[Football] In the name of the team doctor

At Madrid Barajas Airport, Lin Wei was sitting alone in the waiting hall, and outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was the warm winter sun unique to the Mediterranean climate.On the tarmac, airliners flying to or from all over the world take off and land.

It was less than 10 minutes before the boarding time, but Lin Wei did not want to return to Munich, he wanted to stay in this city and work hard for his dream - to fight side by side with the idols.

Time passed by, and a notification came from the radio—check-in for the flight from Madrid to Munich was about to begin, and the crowd slowly gathered towards the boarding gate, lining up in an orderly manner.

Lin Wei sighed resignedly, picked up his backpack, and walked slowly behind the crowd.Just as he handed the boarding pass and passport to the staff, his cell phone rang suddenly.

After being dazed for a second, Lin Wei hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket.Glancing at the screen, the caller was from an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, is this Dr. Lin?" There was a strange man on the other end of the phone. Lin Wei was sure that he had never seen this person before, or had a conversation with him.

"Yes, who are you?" Lin Wei took back his ID card from the ground staff lady, and did not go to the boarding aisle. In order not to delay the passengers behind him, he consciously stood aside to answer the phone.

"I'm David Bertoni, Mr. Zidane's assistant. He learned that you interviewed for the position of our first-team doctor last week and would like to ask you to meet. When do you have time?"

"..."

Lin Wei couldn't believe his ears, the head coach of Real Madrid, the legendary French superstar, the assistant of his idol for nearly 20 years, actually called him and asked him to meet?

What a joke, he's not Varane!

"Excuse me, can I confirm? You just said that Mr. Zinedine Zidane asked me to meet, Real Madrid coach Zidane?"

A non-malicious chuckle came from the other side of the receiver: "Yes, you heard that right, the current coach of Real Madrid, Mr. Zinedine Zidane, thinks that your conditions in all aspects meet our requirements for the position of first-team team doctor. , he wants to meet and discuss with you as soon as possible."

Lin Wei took a deep breath, and tried his best to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, so that he would not appear so gaffe in public: "I'm free anytime, if it's as soon as possible, then this afternoon."

Bertoni quickly replied to him: "Okay, at three o'clock in the afternoon, before the training session, he has half an hour to interview with you, at the Valdebebas training base, the head coach's office."

Lin Wei felt like a dream. Just as he was about to board the flight to Munich, things turned around at the last moment.He politely told the staff that his itinerary had changed and he would no longer board the plane, and asked about the exit.Then he still couldn't hide his excitement, and trotted all the way out of the waiting hall.

When Lin Wei sat down at Zidane's desk on time, the Real Madrid coach was secretly surprised.Wearing glasses in front of him, the bookish oriental boy looked much younger than the age on his resume.The height is not bad, should be more than 180 centimeters, but the physique is a bit thin, he is a little worried about whether the other party can lift the stretcher.

Zidane has even begun to make a physical training plan for this young man who is about to become a member of their medical team... However, it seems that the team doctor does not need to carry the stretcher himself on the field.

But Lin Wei was different. As a little fan, from the moment he stepped into Zidane's office, he felt a sense of unreality like a dream.His idol of more than ten years is sitting opposite him at this moment, and he feels that his heartbeat and gaze are out of control.He is like a fanatical girl in the fan circle, with a strong urge to rush up to hug her, take a photo with her, and tell how much she likes him for so many years, how many times she has been inspired by his spirit...

Fortunately, it didn't take long for reason to overcome the fanaticism.Not only was Lin Wei not rude in his conversation with the other party, but he seemed very decent.

The conversation between the two lasted only about ten minutes. They seemed to only chat about the weather in Madrid, Lin Wei's impression of the Valdebebas training base... Then Zidane stood up and extended his hand to Lin Wei: "Well, I'm very satisfied with you. You are welcome to join our team. We will arrange for HR staff to communicate with you later."

Lin Wei blinked in surprise, and reached out to shake his hand: "Is that all right? I mean...do you have any other professional questions that you need to know?"

Zidane shook his head with a smile: "About your professional ability, Mr. Wolfart has already introduced me when I visited Bayern Munich. He praised you very much, and Mr. Guardiola also said that you are A team doctor who is enough to make the head coach feel at ease, I believe in the vision of the two of them."

Lin Wei suddenly realized, and he said why Zidane's assistant would call him suddenly, and things that were obviously hopeless suddenly turned around. It turned out that it was the teacher and Guardiola, who actually didn't have much contact and friendship with him in private. Helped him out from behind.

When Lin Wei returned to the hotel, he immediately sent an email to Mr. Wolfart to express his gratitude, and asked him to help convey this gratitude to the Bayern coach.

In replying to his email, his teacher still encouraged him, asking him to show his talents, give full play to his advantages, and work hard for his dreams.

Lin Wei was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and was excited all night, but the reality was far from as beautiful as he imagined and made people excited.

