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At present, four rounds of the UEFA Champions League group stage have been completed, and there are only two rounds left. The qualifying situation of each group is either clear or extremely complicated.

The current qualifying situation in Group C belongs to the latter.

Inter Milan ranked first in the group with 6 points from 4 games and 12 wins, and defending champion Real Madrid ranked second with 9 points.Theoretically speaking, Inter Milan's advancement to the knockout round has been stabilized, but Real Madrid still has the possibility of advancing-if Real Madrid wins Inter Milan in the away game this round, and wins Spartak Moscow at their home court in the next round, and Inter Milan will win the next round. If Graz, the weakest in the group, overturns in the first round, Real Madrid will advance steadily.If Inter Milan wins Graz, it depends on the relationship between the outcome and even the away goals of both sides...

This also means that if Real Madrid still wants to hold the initiative in their hands, there is only one way to go-win and score more goals.

Real Madrid is like this, and Inter Milan is naturally unwilling to lose at this home game and put themselves in danger.

It is precisely because it is so difficult to advance to the knockout rounds that it also makes the current Champions League uniquely attractive.

Real Madrid also made early preparations for this game. They arrived in Milan two days in advance, and borrowed AC Milan's Milanello training base to actively prepare for the game.

Milan missed the Champions League this season, and the facade of Serie A is Inter Milan and Juventus, so they are happy to open the door to Real Madrid.This is enough to see how much Real Madrid attaches importance to this game.

It's not just Real Madrid who value this game?

In order to motivate the team to advance to the first place in the group, Moratti paid a full US$50, which shows how eager he is to double kill the defending champion!

This amount of money is nothing to players like Rafael, Ronaldo, Figo, and Vieri who are favored by Moratti, but it is not a small amount of money to young players like Pirlo and Juan.

Everyone is sharpening their swords, just waiting for the arrival of the game day!

Also at this juncture, Rafael directly invited Redondo, Guti, Raul, and Morientes to his home as guests on Network, and wrote: "Considering that our game may affect our Friendship, let's exchange Christmas presents first."

Guti, Raul and Morientes will be invited because the former is a friend of Juan; Raul is the youngest and thickest thigh of the Spanish national team; Raul's partner is the one with the best understanding.

It is always right for a midfielder and striker to have a good relationship with each other. If sparks can be created, wouldn't it also benefit Juan's future?

He publicly invited, but Redondo did not publicly respond, because... he had to ask for leave.

The current Real Madrid coach is Hiddink from the Netherlands. We have also introduced this Dutchman before.It has been more than four months since Hiddink took over, and Redondo also understands the arrogance and strength of the Dutchman.

Now that the qualifying situation is so severe, Redondo will naturally not ask for leave before the game, and wait until the game is over.

Redondo obviously saw this post, because he replied in a very suspicious second——

[Redondo: Only invite 3 people?you sure? 】

Does Redondo seem like the kind of person who responds to other people's updates immediately?This of course also means that Redondo paid special attention to him in order to receive the text message reminder.

This is obviously a problem, so Raphael asked back: [Who used your account?Carlos? 】

It’s no wonder that Rafael would guess him, there are only a handful of people who can guess Redondo’s password, and dare to hack the account. You don’t need to pinch your fingers to figure it out. There are only two or three people: Real Madrid captain Sanchez, deputy Captain Hierro, Raul who spent more time with his wife than his wife, and Carlos.

Carlos replied to him in less than half a minute: [Why did you guess!Shouldn't you please us all? 】

Raphael is very generous, and of course he doesn't mind a few more people eating together, as long as they can still eat by then.

Faced with Raphael's provocation, Carlos was obviously not convinced, and after a few verbal arguments with Raphael, there was no news.

Rafael smiled, which obviously meant that Redondo finally got the news to deal with the Brazilian.

[Raphael10: Obviously someone is going to be beaten. 】

Hughes and Byron watched the whole process, and they were simply amused. They didn't expect Raphael to have such a side in front of his friends.

The next morning, there were countless reporters stationed outside Milano, and they wanted to know "something about Redondo and Carlos". They were not given such an opportunity.

Real Madrid coach Hiddink naturally heard what happened yesterday, so he focused on Carlos during training.

The Brazilian was stared at by him for training, like a light on his back, so he was naturally very well-behaved.Even Guus Hiddink is hardly dissatisfied with his performance.

As for Redondo, he didn't need to pay attention at all.The Argentine has always been one of the hardest players in training, and instead of staring at him, he might as well work on others.

