Chapter 504 61 Atletico Madrid, Torres was beaten so hard that he wanted to retire
Silence, deathly silence.
Lin Quan's goal at the Calderón Stadium completely shattered Atletico Madrid's dreams.
Some Atletico Madrid fans wearing red and white striped jerseys at the scene couldn't help but start crying.
Atletico Madrid is not a top club like Barcelona and Real Madrid. They do not have such a deep foundation and financial resources, so for them, the chances of winning the Champions League trophy are very slim.
These two consecutive missed opportunities may very well be their only chances in this life.
However, facing Manchester City, which was like a mountain, all their dreams were shattered.
How could this not be heartbreaking? In a box at the stadium, the chairman of Atletico Madrid, who was watching the game with an important guest, could not help but stop introducing Lin Quan's goal and glanced at the scoreboard in a daze.
After confirming that Atletico Madrid was behind in the score, he couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Victory and defeat are common in the military, Mr. President, don't worry about it. Even if we can't make it to the Champions League final this year, it won't change my confidence in Atletico's future!"
The guest's words made him feel much better, especially when he heard that the other party continued to be optimistic about Atletico's future. A big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
What Atletico Madrid lacks most now is funds. The team’s coach and players on the field are actually not bad, but they just don’t have money.
If Atletico Madrid could get some more sponsorship from this big boss, it would definitely be a good thing for them.
"Boss Wang is right. There is no need to be sad about a temporary victory or defeat. Our current Atletico Madrid lineup is still very young and the head coach is very talented. As long as we can maintain our current main lineup, we may have a chance to reach the final and win the Champions League in the future."
This is just empty promises to Boss Wang!
However, even though he knew that the other party was just making empty promises, Boss Wang still went along with it and accepted the offer.
In recent years, Boss Wang's company has been investing heavily overseas. As early as last year, he spent 300 million to purchase the Torre de España, a landmark building with great influence in Spain, and spent 45 million euros to buy 20% of Atletico Madrid's shares.
Thanks to the trend of studying abroad in China, Boss Wang, who loves football from the bottom of his heart, plans to increase investment in the football field.
This time when he came to Spain, in addition to watching the peak battle between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, Boss Wang also planned to expand his shares in Atletico Madrid.
He plans to spend 200 million euros at one time to buy more than 50% of Atletico's shares, making himself a major shareholder of Atletico, and then privatize Atletico bit by bit, making it a team under his own group.
This tactic has been used successfully by Middle Eastern financial groups in Europe, and Russian oligarchs have also bought many teams. After proving that this approach is feasible, Boss Wang also wants to give it a try.
Dalian Wanda, which he invested in earlier years, was once the dominant force in the Chinese Football League during the A-League period.
However, the domestic football scene is too complicated, with problems such as refereeing scandals, match-fixing, and gambling emerging one after another.
Although Boss Wang is currently cooperating with the Football Association on studying abroad and sponsoring the national team, he does not want to return to the Chinese Super League in the short term.
Especially with the presence of Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League, even if they enter at this time, it will probably be difficult to compete with the opponent.
Moreover, the domestic money-driven football has now reached a very crazy level, with the transfer fee for a national team-level player costing tens of millions of RMB.
Better foreign players would cost tens of millions of Euros!
In today's era, a Chinese Super League team that wants to compete for the championship will need at least 700 to 800 million or even more than 1 billion RMB a year.
This amount of money is already enough to catch up with the expenditure of many top teams in Europe! In this case, why not invest directly in the top five leagues?
The five major leagues not only have a higher level of competition and better market prospects, but the overall football environment is also far better than in China.
Investing in the top five leagues can further increase the influence of Boss Wang and his company, and will be of great help to their internationalization strategy.
Although Atletico Madrid lost the game, Boss Wang did not underestimate Atletico Madrid. Instead, he felt that Atletico Madrid had great potential.
So I plan to buy shares as soon as possible before Atletico Madrid fully achieves results. If it’s later, the price may not be this high!
Atletico Madrid also welcomes Boss Wang's investment.
Although under Simeone's leadership in recent years, Atletico Madrid has achieved good results in the league and the Champions League.
