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Chapter 251 European Super Cup ([-])

The time has entered mid-August, and the major European leagues have gradually started the journey of the new season.

La Liga will not start until the end of August, and for Atletico Madrid, before the start of La Liga, the first games to prepare are the European Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup.

Participating in the European Super Cup this time is the third time in the history of Atletico Madrid and the third time in the past five years.The previous two times, the 2010 and 2012 European Super Cups, Atletico Madrid participated as UEFA Cup champions and successfully won the championships. This will be the first time that Atletico Madrid will participate in the Super Cup as Champions League champions.

Both the European Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup are a continuation of last season's championship, and the gold content is not too high, but they are very important to Ringer.

Winning these championships will be of great help to his fight for the Golden Globe at the end of the year. If he wins both Super Cups and the Club World Cup at the end of the year, he will have successfully won five championships in 2014. After all, he is also a five-time champion.

Moreover, this is the first time for Ringer to participate in the UEFA Super Cup. The opponent is the UEFA Cup champion Sevilla last season.

The Spanish Super Cup after the UEFA Super Cup, the opponent is last season's Copa del Rey champion Real Madrid, and the two sides received a big enemy in the Champions League final last season, that may be the really difficult game.

On August 8, the Atletico Madrid team boarded a plane and flew to Cardiff, the Welsh capital in the southwest of England, to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup.

For more than ten years, the UEFA Super Cup has always been held at the Stade Louis II, Monaco's home stadium, and the game time is almost arranged on the same day as the draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage. It can be said that it is the opening game before the UEFA Champions League.

However, since 2013, UEFA has restructured the European Super Cup. The future European Super Cup will no longer be held at the Louis II Stadium, but will be designated by UEFA every year, and the venue will be changed almost every year. , which can help expand the influence of European football.

Last year's UEFA Super Cup was held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and this year it was held in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

Cardiff is an important port city in the United Kingdom. There is also a well-known professional club locally, Cardiff City Football Club. Cardiff City has been playing in the English professional league for a long time. In the 11/12 season, it also reached the English League Cup final. But the penalty shootout lost to Liverpool, but Cardiff City was relegated from the Premier League last season.Atletico Madrid came to prepare one day in advance, because they planned to temporarily borrow their training ground.

When they came out of Cardiff Airport, there were already many British reporters waiting for them. Of course, the new champion of the Champions League will attract much attention.

"Coach Simeone, you can't command the team from the sidelines in this game, will it cause you to lose?"

"No, we are confident of winning the game."

"Lin, the owner of Cardiff City, Chen, said that he will invite you to join Cardiff City when you are ready to retire. Will you consider it?"

"If it is suitable, I will seriously consider it."

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As the champions of the Champions League to participate in the Super Cup, everyone was in a good mood and answered a few questions.

Simeone was suspended for two European games due to UEFA's penalty for his clash with Varane in the Champions League final last season.

This penalty is not serious, but Simeone will miss this European Super Cup and the team's first group match of this season's Champions League.

The owner of the Cardiff City Club is a Chinese, a wealthy Malaysian, Chen Zhiyuan. He bought the Welsh team when it was on the verge of bankruptcy in 09, and quickly brought the team back on track.

Since this year's European Super Cup is held in Cardiff, and it is the Cardiff City Stadium, the home stadium of the Cardiff City Club, and the Asian star Ringer leads the team, Chen Zhiyuan, the Chinese owner of Cardiff City, will naturally be asked about the Super Cup Regarding the matter, he said in front of reporters: "Linger is already the best player in football today. He will definitely help Atletico Madrid win the Super Cup, and there is no doubt that he will win this year's Ballon d'Or. If one day he is about to After retiring, I will invite him to play for Cardiff City."

Others cheered, of course Ringer had to respond.

Chen Zhiyuan is not well-known, but he has another identity. He is the uncle of Hong Kong star Andy Lau's wife. It is said that Andy Lau knew his wife because he was invited by Chen Zhiyuan to attend an event in Malaysia, and then he met.

However, Chen Zhiyuan spent most of his time handling business in Asia, and Linge hadn't met this person yet.

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8月12日，英国当地时间19点45分，BJ时间次日凌晨2点45分，2014年欧洲超级杯在威尔士的加的夫城球场即将开始。

The British are still full of enthusiasm for football. The 33000-capacity Cardiff City Stadium is completely full, and most of them are neutral fans. There are not many fans of Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.

There is no doubt that the game was broadcast in China, and Zhan Jun was doing the commentary.

"This is the third time that Atletico Madrid has participated in the UEFA Super Cup in five years. They have successfully won the previous two times. If they can also win this time, they will win the UEFA Super Cup for the third time and become the third European Super Cup winner. There are more teams than AC Milan with 5 titles and Barcelona with 4 titles."

"The two teams in the UEFA Super Cup this time are both from La Liga. It is the fourth domestic war in the history of the UEFA Super Cup. The first two civil wars in the UEFA Super Cup were Serie A civil wars. At that time, Serie A was still a small World Cup. The third civil war was in 06, the civil war between Barcelona and Seville, this time it is the fourth civil war on the Super League.”

"It is worth mentioning that in the last La Liga civil war in the Super Cup, Sevilla defeated Barcelona to win the championship. At that time, Sevilla also participated in the Super Cup as the league champion, but defeated a stronger player. Champions League Champions Barcelona."

"So before the start of the Super Cup, Sevilla's coach Unai Emery said that they were capable of repeating the title they won eight years ago."

"Of course, this is Linger's first time participating in the UEFA Super Cup. His parents are also sitting in the stands, hoping that he will perform well."

After Lin's father and mother Lin came to Europe, Ringer was going to prepare for the new season, and it was the young lady who took them around. Apart from Madrid, they had been to Barcelona and Valencia in Spain.Now that the European Super Cup is coming, they naturally come to watch the game live.

In this game, Simeone cannot command from the sidelines, and the fat Boggs will temporarily command.

Atletico Madrid's starting lineup is,
Goalkeeper: Moya;
Defenders: Juanfran, Godin, Miranda, Ansaldi;
Midfielders: Turan, Mario Suarez, Gabi, Koke;
Forwards: Ringer, Raul Garcia.

In the goalkeeper position, Simeone still believes in the more experienced Moya, and Oblak still needs to wait for the opportunity.

With his impressive speed, the Argentine Ansaldi appeared in the starting left back position in this game.

This game is the first game of Atletico Madrid's new season, and Simeone is also trying to win, so the striker chose to let Raul Garcia and Ringer play together, and they are more familiar with each other and have a tacit understanding.

Sevilla's starting lineup is 4231 formation;

Goalkeeper: Beto;
Defenders: Figuelas, Facio, Parea, Tremolinas;
Defenders: Carrico, Krichowiak;
Forwards: Alex Vidal, Denis Suarez, Vitolo;

Forward: Baka.

After winning the UEFA Cup, many people were poached from the Sevilla team. The most important thing is that the core midfielder Rakitic was poached by Barcelona, ​​but Barcelona also sent Denis Suarez and Deulo Fau was loaned to Sevilla as compensation.

With the whistle of the English referee Clattenburg, the 2014 UEFA Super Cup officially started in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

(End of this chapter)