Mark heard his father say this, what else can Mark do? Naturally, Mark nodded very obediently and said, "Then you should be careful on the road."

"Mark, it's okay. I'll go to the United States with my parents. I have to go to another fashion show in the United States, and I can just go there," said Colos next to Mark.

"This is very good, I'm relieved." Mark pretended to be relieved. In fact, Mark felt a little lonely. Mark was a little unhappy when he thought that he would be left in his room in the future, but Mark did not show it.

"Then when will you leave?" Mark asked.

"Probably tomorrow night, Du Chen has booked a plane ticket for us. I'm afraid you won't have time at that time. Isn't tomorrow a game day?" Jack Ma said to Mark: "You don't need to do this anymore, don't worry."

It is obvious that Jack Ma saw that Mark was in a low mood at this time, so he comforted his son. Jack Ma knew that Mark seemed to be very strong, but Mark was only nineteen years old after all. At this age when many children in China were in college, Mark had already taken on the heavy responsibility of being responsible for the family.

That night, Mark's family of four talked together and said for a long time, as if Mark was about to say everything. In the end, Julie was old and asked Mark to go back to her room to rest because Mark had a match task the next day.

Mark obediently and returned to the room with Korus. Mark and Korus did not rest immediately, but instead carried out human creation activities together.

Both Mark and Colos knew that this time they would be separated for a while, so both of them seemed very passionate. Finally, after both of them broke out, they fell asleep deeply.

The next day is the day for Atletico Madrid to compete. This time, Atletico Madrid will go to Villarreal's love song stadium away to challenge their main league opponent Villarreal.

Before Mark left home, he said goodbye to his parents and fiancée. Because Mark was going to Villarreal to play, he naturally could not send his parents and fiancée. So Mark also said goodbye to them while leaving, and then went to the team to report.

Villarreal, the Spanish Football League A team. The team was established on March 10, 1923 and won the International Toto Cup.

On August 31, 1998, at the world-famous Bernabeu Stadium, La Liga new team Villarreal gloriously played the first La Liga game in the team's history with the starring Real Madrid. A week later, the Love Song Stadium opened its doors to La Liga opponents, and the first visitor was Celta. In that historic season, although the team had a fantastic start, at the end of the season, the Yellow Submarine returned to the Spanish Second Division after the play-offs. However, this trip to the Spanish Second Division was only a short year. In the 99-00 season, the team scored third in the Spanish Second Division and successfully advanced to the Chinese New Year, and has been around since then. In the following season, Villarreal ranked incredibly

La Liga 7. Then ranked 15th in both 2001-02 and 202-03. In the summer of 2003, Villarrell won their first European trophy - the International Toto Cup final, defeated Helenfen of the Netherlands. This fantastic result made the team enter the UEFA Cup for the first time. The team's performance once again shocked the world. The Yellow Submarines reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, which was the highest achievement in the club's history. The whole Europe felt the powerful energy emitted by this small town team from the Mediterranean. At the same time, in the 2003-04 season, Villarrell ranked 8th in La Liga, one step away from entering the league cup field next season.

Villarreal is rising rapidly, and people will vaguely feel that something big is going to happen to this small team, and they really did it! This season, Villarreal, led by intellectual engineer Pellegrini, launched a strong impact on the top four in the league.

Villarreal can be said to be the strong team in the second group of La Liga, besides Real Madrid and Barcelona.

With teams such as Betis and Valencia performing well now, Villarreal can even be said to have become the top mid-range team in the Spanish League One with Atletico Madrid.

Villarreal has not performed well in La Liga this season and is temporarily ranked 7th in the standings, but their points are only three points away from Atletico Madrid, which ranks third. It can be said that the gap between the two teams has not been completely widened. If Villarreal can defeat Atletico Madrid in this game, they can narrow the gap between the two sides to two points. Such a score is simply a game-game gap.

"We have beaten Villarreal before, so it is not impossible to win in this game as long as we play to our true level," Cooper said to the players on the plane.

Atletico Madrid players are in good shape. In the last game against Dynamo Kiev, Atletico Madrid players found their form, which is the tenacious defensive state.

Defense is the strongest weapon of Atletico Madrid, and Villarreal's powerful weapon is their offense. Atletico Madrid and Villarreal have had many confrontations this season, and Atletico Madrid obviously has the advantage.

