Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Puppet Clock Tower
As early as April this year, Zidane informed the public through the media that he would retire after the World Cup, but no one expected that the legendary midfielder would bid farewell to the World Cup in this way, missing out on countless flowers and applause, and regrettably ending his farewell performance by headbutting Materazzi.
Leandri had already imagined what kind of situation Zidane would face. Except for Italian fans who were in a boiling ocean of excitement for their country's championship, everyone else in the world focused on the dispute in the 110th minute, trying to dig out the specific reasons.
After the game, Zidane dealt with his affairs in an orderly manner and officially announced his retirement.
Leandri met him at night by contacting Veronica. Enzo and Veronica were both very worried about Zidane, and seeing that he was unwilling to say more, they agreed to Leandri's visit. After all, Ryan has been a frequent visitor to his home in recent years. The Zidane couple takes care of Ryan, and Ryan takes care of Enzo and Theo and other younger brothers.
"Why are you here?" Zidane walked into the study room with Leandri in a bad mood. "Are you here to persuade me too?"
"Why should I advise you? That was in the past. I'm here to comfort you." Leandri found a seat and sat down.
Zidane was silent. Just as Leandri said, this kid had advised him a long time ago not to be so bad-tempered and impulsive on the court.
When many people talk about Zidane, their first reaction is a midfield master, a celestial being, etc. But in fact, this Frenchman with unparalleled skills has never been a good-tempered person on the court. Not to mention today, in the 1993 league, he dared to punch the then big brother Desailly hard on the eye. In the 1998 World Cup against Saudi Arabia, he was suspended for two games with a red card for retaliating by trampling on his opponent. As early as 2000, he used "iron head skills" on Hamburg player Gints in Juventus. There are many more like this.
"Stinky boy, you better get to the first team first." Zidane was still very annoyed. This year, he, as an old man with the passion of a young man, led the French team through all the difficulties and finally reached the finals, with a great chance of winning another World Cup. However, his impulsiveness made all the beautiful fantasies burst like bubbles.
"Don't worry, it's only a matter of time before I join the first team." Leandri was very confident and handed over a bottle of date milk.
Zidane suffers from thalassemia and needs to supplement iron and eat more beef, dates and other foods. Leandri didn't want Zidane to drink alone, so he prepared to use date milk to extinguish the depression in his heart.
"You're right. You've advised me a long time ago. You told me several times before the World Cup." Since the World Cup qualifiers, Leandri has often chatted with Zidane, trying to persuade him to calm down and stop being so irritable as he is about to retire.
In his previous life, Leandri had seen the video of Zidane headbutting Materazzi several times. The clip of Huang Jianxiang shouting Zidane's name over and over again with surprise and regret is unforgettable to many people. Zidane is going to retire this year, and Leandri knows that this scene will definitely happen in this final. With the relationship they have had for many years, Leandri naturally hopes that Zidane can have a perfect farewell and not let regrets happen again. It's a pity that all the processes went according to the original trajectory. Italy grabbed a thin branch on the edge of the cliff to slow down its fall, and the French team missed the peak at the last moment.
Zidane took a sip of the date milk and said, "Materazzi insulted my sister. It's very unpleasant. I can't stand my family being slandered like this."
"I blame myself for my impulsiveness in letting the French team lose the championship, but I will never regret my behavior towards Materazzi!"
In today's post-match interview, the two parties avoided talking about what happened on the field. Leandri was the first person Zidane told the inside story.
"Zidane, you're such a man!" Leandri stared at Zidane's eyes filled with complex emotions.
Florentino dotes on Leandri, but he is usually too busy and often takes Manuel to fly around. Redondo also retired two years ago. In the team, Zidane is asked by Florentino to take care of Leandri the most times. In a sense, Zidane also treats Leandri as his own son. Naturally, Leandri is very close to him. Seeing Zidane protecting his family in this way, he agrees very much.
"Little guy, I thought you would feel a little sorry for me as my last game." Zidane drank the date milk with the same vigor as red wine.
"But regret is also a kind of beauty, Zidane! The full moon is beautiful, but the crescent moon is also normal and it also illuminates us." Leandri looked at Zidane seriously, "In my heart, you are the best player, no one is better than you."
Zidane was deeply moved.
