Super Marshal

After the Copa del Rey final at the Bernabeu, Madrid was torn apart by two very different emotions.

Real Madrid fans are generally pessimistic, because they feel that this season's Galacticos may be fruitless, which is a shame for the century-old Real Madrid.

Especially when he lost the Copa del Rey at his own door.

But as a deadly enemy, Atletico Madrid is celebrating the team's double crown ahead of schedule.

La Liga won the championship ten rounds ahead of time, and the Copa del Rey beat the deadly enemy to win the championship, which made everyone in the Sheets very excited.

The last time Atletico Madrid won the double crown was six years ago. At that time, Atletico Madrid was full of stars and masters, and it was at the peak of history.

Now that they have won the double championship again, the Sheets are undoubtedly striding forward on the road to revival.

The good atmosphere outside has obviously also infected the atmosphere inside the Mahadanda Sports City.

Before the twenty-ninth round of La Liga, the team opened a training session, and the fans who gathered in the Mahadanda Sports City were like a huge crowd. Not only the sports city was overcrowded, but even the outside of the training ground was also crowded with spectators. fans.

This made everyone on the team deeply feel the boost brought by the double crown, and it quickly turned into the motivation for their hard work on the training ground.

Every wonderful performance of Atletico Madrid players on the training ground can be cheered by countless fans inside and outside.

After the team won two championships in a row, the mentality was obviously more relaxed, and the players were all more active.

This makes an open training session seem to have turned into a big party.

After the 90-minute training session ended, both the players and the fans still felt unsatisfied.

Gao Han also liked the atmosphere, but finally blew the whistle for the end of training.

All the players gathered in front of the head coach, automatically stood in two rows, and surrounded the head coach in a fan shape.

The members of the coaching staff stood upright in a row behind Gao Han.

"Everyone has worked hard, today's training is over."

As soon as Gao Han finished speaking, there was a burst of warm cheers and applause inside and outside the training ground.

But soon, as Gao Han raised his hands, the scene suddenly fell silent again.

All the fans can see that the head coach has something to say.

"In the past week, we have won two championship trophies, which is very, very rare. I am very satisfied with the performance of every player in the team. Without the hard work of each of you, there would be no success in the team." These two championship trophies."

When the players heard this, they all raised their heads and felt proud.

The fans once again reported a burst of warmer cheers.

The double crown has tied the best record in the history of the club. For this, this group of people in the training ground is worthy of praise.

"But what I want to say today is that the season is not over."

Gao Han unconsciously took two steps forward, "We have won all 28 rounds of La Liga this season, but I think we can do better, and you still have great potential to tap, so, We must not be proud, and we must not slack off in the slightest, because every step we take next will attract the attention of fans all over the world, and we are creating a legend in La Liga."

Everyone at the scene, including the players in the training ground and thousands of fans outside, nodded in unison after hearing Gao Han's words.

For Atletico Madrid, the biggest enemy is no longer their opponents, but themselves.

If they are only satisfied with winning the championship and winning all 28 rounds, they will soon fall from the top.

"Also, we reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup this season, and our next opponent is Feyenoord in the Netherlands, which is also a strong team. They eliminated Freiburg and Rangers The team entered the quarter-finals."

Everyone present understood that Gao Han's next focus will be shifted to the UEFA Cup.

This is also normal, because the league has won the championship ahead of schedule, and the Copa del Rey has already arrived early.

After winning the UEFA Cup and the Triple Crown, Gao Han and Atletico Madrid will usher in a great season.

"The UEFA Cup, the competition in Europe second only to the UEFA Champions League, is also the best platform for countless teams and countless stars to prove themselves. Indhoven and other strong European teams..."

When he said this, Gao Han deliberately paused and glanced at the players in front of him.

He could feel that the eyes of this group of people were shining with fiery light.

They are all young, eager to prove themselves, eager to challenge a strong competitor.

Today's UEFA Cup is full of gold, full of contests between different leagues, different styles, and different tactics.

Is Parma strong among the seven sisters of Serie A?

As a result, in the knockout round of the top 16, they were defeated by Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel.

And it was an away draw and a disastrous home defeat.

There is also Lyon in the Ligue 1 class, is the strength good enough?

But they drew at home and lost 1-4 away to Liberec in the Czech Republic.

There is also Leeds United in the Premier League, is it strong enough?

But what happened?

Draw away and lost 1-0 at home to Eindhoven.

Although many insightful people are shouting that the disparity in strength between the top European football leagues and the second-tier leagues is getting wider and wider, but the UEFA Cup is for these second-tier league teams to prove their strength. the best platform.

For example, in 2000, Turkey's Galatasaray defeated Arsenal in the final to win the championship.

