On July 27, Yang Yang returned to the team four days earlier than expected.

At this time, Benitez had led the team to nearly two weeks of pre-season training in Valdebebas, but mainly some players who failed to participate in the World Cup, the biggest name of which was of course the number one center forward Ibrahimovic.

The strength of the Swedish national team is actually not bad, but it can't stand the strong teams everywhere in Europe.

Without the World Cup, Ibrahimovic could only vent all his grievances on club events, and he was even more energetic before the game, after all, he will soon be 29 years old.

For professional players, the age of 30 is a hurdle, once this hurdle is passed, not only is the value greatly reduced, but even the competitive state is difficult to maintain the peak, therefore, Ibrahimovic is also bent on making a difference in the next two or three years, as much as possible to maintain his competitive state.

He never believed that Real Madrid were open-minded, especially after the departures of Raul and Guti.

Even legends such as Raul and Guti had to leave the team when they grew old, but what about the others?

……

Yang Yang was the first international player to return to the team in the World Cup.

His presence caused an enthusiastic response from Valdebebas, because in addition to the first team, there were also a number of young players from the second team, such as youngsters Morata, Nacho, Carvajal, Jesé, Joselu and other young players.

The first team is seriously understaffed, and it is very normal for Beni Tesla to send a number of second-team and youth team players into the first team to participate in training camps, and by the way, to look at young players.

And when these young players of Real Madrid's youth academy saw Yang Yang return to the team ahead of schedule, each of them was excited, and they were also very energetic on the training ground, even in the morning physical training, they were all extremely hard.

Since Yang Yang was returning on his first day, the first training session was scheduled for individual training, mainly to adjust his body.

But in fact, even during the holidays, Yang Yang's physical condition has been maintained well, and he has not relaxed his training, insisting on walking the gym and swimming pool every day, and never dares to slack off.

In the words he joked with Winston Bogard, it all became a part of his life, and if he didn't practice for a day, he felt uncomfortable and couldn't sleep well at night.

Because of this, he was arranged into the team's joint training in the second half, as well as the team's training matches.

On vacation in Miami, USA, Yang Yang has obviously tanned a lot, but he is as active on the court as ever, just because he no longer needs to prove himself to anyone, plus it is just an ordinary team training match, so he leaves more opportunities to young players.

For example, in the first training match, he gave Morata two assists, which made the Real Madrid youngster very excited, and in the second training match, he was still in the same group as Morata, Carvajal and Jesus, and he also tried to let a few young teammates play.

Finally, Jesse scored twice, Morata scored a goal, Carvajal's ability to break through with the ball on the right side and speed made Yang Yang very eye-catching, and several young players in the team left a deep impression on him, and he had to feel the strength of Real Madrid's youth training, and also sighed at Spain's youth training ability.

Many people only notice the star-studded star of Real Madrid's first team, but they don't notice that Real Madrid's youth training output over the years has also been quite good, covering almost every team in La Liga and major European leagues.

Based on Yang Yang's own experience, young players such as Morata, Nacho, Carvajal, Joselu, Jesus, etc., if they are placed in Ajax, they must all have the ability to play the main team, but in Real Madrid, they can only play in the second team.

Of course, this is just the beginning.

Real Madrid's youth training has always been excellent, but there are not many players in the first team, mainly because the first team is too strong, it is not a place to develop young players, and it is not suitable for young players to grow.

Therefore, Real Madrid's strategy has always been to send the academy players out for other teams to develop, either on loan or with a transfer plus buyback clause, as long as the players perform well outside, Real Madrid will immediately recall them.

Negredo, Soldado, De La Rede, Granero and other players are like this, the most regrettable of which is De La Rede, this midfielder was originally favored by everyone, and also entered the Spanish national team, performed very well, but unfortunately had heart problems, had to retire early, and is now a coach in the Real Madrid academy.

Yang Yang can foresee that these young players who have entered the first team will still be loaned out in the future, but he really hopes to see the day when they return to the team.

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After the training session, Yang Yang still chose to stay and practice as usual, but because he had just returned to the team, both the coaching staff and Winston Bogard told him to be careful and not to be too intense.

Therefore, Yang Yang just practiced free kicks.

I kicked a few times, but I found that the wind was not very smooth, and the hit rate dropped significantly.

This also just confirms the saying, one day to practice one day to work, one day not to practice ten days.

