Capítulo 13: Chapter 13 The Invisible Boss and the Glass Man
The morning training session started amid the protests of Real Madrid fans.
Nearly 300 fans came to Valdebebas, all to protest Gao Shen.
They made a lot of noise and movement on the sidelines, which seriously affected the training of the players on the field. Both Raul and Guti walked over to appease the fans, but to no avail.
Since it was a recovery training, Gao Shen still let Maqueda preside over it, while he stood by and watched silently, especially paying attention to Woodgate who was injured again a few days ago.
The England central defender has played intermittently in recent times. Carlo even prefers to use Raul Bravo rather than take the risk of using Woodgate. This is not entirely because of his poor performance. In fact, he has had very good performances , but his fragile body is very worrying.
Gao Shen noticed that when Woodgate participated in the team's joint training, he obviously couldn't let go of his movements, and it was obvious that he was under a lot of psychological pressure and burden.
During the 90-minute training session, Gao Shen watched silently throughout the whole process, which once again surprised the Real Madrid players.
Could it be that this rookie head coach really just wants to be a mascot?
Especially Raul, who knew what he was thinking, was even more puzzled.
The time for the same-city derby is getting closer, shouldn't it be time to start arranging targeted tactical drills?
Unlike running away after the training session yesterday afternoon, Gao Shen still stayed where he was after the training session in the morning.
He also called Zidane.
...
In the Real Madrid team, the French have never spoken much, but this does not mean that Zidane's words have no weight.
On the contrary, everyone knows that Zidane's words are often more effective than Ronaldo.
Sometimes people are like this, Ronaldo is very capricious, he likes to call Florentino at every turn, it seems to be frequent, but Florentino really likes this superstar who complains frequently and even pushes the palace?
Zidane usually stays calm, it's not a big deal, and he usually doesn't bother Florentino, but this makes Florentino pay more attention to him, and he can be called the invisible in the dressing room of Real Madrid boss.
No matter who he is facing, Zidane has always maintained a calm and calm attitude, as if nothing can anger him.
I have a deep understanding of Zidane's character, and I don't talk too much. When there is no one around, I will go directly to the topic.
"We have received a fax from the French national team."
When Zidane heard this, he raised his head and looked at Gao Shen, with a hint of ridicule flashing in his eyes.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just asking for your opinion as usual. If you want to go, I'll send you a fax later. If you have other ideas, I can also help you." Gao Shen said lightly.
These remarks fully respected Zidane's personal wishes, and Gao Shen told Zidane with a help word that he was on Zidane's side. If he didn't want to go, Gao Shen could come out and be the villain.
Zidane is a smart person, he immediately understood Gao Shen's meaning, raised his head, and looked at Gao Shen's eyes slightly changed.
He found that Gao Shen in front of him was not a rookie or a pustule.
"After Domenech took office, he promoted the rejuvenation reform of the national team. The average age has dropped a lot, and he is more aggressive, but he lacks experience, so he has recently recruited a group of experienced veterans, which requires running-in." Zidane explained.
As early as after the European Cup in 2004, Zidane had already withdrawn from the national team, but later Domenech persuaded him to come back.
Anyone can see that Zidane's goal is the World Cup in Germany.
In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, being eliminated in the group stage was a humiliation for a superstar of Zidane's level.
He wants to be ashamed!
"From November to May last year, we only had this warm-up match." Zidane said lightly.
Gao Shen nodded, "Understood, I'll send a fax when I get back."
"Thank you." Zidane's tone was still very flat.
Seeing that the French superstar was about to turn around and leave, Gao Shen suddenly spoke again.
"You played for France in the World Cup in Germany with the aim of not leaving any regrets. What about Real Madrid?"
Zidane frowned and looked at Gao Shen with some annoyance, "What do you mean? Do you doubt my professional ethics?"
"No , You misunderstood." Gao Shen replied with a kind smile, "I never doubted your professional ethics, I just thought, are you willing to end your Real Madrid career like this?"
Zidane was a little silent.
What level of superstar is he?
In the past ten years, after Maradona, he and Ronaldo are the most powerful.
It's normal for superstars at their level to be arrogant and even supercilious.
Without this kind of dominance, how can you stand up at the critical moment of the game?
"I believe you have also seen that we are currently 10 points behind Barcelona and 2 points behind Valencia, but we have Celta Vigo and Osasuna chasing after us. If we are not careful, we may lose the top four. , but if we can work harder and push forward, even threatening Barcelona's top position, it is not impossible."
After a pause, Gao Shen reminded again: "There are still 13 rounds in the league, and there are still 13 rounds left in the Champions League. What do you think about the second round?"
Zidane understood Gao Shen's meaning and was a little surprised, because he originally thought that Gao Shen would try his best to suppress the superstars, including himself, but he didn't expect that Gao Shen would take the initiative to tell himself this.
