Chapter 477: History Repeats Itself

Quaresma, who was about to grow his hair at home, finally waited for Real Madrid to assemble.

In fact, the Valdebebas training base has only been in operation for a short time, and it is completely new and modern, with hardware facilities that have completely exploded the training bases of all the big clubs in the world.

Quaresma couldn't help but sigh that if Real Madrid's Valdebebas training base is a university town, then Arsenal's Kearney training base is a primary school, which is completely incomparable.

And this is true, and it is no exaggeration.

Each player can even be assigned a separate dormitory where they can sleep in between training sessions to recuperate.

Under the leadership of the staff, Quaresma was assigned his own dormitory, or a fingerprint password, and when he was sleeping, no one else wanted to take the key to sneak in and sneak in to attack him.

But interestingly, half of the more than 70 dormitories belong to the first team, and half belong to the Real Madrid basketball team, and the basketball team and the football team actually have the same training base.

Although the Real Madrid basketball team is even more dominant in European basketball than the Real Madrid football team, Quaresma has little interest in European basketball.

Finally, after a long time, Quaresma made his way to the dressing room of the first team.

Take a deep breath outside the door, not to mention nervousness, but the first time you meet the stars of Real Madrid, it's better to be more formal, at least leave a good first impression.

Outside the door, the voices could already be heard inside, and when Quaresma pushed the door in, the voices stopped at that moment, and all eyes were already on him.

"Hey!" Quaresma held out his hand, waved, and said hello.

The atmosphere didn't seem to be very warm.

At this point, Raul stood up, smiled and walked briskly to Quaresma, offering to extend his hand.

"Actually, you don't need to introduce each other!" Raul shook Quaresma's hand and smiled heartily, "You know, we have been eliminated by you and Arsenal in the past two seasons, and we have been gnashing our teeth at you!" ”

Quaresma couldn't help but sweat a little and felt weak, I have to say that Arsenal has indeed abused Real Madrid in the past two seasons.

"yes, we've been thinking about how to get revenge!"

"At least two big meals will take to make up for the wounds in our young hearts, right?"

"Two meals will send you away? Then you really don't have anything to pursue! ”

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The team members joked, and the atmosphere was not so awkward all of a sudden.

Hehe smiled and found his own locker in the locker room under Raul's guidance, Quaresma quickly changed his shirt and gradually joined the chat of the Real Madrid players.

Fortunately, Real Madrid does not have sour feet like Ballack and Gallas, otherwise Quaresma would not have just come out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's mouth?

Speaking of which, Real Madrid's group of players Quaresma are quite familiar, and they have been opponents in the past two seasons, thanks to the sky-high cost of introducing themselves, Real Madrid did not bring in a few new signings in the summer, so it is necessary to avoid the familiar process.

What makes Quaresma the happiest is the reunion with Pepe in the Real Madrid dressing room, the two good partners are fists and kicks as soon as they meet, this is already their most usual way of greeting, but their hot way of greeting makes other players stunned, I don't know that they have a good relationship, I'm afraid they think it's a father killer to meet.

Of course, Quaresma was also abused, Pepe's kung fu was not practiced in vain, this guy could simply open a martial arts gym.

"I really don't know what you're doing at Real Madrid, do you have masochistic tendencies, and you can't sleep at night if you don't train every day without being abused by me?" Quaresmaha laughed.

Pepe shrugged his shoulders and said disdainfully: "If I have black feet, I don't know who will be abused by whom!" ”

Well, there is nothing Quaresma can do about Pepe who is such a bastard.

After changing their jerseys, everyone went to the training pitch together to warm up under the guidance of the assistant coach, but the head coach Schuster had not yet arrived, and there were obviously some other things to do.

Quaresma counted it, and although he was not very good at math, he could still count within 30 numbers.

At present, if you don't count the number three goalkeeper who plays in the reserve team, there are a total of 23 players in the Real Madrid first team.

A large number of players were sold, and only three players were actually brought in for transfer fees, Quaresma, Pepe and Sneijder.

There are also two free signings, former Liverpool goalkeeper Eduderk and former Argentine talented striker Saviola.

Manchester United's Heinze is on loan, and although there is a buy-out clause, at least this summer will not have to pay for it.

In addition, there are three players who have returned from loan spells, Soldado, Balboa and the beast Baptista, who played well in the just-concluded Copa America.

Of course, in addition to himself, among these newcomers, I am afraid that Pepe who can sit in the main position is Pepe, who plays central defense, and even Sneijder, I am afraid it will be difficult to get a stable starting opportunity.

Before the warm-up, the new coach Schuster has come to the training ground, for this new young coach who has not yet proven himself in the giants, how much awe the Real Madrid players can have, this is probably really an unknown, at least in the aura, Quaresma feels that Schuster is far inferior to Wenger.

It's true that before coaching Real Madrid, although Schuster had coached many teams, it was probably only last season that he was really good.

