Málaga's 29,000-seat Rose Garden Stadium was almost full, but when you look at the stands, it's not a sea of sky blue, because not all the fans who came to watch the game were Málaga fans.

According to Xiao Yu's estimates, at least 10,000 or so are non-Malaga fans, and of these 10,000 people, half are fans from England who followed the Red Rebels, and most of the remaining half are from Madrid or other parts of Spain.

With the current prestige of the Red Rebels, it is undoubtedly impossible to attract these discerning fans, and they rushed to the Rose Garden Stadium with only one purpose, and that is to see their former heroes, former idols, return to the Spanish stadium once again.

In the pre-match warm-up, Redondo was already the most popular player on the field, and those fans wearing Real Madrid's pure white jersey shouted Redondo's name vigorously, which was a very distant name for them, but at the same time they missed it very much.

Everyone can see that this year's Real Madrid lacks a Redondo-style figure, even Bosque himself said that the front field composed of Ronaldo, Raul, Zidane, and Figo is luxurious, but behind them, Makelele is a defensive player, Flavio is constantly injured, and he has not been integrated into Real Madrid for a long time, Cambiaso is also very young and has not been able to play a role, which makes Real Madrid lack a player who can command and dispatch in the midfield.

It's like Redondo!

It is precisely because of this feeling that Real Madrid fans miss Redondo extraordinarily, and even did not hesitate to go to Malaga to watch his game, and even Spanish TV stations specially gave Redondo repeated shots during the live broadcast.

........................ "We can see that although he has been away for more than two years, Redondo still has a high popularity in Spain! "Martin? Taylor said with a smile in the live broadcast room.

From a purely commercial point of view, the Red Rebels undoubtedly made a very good deal with Redondo, who despite his high salary, as a former superstar, he also had a considerable impact on the team, and Redondo only took half of his salary from his time at AC Milan with the Red Rebels.

Of course, Martin? Taylor also has to admit that Xiao Yu did not consider these when he signed Redondo, and what happened later should be said to have donated 11 million pounds of transfer fees to charity with the Red Rebels and AC Milan, which is the Redondo effect again.

"I think this also has a lot to do with the Red Rebels' promotion of him, I heard that many banks in the UK are planning to poach people from the Red Rebels' Ministry of Commerce, these news have not caused a big sensation in the football field, but they have attracted a lot of attention in the business field, so we can see that the Red Rebels attach great importance to business development!" Andy from Sky? Gray said.

"But these are two very different directions from Manchester United!" As a Red Rebels fan, Martin? Taylor was very familiar with the Red Rebels' business strategy, and he immediately helped Xiao Yu to discern it.

'As I mentioned in my column, the Red Rebels have always had the lowest ticket prices in all divisions, and this season they have increased their ticket prices because of the rental of Old Trafford, but they are giving back to the fans in all sorts of ways off the pitch, and I've done the math that the Red Rebels have the lowest ticket prices in League One if you take that into account."

"And he's also passionate about charity!"

Andy? Gray added with a smile: "This is probably the most charity-minded team in my memory. ”

"Yes, that's right, it's related to the business philosophy of the Red Rebels, take from the people, use it for the people, I think this business philosophy is very good, the business development is excellent, but that's a commercial success, how much money is made, in addition to running the team and improving the strength, the rest is to give back to the society and fans through charity and other ways."

"Yes, this is hailed by many professionals as a new business philosophy of professional football, sometimes I have to admire Xiao Yu, he is very successful in running the team, look at Mourinho, look at Kaka, look at the talented young player Messi who is now famous in the youth team, these are all things that he dug up when they were still unknown."

"But he is also successful in business, I heard a friend who works in a bank say that in the Ministry of Commerce of the Red Rebels nowadays, even an ordinary clerk can hold a supervisor-level position if he jumps to a major bank, but in the Red Rebels they are just an ordinary clerk, I can't imagine what kind of management model this is."

Martin? Taylor smiled and nodded: "This is a business thing, I don't know much, but I think that Xiao Yu undoubtedly has a high personality charm in this regard, he gives his subordinates enough space to display their talents, and I remember that Florentino returned to Madrid after a trip to Manchester, and said in an interview with the media that there is a lot to learn from the Red Rebels." ”

"A League One team, the galactic battleship Real Madrid!" Andy? Gray laughed.

