After the game, Mubarak brought Gary Cook and the top management of Manchester City to the Manchester City dressing room.
As the chairman of the team, he was extremely excited and excited about Manchester City's first Champions League game, which was a 5-0 victory over Real Madrid at home. This was definitely something they could not have imagined before the game.
It can be said that Gao Shen creates surprises and surprises every time.
"Did Mr. Mansour call you just now?" Mubarak was in a particularly happy mood and kept laughing.
Gao Shen nodded, "Yes, he is satisfied with the team's performance and asked me to convey his recognition and congratulations to the players."
Gary Cook and others were quite surprised to hear this.
They are also the top management of the club. If you want to count them, the CEO and department heads are obviously more important than Gao Shen, because the position of head coach is too risky. If the performance drops, Gao Shen will be fired.
The management is obviously stronger than the head coach, and the blame level is above that of the head coach.
But, who among them can receive a call from Mansour like Gao Shen?
And not once, but over and over again.
Even this summer, Mansour once again invited Gao Shen to the United Arab Emirates.
It can be said that in dealing with Gao Shen, Mansour was sincere and determined.
Everyone at Manchester City even seriously doubted whether they would be able to fire Gao Shen if the team's performance was not satisfactory.
But don't fire yourself instead of Gao Shen, then the joke will be too big.
"After he called you, he called me specifically and told me to come to the locker room no matter what." Mubarak emphasized again to highlight Mansour's importance. "He is serious tonight.
Very happy.”
Gao Shen was also satisfied.
Although he relies on his abilities and does not want to be flattered, Mansour is the leader of a country.
Recently, two pieces of news have come out in China.
First, a large domestic state-owned enterprise contracted an oil pipeline project in the United Arab Emirates, which is said to be worth several billion dollars. This is the first time a domestic enterprise has gone abroad in this field, which is of great significance.
Another is that a large domestic oil giant cooperates with the United Arab Emirates to invest in large oil fields in the Middle East. The investment is also worth billions of dollars. This also has extraordinary significance for China's oil imports.
Of course, Gao Shen would not be so blind as to think that these were all successful because of him. This is impossible, because behind such large projects, the state must be promoting and exerting force.
But just a few days ago, when Gao Shen returned to China, Su Qing mentioned these two things to him, saying that her leader said it personally. Gao Shen's name appeared in private communications. The UAE even stated that Gao Shen personally
Recommended to Mansour, it had a positive promotion effect on these two major projects.
This really flattered Gao!
He knows that football is far more than just football, and he has even experienced it himself.
While coaching at Real Madrid, he witnessed with his own eyes how political and business figures from Spain and Madrid used Real Madrid as a platform to maintain personnel relationships and reach cooperation deals.
In Naples, this kind of thing is more common, and De Laurentiis himself had this idea.
But when it comes to a country's diplomacy, Gao Shen is really surprised.
It also reminded him of a story.
It is said that the reason why Japan was determined to develop football was because when the Japanese Prime Minister visited Europe and held meetings with many European leaders, he found that all they talked about in private were football games and stars, and Japan had nothing in common in this regard.
topic, so after returning to China, I made up my mind to develop football.
This is probably an opportunity, but it basically reflects the influence of football.
But these are just rumors.
Gao Shen never thought that he would become a part of the rumors.
However, he feels extremely proud to be able to make some contribution to the motherland, no matter how insignificant it is!
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When Gao Shen walked into Intihad's press conference hall, the media reporters all stood up and gave Gao Shen warm applause.
Manchester City's first Champions League game was a 5-0 home victory against Real Madrid, the top club in the Champions League.
Is there any more breaking news than this?
Gao Shen smiled and waved to everyone, thanking them for their applause and recognition.
In return, after sitting down, Gao Shen also talked about everything he knew and patiently answered the media's questions.
Gao Shen expressed that he was very satisfied with the game process, but he hoped that everyone would not pay too much attention to the score.
"I think the most satisfying thing for me is the way our team won."
Gao Shen believes that in the past year, Manchester City has gradually established and consolidated its own tactical style.
"Our playing style and characteristics are unique in the Premier League. Even Arsenal, which was known as the most beautiful football team before, was not as good as us in this aspect. I think this is the most important thing."
"I hope that I can help the team establish a mature and stable style and system at Manchester City so that this team can remain competitive in the long term."
