Why is Atletico Madrid so good? Did it cost a lot of money to bring in the stars?

Athletico Madrid's performance soared, not only the money spent on the introduction of the star, analyzed several factors:

A, Atletico's magician - Simeone

2013-2014 season, Atletico Madrid is like a team of gods and goddesses, instantly breaking the inherent double-hegemony of the La Liga league. In the 12-13 season, Atletico finished 3rd in La Liga, but trailed champions Barcelona by as many as 24 points. In the 2013-2014 season, Atletico won the title. In recent years, Atletico has been trying to improve its game, and although it has continued to sell its top players, the team has maintained a stable technical and tactical style of play, and the real brain and magician of Atletico is head coach Simeone.

Simone's strategizing on the sidelines stems from his dedication and meticulousness outside the game. Atletico's training usually starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 13. But after the end of the training, Simeone and the coaching staff also have to watch the game video from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm. Simeone every training session is to do their own plan, at least four pages full of paper, very detailed. From the beginning of training, he kept talking until the end. In this way, to instill their tactical requirements to each player.

Two, atypical La Liga teams - love to fight to win

At the end of the season, the team data rankings, Atletico conceded the fewest goals (25), while Barcelona and Real Madrid than the Bedlam Army more than 7 and 12, respectively. In terms of total number of tackles, Atletico topped the list with 898. Atletico's average ball control rate is only 49.25%, less than 50% ranked in the middle of the table. But these figures reflect the tactical style of today's Atletico.

In Simeone's tactical system, the team emphasizes on the whole, taking tactics as the starting point, and not relying too much on one player, even if the front-line arrow Costa is out of action due to injury, the team can still rely on the tenacious defense and the overall strength of the other players, as evidenced by defeating the unstoppable Barcelona at home. On the other hand, Simeone focuses on giving the players a "sense of ownership", so that the players are competing to be the NO.1 on the field.

And embodied in the stadium, Atletico Madrid is a team that runs in the right direction, but can't run dead. Atletico emphasizes defense, the importance of interceptions blocking, rather than surrender possession, will focus on counterattacks, and concise and efficient style suddenly let the Western and even European opponents very uncomfortable. Atletico is undefeated against Barcelona this season, and beat Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals. Although they gave up possession in the game, the Bedlam Army actually mastered the rhythm of the game.

Three, a strong blood production function -- striker God endless

In Simeone's cultivation, now many of Atletico's young talents have become the attraction target of the European giants. Godin is known for his dominance in the backline in La Liga, and has taken over from Lugano in the national team, becoming the new core of the Uruguayan backline; Koke has all but become a regular candidate for Vicente del Bosque, while Turan is the centerpiece of the Turkish national team's midfield.

What amazes the world most is Atletico's ability to produce top-class strikers, and in the last 10 years, the best strikers have emerged from Atletico like a wellspring. Vieri, Torres, Aguero, Fran, Falcao, Costa ...... Behind these world-class strikers are branded with the words "Made in Atletico Madrid". And Prince Raul of the Bernabeu, golden boy Fernando Torres and now Costa are the best examples of those who have gone from Atletico's youth camp to the top stars.

Since the 1990s, Atletico have not only been able to produce their own great strikers, but have also been able to sell at a high price and buy at a low price to maintain their competitiveness in the forward line. In the past 17 years, Atletico Madrid a **** invested in 17 forward players, of which only 7 sold at a loss, a total investment of 193 million euros, while the income is up to 264 million euros.