They lost the league championship at the last moment of last season, and Champions League was also eliminated, which made Simeone have huge doubts about themselves.
If the chairman of Atletico Madrid hadn't tried his best to retain him, Simeone might have left Atletico Madrid by now.
Since Suarez's suspension period is still two months long, Atletico Madrid had to find a striker in the summer.
The contract between 39-year-old Ibrahimovic and AC Milan ended this summer. Atletico Madrid hired Ibrahimovic with a salary higher than AC Milan.
In the first game, Ibrahimovic used a wonderful volley and a back-heel pass to help the team defeat the opponent 2:0.
Ibrahimovic returned to La Liga again. Actually, he had another intention, which was to meet Barcelona for a while.
After all, Ibrahimovic's most unbearable experience in his career was at Barcelona.
Here, Ibrahimovic does not get the respect it deserves. As a superstar whose worth is second only to Cristiano Ronaldo and Zidane, Barcelona and Ibrahimovic are not reused.
Ibrahimovic, who had been sitting on the bench for a long time, could only leave Spain in a humiliating way.
From then on, Ibrahimovic, no matter which team he was on, would become jealous when he met Barcelona.
This time, Ibrahimovic gave up AC Milan and joined Atletico Madrid, not only because Atletico Madrid gave more money, but more importantly, I, Great Fengxian, did not want to prove how great I was, I just wanted to tell others that I must get back what I lost with my own hands!
Espanyol, who kicked off at midfield again, showed some fluctuations in his mentality.
As a result, the ball was directly intercepted by Pedri before it passed the midfield.
After Pedri stole the ball, he directly handed the ball to Griezmann in the middle. Griezmann did not stop the ball and passed the ball across the ball to Messi, who had already inserted it.
Messi was like taking a leisurely stroll, passing three people in front of the opponent's penalty area. After getting out of the angle, he fired a powerful left-footed volley directly towards the opponent's goal.
Fortunately, the opponent's goalkeeper was focused enough this time, flew towards the football, and used his right hand to lift the ball directly over the crossbar.
From stealing the ball to shooting, Barcelona's attack only took less than five seconds.
Espanyol's heart felt like a roller coaster. The defenders walked up to the goalkeeper one after another and encouraged each other loudly.
Goalkeeper Oier was also very excited. He felt that he played perfectly with the ball just now.
A beautiful goal was saved, which greatly improved the morale of Espanyol.
When the corner kick was taken, goalkeeper Oier jumped high in the crowd and directly picked the football off.
Li Mingyu happened to be standing in front of the penalty area. When he saw Oier's eyes, he couldn't help but look back.
Not good!
In Li Mingyu's eyes, Wu Lei has already started to move, and there are still two or three meters left before he is about to cross the center line.
Oier had already seen the start of Wu Lei. After landing, he rushed forward directly. When he reached the penalty area line, he threw the ball with a strong hand and threw the football in the direction of Wu Lei. Then he roared, as if to wipe away the depression in his heart.
Li Mingyu was now about thirty meters away from Wu Lei. No matter whether he could catch up or not, Li Mingyu turned around and started running towards his own half.
You know, Wu Lei is also very fast. In the La Liga competition, Wu Lei's sprint speed is definitely the first-class level of La Liga, but his speed endurance is not enough.
In other words, Wu Lei's sprint speed within two to three seconds is very fast, definitely no less than many players on the Europe field now.
But if Wu Lei is allowed to sprint from the midfield, his speed will drop significantly when he reaches the penalty area.
If we look at the attributes of Li Mingyu, the speed attribute of Wu Lei is about 90.
The speed of Li Mingyu can ensure that he can run continuously at a very high speed for about 60 meters.
This year's physical test results show that Li Mingyu's 100-meter speed is 10.40 seconds. This speed can already rank in the top three of the football player speed list.
The famous fast horse, Bale, has a maximum speed of only 10 seconds 37, but that was his peak time.
Li Mingyu's current speed attribute is only 93. I really want to know how fast he can be when his speed attribute reaches 99.
Although Wu Lei's continuous running speed is not good, at this time, Barcelona's players almost pressed into Espanyol's half, and only Garcia stood near the center circle as protection.
After Wu Lei caught the ball, he moved forward fiercely and passed Garcia directly.
At this time, Garcia did not dare to foul. He was the last defensive player. If he fouled, it would be a red card.
He could only follow behind Wu Lei, chasing after him desperately.
However, since Wu Lei had already started to speed up, Garcia turned around to catch up. This time, the distance was immediately widened.
There was an open space in front of Wu Lei. The goalkeeper Ter Stegen quickly retreated from the penalty area line, fearing that at this time, Wu Lei would directly succeed with a lob shot.
Wu Lei rushed forward while observing the goalkeeper's movements. When he saw that the goalkeeper had no intention of attacking, his speed increased to the extreme and he rushed towards the penalty area crazily.
Li Mingyu was chasing closely behind, but because the distance between the two was so far, it was almost impossible to catch up.
Wu Lei After running for more than thirty meters, his speed dropped obviously.
Garcia, who was chasing behind him, was still about three meters away from him. When he saw Wu Lei slowing down, he rushed forward in joy.
The first reason why Wu Lei slows down is because he consumes too much physical energy and cannot maintain high-speed running. But the more important point is that he has entered the penalty area. Facing the goalkeeper, slowing down will give him greater confidence in his shot.
Ter Stegen is also very experienced. The moment he saw Wu Lei slow down, he immediately rushed forward with all his teeth and claws, trying to block Wu Lei's shooting angle.
Wu Lei felt that the defensive player behind him was close at hand. Facing the goalkeeper's attack, Wu Lei was very calm.
Wu Lei stepped hard on the penalty area with his left foot, raised his right foot high, and looked like he was volleying hard.
Garcia behind him was unable to make any defensive moves at all and could only watch Wu Lei shoot.
Ter Stegen saw Wu Lei's action and threw himself out directly. In order to expand his defensive area, he opened his body as wide as possible and pounced on the football.