However, in the last time the two sides confronted each other in the league, there was no key player of their midfielder, Riquelme, so the confrontation between the two sides was not carried out in an equal manner.

But this time the situation of the two teams showed a change. Atletico Madrid lost three main players in succession, Van der Fate, Baboro and Franco were all unable to play for the team.

Van der Fate was injured in the last game and he would be out for at least three weeks, which was a big blow to Atletico Madrid's midfield organizational ability.

In addition, Baboro is also the team's defensive core. Although his position is not as important as Van der Fate, he is also an Atletico Madrid defensive formation that cannot be ignored.

Franco's absence has left Atletico Madrid with a goalkeeper in good shape recently, and Martin proved that he could not replace Franco's position on goalkeeper in previous airport games.

Villarreal's lineup is not injured or suspended. Their lineup is neat and they are waiting to meet Atletico Madrid at home to challenge.

Villarreal can be said to be the main force, especially their midfielder, Riquelme is in good shape this season. The entire Villarreal team relies on Riquelme to attack, so it is also a very important thing for him to appear in Villarreal.

"Javier, your task in this game is very heavy. You are responsible for keeping the center of their midfielder Riquelme. Remember not to let him catch and pass the ball calmly." Cooper said to Mascherano in a very strict tone.

Cooper knows Riquelme's excellence. If Riquelme did not have Riquelme this season, Villarreal would not have made such a quick breakthrough. Although they have been eliminated in the League Cup, this is just good news for Villarreal.

Because of small teams like Villarreal, they do not have the strong bench strength to fight in the third line. At least Villarreal does not have the same strength to do such things this season.

Juan Roman Riquelme, his career journey is surprisingly similar to Maradona. They have been Boca fans since childhood, all started their careers in the Argentine Youth Club, and then switched to Boca Youth, and their destinations to Europe were Barcelona. After that, Maradona went to Naples, while Riquelme switched to Villarreal, and they became the aces of their respective teams. The difference is that Maradona led Naples to win the Serie A championship, and although Riquelme has greatly improved against Villarreal, it is really difficult to achieve dominance in La Liga.

"I understand, coach, I will definitely defend him well," Mascherano nodded and said.

Mascherano is full of expectations for the confrontation with Riquelme. Mascherano has never admired Riquelme. Perhaps because the Argentine Riverbed team played for, Mascherano is the mortal enemy of the Boca Youth Team, Mascherano has always regarded defeating the Boca Youth Team as his goal.

Of course, that goal is only limited to Mascherano who just debuted, but Mascherano knew in China that Riquelme was the best player in Argentina at that time, and also the best midfielder in Argentina, and the only classic midfielder in the world.

But unfortunately, after Mascherano debuted, Riquelme had already transferred to Barcelona, ​​so Mascherano did not have the chance to fight with Riquelme.

But this time the opportunity has come. Both Argentines have come to La Liga and will meet in this game. This should be a chance for Mascherano to be right.

Cooper also made great adjustments to the roster in this game. In addition to retaining all the starting lineups except playing, he also made some fine adjustments.

That is to arrange Calvo, Mark and Perea in the centre-back position, and then the left and right full-backs are Antonio Lopez and Velasco.

The midfield is three defensive midfielders, Colsa, Mascherano and Lusin.

The forwards are still Torres and Portillo.

Cooper gave Portillo another chance. This was Portillo's starting lineup for many consecutive games. This should also show that Cooper trusts Portillo. After all, Portillo still has strength. The only thing he lacks should be psychological obstacles. If Portillo can establish good confidence in his heart, Portillo's future will be infinitely bright.

The placement of Mark as the central defender was also due to Cooper's helpless move, because Cooper, the other central defenders of Atletico Madrid, is not relieved, but since Barboro has been suspended, it would be unrealistic for Cooper to find a replacement for Barboro in the short term.

The only way is to let Mark, who has a strong defensive ability, serve as the central defender, which is also a square formation for Cooper in this game, that is, he cannot concede the ball.

"Mark, you can look at the situation and then insert the assists," Cooper said to Mark at last: "Put it in at the right time and destroy their defensive system."

"Hey, this is the first time the coach has let the central defender take the ball to attack." Mark wanted to play in his heart. With Cooper's conservative personality, it is not easy for him to give the central defender a chance to attack.