"You are like the Venus de Milo, although incomplete..."
Zidane immediately interrupted him angrily, "I just retired, I'm not missing any limbs!"
"Zidan, you don't understand art at all!" Leandri accused the retiree of his artistic germs.
In any case, Leandri managed to appease Zidane a little, but Zidane will need time to resolve more emotions on his own.
The next morning, Leandri and the Kroos brothers met at the airport and they took Eric's private plane to Munich.
Although the brothers' families are relatively well-off, they were certainly very curious about the first time they boarded a private jet that had only appeared in rumors. Tony was more restrained and just looked around to appease the cat's paw in his heart. The more active younger brother Felix had already started to touch the soft leather cushions and smooth office chair.
Eric and Leandri have always had a good relationship, and they get along well with each other despite disliking and tolerating each other at the same time.
After getting off the plane, Eric received a call and flew back to Spain urgently to see the Duchess who was in health problems. Now there were only three handsome guys walking around Munich.
The two Cross brothers took Leandri to Marienplatz and the Town Hall, which are must-visit places for tourists.
Marienplatz is Munich's city living room. Bayern's championship celebrations are also held here. The buildings on the square reflect the accumulation of German history. On top of the Virgin Mary Column in the center of the square stands a golden statue of the Virgin Mary, holding a scepter in one hand and a baby in the other. At the four corners of the base stand bronze statues of four demons being killed by angels.
Tony is actually not very familiar with Munich. Last year, he was noticed by Bayern scouts. This year, Bayern reached an agreement with his Rostock club. After completing his studies, he will join Bayern youth team next year. This time he came to meet up with his parents and go to the club to sign the agreement. During the World Cup, Kroos' parents had something to do, but since the brothers were always reliable, they just let them go to watch the game by themselves.
Tony bought a few German sausages from the side and shared them with Leandri and Felix, and the three of them walked towards the city hall in the north together. On the central clock tower of the City Hall, there is the largest puppet clock in Germany. At 12 o'clock, the 32 puppets on the puppet clock will appear to dance and play music. This attraction has always attracted tourists. Even many local people in Munich will come to this 85-meter-high clock tower at 11, 12, 17 and 21 o'clock. It is said that Duke William V got married here and built this puppet clock in order to revive Munich, which was devastated by the great plague in 1516.
The performance lasted about 10 minutes. Leandri looked up and held the sausage that Tony handed to him, as if he was seeing the grand wedding of Duke William V here.
"It sounds so beautiful!" It was the first time for the two brothers to come here, and Felix couldn't help but admire it. However, he saw that his brother and his new friend were still immersed in the clear and loud bell performance. They both looked up at the rotating puppet. Felix couldn't help but take a picture with his camera of their serious expressions as they came here together.
The three were attracted by the sudden celebratory sounds coming from the side. They saw a big man with a beard sitting in a small float, being pushed through the streets by a lot of people.
Toni Kroos explained to his Spanish friend, "He should have just graduated with a PhD. It's not easy to graduate with a PhD in Germany, so once he succeeds, his family and friends will prepare a nice little cart and pull him through the streets to celebrate."
The big man got into the car and smiled so hard that his beard seemed to be dancing. He held a beer in his hand and toasted with people he knew and didn't know. Passers-by were happy for him and gave him their blessings. Friends and relatives beside him gulped down a whole bottle of beer, and then opened a new bottle of beer from the back of the small float.
Leandri had heard of this tradition in Germany. In his previous life, he had an elder classmate who studied in Germany. Then there was no news for a year or two. It was not until he saw a post in his WeChat Moments that "the three years I spent studying in Germany were the longest seven years of my five years in life①". Only then did he understand the frustration of the Chinese students studying in Germany.
Ryandley suddenly thought of something and turned to ask the two brothers, "Do you want to ride the slide?"
The three of them went to the Garching campus of the Technical University of Munich and asked teachers and students there along the way before they found their destination - the teaching building of the Department of Mathematics and Informatics.
Inside this teaching building, there is a slide with a drop of 13 meters. The school originally built it in the hope that students could go downstairs as quickly as possible after class, but it also satisfies the childishness of many people. Students and teachers in suits and ties often slide down here, letting all the troubles in life, study, and work catch up with them. Later, when the Internet spread all over the world, many tourists came to visit.
