[Football] Thorn Birds

After the warm-up match in Ireland, Real Madrid's next warm-up match will be in South Korea.

"Why South Korea?"

As long as he thinks of the 02 Korea-Japan World Cup, Ronaldo thinks this arrangement is very strange-you must know that Spain was cheated much more than Portugal.

The warm-up match to South Korea this time is a series of warm-up matches called the Peace Cup football match established by South Korea to celebrate their successful (?) hosting of the World Cup. Players from Europe, Asia and the Americas played against the South Korean team.

"The appearance fee is relatively high?"

When chatting in private, Marcelo blinked cutely but told the truth.

Several other people present couldn't help coughing a few times, but everyone felt that the reason was very real.

(Florentino: ==)

After the warm-up match in South Korea, Real Madrid flew directly to the United States to participate in the warm-up match in the United States.

But this time, Iker Casillas, Ramos, Albiol and Kaka, who had extended their vacation because of participating in the Confederations Cup, all gathered in the United States to join the team.

The World Football Challenge held in the United States is a purely warm-up business competition in the United States proposed by several giants. The champion teams or wealthy teams in the five major leagues are invited to compete in the United States. The invited teams can also Take this opportunity to let the newly signed players run in with the team.

Since this year is the first time it will be held, four teams will have a series of warm-up matches with American teams in the United States. In addition to Real Madrid Tank, there are also three teams including Inter Milan, AC Milan and Chelsea who have come to the United States.

As far as the United States is concerned, Ronaldo actually likes it here.

He's been on vacation with his family in Los Angeles before this summer's move, and he's been trying to get his tan to two sizes.

"But it's far enough to hold a warm-up match here."

Due to his relatively good personality, after Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid, he quickly mixed with Marcelo, Pepe and others. Of course, there is also Guti. If it is about eating, drinking and having fun, even Ronaldo Can't compare to Uncle Guti!

"Little devil!"

After hearing that Marcelo taught Ronaldo in front of him that if he wanted to eat, drink and have fun in Real Madrid, he had to find Guti, Guti slapped them unceremoniously.

And among these few people, Kaka, whose style of painting was obviously different from the noisy ones, smiled slightly and did not speak.

Kaka was brought here by Marcelo, since he is the leader of their Brazilian national team, Marcelo will naturally want to help Kaka, who has come to the club a lot late, to quickly integrate into the team, and quickly integrate into the team. The best way for the team is to make friends with the veterans and big names in the team. Although Marcelo looks like a big boy with hip-hop and heartlessness on the surface, he is actually a very intelligent man (Marcelo: Speaking good).

"Don't talk about anything else." After laughing, Guti, who is very good at business management, generously passed on the experience to his younger generations, "The United States is still very good at sports business development, including this year's The World Football Challenge, one is to cooperate with FIFA's publicity, the other is to improve the level of domestic football, and the third is that they are optimistic about the market prospects... You see, after we came to the United States this time, the reception has a comfortable living environment and functions First-class training ground, in addition to reasonable team itinerary, organizing fan meetings, selling tickets and jerseys, etc. Generally speaking, the Americans have successfully transplanted their operating experience in rugby, baseball, basketball and other events. Come to the football game, which has laid a good foundation for the continuous development in the future."

Guti's teammates nodded repeatedly after listening to Guti's words. Naturally, Ronaldo, who is quite business-minded, was more inspired. Developing your own personal brand, of course, is more interested in this aspect.

Guti said a lot of things, and finally said, "Of course, the key factor that attracts the rich team is not only the reason to promote itself, the most important thing is," Guti put his hand on his lips and coughed lightly, " It is undeniable that the high appearance fee is also the primary factor. (*)”

Spray, those who were listening to serious topics all sprayed.

Uncle Gu rolled his eyes, "Why are you laughing, this is a very normal thing!"

Regardless of the future development of this kind of commercial event, this first event also invited four wealthy clubs. How could they invite them without a high appearance fee?

"I already said it."

Marcelo nodded seriously.

C Roja laughed, "Jose said it makes sense."

As another superstar of Ronaldo’s generation, Kaka also thought about it seriously. He also has a sense of personal image and brand, but his father, who has been his agent for the past two years, has been focusing on this, especially the commercial development of his personal image. It has been almost at a standstill. From a certain point of view, it is very unsuccessful professionally for my father to be an agent.

Several people often get together to chat and chat in their spare time. Needless to say about the US warm-up match, they are also very interested in the various competitions arranged.

