When the medical report was handed to Ancelotti, the Italian had some vague predictions of his own, otherwise he would not have specifically pointed out that Forlan should take the fitness test. The situation was not as bad as he expected, but it was not ideal, after all, thirty-three years old is not too young even as a defender, he is still a physical defender who relies more on physical fitness.

"He must have no problem playing the whole game physically," the fitness coach quickly explained when he saw Ancelotti's serious expression, "but he can't be completely unrotated on the field like before." ”

"The centre-back position is definitely hard to shake at the moment," Carlo Ancelotti knows that Francisco Alvarez has always been on the minds of these Real Madrid people, "but I also want to know why his fitness has dropped so significantly, and whether it will continue to decline during the season?"

"His style of play is physically destructive, similar to those of long-distance runners. It is not easy to maintain the peak for so many years, or because he quit smoking and drinking less. The physical trainer said and glanced at the team doctor, who looked down at Fran's physical examination report and didn't see it, but still answered, "In fact, compared to the fluctuation of cardiopulmonary function within the healthy range, there are also reasons for knee wear and tear when I feel difficult to maintain after long-distance running." He can still run, but his lower limbs are very tired. ”

The team doctor's words basically answered Ancelotti's question, If the knee is well maintained, it can basically maintain the condition. But if there are other circumstances, it's hard to say. After all, it has always been a joke that Fran has run more and more distances over the years, grinding the soles of his feet more and more flat, so he looks shorter and shorter, but his knee has always been an old injury for athletes.

Essien, who was once a high-profile player in the Premier League, suffered a number of knee injuries and later found out when he moved on loan from Chelsea to Real Madrid that he still had a lot of defensive awareness, but his body could no longer keep up with the rhythm of consciousness. Essien is certainly not a glass man, and people say that his style of play is too much of a physical drain. At that time, there were still fans in the Premier League who refuted it, and it was the Ghanaians themselves who were too addicted to sound dogs and horses, otherwise why would the well-known iron man in La Liga be fine?

The fitness report is in Carlo Ancelotti's hands, but there are no changes at the club for the time being. Fran himself seems to have completely lifted the page, without trying to explore the consequences.

As the league continued, and as everyone drove out of the base after the team practice, Fran saw some of the fans waving their jerseys and slowly stopped the car and lowered the window to signal him to sign autographs. On the jersey is the No. 4 that now belongs to Ramos, not the No. 5 who has been with him since then, Forlan identified it for a long time to determine whether it was the jersey of the 0304 season, and the other party stumbled and replied in English, and explained that he was traveling to Spain from Italy and came to Madrid to see him.

Fran greeted him in Italian, and when he saw that the jersey still had his round signature from that time, he looked at him in some surprise and understood why he had deliberately taken out the jersey from ten years ago to get himself autographed. The man holding the jersey smirked a little embarrassedly at him, and looked down to point to a certain spot on the jersey, and Fran cooperated to sign his name underneath. He thought about it and simply got out of the car, motioned for the fan to grab the other corner of the jersey, and went to beckon his teammates next to him to take pictures of him.

Stopping next to him was Modric, who came here last season and had a lot of support among the fans, he looked at the contrasting upper and lower signatures on the jersey and smiled, and took over the task of taking pictures and signaled the two to pose quickly.

After the photo task was completed, Frando asked if this was his first time in Madrid, after all, to be honest, he didn't have too many fans in the 0304 season, and if there was an Italian from afar, he should have some impressions. After asking, the fan, who seemed to be more introverted than most Italians, only kept a stunned smirk and did not speak, and Forlan did not ask again.

I don't know if the former fans sold the jerseys, but it's not very important.

In the second round of the league, Real Madrid faced Real Sociedad away. This is a team that has had some legends in La Liga in recent years, but it has never lost against Barcelona away, and the lead and reversal are all staged, and Barcelona fans are puzzled every time they mention this opponent. No one can say why such a team that has been hovering in the middle and lower reaches all year round since it was promoted, and why Barcelona has been collectively hung up from strikers to goalkeepers when they are on the side.

Although jokingly called 'robbing the rich and helping the poor', Real Madrid does not want this team to rob them for the time being. After all, contrary to Barcelona, Real Madrid has an unbeaten record of 11 wins and 3 draws in the last 14 league games against Real Sociedad.

In this game, Ronaldo was absent, Ancelotti changed the lineup to 4231, and Ramos returned to the middle of the line to form a double central defender with Forlan, with Carvajal and Pepe on the left and right. In midfield, Luka Modric, Kroos, J Ronaldo, Isco and Bale were luxurious, with a lone arrow in front of Benzema.

