Football irons are burning

Chapter 408

At the same time, the European transfer market is also very lively.

Real Madrid bought Brazilian genius midfielder Kaka from Manchester City for 8000 million pounds. This transfer amount also made Kaka immediately become the king of the transfer market in 2006!

Kaka is obviously here to replace Zidane, and the age of 24 is also a very good age. A Kaka at his peak can bring more honors to Real Madrid.

This must be the player's own idea, otherwise, Manchester City will definitely not sell, they have plenty of money, and they want to create a Manchester City dynasty.

The arrival of Kaka will also continue to stage a confrontation with Li Tie. It remains to be seen who can laugh at the end.

Barcelona sold Ronaldinho for £5000 million and he went to Chelsea.

It's also a blockbuster deal.

Barcelona doesn't really want to let people go. After all, Ronaldinho is only 26 years old and is still in the golden age of football players.

However, Ronaldinho seemed to be tired of the beauties in Barcelona and wanted to experience the feasting and feasting in London, so he offered to transfer.

Ronaldinho's departure is bound to allow Messi to take over early, which is obviously of great benefit to Messi.

Seeing that his former teammate Ronaldo has become the core at Manchester United, it is impossible for Messi not to worry.

Although he is only 19 years old, his strength is already very strong, and it is impossible for Barcelona's new coach Guardiola not to see this.

The midfielder with Harvey, Messi, Iniesta, Deco and others as the core will definitely play more beautiful control football.

Atletico Madrid also kept moving, snatching Bayern midfielder Essien, and the transfer fee was as high as 4500 million euros!
La Liga giants, this is not small.

The Premier League giants are also constantly moving. Arsenal, which has been silent for many years, poached Arteta from Everton for 4000 million pounds. It seems that Wenger does not intend to live.

Liverpool cleaned up the three forwards of Baros, Crouch and Diouf, and instead spent 5000 million pounds to acquire all three Australian foreign players, Cahill, Kewell and Viduka. Is this an agreement signed with the Australian Football Association?

However, the strength of the three outstanding players in Australian football is still good. In addition, they are all from the same country. They must cooperate with each other tacitly. Maybe Benitez can use this combination to turn himself around.

Of course, the unscrupulous waving of checks by wealthy teams also makes life more difficult for mid- and lower-stream clubs. After they lose their core players, it is difficult for them to achieve good results in the top league.

This is professional football.

In contrast, the Bundesliga, Ligue [-] and Serie A are relatively quiet. Most of the clubs do not spend a lot of money, but only tap potential internally, or search for treasures in the free market, and discover players from South America, Asia and Africa.

At this moment, none of the three major leagues can compete with La Liga and the Premier League.

Li Tie's Inter Milan did not make any moves. Its own strength is relatively strong. Deisler, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Materazzi, Burdisso, Cordoba, Pierini, Cruz, Crespo, etc. are all masters.

Entering August, the Espanyol team played several warm-up matches.

The first opponent is the Andorra national team. This country often participates in the European Cup qualifiers, but it basically gives points.

The opponent is also willing to warm up with La Liga teams in order to prepare for the 2008 European preliminaries.

Pochettino formed a three-forward formation of Pandiani, Tamudo and Owen, Li Tie's front midfielder, Wu Xi and Riera on both sides, Figo in the midfielder, three defenders Jalke, Vidic and Zabaleta, and goalkeeper Hildebrand.

This is obviously an offensive-oriented lineup. For a weak team like Andorra, of course it is necessary to practice offense.

Li Tie, wearing the captain's armband, he is still the undisputed leader of the team!
After the start of the game, the Espanyol team quickly entered the state.

Offensive play is impressive.

In the 5th minute, Li Tie took the ball straight from the middle, Owen turned around and smeared into the penalty area and volleyed it and was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Tamudo scored with a supplementary shot, 1:0!

