After the FIFA awards ceremony ended, it was almost midnight.
Su Dong and his party left the Zurich Opera House and returned to the hotel. Instead of going back to sleep, they went directly into the second half and celebrated Su Dong's win as the World Footballer in the hotel's supporting bar.
This is the fourth time he has won the Double Footballer of the Year award.
"Congratulations, brother!" Ronnie hugged Su Dong's shoulders affectionately, "One to four, just wait for me!"
Messi smiled helplessly on the side, "Just be content, I'm still zero to four."
They are all close friends, and it is actually rare for them to have such an opportunity to get together. Especially in the past two or three years, let alone getting together, sometimes it is difficult to even talk on the phone for a long time, and each other is very busy.
Needless to say, Su Dong has a full schedule every day, and sponsors and activities are always taking advantage of every opportunity. Ronnie and Messi are not much better. Stars at their level have completely their own time.
Really very few.
During the competition, they are busy training and competing every day, so where can they find time for themselves?
Therefore, it is rare to get together, and I am very happy in my heart.
Kaka and Xavi were familiar with them, but they couldn't get along with each other and left after staying for a while.
Lucio even refused early because there was a generation gap between him and these young people.
Only Sudong, Ronnie, Messi and Iniesta survived until the end.
Moving from the bar to the open-air balcony, overlooking the beautiful night view of Zurich, it gives people a sense of familiarity and forgetting when they have seen it before. It may be in the house in Lisbon's Park of Nations, or it may be in the western suburbs of Barcelona.
In a villa halfway up the mountain, or in Greenwald...
"Do you still remember that I was in Barcelona that year and had just moved, and a few of you, Pepe, David Silva, and many others came to celebrate me, and ended up sleeping directly on the balcony.
"Su Dong suddenly remembered that common experience.
"Of course I remember!" Ronnie stood up and looked at the night scene. "At that time, you and Wang hadn't officially established a relationship. You tricked the girl into your house and pretended to be cool. I said at the time, you are too cool."
I have no conscience, remember?"
Messi and Iniesta nodded hurriedly, it was indeed what happened at that time.
"Facts have proved that I was right about you. You can't hide the little thoughts in your heart from me." Ronnie looked proud of himself as Su Dong's best friend, "Wang is a good woman, you kid is so mean to others."
Better.”
"Agree!" Iniesta didn't say much and directly expressed his agreement.
Messi also kept nodding.
"By the way, I remembered something." Iniesta suddenly woke up and looked at Ronnie, "I remember that you, Jose, and Pepe, you three seemed to be talking about something, you
My wife is going to give birth to a child for Su Dong, how is the situation going?"
Everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.
This is the legendary story of marrying Ronnie and having children for Su Dong.
Ronnie himself couldn't help laughing, and pushed Iniesta hard, blaming him for telling him about the embarrassing incident back then, but he showed no sign of weakness verbally, "I definitely didn't."
The question is, it doesn’t matter which one he likes.”
"What do you think of a girlfriend? You have to be married." Messi made the right comment.
Everyone laughed again.
In fact, Su Dong and Ronnie did a lot of ridiculous things back then.
For example, he encouraged Pepe to write a love letter to the female yoga instructor who was over fifty years old.
"By the way, what's the name of that female yoga instructor..." Su Dong frowned, thinking hard.
"Melissa," Ronnie still remembered.
"Yes, Melissa, I remember that you said that if you succeed in practicing yoga, you will go back and chase her."
Ronnie immediately jumped, Damn, this is not a joke.
"Did I say that?"
How could I be interested in a middle-aged woman in her forties?
"You said, if you don't believe me, let's call Pepe and ask." Su Dong was reasonable.
Ronnie quickly shook his head, "I couldn't have said such things, don't accuse me wrongly, and Melissa should not be over there anymore."
But in the end, he felt guilty.
Su Dong and others were amused for a while, and threatened to find an opportunity to go to the Madeira Islands to look for Ronnie's first love.
"I'm going, if this word gets spread, I won't be able to see anyone!"
Ronnie immediately threatened Su Dong and the three of them and told them not to speak out under any circumstances.
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The biggest difference between professional players and entertainment stars is that professional players do not need a personality, they purely rely on their strength to speak for themselves.
It doesn't even matter if you lose.
Didn’t someone say that?
The biggest taboo among professional players is cowardice, and timidity before fighting is a big taboo; the second is incompetence, which means lack of strength, and incompetence is the original sin; the last is losing, and victory or defeat is a common thing in military affairs.
Therefore, many times, in some important games, players lose miserably, and fans think that things are going to change. But in fact, it is not that serious, because as long as it is a game, there will always be winners and losers.
As long as you are not timid, as long as you try your best, you can lose confidently.