Who knows Martin? Taylor nodded solemnly: "I think that the concepts of these two teams are somewhat similar, the former is a club founded by fans, and the latter is a membership-based club, maybe in the realm of Xiao Yu and Florentino, they can see the similarities and differences between the two models." ”

"Okay, Martin, the game is about to start, I'm suddenly very interested now, I'm wondering, should we invite Xiao Yu to participate in our show in the future, let him talk about his experience in running the Red Rebels, maybe this can help many teams!"

"Maybe he won't come!" Martin? Taylor said with a smile.

At this point, the screen switches to the players' tunnel at the Rose Garden, where players from both sides of the game can be seen preparing to play, and Redondo is hugged by a number of Malaga players, who all seem to be friendly to him.

"This is the first time in the history of the Red Rebels that they have played in a European competition, they have reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, and if they cross Málaga they will reach the semi-finals, they are making a unique and magical history!" Andy? Gray laughed.

"Their existence is a legend in itself, Andy!" Martin? Taylor reminded with a smile.

"Well, that's right, the starting line-ups for this game are not too surprising, and the starting goalkeeper of the Red Rebels is Peter? Petr Cech, the Czech Republic's new international who has shown great quality in League One and is hailed as a new generation of talented goalkeepers, is Klo's right wing-back? Toure, who is also the main player on the right side of the Red Rebels this season! ”

'The two centre-backs are John? Terry and Curtis? Davies, these two young England youngsters are the main central defenders of the Red Rebels, and both were selected for the England national team, and their performances have been very good, and they have attracted the attention of many teams, but the Red Rebels said to the public that these two players are not for sale, and no one can expect to be able to take them. ”

"The left wing-back is the German teenager Philippe? Lahm, who didn't get a chance at Bayern Munich, quickly integrated into the team after arriving at the Red Rebels, and performed very well, starting this game in place of Patrice Evra, who had a slight foot injury, with Juninho Jr. and Redondo in the back, also two very technical midfielders. ”

"The Red Rebels' front four have been praised by fans as a magical quartet, referring to the tacit cooperation of this front four, and at the same time they all have strong individual ability, namely Brazilian Kaka as a central midfielder, and Alexandria on the right? Hleb, left winger Al Jan? Robben, powerful center Didier? Drogba! ”

Martin? Taylor laughed when he saw the players running out of the tunnel.

"It can be said that Mourinho has sent the strongest squad of players he can assign in this game, and Malaga must have conducted in-depth research on the Red Rebels, how to contain the magic quartet of the Red Rebels, how to break the back line of the Red Rebels, this is the biggest problem in front of Malaga."

Andy? Gray had to agree with Martin? Taylor's statement, "The combination of skills, speed, height, and intensity of these four players all have them, which makes them always able to play a strong attack no matter what strong opponent they are facing, especially in this game, Mourinho specially arranged the two technical players Juninho Jr. and Redondo behind them, obviously to maximize the team's attacking ability." ”

"But there is also a certain risk that Juninho Jr. and Redondo are not the kind of tough guys who defend the line, and they can't play the role of Senna and Essien in terms of protecting the defence, but I think the reason why Mourinho used Redondo must be to borrow his experience and his familiarity with the Spanish style of football to control the game from the start."

Speaking of which, Martin? Taylor couldn't help but laugh, "The Red Rebels undoubtedly look like a tough game, but in fact, their skills are not bad at all, especially their fast-paced passing style on the court, and the style of passing the ball with one kick, which is not a low technical demand, so I am looking forward to this game!" ”

…………………… Redondo was on the pitch and he could clearly hear the cheers from the stands, but at this moment, what came to his mind was the request that Mourinho had just passed to him in the dressing room.

Take control and kill the game!

How to control it? How to kill the game?

Mourinho didn't give him specific instructions, but he asked Curtis at the back to take on more tackles and interceptions, and at the same time let the magic quartet in front of him and Juninho Jr. next to him, plus the four defenders behind him, all revolve around Redondo.

He pinned his hopes on Redondo for the whole match!

Is this an adventure?

Some people may think so, but Xiao Yu and Mourinho both think it is not, because Redondo does have that kind of quality, and he has performed well in the previous few games, which proves that he is recovering.

Besides, the reuse of Redondo also has the effect of a surprise soldier!

(To be continued)