Chapter 53: Aren’t you guys too hypocritical?
This was a lackluster match!
Real Madrid finally beat Valencia 1-0 at the Mestalla Stadium thanks to Raul's goal.
But the whole game was very ugly and there was nothing exciting about it.
Apart from Valencia's attack after conceding the goal, both teams played very conservatively for most of the game, first putting themselves in an invincible position and then slowly waiting for their opponents to make mistakes.
If no one makes any mistakes, the final result will be zero to zero.
Even as the mouthpiece of Real Madrid, AS and Marca could only point out the names of Guti and Callejon when talking about the highlights of the game.
Guti had a flash of inspiration and sent a wonderful long pass, while Callejon sprinted quickly and made a low cross.
The media also briefly mentioned that Callejon was a surprise substitute for Gao Shen and a rare speed player on the wing of Real Madrid.
But for this game, the overall evaluation of Gao Shen is still relatively low.
Another very important reason is that after taking the lead, Gaoshen made two substitutions in a conservative manner.
Valencia coach Flores accused Gao Shen of being conservative in the press conference after the game, believing that this violated the traditional spirit of Real Madrid. "He gave me the feeling that he was turning Real Madrid into an Italian team, which is bad."
Gao Shen still did not attend the pre-match and post-match press conferences, but as his representative, Maqueda took the initiative to defend himself this time, saying that the team's problem was fighting on two fronts and that rotations were necessary.
"In fact, look at our rotation. We played the derby against Atletico Madrid last week, just came to London Highbury Stadium to reverse Arsenal, and now we are playing Valencia. Our players are very tired."
"On the other hand, Valencia played once a week to conserve their energy, but they did not show such an advantage in the game. This in itself is enough to prove that we were successful in tactics and overall performance."
Maqueda said that sometimes coaches are helpless.
"Every coach at Real Madrid wants to play exciting football, to put all the stars on the field and let them play their best games, but everyone knows that this is impossible."
"The cruelty of the professional league is that we often have to make a dilemma between beauty and victory, so for this game, I can only say that we are very happy that we got three points."
"More importantly, we haven't conceded a goal in two consecutive league games."
A large part of the media and fans did not buy Maqueda's explanation.
From a purely topical perspective, such an extremely boring game is simply not interesting enough.
But we have to admire the media's ability to create topics.
The next morning, many Spanish media outlets unanimously pointed the finger at Gao Shen.
From the match against Atletico Madrid, to the reversal against Arsenal, to the 1-0 win over Valencia today, although Real Madrid scored in all three games, their performances were not satisfactory, especially the fact that they did not play the kind of offensive football that everyone expected, with Real Madrid's superstars splashing like mercury.
Although they defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0, everyone can see that Real Madrid still relied on defense in this game.
Since Barcelona's away game against Osasuna was scheduled to be held one day later than Real Madrid, some media continued the controversy of the past few days, believing that Gao Shen's desire to challenge Barcelona in this way was a complete joke.
Some media even said with certainty, "This is Spain, not Italy!"
The implication is that Real Madrid will gain nothing by relying solely on defense.
Not only win, but win beautifully, this is the challenge that must be faced when coaching Real Madrid.
But no one expected that a day later, at Osasuna's home ground, Barcelona lost the ball in the 19th minute of the game.
This was a foul by left-back Sylvinho, which gave the opponent a free kick in the frontcourt. Osasuna directly kicked the ball into the penalty area. Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes lost his grip when he attacked, and Osasuna midfielder Baldo calmly scored.
This mistake was a big blow to Barcelona.
It is not easy to play Osasuna away from home because this team has a very tenacious style. Real Madrid's midfielder Pablo Garcia came from this team. This style has a very obvious effect .
Another point is that Barcelona is also affected by the two-front war.
Although Barcelona had control of the ball and took the initiative on the field, their offense was never able to create a threat. On the contrary, in the 59th , center back Edmilson committed a foul while defending and was shown a second yellow card by the referee and was sent off with a red card.
This was actually a very controversial decision, because both Edmilson and Barcelona players believed that it was Osasuna striker Milosevic who dived, but no matter what, the referee still gave a red card and Osasuna scored a penalty.
Two to zero.
Although Ronaldinho later assisted Larsson to score a goal, Barcelona eventually lost 1-2 to Osasuna away from home, ending their winning streak.
After this battle, Barcelona's lead in the La Liga standings was shortened from ten points to seven points.
After the game, many media, including Barcelona's mouthpiece, attributed Barcelona's defeat to the referee's poor enforcement, especially Edmilson's red card, which was considered to be the main factor in Barcelona's away defeat.
