Compared with the former old sports city of Real Madrid, the hardware facilities of Valdebebas can be regarded as the top in the world.
Not to mention anything else, just this conference room for first-team players has all kinds of advanced equipment, which is rare in major European clubs.
At this moment, Real Madrid players are sitting in this spacious and bright conference room, waiting for the arrival of the head coach.
Although they each find a seat to sit down, the general situation of the locker room can be seen from the player's seat selection.
The local gang headed by Raul and Guti sit in the front position, some foreign aids such as Zidane and Beckham sit in the front, some sit slightly behind, and Brazilian players like Ronaldo and Carlos are all in the front position. Sitting in the last row, the sitting posture also seemed very casual, as if this meeting had nothing to do with them.
In fact, everyone in the locker room knew that this meeting had nothing to do with the Brazil Gang.
The relationship between the acting head coach Gao Shen and them has not eased, so how could they be arranged to play?
Just the day before yesterday, the chief assistant coach Maqueda had a conversation with Ronaldo and Carlos, and conveyed some meanings of the head coach. , especially Ronaldo and Carlos, can not speak out in the media during this period.
Everyone knows that these two people have always wanted to put pressure on the head coach, and now there is a lot of demand for Ronaldo and Carlos to play the main force. If the two come forward at this time and say something in the media, then the acting head coach The situation will be more passive.
After Maqueda finished speaking, Raul also conveyed his opinion through Zidane and Beckham, and also hoped that before the decisive battle, the Brazilian team could focus on the overall situation and not disturb the team at critical moments.
Zidane and Beckham also expressed similar opinions.
Therefore, in the past two days, there has been a lot of public opinion outside, but Ronaldo, Carlos and the Brazilian players have kept a low profile.
Of course they are not timid and afraid of getting into trouble, of course they also want to make a fuss and fight for a main position, but they have to think about it, if they really tear their faces, they will be completely isolated in the locker room.
Therefore, they can only endure this tone.
Because of this, they used this method to carry out silent protests during meetings.
If it wasn't for the training session in the afternoon, they would definitely be absent.
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Gao Shen walked in with a thick notebook.
Glancing at the people in front of him, he smiled slightly, and raised a USB flash drive in his right hand, "I just got some materials from the scouting team, it's a bit late, sorry."
Everyone didn't care.
In fact, strictly speaking, Gao Shen was not late, but they came a little early.
While his assistant Lucas was fiddling with the multimedia system, Gao Shen faced the Real Madrid players.
"Now there are a lot of media and fans gathered at the gate. This is a place I don't like very much."
Gao Shen said casually as if he was chatting about family affairs.
"We all know that the British media are pervasive, but they actually pay more attention to the players' private lives. The most outrageous situation is that they will install cameras directly at the players' doors and monitor them 24 hours a day. So many people It is said that the British media always elevates a player to an unreasonable height, and then tries every means to destroy him."
Even Beckham and Woodgate from England were deeply impressed by Gao Shen's words Of course.
This is the consensus in English football.
"The situation of our Real Madrid is different. Since two thousand years ago, our club's business philosophy is completely different from that of other clubs. From the management level, it is very good to introduce a formal company system. Everyone can feel this on a daily basis. The benefits and efficiency."
This is indeed a very large contribution from Florentino, and fans generally don't know it.
"However, the club's business strategy has led us to be exposed to the spotlight of the media all the time. They even use a magnifying glass to dig out our secrets bit by bit. In front of them, we seem to be stripped naked. It seems that there is no privacy at all, not only the individual, but also the locker room."
How did the secret of how much Guti and Ronaldo fought?
Ronaldo called Florentino to force the palace, how did it leak?
Who revealed the fight between the local gang and the Brazilian gang in the locker room?
Many people feel that there is an inner ghost.
Who is that ghost?
employee? coach? player?
One? two? or more?
This is the philosophy of Real Madrid.
Florentino's business philosophy is the eyeball economy, and he does everything possible to attract the attention of the world. This needs to be realized with the help of the media, including the operation and the introduction of superstars, all for this purpose.
The benefits of doing this are obvious. Real Madrid quickly turned losses into profits in a very short period of time and became the most profitable giants team in the world. Word.
Every word that Gao Shen said now is likely to be known by the media in a few minutes, and everyone present, even everyone in Valdebebas, may be the leaker.
In Gao Shen's previous life, Mourinho said that he wanted to dig out the ghosts, how to dig?
Does Real Madrid management know?
Know.
