Chapter 377: Espino's "debut"
When Carlos Menéndez introduced Feng Quan to all the basic information about all his new teammates in the locker room, he took Feng Quan to his locker to change his training equipment.
Although Feng Quan only glanced at the placement of the players' lockers, he could see the team's own place in the heart of the team's head coach Diego Simeone.
Carlos Ramos, Javi Manquillo and Lucas Hernandez, who are also in the dressing room at the moment, are all in the locker next to the entrance of the dressing room.
Compared to the three newcomers who have just been promoted to the first team, Jose Jimenez, who the club spent 500 euros to bring in, is obviously more valued. Although his locker is not far from the door of the dressing room, the owners of the locker adjacent to him are almost all the main players of the first team of Atletico Madrid, or at least the main substitutes of the team.
As for Feng Quan, who is the biggest addition to Atletico Madrid during the summer transfer period, his locker is naturally arranged in the core area of the dressing room without any suspense. Adjacent to the locker are the team's captain Gabi and former Barcelona striker David Villa, who also joined in the summer transfer window.
At this moment, Feng Quan finally understood why Carlos Menendez, when he introduced himself to several teammates, there was such a big contrast in their reactions to him.
At first, Feng Quan just thought that Carlos Ramos, who had just been promoted from the B team, was a guy who was arrogant and arrogant. However, when Feng Quan recalled that Menendez introduced that this guy was good at exactly the same position as himself, he basically understood why the other party reacted so coldly and even hostile to him. After all, if he hadn't joined Atletico Madrid, Carlos Ramos, who was promoted to the first team as the best player of the B team last season, would have been an important piece of the puzzle when the team rotated the squad.
Thinking about the locker that he was assigned to the core area, he was relieved of the hostility that Carlos Ramos showed when he saw him. After all, after Feng Quan joined the team, he would inevitably occupy other people's "living" space.
Because of this, Jose Jimenez, Lucas Hernandez and others who are in charge of the back line will give the warmest applause to Fengquan, and Carlos Ramos, who is squeezed out of the "living" space by Fengquan, will naturally not have any good feelings about him.
However, this is also something that cannot be helped, after all, being a professional player is meant to eat according to their abilities. Whichever player is stronger will naturally be more favored by the head coach of the team.
Feng Quan, who originally came to the Espino training base for the first time, just wanted to have a simple football addiction when he saw the carpet-like training ground. However, when Feng Quan felt the hostility from his "new teammates", it was no longer just a matter of passing the ball.
Therefore, after walking into the training ground for the first team with his teammates, Feng Quan's whole person immediately exuded a very sharp aura. Even at the beginning, when Carlos Menendez was just leading the players in a warm-up exercise, Feng Quan showed as serious as an official game.
The reason why Feng Quan attaches so much importance to his "first practice" at the Espino training base is, on the one hand, because he has not touched a football for a long time, which makes Feng Quan's feet itch a little; On the other hand, it is also a great opportunity for Feng Quan to show his strength to his new club, and it is also to let those who are hostile to him weigh whether they are good enough.
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As the vast majority of Atletico Madrid's first team players travelled to Sevilla for the first round of away league games. After more than half an hour of warm-up exercises, five first-team players, including Feng Quan and Jose Simonez, were ready to start their own free practice.
However, just as Feng Quan was walking towards the top of the penalty area on the west side of the training ground, about to practice a free kick first, he was stopped by Carlos Menendez.
"Hey, Wind, would you like to have an in-team practice game?" Carlos Menendez asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Feng Quan first rolled his eyes and said, then pointed to the other four teammates on the training ground and said, "Mr. Menendez, there are only five of us in the entire training ground. If it's a small five-a-side game, we can barely form a team, but we don't have an opponent to play with. ”
Carlos Menendez: "Hehe, you don't have to worry about the opponent, you just have to tell me if you want to play." ”
'Of course, I haven't played a game since last season's Bundesliga.
"Okay, I'll go find someone for you." After a slight pause, Carlos Menendez continued: "By the way, Wind, don't call me Mr. Menendez in the future, you can call me Carlos." ”
With that, Carlos Menendez walked out of the training ground where Feng Quan was. Less than ten minutes later, he brought a middle-aged man in his forties to Feng Quan, who was practicing free kicks.
"Hey, wind, you stop for a moment, I'll introduce you to a friend." Carlos Menendez pointed to the middle-aged man next to him and said, "This is Javi Torres, the manager of Atletico Madrid's B team. ”
"Hello Wind, you are very welcome to Atletico Madrid." As he spoke, Javi Torres also held out his right hand to Fengquan very kindly.
"Thank you, Mr. Torres. I'm very proud to be joining Atletico Madrid. Feng Quan shook hands with the other party sincerely.
"Hehe, okay, you two know each other, so let's talk about the practice game now." Carlos Menendez said with a smile.
It turned out that the first round of the Spanish third league in which Atletico Madrid B team participated, and Real Madrid B team will be played tomorrow afternoon, so the players of team B came to the Espino training base for training as usual today.
That's why Carlos Menéndez is like Feng Quan proposing to play an in-team practice match. The reason why Xavi Torres will be able to agree to "play" with the five first-team members including the wind when the official match is about to be played tomorrow afternoon is precisely because Jese Rodriguez, who is known as the "little Ronaldo", is in the Real Madrid B team.
