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Chapter 169 The Spanish Super Cup in China

Although fans are here to support Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng is the head coach of Atletico Madrid. Supporting Wan Sheng is actually equivalent to supporting the entire team and supporting each Atletico Madrid player. Whenever they perform well in training, it will also arouse the fans' excitement.

That feels...very good!

But the time for "very good" was limited. The next afternoon, Atletico Madrid had a friendly match with Hong Kong Jiezhi.

This is a purely commercial exhibition match!

Wan Sheng’s requirement for the players is to do his best to play and play whatever he wants. Their purpose is not to win, but to make the game look better and make fans feel that buying tickets is worth the price. For this commercial match, Hong Kong Jiezhi paid 1.2 million euros.

The competition fees raised by Hong Kong Jiezhi are certainly not comparable to those of Osaka Sakura, but considering their financial capabilities, they have actually put in the best efforts.

Last season, Hong Kong Jiezhi won the first place in the Hong Kong League One, which is the first time in 47 years.

Over the past 47 years, in Nanhua, Seiko and Boluhua, the prosperous Hong Kong League era created by Hong Kong League, in the era of the Oriental Dynasty and Yuyuan, the morning light competition, Hong Kong football has continued to develop, with prosperity and decline. In the end, the championship trophy, Sui Jiezhi defeated Hong Kong Club 7-2 away, and returned to this old team that had been in Group C at the low point. This is also the fourth time that Jessie, who is '80', has won the highest honor in the Hong Kong League.

As the champion of the Hong Kong League One, Hong Kong Jiezhi’s budget is not very high.

According to the Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong Jiezhi's budget for next season is only 10 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to RMB 8.1 million.

This is not even as good as the appearance fee paid by Atletico Madrid to Hong Kong competitions.

Of course, Hong Kong Jiezhi will not lose money. They can almost make money back just by selling tickets and TV broadcast rights, and even have some surplus. However, no matter what, the budget of 10 million Hong Kong dollars is not high, and it is not even as high as an annual salary of an ordinary player at Atletico Madrid.

Hong Kong Jiezhi's lineup is quite good. Head coach Gambal has excellent ability to lead the team. Australian back-end Mi Gao, Spanish striker Rupee is the main core player. Jiezhi is most favored by the youth army. Su Yang, Australian defender Ai Yun, former Shanghai Shenhua midfielder Huang Yang, and Shen Liang, Li Xiaoyang and Zhang Shicheng who graduated from Tagorewan International School are all regarded as potential stars in the future. Of course, Hong Kong Jiezhi cannot be compared with Atletico Madrid. Even if they are well prepared, Atletico Madrid is playing at will, and both sides are not at the same level at all.

The highlight of the game lies in the performance of Atletico Madrid star players.

Ozil performed quite actively. His continuous breakthroughs on the left side caused cheers on the court; j-Rodriguez had an urgent desire to perform, and his dribbling made Hong Kong Jiezhi players helpless; Kevin De Bruyne also performed well on the left side. He didn't personally dribble many balls, but his accurate long passes still allowed everyone to see the strength of this Belgian star.

The above three players basically represent Atletico Madrid's midfield strength.

Atletico Madrid forwards Falcao and Diego Costa both made appearances.

Falcao is not familiar with the team's tactics, but his outstanding personal skills are enough to be reflected in the game; Diego Costa is a completely different type, he hardly performs very much, but when he has the opportunity, he becomes the most dangerous player. Costa only played for 7 minutes and helped Atletico Madrid score two goals. He is simply a nuclear bomb-level striker.

Seeing Diego Costa’s performance, Wan Sheng smiled bitterly... and replaced him.

This is a commercial exhibition match!

Diego Costa’s style is indeed not suitable for commercial performances, he is completely a professional shooter.

Diego Costa also put a lot of pressure on Falcao. Falcao is worth 40 million euros and thinks he must be the main striker of Atletico Madrid, but what he didn't expect was that last season's "Aguero's substitute" had such high efficiency in front of the goal. Judging from Diego Costa's technical ability, it is enough to stand firm in the main position in top teams. In other words, if he cannot perform quickly, it is normal for Diego Costa to replace him.

