One advantage of a mature team is stability.

Players and coaches are familiar with each other. Since the pre-season training camp, everyone knows what they should do and what extent they should do, and they all know each other's minds.

For example, this year Real Madrid is already the third season for Penttus to come to the team. Everyone knows what this bald guy is. Therefore, even if he trained the team during the training camp in the United States, everyone will not have much objection. Even Mbappe and Teo Hernandez, two new players, know the reason from their teammates.

After the team set out for the United States, Real Madrid also received a new player, namely the celebrity Raul.

When Raul left the team, he was questioned a lot, and rumors such as ball bullying and cancer were heard everywhere. At the same time, many people were very dissatisfied with Florentino's practice of cleaning up Raul and Guti, believing that Real Madrid lacked humanity.

But by now, both Raul and Guti have returned to the team one after another. Raul is temporarily the assistant to the general manager, sitting next to Butragno, but he will learn to become a head coach and should start with coaching the youth team in the future.

Guti is now coaching for Real Madrid youth team, and Xavi Alonso. He is also studying coaching courses while studying and practicing in Real Madrid youth training camp. In the future, they will all embark on the road of coaching.

Of course, who knows whether it can be successful?

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After two weeks of cruel devil training, Real Madrid ushered in their first warm-up match in late July.

It was exactly the same as in the previous two years. Real Madrid performed very badly in the warm-up match and was completely out of shape. Yang Yang didn't even play and sat in the coach's seat throughout the game.

Real Madrid replaced all the players in the first and second half, but eventually lost to Manchester United in the penalty shootout.

The media didn't talk much about this result, because after the pre-season preparations for the past two seasons, everyone knew that Real Madrid didn't care about the warm-up match at all.

Yang Yang and Zidane's purpose is only to examine the team and adjust their state through warm-up matches. What they really pay attention to is the next European Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup, as well as the official matches in the new season.

As for the warm-up match, even if you lose all or even lose a big game, it doesn't matter.

After the game against Manchester United, what really attracted the attention of the media came from Ass newspaper's interview with Real Madrid's physical fitness coach Pintus. This is the first time that Pintus has accepted the media interview since joining Real Madrid, and a lot of shocking news has been revealed.

For example, Pintus is very satisfied with Mbappe's physical condition and is also satisfied with the results of Real Madrid players' pre-season preparations.

"I arranged a special training program for Yang Yang. He should still be the same as last year and will not play for the game for the time being."

"Yes, it's the original weight loss plan. This summer, Yang Yang will lose another kilogram or two based on last year."

Pingtus's interview was immediately reprinted by media around the world. All fans who care about Yang Yang were extremely concerned because they all wanted to know what Yang Yang was doing now.

But as AS newspaper analyzed, Yang Yang, who is about to be 31, needs to reduce some unnecessary games, just like last season, and exert his strength more in key games.

"Last season's knockout stage, four consecutive knockout rounds of hat tricks undoubtedly proved that Yang Yang's training and the team's use of him were extremely wise."

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Three days later, Real Madrid ushered in another game in the US Division of the International Champions League.

As a result, Real Madrid's condition still did not improve this time, and they lost to Manchester City 1-4 at the Memorial Stadium.

This time I poked the hornet's nest.

Although the media and fans have long anticipated the situation of Real Madrid, they still hope that Real Madrid can perform better, especially when facing Guardiola's Manchester City.

However, Zidane still played in this game with all the lineups in the first and second half. Yang Yang and Modric and other players have never played for even a minute, so it is obvious that they did not take this warm-up match seriously.

The one-to-four defeat made everyone worried, worried that Real Madrid's strength has really declined to this level?

After all, with other teams rushing to sign ups and crazily improving their strength, Real Madrid sold off important substitutes such as Morata, Di Maria and Danilo, and brought in young players like Mbappe.

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If losing to Manchester City made Real Madrid questioned, then losing to Barcelona 2-3 made Real Madrid begin to feel the pressure from the media and fans.

This is still a warm-up match for the International Champions League. Barcelona obviously showed an even better form than Real Madrid, and achieved nearly 65% ​​of the ball possession rate and performed better throughout the game.

Head coach Valverde suppressed Real Madrid in targeted tactics at the beginning. Messi and Rakitic scored two consecutive games to help Barcelona take the lead. Then De Bruyne and Asensio scored two games back, but Pique's header in the second half sealed the victory for Barcelona.

