Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 401 The First Championship of the Season

Penarol didn't care after conceding the ball. In fact, they never thought that they had the strength to fight against Real Madrid, so even if defense is not their strong point, they are still trying their best to defend. Whether they can win the championship is a matter of time. If you want, you can't afford to lose the face of the Centennial Club.

Real Madrid scored a lot of goals for their opponents in the past two sessions, but Penarol didn't want to do that, so their overall tactics remained unchanged after losing the ball, focusing on possession and defense.

After Zhang Yuan scored a goal, Mourinho replaced him immediately, replacing him with Canales.

Mourinho adjusted Di Maria to his familiar wing and let Canales play as a midfielder.

Di Maria's performance on the wing was not considered active, maybe he wanted to show himself too much, and made two mistakes.

In the 84th minute of the game, Ronaldo hadn't scored yet. After all, this was also a friendly match. Mourinho didn't want him to fight too hard, so he replaced Ronaldo with Van der Vaart.

Van der Vaart is also what Mourinho doesn't want, but he hasn't found a next home for a long time, and Mourinho can only make do with it. This game gave him a little time to perform.

Van der Vaart is not quite in line with Mourinho's tactical ideas. Since his debut, Van der Vaart has been a midfielder who specializes in scoring goals. He is a shadow forward player. After all, the team in Hamburg was centered around him, and the baton was for him, but it must be impossible to come to Real Madrid, because there is no head coach who will use him as the core.

When he came to Real Madrid, his performance was not enough to convince the fans. His scoring efficiency was much lower than before. Mourinho expects to have speed and breakthrough in the frontcourt. It is normal for players like van der Vaart not to fall into his eyes.

But in this game, he played for Real Madrid to seal the victory. In the 92nd minute, Penarol player Albin fouled Van der Vaart in the penalty area. The Dutchman personally took a penalty kick into the net to expand the score.

At this time, the game was coming to an end, and the ball basically declared Real Madrid's victory.

The final result is also the same. Relying on the goals of Zhang Yuan and van der Vaart, Real Madrid defeated Penarol 2:0 and won the 32nd Bernabéu Cup. This is also the sixth consecutive time that Real Madrid has won this competition.

After the game, a small awards ceremony was held. It was the first championship of the new season. Anyway, it was a bit weird, and it was organized by itself.

However, through this championship, the players still drew closer to each other, and many players from the Spanish local gang gave Zhang Yuan a thumbs up.

Alonso played for Liverpool before and was an old teammate with Dudek. Of course, he can also speak English, put his arm around Zhang Yuan's shoulder, and said affectionately: "Today's performance is great! Otherwise we will be ugly! hehe"

Zhang Yuan thanked him for his praise, and at the same time attributed the victory to everyone. His humble attitude won the favor of Alonso.

Alonso is 8 years older than Zhang Yuan, so he said very maturely: "Do it well!"

Of course, the easiest way to get together is the German trio. There is only Zhang Yuan, a Chinese, and he speaks German fluently. Without the Chinese gang, he can only play with two German gang members.

Mourinho also praised him, hugged Zhang Yuan and said: "You just play like this. Others are in a better position than you. You have to pass the ball. Without you, you have to strengthen your breakthrough and create shooting opportunities! When you counterattack, you must Cooperate well with teammates, move more flexibly, there is no need to stick to the side, you know?"

This is the general idea of ​​Mourinho's tactics. In La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona are crushing strengths for other teams, so the winger must learn to retract, increase the area of ​​activity, lean in the middle, and directly put pressure on the goal. .

There is no need to make full use of the width like a mid-range team to widen the opponent's defense line, because when a strong team faces a weak team, the basic principle of the weak team is to protect the center. Real Madrid does not have a center that dominates the air. C Luo also needs to attack the penalty area to head the ball while running. If he plays the striker in a serious manner, the effect will actually be bad.

