Commanding Legends - Chapter 7

“Do you think he is stupid?” Ronaldo sneered.

In the rest area, Ronaldo, Carlos, Baptista, Cicinho and others gathered together, looking coldly at the huge crowd passing by outside the window, and all of them had a strange feeling in their hearts. Is

n’t this too outrageous?

The first team was already overcrowded, and now there are more than a dozen people. What is he trying to do?

Doesn’t he know that no matter how many people there are in the first team, only eleven people can be on the field in the game?

“I think he is not stupid, but stupid!” Carlos replied coldly, “He didn’t even know he was sold, and he helped count the money.” Raul

didn’t reveal anything about the press conference in the morning after he came back. Most of the players in the locker room basically believed that Gao Shen’s remarks came from the instructions of the management, especially the new chairman Martin.

Because Martin had said something similar at the board meeting before.

In Carlos’s view, Gao Shen is a knife in Martin’s hand.

But can this knife really work?

“Does he want to rely on these dozen kids to win the derby this weekend?”

Atletico Madrid’s league ranking this season is not ideal. The famous coach Bianchi was dismissed in January, and Pepe Murcia, the head coach of Atletico Madrid’s second team, came to the rescue. The league ranking has improved, and the overall ranking is in the upper middle area of ​​the standings.

The Colchoneros not only gather a group of Spanish national team players and famous players such as Fernando Torres, Pablo Ibanez, Antonio Lopez, Mario Suarez and Gabi, but also have powerful foreign players such as Lucin, Ibagaza, Petrov, Maxi Rodriguez, Galletti, Kezman, etc. The overall strength should not be underestimated.

It is precisely because Atletico Madrid is strong that they were able to beat Barcelona, ​​the league leader, 2-1 at home and 3-1 away.

In the first match of this season, although Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0 away from home, the process was also very dangerous. In the end, it was Ronaldo’s double goal and Atletico Madrid’s central defender’s own goal that helped them escape unscathed.

Now, with the passage of time, Real Madrid is no longer the Real Madrid with a harmonious internal atmosphere during Luxemburg’s coaching period. Atletico Madrid’s situation has also improved after the change of coach.

And Gao Shen actually promoted more than a dozen players from the youth team in one breath when facing an opponent like Atletico Madrid. Did he really want to attack the superstars?

“Does he really think that he can rely on those little ghosts to fight in the league and the Champions League?” Carlos sneered with disdain. He felt that Gao Shen was too naive and ignorant.

But it’s normal. Young people are ignorant and fearless.

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Gao Shen didn’t know what happened in the players’ lounge, but he guessed that the stars’ minds would be complicated.

But these were not what he cared about.

After handing the players to captain Raul, Gao Shen went straight to the coach’s office.

Before that, he refused the club’s arrangement and did not move into the head coach’s office where Luxemburg and Carlo had worked. Instead, he continued to choose to work in the coach’s office, still at his own workstation.

This is also an attitude.

But when facing Maqueda, Gao Shen pretended to be helpless and smiled bitterly: “Maybe I will be dismissed tomorrow, so I don’t have to move back then.”

Maqueda said something nice with a fake smile, but he didn’t force it. Obviously, he also thought that Gao Shen was not qualified to move into that office to work.

In fact, he himself was more qualified than Gao Shen.

“Gao, you have promoted so many young players from the second team at once. How are you going to arrange the afternoon training session?” Maqueda asked.

“Others don’t know, but don’t you know me? What can I arrange? Whatever the big boss says, I will do. Now I just watch and learn more, so you are still responsible for this matter, and I will learn by the side.”

Although Gao Shen said it very politely, Maqueda’s eyes flashed with contempt after hearing it.

As expected, he is a rookie who has just started out. He knows nothing and knows nothing. How can he be the head coach of Real Madrid?

“Okay, I’ll make the arrangements.”

After saying that, Maqueda went out without looking back.

“Hey, isn’t this old guy too rude?” Fernando Lucas next to Gao Shen was unhappy.

He had been listening from beginning to end. If Gao Shen hadn’t stopped him with a gesture, he would have come out to say a few words to Maqueda.

“Polite?” Gao Shen didn’t take it as an offense. He looked at Lucas and smiled, “Only when you have the ability will others be polite to you. If you don’t have the ability, why do you ask others to respect you?”

This was the case when he was in the workplace before, and it is still the case now when he is coaching Real Madrid.

“Then how are you going to establish the prestige of the head coach?” Lucas asked worriedly.

Gao Shen smiled and shook his head. This is actually an illusion of many people.

Whether it is a head coach or a leader of a company, where does prestige come from?

Position?

There are too many cases where players and subordinates pretend to obey and disobey, and even get rid of the head coach and leader.

Many leaders are eager to show themselves and establish prestige as soon as they take office. They advocate the so-called “three fires” of a new official. As a result, before the fire is burned out, they become a little match girl.

