After Florentino returned to Real Madrid, he made many changes compared to his first term.
In the eyes of all Real Madrid people, this club not only needs strong competitiveness, but also needs a beautiful body.
The reaction on the court is not only to win, but also to win beautifully.
The same is true in the club management system.
Florentino vigorously purged the gentlemen of Nanguo during the Calderon and Mijatovich periods, but still left many behind. Even he did not remove Calderon and Mijatovich as the outside world had speculated. Vicky was sent to prison.
Because both he and Real Madrid feel that doing so is not good for Real Madrid's image.
For every important away game, he would organize a gathering of the board of directors, important fans and club veterans, either in the administrative area of the Bernabeu, or in the private club of the Attack Fan Club, or in other high-end venues...
Everyone is happy with this.
For political and business figures in Spain and Madrid, Real Madrid has long been more than just a club, but more like a media.
Just as Eduardo Fernandez de Blas, the second vice-president of Real Madrid and one of the top ten famous barristers in Spain, said, "If the Real Madrid board of directors wants to supervise Florentino, then the only thing that needs to be done is The supervision is to ensure that he never gives up his ideals and never chooses the path of mediocrity."
Because Real Madrid never accept mediocrity!
From the board of directors to fans to celebrities, almost everyone recognizes Florentino's concept.
This is also seen as the reason why Florentino can return to the position of chairman of Real Madrid without any obstacles.
This was the reason why Florentino decided to fire Pellegrini this summer.
But his successor, Mourinho, didn't seem to do any better than Pellegrini.
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In the administrative area of Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium, all the distinguished guests gathered together to watch this world-famous football match, known as the most expensive football match in football history.
But within half an hour, Manchester City scored two goals in a row.
Real Madrid were uncompetitive at Manchester's Intihad Stadium.
Faced with Manchester City's skilled tactics, Real Madrid's midfielder was completely unable to control the situation. The ball and rhythm were disorganized, and they could only passively respond to attacks from Manchester City one after another.
Especially after falling behind 2-0, Real Madrid started to play a little anxiously.
Ronaldo tried very hard to reverse the situation on the field, but Real Madrid's entire rhythm and order were completely disrupted.
Adebayor was anxious, committed a foul, and was given a yellow card.
Everyone could see that Real Madrid had completely lost control of the situation and could only passively take the beating.
Gradually, the originally lively gathering became tense and serious.
Especially when the game reached the 38th minute, Real Madrid launched an offensive from Robben on the right, but Rakitic suddenly made a big move and sent the ball to the left rib. David Silva then took the ball. assigned to the left wing.
Robinho dribbled the ball into the left side of Real Madrid's penalty area. When facing Arbeloa, he made continuous cycling movements, suddenly got down, and passed the ball to the goal in front of the baseline. Suarez followed up and grabbed the ball. Moss had previously volleyed the ball into Chi Chi's goal.
Although the Uruguayan forward was tripped by Ramos and fell in the penalty area, he quickly got up again and ran excitedly across the field to celebrate his goal.
Three to zero!
No one could have imagined that Real Madrid would already be three goals behind before the first half was over.
"Tonight's game is definitely a tactical disaster for Real Madrid."
"Mourinho's tactics were completely suppressed by the advanced players, especially Real Madrid's midfield, which could not stop Manchester City's organization and attack. This makes people wonder why Mourinho did not listen to outside suggestions.
, adopt a three-midfielder style of play?”
"Judging from the current performance, if Real Madrid is still unwilling to make adjustments, we have absolutely reason to believe that Real Madrid will continue to lose goals and Manchester City will create more scoring opportunities."
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Florentino was sitting not far away, listening to the voice on the live TV, and he found it difficult to understand
"Why? Our strength is not weaker than the other side at all, but why do we play like this?"
When Florentino was talking, his eyes were looking at Real Madrid's honorary chairman Di Stefano and public relations director Butragueno, both of whom are Real Madrid legends.
"David Silva and Javi Martinez were all local players that we had our eye on and wanted to introduce. Robben and Robinho were players who left our school..."
When Butragueno said this, he showed a wry smile and shook his head: "Gao Shen is still the same as before, he can bring out a group of underappreciated players and train them into a strong team.
"
In 2006, the season when Gao Shen led Real Madrid to win the Double Championship was the best proof.
Later he coached Naples and the same was true.
Now that I'm in Manchester City, it's still the same.
Theoretically, Manchester City's biggest star right now is Robben, a "superstar" who was kicked out by Real Madrid.
