i want to be king

Chapter 706 The Best Loser Friend

After the FIFA Awards Ceremony, it was almost midnight.

Su Dong and his party left from the Zurich Opera House and returned to the hotel. Instead of going back to sleep, they went directly to the second half and celebrated Su Dong winning the World Footballer of the Year at the hotel's supporting bar.

This is the fourth time he has won the double football player.

"Congratulations, brother!" Ronnie hugged Su Dong's shoulder affectionately, "One to four, just wait for me!"

Messi smiled helplessly at the side, "Just be content, I'm still zero to four."

They are all close buddies. It is actually very rare for them to have such an opportunity to get together, especially in the past two or three years. Let alone get together, sometimes it is difficult to even talk on the phone for a long time, and each other is very busy.

Needless to say, Su Dong, the schedule is full every day, and the sponsor activities are always on the go. Ronnie and Messi are not much better. At their level, the time that is completely at their own disposal is really very little.

During the competition, they are busy with training and competition every day, so how can they have their own time?

Therefore, it is rare to get together, and I am very happy in my heart.

Kaka and Harvey were familiar with them, but some of them couldn't talk together, so they withdrew after staying for a while.

Lucio rejected it early on, because he has a generation gap with this group of young people.

Only Su Dong, Ronnie, Messi and Iniesta persisted to the end.

From the bar to the open-air balcony, overlooking the beautiful night view of Zurich, it gives people a sense of trance that is very familiar and forgets when they saw it. It may be in the house in the Parc des Nations in Lisbon, or in the villa on the mountainside in the western suburbs of Barcelona, ​​or in Greenwald...

"Do you still remember that I was in Barcelona that year and just moved. You guys, Pepe, David Silva, and many others came to celebrate with me, and finally slept directly on the balcony." Su Dong suddenly remembered that shared experience.

"Of course I remember!" Ronnie stood up and looked at the night scene. "At that time, you and Wang hadn't formally established a relationship. You kid tricked the other girl into your house and pretended to be cool. I said at the time, you are too heartless, remember?"

Messi and Iniesta nodded hastily, that was indeed the case.

"Facts have proved that I was right about you. You can't hide the small thoughts in your heart from me." Ronnie looked proud of himself as Su Dong's best friend, "Wang is a good woman, you boy should be nice to her."

"Agree!" Iniesta didn't say much, and directly agreed.

Messi also kept nodding.

"By the way, I remembered something." Iniesta suddenly came to his senses and looked at Ronnie. "I remember, you, Jose, and Pepe, you three seemed to be talking about something. Your wife is going to have a child for Su Dong. How is it going?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then roared with laughter.

This is what is said in the legend, marry Ronnie and have children for Sudong.

Ronnie himself couldn't help laughing so much that he leaned forward and backward, and pushed Iniesta hard, blaming him for telling the embarrassing incident back then, but he didn't show any weakness verbally, "I'm sure it's fine, he can choose whoever he likes."

"How do you count as a girlfriend? You have to be married." Messi made up for it just right.

Everyone laughed again.

In fact, there were many ridiculous things Su Dong did with Ronnie back then.

For example, encouraging Pepe to write a love letter to the female yoga instructor who is over fifty years old.

"By the way, what's the name of that female yoga instructor..." Su Dong frowned, thinking hard.

"Melissa," Ronnie remembered.

"Yes, Melissa, I remember, you said that if you succeed in practicing yoga, you will go back and chase her."

Ronnie jumped immediately, damn it, this is no joke.

"Did I say that?"

How could I be interested in a middle-aged woman in her 40s?

"You said, if you don't believe me, let's call Pepe." Su Dong had a reason.

Ronnie shook his head hastily, "It's impossible for me to say such a thing, don't blame me, and Melissa should not be there anymore."

But in the end, he himself felt guilty.

Su Dong and the others were amused for a while, and threatened to find a chance to go to Madeira Islands to look for Ronnie's first love.

"I'm going, this word is going to spread, I'm ashamed to face people!"

Ronnie immediately threatened the three of Su and Dong, and they couldn't speak out anyway.

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The biggest difference between a professional player and an entertainment star is that a professional player does not need a persona, and speaks purely on strength.

It doesn't even matter if you lose.

Didn't someone say it?
The biggest taboo for professional players is cowardice, timidity before a fight is a big taboo; the second is cooking, that is, lack of strength, cooking is the original sin; the last is losing, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs.

So many times, in some important games, the players lose so badly that the fans think that the sky will be turned upside down, but in fact, it is really not that serious, because as long as it is a game, there will always be winners and losers.

As long as you don't give in, as long as you do your best, you can lose with confidence.

