Barcelona tied?!
When Gao Shen heard the news, he was shaking hands with Real Sociedad's head coach Baquero.
One to zero, Real Madrid won a narrow victory.
Suddenly, thunderous cheers broke out from the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium, surprising both of them who were shaking hands.
After asking further, I found out that Barcelona had drawn.
Oh my god!
Gao Shen showed an expression of disbelief. This was really unexpected.
You know, Racing Santander is a team that has been fighting for relegation, but they actually drew with Barcelona at home.
This also proves once again that relegation teams are sometimes more difficult to beat than championship teams.
Apart from anything else, Real Madrid is facing Real Sociedad tonight, which is also a relegation team, ranking 18th in La Liga, two points less than Racing Santander, so they are also very tenacious in the game.
In addition, head coach Baker is a direct descendant of Barcelona.
Before becoming the head coach of Racing Santander, he worked as an assistant coach for Van Gaal and Rijkaard at Barcelona. He only came out to coach Malaga II in 2005 and then jumped to Real Sociedad.
As a genuine Barcelona player and a key star in Cruyff's Dream Team era, Bakerro threatened before the game that he would help Barcelona snipe Real Madrid. Unexpectedly, Real Sociedad failed to snipe successfully and Barcelona ended up losing themselves instead.
As soon as Gao Shen heard the news, he was overjoyed.
What a pleasant surprise.
Look at Baquero again, so embarrassing!
Especially when he saw Gao Shen looking at him with a teasing expression, Bakro pretended to have something to do and quickly slipped away.
Gao Shen looked at the running Bakro with a smile, and did not add insult to injury. Instead, he was full of surprise.
Barcelona tied!
Does this mean we have reversed?
But soon, Gao Shen regained his senses.
No, Real Madrid did not make a comeback and still ranks second in the standings.
The reason is simple. It was the damn 0-3 defeat at the Bernabeu in the first match between the two sides.
According to La Liga rules, when two teams have the same points , their results against each other will be considered.
Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-0 away from home, while Real Madrid beat Barcelona 1-0 away from home. According to the results of the match, Barcelona is slightly better and Real Madrid is at a disadvantage.
When Gao Shen thought of this, he felt very angry.
Damn it, it was just a little bit off!
He even had the urge to hold his head and roar, he was just a little bit away!
But this did not stop the entire Bernabeu, as well as the players and coaches on the sidelines from cheering and boiling.
From being ten points behind to now being equal in points, Real Madrid has caught up to ten points!
Cruyff said that no team in the history of La Liga has ever been able to come back and win the championship after falling behind by ten points.
Now, does he still dare to say this?
Just because it didn’t exist before, does that mean it won’t exist now?
Gao Shen suppressed the depression in his heart and tried his best to cheer himself up, because at this critical juncture, he couldn't undermine the team's morale. No matter what, the points were tied, which was a good thing.
Look at the entire stand, the cheers of 75,000 Real Madrid fans, and you can even clearly hear someone shouting his name, "Gao!"
Looking at the players and coaches who are so happy on the sidelines, who would have the heart to pour cold water on them at this time?
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Gao Shen walked to the home team coaching stand with a smile on his face. He was hugged by the delighted Ramos, followed by Raul and others. They all rushed to surround him and hugged Gao Shen one by one, even Zidane, Beckham, Ronaldo and others were no exception.
"I said, Barcelona will definitely make mistakes, right?" Gao Shen shouted loudly.
"Yes!" the players answered in unison.
"Let me say it again, as long as we keep winning, they will continue to make mistakes. Do you believe me?" Gao Shen roared again.
"letter!"
"I believe!"
“We all believe it!”
Gao Shen held Zidane with one hand and Raul with the other, "Believe me, we are determined to win the championship !"
"Champion! Champion!! Champion!!!"
Not only were the players on the sidelines shouting, but even the Real Madrid fans in the stands were shouting as well.
Barcelona drew, and Real Madrid is closer to the championship.
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"It's unbelievable!"
In the VIP box of the Bernabeu, Florentino was watching the scene in the stadium, where Real Madrid players surrounded Gao Shen in front of the home team's coaching stand. Especially when he heard the roar of Gao Shen, Real Madrid players and Real Madrid fans at the scene, his blood boiled.
This kind of Real Madrid hasn't been seen for many, many years.
What is even more rare is that Real Madrid actually caught up with Barcelona from being ten points behind under the leadership of rookie Gao Shen.
This is simply unbelievable.
Martin's cheers could be heard faintly from the next box, which made Florentino's face darken.
In recent times, Martin has been behaving like a nouveau riche, showing off everywhere, praising Real Madrid's record to everyone he meets, claiming to be Gao Shen's mentor, and exaggerating the fact that he personally selected the rookie Gao Shen as the head coach.
