After a day of free-kick training, Ringer was called to the manager's office.

"Lin, try our unique Argentinian yerba mate." Simeone pushed a special teapot in the shape of a hardwood gourd in front of Ringer, with a straw stuck in it.

Ringer picked it up and took a sip, the taste was bitter and astringent, but after drinking it, there will be a refreshing and fragrant feeling left in the mouth, a bit similar to Chinese Kuding tea.

After coming to Europe for more than half a year, Ringer has also met a lot of South American players, and also knows about this kind of yerba mate that South Americans especially like to drink.

Yerba mate is made from young leaves picked from the unique yerba mate tree in South America, similar to the Chinese tea making method.

Yerba mate is known as the world's three major tea drinks, along with coffee and Chinese tea, and yerba mate has the same refreshing effect as coffee and Chinese tea.

In South America, yerba mate is quite popular, and almost every South American country, with the exception of Brazil, claims yerba mate to be their national drink. Among the South American stars who play in Europe, Messi, Suarez, etc. are often photographed drinking yerba mate while walking around the airport.

In Argentina, yerba mate is known as the four treasures of Argentina along with football, tango and barbecue; There is a folk proverb in Uruguay that you can do anything with one hand, because the other hand is used to take yerba mate; Asunción, the capital of the South American country of Paraguay, was first developed from a yerba mate trading town.

This shows the popularity of yerba mate in South America, and what Simone just said about their yerba mate is actually just self-styled.

"Lin, you've been in Madrid for more than a month, how do you feel here?"

'It's good, the team is very cohesive and I'm sure we're going to do well this season.'

"Lin, I know you only played professional football after you went to college, you have a high ball quotient, and you have a different way of playing with Diego [Costa]." Simeone continued: "He's better at attacking the opposition goal in the box and scoring goals is the only thing he can help the team. ”

"You're different, you're more creative on the pitch, you can not only score goals yourself, but you can also help your teammates attack and help others create chances~~~"

"Only if both of you show your strongest attack power will we get a good result."

Simeone said a lot, and Ringer understood it, that is, let him get along with Costa, let him cooperate more with Costa, a guy who can only impact the goal frame, and don't have some malicious competition that affects the team.

"Don't worry, Coach, that's exactly what I'm doing right now." Ringer assured.

"Also, Diego was banned for four games after receiving a red card in the UEFA Cup last season, and we have to rely on you to take the first two rounds of the Champions League group stage this year." Simeone continued.

In the final round of the group stage of the League Cup last season, Atletico Madrid went away to challenge the Czech team Plzen to win, not only lost the game and could only qualify as the second in the group, but Costa also maliciously stepped on the opposing defender and was sent off with a red card, so he was banned by UEFA for three additional games, plus the red card itself for one ban, he will be banned for a total of four European games.

Atletico were eliminated in the last 32 of the league's knockout rounds last season, so Costa's ban has only been imposed for two games, and there are two more games left this season, meaning he will not be able to play in the first two rounds of the group stage.

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After this period of training, Ringer's current personal data has changed again.

User: Unknown

Age: 22

Body Values (78)

Strength: 16

Speed: 16 (*)

Stamina: 20

Flexible: 14

Bounce: 12

Technical Values(76)

Dribbling: 15

Passing: 15

Field of view: 17

Archery: 16

Defense: 13

Although Ringer returned to China in the summer and various business activities took up a lot of his time, he also participated in the team's training camp after arriving in Madrid. In the last four months, he has gained 3 points in his stats, and Ringer has added 1 point each in speed, agility and jumping.

After the speed is increased by 1 point, an asterisk symbol appears, which should be a sign of reaching the maximum value, Ringer tried with the remaining value points at that time, and it really can't be added.

Therefore, his speed is basically fixed, 16 points.

In terms of technical stats, dribbling, shooting and defending increased by 1 point each during this period.

In the afternoon, it was time for Ringer to learn Spanish again.

"You've learned almost the basics of Spanish, you should go out and talk to people in Spanish." Zhang Ruoxi said to Ringer.

"Okay, let's go out for a walk then."

The house where Ringer lives is near the Calderon Stadium and he bought an apartment for 300,000 euros.

Since the 08 financial crisis in Spain, the domestic economic level has not been very good, housing prices have been falling for several years, Ringer spent 300,000 euros to buy a house is already a high price, many ordinary houses can be done for more than 100,000 euros.

Ringer doesn't have much requirements for living, just choose a set of good surroundings, ventilation and lighting.

The Spaniards, as in China, had a tradition of dividing the inferior according to their position, and they generally believed that those of high rank and status should live in the northern part of the city. So as far as the city of Madrid is concerned, most of the people in the north of the city are rich families, and most of them are ordinary families in the south of the city.

This also contributes to the difference between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, the two clubs in the same city, Real Madrid, which is located in the north of the city, is an aristocratic team and belongs to the rich people, while Atletico Madrid, which is located in the south of the city, is a poor team and is a team supported by a large number of ordinary families in the south of the city.

Although Ringer has lived in Madrid for a while, in fact, except for the people in the team, he doesn't know much, and the so-called going out to communicate with people is more about talking to Zhang Ruoxi while walking.

"You fell in love with football in China? Or did you like it when you got to Spain? ”

"I didn't like it until I arrived in Madrid, at first I went to watch football with my classmates, and then I gradually liked it."

"You've been living in Madrid for three years? Do you rarely go back? ”

"Well, everything is fine here, Spain is a country like China that eats rice as its staple food, and it loves to eat melon seeds just as much as China. You'll stay at Atletico Madrid and you'll get used to it very quickly. ”

Well, the girl is also a loyal Atletico Madrid fan and helps the club convey the message of loyalty.

As for eating melon seeds, there are many countries in the world that produce melon seeds, but most of them are used to produce melon seeds, China and Spain are the few countries that like to eat melon seeds directly.

"And can you get used to the Spaniards' routine?"

"It's okay, I'm getting used to it slowly."

Ringer also went to Spain to learn about the strange schedule here.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., this is the morning work time, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for a lunch break, then 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., then start to go out for waves, wave until two or three o'clock in the middle of the night and then go home, sleep until the next morning, and then slowly get up and get ready for work.

This is the Spanish schedule, and it must be in a big city like Madrid, with the government's supervision. If it's in a small town, it's still deserted at 10 o'clock in the morning, everyone is still sleeping, and 11 or even 12 o'clock goes to work, that's normal.

Spanish people are especially fond of nightlife, no matter the big cities and towns, there are bars, restaurants, beer halls everywhere, and it starts to be lively after 10 p.m., and many of them last until four or five o'clock in the morning.

The general belief in Spain is that if you go home before 3 o'clock in the middle of the night, you are not going home late.

Compare Spain with a strict country like Germany, where the city is quiet after 11 p.m. and everyone goes to rest and get ready for the next day's work, while in Spain, this is when the excitement begins.

Intuitively, the latest kick-off time in La Liga is 11 p.m. in Spain. Kick-off at 11 p.m. and it was almost 1 a.m. after watching the game.