simeone also lay flat, and his hope of promotion was completely gone.

There is a high probability that we will not win this game, so let’s put down all the baggage and play the second half well!

Not only did the change in mentality not make Atletico Madrid's performance worse, but after they started playing lightly, they played better and better.

In the 54th minute of the second half, Atletico Madrid played their signature quick counterattack, and Torres assisted Griezmann to score a goal.

In the 64th minute, Atletico Madrid got another chance. Torres was tripped by Kompany in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty kick without hesitation.

The situation of the game suddenly took a turn for the worse!

However, Torres, who took the penalty kick, failed to withstand the pressure and missed the penalty kick in front of tens of thousands of fans in the audience!

After missing the penalty kick, Torres hugged his head, knelt on the lawn, and buried his head deeply in the ground.

He no longer dares to face Atletico Madrid fans or his teammates!

He actually missed such an important penalty kick!

I really deserve to die!

At this moment, Torres, who is not yet 32 ​​years old, even has the idea of ​​​​retiring.

After being dumped by Chelsea and abandoned by the national team, he had deep doubts about his own strength.

Am I really still fit to stay in the professional arena?

Just when Torres fell into self-doubt, a pair of hands put on his shoulders:

"Fernando, it's just a missed penalty. This is not the end of the world!"

Torres turned his head and saw clearly that the person comforting him was actually the other party's person.

"Lin, I..."

"It's just a penalty kick. It doesn't matter whether we score or not. We are still 4 goals ahead!"

"Besides, with me at Manchester City, do you think Atletico Madrid has a chance to make a comeback?"

Damn, this is so easy to say, but why do I feel unable to refute it?

The reason why Atletico Madrid's offense improved in the second half is, on the one hand, because after they fell behind by a big score, the players let go of their psychological baggage and played more relaxedly.

On the other hand, it is also related to Manchester City relaxing their vigilance.

In the second half, Manchester City's players were obviously not as hardworking as they were in the first half. They gave in during some half-goal struggles.

And he was more careful during physical confrontations and scrambles, as if he didn't want to get injured in this game.

They are afraid that accidental injuries will affect their participation in the last Champions League final!

Yes, Manchester City holds such a huge lead, and it will undoubtedly be extremely difficult for Atletico Madrid to reverse the situation.

Manchester City's players definitely want to preserve their strength and prepare for the Champions League final.

It was their relaxed attitude that allowed Atletico Madrid to find an opportunity.

However, Manchester City's advantage is too great. 5 goal differences and 2 away goals mean that Atletico Madrid must score at least 6 goals to make a comeback.

Even if Torres scored the penalty kick just now, they are still 4 goals short!

It is very difficult to score four more goals in the last 30 minutes.

What's more, Manchester City will not always be beaten like this. With Manchester City's offensive capabilities, as long as they are serious, Atletico Madrid's defense will not be able to stop them.

Therefore, my penalty kick is indeed not that important!