Red Rebels

From Carrington, he traveled through more than half of Manchester and returned to the villa area near Newton Heath. Xiao Yu wanted to send Gao Ren back to school, so he turned into Newton Heath.

Messi didn't speak during the whole journey. He seemed to be thinking about something. Xiao Yu was on the side, just talking to his two sons, as if Messi was not even there in the car.

When passing the Newton Heath training base, Messi asked Xiao Yu to stop the car and he wanted to go to the training base for a while.

"Do you want me to pick you up later?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Messi smiled and shook his head, "No, boss, I don't know when I can leave."

Xiao Yu did not force himself and nodded. He is not the kind of person who likes to preach. Even though Messi respects him very much, he prefers to let Messi understand and experience it by himself. That is what truly belongs to him. Growth and progress.

If you have not personally experienced life, if you have not experienced it personally, if you just hear others say it and watch others do it, you will never mature or become stable.

Entering the Newton Heath training base, Messi walked directly to the training area.

Although all the players who played against Manchester United were on holiday, other players still had to participate in training as usual. Mourinho temporarily transferred many players from the youth team to the first team and let them train together on the first team's training ground. Team competition.

Messi stood watching the training from a distance without speaking.

Mourinho in the distance is focused on training. He is not the kind of coach who cannot afford to lose. Moreover, he has been in charge of the Red Rebels for so many years, and he has been able to remain calm. It is difficult to win or lose a game. Change his mood.

The game he lost to Manchester United has passed. He must better prepare for the upcoming away game against Manchester City and the second round of the Champions League. He doesn't have much time to stay in the past.

When Cassel looked back, he saw Messi and pushed Mourinho beside him. The latter also looked over. They all realized that something was wrong with Messi. At least after losing that game, he Everyone can see the sad expression.

"Maybe this kid hasn't gotten over the shadow of defeat yet," Mourinho said with a wry smile.

Cassel nodded, he felt Mourinho should encourage Messi.

"That has to wait until the training is over. This is the rule," Mourinho insisted stubbornly.

After finally waiting until the training was over, Mourinho was the first to leave the training ground and walked towards Messi and the training building behind him, "Hello, Leo, why are you here if you didn't have a good rest?"

Messi thought for a while, "I have something to tell you."

"Go to my office" Mourinho nodded.

Mourinho's office is not a forbidden area for Red Rebel players. Unlike Ferguson's office, Manchester United players almost don't want to set foot there because everyone knows that there is only one reason and purpose for going to that place, to get scolded.

But Mourinho's office is different. Red Rebel players can come here whenever anything happens.

"Wow, :8, we finally won a championship trophy this year." Mourinho sat down in front of his desk and found that a news post popped up in the Red Rebels' internal system on the computer, which was about U's championship. matter.

"Yeah, Gao Ren and Ryan Davis performed very well," Messi took over with a smile.

"You also went to watch the game?" Mourinho was a little surprised.

Although many fans will pay attention to U-age games, as a big-name star of the Red Rebels, Messi obviously cannot have that kind of free time, and it is almost never heard that they will go to away games to watch games.

There are sometimes home games, but more often when we practice together.

A big feature of the Red Rebels youth training camp is mixed training. There are always several opportunities every season. Players from the youth team mix their age groups and train with players from the first team, so that these young players can Players have the opportunity to train with these top players to promote their improvement.

"The boss took me there," Messi explained.

Mourinho nodded, "No wonder, he rarely falls behind in Gao Ren's games. How does that feel?"

"Enjoyable" Messi replied.

Mourinho laughed and said, "Well said"

Enjoyable, this word contains many things, and there is no doubt that Messi watched this game from the perspective of a Red Rebels fan, so he can find it enjoyable, not to mention other Red Rebels fans. said.

"Okay, Leo, stop talking about this, tell me, do you have anything to do with me?" Mourinho got back to business. He still had things to do, and he had to work overtime in the evening to discuss the tactics for the game against Manchester City the day after tomorrow.