In fact, in Cooper's judgment, Villarreal's formation should be a lineup in April and May 1st, so if Cooper's guess is correct, Atletico Madrid is equivalent to three central defenders to defend one of their forwards, so it doesn't matter if Mark intervenes in and assists.

Cooper explained the city where the team quickly arrived at the Villarreal team, which was located in the Valencia Autonomous Region in eastern Spain. Villarreal is the Villarreal City in Castellón Province, Valencia Autonomous Region in eastern Spain.

However, Villarreal is not in the city center. They are located in the Royal Village of Infantes, 7 kilometers from Castellon de la Plana, and there are not many people here.

If Villarreal relies on the fans here to watch the game, even if the whole village here watches the game, they will not be able to fill up their stadium with more than 10,000 people.

Fortunately, the fans of Villarreal are more fans from other villages around them, because Villarreal is the only League One club in the entire Villarreal City. All their fans have a large foundation. Many cities and some fans around them have come to cheer for the team.

The name of Villarreal's home court is also very interesting. "Love Song Stadium" sounds like a name given by a person full of romanticism.

In fact, Villarreal is a team full of inspirationality. It has fallen all the way from the C League. After decades of hard work, it finally reached the A League and participated in the League Cup. It also has the opportunity to compete for the Champions League this season. This should be the spring of **Silk.

They do not have the glorious past of Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid can win the La Liga championship, and their historical results are only ranked third after Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Moreover, Atletico Madrid has many big-name stars, and Villarreal relies on their small transfer funds to maintain its existing lineup.

Moreover, Villarreal is investing based on the team's performance, just like Riquelme, who joined Villarreal this season, joined the team on loan.

If Villarreal wants to buy out Riquelme, the team needs to enter the Champions League, so that there will be huge broadcast dividends, and then Villarreal can buy out Riquelme.

You should know that Riquelme's transfer fee is only about 10 million euros, and even the Villarreal team can't pay out this amount of money.

They should also be said to be the sorrow of the small club, and Villarreal City has a total population of only 40,000 cities. Although many people will support the club when the club has achieved great results at this time.

But this is not a long-term solution after all. If the club can perform stably, it must have a good economic foundation, because money is the way to survive in football.

And for Villarreal, who has no rich boss, obviously does not have this. They cannot buy players like Atletico Madrid.

"The sound insulation facilities of this stadium don't seem to be very good. I have heard the shouts of fans outside the court." Atletico Madrid came to the team's locker room, and Mark said to Torres beside him.

"This is the case for the small club. Their conditions are not very good." Torres also spread his hands and said helplessly.

After all, Torres is not an official of the Spanish Football Association. He cannot make any improvements to the Villarreal's locker room. He is just a player, but he just comes here to play a very normal league game.

"Why are you called Love Song Stadium here?" Mark asked at Torres with some curiosity.

"Maybe it's because their stadium is close to the Mediterranean," Torres said casually. In fact, he didn't understand why he called that.

In fact, the El Madrid stadium of Villarreal is the love song stadium in Spanish. It is because their stadium is five kilometers away from the Mediterranean, so in the spirit of romanticism, the stadium was renamed the Love Song stadium the second year after its completion. Previously, the stadium was called Villarreal Campo.

"Okay, the previous tactics have been almost done." Cooper sat at the final arrangement at the players: "We came to the Love Song Stadium to get points for the game and defeated them with our defensive counterattacks. Even if we waste nine of our ten offensive opportunities, as long as we seize one opportunity, the victory belongs to us."

"I know everyone was very tired in the last game, but this is a critical period in the league. As long as we can grit our teeth and hold on, we will have a satisfying harvest after the season ends," Cooper continued.

"Come on, Madrid" "Madrid, it's a must-win" the players shouted and rushed out of the locker room, and then prepared to play. As soon as the players from both sides walked into the stadium, the fans of Villarreal in the entire Love Song Stadium also burst into thunderous applause.

This is the encouragement and praise of the heroic teams they think, but Mark looked up and found that the attendance rate of the entire Love Song Stadium was not too high, and the performance of about 10,000 people was only 80% of the attendance rate.

"Doesn't romantic people like to watch football? Love Song Stadium, let me prove the strength of Madrid?"
Chapter completed!