Mister Legend

Chapter 572 Royal Spain?
On May 5th, the second day of the UEFA Champions League final, taking advantage of several youth echelon teams not having the opportunity to officially take a vacation, Li Modi hurried to the training ground used by the reserve team in the Valdebebas Sports City, and was in the same place as the head of the team. After an exchange with the native Harvey Alonso, he watched an impromptu half-time match and maintained a very high degree of concentration throughout the process.

This kind of performance was also seen by everyone on the spot. At the same time, it was guessed that the new first-team coach was likely to step up his move to tap the potential of his own youth training. It aroused the excitement of the boys, and made the practice match, which was originally intended to practice tactics, more and more intense, and at the same time, the excitement level was also improved.

Although it is a must-do homework for every head coach to go to the youth training camp as soon as he enters the new team to bring hope to young players, and in most cases it is just going through the motions, In addition to the fact that young people cannot bring much improvement to the team in terms of strength, it is also related to the coach's employment habits.

But if the person standing on the sidelines was Li Moody, and his position was the Castilla training ground, then the result would be completely different.Because Real Madrid's youth academy has never lacked talents, and this Chinese man is the best head coach in the world today who is good at discovering and cultivating young players. When the two meet, how can they be described as perfect.

However, before the start of the new season's pre-season training camp in mid-July, the outside world will not know what decision Li Mudi made after watching the reserve team training for most of the day. Fortunately, through the official report in the next month, many young players The successive contract renewals still let the majority of Meilingers see the hope of the resurgence of their own youth training, which makes the team's future development prospects even more optimistic.

And Li Moody's team building strategy is obviously not just the focus on youth training that the whole world can guess. In terms of lineup adjustment, he also negotiated early on, and some even reached a preliminary agreement before the start of the European Cup. Agreement, the efficiency is astonishing.

At the same time, because it is the year of the European Cup, other teams will always treat transfer matters more cautiously. After all, they can further confirm the opponent's strength by observing the performance of their favorite players in the competition, so as to prevent them from being taken advantage of.However, the Real Madrid coach's strategy is completely different. With the help of the FM system and the scouting tool, he can determine the ability attributes of each player without waiting for the start of the European Cup, avoiding the possibility of encountering the target person because of the The problem of rising social status caused by Germany's outstanding performance.

On June 6, British media reported that Real Madrid director Hierro suddenly arrived in London by plane, suspected to be negotiating with Arsenal about the transfer of Ndidi and Torreira, two of the world's top midfielders; Paris Saint-Germain's Jamaican winger Leon Bailey also had a transfer scandal with the Galaxy Battleship, which caused a lot of impact.

In addition, British midfielder Alli, German winger Sane, Italian center Manuel Pellegrini and Portuguese midfielder Afonso Souza and many other stars who are at their peak have also been revealed to be on the lead of Moody Li. The list of aids has stirred up the transfer market that has not yet officially opened, and it is extremely lively.

At the same time, the so-called Real Madrid cleaning list was also left on the Internet. Dybala, Koeman, Varane and others are all on the list. Although everyone knows that this is definitely fake news, it is still unavoidable Playing the habit of the keyboard party, he started various analyzes and predictions, continuing the glorious tradition of "blind BB".

However, Li Mudi's first signing after taking office came late on the 23rd, and it was neither Sosa, who had already expressed his "children's dream", nor Endy, who was widely expected to become the new midfielder of Real Madrid. Di, the 28-year-old midfielder Alex Fabas, who was born in Castilla and currently plays for the La Liga team Real Betis, returned to the Bernabeu with a worth of 2350 million euros. The mentors of many years gathered again.

The two had worked together in Castilla and Turin for three consecutive seasons and achieved excellent results, while Fabas maximized his potential during that period and grew into a Spanish player. A star player at the fringe international level.It's a pity that after returning to the home team briefly in the 2018-19 season, he failed to get enough attention from the head coach, so he left the team to join Betis during the winter break, and has since embarked on a broad road.