When the warm-up match ended, Ronaldo, who likes the game, said with a smile, "There are very good preparation conditions and facilities, and there are also strong competitors. I also want to come to the United States to play again next year."

When the nearly one-month warm-up match ended, the Real Madrid club returned to Madrid from top to bottom.

However, returning to Madrid does not mean that their warm-up match activities are over, and they will play the Bernabéu Cup next.

Many players didn't say anything on the surface, but they kept muttering in their hearts.

Only Ronaldo smiled in unison, attracting many teammates to watch.

"Why are you so happy?"

Kaka, who happened to be walking beside Ronaldo, couldn't help asking.

Maybe it’s because the two are Mr. Golden Globes one after the other, and they moved to Real Madrid together, and the two lived in adjacent rooms because of their back numbers. Although they are together every day, they have different personalities and are extroverted. Ronaldo and the restrained Kaka got acquainted quickly when they were in the United States.

"I love the game."

Ronaldo smiled brightly.

Kaka laughed, "You like it so much?"

"Well, I like it very much."

Ronaldo turned to look at Kaka, "What about you?"

Kaka froze for a moment, "A game?"

"Yup?"

Seeing Ronaldo's wide-open eyes and a childish smile with a particularly innocent temperament, Kaka smiled inexplicably, "I like it."

"I told you that you also like competitions..."

Ronaldo happily croaked and continued talking.

Listening to his chirping all the way, Kaka unexpectedly didn't find it annoying. He just thought that Ronaldo was a little bit cute-a bit like his son, pure and innocent!

It wasn't until they came to their dormitory at the Real Madrid training base that the two were assigned to the same dormitory again. Ronaldo then noticed that he seemed to be talking endlessly along the way, and Kaka had been quietly listening to him. .

The sudden silence of Ronaldo made Kaka a little puzzled. He looked over, but saw Ronaldo's slightly red cheeks.

"What, is it hot?"

Kaka asked, quickly found the remote control, and lowered the temperature of the air conditioner a little.

When Kaka was adjusting the temperature, Ronaldo looked at Kaka's hand, the white and slender | long fingers are so beautiful...Looking down at his little short fingers, Ronaldo couldn't help snorting.

"Why, do you want to take a shower first?"

Kaka turned around and asked.

Ronaldo's face became hot, "I'm going to take a shower."

"it is good."

After putting down his luggage, Kaka packed his clothes first, and then opened the refrigerator to look at the water bottles inside—all provided by the sponsors of Real Madrid!

It is not good to drink water that is too cold, so Kaka took out the water bottle and put it on the table.

After Ronaldo wiped his hair and walked out of the bathroom, Kaka also planned to take a shower after telling him.

Ronaldo suddenly yelled when he walked into the bathroom, which made Kaka, who had just stepped on the door of the bathroom, turn around strangely.

Ronaldo's face turned red again, "I just washed it and haven't cleaned it up..."

Kaka turned to look at the things in the bathroom and smiled, "Do you want me to put your clothes into the washing machine?"

"No, no, I'll do it myself."

Cristiano Ronaldo rushed over in embarrassment, but he almost stepped on Kaka's instep when he was wrapped in a bath towel. If Kaka hadn't reacted quickly to help him, he might have disappeared.

OMG! ! !

Ronaldo, who felt ashamed and humiliated today, covered his face.

Kaka, who felt more and more interesting about Ronaldo, smiled and let go of Ronaldo's arm. He went into the bathroom and picked up the clothes that Ronaldo threw by the sink and put them into the small washing machine inside—jerseys and other equipment. There are dedicated cleaning personnel, and there are small washing machines in the dormitory for the players to use.For some clothes that cannot be machine washed, there is dry cleaning service by the staff in the dormitory.

Seeing Kaka's hands carrying his clothes into the washing machine, Ronaldo's face turned red.

Noticing Ronaldo's expression, Kaka smiled, "I'm going to take a shower."

"Ah, sorry!!!"

Seeing him retreating in a panic, Kaka couldn't help but smiled quietly.

Outside the bathroom, the blushing Ronaldo hammered down the wall.

The author has something to say:

（*）2013年之前的出场费我没有查到，不过2013年参赛的切尔西、皇马等队的场均收入都超过200万美元；到了2016年时各队获得的出场费更加丰厚，即便是在小组赛里三战全负的AC米兰也拿到了470万美元。

PS: I always feel that I need to explain the background clearly, but I ended up writing a bunch of dry background introductions. It took ten chapters for the two to start connecting, laughing~~