Chapter 1383: New Record High
The 2016 America's Cup started to ignite the flames in early June!
The opener is at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, where the hosts, the United States, take on Colombia.
Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez started the game well and scored a penalty in the 42nd minute as Colombia beat the United States 2-0.
Three days later, in the second match of the group stage, James Rodriguez once again performed bravely, with one pass and one shot, helping Colombia defeat Paraguay 2-1 and advance to the group stage with two consecutive victories.
In the third round of the group stage, James Rodriguez did not start, and Colombia played as a substitute. In the end, they lost to Costa Rica 2-3, and finally advanced to the quarter-finals as the second in the group.
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On June 17, the quarterfinals of the America's Cup.
In the 22nd minute, Murillo made a straight pass from the backcourt, Cardona made a cross pass from the left rib, James Rodriguez broke into the top of the penalty area, and hit a curve ball with his right foot. Drill the bottom right corner of the goal.
This was also the only goal for Colombia in the game.
In the end, with the outstanding performance of James Rodriguez, Colombia beat Peru 1-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.
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Four days later, Colombia met Chile in the Copa America semi-final in Chicago.
James Rodriguez's excellent performance did not bring luck to Colombia, who conceded twice in the opening 10 minutes and scored twice in the 57th minute for midfielder Carlos Sanchez. A yellow card was sent off with a red card.
Afterwards, no matter how tenacious Colombia was, it was ultimately unable to compete against Chile, and finally stopped in the semi-finals.
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With the outstanding performance in the America's Cup, James Rodriguez has also become a favorite in the European transfer market.
What is even more surprising is that during the Copa America, James Rodriguez listed his mansion in Madrid for sale, which made everyone see that he wanted to leave Madrid.
Obviously, the Colombian midfielder is no longer satisfied with Real Madrid's rotation role. He is eager to go to other teams to prove his strength and value, and the closest to James Rodriguez is undoubtedly Manchester United.
James Rodriguez's agent is Mendes, and Manchester United's new coach Mourinho's agent is also Mendes. Manchester United CEO Ed Woodward has a very good relationship with Mendes, which makes everyone It is determined that James Rodriguez's next stop is likely to be Manchester United.
In addition to Manchester United, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in James Rodriguez.
Guardiola replaced Manuel Pellegrini to coach Manchester City. He needs to introduce several players that fit his own tactical style, including James Rodriguez. Manchester City are even more interested in him.
Paris Saint-Germain also wants to get James Rodriguez, but the Colombian midfielder is somewhat resistant to playing in Ligue 1. After all, he came out of Monaco in Ligue 1. Now he hopes to go to the Premier League. Go to a broader platform to prove your strength and value.
But if the transfer to the Premier League fails, it does not rule out the possibility of him returning to Ligue 1 and joining Paris Saint-Germain.
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Real Madrid has remained silent on the transfer of James Rodriguez, but the team quickly passed a contract extension, locking De Bruyne's future in Real Madrid in advance.
Under the recommendation of Yang Yang, Real Madrid officially launched the renewal of De Bruyne's contract. The Belgian midfielder is also determined to prove himself in Real Madrid. He is confident that he can compete with world-class midfielders such as Toni Kroos and Modric. Next, grab more game opportunities, so he signed a five-year long-term contract with Real Madrid.
In addition to De Blau, Casemiro, who performed well last season, also officially renewed his contract with the club.
This Brazilian player who replaced Mascherano and became the team's main midfielder can be said to be Real Madrid's biggest discovery last season.
Following De Bruyne and Casemiro successively means that Real Madrid's transfer operation this summer is still based on consolidating its own strength and tapping internal potential.
But in mid-June, before the start of the European Cup, Real Madrid officially announced that it had signed French midfielder N'Golo Kante from Leicester City at a high price of 40 million euros. It was the official announcement of the transfer.
The joining of Kanter has improved and consolidated Real Madrid's midfield. Everyone can clearly see that Real Madrid will still be extremely strong in the new season, because the midfielder will have both Casemiro and Kanter. , plus midfielders such as David Silva, Modric, Toni Kroos and De Bruyne, Real Madrid is still strong.
In addition to Kanter, Real Madrid also officially announced that it has recalled center Morata from Juventus and local teenager Asensio from the Spaniard. recognition.
After announcing Morata's return, Real Madrid also announced the sale of Jesse to Paris Saint-Germain. For this reason, the Ligue 1 team paid a transfer fee of 25 million euros. Contract, eager to get back to form at Paris Saint-Germain.
After Kanter joined, Mascherano also moved to Juventus for 20 million euros.
