16 July 2007, 9.30 a.m., Valdebebas.

The sun overhead was already showing off his heat, but the sweaty players were still standing on the training ground of the first team around Yang Cheng, accepting the coach's words.

This season's Real Madrid has gone Salgado and Raul, Bravo, but Yang Cheng did not bring in full-backs, although he booked McConn, but the Brazilian defender who performed well in the Copa America and doubled in value, and was hailed by the outside world as another proof of Yang Cheng's fiery eyes, will continue to play in Monaco this season.

At present, Real Madrid has preliminarily determined, and after the time is met, Thiago, Silva and Marcelo will all go to apply for Spanish citizenship, vacating two foreign places for Real Madrid, and McCone will occupy one of them.

Although no fullbacks were introduced, Real Madrid brought in Pepe from Porto for 11 million euros to strengthen the team's backline, plus the transfer of young player Miguel from Castilla, Torres went to the first team, the team's defense did not decline much, after all, Torres had played many times last season, and his reputation was mixed, but Yang Cheng was very optimistic about him.

In midfield, all the players from last season stayed in the team, and Yang Cheng also brought in the young Ozil from the Bundesliga, a young player with delicate skills and full of creativity, who can also play in the middle of the midfield, left and right wings, and is seen as a competitive addition in Real Madrid's midfield.

By the way, many people regard the old Ozil as the first batch of youth training products under Yang Cheng's youth training system to promote German football reform, and it is not difficult to see the characteristics of Yang Cheng's youth training from this group of players, which is also the reason why Ozil switched to Real Madrid, after all, he is more in line with Yang Cheng's football taste.

During Mascherano's vacation, Yang Cheng plans to try the combination of De La Reid and Alonso, but it is not excluded that Xavi and Garcia, the youngster is tall, has excellent headers, excellent technique and good passing ability, plus he has a strong sense of teamwork, and is an excellent player.

In addition, like Granero is also a very good midfielder, plus Guti, Real Madrid's midfield does not seem to have many stars, in fact, the hòu degree is enough, after all, Real Madrid is not going to play Chelsea's bullish midfield-style football.

On the front line, Raul is getting older, Villa, Aguero and Negredo will gradually take on more responsibilities, Yang Cheng is playing 4231, Villa is currently the one who is in charge, Kaka is the forward midfielder, Raul and Aguero can play between the striker and the front midfield, so the offensive strength is enough.

The main lineup in Yang Cheng's mind, the goalkeeper is still Casillas, the backline is Marcelo, Arbeloa, Cannavaro, Pepe and Ramos, the double back is Xavi, Alonso and Mascherano, the left side is still David Cryva, Mata, Kaka plays the front midfield, Beckham plays the right side, and Villa plays as a single striker.

There are not many changes to this set of tactics as a whole from last season, Kaka's addition will make the team's attack more threatening, but in the early stage, the Brazilian superstar will certainly not be able to play every game, Raul and Aguero can form a suitable rotation, and Ozil can also play in the midfield.

In the training camp at the beginning of the season, Yang Cheng arranged several priorities for himself.

Aside from all the team's regular training camps, what Yang Cheng needs to do now is to help Pepe and other players from the Singapore League integrate into the team, understand the team's tactical adjustments when Pepe plays central defender, and develop a set of offensive routines for Marcelo to play left forward.

There has always been a tradition of full-backs involved in attack, starting with the tactics of the Brazilian era, and with Cafu and Carlos, Thuram and Lizarazu winning titles, assist full-backs have become increasingly popular. …,

With the advent of modern football, tactics are becoming more and more rigorous, and the space constraints on the pitch, especially in the own half, will be more and more important, whether it is facing Manchester United, Chelsea, or Barcelona, who is known as playing artistic football, they have a very high control of space in local areas.

And the means to achieve control is to be crowded, especially in the middle!

There is no doubt that the wings will be the source of all attacks, it is already a well-established fact!

That is to say, the future attack will be more launched from the side and received in the middle, and because the midfield will be under pressure from the opponent's defensive formation, the space is very small, so the back insertion of the attack will play a decisive role.

It is very difficult to defend against this type of attack, which is why all teams are increasingly focusing on full-backs in attack.

Even if it is a bullish team like Chelsea, Ashley Tadle and Bosingwa are all attacking full-backs, Mourinho's idea is the same as Yang Cheng, the difference is that Yang Cheng found the right person, while the Portuguese madman did not.

For this reason, Mourinho also called Yang Cheng personally after the Copa America, complaining that he actually attacked McCone in advance, which was too shameless, and obviously he also appreciated McConn's outstanding performance in the Copa America.

But attacking full-backs, especially left-forwards like Marcelo, are often a nuisance in the team's defence.

Yang Cheng must find a way to play Marcelo's offensive advantage on the left side in the warm-up game, fill the hidden dangers in defense, and maximize the team's defensive stability while giving full play to Marcelo's forward attacking power.

For him, indeed

It's a big test, but once it succeeds, Real Madrid's attack will go to a new level in the case of Kakaga's alliance and great power!

