When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Gao Shen raised his hands high above his head.
The Bernabeu Stadium was also filled with deafening cheers from fans.
On the court, Real Madrid's players also hugged each other in twos and threes, vying to celebrate the team's victory.
Four to one!
But that's not the point.
In the last nearly twenty minutes, after Real Madrid made successive substitutions, they still maintained high-intensity pressure and crazy offensive pressure on Barcelona, especially the young players who came on the bench, who performed very hard.
For example, Illarramendi.
Gao Shen arranged for him to come on as a substitute in this game, letting him take Modric's place, partnering with Xavi Alonso and Toni Kroos in the midfield, allowing him to learn from these two "seniors" at close range
way of playing football.
At the same time, Gao Shen also gave Illarramendi more freedom, allowing him to move forward to press.
This is a kind of experience, and it is under no pressure.
In the final period, Real Madrid took advantage of their numerical advantage to suppress Barcelona in a very embarrassing manner.
Valdes, Pique and Puyol have become the busiest players on the Barcelona pitch, especially Valdes, who is almost always making saves.
Fortunately, tonight, Valdez did not make a fatal mistake and instead performed very bravely. Otherwise, the score would not only be four to one.
But even so, the score of four to one is enough for Real Madrid to grab the Super Cup championship with one hand.
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After the game whistle sounded, Gao Shen walked to the visiting team's coaching bench as soon as possible.
Martino saw him early and stood there waiting.
"Congratulations, Gao!" Martino said gracefully.
"Thank you." Gao Shen shook hands with Martino, and then shook hands with Lula, Ruby and others who came over.
Having coached Real Madrid twice, Gao Shen has extraordinary prestige in Spanish football.
Even as opponents, Barcelona's coaches have to admit Gao Shen's status.
This is the first person in the history of the Champions League!
More importantly, he continues to reach new heights.
"Seriously, you are doing a good job, keep working hard, this road is not easy to walk." After Gao Shen shook hands with everyone, he chatted with Martino on the sidelines and gave his own encouragement.
Of course Martino knew what profound meant.
Gao Shen knew exactly what he wanted to do.
"Some things have to be done by someone, right?" Martino smiled a little reluctantly.
When he came to coach Barcelona, he definitely wanted to become famous in one fell swoop. At the very least, he wanted to gain a foothold in European football like Pellegrini.
You must know that coaching in Europe's top leagues is the real money-making job. Coaching in South America, the annual salary is more than a bit lower than that in Europe's top leagues, and more importantly, you can gain fame here.
Who doesn’t want fame and fortune?
"This is the right path." Gao Shen encouraged.
Although we are opponents, the game is over and it doesn't matter what we talk about off the court.
Besides, Gao Shen didn't think that Martino would do anything because of his words.
"Thanks."
"Don't thank me yet." Gao Shen changed the topic, "We are rivals, I won't be polite later."
After saying that, Gao Shen waved and said goodbye.
Martino expected it.
Seeing Barcelona falling into a trap, it would be surprising if Real Madrid's head coach didn't throw a few more stones.
What's more, the two sides still have the second round at Camp Nou and the following La Liga match.
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After returning to the locker room, Gao Shen praised the players fiercely before heading to the Bernabeu press conference.
At this time, all the media reporters were already waiting.
Three days ago, at this same stadium, they welcomed Gao Shen with warm applause.
It's still the same tonight.
Defeating Barcelona 4-1 at home, this victory is amazing enough!
As usual, Gao Shen praised the team's outstanding players and was full of confidence in the team to win the Spanish Super Cup, but when he mentioned his opponent Barcelona, his tone became sharp.
"Barcelona's football philosophy is becoming more and more conservative, and they are turning football into a game for cowards."
Gao Shen's unabashed "bombardment" shocked all the media reporters present, but they also quickly became excited.
Isn't this what they want?
Gao Shen said, "Possessing the ball is just a means, a means of offense, not the goal."
"But over the past two years, my personal experience tells me that Barcelona is treating possession of the ball as its ultimate goal."
"I can understand Barcelona's thinking. If the ball is controlled at their feet and the opponent has no ball to kick, then the game will be safe."
This is indeed Barcelona's philosophy, and it was even once praised by the whole world.
"But they forgot one thing. Everything has a limit. Once it exceeds the threshold, the gains will drop sharply, and may even be kidnapped in turn. It's like Barcelona is now controlling the ball for the sake of controlling the ball. This is
Abnormal."
Gao Shen criticized Barcelona's football, believing that their players have become afraid to take risks and have been passing the ball safely.
"I know what Barcelona is thinking. When they have the ball, they want their opponents to press out and take the initiative to make space. But how is this possible? The ball is at your feet, and the offense is initiated by you. You let the defense
Take the initiative to create space for you?"