"Didn't you just declare war on the superstar yesterday?" Zidane's tone was still calm.
Gao Shen chuckled, "The media always likes to write articles like this. What I'm talking about is that some players don't deserve to wear Real Madrid's jersey, but this doesn't include you, because I know that you have a lot of affection for this team. You It is here that you reached the pinnacle of your career, and this place will be your lifetime memory."
Zidane was silent again, because Gao Shen was right.
His national team career was brilliant, but in the club, Real Madrid is his peak, his career has completed a transformation here, especially Florentino.
"I believe that you would not want this memory of yours to end in a dismal end anyway, would you?" The profound question left Zidane speechless.
Why did he choose to retire this summer?
It is because he is extremely disappointed with the current situation of Real Madrid. He feels that if he continues to play, he is just repeating the mistakes of the past three years. For him, instead of enjoying the fun of playing football, it is more like a torture. kind of humiliation.
The profound words reached his heart, but so what?
"What do you think you can change?" Zidane is such an arrogant person, Gao Shen said the central thing to his face, and immediately made a strong counterattack.
Gao Shen didn't think it was disobedient, but was a little happy because he talked about Zidane's weakness.
"I don't know what I can change. Many people say that I can't stay in this position for long, but I think there is always something to do, and I have always felt that a team like Real Madrid is the most important thing to do. What is lacking is not an outstanding head coach, but a head coach who can bring the players together and work together for one goal."
After Gao Shen finished speaking, he smiled freely: "Maybe I lost to Atletico Madrid this week. After class, I will finish class, maybe I won, anyway, as long as I am still here, I have to do something within my ability and not leave any regrets for myself, what do you think?"
Zidane stared at Gao Shen, as if wanting to I noticed something in his eyes, and finally he left a faint sentence, turned around and left.
"Let's talk about it after you can sit firmly in this position."
Gao Shen smiled slightly as he watched the French superstar leave.
He saw it, Zidane remained neutral.
…
After sending Zidane away, Gao Shen went straight to the medical room.
Sure enough, the team doctor was there to conduct physical examinations on several wounded in the team, which is also a routine after training.
Gao Shen casually asked about the situation of several injured players, but the focus was on Woodgate.
The team doctor is quite satisfied with the physical condition of the England central defender, and he is basically fine.
In the first round of the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League against Arsenal, he was injured in the ninth minute of his start.
Woodgate joined Real Madrid in August 2004, but he has been recuperating since April. The day before he signed for Real Madrid, he was still receiving treatment in Munich, but Real Madrid still chose to sign him, which shows the importance they attach to him degree.
After joining, the restorative training was not done well. As soon as he joined, he was injured in training, and then he was injured again. His debut was delayed until September 2005, which was the fourth round of this season. He played against Bilbao at home. Competitive, he started the game and sent an own goal in the 25th minute, causing the team to fall behind.
Since then, Woodgate's playing time has become intermittent, even after the change of head coach, Caro is very cautious in using him, mainly because of his long truce.
This situation continued until the end of January. In the 21st round of the league, Real Madrid challenged Celta Vigo away. At halftime, the Danish midfielder Gravesen was injured, Woodgate came off the bench, and Elguera was pushed to the center. As a result, Real Madrid's defense has been greatly improved in the second half. Not only did they not concede a goal, but they scored a goal and defeated Celta Vigo 2-1.
Immediately afterwards, they beat Espanyol 4-0 at home and Athletic Bilbao 2-0 away. They kept a clean sheet in two consecutive games. After Woodgate played the main role, Real Madrid's defense has improved significantly.
The most typical is the Copa del Rey. In the first round, they lost 6-1 to Zaragoza. The main central defenders were Elguera and Ramos. However, after using the combination of Ramos and Woodgate in the second round, Real Madrid returned to the home court for 4 games. Zero had his revenge.
It can be said that the three games at the end of January and the beginning of February have proved Woodgate's strength and convinced everyone that he is a trustworthy member of Real Madrid's defense.
Unexpectedly, in the first round of the UEFA Champions League against Arsenal, Woodgate was injured after playing nine minutes, and Real Madrid lost 0-1 at home to the Gunners.
In the next two games, Woodgate failed to enter the squad, and Carlo even did not hesitate to use Raul Bravo as a central defender.
What many people don't know is that, regardless of the Arsenal game, Woodgate has played 13 games for Real Madrid this season, with 891 minutes, 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and 5 losses. Three goals were conceded in the 1-3 away game against Deportivo. In the remaining 12 games, only two goals were conceded.
Here is an own goal scored by Woodgate himself.
Again, without injury, Woodgate is a world-class central defender.
Gao Shen also clearly remembers that this glass man who couldn't play in Real Madrid, after being transferred to Middlesbrough, turned into a pillar of Middlesbrough's defense again, showing a super level , and returned to the England national team.
What was it that led to such a disparity between his performances at Real Madrid and Middlesbrough?
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