This is a technical midfielder who is born with a sense of rhythm. Although his passing accuracy is not as good as Xavi and Pirlo's rare master level in 20 years, his awareness is very good, and in He can always maintain a high fighting spirit at every moment of the game, and his spiritual attributes are also quite bright.If it wasn't for the fact that his height of just over 1.7 meters and his lack of physical fitness restricted his ability to fight, Fabas would have been the second Harvey Alonso in Li Moody's eyes, and he had also strengthened in terms of willpower and dedication Version.

After taking over Real Madrid, which has always had the so-called kingly temperament - generally speaking, it is a bit squeamish giants, Li Mudi believes that the first thing to do is to strengthen the blood and cohesion of the entire team.

When Guti led the team, in the last two years, he pursued too much magnificence and ignored the tenacious and indomitable fighting spirit which is the indispensable key element of competitive sports. to good grades.And buying back Fabas, the former Castilla captain who never lacked fighting spirit, can inherit the bloody spirit left by Master Shui back then, and his identity as a direct descendant of Real Madrid has a lot of appeal, I hope this weakness of the team can be made up for.

However, this signing has not been widely recognized by the outside world. Apart from the fact that many people think that Fabas's ability is far from the world's top level and not worthy of the Real Madrid jersey, it is also because of his arrival. As a result, the central midfielder position in the Real Madrid first team is a bit too bloated, and it is easy to predict that someone will leave soon.Whether it is Valverde, Aouar, or Ceballos and the young player Joaquin Rodriguez from the youth training, there are many fans among the fans, and any one of them will be punished if they leave the team. Not a little resistance.

However, Li Moody obviously won't be intimidated by this situation. Three days later, he settled on the local midfielder Peperu who joined Castilla through him nine years ago.The 26-year-old midfielder who came from the Levante youth training camp switched to Real Sociedad in 2020 and soon won the main position there. At the same time, he has also played ten times on behalf of the Spanish national team. An alternative midfielder who is tall but has outstanding pass control ability, very similar to the previous Barcelona star Butzkes.

And the conclusion of this deal means that the fans' previous worries have become a reality, and some of the midfielders in Real Madrid will definitely leave this summer.

Sure enough, on the morning when the transfer market window opened on July 7, Real Madrid's official website issued two consecutive official announcements: Hussem Aouar, who is representing the Gaul Rooster in the European Cup in Germany, joined with a worth of 1 million euros Joaquin Rodriguez, who had entered the Bernabeu twice before, finally failed to stay as he wished, and was sold to Celta Vigo for 4850 million, but with a buyback of 600 million clause, leaving a path for a possible return later.

Immediately afterwards, Li Moody carried out drastic reforms on the position of left back. He first sold the main players in rotation under Guti, the Brazilian international Guilherme Arana and the Paraguay international Rivers Blass. In exchange for 7200 million funds.Then he spent 6500 million of them plus a young player who didn't have much potential (relative to Real Madrid), and signed the current No. 22 left-back Aarón Caricol (Aarón Caricol) from Valencia, and at the same time A [-]-year-old young player named Alvaro Fernandez was promoted from Castilla, plus the original Swiss Jordan Lotumba who can play on both sides of the team, the team's left wing The defensive line has also completed an update.

Afterwards, Real Madrid made one-in and one-out small adjustments at the central defender and winger positions, and temporarily announced the closure of the team's transfer channel this summer before the arrival of the European Cup finals. .

Of course, Li Moody, who has obtained a surplus income of 3000 million euros through this operation, is still in the process of negotiating an important signing, but because the other party's asking price is too high, it took a month and failed to make substantial progress. So he was ready to fail.It is worth noting that the new coach of Real Madrid has not prepared a plan B. If he cannot get the player he values, then there is no need to make other plans. The current lineup is enough to achieve outstanding results.