It can be said that most leaders who set fires for prestige will not end up ideally.

Gao Shen is not stupid. He promoted more than a dozen second-team players in one go, which is bad enough in itself. At this time, he blindly set fires everywhere. The final result is that he is completely finished.

Just like the young coach Villas-Boas who will coach Chelsea in a few years, he threatened to take down Lampard, Terry and Drogba, the three locker room bosses, and promote youth reforms as soon as he took office. This completely angered the three people and caused chaos in the locker room.

But this is not what really led to his tragedy.

With Villas-Boas’s status at the time, although he was not important enough, he was also valued by Chelsea’s management. If he gritted his teeth and held on to the end, and brought the team’s performance up after taking down the three veterans, then he would win.

The terrible thing is that he couldn’t lead it.

What’s worse is that after the rapid decline in performance, he had to re-employ these three veterans, but the three veterans were full of energy and performed very well, which made Boas lose all his prestige in the locker room and in the public opinion circle.

At this time, Boas actually still had a chance, that is, to reconcile with the three as soon as possible and make up for the relationship, but he refused to do so, so the final result was that the locker room was completely alienated from him, and he himself was dismissed in disgrace.

What does this case illustrate?

When a new official takes office, he should not blindly start a fire. First of all, he should find out the situation clearly, and secondly, he should have a clear and definite idea.

For example, what tactics should Real Madrid adopt now?

Under the condition of ensuring the team’s combat effectiveness, which people can be used? Which people cannot be used?

Even if they are superstars, which ones need to be appeased and recruited? Which ones must be given color?

If Gao Shen speaks out in front of the players today, but has to please and compromise for the sake of performance tomorrow, where is his prestige?

In an enterprise, being able to improve performance is the hard truth. In a

football team, being able to lead the team to achieve results and win is the hard truth.

Gao Shen’s main task now is to have a clear idea of ​​team formation, that is, to determine what tactics are most suitable for Real Madrid now. Only after this is clear, can we use this as a basis to select players, and then communicate and appease them one by one.

Gao Shen already has a rough idea of ​​the team’s problems and the next tactical play, but it still needs to be improved.

Tonight is the opening time of the tactical library. Gao Shen has a strong feeling that many of his current problems will be answered in this library.

He is also looking forward to what kind of help the time traveler’s golden finger can bring him?

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When all the players saw Gao Shen bringing more than a dozen young players from the second team, they were mentally prepared for his afternoon training session to be “a new official taking office with three fires”. Even Raul reminded several local players to be careful when speaking.

But what surprised everyone was that the 90-minute training session was all hosted by assistant coach Maqueda. Gao Shen stood on the side of the training field from beginning to end, silently watching the training on the field, and even rarely adjusted his position. He was like a wooden stake.

Oh, no, maybe it’s more like a humanoid surveillance.

This made many people miscalculate. Many people wanted to see Gao Shen’s “good show”. After they moved the benches and bought melon seeds and peanuts, they were told that they couldn’t do it anymore. This was too disappointing! Not only

did he not act like a new official, but even after the training session, Gao Shen didn’t stay in the training ground. He was the first to turn around and leave. Then, as many people expected, he didn’t rush to talk to the players. Instead, he went back to the office to pack up and left Valdebebas.

When the players were about to return to the locker room, they saw Gao Shen’s back as he left, and they were all puzzled.

Is there still such a head coach? He

really doesn’t even want to pretend?

“What is this kid doing? Is there anyone like him as a head coach? Too irresponsible, isn’t it?” Salgado was annoyed.

He also has some weight in the locker room. After all, he has played for the team for many years.

“I guess he’s just giving up, knowing he won’t be here for long.” Carlos sneered sarcastically.

The other players also laughed.

Letting Gao Shen be the head coach of Real Madrid is a joke in itself, a farce, who would accept it?

Guti, Ramos, Casillas and others were also very surprised and puzzled, and even a little annoyed.

Fortunately, Raul had talked to them before, saying that he would cooperate with the head coach, but what was the result?

The head coach did nothing, said nothing, how could they cooperate?

Raul was also confused, especially after seeing the puzzled inquiring eyes of Guti and others, the captain of Real Madrid also shook his head.

Although they had contacted twice, Gao Shen’s feeling to him was definitely not like this now. He now had no idea what Gao Shen was thinking and what he wanted to do next.

There are more than 40 people in the first team, and they have to polish a lineup to deal with the weekend’s derby, right?

“Fernando.” Raul saw Lucas coming and immediately called him.

Raul was Lucas’ idol, and the Madrid native ran over to him cheerfully.

“Where is he going in such a hurry?” Raul asked with concern.

Following Raul’s gaze, Lucas guessed that he was asking about Gao Shen, and immediately replied, “He said he had something to do at Mr. Carlo’s house.”

Everyone suddenly realized

that he was going to see Carlo to learn from him .

But the question was, was Carlo willing to see him?