Chapter 597: A Fusion That Didn't Go Smoothly

Born in 1999, Kai Havertz is one of the hottest stars in world football today, with the characteristics of the German's tall stature and good headers, as well as the delicate skills of South American players, coupled with the advantages of being able to play multiple positions such as midfielder and central midfielder, it is no wonder that the German media predicted that he would become the leader of the new generation of Germanic chariots many years ago.

Previously, Havertz was thought to be a model for Ballack, but as the player's ability matures, it is suddenly clear that the judgment that was bold enough at the beginning seems a little conservative. Judging by his impressive passing prowess, Ballack was not able to reach that level even at his peak, especially with his scalpel-like short-range through-ball, which has the charm of traditional playmakers such as Rui Costa and Riquelme.

The left foot of the core of the German national team seems to have magical powers, and in one of the words that have been used badly, he can really play the violin.

Compared with those who belong to the previous era, Havertz is obviously more in line with the requirements of modern football philosophy, all-round and skillful, outstanding physical fitness, and not afraid of high-intensity confrontation; Compared with the stars of his generation, he is even better at fighting for the ball in the air, delivering key passes, and being able to both hold the ball and run on the counter-attack, except that he may still be a little lacking in experience, which is comparable to De Bruyne.

Considering that he will only celebrate his 26th birthday in June 2025, the golden period has just begun, and it is definitely not media nonsense to say that the German will dominate football for the next five or six years.

That's why Bayern Munich once again started with its own "training base" three years ago and dug it into the account at a fairly good price, and there has been rumors that Manchester City, Juventus and other giants are interested in Havertz, and even Real Madrid considered bringing in the star during Guti's tenure.

But having ideas is one thing, and taking action is another. Although it can be said to be a king-level existence in the Bundesliga, it is still unknown in the eyes of the outside world how strong it is to adapt to other leagues. And it is not easy to dig the corner of Bayern, even if the three old foxes of Beckenbauer and Hoeness have retired one after another, the new generation of management is not very good, coupled with the club's distinguished status in world football, it is true that they are the only ones who poach players from others for many years, and few people have been poached.

However, Barcelona, who have already felt a great sense of crisis, took a risk when there was no other better option, and took away the core of the Bundesliga hegemon's midfield by paying liquidated damages, which made the relationship between the two clubs more and more tense.

But at least Xavi's goal has been achieved, and the dual-core configuration of Havertz and Artur can maximize the team's attacking potential, and use super passing and attacking ability to break all opponents under the strategy of being unable or unwilling to strengthen the defense, which is the truth that the Catalan giants have pursued since the inception of the team, and the previous three peaks have also been built on this philosophy. "The prototype of the Dream Four Team", after the deal is confirmed, the local media have begun to eagerly publish their infinite hopes for the future.

Even if the two new signings are unable to play for the new club in the Champions League in the second half of the season, they will at least bring them strong strength in the domestic arena. As a result, the bookmaker has slightly adjusted the odds of the two teams to win La Liga and the Champions League, especially the former, which can be said to be a huge advantage ahead of other opponents.

With strong expectations for the two giants, people waited for the start of the second half of the season, due to the official timing of the transfer and the integration into the new environment, Pellegri and Havertz obviously could not play for the new club on the night of the 4th, which also made the game of the day not receive much attention, but it did not affect the result of Real Madrid and Barcelona both winning easily.

Li Muddy led the team to the Canary Islands, an enclave outside the Spanish mainland, to challenge Las Palmas, a La Liga team that has been relegated for two consecutive years. Although the journey was tiring, the players were not affected much by this aspect after more than a week of rest and adjustment, and their physical condition has recovered. It's just that due to the obvious lack of training time after returning from vacation, the movements on the court are still a little stiff, but fortunately, the opponent's situation is the same, so the advantage is still relatively obvious.

