August 9, 8 p.m., Seattle

American fans near Seattle finally have a chance to see for themselves what Yang Cheng, who always stands on the sidelines and directs the game, looks like.

It looks very ordinary, a black casual suit, no tie, and three buttons on the collar of the white shirt inside, which adds a bit of fashion flavor, but everything else looks very ordinary, but I don't know why, in the gestures, it always gives people a very calm feeling, perhaps, it can also be understood as elegant!

However, Real Madrid in the game can hardly be said to be elegant!

The Washington League is the leader of the Eastern Division, and it is considered a top strong team in the American Professional League, and its strength is indeed not weak, including a very dazzling young player Adu in the team, who is currently the brightest rookie in the American League, and also has some foreign aid.

Due to his excellent performance in the warm-up game before, Yang Cheng adjusted the lineup in this game, the goalkeeper used Casillas, and the backline was Raul? Bravo, Cannavaro, Thuram and Ramos, with Xavi at the back? Alonso and De La Red, on the left is Mata, who performed dazzlingly in the European Youth Championship, on the right is Beckham, and the two forwards are replaced by Villa and Aguero, Raul because of his average performance in the next three warm-up games, so Yang Cheng used Aguero in this game.

The Argentine kid's performance was really good, perhaps because of his newcomer, his individual ability was fully reflected, and in the 21st minute of the first half, it was he who retreated to respond. got Beckham's cross from the right side, after stopping the ball on his chest, he used his personal skills to deduct the defender who grabbed it, and went straight behind the Washington League, Villa inserted it and made it in one fell swoop, 0:1!

But just a minute later, it was Aguero who dropped back to get the ball and was distributed to the left. Juan Mata used his skills to break through the opposition defence and cross to the back of the box, where David Beckham cut in from behind and headed just wide.

Real Madrid played aggressively throughout the first half, and the field was much better than before, but then with the tightening of the defensive tactics of the Washington League, Real Madrid's attack once again showed its instability.

In the second half, Yang Cheng made adjustments to the team's lineup. Marcelo replaces Raul? Bravo played at left-back, Thiago? Silva and Elgra replaced Cannavaro and Thuram respectively, Arbeloa replaced Salgado, Guti and Mascherano played as a double midfielder, Silva played on the left, Granero played on the right, and Negredo and Soldado played as two strikers.

And in the goalkeeper position. Yang Cheng uses Diego? López replaces Casillas.

Although the former is Real Madrid's youth academy. But in Yang Cheng's previous life, after leaving Real Madrid, he got rid of the shadow of Casillas and became Villarreal's main goalkeeper, performing very well, attracting the attention of countless giants, and the goalkeeper is 1.96 meters tall, which is very top-notch among goalkeepers and reacts quickly. The physical fitness is also very good and flexible.

If only from a physical and technical point of view, Di Palma even thinks, Diego? López is more suitable as a goalkeeper than Casillas, because Casillas is limited by his height of 1.85 meters, and has a natural disadvantage in terms of air dominance and control. As a result, he lost to other top goalkeepers.

Of course, Yang Cheng can't replace Casillas, because the latter is the anchor of Real Madrid's backline, so what he wants Di Palma to do is try to help Casillas overcome these problems, but he will also give Diego? López chances. At the very least, Casillas should be put under enough competitive pressure.

Similarly, there is Raul, Yang Cheng is also using Aguero, Negredo, Soldado and others to attack the main front. It's about putting pressure on them.

A team, what they are most afraid of is a pool of stagnant water, no pressure, no motivation!

However, Real Madrid did not create absolute scoring opportunities throughout the second half, which was related to the team's frequent substitutions, and also related to the tactics of Washington United, and finally the game became 1:0 again.

5 warm-up games, 3 1:0, 1 0:0, although there was a 14:0 victory, but that game had no meaning, so Yang Cheng could foresee that those media in Europe would definitely criticize it.

However, he didn't care about the criticism from the media at all, and continued to prepare and warm up for the team as he should. ..., on the second day of their return to Salt Lake City, the team faced Real Salt Lake City.

The home team obviously feels that Real Madrid's current state is indeed very average, and hopes to take advantage of the home field to teach this Spanish giant a good lesson, but what they didn't expect was that they were taught a hard lesson by Real Madrid in turn. 1:4, Real Madrid won another warm-up match.

Although Real Salt Lake scored first, Ramos and Thuram's center-back partnership was always not as solid as Cannavaro's, but Ramos stuffed the ball to the retreating Raul after a subsequent midfield advance, and Raul saw that the Salt Lake midfielder was not defending him tightly, while Villa, Silva and Beckham and others were pulling for him, and turned directly to dribble the ball forward.

After a one-two cooperation between Raul and Villa, after Raul entered the penalty area, he shot a spiritual shot, passed the goalkeeper of the Salt Lake City team, and equalized the score for Real Madrid, 1:1!

