From coaching Real Madrid

Valdano agrees with Sacchi's statement.

The Argentinian legend also believes that the pursuit of greatness and perfection is the responsibility of all head coaches towards football and humanity.

Although greatness rarely appears in this world and perfection does not exist at all, this does not prevent people from pursuing them.

Valdano believes that football rules are changing, people are changing, everything is changing, but in fact nothing has changed.

"The moment Ronaldo received the pass, what he was thinking was actually no different from Pele. In the same way, Pele is not much different from Di Stefano. From this point of view,

In fact, football has never changed, and the essence of what attracts fans has not changed."

Valdano is very dissatisfied with the football atmosphere in recent years. He believes that fear has pervaded world football.

"Coaches have even reached a point where they regard the game as an endless stream of dangers. They try to stifle all threats, thereby making football depressing and lacking freedom and creativity."

Valdano gave a very realistic example. He also coached AC Milan. Capello's AC Milan was more successful and younger than Sacchi, but everyone agreed that Sacchi's AC Milan was greater.

Why?

Because whether they admit it or not, people are naturally more inclined to appreciate Sacchi's Milan.

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There is no doubt that the words of the two masters were very moving, and they also brought enlightenment to Gao Shen, and he benefited a lot.

But he still had some questions in his mind.

So, like a diligent student, he asked his questions to two excellent teachers.

Gao Shen first expressed his opinion that what they said was right and very beautiful.

But as a head coach, the general environment of football is like this. The benefits of professional leagues are already very amazing, far from what they could be compared to in the 1980s and 1990s. Whether it is the team's income, players' salaries and bonuses, or other things,

It's all very different from back then.

A football match can easily involve millions or tens of millions of euros, or even over 100 million euros. Who can afford to bet on it?

If you win the bet, that's a legend, but what if you lose the bet?

What do the management who have invested heavily think? What do the players who have worked hard for a season think? What do the fans who have been waiting for it for many years think?

The profound subtext is actually quite sharp. Neither Sacchi nor Valdano are the head coaches anymore. Of course they can say this, just like Cruyff. He can always criticize Barcelona's head coach unscrupulously, but if it were him

Can you do it yourself?

Sacchi and Valdano, and even Florentino and Butragueno admitted that Gao Shen was right.

Among secular people, who can be exempt from vulgarity?

"So, when I choose a team, I will first consider whether I can get the full support of the team. I will inject some of my own idealism when forming the team, and I will work hard to pursue it.

A higher level of greatness, not just wins and losses and championships."

Compared with Sacchi, Valdano is obviously more idealistic and believes that he will not make compromises easily.

Presumably, this is also the reason why he does not have much coaching experience.

After all his efforts, Valdano coached three teams: Tenerife, Real Madrid and Valencia. What really made him recognized was the Real Madrid team that overturned Cruyff's dream team.

Although Gao Shen asked a pointed question, he also understood the reason why these two seniors said these things to him.

In fact, they are all telling Gao Shen a truth: having championships and trophies can achieve worldly success, but it cannot achieve greatness.

To be able to lead Real Madrid to today's achievements at the age of 25, Gao Shen should not just be satisfied with success.

He should try to improve himself and pursue higher-level goals.

That is great!

Gao Shen also noticed that whether it is Sacchi, Valdano, or the previous Ancelotti and Capello, these successful head coaches have consciously or unconsciously mentioned a criterion for their team selection.

That is whether it can get the support of management.

They even listed this as the first element.

Gao Shen carefully considered this point and realized its importance more and more.

Many times, a head coach is doomed to failure from the day he selects his team.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some head coaches still mess up things despite receiving strong support from the management. This is another matter.

But if the head coach wants to succeed, it is impossible without the support of the management.

Gao Shen remembered this.

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As the meal progressed, more and more topics were discussed.

There are some things that are too advanced for me to participate in and I am interested in, but there are some topics that are too advanced for me to participate in and I am not sensitive to them.

For example, Valdano unceremoniously pointed out in front of Florentino that the failure of Galacticos was because the club was eroded by an increasingly strong commercial atmosphere.

"The blind pursuit of the club's profits will naturally lead to the loss of some spiritual qualities at the football level."

But Florentino doesn't agree with this.

