The morning after playing against Juventus, at the gate of the Valdebebas training base, Gao Shen finally enjoyed the treatment of Real Madrid's head coach.
When he was riding his bicycle and wanted to slip in through the side door, he was stopped by two young female Real Madrid fans.
They wanted to ask Gao Shen for an autograph.
Gao Shen was very surprised because this was the first time someone had asked him for an autograph since he had been coaching Real Madrid in recent months.
The key is still young female fans.
Behind the two female fans, there are more Real Madrid fans watching from a distance, and many of them even have cold eyes.
It was rare for a fan to ask for his autograph, especially a female fan. Of course, Gao Shen couldn't refuse. He immediately got out of the car, took the autograph book and pen, and signed his Chinese name on it.
After the two female fans saw Gao Shen's signature, they both showed an unclear look, which greatly satisfied Gao Shen's male vanity. He had also practiced Chinese calligraphy.
"Although many people doubt it, we know that you have done a great job. We hope you can continue to work hard and lead the team back from Camp Nou." One of the female fans said happily while holding the autograph book.
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"Thank you." Gao Shen nodded in thanks.
Pushing his bicycle and entering through the small door on the side, Gao Shen heard the two female fans behind him laughing and whispering, vaguely including words like "so handsome", which made him feel extremely satisfied.
We also have female fans!
Even the security captain at the gate looked at Gao Shen with an envious and slightly ambiguous look, half-smiling but not smiling.
This suddenly made Gao Shen feel as if he was carrying wind even when he walked.
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The accident at the gate quickly spread throughout Valdebebas.
At first, Lucas, Buenaventura and others saw Gao Shen smiling throughout the game and thought it was because of the away draw with Juventus. When they knew the cause and effect, their eyes suddenly changed when they looked at Gao Shen.
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I didn’t expect you to be such a person!
Feeling a little embarrassed by being stared at by everyone, Gao Shen could only cough heavily and knock on the table.
"Be serious, there's a meeting!"
Everyone calmed down a bit, but they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.
"Okay, Lorenzo, you talk first."
As soon as Buenaventura came to Real Madrid, he was highly valued.
It can be said that Gao Shen handed over the team's training power into his hands, which made him become Gao Shen's right-hand man.
He is mainly responsible for physical training and player status adjustment. Now he is mainly analyzing the general physical condition of the players based on last night's game, and also making arrangements for the training in the next few days.
After playing Juventus, Real Madrid's next focus is the weekend's El Clasico.
This is the battle that Gao Shen and everyone at Real Madrid pays the most attention to.
There are only eight rounds left in La Liga. Excluding the battle at Camp Nou, there are only seven rounds left. Real Madrid is still five points behind Barcelona. If they cannot win Barcelona at Camp Nou, it will be considered a draw and the five-point lead will remain.
The gap will be very difficult to reverse in the future.
But if we can defeat Barcelona at Camp Nou and successfully shorten the points gap to two points, then the situation will be completely different.
Buenaventura felt that the team's game in Turin was still a bit exhausting, mainly because in the last 20 minutes of the game, Juventus played too hard, exceeding his previous expectations. He will next
We will try our best to adjust the players' physical fitness and physical condition, hoping to put them in better condition to face the weekend's El Clasico.
"In addition, after returning home last night, I looked at Barcelona's game data and some situations as you said. I feel that Barcelona's recent state is not very good, especially in the midfield, and the players' physical exertion is also very high.
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Barcelona's lineup has always been relatively thin.
What impressed Gao Shen most was that when Guardiola was coaching later, there were only 19 players available for the first team. If injuries occurred again, it would be even more stretched.
Although today's Barcelona is not so bad, the thickness of the bench is not much better.
Messi, Xavi, Edmilson and Marcos are all injured, causing Barcelona to be even more short of manpower.
In terms of schedule, Barcelona has also experienced a devilish schedule for a period of time. Now they are fighting on two fronts. It can be said that the pressure of the game is also very high. In addition, the lineup is thin. If their physical fitness is good, it will be weird.
"I guess they drew with Benfica away from home to save their energy to prepare for the weekend's El Clasico," Gao Shen concluded.
Everyone nodded.
This weekend's El Clasico is indeed very important. It can even be said to be the most important battle in La Liga this season. It can be called a watershed. If it wins, Barcelona's championship will be stable. If it is a tie, there will still be suspense. If it loses,
, then the situation is reversed.
Rijkaard will not be unaware of the importance of this game.
There is still one home court for the Champions League quarter-finals, but if they lose the El Clasico, Barcelona will be in a more difficult situation.
"Go back and let the scouts do some digging to see if Puyol can play?" Gao Shen looked at Maqueda.
Maqueda nodded. He is now not only a skilled tool for press conferences, but also a communication coordinator for the coaching staff and other departments. How can he come from Real Madrid and be very familiar with everything about Real Madrid?
