Chapter 9 Welcome to Real Madrid
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When Chu Zhongtian walked out of the passage, the scene was thunderous, and as soon as Chu Zhongtian looked up, he saw the five-star red flag fluttering in the stands, which was so conspicuous in a large white or black background. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The flag of China, he had become accustomed to seeing it from the stands in Hoffenheim. But at the Santiago Bernabeu, it's the first time I've seen one.
Starting today, the red flag will occupy this football temple.
He walked onto the blue carpet with his head held high.
Photographers around the carpet pulled out their cameras and clicked and clicked.
When C. Ronaldo came to this team, the fans and reporters who welcomed him set a historical record, Chu Zhongtian could not compare to C. Ronaldo in terms of the number of fans, but in the media involved in the report, he beat the Portuguese teammate.
As soon as Chu Zhongtian lowered his head, he saw a lot of Chinese reporters, and there were some familiar faces among them, who interviewed him when he was playing in Hoffenheim or the Chinese team. Of course, Lu Ming, who was shocked by his answer at the door of the hotel this morning, was also among them.
Along the way, there were reporters on both sides, and Chu Zhongtian from China attracted enough eyeballs.
As he passed by the Champions League trophy, he stopped and looked at the nine trophies here. This year's one is not here, but it goes to Sinsheim and is on display in the Hoffenheim Hall of Fame. Hoffenheim will return the trophy to UEFA ahead of next year's Champions League final.
I had just won a Champions League trophy, and I didn't have a heat yet, so I threw it away and came to this place to start fighting for a Champions League trophy again...... Aren't you stupid?
Chu Zhongtian retracted his gaze and continued walking along the carpet.
The cheers in the stands grew louder.
※※※ In the training camp in Austria, Ibisevic was watching the live broadcast of Chu Zhongtian's joining Real Madrid on TV.
"Hey! He's a superstar! Looking at the way the fans in the stands waved their arms when he played, Ibisevic said enviously.
Salihovich next to him snorted. He still can't let go of Chu Zhongtian's move to abandon the team and transfer to Real Madrid...... Ibisevic turned his head to look at Salihovic, who was making an awkward mess there, and laughed. "Want to teach him a lesson? Pray we're in a group with Real Madrid in the group stage, Saiyad! ”
Salihovich snorted again. Ibisevic turned his head and continued to watch TV with a smile on his face.
※※※When Chu Zhongtian walked to the rostrum, Florentino greeted him. After the two of them embraced, Chu Zhongtian stood next to him, and Florentino stood in front of the microphone.
He's about to speak.
"Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests!" Florentino's opening remarks were impeccable, very much in line with his status as president of the century-old giant, and formed a stark difference with Calderón's obscene image.
"I'm glad you were here for such a welcoming ceremony. I'm also glad that Real Madrid has a heavyweight player......" he said, pointing to Chu Zhongtian next to him.
There was a commotion among the Chinese reporters below: "What did he just say?" Surely he is a 'heavyweight player', right? ”
"That's right, it's indeed a 'heavyweight player'!"
"Damn, that's a high enough rating!"
"Awesome! China also has a 'heavyweight player'! ”
"Actually, after watching the Champions League final, you shouldn't be excited and surprised by this evaluation, right?"
…… Florentino on the stage turned to look at Chu Zhongtian and said to him: "Chu, welcome to the Bernabeu, welcome to the place where the legend fights, welcome to Real Madrid!" ”
As soon as his words fell, there was a huge cheer in the stands.
In fact, some people have questioned before that it is impossible for the Bernabeu to prepare the third grand welcome ceremony in history for Chu Zhongtian. Because Chu Zhongtian is inferior to C. Ronaldo and Kaka in terms of strength and commercial image, and they think that Spanish fans don't know anything about Chu Zhongtian, they may not see a few Spanish fans at all, but they have no objection to the fact that there will be many Chinese fans. So when Real Madrid officially announced that nearly 20,000 fans would come to the Bernabeu to welcome Chu Zhongtian to join, these experts scoffed at this data, including some well-known football figures in China, who did not believe that the Spaniards would give such a big face to a Chinese.
But in fact, they all forgot which team Hoffenheim led by Chu Zhongtian defeated in the final?
Barcelona!
This is Real Madrid's sworn enemy. It was from that game that many Real Madrid fans fell in love with the Chinese player who would not give up until the last minute and finally successfully defeated Barcelona. So as soon as they heard that Chu Zhongtian had joined Real Madrid, they became excited.
The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, I don't understand such a simple truth, those so-called experts are really confused...... Florentino handed the microphone to Chu Zhongtian. He walked over to the microphone, smiling.
"I'm very happy to be joining Real Madrid." Chu Zhongtian opened his mouth and said in Chinese. The Chinese reporters were stunned for a moment, then laughed.
They thought Chu Zhongtian would use English, or learn some Spanish on the fly in order to curry favor with Spanish fans. Who would have thought that the first exit turned out to be a genuine mother tongue, standard Mandarin!
