285th Real Madrid debut
Cannavaro joined the Serie A giants Juventus, which is also the team that Cannavaro has played for before, and it should be said that Cannavaro's most brilliant time at the club was at Juventus. According to the media, due to the World Cup in South Africa next summer, Lippi hopes that Cannavaro will return to Serie A to play in preparation for the World Cup, and the Silver Fox is strongly recommending Cannavaro to join Juventus, the reason is very clear, that is, the Bianconeri have the main central defender Ziellini and goalkeeper Buffon of the national team, and the arrival of Cannavaro can strengthen the run-in of the national team's defense.
Jonker also met the team's captain Raul on the training ground, Raul's flu is not yet cured, but he will also travel with the team to Dublin, where the team is training.
Jonk and Raul greeted each other, and the two chatted briefly.
Raul's attitude towards Jonker is relatively light, Jonk can feel this, he thought about it and was relieved, his arrival will make Real Madrid's forward competition fierce, Raul is getting older and older, it is difficult to ensure the main position, if it is someone else, Raul may be able to suppress it with seniority, but if the competitor is Jonker, even Raul is difficult to shake Jonker's starting position, if nothing else, let's not say that Jonk is' The world's top scorer's name, Jonker's worth of 120 million pounds alone, Jonk will get a starting spot, and Florentino paid a huge price to buy Jonk, not sitting on the bench.
Of course, the same principle applies to Kaka, who can basically guarantee a starting position.
In the afternoon of the same day, the whole Real Madrid team took a flight to Dublin, the training camp, compared with yesterday's training camp. There is one more Raul, and there are two less Cannavaro and Saviola.
The Real Madrid team, who arrived in Dublin, was greeted by local fans and media. Jonk, in particular, has quite a large number of fans in the local area. When training at Real Madrid, Jonker saw several local fans, wearing his No. 25 shirt at Manchester United to ask him for autographs, Jonk was also a little emotional to sign autographs for the fans, as for the request for a group photo, he politely declined, at this time, Jonk should pay attention to the impact, he wore the Real Madrid jersey and wore his No. 25 shirt when he was at Manchester United The fans took a group photo. It's easy to be hyped up by the media for something else.
During training, Jonker noticed that another Dutchman was not friendly to him either: Huntelaar.
The arrival of Jonk has also further compressed Huntelaar's living space, if Van Nistelrooy can at least get a relatively stable substitute position with the advantage of experience, Huntelaar's position is very embarrassing, which can be seen from the training, Pellegrini seems to favor Higuain more between Huntelaar and Higuain.
So. Huntelaar is very unfriendly with Jonker, and the media generally believes that Huntelaar has a problematic personality and is a bit unsociable, even if it is the Dutch gang. I don't really like this compatriot either.
After his first day of training in Dublin, Huntelaar's agent approached Baldano and expressed to him his player's desire to leave Real Madrid. It's putting pressure on Real Madrid.
Florentino had already decided if there was a club that could make a suitable offer. Then sell it, which is also Florentino's overall opinion on the Dutch gang. Florentino doesn't have much affection for the biggest force within the club, second only to Spanish players.
Now, it is AC Milan who are most eager to chase Huntelaar, however, the problem is that the Rossoneri are not willing to spend money, they only want 12 million euros to take Huntelaar, in the eyes of AC Milan, Real Madrid supermarket has been opened, besides, because of the transfer of Kaka, Galliani also firmly believes that with his friendship with Florentino, it is not a big problem to spend this money to take Huntelaar.
What about Huntelaar? He wants to go to AC Milan, but he has decided to leave anyway, and it is also a good choice to be able to go to a giant like AC Milan.
However, Pellegrini did not agree to sell Huntelaar, because if Huntelaar is sold, then there will only be 4 goalscorers left in Real Madrid, Jonker, Raul, Van Nistelrooy and Higuain, Jonk must occupy a main spot, it seems that the other three are grabbing another starting spot, Real Madrid's forward line is still abundant, however, Raul is getting older, and his condition is not as good as day by day, Van Nistelrooy spent almost in a hospital bed last season, Higuain is healthy, but' The little smoking gun's in the key game, still a little bit worse.
