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Chapter 330 The Neglected Team (Part 3 Please Subscribe)

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Chapter 324 The Ignored Team

La Liga kicks off at the end of August.

If Atletico Madrid won the Europa League last season, they will go to the UEFA Super Cup-but in the end this year's UEFA Super Cup will be played between the Champions League champion Inter Milan and the Europa League champion Luton.

Moreover, Atletico Madrid didn't even qualify for the Europa League last season, so this season, for the team, they can devote themselves to domestic competitions.

No need to go to Southeast Asia to make money, which allows the team to have a very complete pre-season training. This is of course a good thing for Gao Bo's first season after taking over Atletico Madrid, because it allows his training plan to be fully implemented and will not be disrupted midway.

The team has always been in the training base, but occasionally Atletico Madrid will go to other places in Spain to play warm-up matches.

On August [-]th, the team played a game against Espanyol in Catalonia.The Spaniard's head coach Gao Bo happens to be quite familiar with him-he is the future Tottenham head coach Pochettino.

Atletico Madrid performed better in this game, but they did not score a goal. Atletico Madrid and the Spaniard played a zero-to-zero away game.

But even so, the media and fans didn't see what style of football Atletico Madrid wanted to play.

Because it was a warm-up match, Gao Bo did not send a starting lineup. He used two sets of lineups in the first half and the second half, and kept changing players during the game.

In fact, Gao Bo didn't mean to deliberately confuse the main force and the substitute. His main purpose was to allow more players to try to find the feeling of this tactical system in the game, so that more substitute players could play the game.

In fact, for a team at the level of Atletico Madrid, it is difficult to say how much difference there is between the main force and the substitute.After all, Atletico Madrid is not a small team like Luton.

In Luton, Gao Bo only rotated in some games that had to be rotated. The gap between Luton's main force and the substitute is still very large. After all, in such a team, it is not easy to assemble a strong enough main lineup.

But Atlético Madrid is different. They are also La Liga giants with a deep foundation. They still have the necessary personnel reserves, and they have a strong sense of rotation.

After supplementation this season, the strength of the team's main force and substitutes has been greatly improved, which makes Gao Bo more comfortable in the use of players.

On August [-]th, the team played a warm-up match with Mallorca. Last season, Mallorca ranked fifth in the league and Atletico Madrid ranked eighth.However, Mallorca has left a lot of people this season, while Atletico Madrid has added a lot of manpower, so the media in this game think that Atletico Madrid will have an advantage.

But it turned out that Mallorca beat Atletico Madrid [-]-[-].

Gao Bo's team suffered its first defeat in the warm-up match.

This defeat seems to have cast a shadow over Atletico Madrid's prospects for the new season.

The new season will start in half a month, but Atletico Madrid seems to have not fully found their own rhythm.

Many Atlético Madrid fans are starting to get a little worried.

However, Gao Bo was not too worried, because Gao Bo didn't care about the outcome of the airport game. He had been adjusting and looking for the weaknesses and possible problems of Atletico Madrid's players on the field.

The warm-up match was originally used to find problems. After the problems were found, they were solved in training.

On August [-]th, Atletico Madrid had a warm-up match with Sporting Gijon!

The starting lineup sent by Gao Bo in this game is generally considered by the media to be the main lineup of Atletico Madrid in the new season, because the new season is about to start, and it is time for Gao Bo's Atletico Madrid to show their real main force.

Goalkeeper De Gea, central defender Godin and Ujfalusi partner, right back Barella, left back Antonio Lopez, midfielder Kante, Modric, Thiago Cardoso, forward Reyes, Aguero, Griezmann.

Judging from the performance of these players last season, the media's speculation is not unreasonable. At first glance, this lineup is still very reasonable. The defense has rich experience, the midfield combination has a balanced offensive and defensive combination, and the forwards also look very powerful.

And in the first half of the game, Atletico Madrid already led Sporting Gijon [-]-[-].