Chu Zhongtian didn't care at all whether the Spanish fans understood it or not, and he continued to say in Mandarin: "Leaving Hoffenheim was not an easy decision for me to make, but I chose Real Madrid in the end. I know the glorious history of this team and I know how great this team is. This team has won nine Champions League trophies in its history, and I hope that through my efforts, I can bring you a tenth! ”
Then Chu Zhongtian raised his arms and shouted, "Hala! madrid!! ”
The atmosphere of the audience reached a ** by this time.
Next, Chu Zhongtian performed a juggling ball to show his football skills to the fans.
Next up was a photo with Florentino and Honorary President Di Stefano. Circling the pitch for another week, he kicked the football he signed to the fans in the stands.
During this period, the enthusiastic Real Madrid fans in the stands kept chanting: "Chu! Clear! Clear!! ”
Spanish reporters commented on Chu Zhongtian's appearance as "not as exciting as imagined, but not bad." Chu doesn't seem to have fully let go yet, and he may still be immersed in the nostalgia of his past team, so his first mention of Hoffenheim may be unpleasant for some Real Madrid fans......"
In fact, there are indeed some extreme Real Madrid fans who are dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian's performance at the welcome ceremony. And it's not just the fans, it's also some of the media.
※※※ Overall, Chu Zhongtian's welcome ceremony was orderly, and there was no scene where C. Ronaldo joined the team and fans constantly jumped down from the stands, passed through the blockade of the security guards, and approached his idol with perseverance.
After the welcome ceremony in the stadium, Chu Zhongtian came to Florentino's chairman's office, and then signed a five-year franchise contract with Florentino in front of the cameras of reporters. He will be a part of Real Madrid for the next five years, and he will never be seen scoring goals and assists on the pitch in a blue Hoffenheim shirt again.
He became a Real Madrid player in this moment.
After the signing, Florentino gave Chu Zhongtian the pen that signed the contract, as well as a watch and a model of the Bernabeu stadium.
The two sides then went to the royal horse's press conference hall, where Chu Zhongtian would have a face-to-face confrontation with the Spanish media, and he would have to answer all sorts of bizarre questions from the other side.
At the grand welcome ceremony just now, the media were not given a chance to ask questions, and they all moved here.
Of course, before asking questions, the first thing is to show off the Real Madrid shirt, which is an essential environment for any player to join a new team.
Chu Zhongtian took the Real Madrid white jersey with his name but no number from Real Madrid Honorary President Di Stefano, then leaned down to rub his face with Di Stefano, and then got up and hugged President Florentino and rubbed his face.
The last three took the jersey together and showed it to the media.
The flashes are all in one.
After the jersey was displayed, Chu Zhongtian sat behind the table and accepted the reporters' "news".
The question asked by Chinese journalists is generally "Are you excited to join Real Madrid?" "How does it feel to have made Asian football history?" "Who do you admire the most among the superstars of Real Madrid?" "The welcome ceremony was impressive, do you think so?"
These questions are easy to answer, but the Spanish journalists' questions are not so easy to deal with.
Real Madrid did not refuse to interview Chu Zhongtian from the media from Barcelona, so several Catalan media came today, and they sincerely came to smash the field.
A Catalan journalist came up and asked: "You helped Hoffenheim win the Champions League, but said goodbye after dozens of days." The Hoffenheim fans were so sad that someone even burned your shirt......"
Chu Zhongtian replied: "I believe that it is a very small number of Hoffenheim fans. The Hoffenheim people I know are very friendly and they will definitely understand my choice. After all I brought a league title and a Champions League to this team, I actually did everything I could for this team and I left without any guilt. ”
His answer was neither humble nor arrogant, leaving the Catalan journalist speechless.
The next question was asked by a reporter from the newspaper Marca, whose question was not so gunpowdery, but it was still tricky. Chu Zhongtian kicked Hoffenheim at the beginning of the welcome ceremony, which made many people feel that the great and noble Real Madrid was offended. So they also wanted to take the opportunity to make things difficult for Chu Zhongtian. He asked Chu Zhongtian: "I have always heard that your relationship with Mourinho is not very good, so will this affect your cooperation at Real Madrid?" ”
Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "The relationship between me and me is not as bad as you think. ”
Then came the reporter of the newspaper As: "What made you choose to join Real Madrid, Chu? ”
"I think it's more challenging to join here." Chu Zhongtian replied.
"What kind of challenge?" A reporter from the As-S newspaper asked.
"Helping the team win their 10th European Cup, and ......," he paused, "and beating Barcelona, and I enjoyed beating them to lift the Cup." "I wanted to embarrass him as soon as I came up, which made Chu Zhongtian not have a good impression of the Catalan reporters, so he didn't mind taking a small revenge here.
Some laughed, mostly Chinese journalists and pro-Real Madrid journalists.