When Guus Hiddink first took over Real Madrid, they actually got off to a good start. They once topped the standings, but such a good time was fleeting. After defeating Valencia 3:1 in this round, Real Madrid ranked fourth in the standings .

For Real Madrid, this is obviously not a result that can be achieved, and it is definitely not a result that satisfies the fans. Hiddink's coaching position has been shaken.

The Dutchman is very clear that if he cannot lead the defending champion to the knockout round, it is only a matter of time before get out of class.

Last night, his teaching assistant informed Raphael about the news he posted on the Network.If it was another player who wanted to have a party before the game, he would definitely not agree, but if it was Raphael...

Although the Argentine gave him his first impression of being unruly and his second impression of arrogance, he also knew that Rafael was a special genius—he liked training, and he also enjoyed training.

Although he is a gossip machine, but he has never spread any fancy news.If he didn't know that his other industries are booming, Hiddink would definitely think that football and training are all he has in this young man's life.

So Hiddink has been waiting, waiting in the hotel restaurant until now, but he has not waited for Redondo to ask him for leave.

Don't they, the Argentine midfielder, not plan to attend?

No, maybe he wanted to wait until after training.

In order to prepare for the game, he arranged a half-hour team match in the morning and a recovery training in the afternoon.

I didn't wait for Redondo to come in the morning. In the afternoon, Hiddink didn't choose to train with the players himself. He had to make other preparations.

With Hiddink staring at the players who were training in a serious and orderly manner, they changed their appearance in the afternoon.This is not to say that they are lazy and not serious about training, but that they are not guarded by the Dutch. They chat while doing movements under the leadership of the coach.

Italy's winter is much colder than Spain's, so of course they have to distract themselves.What else can be talked about by Real Madrid players at this time?

Cough, in fact, it was Hierro, the vice-captain who had the best relationship with Redondo, who took the initiative to mention this topic.

If Hierro hadn't taken the lead, how dare they provoke Redondo?

Hierro chose the "through ball" and asked directly: "Fernando, did you bring any presents?"

Redondo glanced at him, and Hierro said with a smile: "We haven't prepared any Christmas presents, and it seems too late now, but I think you should have prepared?"

Of course Redondo is ready!

Originally, he just wanted to hand it over to Raphael after the game, but he didn't expect this guy to "willfully" post a post at this time.There were also suspicions of provocation in that post. It seemed that Rafael, who had never been involved in off-court affairs, had also begun to fulfill his obligations as the vice-captain of Inter Milan.

Hierro and Redondo are old friends, so they smiled when they saw his expression, and said to everyone: "Don't worry, you can have a meal. But Argentine dinners should be very boring, barbecue, barbecue or barbecue."

"No," the captain Sanchez pointed out seriously, "and yerba mate."

Everyone laughed, Redondo had nothing to do with these two guys and let them make fun of them.But the matter didn't end like this, they even urged him to ask for leave!

After finishing the training seriously, Lei Dongdo heard movement behind him, he looked back and let the bald head hang on his back, and said to him with a sneaky smile: "Hurry up, hurry up, Let's ask for leave, let's go together, BOSS will definitely grant leave."

Redondo continued to walk forward without his urging, but he also slapped his ass hard.

This is the culprit.

Carlos yelled twice amidst everyone's strange laughter, and he protested: "You taught me a lesson yesterday! I want to fight back!"

He really did it.

With his left hand hanging around Redondo's neck, he poked his cheek with the index finger of his right hand, but after a few pokes, Raul slapped his butt, and he immediately accused Raul, "You bastard too." I?"

Raul glared at him, ignorant of good and bad, and you were the one who got punished later?

Guti agreed in his heart, playing well!

Hit him!

He is also a Brazilian, and Savio who is next to him is much more well-behaved than Carlos. Redondo didn't bother to pay attention to Carlos, so he said to Savio: "Look at him, don't let him drink too much—although I think Rafa might not be ready."

"Impossible, there must be a pre-dinner drink." Carlos said.

Everyone nodded in unison. They also have the habit of drinking before meals. No one can deprive them of their pre-dinner drinks, not even Hiddink!

Someone asked Carlos, "Did you prepare a gift? We eat and drink for nothing, so do you also eat and drink for free?"

After all, Carlos is different from them. This guy transferred from Inter Milan to Real Madrid. There is no doubt that Real Madrid made a lot of money in this deal.

