1294 Can't survive the winter break
"Rookie combination?"
When Yang Yang followed Real Madrid to play a warm-up match from Australia and moved to Guangzhou, China, and was interviewed by Alvaro Rosa, a reporter of Ass team in a hotel. After hearing the criticism from the Daily Sports News, he couldn't help laughing.
"I think he is right. We are indeed rookies." Yang Yang replied with a smile, not caring about it at all.
Alvaro Rosa couldn't help but smile. There were indeed many criticisms from the outside world, and there were also loud voices criticizing Real Madrid for its sluggish state. But in fact, within Real Madrid, they were mentally prepared for this, and many players' complaints were understandable.
For example, many media reported that Real Madrid players are criticizing the coaching staff for their pre-season training. This is true and is allowed by the club, because making players complain is also a channel to vent their emotions, but the premise is that it cannot affect the unity within the locker room.
What's more, many players' remarks were in the early stages of training, and the training at that time was indeed too hard.
As a team reporter, Alvaro Rosa has personally experienced a change in the mentality of Real Madrid players.
Let me put it this way, if he went to the team to conduct a questionnaire for first-team players, most players would probably still criticize Pentus' training, but if they were asked to choose by themselves, they would probably still choose to obey the coaching staff arrangements.
The reason is very simple, they have personally seen the ability of Pintus.
In the words of Yang Yang motivating his teammates on the training ground, "We are embarrassed to say that we can't do anything that a 53-year-old man can do?"
The answer is, no, you can't admit that you can't do it even if you beat it to death.
All professional players are bloody and have strong competitive spirit. They must not allow themselves to be inferior to a fifty-three-year-old man, so everyone is holding on to their strength and want to prove that they are not bad.
This is probably something that even Pingtus himself did not expect.
But these are not possible in the media, at least not in the short term.
"Yang, are you not going to say anything?" Alvaro Rosa asked with a frown.
As a reporter, he also needs to submit a job.
Yang Yang understood and thought for a while and said, "I think they are right. Zidane and I are indeed both rookie coaches. I have no coaching experience before, and Zidane is the first time he is on his own. It is really easy for us to mess up the two rookies."
After pausing, Yang Yang changed the subject, "But we Chinese also have a saying, don't bully young people poor, which means that you should not bully young people because they are poor, because they may not be able to be in the future. Once they develop, they will soar into the sky."
"Just like Zidane, we are rookies, but we are all young and we have not proved ourselves yet. I hope that all those who accuse and criticize us should at least wait until we really coach this season before we can judge our merits and demerits, right?"
Alvaro Rosa nodded constantly, Yang Yang was right, but the problem was...
"Now, many people outside are worried that you will not be able to last the winter break."
"Ah?" Yang Yang was a little surprised, "It won't be so miserable, right? We were asked to get rid of get out of class as soon as he took office?" Then, he couldn't help laughing again.
"It's really so miserable. Among the odds of the three major bookmakers, the odds of being dismissed before the winter break are very high, especially after two warm-up matches. The key is that these two games are really too unorganized and a mess."
Yang Yang could only smile bitterly.
The first game was tied with Roma by zero, and the second game was 2-1 against Manchester City. The previous game was defeated by penalty kick. Real Madrid did perform badly in the whole game, and the second game was equally bad, but Isco shone with one pass and one shot. Manchester City had the advantage in the whole game, but they lacked the opportunity. Courtois and Navas performed very well.
This summer, Real Madrid has been associated with Pogba, which has caused great pressure on Isco. The Spanish local midfielder started pre-season training very early, so he is now also the best player in the team.
It can be said that there is nothing worth saying except for losing two goals Isco created in the second game.
In this case, it is normal for external media and fans to be pessimistic.
Besides, hasn’t the media always been like this?
A heaven, a hell.
"Then we can only wait and see if we can last until the winter break." Yang Yang laughed.
He himself is full of confidence because he knows the team's situation very well and understands Real Madrid's strength.
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After Real Madrid arrived in Guangzhou, they ushered in a warm-up match and encountered Inter Milan.
Both teams were training in pre-season and were not in good condition, but Real Madrid players' personal abilities were obviously stronger, so in the first half, Di Maria moved to the left side, Marcelo passed the right side of the penalty area, Hesse stopped the ball and dunked over Murillo, and made a shot with his left foot.
This is Hersey's first goal scored for Real Madrid since training camp this season.
After the second half of the game, Real Madrid and Inter Milan also had large rotations, among which Real Madrid replaced eleven players in one breath, and the coaching staff obviously did not take the warm-up match to heart.