"Wouldn't it be better if I simply remove the goalkeeper and you can shoot as you like?"
Gao Shen pointed out that Barcelona's logic of controlling the ball and accusing the opponent of being conservative is twisted.
"Possession of the ball is for offense and for scoring goals!"
Specific to this game, Gao Shen believes that Martino did a very brave thing, that is, he started to change Barcelona's playing style, such as more long passes in the midfield and backfield, which is a good thing.
"Tonight, Barcelona's ball possession rate is 54%, which is somewhat affected by the red card."
"Of course, there is no doubt about the red card, but missing one person will affect Barcelona's ball possession rate. Normally, it should be about 60%. I think this is a more reasonable figure."
But some media immediately pointed out that Barcelona's ball control was reasonable, but there were frequent defensive problems.
"This is another problem. It has nothing to do with ball control and everything to do with the defensive system. But Barcelona also scored a very wonderful goal. I think this should be the most beautiful goal scored by Barcelona since I returned to La Liga for more than a year.
goal."
Catalan media believed that this was Gao Shen's intention to interfere with Barcelona's decision-making and engage in psychological warfare for the second round.
"You can think so, but I am speaking from my heart. I also sincerely hope that Barcelona can be stronger, which will bring more motivation to me and my team!"
Everyone at the scene was in an uproar.
What is domineering?
This is called domineering!
While all the head coaches wish that their opponents were weaker so that they could win more easily, Gao Shen is the exact opposite. He hopes that Barcelona can be stronger, so that he can urge Real Madrid to go further.
Putting aside whether Gao Shen's words are sincere or not, his attitude is shocking.
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Regarding Gao Shen's remarks, the Spanish media generally gave a completely different attitude.
The pro-Real Madrid media spoke highly of Gao Shen, believing that he showed a strong spirit. They also pointed out that his football philosophy is the most consistent with Real Madrid's temperament, which is beautiful offensive football.
Aspen editor-in-chief Alfredo pointed out in his column that Gao Shen can not only defeat Barcelona on the court, but also in public opinion, because he represents the most advanced football in the world today.
Specific to this 4-1 Bernabeu battle, Alfredo believed that Real Madrid not only won the first round and won a convincing victory, but also completely destroyed Barcelona's confidence.
Especially Busquets' red card.
Alfredo listed the poor performances of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the past few years, including yellow cards and red cards.
But now, the situation has completely changed.
It was Barcelona who got the red card!
Times have changed!
Alfredo said that Barcelona was stronger before, but now Real Madrid is better.
The editor-in-chief of Aspen newspaper concluded that the sophisticated Real Madrid will create their own dynasty in La Liga, and it will even be a dynasty more glorious than the Barcelona Dream Team.
Unlike the pro-Real Madrid media, the pro-Barcelona Catalan media strongly criticized Gao Shen's remarks. They believed that Gao Shen added insult to injury to Barcelona after the victory, which was inconsistent with his demeanor as a famous coach.
Specific to these profound remarks, Daily Sports gave refutations one by one, believing that Barcelona's problem still lies in the formation of troops.
"In fact, if Fabregas had come on earlier, the game would never have turned out like this."
Barcelona's mouthpiece believes that this disastrous defeat is more a man-made disaster than a problem of the team's strength.
Martino trusted his compatriot and let Aguero start, which led to the team's loss in the first half.
"Since Aguero joined Barcelona from Atletico Madrid, he has never been able to truly integrate into the team. On the contrary, Cesc Fabregas, as a child of La Masia, after he came on the field, he interacted with Messi, Xavi and others.
The cooperation is obviously more skillful and more tacit."
Daily Sports said that the disastrous defeat at the Bernabeu was not enough to explain anything. Busquets' red card was more of a personal mistake. At the same time, the referee favored the home team and excessive sentencing was also a key factor.
"The real crux of the team's problem lies with head coach Martino. He should tailor tactics for the team based on Barcelona's real situation and reality."
Barcelona's mouthpiece came up with Barcelona's passing data, especially the data on long passes. The success rate is indeed very poor, which leads to many of Real Madrid's offenses starting from Barcelona's passing errors.
This provides evidence that if Barcelona's passing success rate increases, can Real Madrid still be able to counterattack?
That being the case, why should we give up the passing and controlling style of play that Barcelona was proud of in the past? Choose this more risky and less secure long pass?
And it is obvious that all the players in the team are not adaptable to this style of play, including Xavi, Busquets and others, and even Messi.
Daily Sports directly targeted the new head coach Martino, believing that his lack of familiarity with Barcelona and the lack of understanding of Europe's top leagues led him to make wrong decisions in such a crucial and important game.
