209 Winter Break
After Redondo, Atletico Madrid continues to attack. They have two games to play before the winter break. Atletico Madrid will face La Coruna at home. Iruetta's leading super Laco was once one of the La Liga champions, but due to financial reasons in recent years.
Super Laco's condition is also in a slump, but after all, they still have many star players. At Atletico Madrid's home court, both sides still scored a draw with zero to zero.
This game is also the first time that Mascherano started for Atletico Madrid. He also successfully frozen the front midfielder of La Coruna and Berellon, who has the title of Spain's Zidane.
In this game, Mark also cheered for Atletico Madrid with Colos in the stands, but it was obvious that Atletico Madrid did not find a certain way to shout from the home fans, and this game also seemed very dull.
Although Torres scored a goal after the start of the game in the next game, Atletico Madrid was also out of stock in the evening and was equalized at the last moment in the face of Betis' strong offensive firepower.
Atletico Madrid has achieved three consecutive draws in the last 30% of the game, and its results have also plummeted. Atletico Madrid has fallen to the seventh position. Of course, Atletico Madrid is only three points away from Valencia, which is fourth-placed, just one goal.
Cooper was also caught in his first trust crisis for coaching Atletico Madrid, and the board of Atletico Madrid was also asking Cooper why it made the team look like this.
Why did the previous strong rebound become so sluggish? Is it because Mark and Van der Fate are absent?
In fact, it is really one of the reasons why these two players are absent. The absence of these two players has made Atletico Madrid's offense no one sorted out, and Atletico Madrid faces none of the three opponents.
The Basque lion Athletic Bilbao has always been known for its passion. La Coruna and Real Betis also have their own superstars, so these three teams are not easy to play, and Atletico Madrid lacks a little of the luck they need.
The Athletic Bilbao tied with zero to zero, the Athletic Bilbao tied with zero to zero, and the Real Betis tied with 1:1 again. The impact of Mark and Van der Fate's absence is obvious. Although Torres is very hard-working, he is still young after all. Torres has a little bit of a single sensation without effective support in the midfield. Torres is also extremely looking forward to the return of Mark and Van der Fate.
Marca TV specially made a program called Atletico Madrid and ran out of luck.
"God is using the goal post to punish the young Atletico Madrid!" After watching Atletico Madrid, Betis and Atletico Bill Bar, host Perez had to sigh, if you don't believe it, the following pictures are enough to convince you.
Glenshare dunked over the Betis player who was rushing over. He calmly sent out a straight pass. Salva quickly started. The opponent's defender was always paying attention to Torres, the number one dangerous figure, but ignored Salva, who was also good at capturing opportunities. Salva received the ball and rubbed the ball lightly. The ball drew a beautiful arc and bypassed the opponent's goalkeeper's fingers... "Wait!" The crisp sound of the central post made this attack an imperfect drama again.
Torres calmly used a gorgeous but practical bicycle to sway the Espanyol defender. He was at the 45-degree angle of the penalty area without hesitation. He waved his thigh and pulled out a flat and fast shot directly on the instep of his right foot. Alan Subia had already disarmed, and his save seemed to be just a little bit of a job. However, this casual save was instinctive, but the ball was changed. The ball gently touched by Alan Subia's finger once again had an intimate contact with the goal post. Torres's face became extremely ugly at that moment.
As for the two goals that were lost, one penalty kick and one own, after watching these three games, you will find that there are teams in this world that are more unlucky than Atletico Madrid? Franco's performance can still be described as perfect. Unfortunately, it seems that the midfield defensive players of Atletico Madrid suddenly cannot play football. They were unable to do their jobs in the face of unfavorable offense, especially the midfielder Corsa, who was not good at interception in the midfield. It was also the reason for conceding the ball.
"Everything will be fine," Cooper said to reporters. "What we are going through now is nothing big."
"It's just bad luck, our team can still move forward." Torres was still not depressed in an interview: "We will have good performance in the next game, because at that time our main players will come back."
Is this really the case? Everyone is looking forward to the return of Van der Fate. Van der Fate's injury also makes all Atletico Madrid fans worried. If this midfield genius commander who is as famous as Riquelme has made efforts, it will definitely change the offensive rhythm of Atletico Madrid.
At the same time, Mark will also pay after the suspension expires, and Atletico Madrid can compete with the opponent.