By the 34th minute, David? After Silva took the ball on the left side, he suddenly cut inside to the top of the arc of the penalty area, Villa pulled the defender to the left, Silva plugged straight behind him, Raul leaned over from the right side, and hit a close volley with his left foot, which penetrated the goal of the Salt Lake City team again, and overtook the score, 1:2!

Less than 4 minutes later, Harvey? Alonso got a pass from Mascherano at the back, and without stopping the ball, he directly kicked a long diagonal pass over the top, and accurately found David on the left side? Silva, who stopped the ball and cut past the opponent's right wing-back, crossed low to the front of the penalty area, Villa slapped the horse and rushed to the goal of the Salt Lake City team, 1:3!

After scoring consecutive goals, Real Madrid attacked like a tide, and Salt Lake City team retreated. The La Liga giants played their best game since the summer warm-up, especially in attack, with very fluid coordination, very fast ball passing and simple passing by players.

In the second half, Yang Cheng made a substitution, Negredo's arrival gave Real Madrid a high point, Beckham crossed from the right in the 53rd minute of the second half, Negredo pressed the opponent's central defender to head back, Raul inserted the back chest to stop the ball and got rid of another central defender. Shot skillfully in the penalty area, the ball almost grazed the post and went into the net, 1:4!

Raul, who scored a hat trick, was very excited, and the Real Madrid captain, who was pressed by Yang Cheng on the bench for the last game, behaved more actively in training, and used a hat trick to block the outside world's doubts about him.

But soon, Yang Cheng replaced him with Aguero, but interestingly. When Raul walked off the field, he walked up to Yang Cheng and hugged the head coach before returning to the bench to sit.

4:1, Real Madrid shut up all doubts about them with a beautiful attack!

Marca, who is far away in Europe, is full of praise for this game, believing that although Yang Cheng's team has lost Zidane and Figo, it has played a team cooperation that is rare for Real Madrid before. Especially the hearty passing and receiving coordination. It was as if Real Madrid had found the secret to attacking like a mercury dip.

"With 72 per cent possession, 21 shots on goal, almost the same as Real Salt Lake, Real Madrid's new attacking routine finally showed us how dangerous they were in this game, and the most valuable thing was the cooperation and service of the players."

Raul's first goal was an assist from Villa, and Spain's main striker was willing to make a wall for the Real Madrid captain; The second goal was Silva's spirited shot into the box, but Villa's pull was a big deal. ”

"David? Silva, the young youngster, was previously skeptical. He couldn't fill the void since Zinedine Zidane's departure, and we certainly couldn't ask him to be as obsessive as Zidane, but he was always in good form and this one was particularly impressive, both from the wide and inside with the ball, and that straight shot to Raul. It makes us seem to see Zidane's shadow from him. ”

"Villa is also Spain's number one striker, the price tag of 15 million euros is not expensive at all, and he has shown us his future at Real Madrid with his consistent goal efficiency and excellent sense of cooperation. Raul's hat-trick also gave us higher expectations for Real Madrid's attacking combination in the new season. In addition, it is especially gratifying that there are several young players in the team. Granero, De La Red, Negredo, all did well, but the most surprising was Arbeloa, a player who could attack and defend on the left flank, and we couldn't help but wonder why we didn't call him up to the first team early last season. If he had been there last season, would we still be so dangerous on the left flank? ”

"The only thing that was more unsettling in this game was Ramos, whose frivolous defence exposed him next to the likes of Cannavaro and Thuram, but we should all agree with Yang Cheng that Cannavaro and Thuram will set a good example for them and will be ideal for them to learn from." Unlike Marca's slightly optimistic assessment, Ace takes a more cautious approach, believing that although Real Madrid played the brightest game since the warm-up game, there are still many internal problems in the team.

"The team with the most personnel changes in La Liga, from the manager to the main lineup, and even to the substitute lineup, we have no exception to Casillas, Beckham, Xavi? Aside from Alonso and Raul, we don't see any other members of last season's main squad, which makes us have to be aware that we are a team that is just starting out! ”

"I think Yang Cheng's reaction is wise, he keeps repeatedly emphasizing that Real Madrid is far from the best Real Madrid today, and he hopes to get more time, and he kept emphasizing that Real Madrid after the winter break will be better than now in an interview with this reporter after the game against Salt Lake City!"

"In this game, Real Madrid just let everyone see a little grandeur, just the tip of the iceberg, and we even have reason to believe that as the season progresses, with the tacit understanding between the players, Real Madrid will become stronger and stronger, because the team coached by Yang Cheng has never disappointed."

