Six Hundred and Twelve Haha, Caesar!

January 14, 2007, Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. This chapter is provided for you]

When Real Madrid could not open up the situation at their home court and Zaragoza's defense looked so impregnable, an unprecedented scene appeared in the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium since Yang Cheng took over.

In the corner stands of the Bernabeu Stadium, a group of Real Madrid fans uniformly booed the stadium. At first it was not clear who the boos were directed at, but when they raised their big guns high in their hands, The slogan read, "Yang Cheng, leave Real Madrid!" When such a slogan was posted, everyone knew that they were booing the head coach.

When seeing this scene, not only Yang Cheng was shocked, but everyone present, even the players on the court, was shocked, because this was the first time this season that a football player was playing like this. Confront him with the accusation.

Benitez and Paul Bayer both looked at Yang Cheng for the first time. Raul, Xavi Alonso, Cannavaro and others also looked at their head coach for the first time. The live TV footage They are also targeting Yang Cheng. They are all worried about what he will do?

The boos started to continue, but soon, a burst of "Hala, Caesar!" sang from the Real Madrid die-hard South Stand.

This group of Real Madrid's most loyal fans immediately fought back against those corner players. They used singing to defend Yang Cheng's authority as the head coach, and more and more Real Madrid fans joined in, completely overwhelming the scene. He defeated the group of corner players and took over the dominance of the Bernabeu Stadium.

The two groups of players started a showdown at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, and in the end, the overwhelming majority were in support of Yang Cheng. They even posted some slogans among the temporary slogans.

"Young Real Madrid fans, don't be fooled by some people, let our locker room calm down!"

"In the eyes of all orthodox Real Madrid fans, you are a group of terrorists!"

"As Caesar goes, we will follow!"

The entire game was going on in this kind of infighting between Real Madrid fans. The players on the court were all affected by the fans, but Raul took on the responsibility as the team captain. He kept shouting for his players because he knew that the best way to support the coach was to beat the opponent.

In fact, everyone in the Real Madrid locker room knows that Yang Cheng can find a scapegoat for losing many games, because many players performed abnormally, such as Ramos against Deportivo La Coruna. But Yang Cheng never shied away his responsibilities even once. Instead, he always took all the responsibilities on himself.

Regardless of whether he has made mistakes in the more than six months since he coached Real Madrid,

But at the very least. At this point, he has won the support and recognition of all Real Madrid players.

So, when Villa received a pass from Raul in the 84th minute. When he passed the goalkeeper in the penalty area, the 11 Real Madrid players on the court suddenly rushed out of the court. The offensive heroes Villa and Raul hugged Yang Cheng from the left to the right, and the Real Madrid players around him The players gathered around.

The players on the bench also rushed out, and they surrounded Yang Cheng in the middle. Their posture seemed to be telling everyone with this action. They will do everything they can to defend and protect their head coach.

The live TV footage showed the boos just now, the counterattack of die-hard football fans, and the support of Real Madrid players now in front of football fans all over the world, at the same time. The camera swept across the stands, and they could all see that there were countless Real Madrid players covering their faces and crying, because after Bosque, no Real Madrid players had ever supported a head coach so much.

The fans who were booing in the corner stands fell silent, but the singing and cheering of the Real Madrid fans in the south stand became louder and more enthusiastic. In the end, even all the Real Madrid fans in the audience were singing that song. The first [Hala. Caesar! ] song to support their head coach. Hope he can continue to work hard.

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"Did we play poorly?"

In the comprehensive interview area after the game, captain Raul was interviewed by the media. He asked angrily.

"I don't know why everyone regards our head coach as a target and wants to kick him, but we don't feel that we played poorly at all. Yes, we are 9 points behind Barcelona, ​​which is really embarrassing. It’s sad, but you should know that at the same time in the previous two seasons, we were basically more than ten points behind.”

"Don't always set our sights on Barcelona. Our combat effectiveness has improved a lot over the past three years. We have reason to believe that we are on the right path. The pain is certain, because we must We have to pay the price for our youth, but youth has a future.”

After a pause, Raul still looked indignant, "In the past, everyone accused the team of aging, too many superstars, and being divided into gangs. Now you have all seen that after the superstars left, the team's The average age has become the youngest team in La Liga. We have many talented players in our team, such as David Silva, Aguero, Ramos, and Mascherano. Over time, they will all be in this position. The most outstanding top star in the world.”

"I don't like your media. You always have the attitude that if you love him, he will shine, and if you hate him, you will die without a burial place. We don't like it very much, so we At that time, in the dressing room, the decision was made that from today on we will not be giving interviews except to a few newspapers such as Marca and AS."

"I hope all of you can understand that this is not revenge or a threat, but because we all hope that the team can focus more on the game without being affected by the outside world, and also Yes, don’t blame this matter on our head coach, this is our players’ own decision and has nothing to do with our head coach!”

After speaking, Raul turned and walked away, leaving behind a group of uproarous media.