Van der Fate slowly slammed the ball, and his right foot had not touched the ball for a long time. He seemed a little unfamiliar, and some of the balls were bumped a little high. He didn't care, but he just slowly slammed the ball, walking around the training ground over and over again.
Cooper was quite upset by the media recently, and the midfield organization could not find the smoothness of Van der Fate's past. Glenshare, who replaced Van der Fate's position, was already a good wing forward, and there was no problem letting him break through the cross. However, it was difficult to get him to be responsible for the attack organization of the entire team. Luxin's skills are still OK, but his passing accuracy needs to be improved, especially the error rate of long passes is really good.
Mascherano has just joined the team, and his cooperation with his teammates is very unfamiliar, so Mascherano made many mistakes when passing the ball. This is not because Mascherano's footwork is not good, but because he does not cooperate with his teammates.
Sometimes Mascherano passed the ball but did not run. Sometimes Mascherano ran away without passing the ball but did run away, so Mascherano also needs to run in with his teammates.
Jorge? He could barely use it before, but he has been squeezed to the bench by Van der Fate and now he can only play as a full-time forward. Moreover, Jorge's organizational ability and overall view are far from Van der Fate.
Cooper was in great pain. If Mark had not been banned, Mark would have naturally replaced Van der Fate. Although Mark's passes and breakthroughs were not as good as Van der Fate, Mark's ability to grab points and shoot was better than Van der Fate.
Especially when the attack is inserted in the back row, Mark's shooting ability is simply comparable to that of the world-class midfielder. If Mark really does this, it may be possible.
But Mark regretfully suspended the game, which made Cooper's attempt to do such a style. Now, after all, Van der Fate made a comeback before the derby. The team doctor's examination has shown that Van der Fate's feet can be fully adapted to the fierce game.
This gave Atletico Madrid players a little more confidence in their hearts. With Mark's efforts, Atletico Madrid's staff also became uniform.
Although the two of them have not played for a long time, it is indeed worrying what kind of situation their condition will be, but after all, both of them are those kind of players with excellent strength. Even if they can play 80% of their abilities, they will still have good results.
After Betis's game, Atletico Madrid also entered a short rest period, because the winter break has arrived, and it is actually Christmas holiday.
All the players can have a short rest, and as Chinese Mark, there is no other idea about this Christmas. Mark just hopes to have fun with Kroos.
Originally, Mark was going to invite Van der Fate to go on vacation to Brazil, but since Van der Fate's feet were just right, although he could touch the ball, he still needed some time to recover, so head coach Cooper did not allow Mark to go out during the winter break.
"Then we won't leave Spain. How about renting a yacht to the beach after Christmas? There should be no problem," Mark said a little cunningly.
Van der Fate also knew what Mark meant, that is, everyone went to the beach to play together, it shouldn't matter if they were there. Anyway, they didn't leave Spain, and the head coach couldn't take care of so many things about them.
Sometimes the players' health is the one who knows the most. They know their health clearly. The reason why Van der Fate needs recuperation is because he is worried that the injury will worsen this time.
But Van der Fate had taken down all the plaster, and Cooper was undoubtedly a little bit of a big deal. However, Mark's suggestion was not very perfect. If Mark's injury recurred due to this vacation, it would be really not worth the effort.
On Christmas Eve before Christmas, Mark and Koros spent their time at Vanderfart's home. After all, the two families are very close and have a very good relationship, so there is no reason why the two families celebrate the festival together.
Three of these four people are Dutch. Although Mark is not Dutch, he has lived in the Netherlands for a year. Mark is still quite familiar with some of the traditional habits of the Netherlands.
Christmas in the Netherlands is very interesting because there is a Santa Claus Day on December 5th. On this day, people will prepare gifts for children, and then these children will express their gratitude to the adults.
So there are no gifts on the real Christmas Eve, which is also a tradition in the Netherlands, although the few people who are doing it are not children.
But both parties also gave gifts to each other and wished each other all the peace in the coming year.
"Raphael, I hope you will never be troubled by injury in the next year." Mark also sent his blessing to Van der Fate. This should be the blessing Van der Fate wants to hear the most.
A professional player, what he hopes to hear is that there are no injuries, because professional players can only perform at a high level without the trouble of injury.
If there are injuries all the time, everyone will collapse. Just like the former golden boy Desler in Germany, he was injured immediately after he came back, and then he was injured again. No one could stand it if he did, and Desler also suffered from depression.
