Compared with last season's preseason, Real Madrid's warm-up results this season are much better.
So much so that many Spanish media are wondering, are they really a team led by Gao Shen?
Isn't Carlo, Zidane or Hierro in charge?
It doesn't look like it at all.
The whole world knows that Gao Shen played a lot in the warm-up matches and never took his results seriously, but so far this season, Real Madrid doesn't seem to have many new tricks.
It was during the two consecutive draws that we tried a three-man back line, but quickly changed it back.
This doesn’t look sophisticated at all!
Well, yes, that’s right!
Media reporters immediately found a new point of attack: Gao Shen was conservative!
Why did Real Madrid perform so well in the warm-up match?
Because Gao Shen was conservative, he began to want to rest on his laurels and live his life. He did not have the courage and determination to try new tactics in the past. He now wants to polish Real Madrid's four-three-three step by step...
All in all, this is not the profound experience we expected!
We hope to see Gao Shen always full of passion, always soaring, disdainful of achievements, only thinking about trying new tactics and new ways of playing, and never satisfied with the status quo...
Gao Shen himself was puzzled.
Are you talking about me?
He specially asked Carlos Vargas to find the remarks of some media reporters in the past, bind them together, forward them to Twitter, and slap them hard in the face.
"If there was no evidence, I would really believe it!"
Fans and netizens were very happy.
When dealing with the media, just slap them like this, hard!
NND, the results in the warm-up matches were not ideal before. The main purpose was to try the team's tactics and change the players' positions. You all pretended not to see it and only focused on criticizing my results.
Now I'm fine, I'm no longer a prodigal, and my grades have improved, but you're still criticizing me for being conservative and unsophisticated?
Good guy, you guys have already said everything, so what else should I say?
Okay, let’s not talk about labor and management, just close the door and post pictures!
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"Are you pretending not to see these scumbags?"
In the coach's office in Valdebebas, Gao Shen was sitting with his legs crossed and scrolling through Twitter.
So far, he is still a shareholder of Twitter.
Is this Twitter?
Wrong, this is creating traffic for Twitter and making money.
It wasn't until everyone came in that Gao Shen put away his phone and turned it to silent.
After returning from a long journey from the United States, Gao Shen first gave the players two days off.
Traveling away for summer training camp is a big test for all players, coaches and staff.
After all, no one wants to be away from their family.
But the players can rest, but the coaching staff cannot, so the coaching staff only took one day off.
Because the new season is about to begin.
For Real Madrid, the new season is very different.
One is the double win of the Champions League and Copa del Rey last season, which makes everyone even more excited about Real Madrid in the new season.
Not to mention outsiders, everyone within Real Madrid is also looking forward to the new season.
This summer, after selling Higuain, Albiol and Kaka, Real Madrid introduced Pogba, Illarramendi and Dzeko. The overall strength is not weak at all.
In fact, it is even stronger than last season.
Currently, Real Madrid has two players in almost all positions, and both are of good quality.
The personnel in the midfield and frontcourt should be more organized.
The problem in the defense is on the left, Marcelo's side.
Marcelo, Marcos Alonso, Nacho and Arbeloa can all play as left back, so personnel is not a problem, but once Marcelo is injured, the offense on the left will be affected.
this is a problem.
Of course, the situation on the right is similar. Carvajal's offensive firepower is something Nacho and Arbeloa don't have.
The reason why Gao Shen tried three defenders was actually because he wanted to try another style of play.
In his previous life, Marcos Alonso was best at playing wing-back in a three-back system, but in the game against Lyon, Gao Shen found that the player was not particularly adaptable.
After all, the back three has been out of the European mainstream for many years.
Many players have never played with a back three since they were young, so it will definitely take some time to adapt.
In the next few games, although Gao Shen was not used in the warm-up matches, he was used frequently in training. He would also explain the three-back tactics to the players. These are also preparations for the future.
After all, Real Madrid cannot conquer the world with just one tactical package.
Another point is the schedule.
Real Madrid's schedule last season was quite bad, which came from La Liga and the Champions League.
Needless to say, in the Champions League, if you are ranked in the third pot and drawn into a super group of death, your situation will definitely be over.
In La Liga, Real Madrid's schedule is also not ideal, and the dialogue between the two teams is basically before and after the Champions League games.
Of course, this is inevitable in multi-front operations.
However, Real Madrid's European Cup points will definitely improve this season and they will return to the second tier of teams. This can also give Real Madrid a breath of relief.
Although they will still encounter the first seeded team, the possibility of at least continuing the miserable experience of last season is very slim.
As for the eight seeded teams in the first pot, who is afraid of whom?
The real trouble is the opening.
