Chapter 1 The Necessary Conditions for a Legend
"Diego Godin!!!"
"Oh my God! Casillas made a very low-level and serious mistake! His rash attack gave Godin the opportunity to head the ball and throw an empty goal! Thirty-six minutes into the game, Atletico Madrid finally broke the deadlock. They took the lead in the Champions League final and led the city's arch-rival Real Madrid!"
"Casillas' mistake is incredible. It seems that the entire season of the league's substitute for Diego Lopez greatly affected his condition. He seemed hesitant to this attack..."
"This is the first Madrid city derby in Champions League history. Diego Simone's team is full of morale! Faced with Atletico Madrid, who is better at running and more active in fighting for Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid seems to be hindered..."
"I really didn't expect that in the nine minutes of the game, the main center Diego Costa was replaced due to injury, Atletico Madrid was not affected. The more they fought, they were the ones who were leading now!"
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"The game has entered the third minute of injury time, and it is more than a minute before the end. Atletico Madrid still leads Real Madrid 1:0... Real Madrid won a corner kick. If Atletico Madrid can defend this corner kick, they will win the Champions League for the first time in history! This is an incredible achievement for the Bedding Team!"
"...Modric took this corner kick, and Simeone was a little nervous... The corner kick was taken! Sergio Ramos!!! Incredible! Unbelievable! Real Madrid equalized the score in the last minute of injury stoppage time! Ramos shook his head and pushed the football into the back corner of the goal! Courtois was completely helpless! My God! This is football! Friends! This is football! You can't say who will win in the last second!"
"The Real Madrid fans in the Stadium of Light were in a crazy carnival! They were like travelers who had been trekking in the dark for a long time, but were suddenly shrouded in light when they were about to despair! And the Atletico Madrid fans could not believe what was happening in front of them. Their team was led until the last minute of the game, but were tied!"
"My God! This ball hit Atletico Madrid so much! Simeone waved desperately on the sidelines to cheer up his players, but looking at the expressions of Atletico Madrid players, they were completely collapsed!"
"Real Madrid equalized the score at the last moment, and the game was dragged into overtime... It's so dramatic, incredible! The world's best screenwriter can't write such a crazy script!"
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"Dimaria dribbled the ball from the side...cut in! He went in! Shot at a small angle! Courtois blocked it! It was not over yet! The football bounced to the back point! Gareth Bale!! gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!! Real Madrid overtakes! In the 110th minute of the game, Real Madrid finally took the lead!!"
"Marcelo dribbled the ball forward and continued to break through. No one came up to stop him. He tried to shoot a long time... The ball entered!!! Real Madrid 3:1! The game is over! The game is over! There is no suspense in the outcome!"
"Although Courtois swept, the football still got into the goal..."
"Cristiano Ronaldo! He fell to the ground in the penalty area, and the referee decisively judged a penalty! This is really a bit worse... In fact, there is no need to judge this penalty, because it is meaningless. Whether or not there is a penalty will not prevent Real Madrid from winning this game..."
"Ronaldo took the penalty himself! The goal was scored! This is the seventeenth goal of the Portuguese in the Champions League this season! He greatly increased the record of 14 Champions League goals in a single season set by Altafini that year to 17 goals! It can be expected that it will be difficult for someone to break this record for a long time!"
"The whole game ended! Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 4:1 at Stadium Light and won the championship! This is the tenth Champions League trophy in their club history! They are the well-deserved strongest club in the world! Real Madrid, the top ten championships!"
"It's really a pity. Atletico Madrid was the leading side for most of the game. They were always ahead of injury time. The game ended in two minutes, but they conceded the goal. After that, Amen basically said goodbye to the Champions League championship. This was Atletico Madrid's second time in the Champions League final... The last time was the 1974 Champions League, when Atletico Madrid reached the final for the first time, their opponents were Bayern Munich, who had the 'football emperor' Beckenbauer and the 'bomber' Ged Muller'...
...The 90-minute civil war between the two sides reached a 0-0 draw. In overtime, Atletico Madrid took the lead with Aragonese's free kick, but just as the game was about to end, Bayern Munich equalized the score, and the two sides finally drew... At that time, there was no penalty kick at that time, and both sides could only choose a day to replay. In the rematch, Atletico Madrid lost to Bayern Munich 0-4 and missed the opportunity to win the championship trophy... Unexpectedly, this time, they also fell to the end of the game, and Shi Ye was dead..."
