Seven Hundred and Eighty Third Coaching
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When the first round of the UEFA Champions League group match in Manchester's Etihad Stadium was in full swing, Florentino, accompanied by his assistants Redondo and Butragueno, watched in the chairman's office at the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. This focus battle.
Originally, Zidane, the chairman's advisor, should be there, but the relationship between Valdano and Mourinho was very tense. Florentino was afraid that there would be another conflict between them in Manchester, so he asked Zidane to accompany him. Valdano led the expedition.
Even if something happens, you can be a peacemaker.
Florentino originally wanted to attack the headquarters of the fans association and watch the game with them, but after thinking about it, he finally chose the Bernabéu office.
He faintly had a very ominous premonition.
With Real Madrid's current state and morale, it may be difficult to play away against Manchester City.
Who would have thought that captain Casillas was even excluded from the squad by Mourinho?
After conceding a goal, despite being passive on the scene, Real Madrid defended in a thrilling manner.
In today's European football, in terms of positional warfare, all the strong teams have a very tight defense, and Mourinho is one of them. There is no need to worry about this.
What is really troublesome is when the offense and defense are switched.
That's the most critical moment.
But on the scene, Real Madrid is still very passive.
Regardless of the score, or the scene, whether it is the ball possession rate or the shooting opportunity, Real Madrid is at a disadvantage.
And it's the kind of downside that people can see the gap at a glance.
The stars that Florentino is proud of did not bring changes to the team under such circumstances.
This made Florentino very strange.
"Why?" Real Madrid president asked Butragueno.
As one of the Five Eagles, Butragueno was once the best professional player, and his understanding of football is also unique.
Perhaps, his coaching ability is not good, but watching the football is definitely no problem.
"The most obvious thing is that our frontcourt players are definitely not inferior to Manchester City in terms of personal ability, and some are even better than Manchester City, such as Ronaldo."
The combination of Ronaldo, Adebayor and Di Maria, and the combination of Gareth Bale, Suarez and Robben in Manchester City, purely from the perspective of player ability, Real Madrid may be inferior, but certainly not As for the big difference.
Especially Ronaldo, this is the only superstar in world football who can match Messi.
But why is Real Madrid's disadvantage so obvious on the pitch?
"The answer lies in our tactics." Butragueno gave the answer.
"First of all, our midfielder lacks control, and the frontcourt players also lack connection with each other, which makes it difficult for them to cooperate effectively, and it is more of a solo battle."
"For example, Ronaldo is on the left, at most Adebayor, but Di Maria is too far to the right, because he wants to create width, but in this way, our attacking players cannot interact with each other. Form an effective connection."
Florentino nodded, "Isn't Manchester City the same?"
"No, you look at Manchester City, the ball is on Gareth Bale's side, Robben is usually on the right rib, not on the right line, their attack width does not need to be carried by wingers, but by full-backs .”
"And you can pay attention to it. Rakitic and Yaya Toure are two players who often press to the front. They are not afraid of losing the ball in the frontcourt, because once they lose the ball, they will immediately fight back."
Combined with the game that just happened, Florentino has to say that Butragueno's analysis is very pertinent.
"Can we do the same?" Florentino asked with concern.
"Of course, it is enough to have such a head coach. It will take a long time, and it will also require a certain range of reorganization, but in terms of the current situation of the team, it is very difficult."
"We're starting to have gangs again in the dressing room right now, and you know when that happens, you don't expect the players to work together on the pitch, they're separated from each other, they don't trust each other completely. "
Trust on the court is the most precious thing, once it is broken, it is very difficult to rebuild.
The so-called trust means that the players in the frontcourt dare to move forward because they know that the teammates behind them will support them.
The defensive players also dare to press up, because they know that once the ball is lost, the frontcourt players will counterattack on the spot, helping them create time for timely positioning and defense.
But once there is no such trust, offensive players dare not move forward, defensive players dare not take risks, and everyone is worried about gains and losses.
They even complain about each other.
"In addition, in our entire midfield tactics, there is one node that is very problematic, and that is the midfielder."
The more Butragueno thinks about it now, the more he realizes how wise and forward-looking Gao Shen's judgment was.
"Our No. 10 player hardly participates in defense. You can see that even Ronaldo retreated, and he only ran for a while."
When you bought him, you already knew what kind of player he was.
But the problem now is that his presence has caused serious problems in Real Madrid's entire midfield.
"Can changing coaches solve these problems?" Florentino asked in a low voice.
Butragueno was a little surprised.
This should be the first time Florentino mentioned a coaching change.
Is it a disguised admission that I was wrong?
"Ancelotti is currently at home, but to be honest, I don't know if he can control the dressing room." Butragueno said.
If there were not so many contradictions and conflicts, Ancelotti would be a very ideal coach.
