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Chapter 779 I'm here to win!

Escaping from the hot Madrid is a good thing for the Real Madrid players who have just trained.

Coming to Dublin, where the climate is pleasant, the daytime temperature is around [-] degrees, which is very cool and comfortable, which makes everyone look forward to a wonderful Irish holiday.

Maynooth is a quiet town, but the residents here are full of enthusiasm for the arrival of Real Madrid, especially Yang Yang.

On the day the team arrived in Maynooth, it felt as if everyone in the city came out to watch the stars. Even the local police station dispatched all police forces to maintain order on the scene, which made Real Madrid feel a sense of pride.

But when everyone was in a good mood, Benitez completely shattered all the good things with his ruthlessness.

Practicing three times a day is simply a devil!
After three days of adjustment in Madrid, after coming to Maynooth, Benitez worked out the devil's summer training.

Get up on time at 45:15 in the morning, have breakfast with the whole team at [-]:[-], go to the gym and swimming pool for stretching training at [-]:[-], then take a rest for a while, and start physical training at [-]:[-].

Lunch time is 01:30 noon, after which you can take a nap for two hours, and the third training session starts at 08:30 p.m. The main content is dribbling training and tactical drills. Even if there are several wounded in the team, as well as players like Robben and Kaka who follow Winston Bogarde's special training, although they are treated differently, the training intensity is still not small.

In Benitez's words, high-intensity training is not only for summer physical reserves, but also for training players' will, so that the team can improve themselves in devil training and stimulate more potential.

"I think Real Madrid's players have been pampered in the past few years, so in the next period of time, each of you must be mentally prepared to lose a few kilograms of flesh." Benitez threatened with a deadpan expression.

Of course, the coaching staff is not completely disregarding the physical condition of the players. After all, no matter how you train, you must first ensure the physical health of the players, and you can’t really get injured. This is also the reason why the team adjusted the training camp for three or four days in Madrid.

When Benitez was in Liverpool, he invited a team of Spanish physiologists to train with the team twice before the major finals to monitor the physical condition of the players. After coming to the rich and powerful Madrid, Benitez directly invited him into the coaching staff.

Yesterdan led the team to pay close attention to the physical condition of Real Madrid players and adjust the training plan at any time.

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Benitez used this almost tortured devil training to prepare for the game, and the Real Madrid locker room was full of wailing.

According to the locker room, Real Madrid has not had such a high-intensity training for ten years.

The last time high-intensity training was arranged in the summer was in [-]. At that time, the head coach Fabio Capello was also called a devil, but the effect was very obvious. After practicing hard in the summer, Real Madrid won the La Liga championship that season, and the injuries were also greatly reduced.

But Capello only coached Real Madrid for one season, brought a La Liga title and left.

The reason is also very simple, Real Madrid does not like Capello's tactical style and his training.

During Capello's coaching period, the team's top star Hakan Suk once complained that he had lost several kilograms of flesh.

As a hardcore Real Madrid player, Benitez used Hakan Suker's words to vaccinate the players. He obviously made up his mind and wanted to train an iron army this summer.

Just like when he was at Liverpool.

Not only that, but he has to completely break the bad habit of Real Madrid players being pampered.

Everyone knows how hard training during the summer preparations will help the next season, but with the lessons learned by Capello, it will be difficult for the next few head coaches to do this.

Del Bosque is not an iron-blooded coach, but more of a mingling with the locker room, which is loved by the superstars; Queiroz once wanted to introduce Manchester United's training methods, but encountered dissatisfaction. In the second half of the [-]-[-] season, Real Madrid's lack of physical fitness was fully exposed. Yang Yang, who played for Ajax at the time, was very clear about this.

After that, neither Luxenberg, Capello, Schuster or Juande Ramos, who entered the palace for the second time, failed to change the status quo. They may have tried devil training at one time, but they all failed due to various reasons.

But this time, Benitez is determined to stick to the end, even if there are complaints in the locker room.

Because he has the full support of Yang Yang!
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As the number one star in the team, Yang Yang is not the leader of the locker room, but he is definitely the soul of the Real Madrid team. His every move has been closely watched by everyone in the team.

In the first training session of joining the team, Yang Yang told everyone with his professional ethics that he would strictly implement the coaching staff's plan, and then his physical fitness was not inferior to the strongest players in the team like Las Diarra and Mascherano, which made people see his self-discipline.

