Sophistication does not mean being stubborn but knowing how to be relaxed and flexible.
For example, on holidays, the day after playing against Real Sociedad, after the morning recovery training, he gave the team a whole day off.
This made the Real Madrid players very satisfied.
Afterwards, the training went well, the players worked very hard, Buenaventura's training was very effective, and Gao Shen gave the team half a day off on Wednesday afternoon. These were all unexpected surprises for the players.
Holidays are one thing, and player treatment is another.
The day after the game against Juventus, Bernabeu notified Ramos' agent and officially started negotiations with Ramos on a contract extension.
Despite being well prepared, Ramos was still surprised by the efficiency of the Bernabeu.
Afterwards, Gao Shen had another conversation with Arbeloa.
The Real Madrid right-back received a contract renewal negotiation notice from the Bernabeu on the same day.
The 23-year-old youth player already has a professional contract, but his annual salary is very low, even lower than Ramos. He has long been looking forward to getting a more lucrative contract, but in the past few years, he has never waited for it.
Now, he has got the contract extension and salary increase he always dreamed of.
De La Red, Negredo, Callejon, Juan Mata, Parejo...
After meeting with Gao Shen, these players started the contract renewal and signing process one after another. Some of them still have training contracts with the Real Madrid youth team rather than formal professional player contracts.
The annual salary of youth players is very low. Even for someone like Ramos, his annual salary after contract renewal should be between 1 million and 1.5 million euros. Because they are still very young, Real Madrid cannot raise their salary too much all at once.
What should I do if the price has gone too high and there is no more room ?
Among this group of players, there is one who is quite special, that is Felipe Luis.
He is now a player on loan from Real Madrid. Theoretically, the contract is not with Real Madrid, but Real Madrid has priority.
Gao Shen clearly told the Bernabeu that they must sign Felipe Luis, otherwise Real Madrid would definitely regret it.
The Bernabeu is also actively preparing to activate the buyout clause, but this will take some time .
It can be said that after playing against Juventus and Real Sociedad, Valdebebas has launched a vigorous renewal and signing campaign, signing a large number of outstanding youth training players and renewing contracts with outstanding young players in the team.
The new president Martin also held a press conference specifically for this purpose, explaining his ideas to all Real Madrid fans and the media. He said that this wave of contract renewals by Real Madrid has made a strong proof to the world that Real Madrid's youth training deserves recognition.
Martin even hinted at Florentino, saying that the team will further upgrade from the past Zidane and Pavone policy, increase trust in young players, and continue to introduce high-level foreign aid.
"I am confident that within two years, I will be able to make Real Madrid the most powerful team in the world again!"
Martin's speech was so exciting and powerful that it won a lot of applause and cheers.
But some media also noticed that Gao Shen and the players did not attend the press conference.
Bernabeu's explanation for this is that they are all focused on preparing for the game and cannot spare the time.
At the press conference, during the free question session, some media pointed out sharply that someone took photos of Martin's team meeting privately with Eriksen. Does this mean that Eriksen will move to the Bernabeu after the end of this season?
Martin denied this and reiterated his trust and support for Gao Shen.
He brought out the words he had said countless times in the past period of time, which were nothing more than how he had discovered Gao Shen, how he had high hopes for him, how he had used him despite the huge pressure, and how...
In a word, Real Madrid is what it is today because of Martin's hard work and perseverance.
But Martin began to be vague about why Real Madrid still had not renewed Gao Shen's contract when the season was about to end.
"Now the most important task for our team is to play well in La Liga and the Champions League."
But how can this convince the media?
We can renew contracts with players, but we can’t renew contracts with Gao Shen?
Being forced into a corner, Martin could only say that the team had a plan in this regard and was going through the process.
Martin did not give a clear answer as to whether Gao Shen would stay after the end of this season, but he repeatedly emphasized his trust and support for Gao Shen.
So, the next day, explosive news appeared in the media.
Martin is tired of the conservative style and has set his sights on Eriksson as his new favorite!
Even AS and Marca have revealed that the news they received from the Bernabeu is that Real Madrid has not shown any signs of renewing Gao Shen's contract so far.
"Even if Real Madrid eventually wins one of the La Liga and Champions League titles, Gao Shen may not be able to stay."
"In Real Madrid's history, the coaches who were sacked after winning La Liga and the Champions League include Capello and Heynckes, and later Bosque. Gao Shen is not immune to this fate."
AS believes that there are two biggest obstacles preventing Gao Shen from staying. One is his qualifications, and the other is his conservative style. Both of these make Real Madrid unable to safely hand the team over to him.
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On the evening of April 16th, in the 33rd round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Getafe away.
As the Champions League is approaching in the middle of the week, Gao Shen made rotations again in this game.
