From coaching Real Madrid

After talking to Gao Shen, Florentino held a press conference at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium at noon the next day.

In addition to Real Madrid's board of directors and core senior management, Gao Shen, captain Casillas and vice-captain Ramos also attended.

At the press conference, Florentino represented the Real Madrid board of directors and was satisfied with the performance of the players. He also promised that during this year's winter break, except for Granero's departure from the team, there will be no other transfer operations.

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The Real Madrid president said that the management, technical team and head coach are all satisfied with the current lineup.

"We all feel that there is no need to add more people to the team."

However, the Real Madrid president promised that the team will invest in transfer operations next summer, but refused to disclose specific goals.

In addition, another important topic that Florentino and Gao Shen talked about this time was Real Madrid's contract renewal.

Florentino announced that it has officially launched contract renewal negotiations with Xavi Alonso, and has also included the contract renewals of many players in the team in the plan. It is expected that this round of contract renewals will be completed before the end of this season.

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"The board of directors, technical team and head coach all hope to keep the best players at the Bernabeu."

This is also considered to be a positive signal sent by Real Madrid to Ronaldo.

Inside the Real Madrid locker room, the reaction to the signals from the management was relatively positive.

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After playing Porto, Real Madrid rested for two days in Valdebebas before ushering in the fifteenth round of La Liga, an away game against Valladolid.

In this battle, Gao Shen once again used the right-sided combination of Carvajal, Modric and Di Maria. Arbeloa returned to the starting lineup, but was placed at the left back position.

Varane replaced Pepe and Nacho started in place of Ramos.

Casemiro replaces Xabi Alonso, Toni Kroos and Verratti partner in the central midfielder.

Originally Gao Shen wanted to let Ronaldo rest, but the Portuguese wanted to score more goals and continued to insist on starting.

But it turns out that Ronaldo's condition after starting was not good.

In the first seven minutes, Valladolid took advantage of Real Madrid's defensive confusion and former Manchester United player Manucho scored a goal.

But just five minutes later, Di Maria and Carvajal cooperated on the right. After stealing the ball, Carvajal broke into the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball low. Benzema pushed the ball into the penalty area and scored.

equalize.

Before the end of the first half, it was Di Maria and Carvajal's offensive cooperation on the right. The Argentine cut inside and found Benzema, completing a one-two at the front of the penalty area. Benzema's heel

Knocking back to the right side of the penalty spot, Di Maria stepped in and hit the shot with his left foot, two to one!

In the second half, we changed sides and fought again.

Real Madrid save their strength.

In the 67th minute, Benzema retreated to respond and sent a direct pass. Nacho moved forward at great speed and got the ball into the goal before everyone else. Three to one!

This is youngster Nacho's first goal in Real Madrid's first team.

Playing as a central defender and actually scoring a goal, what else can Gao Shen say?

Real Madrid's central defender is born with offensive attributes.

Just five minutes later, Valladolid center back Serrano pulled Benzema and gave Real Madrid a chance to take a free kick in the frontcourt.

Ronaldo has already missed four free kicks tonight, this time it was Toni Kroos.

As a result, the German midfielder succeeded in one fell swoop and scored Valladolid's goal with a powerful direct free kick.

Four to one!

Subsequently, Real Madrid made continuous substitutions and adjustments, but failed to score again.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Valladolid 4-1 away from home.

Benzema was voted the best player of the match.

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Three days later, in the first leg of the Copa del Rey knockout round of 16, Real Madrid challenged Celta Vigo away.

All the main players, including Ronaldo, will rest in this game.

Benzema, who performed very well last weekend, was replaced by Higuain this time.

Jese, Vazquez, Kaká and others also got opportunities to play, and Verratti and Casemiro even played consecutively.

The game was played in heavy rain, and the entire field was covered with water. Real Madrid could not pass and control the ball at all, resulting in many mistakes on the field and a completely out-of-rhythm game.

In the 40th minute of the first half, Celta Vigo used a counterattack to take advantage of the slip of Real Madrid defender Albiol and scored the first goal.

But in the 66th minute of the second half, Verratti sent a pass. Higuain succeeded in countering offside and volleyed in the penalty area to equalize the score for Real Madrid.

In the end, the two teams shook hands and settled for a draw.

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Over the weekend, in the sixteenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Espanyol at the Bernabeu.

The current head coach of Espanyol is Mexican Aguirre, and his disciple Pochettino resigned more than half a month ago.

The main reason is that Pochettino only achieved two wins in the thirteen league games in charge of Espanyol, ranking bottom in La Liga.

Pochettino has always had good results since he took over the reins of Espanyol in December 2009. In the last two seasons, Espanyol has been ranked 8th and 14th in La Liga. This is still based on the fact that Espanyol has continuously sold people.

In fact, last season, the Spaniard's strength had declined significantly, but the outstanding performance of Coutinho and other players covered it up, and the league ranking exposed this fact.

This season, the situation is even worse.