From Raul's words, we can hear something, such as the absolute support of Yang Cheng in the locker room. For example, Raul, Guti and other former Real Madrid officials also fully support Yang Cheng, etc. This is obviously Many media were a little surprised, because this is a unity that has not been seen in the Real Madrid locker room in the past few years.

You know, when Queiroz and Luxenberg said something, the players would say something completely opposite outside. This caused Real Madrid to become confused and the head coach's authority could not be defended. But now it seems that Yang Cheng has fully taken charge of the Real Madrid locker room.

At least, it's difficult to split Real Madrid's locker room from within!

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"When will I finish class?"

At the press conference at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Yang Cheng always faced reporters' questions with a relaxed expression, even when they asked such sharp questions as when Yang Cheng thought he would be dismissed from get out of class. He hasn't changed at all.

"As a head coach, or it can be said that any head coach will be mentally prepared to be fired at any time and at any time. No one is exception. No matter how glorious his past is, he will be fired. .The day I get fired, I will not be an exception."

Capello, Lippi, Mourinho and other top coaches will all be fired one day. How many of the world's top coaches have not been fired? Of course Yang Cheng is no exception.

"But I think a top coach has to be different because he has more pride, which makes them more confident, so I never thought about whether I would be fired. Because I You know, it’s not something I should be concerned about.”

"One of the issues I am most concerned about when I take charge of Real Madrid is that I have a three-year contract. Even if I may continue to renew my contract with Real Madrid, how can I use these three years or even longer to lead the team to win and build a team that is good enough? A team that is strong enough to beat any opponent, that's what I care about."

"If I start to be timid because I'm afraid of being fired, if I don't want to make mistakes or take responsibility. I don't dare to do many things when I should do them, and I don't dare to take on many responsibilities that I should bear. Then I I don’t deserve to be the head coach of Real Madrid at all, and I don’t deserve to be today!”

The reporters at the scene were overwhelmed by Yang Cheng's call. Because they really can't refute it.

"Mr. Yang Cheng, why do you think the Real Madrid fans booed you at the Santiago Bernabeu today?"

Yang Cheng shook his head, "I don't know, but I heard that they are a very young group of football fans. I won't take it to heart."

"I remember that when Bosque lost Real Madrid's centenary celebrations and when Hierro made frequent mistakes in the defense, many Real Madrid fans were booing them, but they have become the coaches and coaches that Real Madrid misses the most in the past few years. players."

"Zidane was also booed by the fans in the first half year of joining Real Madrid, but later he became one of the most outstanding stars in the club's history. Superstars such as Figo, Beckham, and Owen were also booed. Capello, Famous coaches such as Hiddink and Valdano have also been booed. I don't think it's a big problem for me to be booed. It won't have any impact on me."

After Yang Cheng answered, the reporter from Marca laughed, "Only a small part of the fans are booing, the vast majority of the fans still support you, Mr. Yang Cheng!"

Marca and AS are one of the few newspapers not involved in the scandal of Yang Cheng's dismissal. Not only because they are newspapers close to Real Madrid, but also because Yang Cheng has a very good relationship with them, and there are many rumors. There is no basis for it. For example, Marca and AS have repeatedly received assurances from Florentino that Yang Cheng will not be dismissed no matter how bad his record is this season.

Because of this, they did not get involved and continued to maintain a good relationship with the club.

As for those fans who booed Yang Cheng, according to feedback, it is said that they are a group of young Real Madrid fans, around 20 years old, belonging to the new generation of fans. They began to know how to love Real Madrid at the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, and they happened to be the most popular Real Madrid fans. The peak moment, and then after three years of sluggishness without a championship, Yang Cheng showed no improvement after taking over. Coupled with the external media's encouragement, they began to bombard the head coach.

When you are young, you are more impulsive and don't think like an old player.

On the contrary, those old players pay more attention to tradition and spirit. They are the players who have been criticized by countless people for winning and looking good, but in fact they are not what the media makes them out to be.

An old football player once said in an interview that he felt that Real Madrid's football style is proactive offensive football and teamwork spirit. Real Madrid should stick to this path under any circumstances and move forward persistently. It's as if Barcelona still adhered to the football concepts brought to them by Cruyff and Van Gaal after years of slump.

In fact, Barcelona's success is the success of persistence. If Real Madrid sticks to their own style and persists for more than ten years, they can still be as successful as Barcelona.

That's what those old Real Madrid fans think. However, under the exaggeration and hype of many media, it has gradually evolved into an idea of ​​​​not only winning but also winning beautifully. This actually cannot represent the idea of ​​​​Real Madrid's veteran players.

Many of these old players had criticized Del Bosque in the past, had also experienced the low performance of the past three years without a championship, and had reflected on their actions back then. So now, they all know that it is useless to bombard Yang Cheng. use. He has done well enough at Real Madrid.

Nothing can reach the sky in one step!

Yang Cheng came to Real Madrid. After acquiring Cannavaro and Thuram, he had no pragmatic choice to defend and counterattack. Instead, he continues to take the initiative to attack football. This is undoubtedly his persistence and persistence in his football philosophy. Real Madrid needs such a head coach.