There was a sign at the entrance with the equation of the slide's parabola written on it. Tony saw Ryan staring at the equation and asked, "Do you like math?"
"I like it very much." Leandri replied.
"Math is so difficult, can you understand it?" Felix complained.
"I won gold medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad and Physics last year." Leandri smiled at the two.
Tony seemed to see a small wiggling tail growing behind the other person.
"Wow, can you help us with our lessons occasionally?" Felix has already imagined the perfect day in the future. If there is anything he doesn't know, he can just email it to him!
The three of them were so stupid that they didn't know what the blankets piled next to them were for. They got into the slide one after another, then stood up with their hands covering their buttocks, and in pain and excitement they crossed the position marked as positive infinity.
There are markings at the end of the slide for the distance traveled, divided into square root of two and positive infinity.
Leandri, who had become familiar with the two brothers, was the first to get into the slide even though he was in pain. The Perez family had given him very thorough training, so when the two brothers got up wailing, Leandri had already taken good care of his face, as if he was very strong and tough.
The younger brother's pain was fully revealed in his body language, and his older brother Tony's broad face, trying to show "I'm not in pain, I'm fine", looked even more distorted. Leandri looked at the two of them. The kid also got excited and started to play. He put his arm around Toni Kroos' shoulders and tried to help him stand up straight. "Your move is called a broken chrysanthemum, hahaha."
Tony: ...
Sooner or later I will get you!
Leandri spent another day in Munich with his two brothers. The three of them found an empty football field last night to practice football together. He had known Tony's football skills for a long time, and Felix was also quite good.
Kroos and his friends took him to eat authentic German food such as pork knuckle and meatballs, and then the three of them said goodbye to each other reluctantly.
The parents of the two will come to Munich tomorrow to discuss Toni's youth training contract with Bayern. Leandri will also fly back to Madrid. His eldest brother happens to be in a meeting here and will take him back early tomorrow morning.
Before parting, Felix repeatedly asked Leandri to promise to reply to their emails immediately and give them detailed make-up lessons in the emails.
Leandri: ...I know, I know.
Seeing that Leandri agreed very happily, the two brothers waved goodbye to their newly-acquainted Spanish friend.
On the return flight, the elder brother asked his younger brother, "Did you have fun these two days?"
"Yeah," Leandri nodded and quickly swallowed the water in his mouth. "Both Kroos brothers are very friendly. We also went to see the Technical University of Munich."
"I knew you would go there," the young CEO in a suit doted on his younger brother. "Where are you going to college?"
Ryandley will be going to college in two years, and now is the time to consider choosing a school.
"It has to be the Polytechnic University of Madrid," Leandri said as a matter of course, "I want to go to the same university as my dad and brothers, so that we can be alumni in the future!"
Young people are always full of energy. In Germany, they fly back and forth to watch the World Cup games, and when they return to Spain, they regain their energy after a good sleep.
Ryandley was actually a bit bored during the holidays. His good friends all started dating and went shopping and dating with their girlfriends every day. They only remembered to complain to Ryan when they had a quarrel. Ryan, who was forced to be a trash can, had not yet cleared the mess of "she thinks I don't love him" and "she doesn't love me" from his head, and the reconciled couples abandoned him again. Another good friend, Eric, is still with the sick Duchess.
As a busy man, Karl Lagerfeld disappeared early every morning. His schedule was not Spanish at all. The brothers are working hard for their careers, the sister recently found her true love, and the mother left her own son, whom she didn't have to worry about, and ran to the countryside to spend a vacation and sunbathe with her little sisters.
Leandri, who has nothing to do now, is only thinking about football, and then he thought of Casillas who is also single.
Guti and Raul both have their own things to do. His real estate company is now developing in full swing. According to the newspaper, Raul seems to have gone on vacation with Morientes again to heal the pain of the Spanish World Cup.
At this time, it is no longer as easy for Leandri to go shopping with Casillas as in previous years. Casillas's many magical saves have made him "sainted", and his handsome appearance has attracted many Spanish fans. In comparison, Leandri is much less well-known, and only very loyal fans know him.
The two put on masks and went to the cinema. Ignoring Cassie's blushing face, at Leandri's strong request, they chose an Iranian movie "Offside" which was released just last month.
