One Hundred and Twenty Real Madrid's Other Way

Valdano agrees with Sacchi's statement.

Argentine celebrities also believe that the pursuit of greatness and perfection is the duty of all head coaches to football and to human beings.

Although greatness is rare in this world, and perfection does not exist at all, this does not prevent people from pursuing them.

Valdano believes that the rules of football are changing, people are changing, everything is changing, but in fact nothing has changed.

"The moment Ronaldo received the pass, what he thought in his heart was actually no different from Pele. In the same way, Pele was not much different from Di Stefano. From this point of view, In fact, football has not changed, the essence of what attracts fans has not changed."

Valdano is very dissatisfied with the football atmosphere in recent years. He believes that fear has permeated the world football.

"The coaches have even reached a point where they see the game as a constant danger, they try to kill all threats, and then make football depressive, lacking freedom, creativity."

Valdano gave a very realistic example. He also coached AC Milan. Capello's AC Milan was more successful and younger than Sacchi, but everyone agreed that Sacchi's AC Milan was even greater.

Why?

Because whether they admit it or not, people are naturally more inclined to appreciate Sacchi's Milan team.

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Undoubtedly, the words of the two masters were very moving, and they also touched Gao Shen and benefited a lot.

But there are still some doubts in his heart.

So, like a studious student, he posed his questions to two wonderful teachers.

Gao Shen first expressed his opinion that what they said was all right and very beautiful.

But as a head coach, the general environment of football is like this. Now that the professional league has reached the present, the benefits are already amazing. It is far from what can be compared in the 1980s and 1990s. Whether it is the income of the team, the salaries and bonuses of the players, or other things, It's all very different from back then.

Who can afford to gamble on a ball game that easily involves millions of euros, or even over 100 million?

If you win the bet, it is a legend, but what if you lose the bet?

What does the management that invested heavily think? What do players think about a season of hard work? What do the fans who have been looking forward to for many years think?

The profound subtext is actually quite sharp, Sacchi and Valdano are not the coaches anymore, of course they can say that, just like Cruyff, he can always criticize the Barcelona coach unscrupulously, but if it is him Can you do it yourself?

Sacchi and Valdano, and even Florentino and Butragueno, admitted that Gao Shen was right.

Worldly people, who can be exempt from the world?

"So, when I choose a team, I must first consider whether I can get the full support of the team. When I build the team, I will inject some idealism of my own. I will try to pursue it. Greatness at a higher level than just wins and losses and championships."

Compared with Sacchi, Valdano is obviously more idealistic, and he thinks he will not make compromises easily.

It is estimated that this is also the reason why he does not have much coaching experience.

With all his efforts, Valdano coached three teams: Tenerife, Real Madrid and Valencia, and what really made him recognized was the Real Madrid team that overturned Cruyff's dream team.

Although Gao Shen asked a sharp question, he also understood why the two seniors said these things to him.

In fact, they are all telling Gao Shen a truth that having champions and trophies can achieve worldly success, but not greatness.

Being able to lead Real Madrid to what it is today at the age of 25, Gao Shen should not just be satisfied with success.

He should try to improve himself and pursue higher-level goals.

That's great!

Gao Shen also noticed that whether it is Sacchi, Valdano, or the previous Ancelotti and Capello,

These successful head coaches have all mentioned a standard for their selection of teams, intentionally or unintentionally.

That is whether it can get the support of the management.

Even, they all listed this as the first element.

Gao Shen pondered deeply from this point, and felt its importance more and more.

In many cases, the head coach is doomed to fail from the day he chooses the team.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some head coaches still screw things up even with the strong support of the management, which is another matter.

But if the head coach wants to succeed, it is impossible to do it without the support of the management.

This point is deeply remembered.

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As the meal progressed, more and more topics were discussed.

Some things can be deeply involved and interested, but some topics are profoundly insensitive.

For example, in front of Florentino, Valdano unceremoniously pointed out that the failure of the Galacticos was because the club was eroded by an increasingly strong commercial atmosphere.

"Blindly pursuing the profit of the club will naturally lead to the loss of some football-level ethos."

But this, Florentino does not agree.

