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Chapter 37 Alonso Returns

Just the day after Kaka recovered from form, Alonso returned to the team.

When Alonso came to the training ground, his teammates came up to send him blessings. After nearly a month of injury, he was finally able to train with the team and participate in the competition.

This is indeed something worth congratulations.

Chu Zhongtian was also among them. He hugged Alonso and said in Spanish: "Welcome back, Xavi."

Alonso hugged Chu Zhongtian hard and patted him on the shoulder. "Thank you, Chu."

Although Alonso has returned to the team, he did not play for the team so quickly. After all, he has recovered from injury. In the past, because there was no one in the team who could replace Alonso, so he usually has a minor injury and doesn't go off the line. If he really can't play, as long as the injury is just right, he has to go into the game immediately. Now it's different. With Chu Zhongtian's Real Madrid, there is a perfect solution, and Alonso no longer needs to rush to come back. Mourinho hopes that Alonso can restore his body to a 100% good condition before he returns.

Anyway, he is not in a hurry.

But Alonso was anxious.

As soon as he returned to the team, he actively showed himself in training, hoping to impress Mourinho and let him play in the Champions League group stage next week.

He didn't know that Mourinho arranged for him to be the first league next weekend for his comeback. So no matter how hard he practiced now, it would be useless.

Chu Zhongtian knew that Alonso regarded himself as a competitor...but there were good and bad competitors. He did not want him to become a bad competitor in Alonso's mind.

So during the training interval, he would go to Alonso for communication. Ask him about his injury recovery and talk about things like this. On the one hand, he would comfort Alonso's a little impatient heart, but on the other hand, he naturally didn't want to make enemies in the locker room.

Although most players will answer when asked about their relationship with their competitors when they are interviewed, they will answer, "We are good friends, and the competition on the football field will not affect our friendship at all." But this is just a beautiful scene to others. No one will be so open-minded that he is stolen and his position is nothing unless he is the winner in the competition.

It’s just that most people can successfully control their emotions and suppress negative thoughts in their hearts without showing them. So they still look harmonious on the surface, but they always have some thoughts in their hearts.

Especially when I used to play the main force, a newcomer came to the team. Suddenly the newcomer replaced him and became the main force, and he became the bench.

A capable player will ask to leave the team and find another way out. If you are incompetent... you will really sit on the bench.

Alonso is obviously very capable, but he doesn't want to leave Real Madrid. He believes that he should have his own place in this team.

During this period, he was also paying attention to Real Madrid's game - mainly focusing on Chu Zhongtian's performance.

As a midfielder, you still have the ability to analyze carefully.

After watching these three games, he found that Chu Zhongtian was indeed more comprehensive than himself. This is not only his advantage, but also his weakness.

Because if a player is too comprehensive, it is impossible to play all positions and play all roles. He has good long passes, is good at controlling the rhythm, and can also pass short passes, make deadly passes, organize attacks, and other things. He can also dribble the ball and shoot long shots, and has good heading skills. He plays a very important role in set-piece tactics... How can the head coach arrange such a player?

He must only be able to do one kind of work on the court. Modern football and modern society have very similar requirements for talents, that is, one is professional and multi-tastic. You can be more comprehensive and know a little about everything, but you must have something you are particularly good at.

Regarding Chu Zhongtian's use, Hoffenheim and Metz's head coaches both chose to use his offensive talent, although Alonso believes that Chu Zhongtian's defensive talent is no less than his offensive talent. He and other teammates have seen it in the team's confrontation training. So everyone has no doubts about him being able to defend Messi one-on-one in the Champions League final.

What would he do if he was the head coach? Alonso had thought of a similar question. Of course, he could not put Chu Zhongtian on the bench because that was really a waste, especially after his outstanding performance in these three games. Using him to be a blue-collar player like Khedira is also a waste. So if he was the head coach, he would probably use his offensive talent.

If Chu Zhongtian leads the offense, is there any of his own business on the field?

Alonso thinks there should be one, he is as good as Chu Zhongtian's offense and defense. His defense is also excellent, and he can pass very deadly long passes on the offense. So in fact, the best combination should be his partner with Chu Zhongtian.

He controls the rhythm himself and takes into account defense, mainly staying behind. Chu Zhongtian should go forward more, similar to a front midfielder, participating in the offense more, mainly short passes and direct passes. At the same time, his will also shoulder certain scoring tasks.

Therefore, Chu Zhongtian and himself can coexist completely, but this will lead to sacrifice of Khedira... Khedira is a pure defensive midfielder, a person who does dirty work and tiring work. But in the current midfield configuration, there is obviously no position for him. If he is willing to be a substitute, he will be a very, very outstanding substitute player.

This is what Alonso thought.