But since they chose this path, they have to bear such a price, so instead of thinking about protecting the players, they are contributing to the flames, which leads to the players not only having no secrets, but also under great pressure.
As long as a game is not played well, the media will immediately attack, and even poor performance in training will immediately become the focus of public opinion.
Just ask, under such abnormal pressure, who can play well?
Everyone present, from Raul, Ronaldo, Zidane to Beckham, and even the young players in the youth training, all benefited from the club's business philosophy, but they were also victims.
Because of this, they empathize with Gao Shen's complaints, and even agree with them from the bottom of their hearts.
"Okay, let's have a meeting."
Seeing that Lucas had finished the multimedia system, the depth was enough.
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The focus of this meeting is to discuss the tactics against Arsenal.
After analyzing the information obtained by Gao Shen from the scouting team of Real Madrid, he got a more reliable result, that is, Wenger probably will not adopt the 442 tactics, that is to say, the Gunners do not plan to confront Real Madrid.
What he wants is a balance of offense and defense.
"He knows we are going to attack, but he has confidence in his defense, so he doesn't intend to defend, but wants to hold our offense and then use their counterattack to break our goal.
" One goal and we're finished!" The conference room was silent, but after hearing Gao's profound words, many people nodded in unison.
It is already so difficult to play 0-1 at home, and if you score for Arsenal, Real Madrid will simply surrender.
"So I boldly guess that he will adopt a four-two-three-one tactic. This is the starting lineup deduced by me and the coaching staff."
Arsenal's tactical positioning map appeared on the big screen behind him, four-two-three-one, goalkeeper Lai Mann, the defense is Flamini, Senderos, Kolo Toure and Eboue, which is Arsenal's most stable defense at present.
The double defensive midfielders are Gilberto Silva and Fabregas, the front three players are Reyes, Hleb and Ljungberg, and the single forward is Henry.
This is a highly speculative lineup, but the possibility of replacing Reyes with Adebayor is not ruled out.
Ljungberg performed very well in the weekend derby. Wenger will never let him substitute, because it will discourage the enthusiasm of the players. In the derby, Ljungberg played as a left midfielder. As for Helle Bu, he is also a player that Wenger has placed high hopes on this season. He has always been on the side, but during the Bundesliga, he played as a midfielder.
So now, it is not very clear what position Ljungberg and Hleb will take.
But Reyes should play left.
"We all know that Arsenal's organization will start from Fabregas point, so we need Zidane to suppress Fabregas point, but also to contain Gilberto Silva, which will take a long time. Active running."
"Henry and Reyes are both good at cruising on the left, so when we don't have the ball, I need Beckham to retreat from the right to the right midfielder in time, and then Form a defensive mechanism with three midfielders to protect our defense."
"Arbeloa can go out with Henry, Ramos can share the pressure on the right in time, and De La Reid can return to the center back to make up for the defense in the center. Through the PPT, Gao Shen kept demonstrating his defensive gist on how to freeze Arsenal's left attack, especially the players' coordination and movement.
With the ball, it is 4231. Without the ball, it is necessary to be able to quickly cut back to 4312. This point of Beckham is very important, because if he does not come back, once there is a problem with the defense on the right, Delray When Germany needs to return to the back line to fill in, there is a gap at the front of the penalty area.
In this targeted training class this afternoon, Gao Shen asked the coaching staff to arrange tactical training in groups. Among them, the defensive line that will start, as well as the double midfielders, Beckham and other players were put together, and the focus was on the team's training. The movement and coordination during defense, and at the same time arrange players to play the role of Arsenal's left attack.
It can be said that as long as Arsenal's left attack is defended, the possibility of preventing Arsenal from scoring is very high.
In addition to the key defense on the right, Gao Shen also has targeted arrangements for other defense areas.
For the most common concern of the outside world, what kind of tactics Real Madrid will adopt in this game, Gao Shen also gave all players a thorough understanding in this game.
"We're in an awkward position right now and we have to attack if we want to qualify, but Arsenal and the whole world know we're going to attack and the Gunners have set up a trap at Highbury for us to step in.
" If we rely on defense and wait for Arsenal to make mistakes, this tactic is too conservative and passive, and Arsenal probably won't give us such an opportunity easily, we seem to have a choice, but in fact, we have no choice."
"So, we must not let Arsenal lead the way in this game, we must control the rhythm!"
Everyone present realized that Gao Shen had already made a decision.
It's bound to be a tough decision with no predictable outcome.