Six Hundred and Seventy-Fourth Gambler Magath

As night falls, north of the Veltins Stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

In the head coach's office of the Schalke 04 training building, Magath and his right-hand assistant are studying the current situation and situation of Schalke 04.

Because Magath is in a very bad situation now.

How bad is it?

In the first six rounds of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 had one win, one draw and four losses, and is currently ranked seventeenth in the standings.

Note that there are only eighteen teams in the Bundesliga.

This is the result of the recent improvement in the team's performance. During the four-game losing streak at the beginning, Magath almost dismissed get out of class. Jia, he is duty-bound.

The reason for the current situation is the transfer of Schalke 04 this summer.

As the runner-up of the league last season, Schalke 04 actually underwent a large-scale reorganization this summer, letting go of core players such as Kuranyi, Westermann, and Rafinha, and introducing Raul, Huntelaar, Metzelder and Jurado and other players.

Fifteen people were sold and fourteen were brought in. This scale is absolutely astonishing. The restructuring is comparable to Gao Shen's first season of coaching Manchester City, but the difference is that Schalke 04 is not Manchester City.

If you carefully study the sellers of Schalke 04, it is not difficult to find a very strange phenomenon.

Kuranyi went to the Russian Super League on a free transfer. Asamoah, Gross Muller, Vicente Sanchez and others were all free transfers, and Westerman, the core general of the team, sold it for 700 Five hundred thousand, Rafinha only sold nine million euros.

why?

Because these free transfer players are stuck at the key node of contract renewal, Westerman, Rafinha and others also want to go.

He only coached Schalke 04 in 2009. It's really hard to say how much Magath will bear for this matter.

Everyone knows that the more important a player is, the sooner he has to renew his contract. It is too dangerous and too passive to delay until the last contract year.

It is precisely because of the departure of this group of people that Schalke 04 had to recruit a lot.

I sold 14 people and earned 17 million euros, and bought 15 people. In fact, the total cost was only 30 million euros, and the net investment was about 15 million euros. For a Bundesliga runner-up That being said, it's not really much.

But among the players bought in, there are free transfer stars like Metzelder and Raul, as well as talented players like Huntelaar and Jurado in their early years. These are all in Europe. Football has proven itself.

Some people may be wondering, why bother?

On the basis of last season, it is not good to further strengthen the team's strength?

So, in the opening four-game losing streak, Magath was scolded bloody, and even almost got fired to apologize.

But the real reason is that Schalke 04 bears a huge debt of 250 million euros!

This is why the club has been unable to reach a contract extension with Kuranyi, Rafinha and others, why there is no way to invest money in transfers and signings, and why Schalke 04 will allow Magath to be both The reason for the dual role of manager and head coach.

From the first day Magath took over Schalke 04, he knew that this was a big gamble.

If he wins the bet, he will be the great hero of Schalke 04, and he will once again rank among the top coaches in Germany.

If he loses the bet, he will become a blame man, and end up in get out of class in despair.

And the slogan he shouted was, lead the team to win the championship in 2013!

Then the problem comes,

The club is saddled with a heavy debt load and has no money, what to do?

It's simple, make money.

How to make money?

Champions League!

Magath has been very clear about his goal for the new season from the very beginning, which is the Champions League.

Therefore, his goal in the Bundesliga is the top ten, not the championship. The Champions League is his real main battlefield this season.

Why is Raul willing to join Schalke Zero Four?

Because he knows how much Magath attaches to the Champions League, and Raul is what Magath relies on in the Champions League.

Schalke 04 wants to make money, and Raul wants to score goals and keep his title as the top scorer in the history of the Champions League.

This plan is very good, and the feasibility is also very high.

After earning money from the Champions League, further strengthen the team's strength.

Therefore, in the first round of the group stage, Schalke 04 drew the mighty Inter Milan 0-0 away.

This greatly boosted the morale of Schalke 04.

However, the Bundesliga's hip stretch was too much, which seriously exceeded Magath's expectations.

He overestimated the strength of his bench lineup and substitute players.

In other words, Schalke Zero Four has not done enough in terms of integration.

And now, Magath's plan has come to a very critical moment.

Whether you can break out of the group stage depends on the game against Manchester City, especially at home.

According to Magath's idea, facing Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester City at home, we must do our best to win, and only strive for a draw in the away game, so as to ensure that Schalke 04 will qualify from the group.

But Manchester City beat Real Madrid 5-0 at home in the first round of the group stage, which stunned Schalke 04.