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Regarding the player's refusal to be interviewed except for a few newspapers such as Marca and AS, Real Madrid responded with silence. Obviously acquiescing to the player's behavior, Yang Cheng told all the staff in Valdebebas the next day that from now on, all media would not be allowed to enter the training base.

From now on, Valdebebas will be closed to all media around the world!

This is undoubtedly a further escalation of the battle between Yang Cheng and the media, because in the past Real Madrid needed it for publicity and hype. Many times, a semi-open policy is adopted for the media to enter the training base, but Yang Cheng feels that it is absolutely not allowed for his training to be clearly seen by others. Later, he adopted the strategy of having an open training session every morning, but now he adopts a completely closed training session.

For this matter, Jose Sanchez of the Ministry of Commerce once again went to Florentino. He had received complaints from many media outlets with which he usually had good relations, believing that this would affect the sales of their newspapers.

To put it bluntly, the relationship between Real Madrid and the media used to be interdependent, but now Yang Cheng wants to separate them directly, and it's not just the media that refuses. There will definitely be many people in Real Madrid's management who refuse.

It is said that it is under the sī. Some newspaper reporters would secretly give gifts to Real Madrid's internal executives if they wanted to get interview passes from Real Madrid. This kind of rumor is no longer a secret, so Yang Cheng's actions will definitely offend more people.

But he doesn't care!

After beating Zaragoza, Real Madrid continued to sit at the Bernabeu and ushered in the Copa del Rey match against Real Betis.

In the 38th minute of the game, Aguero received a through ball from Guti and scored a goal through the goalkeeper, establishing a lead for Real Madrid. After that, Real Madrid took the initiative to attack, but Real Betis defended very well. Real Madrid Never found an opportunity.

In the end, within 90 minutes, neither Real Madrid nor Real Betis scored again. Each side won 1:0, with a total score of 1:1, entering overtime.

As the physical fitness of both sides declined, the gap in strength became more clear. In the 95th minute of overtime, Real Madrid made a quick kick from Marcelo, who was pushed to the left wing position by Yang Cheng. During the upload, Negredo swung his head to attack the goal in the middle of the road, giving Real Madrid another victory.

Falling behind in the total score, Real Betis began to try to press out, but in the 100th minute, Granero intercepted the ball and passed it diagonally to the left. Marcelo dribbled the ball up and faced the defense of the opponent's right back. After making an emergency stop, he passed the ball low into the penalty area.

De La Rede reached into the penalty area with his back foot, shot low, and penetrated the Real Betis goal again, locking the score at 3:0!

In this way, Real Madrid defeated Real Betis with a total score of 3:1 and successfully advanced to the top 8 of the King's Cup. However, their opponent in the top 8 was Sevilla, who performed well in La Liga this season.

Back in La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Mallorca 1:0 with David Silva's goal in the away game.

This game was actually similar to the game against Zaragoza. The scenes were not good-looking, but Real Madrid scored points very steadily. This was also generally believed by the outside media to be Yang Cheng's change in coaching ideas after he was under tremendous pressure. changes made.

However, a week later, Real Madrid visited Villarreal as a guest at the Estadio delle Estadio, but they encountered a surprise attack from Pellegrini's team. Real Madrid finally suffered another defeat with a score of 0:1.

One day later than Real Madrid, Barcelona defeated Celta Vigo 3:1 at home. The point gap between the two teams widened to 12 points. Real Madrid was also overtaken by Sevilla and Valencia in one fell swoop, falling to fourth place in the league. , only 2 points more than Villarreal, which is fifth in the league, and the Champions League qualification is in jeopardy.

After losing to Villarreal, the entire Spanish and even European media once again set off a wave of doubts and criticisms about Yang Cheng, believing that his first season in La Liga was indeed very poor. If it was said that he could be used before If they play well and win some convincing, then in the last three rounds, Real Madrid has become a pragmatic 1:0 doctrine.

"There is no doubt that Barcelona can already declare in advance that they have won the La Liga championship this season. With a 12-point lead in 20 rounds, this has undoubtedly declared the ownership of the La Liga championship. And Yang Cheng is also very likely to break his own record in the past few years and lead The team will definitely win the championship in its first year in the top league."

He led Kaiserslautern to win the title as a newly promoted team in the Bundesliga for the first time, led Inter Milan to win the Serie A title in his first season, and led Liverpool to win the Premier League in his first season. But now, Real Madrid can no longer win it. La Liga champion.

But Yang Cheng is known as the King of Cups. Many people feel that since Barcelona is so strong in La Liga, it would be better to switch to the Champions League. Winning the 10th Champions League in Real Madrid's history will undoubtedly be enough for Real Madrid. The players are satisfied with Yang Cheng.

But it is only the end of January, and there is still nearly a month before the start of the Champions League. Instead, the results of the UEFA presidential election have been released. (To be continued)