"I remember. Bosque, Hierro and other Real Madrid people have commented that inviting Yang Cheng will be the most important turning point in the history of Real Madrid, they all call on the board of directors, call on fans, should give Yang Cheng more time, we also feel that such Yang Cheng, such Real Madrid, is worth our wait. It's worth our wait! ”

"We waited for six years for Caesar to come, we waited for someone to come and drag Real Madrid out of the quagmire, we waited for three years, and now, Caesar is here, we see hope, then we don't mind waiting another six months, even a year. Because we all believe that he will bring the most special football to Real Madrid! ”

At the end of the report, the chief reporter of the newspaper As, True, who followed the team in the United States, gave Real Madrid a high evaluation in the daily Real Madrid report, especially Yang Cheng, who he believes is different from all previous Real Madrid managers. Just look at his training and the tuning of his players.

"I made a pact with Caesar. He will give me an exclusive interview when the team returns to Spain, and we have already started to collect questions from all Real Madrid fans, and I will hand them over to Caesar in person! ”

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After the team played a warm-up game against Real Salt Lake, the team took a day off, which was the first time since the team's training camp, and Yang Cheng hoped that the players could relax.

After all, after returning to Europe, what awaits Real Madrid is an intensive preparation and schedule.

Take advantage of this day. Yang Cheng flew directly from Salt Lake City to New York, accompanied by Redondo, and Florentino was already waiting for him in New York.

Under the arrangement of the United Nations, the delegation visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Here, Yang Cheng meets his old friend George? Clooney, tennis superstar Roger Federer, will be appointed as Goodwill Ambassadors by the United Nations at the same time today.

There are currently a total of 10 Goodwill Ambassadors at the United Nations. are all celebrities in the fields of entertainment, literature and sports, among which Yang Cheng is the only one in the field of football, and George is in the field of entertainment? Clooney, Michael? Douglas and Charlize? Theron, among others, the princess of Jordan, animal protection activists, musicians, and more.

Florentino and Redondo witnessed the moment when Yang Cheng received the certificate of appointment from Annan, Annan said. Football is one of the most common languages in life, and he hopes to be able to pass this appointment. With the help of Yang Cheng's influence, he will bring the message of the United Nations to the people of the world and promote the accelerated realization of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Yang Cheng also solemnly said that he would continue to insist on investing in charity.

"I have gained a lot from the sport of football, which has completely changed my life, and I have always believed that I should give back to football and society, so I established the Caesar Charitable Foundation, and I hope that through the appeal, more people, more fans, can participate in it."

"In the future, I will start a comprehensive cooperation with Real Madrid Football Club, and we hope to set up non-profit football schools in Africa, Asia and South America, so that all children can have the opportunity to learn and play football in schools, which is a very meaningful thing for us."

"Getting this certificate is an encouragement for me, and I will continue to keep it up!"

Football schools have been put on the agenda, with a focus on Africa and Latin America, especially Africa, because now in La Liga, African players are no longer counted as foreign players, so Real Madrid is keen to develop this football market, and clubs such as Arsenal and Manchester United are rich here.

Maybe Real Madrid did carry out this project with a certain utilitarian mentality, but it is undeniable that they are indeed carrying out public welfare, which is indeed able to bring help to poor and backward regions such as Africa and Latin America, especially in basic education, etc., and that is enough, isn't it?

As for the Asian region, especially in China, it is more troublesome to carry out this plan, because Real Madrid has worked closely with the Chinese Super League team before, but they are not very happy with each other, although Yang Cheng also hopes to be able to help the youth football training in the motherland, but after listening to Florentino's analysis and understanding the difficulty of the operation, he also gave understanding, after all, many things are not a person, or a football club can have the final say.

After the trip to the United Nations, Yang Cheng separated from Florentino and Redondo, he avoided all the reporters and ran to Aniston's residence in New York's West Town, the American sweetheart had already made an appointment with Yang Cheng to stay at home and wait for him.

The two are newlywed, and they are tired of being at home all day, doing some things that adults love to do.

After spending the night in New York, Yang Cheng rushed to Salt Lake City the next morning, met up with the team, and flew back to Madrid at noon that day.

Back on their own turf, Real Madrid was greeted by more than 100 fans, and it can be seen that the fans are very satisfied with the team's performance at the end of the United States training with a big victory over Salt Lake City, so the atmosphere at the airport is also very warm, especially when the news of Yang Cheng getting the United Nations goodwill ambassador came out, Real Madrid fans are generally proud.

At the very least, Barcelona also went to the United States to train, but they didn't have such treatment!

It has to be said that the ideas of the fans are sometimes the simplest, but the most interesting.

After arriving in Madrid, the team only went to Valdebebas to rest for a few hours, and then flew south to Jerez airport, where they took a bus to Cadiz to participate in the Carranza Cup.

In addition to Real Madrid, Real Madrid's first-round opponents Villarreal, Real Betis and Cadiz will also participate in the competition, a total of four teams competing for the title of the Carranza Cup, and Real Madrid's history of winning the Carranza Cup even dates back 25 years.