"Gao Shen's greatest ability is his advanced tactical concept. His players can not only pass, but also run, and are also willing to defend. Even players like Robinho and Robben press so fiercely. If I hadn't guessed
If I'm wrong, it is estimated that Manchester City's ball possession rate in the first half will exceed 70%." Di Stefano analyzed.
"His philosophy is actually different from Barcelona. He dares to take risks, so he will pass more forwards and the rhythm is relatively faster, but even so, he can still get 70% of the ball possession rate. We
How serious the midfield loss is, you can guess without further explanation."
Di Stefano's words were recognized by Butragueno.
In fact, the midfielders of both teams basically have three people, but they are still three people, but the situation is completely different.
Manchester City seems to have only three people, but in fact, because the full-backs are positioned very high, the two wingers and Suarez often withdraw, resulting in their midfielder actually having a lot of people.
Real Madrid seems to have three players, but in fact the No. 23 player is not very active in defending. In fact, only Xavi Alonso and Khedira are pressing and defending in the midfield. Needless to say how difficult it is.
This brings about a very serious problem, that is, Real Madrid's midfield has completely lost control.
It wasn't obvious at the beginning, but the game got more and more outrageous.
"We feel now as if player No. 23 was sent off with a red card." Di Stefano said to the point.
Midfielder!
Florentino remembered Gao Shen's conclusion back then.
He believes that it is outdated to still adopt attacking midfield tactics at this time.
But later, didn’t Gao Shen also say that we can use four, two, and three one?
Lars Diarra and Mohamed Diarra were not very stable last season. Real Madrid signed Khedira this summer. Isn't that enough?
Why can't you keep it?
What exactly is Real Madrid's problem?
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The first half is over.
Manchester City went into the halftime break with a score of three to zero.
All the live TV stations around the world were surprised by this result and were also shocked by Manchester City's performance.
Everyone has no doubt that tomorrow morning, no, after the game ends tonight, Gao Shen will definitely be in the spotlight of major media around the world because of this peak match.
In the first half, Manchester City's ball possession rate was actually less than 70%, only 67%, but it was already high enough.
What is really scary is that Manchester City's passing success rate reached 89%, while Real Madrid only had 74%.
The problem lies in the midfield!
This is obvious.
In addition to the midfield, the defense and forward lines also have problems.
To put it simply, Real Madrid's passing success rate is too low under the pressure of Manchester City.
Why is it low?
With the strength of Real Madrid's players, it won't be like this.
Then there is only one answer, and there are too few connecting points.
"Mourinho can't play such tactics, he is more suitable for defensive counterattacks!" Di Stefano told the truth sharply.
"He regards Real Madrid as a machine, and the players are the various parts on the machine. After the assembly is completed, the machine can run, but the efficiency is really poor."
"Before the game, everyone knew that Manchester City would respond with offensive tactics at home, and Real Madrid needed to find a way to curb Manchester City's smooth offensive coordination, but in the game, we still couldn't do it."
When he said this, Di Stefano suddenly became a little pessimistic.
"If we use this tactic against Barcelona, we probably won't win, and we may lose even worse."
Florentino never said a word from beginning to end, but his livid face allowed everyone to see the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart at this moment.
After spending more than 400 million euros to build a team, it was beaten like this by Manchester City in an away game. What else could he say?
More importantly, the one who defeated Real Madrid was the superb Manchester City!
This is not a defeat, this is a humiliation!
Di Stefano is the honorary president of Real Madrid. Among all the people present, he has the oldest qualifications, and he is the only one who dares to say some things.
"The current mainstream trend in European football is to strengthen midfield control and passing ability, so Ferguson introduced Sneijder, and Ancelotti is also working hard at Chelsea to build midfield passing and ball control. Even players like Essien
Players have been tapped for their passing ability."
"This trend is obvious enough. Whether we adopt defensive or offensive tactics, precise passing and excellent midfield control are indispensable."
But now Real Madrid lacks midfield control.
Xabi Alonso alone is not enough.
Number twenty-three?
He looks more like an attacker, and he is an attacker who can only pass the ball.
Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Real Madrid's midfield was completely kicked out.
Redondo has followed Florentino for decades and knows Florentino's mood at this moment best. He immediately glanced at Butragueno, who understood and immediately changed the subject.
"There is still the second half, and we still have a chance to make changes." Butragueno said to Di Stefano.
But after hearing this, the honorary chairman of Real Madrid shook his head and sighed.
Although he didn't explain it clearly, his pessimism was already palpable.
Especially after a few seconds of silence, he said something to Florentino, which made his attitude clear.
"Please go back to Gao Shen! Only he can save Real Madrid!"