In the second half, Gao Bo replaced all the starters again, and then replaced with a lineup.

In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Sporting Gijon [-]-[-] and won a victory in the warm-up match.

This game slightly relieved the supporters of Atletico Madrid. The new coach took office. At least judging from this series of warm-ups, the team's state is steadily rising amidst instability.

And this shows that Gao Bo's work is still effective.

Atletico Madrid has been sinking for many years, and the fans dare not expect too much. This season, Gao Bo made a drastic move, cleaned a large number of people, and then introduced a large number of people, which made the fans start to have expectations.

Maybe we can get a Champions League qualification this season?

The fans thought with some uncertainty.

Based on Atletico Madrid's achievements in previous years, getting the top three is considered a very bold idea.

In fact, in the pre-season predictions of major media, Atletico Madrid is a team that has been ignored.

The major newspaper "Aspen" in the Madrid area made a report on the season preview.

The Spanish media more or less have the nature of mouthpieces, for example, "Aspen" is regarded as the mouthpiece of Real Madrid by the outside world.

But "Aspen" advertises itself as a neutral media. EMMMMMM there is no neutral media in Spain.

In the "Aspen" report, Aspen, which claims to be a neutral media, certainly did not quickly expose its Real Madrid attributes.

He first introduced the situation of last season's champion Barcelona.

"Being eliminated by Inter Milan last season was regarded as a disgrace by Guardiola, so this season's goal for Barcelona is of course to defend the league title and regain the Champions League. Guardiola's team has made a big move in signings this season! Villa is the most critical signing. Barcelona spent 4000 million euros to bring the super striker from Valencia to the Nou Camp. In addition to Villa, Barcelona also spent 2000 million to introduce Mascherano from Liverpool. No, Adriano was introduced from Sevilla for 1000 million euros, Barcelona will continue to strengthen this season, and their strength must be even more terrifying!!"

Then there's Real Madrid.

"In order to break Barcelona's dominance over La Liga, the Galacticos has recruited a new captain—Madman Mourinho! The champion coach who won the Triple Crown at Inter Milan last season will drive the Galacticos to challenge the Cosmic Team Barcelona this season! Although Real Madrid only spent 8000 million euros to buy players this season, they bought six newcomers in one go: Canales, Di Maria, Leon, Khedira, Carvalho, Ozil!! Mourinho Austria's warships are ready to go, and they will be highly anticipated this season!"

Barcelona and Real Madrid are naturally the main targets of major media when making season predictions, because for La Liga, perhaps only Mourinho's Real Madrid can deal with Barcelona in La Liga.

As for other teams, "Aspen" introduced the two teams of Valencia and Sevilla in turn, which were No.3 and No.4 last season. Therefore, "Aspen" believes that these two teams can play the role of spoilers this season.It is unlikely that they will win the championship, but if they are spoilers, they have the strength.

As for the other teams, "Aspen" just skipped it in one sentence.

When talking about Atletico Madrid, "Aspen" said this: "As the second largest team in Madrid, Atletico Madrid has completed a coaching change this season and introduced many players, but after selling Diego Forlan, it remains to be seen how they perform in the league."

It's not just the words of "Aspen", almost all the Spanish media, before the league is about to start, when they do the season preview, they focus on Barcelona and Real Madrid, and at most they will focus on Valencia and Sevilla, the two strong La Liga teams.

As for Atletico Madrid in Spain now, not many people think they can make much breakthrough in the new season.The group of players they have introduced now is actually nothing in the eyes of today's people. Modric, who is the most famous, is just a relatively good midfielder in Europe.

Godin's strength is good, but can he compare with Ramos, Pepe, Pique and others?

Boateng?Just a defender for a mid-range team in the Bundesliga.

Cantor?Griezmann?Sandro?Even if they win the Europa League, in people's eyes, they are also from the low-level league.

Not many people would think that these players can shake the status of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Everyone ignores Atletico Madrid.

Except Gao Bo.

(End of this chapter)