The idea of ​​counterattack is to be fast, so the meaning he gave to Zhang Yuan is to make the ball and the people fast, not the people with the ball to get up fast. Mourinho originally started with this tactic. Two passes can directly threaten the goal.

The goal in the Bernabéu Cup was Zhang Yuan’s successful debut. The next day, Marca, AS and other news media praised Zhang Yuan. What they saw was not only a Zhang Yuan who could score goals, but also Zhang Yuan To a Zhang Yuan full of aura, with solid basic skills and extraordinary beauty, this is what they want.

It seems that everything is perfect. Ozil and Khedira's performance in front of Real Madrid fans cannot be said to be a success, but it cannot be said to be a failure. They entered the team relatively late, and their respective tasks are relatively heavy.

The first step of Mourinho's reform is defense. The midfielders he requires are not only excellent in steals, but also have the ability to see the overall situation and play the ball. Khedira must find a tacit understanding with his teammates. Do a good job in the defensive formation of the midfielder.

And Ozil's task is even heavier. Without Zhang Yuan telling Ozil about Beckham's experience, Ozil himself is thinking about how to play. He has to be familiar with the offensive players around him and figure out their habits. , He is really a player who plays with his brain, and he has a strong dedication, physical fitness seems to be his weakness.

But Zhang Yuan can at least see that Ozil trains very hard and is not afraid of sweating at all. He will succeed. This is what Zhang Yuan thinks.

During the summer training, Mourinho also arranged high-intensity physical training. After the game with Penarol, Mourinho adjusted the training to daily training.

The daily training in La Liga made Zhang Yuan really happy, because here is not two training sessions a day but only one training session a day. This is the case for most teams, and the same is true for Real Madrid under Mourinho. One day of rest time, this time is also not fixed.

But the time of day is not fixed. It may be in the morning or in the afternoon. Mourinho's assistant, Moura, will make a weekly training schedule and game schedule and post them in the locker room. This is like a class schedule.

Of course, these are not absolute. Mourinho can also give everyone a vacation in a good mood, or let everyone continue to train in a bad mood. This is his right as the head coach, and no one can do anything about it.

In this way, everyone’s time is free. Zhang Yuan will not waste such time. Being happy is happy, but he also wants to improve, so he made another schedule for himself according to the team’s schedule. He still has to practice twice a day, no less in the morning and afternoon.

In addition, he still has a lot of homework, and he still has to learn Spanish, so he still looks busy all day long, but that's good, at least he won't have too much time to think about other things, such as thinking about women.

On the afternoon of August 8, the draw ceremony for the 26-10 season was held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. On this day, Mourinho gave everyone a holiday. The reason was that he was going to the scene, and Ronaldo was also going to the Real Madrid team. At the scene, it happened that Mourinho gave everyone this week's vacation.

Mourinho went in a glorious way. After all, he led Inter Milan to achieve an unprecedented treble in Serie A last season.

Zhang Yuan did not receive an invitation, and Schalke 04 did not have the Champions League to play in last year, so he naturally has no possibility of fighting in the Champions League. All awards are destined to have nothing to do with him. The most regrettable is the European gold medal awarded by Adidas in June. In the boot award, Messi was ahead of him with 6 goals, and finally put him in No.34.

But he still paid close attention to the draw ceremony that day. Real Madrid entered the Champions League group stage.

In his apartment, Ozil, Khedira and the three of them watched the draw ceremony together. Seeing the lively venue, they were of course a little envious. Inter Milan was the biggest winner in the awards.

In the draw, Real Madrid were placed in Group G, alongside AC Milan, Ajax and Auxerre.

Zhang Yuan doesn't pay much attention to other leagues. He knows more about Serie A. AC Milan has declined in recent years, but the lean camel is bigger than the horse, and he has got the latest news, Zlatan Ibrahimovic Joining AC Milan will undoubtedly make their strength even more powerful, and it will be difficult to play with them.

Excluding AC Milan, Zhang Yuan believes that Ajax and Auxerre are not very good teams, and Real Madrid still has no problem qualifying.

(End of this chapter)