In the Presidential Stand of the Camp Nou, Barcelona Vice Chairman Alfonso Godard smiled at Real Madrid Vice President Vulture Butragueno, who led the team to Barcelona, and said with a somewhat condescending accusation in his tone.
What he meant by rashness was Real Madrid's decision to appoint Gao Shen as head coach.
In any case, it is absolutely a ridiculous scandal to use a 25-year-old rookie as the head coach.
Chairman Laporta was also sitting next to Butragueno at this time, "watching" the game with a smile. After hearing Godard's words, the smile on his face became even brighter.
In the past few years, Real Madrid has been suppressing Barcelona, and Florentino is a man who has everything in politics and business circles, and has extraordinary skills. Even if Laporta meets him, he will inevitably be a lot shorter. When will he be able to
Like now, if you hold your head high and criticize Real Madrid in person, Real Madrid still can't refute it?
Butragueno was very depressed, but he really couldn't refute.
Nowadays, the situation on the court is that Barcelona is stronger and Real Madrid is forced to defend passively.
Off the court, in the past two or three seasons, Barcelona has also risen strongly, and Real Madrid, which is full of superstars, has begun to decline.
Especially this season, Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho led the team to defeat Real Madrid 3-0 at the Bernabeu and won warm applause from the Bernabeu fans. This is simply a shame for the Real Madrid management.
The situation is stronger than the people, and Butragueño feels helpless about this.
"Speaking of which, we really have to thank you." Echebarria, who was sitting on the other side of Laporta, smiled.
"Ronaldinho and Deco were both given up by you on your own initiative, otherwise it would be difficult for us to grab them, not to mention Eto'o, who was sold to us by you."
Ecebarria is not only a member of the Barcelona Presidency, but also Laporta's brother-in-law. He was the person in charge of Barcelona's negotiations with Real Madrid about Eto'o's transfer. It can be said that he is a powerful figure in the Barcelona management.
Eto'o came from the youth training of Real Madrid, but he did not get a chance in the star-studded Real Madrid, so he was sent to Real Mallorca. Under the training of Aragones, he improved very quickly and was favored by Barcelona.
According to the contract, Mallorca and Real Madrid each held half of Eto'o's ownership. If Barcelona wanted to buy Eto'o, they had to get this half from Real Madrid. This was considered an almost impossible deal at the time.
But who would have thought that Real Madrid would agree in the end.
The reason is also very simple, because what Real Madrid wanted at that time was Michael Owen.
Sometimes, things in the world are really amazing.
Real Madrid has Zidane, so they don’t need Deco, and Deco, who has a simple style of play, does not meet Real Madrid’s definition of a star; between Beckham and Ronaldinho, Real Madrid chose the one with higher commercial value.
It is understandable that Beckham was the more famous person at that time, rather than the ugly Ronaldinho.
Going back to the deal between Michael Owen and Eto'o, the same is true.
And who would have thought that these three people would create Barcelona's glory in the past two or three years?
Butragueno always kept a smile on his face and maintained his demeanor, but he was already cursing in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Who makes the two teams mortal enemies of each other?
"The score is still zero to zero now. It's hard to say who will win and who will lose." Butragueno said calmly.
"Yes." Laporta nodded in agreement, but changed the subject, "I have a hunch that Eto'o will score again tonight."
Godard and Etchebarria both called him yes, because Eto'o has a nickname: Real Madrid killer.
What does it mean?
In the last three games against Real Madrid, he has scored in all of them.
Not only that, from leaving Real Madrid in 2000 to now, he has scored Real Madrid's goals a total of ten times, including seven league goals, two King's Cup goals and one Super Cup goal.
Seven of them were scored for Mallorca, and three were scored for Barcelona.
This shows how deeply Eto'o resents Real Madrid.
Butragueno was sitting in the stands of Camp Nou, surrounded by Barcelona's management and guests. Hearing that they all seemed sure of victory, Real Madrid's vice chairman was filled with embarrassment but helpless.
Gao, you must fight for us!
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Ronaldinho once again dribbled the ball in from the left side of the penalty area and hit a long shot before Dela Red blocked it.
But this shot started very hastily, with poor timing and angle, and it went high.
This was his second shot in three minutes.
Just now, Gravesen pulled down Deco 25 meters outside the penalty area and gave Barcelona a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Ronaldinho took the penalty, but it was slightly higher than the goal.
Both shots failed to hit the goal and neither posed a threat.
And now, the first half has reached forty-two minutes.
Rijkaard specially put on his black suit and red tie tonight. This is his lucky outfit, but Barcelona's luck does not seem to be particularly good.
The best chance in the entire first half was Eto'o's solo shot at the beginning, but he failed to score.
After that, it will be difficult for Barcelona to get better opportunities.
There is a lot of momentum, but very little threat, more of a long shot.