Last season, when Schuster was in charge of Getafe, he led the club to a historically best finish in seventh place in La Liga and a successful run to the UEFA Cup.

And what really made Real Madrid decide to invite Schuster was probably in the two-legged semi-final of the Copa del Rey.

Getafe, who was not favored at all before the game, lost 2:5 to league giants Barcelona in the first leg, which met everyone's expectations for the game, and then, in the second leg, Schuster and his Getafe miraculously beat Barcelona 4:0, such an epic reversal is simply a miracle.

Perhaps in the hearts of many Real Madrid fans, coaches who can lead the team to play Barcelona are good coaches, let alone such an incredible reversal.

Therefore, Schuster was qualified to coach Real Madrid.

Schuster didn't bring his players together for a speech, and the Germans were well aware that it would be unrealistic to expect to win the hearts of these arrogant Real Madrid superstars with a single speech.

Everything, we still have to use the results to speak!

Only with good results can he really control the dressing room.

The first day of training was uneventful and there wasn't much to do, and perhaps Schuster was going to be a gradual process, but Quaresma's explosive power had no place to vent and he had to stay on the training ground after the team's overall training session.

Originally, Raul also planned to invite everyone to dinner together, which was considered to welcome the new players, but seeing Quaresma's posture, he directly gave up this idea, I am afraid that with Quaresma's character, you don't disturb his training is the greatest welcome to him.

Pepe also stayed to accompany Quaresmaga to practice, he had just arrived in Madrid, and he was not familiar with the martial arts halls around, so Pepe had nothing to do.

"Fuck, I'm still so perverted, I'll be an idiot if I accompany you to practice again in the future!" Not long after a one-on-one practice with Quaresma, Pepe ran off in a rage.

Quaresma couldn't help but laugh, just now he had made Pepe like a dog again and again, it was so refreshing.

After a few days of getting along, Quaresma felt that the Real Madrid dressing room was not as messy as rumored by the outside world, and the gangs were by no means so serious - they were originally compatriots of the same country, and it was a crime to get closer?

It's like Quaresma and Pepe, the two naturally have a better relationship than others, which can be regarded as a gang?

With Raul in the presence, it is unlikely that there will be much conflict in the dressing room.

Regarding this, Quaresma still admires Raul very much, don't look at Raul's clear eyebrows and physical strength, but his leadership temperament is not inferior to anyone at all.

It's like this in the Spanish national team, and with him, the Barcelona players don't want to look up.

A few days passed very calmly and peacefully, and the Real Madrid first team also embarked on the journey of preparation, going to Austria for training.

On the plane, Casillas sat next to Quaresma and kept talking about the goals he had conceded against Arsenal over the past two seasons.

"Ricardo, why can you shoot so widely?"

"Similar shots, normal positioning is not easy to save, can the goalkeeper consider anticipating and moving appropriately?"

"But isn't that self-defeating?"

"Is there a way to have the best of both worlds?"

"Like directing a defender in front of me to help me stand in one direction?"

'When you lead the trend of cutting inside and shooting, now there are more and more things like that, and the pressure on the goalkeeper is getting bigger!'

"You should understand the apprehension of a goalkeeper who always keeps his original intention of guarding the goal!"

"Maybe we can cooperate with a big data analysis, you shoot, I keep the goal, through the increase in the sample size to scientifically analyze the number of shots, and then analyze the defensive method!"

"We can even do a research project and publish it as a paper if we succeed!"

"Just imagine, if more goalkeepers in the world learn my theories, will I be able to surpass all my predecessors and become the greatest goalkeeper in history?"

"It's a vision that I really want to enchant!"

"Ah, why don't you keep talking?"

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Quaresma felt as if there were ten thousand flies buzzing in his ears, and he never expected that Casillas's mouth would burst out like a machine gun as soon as it opened.

I just want to sleep quietly, is it that hard?

Casillas, aren't you afraid of mouth cancer if you talk like this?

And what kind of published papers, you are really not afraid of being investigated to falsify the data!

Is it bad to be honest and keep the goal?

Quaresma was about to cry, he already had a premonition that the terrible experience he experienced in Porto and Arsenal, where everyone around him was funny, might be repeated in Real Madrid's history, and Casillas was the first.

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After about two weeks of closed training in Edinin, Austria, it was a rare quiet day, and there was no need to worry about being chased and intercepted by reporters every day, without being disturbed by any off-field factors, and the training efficiency was naturally satisfactory.

After the physical training is over, the warm-up game arrangement will be implemented, and this round of warm-up games before the season is undoubtedly the best opportunity for tactical drills.

It's just that the result of this first warm-up game put Real Madrid under tremendous pressure.

The first warm-up opponent is Hannover 96 from the Bundesliga, which is a very good warm-up opponent in the middle of the Bundesliga.