This season, Moratti once again pursued Carlos, but he wanted to turn around but was rejected.However, Carlos still has good contacts in this city. For example, Milan has his teammates in the national team, Cafu and Leonardo, and Inter Milan also has Ronaldo.

That's why everyone thinks this guy must have prepared a Christmas present too.

Carlos laughed, but didn't say anything, everyone booed him together, and asked Savio, who had a baby face with blond curly hair.Savio nodded frankly. Now that he knows that he will borrow the Milanello training base, he will definitely bring some gifts to his compatriots-although he is rarely selected for the national team.

They found the head coach to ask for leave in a mighty way. Seeing so many people, Hiddink knew what this group of guys were up to. Sure enough, after explaining the time to return to the team, he waved his hand and granted leave.

Everyone immediately cheered and got ready to take a bath.

Redondo could only call Raphael and tell him that he was bringing a bunch of people, but Raphael didn't care, saying: "In this case, I will invite Maldini and the others, if they want to come, I welcome them. "

Milan does not qualify for the European competition this season, so naturally they don't have to fight on the third front like Inter Milan.Raphael's proposal is also related to the special relationship between the Milan duo.

From Rafael's point of view, he just held a small gathering among the players, but in the eyes of the media, this is a star-studded super party!

However, after learning that the banquet venue was at Raphael’s restaurant, the media were extremely disappointed—they hoped that the dinner venue would be a more “interesting” place. What gimmicks are there in Raphael’s restaurant?However, the attractiveness of the gathering of the stars of the three giants still makes the media willingly pour out their nests.

Soon the news spread to the fans, and a large number of fans flocked outside the restaurant jointly opened by Rafael and Zanetti.

What is surprising is that a considerable proportion of the fans are Real Madrid fans traveling with the team. In case of accidents, the police station also dispatched a lot of police to focus on surveillance to prevent accidents.

So when Raphael arrived at the scene, he realized that he just wanted to have a dinner party, but now it is so loud, those who don't know may think that he is going to hold an awards show...

He was a little speechless, but many people were extremely satisfied, such as West, the "Teletubbies".With the attention of the media, he couldn't wish for it, and he was very happy.

Ronaldo has also received a lot of media attention. Unlike Rafael, who is quite aloof even after "reconciling" with the media, he is much more friendly to the media, but now Ronaldo does not want to accept media interviews.

After all, Christmas is almost here, and the Golden Globe Awards and World Footballer of the Year will be announced after the next year. Since you know you will be supporting Zidane this year, why bother?

Players appeared one after another, which caused cheers from the fans. When Maldini showed up in a casual suit, he also got a lot of cheers. He asked and looked, and found that it was the direction of Real Madrid fans.

This made Maldini couldn't help showing a smile, and took the initiative to go over to sign autographs for the fans.

When the Real Madrid players arrived on the bus, the "Melingues" made a big noise. Raphael, who had been chatting with Maldini with Bergomi, immediately shook his head.

"Regret?" Maldini asked with a smile.

Raphael nodded frankly, then looked around the restaurant, thankful that he could fit it.

Now he is still on the cusp of the storm, but he has always been unafraid of the eyes of the world, and he doesn't care about the media's words, so he will hold parties whenever he wants, but so many reporters and so many fans make him a little uncomfortable up.

"It's going to be a good party and I'm glad to be invited," Maldini said. "After all, I've wanted to come for a long time, you know."

He blinked narrowly, and after both Raphael and Bergomi laughed, he also smiled, "Your restaurant is well received, and my friends also recommend the steak here after eating, so this is a very good restaurant." Chance."

In this case, Raphael is convinced. After all, the recipe of his restaurant’s roast beef was improved by his silicon-based friend. At the beginning of this year, a two-Michelin-star recommendation was hung on the wall.

If Javier and his fiancée Ida hadn't controlled the sauce ratio for developing beef, perhaps their chef would have been poached long ago, or they might have considered opening their own restaurant.

How the barbecue tastes, of course, must be evaluated by the compatriots.

And with a bunch of Christmas presents, they also brought a bunch of compatriots from the Cengfan Team who looked a little disappointed because they didn't see Louis.

When Javier heard Redondo mentioning his son's name, he rolled away with a gift in his arms.

It's not that he never thought about taking his son back, but his son was reluctant to leave, and even Raphael's charm could not compare to Corporal Bart...

More importantly, Javier found that life without being a baby daddy should not be too happy!So he would rather meet his younger brother's sight of death than say to bring his son back.

