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Madrid, a place that has been exceptionally gorgeously packaged by football dreams.

But this is precisely the place not to dream.

Santiago - Bernabéu, the temple of football in Madrid, a place where the success of a genius has to suck the blood of countless geniuses!

Many geniuses with dreams have come here, only to experience one familiar story after another, they have encountered many difficulties, and then left gloomily, forgotten by history.

The owner of this temple is named Real Madrid, a football club born noble.

Unlike most European clubs that were born from the grassroots, Real Madrid was born in the financial district of Madrid, the capital of Spain, and the people who support this team are from the upper middle class.

As the best club in the world in the last century, Real Madrid has had a very good start to the new century, Florentino has won two league titles and a Champions League in the first three years, and if you count the Champions League in 2000, Real Madrid can be called the biggest winner of football at the beginning of the new century.

But in the next three years, after the dismissal of the meritorious coach Bosque, who can be ranked in the top three in the history of the Real Madrid team, Real Madrid's fame is still soaring, because they have become an "alien team" in the eyes of people, and the Galaxy Battleship is famous, but unfortunately after the implementation of the team building strategy that was proved to be a huge mistake one after another, the Galaxy Battleship not only failed to make Real Madrid more brilliant and successful, but failed to achieve nothing for three consecutive years!

Summer 2006. Florentino abdicated. Zinedine Zidane retired. Figo went to the Apennines a year earlier to free himself early, and the Galactic Battleship fell!

Today's Real Madrid is like a giant battleship that has just crashed, and people are worried and uncertain about the future.

In this context, Calderón came to power, and the first name he shouted was Qin Xiong.

The first is to attack Florentino's past policies, especially when Florentino can't sign Qin Xiong despite asking for a higher price, he will bring a stronger and more famous Qin Xiong to Real Madrid with less expenditure than the previous budget. It's a way he's been able to prove that he's stronger than Florentino.

Second, Qin Xiong has been full of accolades in the past three years, coupled with the stimulation of the number one sports star in the Asian market, and the call response of many Real Madrid members, for which Calderón has taken very seriously.

Qin Xiong, who had the opportunity to be a candidate for Zidane's successor, did not join the Bernabeu at that time, and transformed into a child who "dreams come true".

After making the decision to break up with Arsenal, Qin Xiong was actually a little disheartened for him. The world is so big that you can go wherever you want.

There weren't many places he could choose from. Plus he himself ruled out a move to a Premier League team.

Therefore, it is necessary to have the strength and background to be worthy of him, but also to achieve growth in business interests, plus sponsors to give advice on the side.

His team of agents and business development team agreed that the summer of 2006 was the best time to move to Real Madrid!

Because Real Madrid is one of the most watched teams in the world, the business development is very mature, and has surpassed Manchester United to become the richest team in the football world, this wealth is not in terms of the capital capacity of the back office owner, but in terms of the scale of the club's business cooperation.

From a sporting point of view, Real Madrid are not as star-studded as they have been in the past few years, and after a series of defeats, it is the most turbulent and exciting moment.

Figo is gone, Zidane is retired, Ronaldo has turned from an alien to a fat man, Raul, whose sharpness has been smoothed out, is a victim of the team's deformed team building strategy, and Beckham has become the chicken rib of the Galaxy from the first day of his arrival.

In this context, Qin Xiong's staff team believes that Qin Xiong will take a great risk to come to the Bernabeu.

But in the same way, high risk brings back incomparably high returns.

And this is also in line with Qin Xiong's ambitions.

He will not be happy to live in the shadow of Zinedine Zidane and Figo and Raul, because two years ago or a year ago, no matter what accolades he brought to the Bernabeu, he would not have been given an equal chance to compete.

Whether it's the fans or the team's dressing room, he may not even be qualified to speak.

But on the ruins of the fall of the Galaxy Battleship, Qin Xiong's head is the Premier League, Europe's best assist king and Champions League champion, plus the World Cup Golden Boot winner went to the Bernabeu, his arrival will be extremely shocking!

He didn't make it to the new era of the Emirates Stadium, but he did to Real Madrid, and he will undoubtedly be the most anticipated newcomer!

On July 18, 2006, Arsenal and Real Madrid officially announced at the same time: Qin Xiong transferred from Arsenal to Real Madrid for a transfer price of 22 million pounds!

Chinese football is shaken.

Qin Xiong is also very likely to become the king of La Liga this summer, even if it is a transfer amount with only one year left on his contract period and is sold by Arsenal at a reduced price.

On the afternoon of July 19.

Madrid Airport Forex gathered a lot of media with Real Madrid fans.

Qin Xiong, who flew from Beijing, China, to Madrid has a large line-up, and his team of agents and commercial team accompanied him to the beautiful scenery of Spain.

Qin Xiong, who was wearing his own brand of casual clothes, wore sunglasses and walked out of the airport with Sylvia in his hand, and cheers with an awkward accent but Qin Xiong were used to sounding around him.

"Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! ”

The fans of Real Madrid cheered and the Spanish media gathered here vied to capture the images of his arrival.

Qin Xiong simply greeted the fans and got into the car without being interviewed.

Two hours later, he completed a medical examination in Real Madrid's medical room, and the photos of the medical examination went into the hands of the media and were immediately broadcast live.

July 20th.

Qin Xiong and Sylvia came to the Bernabeu Stadium together, and the Bernabeu Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, was full, and the fans welcomed Qin Xiong's arrival in the most enthusiastic way.

Calderon gave a speech, saying a lot of praise to Qin Xiong, and then handed a No. 9 jersey to Qin Xiong.

After Qin Xiong put on the No. 9 jersey, there were deafening cheers at the scene!

Without kissing the badge, he picked up the microphone and spoke in fluent Spanish.

He didn't say that joining Real Madrid was a childhood dream, as most players do.

He thanked Calderón for his appreciation and the support of the fans, and at the end of his short speech, he said loudly: "From the moment I stand here, I am ready to defend the dignity and honor of Real Madrid!" ”

The fans applauded.

What they need now is a real fighter! (To be continued......)