Six Hundred and Sixty Eighth Football Diplomacy and Championship Dream

"Great performance, Gao!"

After the game, Mubarak took Gary Cook and Manchester City's top management to the Manchester City dressing room.

As the chairman of the team, he felt extremely excited and excited about Manchester City's first Champions League game, which was a 5-0 victory over Real Madrid at home. This was definitely something they could not have imagined before the game.

It can be said that Gao Shen creates surprises and surprises every time.

"Did Mr. Mansour call you just now?" Mubarak was in a particularly comfortable mood and kept laughing.

Gao Shen nodded, "Yes, he is satisfied with the team's performance, and he asked me to convey his affirmation and congratulations to the players."

Gary Cook and others were quite surprised.

The same is the top management of the club. If you want to count them, the CEOs and department heads are obviously more important than Gao Shen, because the position of head coach is too risky.

The management is obviously stronger than the head coach, and the blame level is above the head coach.

But, who among them can receive a call from Mansour like Gao Shen?

And not once, but again and again, and again and again.

Even this summer, Mansour once again invited Gao Shen to the UAE.

It can be said that Mansour has given enough sincerity to Gao Shen, and paid enough attention to it.

Manchester City even has serious doubts. If the team's performance is not satisfactory, can they still fire Gaoshen?

But don't fire yourself instead of firing Gaoshen, that would be a big joke.

"After he finished calling you, he called me specifically and told me to go to the locker room anyway." Mubarak emphasized again to highlight Mansour's importance, "He is real tonight. Very happy."

Gao Shen is also satisfied.

Although he lives on his ability and doesn't want to be courted, Mansour is the leader of a country after all.

Recently, there have been two pieces of news in China.

First, a large domestic state-owned enterprise contracted an oil pipeline project in the UAE.

It is said that it is as high as several billion US dollars. This is the first time that a domestic enterprise has gone abroad in this field, which is of great significance.

Another is that a large domestic oil giant cooperates with the United Arab Emirates to invest in large oil fields in the Middle East. The investment is as high as billions of dollars. This is also of extraordinary significance to China's oil imports.

Of course, Gao Shen will not blindly think that all these successes are due to him. This is impossible, because behind such a large project, the country must be behind it.

But just a few days ago, when Gao Shen returned to China, Su Qing mentioned these two things to him, saying that her leader said it herself, and Gao Shen's name appeared in private exchanges. The UAE even stated that Gao Shen personally Recommended to Mansour, which has played a positive role in promoting the two major projects.

This really flattered Gao!

He knows that football is far more than football, and even he has experienced it himself.

During his coaching period at Real Madrid, he witnessed with his own eyes how political and business celebrities from Spain and Madrid used the platform of Real Madrid to maintain personnel relations and reach some cooperation deals.

In Naples, this kind of thing is more common, and De Laurentiis himself had this kind of idea.

But Gao Shen was really surprised when he rose to the diplomatic level of a country.

It also reminded him of a story.

It is said that the reason why Japan made up its mind to develop football back then was because the Japanese Prime Minister visited Europe and met with many European leaders and found that they chatted privately about football games and stars, while Japan has no common ground in this regard. topic, so after returning to China, he made up his mind to develop football.

This is estimated to be an opportunity, but it can basically reflect the influence of football.

But these are just rumors.

Gao Shen never thought that he would become a part of the rumors.

However, he is extremely proud to be able to make some contribution to the motherland, even if it is a trivial contribution!

...

When Gao Shen walked into the press conference hall of Ittihad, media reporters all stood up and gave Gao Shen a warm applause.

Manchester City's first Champions League game turned out to be a 5-0 slaughter at home to Real Madrid, the No. 1 giant in the Champions League.

Is there any more exciting news than this?

Gao Shen smiled and waved to everyone, thanking them for their applause and recognition.

In return, after sitting down, Gao Shen knew everything and answered questions from the media patiently.

Regarding the game process, Gao Shen expressed that he was very satisfied, but he hoped that everyone would not pay too much attention to the score.

"I think the most satisfying thing for me is the way our team wins."

Gao Shen believes that in the past year, Manchester City has gradually established and consolidated its own tactical style.

"Our game style and characteristics are unique in the Premier League. Even before, Arsenal, which was known as the most beautiful player, was not as good as us in this aspect. I think this is the most important thing."

