Chapter 31 Running-in period
The Champions League group stage was a wonderful start for Chu Zhongtian, and he and his teammates used this game to develop a tacit understanding.
It will be much easier for him to deal with the next league.
In the second round of the league, Real Madrid welcomed their second league opponent - Getafe at home.
Also not a strong team, Getafe is a small team in Madrid Satellite City. The relationship between the two teams is pretty good in normal times, because many players in Real Madrid's youth training camp ended up going to Getafe. Real Madrid always gave it to Getafe at a very low price or even free. For a small team, Real Madrid's move is very generous. When Real Madrid needs points, Getafe did not forget to repay his favor and give it to Real Madrid.
Therefore, the two clubs are very close. However, Getafe also embarrassed Real Madrid. In the 25th round of the 2007-2008 season, Real Madrid lost to Getafe 0:1 at home, revealing an unpopularity in that round of the league. In the 13th round of the 2008-2009 season, Getafe defeated Real Madrid 3:1 at home.
Judging from the historical confrontation records of the league, Real Madrid still has the advantage in general. The two sides have only played 14 times in the La Liga, and Real Madrid led by eight wins, two draws and four losses. At its home court, there were five wins, one draw and one loss. However, Real Madrid won the games with small scores, which shows the difficulty of winning.
Mourinho dares not underestimate the opponents in this game. Getafe knows Real Madrid very well, so this team will be very difficult.
Chu Zhongtian still started in this game, and it would not change until Alonso recovered from injury. Instead, Alonso accelerated his recovery progress and wanted to return to the team as soon as possible.
How could Mourinho not know Alonso’s mind? But for him, this is a good thing, because Chu Zhongtian’s outstanding performance has promoted the team’s healthy competition in the midfielder position. Mourinho pays great attention to competition within the team. He believes that if the team wants to always maintain combat effectiveness, there must be a healthy competition mechanism. Unfortunately, there were many excellent players in other positions in Real Madrid before competing, but Alonso has always been his own territory. No one can replace him in his condition or not, whether it is Gedila, Las Diarra, Granero, etc.
Now, Chu Zhongtian has come, and a healthy competition mechanism in this position has been formed. Whoever is in good condition and has a serious attitude will let him go.
As for both of these two people in good condition and serious attitude, who will get involved in this question? Mourinho has never even thought about it and is in good condition. That is his blessing, not a trouble, and he is eager to do it. It is not a problem to let whoever is allowed to get involved at that time. Different combinations can be arranged for different opponents.
The team has become accustomed to Alonso's command, and now takes advantage of Alonso's injury to let the team adapt to Chu Zhongtian's command.
In Mourinho's view, Alonso and Chu Zhongtian's command are two different styles. Alonso rarely directly assists his teammates to score. He both launches offense in the midfield and backcourt and hands the football to the people in front. Sometimes it is Ozil, sometimes it is Di Maria, sometimes it is someone else, and then this person completes the last pass.
What about Chu Zhongtian? He can not only complete Alonso's work, but also kill himself to complete the last pass, so he is more comprehensive than Chu Zhongtian.
Now there are three players in Real Madrid who can organize attacks, one is Xavi Alonso, one is Chu Zhongtian, and the other is Ozil. Ozil has to get closer to the opponent's penalty area to threaten. These three people have different characteristics, so no matter who is stared by the opponent, Real Madrid doesn't have to worry about the attack being unable to organize the attack.
Real Madrid's starting lineup against Getafe only made one adjustment from the last Champions League group stage, which was to replace Adebayo with Higuain, and the other positions were the same: goalkeeper Casillas, central defenders Pepe and Carvalho, left defender Marcelo, right defender Ramos, two back midfielders are Chu Zhongtian and Khedira, left forward is C. Ronaldo, right forward is Di Maria, front midfielder Ozil, and forward is Higuain.
The season has just begun, and the players do not have enough physical fitness problems, so Mourinho doesn't rotate much.
※※※Real Madrid, which took the game seriously, was almost invincible at home again. They only took 60 minutes to finish the game against Getafe.
Chu Zhongtian had no assists or goals. He was mainly responsible for controlling the rhythm in this game, which was what Mourinho asked him to do. In the last game against Olympiacos, he had direct assists and showed his talent in assisting his teammates. So in this game, Mourinho looked at his ability to control the rhythm.
Most of the time he makes various mid- and long passes in the middle and backcourts.
The first goal scored by Real Madrid was Chu Zhongtian who directly sent Ozil near the center circle. Ozil then distributed the football to Di Maria on the side. Di Maria attracted the opponent's defensive attention when the dribbling on the side was cut inward, and Getafe's defensive center of gravity tilted towards Di Maria.
At this moment, their other side must be empty. Di Maria made a direct diagonal pass, and the football passed through the middle of Getafe's back line and landed at C. Ronaldo. When Ronaldo received the ball in that place, there was no Getafe's player beside him. He directly shot, and the football bypassed Getafe's goalkeeper Ustari and flew into the far end of the goal. In the 12th minute, Real Madrid took the lead. C. Ronaldo scored his first goal in the new season!
