Mister Legend

Chapter 43 The Coming of the Winter Break
The temperature in Madrid in mid-December has dropped to about 12 degrees Celsius, and it is still very cold with the bitter wind.Therefore, the leagues in most European countries have a winter break, which usually starts before Christmas and lasts for half a month to a month.This can not only avoid the coldest period of time in the northern hemisphere, but also give players who have been fatigued for several months the opportunity to adjust their physical fitness and recover, and prepare for the sprint in the second half of the season.However, 10 is the year of the European Cup. The club competition needs to end early to allow enough time for the national team's training. Therefore, this year, the leagues of many countries have shortened or even canceled the winter break. La Liga has given up on previous years. Two weeks of rest, the schedule is full.But fortunately, the West Division B League did not suspend due to the national team match day, so even though there were extra promotion and relegation play-offs, the schedule was not too rushed, and a normal winter break was obtained.After the No.2016 round of the two-day league on the 19th and 20th, the rest began, until after New Year's Day next year, a full two weeks.

In other words, after the home game against CF Rayo Majadahonda (CF Rayo Majadahonda) on December 12, Castilla's coaching staff and players can have a holiday.Most people will go back to their hometown to be with their families. After all, the members here are incomparable with the big-name stars of the first team. Without a generous annual salary, let alone extra income such as advertising, without money, where is the tourist attraction? You can't even go, that's the truth.

As a top-notch otaku, Li Modi naturally planned to return to Mallorca Island, completely return to the farm and the arms of his parents, and live a life with a living area of ​​only 12 square meters.Unfortunately, this great plan went bankrupt before the detailed design began. On December 15th, when the team had just started training, several "uninvited guests" came to the Castilla training base, and the leader was Real Madrid's eternal legend-Raul Gonzalez Blanco.

The Bernabéu king had just led the New York Cosmos to win the North American Soccer League championship in the United States on the 16th of last month, and then announced his retirement, ending a 21-year brilliant career.At that time, due to the need to lead the team to compete in the competition, Li Moody did not go to the United States to witness in person, and the official blessing video invited all world-class superstars. As a rookie coach, it is naturally impossible for him to get a chance to be photographed, so he just played at night. I made a phone call and chatted briefly.

Raul returned to Spain this time because he has been hired by the Spanish Football Association as the promotion ambassador of La Liga in the United States. A signing ceremony will be held in Madrid in the next few days, followed by relevant personnel from the Football Association and accompanying video reporters. .Naturally, the video promoting La Liga mainly focuses on the two giants of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and by the way, some youth training materials, and Raul, who is the absolute protagonist, naturally wants to give this opportunity to his family first.

This time I came to shoot this time, of course I communicated with the club's senior management. After a brief chat with the chairman Mr. Francisco at the office building, he came to the training ground accompanied by the manager of the public relations department, Garcia. I don't know about it.Seeing this group of people who came suddenly, he hugged Raul deeply with a surprised expression. After briefly asking about the purpose of coming, he asked the coaching staff to come over and let them direct the boys to cooperate with the filming.This film is used to introduce La Liga. Naturally, there will not be too many shots about the youth training of the reserve team. It is over after some simple shots of the training environment and the hard work of the young players.A group of them will move to Real Madrid's first team side, focusing on filming the part of the Bernabeu.Before leaving, Raul and Li Moody agreed to have dinner together in the evening.

The short ten-minute shooting by the film crew brought a very excited atmosphere to the Castilla training ground. The boys not only looked forward to showing their faces in the promotional film, but also met their former idol Raul. Everyone They were all very happy, and the training effect seemed to be better than usual.Seeing this situation, Solari jokingly said that he would invite more celebrities to come over in the future, and asked everyone to provide the phone numbers of some old guys and line up to enhance the quality of training.

Six people came to the dinner in the evening. Apart from Raul and Li Mudi, Qi Zu and Guti would naturally not be absent, and Hierro and Morientes, who were out of town, also came here. This man has a deep brand of Real Madrid The small circle of people gathered completely this evening.Except for Raul and Hierro, the other four are the head coaches of their respective teams, and the eldest brother Hierro also intends to take up the coach. The topic between them is naturally inseparable from the current situation and future of Real Madrid's first team. direction of development.The six people are complete Real Madridists, and they have a very close relationship with each other, so they can speak freely and argue with reason without fear that someone will hold grudges.With the strength of wine, Li Mudi very "arrogantly" suggested that Qi Zu should introduce De Gea and replace Navas no matter how much it costs; sell Danilo if the price is right; even if Manchester United is interested in Bale in the future. , can be accepted without losing money.As soon as these suggestions were uttered, they were ridiculed by several people, thinking that he really drank too much, and Li Moody could only leave one sentence: sometimes the truth is in the hands of a few.

After an in-depth exchange of each other's experience in coaching the team, the topic turned to the Christmas and New Year holidays. Except for the sad Qi Zu, everyone here has their own vacation plans, most of which are to travel abroad.Hearing that Li Mudi's nerd nature broke out again, and he planned to stay in the farm in Mallorca for a full two weeks, the other five people's eyes widened, feeling that there was an alien mixed in around them.After a fierce collision of Eastern and Western cultural customs, Li Modi, who was alone in the camp, was outnumbered. He was persuaded by Raul on the grounds that Easterners do not celebrate Christmas, and planned to go to the United States with his family for a week.Of course, traveling to the United States is not very attractive to Li Moody, but Raul said that he can get an invitation letter to Trump's charity dinner in New York and meet Uncle Tom's future CEO. tempted.Well, in fact, what he is really going to meet is Trump's daughter Ivanka. Li Mudi has no bad intentions, but just wants to find an opportunity to take a photo with her and post it on Twitter to increase her popularity...