Real Madrid's medical team is a team of up to 10 people including director Olmer and team doctor Lin Wei, as well as orthopedic experts, cardiologists, psychologists, nutrition experts, and rehabilitation physiotherapists.

Except for Lin Wei, an outsider, all others, without exception, are from Olmer's team.In other words, the current Lin Wei is also a member of this team.But everyone didn't seem to be very enthusiastic about his joining, and the self-introduction was just a simple name, and even a few words of politeness were omitted.

And his immediate boss, Mr. Olmer, didn't pay attention to this young Chinese man, and the first thing he said to him was: "Don't think you have the backing of the head coach. In this place, you have to listen Mine. You have to know what department you belong to and who you work for."

Lin Wei didn't say a word, expressing his acquiescence, you are the leader, you have the final say.Think about the physical therapist who was expelled in front of him. He was on the wrong team and lost his job.

The other party threw a folder over: "Your usual work, if you don't understand these things, ask Benito or Perez, just don't bother me." He glanced at Lin Wei again, "Is there anything else, just go out Let's work."

Lin Wei returned to the medical room with the folder, and briefly browsed his work content.He is mainly responsible for the daily recovery and inspection of the Real Madrid first team. He is also responsible for participating in emergency treatment on the sidelines with Olmer, cooperating with other experts in the medical team, and sometimes sharing the daily physiotherapy work of the players by the physiotherapist.

There are many and complicated things, and the workload is at least three times that of Lin Wei's time at Bayern.No one is Xiao Mengxin who has just entered the industry. He knows very well that Olmer has left part of his work to him.But he doesn't care about these. Working is also a kind of exercise, and there is nothing to worry about serving the teams and players he likes.

Besides, the treatment given to him by Real Madrid can be regarded as relatively generous among his peers, and he has no reason not to work hard.

It was the first time Lin Wei saw the Real Madrid masters, but Lin Wei didn't feel the excitement he had when he had close contact with Zidane for the first time.After all, the status of idols who have been around for almost 20 years is of course different in his heart.Besides, he has studied with Mr. Wolfart for several years, and he has seen many stars.

On the contrary, the elders are more interested in him. After all, apart from the kid who came to Real Madrid's youth training last summer, it is difficult to see the faces of Orientals in Valdebebas.Besides, this Dr. Lin is also different from the rough and unrestrained players on the green field in terms of appearance and temperament.With a refined and bookish look on his brows, and a gentle speed and tone of voice when he speaks, people who get along with him always have the feeling that this is a gentle boy.

Or... an illusion.

And he was able to get acquainted with the players in a short period of time thanks to one person-Tony Kross.They met in Bayern Munich. Although there is no deep friendship between the players and the trainee team doctor, Lin Wei's unique skills that no one in Europe can learn still left a very deep memory on TK.

Kroos said half-seriously and half-jokingly to Modric on the side: "Pray that you don't get hurt, but don't fall into Van's hands."

Croatia obviously failed to comprehend the spirit, and there was a bit of anticipation on his face.

However, the first person to fall into Lin Wei's hands was Real Madrid striker Benzema, who not only suffered from injuries recently, but also suffered from a series of troubles for the national team.

He injured his left knee against Valencia in Benítez's last game in charge. After Mr. Olmer's examination, he was diagnosed with a medial collateral ligament strain and is expected to be out for two weeks.

Real Madrid updated the player's injury status on the official website the next day. However, a week later, Benzema insisted on treatment and rehabilitation training every day, but the injury did not improve significantly.

This season, there are only 5 people on the front line of Real Madrid, and Benzema's position in the center is irreplaceable.Zidane thought that he would miss the game against Deportivo after being injured for two weeks, but he did not expect that the recovery period given by the team doctor has passed half the time, but the player's injury has not improved at all.

Therefore, Qi Zu specially called the medical team for a meeting.

Olmer and several rehabilitators were very puzzled. Both physical examination and imaging examination showed that Benzema's injury was in the medial collateral ligament of his left knee. Heal soon.There is no problem with their treatment plan, and this is not a serious injury. How could the player not feel obviously better after a week?

As we all know, the relationship between the medical team and the players is tense, and there are even rumors that Olmer and his subordinates are the ghosts arranged by Real Madrid's top management in the locker room, and they often report to Florentino.Coupled with the previous series of problems, large and small, the two sides were incompatible.

"I suggest to observe this issue for a period of time. After all, we need to rule out whether the players encountered some conditions outside the base."

Olmer's words were not cryptic. He seemed to be implying that the coach and the players might have done something in private that was not conducive to the recovery of the injury.

Benzema's expression changed, but Zidane was present, he always wanted to give his coach this face, and he didn't say anything.

Just now, when Olmer was giving Benzema a simple physical examination, Lin Wei, who had been standing by without saying a word, keenly sensed that something was wrong.