Nine Hundred and Nineteenth Is This Match-Fixing?
Gao Shen didn't know that Vilanova was "conspiring" to spy on the Bernabeu, but he was prepared for the "spy" from Barcelona, because he did the same thing himself.
Teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona have a very generous budget and regard each other as the only opponent. Naturally, they will arrange people to closely monitor the opponent's every move, and spying on information is commonplace.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.
Gao Shen still has a good understanding of the current Barcelona team.
A lot of things seem to have changed, but in fact they haven't.
The matter of Vilanova and Guardiola has been heard in depth. This kind of thing is not uncommon in all walks of life. It's just that Guardiola's name is famous, so it became news. count.
Of course, Vilanova's approach in this matter is still open to question.
Guardiola regards him as a confidant, but he secretly reached an agreement with the management behind Guardiola's back. This is a bit unethical, especially when Russell announced that Virano Wa took over, this is too slap in the face.
Similar situations have actually happened many times around Gao Shen.
For example, when Guardiola returned to Barcelona, he had told Gao Shen before; Zidane would return to Real Madrid, and he did not hide Gao Shen from the beginning to the end. Even Gao Shen told Leeds United coach Sarri that if he coaches well, If a big team is interested in him, he can be open and honest, and Gao Shen will never make things difficult for him.
Gao Shen believes that if Vilanova talked directly to Guardiola, Guardiola would not make things difficult for him, but he chose to conceal it.
This gave Guardiola a feeling of being betrayed.
And Vilanova has always wanted to prove that he will not lose to Guardiola at all, and he does not want to live in Guardiola's shadow, so he wants to prove that this will allow him to face Real Madrid and face the deep When the time comes, the desire to win is even stronger.
Recently, Gao Shen has been arranging scouts to track Barcelona, and also got some information inside Barcelona, such as player injuries, and the game between Barcelona and Sevilla.
This incident was very troublesome outside. From Gao Shen's point of view, the referee of this match must have been biased, and Cesc Fabregas' acting was indeed disgusting.
However, Medel is also very problematic.
At that time, the Chileans were really out of control.
Otherwise it won't be pushed out.
This gave Cesc Fabregas the opportunity to use the problem to play.
As for Thiago's handball, this is how the referee saw it.
"Looking back, we need to give lessons to the players, focus on strengthening the psychological quality guidance, and the emotions during the game. I don't want to follow the old path of Sevilla, and our players are very easy to lose control." Gao Shen reminded.
The members of the coaching staff headed by Carlo all nodded.
Real Madrid has a dedicated psychological expert stationed in the team, who is responsible for providing psychological counseling to the players. This is also the coaching configuration that Gao Shen has always had since Naples, Manchester City and then Real Madrid.
In the past few years, Real Madrid's performance has been far inferior to Barcelona's, and their performance in games has also been at a disadvantage, which has led to Real Madrid's players being at a disadvantage in terms of mentality.
Barcelona's style of passing and controlling the ball is itself known for its patience. Years of strong mentality have made them more confident and calm.
In this case, Real Madrid will be at a disadvantage in terms of psychological quality when facing Barcelona.
On the one hand, it is eager to prove yourself, and on the other hand, it is the pressure of the game.
This point was more obvious during Mourinho's coaching period, because Mourinho himself is also a person who is easily impatient.
But it's easy to make mistakes, especially mistakes like Medel's.
"Toni Kroos and Modric seem to be touching Barcelona for the first time. They are inexperienced. Give me a training session and arrange a team training. Isco and Verratti will simulate Barcelona and let them attack with the ball in turn. Three midfielders."
As soon as the deep voice fell, Carlo immediately understood what he meant.
"You want to train players' positions and formations?"
"Yes." Gao Shen nodded, "We can't compete with Barcelona for the ball, at least not now, so Barcelona will often hold the ball and shake it in front of our players. The purpose is very simple, that is, let them fight. "
Gao Shen is very clear about this old routine of Barcelona.
Once the players attack, Barcelona can easily form a two-for-one cooperation in a small local area, and then use one point to disintegrate the opponent's entire defensive position.
Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta are all good players in this area.
In this case, the best choice for defensive players is to stand still, maintain a good overall formation, and remain unmoved.
To put it simply, they can control them as they please, and they can control them however they like.
"Is this too passive?" Hierro frowned.
As a celebrity of Real Madrid, he is not very cold about Barcelona's football.
If it was the Real Madrid coached by Mourinho in the past, there is nothing to say, but after Gao Shen coached this season, Real Madrid played so well and in such a good state, there is no reason to continue to stick to the counterattack.
Gao Shen looked at Hierro, shook his head and said, "In this matter, you made the same mistake as the media and fans."
