Chapter 191 The Magic Box Is Opened

When Chang Sheng went to work the next day, he saw Lemon downstairs.

Lemon looked at him, didn't speak, and didn't stop him to ask about the club.

But Chang Sheng could see deep worry in his eyes.

That's the feeling a Getafe loyalist should feel when he finds out his club might be doomed.

Seeing his eyes, Chang Sheng felt that he should do something to alleviate the pain of these people.

He smiled at Lemon, the first time he smiled in a few days.

"What are you worried about, Lemon?"

"You know what I'm worried about, Chang." Lemon was a little surprised by Chang Sheng's smile.

"Don't worry, Lemon. There's always hope."

"The situation is terrible...the news is saying that we may go bankrupt, be disbanded, and only be able to play again in the regional league...I can't imagine such a scene..."

Chang Sheng patted him on the shoulder: "Don't listen to the news. Reporters are just a group of people who lie and don't have to be responsible. Don't give up until the last moment. I won't give up, so you don't give up either."

"do not give up?"

Chang Sheng winked at him: "Remember your bottle of sherry? I will definitely drink it!"

After speaking, he took his hands off Clement's shoulders, turned and walked towards the door. At the gate, he turned back and waved to Lemon: "No matter what happens, remember to cheer for Getafe in front of the TV every weekend, Lemon."

After speaking, he pushed the door and walked out, his figure melted into the bright sunshine outside.

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After comforting Lemon at the gate of the apartment, Chang Sheng found that the matter was far from over.

Because he needs to constantly comfort those who seem to be down. There are both their own players and their own colleagues...

On the way to the training ground, he ran into the press officer Alberto Garcia.

Alberto Garcia looked worried, and secretly told Chang Sheng that the club will hold a press conference today.

If nothing else, it will definitely be related to the debt crisis.

I just don't know whether to admit it or deny it.

Chang Shengxin said that maybe this is an admission.

Because there is no need to deny it. I can't hold it back either. This matter is not a secret, and it will be clear to those who are interested in investigating it. There are many ins and outs.

So the club will definitely admit it.

"It really makes people feel like the end of the world..." Alberto Garcia said with emotion after talking about this matter.

"Relax, Alberto. Things won't be that bad." Chang Sheng had to appease Alberto Garcia. "You represent the image of Getafe. You deal with the reporters the most. If you are like this, wouldn't it make the reporters have more to say?"

Alberto Garcia didn't expect Chang Sheng to say this to himself, he thought Chang Sheng would frown and sigh with him.

Chang Sheng looked at the surprised Alberto Garcia, and said with a smile: "No matter what happens, don't get confused. Don't let those reporters take advantage of it. They are all greedy vultures, just wait Ripping at our corpses. Don't give them that chance."

"But what if it's really bad news in the end?" Alberto Garcia frowned and asked, he always felt that Chang Sheng thought everything was too simple and too beautiful.

Chang Sheng asked him back: "You are the press officer. Alberto, you have seen my pre-match, post-match, and regular press conferences many times, right?"

Alberto Garcia didn't understand why Chang Sheng said this, he nodded.

"Have you ever seen me throw up my hands at the damn reporters after losing a game?"

Alberto Garcia heard this sentence. I was taken aback for it.

Chang Sheng smiled even brighter.

"To put it bluntly, it's called a dead duck with a hard mouth—do you know what a dead duck has a hard mouth? It means that the ducks are dead, but their mouths are still hard, which means that they will not give up. To put it mildly, this is called never admit defeat."

Chang Sheng patted Alberto Garcia on the shoulder, bidding farewell to him who was still dazed. Continue to Las Margaritas Sports City.

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When Chang Sheng was about to start a day of training, he found that the spirits of the players were worse than yesterday.

Obviously these people have learned about the club's troubles through the media reports last night, and they also know that the report of the "Castillan" newspaper is not a lie or an April Fool's Day joke.

He sighed helplessly, it seems that he has to continue to appease more people...

However, who told us to be the head coach of this team?

When the team encounters difficulties, if the head coach doesn't stand up, does he still shrink in the corner and draw circles?

He has never encountered this kind of difficulty. When playing FM games, he will also encounter the story of the team being frozen for transfer because of the change of chairman. But that's just a game, and it's so weak compared to the living reality.

He just wanted to be a head coach, but he didn't expect that to be an excellent head coach, what he had to experience was far more than just training and directing the team's games...

Even so, when he is a manager, he has to carry the responsibility even if he has no experience in dealing with this kind of thing.

So before the start of training, he got all the players anxious, formed a circle, and told them that no matter what happened, they must concentrate on football.