So, Pellegrini did not agree to sell Huntelaar, and after selling, should he buy another one?
It's hard to buy a good goalscorer right now, and now the 'world's top scorer' Jonker has arrived at Real Madrid, and, right now, Real Madrid needs a good replacement, and in Pellegrini's opinion, Huntelaar is just right.
However, what happened next made Pellegrini understand who is the real boss in Real Madrid, Florentino directly sued Pellegrini that Huntegral was definitely leaving.
Then, just when Pellegrini was depressed, Florentino surprised him again: on July 18, the third day of Real Madrid's training camp in Dublin, Real Madrid's official website reported that Lyon club striker Benzema will officially transfer to Real Madrid. The transfer contract will come into effect after passing the medical examination and will last for up to six years. The 21-year-old French striker's transfer fee will consist of two parts, initially at €35 million, which will be gradually increased to a maximum of €41 million, depending on Benzema's performance and Real Madrid's results.
Valdano then informed Manuel Pellegrini that French striker Karim Benzema would travel to Madrid tomorrow for a medical check-up and would come directly to Dublin to join the team.
Benzema is a popular new star goalscorer in Europe, and Pellegrini is of course happy to be able to join the team, but he is also very depressed, because he has no say in the matter of Benzema's joining...... This really makes the ambitious Pellegrini feel very uncomfortable.
Jonk knew that Benzema had joined Real Madrid at the end of training, for the French striker. His impression came from the 2007-2008 season, when Ferguson wanted to find a replacement for Jonker. Benzema was in mind at the time, but Lyon's vampire president, Ola, was priced at 30 million euros. was directly scolded by Ferguson as an old guy who should rob the bank, and in the end the transfer fell through, and Owen joined Manchester United instead.
Now, a year later, Jonk has joined Real Madrid and Karim Benzema has arrived.
A day later, Jonker played his first competitive game since joining Real Madrid, a warm-up match against Serie A giants Inter Milan.
Dublin Stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in Ireland in Europe. Built in 1876, the stadium began to host a large number of rugby matches and became the home of Irish rugby, where the Irish national rugby team played its first international match in 1878.
It wasn't until the 80s that the stadium was frequently used as a football field. On January 14, 1981, 48,500 fans watched the team's 3-2 World Cup qualifiers win over France. Notable victories at Dublin Stadium also included a 2-0 win over Bulgaria in October 1987, which also gave the Irish national team their first major final. It was the 1988 European Championships.
September 2001, Jason. McArt's goal gave Ireland a 1-0 win over the Netherlands despite a 10-man run to secure an important 2002 World Cup qualifying victory. Excluded the Netherlands from the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.
On 19 July, there were no matches of the Irish national team at Dublin Stadium. However, on this day, the stadium was still flooded with a large number of fans. They are all waiting to watch the warm-up match between Real Madrid vs Inter Milan. A warm-up match can attract so many fans, the vast majority of whom are not fans of Real Madrid or Inter Milan. They all came to see Jonker play, and it was his first official game since joining Real Madrid. It has attracted a lot of attention and is the focus of attention.
And, although this is only a warm-up match, at least three dozen countries and regions will broadcast the game live. It can be said that they are all going for Jonker, which also makes Florentino very satisfied, he is already thinking about the grand occasion when Jonk made his first appearance in La Liga, his first appearance in the Champions League, and even the national derby.
Florentino has never regretted spending 120 million euros on Jonker.
With two hours to go, fans from all over the world were already gathering in the square outside Dublin Stadium. It's like a pilgrimage, they've come to Dublin from all over the world just to watch a warm-up game.
There are a lot of police officers around Dublin Stadium, who are very vigilant and watching the situation in the vicinity. Jonker's first game for Real Madrid was in Dublin, which made Dubliners happy and proud, and of course, it was also a huge business opportunity, with a large number of fans coming to Dublin to stimulate Dublin's spending, but it was also a big test for Dublin's police, and it was said that the Northern Ireland Republican Army was planning to create some chaos before this game to cause trouble for the British authorities.
Of course, there were still discordant notes, with some racist fans holding signs insulting players of color, which of course were quickly confiscated by the police.
