Capello was strict in his management of the team, but it was not unchanging.
It was the most common practice to vary from person to person. The most "harsh" person he treated in the team was Ronaldo. Ronaldo's training was extremely strict. As for Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong was relaxed since he returned from the last FIFA game injured. It was mainly to strike a balance between work and rest, especially after the game to let Qin Xiong rest more for his body to recover.
Let's turn back time to last weekend after Real Madrid defeated Santander at home.
Qin Xiong was given a day off, and Capello asked him to better prepare for Lyon's preparation.
On his day off, France Football's editor-in-chief, Erno, arrived in Madrid with the official photographer of the Ballon d 'Or.
The voting for the Ballon d 'Or had ended, which meant that the results were already set.
However, France Football certainly did not want to reveal the specific results to the outside world before the awards ceremony. Otherwise, the ratings of the awards ceremony would drop significantly.
The Ballon d 'Or was not just to select one Ballon d' Or. The second and third place also had to go on stage to receive the award. In this way, the three best football players of the year needed to be interviewed and photographed to record some information for the awards ceremony.
As for who would be the winner of the Ballon d 'Or, it would be announced on the day of the awards ceremony.
France Football's move was just a change of direction to tell the outside world who would be the favorite to win the award.
However, the Ballon d 'Or was rarely a situation where the three countries faced each other. It was rare to see a fierce battle.
As long as they knew who the three winners would be on stage to receive the award, it was almost easy for the outside world to guess who would eventually win the Ballon d 'Or.
Erno wanted to keep a low profile. He accepted the warm reception of Real Madrid's president, Calderón. Calderón was also well aware that this meant that Real Madrid had players who could at least make it into the final three.
Moreover, the outside world predicted that this year would be the civil war between Qin Xiong and Cannavaro in Real Madrid. Calderón would not miss this opportunity to be in the limelight anyway.
After the meeting with Elno, Calderón announced to the public that the winner of the Ballon d 'Or would be a player from Real Madrid. As for who it would be, he deliberately kept it a secret, as if to attract the curiosity of the outside world.
Elno arrived at the Real Madrid training base on the same day. He did not see Qin Xiong at the training ground, so he took the initiative to invite Cannavaro to film and interview him.
His actions seemed to signal to the outside world that Cannavaro would win the Golden Ball Award.
After Cannavaro and his team received the news this afternoon, they rationally analyzed that the Golden Ball Award would be in Cannavaro's bag.
The reason was simple: Qin Xiong was on vacation, but if France Football invited him to be interviewed and filmed, would he refuse?
In their eyes, the answer was obvious: Qin Xiong was not as important as Cannavaro in the eyes of "France Football".
Regardless of whether Cannavaro and his team were overly optimistic or overjoyed, the announcement on Cannavaro's personal website that night almost hinted that he would win the Ballon d 'Or.
In fact, Elno just wanted to keep a low profile. He came to Real Madrid to interview and film two players.
The first was Cannavaro, and the second was Qin Xiong.
As for who was Mr. Ballon d 'Or, sorry, he would not tell the outside world with great fanfare. Otherwise, who would look forward to the real award ceremony?
Because the game against Lyon was a game that Real Madrid attached great importance to, Capello chose not to open the closed training for preparation. Elno naturally would not cause trouble for Real Madrid at this time, so he left and went to London.
The next person waiting for him to be interviewed was Henry.
When he left Madrid, the entire European media predicted that Cannavaro would win the Ballon d 'Or!
First of all, Qin Xiong did not accept an interview. Second, whether Elno went to London or Turin, Henry or Buffon, the former's popularity dropped significantly due to the impact of the results in the second half of the year. The latter had almost no exposure to the outside world because he was relegated to Serie B with Juventus.
In addition, Elno did not go to Barcelona, so this year's Ballon d 'Or top three were obvious.
Cannavaro, Henry, and possibly the last one was Buffon.
But just after Real Madrid defeated Lyon, Elno also ended his trip to London and unexpectedly turned back to Madrid!
Once again, he came to the Real Madrid Club and asked to interview Qin Xiong when Real Madrid was preparing for the weekend's game against Valencia!
This change surprised the entire European football world!
It was not that Elno was deliberately mystifying. He was just keeping a low profile and did not want to overly disturb the daily work of a top club like Real Madrid.
Therefore, his itinerary and work arrangements were all "accommodating" to Real Madrid.
The European media realized that there would be two Real Madrid players in this year's Ballon d 'Or top three, and the suspense of who would win was back!
Freddy immediately ran to Qin Xiong after hearing the news. After telling Qin Xiong the news, Qin Xiong's reaction was very calm.
Perhaps he had already let go and was prepared to start all over again next year.
Whether he would win or not, he was more indifferent.
Driving to the Real Madrid training base, Qin Xiong changed his clothes step by step in the locker room, then went to the gym to do some exercises. When it was time to assemble for training, he went to the training ground with his teammates.
Capello and the coaching staff waited for the players, and training began as usual.
Cannavaro's expression was a little strange during training today. He kept looking around, as if he was distracted by something.
At the end of the morning training, what worried Cannavaro finally happened.
Or maybe it was something he had foreseen in his heart, but he still hoped that it would not happen. In the end, it still happened as scheduled.
Elno appeared on the sidelines of the training ground with the Ballon d 'Or photographer. After exchanging a few words with Capello and getting Capello's approval, a coach called Qin Xiong to the sidelines.
Qin Xiong and Elno met for the first time. The two men introduced themselves to each other, and then they went to another training ground.
Qin Xiong also experienced what Cannavaro had experienced a few days ago today.
Cannavaro looked at Qin Xiong from time to time on the training ground, and his heart was in a mess.
What the hell!
Everyone had a tacit understanding that Cannavaro knew that his biggest competitor this year was Qin Xiong.
On the day of his interview and shoot, he also indirectly asked Elno if he was going to interview Qin Xiong next. Elno said he was going to London, which made Cannavaro think that Qin Xiong did not even make it into the top three!
Now, Elno turned back and went to London, but after going to London, he ran back to Madrid!
Damn, Cannavaro, who had already released a personal statement on the official website and had a winning attitude, panicked.
If he did not get elected in the end …
This was a big mistake!
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