Chapter 26 Revenge?
Atletico Madrid won the first round and did not bring much attention.
A 3-to-o victory over Sevilla in August was the "loser" Sevilla. Many media would rather attribute the reason to Selivia's poor performance than Atletico Madrid is much better than Sevilla.
In La Liga, a 3-to-o is nothing.
In the first round of the league, there were 4-o, two 3-o and two 3-1. There were many big score results. Atletico Madrid's victory was not very prominent. More media are reporting on Real Madrid's "frustration" and Barcelona's excitement.
Of course, even though many media don’t care about Atletico Madrid’s victory, Atletico Madrid’s outstanding performance cannot be erased, and they still praised Atletico Madrid for some praise.
After the first round of the league, Atletico Madrid fans were also proud.
The second round of La Liga came soon, and Atletico Madrid's opponent was Athletic Bilbao.
Athletic Bilbao Club is located in the province of Biscay, Basque Autonomous Region in northern Spain. It was established in 1898 and is the second earliest football club in Spain.
The team has a brilliant history, they have never been relegated since 1928, and only Real Madrid and Barcelona have the honors.
They have also won 8 La Liga titles, 24 Spanish Copa del Rey and 2 Spanish Cup championships, making them the fourth best club in total La Liga, second only to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
But in recent years, Athletic Bilbao has achieved very average results.
There is a saying in Spain to describe Athletic Bilbao, "If Athletic Bilbao is compared to a popular idol, they will be Carlos Santana - a pioneer who is loyal to tradition."
Athletic Bilbao is faithful to tradition, which means little change. It is a strong evidence that they only use Basque players, and 2oo8 years ago, there were no commercial advertisements on the jerseys.
Last season, the "Basque Lions" reached the top 1 in five years.
They have been struggling for the quota of European competitions, but they ended up missing out.
Wan Sheng is very serious about the game.
The "Basque Lions" are not easy to deal with, especially this is another away game, but the time distance between the first and second rounds is too close, and the team cannot do anything to prepare for the game, so they can only bite the bullet and play away games.
In the game, Atletico Madrid performed well, at least making the tactics look good, and once suppressed Athletic Bilbao.
No one expected that luck determines the outcome of the game.
In the 9o minute game, Atletico Madrid kicked a three-point post and scored only one goal. Athletic Bilbao took advantage of a corner kick opportunity, and forward Vicente seized the opportunity to head the ball to help the team tie the score.
The final game ended 1-1.
A draw did not disappoint Atletico Madrid. After the game, Wan Sheng also praised the opponent's performance, "They are very tenacious and deserve a point."
After the draw, Wan Sheng didn't praise his opponent much, which also shows that Athletic Bilbao's performance is indeed excellent.
Athletic Bilbao head coach Capalos 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 alert, "This is a brand new Atletico Madrid. I don't feel that they are worse than Real Madrid and Barcelona. Their strength is much better than us."
Compared with the performance of its competitors, Atletico Madrid's draw is nothing.
In the same round of the game, Barcelona lost to the newly promoted Elcures at home.
This is the home court of the Barcelona League.
Barcelona not only lost the game, but also lost the 16-month home unbeaten record.
Barcelona lost at home in the last league in the penultimate round of the 2oo8-o9 season. At that time, they lost to Osasuna, but they had already won the championship before, so they sent most of the substitutes against Osasuna.
As for various events, Barcelona only lost to Kazan Ruby in the Champions League group stage last season and to Sevilla in the Copa del Rey. In the league home game, Barcelona won all the other games except Villarreal.
After the game, Barcelona became the protagonist again.
Spanish Le Nation used a "huge failure" to describe Barcelona's defeat, which said, "Barcelona hit a car at Camp Nou, and the team seemed to be immersed in the joy of a big victory over Athletic Santander..."
Meanwhile, Mourinho has led Real Madrid to sound the trumpet of revenge at the Bernabeu, and they won Osasuna cleanly.
The following Spanish media reports revolve around Barcelona and Real Madrid. The meaning of many reports is not difficult to hear. Spanish media generally believe that the only teams that can win the championship are Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Barcelona wins and loses one, and Real Madrid wins and one draw.
