Chapter 60: Real Madrid, you are a scumbag!
Real Madrid eventually defeated Deportivo La Coruna 2-0 at home, avenging their defeat in the first round of this season.
Not only that, after winning this game, Real Madrid successfully narrowed the points gap with Barcelona to five points.
This is no longer an insurmountable gap.
From the time Gao Shen took over Real Madrid until now, the team has stumbled a bit, but has won five consecutive games.
More importantly, Real Madrid has not lost a single goal in the last four rounds of La Liga.
Such a record is quite amazing not only in European football, but even by the standards of top teams, not to mention the miracle of the reversal at Highbury.
Alfredo, editor-in-chief of AS, said in his column that Gao Shen is winning trust bit by bit.
De La Morena also revealed in his show that he was rethinking the correctness of Gao Shen's appointment as Real Madrid's head coach.
Real Madrid captain Raul said that the team's training level has improved significantly compared to the past and the team's condition is recovering rapidly.
"My teammates and I are confident that we can get back to our best form before the national derby. We want to win at Camp Nou and further narrow the points gap."
De La Morena revealed that if Real Madrid can really beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp, the points gap will be shortened to two points, and all the pressure will be on Barcelona.
From leading by ten points to being reduced to only two points, the psychological pressure on Barcelona can be imagined.
When that time really comes, if Barcelona makes a mistake in any game, Real Madrid will reverse and overtake them.
De La Morena said that Real Madrid under Gao Shen's coaching was very stable, with solid defense, stable game process and not many mistakes, which made people feel reassured.
"The only flaw is that it's not Real Madrid enough!"
However, it was this flaw that once again triggered a wave of criticism and accusations from the Spanish media after the victory over Deportivo La Coruna.
Many media believed that Real Madrid should have won a big victory at the Bernabeu, but was too conservative.
Whether it was the defensive tactics in the second half or the three substitutions, they were all for defense. They even almost let Deportivo La Coruña score a goal, which was completely different from the opening.
Some media also believe that Real Madrid under Gao Shen's coaching has completely lost the team's past smooth offensive coordination. Even in the two-goal victory against Deportivo La Coruna, one was an own goal and the other was a set-piece coordination in the frontcourt. There is no trace of the team's past hearty offensive football.
Not only the media, but many fans were also dissatisfied with the team's performance, believing that they played too conservatively.
Calderon, a member of the Real Madrid board of directors and a well-known Madrid lawyer, said in an interview with the media after the game that although the team won, it had lost the tradition and elegance of Real Madrid.
"What we saw in this game was not Real Madrid, but an ordinary team that is no different from any other team."
Calderon said that the board is not satisfied with Real Madrid's recent performance. Although the management has renewed Gao Shen's contract, the contract will only last until the end of the season. Real Madrid's management is looking for a more suitable head coach.
"We are a different team and it is not enough to just win games, we also have to please the fans."
Calderon revealed that Real Madrid management has basically shortlisted seven head coaches, namely: Ancelotti, Mourinho , Capello, Benítez, Wenger, Eriksen and Lippi.
"From the perspective of coaching style, we prefer Ancelotti and Wenger, but this requires good communication with AC Milan and Arsenal. However, we believe that these two head coaches will also be very interested in coaching Real Madrid."
After Calderon's interview, Marca revealed that AC Milan had actually given the green light to Ancelotti to coach Real Madrid, and this was confirmed by Gazzetta dello Sport, which believed that the two sides were very close in talks.
"After Ancelotti took over Real Madrid, the first thing he did was to bring his two favorite players, Pirlo and Kaka, to Real Madrid!"
While the rumors here are quite convincing, AS revealed that under pressure from the board of directors, Real Madrid will restart the presidential election this summer. President Martin is planning to use the return of Bosque and Hierro to help his own presidential election.
AS also revealed that former Real Madrid president Florentino Perez did not rule out the possibility of running for election again.
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Fiat Training Center, Turin, Italy.
Juventus head coach Capello was browsing the latest news newspapers, but he was not surprised at all about the strange things happening in faraway Madrid, Spain.
"Italo, you know what? On this planet, there should be only one team that would respond to its head coach with news of a coaching change when the team has achieved five consecutive victories." Capello sneered. He found this incomprehensible.
Assistant coach Italo Gabiati understands Capello's thinking because he was the same when he coached Real Madrid.
Even in the past few years, Real Madrid has always had a tradition of firing championship coaches.
What's more, the young man named Gao Shen hasn't won the championship yet.