This cooperation is still very good. Li Tie's passing is no problem. Owen's speed is also difficult for the opponent to match. However, his shooting skills seem to be a bit unsatisfactory.

On the contrary, Tamudo's supplementary shot was very alert. This is another opportunist!
Leading by one goal, the Espanyol continued to attack, and the opponent was indeed too amateur to resist.

In the 11th minute, Li Tie kicked back after forcing a breakthrough in the middle, and Pandiani pushed and scored, 2:0!

This cooperation is also unexpected.

Li Tie's level of playing is getting higher and higher, and his teammates are obviously very happy to cooperate with Li Tie.

On the sidelines, Pochettino nodded again and again. Li Tie's role is indeed obvious. With such an offensive efficiency, he can compete against strong teams.

After nearly half a month of training, Li Tie's body began to gradually improve, and his weight dropped to 80 kilograms, and he lost more than ten kilograms in half a month!
Although he was still a bit fat, it didn't affect him much. He also ran very fast, about the same as a small tank.

It can be seen now that Li Tie is in very good condition. The Espanyol team has picked up a gold mine with 3000 million pounds!
In the 19th minute, Wu Xi forced a breakthrough from the right side. His series of dazzling moves directly stunned the opponent's defensive players!
Then he went into the penalty area and knocked horizontally, and Pandiani scored again, 3:0!

Subsequently, Pochettino replaced Pandiani with Lewandowski, and Li Tie with De La Pena.

The Espanyol team is still playing normally, Faye's dribbling skills are also good, and his passing skills are also superb. The halftime score was stretched to 5:0, and the effect of the warm-up is still coming out.

In the whole game, the Espanyol defeated Andorra 7:0 and won the first victory of the warm-up match.

Of course, the opponent is too weak to be worth mentioning.

Three days later, the team flew to the Canary Islands to play a warm-up match with the second second team, Tenerife.

The scenery here is pretty good. The opponent Tenerife was also a strong team in La Liga in the 90s. At that time, under the leadership of Redondo, they achieved good results. Their most classic game was to snipe Real Madrid twice and help Barcelona win the championship.

But now, they are in the second division, and the past can only be recollected.

After the start of the warm-up match, Pochettino changed to 3-5-2. Figo played well as a midfielder in the last game, so he continued to sit in the midfielder in this game, and Rufete actively ran beside him to assist in the defense.

In the 11th minute of the game, Tenerife almost scored. The teenager Perez shot a cold arrow in the penalty area. No one in the entire defense of the Espanyol team came up to block it. Fortunately, Hildebrand reacted quickly and pressed the ball under him.

After getting up, Hildebrand sprayed fiercely at the back line, obviously very dissatisfied.

Afterwards, the Espanyol's defense began to get serious, which also put the home team's offense in trouble.

On the contrary, the Espanyol's offense is still very sharp.

It's a pity that Sanchez and Costa, the two starters on the forward line, have repeatedly missed opportunities. These two are still too young.

Li Tie's continuous passing in the middle also allowed the two to get a lot of shooting opportunities.

In the 33rd minute, Li Tie took a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball went straight to the dead corner, which opened the scoring account.

In the warm-up match, Li Tie didn't want to shoot from a distance. He wanted to promote the cooperation between his teammates and lay a foundation for the future.

But seeing that his teammates were unable to score for a long time, he couldn't hold back anymore, so he simply shot a long shot, and the effect was not bad. His long shot was still very reliable.

After Pochettino saw it on the sidelines, he also felt at ease. With Li Tie's long-range shooting method, if the team cannot break the deadlock in the future, Li Tie will still be an indispensable scorer.

In this warm-up match, the Espanyol defeated Tenerife with 3 goals in the away game and won the second warm-up match.

The opponent has become stronger, but the Espanyol team can still win easily, which also makes the club management feel the changes of this season. Perhaps, everything will start from this summer of 2006, and a legendary club will be born!

(End of this chapter)