Qin Xiong was not called back to China. The China national team had entered the finals of the Asian Cup in the summer. The 2010 World Cup qualifiers would not start until the end of the year. In fact, with the China team's qualification to represent Asia in the last World Cup, they were listed as a seeded team. The China team would not participate in the World Cup Asian qualifiers until February next year.
Qin Xiong stayed in Madrid to rest.
One morning, Qin Xiong, who was enjoying leisure time at home, unexpectedly saw a couple at the door.
Beckham and Victoria were dressed fashionably. There were a lot of paparazzi gathered outside Qin Xiong's house. Some were lying in ambush near Qin Xiong's house, and some followed the Beckham couple.
Qin Xiong invited the two into the house. Sylvia enthusiastically made tea and brought some snacks that she had made herself.
Sylvia and Victoria had known each other at parties before, but they had not been to each other's houses as guests.
Qin Xiong did not like to disturb other people's lives, or rather, he preferred his own quiet nest.
After winning the Real Madrid league, Beckham also made a splash. His four-year career in Real Madrid was not in a disheveled state when he said goodbye. If it had not been for the wonderful play before and after the final stage of the league, his Real Madrid career would not have been the slightest success.
As he was about to leave, Beckham took the initiative to bring his wife to Qin Xiong's house as guests and invited Qin Xiong and Sylvia to dinner in the evening to express his gratitude and the intention to make more friends.
Qin Xiong and Sylvia were a celebrity couple, but their influence could not be compared to Beckham and Victoria. After all, Beckham and Victoria radiated in a wide range of fields: music, fashion, football, clothing, and so on.
After a pleasant dinner with the Beckhams, Qin Xiong received another invitation from Carlos the next day.
Carlos would also leave Bernabéu at the end of the season. He invited Qin Xiong to taste authentic Brazilian barbecue at home and told Qin Xiong about his 11 years in Real Madrid. There were sadness and glory. It was like a memoir.
Qin Xiong could not understand Carlos's feelings. After all, every time he moved to a new stage, he had his personal ambitions. He also wanted to go higher. On the other hand, Carlos was at the age where he was about to retire. Could he accept all of this calmly?
Perhaps one day in the future, when Qin Xiong also reached this stage, he would be able to understand Carlos' feelings.
With almost two weeks of off-season, the Madrid media was not idle either. They simply began to take stock of the performance of the teams in La Liga throughout the season.
The highlight of the year was Real Madrid, accompanied by the movie 007 Casino Royale.
In the review, the strange thing was that the media simply ignored the years when Capello led the team and focused entirely on how shocking and wonderful Bosque's twelve-game winning streak was after he took office.
Real Madrid, who had not tasted the championship title for four years, re-invited Real Madrid's old manager, Bosque, to be in charge of leading the team to win the championship title. He also arranged for Qin Xiong, van Nistelrooy, Beckhams, and other "Bond girls" to assist. After a series of difficult trials, they finally completed the task of winning the championship.
After Real Madrid entered the Vicente del Bosque era in 2007, it successfully transformed Real Madrid, which used to be full of superstars but had lost its people, into a united team. Bosque, Real Madrid's new 007, also experienced the same process as Craig, the lead actor of the Casino Royale. He experienced the process of being questioned and finally received praise from the outside world.
Just as 007 was the guarantee of the box office, Bosque was the guarantee of the championship title. This was no exception at Bernabéu. Moreover, this soul-stirring Real Madrid championship drama had ups and downs, a combination of action, emotion, and thrills.
Barcelona, who failed to defend their title, was matched with the epic masterpiece of Titanic.
With two consecutive La Liga titles and the two hot favorites to win the Champions League, the Catalan ship, Barcelona, began its voyage. They seemed to be an invincible fleet that would never sink. However, due to internal problems in the hull and the terrible environment on the waterway, Barcelona hit rocks three times in a row and unfortunately sank, gaining nothing.
On April 10, 1912, the Titanic, known as the "miracle of the world's industrial history," set out from Southampton in the United Kingdom to New York in the United States. The most dazzling ship at the time, known as the unsinkable, was the largest man-made steel structure after the Eiffel Tower. However, tragedy happened. The Titanic collided with an iceberg, broke into three parts, and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Barcelona, the giant ship of the Catalan region, was the La Liga champion for the past two seasons. It had famous star players such as Ronaldinho, Eto 'o, Messi, Deco, and Puyol. This season, it also introduced Italy's World Cup winner, Gianluca Zambrotta, and the French defender, Thuram.
The fans believed that Barcelona would start a new dynasty.
However, the powerful Barcelona sank. It was as if the Titanic had crashed into a huge iceberg on a calm night.
Barcelona's offense was still sharp. However, the glory of the past two seasons made Manager Rijkaard never pay attention to Barcelona's weakness: midfield defense. After the tactics were gradually understood by other teams, Rijkaard also exposed his fatal weakness. The "Black Swan" had no more innovations in on-the-spot command and tactical changes other than creating the trident tactic in which Ronaldinho, Eto 'o, and Messi coexisted.
The route set by the captain was unreasonable, and it was normal for Barcelona to deviate from the course. What's more, Captain Rijkaard's sailors were restless. The core player, Ronaldinho, was in a decline, and even he admitted it himself. After the striker, Eto 'o, recovered from his injury, he was more motivated to compete with Rijkaard and Ronaldinho than to score goals. The new player, Thuram, also jumped out from time to time, unhappy that he could not play as the main force. Even the seemingly honest Deco was rumored to have visited prostitutes in London.
When Real Madrid was at its lowest, Barcelona did not seize the opportunity to shake off their opponents. When the people of Madrid dealt with their internal relations and gradually united, Barcelona itself was in chaos. Although they relied on Messi's excellent play at the end of the season and even used handballs, they failed to rescue the sinking Barcelona ship.
The people on the Titanic were overconfident in the ship. Therefore, after hitting the iceberg, rescue measures were extremely lacking. The same was true for Barcelona, which was particularly obvious in the Champions League and Copa del Rey. In the home game against Liverpool, Barcelona lost because of a mistake by the goalkeeper, Valdés. Even though they won in the away game, they were still eliminated. After leading Getafe by a large score in the first round of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona underestimated their opponent and hid many of their main players. As a result, they were slaughtered at home.
From the championship a season ago to this year's three major failures, Barcelona, the luxury ship, had completely fallen. This was a season that the Camp Nou fans wanted to forget. Only "Angel Heart" Messi's occasional flashy performance of cloning Maradona was left to be remembered forever.
Would Ronaldinho, Eto 'o, and Rijkaard continue to be in Barcelona next season? Would they still sing "My-Heart-Will-Go-On" and fight for the Camp Nou? More importantly, could Barça modify their design and build an invincible fleet?
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