Although the Rose Garden Stadium is not as famous as the Bernabeu Stadium and the Camp Nou Stadium, the influence of the Copa del Rey semi-finals is still there, especially the game in which Lin Yu participated, and the whole Europe, no, it should be said that the whole world will pay attention.

For these young people, their only purpose is to show themselves on the big stage and then sell themselves, they don't want to be in the youth team for the rest of their lives, they have bigger ambitions.

In fact, the reason why most young people can become famous is not necessarily because they have entered a big club, but because they are in some second-tier teams, maybe they mix better.

Cristiano. Ronaldo has already made a name for himself in Sporting Lisbon, Isco won the Golden Boy Award in Malaga, Gotze, Reuss, Shinji Kagawa, including Lin Yu, all came out of Dortmund and came out.

Neymar and Hazard were also looked down upon by the giants because they played well in the second-tier teams.

After all, in such a team, you will get more opportunities to play, which must be admitted, as long as you have enough talent, then you can work out, but it is better than staying in the big club.

Now these people in the Real Madrid youth team no longer have the luxury of being able to play directly in the first team, their more realistic desire is to be able to perform well in competitions such as the Copa del Rey semi-finals and Copa del Rey finals, and then be favored by other teams, which is enough.

To put it more broadly, this kind of game is actually a game that is related to the fate of all the youth team players, and it is impossible for them not to play well.

Enzo also needs to prove with his performances in the game that he is absolutely capable of playing in the first team of Real Madrid.

……

After Real Madrid arrived in Malaga, they announced their squad in a high-profile manner. There's even a starting roster.

Normally, this kind of thing is announced at the beginning of the game. And even so, when the game really begins. There may also be changes.

But this time, Zidane wants everyone to know what kind of squad he is going to use for this semi-final, and the reason why he is so high-profile is to give those young people enough confidence to show that he believes in them.

Of course, when these young people heard Zidane's words, they were all eager to try, and they didn't want to disappoint Zidane. They don't want the media to gossip about Zidane, no matter what others say, they are very grateful to Zidane for giving them such a chance to perform.

They supported Zinedine Zidane, but the journalists were furious.

"Copa del Rey semi-finals, what kind of trick is this? Do you really think that you can sit back and relax if you win 4:2 at home? ”

The reporters found that in this starting list, except for Lin Yu, Khedira, Callas, Mignolet, and Nacho, the rest are all youth team players, which is exactly the same as the list of the previous leg.

A lot of unfamiliar names. They still haven't got the number right.

Even more difficult are foreign journalists, who have to translate their names in Spanish into other languages, because many of them are not uniform because of transliteration. As soon as it was said, no one knew who it was.

Journalists in China have simply replaced their original names in English. I won't translate it, so as not to get the bull's head wrong when the horse's mouth is not right. Anyway, they didn't care much about these people, they just wanted to know how Lin Yu was doing.

Reporters felt that Zidane was a little careless. In the first leg of the game, it was because Malaga was not well prepared and underestimated, so it ended up losing 2:4, and it was a game at the Bernabeu Stadium, the second leg was completely different, Malaga must have been fully prepared, plus the home advantage, Zidane was simply playing with fire.

They are also professionals, and they can see the weaknesses exposed by Real Madrid in the first leg of the semi-finals, the cooperation is not tacit enough, the youth team players can't keep up with Lin Yu's rhythm, Lin Yu also doesn't cooperate well, and there are a lot of mistakes, so they have enough reason to worry that the second leg will be miserably abused.

Málaga only needed a 2-0 to knock out Real Madrid, which is not too difficult to do, after all, it is only a squad that is not even a substitute.

After some analysis and denunciation, the reporters gradually calmed down, they felt that Zidane could not be so stupid, it was impossible not to think of these things, so why did he insist on doing this?

There may be only one reason.

That is, Zidane is not particularly enthusiastic about this Copa del Rey title, maybe he doesn't want to give up, but reality forces him to give up.

Journalists think of recent matches, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League match and advanced to the last four, but the process was not as easy as expected.

And the next opponent in the top four is Chelsea, and against Chelsea, you can't do it even if you are a little less physical.

In addition, the current points in the league are also quite delicate, although Real Madrid still has a chance to make mistakes, but only once, it is estimated that Zidane does not want to make mistakes.

For all these reasons, Zidane had to let the main players of the first team, and even the substitutes, rest together, in order to prevent all kinds of unexpected situations.

Journalists are generally people who would rather believe what they think than believe the facts, so the more they think about it, the more they feel that their idea makes sense, and some reporters even went straight to buy football lottery tickets and bet on Malaga to advance to the final.

