Chapter 582: The Confidence of the Strong

When a long pass from center back Godin spanned more than 60 meters and landed accurately over the top of Real Madrid's defense, center forward Mandzukic headed the ball over Ramos and Pepe.

Tevez quickly moved back, received the ball, kicked the ball, and shot it in one go, penetrating Diego Lopez's goal!

One to zero!

The entire Calderon Stadium was boiling!

All the fans of the Bed Sheet Army cheered and applauded wildly!

Just four minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid took the lead in breaking Real Madrid's goal and scored the first goal!

After scoring the goal, Tevez did not hide his excitement at all. He rushed out of the stadium and celebrated his goal arrogantly.

This move not only did not bring him any negative impact, but instead aroused cheers and applause from all Atletico Madrid fans in the stadium!

So ostentatious, so arrogant, so willful!

In the stands, Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid who had come to the away game with the team, had a look of helplessness on his face, shaking his head and sighing.

In stark contrast, Yang Huan, who was sitting next to him, seemed very proud.

This season, Atletico Madrid's front trident has caused headaches for all teams in the La Liga.

Although their style of play may be rough, they are not lacking in skills and can give you one or two flashes of inspiration from time to time.

But if you say they are technically proficient, they will use their bodies to crush you and make you collapse.

Was Barcelona awesome before? Was the rich second-generation Pique arrogant?

When I met Atletico Madrid, I was hospitalized for two or three months.

What? Foul?

Please, that's too bad!

Look at what Diego Costa did to Pique. Not only did the referee and Barcelona fans find no fault with him, but he also caused Pique to be injured and leave the field, making all Barcelona fans so angry that they wanted to go crazy.

Maybe there's a way to deal with him?

Relatively speaking, Mandzukic is better. Diego Costa and Tevez are two beasts. They always make people hate them, but also make the fans of the Colchoneros love them and refuse to let go.

"This Atletico Madrid team is really impressive!" Florentino sighed with emotion.

He really has a feeling that Atletico Madrid has become the biggest rival of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Especially with the support of a wealthy man like Master Huan, the Bed Sheet Army has begun to gain momentum.

At least, Atletico Madrid is no longer short of money!

From now on, anyone who wants to poach players from the Calderón Stadium will have to pay a heavy price!

Florentino looked at Yang Huan, smiled admiringly and asked: "But, do you know what the biggest change in this team is in my opinion?"

"What is it?" Yang Huan was really interested in knowing what kind of team Atletico Madrid was in the eyes of their opponents.

Florentino sighed again, "That is, this team is gradually getting rid of the weak mentality of the past and slowly cultivating its own confidence as a strong team. This is the most worrying thing!"

Make your opponents worried?

Yang Huan felt that this was not only not a negative review of Atletico Madrid, but rather a high praise!

However, after Florentino said this, Yang Huan thought about it carefully and found that it was true.

Just like in this game, Diego Costa was suspended and Moutinho was injured. Facing the powerful Real Madrid that performed very well in the Champions League, Simeone was not at all timid and decisively changed the formation to 4-4-2.

Mandzukic is at the front of the front line, with Tevez falling behind.

Koke and Turan on both sides of the midfield are positioned higher and tend to move inwards.

The two deep lying midfielders are Illarramendi and Mario Suarez.

In the back line, the two full-backs Juanfran and Felipe both tend to attack and support from behind. The double central defender combination is Miranda and Godin, and the goalkeeper is Courtois.

Ancelotti's Real Madrid relied on its advantage in manpower and horses to adopt an aggressive posture.

The goalkeeper is Diego Lopez and the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Ramos and Carvajal.

The deep-lying midfielder is Xabi Alonso, partnered with Khedira and Di Maria.

In the frontcourt are Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Ozil.

After Ancelotti replaced Mourinho and took over Real Madrid, Di Maria was pulled to the midfield and played in the center position. He not only won a starting position, but also performed very well.

But even facing such a powerful Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid was not willing to be outdone in its own home court. From the very beginning, they showed their real strength and were ready to confront Real Madrid.

He even scored a goal!

This is enough to confirm what Florentino said, that Atletico Madrid is gradually building up its self-confidence as a strong team.

At the very least, we will no longer put ourselves in the position of a weak team when facing Real Madrid and Barcelona as we did in the past. This is undoubtedly a huge improvement in mentality.

Florentino looked at Yang Huan and thought to himself that if one really wanted to trace the source of Atletico Madrid's confidence as a strong team, it would probably be attributed to this young master Huan.

Without him, would Atletico Madrid have this confidence?

Down the field, the game continued.

After Atletico Madrid scored the first goal, Real Madrid launched a crazy counterattack, but the Colchoneros played the 4-4-2 tactics very skillfully, their defense was layered and flexible, and their counterattacks were quite sharp and threatening.

It was also at this time that Yang Huan really noticed what Simeone said, that Mandzukic's movement was indeed somewhat inconsistent with the overall performance of Atletico Madrid. It was probably because of his tall and strong stature, which inevitably led to slow movement.

I always feel that I am a beat slower than the team as a whole!

To be honest, Southampton also has problems in this regard, such as Ibrahimovic.

