Since the end of the 90s, the Champions League and the Premier League have become more popular, as well as the huge teams such as Real Madrid and Manchester United have further increased their prestige due to the huge benefits obtained in commercial development, so that the increasing contradictions between the national team and the club have gradually become the unavoidable focus of today's world football.

From the use of players to the schedule of the various tournaments, from the factions born in the dressing room because of nationality to what to do in the event of an injury, the battle between the two has always captured the attention of countless people, and it is like a soap opera with an infinite script that never stops.

The contradiction between the two sides was actually relatively simple at the beginning, that is, some players were injured in the process of participating in the national team competition, and as a result, after returning to the club, they could only lie in bed to recuperate, unable to play for the team that really paid for his salary.

After years of debate, UEFA finally mediated, and on the condition that the G14, which was very embarrassing to the official organization of football, was dissolved, and from 2008 onwards, all national teams registered under the UEFA flag must pay a financial compensation of no less than 4,000 euros per day to the teams where these internationals belong when they recruit club players, which can be regarded as a loan for them to play for the country.

This approach can be regarded as a solution to this conflict to a certain extent, but it is only a palliative strategy, because this amount of money is naturally far from enough for players with more serious injuries. And it can't be extended to other regions, because the football industry in the United States, Asia, Africa and other continents is not very good, and many football associations can't afford to come up with this huge amount of money in their eyes. Moreover, in many regions that attach great importance to national honor, this concept is also inconsistent with local social ideology, such as East Asian countries such as the Celestial Empire, which was influenced by Confucianism, and it is impossible for the state to spend money on leasing national players.

In addition to this contradiction of "who pays", the influence of the national team competition is gradually being overtaken by the Champions League and several major leagues, and many new generation fans have a large bias towards Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus and other top giants and the competitions composed of them, forcing former FIFA President Sepp Blatter to even come up with the crooked idea of changing the World Cup to every two years.

The "defection" of the fans also makes whenever there is a conflict between the national team and the club, the outside public opinion will always be more biased towards the latter, which makes the national football associations and the football federations on their heads very unhappy.

The last and most critical contradiction is that because the too many club competitions will seriously affect the state of the players, many of these big-name stars cannot play in the European Championship or the World Cup with relatively good competitive conditions, resulting in many traditional strong teams are not ideal.

Therefore, the confrontation between the national team and the club is doomed, and there is almost no good way to reconcile it, and in terms of economic interests and talent training, they are inextricably linked, so this state of love and killing can only continue until the sport dies completely.

On this national team break, Real Madrid deliberately refused to allow several players in the team who needed to continue to recuperate to report to the national team, but they did not want to take the way of letting the players cheat on injuries, because it would give the outside world a tongue and affect the reputation of the club.

However, according to FIFA regulations, every player registered with a club has an obligation to obey when he is called up by the Football Association team he is qualified to represent. If a player or his club refuses a call-up without cause, the player is not entitled to play for the club of any nature during the national team match, in addition to penalties such as fines.

Of course, this is limited to official FIFA and its confederations, such as the World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup, and qualifiers, and later the Olympic Games, while other non-national team matches, training matches, youth matches and non-FIFA events are not covered by this regulation.

According to the normal arrangement, this national team match day in September every year is used to qualify for major tournaments, and for European teams, the new UEFA Nations League, which has been established since 2018, is a competition in the ranks of those who cannot refuse a national team call-up.

However, after seeing that UEFA has gained super high attention and economic benefits after the restructuring, FIFA, which is unwilling to watch others eat meat and can't even drink soup itself, also moved the idea of plagiarism, and soon "snatched" the golden idea of the former into his own hands in 2020 and made a global national league. The nature is basically the same as the original UEFA Nations League, adopting a system of classification and relegation, while replacing most of the friendly matches, it will also allocate a few direct tickets to the World Cup, and the copy is called an accurate.

However, they also don't want to know how big the European region is, even if Iceland in the far northwest to Armenia in the far southeast will not fly more than 5,000 kilometers, and it will take six hours at most. But if you expand the league to the whole planet, can you imagine how many hours it would take to fly from Rome to Mexico City? What about flying from the capital to Kampala, the capital of Uganda?

Unfortunately, many of the Spain internationals in Real Madrid's squad will have to complete a hellish flight from Madrid to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, then to Amsterdam and back to their home capital, within two weeks. Others, such as Brazil and France, have not had a good time, and they have to fly around the globe at least half a circle to and fro. It's not hard to imagine what their physical condition will look like when they return to the club.

So on September 10, when Li Mudi accompanied his wife to the hospital for a final physical examination, he expressed a veiled protest against FIFA's practice of scheduling too many unnecessary national team matches in the middle of the year.

However, before his complaints could reach Spain, the news of the injury of veteran centre-back Skriniar in pre-match training reached the ears of the Real Madrid manager, and if it weren't for the presence of his wife and doctor at the time, a few foul words would have immediately popped out of his mouth.