Injuries tortured a former German genius player so badly. Van der Fate was not as fragile as Deisler's nerves. Although he had several major injuries in his career that bothered him, he was able to stand up and fight against injuries. Of course, Sylvia supported him around him and played a lot of role.
Soon the bell was about to ring at twelve o'clock. Everyone was eating grapes while waiting for the arrival of the New Year bell. This is also a Spanish tradition. It is said that eating grapes at the countdown will bring good luck this year.
These outsiders who are doing this naturally follow the local customs. They are also yelling while counting down the Christmas bells while eating grapes.
"Okay, let's say goodbye. You guys eat grapes here, we'll go home to eat." Then Mark walked back with his arms around Colos.
At night, Mark was eating Kolos's little pink grapes in bed very seriously.
After getting up the next day, both sides went to the resort of Mallorca as agreed, which was also where Mark became famous in the game. Just a few weeks ago, Mark became the most hated player of all Mallorca fans.
Nadal, who was humiliated by Mark, also announced after the game that he would retire after the end of the season. This is all a good thing Mark did. If we investigate who is the person who is the most annoying to the Mallorca people, I am afraid that if Mark is the second, no one would dare to be the first.
Of course, this is not a good thing. After all, Mark did not teach his opponents through football skills, but used violence on the court. Although Mark felt that it didn't matter, others did not look like this after all.
Mark had asked his agent Mendes to rent a yacht for him, and soon the four of them got on the yacht.
After several people came to a quiet sea to stop wearing, Mark and Koros took their diving suits and dived into the water to see the coral shells in the water.
Van der Fate was not suitable for doing this kind of undersea game due to injury. Sylvia was also responsible for taking care of Van der Fate on the ship. However, as a Dutchman, Van der Fate was also an adventurous Dutchman. He also seemed very envious when he saw Mark jump into the water. At the same time, he even more envied Mark's body, although not very strong but full of strength. Another reason was that he felt that Mark was simply a monster.
Because Mark often has physical contact with his opponents, and Mark has often been hit by black feet, but Mark has never been injured in Van der Fate's impression, which is also one of the reasons why Van der Fate envys Mark.
Mark held Colos's hand under the water, and the two played with the fish. After playing for a while, they boarded the ship again.
After the boat drove for a while, Bonnie saw a small island. The two came to the island on a speedboat. The island was about the size of two football fields. When the speedboat sailed to the shore, a middle-aged man ran over and shouted to the two:
"This is my island, and you cannot wait for the shore unless you have permission from Spain and myself."
Mark was stunned after hearing this. Kroos looked at Mark's reaction and immediately explained to him that every country near the sea would sell some unmanned islands. These islands and the United States also have many private islands, but some of these islands have complete ownership of the island, while others do not have complete ownership. Mark nodded after hearing this and said that he understood.
This is Colos saying to the middle-aged man: "We thought this island was uninhabited, and I don't know it's owned by you, but since we have arrived, can we allow us to visit the island?"
The middle-aged man said impatiently: "No, I don't welcome outsiders here. Come and leave, otherwise I'm not polite."
After hearing this, Mark suddenly became angry and wanted to argue with the middle-aged man, but he was pulled by Kolos, and Kolos said to Mark: "We'd better not cause trouble, go back quickly."
"What's wrong? Is something happening?" Sylvia asked with concern after seeing Mark's angry look.
Colos briefly told them what had just happened. After listening to it, Sylvia also seemed a little angry and said, "It's really annoying. Isn't there just an island? We will have it in the future."
"Yes, I will definitely have it. I will definitely have an island larger than that island in the future." Mark said after a look of anticipation appeared in his eyes.
In fact, Sylvia is just helping Mark. He does not intend to really own an island, because it is OK to rent the island thing. If you buy it, the cost is too high. In addition, it is also a high maintenance fee. No player in the football world has his own private island yet.
Even Beckham, the world's number one money-making king, never had anything, and Mark didn't seem to be joking. Sylvia couldn't help but start to worry about this matter.
He was worried that Mark would affect his condition because of the island, so this vacation would be a big deal.
"Mark shouldn't think about that, just enjoy our holiday," Van der Fate said to Mark.
Mark nodded, but he did not forget what he had said before, and Mark had already made a plan in his heart.
Chapter completed!