After the end of the Bernabéu Cup, Real Madrid took a family photo for the new season. On the giant promotional billboards around the stadium, Qin Xiong was next to Raúl in the middle. His outstanding performance in the summer preparation won him high expectations and trust from the fans.
The new season of La Liga was about to start.
At Camp Nou, the new trident formed by Ronaldinho, Eto 'o, and Messi led Barcelona's near-perfect lineup. The Catalan army led by the black swan, Rijkaard, was determined to continue to defend their title and suppress Real Madrid.
At the Calderón Stadium, the teenage captain, Torres, and the superstar, Agüero, who landed in Europe from Argentina, formed the youngest frontline in Europe. The Sheets Legion was still on the road to compete with Real Madrid for the title of King of Madrid.
At the Mestalla Stadium, La Liga had invested more than 300 million euros in recruitment over the summer. With its excellent European results in the past few years, La Liga had become the world's top league in the UEFA rankings. Although the war between Real Madrid and Barcelona was still the main theme of La Liga, in the era of rising heroes, the role of teams such as Valencia and Sevilla could not be ignored. They might not be able to shake the status of the two heroes of La Liga, but perhaps in a key battle, Barcelona or Real Madrid would be defeated and could change the ownership of the title.
Was it impossible?
Albiol, Vicente, David Silva, Villa, Morientes, and the rest formed the Bat Legion. Was it not enough to be taken seriously?
At the Pizjuan Stadium, Sevilla had just defeated the Champions League winner, Arsenal, in the UEFA Super Cup. The strength of the lineup formed by players such as Fabiano, Kanouté, Maresca, and others should not be a problem to keep the Champions League ticket.
At the El Madrigal Stadium, the yellow submarine Riquelme was still moving forward. After creating the club's best record in the history of the Champions League last season, the submarine was ambitious for the new season.
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Before the start of the new season of La Liga, the group draw ceremony for the new season of the Champions League also came to an end.
Real Madrid was assigned to Group E, and their opponents in the same group were the French First Division Tyrone, Kyiv Dynamo, and Steaua Bucharest from Eastern Europe.
The results of the draw did not attract any media attention.
In this era where the Champions League was beginning to be popularized, if there were still media reports about the Real Madrid group draw results, or even groundless worries to analyze the strength of the group opponents and predict who would create difficulties for Real Madrid, it would definitely be a laughing stock.
Real Madrid's results in the Champions League had been declining year after year in recent years, but it had not reached the point where there was suspense about whether they would advance out of the group stage.
A starving camel was still bigger than a horse. In the past ten years, Real Madrid had won the most Champions League titles, with a total of three!
At noon on August 28th, he took a nap after lunch at home. After waking up, he walked into the bathroom for a simple wash. Sylvia had already prepared a new set of casual clothes for him. From this summer onwards, Qin Xiong and Sylvia would be wearing their own brand's new clothes to increase their exposure.
Qin Xiong had endorsed him!
Before leaving home, Sylvia gave him a goodbye kiss, and then watched Qin Xiong walk out of the house and get into the car.
After Qin Xiong's car left the villa, there were paparazzi on both sides of the road following and taking pictures. Qin Xiong drove the Bentley from slow to fast to the Bernabéu stadium as usual.
Playing for Real Madrid, he was already aware that his private life would be covered more by the media.
Perhaps now there were two sets of press releases prepared by the reporters. If Real Madrid won, they would praise Qin Xiong's professionalism. If the team lost and Qin Xiong did not perform well, maybe the scene of him kissing Sylvia at the door would be misinterpreted as him not having a good rest at home.
Near the Bernabéu stadium, many fans recognized Qin Xiong's car and waved to him. Many people took out their mobile phones to take pictures of him driving, and some hoped that he would stop the car and give them an autograph.
When the Bentley arrived at the parking lot of the Bernabéu stadium, there were still reporters who had been lying in ambush. They could not have physical contact with Qin Xiong, which was against the law, so they crowded around Qin Xiong all the way and scrambled to ask him questions.
"How do you feel today? How does Real Madrid view their opponent, Villarreal CF, in the opening game? "
"Last season, you easily defeated Villarreal CF on behalf of Arsenal. You must be full of confidence today, right?"
"Are you satisfied with the tactics laid down by Capello? Are you still a little less free in the warm-up game compared to when you were with Arsenal? "
All kinds of questions bombarded Qin Xiong's head.
His expression was as usual, as if he ignored everything.
It was not that he did not respect the reporters, but the reporters around him were not of high ranks and did not have much experience in the industry, so they used this method to try to get some news material.
On the contrary, many senior reporters had their own sources of information and did not need to be arrogant and respectful around the star players, hoping that the star players would open their mouths to reveal some valuable information to them.
Moreover, professional star players would not care about this kind of unscheduled interview.
Superstar Media was even more so.
Superstar Media also needed money to open their mouths.
After Qin Xiong walked into the entrance of the Bernabéu stadium, the reporters who had surrounded him before could only shrink back.
His firm and powerful footsteps formed a crisp sound in the tunnel, full of a sense of rhythm.
Da da da da da ….
There were also cameras in the tunnel inside the stadium, recording everything that happened here. Some would be made public, some would not, depending on what happened.
Qin Xiong walked to the front of the team's locker room and pushed the door open. It was a busy scene inside.
He glanced at them. Gutti, Beckham, Robinho, Ramos, Lopez …
All the substitutes first came to the locker room to tidy up their equipment and prepare for the night's game.
There was still about half a day before the game began.
The routine of life in Spain was slightly different from the rest of Europe.
Generally, meals were late. Eating at 7 pm was considered early, so the game would be held at a later time, waiting for everyone to eat and drink to their fill before coming to the stadium to watch the game.
The more important the game was, the more it was usually held at night. Therefore, in mainland China, the La Liga games were generally held late at night or in the second half of the night, unlike the English Premier League, which held games in the afternoon in order to expand into the Asian market.
Qin Xiong calmly greeted his teammates, then changed into his jersey and shoes, and went to the gym alone to do some simple exercises.
Reyes followed without a word.
He came to Real Madrid on a loan, and he knew in his heart that if he wanted to gain a foothold in the dangerous and unpredictable world of Bernabéu, the person he trusted the most was Qin Xiong!
The man who could create miracles with his own eyes!
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