There has always been an unwritten tradition in the European leagues: after a ninety-minute game, buy your opponent a drink.
Of course, the premise is that this opponent can gain your recognition and respect.
Gao Shen heard about it from Ancelotti.
After learning that Gao Shen did not drink, Ancelotti regretted the good wine he had specially prepared, but he still had a drink with Gao Shen's thermos. After drinking it all, he said something that surprised Gao Shen.
Words that make sense.
"I should thank you for helping us make a difficult decision."
Gao Shen was quite surprised. He thought before that Ancelotti didn't know these things, but now it seems that he is still a bit naive.
As the team's head coach and having coached AC Milan for so many years, how could Ancelotti not know?
"Have you decided to sell Shevchenko?" Gao Shen took over and asked.
Ancelotti was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "To be honest, Gao, you surprised me. It was the same on the court and it is still the case now."
"It's not difficult to guess." Gao Shen raised his eyebrows.
In his memory, Shevchenko transferred to Chelsea this summer.
Even though it was just two sentences of dialogue, both Gao Shen and Ancelotti knew how many secrets were hidden behind each other's words.
This is also the reason for Ancelotti's surprise.
If a world-famous coach could see this and guess Shevchenko, Ancelotti would not be surprised, but if Gao Shen could guess it, he would be really surprised.
Even Ancelotti was a little unsure. Is he really a genius?
This question involved AC Milan's transfer this summer. He didn't want to talk more about it, but turned to another topic.
"I think you should leave Real Madrid, whether you win the championship or not."
After finishing speaking, Ancelotti seemed to feel that his words were a bit presumptuous and that he was speaking too briefly.
"Of course, this is my personal advice."
Gao Shen smiled and asked noncommittally, "Why?"
"Because you don't get the full support of the management, this is a taboo for coaching in any team."
Ancelotti's words were very serious, and Gao Shen began to think after hearing this.
"As a head coach, if you cannot get the support of the management, the players in the locker room will know that even if they support you for some reasons in a short period of time, they will abandon you sooner or later. This is inevitable.
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This is also the first principle of Ancelotti's coaching.
Ancelotti believes that if you want to control a team well, you must be the boss.
This boss does not mean that he is a very authoritative, Ferguson-style godfather, or a madman like Mourinho, or he can be a type like Del Bosque or Ancelotti, who has the entire locker room tightly.
Gather tightly around yourself.
He gave an example when he was coaching Juventus.
"To be honest, I don't like this team very much, I don't like that city very much, and the football culture there makes me very uncomfortable. Although I don't deny his greatness, when coaching there, I feel like I always wear a
Wearing heavy shackles.”
"But even so, the day before I decided to leave Juventus, I still received unconditional support from the management. Even if they thought I was not capable enough and decided to fire me, before I left, this team
There were no problems internally.”
Having said this, Ancelotti looked at Gao Shen deeply, smiled slightly and said: "Actually, you understand. From the time you took charge of Real Madrid to now, I can see that you understand this truth just like me."
"Handling interpersonal relationships well is the biggest challenge for a head coach!" Gao Shen smiled.
"That's right." Ancelotti praised.
In business, politics, and football, the most important thing for a leader is to deal with interpersonal relationships.
To put it simply, it is the art of controlling people.
Why are coaches transformed from players more likable than coaches with a professional background?
Because they understand the players better and know how to get along with them.
Players are also human beings, and they have feelings, beliefs, judgments, fears and needs. They are making various trade-offs all the time, and the most important job of the head coach is to understand them and handle them well.
they.
The richer the club, the more complicated it is, but mid- and lower-tier teams are not easy either, and the same is true.
Gao Shen had seen Ancelotti's book in the tactical library, so he knew what Ancelotti was thinking.
Ancelotti drank some wine, and chatted with Gao Shen more and more enthusiastically, feeling a bit like a thousand glasses of wine when meeting a close friend.
"You know, I met a player, but I'm sorry, I can't tell you his name. He had always performed very well before, but suddenly one day, his performance plummeted. I was confused. I shouldn't have
ah."
"But you know, I couldn't go to him right away. This would make him feel that I didn't trust him, so I waited and waited and waited. Finally, one day, he took the initiative to come to talk to me, and he told me
Said he had to get married."
"Yes, you heard it right, he doesn't want to get married, but he has to get married."
"Did an accident happen?" Gao Shen still couldn't hold back his curiosity.
Ancelotti deliberately put it off and couldn't help but laugh, "So, I helped him make plans and thought of many ways. In the end, he didn't get married, and his performance improved quickly."
Gao Shen was also amused by Ancelotti's example. He made insinuations several times, but he still couldn't find out who it was or what it was about.
