Football: After listening to the persuasion, I became the strongest free man!

Chapter 257 Zidane’s trial invitation, the final begins!

Cristiano already had a lot of training equipment at home, and he also had many training plans. After thinking about it for a while, he decided not to leave with Bai Ran.

"Forget it, I have something to do at home, so you can go first."

After refusing, Bai Ran also set off for training on the court.

Soon, Bai Ran arrived at the stadium and met Sans as promised.

Sanz was playing with the ball on the court in his black shirt with his pockets inserted.

His feel for the ball is really good, and he is smooth and steady when hitting the ball. Bai Ran feels that his feel for the ball is much better than that of some professional players.

When they came to the court, the two started running training. While jogging with the ball, the two also talked about their future lives.

"Then you will settle here in the United States from now on, don't you plan to leave?"

Sans nodded when he heard Bai Ran's question: "If there are no problems, I might find a job in a company."

"According to my parents' requirements, they should be satisfied with this."

Bai Ran sighed, feeling sorry for the loss of such a genius in football.

"If you have the opportunity to engage in football in the future, would you still consider it?"

Of course, if there is such an opportunity, Sanz will never give up. The reason why he is so persistent is because of his passion and love for football.

When Bai Ran said these words, Sans's eyes flashed with passion, but then they instantly became cold.

His football dream ended in a car accident a few years ago.

The lack of support from his parents and the blank looks from others could not cool down his enthusiasm, but the injury to his leg was not enough to support his ideals.

The two of them trained quietly on this field until midnight before leaving.

Bai Ran also quickly returned to the hotel to rest. One day later, they will face the final battle of the International Champions Cup. Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich again.

During the training on the second day, Real Madrid players were jogging on the court to warm up. Zidane was watching from the sidelines. He heard that Bai Ran would go to special training alone these two days. Zidane was also a little curious about Bai Ran's recent behavior. There had been some improvement over the past few days, so he called Bai Ran over.

"Bai Ran, come here."

Bai Ran ran over and said excitedly: "What's wrong, coach?"

Zidane showed a smile and asked: "How are you doing recently? Have you made any progress in training?"

"I see that you leave in a hurry after training every day. From what I know about you, you should be making rapid progress now."

Bai Ran was also confident: "No problem."

At this moment, a voice came from the sidelines.

"Hey!"

"Zidane."

At this time, everyone looked out and saw a figure standing at the gate of the stadium.

Everyone recognized that the iconic curly hair was Raul, the former prince of the Bernabeu.

Why did Raul appear here?

They were surprised and delighted that this heavyweight quickly obtained a coaching certificate after retiring, then went to the Di Stéfano Stadium and took up the coach of Real Madrid's B team Castilla.

Logically speaking, he is currently in the preparation stage before the season. How could he come to the United States all the way?
"It's none of your business, keep training."

Zidane spoke loudly to the team members, and then waved to Raul. Raul walked over in a suit and leather tie and smiled calmly: "Old friend, where are you training?"

"Oh! Bai Ran, long time no see."

Bai Ran had indeed not seen this coach for a long time. He thought that he helped arrange his devil training back then. Those days were also an important turning point on his road to success.

After that, Raul said: "I came to you today because I want to ask you something, and I also want your help."

Zidane grinned: "Okay, just say it."

The two head coaches have taken over Real Madrid's strength, with the first team and B team lineups in their hands. Last season, Castilla also advanced to the Spanish Second Division with its outstanding performance in the first half of the season.

But with the loss of talent, their lineup is getting worse and worse. Raul can deeply feel this during training. If you come to the Second Division with such a lineup, it is absolutely a no-no.

Since Ran flew away and came to the Bernabeu, Castilla's overall strength has even dropped by two levels. In the second half of the season, they frequently lost to the bottom-ranked relegation teams.

Although the relegation team is not easy to mess with, this is not Castilla's real strength.

Rodriguez and Hermoso in the team successively signed contracts with other teams in the top league. In order to make money, Real Madrid's senior management also relented and sold them. Now the only thing left for Raul to deal with is the approval from above. A valuable budget, and a group of rising youth team stars waiting to be nurtured.

The strength of this lineup is not even as high as when they were in Segunda B, let alone where they will go when they come to Segunda B next season.

So Raul came here and got straight to the point.

"I would like to ask you for advice on what should be the best solution to my current situation."

"Look, this is the tactical map I designed."

As he spoke, Raul took out a pamphlet from his pocket, with a drawing of a football field and his own tactical formations on it.

At this time, Zidane was listening attentively to Raul describing his thoughts and questions, and Bai Ran was also listening by the way.

Bai Ran could understand the general meaning of Raoul.

In other words, at the beginning of next season, Real Madrid's B team Castilla is in trouble. The team's powerful midfielders and forwards have gone away, and there are almost no attackers who can really play.