But Atletico's foundation is still too weak. Their weakness of insufficient squad depth was fully exposed in the second half of the previous seasons, especially in the final stages of the fight for the league and Champions League titles.
Therefore, Atletico Madrid is eager to obtain more funds to expand the depth of its lineup and make up for this shortcoming.
In this way, with the reinforcement of Atletico Madrid, it will be possible for them to try to compete for the Champions League Cup, which symbolizes the club's highest honor, when the players on the field are still at the peak of their careers!
The two sides hit it off immediately and naturally had a very pleasant chat!
However, on the court, Atletico Madrid's situation is not so good!
After falling behind in the score, Simeone immediately made tactical adjustments. Wherever Lin Quan went, the defense in that place would be strengthened in a targeted manner.
He could see that after De Bruyne moved to the wing, Lin Quan became the brain of Manchester City and he completely dominated Manchester City's attack.
In this case, there is no point in targeting other people. Lin Quan, the brain of Manchester City, must be strangled!
Simeone's decision was certainly correct, but how could such a simple response not be within Guardiola's expectations?
After seeing Atletico make this choice, Guardiola changed the formation again, with Manchester City's defensive midfielder moving forward to the vicinity of the center circle.
Is this a pressure attack? Seeing this scene, Simeone was actually a little excited! He was not afraid of Manchester City pressing forward, but he was afraid that Manchester City would shrink back and defend after taking the lead. If that happened, they would really be dead!
However, to Simeone's disappointment, there was only one defensive midfielder from Manchester City, and that was Kroos.
Kante, as the defensive gate of Manchester City's midfield, did not press too far forward, but always stayed around Chris to support and protect him.
As for Manchester City's two full-backs, when Kroos moves forward, one of them will definitely move inward while the other moves forward, which not only maintains Manchester City's offensive pressure in the frontcourt, but also prevents their back line from being too empty.
After Kroos's position was changed, Manchester City's offensive initiator changed again! Lin Quan's position on the court changed from attacking midfielder to second striker!
After no longer having to take on the responsibility of organizing the attack, Lin Quan was closer to the opponent's goal, and with Aguero covering him, he had more chances to shoot! After 30 minutes in the first half, Manchester City continued to hit offensive climaxes.
Aguero, Lin Quan, David Silva and De Bruyne all got chances to shoot, and even Kroos tried a long shot.
Although they failed to score a goal, Manchester City's attack made Atletico Madrid panic. The players were nervous and under great pressure!
Simeone sighed. Today was a relief. It opened my eyes! Damn, can football be played like this?
Are you bullying me because there is no all-around player like Lin Quan in my team? Not only Simeone was indignant in his heart, but also the fans at the scene and in front of the TV, seeing Lin Quan change his position and playing style again, couldn't help but sigh: "Lin Huang is really all-around!"
"It seems like nothing can stump him!"
"I have to say, Guardiola is really a genius, he can always come up with some new tricks!"
"Indeed, Guardiola has a very rich tactical reserve. Without making any substitutions, he gave Lin Huang a different position and allowed him to play a completely different role, making it impossible for Atletico Madrid to target him!"
"Now Manchester City's metronome is Kroos, Atletico should target him!"
"But the problem is, once the restrictions on Lin Huang are relaxed, Lin Huang will become the organizer again in a minute, and all the efforts of Atletico Madrid will be in vain!"
"It's too difficult. It's so despairing to be an opponent of Manchester City!"
"Guardiola is so lucky. When he debuted, he had Messi. Just when he fell into a slump, he immediately met Lin Huang to help him out!"
"Indeed, if Mourinho had as good luck as Guardiola, then he would be even crazier!"
If you just passively defend, there will always be a moment when you can’t hold on.
In the 43rd minute of the first half, just as the first half was about to end, Manchester City played a wonderful combination in the frontcourt.
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Kroos seized the opportunity and made a long pass to De Bruyne on the wing. De Bruyne made a cross and Aguero passed the ball back to Lin Quan who was making a forward run.
