Chapter 728: Real **** court

Atletico Madrid arrived in the capital of Kazakhstan the day before the game against Astana.
Obviously Simone does not expect any team to adapt to the venue and local climate, and he did not report much hope and expectation for this away game. After seven hours on the plane and suffering from a pain in his ass, Simeone felt that as long as the team did not lose, it would be a good result.
Domestic media dedicated to Kazakhstan are waiting at the airport, waiting for the Atletico Madrid players to arrive.
It seems that they are normal news reports, but every Kazakhstan reporter looks forward to seeing something different from the face of Atletico Madrid players.
Sure enough, when the Atletico Madrid players appeared in front of them, almost everyone looked tired and ugly. They curled their necks and squatted, hurried past the Kazakhstan reporters and boarded the bus.
There are no Atletico Madrid fans here to welcome them and cheer for them.
For the ordinary Atletico Madrid fans, Kazakhstan in the hinterland of Asia is too far away, the air tickets are expensive, the accommodation is expensive, and the journey is tiring, which makes them daunting, and no one comes with the team at all.
At that time, Atletico Madrid will face a complete "away" on this stadium, there will be basically no Atletico Madrid fans in the stands.
Seeing Atletico Madrid players with dark circles, vain feet and pale faces, Kazakhstan reporters smiled happily-this is what they want to see at the airport!
Such a team, the labor expedition came to the cold Astana, still want to go back alive?
Wonderful!
Things that were not done at Atletico Madrid home, this time must be done at our home!
The goal is to defeat Atletico Madrid and get the first win in the Champions League in the history of the club and national football!
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The news that Atletico Madrid players arrived in Astana that night appeared on the TV screens of Kazakhstan and Madrid, as well as Chinese fans.
Everyone can see the scene that Kazakhstan reporters saw at the scene.
Newscasters are saying with voiceovers: "Atletico Madrid players are very tired. They did not stay at the airport and did not accept any media interviews. They just boarded the car and went to the hotel. It seems they can't wait to lie down. Sleep on the comfortable mattress..."
In addition to the difficult journey, the Atletico Madrid team encountered a big problem when they arrived in Astana, that is... cold!
The day the Atletico Madrid team arrived in Astana, the local temperature was minus eleven degrees, and every Atlético Madrid player walked out of the plane with a cold shock.
The plane that had been flying for so long made them very uncomfortable, and then encountered the cold current, which is really "extremely worse".
News reports also mentioned this. Spanish TV told the Atletico Madrid fans of the temperature at that time, which caused everyone to sing.
On November 2nd, for Madrid, it was still autumn, and it did not enter the winter. Although the temperature was lower than before, it was also more than ten degrees above zero.
And Astana turned out to be more than ten degrees below zero, and the temperature difference between the two places reached almost thirty degrees. It is really hard to imagine what trouble Atletico Madrid will encounter in the game...
In addition to temperature, the Astana site is another issue.
Because Astana is cold in winter, the local climate is difficult to have a football field with natural turf in winter. Therefore, Astana’s home court is the same as some Russian stadiums. It is artificial turf. Only in this way can it be ensured in winter. Play sports.
It's just that it hurts Atletico Madrid players.
They usually play with natural turf. There is a big difference between the two. The coefficient of friction is different, the foot feel is different, and the feeling is completely different.
Professional players are very sensitive to the field.
In the past, Chinese fans had a sarcasm for the national football team, saying that the turf is not good, so it is not playing well. This is to satiate that the Chinese team is not looking for reasons for themselves, only knowing to shirk their responsibilities. In a sense, they are ironic, but from another perspective, "the turf is not good enough to play well" is indeed scientifically justified.
It is not just a problem for Chinese players to adapt to artificial turf. European professional players have similar problems.
Therefore, on the night of the arrival in Astana, when the Atletico Madrid team came to Astana to adapt to the venue, the Atletico Madrid coaching staff was very serious and asked everyone to take this training for adaptation to the venue seriously.
They didn't come a few days in advance, so they only had the opportunity to adapt to the field this time. If they can't get used to artificial turf this time, the ghost knows what will happen in the game.
Take the tackle, a common action in the game.
There is no problem in making it on natural turf, it is smooth and natural, and there is no harm.
But sliding the shovel on the artificial grass is a torment for every player who tackles the ball. The friction of the turf made of plastic is very large. In addition to the black rubber particles, the player will rub against the turf during the tackle. High temperatures can cause players to be "burned". Moreover, due to insufficient friction, the player’s knee ligaments may also be overloaded.
The intensity of this training course adapted to the venue is no less than a regular game.
Every player was covered with white steam in the end, as if they had just come out of the bathhouse.
The assistant coach Boggs, who was wearing a thick down jacket and wrapped himself into a big fat man, frowned, revealing a deep melancholy expression.
Simeon, who was also wearing a thick suit, persuaded him: "Want to start,'Professor'." You have to think so. Fortunately, the final round of our group stage is to play Benfica away, not Astana, otherwise it is true. It's terrible."
The final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage is on December 8. A month later than now, the temperature will definitely be lower than now, maybe it will be snowing down.
It will definitely be a torment for Atletico Madrid to play in that environment. Gal Samasa’s Ali Samyan Stadium is not a stadium, but the Astana Arena is the real hell.
After listening to Simone's words, Boggs looked up at the sky and thought about it. It seems that this is really the case.
"But the luckiest thing is the Turks. They came here in September. It must haven't been so cold by then!" Boggs sighed.
"Just like that, they still didn't win. We can't take it lightly, this away game will be very, very...not easy to play."
Simone used three "unusual" signs to show how difficult the game was.
Boggs stared at the players who were still training on the court, and nodded solemnly in agreement.
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