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Chapter 1328 New Makelele

"Japan, here we come again!"

"Yes!!!!"

On the Emirates flight from Madrid to Tokyo, Japan, all the Real Madrid players who entered the Club World Cup roster gathered together in front of the same camera, while Yang Yang stood opposite, holding a freshly baked iPhone 6s Plus, took all the players into the photo, and quickly posted it to the chat group of Real Madrid players.

"Damn it, whose stinky feet are these?"

"Oh my god, who owns such coquettish feet?"

"It's too messy, I can't bear it."

"This is purely courting death!"

Soon, everyone found out the "culprit", and it turned out to be the damn Brazilian afro Marcelo.

Needless to say the final result, the Brazilian left-back was swarmed by everyone and tortured to pieces.

Yang Yang looked at his teammates with a smile, and posted this photo on Twitter and Weibo, with the words, "Japan, we are here again!"

I don't know how many times Real Madrid has come to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup. Anyway, the Real Madrid players didn't record it in detail. The only thing they care about is the opponent in the next Club World Cup.

Just before Real Madrid boarded the plane, the club arranged for a scout in Japan to send a message. In the second round of the Club World Cup, the Guangzhou Hengda team from China relied on the goals of Zheng Long and Paulinho. They reversed the Mexican American team [-]-[-], successfully reached the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, and encountered Real Madrid.

This is the first time Yang Yang has met a team from his home country in the Club World Cup, and his friend Zheng Zhi from the national team is currently playing for this team.

It is worth mentioning that Guangzhou Hengda is also the youth training partner of Real Madrid in China.

Recently, Real Madrid has been winning consecutive games, especially two consecutive rounds of big victories, scoring [-] goals in two games, the attack power is amazing, the atmosphere inside the team is also excellent, and everyone's emotions are high.

After the Christmas dinner, Yang Yang also presented a Christmas gift to each team member as usual, which were the highest configuration of the latest iPhone 6s Plus from Apple and the highest configuration of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. For Yang Yang, who holds two jobs and receives two salaries, he didn't take it seriously at all.

Real Madrid players are also used to it. They receive gifts from Yang Yang several times a year, especially at Christmas. Before Casemiro was on loan in Porto, Yang Yang still gave him gifts every year, which moved the Brazilian midfielder very much.

Yang Yang's status in the Real Madrid locker room is not only based on his performance and hard work on the court, but also his many details on the court, which have gathered into a tower, and finally gathered into his current detached status in the Real Madrid locker room.

……

After takeoff, it was a long long-distance flight.

Although Real Madrid did not show any attitude to the outside world, in fact, everyone knows that the Club World Cup is a continuation of the previous Toyota Cup. Only River Plate from South America is really capable of threatening Real Madrid in the Club World Cup.

If nothing else, Real Madrid will meet River Plate in the final.

During the long-distance flight, Yang Yang, Zidane and Real Madrid's coaching staff were not idle either.

If there is no accident, the Club World Cup final will be held on the evening of December [-]th, and then Real Madrid will fly back to Europe from Tokyo overnight. At this time, La Liga has also been suspended and ushered in the Christmas holiday.

This time the winter break is shorter than in previous years, only ten days. On December 17, Real Madrid will usher in the No.[-] round of La Liga, and then the second half of the intensive schedule will begin.

"Before I set off, I checked the physical condition of the players in the team in detail. Basically, they are all good. Our pre-season training effect is good, but I think we still need to strengthen it properly during this period in January. In this way, when we arrive in March, April and May, our physical condition will be better."

Pintus is in charge of the team's physical fitness. Before the season, he had already worked out the physical training situation of Real Madrid throughout the season. Among them, the physical strengthening training during the winter break was praised by him as charging, which can effectively improve the team's physical weakness in the second half.

"The problem now is that our training camp starts on the 26th, and we only have four days to No. 30, which is not enough at all. If there is a large amount of training during this period, I am afraid that the overall state of the team will be greatly affected."

Everyone still clearly remembers that as early as in the pre-season training camp at the beginning of the season, after Pintus gave the team heavy training, the overall state of the team was sluggish for a while.

At that time, it was the pre-season warm-up match, and the team could completely ignore the results, but not now. Now it is the league, and every game has to be fought, so it can be said that it is more troublesome to deal with.

"Then follow the previous plan and take turns." Yang Yang frowned and said after thinking for a while, "The next opponent is to play Real Sociedad at home, Valencia away, and Deportivo at home. In addition to the Copa del Rey, the opponents are not weak, but not too strong."