Some football analysts believe that Mourinho's Real Madrid is more calm, "Even if they only scored one goal in two rounds, this is Mourinho's style!"
Barcelona suffered a huge blow!
"... The record of unbeaten at home was ended, and it was a loss to the newly promoted team with weak strength. At the same time, Barcelona's biggest opponent Real Madrid showed a stable state. Although he only scored 1 goal in two rounds, he scored 4 points, and the team's defense seemed to be solid. Barcelona is not good at completing reversals, and they are better at playing a tailwind. However, in this game against Elcules, Barcelona did not control the scene and did not even have the intention to get the ball. This is also a sign that Barcelona's offense is very bad."
"Erkules' head coach Estevan once played football in Barcelona and was an old acquaintance of Barcelona. That night, he found a way to restrain Barcelona, making Barcelona's "Dream Team" completely lose its former style."
A few days ago, Spain, mainly Barcelona players, lost 1-4 to Argentina. Now, Barcelona lost to the promoted team again 2-0.
"This shows that Barcelona's football is beginning to face serious challenges!"
“A serious challenge?”
After seeing this report, Wan Sheng only felt very funny.
There are 38 rounds of the league and it's still long. Barcelona only lost one game and was criticized by the Spanish media for this, just like the end of the world has arrived.
From this point of view, the Spanish media and the English media are no different. If they win, they will keep singing praises. A bad performance will turn into a sad song, as if everything is to be thrown away.
But in fact, it's just a game...
Wan Sheng doesn't think Barcelona has really suffered any huge blow. If you want to say "severe challenges", it should also be external factors, such as... in Atletico Madrid, if Atletico Madrid wants to rise, you must defeat Barcelona and Real Madrid.
This is the serious challenge!
After the match against Athletic Bilbao, Wan Sheng has begun to consider the third round of the league. This is a test after he served as Atletico Madrid. They will face Barcelona at home in the league.
After the second round of the league ended, the media from both sides began to hype.
There are two influential newspapers and media in Madrid, one is Marca and the other is As. Both media are influential media in Spain and even Europe, but they are also inclined.
"Marca" has a cooperative relationship with Real Madrid, so they are very inclined to Real Madrid. The one they like to report the bad news about Barcelona. Of course, whenever they encounter a Madrid derby, they don't mind making fun of Atletico Madrid.
For Real Madrid, the biggest enemy is always Barcelona. As for Atletico Madrid... their results have always been not very good and it is difficult to compete with Real Madrid, so "Marca" has not reported much about Atletico Madrid.
"As" supports Atletico Madrid and is very boycotting Real Madrid.
"As" has a cooperative relationship with Atletico Madrid, and their reports on Atletico Madrid are still very accurate, and on their pages, bad news about Real Madrid can often be seen.
This is the division of public opinion within Madrid.
However, the differentiation of public opinion is only internal. When Madrid's team meets Barcelona, they will support their own city's team together.
Another thing worth mentioning is World Sports News.
The headquarter of the World Sports newspaper is located in the Catalonia region of Spain. The newspaper belongs to the pro-Barcelona family and is the "monetary" newspaper of the Barcelona Football Club.
World Sports News has a bad impression of Wan Sheng.
In the 2oo7-2oo8 season of the UEFA Champions League, Wan Sheng led Manchester City to defeat Barcelona to enter the finals and won the Champions League title.
As a result, Barcelona's media and fans began to hate Wan Sheng, who believed that Wan Sheng led Manchester City to 'snatch' the Barcelona champion.
When Atletico Madrid club revealed that it was acquired and the new head coach was former Manchester City coach Wan Sheng, "World Sports" felt that the opportunity to take revenge came, and they began to constantly criticize and question Wan Sheng.
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 a proof of his rise in fame - anyone who performs well in a field will be subject to various criticisms and doubts.
The reason why World Sports did this is that they have experienced failures.
If Barcelona beat Manchester City more than two years ago, it was Barcelona who beat Manchester City to the final, "World Sports" would not have been like this - who would care about the defeated players?
Now, Atletico Madrid meets Barcelona.
Although the venue is at Calderon Stadium, Wan Sheng led the team not Manchester City but Atletico Madrid, "Le World Sports" still believes that "this is a 'revenge' of Barcelona to Wan Sheng!" (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!