The next day, the European media reported the results of the draw for the Champions League knockout stage. Some were happy and some were sad. The Spanish media had nothing to say about Real Madrid's draw.
Because there were no weak teams in the traditional sense among the six opponents.
Bayern Munich and AC Milan were in the top four of the Premier League. Who would be a good draw?
It was just that drawing AC Milan might be the worst performance.
Capello vowed that Real Madrid was not afraid of AC Milan.
Today, Real Madrid was the guest of RCD Espanyol for the 15th round of the La Liga.
Before the game, Capello held a team disciplinary meeting.
The meeting confused the players, and Capello's meeting topic was Qin Xiong, Raúl, and other teammates' gathering outside last night.
He said loudly, "There are only two games left before the winter break. The first half of the season is about to end. I hope you can cheer up, don't be distracted in advance, and put your energy in places other than work! If you want to gather, you can wait until the winter break comes. You can relax moderately, but you still have to focus on rest. The real battle will start in the second half of the league tournament. "
Capello's criticism made the players who were named extremely unhappy.
Because everyone just gathered and went home early.
Capello must have gotten wind of it from the media, and the media reports were always groundless and exaggerated. Without communicating with the players to understand, Capello held a disciplinary meeting to criticize. If it were anyone else, they would not be able to accept it.
Everyone could see that Capello was very confident now, probably because the team's momentum in the league tournament was good. He was quite complacent.
Real Madrid's game at the Montjuïc Stadium was not smooth.
Capello's lecture before the game more or less distracted the players and made them angry. However, this anger could not be converted into excitement on the field.
But strangely, Cannavaro took the initiative to apply for two yellow cards in the first half of the game and was sent off.
It seemed that losing the Ballon d 'Or award was a big blow to him! This made the fluctuations in his condition very obvious.
The Spaniards launched an all-out attack in the second half. They thought that they could send Real Madrid to consecutive defeats at home by outnumbering Real Madrid. One had to know that Real Madrid's last five visits to the Monhuich Stadium had an unsightly record of one win, one draw, and three losses!
However, Real Madrid did not panic with Qin Xiong in control of the overall situation. In the 71st minute of the second half of the game, he instigated a quick attack. Robinho cut into the penalty area from the flank and assisted Ronaldo to break the goal and kill the Spaniard!
In the same round of the competition, Barcelona was forced to a draw by Real Betis in the away game, which extended Real Madrid's lead over Barcelona to six points!
Capello criticized the entire team's performance after the match, but cried out for Cannavaro's injustice. He believed that Cannavaro's second yellow card for handball was a huge mistake made by the referee!
On the way back to Real Madrid, no matter how others were feeling, Qin Xiong's mood fell to the bottom. It was terrible!
WTF！
He was extremely displeased!
He was criticized for winning the game!
He should be forgiven for being sent off with a red card.
What kind of logic was this?
He really did not understand Capello's coaching philosophy.
.....
After sleeping at home, Qin Xiong once again dressed up with Sylvia. Today, he was going to Zurich, Switzerland, to attend the FIFA World Player of the Year Award Ceremony!
At 11 o 'clock in the morning, he drove with Sylvia to the outside of the Bernabéu stadium. In addition to Calderón and Mijatović, the other two finalists for the FIFA World Player of the Year Award were also present.
Real Madrid's media swarmed in to broadcast live coverage of Real Madrid's travel team.
Because this was a scene that Real Madrid should be proud of.
The finalists for the top three were: Qin Xiong, Cannavaro, and the retired Zidane!
Marca wrote in today's newspaper: FIFA World Player of the Year, Real Madrid's monopoly!
Cannavaro was obviously forcing a smile. After losing the Ballon d 'Or, he had foreseen that it was almost impossible to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award. Zidane appeared to be very relaxed.
On the way to Zurich by private jet, Zidane and Qin Xiong sat together and chatted happily.
Zidane would be concerned about Real Madrid's situation under Capello's coaching. Having played for Real Madrid, he knew better than outsiders the complexities of the locker room or Real Madrid's internal affairs.
It was far from being as simple as what was shown on the surface.
Qin Xiong was not good at complaining to people because he was now resentful of Capello in his heart, so it was not good for him to say too much.
After arriving in Zurich, Qin Xiong and Sylvia left first. The two walked hand in hand on the streets of Zurich, shopping and relaxing.
When dinner time came, the two tasted the local delicacies, cheese, chocolate, and lake fish.
At around seven o 'clock, Qin Xiong and Sylvia came to the Zurich Opera House, where the FIFA World Player of the Year award ceremony would be held.
Many FIFA officials were present, and the venue was full. Some officials from Asia came to exchange greetings with Qin Xiong, and most of them were words of praise.
Sitting in the second row below the stage, Qin Xiong held Sylvia's hand. This time, there was really no possibility of being hinted in advance.
Blatter wanted to play with suspense. He only announced the shortlisted players in the top three. The final winner would only be announced at the award ceremony.
When the results were about to be announced, Sylvia held Qin Xiong's hand so tightly that Qin Xiong could feel her rapid breathing, so he turned his head and smiled at Sylvia. At the same time, he reached out and gently patted the back of her hand to make her relax.
At least Qin Xiong was relatively calm.
Moreover, he did not have much ambition for the FIFA World Player of the Year.
If there was a winner, there was a winner. If there was no winner, there was no need to fight for the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
That was not realistic. After all, the selection mechanism of the FIFA World Player of the Year determined that this award was not as valuable as the Ballon d 'Or.
There were selection rules for the Ballon d 'Or, at the same time, votes from professional journalists.
But what about the FIFA World Player of the Year award?
This year, there were 157 national and regional team managers and 145 national and regional team captains participating.
Imagine, there were only 32 teams participating in the World Cup, so there were more than 100 national or regional managers and team captains. Would they usually pay close attention to the European football world? Especially a horizontal comparison of the comprehensive performance of all the candidates?
Difficult!
Most of the voting was just a formality, and it went with the flow. There was no obvious personal standpoint and voting basis.
So Qin Xiong was very calm. It did not matter if there was an award or not.
When Blatter announced the name of this year's FIFA World Player of the Year award on stage, Qin Xiong stood up and applauded the people around him.
"Zidane!"
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