Overnight, Real Madrid Became the Public Enemy of the Football World

Although it was merely an insignificant warm-up match, and Real Madrid had not even had the chance to fully display their strength because their opponent was too weak.

The match still drew widespread attention from the outside world.

On ESPN's paid cable channels, over a million people watched the live broadcast of this warm-up match taking place all the way in China.

Before the match, quite a few Espanyol fans eagerly discussed Real Madrid's starting lineup online, because all signs indicated that this lineup would likely be Real Madrid's first-choice squad for the Super Cup.

Besides ordinary fans, many media reporters also came to watch and report on the match.

This included numerous mainstream European media outlets from Spain, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.

The reason this match attracted so much attention was not complicated.

It was because this was Cristiano Ronaldo's first match for the Galactic Battleship after joining Real Madrid.

Everyone was curious about what kind of spark he could create with Lin Feng, the world's number one midfielder, after joining Real Madrid.

Judging by this match, the chemistry between the two seemed fairly good.

Both were in excellent form, combining to account for Real Madrid's five first-half goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in the match, both assisted by Lin Feng.

Although they still had some issues with mutual understanding, and several of their combinations had gone wrong.

Their overwhelming individual strength allowed them to create even more scoring opportunities, leaving their opponents unable to defend against them and not even knowing whom to mark.

Having a superstar like Lin Feng in the team was already enough to give opponents headaches. Now, with Cristiano Ronaldo added to the mix, it was nearly impossible to keep tabs on both of them with limited manpower.

And trying to contain