This guy's mouth is quite strict and he is also very sinister.
But... hehe... Gao Shen still has a way to know.
The main reason why Ancelotti said so much to Gao Shen was because he felt that Gao Shen was very similar to him, especially the various things Gao Shen did after coaching Real Madrid, which made Ancelotti feel that if he came to coach, he would
He would also do this, which created a sense of closeness.
Many people's views on Ancelotti are tailor-made, or they think he is a "doorstep" who is bullied by the management. However, Gao Shen read Ancelotti's book in the tactical library and combined it with his own memory.
I think Ancelotti's greatest ability is the ability to control people.
After all, the head coach is the head coach. He needs to use the players to compete on the court. How to control the players and manage the locker room is undoubtedly the top priority.
Ancelotti was right when he said that Gao Shen had no support from the management at Real Madrid.
Martin is in private contact with some famous coaches, such as Eriksson.
Although he is soft on Gao Shen now, once he takes power, Gao Shen will probably be the first to be killed.
Even if he wins the championship and stays in his job, will Gao Shen be happy?
Do not make jokes.
As for Calderon and other opponents, if they come to power, they may not be able to tolerate Gao Shen.
There are rumors that Florentino admires Gao Shen quite a lot and has been trying to invite Gao Shen for a meal through Butragueno, but Gao Shen has never made time, and Florentino has not made an announcement so far.
To stand for election.
It doesn’t seem appropriate to step down in February and run for election in June, right?
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After leaving the San Siro Stadium, Real Madrid set off back to Madrid.
Along the way, Gao Shen was thinking about the conversation he had just had with Ancelotti.
This was the first time the two met alone, and they chatted a lot, but surprisingly, the more they chatted, the more in-depth they became, and they felt like close friends.
Gao Shen, on the other hand, was wondering if it was because he had read Ancelotti's book in the tactical library that he knew him so well?
What about other famous coaches?
Is there an opportunity to gather the favor of world-famous coaches and achieve the achievement of being the most popular head coach in history?
Unlike Gao Shen, Real Madrid's players began to study the Champions League final along the way.
There are still more than twenty days, but they are already eagerly studying the number of tickets and the friends and relatives to invite.
This is also the practice in the Champions League final.
Based on the capacity of the venue where the final is held, UEFA will divide the final tickets into three parts, two parts will be given to the participating parties, and the other part will be given away and sold by UEFA.
After participating teams get their respective tickets, they will first use some of them as complimentary tickets and distribute them to players or sponsors, partners, etc.
Generally speaking, each person does not get many tickets. If you can get five tickets, it will be a big deal.
But is this enough for the players?
Therefore, they have to study carefully how to get more tickets and invite relatives and friends to watch the game.
"Gao, will you invite your parents, relatives and friends to Paris to watch the game?" Lucas sitting aside asked with concern.
Often, clubs will even provide food and accommodation for friends and family of players and employees.
"What about you?" Gao Shen asked.
"Yes, our whole family is Real Madrid fans. If I don't give them tickets, I probably won't go home."
Only then did Gao Shen remember that the reason why Lucas, an economics graduate, came to work at Real Madrid was because his whole family were Real Madrid fans, including many of his relatives and friends.
Come to think of it, he must also be having a headache for the tickets.
"It's okay, you go and do the math. If the difference is close, I'll help you find a way." Gao Shen said.
Lucas agreed hastily.
For Gao Shen, it is not difficult to get a few tickets for the finals.
As for Gao Shen inviting those relatives and friends, he really hadn't thought about it.
His parents live in a third-tier city in China and have never been to a big city like the capital city of Shanghai, let alone going abroad. It is really difficult for them to go abroad to watch the game in Paris.
The same is probably true for other relatives and friends.
Of course, Gao Shen would still want to call and ask. If they were to come, he would definitely find a way.
As for friends, the first thing Gao Shen thought of was Mr. and Mrs. Carlo.
Both of them are die-hard Real Madrid fans. With Carlo's connections in Real Madrid, it is not difficult to get the tickets, but Gao Shen still feels that he must deliver them in person to show his sincerity.
Carlo has been idle at home since the dismissal of get out of class at Real Madrid. Fortunately, Real Madrid is still paying his salary in accordance with the contract. He has no idea of going out for the time being. The several teams he has contacted are not good places to go. It should also be in the wait-and-see stage.
Gao Shen had previously thought about asking Carlo to come to Real Madrid to help, but after things were smoothed out, it seemed that it was no longer necessary.
No matter what, Carlo still has to give away the ticket.
As for the parents in China, Gao Shen also wanted to call and ask.