Although Jesse Rodriguez made his debut for Real Madrid's first team back in 2011, he has not made many appearances in the first team in the past two years due to his rivals in the first team of world football's top players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria. More often than not, Jesse Rodriguez plays as the main core of Real Madrid's B team.
So, when Javi Torres heard the news that Feng Quan had arrived at the Espino training base today, he readily agreed to Carlos Menendez's request for an intra-team training match.
The reason why Javi Torres agreed so happily is that this practice match can help the club test the strength of Fengquan up close; On the other hand, because Feng Quan's outstanding performance in the Bundesliga last season has been labeled as "Chinese Ronaldo" by many European media, Xavi Torres hopes that his defensive players can feel the strength of "Chinese Ronaldo" first, so as to accumulate some experience for tomorrow's defensive style similar to Jesse Rodriguez.
In this way, Feng Quan formed a "first-team mix" team with three first-team members, Xavi Manquillo, Jose Jimenez and Lucas Hernandez, as well as seven other substitutes from Atletico Madrid's B team.
As for Carlos Ramos, another member of the first team, he was pressed to the "bench" by Carlos Menendez, the "interim head coach" of the "first-team mix" team, because of a conflict with Feng Quan's position.
With the whistle of Pedro Aquino, who was temporarily the referee of the match, the practice match between the "first-line mixed team" team (hereinafter referred to as the mixed team) and the Atletico Madrid B team (hereinafter referred to as the B team) officially began......
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Despite winning last season's Bundesliga Rookie of the Year award, Feng Quan has proven himself to be a world-class star. However, in the eyes of Spanish footballers, who are currently in a state of prosperity, they do not agree that Feng Quan has become one of the world's top stars. In their opinion, although Feng Quan has scored 22 goals in 21 Bundesliga games, while contributing 14 assists, the statistics are quite impressive. However, such dazzling data is not a reflection of Fengquan's true ability.
On the one hand, it is naturally difficult for the wind in the primary Bundesliga to attract enough attention from opponents, on the other hand, the vast majority of Bundesliga teams attach great importance to attack, and the overall strength of the defenders is not outstanding in the five major leagues.
Therefore, ahead of the start of this season's La Liga, most of the Spanish media expressed concern about Atletico Madrid's decision to spend a huge 23 million euros to buy Fengquan. Although the Spanish media believe that Yifengquan's strength is enough to gain a foothold in the highly competitive La Liga, the value of 23 million euros is too high. In their opinion, about 10 million euros, and no more than 15 million euros is the most reasonable price for Fengquan.
Because of this, many "insiders" of Atletico Madrid, including Carlos Menendez and Javi Torres, want to know what the real strength of Fengquan is as soon as possible. And today, finally let all the people who were skeptical about Feng Quan's true strength get a chance to verify it with their own eyes.
Considering that the most threatening player in the opposing team's opponent's team tomorrow against Real Madrid B team is Jesse Rodriguez, Carlos Menendez, as the interim head coach of the "mixed team", has listed Feng Quanquan as the core of the team's attack and constantly attacked the B team's defense.
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Although the defensive players of the B team are also very clear, Feng Quan, who can win the best newcomer award in the Bundesliga, must have a strong strength. However, since 2010, Spanish football has come to dominate the world of football, even if Borja González is only a regular right wing-back for the B team, he still has a lot of pride in the game.
However, when the training match between the "mixed team" and the B team officially began, Borja Gonzalez finally paid a heavy price for his pride.
Less than 2 minutes into the game, when Feng Quan received a pass from his teammate in the middle near the left halfway, Borja Gonzalez, who was quite strong, rushed towards Feng Quan with great momentum. Looking at that posture, it seems that even if you risk getting a yellow card, you have to use brute force to knock the wind directly to the ground.
Yes, Borja Gonzalez's body does look stronger than Fengquan, but compared to the Bundesliga where "muscular men" are rampant, the Spanish defender's body is still slightly slender, not to mention that Borja Gonzalez is still a young man who has just stepped into the ranks of "adults". Therefore, as early as last season, he has been tempered by the "muscular men", how can he be afraid of the other party's frontal toughness?
So, when the confident Borja Gonzalez bumped into Feng Quan with his shoulder, Feng Quan did not show the slightest sign of wanting to dodge, but instead lowered his center of gravity, and then violently "just" back with his feet.
Immediately afterwards, I saw Borja Gonzalez, who was still full of confidence a moment ago, actually flew out directly like a small motorcycle crashing into a fast-moving train.
"——! Toot"
Although the collision between Feng Quan and Bolt Gonzalez was completely within the scope of a reasonable collision, Pedro Aquino, who served as the interim referee of this game, still punished Feng Quan for a foul in order to "protect the self-esteem of his young people".
When Pedro Aquino made the obviously unfair decision, the players of the "mixed formation" immediately booed him. Even Javi Torres, who was sitting in the dugout on the sidelines of the training pitch, couldn't help but whistle in mockery of the decision.
As for the victim Feng Quan in this penalty, he expressed his understanding of Pedro Aquino to a great extent. At the same time, he quickly pulled up Borja Gonzalez, who had fallen on the training ground, and smiled at him to apologize.
After seeing this scene, most of the players on the field applauded Feng Quan's kind report.
After this hiccup, Borja Gonzalez finally gave up his pride completely, and was noticeably more cautious in defending the wind than before. But even so, he still can't change the ending of Fengquan's crazy solo show in the next time......