The victory in the Copa del Rey final was enough to make Atletico Madrid players excitedly celebrate for a while.

Before the game, the media always talked about Barcelona. When it comes to Atletico Madrid, they are not strong and inexperienced. Now they have fought back with victory.

They won the Copa del Rey!

Barcelona can only serve as a foil and watch them win the championship!

While Atletico Madrid was celebrating, Barcelona players did not "not caring at all" as the Catalan media said. They all looked down and even when they went to the rostrum to receive medals, they were completely indifferent.

The silver medal representing the second place is a shame for Barcelona.

Before leaving the rostrum, most of the people had already taken the medal and put it in their pockets, and then they left directly.

Everyone knows that the next time belongs to Atletico Madrid!

The entire Atletico Madrid team was excitedly lined up and stood up. The moment the team was waiting for the team to receive the trophy, after the whole team of Barcelona left, Atletico Madrid's team songs were played, and players took the stage one by one.

This is the most exciting moment.

The fans in the audience were cheering loudly, and when the players walked onto the rostrum, they would shake hands with the fans on both sides. One by one, the players went to the rostrum, and the award presenters would hang the golden medal representing the championship on the neck of each player.

The Cup of del Rey is closely related to the Spanish royal family, so every time the Cup of del Rey finals are awarded, important royal personnel will be used as award presenters. In this Cup of del Rey final, two royal leaders have arrived, one is the current Spanish King Carlos I, and the other is the son of Carlos I, Felipe Juan Babro Alfonso. Felipe Alfonso is the most popular prince, and he is likely to inherit the throne of Carlos I in the future.

Carlos I sat in the middle of the rostrum, while Felipe Alfonso presented awards to players.

Wan Sheng was the last one to walk onto the rostrum.

When Wan Sheng walked up, Carlos I was already standing next to Felipe Alfonso and won the last medal.

Wan Sheng looked at Carlos I.

This kind old man is the real king of Spain and a very respectable figure.

There are only more than 20 monarchs in the world today, and most of them only play a symbolic role, and there are only a handful of people who are truly important in their country's political life.

Spanish King Juan Carlos is one of them, and the most legendary one.

Juan Carlos was the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain. His father was the Earl of Barcelona.

In 1947, Franco announced the restoration of the monarchy and served as head of state. He chose Juan Carlos as the future king and summoned him to return to his country to receive education. After graduating from middle school, Juan Carlos received comprehensive military training and studied at the Military Academy of the Western Land, Navy and Air Forces.

In the next ten years, Juan Carlos entered the University of Madrid to study courses such as politics, law, philosophy, history, literature, and international law. After graduating from university, he began to practice politics and went to various government departments to become familiar with administrative management.

Until 1969, the Spanish Parliament approved Juan Carlos as the future head of state.

Six years later, Juan Carlos officially ascended the throne, and the king was named Juan Carlos I. This was not just a symbolic king, but Juan Carlos I was also the supreme commander of the Spanish armed forces.

The Franco regime itself is an authoritarian regime, making countless enemies.

Juan Carlos I was the king candidate trained by Franco. Therefore, on that day, Juan Carlos I said to the people standing beside him, "I don't know at all that I will wear the crown given to me by the Spanish people, or if I will see a "People's Guard" coming towards me, holding a warrant for arrest."

When he ascended the throne, Juan Carlos was the only "newcomer" in the entire government at that time, and the entire team was left by Franco.

These people are nervous. They know that change is inevitable, but they don’t know how change will happen. Their concern is not without reason, because in Spanish history, there are almost two extreme rotations and no harmonious political coexistence in the entire country. If the other end comes to power, their own safety will become a problem.

The harmonious political coexistence of the entire country is exactly the political ideal of his father pursued by Juan Carlos I: "Be the king of all Spanish."

Juan Carlos I understood that his ultimate role should be a monarch like the Queen of England under the constitutional monarchy. However, just as Franco was a transition after the Civil War, he must be a transition between Franco's dictatorship and the true constitutional monarchy. He must use the power left to him to complete this transition peacefully as soon as possible.

