Chapter 22: Don’t bully the young people because they are poor!
The referee was 42-year-old Cantaleo, who led the players from both teams into the Bernabeu Stadium.
Suddenly, the stadium was in an uproar.
Cantaleo can be regarded as a friend of Atletico Madrid, because since Atletico Madrid was promoted to La Liga, he has officiated seven games of Atletico Madrid in the past four seasons. Atletico Madrid's record is one draw and one loss, and all other wins, including two games against Barcelona.
During the same period, when he refereed Real Madrid's games, the Galacticos only won one of the four games, and the rest were draws.
At the same time, he is also a card-pulling maniac.
In the 27th round of La Liga in the 2003-2004 season, in Real Madrid's away game against Racing Santander, he issued a total of eleven yellow cards and one red card, of which only five were given to the home team Racing Santander, and the remaining six yellow cards were all given to Real Madrid. Zidane, Beckham and others received the yellow sapphire good guy cards awarded by him.
Mejia was also sent off in that game.
The final result of that game was 1-1. Although Real Madrid, with all its main players, was able to defeat its opponent away from home, it failed.
This season, Atletico Madrid also defeated Barcelona 2-1 under Cantaleo's refereeing.
In comparison, Real Madrid is once again at a disadvantage.
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When Gao Shen followed the players and walked out of the tunnel, the entire Bernabeu Stadium was suddenly filled with boos.
Seventy-five thousand Real Madrid fans booed deafeningly at the same time to show their dissatisfaction and anger towards the rookie head coach.
Their attitude has become very clear, even in the stands, the ubiquitous slogans show their position.
All kinds of insults and humiliating words finally come down to two words: Get out!
Even though Gao Shen had been mentally prepared for his coaching environment, and had even expected to be pelted with pig heads by Real Madrid fans, when he walked out of the stadium and into the waves of boos from 75,000 fans, he still felt like he couldn't walk anymore and wanted to turn around and go back.
It's like walking down the street and being pointed at and scolded by someone. If there's only one person, you'd probably roll up your sleeves and fight. But what if there are five people? What if there are ten people?
What if everyone on the street is cursing?
Now, Gao Shen is facing 75,000 angry Real Madrid fans.
He even felt that it was becoming difficult for him to breathe.
Just as Gao Shen walked out of the player tunnel, Real Madrid fans in the opposite stand held up a huge banner that was 30 meters long and 20 meters high, with several lines of eye-catching Spanish written on it.
"Chinese boy, get out! Don't bring shame to Real Madrid!"
"Martin, clean your pigsty!"
When Gao Shen looked up, he saw the huge slogan. You can imagine how he felt; he fell to the bottom.
There are many slogans like this on the stands around the stadium, too numerous to count.
The mildest attitude was above Gao Shen's head, where thirty or forty fans in the chairman's stand held cards and formed a slogan.
"Kid, it's not your fault! But please get out of this great club!"
Gao Shen could understand the anger of Real Madrid fans, but he still couldn't suppress the humiliation in his heart.
Shouting “Don’t bully the poor young people” may sound a bit old-fashioned, but at this moment, this is what he really thinks in his heart.
The more they scolded him, the more he wanted to prove to them, to everyone, that he could do it!
He will definitely leave the Bernabeu, but not in this way.
no way!
Gao Shen took a deep breath, took a step forward, and walked into the Bernabeu Stadium.
Amidst the boos, he was the first to walk to the visiting team's coaching bench.
According to convention, as the head coach of the home team, he should shake hands with the head coach of the visiting team.
Atletico Madrid's head coach Murcia was brought in from the second team to put out the fire, but whether intentionally or unintentionally, when Gao Shen came over, he seemed not to see him. Instead, he still sat in the coaching seat, crossed his legs, chatting and laughing with the people around him. It was not until Gao Shen came to him and extended his hand that he "noticed" Gao Shen at the reminder of his assistant.
"Sorry, I didn't see you!" Murcia shook hands with Gao Shen with a smile.
Gao Shen couldn't guess whether he was truly arrogant or just wanted to engage in psychological warfare, but that didn't matter.
"It doesn't matter. Now that you've seen it, you won't forget it!"
After shaking hands politely, Gao Shen turned and left.
Murcia sensed the sting in Gao Shen's words, felt that he had angered the other party, and laughed nonchalantly.
Young people are still young after all.
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"He did it on purpose."
When Gao Shen returned to the home team's coaching booth, Lucas came up to him.
"I know." Gao Shen nodded.
It is normal that a person of low status and low influence is not taken seriously and looked down upon wherever he goes.
The right thing to do is not to complain, not to get angry, and certainly not to resort to violence, but to make the other person regret it.
"Just wait and see, he will cry one day." Gao Shen said harshly.
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Raul lost to Torres when guessing the side and lost the serve, which immediately caused boos from the audience.
