Ever since Ronaldo started the game against Sevilla, the outside world has basically speculated that he will be a substitute in the Champions League final.
It's actually not hard to guess. With an alien's physical ability, he can't play two high-intensity games in three days.
But even so, Ronaldo is still Ronaldo.
With a star of his level, no team dares to ignore his presence.
Barcelona is certainly no exception.
Rijkaard made many arrangements for Ronaldo before the game, but when it came to the game, he was embarrassed to find that none of them seemed to be used.
Unless he is willing to weaken the offense, otherwise, he really has no good way to contain Ronaldo.
On the contrary, Gao Shen replaced Ronaldo at this moment, which was more of a shock to Barcelona.
Gao Shen wanted to let Rijkaard know that Ronaldo could hit Barcelona's penalty area at any time, so that Barcelona could be more relaxed when attacking. But the problem is that Barcelona is currently lagging behind.
If Barcelona leads the score, Rijkaard will definitely make adjustments, but now... there is no time.
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This is Ronaldo's first Champions League final.
He has been playing football for more than ten years and this is the first time he has stepped onto the stage of the Champions League final.
He has a heavy psychological shadow on the Stade de France because it was in this stadium that he seemed to be sleepwalking and caused Brazil to lose the World Cup final.
Although he helped Brazil regain the World Cup four years later, it still could not make up for the defeat in 1998.
What made Ronaldo even more nervous was that Brazil also used the home team's locker room that year.
Everything seems to be destined.
Especially in the first half, after Barcelona scored first, Ronaldo was even more nervous. He was afraid that the nightmare of 1998 would happen again, and he was afraid that he would fall in front of the championship trophy again.
That feeling is really, really hopeless!
Fortunately, head coach Gao Shen's continuous adjustments brought Real Madrid back to life and scored two goals in a row to reverse the situation.
Before going on the field, Gao Shen didn't even give him the tactical tasks. Instead, he pulled him to him, looked into his eyes, and said word by word: "Don't let your nightmare happen again! I believe in you!"
These words are not false, because Ronaldo saw trust in his profound eyes.
Ronaldo has never been a person who is good at communicating with others, and he has never been a person who likes to reveal his concerns to others, but surprisingly, every time he sits down with Gao Shen, he can't help but talk about a lot of things about himself, including some of his own affairs.
A past that you don’t want to mention to others.
Gao Shen is an excellent listener. He is good at arousing the other party's desire to talk and will keep the other party's confidentiality strictly confidential.
Ronaldo felt that Gao Shen was like a tree hole, worthy of expressing his true feelings.
Therefore, Ronaldo told Gao Shen before that he was very nervous and under pressure, and the Stade de France was his nightmare.
And now, Gao Shen encourages him to end this nightmare with his own hands!
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After Ronaldo came on the field, he performed very hard and ran very actively.
This surprised everyone.
"We now have to admit that Gao Shen is like a mysterious magician. He can make his players involuntarily give their best to him, just like Zidane and Ronaldo."
"We can all see that Ronaldo's body is still bloated and obese, his speed is still not as fast as at his peak, and his physical fitness still looks terrible, but he works really hard."
"From the moment he came on the field to now, he has been running and grabbing."
"We really don't know what kind of magic Gao Shen cast on Ronaldo to make him so obedient and work so hard, but one thing is for sure, Gao Shen is really amazing!"
"Being able to lead Real Madrid to the Champions League final, reverse Barcelona and win the La Liga title, and be able to make the world's top stars such as Ronaldo, Zidane, Raul and Beckham bow to him, we have to admit that Gao Shen is a
genius."
"Twenty-five-year-old genius!"
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In the stands, Carlo knew that Gao Shen was not a genius, he just did a lot of things that others could not or were unwilling to do.
For example, communicate with superstars, listen to their needs and ideas, and provide them with help and support.
It is by no means an easy task to get this group of already-established superstars to give their best on the court.
On the contrary, looking at today's world football, how many famous coaches can do it?
Only when you truly get into their hearts, truly understand their demands, truly understand their voices, and make them willing to fight for you from the bottom of their hearts, will they fight desperately on the court.
Carlo has also coached Real Madrid, so he understands better than anyone else that although this may seem simple, it is actually the most difficult.
Tactics, technology, physical fitness...these are ultimately not enough to defeat people's hearts.
On the football field, the players' hearts are the most complicated.
And Gao Shen has been trying to capture the hearts of every player since he took charge of Real Madrid.
From youth team players to first-team superstars, he has a firm hold on everyone and makes them want to fight for him.
It was only at this moment, watching Ronaldo running hard on the court, that Carlo admitted from the bottom of his heart that he had been thrown away by Gao Shen.
