Chapter 1458

One advantage of a mature team is stability.

The players and coaches are very familiar with each other. From the beginning of the pre-season training camp, everyone knows what they should do and to what extent they should do it, and they know each other well.

For example, this year's Real Madrid, this is the third season that Pintus has come to the team, everyone knows what this bald guy is like, so even if he trained the team in the United States during the training camp , No one will have much objection, even the two new aids Mbappé and Theo Hernandez know the reason from their teammates.

After the team set off for the United States, Real Madrid also got a new aid, that is the famous Raul.

When Raul left the team, he received a lot of doubts. Rumors of the ball dominance cancer were endless. At the same time, many people were very dissatisfied with Florentino’s cleaning of Raul and Guti. They believed that Real Madrid lacked human touch. .

But until now, Raul and Guti have returned to the team. Raul is currently an assistant to the general manager, sitting next to Butragueno, but next he will learn to become a head coach. In the future, it should be the start of coaching the youth team.

Guti is now coaching in the Real Madrid youth team, and Harvey Alonso, who is also studying the coaching course, while studying and practicing in the Real Madrid youth academy, they will all embark on the road of coaching in the future .

Of course, whether it will be successful, who knows?

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

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

Real Madrid substituted all their players in the first and second halves, but ended up losing to Manchester United on penalties.

Regarding this result, there is not much discussion in the media, because after the pre-season preparations for the past two seasons, everyone knows that Real Madrid doesn't care about the warm-up match at all.

The purpose of Yang Yang and Zidane is only to inspect the team and adjust the state through the warm-up match. The real emphasis is on the upcoming European Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup, as well as the official games of the new season.

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

After the game against Manchester United, what really caught the attention of the media was an interview with Real Madrid fitness coach Pintus from AS. Huge material.

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

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

"Yes, it's still the original weight loss plan. This summer, Yang Yang will lose another one or two kilograms on the basis of last year."

Pintus' interview was immediately reprinted by the media all over the world, and all the fans who cared about Yang Yang were very concerned, because they all wanted to know how Yang Yang was doing now.

But as analyzed by Aspen, the soon-to-be 31-year-old Yang Yang needs to reduce some unnecessary games, just like last season, and put more of his strength into key games.

"In the knockout stage of last season, he scored hat-tricks in four consecutive knockout rounds, which undoubtedly proves that Yang Yang's training and the team's use of him are extremely wise."

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Three days later, Real Madrid ushered in another game in the United States of the International Champions Cup.

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

This is the time to poke a hornet's nest.

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

But this time Zidane still faced the match by changing the lineup in the first half and the second half. Players such as Yang Yang and Modric didn't play even a minute. Obviously, they didn't pay attention to this warm-up match.

The fiasco of one to four made everyone worried, worried that Real Madrid's strength had really declined to this level?

After all, when other teams are aggressively signing in and improving their strength crazily, Real Madrid sold away important substitutes such as Morata, Di Maria and Danilo, and brought in young players like Mbappe .

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If it is said that the loss to Manchester City made Real Madrid questionable, then the subsequent two-to-three loss to Barcelona made Real Madrid begin to feel the pressure from the media and fans.

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

Head coach Ernesto Valverde suppressed Real Madrid with targeted tactics in the opening game. Messi and Rakitic scored two consecutive cities to help Barcelona take the lead. Then De Bruyne and Asensio pulled back two games, but in the second half the skin Ke's header sealed the victory for Barcelona.

As before, Real Madrid still adopted the configuration of two lineups in the first half and the second half, and they are still running in and inspecting the team.

On the contrary, Barcelona, ​​it seems that the progress of the training camp is faster, and they have begun to run in the main lineup.

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Time has entered August, and Real Madrid ushered in the last game of the American training camp. The opponent is the star team of the American Major League, including Kaka, Schweinsteiger, Villa and Giovinco. Famous generals.

The game was played very openly, and neither side deliberately sought to win, but more to please the fans at the scene.

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

This is also the only warm-up match victory for Real Madrid in the United States.

Yang Yang still sat on the sidelines for 90 minutes, but his heart was full of joy.

Not because he finally won the warm-up match, but because he had a good time with his buddy Kaka before the match.

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

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

But in the third qualifying round, Ajax met Nice, which 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. But in fact, Nice has performed very well in Ligue 1 in the past few years. In the past two seasons, it ranked fourth and fourth respectively. the third.

The team has Super Mario Balotelli and Seri, a member of the best team in Ligue 1 last season. Coach Favre also trained 4231 very maturely, which makes them very competitive in Ligue 1 strength, but in the Europa League last season, they were last out in the group stage.

This season, Nice can be said to be a painful experience, and they are determined to find a game in the Champions League, because they have not been on the stage of the Champions League for nearly sixty years, so they are eager to participate in the Champions League, especially the group stage.

The first round of the match between the two sides was held at the home court of Nice, and both teams played their best.

Balotelli, who has recovered his form in Ligue 1 and has become more mature and stable, scored for the home team in the 32nd minute and took the lead.

Ajax started the second half aggressively, and Van der Beek pulled a game back for the team in the 49th minute.

In the first round, the two sides shook hands and made a draw. Ajax scored an away goal and took advantage.

After returning to Amsterdam, Ajax suffered a setback at the beginning. Nice counterattacked quickly and scored a goal in just three minutes. This made it extremely difficult for Ajax and had to fight with their backs.

In the 26th minute, Van der Beek scored again to help Ajax equalize the score 1-1, but the advantage in the first round has disappeared, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

In the 55th minute of the second half, Ajax made another victory. With a corner kick, De Ligt scored a goal for Ajax and helped the team reverse 2-1.

The whole Amsterdam Arena is jubilant!

All the Ajax fans seemed to see the hope of qualifying, and they were all cheering wildly.

But the good times didn't last long. Only 14 minutes later, Nice's core Seri made a heel pass. Teammate Marcel followed up and sealed his throat with a sword, scoring a goal for Nice.

Two to two!

Ajax suddenly fell from the cloud of hope to the abyss of despair.

Although Ajax launched an offensive frantically afterwards, they still failed to break through Nice's goal.

The tenacious Ligue 1 powerhouse kept the score of 2-2 until the last second of the game, never giving Ajax another chance to score.

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

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After the game, the entire Amsterdam Arena fell into a deathly silence.

four years ago!

This year is already the fourth year!

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

Last season's Europa League runner-up made everyone seem to see the hope of Ajax's revival, but now, it has all failed.

No matter how high their expectations were before, how much disappointment they have now.

Thousands of Ajax fans booed in the stands, they are dissatisfied with the management, because they think the current management team is substandard, at least not delivering what they expected to see change.

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

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

Coach Keizer was under tremendous pressure, trying to explain that Nice is not weak, but to no avail.

The whole of the Netherlands is attacking Ajax.

The huge pressure also forced the Ajax Supervisory Committee to start paying attention to the club's operations, and even began to doubt whether the teams of Yang Yang, Wei Zheng and Van Gaal could really realize their previous promises.