Three days later, when Real Madrid received a fax receipt from the French Football Federation, which rejected their request to let Mbappe not play in the second game, after seeing on the FM system in his mind that his players were almost in a state of extreme fatigue, Li Mudi could only shake helplessly, and then walked to the training ground.

Soon, four more young players from the Castilla squad were temporarily transferred to the first team, and with the lads who had already gone ahead to fill the departure of the internationals, the coaches on the reserve side could basically take another holiday, because there was no one else to guide them.

Is it really necessary to use a large number of young players in the next league game? While training on the future hopes of these teams, the Real Madrid coach is still worried about the fourth round of La Liga at home to Betis in ten days' time, and he does not know how to take command of the team to reverse the team's momentum that has been somewhat difficult since the start of the new season if he runs into big trouble.

But the reality was like a joke on him, he was not able to appear on the sidelines of this game, because Lin Yuna was sent to the delivery room on the 20th. Because it was about six days later than the due date, although the doctor's diagnosis was that everything was normal, Li Mudi, his parents, and Lin's father and sister, who had rushed over from Kimchi Country, were all a little worried.

In the end, after careful consideration, Li Mudi ignored his wife's opposition and missed the team's game for personal reasons for the first time in his coaching career.

And under the double unfavorable price adjustment of most players who are in very bad form due to the fatigue of the journey and the absence of the team's manager, Real Madrid's unbeaten streak of a year and a half at home has been shattered on this day. They lost 2-1 at the hands of Real Betis, who had not performed very well in the first three rounds, and started the league with just two wins and two defeats, which is completely polar compared to the same period last year.

In particular, the fact that they have scored just five goals in five games, including the Champions League, and six times on goal, makes it difficult to understand what happened to the team this summer, and many doubts have appeared in various media and online.

One of the loudest voices was the question of whether Real Madrid's decision to sell Asensio was questionable, with many fearing that the slump that followed the departure of the team's last big man, Cristiano Ronaldo, could once again berain a super-galactic team that looked set to continue to dominate world football. In this regard, many well-known journalists and experts, including many well-known journalists and experts, have a negative evaluation of the decision made by the big three of Raul, Hierro and Li Mudi two months ago, believing that Ah Xiao's stay in the team is the main reason for Real Madrid's serious lack of offensive power.

In addition, some people are also criticizing Li Mudi's absence from the field because of personal matters, feeling that the world No. 1 coach has become a little too arrogant after leading the team to the top again, and has lost the good quality of humility and dedication.

However, this argument was quickly refuted by more people, and Raul and Hierro both strongly supported the behavior of the team manager in interviews, believing that football will never be more important than family, so Real Madrid club unconditionally supported Li Mudi's choice.

Immediately after that, the "Marca" newspaper also conducted a poll on the matter, and the results showed that among the more than 30,000 netizens who voted within 48 hours, more than 70% of them believed that Li Mudi's absence from the game because of accompanying his wife was not wrong, and another 15% thought that although they were a little disappointed, they understood the choice of the team's head coach and thought that the proportion of his dereliction of duty could be said to be minimal.

Compared with the habit of some countries willing to launch a public opinion offensive at every turn to morally kidnap people who do not meet their standards of sacrificing their family for the country, Western countries obviously attach more importance to the family, so even if many people think that a large part of the reason for Real Madrid's unexpected loss to Betis is due to the absence of the coach, but for Li Mudi's choice, it can be understood to the greatest extent. It can be regarded as relieving him a little after winning Lin'er, and he has a strong sense of self-blame when he learns that the team lost.

However, the most urgent thing for the team and his manager now is how to regain the confidence to win, otherwise there will be no shame in facing the support of the club and the fans.

After saying goodbye to his hard-working wife and newborn son, who looked like a dumpling, Lee returned to the club's premises on Monday to analyse last night's defeat to Betis in detail with his colleagues. Then, in the afternoon training session, while observing the state of the players, combined with the data provided by the FM system, we quickly selected the starting lineup and tactical options for the next game.

Real Madrid host their second opponent in the Champions League group stage, last season's Bundesliga champions Eintracht Frankfurt, on Wednesday night, and the three points are a must-have for the hosts anyway, otherwise their qualification situation will be extremely unfavourable. Therefore, the outside world still pays a lot of attention to this matchup, and everyone wants to know whether last season's European king has found some form, or has collapsed directly.

And Li Mudi is obviously very aware of the key level of this game, so he finally came up with a lineup that was originally used as the final big move in a very cautious mentality, that is, to put Rodrygo back to his main left winger position in the early part of his career, and let him form the strongest front trident with Mbappe and Pellegri.

Although Rodrygo is also right-footed, the Brazilian's talent at the foot is a proper full point, and his fancy crosses, which are crossed with his right foot around the back of the left foot on the left side, are still very accurate, and can barely deliver some shells to the center forward. Combined with his keen ability to grasp opportunities and the advantage of speed, Rodrygo, who has been transformed into "Henry II", can still use his world-class attacking power to help the team solve problems after returning to the role of winger.

This is also one of the most important reasons why Li Mudi dared to let go of Asensio easily, because even if the performance of the new signing is not ideal, he also has another trump card in his hand.