When the manager and players are in place, the curtain of the new season is slowly opened.

Head coach Fabio Capello is no stranger to Real Madrid, having led Real Madrid to the league title a decade ago and propelled Raul to the world. Now, 10 years later, he is back at the Bernabeu, and there are plenty of expectations that he will bring Real Madrid back to the title. But in the same way that Capello is known for his coaching skills in football, he is known as an iron-fisted coach. Hopefully the team will be disciplined and defensive, and this request he made when communicating with Real Madrid was of course extremely serious.

And this qiē was clearly expressed in the first team training.

"I've seen your record, or rather, anyone who follows football knows that you, La Liga giants Real Madrid, have been on record for more than two years. So the giants, the champions? I think it's a shame for you. Capello's words were so blunt that they made a group of players who had been in the team and played what he called a 'humiliating' record a little ugly, but the Italians didn't see it, "Of course, some of you have just joined the team, just like me. ”

"Some of you are world-class superstars, some are high-profile hopefuls, and some are veterans. But it doesn't matter to me, the most important thing for me to coach a team is the attitude, which is indispensable when I don't have any one person in the team, and my attitude is to take all of you, from a piece of loose sand into a whole, and let that whole come out on the pitch and break the opponents. ”

Capello in front of the team talked eloquently, and Forlan complained to Casillas next to him, "So, in fact, he probably likes players like Alvaro." "It's just that Arbeloa has been loaned out.

Fran thought that he would not show any of his actions, but Capello, who paused for a few seconds in the next second and spoke again, did not continue to boost morale or ring the alarm bell, but nodded Fran's position, "Fran, don't stand with Igor, you stand between Sergio and Fernando." Forlan first looked at the head coach who had adjusted his position during the lecture, and blinked repeatedly to make sure he wasn't joking anymore before hesitating to move over. Capello didn't rush either, waving to the group for another spot between Ramos and Gago.

And when Fran stood in the position designated by Capello, Fran, who was sandwiched by two 86-year-old fresh meat buns, felt that he was old in a moment. Ramos took advantage of Capello's absence and asked with a smile, "You were caught talking to Igor again?" Although this is also a possibility, Capello's appearance does not seem to be because of this. Forlan looked sideways at the Argentine Fernando Gago, who was looking in the direction of the head coach with a polite smile on the corner of his mouth, and this Gago, who was also known as the genius of Little Redondo, couldn't help but wonder if the head coach was planning to let him do the job of this usher.

The so-called 'local gang' and 'Brazilian gang' in the team, although it is not obvious because Ronaldo and Carlos are both joking and easy to get along with, is still actually there. In this case, in order to integrate newcomers into the team, especially players like Gago, who are not extroverted and may be young and have little experience in integrating into the team after transfer, there will be elderly friends to help them integrate. The Brazilian gang is naturally suspected of overstepping, and Raul is all about friendly diplomacy as captain, not to mention that he is currently working with Van Nistelrooy's old friend David Beckham to help the Dutch quickly adjust to life. Guti's team is mostly temperamental, and Casillas can be gentle and good at dealing with people, but he has been troubled by his own leg splitting incident lately.

In summary, Capello lost a Fran to Gago and did not allow him to choose to refuse.

Fran, who doesn't think he can easily mingle with people with introverted personalities, is bitter in his heart, and he prefers to have a relationship with someone like Fanny, at least he doesn't need to be too active to save a lot of effort. But even without Capello's arrangement, he can help Gago integrate into the team, after all, this Redondo deliberately said something to ask him to take care of.

Ah, speaking of which, he forgot to tell Jose about Redondo's contact with him, and he was a little excited to think about it \(≧▽≦)/

Argentine football has never lacked excellent midfielders, and Redondo's long-haired figure and grace that seem to be engraved in his bones have always been passed down in the Pampas. 'Redondo's successors', Cambiasso and Mascherano were both called as such, but it wasn't until Gago, who was recognized by Redondo, appeared, that the name really found its owner. The relatively short and thin Gago and the tall and muscular Redondo are obviously somewhat similar in appearance, but this qiē does not stop them from openly expressing their affection for each other.

Although Forlan looked at his long hair and shoulder-length elegant and flowing appearance, he always felt that Gago was more suitable for playing in the position of a forward midfielder, but Redondo gave full trust to his compatriots, "Forlan, he is really good at passing and controlling the organization, but he is also a good midfielder, fighting fiercely, tackling decisively, and defending well." Fran silently swallowed 'but too thin'.

This is a matter of concern for Fran, who has slowly been subtly transformed into a caring, hard-working, and vice-team mode, and I have to admit that Casillas has cultivated well.

Originally, Boca Juniors were reluctant to let Gago go now, but after failing to contact Cannavaro, Calderón was not allowed to get out of his control again in this transfer, so Gago came to Real Madrid under the promotion of Redondo. Capello's desire to build a young backline is clear, and whether it succeeds or not will have to be proven by time.

