On Friday night, some of the Real Madrid players brought their families for a small gathering.

Everyone met in a seafood restaurant, Raul, Casillas, Ramos, Guti, Reyes, Salgado, Carlos plus Qin Xiong, some of them brought their families, some brought their girlfriends, and some even brought their children.

It is considered that the group of people with good relations in the team has a Christmas party in advance, after all, there will be a winter break during Christmas, and it is definitely impossible for everyone to come out to party.

And tonight there will be a live broadcast of the draw for the Champions League knockout round.

In the large private room of the restaurant, everyone had eaten almost enough, Qin Xiong was sitting at the table, his right hand was held by Sylvia and placed on her lap, Qin Xiong chatted casually with Ramos and Guti.

The topic somehow shifted to Capello, Guti had endless bitterness, and Ramos also seemed very aggrieved.

"Let me play centre-back today, play full-back tomorrow, as long as there is a problem in defense, I always have to take responsibility, and I still don't understand what my role is in his mind!"

Ramos' words almost encapsulate what he has been doing at Real Madrid over the past few months.

Qin Xiong comforted: "Maybe the coach thinks that you have diversity and can play different roles in different roles, which actually shows that you are more valuable." ”

Ramos shook his head and said, "What if it's you?" Fabio Capello asks you to play as a winger today, a midfielder tomorrow and a midfielder the day after tomorrow, would you like that? ”

Qin Xiong smiled dumbly, he was really stopped by Ramos.

Diversity of players is there, but overall it's more reliant on long-term stability in order to find a feel in a position. There will be better breakthroughs after getting better. It is also good for future development.

The defender itself is a "high-risk role". Because it's too fragile, it's too easy to collapse.

A striker can go a few games, a month, two months without scoring, but if a defender plays badly for a few games, even a month, two months, then his career is almost over.

The striker is all about blockbusters. What defenders need is steel!

Guti, who gave people a sense of lightness and immediacy, said in a disdainful tone: "Don't talk cool here, so you have plenty of playing time, what about me?" Even the time to come off the bench is getting less and less, and I feel like I've been cheated by Capello! ”

Qin Xiong seemed to have heard a teammate say that he was deceived by Capello more than once, and he asked curiously, "What did he lie to you?" ”

Guti shrugged: "Honestly, I was planning to leave in the summer, but Capello approached me to keep me and assured me that I would be an important member of the team. And then what? There was no then, and it became what it is now. ”

Qin Xiong was thoughtful, he actually wanted to know if Capello was an honest manager.

Two managers he has experienced in the past. Coman and Arsene Wenger dare not say that they are absolute gentlemen. At least Qin Xiong is not qualified to judge, but at least he is sincere to the players, and it is no problem to distinguish grievances, and he will not make promises easily, but since he says it, he will definitely do it.

Guti's complaints are not over.

"I can't even understand Capello, he can be so ruthless to Cassano, but he can be so tolerant of Emerson, it's the ultimate contradiction. Isn't it? ”

In summary, Cassano and Emerson are both descendants of Capello, and as a result, when both are not in good shape, Capello gives Emerson great support and maintenance, and there seems to be no tolerance for Cassano.

Feeling sleepy, Sylvia leaned his head on Qin Xiong's shoulder, Qin Xiong raised his hand and gently stroked her face, and his hand was quickly grabbed by Sylvia, he turned his head and said to Guti: "Maybe the situation is different." ”

Guti looked puzzled.

Qin Xiong explained: "He gave up Cassano because the team has Ruud van Nistelroo, Ronaldo, Robinho, there are a lot of players for him to choose from. But if he gives up on Emerson, he can count on you, but what about you? Are there any other options? Without! So here at Emerson, he doesn't dare to give up or hit Emerson easily. ”

Guti thought about it carefully, and it seemed that what Qin Xiong said made some sense.

At this moment, Casillas walked over, put one hand on Qin Xiong's shoulder, and said, "The lottery ceremony has begun. ”

The men in the private room immediately turned their attention to the television screen.

The atmosphere became more serious.

Qin Xiong's mentality is no longer the same as before.

I still remember the first time he sat alone in the corner to watch the draw ceremony at the banquet where Van der Vaart celebrated his Golden Boy Award, and he hoped to meet the strongest team, the strongest team!

Right now?

Anyone can touch it!

Doesn't matter!

Real Madrid only finished second in the group, coupled with the draw avoidance principle of the 1/8 finals, in fact, the potential opponents are clear at a glance.

Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, AC Milan.

The media predicts that Real Madrid will most likely fight one of the top four of the Premier League, after all, the probability is too great!

6 potential opponents, 4 from the Premier League!

But when the draw results came out, most of the Real Madrid players in the private room were silent, and Qin Xiong smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

Ac milan!

An old rival!

The last time we met was during his time at Ajax and the memory is still fresh in my mind.

The results of the lottery came out, Qin Xiong saw that Sylvia was almost asleep, he gently pushed her awake, and then walked over to bring her coat to put on, he put on his coat again, turned his head and waved goodbye to everyone in the private room.

"Sylvia and I will go first, and you guys should go home early, good night."

Everyone said goodbye to Qin Xiong one by one.

When he walked out of the restaurant, Qin Xiong was turning around and fastening the buttons of his coat for Sylvia, while Sylvia was half of her body attached to Qin Xiong, hugging his waist, as if she was subconsciously warming up.

At this time, at least five reporters with cameras rushed in front of the door, and they kept taking pictures and asking questions.

"Real Madrid drew AC Milan, what do you think of this result?"

"Do you have the confidence to beat AC Milan?"

"You played AC Milan twice when you were at Ajax and didn't win, does that spell out to you?"

The gathering of stars in Real Madrid is naturally impossible to be airtight, and it is normal for reporters to rush to ambush when they hear the news.

However, this scene made Sylvia feel a little surprised, she subconsciously hid in Qin Xiong's arms, and then straightened up and stood beside Qin Xiong, holding his arm, as if to make the image of the two together better.

Qin Xiong didn't answer any questions from the reporters, he took Sylvia directly to the parking space.

But there was a smile on his face.

Ac milan?

Fight and fight! (To be continued......)