After scoring the goal, C. Ronaldo was very happy. This was his first goal in the league after all... He scored 38 goals in the league last season, defeating Messi and becoming the best scorer. Such a crazy performance may be the only result of Real Madrid last season that could beat Barcelona.
This season, C. Ronaldo certainly hopes that he can continue his excellent form and be the best scorer in the league for the rest of the season. He defeated Messi again in the scorer list.
After taking the lead 1:0, the game was much better. Chu Zhongtian became more and more skilled in controlling this team. He was like a driver who just got a new car, and it always took a while to get in to a very tacit understanding with the car.
In the 33rd minute, Real Madrid expanded its lead. The person who scored this time was Higuain, and the person who assisted was Marcelo Higuain. Higuain scored his second league goal in the new season.
After taking the lead 2:0 in the first half, Chu Zhongtian planned to slow down a little in the second half, so his straight passes were not as many as the first half. You should know that Chu Zhongtian's straight passes were very sharp in the first half.
Getafe saw Real Madrid slow down and immediately tried to fight back. If they could score a goal and tie the score to 1:2, then they would only be one goal behind Real Madrid, and there would be some other games in this game. Because for them, as long as they could draw Real Madrid at home, it would be an amazing victory.
When Chu Zhongtian saw that Getafe's counterattack was coming, he accelerated the pace again and added various sharp straight passes, forcing Getafe not to push too much, and did not dare to invest troops when counterattacking, for fear that Chu Zhongtian would seize the opportunity and pass it straight.
After seeing this scene off the court, Mourinho lowered his head and wrote and painted in the notebook. Although there was no expression on his face, he had already evaluated Chu Zhongtian's ability to control the rhythm in his heart - this player's ability to control the rhythm is indeed very outstanding. He knows when to be fast and when to slow, when to take risks, and when to stabilize.
And all this does not require him as a coach to yell and remind him off the court.
Under Chu Zhongtian's control, Getafe's players felt that they were playing very differently in this game and always followed the pace of Real Madrid. If Real Madrid wants to be fast, they have to follow fast. If Real Madrid wants to be slow, they can't raise their speed.
In the end, Real Madrid relied on two goals when they were at work to beat Getafe in the same city at home 2:0.
After the game, the media focused on goals. Ronaldo and Higuain, who scored goals in two consecutive league games, Chu Zhongtian was just more popular with the Chinese media. In the mixed area of the Bernabeu Stadium, there were many Chinese media, including national media and local media.
Their main idea is to bring back Chu Zhongtian's consultations to domestic fans every week. Unfortunately, Chu Zhongtian only has one, but there are so many media reports on him, with too many monks and less porridge, and the competition for news is very fierce. Fortunately, Chu Zhongtian treats the media equally. Whether it is a national or local media, he treats it fairly and never favors anyone. CCTV has a female reporter Lu Ming who specializes in reporting football. He once reported on Chu Zhongtian's joining Real Madrid. He originally thought that as a reporter from CCTV, he wanted to interview Chu Zhongtian easily. Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian refused her very much, because he had to answer questions from other media and could not be caught by her alone.
It’s a pity that Lu Ming was embarrassed by Chu Zhongtian and could not get angry. Everyone knows how popular Chu Zhongtian is now. If he offended him, he would be more interested in making a fuss. As a Chinese football reporter, only by establishing a good relationship with Chu Zhongtian can you make a good fortune, which means you will have more opportunities to get news.
"You didn't have assists or goals in this game. You are satisfied with your performance, Chu Zhongtian!" Lu Ming squeezed forward and asked with a microphone out of his phone.
Chu Zhongtian sometimes really feels that the quality of Chinese journalists continues to improve... The questions asked are nonsense, but they are also very aggressive. He seems to be used to being an uncrowned king, and always accustomed to looking down on the interviewees with high esteem. Once their interviewer is replaced by foreigners, he is very humble and respectful.
Chu Zhongtian didn't have to be polite about such two questions: "I'm very satisfied because the team won. My performance was not bad. Football is not just goals and assists."
After saying that, he walked forward and came to another media.
Lu Ming was a little disappointed, but when she turned her head, she became energetic because she saw C. Ronaldo walking towards her!
"Cristiano! Cristiano!" She called out like a fan.
c. Ronaldo heard her greeting and walked up and smiled at her. This encouraged Lu Ming and she stretched out her microphone: "Congratulations on scoring the first league goal of the season, Cristiano! Are you satisfied with this?"
c. Ronaldo smiled and said, "Yes, I'm very satisfied!"
"I heard that you have a very good relationship with Chu. How do you evaluate Chu's performance tonight?"
"He? He is a very excellent midfielder. Although he has no goals and assists, we all play happily with him! Ha!" After saying that, c. Ronaldo leaned over and hugged Chu Zhongtian, who was interviewed by a French reporter. "Do you think it's, Chu?"