Since Real Madrid has won the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, this season's Spanish Super Cup and European Super Cup will be held in August, which makes Real Madrid face a very difficult and intensive schedule in August.
On the 18th, the first round of La Liga played against Real Betis at home.
On the 21st, the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup faced Barcelona at home.
On the 24th, the second round of La Liga challenged Granada away from home.
On the 27th, the second round of the Spanish Super Cup challenged Barcelona away.
On the 30th, in the European Super Cup, Champions League champion Real Madrid faced Europa League champion Chelsea.
On September 2, in the third round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Athletic Bilbao.
In 16 days, Real Madrid will play 6 games.
This is a very, very scary thing for any team, and its difficulty is comparable to the Premier League's Christmas Devil schedule.
But the Premier League's Christmas schedule only lasts a few days and three games, but Real Madrid now has to cope with 6 games at once.
This is why Gao Shen didn't dare to do tricks in the summer warm-up matches.
He must hone two complete sets of tactics during the summer training camp to let the players become familiar with and understand his ideas. Especially players like Dzeko, Pogba, Illarramendi and other players need to adapt to advanced tactics.
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Only in this way can Real Madrid be able to cope with such a devilish schedule in the new season.
But there is nothing that can be done, because Real Madrid has won two cup championships and has three Super Cups to play, no matter how many times they are scheduled.
Even in order to postpone the third round of La Liga, Real Madrid did a lot of work for Athletic Bilbao.
Everyone knows that Athletic Bilbao is composed entirely of Basques, so they are not particularly resistant to postponing the third round, but some international players will postpone their departure to the national team.
In comparison, Real Madrid has been more affected.
More importantly, it seems that these 6 games cannot be lost.
Needless to say, Gao Shen didn't want to lose to Mourinho in the European Super Cup, because he had maintained his performance advantage over Mourinho for many years in a row. If he loses now, why should the media start a fuss?
As for the match between the two sides in the International Champions Cup final, it is of little reference.
That was a warm-up match.
In the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona, Real Madrid cannot lose.
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"Martino is new here, and his results in the warm-up matches are also very impressive, winning wildly all the way."
Gao Shen introduced the current situation of Real Madrid in front of a group of assistants.
"Barcelona is gaining momentum right now. Neymar, Messi, Sanchez, and Aguero are all world-class stars. Together with Pedro and other players, Barcelona has an extremely luxurious lineup in the entire midfield and frontcourt."
"The warm-up matches are a series of big wins, unstoppable!"
This is a fact that everyone knows. The Catalan media has even almost placed the La Liga championship on the head of the invincible Barcelona.
Of course, if you analyze it professionally, you will find that Barcelona's opponents in the warm-up match are not strong.
Just imagine, what kind of strong teams can you encounter in Singapore or Malaysia?
At best, they met Brazil's Santos in the Gamper Cup, and Barcelona beat them 5-0.
But what does this mean?
Santos came all the way just to play a warm-up match with you. How much strength can he show?
What's more, you just poached Neymar, their star player.
Therefore, Gao Shen believes that Barcelona's warm-up match record does not have much practical significance.
However, this does not mean that Barcelona is weak.
The essence of war is to go all out in one go, then weaken again, and then be exhausted in three attempts.
It doesn't matter if the warm-up match results are not very convincing. As long as Barcelona can beat Real Madrid and continue this momentum in the official La Liga, especially the Spanish Super Cup, it will be valuable.
"No matter what, we must attack Barcelona in the Super Cup, give Martino a slap in the face, and at the same time severely dampen Barcelona's spirit!"
Gao Shen gave his own ideas and strategies.
Judging from the entire season, Barcelona's enthusiasm was dampened at the beginning, which will undoubtedly give Real Madrid an advantage in the fight for the La Liga title.
Unlike last season when the El Clasico was ushered in in the 7th round of La Liga, the first El Clasico this season is still at Camp Nou, but the game will be at the end of October, the 10th round of the league.
This will be a key node again.
But Gao Shen reminded everyone to pay close attention to another opponent, and that is Atletico Madrid.
In the seventh round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Atletico Madrid at home. This was not a simple opponent.
"My request is very simple. From the beginning of the season, I will suppress Barcelona and severely defeat Barcelona's momentum. If possible, I will also gain an advantage in the standings and create more opportunities for Barcelona."
pressure!"
"We must learn from the mistakes made last season and strive to make all preparations perfect. I will communicate with the players." Gao Shen said very firmly and did not allow any doubts.
Nowadays, no one in this Valdebebas dares to question the decision he made.
Including Zidane and Hierro.
"I reiterate once again that in this new season that is about to begin, we have only one goal, and that is the championship!"
"Champion of all!"
"We will win the championship we won last season, and we will win the championship we lost last season!"