The second time he came to Yildenin, Yang Cheng is already familiar with everything here, and Real Madrid has also been familiar with everything here by often coming here for many years to carry out training camps.

Although the residents here are accustomed to hearing the news of Real Madrid's arrival every year, they still rush to watch Real Madrid's training as soon as they arrive, after all, Real Madrid's squad changes every season, especially this season, Real Madrid has a few more players in the team, including top superstars like Kaka.

But in this town, Real Madrid can avoid the disturbances of the outside world to the greatest extent, devote themselves to training and preparation, the whole team will usher in three times a day of devil training, although Kaka does not need to follow the team to practice, but to carry out rehabilitation training by himself, but he still has to work and rest with the team.

During this period of training, Yang Cheng methodically instilled his further tactical ideas into the players, especially for Marcelo, when to step forward, when to retreat, how to cooperate after the front insertion, who to cooperate with, how to cooperate with his teammates, and how to fill in for him after he inserted, these are all problems.

Therefore, on the training ground, Yang can often be heard yelling at Marcelo, just knocking this Brazilian boy.

After a full week of abundance, the team welcomed Stoke City in the Championship a week after arriving in Austria.

Yang Cheng arranged Casillas, Marcelo, Cannavaro, Pepe, Ramos, Xavi, Alonso, Xavi, Garcia, David Gerva, Raul, Beckham and Villa. …,

The team has created opportunities one after another from the beginning, after all, the overall framework has not changed much from last season, the biggest difference is that the players are in a period of adjustment after a week of high-intensity training, their physical fitness is in a period of adjustment, their bodies are a little unable to keep up with their brains, and there are many mistakes, but the overall strength advantage allows Real Madrid to grasp the advantage on the field very smoothly.

In the old minute, Silva got rid of the ball and went straight to the ball and Raul cut in a low shot to open the scoring for Real Madrid.

After that, Real Madrid had the advantage, but they couldn't score.

In the second half, Yang Cheng changed to another lineup, the goalkeeper was Diego Lupes, the back line was Arbeloa, Thiago, Silva, Elguerra and Miguel Yongres, the three midfielders played in the back were De La Rede and Granero, Guti burst forward, and the front three forwards were Mata, Negredo and Aguero.

Finally, in the 78th minute, Negredo received a cross from Arbeloa in the penalty area, and the header was knocked back to the outside of the penalty area.

2:0, Real Madrid won the first victory in the warm-up match.

After the first warm-up game, Real Madrid continued to conduct devil training in Austria, and Yang Cheng also improved the problems exposed in the first warm-up game, especially in the first half, although he had the advantage, but he couldn't score points, in the final analysis, there was a problem in the offensive advancement.

After a few days of training in Ildenin, Real Madrid packed up and left Austria, flew to Germany, played a warm-up match with Hannover 96, and finally defeated Hannover 96 3-0 away with goals from Villa, David Beckham and Aguero, winning two consecutive warm-up matches.

Real Madrid then travelled to Moscow to compete in the Railway Cup.

The reason why Real Madrid participates in this event, in addition to the fact that it is a commercial competition and has a large appearance fee, Yang Cheng pays more attention to the quality of the warm-up game, because the other three teams participating in this event are the host Lokomotiv Moscow, the Serie A giant AC Milan and the Dutch giant PSV Eindhoven, all of which are powerful teams.

Yang Cheng likes to meet strong opponents in the warm-up matches, because he firmly believes that the stronger the opponent, the more problems he will expose, and if he can improve all the problems in the warm-up matches, then Real Madrid will undoubtedly be full of fighting power.

Real Madrid's opponent in the semi-finals is PSV Eindhoven, this team played defensive counterattack tactics, which brought a lot of pressure to Real Madrid's attack, plus Real Madrid has just gone through the pre-match training camp, and the physical condition and condition are still very unsatisfactory.

But in the second half, after Yang Cheng made several substitutions, as the opponent's physical strength was also consumed, Guti played a role, it was his pass in the 79th minute to help Negredo score, and finally Real Madrid defeated PSV Eindhoven 1:0 and entered the final.

In addition to exposing the problem of Real Madrid's poor state, this game also made Yang Cheng see the hidden dangers of the team's left defense after Marcelo came on the field, especially in the absence of Mascherano, Real Madrid's double back did not give enough pressure to the opponent's midfield, causing the opponent to play a very threatening counterattack several times.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the warm-up game, each other's attention to the game is not enough, for example, in this game Yang Cheng made 9 substitutions in one breath, except for Casillas and Cannavaro, the other players were all changed, after all, it was a warm-up game, the results were not important, and adjusting the state of the players was the key.

Even in the finals, this situation has not changed much.

Originally, the situation of Kaka in the face of his old club AC Milan did not appear, and many people in the outside world wondered that Yang Cheng did not use Kaka in these warm-up games, and the Brazilian superstar did not even have a minute of playing time. As for Kaka's Real Madrid debut, Yang Cheng initially gave the time in Hong Kong. …,

"I think with his current pace, he should be able to play against Hong Kong United!"

