On the evening of April 23, Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, waves of boos were heard from the fans in the stadium again, and eventually intensified. Almost 75,000 Real Madrid fans in almost the entire stadium were booing the team crazily.
The first person to bear the brunt was Gao Shen in front of the home team’s coaching bench.
He stood on the sidelines for the entire game, without any extra movement or expression, looking at the court silently.
One to one!
This is the final result of Real Madrid's home match against Villarreal in the 34th round of La Liga.
Yellow Submarine is a team that has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, and they just lost 0-0 to Barcelona at Camp Nou. Real Madrid is 1-1 at home, which is not a bad result by any means.
What's more, in the game against AC Milan, Real Madrid players were consumed a lot. Gao Shen made a huge rotation tonight, and none of the four superstars in the frontcourt played. The defense was also forced to use Pavin Gala because of Helguera's injury.
Moss's combination allowed Woodgate to rest.
With such a broken formation, a one-to-one score against Villarreal at home would be fine.
But not only Real Madrid fans, but also Gao Shen himself was very dissatisfied.
Because, this afternoon, Barcelona drew with Sevilla 3-3 away from home.
Rijkaard's team struggled to score the third goal until the 91st minute.
Barcelona is tied again!
As long as Real Madrid wins Villarreal tonight, they can overturn Barcelona and climb to the top of the La Liga standings.
This will greatly damage Barcelona's morale and fighting spirit in the next few games.
Judging from the current situation in La Liga and the Champions League, Barcelona is not only Real Madrid's top competitor for the La Liga championship, but also the biggest obstacle for Real Madrid to win the tenth Champions League title.
If they counterattack tonight, it is entirely possible for Real Madrid to defeat Barcelona in one go, successfully counterattack in both La Liga and the Champions League, and then win the double crown.
But at this critical moment, Real Madrid drew!
What is really difficult for Gao Shen to accept is that if the team is not strong enough and is tied by Villarreal, there will be nothing to say.
The key to the problem is that Real Madrid led for more than an hour and did not equalize until the last moment of the game.
In the 88th minute, the bipedal Forlan sent a cross from the left. Riquelme missed it in the middle. After the full-back Venta got rid of Raul Bravo, he got the ball and passed Parsons.
When Wen started to shoot angrily, the ball hit the hand of Ramos who was desperately trying to cover the position.
The Real Madrid center back was sent off directly with a red card and Villarreal was given a penalty kick.
Diego Forlan calmly made a free throw to tie the score.
I would like to ask, is such a draw acceptable?
After Real Madrid had been the leader in the real-time standings for more than 60 minutes, they fell down again.
This is where the boos from the Bernabeu fans come from.
Gao Shen was also very depressed.
What a great opportunity it was, and it was missed like this!
He even had the urge to scream to the sky and vent his inner depression and grievance.
But after taking several deep breaths, he held back!
…
“Well done!”
Gao Shen extended his hand to Guti as he walked off the field.
Then came Robinho, Negredo, Cassano, Baptista and others. Among them, Baptista was the hero of Real Madrid's goal tonight. His back pass caught Negredo's header.
Ferry, knocking Villarreal's goal with a header.
Guti was the team's deep-lying playmaker tonight, and his performance was remarkable.
This goal looked like a handball by Ramos, but in fact, everyone knew that Ramos made the mistake because he was anxious, and the reason why he was anxious was because Raul Bravo and Pavin were easily beaten.
The other party passed by.
If Ramos doesn't block it in time, the opponent will kick directly in the penalty area, and it is still possible to score.
Therefore, whether it is a penalty kick or a red card, Ramos actually has no big problem.
Both Pavon and Raul Bravo were very frustrated, with their heads hanging down, and followed behind their teammates.
When they came to Gao Shen, both of them were afraid to raise their heads to look at him.
Especially Raul Bravo.
When Carlo was coaching before, he was still the team's main player, but during Gao Shen's coaching, he kept losing his position and was even inferior to Felipe Luis, who was promoted from the second team, which made him somewhat dissatisfied.
But now, Gao Shen gave him a chance, but he couldn't seize it and made such a mistake. Who can be blamed?
Both of them were even mentally prepared to withstand deep anger.
"It's okay, it's okay, raise your head, cheer up, don't look listless." Gao Shen did not scold, but encouraged with a smile.
Both Pavin and Raul Bravo were surprised. When they looked at Gao Shen, they found that he had a smile on his face. He looked gentle and gentle, not angry. They felt a little relieved.
"Don't pay too much attention to the result. The one-to-one score is quite good and within our expectations." Gao Shen shouted with a smile.
Lucas and Buenaventura were standing behind Gao Shen. They had been paying attention to the change in Gao Shen's expression since the penalty kick was conceded. No one knew Gao Shen's thoughts better than them.