※※※ "Chu Zhongtian has already gained the upper hand in the competition with Alonso! Alonso's injury is really not the time. When he returns to Real Madrid, what he has to face is probably the bench!"
The next day, the Chinese media wrote proudly.
Fortunately, Alonso couldn't see it, otherwise Chu Zhongtian would have said that the domestic media was helping... As a new player, even if he became the main player, he could not have a quarrel with the old player, so that the old players would think he was hostile. You should know that Alonso, as a local Spanish player, still has a say in the Real Madrid locker room.
Chu Zhongtian has started two consecutive games, and the outside world has praised him more and more. He is no longer worried about his position - that is what Mourinho should worry about - he is worried about how he should get along with Alonso and the Spanish Gang... Recently, he has been closer to several players in the Portuguese Department, because the Portuguese Department is the second largest faction after the Spanish Gang in the locker room. They are more active and often invite Chu Zhongtian to their gatherings. Chu Zhongtian now realizes that he may be regarded as a Portuguese Card... So at this time he must be low-key. If he offended the Spanish Gang in Real Madrid, there will be no good results. He came here to play football and won the championship, not here to act in palace fighting scenes.
He suddenly felt that he was close to his Portuguese-speaking teammates during this period, but he ignored his two German teammates. Khedira was also a direct rival with him... He decided to invite these two German teammates to dinner. It would be better to be closer to the Germans... Of course, this does not mean that he is going to alienate c. Ronaldo, Kaka and others. His friendship with them is fixed, but now he needs to go with Ozil and Khedira.
After the training, Khdira and Ozil were stopped by Chu Zhongtian when they were planning to leave the training ground.
"Sami, Mesut. Do you have any arrangements for the evening?"
Khdira and Ozil looked at each other: "We are going to have supper in museo_del_jamon."
"jamon" means ham in Spanish, and "museo" is a museum. From this name, you can see what the restaurant's signature specialty is. "museo_del_jamon" is a very famous restaurant in Madrid that specializes in ham cooking. The restaurant is full of various hams, which are cheap and expensive. Almost all Spanish hams can be found here. Chu Zhongtian once went to eat with them once. Unexpectedly, they fell in love with it... "You wait for me for a while, and when I finish practicing, I will invite you to have Chinese food." Chu Zhongtian sent an invitation.
Khedira and Ozil were a little surprised. Except for Chu Zhongtian who invited the two Germans to dinner when he first came to the team, he never invited them again. During this period, Chu Zhongtian was always with C. Ronaldo and Kaka. They thought Chu Zhongtian had a better relationship with the Portuguese and Brazilians.
Ozil learns Spanish very slowly, and he doesn't seem to have the talent in this area. As a German descendant of Turkey, he doesn't even speak Turkish. So he is still closest to Khdira.
Chu Zhongtian saw an unexpected expression on their faces: "How is it? Let's go together. I recently found a good Chinese restaurant. We haven't had dinner together for a long time. Call out your girlfriends, let's go together."
"Ah... will your wife Miss Emily go, too?" Hedira asked.
Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Of course!"
Khdira and Ozil looked at each other again, then nodded to Chu Zhongtian together.
"Okay, we'll..."
Ozil interrupted and said, "Forget it, we will practice with you for a while. The shooting training is only one person, but the effect is not very good."
The two gave up going back to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes, and returned to the court to accompany Chu Zhongtian to practice shooting.
Ozil is responsible for passing the ball to Chu Zhongtian, while Khdira plays a defensive player and tries every means to stop him from shooting.
The three of them practiced for half an hour and returned to the locker room in sweat. There was no one else in the locker room.
Then the three of them drove to pick up their families, and then met at the agreed place, and Chu Zhongtian took them to have Chinese food. The six of them were still happy to eat and chat. This feeling was even more serious for Khdira and Ozil. The only one who could speak German in the team was Chu Zhongtian.
If you don’t understand the language, you will naturally have less communication. In a team, you will feel lonely. Although everyone is very nice to them, if someone says something else and you don’t know what they are saying, it will be a very marginal feeling.
"Ha, when we were in the Bundesliga, we represented three teams respectively, but I didn't expect that we are all in the same team now..." Khdira said with a smile.
The three people are together, of course, it means that the German affairs are most resonant. In the Bundesliga, Khdira represented Stuttgart, Ozil represented Werder Bremen, and Chu Zhongtian played Hoffenheim. The relationship between these three teams is quite complicated. Stuttgart and Hoffenheim are opponents of the Bawu State Derby, and Mars is played everywhere in every game. Chu Zhongtian and Khdira also had direct conversations on the court, and at that time they were their own. Chu Zhongtian and Khdira often faced each other because of their position. Naturally, Mars hit the Earth as fiercely. Bremen has always been Hoffenheim's victims. Before Ozil left, Hoffenheim never defeated Bremen.
They were enemies before, but now they have all become teammates, which feels really wonderful.
Chapter completed!