Gao Shen returned to Madrid and hosted the afternoon training session. When he got home that night, he received a call from Buenaventura.
The future physical training master said that he accepted the invitation from Gao Shen and Real Madrid. He had already convinced Cadiz and agreed to his resignation. Real Madrid only needed to pay a small compensation.
Of course Gao Shen had no problem and immediately agreed on behalf of Real Madrid.
Buenaventura said that he would prepare a training plan overnight and fly to Madrid early tomorrow morning. After Valdebebas signs the contract, he can get to work immediately.
Buenaventura's style is very sophisticated in his words and deeds.
After hanging up the phone, Gao Shen first called Butragueno to tell him about the progress on his side.
Regarding the poaching of Buenaventura, Gao Shen reported it to Butragueno before going to Cadiz. Vulture had also heard of this person, so seeing that Gao Shen was so determined and serious about it, he immediately had no objection.
Now that Gao Shen has reached an agreement with Buenaventura, Butragueno has no objections. He said that he would call the Cadiz management and rush out a contract overnight to let Buenaventura
I can get back to work tomorrow.
After hanging up Butragueno, Gao Shen called Carlo again and told him the good news.
Then came Raul, Guti, Zidane, Beckham and others, and Gao Shen all called one after another.
This is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of respect.
These players are the backbone of the team, and they are also the core fighting force of Real Madrid in the future. They are also the cornerstone of a stable locker room. Gao Shen must appease them no matter what, so Gao Shen must do something as big as the appointment of Buenaventura.
Tell them in advance so that they can be mentally prepared.
Gao Shen had told them before about hiring a physical trainer, and now that he has been hired, they naturally expressed their full cooperation.
Training will definitely be harder than before, but now the team has won three consecutive games, especially this week, Barcelona lost in the away game and Real Madrid successfully shortened the points gap, giving everyone hope.
Where there is hope, there is motivation.
Then there was Fernando Lucas. He had a car, and Gao Shen asked him to pick him up at the airport tomorrow morning.
Finally, Gao Shen thought about it and called Maquida to tell him about the matter.
Gao Shen's dissatisfaction with the team's low level of daily training had been discussed with the coaching staff before. He also asked the coaching staff to come up with a plan, but to no avail because no one was willing to help Gao Shen offend others.
Later, Gao Shen said that he wanted to recruit people from outside, but no one had any reaction. After all, it was already March. How could it be so easy to recruit a capable physical coach who could come to Real Madrid at the last minute?
Who would have thought that Gao Shen would actually dig it up.
It's true that Cadiz is a newly promoted team, but it is not well-known in La Liga. It is the favorite for relegation this season. Buenaventura is somewhat famous in the Spanish coaching circle, mostly because of his participation in coaching training courses.
In general, Buenaventura's current reputation is not prominent, and he does not look like the coach Gao Shen expected to be able to solve Real Madrid's physical difficulties in a short period of time. Instead, he looks like a coach who wants to
I want to take the opportunity to go to Real Madrid to gild my career and build my resume.
Maqueda thought the same thing on the phone at first, so he didn't care. Isn't it just one more subordinate?
But when Gao Shen mentioned that Buenaventura would be responsible for the team's physical training, as well as targeted training for the players, including injury recovery, diet, etc., Maqueda panicked.
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The Real Madrid assistant coach's first reaction was that Gao Shen was reducing his power.
Why?
Because he had antagonized Gao Shen before, and even told Gao Shen not to come down on the spot, and now he was getting revenge.
But Gao Shen didn't give him any time to respond and hung up the phone after finishing speaking.
Gao Shen's tone from beginning to end was to inform, not to consult or discuss. This was tantamount to telling Maquida that no matter whether you agree or not, this is what I did anyway, and you can either accept it or get out.
Without Buenaventura, Gao Shen might have hesitated, but now that Buenaventura is here, Gao Shen doesn't care whether Maqueda stays.
In fact, Gao Shen also concluded that it was impossible for Maquida to resign.
If he really wants to resign, he won't relent after the previous falling out.
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Most of the Real Madrid players, especially the Brazilian gang led by Ronaldo and Carlos, only learned that the club had temporarily hired a fitness coach before the training session.
His name is not very famous, he said he used to work in Cadiz and was a teacher in Spanish coach training class.
This made Ronaldo, Carlos and others extremely angry.
Because they had not received any notification before. On the other hand, Raul, Beckham and others had obviously received the news in advance, and even knew who the other party was.
Everyone knows that the Brazilian gang has fallen out of favor in the Real Madrid locker room. Even Ronaldo and Carlos have been completely marginalized and have long been unable to make any waves.
Before training, Gao Shen specially took Buenaventura to the locker room to meet with all the players.
Maqueda and the coaching staff were also present to support Buenaventura.