Of course, in order to have a proper period, they didn't dare to buy too much, after all, Real Madrid still has a Lin Yu, as long as Lin Yu is on the field, then anything can happen, Zidane may really be forced to give up, but Lin Yu will? Obviously, no, Lin Yu is not the kind of person who will give up easily.

This kind of entanglement is something that others can understand.

……

After returning to the hotel and settling in, Zidane took the team to the Rose Garden to get used to the field.

This time, I don't have to play, just get used to the hardness of the turf and humidity of the Rose Garden Course, so as not to be uncomfortable during the game.

Many of the youth team players burst into tears when they entered the pitch. This made Lin Yu a little incomprehensible.

"Enzo, what are they crying about?" Lin Yu felt that it was more appropriate to ask the captain of the youth team this question: "The Rose Garden Stadium is not a special place. There's no need to be so excited. ”

"Boss Lin, you don't understand, for the youth team players. It's already thankful to be able to play in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey once, and in the last leg, we all thought it was just a temporary number, thinking it was the only time, but we didn't expect to continue to play in the second leg, so we were naturally very excited. Enzo explained.

"Then why didn't you cry?" Lin Yu asked.

"Me? I'm sure I'll be in the first team, I believe in my performance, and if I can't, I'm going to move away. I can't waste my youth in youth all the time, that's not challenging for me. Enzo laughed.

"Well done! But you better go and persuade the lads and tell them not to cry, the semi-finals are nothing, and they have a chance to play in the final, as long as the game is good enough. Lin Yu said.

"Boss Lin, are you serious? I know my dad is stubborn, he will agree to this suggestion of yours? Enzo asked.

"He's already agreed, so why not? We played so well. He has no reason to object at all! Lin Yu made an OK gesture and said, "Rest easy, things are not as complicated as you think, in fact, for your father, the Copa del Rey is just an insignificant championship." He could even give up, but he also understands how important this title is to you, so with his character. It's definitely possible for you to behave to your heart's content. ”

"Really?"

"That's right, don't worry, go training. Today we are here to adapt to the venue, not to sigh. If you don't play well because of abnormal emotions. Don't think about the finals, don't say it's them, even you may not get the chance to play. Your father is sometimes easy to talk to, but sometimes, as you say, he is very stubborn! Lin Yu admonished again.

"Don't worry, Boss Lin, I'll go tell them!"

For Enzo, this is perhaps the most meaningful game he has played in the youth team, and it is also his last season in the youth team, whether he is promoted to the first team or chooses to leave Real Madrid to join another team, he will not be able to stay in the youth team anymore, so he must show his best side to the fans, to the media, he has to show his worth.

He wants to do well, and of course he can't do without the help of his teammates, and if it's a bunch of teammates who are dragging their feet, it might not only not help, but it might cause some trouble, so he really has to get his teammates excited.

……

While Real Madrid's players were settling into the pitch at the Rose Garden and preparing to play here, Real Madrid's head coach Zinedine Zidane was being questioned by the media at the press conference.

That scene really felt like a thousand people, Zidane was about to become a criminal who was paraded, and the spit stars could splash him in the face.

All the reporters' questions were basically about the starting list this time.

"Mr. Zidane, we've looked at your starting line-up, is this just a smokescreen, or are you really going to let those kids play this game?"

"Are you going to give up the Copa del Rey?"

"Although your team won the first leg, it doesn't mean that you can definitely qualify for the final, you may think about it, the wrong start may directly lead to you losing a very meaningful championship!"

"Six-time champion, Mr. Zidane, have you forgotten your wishes?"

"If you lose this game, won't you regret it?"

……

Faced with this problem that flew like a random arrow, Zidane did not show impatience, because he knew it in his heart, so he was relatively calm.

How to answer these questions and how to face these reporters, in fact, he has thought about it for a long time, because he knows very well that once such a list comes out, it will definitely arouse strong doubts from reporters, which is really normal and not something to worry about at all.

He knew that he didn't want to give up, on the contrary, the Kings didn't win the championship he was bound to win, and it was because of this that he decided to send such a lineup after some careful consideration, he felt that letting the main team of the first team play could be wrong, after all, the fighting spirit is insufficient, this is a big problem.

"The questions you asked aren't really a problem at all, our players have shown that they deserve a good game, didn't we win the first leg with a beautiful 4-2, why should I replace them when we won them? If you were a coach, would you let a player who has performed very well quit the game without injury? That's a lot of a blow! ”

What he said is very reasonable and reasonable, everyone understands that although players can be traded for money, they are not ordinary things after all, but living people, with their own thoughts and feelings, and if you don't let them play when they are doing well, it is a very serious blow to their self-esteem and fighting spirit, and only a stupid manager would do that.

Zidane is not trying to be perfunctory, because he also believes what he says. (To be continued......)