Chapter 9 Run-in and New Signings
Martin Odegaard is a genius, and this is widely recognized. At the age of 15 years and 8 months, he played for the Norwegian national team; At the age of 15 years and 300 days, he became the youngest player to make an appearance in the history of European Championship qualifying; Chased by almost all the giants in Europe; At the age of 16, he transferred to the world's No. 1 giant, Real Madrid, for 3.5 million euros, and even Messi and Ronaldo have never enjoyed these gloryes, but the later story gradually turned into a wound Zhongyong.
Last season, in order to snatch the Norwegian prodigy from Bayern, Barcelona and other opponents, Real Madrid offered him a high salary of 2 million euros after tax! You know, Carvajal and Jesus' annual salaries this season are no more than that.
A 16-year-old child, whose skills and consciousness are not yet mature, simply does not have the strength to stay in the first team. However, with a salary comparable to that of the main player of the first team, he was parachuted directly into the reserve team to become the core - both the first team and the reserve team players were extremely disgusted by this. Odegaard was also a man who thought highly of himself, and he always looked down on Castile, so he had no friends here at all. Having trained with the first team before the start of the season and then returning to play in the development squad left him at odds with the Castilla players, and Zizou put him on the bench for half a year last season before giving him a chance to play until the top pressed him.
When Li Mudi was an assistant coach last season, he suggested that he should strengthen his shooting, after all, the modern forward midfielder must not only be able to dribble and pass, but also insert shots and long-range shots to be good enough, and Odegaard's two abilities are below average, FM system rated his values, 10 shots on goal and 11 from distance. However, he did not follow the advice at all, and he did not give his best in his regular training. While at the top of their game at this age group in dribbling, technique, catching, imagination and vision, the shortcomings are equally fatal, with poor off-ball running, work commitment, speed and stamina in addition to shooting.
Martin Odegaard's egos and immaturity have seriously affected his growth and situation in the team, and what is even more tragic is that his father is worthy of his father, who is also unaware of the current affairs.
Hans Eric Odegaard came to Real Madrid purely as a condition to attract his son in the first place. Although the coaching ability in the youth team is still wrong, there is no aspect that is particularly outstanding, such a coach has grabbed a lot in Spain, at least Zheng Xiaoyang has exploded him several streets in terms of ability. And when it comes to being a father, when his son can't recognize his position, not only did he fail to correct and spur him, but he added fuel to the fire, lest the world be chaotic, which is really unbelievable.
In reality, Martin Odegaard scored just one goal in 34 appearances for Castile in the 15-16 season and three goals in 13 appearances in the 16-17 season, and was loaned to Heerenveen in the Eredivisie in January '17, with a loan contract ending on 30 June '18. That is, he has been semi-abandoned by Real Madrid, and the fall of a generation of geniuses seems to be foreseeable.
Li Mudi has the purpose of saving the lost children - well, I don't believe it, in order to win the reputation of being good at developing young players, he is still willing to give this Norwegian kid a chance, but the previous conversations with him have had little effect. But in the face of the conflict between the club's senior management at this time about his training strategy and the team's poor performance and poor operation on the field, Li Mudi was already annoyed and decided to cut through the chaos quickly and transfer the conflict to the source.
'Hans, Martin has been a key player this season and he's going to train in North America with the first team soon, but everyone knows he's not going to be there for at least this year. I'm bullish on Martin's talent, but now he's a little confused and can't see the situation. Zizou is an attacking man, but he didn't use him heavily last season. And you know Mr. Benitez's tactical style, he has been stable in Valencia, Liverpool and Inter Milan, and he is good at designing various tactics in the front. After explaining the current background, Li Muddy told a small lie – not strictly speaking, because the reality is true in the future: "Martin has always wanted to play in the development team, but I will tell you one thing, Zizou and I have spoken to me that Benitez is very likely to use 4-3-3 in the new season, without a striker. If Martin is in the midfield position in the new season, there is a good chance that he will lose his place in the first team completely. As I said, I'm very optimistic about Martin and hopefully he can use his time at Castilla to familiarise himself with the central midfield position. Luka will soon be 30 years old, a position that will need to be replaced in the next two years. I've heard they're approaching Mateo Kovacevic at Inter, but as a Academy player at Real Madrid, Martin has the qualifications and the advantage he has. I've talked to him about the location before, but it didn't work out very well, so I hope you can talk to him about it. Luca and Toney in the first team are what he's working hard for, learn from them when he trains in North America, and I'm sure Martin won't be too far away when he gets a foothold in the first team. How sincere these words were, they really moved the listeners so much.
