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Chapter 211: A Small Goal

When the whistle sounded for the end of training on the training ground, there was no noise and cheers. Look carefully, there was no longer any standing player in the training ground under the dusk except for the coaches.

All the Atlético Madrid players who participated in the training collapsed on the turf, only caring about gasping for breath, and couldn't care about anything else at all.

The voice of their coach Simeone rang above their heads: "Congratulations, gentlemen, you have all come out of hell alive!"

If his words were heard by outsiders, they would think it was too exaggerated, it was just training, what did it have to do with hell?

But every Atletico Madrid player will agree with the coach's words from the heart.

They literally came out of hell...

Two weeks of physical training was hell for them.

High-intensity training makes them feel like dying every day.

Not to mention the new players who just joined the team, even the players Gao Zheng and Griezmann played in the team for a season were taken aback by the intensity of the training.

When they transferred to Atletico Madrid last season, Atletico Madrid's physical training was nearing completion or over, so they had not undergone such high-intensity training.

But in private communication, they knew that the previous training was actually not so terrible.

It stands to reason that Atletico Madrid won the league championship last season and successfully defended it, which should be regarded as a successful season.

But watching Simeone gnash his teeth in training, it was as if the team suffered a huge failure last season.

Although he won the league championship, in Simeone's heart, he didn't think last season was a success.

Because his team was eliminated in the Champions League, and it was also eliminated by rivals Real Madrid in the same city.

This has kept Simeone brooding.

Counting the 2013-2014 season, his team has lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.

For the Atlético de Madrid coach, dropping the league title and losing to Real Madrid,

Which pained him more?

After being eliminated by Real Madrid, Simeone has been holding a breath in his heart.

So this season, his goal is very clear, which is to achieve a breakthrough in the Champions League.

He has led the team to two La Liga titles, while Atletico Madrid has only won eleven league titles in history. Only three consecutive championships, he led the team to complete one.

In addition, he also led the team to a Copa del Rey championship, a Europa League championship and a European Super Cup championship.

Such an honor is enough for him to be at the top of Atletico Madrid's coaching list, even number one.

But Simeone was not satisfied.

For him, only the Champions League is worth everything to pursue.

Only by winning the Champions League can he become the undisputed first player in the history of Atletico Madrid.

He knew that it was not easy for the team to defend the championship in the pincers of the Western Super League last season, but he was worried that some players would feel slack, and felt that it was already great to be able to successfully defend the title. This will bring changes to his plans.

So he will tell all the players with harsh training - what's so great about the defending champion? We are the ones who want to win the Champions League!

"...you who came out of hell are stronger than ever, stronger than anyone, believe me, you can beat any opponent in the new season." Diego Simeone continued. "So I set a small goal..."

Having said that, Simeone raised a finger, although few players lying on the ground should be seen.

"We're going to win the Champions League this season."

Hearing the words of the head coach, many Atletico Madrid players who were still lying on the ground stood up and looked at their head coach in surprise.

No one expected that such a grand goal would appear in front of them without warning. And the head coach even called this goal a "small goal"? !

Is winning the Champions League a small goal?

Even for super giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​that is a big goal that is difficult to achieve!

How difficult is it to win the Champions League? The Atlético Madrid players know better than anyone, because the last time they came within a minute of winning the Champions League final, they ended up just missing out.

In the case of leading almost the whole game, Real Madrid was reversed.

How difficult is it to win the Champions League? It's that easy!

Such an difficult goal, the boss said it so lightly, and even called himself a "small goal"... Was he afraid of bringing pressure to us, so he said that?

There were many people who were so frightened that they stood up, but not Gao Zheng.

He was still lying on the ground, his chest was heaving violently, and he seemed tired even to make a sound.

But he was laughing.

He heard Simeone's ambitions, which happened to be his.

He is now very happy that he chose Atletico Madrid and a head coach like Diego Simeone.

Because the head coach is not one to be easily satisfied, and he happens to be not one to be easily satisfied...

Because of Simeone's words, he is full of expectations for the new season, and he has less complaints about the devil training that just ended...

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Atletico Madrid's first official game of the new season will start on August 14th, and the opponent is Barcelona, ​​which they robbed of the league title last season.

This is really not a meeting of enemies-Atletico Madrid, as the league champion last season, also participated in the Spanish Super Cup, and their opponent was Real Madrid, who defeated them in the Champions League final.

That Super Cup was considered Atlético Madrid's revenge.

This time, it is considered to be Barcelona's battle of revenge.

Barcelona was invincible last season and eliminated Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey. In the end, they defeated Athletic Bilbao 3:1 in the final and won the Copa del Rey.

In the Champions League, they swept across Europe, killing giants such as Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, and Bayern Munich. In the end, they defeated Juventus 3:1 in the Champions League final.

Had it not been for the defeat in the league and the loss to Atletico Madrid, Barcelona should have won the Triple Crown last season.

As a result, Enrique just missed Guardiola's record.

That defeat against Atletico Madrid last season really stuck in his throat.

But now he still has a chance to take revenge, and that is in the next Spanish Super Cup.

Before the Spanish Super Cup, the media in Catalonia had already chanted the slogan "Revenge on Madrid". People who didn't know it thought it had something to do with Catalonia's struggle for independence.

However, the Catalan media did mix a lot of political factors into the sport of football, especially in recent years when the tide of independence was on the rise, and the results of the Barcelona Football Club were also the emotional sustenance of the Catalans.

That's why FC Barcelona calls itself "more than a football club".

There was enough animosity for both teams from Madrid.

After all, as the capital of Spain, Madrid represents the Spanish royal family and government in the eyes of many Catalans, and this is what they hate.

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