But Gao Shen believes that the current Manchester City is far from reaching its best.
"We are not yet the best in the world, which proves that we still have huge potential that can be tapped. I feel that everything we do now is still on the road to becoming the best in the world."
"I hope my team can play more controlled and more aggressive, because we really have a group of very, very good players, and every win we win belongs to them, to the coaching staff, to the chairman and
The management belongs to the team owners, and they are the heroes!"
Gao Shen's confession once again won him a round of warm applause.
Everyone who is familiar with Gao Shen knows that he never takes credit for himself. Winning is always the credit of the players and others, while losing must be his own responsibility.
Therefore, people who have played under Gao Shen, even players like Gervinho who only played for one season, have a very good impression of Gao Shen, and even praise him full of praise.
And everyone knows that Gao Shen is inextricably linked to Real Madrid. Even before coaching Manchester City, he has always been the most popular candidate for Real Madrid's head coach, so that this game is regarded by many people as having a very special meaning.
than usual meaning.
But Gao Shen denied this statement.
"It is just a football match. It has no other meaning. The first round of the Champions League group stage represents the three points of the group stage. That's it. I don't think it can have anything else?"
Gao Shen also took the initiative to explain a few words to Real Madrid and Mourinho.
"I think the score is not a reflection of the real gap. It is full of all kinds of contingency."
"To be honest, before the game, we didn't dare to imagine that we could get such a result, because Real Madrid is really strong. They have the best superstars in the world and have super offensive strength."
"I don't think we can conclude from this game that Real Madrid is no good and is very weak. This is too hasty."
Gao Shen believes that the game has passed and should be forgotten as soon as possible.
"We Chinese have a saying, modesty will benefit, fullness will cause losses, which means that we must always maintain a humble attitude, clarify our position, and discover our own shortcomings. I hope my players can do this."
Gao Shen said that from the end of the game, neither he nor Manchester City will talk about Real Madrid again.
This is a wise choice.
Not only Gao Shen, but also people from the public relations and marketing departments also recognized this decision.
The game has been won and the benefits have been obtained. If we add insult to injury at this time, it will seem very profitable.
Gao Shen did not hesitate to praise his players, especially Robinho who was elected the best player of the match after the game.
Gao Shen gave very high praise to Robinho's performance in this game, thinking that he played at his best, and also spoke highly of his performance in Manchester City.
"I hope he can continue this performance tonight, I believe he will become an incredible player!"
Gao Shen also spoke highly of Robben, saying that Robben is the most threatening player in the Manchester City team.
In fact, in Gao Shen's mind, Robben performed better and was more threatening than Robinho.
The right wing is the source of Manchester City's attack planning, and several attacks are played from this side.
But it's a pity that Robinho's two goals were very eye-catching, and his performance was indeed very good, so it was natural for him to win the best of the game.
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After the press conference, Gao Shen led Manchester City back to the Carrington training base happily, where they celebrated again behind closed doors.
This game does have extraordinary significance for Manchester City.
Gao Shen told the players that this battle was more about boosting the team's confidence and morale.
"I believe that as long as we continue the state of this game, we will be able to achieve satisfactory results in the league and the Champions League, and even win the championship!"
When Gao Shen talked about the championship, the eyes of everyone at Manchester City were obviously shining.
How far-fetched was this dream for them?
Not just them, in fact, for most professional players, the Premier League championship and the Champions League are unattainable dreams, but now, Gao Shen leads them to see the hope of winning the Champions League.
On the other side, Mourinho, Zidane and Valdano also led Real Madrid in despair and returned to Madrid from Manchester overnight. They were obviously extremely disappointed and frustrated by this disastrous defeat.
It is reported that Mourinho personally admitted his decision-making mistakes in the locker room and expressed his willingness to take all responsibility.
This is actually a very obvious thing.
No matter what the reason is, the biggest problem in this game is in the midfield. Mourinho did not play in the three defensive midfielders, which is a major decision-making mistake.
When the Real Madrid team arrived in Madrid, many Spanish media gathered at the airport, hoping to interview Mourinho and Real Madrid players, but they all refused and boarded the bus directly back to Valdebebas.
Zidane and Valdano received a call from Florentino after the plane landed. After the team was disbanded, the two of them went from Valdebebas to the Bernabeu Stadium.
