After the meeting, the players returned to the locker room to prepare for tomorrow's training, while Gao Shen led the coaching staff back to the coach's office. Zidane spoke highly of Gao Shen's speech just now.
Not only was it unscripted, but more importantly, the feedback from the players was very good.
This can be felt from their eyes.
It's really like taking a shot of chicken blood.
"I got goosebumps when I heard it."
"To be honest, I have always thought that you are suitable for MLM."
"Sell your knowledge of success and become a master. I think this will have a better future."
"But to be honest, the players' response is really good, especially now that the team really needs a shot in the arm."
Everyone was talking about it, but basically they all agreed with Gao Shen's approach.
Real Madrid's morale has been too low in the past few years.
In other words, it should not be called a downturn, but out of control.
Sometimes you can be very confident, even overconfident, but once you encounter setbacks, you can easily lose confidence.
Real Madrid always vacillates between the two extremes of overconfidence and loss of confidence, unable to achieve stability.
And everyone knows that stability is the quality a strong team should have.
What is stability?
Just like Gao Shen's previous life, Zidane's Real Madrid team was able to turn defeat into victory many times in adversity. Why?
It's also like the Real Madrid that Ancelotti led for the second time before his time travel. He could often win at critical moments. Why?
There is no metaphysics in this world.
To use an old-fashioned saying, when your strength does not have any advantage, your mental strength is your last weapon to defeat your opponent!
If you don’t have strong self-confidence to back you up, and you are in trouble when faced with adversity or a critical moment, how can you reverse the situation? How can you defeat your opponent?
But this cannot be rushed.
It's easy to destroy a team's confidence, but it's difficult to build it up.
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The first coaching staff meeting of the new season was chaired by assistant coach Carlo.
He first introduced the general situation of La Liga to everyone, as well as the competition in La Liga in the past few seasons, and came to a terrible conclusion, that is, if you want to win La Liga, you must basically score around 95 points, or even 100 points.
What is the concept?
In 38 rounds of La Liga, the total victory was only 114 points.
If you want to get 100 points, combined with the number of draws the team has, generally speaking, you cannot lose more than two games.
Judging from the La Liga situation in the past few seasons, the teams that won the championship basically only lost two games, or even one.
The number of draws should also be limited to about five.
In other words, the number of wins must exceed 30 games.
There are 38 games in a season and winning at least 30 games is really difficult.
But this is the current situation in La Liga.
Many people say that La Liga is a game between the two teams of the Spanish Super League. This is true in itself, but the competition between the two teams of the Spanish Super League is also very, very fierce.
In the past few seasons, Real Madrid has maintained a very embarrassing record in their duels with Barcelona, that is, they have not won.
To put it simply, I have never won.
A draw is not bad.
If there is no way to break this embarrassing record, then winning the championship will be an impossible task.
You can't just lose to Barcelona and remain undefeated against other teams, right?
This is basically unrealistic, especially considering that Real Madrid is ranked third in the group stage in the Champions League this season and will definitely be assigned to the death group, which will be very stressful.
But it is necessary to help the team regroup, gain confidence, and start the Champions League as soon as possible.
Therefore, Gao Shen and the coaching staff are preparing for this now.
This experience in Manchester City is of great value to Gao Shen and the team.
To be realistic, you can survive a schedule like the Premier League, but a schedule like La Liga is really nothing.
Especially considering that there is a winter break of about two weeks before and after Christmas, which gives at least a week of charging time.
But it's not all advantages.
In a team like Real Madrid, every player is basically the core international player of their respective national team. Their competition pressure will be very high, which leads to the national team competition having a great impact on Real Madrid.
The coaching staff must prepare for this, especially injuries and ups and downs in form.
In the first round of La Liga in the new season, Real Madrid will face Valencia at home. This is Real Madrid's first official game and will be on August 19th.
In other words, Real Madrid's entire summer training session lasts about a month.
Buenaventura and Pintus also formulate the team's pre-season training plan and preparation plan for this season according to the timetable. They even deduce the physical consumption of the players based on this season's schedule and formulate
A series of training plans.
These are very routine operations.
This season, there are two derbies of the century in La Liga, the first of which was at the Camp Nou in the seventh round.
This is another disadvantage for Real Madrid.
Because according to the schedule, the opponent in the sixth round is newly promoted Mala Coruña, and this team has always been a bitter enemy of Real Madrid. Fans who are familiar with Real Madrid will not forget that the reason why Del Bosque was dismissed was the loss.
Real Madrid carefully prepared the centenary celebration, and the opponent was Deportivo La Coruna.
