Commanding Legends - Chapter 8

“Sorry, Gao, he’s not at home.”

Still at Carlo’s house in the Otalesa district, Gao Shen was turned away just like yesterday.

He was not surprised, but deliberately revealed a hint of disappointment and asked a few questions, such as whether Carlo’s mood had calmed down and whether he had read today’s news.

Gao Shen also specifically explained that before today’s press conference, the management gave him a speech script and asked him to read it.

Mrs. Carlo showed an expression of “as expected”.

When they saw the news, Carlo still had some doubts, but Mrs. Carlo insisted that Gao Shen didn’t look like someone who would say such a thing, and someone must have deliberately asked him to say that.

Now, Gao Shen has solved the mystery himself.

The script was indeed given by the leader, and he read it.

It’s just… he improvised a few words on the spot.

“Mrs. Carlo, please tell Mr. that I really want to apologize to him in person. Also, please give me a little more time. I will definitely find a way to resolve this matter as soon as possible.”

After saying that, Gao Shen politely said goodbye to Mrs. Carlo and turned away.

Mrs. Carlo watched Gao Shen’s back as he left, and she could taste a sense of misery and sadness no matter how she looked at him.

This unfortunate child is about the same age as their child, but now he is in such a predicament. He is so innocent!

Returning to the second floor, seeing Carlo returning to the sofa in the living room through the window, Mrs. Carlo told him everything that happened just now, and finally sighed, feeling extremely sympathetic to Gao Shen.

Carlo was not surprised, because in his impression, Gao Shen did not seem to be the kind of person who would say such things.

“I think, he will come again tomorrow, and you can meet him and have a good chat.” Mrs. Carlo felt Gao Shen’s sincerity.

Carlo did not react at all, but frowned and thought hard for a while.

He felt that Martin must have some ulterior motives. Gao Shen was like a knife in Martin’s hand that was slashing at the superstar. His ending would definitely not be good, and he would definitely step down as the scapegoat.

Everyone in the professional football circle knows that the head coach is a natural scapegoat.

Once problems occur in many teams, no matter whose responsibility it is, as long as the results are not satisfactory, the head coach will be the first to take the blame.

“Martin and Bosque are very good friends. Now let Gao Shen do this, just to muddy the waters. Then let Bosque come out to clean up the mess. Hierro may also return, so that he will have a better chance in the summer presidential election, and even get rid of the manipulation behind the scenes.”

When Carlo analyzed this, he looked at his wife and shook his head helplessly: “These open and secret struggles from the management are too far away from us, and we can’t change them. If he comes again tomorrow, tell him to resign quickly and don’t get involved. Otherwise, I’m afraid it will be difficult for him to stay in Real Madrid in the future.”

“Is it that serious?” Mrs. Carlo asked worriedly.

“As early as this weekend, after the game against Atletico, if the results are not satisfactory, Martin will definitely stand up and fire Gao Shen, and put all the blame on him, as well as Florentino. Even though he has retired, his influence is still amazing, and there are even many people on the board…”

In the eyes of many fans, Real Madrid is just a football team and a wealthy family, but only when you get close to Real Madrid, you will know that it is no longer a football team, but a place of fame and fortune where political and business celebrities from Madrid and even the whole of Spain gather.

Not to mention anything else, members of the Spanish royal family, the prime minister and government officials often come to watch Real Madrid games.

And where do people of this level often appear?
“What if he beats Atletico?” Mrs. Carlo asked curiously.

“Beat Atletico?” Carlo smiled bitterly and shook his head, “How is that possible? Without the support of the superstars, Real Madrid can’t beat Atletico.”

Even if he is still in office, he is not sure if he will meet the current Atletico, let alone Gao Shen?

And after defeating Atletico, there are even more powerful Arsenal and Barcelona.

This is destined to be a dead end!
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Gao Shen returned to his rental house, made a cup of instant noodles, and then buried his head in making a list.

The list was mainly based on the thread reel chart he drew yesterday, and highlighted some of the thorns who were strongly opposed but had obvious effects on the team, such as Carlos and Ronaldo, and some who were also crucial to the team but had never spoken out, such as Zidane and Beckham.

Raul was listed as temporarily neutral by Gao Shen. He believed that after today’s contact, Raul would cooperate with him, but the premise was that he had to come up with practical results as soon as possible to make Raul believe that he could solve the current problems of Real Madrid.

Gao Shen has been in the enterprise for so many years, and the leader who has the deepest memory and the greatest influence on him once said two sentences to him.

“Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, winning battles is the foundation and guarantee for inspiring morale and cohesion of the team.”

“Be good at and dare to fight, find opportunities in the struggle, and establish your own prestige and status in the struggle.”

How to fight?

It is to make more of your own people and fewer enemies.

