In mid-to-late December, when other teams were already rejoicing at the arrival of the winter break, Real Madrid, who won last season's Champions League, had to leave the domestic competition early and take a charter flight to Dubai, more than 5,000 kilometres away, to participate in this year's Club World Cup.

Not only did they miss the final La Liga game in 2027, which temporarily reduced their lead to just two points, but they also wasted a lot of rest time, making it difficult for the players to use the original holiday to fully recover, which will bring a lot of uncertainty to the second half of the journey.

Even if he lifted the championship trophy, which symbolizes the best in the world, Li Mudi also thinks that the gains outweigh the losses, but because of an accident in the final, Real Madrid's bottoms were almost lost.

Due to Chelsea's surprise defeat in the semi-finals, and the Galacticos, who were looking to complete the defeat to their opponents in the pre-season UEFA Super Cup in the final game, they had to welcome the Copa Libertadores champions Mexico's Blue Cross, who were in poor fitness and not very well organized after beating the Blues.

In this situation where the gap between strength and weakness is very obvious, in order to allow the core of the team not to work too hard, Li Mudi adopted a large rotation strategy, so that Arribas, Elias Zidane, who usually rarely appear in important games, entered the starting list. Manuel Pellegri and others sat on the bench for 90 minutes, drawing boos from many of the crowd for not being able to see the big stars.

However, the final 3-0 result still proves that the Real Madrid coach's self-confidence is really not pretending to be B, and in the absence of the number one star, the top scorer and many main players in the central and defensive midfield, he can still win three goals against the strongest team in the Americas, which is enough to resist any voice that tries to question his decision.

However, when Li Mudi appeared at the post-match press conference, his face was full of solemnity. Because the team's No. 1 goalkeeper Früchtl was hit by the opponent's striker when he hit the high-altitude ball in the second half, causing his body to lose his balance in mid-air and fall to the ground hard, and the torso of the entire upper body was hit a lot and was replaced early.

Without the need for a team doctor's diagnosis, the FM system came to the conclusion at the time: a rib contusion plus a sprain in the lower back was expected to be out of action for two months to 70 days.

In terms of the shortest recovery period, they will also miss eight league games, six Copa del Rey games and one Champions League knockout game, which is too much for Real Madrid, who are aiming to challenge for the title on all three fronts. Although their No. 2 goalkeeper Moha Ramos's ability has improved to a certain extent compared to last year, there are still a lot of problems on the whole, and it is difficult for the team to protect this last hurdle well, especially in the face of strong opponents, his style of play that is too steady and rarely able to save dangerous balls is still not reassuring.

As for the new No. 3 goalkeeper Hugo Portillo in the first team, the potential of 161 is not low, but it will take many years before it is fully cashed out, and the youngster must not be expected to step up and save the team at the moment, after all, there is only one San Cassie.

Therefore, finding a firefighting goalkeeper immediately after the opening of the winter window has become a major problem that the club's senior management needs to solve urgently, at least in the next week or two, Real Madrid's scouting team and director Valero's work will definitely be very busy, and even Li Mudi has to follow the effort, this holiday is completely wasted.

It's just that it is definitely not easy to find a suitable goalkeeper at this juncture, because at the same time, it is necessary to meet the two conditions of having enough strength and being willing to come to the Galaxy Battleship to be the temporary main force for two months, and then compete with the powerful Früchtel, which directly led to the hard screening of many staff members for two days, and they failed to find a person who met the requirements.

The team's goalkeeper coach, former Real Madrid player Kiko Casilla, even half-jokingly suggested that veteran David De Gea, who returned to Spanish football a year and a half ago and now plays for Getafe, should be contacted to see if the 36-year-old goalkeeper would like to get a feel for the atmosphere at the Bernabeu before retiring.

Of course, this proposal is unlikely to become a reality, not to mention whether the current strength of the duck can meet the needs of Real Madrid, just how to convince the former world No. 1 goalkeeper to break his promise to never join his parent club at the end of his career is a task that cannot be completed, so it is obviously very unreliable.

PS: After De Gea's failure to join Real Madrid due to the mysterious late submission of the transfer report, Red Devils fans have maintained a psychological state of both love and hate for this team's thighs all year round, and then when there were several contract renewal blockages, they always stood up and accused him of being in Cao Ying's heart in Han, resulting in the unbearable injustice De Gea said his promise never to join Real Madrid.

However, Casilla's proposal opened up new ideas for Limdoudi, who quickly found the right man for Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, whose contract expires in the summer of 2028 and is almost certain to move to Valencia on a free transfer in the summer.

Born in 1994, Kepa Arrizabalaga has enjoyed football from an early age and has shown considerable talent, so it was not long before he was offered the opportunity to break into the academy of a professional club. Since he was born in Ondaloa, in the province of Vizcay, in the far northwest of the Basque Country, it was only natural to wear the Athletic Bilbao shirt.

After a run at all levels and two consecutive seasons on loan, Kepa returned to the San Mamés Stadium at the age of 22 and earned the trust of the manager in the second half of the season with his outstanding performances, gradually establishing himself as the team's first-choice goalkeeper.

It was only affected by the sluggish form of the Basque Lions in those years, even though he won his first appearance for the national team at the end of 2017, but Kepa was still a fairly unfamiliar name to the whole of European football at that time, and the "benefactor" who helped him improve his reputation happened to be Real Madrid.

