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Madrid, a place that was wrapped up in football dreams in an extraordinarily gorgeous way.
But it was precisely a place that was not suitable for dreaming.
Madrid's football temple, Santiago Bernabéu. In this place, the success of a genius had to suck the blood of countless geniuses dry!
There were many geniuses who came here with dreams, but what they experienced was one familiar story after another. They encountered many difficulties and then left quietly, forgotten by history.
The owner of this temple was Real Madrid, a football club born with nobility.
Unlike most European clubs that were born in a grassroots environment, Real Madrid was born in the financial district of Madrid, the capital of Spain. The people who supported and supported the team were from the upper middle class. Real Madrid was a team that was born with the blood of nobility flowing through its veins.
As the world's best club in the last century, Real Madrid started the new century very well. Florentino won two league titles and a Champions League title in the first three years. If the Champions League in 2000 was included, Real Madrid could be called the biggest winner of football at the beginning of the new century.
But in the following three years, after the dismissal of Real Madrid's top three meritorious managers, Bosque, Real Madrid's reputation continued to soar because they had become an "alien team" in people's eyes. Galactica's name shook the world. Unfortunately, after the implementation of the team building strategy that was later proven to be a huge mistake, Galactica not only failed to make Real Madrid more brilliant and successful, but also failed to gain anything for three years in a row!
In the summer of 2006, Florentino abdicated, Zidane retired, and Figo went to Apennine a year earlier to relieve himself in advance. Galactica fell!
Today's Real Madrid was like a huge battleship that had just crashed. Everyone was in a panic and the future was uncertain.
Under such circumstances, when Calderón came to power, the first name he called out was Qin Xiong.
First, it was to attack Florentino's past policies, especially when Florentino still could not sign Qin Xiong. He would use less than the previous budget to bring a stronger and more famous Qin Xiong to Real Madrid. This was a way for him to prove that he was better than Florentino.
Second, Qin Xiong was full of glory in the past three years, coupled with the stimulation of being the number one sports star in the Asian market, and the call of many Real Madrid members, Calderón attached great importance to this operation.
Qin Xiong, who once had the opportunity to become Zidane's successor, did not join Bernabéu at that time. He turned into a child who "realized his dream." He wandered in England alone and reaped the rich fruits at Highbury, which made him mature and tough.
After making the decision to break up with Arsenal, Qin Xiong was actually a little discouraged. For him, the world was big and the situation where he could go wherever he wanted did not exist.
There were not many places he could choose from, plus he ruled out the possibility of transferring to a Premier League team.
Therefore, he needed to have the strength and foundation to match up to him. He also needed to achieve growth in commercial interests, plus sponsors to give advice on the side.
His agent team and commercial development team agreed that the summer of 2006 was the best time to transfer to Real Madrid!
Because Real Madrid was one of the most high-profile teams in the world, its commercial development was very mature and had surpassed Manchester United to become the richest team in the football world. This kind of wealth was not based on the capital ability of the backstage owner, but the scale of the club's commercial cooperation as the standard.
From a competitive point of view, Real Madrid was not as crowded with superstars as it had been in the past few years. After a series of failures, it was the most turbulent and exciting time for people.
Figo was gone, Zidane retired, Ronaldo turned from an alien to Ferro, Raúl, whose spirit had been ground down, was the victim of the team's deformed construction strategy, and Beckham became a chicken rib in Galactica from the first day he joined.
Under such a background, Qin Xiong's team of advisers believed that Qin Xiong would take a great risk to come to Bernabéu.
But at the same time, the high risk brought back unparalleled high returns.
And this was also in line with Qin Xiong's ambition.
He would not be willing to live in the shadow of Zidane, Figo, and Raúl, because two years ago or one year ago, no matter what kind of honor he brought to Bernabéu, he would not get an equal chance to compete.
Whether it was the fans or the team's locker room, he might not even have the right to speak.
But on the ruins of Galactica's fall, Qin Xiong was the Premier League, Europe's best assistant, and the Champions League champion. Coupled with the fact that he was going to Bernabéu as the winner of the World Cup's Golden Boot award, his arrival would be extremely shocking!
He did not walk into the new era of the Emirates Stadium, but walked into the new era of Real Madrid, and he would 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 of 22 million pounds!
China's football world was shaken.
Qin Xiong was also very likely to be the bidding king of La Liga this summer, even if he was sold at a reduced price by Arsenal with only one year left on his contract.
On the afternoon of July 19.
A lot of media and Real Madrid fans gathered outside the Madrid airport.
Qin Xiong, who flew from Beijing, China to Madrid, had a huge lineup. His agent team and business team accompanied him to the beautiful scenery of Spain.
Qin Xiong, wearing his own brand of casual wear and sunglasses, held Sylvia's hand and walked out of the airport. There were cheers around him that sounded awkward, but Qin Xiong was already used to.
"Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! "
The Real Madrid fans were cheering, and the Spanish media gathered here scrambled to take pictures of his arrival.
Qin Xiong gave a simple greeting to the fans and got into the car without accepting any interviews.
Two hours later, he completed a medical examination in Real Madrid's medical room. The photos of the medical examination process flowed into the hands of the media, and it was immediately reported live.
July 20.
Qin Xiong and Sylvia came to the Bernabéu stadium together. The Bernabéu stadium, which could accommodate 80,000 people, was full. The fans welcomed Qin Xiong's arrival in the most enthusiastic way.
Calderón gave a speech and was not stingy with his praise for Qin Xiong. Then he handed a number 9 jersey to Qin Xiong.
After Qin Xiong put on the number 9 jersey, there was a deafening cheer at the stadium!
He did not kiss the team badge. Instead, he picked up the microphone and spoke in fluent Spanish.
He did not say that joining Real Madrid was a childhood dream like most players.
He thanked Calderón for his appreciation and the support of the fans. At the end of his brief speech, he said powerfully, "From the moment I stand here, I am ready to defend the dignity and honor of Real Madrid!"
The fans at the scene applauded.
What they needed now was a real fighter!
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