Speaking of this, Yang Yang looked at Pintus, and then at Zidane, "I think we can divide the team's physical strengthening training during the winter break into two or three batches. According to the current situation of the players, they will be carried out in rotation, and at the same time, they will be rotated during the game to ensure that the team's competitiveness and physical strengthening can be carried out at the same time."

"It's quite dangerous to say that." Pintus said worriedly.

The difference in the strength of opponents in La Liga is not as big as the fans think. If you are not careful, you may lose points and be upset at any time, or even if you don't handle it well, you may lose again and again.

Although Real Madrid currently holds a nine-point lead, there will be one round less in the next game. Barcelona should be able to shorten the gap. If they lose points during the winter break, it is likely to lose back all the points they have worked so hard to get in the first half.

However, if there is no physical strengthening, with the intensity of the competition this season, the end of February to March and April will be a big test for the team. At that time, the physical fitness is in the bottleneck period.

Ferguson has long said this. The reason why his Manchester United can often reverse their opponents in the league is largely due to their outstanding performance in March and April, taking advantage of the opponent's physical bottleneck and making mistakes to overtake them in one fell swoop.

"I believe that with the thickness of our bench and the ability of our players, we can handle it." Yang Yang said confidently, "Besides, we have an advantage, even if we really lose points, as long as it is not a big defeat or a major mistake, we are not afraid."

In this case, the thickness of the team's bench and the nine-point lead are the most powerful chips in the hands of Real Madrid.

"Okay, then according to Yang Yang's intention, carry out in batches, and how to implement it, Antonio will draw up an implementation plan as soon as possible." Zidane made a decisive decision, and he always obeyed Yang Yang's words.

After Pintus and the others received the approval letter, they went back to start preparations.

There is nothing good or bad about this kind of thing, it just depends on how the head coach is selected.

Some are more conservative, some are more radical, both are okay.

……

"Yang, help me see this player."

After everyone else had left, Zidane called Yang Yang to come over.

Seeing Zidane open the Apple laptop he had given away, Yang Yang felt somewhat complacent, but he still focused more on a player on the computer screen.

"N'Golo Kante?" Yang Yang read out the player's name.

If it was half a year ago, no one would know this player, because he is not famous at all, but if it is now, sorry, if you don't know Kanter, you can't say that you are in European football.

Because he is so hot!

Born in March 24, he is only 1.6 years old now, with a height of [-] meters. He is considered a pocket player in European football, but this short player is a defensive midfielder.

In the first half of the Premier League, Kanter performed very well, helping Leicester City with an impressive record of ten wins, five draws and one loss, two points ahead of No.2 Arsenal, ranking first in the Premier League standings.

This is really a very, very surprising result.

Leicester City's outstanding performance is indeed amazing, and head coach Ranieri has re-entered the mainstream vision of European football.

In the current Premier League leader team, there are three hottest players, Mahrez on the wing, Kanter in the midfield and Vardy in the frontcourt. Among these three, Kanter is undoubtedly the hottest, because he performed so well in the midfield of the Leicester City team and is too important.

Although Vardy is the team's top scorer, he will soon be 29 years old and has been in low-level leagues all year round. This makes Vardy difficult to get favored despite his outstanding performance.

On the contrary, the 24-year-old Kanter and Mahrez have attracted the attention of Premier League teams and even European teams, especially Kanter.

It can be said that more than half of the giants in European football are paying attention to Kanter. As long as he can continue his outstanding performance in the first half in the second half, it may be difficult for him to stay in the Leicester City team next summer.

As the head coach of Real Madrid, Zidane is also a Frenchman. He is naturally close to French players or players from Ligue [-]. For example, the Hazard and Varane he recommended before are both from Ligue [-]. Pogba, who he has been pursuing hard, is also French, and now there is another Kante.

"He reminds me of Makelele back then, really similar." Zidane said full of longing.

Makelele, this is the biggest scar in the hearts of Real Madrid fans in the past 20 years.

After Redondo, the French midfielder was originally the pinnacle of Real Madrid, but in the end he switched to Chelsea when he was playing, and the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship also fell apart and fell apart.

It's hard to say that the trough of Real Madrid in those years was due to Makelele, but at least the importance of the French midfielder is unquestionable.

Yang Yang also knows that although Mascherano is outstanding, but after all he is old, some things cannot be avoided.

As the saying goes, there is no banquet in the world that never ends.

(End of this chapter)