On the surface, he looks calm and gentle, but inside he is bleeding.
But what can be done?
As the head coach of the team and the manager of the locker room, is it possible that he would get angry at this time and scold the responsible person or everyone? What can this make up for?
The ball has been lost and the game is even, there is no point talking about it now.
…
"Just now, I was really worried that you couldn't help it." After seeing off the players, Lucas said with a wry smile.
Buenaventura also nodded, he was also worried.
"You have to endure it if you can't help it. If you get angry but it has no effect, then it's an incompetent rage. Why bother?"
However, after this game, he finally understood that many players in Real Madrid no longer have the ability to play in Real Madrid, including Pavin, Mejía, and even Raul Bravo.
This group of players undoubtedly had strength and potential when they first debuted, but in the past few years at Real Madrid, they have not been able to get training opportunities, and their strength has not improved with age. As a result, the overall strength now cannot meet the team's requirements.
Speaking of which, this can be regarded as hurting Zhongyong.
There is also Portillo on the striker, who is almost 24 years old. In the hands of Gao Shen, he will not get even one minute of playing time.
Sometimes, professional football can be so cruel.
If Gao Shen gives them a chance out of sympathy, it would be cruel to himself.
Just like tonight's draw.
…
At the post-match press conference against Villarreal, Gao Shen rarely passed the blame to tool man Maguida, but attended it himself.
He has finally felt the power of Spanish trolls.
Media such as Aspen, Marca, El Pais and other media are actually pretty good. On the contrary, there are some small newspapers that are not particularly famous, and there are also rival media such as Daily Sports and Mundo Deportivo. The problem is one
Sharper than one.
For example, Daily Sports directly asked Gao Shen that after the draw in this round, Real Madrid has lost its best chance to catch up with Barcelona. Can they surrender in advance? In their view, Barcelona is basically unlikely to lose in the last four rounds.
point.
At home against Cadiz, away against Celta Vigo, at home against Espanyol and away against Athletic Bilbao.
Judging from these four games, it is probably difficult to pose a threat to Barcelona.
In comparison, Real Madrid's schedule is much more difficult.
After playing AC Milan, there are two consecutive away games, the opponents are Osasuna and Racing Santander.
These two teams are also very difficult to compete with. Osasuna is currently ranked fourth in La Liga and aims to retain its qualification for the Champions League.
Everyone knows that participating in the Champions League represents a profit of over 10 million euros. For a team like Osasuna, it is impossible to give it up, so they will do everything they can to keep their fourth place in the league.
Racing Santander is a relegation team and will definitely try its best.
In these two games, Real Madrid must fight to the death.
Next is a home game against Malaga, which is a relegated team and is not very difficult.
But the final round is an away game against Sevilla. This team is currently competing with Osasuna for fourth place in the league, and will definitely compete with Real Madrid in the game.
In other words, the three away games are all the most difficult games to play, and each opponent is stronger than the last.
Barcelona's recent consecutive points losses have been against Osasuna, Racing Santander and Sevilla, all of which were away games.
This is equivalent to Real Madrid having to pass every hurdle that Barcelona has faced in recent times.
Even if they get through it all, whether they can win the championship depends on Barcelona's attitude.
is it hard?
Disaster!
Very difficult!
As powerful as Barcelona, they all failed against these teams.
But no matter how difficult it is, Real Madrid will still have to overcome it!
When faced with questioning from Daily Sports reporters, Gao Shen always smiled and maintained his demeanor.
After the other party finished asking, Gao Shen replied that the team's upcoming schedule is indeed difficult, and every game is difficult.
"But, how can anything in this world be easy?" Gao Shen changed the topic and asked the media reporters at the scene, especially the Catalan reporters who were the first to bear the brunt.
"Is it easy for you? For news, for sales, and to please readers, it's not easy for you either, is it?"
"I don't think there is anything wrong with this. If the opponent is not easy to play against, then we have to play one game at a time and pass through one obstacle after another."
"I don't know, what qualifications do you have to say these things in front of me? Are we not as good as Barcelona?" Gao Shen asked.
"When I took over we were ten points behind Barcelona, but now? We were so close to taking the lead and then you're telling me here that we have no chance?"
Gao Shen was not angry, but his tone was very tough, firm, and sonorous.
The press conference also became silent. Everyone was paying attention to Gao Shen, focusing on his every word, every expression, and every body movement.
He became the focus of everyone's attention, and also the focus of attention of fans throughout Spain, Europe, and even the world.
"We didn't despair when we were ten points behind, and we won't despair now!"
"I can say something here right now, if Barcelona wants to win the championship, then they have only one way to win the remaining four games. Otherwise, the championship must belong to us, Real Madrid!"