This may seem formal, but it is the simplest and most direct way to tell everyone that this matter has been decided!
Raul, Guti and Beckham have all reached a consensus with Gao Shen and expressed their welcome to Buenaventura on the spot. Gao Shen also welcomed the new coach on behalf of Zidane.
In other words, the locker room bosses all knew and agreed in advance.
At this time, not only Ronaldo and Carlos were surprised and helpless, but even Buenaventura was quite surprised.
He originally thought that he would encounter some obstacles and troubles after taking office, especially resistance from players.
But he didn't expect that Gao Shen would pave the way for him so quickly and eliminate all the biggest hidden dangers for him.
This forced him to re-recognize Gao Shen's influence in the Real Madrid locker room.
It’s only been twelve days since I took office!
In front of others, Gao Shen could be said to have given Buenaventura enough face to give him enough authority, but after leaving the locker room and on the way back to the coach's office, Gao Shen had to give some careful words of advice.
"Our players are quite special. On the one hand, they are not young, and on the other hand, they all have very high prestige in world football. So sometimes, when dealing with some things, we have to consider more methods and methods, and at the same time
Consider the actual situation.”
Gao Shen mentioned this to Buenaventura on the phone last night.
Real Madrid now has many aging players, such as Zidane, Salgado, Carlos and Ronaldo, etc.
When formulating training, it is necessary to improve the training level, but also take their actual situation into consideration.
Especially for old patients like Ronaldo and Woodgate, they must be considered accordingly.
"Don't worry, I'm just formulating a preliminary training plan based on our team's schedule. Next, I will learn more about the actual situation, specifically for each player, and formulate a targeted training plan for them. I will also tailor it to the team.
tactics and player positioning, and develop different training plans for players with different roles."
Buenaventura's training must take into account not only the entire team, but also the actual situation of individual players, as well as the players' regional cooperation on the court, but these will take some time to progress slowly.
"The Champions League quarter-finals are about to be drawn. There is still about half a month until the first leg of the quarter-finals. Starting from the weekend, we will play three league rounds in one week. This is also very important. Your task is very important.
Heavy."
Buenaventura is over forty years old, and he is not used to accepting leadership from a twenty-five-year-old. However, Gao Shen feels very mature to him, not at all immature as a young man.
Everything falls into place.
This weird feeling made it difficult for him to understand in retrospect.
But standing in Valdebebas, he was still looking forward to his future.
Except for the time when he coached the Argentine national team, his coaching career has always been in Cadiz. This season is his first time entering La Liga. Now he has jumped from a newly promoted team in La Liga to coaching a giant like Real Madrid. He cherishes it very much.
This opportunity.
More importantly, he could feel Gao Shen's sincere trust in him from every detail.
This gave him the urge to show off his talents and feel proud.
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The fact that Buenaventura joined the Real Madrid coaching staff was only briefly mentioned in the media.
No one will pay attention to the Spanish physical fitness coach entering Real Madrid and the changes it will bring to Real Madrid.
All more is about the superstars and the narrowing of the gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona in the La Liga standings.
and, the Champions League quarter-final draw ceremony held at UEFA headquarters on Thursday.
On Wednesday, after all the games in the knockout round of the Champions League's top 16 were played, the top eight teams were also freshly announced.
There are three teams in La Liga that have reached the quarterfinals, namely Real Madrid, Barcelona and Villarreal. There are also three teams in Serie A, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan, as well as Benfica from the Portuguese Super League.
and Lyon from Ligue 1.
According to the rules of the top eight draws, it is not impossible for all teams to be randomly drawn, fight against the same country, or even stage the finals in advance.
Real Madrid's signing luck has never been very good, and the team did not play well in the group stage, so last season they encountered the powerful Juventus in the top 16, and this season they encountered Arsenal.
Now, after finally reversing Arsenal and reaching the quarterfinals, they avoided the weaker Benfica in the draw and met Juventus led by Capello.
Last season, Real Madrid lost to Juventus in the Champions League knockout round of 16.
Today's Juventus is stronger overall than last season.
How strong is it?
Needless to say, head coach Capello, the stars in the team include Buffon, Cannavaro, Zebina, Thuram, Chiellini, Roberto Kovac, Gianluca Zambrotta, Billindelli,
Vieira, Emerson, Tacchinati, Camoranesi, Nedved, Marchisio, Trezeguet, Del Piero, Ibrahimovic, Mutu, Mi
Colli, Sarayeta...
Count how powerful this lineup is?
So when the draw results came out, the whole world sang sad songs about Real Madrid.
Among the winning odds of the three major bookmakers, Real Madrid plummeted, falling directly to the bottom of the quarterfinals.
All media and fans agree that Real Madrid is finished!