That bastard Van Gaal is not a fuel-saving lamp. The current Manchester City is different from the upstarts of the past two years. The current team has been trained by Van Gaal to be very united and has high cohesion. However, Van Gaal's transformation of the team But it continues.

This is a guy with a very strong sense of idealism. There is no doubt about his strength, but his stubbornness is not inferior to his strength. Sometimes Mourinho even doubts that one day, Manchester City will be defeated because of Van Gaal. The glory that has come will also collapse because of Van Gaal, and Manchester City will start a new round of reconstruction by then.

Weird, right?

But Van Gaal is such a person. He always wants to be perfect, wants players to perform his tactics perfectly, and wants every technical detail of the players to perfectly meet his requirements.

Perhaps Van Gaal almost did it during the Ajax era. The Ajax he led implemented his tactics almost perfectly. He created that team with his own hands and cultivated many players with his own hands. , so they can all understand and fulfill Van Gaal's technical and tactical requirements.

But today's Manchester City is obviously not good enough. In the past few seasons, Manchester City has been constantly adjusting, trying, and transforming. Van Gaal is as stubborn as ever and pursues perfection as always, so that except for the first two seasons, Manchester City's results are... I feel a little sorry for those inputs.

However, Van Gaal's status is still very solid. At least the Manchester City board of directors has great trust in Van Gaal.

When encountering such a paranoid, Mourinho did not dare to be careless because he knew that Van Gaal would make his careless enemies cry at any time. He was just paranoid and idealistic, but he was not stupid at all. Those who thought he was stupid People are fools

With so much information flashing through Mourinho's mind, Messi naturally didn't know about it. He looked at Mourinho and knew that the boss still had a lot to do, so he spoke directly.

"I'm here to apologize to you, boss."

Mourinho was stunned and said, "Oh, tell me and listen."

"I...I performed poorly in the game against Manchester United and received a yellow card. I..."

Messi received the yellow card against Sulli Muntari. At that time, the Ghanaian midfielder was stalking him. Messi was so angry that he shoveled him in retaliation. Muntari fell to the ground. Messi was shown a yellow card, which will also cause him to miss the second leg.

"I have to admit, I really lost my mind a little bit at that time. You know, I never do this normally."

Mourinho nodded, "Yes, I know your character very well, Leo, you are a player that I brought up. I know your character very well, so I know very well that you were really taking some trouble at that time. "

"But I still want to apologize. I know that maybe my apology can't save anything."

"No, no, no, Leo, you are wrong," Mourinho immediately interrupted Messi.

Messi was stunned and looked up at Mourinho.

The Portuguese smiled and said, "Your apology proves that you know the mistakes you made. It proves your maturity. It also allows me to see your true side. It makes me believe that Messi, who I have always believed in, is also It’s never changed.”

Having said this, Mourinho stood up, causing Messi on the opposite side to quickly stand up, but Mourinho pressed his shoulder with his hand and patted him gently.

"You know what? Leo, the interesting thing about football is that anything is possible. If we, the Red Rebels, always win, what's the point? As players, you lose the motivation to play; as players, you lose the motivation to play; As head coaches, we have also lost the desire to continue coaching the team; as fans, we have also lost interest in watching the game."

"If this had happened earlier, it would have been impossible for football to develop to this point and become the number one sport in the world. It would have been impossible for football to still have a strong appeal even after so many years. It is because of his incompetence. predict"

"Judging from the strength of the team, we are undoubtedly second to none in today's football. Any team will suffer when they encounter us, but this does not mean that we are invincible. I have always believed that there is no invincible team in this world. , even a team with the best stars in the world at every position."

“This game against Manchester United confirmed my thinking, but I will never be afraid of losing because of this, because I know that losing is not terrible. The terrible thing is that we don’t know why we lost. ball"

Having said this, Mourinho returned to Messi's side, "In the same way, Leo, you are not performing well. In fact, it is not terrible. Every player will have ups and downs, but the problem is The key is, you have to understand, what is the reason for your poor performance?”