During the 2018 winter window, Galeries Lafayette, who had not recognized Navas's strength or image, once again moved the idea of bringing in a new goalkeeper, and hit the idea on the head of the Biba goalkeeper who had played well in the face-to-face meeting with Real Madrid. At the time, Kepa Arrizabalaga's contract with his parent club was only six months away, but he could not agree on a renewal clause, and in the face of Lafayette's generosity of being willing to pay 20 million liquidated damages, it was assumed that the homegrown goalkeeper would soon report to the Bernabeu.

Due to Zidane's obstruction, the deal, which seemed to be a loss on Real Madrid's side at the time, was not completed, and Kepa, who lost patience, quickly completed a contract extension with Bilbao, so that the two sides who had a chance to get a happy ending were finished.

The rest of the matter should be clear to everyone, in the summer of 2018, in the face of Courtois, who has been clamoring to leave, Chelsea showed their atmospheric side, first angrily smashing 80 million to bring Kepa Arrizabalaga, who was unknown half a year ago, to Stamford Bridge, and then joined Real Madrid with a transfer fee below the market price. In both deals, the Blues lost some financial benefits, but they gained a strong goalkeeper who doesn't jump out of the box often, and the outside world praised them for their high spirits.

In the eight years since, Spain's number one international after David De Gea has been putting in world-class performances in front of goal, helping the once-downed Blues through difficult times before finally waiting for a resurgence to return to the title favourites.

It was only after the arrival of Ireland international Gavin Bazunu, who hailed Britain's best goalkeeper in the past three decades, that Kepa Arrizabalaga's main position in west London showed signs of faltering. Especially when he returned after a month's absence from a wrist injury in the middle of last season, the manager followed the example of Li Mudi and played a rotation strategy, which caused the Spaniard's playing time to drop significantly compared to before.

Eventually, the younger, but no less impressive on the pitch, was the winner of the race, and it was announced that Kopa could not wait until his 10th anniversary at Chelsea. The generous Chelsea did not impose more restrictions on the team's former exploits to contact the next family early, but everything had to be done on the premise that it did not affect the team's morale and form.

It's just that the pervasive media still relied on clue evidence and brain-opening logical thinking, and contacted Copa with many giant teams that may strengthen the goalkeeper position one by one, until the end of November, after the Spanish media broke the news that the director of Valencia Club had face-to-face communication with Kepa's agent for many days and basically confirmed that he would sign in the summer, people temporarily stopped making various analysis and predictions about the star who still has the strength to compete for the main goalkeeper of the Spanish national team.

By checking the information on the FM system, Li Mudi did see that Kepa had initialed a franchise agreement with the Bat Army, waiting for the summer window to open on July 1 to officially take effect.

Now that he is sure to join Valencia, it is naturally impossible for Real Madrid to recruit this strong goalkeeper to his team, but Li Muddy has taken a fancy to Kepa's current inability to play at Stamford Bridge and the fact that he must sit on the cold bench for half a year, and has made a proposal to loan him for six months.

As long as the Galacticos agree to pay the player a valuable salary for the second half of the season and are willing to offer a loan fee of around €500,000, it is believed that Chelsea will not refuse this request that will not cause them any damage. Kepa himself could also take advantage of the opportunity to get plenty of playing time to prepare for a return to La Liga, and even if Bruchtel is likely to be back on the bench when he returns from injury, it will not be worse off than staying in London.

As for Valencia, the player's contract is still in Chelsea's hands and they have no right to interfere with any decision made by the Premier League giants. And judging from the club's personal relationship between Lin Rongfu and Li Mudi, presumably the Bat Army, which is not in direct competition with Real Madrid, should not raise any objections.

As it turned out, the Real Madrid boss was right, and the loan move from Kepa Arrizabalaga was quickly responded to, so the process went exceptionally well.

Just when the media was about to break the news that the transfer of the Spanish international had changed dramatically due to Real Madrid's intervention, a piece of news that was later officially confirmed reached everyone's ears through the mouth of the player's agent: the Blues goalkeeper will land at the Bernabeu on loan, reconnecting the fate that was missed nine years ago for various reasons.

The general opinion of the outside world is still positive about this loan deal, because with the return of Mbappe and others in early January, Real Madrid's only weakness - the unstable goalkeeper position caused by Bruchtel's injury has also been basically solved because of the addition of Kepa.

Although the former Chelsea star has only played four games in the past half season, judging from his age and previous competitive form, he can still rank in the top 30 in the world in his position, and he is now only playing "odd jobs" in Real Madrid for one to two months, so there is naturally no problem with his ability.

However, his debut for the Galacticos could hardly have been perfect, as he tripped the home striker in less than 20 minutes after a reckless strike against Betis in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey against Betis on 5 January, giving them a penalty and causing them to fall behind by one goal.

Due to the joint submission of Real Madrid, Barcelona and other championship contenders, the Spanish Football Federation has reformed the schedule of domestic cup competitions since this season, changing the one-eighth and quarter-round finals from the previous home-and-away system to a single-elimination system, reducing the arrangement of two matches a week, so that those strong teams facing multi-front battles after the winter break can have more time to adjust and recuperate. In other words, if Real Madrid lose their first competitive game in 2028, they will directly fail to defend their title, which will show how serious the consequences of Kepa's mistake are.

Fortunately, in terms of overall strength, Li Mudi's team is still much higher, and the players quickly adjusted their mentality, and before the end of the first half, they reversed the situation on the field, and finally successfully advanced to the next round with a 3-1 victory, which did not make Kepa, who had just joined the team, a sinner for the entire club.

And the Spanish goal, which has experienced this ordeal, has also ushered in a bittersweet trend, and has made a lot of wonderful saves in many games after that, and finally did not let his reputation be ruined in this destined short loan career.