But he didn't know if Mourinho had the same idea. After all, there was this possibility - let Chu Zhongtian replace him and become a more comprehensive and threatening midfielder, and at the same time, arranging a Khdira by his side to provide him with protection. From these three games, it can be seen that his cooperation with Khdira is also very tacit.

Alonso found that Chu Zhongtian was really a powerful figure. His adaptation period in Real Madrid was very short, and his adaptation period with the players on the court was even shorter. He seemed to be able to cooperate with anyone. Alonso must not know that Chu Zhongtian insisted on watching videos of all Real Madrid players when he returned home. Therefore, he was able to know the characteristics of Real Madrid players. He knew it in his heart, and only when he actually cooperated was sure.

All Alonso can do now is to train hard and train seriously, hoping to rely on his performance in training to impress Mourinho, so that he can squeeze out Khedira and become the one who partnered with Chu Zhongtian.

When watching Chu Zhongtian's first game, Alonso was worried that he would be squeezed out of position by Chu Zhongtian. After watching Chu Zhongtian's three games, Alonso's idea had changed to strive to partner with Chu Zhongtian...※※Alonso was eager to play in the mid-week Champions League group stage, the cruel reality still disappointed him - the 18-man roster that played Benfica away was released, and he was not in it. This made Alonso a little disappointed.

Although Mourinho specifically explained to Alonso when he announced the list, he did not take him there because he had just recovered from his injury and did not dare to take the risk of letting him play. After all, this is a double game for a week, which requires great physical fitness. Considering that Alonso had been recuperating before and his physical fitness would definitely be poor. At that time, the two games were played and he was afraid that his old injuries would recur, so he simply let him continue to rest.

But Alonso was still worried that this would become a sign of his firm sitting on the bench.

※※In the second game of the mid-week Champions League group stage, Real Madrid went away to compete with Benfica.

Kaka is in good shape recently. Mourinho of course has to strike while the iron is hot so that he can get more playing time. On the one hand, he wants to check whether Kaka has flashed occasionally or can continue to perform stably. On the other hand, if he can perform stably, of course, he has to use more games to keep his condition.

But this time Mourinho replaced it not Di Maria but Ozil.

Because Mourinho also wants to see what kind of sparks he will create with Chu Zhongtian if Kaka is asked to be the front midfielder.

Kaka performed well in the last game because Kaka appeared on the wing and had more room for him to break through and get the ball.

But this time I came to the middle lane, is there so much space left?

In fact, this is a test for Kaka and also a test for Chu Zhongtian. When Kaka moves to the middle lane, it is usually guarded by heavy troops. To create enough space there, the requirements for the organizers are quite high.

Mourinho was very curious, or looking forward to it, and wanted to see if Chu Zhongtian could let him see more things that surprised him...※※※This time Kaka and Chu Zhongtian were once again divided into a room.

After that game, the relationship between the two became much closer.

On the eve of the game, Kaka no longer needed to pray to God to seek peace of mind. He was taken to C. Ronaldo and others to play against live football. What about Chu Zhongtian? This time he did not follow him, but was busy with his own affairs in the hotel room through the Internet.

After all, he is also the boss of several companies at the same time... After the first movie of Zhongtian Culture and Entertainment Co., Ltd. was released, the revenue was also good. Yang Yang wanted to hear Chu Zhongtian's opinions on what to do next.

How is the development of Sichuan Quanxing Club? It has been almost a season in the second division. How is the results and how is the club's operation? As well as various other trivial matters, Chu Zhongtian threw them to Xu Xiaodi. Under Xu Xiaodi's repeated urging, he should also listen to Xu Xiaodi's work report... And how has the development of the sports brand named after his surname been over the past year, and how is the sales in the Chinese market? I must also understand these.

When he didn't play, these tasks were done at home. However, sometimes they would be taken to the hotel room to do it. His teammates in Hoffenheim were used to it.

Real Madrid's teammates have never seen it yet.

So Kaka returned to the room with satisfaction and found that Chu Zhongtian was typing on the keyboard in front of the computer. He thought he was chatting with whom he was chatting, so he came over and took a look and found that there were dense numbers and dizzying forms. He was stunned for a moment.

"What's this?"

Chu Zhongtian looked back at him and continued to stare at the computer screen. "Ah, this is my team's record and various reports this year..."

When Kaka heard that it was a team, he immediately became interested. The players in Real Madrid's first team are all rich people, and the most common ones are millionaires. But no one has said that they still own a team... Many players like to play luxury cars, real estate, golf, tennis, billiards, etc.... but they have never heard of playing teams.

"What team?"

Chu Zhongtian introduced the situation of Sichuan Quanxing to Kaka, including the team's past and present lives, and told Kaka to Kaka.

Kaka was stunned for a long time after listening to it. He felt as if he was listening to a story... "What a magical!" After being stunned, Kaka got excited. He came up to ask Chu Zhongtian. "What does it feel like to have a team? Chu? Will it be like Mr. Perez?"

