On July 13, 2014, the World Cup final was held at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Simeone's motherland Argentina national team reached the World Cup final under Messi, and their opponent was the German national team.

This is the third time that these two teams met in the World Cup final, and the two teams won once in the first two times:

In the classic 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Argentina led by King Maradona defeated Germany 3:2 and won the Hercules Golden Cup.

The second and last encounter was in the Italian World Cup four years later. Argentina, which had Maradona, lost 0:1 to Germany in the final, and hopes of defending the champion were shattered.

Although Simeone sat in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of the game, he was obviously absent-minded.

Nearly half of July has passed, and the World Cup is about to end. Those players who only participated in the World Cup group stage have returned to the team, and the players who participated in the knockout round are also returning one after another. Atletico Madrid's training camp is more lively than before, with more and more people, and the plans for the new season must be determined.

But until now, the most important puzzle in Simeone's mind has not been implemented.

This made him a little unintentionally pay attention to whether Argentina can defeat Germany and become the world champion, and whether Messi can successfully win the title of the World Cup with this World Cup.

Although it was the final, both sides played very cautiously and the scene was not exciting. In addition, Simeone had something to do in her heart and often ran away.

In the 30th minute, Argentina scored a goal, but Higuain, who shot, was offside. Simeone realized that his national team had just scored the goal after the ball was blown away...

"Dad, can you concentrate on watching football?" Son Giovanni Simone gave a blank look at the dad beside him. "This is a great opportunity for us to compete for the World Cup!"

Simeone made a sorry gesture to her son.

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In this way, both sides had some opportunities, but they didn't catch it, and the game time passed minute by minute.

Until the end of the ninety minutes of the game, the scores were 0:0.

After the overtime starts, Simeone can finally focus on the game. After all, Gao Zheng's matter is not in a hurry for a while, but the World Cup champion is likely to be decided in thirty minutes.

As an Argentinian, he still hopes that his motherland can win the World Cup championship.

In the 97th minute of the game, Argentine full-back Rojo made a diagonal pass on the left. The striker Icardi, who played for Inter Milan, faced Neuer with one shot. He chose to shoot, but the football missed the goal!

"Oh!" Simeone slapped her thigh with regret.

"Icardi missed an excellent opportunity! He had the opportunity to tilt the balance of victory towards Argentina! The scorer who performed well in Inter Milan last season failed to score the football this time! He himself was very regretful..."

The TV broadcast gave Icardi a close-up shot, holding his head in his hands, watching the football go out of the goal, looking incredible.

"Speaking of this, although Icardi's performance in Inter Milan last season, his performance in this World Cup was quite average... He has not scored a goal yet in the finals. If he included the last few rounds of the league, his goal drought was a bit long..." said the commentator of Spanish TV.

In the direct conversation between Sampdoria and Inter Milan last season, Icardi scored a goal. But that was the last goal he scored. Until the end of the league, he did not score in five rounds of the league, and the number of goals in the league was finally frozen at twenty-one goals.

With his outstanding performance in the first thirty-three rounds of the league, he was selected for this Argentina national team. He played once in the group stage but did not score any goals. He was also a substitute in the team at other times.

In this final, he replaced Higuain in the 77th minute.

He almost became an Argentina hero.

"I have to say that there is indeed a gap between Icardi and Gao." Giovanni suddenly said this.

Let Simeone look at him sideways.

"If Gao had been at his chance just now, there was a high chance that the ball would have entered the goal." The eldest son said angrily.

"But Gao is not an Argentinian." Simeone reminded his son.

"Yes. Unfortunately, he is not an Argentinian. His national team is so bad. I think he may not appear in the World Cup until he retires... I mean as a player, not those billboards..." Giovanni said. "I think if Icardi scored the ball just now, he might be able to beat Gao, because Gao will never participate in the World Cup..."

Just then, Simeone's cell phone rang, and he looked down and saw that it was his sister who called it.

"Dad..." Giovanni complained helplessly. At the critical moment of watching the football, no one wants to be disturbed.

"Sorry." Simeone picked up her cell phone and walked out of the living room, and came to the yard outside the house before he answered the phone.

"Dear brother, be ready to negotiate a contract extension with Atletico Madrid!" Natalia's cheerful voice rang out from the other end of the phone.

Simeone was stunned for a moment before she realized the meaning behind the sentence. He exclaimed: "They signed Gao?!"

"Yes, that's right! Serezo just called me to inform me of the news. The clubs of both sides have reached an agreement. Now it's almost time to sign the high-level physical examination!"

"Did he agree to join Atletico Madrid?" Simeone asked anxiously, because he noticed that Natalia was talking about the agreement between the clubs of both sides. World football is not short of the precedent of the same agreement between the teams, but for various reasons, the players themselves do not agree to the transfer.

"His agent has already negotiated with Atletico Madrid. I said that it's only the player's physical examination signed!"

"But how can the club take out 90 million..."

"In fact, there is no nine million, my brother. The final transaction volume is 75 million euros, and Sampdoria agreed to this number in exchange for our guarantee to be paid in two years."

"But 75 million is not a small number, where does the club get so much money?"

"Ha, I have to talk about the contributions of the Chinese people!"

"High? What does this have to do with high?"

"No, not Gao, it's Gao's compatriots, a large consortium with super super wealth in China. They took the initiative to contact Atletico Madrid Club and were willing to provide part of the funds for Atletico Madrid's transfer in exchange for the opportunity for further in-depth cooperation between the two sides..."

"This..." Simeone was surprised. He did not expect that the funding problem was finally solved in this way. But if you think about it carefully, it is reasonable. As a Chinese player so successful in Europe, Gao Zheng must have a huge influence in China, probably just like Messi's position in Argentina football. It is not surprising that Chinese companies are willing to spend money to get this player to enter La Liga and join the future cooperative team Atletico Madrid. Although this company has paid a huge amount of money, it has obtained the opportunity to cooperate with Atletico Madrid and has also gained a reputation in China. No matter how you think about it, it is a good deal that is stable and profitable.

Simeone doesn't care how the club solves the funding problem. Whether it is sponsorship by Chinese companies or other methods, he only looks at the result. As long as Gao Zheng buys it, it will be a good thing.

After putting down his phone, he no longer suppressed his emotions, but instead shouted excitedly.

Then he returned to the living room with a smile, but found that his son was in a bad mood, so he asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

"German team scored a goal! Gotze! Just now, we were behind..."

Giovanni said with a sad face.

Only then did Simeone turn her eyes to the TV and find that the game is in progress, but the real-time score in the upper right corner has indeed become 1:0, with Germany leading the way.
Chapter completed!