This film mainly tells the story of six Iranian girls who disguised themselves as men and sneaked into the stadium in order to watch the key match of the Iranian team in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, but were discovered and taken away by security guards.
The subject matter isn’t important; what’s important is that Casillas made a cameo appearance in this movie last year.
Although they were ten years apart in age, both of them were single and sat down with Coke and popcorn. Although Tongge was furious and scolded him for not following the diet rules, Leandri felt that Casillas sitting next to him was quite happy.
"So you only have two shots?" Leandri was convinced. If he hadn't been staring at the big screen, he would have almost missed Cassie's face that flashed by.
Casillas has seen through it. "I told you not to look at it. Don't I have any dignity?"
Leandri thought to himself that his blushing just now was not due to happiness but anger, and he spread his hands.
Martin, the Real Madrid president designated by the old man, was forced to resign shortly afterwards. During the dozens of days in his term, he did a lot of stupid things that were worthy of criticism. Privately contacting friends - Bosque, who was once politely asked to leave by Florentino, had a friendly meal with the Getafe chairman who had scolded Florentino, inexplicably ran to the locker room during the league and got angry and cancelled the team's holiday, and then went back on his word the next day and became enemies with friendly clubs Lyon and Arsenal... All these things made Martin the shortest-lived club chairman in Real Madrid's history.
In July, Calderon called for the introduction of Kaka, was elected as the 18th president of Real Madrid, and appointed the club's meritorious player Mijatovic as the team's new sports director. Also entering Valdebebas was Capello, who resigned from Juventus and escaped from the Serie A whirlpool and returned to the club. This summer, Real Madrid brought in World Cup champion captain Cannavaro and Brazilian superstar Emerson in a package, signed Diarra, who was named by Capello, bought Van Nistelrooy at a low price after he lost his core position to Ronaldo, and loaned Reyes.
The Italians, who rule with an iron fist, have already started pre-season training, and Leandri will also return to Castilla to participate in training.
Head coach Michel has four choices for the starting goalkeeper, captain Jordi Codina, Adán, Leandri and substitute Casnar. Michel did not send Leandri back to Team C. Both he and Adán have enough competitive level to compete for the starting lineup. Although Jordi holds the captain's armband, his performance in the position is not as good as the two young players. Another substitute Casnar is firmly held down and has few chances to make the roster.
In the summer, Adán led Spain to win the European U-19 Football Championship as captain. He also performed well in pre-season training. Michel gave him the starting goalkeeper position, and Leandri was eyeing it and ready to compete for the job at any time.
At the end of August, the Spanish Second Division officially started. In the first round of the league, Castilla challenged Castellón away, and the two sides drew 1-1 and shook hands.
In early September, Castilla faced Hercules at the Di Stefano Stadium. In the first half, Adam's goal was penetrated twice by the opponent. Even though Arbeloa and others defended desperately, Castilla was breached again in the 76th minute.
In the third round of the Spanish Second Division, Castilla challenged Albacete away. With the opponent's headers and kicks, they fell behind by three goals again. Fortunately, before the end of the game, Bernu received a cross from Rody and scored a goal, which saved a little face in front of the Melinges.
Castilla has just been promoted to the Spanish Second Division for two years, and its competitiveness here is not outstanding. Michel's deployment of troops still needs to be more mature, but Castilla's defense does have considerable problems at this time.
In the fourth round of the Spanish Second Division, Castilla returned to their home court and finally won 2-1 against Albacete. This season, Castilla finally got its first three points. Then they won 1-0 away against Numancia, and it was thought that the team was getting on the right track, but Castilla started losing again.
In the next two games, they were beaten 0-3 by Gijon and lost 1-2 to Las Palmas. In the 11th round, they lost 4-0, in the 12th round, they lost 2-0, and in the 13th round, they returned to Madrid in disgrace after losing 0-3 away from home.
November is about to end. At the end of the 14th round of the Spanish Second Division, Castilla only got 11 league points. Even in the whole month of November, they did not get a single point. The team fell into the relegation zone again. The team's strength is there, and even if it has nothing to do with Adam, Michel still replaced the goalkeeper in the first game of December, hoping that the hungry Leandri can bring a first win this month.