After a series of operations, Real Madrid finally completed the transformation of the midfield position. Everyone firmly believes that with the support of Casemiro and Kanter, Real Madrid's position is still solid, even better than last season. even better.
However, there are gains and losses.
After Real Madrid announced the signing of Kanter, Pogba finally couldn't bear Manchester United's hard pursuit, and finally broke the sky-high price of 100 million euros created by Yang Yang in 2009 with a sky-high price of 105 million euros. With a new transfer record, he successfully returned to the Premier League and joined Manchester United.
This transfer also shocked the entire transfer market.
After Manchester United signed Pogba, as a city rival, Manchester City also did not sit idle.
The rich and powerful Abu Dhabi consortium has never been soft-hearted in equipping new coach Guardiola. First, it introduced England's native central defender Stones from Everton at a sky-high price of 55.6 million euros, and then brought him in for 55.6 million euros. At a high price of tens of millions of euros, the young winger Sane was signed from Schalke 04.
The two transfer transactions cost Manchester City over 100 million euros in total, which is enough to offset the shock of Pogba's return to Manchester United.
Not only that, Manchester City soon made another move, successfully snatching Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez from Paris Saint-Germain at a sky-high price of 80 million euros.
After Pogba moved to Manchester United and De Bruyne renewed his contract with Real Madrid, James Rodriguez became a favorite in the transfer market. The transfer fee of 80 million euros also proved his value. The same price as when Real Madrid introduced him two years ago.
After selling Pogba, Juventus quickly signed the Argentine striker Higuain at a sky-high price of 90 million euros, which created the most expensive transfer in the history of the Juventus club. The highest record in Serie A history.
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The transfer market is booming.
While Real Madrid successively signed Kanter, Morata and Asensio, and successively sold Mascherano, Jesse and James Rodriguez, the top competitor Barcelona is also intensively signing.
Continuing to achieve nothing has doubled the pressure on Barcelona's management.
After Guardiola took office in Manchester City, he was the first to start from his old club Barcelona and poached the Chilean goalkeeper Bravo who performed well in the America's Cup, which left a vacancy in Barcelona's goalkeeper position.
Barcelona also learned lessons this summer and strengthened their signings in the midfield. First, they introduced Umtiti from Lyon with a transfer fee of 25 million, and then from Lyon with a transfer fee of 16.5 million. Paris Saint-Germain introduced Digne, introduced André Gomez from Valencia for 35 million euros, and introduced Paco for 30 million euros.
Barcelona can be regarded as investing a lot of money in the transfer market.
After Bravo switched to Manchester City, Barcelona quickly targeted Ajax and poached Ajax's main goalkeeper Cillessen with a transfer fee of 13 million euros. country gate.
For poaching from Barcelona, Ajax was powerless to resist, and after selling Cillessen, Van Gaal did not plan to sign in the goalkeeper position, but followed Van der Sar's suggestion and will vigorously promote youth Team teenager Onana.
This black goalkeeper from Cameroon came from the Eto'o football school in Cameroon. He came to La Masia in 2010 on the recommendation of Eto'o, but failed to get attention. He switched to Ajax in 2015. In the past year They all trained under Van der Sar's words and deeds, and Ajax was very optimistic about him.
After sending Cillessen away, Ajax spent 10 million euros to introduce Brazilian teenager Neres from Sao Paulo. This 19-year-old teenager performed well in Brazil. Ajax Up and down are very optimistic about him.
In addition to Onana and Neres, Ajax's rejuvenation continues, focusing on promoting young players including Kluivert, Frenkie de Jong, Van der Beek, Dolberg and De Ligt. A group of players entered the first team, which greatly enriched the lineup of the first team. Peter Boss will increase the training and reuse of young players in the new season.
But it is a pity that despite Ajax's kindness to stay, Bazzor finally chose to leave the team.
In the end, the most promising midfield rookie in the Netherlands in the Ajax team moved to Manchester City in the Premier League, and the club got two million euros, plus England's talented rookie Jayden Sancho.
This transfer has been in contact since the end of May. Jayden Sancho originally refused to join Ajax. He preferred to stay in Manchester City and play for Guardiola, but in Manchester City at a sky-high price of 50 million euros, After signing the young Sane, Sancho knew his position in Manchester City. When he was unable to switch to other teams in the Premier League, he chose to accept Ajax's kind invitation.
The condition is that Ajax promises to give him the main position.
After signing Neres and Sancho, Peter Boss sent Ghazi, who he was not optimistic about, to Ligue 1 Lille, and Ajax received a transfer fee of 6.5 million euros.
After a series of operations, the lineup of Ajax's first team is much younger than last season.