"Physicality, attitude, technique, tactics, awareness! these are all integral parts of football, they are inseparable complexes, so I don't divide them, I want to train and put all this combined consciousness in each of you. Capello took a deep breath, "Because no one with goals and ambitions will accept the fact that they can't succeed, they will become warriors who are willing to resist, not cowards who are willing to accept a qiē." ”

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After the team disbanded, Capello deliberately kept Forlan behind, seeing that the posture was very ready for a special and strict conversation. Fran thought 'not good', it seemed that he had become the first demonstration object of the iron-fisted leader, he just complained about whether it was good or not, or because he remembered the little friend who left the team and couldn't hold back for a while, should he hold a grudge like this?

Capello glanced at him with his hands behind his back, motioning for Fran to follow, and walked away. Fran turned around and grimaced at Casillas, who was hesitant to come over and help carry the pot, and Cassie knew that he had fed the dog with sincerity, and turned to leave. Fran thought Capello was going back to the office, but it looked like he was just going to stroll around the pitch and talk. Fran forcibly suppressed the idea of being romantic.

"Tactical formation, what do you think of this kind of thing?" Capello said suddenly, Fran paused, his eyebrows exaggerated to show his disbelief, it seems that this is actually to discuss tactics, so Capello's statement that he attaches importance to defense seems to be true?" "Tactical formation? In my opinion, there is nothing good or bad about this kind of thing, and there is nothing outdated. ”

Knowing that Forlan was complaining about the so-called outdated tactics arranged by Queiroz when he first arrived at Real Madrid, it was particularly suitable for him who was immature at that time, Capello sighed lightly but did not refute, "Indeed, it is just a medium, there is no good or bad, only suitable or not." Tactics will never exist zài universal tactics, and those that meet the characteristics of players are the most trendy and not outdated. ”

It seems that Fran's words are still very satisfying to Capello, Fran breathed a sigh of relief, who would have thought that Capello seemed to be addicted to asking questions, and continued to ask, "In that case, what do you think about the problem of attacking and defending?"

The corners of Fran's mouth twitched, thinking that perhaps it would be more appropriate to ask Vanney this question, and discussing this with a person who labeled himself as 'not able to attack' was showing superiority?"Attacking and defending, that's always something the Dutch are proud of, isn't it?" Capello patted him on the shoulder to signal relaxation, casually as just an exchange, "Then what is an all-attack and all-defense?

Capello didn't seem to expect a reply to this question, and replied to himself, "The so-called all-offense and all-defense is actually a football philosophy, and the basis of this concept is overall cooperation. ”

Restraint and freedom are not in conflict, the key is how to strike a balance.

"The midfielder has evolved into a forward midfielder, a back midfielder and a traditional midfielder, but the front midfield is divided into a classical midfield, a modern midfielder, etc., if you look at the technical characteristics, it can be divided into an organizational front midfielder and a back row inserted into an attacking front midfield, and the back midfield can be divided into a defensive back and an organizational retreat back midfield, of course, there are more comprehensive back types, such as Redondo and Guardiola. Capello talked as if he couldn't hold it anymore, "In addition, there are the types of strikers, the transformation of wide players, etc., if you analyze carefully, it is not difficult to find that the position on the football field is becoming more and more refined, but what about after the real refinement to the extreme? There will always be a day when the refinement is extreme, so how to divide the division of football at this time?"

"Blurring the position, diluting the division of labor in the targeted position, beginning to pay attention to the interspersed cooperation between the players, allowing players to assume different responsibilities according to different positions on the field, this is the constraint between the whole, but also the freedom between the whole. Therefore, in this case, when the midfielder reaches the position of the front midfield, he naturally assumes the responsibility of the front midfield, and the full-back reaches the position of the full-back, and naturally inserts the breakthrough and participates in the attack. Wingers may not be common in Real Madrid, but full-backs play the role of wingers in front of them a lot more than you've seen," he still has time to make a joke, but the gold content of the current conversation makes Forlan unable to laugh at the first moment, "Isn't the tactical root of the qiē tactics of pseudo-striker, pseudo-winger, and striker tactics lie in the limitation of ambiguous positions?" Once football enters the overall era, then the individual play of the stars will be limited, and there will still be superstars in football at that time, but they will be superstars who will play their own strength under the premise of the overall performance of the team, rather than those superheroes who single-handedly challenge the opponent's entire backline. ”

Forlan came close to applauding Capello's words, but he was not yet fully involved in the conversation, so he wondered why the manager would talk to him about them. Capello seemed to understand his doubts and automatically answered, "I studied your position in this team. In Queiroz's time to integrate with Beckham, you dragged the centre-back and helped Beckham organise the attack, which was a right-back job in terms of position. After a while, your position changed from time to time due to the instability of the team, but in the end, it was the centre-backs who were the best in the background. "He studied the kid's style of play before he confirmed his arrival at Real Madrid, which is why Juventus made an offer to Real Madrid, and also expressed to Baldano that he would reuse Forlan.

'So whether it's a refinement or a complete blur, I want to give you a chance to play at the back as you like. ”

It wasn't at all like what Capello had said as a plan, and it reminded Forlan of what Ronaldo had said when he brought himself home before the first season against Barcelona.