There is also speculation that Ronaldo and his body overturned during the summer break and were symbolically stopped by Ancelotti. But Forlan thought that the head coach was afraid that he would have too many ideas before he let him play as usual after the test.

Real Madrid took the lead from the start, when Kroos headed home from a corner and Sergio Ramos, who rushed forward to support him, headed home from the edge of the six-yard box. A few minutes later, Real Madrid added another goal, Marcelo broke through and crossed for Modric, who passed through to Isco, who shook off Real Sociedad's Eloustondo and fired a low shot into the bottom right corner to extend the lead 2-0.

That lead was maintained until half-time, when Real Madrid, who were playing away, were mostly calm when they had a clear advantage, and Iscole, who had scored in the first game, jumped around like a child to attract attention. Fran grabbed Isco's collar neatly and led the instantly well-behaved child back to the players' tunnel.

At halftime, Ancelotti arranged the style of play for the second half, and the assistant coach specially called Forlan, "How does it feel?" Forlan understood that his physical problems must have been reported to the club, and he didn't think it was unusual, "In fact, if you want to say anything, there is no particularly obvious difference." ”

"There's no problem with your fitness, not to mention that the coaching staff has noticed that you're reducing your useless runs, which is reasonable. The assistant coach named Nacho said, "Fran relax, you're a little too tight. ”

Fran took a deep breath and gestured to him to show that he understood.

Even if the coaching staff deliberately kept him in the starting line-up as a sign of their trust, unlike the rotation after the other fitness tests, Forlan couldn't help but wonder how he would be physically assigned to a game. In the game, he seemed to be divided in two, half of which was diligently and seriously playing, and the other half was intently watching his every move.

Such a dual-minded style of play is not something that can be reconciled by the assistant coach's midfielder, so the disadvantages are also clearly displayed. In a defense against Real Sociedad, Forlan tackled the opposing striker, but the timing was not very appropriate, and the tackle was slightly slow to bring the striker down.

The referee on duty did not immediately award a penalty, but blew the timeout whistle, Fran looked at the young player who fell to the ground and kept signaling the opponent to foul, he frowned but still recognized the foul, and did not argue with the yellow card hanging on his body. Looking at the kid who was a little angry on the ground, Fran reached out and pulled him, and said "sorry" in his mouth.

The replay footage shows that this kick is indeed a foul and is indisputable. Seeing that the victory of the game was in hand, some people on the Real Madrid forum began to discuss the various situations that occurred in this game, including "I have also watched Forlan for so many years, from club to national team, it seems that there are still not many yellow cards for sliding tackles".

Someone below chimed in and said that "Fran himself didn't seem to expect this slip tackle to be fouled on the field", but this kind of defensive action with a lot of action is easy to eat cards, and people don't pay much attention to it.

The 2-0 score made the Real Madrid side quite satisfied, and there was nothing to say except for the fans who deliberately found fault, but the referee's decision caused a burst of controversy. After the game, the referee said that at first he thought it was not a foul, but he was brought down during a sliding tackle, but Forlan tacitly agreed that it was a foul before he was shown a yellow card.

Originally, it was intended to sing the praises of a wave of Fran's high wind and bright festival, but the direction of the wind changed later. It's not that there is any criticism of Forlan's actions, it's just that there are default rules in the La Liga refereeing world for so many years, not a bias towards Real Madrid, but Francesco Alvarez rarely fouls, and it can even be said that it is not deliberately almost error-free.

This foul was admitted by Forlan himself, but what about the next time?

So it's easy to go to the other extreme, where you're going to be tough.

In fact, Real Sociedad's league performance in this league was Forlan himself who gave him too much psychological pressure, and he was still at the top of European defense in terms of physical fitness and defensive actions in the team's training, which made Forlan feel at ease.

In the fourth round of the league, Real Madrid played at home against last season's La Liga champions Racing Santander, and before the game, Riverland was blocked by the young defender of the promoted team, saying that he has always been his idol and expressed his admiration.

The two sides stood in line, and Forlan leaned in front of him and whispered in Marcelo's ear, "Look, I've finally achieved the achievement of 'watching you grow up playing football' for little fans to run on the green field." Marcelo gestured at himself cooperatively, "I'm your fan too!" Fran slapped him on the back of the head.

Marcelo felt that the big guy in the team was really hard to please.

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