"Simone is comforting the disappointed and painful Atletico Madrid players, but from his eyes, we can also see a huge loss... The reason why this team is today is inseparable from Simeone. Since he came to this team, it has brought about a complete change to the team... Under his leadership, Atletico Madrid has become the most combat-oriented team in La Liga. They won the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup. This season, they snatched the league championship from Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two top players in the "Swiss Super League"... allowing Atletico Madrid to finally stand on the same final field as the city's arch rival Real Madrid. As a result, luck has made people... The 93rd minute lost the goal, ruining their efforts..."
"...The Argentine's current contract with Atletico Madrid expires in 2017, but there is a special clause in this contract, that is, Simeone has the right to terminate the contract with Atletico Madrid after each season and leave the team after paying a certain compensation. This clause exists to facilitate Simeone to coach the giant team, and at the same time, it will not make Atletico Madrid's bamboo basket empty. I don't know whether Simeone will use this special clause after losing the Champions League championship at the last moment. You should know that in these seasons, Simeone has fully proved his coaching ability, especially this season, so there are many new high-ranking teams that are interested in him now..."
On the Light Field, the figure who endured his inner sorrow and kept comforting the players made many people feel heartbroken...
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"Diego, are you really going to use that special clause?" Diego Simeone's agent and his sister Natalia asked, looking at her solemn brother in front of her.
"I don't know..." Simeone shook her head slowly. "I don't know. I thought I could lead the team to beat the damn Real Madrid in the Champions League final, but I didn't do it. I don't know if I can continue to lead the team to fight. Because I feel that the failure has destroyed all of us..."
His voice was low, as if he hadn't recovered from the failure half a month ago.
"If you want to leave Atletico Madrid, I respect your decision. There are many teams in the market who are interested in you. I can definitely win the best contract for you," said Natalia. "But I still want to say, Diego, if you leave Atletico Madrid after that failure, what do you think of you?"
Simeone looked up and looked directly at her sister.
The sister stared into his eyes and said word by word: "They would say that Diego Simeone was a runaway coward. He lost the game and ran to other clubs to get big contracts and make a lot of money. As for what will happen to Atletico Madrid, he doesn't care!"
"No, I'm not a coward!" Simeone retorted.
"I certainly know that my brother is not a coward, but Diego, no one knows, they will only draw such a logical conclusion from what you did."
"So sister, are you here to persuade me to stay at Atletico Madrid?"
"I'm not urging you to stay at Atletico Madrid, I'm just analyzing all the possibilities you have left or stayed, and it's yourselves who make the final decision."
Simeone frowned: "To be honest, I'm a little worried about what to do after staying. We're so close to the highest honor, but in the end we failed. I'm worried that this is the highest peak we can reach. Costa told me after that final that he wanted to leave the team, he wanted to go to a bigger team to meet a bigger challenge... I think it's not just him who has this idea..."
"Losing an important game will definitely make some people feel disheartened and they want to leave. Then people like this will let them leave." Natalia shrugged, "If they stay, it will become an unstable factor for the team. I think you will definitely understand this aspect than me. Atletico Madrid hopes that you will stay. In order to show sincerity, they promised me that I am willing to meet all your requirements in the transfer market this summer. As long as you can renew your contract with the club, you can talk about anything."
"Can you talk about anything? Messi meet all my requirements? Will they give it to me too?" Simeone asked back.
Natalia smiled: "That's just a more polite statement, don't be too serious, Diego."
Simeone also smiled. He knew that his statement was meaningless. Even if a player like Messi was willing to let him go, the player himself was not willing to come to Atletico Madrid...
But at this moment, a figure suddenly flashed in his mind, so he asked again: "I really can buy anyone I want?"
"Don't say it's the one from Real Madrid..."
"No, of course not. Tell Cerrezzo that as long as he can meet my requirements, I will renew the contract with the club, and I am willing to cancel that special clause in the new contract!"
This time it was Natalia's turn to be surprised: "Give up the special terms? Are you planning to be the godfather at Atletico Madrid, Diego? In this case, if there are other giant teams interested in you, it will be difficult for you to leave..."
"Why should I leave?"
"You misunderstood me, Diego. I'm not urging you to give up on other teams, I just hope you stay here for the time being and prove your worth again, so..."
Simeone interrupted her sister: "No, you misunderstood me, sister. If they can really meet my requirements, then I no longer need to go to other wealthy families. I can create my legend here!"
Natalia looked at her brother who was suddenly full of energy, and she didn't understand why he suddenly had a hairpin from the depression and loss he had just now and turned to his current mental state.
Chapter completed!