However, now there are several young men from the youth team in the team. Their speed is fast, their dribbling skills are not outstanding, and their court experience is almost zero.

In terms of shooting, they need to hone it, and now it can only be said that it is at a level that will be enough for the second division.

With this kind of personnel configuration, Raul can only formulate the team's tactics as defensive counterattack, so whether it is 352 or 442, they are facing a huge problem.

There is no need to worry too much when there is a steal expert like Patrice in the backcourt. There are a few newly joined wing speedsters in the frontcourt who are barely usable, but there is a big gap in the midfield.

They need a release point, otherwise they will have to change their strategy.

Zidane held the booklet and fell into deep thought.

"Indeed, do you have any current recruitment targets?"

There was a look of confusion in Raul's eyes.

"I'm just thinking about this issue. Should I stick to my strategy and introduce a ball-playing midfielder, or make tactical adjustments based on the personnel I have now."

To put it simply, it is whether the selection of players serves the tactics, or the tactics serve the players.

A head coach, especially an excellent head coach, never applies a template and fills in players. Instead, he is able to make the best use of everyone in the face of different player assignments. This is a qualified head coach. Coaching job.

But faced with the situation of no one available, Zidane also sighed deeply.

"I think there's nothing wrong with your tactical concept."

"Because your general direction must be towards what you want. If you follow your thoughts, all you lack is the midfielder who can deliver the ball."

As he spoke, Zidane drew a red circle on the booklet at two locations in the middle of the court.

"And if you make a tactical change, there are so many things to think about that the gains outweigh the losses."

"Maybe you need to bring in a lot of players to fill up the strength."

"Well, let me take a look at it for you in the past few days. Anyway, you haven't had any games recently. I can send my people to inspect the players. If I find a suitable midfielder, I will give you a satisfactory answer."

Raul knew in his heart that although Zidane had promised him, this was what he had been doing.

Finding players who suit your tactics is like finding a needle in a haystack, how can it be so easy?
"Okay, thank you very much."

"I'll go back to the hotel first and go out for dinner together in the evening."

"You can train with the players first, I'm leaving."

Zidane nodded: "Let's call tonight."

Raul walked off the court, and Bai Ran looked at the book in Zidane's hand in a daze.

Zidane drew a red circle in the midfield, Bai Ran was slightly lost in thought.

He suddenly thought of one thing.

When he was at Castilla, Zidane did not design a replica of this "classical free man" tactic, but at that time Zidane already had a relatively mature concept in his mind.

As a prototype of tactics, Zidane even applied it to the team in real terms in the last few games of the first half of the season.

At that time, Bai Ran was only a free agent in the frontcourt and had many opportunities to move in the middle.

As the axis of the attack, Zidane gave full play to Bai Ran's strengths while also trying to avoid Bai Ran's technical shortcomings.

At that time, Bai Ran had world-class passing skills, average footwork, almost zero physical confrontation, and no advantage in speed.

Zidane even asked Bai Ran to watch Pirlo's games and highlights by himself, trying to get Bai Ran to follow the old path of Sleepy Skin.

After all, his performance in passing, shooting, and free kicks is too strong.

But then I didn't expect that when Bai Ran was asked to imitate, Bai Ran directly surpassed...

Later, Zidane put this set of classical free agent tactics onto the stage of the Champions League final, and finally defeated Bayern Munich, who was at the height of his power, and successfully realized his dream of the Champions League.

But when Bai Ran thought about it carefully, an idea suddenly came to his mind.Poor running ability, poor speed, poor body, and almost no defensive ability.

Good free kick skills, accurate passing, good at finding opportunities, initiator and organizer of the team's offense.

This is not only the person I was back then, but also the characteristics of Sans!
Due to the impact of leg injuries, Sanz had no choice but to give up his football career because he did not have the stamina to support him running all over the field, nor could he do strenuous exercise.

Being rejected again and again made him lose hope, but it can be seen that his love for football continues.

Why not let him try?

So, Bai Ran suddenly said: "Coach, if you are short of candidates at this position, I have a recommendation."

Ok?
Zidane looked at Bai Ran, narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you have someone to choose?"

"Stop messing around and go train."

Originally, Zidane refused to believe it. The good seedlings worth cultivating have been poached in the market. Who is waiting for you to sign it?

This group of scouts are becoming more and more sensitive in the market. As long as there is a better prospect, even if the specific ability has not been discovered, a team will directly sign it and buy lottery tickets.

Now, isn’t it true that the people recommended by players are not wanted by anyone?
How could such a player casually step onto the big stage of Real Madrid, even for the B team?

Bai Ran insisted: "What I said is true, coach."

"Give him a chance."

"I can guarantee that he has the ability to serve as the main player. At least the main player in the second division will be fine."

During these two days of training, Bai Ran was already familiar with Sans' abilities.