He said that Real Madrid's pursuit of profitability and commercial interests is not a big problem, because when he took over Real Madrid, the club was heavily indebted and heavily indebted. If they couldn't figure out how to solve the debt problem at that time, Real Madrid would be finished.

"From the current point of view, we are the most profitable team in European football. Even if the results in the past three years are not satisfactory, we can still attract outstanding superstars like Samuel and Owen to join. It is enough to prove that our route is not useless, and there are still many merits."

Florentino believes that the policy of Galacticos should not be killed with a single stick, but should be viewed dialectically. It has advantages and disadvantages.

"Recently, I have been thinking about a question. Is there a possibility for the team to go hand in hand in both business and football? Both achieve great success?"

Neither Sacchi nor Valdano and others could answer this question, because no one had ever done it before.

But Gao Shen told Florentino very positively, "I believe you can achieve it!"

Florentino and everyone present were very surprised.

Especially when they saw that Gao Shen made such a firm statement, without any flicker in his eyes, obviously not flattery, but genuine belief, they were very surprised.

"Why?" Butragueno asked curiously.

Gao Shen is a little bit embarrassed, he can't say, because I am a time traveler, so I know that in a few years, when Lafayette enters the palace for the second time, he will create a version of the Galaxy Battleship 2.0, and under the coaching of Ancelotti After winning the tenth Champions League, Zidane then led the team to win three consecutive championships, truly achieving a double harvest in business and football.

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"I don't know how to say it." Gao Shen shrugged, but he still supported Florentino very positively, "But I think business and football are not two choices. This should be a matter of balance, not It's an either-or choice."

After a pause, Gao Shen continued: "I can understand what Jorge said. Real Madrid is a team with the temperament of a king. Before the Galaxy Battleship, although this team also introduced stars, but more It mainly focused on training players, but later it was more about how to introduce popular stars.”

"However," Gao Shen changed the topic, "We can see that players like Ramos and Robinho were also brought in at high prices, but they are all young. Over time, they will become stars, even superstars, They will help the team win the championship, so I agree with Florentino's thinking."

What Gao Shen said was a bit vague, but in general it seemed to be the same thing, making it difficult to refute.

On the other hand, Florentino showed a look of thinking. Obviously, the profound words brought him some fresh stimulation and gave him some ideas.

At Florentino's level, no matter how reasonable outsiders say, they will not change his decision-making. The only one who can really change him is himself.

Just like now, he said, the reason why he has not expressed his position on whether to participate in the Real Madrid presidential election is because he still has many things that he has not figured out, and the trade-off between business and football is one of the keys.

As for Gao Shen, Sacchi, Valdano, Butragueno and others, no matter how much they say, and no matter how reasonable they are, in fact, for Florentino, they are just references. to make a decision.

It was also tonight that Gao Shen finally understood why Florentino did not participate in this general election.

Because he didn't want to understand, didn't understand.

Before he figured it out, even if he ran for the election, even if he was elected, he would still repeat the way he did in the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship. If this is the case, why is there any need to run for the election?

If that path works, he won't step down.

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This should be the longest dinner Gao Shen has ever had.

I ate from eight o'clock to more than twelve o'clock, and I ate for more than four hours.

They discussed many, many topics, from football tactics to club management, and finally to the current situation of Real Madrid.

Sacchi, Valdano and Butragueno all gave Gao Shen a lot of valuable advice. They are all professionals with rich experience in decisive battles and championships. Their opinions and ideas are still worth learning from.

Although Valdano is very idealistic, Sacchi also claims to be idealistic, but when it comes to the Champions League final, they also believe that Real Madrid should adopt a more pragmatic strategy.

Only those who have an advantage in strength are qualified to talk about ideal colors, and that is called romance.

It is stupid to talk about ideals without strength.

Gao Shen never thought that he was a stupid person, even though he didn't think he was very smart, but he knew better than anyone else when to do something.

"I'm a pragmatist, and I'm practical. The way to win is the best way."

Gao Shen admitted generously, "I finally made it to the Champions League final. No matter what, I will never let it slip through my fingers. I will do my best to hold it in my hands." .”

Florentino, Sacchi, Valdano and others couldn't help laughing.

Especially the former chairman of Real Madrid, he looked at Gao Shen with more appreciative eyes.

After this contact tonight, he found that Gao Shen actually liked him even more.