In the end, Argentina failed to equalize the score in the remaining five minutes and dragged the game into a penalty kick.

Messi won a free kick at the last moment, but the free kick he took flew high into the stands.

The referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, and the German team won the World Cup for the fourth time in history. Messi once again passed by the World Championships championship.

This is the closest he has to the World Cup.

When the awards were presented after the game, the runner-up Argentine player came on stage to receive the award first. When Messi was passing the World Cup, he leaned over and stared at the scene of Hercules' Golden Cup, which made people feel sad and heartbroken.

Giovanni Simone was in a bad mood for this for a day.

But his dad, Diego Simone, did not let emotions get entangled in such things for too long.

Or Diego Simeone was not very sad at first, Atletico Madrid finally won Gao Zheng, and the happiness of this incident diluted the sadness of Argentina's missed the World Cup championship.

After the World Cup final, he simply comforted his son, picked up his phone and went to the yard again.

He wants to call Gao Zheng.

In fact, he wanted to call Gao Zheng very early, but because he was worried that his competitors would sue them for private contact with the players, he kept enduring it.

Now that Atletico Madrid has signed Gao Zheng, there is no need to worry about calling him again.

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Gao Zheng just learned from his agent that he and Atletico Madrid club have reached an agreement on personal contract treatment. As long as he passes the physical examination, he will become an Atletico Madrid player.

He was a little sad and sighed at the magic of fate. Last season, his opponent with Sampdoria was Atletico Madrid. Although he performed well on the away game and scored three goals, he still couldn't help the team defeat Atletico Madrid. He watched Atletico Madrid eliminate them and reached the finals all the way.

If it was Sampdoria who beat Atletico Madrid at that time, would Sampdoria reach the Champions League final? Just like the last time they reached the Champions League?

At that time, the two sides were fierce opponents, but now they have transformed themselves and are going to be teammates with them.

"...I wonder if the Atletico Madrid players welcome me. Will they hold grudges?" Gao Zheng asked his agent Viviano.

"Professional players should not be like this. Everyone knows that yesterday was the opponent, and tomorrow might be the teammate. Yesterday was the teammate, and tomorrow might be the opponent, which is normal." Viviano comforted.

"But Atletico Madrid's team is different. Isn't it nicknamed "Bandit Army"? And their head coach Simeone is a very controversial person..."

Viviano laughed: "You're so embarrassed to say that there is controversy. Do you think about the things you did before?"

Gao Zheng curled his lips: "When it comes to Simeone, the first impression I can think of is the fall that he threw Beckham into a dark game at the French World Cup..."

"When they fought with Sampdoria last season, they could have praised you crazily. This made many people think that Simeone is your coach, but they didn't expect...hey, it's really a reality!"

The two were chatting when Gao Zheng's cell phone suddenly rang. He looked down and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

Gao Zheng hesitated for a while and then answered: "Hey? I am Gao Zheng, who is you?"

Seeing this, Viviano shut up and quietly watched Gao Zheng answer the phone. As a result, he soon saw Gao Zheng's expression becoming very strange.

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"Hi, Gao! Guess who I am? Oh no, forget it, I'll tell you, I'm Diego Simone who is about to become your head coach!"

When Gao Zheng heard this sentence, his expression suddenly became exciting.

He has also been involved in some coaches, but none of them are like Diego Simone.

"I suddenly called you because I was eager to tell you: Welcome to Atletico Madrid, you will fall in love with it, I promise you! Yes, if we hadn't been able to contact the players privately before, I would have wanted to call you and advise you to join Atletico Madrid, especially when I heard you say your goal is to beat Real Madrid, hahaha!"

Simeone didn't wait for Gao Zheng to speak, and started talking on the phone.

Although Gao Zheng did not see the coach, he could tell how happy Simeone was now, and he must have a smile on his face through the ups and downs of his voice.

However, Gao Zheng decided to tell Simeone the truth. After all, he welcomed him so enthusiastically, so he should be more frank.

So he said: "Uh, Mr. Simeone. Actually, my goal is to challenge Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi..."

Simeone was stunned when she heard Gao Zheng say this. The other end of the phone was silent for about two seconds, and then his laughter rang again: "You are more apt than I imagined! Then you should join our team! Last season, we beat Real Madrid and Barcelona in the league and won the league championship. Only by coming to us can you achieve your two goals at the same time!"

Gao Zheng thinks what Simeone said makes sense. If you want to challenge the two superstars, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, then nothing is more convenient than joining Atletico Madrid. Joining the giant teams in other leagues, he certainly has the opportunity to meet Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League, but this kind of encounter is not fixed and the chance is not high.

Only by joining the La Liga team can you have the opportunity to play against these two superstars every year. Looking at all La Liga teams, only Atletico Madrid has the ability and possibility to challenge Real Madrid and Barcelona's "Two Super League"...

Joining Atletico Madrid was not in his initial plan. But by chance, it has become the most suitable choice now.

Thinking of this, Gao Zheng was much less worried about transferring to a new team.

Simeone did not talk to Gao Zheng on the phone and told him how good Atletico Madrid is, but agreed to meet in Spain. At that time, he would introduce the team to Gao Zheng.

He also told Gao Zheng that he had any difficulties in the new environment and could tell him that he would help solve them.

Finally, he suggested that Gao Zheng should learn Spanish from now on. Language is very, very important for professional players. Because language is not only a tool for communication, but also an important tool to help players become familiar with and integrate into the new environment.

Gao Zheng also considered this.

He just communicated with Simeone in Italian. Diego Simeone played for Inter Milan and Lazio for seven seasons, and speaking Italian was not a difficult task for him.

But in the Spanish team of Atletico Madrid, Spanish is the mainstream language. If Gao Zheng is proficient in Italian there, there will be no use, and Gao Zheng can only know some fur in English.

So language is indeed the first problem he needs to solve and is also the top priority.

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After hanging up the phone, Viviano asked: "Is it the call from the head coach of Atletico Madrid?"

In fact, he had heard Gao Zheng call the other party "Mr. Simeone", but he still wanted to confirm it.

Gao Zheng nodded: "Yes, Diego Simeone, the head coach of Atletico Madrid."

Viviano laughed: "What an interesting head coach... It sounds like he can't wait for you to go to Madrid."

"I think since this matter has been confirmed, we might as well go to Madrid early. There are still many things waiting for me there. Find a house to live in, find a language teacher, be familiar with the new environment, new teammates, and new football style..." Gao Zheng said.

Everything before him is brand new and unknown, and it is a brand new adventure.

The Genoese Columbus set out from here and finally got support in Spain, embarked on a voyage to India, and finally discovered a new world and became famous in history.

Five hundred and sixty-four years ago, when the Genoese stood at the bow of the boat and looked into the distance, were they the same state of mind as Gao Zheng now and were full of expectations for the unknown distance?
Chapter completed!