At least, he can no longer catch up with Gao Shen on the road of coaching.
Because he will never be able to make Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckham and Raul play for him like Carlo does for Gao Shen.
This is the difference.
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The Stade de France, for fans around the world, the most profound memory is undoubtedly the 1998 World Cup final.
The same is true for Gao Shen.
That was the first World Cup in his life.
Although he did not see the live TV broadcast at the time and could only learn about the World Cup through newspapers, this did not hinder his yearning for the World Cup, the finals, Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckham, and
The admiration of superstars such as Raul.
But now, Zidane, the champion of the French team, Ronaldo, the ace superstar of the Brazilian team, Beckham, the golden right foot of England, and Raul, the golden boy of Spain... are all playing for him.
What a pride! What an achievement!
When the ace superstars of the two teams in the finals compete together, what kind of power can they unleash?
Gao Shen is looking forward to it very much.
Ronaldo also lived up to Gao Shen's expectations and support for him. In just nine minutes of playing, he allowed the whole world to vaguely see the alien who was galloping on the Stade de France back then.
And Zidane also let people see that he is still young.
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Real Madrid intercepted the ball at the edge of their penalty area, and Beckham passed it across to Zidane. The Frenchman blocked Xavi with his body, stopped the ball, turned around, and sent a rebound ball directly to the frontcourt.
After Ronaldo received the ball in the gap, he ran with the ball and rushed to Barcelona's penalty area.
Puyol and Marcos both returned to the penalty area.
Two against two, Negredo follows.
But Ronaldo ran to the left, avoided Marcos, and chose to challenge Puyol.
Puyol resolutely faced Ronaldo. He wanted to force Ronaldo to the left, narrow the angle of Ronaldo's shot, and give Valdez more space to save.
Marcos stood behind Puyol, keeping an eye on Negredo who was lagging behind. As long as Ronaldo passed the ball, he could step forward at any time to block Negredo's shooting angle.
Barcelona's two central defenders retreated again and again, and Ronaldo dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Just when he was about to rush in front of Puyol, Ronaldo suddenly cycled continuously, pulled the ball with his left and right feet continuously, and his whole body also changed directions one after another. It was unclear whether it was true or false, especially Puyol who was the first to bear the brunt.
Just when the Barcelona captain wanted to remain unchanged in response to all changes, he saw Ronaldo suddenly pull the ball to the left with his right foot. After a slight gap, he shot directly with his left foot without thinking.
This shot came very suddenly.
From the continuous cycling and pulling the ball just now, to the furious shooting with the left foot, the entire action was completed in the blink of an eye, in one go.
Valdes reacted quickly and went down to the ground to make a save. Unexpectedly, Ronaldo actually kicked a high ball with his left foot. The ball almost clung to the lower edge of the crossbar and penetrated into Barcelona's goal.
After scoring the goal, Ronaldo opened his mouth, laughed loudly, and stretched his arms flamboyantly. Instead of running out to celebrate, he turned around in Barcelona's penalty area and walked back.
Everyone in the entire stadium was stunned.
Including the depth on the sidelines.
This should be the biggest difference between unworldly aliens and earthlings.
Even now, when everyone thinks he is dead, even if he uses his left foot, which he is least good at, even when no one is sure about it and there is almost no angle, he can still score!
It's so unreasonable to enter!
Because, his name is Ronaldo!
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The entire Stade de France burst into wild cheers.
Not only Real Madrid fans, but probably many Barcelona fans were also cheering uncontrollably.
In front of the extremely exciting goal, all the fans have the same feelings.
Ronaldo's goal seems simple, but in fact, it is extremely difficult.
More importantly, this goal completely killed all Barcelona's confidence and hope of counterattack.
Rijkaard can press forward and attack at all costs, but he must consider the cost.
When Barcelona pressed forward desperately, they encountered such an unreasonable Ronaldo, with the unpredictable Zidane behind him, and Beckham who was superb at long passes. Can Barcelona stop him?
Gao Shen clenched his fists and cheered loudly for Ronaldo's goal.
Turning his head to look at the visiting team's coaching bench, he saw Rijkaard hiding his face and walking back to the coaching bench, looking really frustrated.
This is not surprising.
Rijkaard admires genius, so he put all his bets on Ronaldinho and let Messi, who is also a genius, assist.
These two talents brought Barcelona the first goal.
But Real Madrid relied on a group of mortals to try to reverse the score to 2-1.
If it were just like this, Rijkaard would not be convinced.
But the terrible thing is that Real Madrid's genius also played a wonderful attack.
Zidane assisted, Ronaldo went to the meeting alone, beat Puyol hard, and scored with almost no angle.