In the 15th round of the game, Castilla challenged Malaga away. Leandri was very excited to play in the game again. He kept jumping in front of the goal to keep his body warm.
Malaga was previously relegated from La Liga due to the club president's poor performance and has been struggling in the Spanish Second Division, but it is still at the top level of the league anyway. Facing such an opponent in his first appearance of the season, Leandri did not dare to be careless.
Malaga took the first kick. Their first cooperation made the Castilla defense sweat. After a few passes, they brought the ball to the top of the arc when everyone was not paying attention. If Filipe Luis hadn't found the opportunity to clear the ball, Leandri's goal would have been threatened within ten seconds of the start.
In the 13th minute, Soldado shot from outside the penalty area to score a goal for Real Madrid.
In the 39th minute, Leandri missed the ball in front of the goal and the opponent made a follow-up shot to equalize the score.
In the 45th minute, before the whistle for the first half, Malaga scored another goal in the chaos. Castilla fell behind 1-2. Michel was furious when he entered the locker room.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and a Malaga player was tripped in the penalty area. The penalty kick was scored to expand the score again. Michel in the coaching booth had a face as dark as ink and he scolded the defenders and Leandri on the sidelines.
In the following time, probably because of the fear of being scolded, Castilla's defense did not dare to make any big moves or lose position, and Ryan also blocked several offensive shots from the opponent. Before the end of the game, Soldado and Negredo scored a goal each to pull Castilla back from the brink.
In the next two games, Leandri's performance on the field gradually began to warm up, beating Salamanca 2-1 and defeating Vecindario 3-2. Unfortunately, in the final game before the winter break, Castilla lost 3-2 away from home.
Castilla gained 7 points in December and gradually climbed out of the relegation zone, but Michel's on-the-spot command and deployment of troops were really criticized. The management discussed with the famous player and peacefully terminated the contract. The former prince Redondo took over and took over the coaching of Castilla.
Madrid has entered into the Christmas atmosphere. The cold wind blows down the leaves and is about to send off Ronaldo, the big brother of the Brazilian gang who failed in the struggle with Capello.
When the news came out, everyone began to feel reluctant to part with the aliens. After all, there is only one Ronaldo in the world. But before everyone could get out of the laziness of the New Year, Gago's 20 million euros and Little Cigarette's 18 million euros transfer fees made everyone start to doubt life. Even if the two guys are very talented, there is no need for Real Madrid to be such a sucker and scratch the lottery.
After the winter break, Leandri reported to the team on time and met a chocolate flat-headed guy with a shy smile in the sports city.
Oh, this guy must be lost.
Leandri knew him, the young Brazilian defender who had just transferred from Fluminense.
His eyes were clear and silly, and he looked easy to get along with.
Marcelo still feels like he is still eating marshmallows in his dream. Before that, he was a small player of Fluminense in the Brazilian league. At a very ordinary time, his phone rang and the person on the other end asked him: Marcelo, are you willing to play for Real Madrid? The flat-headed guy, who had a good anti-fraud awareness, hung up the phone quickly, but when he was lying in bed at night looking at the simple ceiling, he couldn't help but imagine, how great it would be if one day I could really step on that grass and play football with my idol!
Two days later, Little Hammer was training obediently and step by step again. The club sent someone to tell him, hey boy, you are lucky, Real Madrid has taken a fancy to you! Looking at the sweet smile of the Real Madrid scout on the opposite side, Marcelo immediately decided to follow him, after all, that's Real Madrid! His idol, Mr. Carlos, is there! Even if you lie to me, even if you lie to me and make me go to Madrid to dig coal!
He seemed even more dizzy when he took the jersey handed to him by Calderon at the unveiling ceremony. Real Madrid is like a pot of fine wine, smelling like it is about to intoxicate people. When the first sip of the nectar flows down his throat, the sweet and spicy taste stimulates his senses, making him feel like he is still dreaming for a while, and then awakened by the spicy feeling. Hey Marcelo, you are already a player of Real Madrid!
Today is the first time that the young Brazilian has come to Valdebebas alone. After all, he is still a little-known figure. Real Madrid could not have imagined that they would have to send someone to take him to the first team's locker room in the first training session after the winter break. When he thought of Capello's iron-fisted management and looked at what happened to their Brazilian gang last year, Marcelo always felt that he was doomed. Although he had arrived early, if he was late for the first training camp at Real Madrid because he got lost, he would be thrown into the youth team by the Italians! Marcelo knew clearly that he was here to be a substitute.