Although the performance was not ideal, it was quite good for the onlookers and young players, and it still won bursts of applause.

It was his friend Ibrahimovic who came over and teased him, and both of them laughed and said goodbye to the others.

"Did you get the message?" Ibrahimovic asked.

"Huh?" There is no head or tail, Yang Yang doesn't know what he is referring to.

"Both FIFA and French football have announced that the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or will be merged, and from now on there will be only one FIFA Ballon d'Or, and the first FIFA Ballon d'Or winner will be born in January next year."

Yang Yang nodded, this was a big news, how could he not pay attention?

"In this World Cup, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo did not perform very well, Messi stopped in the quarterfinals, and the overall performance was average, Xiao Xiaoluo only reached the top 16, but you, although the World Cup stopped at the top 16, whether it is performance or role, it is obvious to all."

Yang Yang nodded lightly, he understood what Ibrahimovic meant, but it was still early.

"Wesley also has a chance." Yang Yang said.

Sneijder was the main midfielder of Real Madrid's double champions, and then led the Netherlands to the World Cup final, whether in the league or in the cup, his performance was remarkable, very good, and because of this, Manchester City will be willing to pay a high price of 50 million euros for him.

If there's anyone who is likely to win the prize, it's Sneijder.

As for the players of the World Cup-winning team, Barcelona's Andres Iniesta is the most competitive, but unfortunately, his performance in the league and the Champions League is not very good, and the only thing he can do is the killer goal in the World Cup final.

To some extent, the competition for the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or is still very fierce.

Yang Yang, Sneijder, Andres Iniesta, and even Messi all have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to say who will win.

However, in the end, it is the first time, and if Yang Yang wants to say that he has no ideas, it must be false.

"You say, are the French afraid that you will break Platini's record, so they deliberately merged with FIFA?" Ibrahimovic asked with a laugh.

Everyone can see that Yang Yang is the favorite, and as long as he wins it again, he will break Platini's record.

But to say that the French have joined FIFA because of this is a bit of a conspiracy theory.

"Brother, let me tell you, I have no hope anyway, but except for you, no matter who takes it, I will not accept it, including Wesley." Ibrahimovic said quite rightly.

As early as when Ajax was playing, the relationship between Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart was incompatible, and at that time Sneijder was on the side of Van der Vaart and other locals, but later because of Yang Yang, the relationship between the two sides was reconciled and they got along well, but from beginning to end, Ibrahimovic did not serve Sneijder.

"So, you kid must work harder, I will definitely help you this year and kill them!" The Swedish center encouraged.

Yang Yang smiled and patted Ibrahimovic on the shoulder, he knew that the Swedish center has always been the most righteous, but it should be quite helpless.

In the Real Madrid team, Yang Yang is a well-deserved number one superstar, just like Messi in Barcelona.

Ibrahimovic is also a top superstar at Inter Milan, but when he comes to Real Madrid, he can only be subservient to Yang Yang, and it is absolutely impossible to say that the Swedish center is not a little unwilling in his heart.

No matter how good a friend is, no matter how iron-clad a buddy is, he will feel a little pimple in his heart when he encounters this kind of thing.

But Yang Yang can't do anything about it, because he is the top brand launched by the club, and he is also a superstar promoted by sponsors.

If he could, he would even like to help Ibrahimovic win the World Footballer of the Year or the European Ballon d'Or once, but this is not possible because as long as he is there, Real Madrid will only push him alone, and Ibrahimovic will have to be subservient to him unless he leaves Real Madrid.

Yang Yang understands that if it weren't for the fact that the two have a bad relationship, if it weren't for the good relationship between the two, Ibrahimovic would have started to make trouble a long time ago, but it was precisely because of Yang Yang that he had been enduring and restrained.

And no one knows, when will he be unable to bear it and can't stand it anymore?

Yang Yang is no longer the young man who just debuted and is ignorant, he knows very well that he and Ibrahimovic are burdened with a lot, and they can't help themselves, and it can't be solved by a simple [let].

And his only hope is that if one day in the future, when Ibrahimovic really can't help it, he hopes that the two will not fall out because of this, Yang Yang also has a very clear understanding of this, and he is constantly reminding himself.

In just so many years of his career, he has already won all the honors he should get, but there are only a few close friends who have been able to make friends since his debut.

This is also the reason why Yang Yang was willing to speak for Sneijder a year ago.

In the future, Ibrahimovic will still speak for him if he needs it.