Sixty-five minutes later, Real Madrid, who had already taken a three-goal lead, made a series of personnel changes, and the three academy youngsters of Solsano, Elias and Zori were given the opportunity to play, announcing that the remaining time had been used by Li Mudi for training.

In the end, although the home team pulled a goal back, the 3-1 score on the road was already a complete relief for the few fans who feared that the Galaxy would capsize in the gutter, and unless all the players from the reserve team were removed at the Bernabeu in a week's time, the chances of progressing to the quarter-finals were still higher than 99%.

It is worth mentioning that Li Mudi did not go back to the hotel directly after the game as usual, but went to the home of his former disciple Hesse and enjoyed a Spanish dinner full of island style.

After returning to the Bernabeu for the Nth time in the summer of 2018, the homegrown winger, who was once hailed by the Meilinger as the "King of the Ball", suffered the N+1st serious injury in his career, and after recuperating for most of the season, he was no longer able to gain a foothold with his parent team.

Judging from the data found using scouting tools back then, Jesus, whose current ability has dropped to around 135, is obviously no longer qualified to wear that white jersey, and it is difficult to even get any opportunities among all the top teams in Europe, so he had to return to his hometown team Las Palmas on a free transfer the following year, at the age of 26, which should have shined.

After a night full of nostalgia and embarrassment, the Real Madrid boss returned to Madrid with mixed emotions and continued to use his busy work schedule to prevent himself from entering the atmosphere of nostalgia for the past.

In addition to the recovery and adjustment on Real Madrid's side, Li Muddy is also paying attention to Coventry's recruitment operation this winter. Scholes led the Blue Army to promotion in the first half of the season, the performance is still worthy of recognition, that is, the ups and downs of the results are a little too large, in such a fierce competition in the Premier League to complete two consecutive three wins, which is very rare for a promoted horse, but a wave of four consecutive defeats and a wave of five rounds of winless is enough to make the team's ranking unable to appear in a better position.

As of the beginning of the winter break in England, Coventry is temporarily in 11th place in the standings with a record of 6 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses, which looks good, but there is still a huge gap from the European zone, but it is closer to the relegation zone. In the Carabao Cup, they also failed to advance to the fourth round and were eliminated early.

Of course, the club's top management did not set a hard performance target other than relegation for the first season of returning to the top flight after 24 years, so judging from Scholes's current results, it can still satisfy most people.

However, several newcomers who were originally expected to perform poorly have attracted the attention of Li Mudi and others, especially the real Madrid coach suggested the introduction of several local potential stocks, whether in terms of technical ability or mentality, it seems that they are not ready to compete in the Premier League at this level, so Coventry will choose to make a major squad adjustment this winter, hoping to have enough strength to deal with the more brutal second half.

Although the operator of this adjustment is Jiang Tou, after all, it is his own club, and Li Mudi will still hide from a distance and pay close attention, even if he will not say a word during the whole process.

Fortunately, his professional ethics are still trustworthy and will not let "private work" affect his work, so Real Madrid's state has quickly returned from the ease of the winter break to a level that is enough to deal with strong opponents.

Asensio's injury was almost fully recovered at the end of December, and he deliberately trained in private this holiday, and after returning to the team, not only did not appear uncomfortable, but became the best group of players in physical condition, so he qualified for the 18th round of the league away to Racing Santander on the 8th.

What is even happier for the fans is that the team's first captain Raphael Varane is also recovering very well, and with the nourishment of the manager's external aura, he may be able to start training with the team in all aspects this weekend, which greatly relieves the pressure on the team to deploy the line-up, which is a good sign.

In this relaxed atmosphere, the Melingers began to ask for more, that is, they hoped that new signing Manuel Pellegri could make his appearance for Real Madrid as soon as possible, so that everyone could enjoy the kind of wonderful goals that the Italy international scored in France that can be remembered for a long time.