The only players he trusted were Raul, Guti, Ramos and Casillas, the starting central axis.
Baptista and Pablo Garcia formed a double defensive midfielder, Robinho and Cassano were on the wings, and the back line was Raul Bravo, Helguera, Ramos and Cicinho.
The game was controlled by Real Madrid from the start.
The visiting team suppressed Getafe through high-pressure defense and almost scored a goal in the 27th minute.
After a straight pass from Guti, Raul successfully made an offside move and had a one-on-one chance. He shot the ball low and it went under the goalkeeper's crotch, but the opponent's central defender Pulido cleared the ball in front of the goal line.
Real Madrid players protested against the ball, believing that the ball had already crossed the goal line when Pulido cleared it.
But the referee still indicated that this was not a goal.
After that, Real Madrid continued to suppress Getafe. Finally, in the 56th minute, Robinho, Raul and Baptista formed an offensive cooperation on the left side. Robinho broke through with the ball, attracted the attention of the defense, and passed it to Raul in time.
Raul passed the ball to Baptista, and the Brazilian midfielder made a fierce shot that penetrated the Getafe goal, making it one to zero.
Subsequently, Real Madrid made substitutions, with Raul and Ramos leaving the field one after another.
In the final stage of the game, starting from the 80th minute, Getafe launched a wave of attacks on Real Madrid, trying to break Real Madrid's goal.
But after nearly two months of coaching, Gao Shen has enough confidence in Real Madrid's defense.
In the end, Real Madrid won 1-0 away from home and won eight consecutive games.
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When Real Madrid won a narrow 1-0 victory over Getafe away from home, Barcelona welcomed their Champions League semi-final opponent Villarreal at home.
This will be the first of three games between the two sides in the next ten days.
Both teams tried their best and the game was very intense.
Under Pellegrini's coaching, Villarreal is a very South American team. Through a balanced 4-4-2 formation, they caused a lot of trouble to Barcelona, ​​but a mistake in the first eleven minutes allowed Eto'o to score.
It is worth mentioning that Barcelona central defender Edmilson returned in this game.
This will be a strong addition to Barcelona's defense.
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While Real Madrid narrowly beat Getafe 1-0 and Barcelona defeated Villarreal 1-0, Milan, far away in Italy, was staging a derby at the San Siro Stadium.
The two Milan clubs are currently ranked second and third in Serie A respectively. It is difficult for them to pose a threat to the league leader Juventus. There is not much suspense about their qualification for the Champions League. At best, it is the difference between directly entering the Champions League group stage and participating in the play-offs.
The first leg of the Champions League semi-final is about to be decided. Before the game, many media predicted that Ancelotti is likely to use a substitute lineup, while Inter Milan, which has no pressure from European wars, is likely to send out all its main players.
But what was unexpected was that it was AC Milan that sent out all its main players, and it was Mancini's Inter Milan that took the initiative to change the formation.
Ancelotti still played with a 4-4-2 formation. Except for Serginho being replaced by Maldini and Inzaghi being replaced by Gilardino, AC Milan faced the game with a full main lineup.
Inter Milan kept key players such as Materazzi and Samuel on the bench and played with a 4-2-3-1 formation.
The results were also surprising.
AC Milan had the advantage throughout the game, but was never able to break Inter Milan's goal. The Nerazzurri, in a passive situation of ball possession, mainly relied on defensive counterattacks, but instead launched more threatening attacks.
It looks like Inter is going to win, right?
But football is weird like that.
AC Milan took advantage of a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt in the second half. Kaladze chested the ball and volleyed it into the goal, scoring the only goal of the game for the Rossoneri.
What's even more strange is that neither team played conservatively.
Mancini borrowed the tactics that Lyon used to restrain AC Milan in two rounds, and adopted high-pressure pressing, trying his best to rob AC Milan's defense and Pirlo, and once again it worked, preventing AC Milan's offense from being launched.
Ancelotti was obviously also on guard against this move, and his strategy was to increase the pressing in the frontcourt.
This resulted in very fast transitions between offense and defense, with both teams focusing on each other's frontcourt, making the game quite exciting.
Although there was no smooth passing and coordination, such open games are still very rare in Serie A.
But in the end, Inter Milan, who seemed to be winning, lost, while AC Milan, who seemed to have the upper hand but couldn't score, won.
All in all, it was a weird match.
After playing against Getafe, Gao Shen returned home and watched the replay of the game. He did not have Mancini's phone number, otherwise he really wanted to ask Mancini.
Are you Ancelotti's agent?
Otherwise, how to explain Inter Milan's sudden change to 4-2-3-1 before the crucial decisive battle?
The key point is, damn, he actually stole my plan!
If you have the ability, you can win the game!