novelonline Chapter 301 The number and the locker room
Chapter 301 The number and the locker room
Chapter 301 The number and the locker room
"My name is Lin Dong. I'm from China. I'm a center forward." On the first-team training ground at Real Madrid's Valdebebas training base, Lin Dong was pulled out by Mourinho to introduce himself.
"Welcome to Real Madrid." Iker Casillas stood up and welcomed Lin Dong as a matter of routine, although this gesture had already been done in the locker room just now.
Since it is the first day of assembly, everyone wants to report to the team doctor according to the usual practice, but some players don't need to report to the team doctor because they can tell whether they are in good condition, because indulgence for more than a month is enough to change some people's performance.
For example, Higuain, Di Maria, Marcelo, etc. Brazilians and Argentines love barbecue. No, it should be said that they eat barbecue like rice in China, but barbecue is definitely a taboo for athletes.
After the physical examination, Mourinho's face was not very good. In the past season, Real Madrid won the La Liga championship after a three-year absence. Therefore, the players spent their vacations more indulgently.
Even those players who participated in the European Cup are not in good condition. Of course, Lin Dong is an exception. After seeing Lin Dong's physical examination data, Mourinho couldn't help but admire Lin Dong even more.
Because all attributes of Lin Dong are kept in the best condition, what does this mean?Needless to say, even the Real Madrid players did not believe the data in Mourinho's hands in the end.
But soon, even if they didn't want to believe it in their hearts, they could only believe it, because in the face of Mourinho's hell-style training, Lin Dong actually completed it with ease. One can imagine the authenticity of this data.
Of course, through this training camp, it can be regarded as initially gaining the approval of this group of proud teammates. After all, Lin Dong has been suspended for half a year, and has always been in the colorful world of the entertainment industry, but Lin Dong can actually maintain his physical condition at its peak.
For Lin Dong like this, Real Madrid players don't know how to describe him other than abnormal.
However, it was Mourinho who was more satisfied. Lin Dong was brought in by him, and he would even play an extremely important role in his tactics. Although Mourinho expressed his trust in Lin Dong, Lin Dong had not proved it on the court after all, and he had been away from the court for so long.
More than a week of high-intensity hell training ended soon, and the physical condition of the Real Madrid players slowly recovered. With the recovery of the players' physical condition, the friendly match was officially put on the agenda.
However, the style of the giants is different from that of ordinary teams. When they were in Lazio, Lazio's friendly matches were basically against downstream teams, even teams near Rome.
However, Real Madrid will go to the United States for the next friendly match.
Of course, a large part of the reason for doing this is to expand the influence of football and Real Madrid itself. After all, the United States is known as a football desert, although there has been a little progress.
However, before starting, Lin Dong's jersey needs to be finalized, because Mourinho promised Lin Dong to hand over the No. 9 jersey to Lin Dong before he officially played.
When Mourinho officially put the No. 9 jersey on Lin, the expressions of the Real Madrid players present changed a lot.
Some people are thoughtful, some are frowning, and some are gloating. They are looking forward to this trip to the United States, because the original owner of this number is now waiting to join the team in the United States.
Lin Dong didn't say anything about this. After more than a week of getting along, Lin Dong has roughly figured out the situation in the dressing room of Real Madrid.
The Real Madrid locker room is mainly divided into three forces, the largest of which is the Portuguese gang headed by Ronaldo, and the main players with him are Real Madrid's frontcourt offensive players.
For example, Benzema, Di Maria, Ozil and others, this is why Ronaldo can compete with Messi and score so crazy.
In addition to these people, there are Pepe, Coentrao and others who are also from Portugal.
Although Carvalho is also a Portuguese, as a veteran, he did not participate in it, or more precisely, he is Mourinho's confidant.
The second largest force is Real Madrid's Spanish players. As local players, they don't have the biggest voice in the locker room. One can imagine the depressed mood of these Spaniards.
Contrary to the Portuguese gang, the players of the Spanish gang mainly kept the midfield, led by captain Iker Casillas and vice-team Ramos.
Originally, Kaka should have the opportunity to form another major force, commonly known as the South American Gang, but it is a pity that Kaka in Real Madrid is a tragedy at all, so naturally he is not so leisurely to form his own force.
Therefore, the remaining people can only rely on Mourinho, the head coach of the team, such as Morata, Marcelo, Khedira, Higuain, but Higuain is not counted now.
Obviously, the newly joined Lin Dong must belong to Mourinho's cronies, which is why the performance of Real Madrid players varies.
As Mourinho's cronies, they naturally hope that Mourinho can firmly control the locker room, but unfortunately, the current Mourinho lineup has no decisive players.
Of course, although the locker room is like three kingdoms, these people are very clear that they are a whole, they are all prosperous, and all are hurt. Therefore, without touching each other's bottom line, they are still happy teammates and even good friends.
With the determination of Lin Dong's number, Real Madrid's official website also officially announced a message that at the request of the players themselves, Benzema's jersey number for the new season will be changed to No. 11.
As for the No. 9 jersey, it was handed over to the newly joined Chinese center Lin Dong.
As soon as the official website announced the news, the fans quit. Real Madrid's No. 9 jersey has a glorious tradition. Paino, Di Stefano, Santillana, Sanchez, Ronaldo and other super forwards defend Real Madrid's No. 9 honor.
But now, this No. 9 number was handed over to Lin with the owner. Obviously, the fans did not believe that it was voluntary by Benzema.
The fans didn't believe it, let alone the media. The media first hyped one side in the newspaper, and then asked Benzema.
However, Benzema disappointed the media. The Frenchman proudly told the media reporters who came to ask him that he did not want the No. 9 on his own initiative.
He prefers No. 9 to No. 11, because he wore No. 11 in his first season at Real Madrid.
But is this really the case?Perhaps only Benzema himself knows the best, and that's not right. In fact, there are still people who know the real inside story, but they will never say it out.
As for other Real Madrid players, you can tell from Benzema's attitude towards Lin Dong whether what he said is true or not.
(End of this chapter)