Of course, Redondo didn't know the inside story, but he guessed a little bit from Javier's expression, and then saw Raphael pursing his lips slightly as if he was unhappy about it, he couldn't help rubbing his hair, with Reassured, "It seems that you and your father get along very well."

This is a very simple logical relationship. Raphael dotes on Louis so much, and the Lord Hughes can easily take him away, which must show that the relationship between father and son is very harmonious.

Rafael raised his eyebrows and didn't answer, but the smile on the corner of his mouth said everything, "I also prepared a gift for little Fernando, and I will bring it to you later."

The senior laughed when he heard this, but then asked him, "I see that you and Juan get along very well. That kid has made great progress. Is there any experience you can pass on to me?"

No matter how it sounded, it sounded like he was asking him for advice from his father, so Raphael gave him a subtle look.

"Guti," Redondo said, "you've probably seen it in the media."

Raphael nodded, "I heard about it when I was in La Liga."

He has heard more than that, the two or three incidents between Redondo and Guti have spread far and wide, and they are simply negative teaching materials.

Redondo rubbed the center of his brows, seeming deeply troubled by this, "He has made significant progress this season, but it is still difficult to occupy a stable position. I think this may not be conducive to his growth, because his age has Not too small..."

Raphael knew what was going on from his tone of voice—this guy obviously just didn't know how to get along with others.Of course, Redondo may not have this type of player at all, but there are many more extreme ones, such as Maradona.

"Do you want him to kick himself out? Or do you simply care about his future?" Raphael asked.

Redondo did not respond directly, but further explained: "He does not lack the attention of the team, nor does he have no team chasing him. If he wanted to rent out, he would have been able to go to practice, but he has always disagreed."

That is clearly the former.

Raphael glanced at Guti who was chatting with Juan not far away, "What do you think is his biggest problem?"

Redondo considered it for a while before saying in an uncertain tone: "Too egotistical?"

This is obviously a modified adjective, but it is also a respect.

Raphael smiled and pointed to himself,

"I don't think so, after all you and I are too egotistical in the eyes of the world, Guti obviously is too, but I guess you mean that he has many hobbies and distractions and doesn't put all his energy in football. superior?"

Redondo nodded without hesitation.

"Then you should be a good role model." Raphael said, seeing that Redondo wanted to speak, he raised his eyebrows, "Are you a qualified idol?"

Redondo was speechless.

If he hadn't heard how Rafael got along with Juan from Zanetti and Simeone, he would definitely refute, but now...

"Since he regards you as a role model, worships you, and imitates you, if you really want to help him grow, you can care about him as much as possible, teach him. Most importantly, encourage him."

"There are many kinds of personalities, and there are different ways to get along with different people. You must know all of these. It depends on how far you have achieved." Raphael returned to the theme here, "As for his football Under the premise that he does not want to leave Real Madrid, it may be difficult to ensure that he can have a main position. This is an objective fact. But I suggest you talk to him and listen to his ideas. At least you should know why he imitated you What about playing football? Maybe he can see a different world in his eyes."

Raphael has also witnessed Guti's career, so he naturally dares to say such things.

Guti is indeed a talented player, just like Pirlo, he also has an extraordinary view of the overall situation, a unique vision, he has the potential to become a midfielder, but if he cannot overcome his own weaknesses, his future is still just that god A knife that kills ghosts with one knife.

Raphael's words were not only inappropriate, but even rude.Being able to fight against Maradona is enough to show that Redondo's character is arrogant and has a big temper, but this is what he sent to the door himself, so there is no reason to be unhappy.

Redondo went over the words in his mind before saying, "I'll talk to him."

Raphael smiled and said, "Then you are a qualified idol."

Guti, who was not far away, was also listening attentively to Juan's experience of gaining muscle.As a bamboo pole that can fall when pushed, Guti heard from Juan that he gained 3 kilograms this year, but don't be too envious after the body fat rate has dropped instead!

As a thin man who was born not to gain weight, he was so envious that his eyes were red!

"I'll send you an email later. You can eat according to this, or you can simply adjust it according to your own situation, but strength training must be done..." Juan glanced at Guti when he said this. He was very famous when he was in Castilla, and it is impossible for him not to know Guti's character.

Guti: "..."

What does your look mean!

After being sullen for a few seconds, Guti said, "Send me an email, and I will do it."

Juan seemed a little surprised, and Guti gave him a non-threatening look, you bastard is going to the national team, can't I work a little harder?

It's like two scumbags who were originally closely united in one front, but suddenly one of them jumped three levels in a row. How would the remaining one feel?

Guti, who was left in place, has had enough!