Who should unite? Who should try to isolate? Who can be won over? Who must be resolutely fought?

Gao Shen clearly labeled everyone in the Real Madrid first team in this list, but in the list of resolute struggle, he only filled in one name for the time being, the Brazilian gang.

Carlos threatened him in public, which was intolerable; Ronaldo, Baptista, Robinho, Cicinho and others were too strong in the group, and this group of players was too willful, which was also intolerable.

If it were an ordinary fan, Gao Shen would be a fan of Ronaldo and also like Carlos, but now, they are opponents.

What is the attitude of Zidane and Beckham, as well as some other players with ambiguous positions, towards him?

Gao Shen put a big question mark.

However, Gao Shen’s approach today has sounded the first step in the reform of the first team.

Large-scale water injection, introducing more youth training players who are not their own people but at least remain neutral, this is what Gao Shen wants to achieve.

And next, he needs to find a suitable set of tactics for the team as soon as possible and start selecting players.

Thinking of this, Gao Shen quickly ate the softened instant noodles and went straight into the tactical library.

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Gao Shen finally pushed open the door and walked into the tactical library.

The feeling of walking through the door was like walking out of the player’s tunnel and into a stadium with 100,000 people in full voice. It was a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

The library is just like its name. On the endless rows of bookshelves, there are all kinds of books neatly arranged. From theory to practice, from youth training to sports rehabilitation, from player psychology to locker room management… all kinds of football-related books are available here.

Stunned, Gao Shen strolled in this sea of ​​books, feeling very puzzled. Is that all?

Aren’t the golden fingers of the time travelers all very impressive?
Why is it different when it comes to me?

Although knowledge can change destiny, it is a slap in the face of the time travelers to start from scratch after time travel?

Just when Gao Shen suspected that he might be the most miserable time traveler in history, he took a book from the bookshelf and immediately found that the books in this library were different.

The “books” on this bookshelf are not books in the real world, but a collection of the author’s experience, wisdom and various detailed operation cases.

For example, the book in Gao Shen’s hand is his favorite work by Ferguson, which belongs to the Ferguson series.

The focus of this book is to explain Ferguson’s management, starting from the first day of his coaching, from the Scottish Premier League to Manchester United, from his infancy to the current stomping of his feet to cause earthquakes in European football, it tells in great detail about Ferguson’s dealings with various club managers, agents and players, and dealing with various emergencies.

The latest content in the book is about Van Nistelrooy, and Ferguson made the decision to sell the Dutch center.

Van Nistelrooy’s problem has been around for a long time. He is very dissatisfied with the playing style of Portuguese teenager Cristiano Ronaldo. This is normal. The characteristics of the two are not complementary, so he often reports Ronaldo to assistant coach Queiroz. When Ronaldo lost his father last year, the two almost fought in the training ground.

Ferguson initially ignored it, but gradually, Van Nistelrooy transferred his anger to other Manchester United players, including Gary Neville, because they stood on Ronaldo’s side during the conflict, which was a problem.

In the book, Ferguson’s various trade-offs are explained in detail, as well as Ferguson’s negotiations with Van Nistelrooy’s team and the operations in the transfer market, all of which are preparations for sending Van Nistelrooy away this summer.

Gao Shen had never seen a top coach’s operation so closely, which made him amazed and deeply amazed at the mystery of this library.

Not to mention outsiders, many of the contents in the book are probably blurred even by Ferguson himself, which is considered to be the deepest memory in his mind.

In addition to management, there are also Ferguson’s tactical concepts.

In the book, starting from when Ferguson was still a player, it explains the changes in his tactical concepts bit by bit, and how he constantly updated his tactical concepts through learning and made Manchester United a top European team.

In addition to management and tactical concepts, there are on-the-spot command and daily training, as well as other aspects.

Not only Ferguson, but also other famous coaches and head coaches, even more distant Beckenbauer, Michels and others, everything is included, and the collection is extremely rich.

After a tour, Gao Shen deeply realized that the books in this library are actually a collection of the coaching experience and tactical insights of many world football coaches from ancient times to the present. They are the most precious wealth hidden in their minds and are absolutely priceless.

And this is what Gao Shen needs most now.

Before crossing, he was just an ordinary fan. Although he had knowledge and vision that surpassed others by fifteen years, he still lacked the professional ability of a head coach, and the books in the library could greatly make up for his weakness in this regard.

These books are a bit like famous coaches taking out the things in their minds and letting Gao Shen read them without reservation, which is more rare than hand-in-hand teaching.

However, although the collection of books is rich, Gao Shen is facing an imminent problem.

He must choose a book that suits him best at the moment in this vast library, and then develop a set of the most suitable tactical system for Real Madrid.

Gao Shen actually had the answer in his heart a long time ago.