But now, factional conflicts in the Real Madrid dressing room are becoming more and more acute. Can Ancelotti come at this time to ease these conflicts?
Florentino glanced at the vulture and understood in his heart.
In fact, from Butragueno to Valdano to Zidane, and even Real Madrid fans, they are all looking forward to a high level.
But why did Gao Shen return to Real Madrid?
He has done such a good job in Manchester City, the local tyrants in the Middle East treat him with confidence, and the treatment is also top-notch in the world. He recently acquired Leeds United in the English Championship, making it clear that he wants to take root in the Premier League.
Florentino knew very well that when Gao Shen came, many things in Real Madrid would change.
"Wait a little longer, this season we have to make a breakthrough in the Champions League no matter what, at least we have to qualify in the group stage, otherwise, we will fall into the third tier and we will be finished. Even the current players will think about it at that time. to go."
"Contact Ancelotti first, if the situation is not right, we will change coaches!"
Florentino said at the end with a look of determination.
Once the coach is changed and Ancelotti comes, it is impossible for Gao Shen to return to Real Madrid in a short period of time.
But Florentino has his own concerns.
The current situation is that if the team loses consecutively in the group stage and the top 16 of the Champions League, will the stars still be willing to stay in Real Madrid?
For example, Ronaldo, how high is he demanding of himself?
Will he be willing to stay in a team that can only play in the Champions League group stage, but can't play Barcelona in the league?
So what else can he use to compete with Messi?
Adebayor, Higuain and Benzema, these three centers are already full of contradictions.
Mourinho reused Adebayor, Higuain and Benzema were very dissatisfied.
The current Real Madrid is like a powder keg full of dangers. No one knows when and what kind of stimulus it will suddenly explode.
Therefore, what Florentino wants to do now is to calm the anger of all parties as soon as possible.
Results are the foundation of a football team's survival!
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No one knew of the conversations taking place in the president's office as far away as the Bernabéu in Madrid.
But at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, when the game entered the second half, especially from the 60th minute onwards, it was clear to everyone that Real Madrid's performance declined significantly.
This is indeed very strange.
Because the current season has just started, it is the moment when the players are in the best physical condition. Although the national team has experienced two weeks in a row, and then a week of double matches, it is not likely to decline significantly after only persisting for 60 minutes.
A more reasonable explanation is that Real Madrid players are generally not excited enough, and the pressure exerted by Manchester City is too great.
Mourinho made a substitution, replacing the No. 10 midfielder with Kaka.
He had expected the German international connection between the No. 10 midfielder and Khedira, but the performance of the two players was disappointing tonight, and they were both lost at the Etihad Stadium.
Mourinho originally expected him to suppress Fernandinho, but it turned out that Real Madrid's No. 10 couldn't do it at all.
After replacing Kaka, the Brazilian midfielder was very active.
In the 64th minute, a diagonal pass from Xavi Alonso was transferred to Di Maria on the right side of the frontcourt.
After the Argentine stopped the ball to avoid Felipe, he dribbled the ball inside and passed it to Kaka.
Kaka understood, knocked back in time, and completed a two-over-one cooperation to help Di Maria cut inside.
After the Argentine winger rushed to the middle, he tried to pass the ball diagonally to Ronaldo on the left rib, but unexpectedly, Kompany rushed ahead of Ronaldo, suddenly rushed up and intercepted the ball.
After grabbing the ball, Kompany passed it to Zabaleta.
The Argentine defender dribbled the ball forward from the inside and passed the ball to Yaya Toure near the center line.
Yaya Toure didn't catch it in time, stopped the ball, took two steps forward, saw Xavi Alonso pressing on him, and immediately went to the right, and Robben was stuck on the right line , ran back, raised his hand to receive the ball.
After Robben retreated, he immediately raised his hand towards Zabaleta in front, signaling him to pull to the right.
This move disturbed Coentrao, who didn't know whether to follow Robben or Zabaleta.
But at this moment, Robben suddenly caught the ball and cut in, and quickly passed the ball, passed Coentrao, and fell on the top of Sabaletta behind him. The Argentine headed the ball and gave the ball to the top When he came back, he happened to land on the line that Robben was obliquely inserting.
There was a burst of exclamation from the entire Etihad Stadium.
"Manchester City's beautiful combination on the right."
"The subtle one-two between Robben and Zabaleta was brilliant."
Robben moved forward quickly, and after stopping Zabaleta's pass to the front, he quickly chased after him.
Real Madrid's defense in the surrounding area turned out to be a vacuum.
Robben dribbled the ball diagonally all the way to Real Madrid's penalty area.
At this time, both Carvalho and Pepe had returned to the front of the penalty area in time.
Carvalho went straight to Robben.