Hierro was obviously taken aback, "What's wrong?"
"In the professional league, every game is independent."
After a pause, Gao Shen said again: "Many people think that we were able to beat Deportivo 7-1, and we are in excellent condition. Even if we can't beat Barcelona, at least we can at least wrestle our wrists, right?"
"But in reality? If we really played against Barcelona at the Nou Camp, we would definitely score. I am absolutely sure, but the problem is that I am not sure to win the game in a confrontational way!"
In the football world, two or three days apart, there are many such cases where the previous game was wildly won and the latter game was brutally slaughtered.
There have even been times when a strong enemy was defeated in the previous game, but the underdog was upset in the latter game.
Is this match-fixing?
Really not.
It is entirely possible that after a big victory over a strong enemy in the previous round, the mentality was too lax, which made it difficult for the next game to be tense, and finally got knocked down, so they were upset by the underdog.
There are thousands of reasons, but one thing is very clear, every game, every opponent, is different.
Those who think that what happened in the last round will definitely be able to do so in the next round are simply outrageously wrong.
If the football game is so simple, then what's the fun in it?
"We can kill Deportivo 7-1. Conversely, once we blindly push the big, we may also be slaughtered 7-1 by Barcelona. As the head coach, my task is to serve the team in every game. It is my duty to formulate the most suitable tactics!"
Hierro nodded and said teachably, "I understand."
"Playing Barcelona, the most important thing is to keep the overall formation compact and orderly, and the offense and goals are secondary, because as I said, Barcelona's defense is very good, as long as we can defend their Attacking, breaking their goal is not difficult."
In Gao Shen's eyes, Barcelona's defense is really hip, but the premise is that you have to live long enough to hit his defense.
It's like the game between Barcelona and Sevilla.
Vilanova did not use Thiago Motta to partner with Pique, but Alexander Song.
It is highly speculated that he is worried that the characteristics of Thiago Motta and Pique are not complementary enough.
But Alexander Song played as a midfielder at Arsenal, and played as a central defender at Barcelona. This has an adaptability problem.
The front line of the Barcelona team is more intense than all teams. Their defenders have to cover the area in front of them and behind them to the goal more than 40 meters for most of the game.
To some extent, Barcelona's defensive hips also come from this.
Therefore, Song was very uncomfortable and was blown away by Seville.
In the first half, Barcelona had 70% possession of the ball, but the offensive threat was far less than that of Sevilla.
But in this game, Puyol is coming back.
"Let people pay close attention to Puyol's situation, especially his state." Gao Shen urged again.
"Also, I'm going to arrange another training for Messi, build him a brand new cage, and trap him!"
In almost every game against Barcelona, Messi is the hurdle that cannot be bypassed.
Barcelona is different from other teams in that they have a super ability to pass and control the ball. Therefore, no matter what opponent they face, they always insist on a tactic that focuses on me, and the opponent has to use all targeted tactics to restrain Barcelona.
Messi now plays more in the middle of the frontcourt, but his position is different from that of Guardiola.
Sanchez and Aguero's positions are a bit forward, while Messi is relatively behind, playing in the tenth position.
This is mainly due to the decline in the running ability of midfielders Harvey and Iniesta. Messi needs to withdraw a little bit to connect the team's midfield and frontcourt.
Therefore, Messi's performance in this area is better this season, but the goals are far worse than Ronaldo.
The Argentine has only scored six goals now, but Ronaldo has already scored eleven goals.
For Gao Shen and Real Madrid, the biggest advantage is that the Portuguese is now fully motivated to play Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
Today's Western Super League duo, Barcelona's momentum is the fiercest, and Vilanova has created the best start ever.
Although the sophisticated Real Madrid has had its ups and downs, its overall performance has been bullish all the way, especially recently, as the team has gradually run into place, the players have gradually exerted their strength.
Whether it was against Vallecano or against Deportivo, Real Madrid settled the battle in the first half.
This also makes the whole world full of expectations for the upcoming Century Derby.
Everyone believes that this will be the most exciting derby of the century in history, and it is also the derby of the century that attracts the media and fans the most.
Everyone wants to see if this highly trained Real Madrid team can successfully challenge Barcelona?
Or is it that Barcelona, coached by Vilanova, continues the advantages of the past few years?
No one doubts that Gao Shen has the means and ability to beat Barcelona, but the premise is that the current Real Madrid team can meet Gao Shen's requirements? Execute advanced tactics well?
More importantly, even if they beat Deportivo by a big score, Real Madrid will also face Porto, their opponent in the second round of the Champions League group stage, at home before challenging Barcelona in the away game.
After losing to Dortmund in the first round away game, Real Madrid can no longer lose against Porto.
But before the start of the game, Gao Shen made a decision that shocked the whole world.