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "I don't know that the team is someone else responsible for management, and I actually don't care about anything..."

"Then how is your team doing this season?"

"Well, it's not very good. Because they are all young players, very young, and have no experience in professional competitions, and even have amateur players. So..." Chu Zhongtian shrugged.

"But there will always be good news, right?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "The good news is that the maintenance and renovation of our training base has been completely over. The team no longer has to use the stadium to train in college. In addition, two youth teams, 18 and 15 years old, have also been formed... These are all good news. By the way, the team's official website has also been available!" After Chu Zhongtian finished speaking, he entered the team's official website address in his browser and opened it to show it to Kaka.

Kaka smiled: "Looking at his team taking shape little by little, it must be a sense of accomplishment, right?"

"That's right, I feel very accomplished now, ha!" Chu Zhongtian pointed to the computer screen and smiled.

Kaka looked at various photos of the team on the website, including the team's family portrait, the team's training facilities, the team's dormitory building, restaurant, and photos of the team participating in the Chinese Football League.

He could tell that these are all young people. I guess there is not a single first team over twenty-four years old... It's really a young team.

He still knows some things about Chinese football, although he doesn't know much. Because when he was in the national team, he played against the Chinese team at the 2002 Japan-Korea World Cup. In addition, when he was still playing football for the Sao Paulo youth team, he once played against the Jianlibao football team, who came to Brazil to study. At that time, someone in that team was borrowed to Sao Paulo for training and participated in the competition, and Kaka also knew him.

However, his understanding of Chinese football is limited to this. He knows nothing about the general environment of Chinese football.

Chu Zhongtian is building a team in his hometown, and he is very serious about it. It can be seen from his emphasis on infrastructure and hierarchical team construction. Everyone is playing football, so naturally they know this very well.

So Kaka thinks Chu Zhongtian is pretty good.

"I really want to go to your team to see it, Chu." He said, staring at the smiling faces on the computer screen.

Chu Zhongtian smiled: "If you go, I don't know what a big sensational thing it would be..." He used Kaka's words as a joke.

Unexpectedly, Kaka took his eyes back and looked at him and said, "I'm serious, Chu. I really want to see these people." He pointed to the young players on the screen.

When Chu Zhongtian heard Kaka say this, he did not answer, but thought about the feasibility of doing this in his mind... If Kaka is invited to visit the club in a private name, it should not involve the interests of various brokerage companies... I believe that the group of players will be very happy to see world-class superstars like Kaka come to them and communicate with them.

This is a good opportunity to increase the popularity and influence of your club. Since you have such a connection, why not?

He nodded: "No problem, but what will happen after this season is over."

Kaka clapped his hands: "Okay! It happens that I want to go to China too!"

In this way, Chu Zhongtian and his roommate Kaka made it a matter for Kaka to visit Sichuan Quanxing Club in his private name next summer. Because it was a private name, he did not conduct any commercial promotion activities. But Chu Zhongtian knew that there was nothing that could be concealed in front of the omnipresent reporters. If Kaka came to China next summer, he would definitely not be able to hide his whereabouts, and he would definitely be caught by the media... The two of them talked about Chu Zhongtian's business again. Kaka was both envious and exaggerated about Chu Zhongtian's life - he was also a human being, and only had twenty-four hours a day. How could he maintain a good state on the court and do so many businesses?

Real Madrid also has financial experts. For example, Kaka's good friend C. Ronaldo has his own clothing brands Cr7 and Cr9, and has recently become obsessed with stock trading. However, they are all small and witches compared to Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian is the one who can rank on the list of 500 rich people in the world.

Kaka does not do business, and he does not pursue wealth because his family is very prosperous. He only plays football because he likes to play football, not to make money by playing football to change his destiny. But he still envies Chu Zhongtian because he thinks Chu Zhongtian has a fulfilling life.

The topic turned to the football team again.

Kaka designed his life after he retired for Chu Zhongtian.

"I think there are too many things you can do after you retire, but I think why don't you try to bring the Sichuan team into your own hands and let yourself manage it? That must be very fun and a sense of accomplishment!"

Kaka said with a dance.

Chu Zhongtian's eyes lit up.

Chu Zhongtian had not seriously considered what he would do after retirement. Rangnick once joked that Chu Zhongtian could be the head coach when he retired. At that time, Chu Zhongtian was only twenty-five years old and did not consider retirement at all.

Now that Kaka said this, he suddenly felt that it would be a very interesting thing to be the club chairman after retirement and control a club. His career was like playing the "one-ball fame" mode of live football, so after he retired, he could play simulated strategy management games such as football manager or champion club... It seems that he should seriously consider Kaka's suggestions.
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