Therefore, even if Atletico Madrid has won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, it does not mean that the team can win the UEFA Cup, especially in the face of traditional strong teams such as AC Milan, Inter Milan and Dortmund. It is unpredictable.

"I know there are a lot of people out there who are wondering right now whether we are good enough to continue what we are doing until the end of the season and maybe next season, especially in Europe."

"Because next season, we will participate in the UEFA Champions League as La Liga champions!"

When everyone heard Gao Han's words, their hearts couldn't help but their blood boiled.

The Champions League is the highest stage that all professional players dream of.

As long as they are professional players, who doesn't want to be able to prove their strength in the Champions League?

Since the expansion of the European Champions Cup into the UEFA Champions League, the two-round group stage competition system has prevented the birth of dark horse teams to the greatest extent. Although it has led to a more intensive schedule and greater pressure on the team, to some extent , It also made the Champions League the four major leagues, especially the pockets of the rich teams.

However, there is also news that the Champions League will be reformed again from the 200304 season, canceling the second stage of the group stage and turning it into a knockout round of 16. However, this has little impact on Atletico Madrid's Champions League next season.

When Gao Han said this, he looked at the players in front of him again, and felt that it was almost done, so he smiled confidently.

"So, guys, don't be satisfied with what we've achieved, because we're a team that's going to compete in the Champions League next season!"

Gao Han's words immediately won the applause of the players and fans.

The Champions League is not only the dream of the players, but also the desire of the fans.

In the 100-year history of Atletico Madrid, they have never been involved in the Champions League.

In the past 100 years, this team has carried the dream of hitting the Champions League many times, but it has disappointed time and time again.

The closest time to the Champions League was in 1974.

Atletico Madrid reached the final at that time and encountered the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, but in the two rounds of the final, they lost to Bayern Munich 1-1 and 0-4, and finally lost the championship.

Twenty-eight years later, the Champions League has always been a thorn in the hearts of Atletico Madrid fans.

Especially in the past few years, under the leadership of Cooper, Valencia has risen strongly and reached the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons, while Atletico Madrid suffered a nightmare of relegation. The title of the three giants.

Because Atletico Madrid have only reached the final of the Champions League once, but Valencia have twice.

Although in domestic competitions, whether it is La Liga or the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid has more championship honors than Valencia, but the rise of Valencia and the relegation of Atletico Madrid have greatly shaken the team's position in La Liga.

Fortunately, this season, under the leadership of Gao Han, the Sheets Corps has risen strongly.

With Atletico Madrid's performance this season, there is no suspense to stabilize the team's third-largest team in La Liga.

But then, if Atletico Madrid wants to go further, it will have to make a breakthrough in the Champions League.

And this is also the most ardent expectation of all the bed sheet legions, from the management to the most ordinary fans.

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"What you said just now was very good and inspiring."

After training, as soon as Gao Han walked out of the training ground, Paulo Futre and Jorge Mendes followed.

The technical director was obviously aroused by Gao Han's words just now, and seemed a little excited.

This reminded Gao Han that Paul Futre became famous in the Champions League. The reason why he joined Atletico Madrid was also because Old Hill hoped that he could lead the team to success in the Champions League.

But it is a pity that Paul Futre failed to complete his mission, which has become a great regret in his career.

Today, the reason why he is with Jorge Mendes is mainly to talk about the renewal of Cristiano Ronaldo.

With the outstanding performance of the Portuguese teenager in the derby, he has successfully attracted the attention of the outside world.

If the club doesn't know how to renew the contract at this time, it will be just what it deserves to be poached another day.

Fortunately, Mendes is also a smart person, knowing that it is most beneficial for Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at Atletico Madrid at this time.

At the very least, there is an alpine shroud here.

After returning to the office, Gao Han began to boil water and make tea after the host and guest sat down.

"Paul, help me arrange it. I plan to go to Israel myself." Gao Han said while washing the tea set.

"The UEFA Cup?"

Gao Han nodded, "The two sides will compete in the first round."

As a result of the draw for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, Dortmund's opponent is not strong, Israel's Tel Aviv Hapoel.

But no one can guarantee that the Israeli team will not be upset again.

According to the schedule, if Atletico Madrid enters the semi-finals, they will encounter the winner between these two teams.

Now that the competition schedule has entered the final stage, Gao Han himself is very busy, but it is still very necessary to personally inspect the opponent.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Paul Futre immediately agreed.

After getting the answer, Gao Han turned to Jorge Mendes and smiled.

"Jorge, you said you have good news to tell me, what good news? Let's hear it."

good news?

Paul Futre also suddenly became curious.