In addition, Valdes' poor performance also left a deep impression on people. This is not the first time that the Barcelona goalkeeper has made such a low-level mistake, and I believe it will never be the last time.
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After learning that Barcelona lost 1-2 to Osasuna, Gao Shen's first reaction was regret.
"Why is there no Twitter, no Weibo, and no smartphones?" Gao Shen felt very distressed.
If it were 2021, the first thing he would do would be to speak out on Weibo or Twitter and give a slap in the face to those media reporters who mocked him and Real Madrid yesterday.
Damn, you guys are so hypocritical, aren't you?
The game between Real Madrid and Valencia was indeed a bit ugly, but at least they won and got three points.
What about Barcelona ?
Not only did he lose the game, he also lost his life with two red cards. As a result, the whole world is finding excuses for him.
Is there anyone who bullies others like this?
After reading a lot of newspapers, I found that only AS and Marca said a few fair words. Alfredo said a lot of good things about Gao Shen in his column, but the others all spoke in the tone of Barcelona licking dogs. It's so infuriating!
You are allowed to say anything, you are truly the uncrowned king!
Gao Shen, who once enjoyed the convenience of the mobile Internet era, now misses his Huawei mate40pro.
We agreed to fight side by side for a few more years, waiting for the return of the Kirin King, but unexpectedly, I traveled through time.
But he also secretly made a decision that when social platforms such as Twitter and Weibo come out, he will register as soon as possible.
In any case, it's not bad to make a name for yourself on the Internet. In case you fail to become a professional head coach in the future, you can still make a living by becoming an Internet celebrity and living a good life, and be a high-quality man who has gotten rid of loneliness.
When it comes to smartphones, Gao Shen immediately thinks of Apple.
He had seen an interesting post on the forum before, which said that if he bought Apple's market value at its lowest point in 2008, it would have increased 63 times in ten years, which is much more profitable than buying a house.
However, this is not the most outrageous thing.
In Hong Kong, China, Penguin's stock price has seen the highest increase. It is said that by 2014, it had increased nearly 200 times.
After Gao Shen signed the contract with Real Madrid, the signing fee of 100,000 euros was quickly deposited into his account.
After Real Madrid's tax department helped him to avoid taxes reasonably, Gao Shen actually received nearly 90,000 euros.
He directly registered a stock account, transferred all the money to Hong Kong, China, bought Penguin Company's stocks, and waited for them to appreciate.
Reasonable tax avoidance is actually very common in European football. Even if European football begins to collect taxes on a large scale in the next few years, it will still target famous stars, especially those with lucrative image rights income.
People like Gao Shen, who reasonably evade taxes through the club's finances, won't attract much attention at all.
What's more, no one takes him seriously with such little money.
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There is a week between the 27th round of the league away game against Valencia and the 28th round at home against Real Betis, which gives Real Madrid precious time to catch their breath.
The morning after the match against Valencia, the team organized recovery training and the players' spirits and morale were generally very good.
Starting from the afternoon, Gao Shen gave everyone a day off.
It is very necessary to combine work and rest and get proper rest.
Zidane reported to the team and went to France to participate in the national team's training camp, and will have a warm-up match in the middle of the week.
Gao Shen had no choice but to give the green light, which was what he had promised Zidane before.
Starting from the 28th round, there will be two games in a row, including the La Liga and the Champions League quarter-finals. The pressure of the competition will be very high at that time.
It was on the afternoon when the team was on holiday that Gao Shen received a call from Carlo.
He finally got a reply from Buenaventura, whom he had asked Carlo to help contact.
This future physical training master has been working in Cadiz for several years and has never had the opportunity to further his career. Cadiz lost 0-1 to Athletic Bilbao away from home in this round, and the team's probability of relegation has further increased.
Buenaventura must have thought of a way out for himself.
Just at this time, Gao Shen and Real Madrid contacted him through Carlo, and he was excited.
But he must have some doubts about changing jobs in the middle of the season, and the time is so tight.
After Gao Shen learned the situation from Carlo, he didn't say anything more and directly booked an early flight for the next day. Accompanied by Carlo, he flew directly to the southern Spanish city of Jerez, and then took a bus from Jerez to Cadiz.
It was lunch time when we arrived in Cadiz.
The two parties made an appointment in advance and met at a restaurant near the sea in the city of Cadiz.
After many twists and turns, Gao Shen finally met this physical training master who was supposed to help Guardiola create the Barcelona Dream Team III in 2008, and followed him all the way to achieve remarkable achievements in Bayern and Manchester City.
