Real Madrid was not an ordinary team. It could be seen from the preparation for the new league season. On the basis of not squeezing the players' vacation time, Real Madrid had to go to Salt Lake City in the United States for a competition tour.
After the tour, they would return to their homeland for the Carranza Cup and the Bernabéu Cup.
After the era of Galactica, Real Madrid was going through a revolution. Whether the revolution would end in success or failure was not only watched by Real Madrid's members and fans, but even the entire world of football was watching.
Qin Xiong embarked on a tour with the team to Salt Lake City in the United States.
After attending some commercial activities in the United States, Qin Xiong played two commercial games with the team. He only appeared for 45 minutes, which was a feast for the eyes of the American fans who were enjoying tennis. Qin Xiong's superb skills were very pleasing to the fans, but it did not cause any ripples in the team.
The Real Madrid players were first of all used to big scenes and had a broad vision. It was not surprising that Qin Xiong's little technical display could win the applause of the whole stadium, but it was unrealistic to say that he could convince his teammates.
The tour in Salt Lake City in the United States did not attract much attention because the American football market was still in the development stage. The sensational effect in the United States was not high.
Qin Xiong felt dispirited about the trip to the United States. It was a purely commercial game, without the atmosphere of a warm-up game. It was as if football had become an acrobatic show. Only after you made some dazzling technical moves would you win the enthusiastic applause of the fans at the scene.
But after returning to Real Madrid, the real warm-up game would begin for Real Madrid.
The Carranza Cup.
At first, it invited the champions of La Liga, the champions of the Champions League, and the champions of the European Cup Winners' Cup to participate in the tournament. Later, due to the decline in the strength of the invited teams, the attention and influence of the tournament gradually declined. The reputation of the "Little World Cup" had long disappeared.
This year's Carranza Cup Real Madrid invited Villarreal, Real Betis, and Cadiz, three teams from La Liga.
According to the results of the draw, Real Madrid and Real Betis would play a semi-final game, and the other two teams would play another semi-final game. The winner would play in the finals, and the loser would play in the third and fourth finals.
On the 18th of August, the Bernabéu was filled to the brim.
Real Madrid of the Calderón era made its debut on its home ground.
Qin Xiong, as the starting player, wore the number 9 uniform.
"After a summer of preparation, the new edition of Real Madrid is finally about to officially meet the fans. The first to draw attention is the famous Italian manager, Capello, who led Real Madrid to win the La Liga title ten years ago. He has renewed his relationship with Real Madrid ten years later. From the analysis of the recent news that has spread, Capello has returned to Real Madrid with an iron fist and discipline. But can he revive this Real Madrid team that has been disappointing the fans for the past three years? Let's wait and see.
The Carranza Cup was not very competitive this year. It was an internal battle between the four La Liga teams.
Today, Real Madrid's lineup is quite curious. Now, let me introduce it to you.
Real Madrid's starting lineup: 433.
Goalkeeper: Casillas.
Defenders: Salgado, Ramos, Cannavaro, Carlos.
Midfielders: Diarra, Qin Xiong, Emerson.
Forwards: Cassano, van Nistelrooy, Raúl.
Real Betis' starting lineup: 451.
Goalkeeper: Dobras.
Defenders: Lopez, Juanito, Nano, Romero.
Midfielders: Maldonado, Ángel, Assunção, Sissoko, Rivera.
Striker: Sobis.
The game is about to start. Let's see if there are any exciting changes in Real Madrid after the summer revision. "
The game began. Qin Xiong stood behind the center circle. Raúl kicked the ball back to him, and then he carried out the passing work step by step.
But after the second pass, the thoughts that he had been suppressing in his heart recently surfaced in his mind.
In Real Madrid, he was actually nothing!
He was not regarded as the core of the team in the competition!
Diarra, who was behind him, was tall and strong, but he was actually very agile. When he defended, he was quite domineering, especially when it came to one-on-one. It was hard to say that Emerson was still in his prime, but for Real Madrid to make up for the defense in the middle and backfield, he was much better than before. Emerson also had the role of organizing the forward passes. It was just that it was not outstanding, but there would always be tendencies.
As for the full-backs, Carlos and Salgado's offensive ability was needless to say.
The two of them were not like full-backs at all. It was common for them to score goals on one side.
So this created a situation that made Qin Xiong very awkward.
His teammates in the middle and backfield did not regard him as the hub of the transition between offense and defense, the core organizer of the positional play.
And the trident in front of him was an offensive path. Attack, attack, attack, attack forever!
He was caught in the middle and helpless.
In such a situation, it would be extremely difficult for him to control the game and shape the offensive and defensive situation because the interaction of the passes required the response and support of his teammates.
Capello's tactical plan was to defend and counterattack. The positional play was not big, and the focus was on defending and counterattacking.
It was to maximize the chances of being in an invincible position.
There was no right or wrong in this kind of tactical thinking. A popular or mature tactic was never right or wrong. There was only suitability.
Real Madrid advocated offense in their bones and was used to the offensive style. It was in sharp contradiction with Capello's coaching thinking.
It was just that the season had not yet started, and it was only a warm-up game now. Naturally, it would not be so outstanding.
But when the full-backs and defensive midfielders were acting as passers in the counterattack, it seemed that Real Madrid's offense was sweeping the opponent like a storm, but it was just a storm with more noise than rain.
The reason was simple. Qin Xiong was going to carry out the last pass or counterattack. Could the effect of his passing be comparable to Emerson's?
In the seventh minute of the game, Cassano's pass from the flank was blocked by the opponent. Real Betis immediately launched a counterattack. Assunção, Sissoko, and Rivera quickly passed the ball from the left side of the midfield and pushed the attack into Real Madrid's hinterland.
Rivera made a cross cut in front of the penalty area to receive Sissoko's straight pass and then directly raised his leg to shoot. After Casillas flew to block, Ramos marked in front of the goal to prevent anyone from leaking out. Real Betis striker Sobis shot the ball into Real Madrid's goal!
Capello was expressionless on the sidelines. His majesty did not waver, but he was shaking his head in his heart.
His requirement for the wingers was to be able to actively return to defend. Raúl had habitually returned to defend, but Cassano was still a somewhat lazy bad boy.
In addition, Qin Xiong's rash failure to intercept Assunção and smoothly allowed the opponent to pass through the midfield made Capello dissatisfied.
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