And when the Galacticos withdrew from all the turmoil in the transfer market and flew to North America in early August to participate in this year's International Champions Cup, people were shocked to find that after more than two months of adjustments, although this team The main structure of the Spanish giants has not changed much, but the proportion of local players in the lineup has become very exaggerated, which can be said to be a situation that has not occurred in decades.

In the current provisional squad consisting of 31 players, there are as many as 19 players whose first nationality is Spain, including Kuntra Moya, David Carmona, Odriozola, Vallejo, Mele, Aron Calicole, Alvaro Fernandez, Marcos Llorente, Peperu, Martin Calderon, Fabas, Ceballos, Asensio, Mikel Oyar Sabal, Miguel Baeza, Oscar Rodriguez, Couch, Elliott Gomez, Villalivre, enough to make a local team.

Moreover, 13 of them have played or are currently playing for the national team, and the other three to four teenagers are also very hopeful in terms of development prospects. They will be recruited by the national team in the near future, which shows their strength.This kind of situation has rarely appeared on a wealthy team after the exchanges between players from various countries in the world football world in the 80s gradually became more frequent. Naturally, it has attracted the attention of the Spanish media.

So some reporters jokingly said that the name of this team can be changed to Real Spain, because except for the goalkeeper and the left back who are slightly less capable, all local players in other positions have at least one substitute in the Matador Legion. role, which can be confirmed from the just-concluded European Cup.Even though Emery is the national team coach who dislikes Real Madrid players the least over the years, he has also called up six players from Galacticos in the 23-man squad. If it were replaced by his predecessor Enrique, this number would be at least three more Plus two.

It’s just that regardless of whether Emery’s selection preference is questionable, his life is obviously very difficult. After taking over the Spanish national team two years ago, the former Sevilla coach who has not been able to prove himself in a wealthy team first Made an excellent start and won the third place in Group A of the European Nations League. In the European Cup qualifiers, they easily won the right to qualify with an unbeaten record of 8 wins and 2 draws, which received unanimous praise from the outside world.

However, in Germany, the Matador Corps, which had high hopes, lost the chain. In the excellent situation of winning the first two games of the group stage, they lost to Iceland in the last game and could only advance to the second place in the group. In the knockout round, an easier route was missed.As a result, although Croatia was knocked out in the quarter-finals, Asensio was injured. The midfielder Saul was also suspended because of a red card. In the end, he lost to England in the eight-to-four matchup. , went home in a very embarrassing manner.

Therefore, after the European Cup, the Spanish media generally did not have a high evaluation of Emery, thinking that his on-the-spot response and tactical choice had problems, and he was the number one culprit for the team's failure to achieve ideal results.

On the contrary, after a large number of players who performed well in the World Cup two years ago were excavated or cultivated by Li Moody, there are many England teams who performed brilliantly in this European Cup The players come from the Arsenal team that ruled the entire world football a year ago, and the Gunners players such as Barco, Rodrygo and Torreira who also performed exceptionally well in the Copa America, all made the original reputation rating The new coach of Real Madrid, who has risen to the first place, has received a lot of praise, leaving his peers far behind in terms of recognition and popularity, but he has consolidated his reputation as the world's number one coach before the start of the new season No, this situation is very strange.

So a few people who didn't know their intentions started to launch a voting activity on the Internet. The content was: 1. Whether Emery should dismiss get out of class immediately; 2. Whether the Spanish national team can consider hiring Li Moody to coach.

As a result, 56% of the people chose yes to the first question, 21% chose no, and the rest said they still need to wait and see. It can be said that it is not surprising that Emery was fired from the perspective of public opinion.

But the answer to the second question is a bit subtle. 32% of the netizens who participated in the voting chose to consider it, which is nearly one-third of the proportion, far exceeding the expectations of ordinary people.Although Li Modi holds a Spanish passport, he is a pure-blooded Chinese man after all. In the eyes of Europeans, he has never been regarded as one of his own. Is this the rhythm of a miracle?
(End of this chapter)