Clearly, the elder Odegaard was impressed, and only the first team was worthy of his son. And in order to be promoted to the first team, giving up the midfielder and playing in central midfield has become a compulsory subject for Real Madrid under Benitez. Therefore, the elder Odegaard invited Li Mudi to his home with a feeling of gratitude, and promised to persuade his son to actively adapt to the new position.
Declining Hans Eric Odegaard's invitation, Li Muddy walked back to the reserve training ground in high spirits, humming in his mouth: "We ordinary people, we should be happy today......"
The next day, the coaching staff was very excited during the team's training session. The completion rate of several sets of tactics has reached more than 70%, especially the organization and connection between the midfielder and the forward midfielder, which has almost achieved the effect that Li Mudi expected before, and then everyone happily said that Odegaard finally got the hang of it.
After Odegaard figured it out, he was able to cooperate completely according to the coach's arrangement, and gave full play to his strong passing and control ability. Li Mudi feels that if he can run in like this for another month, the team will be invincible in the second division B. Unfortunately, on August 5, Odegaard left Spain with the first team and went to the United States for overseas training, and Li Muddy can only hope that he can gain something by Luka Modric and ToniKroos.
On the 6th, Castile's first new signing of the season came to report. Pepelu, a 16-year-old from Levante U.D., SAD, transferred to Real Madrid for 550,000 euros and was immediately relegated to the reserves. This young man is one of the previous lists handed over to the chairman Mr. Francisco, can play two positions, midfielder and central midfielder, the current ability is 90, the potential value is 160, is a very developed little demon. Li Mudi plans to use him to play in the midfield rotation and focus on training.
Peperu has good adaptability and super high willpower (FM data is a full value of 20), so he can integrate into the team quickly, and he can initially form a cooperation with his teammates in two days, so the coaching staff decided to let Odegaard start directly in the warm-up games when he leaves, hoping to speed up his growth through high-intensity games.
On August 8, Li Mudi led Castile to his current "hometown" Mallorca to challenge the former dark horse Mallorca team (R.C.D. MallorcaSAD), which has been in La Liga for two years. In the mid-to-late 90s, it was the golden age of Mallorca football, and under the leadership of then-coach Héctor Cúper, Samuel Eto'o, Juan Arango and Albert Luque won the third place in La Liga, the runner-up in the Copa del Rey, the Spanish Super Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. After the departure of Cooper and Eto'o, the team was able to find a foothold in La Liga, although it was no longer as brave as it used to be, until the 12-13 season completely fell into a slump and was relegated to the second division. In the following two seasons, chaos became synonymous with the team, and the frequent turnover of management, coaches and players made the big dark horses that originally had a great reputation in Europe can only be relegated to the bottom of the second league.
Before the start of the match, Rafal Nadal, the "son of Mallorca", who had just won the Hamburg Open, came to the coach's box and chatted happily with Li Mudi for a while. Nadal is a Real Madrid fan, and when he visited Real Madrid's training base in 09, he learned that there was one of his "fellow countrymen" in the youth team's coaching staff, and he was introduced to Li Muddy through the then captain Raul. From then on, the relationship between the two began to get out of control. Li Mudi was half a tennis fan in his previous life, and he watched tennis matches on TV since the days of Sampras and Agassi, and he also played tennis. After meeting Nadal, he played several recreational tennis matches with him when he returned to Mallorca or went to Madrid to play. The two had many common interests in football, tennis and Mallorca, and became close friends over the years. Some time ago, when Nadal was competing for the tenth crown at the French Open, Li Mudi cheered him on in his player's box. Unfortunately, due to injury, Nadal did not play well in the quarter-finals, losing 3-0 to Djokovic, suffering his second defeat in a decade of French Open campaign.
The two men agreed to get together sometime, and Nadal returned to his box. Due to the influence of Real Madrid - even the B team, plus Nadal posted the news of going to watch the game through social software before the game, and the small gimmick of Li Muddy leading the team "home" - Lao Li has a small reputation in Mallorca at this time, and the attendance rate of the 23,142-seat Estadio SonMoix stadium (EstadioSonMoix) has reached 60%, which is rare in warm-up matches.