It's just that their wish was not fulfilled until January 15, when the Galacticos hosted Las Palmas in a game full of "garbage time", Real Madrid defeated Santander Racing and Malaga in the league in the past week, although in terms of scoreline, both were small wins by two goals, not as interesting as Barcelona, who won two consecutive big scores, but the process was relatively easy, as expected before the game.

Therefore, before the start of each match, many Real Madrid fans will call on Li Mudi to put Pellegri on the bench, so that the latter can appear in the second half without affecting the outcome of the game, and at the same time adapt to the new environment of La Liga, but every time he is disappointed.

And when the Italian's name appeared in the squad for this Copa del Rey match, it attracted countless people's attention and even helped the team sell out the remaining tickets. (PS: When the Copa del Rey plays against a team that is far less powerful than itself, even though the ticket price has been greatly reduced compared to the league, the Bernabeu is still rarely full in this situation)

It's just that there is as much disappointment as possible, even when the score has come to 4-0, the whole home team fans are calling Pellegri's name in unison, but Li Mudi is still indifferent, not meeting everyone's wishes, and many people who hate it are itching.

As a result, when the 20th round of the league was played at home against Espanyol four days later, the Italian striker simply did not enter the 18-man squad, and the public anger caused by Li Mudi seemed to have become several points stronger.

However, it will be ten years since he was reborn, and he has been training in the position of head coach for so long, and he is thick-skinned - no, he has the mentality of not liking things and not being sad about himself, Li Mudi is really a demeanor, and he completely ignores the criticism of the outside world, but requires the players more strictly in daily training, and strives to maintain the team's state at a relatively peak position.

In the face of the media's constant questioning, he also said very frankly that the reason why he is not in a hurry to send new signings is because Pellegri has not yet formed a high degree of tacit understanding with the team, and rash play will disrupt the current momentum of everything.

However, not many people believe the Real Madrid manager's answer, theoretically speaking, the more you need to trust and integrate into the team as soon as possible, the more you should let him play in more official matches to find a feeling. After all, the atmosphere of training and competition is very different, and only in front of real opponents can we inspire better opportunities to find a common rhythm with the new team, or to expose problems that are not clear to us, so as to find solutions.

This is the complete opposite of Li Mudi's approach, so not many people will believe his words.

And on Barcelona's side, Havertz quickly appeared in the starting lineup, and played a wonderful performance in the second game, which also formed a stark contrasting example, so that the outside world could not understand what kind of medicine was being sold in the real estate coach's gourd. The Catalan media even believes that this is likely to be a trap set by Li Mudi, wanting to confuse other competitors, and then suddenly take out this secret weapon to catch everyone off guard.

However, Li Mudi did not play any tricks this time, and Pellegri did have a big incompatibility with the team, which caused his debut to be delayed.

According to the original plan of the Real Madrid coach, the Italian joined Real Madrid to fully replace or even surpass the previous role played by Villalivre in the team, that is, to complete the tasks of containing the opponent's central defender to create space for teammates, serving as a bridgehead in the opponent's penalty area in positional battles and outflanking the middle in the counterattack, but considering that he has just moved to a new environment, it will take time to adapt, so the requirements of the first stage are not very high, and it is definitely more than enough to cope with Pellegri's ability.

However, the player himself is a perfectionist who always wants to contribute everything he is good at, so he frequently used the drop-back and individual breakthroughs he used to take when he played in Grand Paris in training, which led to a lot of problems with his new team-mates.

Although he has been reminded by his mentor that he has begun to slowly try to change his habitual behavior, it has consumed a lot of time, and this is only protected by Li Mudi, who does not want the outside world to criticize him for his poor performance after seeing his new signings play, by delaying his appearance.

Fortunately, with the bonus of the medal halo and the cooperation of his teammates, coupled with Pellegri's own efforts, he finally found a temporary balance at the time of the handover in mid-to-late January, and his debut date was also confirmed: the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals against Celta Vigo on the 22nd.

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