Therefore, entertainment stars need a personality and need to please fans, but professional players do not. They only need to play well and do their jobs well. No matter how much gossip you have off the court, or even if you have an affair like Kahn, in the end it will still be the same.
You will still be forgiven.
Ronnie is actually like this.
At Su Dong's level, they no longer need to worry about their image. Their performance on the football field is their best image, so they can tease each other unscrupulously and dig out each other's embarrassing stories.
For them, this is more of a shared memory.
Of course, these are all based on friendship.
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After staying one night in Zurich, Su Dong set off back to Munich the next morning.
Ronnie, Messi and others also returned to Spain respectively.
The Bundesliga has been suspended, but this year's winter break is shorter than in previous years, with the second half starting on January 15th.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is also because of the World Cup in South Africa in the summer.
The shortened winter break is not necessarily a bad thing for Bayern.
Ribery and Robben have both returned from injury and participated in the team's joint training. Bayern will still arrange to go to Dubai in the Middle East for winter training during the winter break. This is also a regular operation every year.
The transfer situation during this winter break is a bit cold, not only in the Bundesliga, but also in basically all major European leagues.
On the one hand, this is because the winter break is not an important transfer window in the first place. Many major transfers will not be completed during the winter break because the operation time is limited. On the other hand, it can also be clearly seen that with the
The outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States has deeply affected teams in major European leagues.
According to surveys by authoritative organizations, except for Bayern and Real Madrid, which are growing against the trend, other giant teams have basically experienced a slowdown or even shrinkage in growth, such as the Red Devils and Manchester United.
Bayern's growth against the trend is different from Real Madrid's. Real Madrid's team business shrank so much during Calderon's administration that this season Florentino introduced many superstars in one go and rebuilt it.
Real Madrid's golden brand name has been acquired, leading to substantial growth in the commercial field.
Bayern, on the other hand, is stable and still growing every year, which is quite rare.
However, Bayern's current business strategy is a bit like storing food before hibernation. Everyone knows that Bayern has money, but the club is not willing to continue to invest more in the transfer market. On the contrary, during the winter break, Bayern will transfer Autor
Wait for a group of players to be directly purged and leave the team to further streamline the first team's lineup.
It is said that Hoeness is a diligent and thrifty man, but now that he has been replaced by Nellinger, it is actually still the same.
Bayern's management has its own set of systems that govern where to spend money and where to save money. They are all clear about where to spend money. So much so that the entire Bundesliga during this winter break was basically deserted.
Lord.
The same goes for other leagues.
If Barcelona's plan to poach Cesc Fabregas fails, then the transfer during this winter break may not exceed 10 million, because so far, the most likely transaction rumored to be completed is the transfer of Liverpool's Dossena to Naples
, the transfer fee is expected to be 5 million euros, which is likely to become the top bid during the winter break.
Teams with money to buy players, including Manchester United's Ferguson, have made it clear many times that they will not sign any players during the winter break.
Originally, Manchester City's performance in the first half of the season was poor, and many people thought they would make signings. However, Guardiola and Begiristain both came forward one after another, saying that Manchester City would not make any moves during the winter break, which was quite surprising.
Even Manchester City, which has a lot of money at home, doesn't want to buy anyone anymore. What will the other teams do?
This should be the most sluggish winter break transfer period Su Dong has ever experienced since he landed in European football.
The entire transfer market is in a bleak state, and it even makes people doubt whether the transfer market will continue to be depressed next summer?
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Entering January, amid the bleak situation, Bayern headed to Dubai in the Middle East and started winter training in a low-key manner.
In ten days, they came to the Middle East twice, and Bayern was still enthusiastically welcomed by Dubai fans.
Last time it was in Abu Dhabi, this time it is in Dubai.
Staying in a familiar hotel and renting a familiar training venue, Bayern has been training in the Middle East for many years. Since this year's winter break is relatively short, Bayern only plans to play a warm-up match in the Middle East and then return to Europe.
The second warm-up match was in Switzerland, an away game against Basel.
The team's performance is good, and the training atmosphere within the team is good. Heynckes even opened the curfew, allowing players to exceed a certain point, but there is one requirement, that is, everyone must act collectively and cannot act without authorization.
In other words, after a while, if you still want to go out for a swim, you can bring the whole team with you.
This move immediately activated the atmosphere in the team and all players welcomed it.
Being thousands of miles away from home and training is tough, it is still good for the players to relax their body and mind properly.
Heynckes obviously also hopes that the team can combine work and rest, gain information during the training camp, and strive to be in better shape in the second half, especially for seriously injured players like Ribery and Robben.
The two of them really missed too many games in the first half of the season.
Miracle doctor Wolfat received a task during the winter break training camp to focus on training Ribery and Robben to keep them away from injuries.
Otherwise, Bayern will be under even greater pressure when it comes to the knockout stages.