"This guy is quite capable. No wonder he was able to reverse Arsenal and draw with Juventus away from home." Tencart said on the sidelines, mainly praising Real Madrid's defense.
"This kind of overall compact defense is still very distinctive, but it also puts the players to a great test. To be honest, I really didn't expect that he could make both Beckham and Raul return to the penalty area and let everyone
Dardenne even chased back to the goal, it’s not easy!”
Tenkat was also a head coach in the Eredivisie before coming to work as an assistant coach for Rijkaard, so he knows that no matter how good the tactics are, they need to be executed by the players in order to be effective, and in a team like Real Madrid, it is very important for the head coach to
The real test is often how to deal with players, not the tactics themselves.
At this point, Gao Shen is indeed outstanding.
On the court, after Real Madrid stole the ball in midfield, Zidane got the ball near the center line and directly passed the ball to Negredo.
Real Madrid's center led Oleg and quickly advanced towards the right side of the penalty area. He took the lead and used his body to hold Oleg and stop the ball. But as soon as he stopped the ball, before he could make a move, he was blocked by Pu.
Joel was stabbed first.
Such scenes happened many times throughout the first half, but Real Madrid still enjoyed it.
"He is going to consume our two central defenders now. Thiago Motta must be ready during the halftime break so that he can play at any time in the second half." Rijkaard frowned.
This was specially prepared by him and Tenkat for Ronaldo.
Thiago Motta is taller than Oleg and has similar physical conditions, but as a Brazilian player, he is more flexible than Oleg, and he plays well in the deep position of the midfield and has good feet.
Still a left-footed player.
Rijkaard and Tenkat both believe that the partnership of Thiago Motta and Puyol can contain Ronaldo.
As soon as Real Madrid makes a substitution, Barcelona will immediately follow suit.
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The first half ended with two long-range shots from Barcelona.
First, Van Bronckhorst suddenly shot a cold arrow from nearly 30 meters away from the left, then Ronaldinho's cross pass, Van Bommel suddenly stepped in and fired a long shot, both of his feet went straight over.
Referee Brewer blew the whistle to end the first half, but no one scored.
But whether it's the scene or the data, Barcelona has an overwhelming advantage.
Not to mention anything else, just the number of passes, Deco received fifty-four passes by himself, including six threats, five tackles, and two steals. This data is enough to make him proud of the whole audience.
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For Real Madrid, Zidane has the most passes, only eighteen times, and Negredo has only a pitiful five times.
In other words, Real Madrid basically scrambled for the entire first half.
The data may not reflect everything, but it is enough to make people see Real Madrid's absolute disadvantage on the scene.
Generally speaking, such a score would only occur when a major defeat occurs, or even when a professional team ravages an amateur team.
But Gao Shen didn't react at all when he got the data.
Because he felt that he was too weak.
In 2006, this was a very common phenomenon. Barcelona's passing data were already very high, especially the data of Deco, Iniesta and Ronaldinho.
For example, Eto'o only played 16 times, Larsson played 15 times, and Van Bommel only played 10 times.
It should be said that this is the mainstream of football now.
But after Guardiola led the rise of the Barcelona Dream Team, which frequently exceeded 100 points in a single game and the dense passing lines throughout the game, it really came into people's view. It was only from then on that more and more people
The team attaches great importance to passing, and the passing data has really improved by leaps and bounds.
To a certain extent, Barcelona's style of play is a dimensionality-reducing blow to the current mainstream style of play.
The number of passes in a single game has soared so much. It can be imagined that the subversion of football games is absolutely revolutionary.
It's a pity that Real Madrid can't play that kind of football now.
In fact, except for Barcelona, it is probably difficult for any team to play football like that.
Even if Gao Shen wanted to, he couldn't put together such a lineup now.
Modric, Xabi Alonso, Toni Kroos, David Silva...this group of outstanding passers are still too immature now.
Or it should be said that the peak of their careers was also affected by the subversion of the Dream Team Three, and was even cultivated by Guardiola himself.
So, after seeing the football of Dream Team 3, and then looking at the current Barcelona Dream Team 2, how could Gao Shen be surprised?
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"How is it? Can you hold on any longer?"
This is the most frequently asked question after Gao Shen entered the locker room.
The common answer given by players is: yes.
Including Raul, Negredo and Zidane.
Beckham is known as a good runner, so it's even better for him.
Later, Gao Shen praised Ramos by name and encouraged Helgra.
Although he made a fatal mistake more than two minutes into the game, Helgra still did a good job most of the time.
In such an important battle, Gao Shen can only provide encouragement and cannot dampen the enthusiasm of the players.
There are also Graveson, Delared, Felipe and Arbeloa, all of whom performed very well.
Real Madrid's defense is getting stronger and stronger, but there is almost no investment in the offensive end.
"We still have to continue to be on the defensive in the second half. We must guard our own goal and wait for the opportunity."
Gao Shen clenched his hands and said through gritted teeth.