Benitez and Yesterdan approached him and mentioned the importance of summer physical reserve training. During his stay in Liverpool, Yang Yang also felt the importance of physical reserve. Coupled with his past impression of Real Madrid, he supported Benitez.

After arriving in Maynooth, Benitez's devil training caused strong complaints in the locker room, and even old courtiers like Guti felt overwhelmed. He is notoriously physically difficult.

Yang Yang scrupulously performed the tasks of the coaching staff on the training ground. Even if he did this, the rest of the team couldn’t find any reason to discount it. Yang Yang also kept his eyes on the sidelines when it came to complaints. Until one time, Zlatan Ibrahimovic couldn’t help complaining to him about Benitez’s cruelty, and Yang Yang finally expressed his thoughts.

"If it comes to building a balanced overall team, creating a mature and stable tactical system, and forming a powerful fighting machine, I don't think anyone in European football can match him!"

"He has never been a good person and will never become our closest friend. Few people, including me, would like a head coach like him, but I personally feel that I did not come to Real Madrid to make friends with the head coach. I came to win games, to win championships, and to kill all opponents."

Yang Yang's remarks were unanimously agreed by Xavi Alonso, Mascherano and Arbeloa. They all have an obvious characteristic, that is, they have played for Liverpool and are very familiar with Benitez.

Raul, Ibrahimovic and others were speechless, obviously thinking about Yang Yang's words.

Over the years, there have been many head coaches who have coached Real Madrid. Some, like Capello and Juande Ramos, are relatively strong, but the end result is not so good. Even if they get some honors, they will stay here for a long time.

There are also some who can get along with the stars and get the love of the locker room, but in the end they are the Champions League Sixteen, who stop at the top sixteen every year, and La Liga is also weak.

Many people miss Bosque, but only those who know Real Madrid know that even if Bosque really stayed in [-], Real Madrid would still be unable to escape the subsequent difficulties, because Bosque is not the kind of person who can make drastic changes.

Benitez is a die-hard Real Madrid fan. There is no doubt about it. He has qualifications, reputation, strength, and courage. Now he has the full support of Yang Yang, the number one star in the team. This should be considered a pretty good opportunity.

Do you want a breakthrough in performance, or continue to dawdle in harmony?

Raul, Ibrahimovic and others quickly gave the answer.

Both the captain and the superstars have expressed their opinions, and naturally the other players in the locker room can only put away other extra thoughts and devote themselves to the summer training and preparations.

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The temperature in Dublin is very suitable for training, and the devil training three times a day made the locker room full of complaints, but no one dared to challenge the decision of the coaching staff.

German central defender Metzelder said in an interview with Real Madrid TV that after joining Real Madrid, he experienced three training sessions a day for the first time. It was really hard work, and he was also very surprised.

Raul also felt the same way, saying that he was in Real Madrid for 15 years and encountered such a devil training for the first time, but the Real Madrid captain also said that every head coach has his own ideas and plans, and players need to adapt to it.

"I'm sore now, and I feel like I've never worked so hard before, but I believe in the principle of bitterness before sweetness. Our training like this will definitely benefit us in future games."

Raul is not the only player who is too tired to lie on the bed after training every day, but even in interviews with the media, no player questioned the head coach, and more people still look forward to seeing the results in the future.

Yang Yang, Mascherano and Pepe became the best and most outstanding players in the team's devil training camp. The three of them were known as the immortals, because they were still able to maintain a lively state during the three training sessions a day.

Ibrahimovic praised his best friend with a wry smile in an interview with Real Madrid TV, "He is simply a beast, like a machine that doesn't need to rest at all. I really feel now that I have to work harder to keep up with him. I don't want to lose to him!"

Kaka and Robben escaped a disaster because they trained with Winston Bogard. Although the amount of training is not small, it is more gradual, but they also feel the atmosphere of the team.

"This is the first time since I joined Real Madrid that I felt a huge change in the mental outlook of the team. In just a few days, everyone practiced very hard and looked tired, but behind it was a kind of expectation." Robben said.

Kaka also agrees, "They all think that I escaped a disaster and don't need to participate in such training, but in fact, I really feel very uncomfortable in my heart. If I can, I hope to participate in the team's joint training, so that I will feel that I have integrated into it and become a part of them."

Real Madrid's devil training continues amidst this pain and expectation, as well as doubts about how long it will last.

(End of this chapter)