The 485th chapter makes a good start

The draw of the Champions League has become a topic of media discussion during the recent period.

In La Liga, other teams participating in the Champions League include Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, and Valencia, which has entered the main game through the qualifying rounds.

Compared to Atletico Madrid's death group, the draw situation of other La Liga teams is better.

Real Madrid are assigned to Group D, and they are assigned to a group with Lyon, Ajax and Dinamo Zagreb.

Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, were assigned to the H group with AC Milan, Borisov and Pulzen.

Valencia is going to press harder. As a second-tier team, they are divided into a group with Chelsea, Leverkusen and Genk.

When analyzing the prospects of La Liga teams in the Champions League, the Spanish media generally believed that it is easy for Barcelona and Real Madrid to qualify from the group stage, especially Real Madrid. They can almost lock the first place in the group. Real Madrid are not too strong opponents. As for Barcelona, ​​their main challenger is AC Milan. These two teams will be the teams locked in qualifying in Group H. Of course, they need to compete for the first place in the group.

Compared to the ease of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the situation facing Atletico Madrid and Valencia is much harsher.

Fortunately for Valencia, if Chelsea locked the qualification in their group, then Valencia needs to compete with the second place in the Bundesliga last season, Bayer Leverkusen, for another qualification. Valencia and Bayer Leverkusen are still 50-50.

As for Atletico Madrid in Group A, the Spanish media are not very optimistic.

Although Gao Bo said they want to qualify from the group, after the result of the draw, the face of the general manager of Atletico Madrid can be seen. In such a dead group, it is too difficult for Atletico Madrid to break through. Up.

"Experience! What Atletico Madrid lacks most is experience!! In their main lineup, only Modric and Reyes have experience in the Champions League. Of course, Lucio, who has been introduced this season, has rich experience in the Champions League. But it seems that Gao Bo intends to use Lucio as a substitute. On the whole, Atletico Madrid is a very young team. They are very young from top to bottom, including their head coach Gao Bo. I don’t have any experience in the Champions League. In fact, the last time Atletico Madrid played in the Champions League, it dates back more than a decade, in the distant 96/97 season..."

"Partnering with Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and Naples, for Atletico Madrid, it can be said to be a fleeting disadvantage..."

The Spanish media is a bad voice for Atletico Madrid’s trip to the Champions League this season, and some media kindly suggest that Atletico Madrid simply give up the Champions League and play the league wholeheartedly.

Maybe Atletico Madrid can really defend a league this season... As for the Champions League, that's what those real super giants dare to think about.

As for Atletico Madrid... they are now immersed in La Liga for a few more years. As long as their squad is not hollowed out by other big clubs, after they grow up, they will have better luck in the Champions League. There is absolutely hope. Achieved results in the Champions League.

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When Gao Bo returned to Madrid, he did not pay attention to what the Spanish media would say.

In fact, he can guess it too.

The Champions League is not easy to play, this is the consensus of everyone.

Especially when playing in the Champions League, the away game, the expedition, and there are also leagues in the middle of the week and weekends. This is a test of the team's physical fitness and will.

Of course... there are so-called experiences.

Gao Bo has not led a team to play in the Champions League. This is his first season in the Champions League.

This reminded him of when he led Luton to play in the Europa League the year before, when he had no experience at all.

However, the attention received by the Champions League is obviously different, and the players have different expectations.

Atletico Madrid's first UEFA Champions League match was on September 15th, against Bayern Munich at their home court! !

The first game is such a strong opponent, so it is inevitable that many media are very optimistic about Atletico Madrid.

The three games before the start of the season were the second round of the league against Osasuna at home, the third round of the league against Valencia, and the first round of the Champions League group stage against Bayern Munich.

Someone has to ask, what about the first round of the league?

Spain can always do something strange on the schedule, because in the process of labor and management negotiations, the negotiations between the Spanish Football Association and the professional league are not smooth.

Due to the requirement of the union to guarantee the minimum wage, the professional league has a different view on this. The union will hold a strike in the first round of the league to force the professional league to agree to the union's request.

Due to the delay between the two sides to reach an agreement, the first round of La Liga can only be postponed indefinitely.

After the first round of the La Liga game really did not get a response from the players, the professional league was a little panicked. They finally made some concessions to allow the second round of the league to be held as scheduled.

So the first round of the league was postponed to the middle of the season, and the first game of La Liga this season was actually played from the second round.....

Atletico Madrid was supposed to play Real Sociedad away in the first round of the league. As a result, the game was arranged after the winter break. As for the specific time, it depends on the schedule of La Liga and the Champions League.

And now facing the first three opponents after the start of the season, Osasuna is okay, it is not a problem for Atletico Madrid to win Osasuna at home.

The next game is against Valencia and Bayern Munich.

Valencia is definitely a strong team in La Liga, no matter which team it is, facing Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium will not be easy.

And in the first round of the next Champions League group stage, the home game against Bayern Munich, this is also a major test for the team!

This is Atletico Madrid’s first UEFA Champions League game in more than a decade, and it’s unlucky to run into an opponent like Bayern Munich~lightnovelpub.net~ This game is definitely a bad fight!

At the beginning of the season, there were successive and intensive encounters with strong enemies, which of course made Atletico Madrid fans a little worried.

If playing Valencia away at home and playing against Bayern Munich not well, if the results are bad at the beginning of the season, I am afraid it will have an impact on the entire season.

What to do next.... It depends on the level of the head coach.

The league encountered such a test at the beginning. The head coach needs to stimulate the players’ state as soon as possible to avoid slow heat, and most importantly, avoid successive losses in the face of strong teams, otherwise it will be against the team. Confidence caused a very serious blow!

After returning to Madrid from Monaco, Gao Bo made these three games a phased task for the team.

This game against Osasuna can be slightly easier, mainly for the two opponents Valencia and Bayern Munich are doing targeted deployment training.

The team needs to make a good start in the new season.