"You are players, guys. You are not supermen, nor are you billionaires. Whether you admit it or not, you can't do anything about the club's affairs. So this kind of problem that is doomed to you can't be changed, why is it worth it for you? What to worry about? Play your football, do your job, that's enough. Now, train me! We've got games on the weekend!"

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As Chang Sheng thought, at the press conference in the afternoon, Getafe club chairman Flores and manager Moscow both attended.

In front of many reporters, Flores admitted that the rumors that the Getafe club was in a debt crisis were indeed true.

After saying this. He just leaned back on the chair and said nothing, and handed the microphone to Moscow.

Facing the reporters, Mokosdo also said that the bank will send an investigation team to the Getafe club, and the Getafe club will definitely cooperate with the bank to do a good job.

Looking at the silent club president, and listening to Moscodo's eloquence.

Many local Getafe reporters frowned, looking worried. They were all worried about the future of the team and the club.

They found that Flores was much older than before, looking like someone in his seventies or eighties. This was never possible to see from Flores before.

The man who ruled the Getafe club for nine years. Always been a strong character. Therefore, no matter how much a manager like Moscodo spends his time, he is honestly like a dog in front of Flores.

Seeing how old Flores looked, the local reporters in Getafe lost confidence in Getafe's future.

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Twenty rounds of the league are over. Getafe scored 44 goals and conceded only 12 goals with 17 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. With fifty-four points, he ranked first in the league, outshine the crowd, and won the half-time league championship.

Such an outstanding performance has never appeared since the establishment of the Getafe team.

Such a result should be touted and praised by the media, and it also brings joy and confidence to the players of Getafe.

But the actual situation is not the case.

Now the media is overwhelmingly discussing Getafe's debt crisis.

The fans met each other and frowned, and when they talked about the Getafe club, they could only sigh.

Even the Getafe team, although it has a lot of victories, actually has an undercurrent surging in private... Some people have already begun to think about what to do if the team goes bankrupt.

This kind of thing cannot be decided by Chang Sheng. He can't control the thoughts of every player, and they are all ordinary people with flesh and blood and normal needs. When a disaster comes, they fly separately. They are human nature, even husband and wife. Let alone a professional player who plays for money. If the team is only relegated, many players will leave one after another, let alone bankruptcy or something.

After all, what Chang Sheng can do is limited, he can't control everyone, and he doesn't even know whether it is useful for him to do so.

But he has to do it, and if he doesn't do it, this team will collapse even faster.

The so-called house leak happens to be cloudy and rainy. When it's so unlucky, it's only natural that it's even more unlucky.

In the twenty-second round of the league, before Getafe's away game against Cordoba, the team's main midfielder Harvey Jimenez was injured in training again.

His injury is also linked to Getafe's recent problems.

Because he lost his mind during training and sprained his ankle. When he was sent to the team doctor, his ankle was obviously swollen, which showed that the injury was not serious.

Seeing this scene, Chang Sheng scolded his mother. He scolded Harvey Jimenez severely, and took him as a negative example, telling the players in the team that if you don’t train well in normal times, then you will end up like Harvey Jimenez The same - bid farewell to this season due to injury! Chang Sheng has already decided that even if Jimenez returns from injury, he will not be given the chance to participate in the first-team competition.

Although Harvey Jimenez performed well during the team's relegation process last season, Changsheng had to sacrifice him at this time.

Nothing is more important than team discipline.

As for who will take Harvey Jimenez's place, Chang Sheng has already figured this out.

He will have been training in the first team, but Yaya Toure, who played in the B team, was urgently transferred to the first team and gave him the qualifications.

In fact, he still has two defensive midfielders, Pulido and Jose Carlos, available.

But Chang Sheng trusted Yaya Toure more. Although he was very young, at least he knew that his ability was not bad.

However, Getafe, which played the main force, lost 1:3 to Cordoba in the away game, and almost had no power to fight back.

Only Senna used a penalty kick to get the team back a point. This point was scored when the team was already three goals behind, and it had no practical significance at all.

Yaya Toure's first second division game did not go well. The narrator, Crespo, ridiculed him like a blind man. Running around on the field, making frequent regulations, and giving the opponent too many free kicks.

"He doesn't seem ready yet, he's too young... He shouldn't be allowed to participate in this game. When Getafe's whole team is in a slump, expect a young man under the age of 18 to save him The team is a fantasy. It will put more pressure on him...”

Chang Sheng kept waving his arms and shouting loudly on the sidelines throughout the game. Remind the players to concentrate, pay attention to defense, and pay attention to counterattack. Pay attention to everything that deserves attention.

But it didn't work, and his team lost the game.