On Saturday, 19th, at 20:00, Castilla's last official game in 2015, the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium was full of 8400 seats.

马哈达翁达在之前的联赛当中5胜5平7负积20分，位列积分榜No.15位，距离降级区非常近。本场比赛使用的阵形为4-1-4-1，以防守为主，场上的球员在团队配合和工作投入上的属性都比较高。其中需要重点注意的球员是左边前卫波蒂拉、右边前卫奎克和前锋阿查，他们是进入比赛16人大名单里仅有的之前球员评分场均超过7分的三个人。

Castilla played with all their main players in this game. The starting lineup is: goalkeeper Yanez, right back Forlan, center backs Hector and Leon, left back Abner, center midfielders Odegaard and Toro, Front midfielder Enzo, right winger Alvaro, left winger Razuo, center Mariano.

Today's Madrid is only 4 degrees Celsius above zero, and the wind is still strong. The conditions for the game are not ideal.The coaching staff especially extended the warm-up time before the game, but when the game started, the players’ bodies were still a little stiff, and there were frequent mistakes on the field, and even two people competed for the landing point but neither of them could touch the ball Funny shot.

Inability to flexibly control the body leads to large deviations in movements.In the 5th minute, Abner threw the ball out of bounds. When Razuo caught the ball in the penalty area, the opponent's right back Rubio raised his foot too high and was awarded a penalty by the referee.This is Castilla's third penalty kick in two consecutive games. After strong objections from players of the visiting team, it was invalid and had to concede.But Abner's penalty kick was rejected by the opponent's goalkeeper just like a week ago, and this excellent opportunity was missed.Poor penalty shooting ability is one of the weaknesses of this Castilla team. Li Moody and the coaching staff have thought of a lot of training methods to improve the players' penalty shooting ability, but unfortunately so far, the results have not been good.

The morale of the visiting team who survived the catastrophe rose immediately, but unfortunately, it was indeed at a disadvantage in terms of strength. They did not make any threats after several attacks, and then had to return to the routine of defensive counterattack.

No. In the 17th minute, the home team steals the ball in the backcourt. After passing by two central midfielders and the front midfielder, the ball is distributed to the left. Abner puts in a cross to the far post. Mariano leaps high, Overwhelming the visiting team's central defender headed the ball into the upper corner of the goal, 1-0, Castilla seized the second good chance of the game to rewrite the score.

Since then, the sidelines have fallen into a stalemate. The two sides have attacked and defended each other, but they failed to create a good chance to score. At the end of the half, the score remained at 1-0.

At half-time, snowflakes fell in the sky, creating new difficulties for the players on the field and the fans watching the game.

The wind above level 22 was wrapped in light snow, which seriously affected the players' sight, and also made it difficult for everyone to maintain their body surface temperature at a level where they could perform normally.The wind also seriously interfered with the running track of the football, and all kinds of exaggerated arcs began to appear over the field. Enzo's long pass even drew an even stronger S-shaped arc than Carlos's back then. track!Looking at the funny performance of the [-] players on the field, Li Moody thought of a group of zombies chasing an iron ball in a multi-directional super-strong magnetic field, which was very funny.

After contributing countless jokes that can be broadcast on hilarious sports programs, the home team sealed the victory in the No. 70 minute. Toro shot a long shot from 25 meters away and crashed into the visiting team's goal with the help of the wind. The score changed It became 2-0 and completely extinguished the last hope of Mahadahonda trying to get a draw.

After this round of competition, Castilla ushered in the winter break with 16 points, a record in the history of the West Division B League, with 2 wins, 18 draws and 50 unbeaten rounds. The goals conceded are the best results among the 55 teams in the four groups of this level.Li Moody began to gain some popularity in continental Europe. According to some Spanish tabloids, more than one Spanish second division team and other second- and third-tier league teams have expressed interest in him. Li Moody's legendary journey started very amazingly. .

At 22:00, Raúl visited the Bernabéu. As the former king, he was warmly welcomed by the fans of the home team.Under his watch, Real Madrid beat the guest Rayo Vallecano (Rayo Vallecano SAD) 10-2. The first one to open the record was actually Danilo, whom Li Mudi had strongly suggested to sell, his face was slapped and slapped.With this victory, Real Madrid narrowed the gap with the top two in the standings. In this round, Atletico Madrid lost to Malaga in an away game. After Barcelona went to participate in the Club World Cup, Real Madrid's 34 points have touched the same score of 35 points. The buttocks of two mortal enemies - this term, there is no one else!

The next day, after Li Moody warned the boys not to break down their bodies during the break, he announced that the team would be disbanded on vacation.He first flew back to Mallorca, stayed with his parents for two days, and then took a flight to New York to join Raul, who had just returned the day before, and started his first foreign vacation trip.

(End of this chapter)