Lin Quan moved sideways in front of the penalty area, passed three defenders in a row and broke into the penalty area. He shot the ball with the outside of his foot with a stunning move, and once again broke through Atletico's goal.
The score became 2:0, and the total score became 6:1. Atletico had to score 6 goals to reverse the game, which was too difficult and almost meant that their theoretical hope of advancing was gone.
All Atletico Madrid fans at the Calderon Stadium were stunned!
What shocked them was not only the score on the field, but also Lin Quan's charming shot with the outside of his foot.
This kind of shot with a strange arc makes people feel desperate just looking at it, let alone trying to save it.
No one blamed Oblak for not saving the ball. Not to mention him, even the world's best goalkeeper like Buffon would probably be powerless against such a shot.
Lin Quan's shot reminded many fans of a Portuguese star - Quaresma! This guy who was once returned by Barcelona has a flirtatious outside-of-foot shot.
However, except for the outside of his foot, this guy is unremarkable in other aspects.
Being returned by Inter Milan and Barcelona consecutively is enough to prove that his strength is not enough to gain a foothold in the top five leagues.
But Lin Quan is different. In addition to the outside of his foot, he is also proficient in everything else. Except for the header, his other offensive skills are almost maxed out! With such a player, coupled with the technique of shooting with the outside of his foot, who can stop him!
despair!
It's so despairing!
How could Atletico Madrid deserve to meet such a monster in the semi-finals?
Simeone also lay down, and the hope of advancing was completely gone.
There is a high probability that they will not win this game, so let's put down all the burdens and play well in the second half! The change in mentality not only did not make Atletico's performance worse, but after they went into battle with a light load, they played better and better.
In the 54th minute of the second half, Atletico Madrid launched their signature quick counterattack, and Griezmann scored a goal with Torres assisting.
In the 64th minute, Atletico Madrid got another chance. Torres was tripped by Kompany in the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty without hesitation.
The situation of the game suddenly changed! However, Torres, who took the penalty kick, failed to withstand the pressure and missed the penalty kick in front of tens of thousands of fans! After missing the penalty kick, Torres hugged his head, knelt on the grass, and buried his head deeply in the ground.
He didn't dare to face Atletico's fans or his teammates! He missed such an important penalty! I deserve to die!
At this moment, Torres, who is not even 32 years old, even has the idea of retiring.
After being sold by Chelsea and abandoned by the national team, he had deep doubts about his own abilities.
Am I really still suitable for staying in the professional arena?
Just when Torres was in self-doubt, a pair of hands were placed on his shoulders: "Fernando, it's just a missed penalty kick, it's not the end of the world!"
Torres turned his head and saw clearly that the person who comforted him was actually the other party's man.
"Lin, I..."
"It's just a penalty kick. It doesn't matter whether it goes in or not. We are still leading by 4 goals!"
"Besides, I am here at Manchester City. Do you think Atletico has a chance to turn things around?"
Damn, that's a very pretentious statement, but why do I feel like I can't refute it? The reason why Atletico's offense improved in the second half was that after they fell behind by a large margin, the players let go of their psychological burden and played more easily.
On the other hand, it is also related to Manchester City relaxing their vigilance.
In the second half, Manchester City players were obviously not as hard-working as in the first half, and they gave in in some half-ball fights.
Moreover, he was more careful during physical confrontations and fights, as if he didn't want to get injured in this game.
Afraid that accidental injuries will affect their participation in the last Champions League final!
Yes, with Manchester City holding such a huge lead, it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult for Atletico Madrid to make a comeback.
Manchester City's players must want to conserve their strength for the Champions League final.
It was their relaxed attitude that gave Atletico Madrid an opportunity to take advantage of.
However, Manchester City's advantage is too great, with a goal difference of 5 and 2 away goals, which means that Atletico Madrid needs to score at least 6 goals to turn the tables.
Even if Torres scored the penalty just now, they were still 4 goals short!
It was extremely difficult to score four more goals in the last 30 minutes.
What's more, Manchester City will not always be beaten like this. With Manchester City's offensive ability, as long as they get serious, Atletico Madrid's defense will not be able to stop them.
Therefore, my penalty kick is really not that important! (End of this chapter)