In the following years, what Juan Carlos I did was to transition Spain from a safe and smooth political system to a constitutional democratic system. All opposition parties were allowed to stand up publicly, express their opinions, and win public votes. It was called a miracle of the 20th century by everyone.

After the passage of time, Spain, "even the most conservative people admit that even Franco himself would think that what had died could not remain unchanged."

The 35 years of Juan Carlos's king made great changes in Spain. Everyone in Spain believes that this change is in a good direction, so the Juan Carlos regime also has huge support from the public base.

Juan Carlos is now 73 years old.

Not all monarchs in the world can maintain good health at the age of 85, and can attend various events like Queen Elizabeth. In many things, Juan Carlos has felt unable to do anything, and it is difficult for him to attend some domestic events again.

So Juan Carlos has begun to consider taking the initiative to abdicate.

This time, Juan Carlos came, perhaps because he has never missed the King's Cup final awards for more than 30 years in power. Juan Carlos asked his heir Felipe Alfonso to present the players an award, which is actually a political signal, but he still wants to award the last medal himself.

Because he is very happy.

Everyone in Spain knows that Juan Carlos is a Real Madrid fan. He does not show any dislike of other teams on weekdays, but it is certain that he has no good feelings for Real Madrid's arch rival Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid is also a Madrid team, and defeated Barcelona and won the Copa del Rey championship. This is why Juan Carlos is happy.

Juan Carlos looked at Wan Sheng.

The young Chinese in front of him is a very successful football coach. In his first season in coaching Atletico Madrid, he was able to lead the team to defeat Barcelona and win the Copa del Rey championship. This is a very impressive result.

"You really surprised me, young man!" said Juan Carlos. "Before the game, I thought Barcelona could win. In the past two seasons, few teams have been able to beat them, and Real Madrid can't do it either."

"You are Chinese, right? I heard that there are Chinese players in England, but I have never heard of Chinese coaches. You are the first one and do a great job. China is a world power, and I am very happy to see someone in China achieve such excellent results in football."

Wan Sheng smiled, "Thank you, Your Majesty the King!"

He felt a little moved by Carlos's life as the king of Spain, and his words made people feel like a spring breeze.

Then Wan Sheng shook hands with Carlos I, and lowered his head slightly, asking Carlos I to hang the medal around his neck.

The medal is of great value and it is heavy on the neck.

Wan Sheng put the medal on his heart, shook hands with Carlos I again, and then gave the position to Fran. As the captain of Atletico Madrid, Fran wanted to take over the championship trophy on behalf of the team from Carlos I.

After the awards were completed, Fran held the trophy high.

The audience cheered, "Champion!!"

All Atletico Madrid players and fans on the scene shouted, "Champion! Champion! Atletico Madrid is the champion!"

Wan Sheng did not shout with the players. He felt that the champion's shouting was a very old-fashioned sentence, but... it was also very exciting!

He likes it very much!

That night, the entire Atletico Madrid team did not rush to return to Madrid, but stayed in Valencia for celebration, and many players were drunk.

Wansheng did not stop the team from having fun!

Since the beginning of the season, everyone has been working hard. Until now, the team has been in tension. After winning the King's Cup, the team has enough reason to relax and celebrate. Even he, Diamares and Fan Zhiyi have drunk a lot of wine.

The next morning, the lazy sleeping players were woken up one by one. After 10 o'clock, the whole team gathered again and took a bus back to Madrid.

It took three hours from Valencia to Madrid, and many players continued to fall asleep in the car, while those who were a little more awake were excited about the celebration of returning to Madrid.

After the bus entered Madrid City, it was warmly welcomed by Atletico Madrid fans.

The King's Cup is the lightest among all the gold-rich champions, but it is very meaningful as Spain's only top cup competition, not to mention that this is Atletico Madrid's 10th Cup.

Numbers, the 10th time always makes sense.

Since 1996, Atletico Madrid has never won the top domestic event championship, so every Atletico Madrid fan is very excited and they are extremely enthusiastic about the team. (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!