After returning to China after the match with the Laos team, the national team was disbanded and everyone returned to their clubs. Lu Wenbin waited in Guangzhou to reunite with his teammates and coaches from Real Madrid.
On July 30, 2011, the draw ceremony for the top 20 group stage of the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian qualifiers was held at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
As a first-tier team, the Chinese team was placed in Group A, along with Jordan, Iraq and Singapore.
The Chinese team, with Lu Wenbin, will undoubtedly occupy one qualifying spot, Jordan and Iraq will compete for another qualifying spot, and Singapore will just be a bystander.
After the World Cup qualifying draw ceremony, on the evening of July 31, the entire Real Madrid team flew to Guangzhou after completing training in the UK and reunited with Lu Wenbin.
Real Madrid begins its commercial training tour in China.
As a head coach, Mourinho is actually very disgusted with this kind of commercial activity of training around the world.
The preparations had almost no effect, all the money was spent on making money and increasing fame.
In the past few seasons, Real Madrid was almost completely suppressed by Barcelona, and they were eliminated in the Champions League every year. This is also related to the fact that Real Madrid traveled all over the world during pre-season preparations every season and did not have a complete and quiet pre-season preparation period.
However, the arm cannot twist the thigh. No matter how crazy Mourinho is, he is just a head coach and cannot fight against Florentino and the overall policy of Real Madrid.
China's commercial market prospects are becoming increasingly important, and with the Chinese superstar Lu Wenbin in the team, Florentino will never cancel Real Madrid's trip to China.
Therefore, no matter how big Mourinho's opinion was, he had to keep it to himself.
Especially when he met up with Lu Wenbin and saw his old subordinate, Mourinho had to smile and shake hands with Lu Wenbin.
No matter what, Lu Wenbin is his old partner who transferred with him from Inter Milan to Real Madrid, and the most important member of the team.
Mourinho will never have a quarrel with Lu Wenbin.
Besides, he has opinions about Real Madrid’s business policies, not about Lu Wenbin and China.
After two days of training in Guangzhou, with Lu Wenbin, Kaka, Ronaldo and others signing dozens or even hundreds of autographs every day, on August 3, Tianhe Stadium welcomed the friendly match between Guangzhou Evergrande and Real Madrid.
Although Guangzhou Evergrande only arrived in Beijing on August 1 to play a Chinese Super League match against Guoan, Guangzhou Evergrande still fielded all its main players in this friendly match with Real Madrid.
Currently, Guangzhou Evergrande tops the Chinese Super League standings with an unbeaten record of 12 wins and 5 draws, and it is difficult to find rivals in the country.
Therefore, the opportunity to play against a world-class giant like Real Madrid is extremely rare.
Zheng Zhi, Gao Lin, Feng Xiaoting, Muriqi, Conca and other Evergrande main players all started the game.
Real Madrid also gave quite a lot of face, with the three Ballon d'Or winners, Lu Wenbin, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, all starting the game. Kaka played as central attacking midfielder, Cristiano Ronaldo as left midfielder and Lu Wenbin as right midfielder.
Other famous stars such as Casillas, Ramos, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Benzema, Di Maria and others also started, with Benzema and Di Maria partnering as double strikers.
When the two teams entered the stadium, all the Chinese fans at the Tianhe Sports Center burst into huge cheers when they saw that Lu Wenbin, Kaka and Ronaldo, three Ballon d'Or winners, were all starting.
In particular, the shouts of "666" have never stopped since the fans entered the stadium.
Including other stars, Real Madrid received more cheers and screams than the home team Guangzhou Evergrande.
After the entrance ceremony, with the referee's whistle, the friendly match between the Chinese Super League powerhouse Guangzhou Evergrande and the world-class giants Real Madrid officially began.
Although he is averse to commercial matches, Mourinho is still trying his best to do his job when he cannot change his schedule.
For this game, Mourinho asked the players to go all out and treat it as a preparation training match and main player selection match for the new season.
The two friendly matches in China are the last two friendly matches before the start of the new season for Real Madrid.
Obviously, the performance in these two friendly matches will definitely affect everyone's position as the main player in Mourinho's mind.
Especially Kaka, who, despite the halo of the Ballon d'Or, was repeatedly plagued by injuries in the first two seasons. He made few appearances for Real Madrid and scored very few goals, and his position as a main player was worrying.
If it weren't for Florentino's pressure, Kaka might not have started in this friendly match for the gimmick of having three Ballon d'Or winners appear at the same time.
Therefore, Kaka cherishes this opportunity very much, even if it is just a friendly match.
However, despite his hard work, Kaka's performance has been poor, with no goals and no assists.
After his body was plagued by injuries, he no longer has the lightning speed of a modern attacking midfielder like he did in AC Milan.
His breakthrough shots are no longer as strong as they used to be, and his passing and assists are not as good as those of Lu Wenbin and Ozil. Kaka's future in Real Madrid is destined to be a tragedy.
On the other hand, although Cristiano Ronaldo was not as good as the pervert Lu Wenbin, he still scored a goal.
In the 57th minute, he received a quick pass from Lu Wenbin and, with his back to the goal in the penalty area, he shot the ball with his heel, scoring a beautiful heel goal.
In addition to Ronaldo, Benzema, Di Maria, Ozil, Khedira and others who came on as substitutes all scored a goal each, showing good form before the start of the new season.
Lu Wenbin played from the start until the end of the game and was not replaced.
He did not disappoint the tens of thousands of Chinese fans in the stands who loved and admired him, and presented them with a feast of goals.
In the 14th minute, Real Madrid counterattacked. Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball from the wing and shot into the far corner from outside the penalty area.
In the 23rd minute, Real Madrid won a free kick, and Ronaldo took the initiative to give it to Lu Wenbin. Lu Wenbin activated the system skills and scored twice in one go.
15 minutes after the half-time break, in the 59th minute of the second half, Ronaldo broke into the penalty area and shot, but the ball was saved by Evergrande goalkeeper Yang Jun. Lu Wenbin grabbed the first point with his superior off-ball running ability, made a supplementary shot and scored, completing a hat trick.
Before the end of the game, in the 88th minute, Real Madrid won a corner kick. Ozil, who came on as a substitute, took the corner kick. Lu Wenbin jumped high in the penalty area, grabbed the first point and headed the ball into the goal, scoring his fourth goal.
Lu Wenbin scored two goals in each half, completing a hat-trick and adding two assists, perfectly demonstrating his worth as a 150 million Ballon d'Or winner and making all the Chinese fans watching the game on the scene excited.
In the end, Lu Wenbin scored four goals and assisted twice at the Tianhe Sports Center, causing a Chinese Super League powerhouse like Guangzhou Evergrande to be defeated 9-1 by Real Madrid.
Guangzhou Evergrande at least scored a goal and did not concede double-digit goals to Real Madrid, which saved a bit of face and made Chinese players and fans deeply aware of how far Chinese football is from the world's top teams.
One Lu Wenbin cannot make up for the overall backwardness of Chinese football.
It will take at least several years, or even more than ten or twenty years, for the young Chinese football players who were attracted by Lu Wenbin and started playing football to grow up and even become the backbone of the national team.