Atletico Madrid's back line has no performance.

Wan Sheng allowed all the substitutes to play, Boateng, Uyfalusi, Rafael Varane, and Luis Pereya all appeared. Except Uyfalusi, the other three players also played the whole game.

Although they are all substitutes and Atletico Madrid has no effort in defense, it is much better than Hong Kong Jiezhi's lineup. Many times, Hong Kong Jiezhi attacks dangerous positions, and Atletico Madrid's defensive players next to them do not take the initiative to defend. In this case, Hong Kong Jiezhi only scored two goals in the whole game.

Atletico Madrid midfielder and forward line have considerable advantages. The players did not pay much attention to the goals and scored 6 goals in the whole game.

With Falcao's shot into the net, the score was frozen at 6-2, and Atletico Madrid won the final victory.

Of course, victory doesn't matter.

After the game, the players of both sides exchanged jerseys, and Atletico Madrid held a special star signing meeting.

Wan Sheng also participated in this signing meeting. So many Hong Kong fans welcomed him, and he couldn't always stay behind the scenes.

At the end of the game, Wan Sheng had a meal with the chairman of Hong Kong Zhijie Club, the chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association and senior executives of the Hong Kong government, and talked about topics such as the development of Hong Kong football during the period.

Hong Kong attaches great importance to Wansheng.

There was also a recorder who accompanied him. While recording Wansheng's words with the recording, he was afraid of missing pens to record anytime.

Wan Sheng was a little embarrassed.

After the commercial competition in Hong Kong, the entire Atletico Madrid team took a plane to Shanghai. According to the itinerary plan, the team stayed in Shanghai for two days. During this period, they played a warm-up match with Shanghai Shenhua, and then rushed to Beijing to prepare for the Spanish Super Cup with Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid's trip to Shanghai was dull.

For Atletico Madrid, the key is to promote brand promotion.

Atletico Madrid's recruitment of domestic college students was also held at the same time as the business competition.

This work was carried out simultaneously by several branches of Tagorevan Group, and the recruitment of Atletico Madrid Club is even more special because the club is located in Spain, and graduates who come to apply for the job will also work in Spain.

Atletico Madrid's recruitment in China is for publicity, and the second is also a strategy for the club's development - continuing to expand the commercial sector.

The commercial department of a club will determine the commercial development of the club. The commercial department of Manchester United club is much larger than the competitive department, with hundreds of staff members, all of whom are working for the commercial development and commercial sponsorship of the Manchester United brand.

The business department of Atletico Madrid is much more pitiful. The business department of only 30 people is even less than the number of players in the team, so we can see the gap.

The club's expansion of the commercial department must be completed in two aspects: one is to recruit commercial development talents around the world, and the other is to cultivate their own football business talents.

Recruitment in China is the second type, recruiting capable graduates and adding them to the club's business department. At the same time, it also makes the club more "Sinic" to strengthen the club's influence in China and drive the club to increase commercial operation income.

The business competition held by Atletico Madrid in Shanghai is the beginning of the club's strategy to expand its business department. The club's recruitment in universities also starts from the "Shanghai Station". After that, there will be 11 cities including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Beijing. Of course, the competition for applying for jobs will be very fierce, but just one person who is "proficient in Spanish" can kill most people.

At the end of the Shanghai business competition, Atletico Madrid's "Asia Tour" has only the last stop, that is Beijing, the capital of China.

What we are going to play in Beijing is not a commercial competition, but the most important game of Atletico Madrid in August - the Spanish Super Cup.

The Spanish Super Cup is Spain's annual football championship with the Spanish Football League One Champions against the Spanish Cup REE Champions.

According to the rules of the Spanish Super Cup, the La Liga and the Cup of Kings will be won by the same team, while the team will be replaced by the runner-up of the Cup of Kings.

Atletico Madrid won the La Liga title and the Spanish Cup of Kings last season, so this Super Cup is played against Barcelona, ​​the second place in the Cup of Kings.