Marcelo was circling around Valdebebas, anxious like an ant on hot pan, and then he was met by Leandri who was dressed in sportswear.
Ryandelli had seen his appearance. Since Marcelo with a flat head looked very similar to Robinho, when he first saw him on TV, Ryan was wondering when Robinho would leave Real Madrid and come back.
"Hello, are you in any trouble?" Leandri took the initiative to step forward. The flat-headed guy was so anxious that he was sweating.
"Hello, how do I get to the first team?" Marcelo asked in halting Spanish.
This guy is only two years older than him, but he is also a shorty. Leandri is unhappy. When he thinks of Marcelo, Nacho, Vazquez, and Carvajal standing in front of him in the future, he thinks, God, none of my defensive generals are over 1.8 meters tall!
Leandri patted Marcelo's shoulder and greeted the Brazilian in a mature tone, "I'll take you there." He also saw beads of sweat on his short stubble. "It's still early, don't worry, you can still make it to training."
Marcelo watched Leandri lead him around with ease, thinking he was also a first-team substitute. He wanted to make friends with him at the water cooler. "Thank you, we will definitely become good friends."
Seeing the Brazilian's smile brighter than the July sunshine in Madrid, Leandri couldn't help but remind him, "Then you must play well, Real Madrid fans are very strict."
Marcelo's expression had turned serious. Of course he knew this, but he was constantly overwhelmed by the huge surprises and automatically ignored all of this in his mind for a moment. Marcelo nodded solemnly to the friend of the water dispenser he had just identified, "Let's work together and try not to be sold!"
Leandri: ...You can just set this kind of flag yourself, why do you have to involve me?
After knocking on the door, Leandri brought Marcelo into the locker room. Beckham had already put on his training gear, Guti was tying his headband, Ramos was grinning, and Raul had only put on half of his jersey.
Seeing the two at the door, Casillas came up to them curiously, "Why are you here?" Without special circumstances, Leandri would never take the initiative to run into the first-team locker room.
"Delivery to door," Leandri's curly hair was ruffled by Casillas again, "How could you leave Marcelo behind? He is not familiar with the roads here. You didn't even take Raul to familiarize himself with the roads, and you didn't care about your compatriots, Robert."
Marcelo was almost scared to death when he heard Leandri's shocking words. We are not brothers, but we are also friends for life and death. You don't have to offend the two big guys in the locker room for me! But it did not prevent the Brazilians from being deeply moved at this moment.
Hearing this, Raul and Carlos noticed that there was a relatively well-groomed young man following Leandri. Raul quickly put on his training suit and came over to say hello. The club made a mistake by not sending someone to take Marcelo to familiarize himself with Valdebebas. As the captain, he should have expressed his stance to the Brazilian at this time. Carlos stepped forward and gave Marcelo a big hug, inviting his junior to visit together in the evening.
"Marcelo, don't let Robert lead you astray." Leandri reminded him seriously. After all, he was raised by Carlos and others, and as a favored little boy since childhood, he could act without restraint in front of them.
"You're the one who's going to lead Marcelo astray, you've never been in a relationship before!" Carlos wasn't angry at all, he joked with a smile, "How about I take you to a nightclub? Girls in Madrid like handsome guys like you the most."
Casillas was not happy when he heard this. The Brazilian gang was well known for their extravagant ways. "Nonono, Leandri is not yet an adult."
Seeing the local gang coming forward, Carlos was too lazy to start an argument and shrugged at Leandri.
"Okay, the express has been signed for, and I'm going to Castilla." Leandri said goodbye to the familiar people in the first team.
Marcelo was stunned. He thought that Leandri was habitually sent to the youth team because he offended the team bosses. Now he habitually took the initiative. I was not punished, I went there on my own initiative.
Although the kind-hearted Brazilian had just arrived here and was the least noticeable of the three South American giants in the winter transfer, after all, his comrades at the water cooler spoke for him, so he decided to do something for Leandri. He secretly asked his big brother Carlos, "Won't Leandri train with us?"
