It was his first time to come to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, whether before or after the winning streak.
Before this season, he was the head coach of Getafe, but at that time Getafe was still in the second division and had not faced Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey, so Chang Sheng had not led the team to play here.
In fact, there is no need to go to such trouble. He was already at the Chamartin training base, and his starting point was very high. As long as he stays there for a few years, he might have the opportunity to enter the Bernabeu Stadium, but not as an opponent, but as an opponent.
As a member of the first team coaching staff.
Punching him broke the bridge of that bitch's nose, and also shattered all his possibilities in Real Madrid.
Now, after making a big circle, he has returned to the starting point of his journey, Real Madrid.
Looking at this huge behemoth, Chang Sheng will inevitably feel a little emotional - I, Hu Hansan, am finally back!
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In the locker room, Chang Sheng looked at his players. They had just returned from warming up on the court and were ready to play.
There are only twenty minutes left before the game starts.
This is the last moment a coach can exert influence on the team before the start of a game. No coach will waste these ten minutes and let it pass.
Every coach will say something more or less, either to boost the morale of the players, to appease the players, or to pour cold water on the players to calm them down.
Chang Sheng naturally wanted to say something.
To be honest, before he really became a coach, he always believed that the most handsome thing about a head coach, besides directing on the spot, was scolding a group of players in the locker room, which made him feel like a general.
So every time he plays FM, he is very serious about the pre-match training. He will give different training according to the status, position and characteristics of different players.
Even though this effect may not be as good as "letting the assistant coach do the work", for him, it will give him the feeling that he is a real head coach, which will give him a sense of accomplishment and authenticity.
Now, he doesn't have to do it on the computer screen. He has long been accustomed to saying passionate or calm words in the locker room, facing a dozen players with different expressions.
And today, he plans to tell you a story.
"Something happened during the Christmas dinner. I know you should have heard about it. Although you are all a group of old men, your level of gossip is comparable to those women and reporters."
Chang Sheng said this, and he watched the players' reactions.
Someone in the crowd laughed.
Yes, Chang Sheng’s confrontation with Soler at the Christmas dinner quickly spread throughout the Valencia Club. In fact, no one present at the time noticed it. I don’t know who ended up accidentally leaking the news, or...
…It’s simply someone’s deliberate propaganda.
Soon, everyone knew that Chang Sheng was having sex with Soler, the club's vice chairman and the club's second shareholder, at a dinner party.
However, not many people know exactly why.
"Why did I confront the vice president of the club? Actually, I don't want to say it, because this truth is really demoralizing. But I think you will know it sooner or later, so it is better to know it earlier - very simple, our beloved vice president
Mr. Soler, he thinks it is impossible for us to win the league championship this season!"
The players in the locker room were smiling, but their expressions were frozen as if they were waiting to hear gossip.
Because they didn't expect the truth to be this!
Soler is the vice president of the club. He actually doesn't believe that the team can win the championship? This is really shocking!
We were winning game after game from the front, but our vice chairman actually thought from the back that we would fail...
What's going on?
"Why does he think we can't get it? Because our opponent is very powerful, the extremely powerful Real Madrid! It's so powerful. We beat such a powerful team five times at home!"
He was preaching vulgarly, and some players below burst into laughter.
The best way to adjust the atmosphere between men is to say some vulgar and pornographic words.
The vulgarity of winning streaks makes players find the manager more approachable.
"And our beloved Vice President thinks it is stupid for me to propose that we want to win the championship in the sixteenth round of the league, because my words will put us in a dangerous situation and anger our opponents.
For example, Real Madrid, so we will encounter a lot of resistance in the game. His reason sounds perfect, yes, we have angered a powerful opponent, so we are going to be unlucky... But is this really the case?
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"If we are timid and timid because we are afraid of offending our opponents, then why should we compete for the league championship? And we are still afraid of a team that we have defeated by five goals. Such a shameless thing has happened to me in my life.
None of them could do it, but our beloved Mr. Soler did it! He is really amazing!"