Although the Chinese did not kiss the Real Madrid emblem on his chest during the ceremony. But it's a way he expresses his love for Real Madrid. Attacking a sworn enemy at a joining ceremony always wins the support of the new club, the fans and the media.
You can see it from the smiles on the faces of those pro-Real Madrid journalists.
In the midst of such laughter, the journalists from Catalonia could not sit still.
One man stood up and tried to taunt Real Madrid: "Real Madrid lost to Barcelona by five goals at the Camp Nou last season, how did that game make you feel? ”
As soon as these words came out, the pro-Real Madrid reporters present glared at him, while the Catalan reporters secretly gave a thumbs up and applauded this brave man.
Of course, Chu Zhongtian knew that this was to embarrass him and Real Madrid - the team you joined lost to us 0:5 last season, which proved that Real Madrid is not very good, so you who chose to join this team are not very good.
But he's not going to lose here.
In fact, Chu Zhongtian and the Liang Zi of Barcelona media were married as early as after the Champions League final. At the beginning, several unconvinced Catalan reporters came to interview Chu Zhongtian and tempted Chu Zhongtian through language skills, hoping to hear praise for Barcelona football from his ears. As a result, Chu Zhongtian declared very facelessly that "Barcelona's football is eternal, but the championship belongs to Hoffenheim", and a group of Catalan reporters made a fuss, and there was nowhere to spill their anger.
Chu Zhongtian nodded: "I still remember a scene in that game, that is, the scene where Ramos clashed with your players and was sent off with a red card......"
The pro-Real Madrid reporters were a little unsure of what Chu Zhongtian wanted to say, and this scene was definitely not glorious for Real Madrid, because this was ironclad evidence that Real Madrid "lost and lost".
In fact, there was nothing honorable for Real Madrid, and there was nothing to show off.
Just when everyone was very confused, they only heard Chu Zhongtian continue to say: "I appreciate Ramos's spirit of not losing when you lose!" ”
Many people seem to be able to hear the sound of glasses shattering on the ground. Being sent off with a red card can also be called "losing without losing"? It's not a shame to beat each other angrily? That's not how you do it, is it?
"Even if you lose in the score, you must not admit defeat, and you must fight with the opponent to the end for every ball. I think if it were me, I would do the same. I was asked why I chose Real Madrid, and I forgot to mention that there is another reason why I like the blood of Real Madrid. In the 2006-2007 season, Real Madrid came back from 15 points behind Barcelona to win the title, and there were many classic games that were won in the last minute of the game when they were behind. I love Real Madrid like this. ”
When Chu Zhongtian said this, a burst of applause suddenly came from the hall of the press conference, all from the pro-Real Madrid reporters.
Barcelona's journalists, on the other hand, looked embarrassed and dissatisfied. They obviously can't accept that a player is so distorted from black and white, and there is no distinction between right and wrong. However, they all forgot that Chu Zhongtian is now a player of Real Madrid, and there is really no need for him to sing praises for his sworn enemy...... If you want to disgust Chu Zhongtian here, all you can get is to be disgusted.
Because of Chu Zhongtian's words, many Madrid media's attitude towards Chu Zhongtian has eased a lot.
Later the director of the newspaper Alfredo. In his column, Lelano praised Chu's style, which was cunning in his wisdom and affable.
The player from the mysterious China used a very clever way to slick through the embarrassing questions and reinvent his image in the discerning Madrid media. He won the love of many people, which can be heard from the spontaneous applause...... At the Bernabeu, he can already be said to have had a good start. But I need to remind the Chinese player that at the Bernabeu, you don't just have to talk about it. At the end of the day, you still need to show your strength. Real Madrid fans want to see the all-powerful Chu in the Champions League final, not a man with a high salary and a title worth 70 million, but can only sit on the bench as a spectator. Benzema is definitely not a role model he should follow, Cristiano is! ”
※※※ Chu Zhongtian put this newspaper aside, he was eating breakfast in the hotel room, and by the way, he read the newspaper, the Spanish newspaper he could only understand in Portuguese, and he didn't understand anything about it, but fortunately he didn't read it at all. He also can't understand what the Spanish media said about his transfer and appearance.
Today will be his first training session with the team, and he did not get up very early, but got up at half past seven according to his usual habits.
Actually, there's a lot more to him. Joining Real Madrid is just the first step. First he needed to find a house, then he had to get his car flown to Madrid, and then he had to interview his Spanish teacher. In addition, he also plans to treat his new teammates to a meal, after all, he is new here, so such a little etiquette should be there.
He doesn't have any particularly good friends at Real Madrid, the relationship here is completely new and if you want to make friends, you have to start now. He's always a good guy in any team. But whether it is Wimbledon, Metz, or Hoffenheim, they are all simple small teams. Real Madrid is a century-old giant, with countless superstars, factions in the dressing room, and no roots of their own, can they stand here?
(To be continued)