Carlos looked puzzled, "Ryan? He is originally a player of Castilla. He is the goalkeeper there, but he has been familiar with us since he was a child."
Baptista also came over and pulled their new Brazilian compatriot, "Boy, didn't your agent tell you about the situation in Real Madrid? That Leandri is the son of Florentino, the former president of Real Madrid."
After leaving the first-team locker room, Leandri also hurried to report to Castilla. Today is Redondo's first day in office.
The players of Castilla followed the arrangements of the coaching staff honestly.
Since Brother Tong muttered like Tang Seng every day, Leandri never stopped training during the holidays. Occasionally, when he ate something high in calories, his brother Tong would get angry. His speed of speech and his tone of deep sorrow made Leandri feel like there was a tight hoop on his curly hair. As Brother Tong kept on muttering, he became more and more depressed and could only continue training with tears in his eyes after eating.
All of Leandri's physical indicators were within the normal range and he was praised by the coaching staff. At the same time, the coaching staff also scolded those players who ate a lot and forgot about football during the holidays, and ordered them to lose XX pounds within a few days.
Leandri approached Redondo and saw that he was writing in a notebook. "Are you nervous about leading Castilla for the first time, Fernando?"
Redondo glanced at Leandri, who was becoming more and more childish in front of him, and said, "A little bit, I'm so nervous that I want to add 10,000 meters to your race."
Goodbye!
Leandri turned and ran, wanting to return to the arms of his lovely goalkeeper coach.
The 19th round of the Spanish Second Division after the winter break is about to arrive, and Redondo needs to familiarize himself with the team's situation. In the first half of the league, Michel's leadership kept Castilla lingering in the relegation zone. Now that he has taken over, he must want to get the team's performance back on track. Redondo does not want any problems to arise in his coaching at Real Madrid, even in the youth training echelon.
Looking through the team's roster, Redondo left captain Jordi Godinha in the goalkeeper position and informed substitute Casnar that he could find a way out on his own, as there was no place for him in Castilla at the moment. In other positions, young players such as Granero and Callejon will be under close observation. Castilla previously had big problems on both offense and defense. Some of the starting players were old but had no way to integrate with the team, and they did not perform as smartly as some of the young players on the court.
If Redondo wants Castilla to make a difference, he must start a major reshuffle. Even though Castilla is the reserve force of the first team and is always ready to provide them with the best ammunition, if the players cannot play well in Castilla, there is no need to expect that they will one day be supported by the Bernabeu fans like a tsunami and become the next superstar.
Leandri, Adan and Jordi Godiana were doing some low-intensity adaptation training on the other side of the field, and the three goalkeepers could even chat with each other.
"Alas, Ronaldo is leaving." At this time, the news that Ronaldo was leaving had spread. Although Adam was a goalkeeper, who would not like a healthy Ronaldo.
"The only thing Ronaldo lacks is the Champions League trophy, but unfortunately he has never won it."
"If injuries hadn't ruined him, Ronaldo would have been even stronger." Captain Jordi Cordinella also lamented, "I heard Milan was planning to buy him."
"You three can still chat?! I gave you too little training, didn't I?" The goalkeeper coach's roar echoed throughout the stadium not far away.
When Leandri finished a day's training and returned home, he saw Florentino in the living room so early in the morning, holding a cup of coffee and looking at documents. His assistant Manuel was also there.
Manuel has been following Karl Lagerfeld since he was a member of the board of directors of OCISA Construction Company. It has been more than ten years now. He has always been very trusted and has a good relationship with his whole family.
"Is the training over?" When the old man saw his energetic little son, he gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"It's over, it's over. Fernando said that in the second half of the Spanish Second Division season, I will be the team's main goalkeeper." Leandri immediately shared the joy with his family.
"Congratulations, Ryan." Manuel also sent his blessings.
"Redondo is a good coach and he is a good fit for you." The old man nodded with a smile.
"Dad came home so early today." Although he is already a 1.85-meter-tall boy, Leandri still subconsciously acts like a spoiled child in front of Mr. Lafayette.
"Everything is on the right track now, so I'll come back early to accompany you." The old man folded the documents on the table in half and handed them back to Manuel for him to keep. He then took out a gift bag from the side to coax his son, "These are the gloves that Buffon used in the World Cup final. You should like them."
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