Chapter 361: Summer Training Camp (Part 2)

Although I have never won the Golden Globe Award or World Footballer, although I have not won any team honors in the national team...

But the top scorer in La Liga twice, the top scorer in the Champions League three times, the best striker selected by UEFA three times, the record holder in the Champions League...

From 1994 to 2010, nearly a thousand games in various competitions, more than 400 goals...

There is no doubt that Raul Gonzalez is a superstar in the absolute sense, even if he has Butragueno, Figo, Zidane, Beckham, Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Kaka, But he is still the most popular one at the Bernabéu.

Raul chose Schalke 04 as the next stop of his career. This news has greatly shocked the Bundesliga. Even Hoeness has to admit that Schalke 04 has an extremely glorious resume and reputation. Superstar... In his eyes, Sun Wu is not yet a superstar.

Once in the locker room of the Bernabéu as the host to welcome and send away superstars, Raul who became the guest this time is very fresh. His approachable attitude, elegant and polite demeanor made him quickly become the focus of the team. Drax Ledu became his fanboy, and he insisted on partnering with Raul in training.

Raul does not know everyone in the team, such as former Real Madrid teammate Metzelder who came to Schalke 04 a month earlier than him, and Best who knew him through Ronaldo.

With this relationship, Sun Wu and Raul immediately became acquainted. Sun Wu introduced his teammates to Raul one by one. At this time, the teammates who participated in the World Cup returned to the team one after another.

Next, Raul fully understood why these teammates looked like they did before. On the first day of training, Raul felt that he had more sweat left on his body than in the previous three years. No wonder everyone looked like they were dying...

But Magath treats everyone equally, not to mention Raul, even the players who have just returned to the team must complete all training subjects on time and according to the amount.

That night, Cavani complained wildly on the phone with Suarez. These two guys threw themselves into the well!

...

Hold a 10kg medicine ball between each arm to do squats, and there are five sets of ten reps in each set. Raul wants to die...

Pulling up Raul who was paralyzed on the lawn and walking a few steps, Sun Wu asked with a smile, "Have you never touched a medicine ball in training before?"

Raul wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Well, the head coach of Real Madrid...no one pays special attention to physical training, uh, except Capello."

"So he was kicked out after winning the championship twice." Sun Wu curled his lips, "Real Madrid are all artists who play the piano, and this is the territory of the miners!"

"Understood, there was a fan representative who gave me a piece of coal on the day of the signing."

"It was the same on the day I signed the contract... hey, it's your turn!" Sun Wu pointed to the physiotherapy room, where he would soak in an ice bucket after daily physical training, which is said to effectively eliminate lactic acid in the muscles.

After sitting there for a few minutes, Sun Wu got up and walked to Magath's temporary office.

"Felix, are you free now?"

"Well, sit down." Magath stood in front of the tactical board, fiddling with the blue and white chess pieces on it.

Sun Wu closed the door, didn't sit down and walked over, and said after a while: "If Heike's position is good, then last season's central defender's main partner is not here..."

In the German Cup final two months ago, after Matip was injured and Westerman made a temporary cameo as a midfielder and performed well, Magath pondered to fix the captain in the midfielder position.

The pair of Westermann and Bordon were dismantled, and Bordon has gone to his home team Sao Paulo to retire. In this way, without the main central defender from last season, it is likely to cause various mistakes due to lack of tacit understanding.

In these warm-up matches, Magath successively tested Matip and Hewedes, Metzelder and Matip, Hewedes and Metzelder...

Metzelder was a well-known talented central defender in Germany back then, and he was also trained by Dortmund, Schalke 04's rival. The media called him "Korer II",

This is a very high evaluation. You must know that "Iron Sticking Plaster" Koller is a top defender who has given Basten and Gullit headaches.

But Metzelder was in a terrible situation after going to Real Madrid. He played less than 20 times in three seasons, and a considerable part of them came off the bench...

Metzelder once stayed briefly in the Schalke 04 youth training camp, so he chose Schalke 04 as the last stop of his career. He is already 30 years old this year.

Although there is not a lot of game video analysis about Metzelder, through the observation of these warm-up matches, Sun Wu feels that the ability of this 190cm German central defender is still top-notch in this Schalke 04 team.

"Metzelder and Hewedes?" Sun Wu asked tentatively.

Magath turned to look at Sun Wu, "Why?"

"Herwedes' height is fatal, at least one of Metzelder and Matip is on the field, and Matip lacks experience, and he can be a substitute for Westerman."

Magath asked with interest: "Why can't it be Metzelder and Matip?"

"Where is Hewedes going?"

"He's been playing left-back for two years."

Sun Wu shook his head and said with a smile: "Felix, are you testing me?"

Magath shrugged and signaled to continue.

"Well, Hewedes actually did a good job on the wing, but the problem is that his assist ability is too poor, and he has an inverted foot. Not every full-back is Philip Lahm." Sun Wu said slowly: "Actually Schalke 04's wing attack has been mainly relying on Farfan and Pekarik on the right, Holtby is more suitable to play as a midfielder, and Draxler has a good breakthrough ability, but not fast enough."

Magath smiled and shook his head, "Best, these have always existed last season, not a reason."

Sun Wu turned pale with shock, "Felikos, you have worked so hard to take over Metzelder. Would you let Raul Gonzalez play as a substitute?"

Magath couldn't help laughing.

This laughter has already admitted the correctness of Sun Wu's thinking.

Judging from the situation in several warm-up matches, Raul is not considered an outstanding center forward. Even if he appears in the penalty area, he often finds a space and kicks quickly through dexterous running positions. Of course, even when he is at the Bernabéu Stadium In the brightest time, he also had a high center forward like Morientes in front of him as a cover.

Although Magath kept making personnel adjustments during the warm-up match, he has roughly maintained the 433 position. If Raul does not appear in the center position, he can only play as a winger or a midfielder.

But Raul, who is 33 years old this year, is not enough in terms of physical strength, speed, and explosive power to make him qualified for the position of winger. What's more, in Magath's tactical thinking, the two formations of 4213 and 4231 will be interchanged, and the winger will play. No, let alone winger.

The front midfielder is also unrealistic. Schalke 04 does not have an orthodox front midfielder position. Although Sun Wu is always the 1, the position is not fixed, and Rakitic will also frequently assume the position.

Both Magath and Sun Wu believe that Raul should appear behind Cavani to play as the second striker, with a slightly shifted position, flexible movement and not fixed on one side, just as Farfan has often played since the end of last season. Change positions on the side, so that the variables of the frontcourt attack will be greatly improved.

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