In addition to the enthusiastic fans, there are more than 50 media from all over the world gathered here, when the players on both sides of the game have not yet come to the stadium, these reporters seem very leisurely, some are filming fans, some are chatting, most of the topics of chat are related to the news of the transfer market, now, the entire La Liga and even the world are occupied by Real Madrid, 65 million euros of Kaka, 136 million euros of Jonck, 35 million euros of Benzema, the transfer market is just over half, Florentino has already spent more than 230 million euros. It's shocking.
Now, there is a rumor circulating in Europe that Real Madrid's sworn rival Barcelona will not be able to sit still in the face of Real Madrid's full-scale storm in the transfer market, and it is said that Barcelona president Joan Laporta is plotting a shocking transfer plan.
The reporters were chatting sentence by sentence.
"Speaking of which, European football can be worthy of Laporta's introduction. There are not many players who can fight against Real Madrid's transfer. ”
"I heard that Barcelona are interested in Sergio Aguero!"
"Sergio Aguero is good. However, compared to Kaka. The portions were light, not to mention compared to Jonk. Someone immediately retorted.
"Could it be Cristiano Ronaldo? Ha, the two superstars of Manchester United, Jonk went to Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo went to Barcelona, and that's interesting. A local journalist in Ireland said on a whim.
The person next to him immediately pouted disdainfully and said, "Jonk has already transferred, if you want Cristiano Ronaldo to transfer too, unless you kill that old guy in Ferguson first." ”
Irish journalists scratch their heads. Also, after Jonker's transfer, Ferguson will never accept Cristiano Ronaldo's departure again. At least, not this summer.
"Inter's bus has arrived at the stadium." At this time, someone shouted.
"Hey, you say, could it be Ibrahimovic?" Once again, the Irish journalist tumbled a spark of inspiration.
As soon as his words fell, the eyes of the others lit up, revealing a thoughtful look. Don't say it, Ibrahimovic is a heavyweight player, although he is still a little worse than Jonker, but. If there is a transfer, the transfer fee should be about the same as Kaka, and it can be regarded as a weapon that Laporta can use against Real Madrid.
The more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was possible. Journalists, just make bold assumptions. Then, a fresh piece of news came out. Don't worry about the reliability of the news, when the summer transfer market is changing, today's news will find out to be ridiculous tomorrow, it's nothing, the key is to have explosive power.
Unbeknownst to Ibrahimovic, several reporters in the press box at the Dublin stadium had already 'envisioned' a future for him.
Ibrahimovic has not been in a good mood lately, after the phone in 2006, the Swedish striker has been coming to Inter Milan for three seasons, and the Serie A title has been won three times in a row, however, for the Serie A title, Ibrahimovic is not uncommon, he also won it when he was at Juventus (and was later stripped away and sentenced to Inter Milan), Ibrahimovic is now most eager to win the Champions League.
This is the dream of the Swedish goalscorer, Ibrahimovic has always wanted to compete for the European Ballon d'Or award, but the strength of the Swedish national team is not strong, in the European Cup or the World Cup only play soy sauce, Ibrahimovic wants to have an advantage in the European Ballon d'Or and the selection of the World Footballer, only in the Champions League.
It's just that Inter Milan has a poor schedule in the Champions League for several consecutive seasons, and Ibrahimovic is gradually becoming a little disheartened.
In addition, Ibrahimovic's popularity within Inter Milan has not been very good, which has something to do with his personality - he has a withdrawn personality, or it can be said that he is a little arrogant, Ibrahimovic is not very gregarious, in addition, the Swedish goalscorer is a bit lonely on the field, likes to 'entertain himself', and likes to be self-centered, which makes many Inter Milan players in the team dissatisfied, Inter Milan captain Zanetti once criticized Ibrahimovic for playing too selfishly.
The only person who could be called a friend of Inter Milan is probably Balotelli, who is also a strong personality, and the Swedish striker considers Balotelli to be his best partner, but in fact, Balotelli has been isolated in the dressing room due to his lack of discipline and frequent overtures to local rivals AC Milan.
So, Ibrahimovic is also troubled now, he also wants to leave, he wants to escape from Meazza.
When Inter Milan arrived at the Dublin Stadium, Real Madrid was ready to leave the hotel.