Therefore, entertainment stars need personality and please fans, but professional players don’t. They just need to play well and do their own tasks well. No matter how many side stories you have outside the court, even if you have an affair like Kahn, you will still be forgiven in the end.

That's exactly what Ronnie is.

At the level of Su Dong and others, they no longer need to worry about their image. Their performance on the football field is their best image, so they can tease each other unscrupulously and dig out embarrassing things about each other.

For them, this is more of a shared memory.

Of course, these are all based on friendship.

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Stayed in Zurich for one night, and the next morning, Su Dong set off for Munich.

Ronnie and Messi and others also returned to Spain.

The Bundesliga has been suspended, but this year's winter break is shorter than in previous years, and the second half began on January [-]th.

This is also because of the World Cup in South Africa in the summer.

The shrinkage of the winter break is not necessarily a bad thing for Bayern.

Franck Ribery and Robben have both returned from injury and participated in the team's joint training. Bayern's winter break will still be arranged to Dubai in the Middle East for winter training. This is also a routine operation every year.

The transfer during the winter break this year is a bit cold, not only in the Bundesliga, but also in major European leagues.

On the one hand, it is because the winter break is not an important transfer window, and many major transfers will not be completed during the winter break, because the operating time is limited. On the other hand, it can also be clearly seen that with the outbreak of the US subprime mortgage crisis, teams in major European leagues are deeply affected.

According to surveys by authoritative organizations, except for Bayern and Real Madrid, which have grown against the trend, other giants have basically experienced a slowdown in growth or even shrinking, such as the Red Devils Manchester United.

Bayern and Real Madrid's growth against the trend is different. Real Madrid's team business has shrunk so much during Calderon's administration that Florentino has introduced many superstars in one go this season, rebuilt Real Madrid's gold-lettered signboard, and then increased significantly in the commercial field.

Bayern is stable and still growing every year, which is quite rare.

However, Bayern's current business strategy is a bit like storing food before hibernation. Everyone knows that Bayern has money, but the club is willing to continue to invest in the transfer market. On the contrary, during the winter break, Bayern will directly clean up a group of players such as Autor and leave the team to further streamline the lineup configuration of the first team.

Changing the soup but not the medicine, it is said that Hoeness is diligent and thrifty in managing the house, but now that Nehringer is replaced, it is still the same.

Bayern's management has its own set of systems to restrain them. They are clear about where to spend money and where to save. As a result, the entire Bundesliga during this year's winter break is basically very deserted, mainly on loan.

The same goes for other leagues.

If Barcelona's plan to poach Cesc Fabregas fails, then the transfer during this year's winter break may not exceed 500 million yuan, because so far, the most likely transaction in the rumors is the transfer of Liverpool's Dossena to Naples. The estimated transfer fee is [-] million euros, which is likely to become the king of the winter break.

The teams that have money to buy people, including Manchester United's Ferguson, have come forward many times and made it clear that they will not sign in during the winter break.

Originally, Manchester City's performance in the first half was not good. Many people thought they would sign in, but Guardiola and Begiristan both came forward one after another, saying that Manchester City would not make any moves during the winter break, which was quite surprising.

Even Manchester City, which has a mine at home, doesn't buy people anymore. What other teams can buy?

This should be the most depressed winter break transfer that Sudong has experienced since he landed in European football.

The entire transfer market is bleak, and it even makes people doubt whether the summer transfer next year will continue to be depressed?

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Entering January, amidst the bleakness, Bayern headed to Dubai in the Middle East, and started winter training in a low-key manner.

In ten days, Bayern came to the Middle East twice, and Bayern is still popular with Dubai fans.

The last time was in Abu Dhabi, this time in Dubai.

Staying in a familiar hotel and renting a familiar training venue, Bayern has been training in the Middle East for many years. Due to the relatively short winter break this year, Bayern only plans to play a warm-up match in the Middle East and then return to Europe.

The second warm-up match is in Switzerland, away to Basel.

The team's performance is good, and the training atmosphere in the team is also good. Heynckes even opened a curfew, allowing players to exceed a point, but there is a requirement, that is, everyone must act collectively and not act without authorization.

In other words, after a while, if you still want to go out for a ride, you can bring the whole team with you.

This move immediately activated the atmosphere of the whole team, which was welcomed by all players.

Thousands of miles away from home, the training camp is tough, and proper relaxation is good for the players.

Heynckes obviously also hopes that the team can combine work and rest, gain news during the training camp, and strive to play in a better state in the second half, especially for seriously injured players like Franck Ribery and Robben.

The two of them really missed too many games in the first half.

The genius doctor Wolfart received a task during the winter break training camp, focusing on training Ribery and Robben to keep them away from injuries.

Otherwise, when it comes to the knockout stage, the pressure on Bayern will be even greater.

(End of this chapter)