Originally, they all thought that the game against Chelsea would consume Manchester City's strength, but who would have thought that Gao Shen would change his formation, use a 4321 Christmas tree to face Ancelotti's Chelsea, and defeat Chelsea with a large-scale rotation .

This is definitely the game that best reflects Gao Shen's coaching ability as a head coach!

At least, Magath couldn't do such an operation.

No, he made a mess in the Bundesliga.

And next, at home, he will have to face Manchester City, which is sending their main players to play.

This is the most terrible thing!

...

"I talked to Raul."

Magath looked at the three right-hand men in front of him, either his old partner who had followed him for many years, or the one who left the team with him after he partnered with Bayern Munich. They were all the people he trusted the most.

"Raul said that there is no usual routine for advanced military use, and he is always making changes and adjustments according to the opponent. If you have to say it, it is that he likes to take the initiative, and he doesn't like being controlled by others."

"Of course, this is when strength allows."

Magath didn't say it, but everyone knows that the current Manchester City absolutely allows Gao Shen to take the initiative in terms of strength.

"So..." Bernard Dreyer seemed to have guessed what Magath meant.

Magath held up his glasses on the bridge of his nose. His pair of jewel-like eyes, hidden behind the glasses, inlaid on his round face seemed to be shining faintly, "I want to attack after the opening!"

"Are you crazy?" Dreyer yelled.

The other two also looked at each other, looking at Magath in disbelief.

"you sure?"

"That's profound!"

What is Gao Shen best at?

The whole world knows, open the attack!

This is a superb weapon, and now Schalke 04 is going to start with Manchester City?

How is this different from suicide?

Play against attack?

Neither Real Madrid nor Chelsea dare to play like this!

Magath slightly shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "Otherwise, tell me, what can I do?"

The assistants were all silent.

Yes, what can I do?

"Defense? Do you think we can defend Manchester City's offense? Metzelder, Papadopoulos, Matip, plus Atsuto Uchida from Japan. It may not be able to defend Manchester City's strong offensive, not to mention that they have not yet cultivated enough tacit understanding."

It was zero to zero against Inter Milan because Inter Milan's offense itself is not strong.

In the Bundesliga, Schalke conceded 12 goals in round 046, averaging two goals per game.

With this defensive ability, who is sure if they want to block Manchester City's offensive?

Anyway, Magath doesn't have one.

Dreyer and others all agree with Magath's analysis. Schalke 04 is indeed at a disadvantage in the face of Manchester City, but it does not mean that they must attack hard.

"I think it's too risky for you to do this. If we fail at the start, we may even suffer another disastrous defeat, which may even seriously affect the trend of the entire group stage. Have you thought about it?" Dreyer persuaded.

He felt that it was never a good idea to play a rush attack with Manchester City.

"Please, Bernard, from the day I took over Schalke 04, you and I, and everyone, we all know that this is a big gamble, there is no way out, we are on the table, just Can go all the way to the end!"

When Magath said this, his face was full of viciousness.

Many people are confused by his round face and glasses, in fact, he is a ruthless person in the Bundesliga itself!

Killing and setting fire to the golden belt, repairing bridges and repairing roads without corpses!

"Either, I won and won the praise of the whole world; or, I lost and was reviled by thousands of people."

Magath obviously had been mentally prepared for everything he did.

When the head coach is often unlucky, he is the one who takes the blame.

But so what?

If a person wants to be successful, he needs a platform.

You don't take the blame, is the club willing to choose you?

Unless you can become a top coach, otherwise, you can only be a blame man.

The difference lies in what kind of pot to carry.

profound?

Hmph, he is a lucky one who appeared by chance.

With the situation of Real Madrid at that time, Magath firmly believed that even if he coached by himself, he would definitely not do worse than Gao Shen.

With a La Liga and Champions League double, why can't he do it?

As a successful professional player, Magath, like many coaches who have transformed from players, is full of pride in his heart, especially when facing those coaches who are not professional players, they simply do not recognize the opponent's achievements.

Football has always been a complex subject that is difficult to calculate, and laymen will never be able to understand everything about football.

Only by experiencing 20 or 30 years of arduous training and competition can one truly appreciate the true meaning of this sport.

"Bernard, I'm not discussing with you, but telling you what I plan to do!"

Magath's tone increased, which also showed that he was somewhat annoyed by the assistant's doubts about his decision.

If the left and right arms are like this, how can the players perform?

"I will use a victory in three days to prove my decision is right!"

"Just wait and see!"

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