The TV broadcast specially gave Chang Sheng a close-up shot, his livid face can be seen at a glance.

Lemon, who watched the match live on TV in the concierge, frowned tightly.

He rang what Chang Sheng said to himself.

Don't give up?

often. In fact, this is not your responsibility, why are you still so stubborn?

Even I, a Getafe fan, want to accept my fate, why don't you, an outsider, give up?

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At the press conference after the game, the reporters encircled Chang Sheng with the eyes of a winner, trying to force him to admit his defeat.

But Chang Sheng always held his head high, not at all like the decadent and depressed appearance of just losing a 1:3.

His mouth is even more stubborn.

"I'm proud of the performance of the team, we were just unlucky ... Yaya Toure? He played well, considering it was his first official league game, I think he played well. Too much pressure? I don't think he has any pressure, we have no one to put pressure on him. He is very relaxed in the team... The crisis of the club? This is not a question for me to answer, I suggest you ask the manager Moskado, He must know more than I do... No, I don't think the crisis at the club has affected the team's performance, we've won seventeen games so far this season. Counting this one, we've only lost two , we are still number one in the league, why should I be unhappy?"

He used his actual actions to demonstrate to Alberto Garcia, the press officer in front of the TV, what it means to be "hard-mouthed", or "not to admit defeat".

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Played a tough image in front of the media. When Chang Sheng returned to his team, he was even tougher to the end - he was unwilling to show his weak side in front of the reporters, and he was even more unwilling to let his subordinates think that he had no choice but to resign himself to fate. As the head coach of the team, he must first not lose the courage to continue to struggle.

After returning to Getafe, Chang Sheng scolded every player bloody. While his prestige is still effective, he will do everything possible to bring the team back on track.

The so-called do one's best and listen to the destiny, do one's best before obeying the destiny. Always do your best.

Today's team's problem is not technical and tactical, but spiritual.

Chang Sheng can only stimulate them with harsh words.

Perhaps his heavy words played a role, or perhaps the Getafe players were not reconciled to sinking like this.

In short, in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey three days later, Getafe played against Granada in Group B of the second division at home.

Facing this team that is one level lower than them, Getafe finally showed their strength as the No. 1 team in the second division.

Won a 4:0 at home, clean and tidy.

It also brought some joy and comfort to the worried Getafe fans-the club has been in deep crisis, at least the team is still normal, maybe they have come out of the crisis?

The big deal for the club is to change the owner. Who will be the owner? As long as the team is doing well.

This is what fans value most.

The victory in the Copa del Rey instantly restored the confidence of many people, thinking that the team's promotion this season will not be a problem, and it will not be a problem to take a step closer to the Copa del Rey.

Even Getafe's coaches are gradually smiling more, the atmosphere in the Getafe team is getting better little by little, and the players are gradually becoming more attentive in training.

Sure enough, victory is the best panacea for all wounds.

As long as it can win, the debt crisis is not worth mentioning.

Everyone's previously frowning brows are unfolding, only Chang Sheng, in private, will frown more and more tightly.

Because he knew that it was almost time for the monthly salary...

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Each club has a different salary date, which is the same as the salary date of each company.

There are also some clubs in Spain that do not have a monthly salary system, but an annual salary system, that is, half of the salary is paid first every year, and the remaining half is paid together with the bonus at the end of the season-if there is a bonus.

But Getafe is not. Getafe has a monthly salary system, that is, the salary is paid once a month, not once a year.

Getafe's salary day is the fifth day of each month. If it is a holiday day, it will be postponed for one to two days.

For young players who spend money without restraint and do not plan their financial management, this day is the happiest day, which means that they have money again, get rid of poverty, and become a middle class, although the days of the middle class are too real. too short...

In order to enhance this sense of happiness, the salary of the club is distributed in cash. This day is busy from morning to night, and all the salaries of the players, coaches, and club staff in the club's echelons are paid out. The personnel were also exhausted.

But no matter how many people are paid, they seem to especially enjoy the feeling of queuing up to enter a small room, and then taking the envelope with their own name on it, and pinching the thickness with their fingers.

However, on Monday, February 5th, 2001, when the Getafe players and staff went to the financial office to collect their wages as usual, they were surprised to find that the door of the financial office was closed and a notice was posted on it.

Everyone who went to collect their wages finally gathered around the notice, watching and discussing.

More and more people gathered, and the voices of discussion became louder and louder, including players and staff.

Chang Sheng didn't join in the fun because he already knew the result.

He only felt that the end of this club, this team had come...

On February 5th, the bank officially announced to freeze the Getafe club's fund account and stop all salary payments.

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