The main purpose of the warm-up match is to warm up, which is to run-in, and to examine every player.
If you even pursue results in warm-up matches, is it still a warm-up match?
In the 57th minute, Casemiro, who replaced Mascherano, successfully counterattacked in the frontcourt, sent a straight pass. Vasquez made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Varane volleyed and hit a 2-0 shot.
James Rodriguez then scored a direct free kick to expand the score for Real Madrid.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Inter Milan 3-0 with goals from Hesse, Varane and James Rodriguez.
Judging from the performance of the entire game, Real Madrid's overall strength is still above Inter Milan, and its performance is relatively stable, but it can also be seen that many players are in poor condition.
Among them, Yang Yang has not performed in three consecutive warm-up matches, with zero goals and zero assists, and the same is true for Suarez, Hazard, David Silva and others, which also makes the outside world very worried, especially Yang Yang.
Everyone knows the importance of Yang Yang to Real Madrid, and his downturn also makes many people worry.
However, the good news is that after playing Inter Milan, Real Madrid, far away in Madrid, officially announced that the contract renewal of Ramos was successful. By 2020, Ramos' annual salary will increase to 9 million euros, becoming Real Madrid's second echelon.
Yang Yang is the only one in the first echelon, and he still has the highest annual salary in the world so far.
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After the warm-up match in Guangzhou, Real Madrid flew to Shanghai non-stop.
Yang Yang and Real Madrid Chairman Florentino attended the meeting of senior officials in Shanghai and presented Yang Yang with a No. 11 jersey. Yang Yang had met senior officials at this year's Lawrence Awards Conference, and there were more topics to talk about when they exchanged.
However, this warm-up match in Shanghai was not ideal.
Real Madrid encountered AC Milan, and the two sides once again played to zero. Real Madrid was silent in the whole game, Yang Yang still did not make any contribution, and his performance was still as sluggish as ever.
Finally, after eleven rounds of penalty shootouts, Real Madrid defeated AC Milan 10-9.
In the four warm-up matches, Real Madrid's performance was unsatisfactory, and the outside world's expectations for Real Madrid's new season also fell sharply.
Many media are pessimistic about rookie combinations like Zidanega and Yang Yang, believing that they are indeed good at playing football, but coaching is another matter, especially Yang Yang, whose performance has been sluggish so far this season. Many media believe that it is affected by the position of assistant coach, which has caused him to be distracted.
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After playing the warm-up match in Shanghai, Real Madrid made a special trip to Beijing to attend an event.
This event is very special because it is not a commercial event, but the opening ceremony of Yang Yang's personal museum.
From buying land in Yangyang to building a personal museum, to opening it now, it has always attracted the attention of fans across the country and even the world. Everyone is very curious about what kind of museum this would be?
Real Madrid also gave Yang Yang enough face. The whole team flew from Shanghai to Beijing to attend Yang Yang's opening ceremony.
As the name suggests, the museum's collections are all Yang Yang's personal honors, trophies or some memorable things, such as some of his classic football goals, or the nets used for games he was attacked.
There are also some collections with great memorial value, such as the signature jerseys that Yang Yang asked for with Real Madrid superstars during the Ajax period, as well as the jerseys that Yang Yang had exchanged with his opponents over the years, were all placed in this museum, which is dazzling and can definitely make fans who love football and Yang Yang return home with a full load.
In addition to Yang Yang's things, there are also some masterpieces of other masters in the museum, but the exhibits are all centered around Yang Yang.
For example, at the entrance, there is a real wax figure of Yang Yang to one, which is more realistic than Yang Yang’s wax figure in Madame Tussauds. Yang Yang personally invited the most skilled master in the famous Madrid wax figure to tailor it for him, and even his expression was lifelike.
But unlike in Madrid and Madame Tussauds, this time Yang Yang was wearing the Chinese national team jersey.
Due to the arrival of the Real Madrid team, the opening ceremony attracted media and reporters from all over the world. Yang Yang also rarely accepted interviews from media reporters, saying that his museum was not for profit, so the ticket price was very common.
As for the rumors about the distractions of being in both positions, Yang Yang smiled and said that this was not the case.
"Of course, as a player, I can only speak on the court, but I have to clarify one thing. In fact, my main focus is on playing football. From the training camp to now, I have been trying to adjust my state. I was only 29 years old in October. It is too early to talk about transformation and becoming a coach, and I don't have this idea."
Chapter completed!