"This is how a membership-based team works. It's an election system, and everything is for votes. Only by catering to the fans as much as possible can you win votes. Ordinary fans tend to be emotional and idealistic. They not only want to win, but also want to win beautifully. But they never think about whether their team has the strength to do so?" Gabiati also sneered.
Capello shook his head. "No, they have thought about it, and the conclusion they came to should be affirmative."
Gabiati was stunned and then laughed.
Isn’t it?
What level of superstars are Ronaldo and Zidane?
Raul, Beckham, Carlos, Casillas, Guti...
Even though Figo has left, Real Madrid is still full of superstars.
Would such a team be weak?
When Capello coached Real Madrid, he won the league championship, but was fired because he didn't play well enough.
His successor Heynckes even led the team to win the Champions League, but what was the result?
Didn’t he leave the get out of class in disgrace as well?
Bosque, the most successful fire-fighting coach in Real Madrid's history, who won a championship every year, was finally fired.
Is there any other team in the world that would do what Real Madrid does, recruiting famous coaches from all over the world one after another?
"Italo, you know what?" Capello suddenly laughed out loud. "I feel like Real Madrid is a scumbag who cheats on his girlfriend and then abandons her. In his eyes, we are all trash. He just beckons us with his finger and we rush to get close to him. What kind of mentality is this?"
Gabiati did not laugh because he knew that Capello was making fun of himself.
Real Madrid did contact Capello, and Capello was indeed tempted, but Juventus management promised that the front trident would stay after the end of this season, so Capello has already stated in front of the media that he is committed to working at Juventus for another three years.
But when he faced the finger hook from the scumbag Real Madrid, he was really moved.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Capello waved his hand and said, "Tell the scouts to send us the video of Real Madrid's match against Deportivo La Coruna. This young Chinese guy is quite something. He actually led the team to five consecutive wins."
Gabiati also calmed down and nodded, "Real Madrid's defense has indeed improved significantly compared to before. However, many of the main players will be on the field in the match against Deportivo La Coruna, so it is estimated that the consumption will be considerable."
"How is Real Madrid's physical fitness recently? How is their training level?" Capello asked with concern.
Gabiati shook his head. "From the game, it seems to be better than before. But recently, there has been much less news coming out of the Real Madrid training base than before, and the control has become stricter. I guess that was the intention of that Chinese kid."
"This kid is pretty good." Capello praised with a smile.
In the past, intelligence about Real Madrid was very easy to obtain. There was no need to even assign people to spy on it. It could be seen directly in the newspapers. Real Madrid was like a naked woman, available for anyone to browse.
But it’s different now, at least I have clothes on.
"I guess his plan is to maintain a draw away from home and then try his best at home," Gabiati guessed.
Capello nodded. "The plan is very clear. We play Deportivo La Coruna at the weekend, away to us in the middle of the week, away to Camp Nou at the weekend, the second round against us in the middle of next week, and Real Sociedad next weekend. All five games are tough. It is unrealistic to expect to get points in all of them."
Gabiati agrees. "Young people are energetic, but sometimes they have unrealistic fantasies."
"Then let's do it at the Alpi Stadium and wake him up," Capello said harshly.
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Gao Shen saw the newspaper early in the morning, and also read Calderon's interview and reports from other media.
There is no smoke without fire.
It has long been no secret that Real Madrid is looking for a coach. Even Gao Shen himself feels that it is time to resign from the Real Madrid coaching position after the end of this season.
He was just very curious, under his butterfly effect, could Calderon make a comeback and become the president of Real Madrid?
There is no doubt that Real Madrid is the most unique team in world football, with both the head coach and players recognized as tall, rich and handsome.
Whether they are superstars or famous coaches, they are all proud to join Real Madrid.
But unfortunately, Gao Shen doesn't like to be a bootlicker.
Therefore, these reports from outside are of no use to him.
This time, his relationship with Real Madrid is more like a 419, where both sides get what they want. As for the future, there may be no future.
After playing against Deportivo La Coruna, he focused all his attention on the game against Juventus.
No team is perfect, and the same goes for Juventus.
The team's lineup seems strong, but behind the strength, there are often weaknesses and shortcomings.
At least as far as I can remember, Juventus did not make it to the Champions League semi-finals this season, but lost to Arsenal.
If I remember correctly, in the first leg at Highbury Stadium, Juventus paid a heavy price of two goals conceded and two red cards, and directly lost the right to advance. Then they drew 0-0 with Arsenal at home.
From this we can see that this Juventus is not as strong as it appears on the surface.
So, what's their problem?
Gao Shen vaguely felt that this would be the key for Real Madrid to defeat Juventus and qualify.