Between the sixth and seventh rounds is the second round of the Champions League group stage, which will also be a big trouble.
Judging from the current situation, it is a high probability event to be drawn into the death group. In other words, every game in the Champions League must be fought to the death, which will be very stressful.
The opening game against Valencia will be a turning point. After the national team match in September, we will have the first test of the new season.
An away game against Sevilla, the first round of the Champions League group stage, an away game against Rayo Vallecano, a home game against Deportivo La Coruna, and an away game against Barcelona in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
"This period of the schedule is the key. They are all tough battles and must be fought well no matter what." Gao Shen frowned.
Many people think that the two teams in the Western Premier League are rookies and other teams are just rookies.
But in fact, it's not as good as imagined.
As long as the performance of the two teams in the Western Super League is slightly unsatisfactory, the boat may capsize at any time.
Especially in this kind of continuous hard battle, it is very likely that you will lose it again and again.
If you lose points continuously at the beginning of the season, it will be very damaging to morale.
Sometimes this is the case, you have to consider both the immediate and the long term.
Wenger's Arsenal always played well in the first half but fell behind in the second half.
If the Gunners can maintain the same level as the first half in the second half, then they won't be without a championship for many years.
But it can also be said conversely, if you want to maintain the level of the first half in the second half, the level of the players and the thickness of the bench are all very high requirements.
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The team was reorganized, and Gao Shen was new to the team. How to break down his own tactical concepts and instill them in the players was also very particular.
Although Real Madrid's players have very strong personal abilities and wide tactical adaptability, this often means that most of their playing habits have already been formed, so it is not easy to change them.
This time Gao Shen still wants to adopt the four-three-three style of play he insisted on in the past.
Needless to say about the front trident, judging from the current situation, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Di Maria will be the best candidates. As long as they are not injured or sick, these three will almost be the main players.
But Benzema's header needs to be strengthened.
Strengthening your header does not mean just practicing heading, but training the strength of your waist and abdominal core muscles.
By increasing the strength of this area, players will perform better in terms of jumping and power in the air.
"I have already told Benzema that according to your plan, lose three kilograms of weight and strengthen the core muscles of the waist and abdomen. Don't be polite to him. I want to see him appear on the court in the new season in full force.
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Buenaventura and Pintus nodded.
The two have worked together for many years and have a tacit understanding of each other.
"Morata, Jese, Vazquez, Insco, Casemiro, Verratti, Carvajal, Varane and Marcos Alonso are all young players to focus on this season.
I am very optimistic about the development of these players," Gao Shen said by name.
Everyone also knows that there are some who were hand-picked by Gao Shen, some who were promoted from the second team, and some who are already in the first team. They will all be important bench strength for the team in the new season.
"Zinedine." Gao Shen nodded at Zidane's general, "After the training camp, you can't be idle. Take more time to open a small stove for these boys."
It's a bit interesting to say.
In Real Madrid's youth training camp, Jese is the well-deserved number one brother, and Morata has to let him go.
But when it came to the first team, Hesse's small arms and legs were obviously not that of a center forward. Gao Shen positioned him as a substitute for Ronaldo to see if he could improve his level as soon as possible.
Morata has a good physique and is positioned as an all-around center.
In fact, in Gao Shen's previous life, Morata was really fooled by jokes, such as double inverse feet and the like.
If we really talk about his strength, he is really a pretty good all-around center. Otherwise, he would not have been playing for a wealthy team.
In comparison, Yin Guayin is actually more of a scorer.
So now, Gao Shen also attaches great importance to Morata.
Many people have overlooked one thing. Zidane's back-up ability is also quite outstanding when playing football.
When Gao Shen was in charge of Real Madrid, he used Zidane's advantage to make a fuss. Now, he hopes that Zidane can train Morata, Jese and other young players to train these young players.
Hierro will naturally not be idle either. The defense of Varane, Marcos Alonso, Carvajal, Casemiro and other players has to rely on Hierro, and even Ramos and Pepe.
You have to learn from the seniors and don't take risks easily.
This is called making the best use of things and making the best use of people's talents.
Otherwise, do you really think that the Real Madrid assistant coach is just messing around?
"I knew you had bad intentions." Zidane laughed and scolded.
Hierro was also amused.
Training as a little demon is really not an easy task.
For Gao Shen now, the most important priority is to develop a mature and stable tactical system and starting lineup as soon as possible. This is the first major problem faced by all reorganized teams.
Especially considering that the new season begins with a tough home game against Valencia, there is no room for failure.
The pressure on Gao Shen and the coaching staff is still quite high.
Fortunately, Gao Shen and the coach already have rich experience in this area.