Sanz's technical level is no problem, his passing ability is also very strong, and his sense of ball is definitely superior to everyone in Castilla.

It's just that his running ability is weaker, but it doesn't matter, wasn't it the same when he was in Castile?
Sanz is even stronger than his previous self.

If Sanz joins Castilla, it will definitely greatly enhance Raul's lineup.

Seeing Bai Ran's extremely determined expression, Zidane sighed helplessly.

"Well, after today's training, you can contact him to come here."

"Let me see if he is qualified first."

"If I don't like him, I don't think there is any need to introduce him to Raul."

"Is this considered a chance?"

Bai Ran nodded vigorously, believing that Sanz would be very happy when he heard the news.

The day's training camp passed quickly, and around four o'clock in the afternoon, Bai Ran quickly called Sanz.

"Sans, now, immediately! Come to my position!"

Then Bai Ran sent Sanz the location of the stadium.

"Real Madrid B team invites you for a trial!"

Tryout! ?
When Sans saw this reply, he immediately cheered up and went straight to the court!

Within 10 minutes, Sans arrived at this place. Facing Zidane, Sans couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

Zidane looked at the boy wearing a black sweatshirt in front of him. He looked like he was in his twenties.

"it's him?"

Bai Ran nodded: "It's him."

Later, at Zidane's request, Sanz showed Zidane his ball sense and skills.

It doesn't matter if you don't see it, Zidane was frightened at first sight!

What the hell!

What a genius!
The last time he saw a player with this style and talent, he was still blank!

Now, Bai Ran has grown into the main force of Real Madrid's first team and is the core player of the team.

There is no need to describe the level of horror.

At this level, it is impossible to appear in Sanren without professional practice day after day.

But this brown guy in front of him, he can do it.

As expected of the person recommended by Bai Ran, he is indeed reliable!

Later, Bai Ran also told Zidane the story of Sanz, and Zidane suddenly realized it!

It turned out to be like this...

It's such a pity that Sanz even came to Real Madrid for a trial training and was almost taken to the Bernabeu.

Unexpectedly, this child's talent was wasted due to natural and man-made disasters.

But it doesn't matter. In this increasingly competitive football world, Real Madrid believes that they are willing to spend money to treat him. Cultivating such a good youngster is undoubtedly a good thing for both parties.

Zidane asked: "Would you like to play?"

Of course Sanz is willing, his eyes are very firm, just like Bai Ran before.

"Ok!"

Zidane continued: "If you insist on choosing this path, you may face pain and efforts that are unbearable for ordinary people. Are you willing?"

Tears welled up in Sanz's eyes.

Everything he did was for today!
"Of course!"

As long as he can play football, let alone working hard, it is worth his life for it.

This green field is his dream!
Zidane nodded: "I'll give you a phone call. You go and contact him. We may arrange for you to fly to Spain tomorrow. You can see if your time is acceptable."

"Whose phone number is this? Real Madrid's agent?"

Sanz took the business card handed out by Zidane and asked casually.

Zidane shook his head and said calmly: "Raul."

Raul! !
Sanz was stunned, he didn't expect Bai Ran to be so hard!

He knows all these old stars and legends from Real Madrid!

I originally thought that Bai Ran was just a young player in the Real Madrid team and had no status.

But now it seems that Bai Ran can persuade Zidane to bring him here, which shows that his influence is very amazing.

At the same time, Sanz showed a smile on his face and looked at each other with Bai Ran, their eyes full of gratitude.

Bai Ran is equivalent to the grace of reinvention.

For himself, it was basically impossible to embark on this road again, but Bai Ran made this impossible possible.

"it is good!"

Sanz replied excitedly, and Zidane nodded and said: "Go ahead, your talent is good, but if you want to become a professional player, you need to work hard to make up for it."

"However, it's not impossible."

"Just contact Raul directly tomorrow."

The tip of Sanz's nose felt sour. This was so dreamy, like a dream!
"Thank you!"

"Bai Ran."

"Thank u."

As he spoke, Sans's tears fell quickly.

Bai Ran patted him on the shoulder: "You deserve this."

Afterwards, the two sent Sans away, and today's training session ended here.

And tomorrow, they will face an epic showdown.

Real Madrid plays against Bayern Munich. After a holiday break, I don’t know what kind of sparks will burst out between the two sides.

Time passed quickly and it was game day in a blink of an eye.

The Metropolitan Stadium in New Jersey, USA, ushered in an unprecedented event.

Two of Europe's top teams are about to compete in the International Champions Cup here.

The game was bustling with people, reporters from all walks of life swarmed in, and the fans almost filled the entire Metropolitan Stadium. The cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami had already started before the players entered the stadium.

The entire stadium was engulfed in a roaring sound that shook people's eardrums.

The International Champions Cup is about to begin, and the commentators have already prepared the materials in hand and are about to present this focus showdown to everyone.

(End of this chapter)