Just like before, Real Madrid still used two lineups in the first and second half, and was more about running-in and inspecting the team.

On the contrary, Barcelona seems to be on the pace of training faster, and they have begun to work together the main lineup.

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As time entered August, Real Madrid ushered in the last game of the US training camp, with star teams in the American Major League, including former European celebrities such as Kaka, Schweiingsteiger, Villa and Jovenko.

The game was very open, and neither side deliberately wanted to win, but more to please the fans on the scene.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated their opponents five to three.

This is also Real Madrid's only warm-up victory in the US training camp.

Yang Yang still sat on the sidelines for ninety minutes, but he was filled with joy.

It was not because he finally won the warm-up match, but because he and his best friend Kaka had a great time before the game.

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While Real Madrid is training in the United States and preparing for the new season, European football has already begun to ignite the war in the new season.

As the runner-up of the Dutch Eredivisie last season, Ajax must participate in the Champions League perimeter qualifiers, start from the third round, and enter the play-offs after winning. Only after two rounds of knockout rounds can Ajax advance to the Champions League group stage.

But in the third round of the perimeter, Ajax met Nice, who ranked third in Ligue 1 last season.

If you are not a fan who is familiar with Ligue 1, your impression of Nice should still be in the middle and lower reaches of Ligue 1 teams. But in fact, Nice has performed very well in Ligue 1 in recent years, ranking fourth and third respectively in the past two seasons.

The team has Super Mario Balotelli and Serry, who last season's All-League member, has also trained 4231 very well, which makes them very competitive in Ligue 1, but in the Europa League last season, they were eliminated at the bottom in the group stage.

This season, Nice has learned from his mistakes and is determined to get a game back in the Champions League. Because they have not been on the stage of the Champions League for nearly 60 years, they are eager to participate in the Champions League, especially in the group stage.

The first leg of the two sides was held at home in Nice, and both teams were all sending their main players.

Balotelli, who was regaining his form in Ligue 1 and becoming more mature and stable, won the home team first in the 32nd minute and took the lead.

Ajax started the second half with Van der Beck winning a game for the team in the 49th minute.

In the first leg, the two sides shook hands and made peace. Ajax scored a away goal and gained an advantage.

After returning to Amsterdam, Ajax was frustrated at the beginning and was hit by Nice in just three minutes and scored a goal, which made Ajax extremely difficult and had to fight back.

In the 26th minute, it was Van der Beck's goal again, which helped Ajax equalize the score one-to-one, but the advantage in the first leg had disappeared, and both sides returned to the same starting line.

In the 55th minute of the second half, Ajax won another goal. With a corner kick opportunity, De Rigt scored a goal for Ajax, helping the team reverse 2-1.

The entire Amsterdam Athletic Stadium was thrilled!

All Ajax fans seemed to see hope for promotion, and they were cheering wildly.

But the good times didn't last long. Just fourteen minutes later, Nice's core Seri passed the ball with his heel, and his teammate Marcel followed and scored a goal for Nice.

Two to two!

Ajax suddenly fell from the clouds full of hope into the abyss of despair.

Although Ajax launched a crazily offensive afterwards, he never broke through Nice's goal.

The tenacious Ligue 1 team defended the score 2-2 to the last second of the game, and never gave Ajax another chance to score.

In the end, Ajax lost the game 1-1 away and 2-2 at home, regretfully, and Nice advanced to the playoffs.

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After the game, the entire Amsterdam Athletic Stadium fell into a dead silence.

Four years!

This year is the fourth year!

Ajax has fallen on the threshold of the Champions League perimeter qualifiers for four years!

The runner-up of the Europa League last season made everyone feel as if they saw hope for Ajax's revival, but now it has all failed.

The higher their expectations were before, the greater their disappointment was now.

Thousands of Ajax fans booed in the stands, dissatisfied with the management because they believed that the current management team was unqualified and at least did not bring the changes they expected to see.

Ajax is still excluded from the Champions League group stage and can only play in shame.

Excellent players sent away one after another, but the team did not show their courage in the transfer market and did not introduce outstanding players, which caused the team to plummet in competitiveness.

Head coach Keisel was under tremendous pressure. He tried to explain that Nice was not weak and had no use.

The whole Netherlands is attacking Ajax.
Chapter completed!