One Thousand and Seventy-Nine Games for the Cowardly

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Gao Shen raised his hands above his head.

The Bernabéu stadium was also filled with deafening cheers from the fans.

On the court, Real Madrid's players also huddled together in twos and threes, competing to celebrate the team's victory.

Four to one!

But that's not the point.

In the last 20 minutes, Real Madrid still maintained a high-intensity oppression and crazy offensive pressure on Barcelona after successive substitutions, especially the young players who came off the bench and performed very hard.

For example, Ilya Lamendi.

Gao Shen arranged for him to come off the bench in this game, let him replace Modric, and partnered with Harvey Alonso and Toni Kroos in the midfield, allowing him to learn from these two "predecessors" closely way of playing football.

At the same time, Gao Shen gave Iliaramendi more freedom, allowing him to move forward to press.

This is a kind of experience, and it is under the condition of no pressure.

In the last period of time, Real Madrid took advantage of their numbers to suppress Barcelona in a very embarrassing situation.

Valdez, Pique and Puyol became the busiest players on the Barcelona pitch, especially Valdez, who was almost always making saves.

Fortunately, tonight, Valdés did not make a fatal mistake, but performed very bravely, otherwise, the score would not be just four to one.

But even so, the score of four to one is enough for Real Madrid to grab the Super Cup championship with one hand.

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After the game whistle sounded, Gao Shen immediately walked to the coaching bench of the visiting team.

Martino saw him early and stood there waiting.

"Congratulations, Gao!" Martino said with style.

"Thank you." Gao Shen shook hands with Martino, and then shook hands with Lula, Ruby and others who came over.

Having coached Real Madrid twice, Gao Shen has extraordinary prestige in Spanish football.

Even as an opponent,

Barcelona's coaches have to admit their high status.

This is the first person in the history of the Champions League!

More importantly, he is still constantly refreshing his height.

"To be honest, you've done a good job, keep going, this road is not easy." After shaking hands with everyone, Gao Shen stood on the sidelines and chatted with Martino for a few words, giving his own encouragement.

Martino certainly knew the profound meaning.

Gao Shen is very clear about what he wants to do.

"Something has to be done, right?" Martino smiled forcedly.

When he comes to coach Barcelona, ​​he must want to become famous in one fell swoop, at least he must gain a foothold in European football like Pellegrini.

You must know that coaching the top European leagues is the real money-making job. Coaching in South America, the annual salary is more than a cut lower than that of the top European leagues. More importantly, you can gain fame here.

Who wouldn't want to be famous and profitable?

"This path is right." Gao Shen encouraged him.

Although they are opponents, the game is over, and it doesn't matter what we talk about off the court.

Besides, Gao Shen didn't think that Martino would do anything just because of his own words.

"Thanks."

"Don't thank me first." Gao Shen changed the topic, "We are opponents, and I won't be polite later."

After finishing speaking, Gao Shen waved and said goodbye.

Martino expected it.

Watching Barcelona fall into the well, it would be surprising if Real Madrid's coach didn't throw a few more stones.

What's more, the two sides still have a second round, the match at the Nou Camp, and the next La Liga.

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After returning to the locker room, Gao Shen praised the players fiercely, and then went to the press conference at the Bernabeu.

At this time, all the media reporters were already waiting.

Three days ago, it was also at this stadium that they greeted Gao Shen with warm applause.

Same thing tonight.

Beating Barcelona four to one at home, this victory is amazing enough!

As usual, Gao Shen praised the team's outstanding players and was full of confidence in the team's victory in the Spanish Super Cup. But when he mentioned the opponent Barcelona, ​​his tone became very sharp.

"Barça's philosophy of football is becoming more and more conservative, they are turning football into a game for the weak."

Gao Shen's unabashed "bombardment" shocked all the media reporters in the audience, but they also quickly became excited.

Isn't that what they want?

Gao Shen said, "Possession of the ball is just a means, a means of attack, not an end."

"But from the past two years, my personal experience tells me that Barcelona is taking possession of the ball as the ultimate goal."

"I can understand Barcelona's thinking, control the ball at your own feet, let the opponent have no ball to kick, then the game will be safe."

This is indeed Barcelona's philosophy, and it was even praised by the whole world at one time.

"But they forgot one thing. Everything has a limit. Once the threshold is exceeded, the gains will drop sharply, and they will even be kidnapped in reverse. It's like Barcelona is now controlling the ball for the sake of possession. Abnormal."

Gao Shen blamed Barcelona's football, arguing that their players became risk-averse and kept passing the ball.

"I know what Barcelona thinks. When they control the ball, they want the opponent to press out and take the initiative to give up space, but how is this possible? The ball is at your feet, and the offense is initiated by you. You let the defense Take the initiative to create space for you?"