However, Real Madrid's performance on the field was so tough that all those who were dissatisfied with Martin had to endure it and had no way to refute it.
At least after Gao Shen took over as coach, Real Madrid's performance has really improved.
And the depth was indeed discovered by Martin.
Not to mention others, Florentino himself has regretted it more than once.
If he had known that there was such a person in the coaching staff of the youth team and the first team, why would he need to step down?
But there are no ifs in this world?
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"After seven rounds, they have caught up to ten points. Should we say that Barcelona has been weak recently? Or is it that Real Madrid is too good?"
Valdano also heard Martin's boasting next door and shook his head with a wry smile.
Perhaps, it's a combination of both.
Barcelona has just gone through a tough schedule, and coupled with the team's injuries and fighting on two fronts, Rijkaard's team has not performed very well recently and has lost points one after another.
The reason why Real Madrid is outstanding is that after Gao Shen took over as coach, he quickly sorted out the conflicts in the locker room and reorganized the team's defense.
No matter how many people question his profound conservatism, at least his coaching achievements are obvious to all.
After seven rounds of competition, they have only chased ten points. What else can I say?
More importantly, he miraculously reversed Arsenal in the second leg of the round of 16 and eliminated Juventus in the quarterfinals, both of which were among the top teams in the world.
Some media outside are now beginning to change their tone, no longer criticizing Gao's profound rookie resume, but instead starting to focus on his conservatism and Real Madrid's overall strength.
In the words of the uncrowned king, with Real Madrid's strength, even if someone else were to take over, they would still be able to achieve such results.
As for why the previous head coaches failed to do it, they don’t care.
"Jorge, do you think there is a chance?" Florentino asked with concern.
Valdano thought about it and shook his head, "I don't know. The team is confident after chasing ten points in a row, but as long as Barcelona can adjust, the remaining opponents are not strong, and six consecutive wins are possible."
As long as Barcelona wins six games in a row, Real Madrid will have no chance at all.
The culprit was the national derby that Luxemburg lost during Florentino's reign.
Gao Shen's outstanding performance as a leader of the team not only puts pressure on Barcelona and embarrasses many people, but also embarrasses Florentino.
Although he fully used Brazilian players in this game, everyone knows that the Brazilian players at this time are completely different from the Brazilian players when Florentino was in power.
"I hope he can lead the team to win the championship." Florentino said after pondering for a while.
This surprised Valdano and others.
But Florentino is serious.
Success does not have to be achieved by me. This kind of mind and courage is rare in an electoral club.
"I am looking forward to meeting him even more now," Florentino smiled.
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In a stand of the Bernabeu, Carlo watched the game accompanied by his wife, and also saw the scene that happened on the sidelines after the game. He was deeply impressed and even shocked.
Although he had always said that he supported Gao Shen and provided help to the best of his ability, in his heart, he was still proud and reserved about his status. He felt that Gao Shen was taking advantage of him and that in terms of coaching ability, he was better than Gao Shen.
But as the competition progressed, as Real Madrid surprised him more and more, and as Gao Shen continued to bring him surprises, especially tonight, Gao Shen actually led the team to catch up with Barcelona.
This is very good!
Carlo himself knew very well how difficult it was to catch up with these ten points.
And no one in the world knows better than Carlo how difficult it is to lead Real Madrid to catch up with Barcelona!
But Gao Shen did it!
He did what Carlo couldn't do, and even did it better!
Especially when he saw the players surrounding Gao Shen and the cheers from the fans and players in the stands of the Bernabeu, Carlo felt for the first time from the bottom of his heart that he was really not as good as Gao Shen.
Perhaps, he is better than Gao Shen in many aspects, but as a head coach, he has many fatal flaws that are worse than Gao Shen.
Gao Shen has already proved this with real achievements.
"They have a chance to make a comeback and win the championship," Carlo said with mixed feelings.
Mrs. Carlo next to her was very surprised because Carlo had never been optimistic about Gao Shen winning the championship.
"Gao is really amazing!" Mrs. Carlo praised.
Carlo nodded heavily, "Yes, it's amazing."
It was as if all the strength had been drained out of him.
Sometimes, it is undoubtedly very difficult for an adult to sincerely admit that he is not as good as others, especially when this person is his former "apprentice", even more difficult than killing him.
So Carlo now feels like he is about to be killed.
He needs some time to rest and think about his future.
The position of coach of Real Madrid no longer belongs to him and will never belong to him.
If Gao Shen can really lead the team to win the championship, then he may stay in office and even be used as a weapon by Martin in this summer's presidential election, but all of this has nothing to do with Carlo.
Thinking of this, Carlo took out his mobile phone and sent a congratulatory text message to Gao Shen, encouraging him to keep up the good work and strive to reverse Barcelona in the standings . Then he sighed and stood up.
"go home."