Unlike the Italian Super Cup and the English Community Shield, under normal rules, the Spanish Super Cup is a two-game point system for home and away, which means that the game must be played at home and away on both stadiums, with the final score and goal difference, both Super Cup trophys are reserved.

Under such rules, the competition will definitely not be moved abroad.

Spanish football has been committed to bringing their games abroad, but the Spanish League chairman Javier Tebas once said, "Due to bureaucratic obstacles, it is unlikely that La Liga will be moved abroad in the near future."

In order to promote La Liga, Tebas has always advocated transferring some games abroad to play to attract foreign fans, but "As" quoted the original words of the La Liga president saying that this goal is impossible at present.

"Marca" analyzed that "Tebas is hinting that the Spanish Super Cup will likely set this precedent."

So in March this year, the Spanish League began to discuss the possibility of transferring the Super Cup abroad, which faces the modification of the rules of the Super Cup, but the rules of the two teams' cup matches are easily modified and passed.

Later, Tebas told the media: "It is difficult to get the La Liga to play abroad, because it requires authorization from FIFA."

"But even if we can't bring the league abroad, we can still let the Spanish team play abroad. I can sign an agreement to move the Spanish Super Cup to abroad tomorrow."

"As" pointed out that this preseason cup against the league champion and the Copa del Rey champion requires the consent of the Spanish Football Association, "The Spanish Football Association has jurisdiction over this cup."

The Spanish Football Association undoubtedly has the same considerations as the Spanish League Committee, because any department will strive for the interests. Promoting Spanish events abroad will only benefit and not harm the development of Spanish football.

Since last year, the Spanish Football Association has begun to consider cooperation with Chinese football due to Atletico Madrid being acquired by Chinese capital to expand the influence of Spanish football in China.

This Spanish Super Cup is an opportunity.

After continuous discussions, consultations and meetings, the Spanish Football Association and the Spanish League Committee finally finalized the rules of this year's Spanish Super Cup to a game that will determine the outcome, and move the venue overseas, and expand the influence of Spanish football.

This is the historic first time in Spanish football.

This game is very important for victory.

Since becoming a football coach, Wan Sheng has led the team to the motherland to only conduct business competitions and has never played regular competitions.

This is the first time!

At the same time, this Spanish Super Cup was also the impact of Wansheng. If it weren't for his influence, Spanish football would not have been able to transfer the game abroad so quickly, let alone directly cooperate with China.

The Spanish Football Association and the Spanish League Committee have considered it very comprehensively. In this Spanish Super Cup, both sides are Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which are the top-notch technology, which will definitely deepen the Chinese fans' awareness of Spanish football and enhance the image of Spanish football in China. In addition, this cooperation can also bring many commercial benefits to the Super Cup.

The Super Cup in China will be beneficial to the Spanish Football Association.

The teams on both sides are different.

Atletico Madrid doesn't matter. They already have a "China trip" plan and come to Beijing to participate in the game. Barcelona is a little reluctant. Although the Spanish Football Association also gave them 2 million euros to play, can 2 million euros buy the player's condition? Can it be bought to reverse the impact of the jet lag on the player's body? What's more, the Super Cup originally had a share of 1 million euros. In fact, all the bad effects only bring less than 1 million euros in return. Barcelona is naturally very reluctant, but even if they are famous, they can't beat the Spanish Football Association unless they don't want the Super Cup trophy.

The Chinese Football Association also likes to ask strong foreign teams to exchange football, and they regard this as a way to improve Chinese football.

Although this has not been effective in history, it can at least divert the attention of domestic fans.

This year's Chinese Football Association has a hard time!

One senior official related to football has stepped down, and one shady scene after another has been exposed. Officials, club management, referees, and players on the court have revealed a lot of inside information in the Chinese Super League. One by one, the people involved have been arrested and imprisoned, which has made many fans very happy, and has also caused the reputation of Chinese football to fall to the bottom. Almost few fans have confidence in them anymore.

At this time, you must divert your attention!

Just as Spain wanted to exchange football with China, the Chinese Football Association immediately agreed to Spain's request. There was no bargaining for the appearance fee, so it was decided directly! (~^~)
Chapter completed!
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