Golden Greenery

Zhuo Yang once again walked into the Dream Theater Old Trafford. This was the 10th time in the history of Real Madrid and Manchester United. It was also the last game of Real Madrid's "March Battle".

Two games against Barcelona and one against Manchester United in seven days. The two wins against Barcelona are undoubtedly very satisfying. Whether we can rely on the good momentum to defeat the Red Devils again, the three fronts will go hand in hand. It will be revealed today.

Four days have passed since Bernaburi defeated Barcelona 4:1. During these four days, the dust has not settled due to the end of the El Clasico. There are still many stories happening.

After the game that day, because of the controversy, players from both sides avoided interviews after the game, but they did not refuse reporters' questions the next day.

Busquets was identified by the Catalan media as the main culprit for Barcelona's defeat, and it was not this one. He had unshirkable responsibility for all three El Clasico defeats this year. Xiaobu spoke frankly about this and solemnly apologized to Barcelona fans.

Xiaojie, Boss Mei, Xiaobai, Dan Erye and other team leaders, including Aunt Pu and Harvey who did not play that day, tried their best to defend Xiaobu. They said that the failure was the responsibility of the whole team and everyone. It's because he didn't play well.

Faced with reporters focusing on his repeated dangerous fouls against Zhuoyang, Xiaobu said: "Zhuoyang is my idol. This has never changed. The outstanding contributions he left to Barcelona and made for Barcelona, Will never be forgotten by anyone here. Wherever he is, at Real Madrid or elsewhere, he is my friend and that will never change."

Zhuo Yang told an interviewer in Madrid: "Don't always think about making big news. What just passed was just a game, one of countless national derbies in the past hundred years."

"Xiaobu... yes, I always call him Xiaobu, not Busquets. He is one of the best midfielders in football. Even judging from the characteristics of Barcelona football, Xiaobu has no performance in his position. one."

"Football is football, and football games are not everything in life. I have a very good relationship with Xiao Bu. He is like my brother. I can leave my back to his brother when he goes to the battlefield."

"Real Madrid and Barcelona are now only competing for each other. This is the most attractive part of La Liga. My old friends at Barcelona and I are looking forward to this, otherwise it will be boring."

During the conversation, Atletico Madrid, temporarily ranked second in the La Liga rankings, was automatically ignored again.

It’s no wonder Zhuo Yang underestimated them. Two days after the El Clasico, Simeone’s players did not take advantage of the competition between Real Madrid and Barcelona in the second match of La Liga. Instead, they were called a suspected offside shot. The ball was tied at 1:1. Real French forward Griezmann passed the ball through and Xavi Prieto broke the net alone.

As a result, Barcelona leads Atletico Madrid by 2 points, Atletico Madrid leads Real Madrid by 4 points, and the top three are in a stalemate.

However, among the top three, Atletico Madrid is the most low-key and the least noisy one. Coach Simeone has very strong control over the team. Player autonomy in the Real Madrid locker room is no longer news. There are also quarrels in the Barcelona club. And the focus of the quarrel is Boss Mei, the top player in the team.

The cause of the matter lies in Messi's contract extension.

According to the contract between Messi and Barcelona, ​​starting from 2008, the club will renew the contract with Messi every year, and each time Messi’s annual salary will increase slightly. This is actually deliberately given to Messi by former chairman Laporta. Welfare.

Although renewing the contract every year is a bit new, Barcelona has become accustomed to it. There is no doubt about the importance of Messi. Being able to keep him bound by contract renewal is also beneficial to the long-term development of the club.

But after losing three consecutive El Clasicos this year, Barcelona's internal pressure has increased sharply, and gossip has emerged.

Javier Faus, Barcelona’s vice-president in charge of finance, said in an interview with Radio Catalunya:

He seems quite impatient with the club's current contract renewal negotiations with Messi.

Faus said: "Messi's contract extension is just to increase his salary, but we just signed an extension contract with him last year. At least now, I don't see any reason to offer him a new contract."

This kind of thing will never be as simple as just one or two complaints. It is obviously a test of Messi's attitude by Barcelona's top management. If he remains silent at this time, it will be difficult for Messi to stand upright in front of the management in the future.

It was intolerable, and Messi immediately responded. However, Boss Mei was worried that he would not perform well in front of reporters, so he simply recorded an angry tape at home and gave it to Catalan TV.

Boss Mei said: "Barcelona is the best club in the world, and the team's board members should also be the best, but Chairman Faus is a ball blind, he knows nothing about football, and he wants to manage Barcelona like a business. , this obviously doesn’t work.”

"I need to remind Vice President Faus that my family and I have never asked Barcelona to raise my salary, and he should know this very well."

And what Messi meant was: Since he can't stand me, and since he thinks I'm not worth the money, then I'll just leave.

In an instant, it was like poking a hornet's nest. Not only did all the big guys in the Barcelona locker room stand up to support Messi, but even the retired former chairman Laporta and former head coach Guardiola also criticized the French club mercilessly. Us, saying he was destroying Barcelona's foundation.

According to a poll conducted by Mundo Deportivo, more than 85% of Barcelona fans also support Messi. As a result, Barcelona chairman Rosell could only quickly stand up to appease Messi and said that contract renewal negotiations would proceed as scheduled.

Therefore, results are like a fig leaf. When results are good, they can cover up all problems. Otherwise, all kinds of contradictions will surface. Real Madrid is like this, Barcelona is like this, and all giants are like this.

Real Madrid's opponent today, Manchester United, is also not idle. The Red Devils are not without Real Madrid, but Sir Alex Ferguson has publicly talked about his consideration of retirement at the end of this season for the first time in the media, which has also successfully driven the topic.

Sir Alex Ferguson said: This time it is definitely true. I am really considering it seriously and there should be a clear answer before the end of the season. I don't think I'm too old to cope with the game, but there are really not many things in the football world that still impress me, maybe one or two, but it's time to make the decision to retire. "

Ferguson also recalled his coaching career at length, obviously with the emotion of setting up a monument for himself. This is the first time Sir Alex Ferguson has made such a statement in the media after 27 years of coaching Manchester United, which aroused nostalgia in the football circle.

It is true that the old man wants to retire. Today, Manchester United is making great progress on all three fronts. If it can be copied, it is undoubtedly the best time to stop as soon as it is good, leaving a figure that everyone can look up to.

So the day after the conversation in the media, Sir Alex called Zhuo Yang again, which was also true.