Manuel Pellegrini stood at the door of the bus and began to count the players.
"Hurry up!" He hooked his hand at Raul, who was swaying out of the door.
Raul agreed, however, the foot was not fast, he was informed that in today's game, he will sit on the bench, which makes Raul very unhappy, he thinks that his flu has been cured, he can play, although this is just an ordinary warm-up game, but, no one will not be serious, the players' table xiàn, this is related to the main position of the new season.
After Jonk sat on the bus and saw Raul getting on the bus slowly, Pellegrini's face was gloomy and scary, and after getting on the bus, he asked the assistant coach: "Are you here?" ”
The assistant coach nodded: "It's all here." ”
Pellegrini waved his hand and said angrily to the bus driver, "Let's go, if anyone is late next time, don't wait." ”
The bus driver didn't say anything, and said in his heart, you and Raul are angry, pull me to talk and do something.
Jonker was also thinking in his heart that Raul's work ethic on the court has always been praised by the media, but in the locker room, he does feel a bit of a 'ball bully', and he clearly didn't give Pellegrini face just now.
Seeing Pellegrini eating deflated, Jonker was also a little happy in his heart, and he was still angry that Pellegrini had operated on himself for no reason.
Real Madrid's buses are slowly heading towards Dublin Stadium.
Their presence caused a climax in the scene, and all the fans who had been waiting for a long time were shouting: "Here, here, Real Madrid is here, Jonk is here!" ”
These fans, not necessarily Real Madrid fans, but they are Jork's fans, Junker's loyal fans, some excited fans even chased the car, constantly banging on the window, and when Jonk waved out the window, they immediately gave Jonk a thumbs up.
Jonk looked at these fans, he was moved and wanted to cry, today is just a warm-up game, however, the Dublin Stadium, which can accommodate 53,000 people, is said to have nearly 40,000 fans to the scene, before that, Zidane smiled and patted Jonker's shoulder, jokingly said, 'Jonker, most of the fans came to see your first game in Real Madrid, watch you play, if you don't score, I don't think the fans will let you leave the stadium.' ’
The enthusiasm of the fans touched Jonker very much, and he had to play seriously and repay the support of the fans.
In an interview with reporters before the game, the current manager of the Inter Milan team, Portuguese Mourinho, said that he did not expect a warm-up game to attract so much attention, however, Mourinho said that they are not afraid of Real Madrid, the former Chelsea manager said that his game with Manchester United when he was in charge of Chelsea made him familiar with Jonker, and he said that he has a way to deal with Jonker.
The war of words before the game also made the reporters very excited, and it was really good that a warm-up game could have such a wonderful thing.
After finishing the warm-up, the Real Madrid team returned to the dressing room to begin making the final preparations for their game.
Jonker took off his coat, wiped the sweat off his body, and then sat down to listen to Pellegrini's tactics.
"In this game, we have to stick to the attacking style of play." Pellegrini said.
His tactics were clear, attacking the two flanks, starting from the back three midfielders, just sideways the dense defense of Inter Milan's three midfielders in the middle.
While Pellegrini was explaining the tactics, Jonker had been listening carefully, this was his first official game at Real Madrid, and Jonk had to deliver an answer sheet that satisfied everyone, a 120 million pound debut, which put a lot of pressure on Jonker.
The tactical arrangement is very simple, not as complicated and lengthy as people think, because the specific explanations have been all explained in the training on the day before the game, and now it only needs to be reminded a little, and the specific things will not be seen until the game starts.
The one qiē where I am now is just a piece of paper. It has been said that the detailed and perfect plan drawn up before the battle is usually all wasted ten minutes after the battle has begun. This is even more true in football.
The match began with the cheers of more than 40,000 fans at Dublin Stadium.
As recognized as the most lethal and dangerous figure in world football today, Jonk is naturally targeted by the defenders of the Inter Milan team. Mourinho said that he is familiar with Jonker and knows how to defend Jonker, although the second half of the sentence is a bit suspicious of big words, but the first half of the sentence is good, Benitez is indeed more familiar with Jonker's technical characteristics.
He deployed Lucio to defend Jonker, who had joined Inter Milan from Bayern Munich for €8 million only three days earlier. (To be continued......)