Today is the 119th anniversary of atletico Madrid, and we hope to look back on the ups and downs of the past century through some stories...
The ni or
Being watched by Atletico fans all the way up is also a unique experience, "El ni o" is more like the highest praise in the mouths of the grumpy uncles who shout and kill at every turn, the tone is affectionate and warm, and there is a little clumsy tenderness hidden in the rough voice.
Translated as The Holy Child has the suspicion of over-glorification, "that child" can best reflect the simple care of Atletico fans, Fernando. Torres is the luckiest one, after all, not all the protagonists of the story can have a good ending, and Enrique Corral is the first.
The legendary star of the 50s signed his first professional contract with Atletico Madrid at the age of 18, has been loaned out to complete his studies and has performed phenomenally in both the third and second divisions, and when he officially returned to Atletico, just as the team fell into the relegation zone, the lively and cheerful young man was like a breeze that soon brought new hope to the frustrated fans of the Met, and about 50 years later, when another boy, Fernando Lopez, was on the verge of a new career in the Relegation Zone. When Torres appeared in front of the Die-Hards stand of the Legion of Sheets, the same feeling spread throughout Calderon.
Our home stadium
At the Mets, we finally have the glory of Atletico, where we have won the La Liga title trophy five times on this field that we have been fighting for 43 years. Needless to say, our new home, the Wanda Metropolis, also has the intention of paying tribute to the old home.
The pearl of the Manzanares River, the Vicente Calderon Stadium, the sacred place in the heart of every Atletico. It carries the glory of Atletico from the trough to the rise, and has also experienced the pain of sinking and frustration. It connects reality and ideals, past and future, and the path of redemption from the Obelisk of the Pyramids to the metamorphosis of Peineta, and from the dilapidated neighborhoods of southern Madrid to the highest temple in Europe. It is difficult for me to describe in words the feelings of Atletico fans for Calderon, because the story that happened on this field has a magnificence and grandeur than the medieval epic.
In 2017, we put up the largest flag in the entire Community of Madrid on the edge of the city of Madrid, and the club officially moved into the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. From the moment Atletico players stepped on the turf, from the moment Simeone stood on the sidelines and strategized, from the moment the fans gave their first cheers here on September 16, we all know that the will to fight and the fighting spirit that have been passed down from generation to generation will continue here. We have long understood that where there are Atletico people, it is home.
The trophy of the champion
In 1940, Atletico lifted the league title trophy for the first time at the Metropolitano. Atletico didn't have to wait long for their next ascent. The following year, the Rosso's and Ross successfully defended the league title, ushering in the first golden age in the club's history. Over the next two decades, Atletico won four league titles, three Copa del Rey and one European Cup Winners' Cup.
In the 1995/96 season, Atletico Madrid won the league championship after a gap of 19 years. I never imagined that the next time I won the top of La Liga would be after a long 18 years. In the 2013/14 season, Atletico fought until the last moment of the last round of the league to finally bring home the tenth La Liga title in the club's history. And this was followed by a seven-year hibernation. Last May, it was the final round, and together we witnessed the team win the championship on the road. Back in Madrid, Poseidon Square naturally becomes a sea of red and white, and the eleventh La Liga trophy is dedicated to every Atletico who insists.
11 La Liga titles, 10 Copa del Rey, 2 Spanish Super Cups and 3 Europa League titles. We don't need to deliberately remember these numbers, because the stories and memories behind the numbers are the most precious. In the long years of 119 years, more often we are searching up and down, asking for it, and starting over. We will favor the glory of champions, and even on days without coronation, Atletico are heroes in life.
Leader
Aragonés and Simeone each customized two of the most glorious eras in the club's history, and if becoming a Atletico fan is already the embodiment of some level of difficulty, then leading this team in a nightmare tragic fate of ups and downs to glory is like standing in front of the fog gate of the final boss, with near-perfect requirements for the attributes of personal ability and will. It is difficult to imagine an old man with gray hair in the training ground who is more than half a hundred years old, his voice soaring through three wire meshes, most of the time he is cursing with a calm face, mixed with typical Spanish foul language, he never skimps on his cruelty and toughness to young players, because his team does not need soft eggs and provocatives, he will knock on Futre's door at three o'clock in the morning on the eve of derby, just to awaken the players' inner sleeping morale The next day, give the opponent in the same city the most fatal blow.
"Only football makes me forget my own soft romanticism."
So the hardness and fortitude were thoroughly rubbed into the blood of Atletico Madrid, and it was replaced by a new generation of iron-blooded standard-bearer Diego. Simone inherited and carried forward perfectly. Aragonés gave Atletico Madrid the accumulation of the spiritual core, Simeone made this gradually formed stone-like will shine, the world says that Atletico Madrid is the miracle of the bottom team against the powerful, but the most ideal heroism should never be a short-lived lament, this land is always willing to be remembered by generations of people, willing to praise, La Liga champions and Champions League finals are not miracles, after struggling in despair, there are still countless stubborn souls to inherit the red and white will to fight, rather than getting used to success, Having nothing after failure, this backbone that makes us richer when we fail is a miracle.
119 years of love, 119 years of passion, 119 years of fearless struggle, 119 years of red and white hearts from 1903 to 2022, from 2022 to forever...