He said that Real Madrid's pursuit of profitability and commercial interests is not a big problem, because when he took over Real Madrid, the club was heavily in debt and was heavily in debt. If they could not figure out a solution to the debt problem at that time, Real Madrid would be doomed.

"From the current point of view, we are the most profitable team in European football. Even if our results in the past three years are not ideal, we can still attract outstanding superstars like Samuel and Owen to join us. This is

It is enough to prove that our route is not without merit and still has many merits."

Florentino believes that the Galactico policy should not be beaten to death with a stick, but should be viewed dialectically to see its advantages and disadvantages.

"Recently, I have been thinking about a question. Is there a possibility for the team to go hand in hand in business and football? Both achieve great success?"

Neither Sacchi nor Valdano could answer this question because no one had succeeded before.

But Gao Shen told Florentino very definitely, "I believe you can achieve it!"

Florentino and everyone present were very surprised.

Especially when they saw Gao Shen express his position so resolutely, without any twinkle in his eyes, which was obviously not flattery, but true belief, they were all surprised.

"Why?" Butragueno asked curiously.

Gao Shen is a little embarrassed, he can't say it, because I am a time traveler, so I know that in a few years, when Lafayette entered the palace for the second time, he created the Galaxy Battleship 2:0 version, and under the coaching of Ancelotti

After winning the 10th Champions League, Zidane then led the team to win three consecutive championships, truly achieving a double harvest in business and football.

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"I don't know how to say it." Gao Shen shrugged, but still firmly supported Florentino, "But I feel that business and football are not an alternative. This should be a matter of balance, not

It’s an either-or choice.”

After a pause, Gao Shen continued: "I can understand what Jorge said. Real Madrid is a team with the temperament of a king. Before the Galaxy Battleship, although this team also introduced stars, there were more

The focus was on cultivating players, but later on it was more about studying how to introduce popular stars."

"But," Gao Shen changed the topic, "We can take a look at players like Ramos and Robinho. These players were also brought in at a high price, but they are very young. In time, they will become stars, even superstars.

They will help the team win the championship, so I agree with Florentino's idea."

Gao Shen's words were a little vague, but in general it seemed to be the same thing, making it difficult to argue with.

Florentino showed some thinking. Apparently Gao Shen's words brought him some fresh stimulation and gave him some ideas.

At Florentino's level, no matter how reasonable outsiders say, they will not change his decision-making. The only one who can really change him is himself.

Just like now, he said that the reason why he has not expressed his position on whether to participate in the Real Madrid presidential election is because he still has many things that he has not figured out, and the trade-off between business and football is one of the key points.

However, no matter how much people such as Gao Shen, Sacchi, Valdano and Butragueno say, and no matter how reasonable they are, in fact, for Florentino, they are just references. He needs to figure it out for himself.

to make a decision.

It was only tonight that Gao Shen finally understood why Florentino did not participate in this election.

Because he didn't think about it, he didn't understand it.

Before he figures it out, even if he runs for election, even if he is elected, he will still follow the same path as the first phase of Galaxy Battleship. In this case, what is the need to run for election?

If that road could work, he would not step down.

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This should be the longest dinner Gao Shen has ever had.

I ate from eight o'clock to about twelve o'clock, which took more than four hours.

They discussed many topics, from football tactics to club management, and finally Real Madrid's current situation.

Sacchi, Valdano and Butragueno all gave Gao Shen a lot of valuable advice. They are all professionals with rich experience in decisive battles and championships, and their opinions and ideas are worth learning from Gao Shen.

Although Valdano is very idealistic, Sacchi also claims to be idealistic, but when it comes to the Champions League final, they both believe that Real Madrid should adopt a more pragmatic strategy.

Only when you have an advantage in strength can you be qualified to talk about ideal colors, and that is called romance.

It is foolish to talk about ideals without strength.

Gao Shen never thinks that he is a stupid person. Although he does not think that he is very smart, he knows better than anyone when to do something.

"I am a pragmatist, and I value seeking truth from facts. The best way is to win."

Gao Shen admitted openly, "I finally reached the Champions League final. No matter what, I will never let it slip through my fingers easily. I will give everything I have to hold it in my hands."

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Florentino, Sacchi, Valdano and others couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

Especially the former chairman of Real Madrid, who looked at Gao Shen with obviously more admiration.

After tonight's contact, he found that Gao Shen was even more attracted to him.