"Obviously, our beloved vice president, he does not have a championship heart. But I hope you do, every one of you must have it, because on the way to competing for the league championship, I need each of you to contribute.
Use your own strength instead of being a bystander and expecting to get something for nothing. Next I want to tell you a story about the heart of a champion."
"Everyone knows that I coached Getafe last season. It was a second-division team. Before last season, it had just escaped relegation. At the beginning of the season, no one was optimistic about us. Everyone thought that we would not be able to win this season.
As long as we can avoid relegation, it is a victory. But they don't know that what I wanted from the beginning was to lead such a team to upgrade. Then we met Sevilla in the league. Like today, we were also away from home. That game
I pursued victory at all costs and even paid the price of being suspended for two games. Do you want to hear what happened?"
Chang Sheng said.
The players are very interested and not everyone knows everything about their manager.
Reyes's expression became slightly unnatural.
Because he knew what story Chang Sheng was going to tell next.
Sure enough, Chang Sheng told him how he asked Rondo to tackle Reyes' leg.
At this time, all the players looked at Chang Sheng and Reyes with surprised eyes. They really didn't know that such a story existed between the head coach and Reyes...
"...For this reason, I was suspended for two games by the Football Association after the game." After Chang Sheng finished telling the story about the game, he spread his hands and said, "My colleague asked me at the time, why did I work so hard for a game?
Is it worth it? Anyway, even if we lost to Sevilla, with our points at the time, we might not be eligible for promotion. But I still chose to do it. In addition, Jose and I really
No grudge... Why do I do this? Why? What I do seems unnecessary, and it may make Jose lie in bed for a year and a half. Why do I have to do this? Why do I have to do this?
Do you pursue victory so much in every game and won’t give up until you win?”
Chang Sheng kept asking questions, and he was also asking the players.
Yes, why?
Isn't it just a game? So what if we lose?
Losing is not the end of the world - we always comfort ourselves like this, and it is actually the same. After losing a game, aren't we still living well now?
"It's very simple. For Getafe at that time, Sevilla, who had just been relegated from Serie A, was still a behemoth. They were the favorites to upgrade and win the championship. Compared with them, we lost.
It's normal, even if we draw in the end, we are lucky. But I don't want my players to really think that, so I ask them to win, at all costs, they must win! The temperament and confidence of a team,
We were not trained by beating those weak teams by five or ten goals, but by the strong teams fighting to the death and finally defeating them! In the end, we won that game. Although we paid some price, we
We won. That season, we were promoted four rounds ahead of schedule, won the championship one round ahead of schedule, and finally defeated the third-placed Mallorca of the Serie A in the final of the King's Cup and won the King's Cup."
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, he spread his hands and looked at his players.
"Many people are wondering why a team that was almost relegated a season ago can finally become the champion. It's simple, because the game against Sevilla gave Getafe a championship heart. Now
The situation is the same, guys. We want to compete for the league championship, but we face teams like Real Madrid. Even though we beat them 5:0 at home, they still have many excuses, such as our victory
Without force, for example, they didn’t play Zidane... Even people inside our club thought we couldn’t compete with Real Madrid... So for this game, I only want one result - win, and I don’t want anything else. Because there is only two
Only by killing Real Madrid can everyone recognize our efforts. Only in this way can we have a true championship heart! The heart of a championship is gained at this time. A team that only bullies the weak will look at it.
A team that surrenders when it comes to a strong team will never deserve to win the championship! In this game, I hope all of us can find the heart of a champion from our opponents!"
"Okay, it's almost time, let's go out." Chang Sheng finished telling the story, waved his hand, and let the players go out in an understatement.
As for the Valencia players, they were still chewing on the story Chang Sheng told them as they stood up to leave the locker room and go to the tunnel.
The heart of a champion?
Will winning against Real Madrid really give me the ambition to be a champion?
If you have the heart of a champion, can you really win the league championship?
To be honest, many players are full of doubts and they are not sure whether this is really the case.
Because they have never experienced the experience the head coach mentioned.