Soccer: From the 2005 U-20 World Cup
Chapter 673

Cristiano Ronaldo's Childhood Dream

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In the mobile internet era, when everyone had a phone in hand, anyone could become a news recorder.

During Real Madrid's train journey, they encountered quite a few passengers, who took countless photos on the spot. Like some long-running drama, they continuously fed the gossip-hungry masses on social media with the latest updates.

These photos and discussions sparked enormous attention and debate online.

The tag "Real Madrid, the Icelandic volcano's biggest victim" stubbornly stayed on Twitter's trending list for several days.

[Look at the Real Madrid players—they look like slaves dragged off to some illegal mine to do hard labor. This is way too tragic!]

[They rode a train for two days just to play a match. That record feels even harder to break than Real Madrid's record of 11 Champions League titles!]

[Let's see who dares complain about the hardship of long-distance travel from now on. Could anyone possibly have it harder than Real Madrid?]

Although other teams that had to travel long distances were also having a rough time because of the Icelandic volcano, none had it as bad as Real Madrid.

However, no one at Real Madrid had the heart to care about any of that right now. After arriving in Moscow, the players only wanted to get a good night's sleep and ease the exhaustion of the past two days.

It was not until they slept through to noon the next day that everyone finally felt alive again.

Though their bodies had recovered a little, they were still mentally exhausted and lacked the energy to do anything.

Captain Raul was experienced enough to know that this was the aftermath of excessive fatigue and physical depletion.

So he suggested holding some fun little indoor games to lift the players' spirits.

Everyone signed up eagerly, and even Mourinho,

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