Whether Puyol is available or not is related to the quality of Barcelona's defense, and is very important for advanced formations.
Unlike Messi, Xavi, Edmilson and Marcos who are destined to be absent, Puyol is said to have participated in joint training.
"Then how are we going to play on the weekend?" Buenaventura asked with concern.
He needs to formulate the next training plan based on profound ideas, especially group training.
Everyone also paid great attention to it and looked at Gao Shen one after another.
Unknowingly, they all recognized Gao Shen's identity and became accustomed to obeying Gao Shen's arrangements.
"Wait a while, let's resume training first. I need to meet with someone first before deciding on specific matters."
"Who?" Maqueda asked curiously.
Gao Shen smiled mysteriously, "Guess."
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The training session in the morning was nothing advanced at all.
Woodgate played the entire game against Juventus. After the game, Gao Shen asked the team doctor to make a detailed physical examination report on him. The England central defender is still unable to cope with the pressure of a double match in a week.
This is also a big trouble.
Real Madrid's three central defenders, Helguera is old and has obviously declined in form, Ramos is irritable, and Woodgate has many injuries, resulting in the three players taking turns and never being able to form a stable partnership, which is also quite fatal.
Fortunately, after this period of running-in, they all understood the advanced requirements and could work well together.
The recovery training was hosted by Buenaventura, and the players were still divided into two groups. Players who were competing and those who were not competing were trained on different venues.
When Carlo was here before, he promoted many players from the second team, and Gao Shen promoted more than a dozen players, but after this period of inspection, he temporarily put some unsuitable players back into the second team.
For example, Callejon's younger brother and several players promoted by Carlo were put back by him. Now the first team lineup has been reduced to more than 30 players, such as Parejo, Juan Mata and other players.
They train with the first team, but return to the second team to participate in games, which can be regarded as an encouragement to young players.
Gao Shen promised them that the current schedule is tight and he does not dare to use them. When the pressure in the next games is reduced, he will give these players a chance to appear in the first team and hopes that they will continue to work hard.
This also makes the training of the first team always very energetic and a lively scene.
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After the training, Gao Shen and the team doctor walked side by side to the coaching room, looking at the players' morning physical examination reports as they walked.
The injuries of several players in the team are relatively controllable and will not affect the game, but they cannot be careless.
Back in the coach's office, on his desk were the analysis reports submitted by Fernando Lucas on Barcelona's recent games, and a USB flash drive containing some reference game highlights.
After Gao Shen made a request to Butragueno, Real Madrid also signed a formal contract with Lucas and arranged for him to study at Loughborough University. He went to the UK two days a week, both of which were arranged on non-match days. The rest of the time he
I still work at Real Madrid, and all expenses are reimbursed by Real Madrid.
Lucas now feels a bit like practicing with Real Madrid, while Gao Shen is responsible for commenting on his analysis report.
There is also information about the hotel where the team will stay sent from the Bernabeu, including the rooms of employees and players, the training equipment they carry, food and drinks, etc. A lot of things need to be confirmed and signed by the experts.
Although it is not a game day, as the head coach of the team, there are still many trivial matters in daily life, especially now that the schedule is intensive, and I forget the time when I get busy.
It wasn't until the office suddenly became quiet and Lucas gently pushed Gao Shen from the side that he raised his head from the computer.
Ronaldo stood in front of him with an embarrassed look on his face, as if he had been waiting for a while.
Gao Shen looked around and found that the coaches had become silent. They were all looking at the two of them and immediately stood up.
He swore that he really didn't neglect Ronaldo on purpose, it was just because he was too busy and had too many things to do.
It was at this moment that Gao Shen suddenly realized why so many leaders and other head coaches had their own offices, just to avoid the embarrassment at this moment.
In the past month, he has been chatting with the players. No player has ever come to him privately. It is probably related to the fact that he is working in the coach's office.
"Sorry, there are a lot of things." Gao Shen explained apologetically and hastily packed away the things on the table.
Ronaldo also saw it. From the time he came in, Gao Shen had been busy reading documents, answering emails and signing. He was really busy.
"It's okay." The Brazilian replied calmly.
Gao Shen looked around again and found that all these gossips had their ears pricked up, making it clear that the carriages and horses were just trying to eavesdrop.
"Let's go next door." Gao Shen said with a wry smile.
Ronaldo was immediately relieved. As soon as he sat down, he stood up again, followed Gao Shen and left the office.
As soon as the two left, the coach's office suddenly opened in an uproar.
They never expected that Ronaldo would take the initiative to come to Gao Shen, and it seemed that Gao Shen had known about it for a long time.
What do the two of them plan to talk about?
Could it be that while they were still talking, they broke up again?