"I hope that I can help the team establish a mature and stable style and system in Manchester City, so that this team can remain competitive for a long time."

But Gao Shen believes that the current Manchester City is far from the best.

"We are not the best in the world yet, which proves that we still have huge potential to tap. I think everything we do now is still on the way to the best in the world."

"I want my team to play more controlled, more aggressive because we really have a group of really, really good players and every win we have is with them, with the coaching staff, with the chairman and The management belongs to everyone on the team, and they are the heroes!"

Gao Shen's confession once again won him a burst of warm applause.

Everyone who is familiar with Gaoshen knows that he never takes credit for himself. Winning is always the credit of the players and others, while losing must be his own responsibility.

Therefore, people who have played under Gao Shen, even a player like Gervinho who has only played for one season, have an excellent impression of Gao Shen, and they are even full of praise.

And everyone knows that Gao Shen is inextricably linked with Real Madrid. Even before coaching Manchester City, he has always been the most popular candidate for the head coach of Real Madrid, so that this game is regarded by many people as having a very important role. more than usual.

But Gao Shen denied this claim.

"It's just a football game, there is no other meaning. The first round of the Champions League group stage represents the three points of the group stage. That's all. I don't think it can have anything else?"

Gao Shen also took the initiative to explain a few words for Real Madrid and Mourinho.

"I think the score is not a manifestation of the real gap, it is full of various chances."

"To be honest, before the game, we didn't dare to expect such a result, because Real Madrid's strength is really strong. They have the best superstars in the world and have super attacking strength."

"I don't think it's too hasty to draw conclusions from this game that Real Madrid is not good enough and their strength is weak."

Gao Shen believes that the game is over, so it should be forgotten as soon as possible.

"We Chinese have a saying that humility benefits and full losses, which means that we must always maintain a humble attitude, clarify our position, and discover our own shortcomings. I hope my players can do it."

Gao Shen said that from the end of the game, neither he nor Manchester City will talk about Real Madrid.

This is a wise choice.

Not only Gao Shen, but also people from the public relations department and marketing department recognized this decision.

The game has already been won, and the benefits have been obtained. At this time, it will be very lucrative to make trouble.

For his own players, Gao Shen did not hesitate to appreciate, especially for Robinho who was elected as the best player of the game after the game.

Gao Shen spoke highly of Robinho's performance in this game, believing that he played at his best, and also spoke highly of his performance in Manchester City.

"I hope he can continue this performance tonight, I believe, he will become an unbelievable player!"

For Robben, Gao Shen also gave a very high evaluation, saying that Robben is the most threatening player in the Manchester City team.

In fact, in Gao Shen's mind, Robben's performance was better and more threatening than Robinho's.

The right flank is the source of Manchester City's planning of offense, and several offenses were played from this side.

But unfortunately, Robinho's brace is very eye-catching, and his performance is indeed very good, and it is a matter of course to get the best of the game.

...

After the press conference, Gao Shen took Manchester City up and down, and happily returned to the Carrington training base, where they closed the door to celebrate.

For Manchester City, this game is indeed of extraordinary significance.

Gao Shen told the players that this battle is more to boost the team's confidence and morale.

"I believe that as long as we continue the state of this game, we will be able to achieve satisfactory results in the league and in the Champions League, and even win the championship!"

When Gao Shen talked about the championship, the eyes of everyone in Manchester City were obviously shining.

For them, what an unattainable dream was this once?

Not only them, in fact, for the vast majority of professional players, the Premier League and the Champions League are distant dreams, but now, Gao Shen leads them to see the hope of winning the Champions League.

On the other hand, Mourinho, Zidane and Valdano also took Real Madrid with them in frustration, and returned to Madrid from Manchester overnight, obviously feeling extremely disappointed and frustrated by this fiasco.

It is reported that Mourinho personally admitted his decision-making mistakes in the locker room and expressed his willingness to take all responsibilities.

This is actually a very obvious thing.

No matter what the reason is, the biggest problem in this game is in the midfield. Mourinho's failure to play the three midfielders is a major decision-making error.

When the Real Madrid team arrived in Madrid, many Spanish media were stuck at the airport, hoping to interview Mourinho and Real Madrid players, but they all refused and boarded the bus straight back to Valdebebas.

Zidane and Valdano received a call from Florentino after the plane landed. After the team disbanded, the two of them went from Valdebebas to the Bernabéu Stadium.