What people never expected was that the opponent, who was considered to cooperate with Real Madrid in tactical exercises, directly pressed Real Madrid to the ground with a hammer, beating Real Madrid 3:0, and the new generation of Galaxy Battleships was completely defeated at the feet of the opponent.

In order to adjust the condition of the players and scout, Schuster must have reserved the game and sent more fringe players, so the starting line-up is by no means the real main line-up of Real Madrid in his mind.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gonzalo Higuain started up front, with Baptista on the left, Sneijder on the right, Guti and Gago in the middle, Marcelo on the left, Salgado on the right, Pepe and Heinze in the middle, and Casey in goal.

This set of lineups should actually be regarded as Real Madrid's second-tier lineup, and core players such as Quaresma and Raul did not start at all.

I thought that such a lineup would be enough to control the situation, but in fact, the midfielder composed of several technical players really controlled the situation most of the time, but because the midfielder was not able to provide much protection for the defensive line, the opponent played a few fast breaks, and the game was directly over.

Of course, Real Madrid also created a lot of chances, but Ruud van Nistelrooy and Higuain have not yet returned to their best form and have wasted many chances.

In the second half, although Schuster made some adjustments according to the situation on the field, the situation could not be improved, and in the end, Real Madrid was defeated.

Quaresma didn't get a chance to play at all, and while it is unknown what Schusster's decision was, he wasn't the one to lose his temper easily.

And Real Madrid's warm-up loss naturally caused an uproar, and public opinion suddenly produced a wave of singing about Real Madrid, and all kinds of brainless blacks also stood up and poured salt on Real Madrid's wounds, as if Real Madrid's season was about to collapse before it started.

"Schuster is not as good as Capello at all, I bet on him to be out of class in five rounds!"

"Real Madrid can even lose Hannover, and Bayern can abuse Hannover casually, does that mean Bayern can beat Real Madrid out?"

"Don't look at Real Madrid's lineup, but in fact there is no combat power at all, this game has proved it!"

"Quaresma was bought to make him grow hair on the bench? Why not use Quaresma? ”

"Sneijder's performance is also disastrous, so let's deal with it with a discount!"

"If Real Madrid can win the championship this season, I will jump directly from the top stand at Camp Nou!"

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Everyone is naturally unhappy when they lose, but everyone is a professional player, accustomed to strong winds and waves, and has a good self-regulation ability, so naturally they will not be haunted by the loss of a warm-up game.

A lot of problems were exposed in the game, but after all, it was just preparation, and their purpose was to find the problem and solve it.

However, many players still have calculations and measurements in their hearts, and there are indeed some problems with Schuster's starting arrangement in this game.

The lack of hardness in the midfield, the midfield composed of purely technical players is certainly more controlled, but the defensive is more than capable of enough, which is an important reason why Real Madrid have conceded several goals.

On the other hand, the game also exposed a big problem - Guti and Sneijder seem to be unable to coexist.

Guti plays as a playmaker midfielder, while Sneijder also has playmaking skills, even if Sneijder plays as a wing-back, he is not the kind of person like Robinho who can break through on the wing at will, and to some extent, the roles of Sneijder and Guti overlap somewhat.

Coupled with a Gago who is also good at organization, three people fight for the ball, and it is strange that the Real Madrid midfield is not in a mess!

And on the front line, the combination of Vanney and Higuain is also a little uncalled, because of age, Vanney has almost lost the role outside the penalty area, can only wait for his teammates to pass the ball in the penalty area, and Higuain is actually a pure goalscorer, also needs the support of teammates, neither is the kind of player who can create opportunities on his own.

In this way, there is no way for the two to complement each other's characteristics, and naturally there is no way to play the role of 1+1 greater than 2.

On the back line, Pepe and Heinze's partnership is also embarrassing.

Pepe's usual performance is not bad, bold defense and fierce style of play have made Real Madrid's backfield more wild than it did before, which is in line with Real Madrid's needs.

However, Pepe's performance is still a little frizzy, so Cannavaro, a top player with defensive skills, needs to be trained by his side later.

But today's starter with Pepe is Heinze, this goods... More frizzy than Pepe......

As a result, the unbearable snatching of the two is simply a disaster!

Casillas, who was sitting in the goal, said that he was as steady as ever, but he couldn't stand the gang of pits in front of him, and he was directly beaten and doubted.

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Despite the criticism from the outside world, Quaresma felt that Schuster had actually made a good move.

Real Madrid exposed so many problems in one game, which is simply the biggest gain.

If these problems are exposed again in the official competition, won't it be too late to correct them?

Rather than lose at that time, it is better to let the problems be exposed and eliminated now.

At least the next time Schuster knows that Ruud van Nistelrooy and Higuain can't start at the same time, Heinze and Pepe can't start at the same time, and they can't let a group of technical midfielders create in midfield, none of this will work.

In the next few warm-up games, Schuster has been experimenting, trying to expose the problems in the team.

It works great!

And after a few warm-up games, the real Real Madrid main lineup in Schuster's heart is basically released!

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