"Is it your own fault? Or is it an objective reason? Is it avoidable? Or is it unavoidable?"

"Leo, you are only 2 years old and you still have a long career to go. I know you are loyal to the Red Rebels, so I have always said that you will be the banner star of our Red Rebels in the next ten years, but That’s definitely not who you are now.”

"Although I often criticize Cristiano, although he also has many shortcomings, such as his lack of calmness, he also has many advantages, and that is his momentum, his momentum of wanting to be better than me, his desire to The momentum to devour your opponent is what you lack."

Mourinho returned to his seat, sat down, and looked at Messi with high hopes, "From a purely technical and physical point of view, you are almost impeccable. Except for your height, you have everything to become a great player." The strength and conditions of the top stars on the planet, but mentally, you are still lacking, and you need to make yourself more brave and aggressive."

The current Messi's achievements are slightly lower than those achieved by Xiao Yu in his previous life. If we compare them purely with the results in the 08/09 season, Messi is undoubtedly less decisive than the Messi in Xiao Yu's previous life at Barcelona. This is There is a reason.

In his previous life at Barcelona, ​​Ronaldo and Deco left the team one after another. Messi took the lead, with Xavi and Iniesta serving for him. This allowed him to raise the banner early, mature quickly in the o8o9 season, and transform into the world. Top star.

But for Messi in the Red Rebels, first Beckham shone brightly, then Kaká shone brightly, and then Ronaldinho shone brightly. Although Kaká came back this season with a goal drought, his performance is still the best in the world. A dazzling one, which makes Messi lack the kind of privileges that Xiao Yu had in Barcelona in his previous life.

Gradually, Messi began to choose to obey and serve his teammates. He is still a very good player, but he still lacks the temperament and courage to lead the team out of trouble at critical moments.

"Although today's football is more and more about details and teamwork, in fact, the more details and teamwork, the more dependent it is on the stars, so Leo, the team and I are very We need a more aggressive and decisive Messi to be at the front instead of hiding behind Kaká and Ronaldinho."

"In my tactical plan, the four decisive players, no matter who gets the ball, can assess the situation, make corresponding actions based on their own judgment on the court, and completely gain maximum freedom in the frontcourt attack. Without any restrictions, without any rules, free cooperation, free running, free play, this is the real magic quartet, and this is the real magic quartet that is hard to guard against."

Messi was a little surprised when he heard it. He knew about the Magic Quartet, but he never knew that Mourinho's Magic Quartet turned out to be like this.

The current offensive core is sometimes Kaká and sometimes Ronaldinho, but the real magic quartet does not have a core, or it should be said that the four people are the core, although they can all be changed and adjusted according to the situation on the court. Direct your teammates to coordinate your attack.

This completely comes from the star's self-judgment and on-the-spot performance. Even if the opponent wants to defend, it is difficult to do so, because it is almost difficult to grasp the rules of such an offense, especially Ronaldinho, Kaká, Messi and Ah. The combination of these four world-class superstars.

"Relatively speaking, I'm not worried about Sergio. He is a brat and a lot of courage. But you, Leo, you know very well what I want from you. The key is to see how you do it. Do you understand?"

Messi pulled away from the shock of Mourinho's confession and nodded. Mourinho had already spoken out his heartfelt words, and Messi also had to give his own attitude and position.

"I understand, boss, don't worry, I will definitely work hard."

"Very well, I'll wait for you" Mourinho replied with a smile.

Aguero and Ronaldinho are the kind of guys who are naturally bold and bold. Such players don't need to worry at all. Kaka has returned to his peak period. Now it depends on Messi.

If Messi can also meet his own requirements, then the real magic quartet will begin to be born. At that time, the Red Rebels will make the entire European football world and even the world feel scared and terrified.

The Red Rebels at that time will be stronger and more domineering than now, than in the past, and than any team in football history.

Perhaps, that is the real ideal Red Rebel in Mourinho's mind