In a derby, every inch of ground must be fought for, even if it is just the right to serve.
Before kick-off, Raul gathered the entire team together for a final pre-match mobilization.
"Like the coach said in the locker room just now, many of you are playing in a derby for Real Madrid for the first time, and we don't want this to be your last time, so no matter how the fans in the stands question you, no matter how your opponents look down on you, you must not look down on yourselves."
"Give your best performance and prove to everyone that you deserve it!"
"Come!"
As Raul roared, everyone stretched out their hands, overlapped their hands with Raul's, and shouted "Come on" in unison. Then they dispersed and formed a formation of 4-2-3-1.
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"We saw that Real Madrid used a different formation tonight than the previous 4-2-3-1 formation, and adopted a double defensive midfielder tactic, which is the first time this season."
"In terms of personnel configuration, the goalkeeper is Casillas, the back line is Felipe Luis, Elguera , Woodgate and Arbeloa, the double defensive midfielders are Gravesen and De La Red, the front court is Raul, Zidane and Beckham, and the lone striker is Negredo."
"It is worth noting that Felipe Luis, Arbeloa, De La Red and Negredo all played for Real Madrid for the first time. They had previously played for the second team and this was their debut for the first team. They were even promoted from the second team to the first team by head coach Gao Shen only four days ago."
"For Atletico, Murcia still adopts the standard 4-4-2 formation. The goalkeeper is Franco, the back line is Antonio Lopez, Pablo Ibanez, Perea and Velasco, the midfield is Petrov, Lucin, Gabi and Barrera, and the two forwards are Torres and Kezman."
"This is also Atletico's best lineup in recent times. Torres has been in great form recently, scoring six goals in the last six games. This is an amazing goal-scoring form. In the last round, he scored twice, helping Atletico to a 5-0 win over Malaga."
"After beating Barcelona 3-1 at Camp Nou, Torres scored twice. In the last three games, Atletico Madrid scored nine goals and conceded zero goals. This is an amazing record, so they were quite confident before the game and wanted to win a big victory at the Bernabeu while Real Madrid was in turmoil."
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Even the commentator said it, so it wasn't a secret at all.
This is what Atletico Madrid thinks and does.
From the moment Cantaleo blew the whistle to start the game, Atletico Madrid took advantage of the serve and took the initiative, launching a fierce attack on Real Madrid, especially the two forwards, Torres and Kezman, who directly pressed the Real Madrid defense.
Real Madrid's defensive formation was barely formed, and it was far from tacit understanding. Under such pressure from Atletico, the back line suddenly became flustered, and the players also made mistakes under the opponent's pressing.
Less than two minutes into the game, Torres intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and passed it to Kežman, who made a low left-foot shot in the penalty area, but Casillas made a great save and the ball went out of bounds.
At the critical moment, Casillas is still trustworthy!
Gabi took a corner kick and accurately sent the ball into Real Madrid's penalty area. Casillas decisively left the goal and snatched the ball from mid-air before anyone else, thus defusing the opponent's corner attack.
Casillas won warm applause from the fans with two consecutive wonderful performances.
Gao Shen, who was watching from the sidelines, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, especially when he saw that Casillas did not hastily throw the ball to launch the attack, but instead signaled his teammates to press forward before throwing the ball, intentionally slowing down the pace.
What Real Madrid lacks most now is not offense, but the ability to stabilize its position and find its own rhythm in the game.
"By the way, slow down, don't be in a hurry!" Gao Shen walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly.
Atletico Madrid tried to press in the midfield again, but the technical skills of Real Madrid players were still very good.
There is no need to talk about others, even a guy like Gravesen with a face full of flesh has excellent passing skills, and Woodgate's passing and technique are also very good among central defenders.
After a round of pressing, Atletico Madrid found that they failed to get the ball, so they gradually retreated.
Real Madrid began to consciously stabilize their position, slowly familiarizing themselves with the rhythm of the game, and were not in a hurry to organize an attack.
But from the scene, it seemed like a passive response.
After several twists and turns, the team tried to open up the situation on the wing, but failed. Once Atletico Madrid seized the ball, they immediately launched a counterattack, playing quickly and urgently.
In the past, Real Madrid would have been most afraid of this kind of quick counterattack, but today Real Madrid returned to defense very quickly.
In the seventh minute, Atletico Madrid midfielder Lucin was fouled from the side and rear by De La Red when he was dribbling forward. Lucin pushed De La Red away and Gravesen, who was nearby, immediately rushed up and blocked Lucin and De La Red.
The tension between the two sides suddenly became very strong.
Gabi's free kick fell into the penalty area again. Woodgate overpowered Perea and won the header, clearing the penalty area.
But Atletico's midfield and backcourt also began to press forward, clearly wanting to attack and try to create a goal.
Real Madrid's goal was once again in jeopardy.
But Gao Shen always stood straight on the sidelines, as still as a mountain.