Kaka himself expressed a strong desire to play as soon as possible, but he also said that he will fully obey the manager's arrangement, "I feel that my physical condition is getting better and better, I feel that I can play at any time, but I will obey the manager's arrangement unconditionally, because I know that the decisions he makes are all for me to play better." ”

Although Kaka did not get the chance to play in the game against AC Milan, Real Madrid played very tenaciously in this game, and twice stubbornly equalized after falling behind twice, but in the end, in the penalty shootout, Real Madrid still lost to AC Milan 3:4, and finally only won the runner-up of the Railway Cup.

It's just a warm-up cup game that doesn't have much impact, Yang Cheng doesn't value it at all, what he really values is the problems exposed by Real Madrid in the game, Pepe and Cannavaro's partnership is not stable enough, especially Pepe, the first goal conceded is his mistake.

Throughout the whole warm-up game, Pepe's performance can be described as a combination of highlights and mistakes, his body and strength are worthy of recognition, but in the cooperation with Cannavaro, especially under the offensive pressure of AC Milan, there are many mistakes, but several key clearances and resolutions, which are also applauded.

After all, it's a new team that has just joined the league, and although they do well in training, training is different from games, and it's better to be able to expose problems in a warm-up game than to make mistakes in a regular game.

Yang Cheng asked the technical team to collect all the mistakes made by each player during the game, and prepared to keep them after returning to Valdebebas, and make a video to distribute to each player to watch for himself at that time.

After a few warm-up matches, it is clear that the Real Madrid players have adjusted, and although the team has had a lot of problems repeatedly, the results of the pre-season training camp are also becoming apparent, which was evident in the team's arrival in Yokohama, where they played against Yokohama Marino, a famous powerhouse in the J-League.

In this game, Yang Cheng continued to use Casillas as a goalkeeper, the back line is Marcelo, Elguera, Pepe and Ramos, the double back is Granero and Mascherano, the left side is David, Silva, Aguero plays the front midfield, Beckham is on the right, and Villa plays in the middle.

At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid played very actively, first in the 9th minute, Granero and David Cryva had a beautiful interspersed cooperation, Granero passed diagonally to the left side of the penalty area, Marcelo inserted at high speed, and sent the ball to the front of the penalty area before the defender, Villa inserted the point and penetrated the goal of the Yokohama Mariners, 1:0

After scoring the first goal, Real Madrid continued to maintain the pressure in midfield, pressing high at the back, Marcelo and Ramos were two full-backs who were frequently involved in assists, David, Silva and David Beckham were actively cutting inside to create space for their insertion, and Real Madrid's wide play was very active.

In the first minute, Ramos stepped in and knocked on the front of the penalty area, Beckham got the ball and pushed it, Aguero got the ball in the penalty area and got rid of the defenders, shot low, and scored again, 2:0

Real Madrid began to play like a bamboo, and the fans in the stands were also excited.

For the Japanese fans, they paid a high ticket to come here to watch this game, the purpose is to see Yang Cheng and his Real Madrid, so the better Real Madrid performs, the more excited and excited they are.

The hapless Yokohama Mariners were almost powerless to parry and fight back against the giants of Real Madrid. …,

Mascherano's appearance made Real Madrid's back straighten again, pressing Yokohama Mariner to play, so that Real Madrid's back line can rest assured to press forward, and Real Madrid's attack will be easier to enter Yokohama Marino's half.

Only in the first half, Real Madrid once again relied on the goals of Beckham and Aguero to lead Yokohama Mariners 4:0.

After that, Real Madrid made 6 substitutions in one go, but Raul and Negredo's goals locked the score at 6:0 for Real Madrid, and in the second half, substitute Beckham came on, and Ozil, who played on the right side, performed very well, just because he was a left-footed relationship, and he had not played on the right side before, so he was a little unaccustomed to the game, but his several passes and dribbles were very skillful, showing rare delicacy.

The 6-0 victory over Yokohama Mariner was the biggest victory since the warm-up match, which was highly appreciated by the Japanese media and fans, who believed that Real Madrid, who went all out, was more sincere than Barcelona, who came to Asia with a substitute lineup, and Real Madrid also played with all their might.

Yang Cheng didn't have any comment on this, he didn't want to provoke a war before the league, and if he didn't play at all in the warm-up game, how could he find out the team's problems?

With the momentum of the 6-0 victory over the Yokohama Mariners, Real Madrid visited Beijing and defeated the Beijing team 3-0 to win the second victory of the Asian tour.

After playing the Beijing team, Yang Cheng took the opportunity to participate in a fundraising event held by the Caesar Charitable Foundation in Beijing, and Florentino, who was in Beijing, also came down with a royal horse to cheer for the event, this time the Caesar Charitable Foundation will use all the donations for Yang Cheng's previous earthquake prevention work and hope education project.

And after being busy with these things, Real Madrid went to Hong Kong and ushered in the last warm-up game of the Asian tour, which is what Yang Cheng said before, Kaka's debut in Real Madrid! (To be continued)