The departure of Uche, Vis, Coutinho, Romanik, Didac, Pandiani and other players, as well as the long-term injuries of Sergio Garcia and Verdu, have greatly affected the overall strength of the Spaniard.

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Pochettino's tactics began to fail, so the Spanish management decided to fire him.

Also dismissed from get out of class was Sports Director Pranes.

Does this name sound familiar?

Yes, he is the one who will take over as Barcelona's sporting director in the future.

He is also a very capable sports director, but unfortunately, the Spaniard's performance this season is so bad, it is not enough to appease the fans only if the head coach takes the blame, so even the sports director has been resigned.

Pochettino is currently unemployed at home, receiving the termination bonus given to him by the Spaniard after he was dismissed, and his life is quite comfortable.

Recently, I even came directly to Madrid and often went to Valdebebas to watch Real Madrid's training, saying that I wanted to learn from it.

Naturally, he will not miss this home game against Espanyol.

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Only ten minutes into the game, Real Madrid launched an attack from the right. Di Maria cut inside and passed the ball across. Modric passed it to Toni Kroos, and the German passed the ball diagonally to the left side of the penalty area.

After Ronaldo calmly stopped the ball, he glanced at Benzema in the penalty area and sent a low pass. Benzema in the middle easily hit the shot, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

The whole scoring process is very simple but fast.

Just three minutes later, Real Madrid attacked from the right again. After Modric got rid of the defender with the ball, he sent the ball to Benzema's feet in the top area of ​​the penalty area. The Frenchman stopped the ball, turned around, and sent a diagonal kick from behind.

Pass the ball.

Cristiano Ronaldo came up diagonally and succeeded with an easy push shot, two to zero!

In the 17th minute, after Real Madrid intercepted the ball in the midfield, they launched a quick counterattack. Toni Kroos passed the ball diagonally to the left side of the frontcourt.

After Benzema got the ball on the left wing, facing the defensive player, he lightly dribbled the ball to the baseline and passed it back to the edge of the small penalty area. Cristiano Ronaldo stepped in and pushed the ball with his left foot, scoring twice.

Three to zero!

The whole Bernabeu is completely boiling!

In less than twenty minutes, Real Madrid already led 3-0.

What's even more frightening is that Real Madrid is still looking for opportunities to attack. The Spaniard's defense almost collapsed in the face of Real Madrid's offense and passing penetration.

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Pochettino sat in the stands, feeling really mixed emotions.

He brought this team together, and he knows its strength well.

Maybe he is not strong enough to break into the top ten, but it will never be like this.

The two teams did not play the same rhythm of football at all. The Spaniard was not as strong as his opponent, but he did not disrupt the opponent's rhythm. As a result, the game was now completely dominated by Real Madrid.

Goals one after another are the best evidence.

But at the same time, he also saw another side of Real Madrid.

Gao Shen has always said that the team he coaches is not like Barcelona.

But tonight, Real Madrid played Barcelona very well.

Patiently passing the ball and constantly pulling, but compared to Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid's offense is more three-dimensional.

This is because we are facing Spanish people.

Real Madrid's current style of play is not too fixed. They can press high and press, pass and control the ball, and defend and counterattack low. They feel very comprehensive, and their offensive play is very threatening.

No, in less than thirty minutes, Real Madrid scored another goal.

First, it was a direct pass from Xavi Alonso. Cristiano Ronaldo stepped in and shot past the attacking goalkeeper Casilla.

Four to zero!

Pochettino covered his face, really convinced!

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Real Madrid finally defeated Espanyol 6-0 at the Bernabeu Stadium, under the nose of Pochettino, and achieved a hearty victory. At the same time, the entire Spanish football world saw that Real Madrid was indeed getting better.

Especially on the right, Carvajal's cooperation with Di Maria is becoming more and more eye-catching. It is obvious to the naked eye that he is getting better and better every game. Even AS and Marca are talking about it.

Think he should be selected for the national team.

This player was originally going to be sold, but Gao Shen kept him at the Bernabeu after being coached. Otherwise, Real Madrid would have lost another youth training treasure.

Even Spanish national team coach Del Bosque said in an interview with the media that he was planning to recruit Carvajal.

"Gao Shen strongly recommended Carvajal to me. I believe in his vision and his ability to develop players."

On December 22, Real Madrid ushered in the last round of league games before Christmas.

In the seventeenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid went to the Rose Garden Stadium to challenge Malaga away.

In the end, with the goals of Ronaldo and Benzema, they defeated Malaga 2-0 away from home.

Although Real Madrid has won consecutive games, Barcelona also performed very well.

Vilanova's team won 16 games in the previous 17 rounds of the league, losing only one game to Real Madrid.

Currently, Barcelona still tops La Liga with a four-point lead.

Real Madrid ranked second with 44 points, and Atletico Madrid ranked third with 40 points.

Further on, Malaga and Real Betis only scored 28 points, and they had already opened up a huge gap.

(End of chapter)