But the Swede is special. On the one hand, he is very flexible, and on the other hand, his footwork is quite good. In addition, his tactical position in the Saints is a bit transcendent, so this aspect is not clearly exposed.

Besides, even if it was exposed, what would happen?

Is there any central defender in the world who dares to say that he can defend against Ibrahimovic?

But Mandzukic obviously hasn't reached this level and realm yet!

Thinking of this, Yang Huan nodded involuntarily. It seems that Mandzukic should be sold quickly while the price is high.

As for who to bring in after selling Mandzukic?

Simeone recommended Luciano Vietto, a 19-year-old young player from Athletic Club of Argentina. He was promoted by Simeone when he was coaching Athletic Club of Argentina. He plays as a second striker on the field. He is very fast, smart and hardworking, good at breakthroughs, very spiritual in his football playing, and has a very high football IQ.

As early as when he was at Atletico, Vietto left a deep impression on Simeone.

More importantly, Vietto has dual citizenship of Argentina and Italy, so there is no problem of foreign aid.

Now, if Mandzukic is sold, Simeone decides to bring in Vietto.

As for the price, it’s around 5 million euros.

It is obvious that Simeone's Atletico Madrid's 1.0 version has just begun to reap the fruits, and the Argentines have already begun to impatiently prepare for the 2.0 version.

Moreover, this version 2.0 is obviously a significant upgrade!

Yang Huan gives unconditional support to this!

"Master Huan." Florentino turned around again and looked at Yang Huan. "I wonder how you guys think about Neymar's transfer, which I mentioned to you before?"

Real Madrid and Barcelona's pursuit of Neymar is really persistent, and they bring it up whenever they get the chance.

Just look at this. Before, when they were in Miami, USA, Barcelona was chasing them relentlessly. Now Florentino will start to pester them when he has the chance, which shows the sincerity of these two teams.

Yang Huan laughed secretly in his heart, he had known for a long time that old man Florentino was not that kind. He knew that the Calderon Stadium was a den of dragons and tigers, but he still went to play with the team?

This is simply a case of the real purpose being elusive!

"Florentino, we are old friends, and I am not afraid to tell you the truth!"

Master Huan's expression, as if to say "I am speaking the truth to you from the bottom of my heart", earned him a nod of agreement from Florentino.

"We don't have much confidence in keeping Neymar!"

These words immediately made Florentino's eyes light up.

Not much confidence?

Doesn't that mean that he has agreed to sell the person?

"But you also know that Neymar is very important to us. We have invested a lot of effort and energy in Neymar in the past few years, especially his commercial value, so we still want to do our best to retain him!"

Florentino nodded, "Of course!"

But I was cursing in my heart, saying that even though he spoke so nicely, in fact, wasn’t he just waiting for a good price?

"Also, as you know, our recent battle for the league title with Manchester United has been extremely intense, so for the time being, we don't want to be distracted by player transfers and affect the team's performance."

Master Huan's words were so high-sounding, reasonable, and hard to refute.

Florentino had to nod and say, "I understand, I understand."

After a pause, the Spanish tycoon continued, "Master Huan, I believe you can see that under the current economic situation, the only two teams that can afford Neymar are Real Madrid and Barcelona. And I dare say that Barcelona can't afford that much money!"

Florentino was right.

When it comes to the team's capital operation, Rosell and all the people in Barcelona combined are no match for Florentino.

Are you kidding? Without some ability, how could he sit in such a high position?

"I know Barcelona have been making offers to you."

Yang Huan nodded again. This was not a secret. Anyone with a little intelligence channel knew it.

"But I also know that Rosell's price has always been difficult to satisfy. If Neymar is willing to transfer to our Real Madrid, I am willing to offer the highest price in history of 120 million euros and promise to pay it off within two years!"

Yang Huan's eyes lit up when he heard this. One hundred and twenty million euros? To be paid off within two years?

Now this is a bit interesting?

It seems that the two Spanish Super League giants are really determined to snatch Neymar!

Although he was a little excited in his heart, Yang Huan remained calm on the surface, as if the 120 million euros were just a pile of shit in his eyes, which he just passed by and was unwilling to take another look at.

"Florentino, I feel your sincerity!" Yang Huan said very politely, "But, I still say the same thing, Neymar's transfer will be discussed after the season ends and everything is settled!"

In fact, what Young Master Huan had in mind was that Real Madrid had already contributed 120 million euros, so Barcelona, ​​would you not contribute a little more?

If you don't pay more, I'll sell it to Real Madrid!

Florentino is also a smart man and of course he knows what Yang Huan and Southampton are planning.

If you put yourself in their shoes, anyone would do the same.

So, he nodded and said, "Okay, Master Huan, I'll wait until the season is over and find a chance for us to talk about it!"

From his tone, it is not difficult to hear that he is determined to get Neymar.

Even the high price of 120 million euros is still negotiable!

When Yang Huan heard this, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

My goodness, the membership-based team is really awesome, they spend money without blinking an eye.

It really makes people envious, jealous and hateful!

At this moment, the cell phone in Yang Huan's pocket suddenly vibrated.

When I took it out and looked at it, it turned out to be Peter Kenyon.

What's up?

Yang Huan was a little confused, but still picked up the phone.

Who would have thought that the bald man on the phone would give Yang Huan a huge surprise!