"Then why don't I just remove the goalkeeper and let you shoot as you please? Wouldn't that be better?"

Gao Shen pointed out that Barcelona's logic of controlling the ball and accusing the opponent of being conservative is distorted.

"Possession is for offense, for goals!"

Specific to this game, Gao Shen believes that Martino did a very brave thing, which is to start changing Barcelona's style of play, such as more long passes from the midfield, which is a good thing.

"Tonight, Barcelona's possession rate is 54%, which is somewhat affected by the red card."

"Of course, the red card is unquestionable, but one less person will affect Barcelona's possession rate. Normally, it should be around 60%. I think this is a more reasonable figure."

But some media immediately pointed out that Barcelona's possession of the ball is reasonable, but the defense frequently has problems.

"That's another problem, it has nothing to do with possession, it has to do with the defensive system, but Barca also scored a very good goal, I think it should be the most beautiful goal for Barcelona since I came back to La Liga for more than a year. goal."

The Catalan media believes that this is Gao Shen deliberately interfering with Barcelona's decision-making and playing psychological warfare for the second round.

"You can think so, but I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart. I also sincerely hope that Barcelona can be stronger. This will bring more motivation to me and my team!"

Everyone at the scene was in an uproar.

What is domineering?

This is called domineering!

When all the head coaches hope that the opponent's strength will be weaker, so that they can win more easily, Gao Shen is the opposite, hoping that Barcelona can be stronger, so that they can urge Real Madrid to go further.

Regardless of whether Gao Shen's words are sincere or not, this attitude is shocking.

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For Gao Shen's remarks, the Spanish media generally gave a completely different attitude.

The pro-Real Madrid media spoke highly of it, thinking that Gao Shen has shown a strong spirit, and also pointed out that his football philosophy is the most in line with Real Madrid's temperament, that is, beautiful offensive football.

Alfredo, editor-in-chief of AS, pointed out in a column that Gao Shen can not only defeat Barcelona on the court, but also defeat Barcelona in public opinion, because he represents the most advanced football in the world today.

Specific to this four-to-one Bernabeu battle, Alfredo believes that Real Madrid not only won the first round, but also won a convincing victory, and it also completely hit Barcelona's confidence.

Especially Busquets' red card.

Alfredo listed the poor performance of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the past few years, including yellow cards and red cards.

But now, the situation has completely changed.

The one who got the red card became Barcelona!

Times have changed!

Alfredo said that Barcelona used to be stronger, but now Real Madrid is better.

The editor-in-chief of Aspen concluded that the sophisticated Real Madrid will create its own dynasty era in La Liga, and it will even be a more glorious dynasty than the Barcelona dream team.

Unlike the pro-Real Madrid media, the pro-Barcelona Catalan media slammed Gao Shen's remarks. They believed that after the victory, Gao Shen still made trouble for Barcelona, ​​and he lost his demeanor of a famous coach.

Specific to Gao Shen's remarks, the Daily Sports Daily gave rebuttals one by one, believing that Barcelona's problem lies in the formation of troops.

"In fact, if Cesc Fabregas had played earlier, the game would never have played like this."

Barcelona's mouthpiece believes that this fiasco is more of a man-made disaster than a question of team strength.

Martino trusted his compatriots and let Aguero start, which led to the team's loss in the first half.

"Since Aguero joined Barcelona from Atletico Madrid, he has not been able to really integrate into the team from the beginning to the end. On the contrary, Cesc Fabregas, as a child of La Masia, played with Messi, Harvey and others after he played. The cooperation is obviously more skillful and tacit.”

The daily sports newspaper said that the fiasco at the Bernabeu is not enough to explain anything. Busquets' red card is more of a personal mistake. At the same time, the referee favors the home team and the sentence is too heavy.

"The real crux of the team is still in the head coach Martino. He should tailor tactics for the team based on the real situation of Barcelona and proceed from reality."

Barcelona's mouthpiece showed Barcelona's pass data, especially the long pass data, the success rate is indeed very poor, which led to many of Real Madrid's offenses starting from Barcelona's pass errors.

This gives a kind of evidence, if Barcelona's pass success rate goes up, can Real Madrid still fight back?

That being the case, why give up the passing and possession style that Barcelona used to be proud of? Choose this more risky and less secure long pass?

And obviously, all the players in the team are not used to this style of play, including Harvey, Busquets and others, and even Messi.

The Daily Sport directly pointed the finger at the new head coach Martino, believing that he lacked familiarity with Barcelona and the top European leagues, which led him to make a wrong decision in such a crucial important game. judge.

"He should be responsible for this fiasco!"