Chapter 81 Champion Coach + Champion Player =?
After playing the Champions League quarter-final against Dortmund, Real Madrid can focus all their energy on the league, because in the Champions League, Dortmund is no longer worth worrying.
The weekend after the match against Dortmund was the Madrid derby, and it was also the second Madrid derby of the season, with a total of three games this season, the last one in the Spanish Cup final in April.
Although Real Madrid has not lost against Atletico Madrid, and this time it is still at home, Mourinho has not taken it lightly. He still remembers the scene at Calderon Stadium in the first half of the season. If Chu Zhongtian had not violated his wishes and adapted to the situation in the end, Real Madrid's 18-game winning streak would have been impossible.
With Real Madrid's strength, defeating Atletico Madrid is not a big problem unless Real Madrid underestimates the enemy and makes mistakes. So before the game, Mourinho did not talk about tactics for Real Madrid players, but instead showed them the video of the game of both sides in the first half of the season to help these stars recall the problems they encountered because of their pride and underestimate the enemy.
This is more effective than saying ten thousand words on your mouth.
These Real Madrid stars are very proud, and they will not tolerate things like Atletico Madrid happening repeatedly.
With this belief, they stepped onto the turf of the Bernabeu Stadium.
This is a game with no suspense. Real Madrid fans are watching the game with a relaxed and happy mood. Atletico Madrid fans do not dream of defeating Mourinho's team at the Bernabeu.
The final result was the same. With a goal from Chu Zhongtian and a double score from Higuain, Real Madrid easily defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0 at home.
Atletico Madrid didn't even cause much trouble for Casillas.
Aguero was injured after only sixty minutes in this game. Moreover, his injury was not caused by fighting with a Real Madrid player, but by straining his thigh muscles while chasing the ball.
After the game, the Catalan media said sourly that Atletico Madrid gave Real Madrid waters, which was not sporting morality, which led to strong protests from Atletico Madrid Club. You should know that Atletico Madrid lost the Madrid derby, which was already very popular. Being said this is like throwing salt on the wound, which is intolerable.
But these things have nothing to do with Real Madrid.
While Real Madrid won, Barcelona also scored.
The two teams are currently only one point apart, and they are 17 points away from the third place in the standings, and the gap will continue to widen.
The entire La Liga had just passed halfway into a lonely showdown between the two giants. For La Liga, this is definitely not a good thing. But neither the mid- and lower-level teams nor the Spanish Football Association could solve such a problem. They could only watch Barcelona and Real Madrid running farther and farther towards the two huge monsters, leaving all the stunned people behind.
The image of Spanish football in the European arena can only rely on these two giants, but the images of these two giants are different. Barcelona represents gorgeous, but not flawless. For many years, the relationship between them and the referee and UEFA has attracted a lot of imagination. After Barcelona defeated Real Madrid at home in the Champions League semi-final last season, Mourinho angrily criticized Barcelona and UEFA for colluding with UEFA and colluding. Some people in UEFA do not want Real Madrid to enter the final. In addition, behind the gorgeousness, Barcelona players always fall exaggeratedly and excessive self-protection have also attracted many fans and reporters' dissatisfaction and criticism, and in China they have won even more
The obviously derogatory title of "La Macia Film and Television Academy". Of course, last point, Barcelona must be disdainful to represent the image of Spanish football, because they represent the imagination of Catalonia. After Spain won the World Cup in South Africa, among the Spanish internationals celebrated, only the players from Barcelona were not wearing the Spanish flag, but holding the flag of the Catalonian region. Barcelona fans called the showdown between Barcelona and Real Madrid "a war between one country and another country." The Catalan players in Barcelona are also proud of being a Catalan and never think they belong to the Spanish.
The image of Real Madrid, which is rivaled by him, is not much better. The aristocratic temperament of the past seems to have been exhausted. Mourinho brought iron blood and discipline to Real Madrid, and at the same time he also brought many negative images. For example, Mourinho's self-conceited taste will be considered as Real Madrid's self-conceitedness, such as his defensive counterattack is considered negative, conservative, and backward football, which greatly damages the image of Real Madrid. Now, when many people mention Real Madrid, the first thing they think of is barbarism and roughness.
Keywords like Luhe Muscle, the gorgeousness and elegance of the Galaxy Battleships in the first phase have disappeared. Although Real Madrid has many stars, they play football like blue-collar workers. Coupled with Real Madrid's usual pride and conceit, and the tradition of poaching, they have a very average popularity in European football. Many football giants have publicly criticized Real Madrid, believing that it is wrong for Real Madrid to do whatever they want in the football circle because they have money.
Now that Real Madrid and Barcelona have won one after another, it is no longer news. The media is full of flattery and praise for their supportive teams, as well as various attacks on the enemy. If one day a team outside of Barcelona and Real Madrid defeats these two teams, it will surely quickly become the front-page headlines of the news.
But at present, it is difficult for any team to do this.
We can only expect them to defeat each other. In the first national derby in the league, Real Madrid had a home advantage and defeated Barcelona 2:0. In the next national derby in the league, Barcelona will return to their home court. What will be the score then?
The final decision of the La Liga champion's points rules are different from other leagues. For example, in the Premier League where Espanyol always compares, if the final points of the two teams are the same, then the comparison is the number of goals. The number of goals is the same and the total number of goals is the same. If even the total number of goals is the same, then the championship play-off will be held.
What about La Liga? It is more complicated. When the points at the end of the season are the same, the comparison is not the goal difference, but the record of both sides. If the results of both sides are the same, the goal difference between the two sides when they fight each other. If three or more teams score at the same time, the special points formed by the results of these teams this season are directly compared. Therefore, in the 2006-2007 season, Real Madrid completed a shocking reversal when they were 15 points behind Barcelona at most.
Later, they won the La Liga championship because of their results in the national derby with Barcelona in the two rounds. Real Madrid and Barcelona scored the same score in the end, but Real Madrid scored one win and one draw in the two rounds with Barcelona, while Barcelona lost and one draw at a disadvantage. It depends on this. Real Madrid squeezed out Barcelona with the same score as Barcelona, reached the league championship throne, and won the 30th league championship in their club history.
Currently, the two teams are only one point apart. If Barcelona can score hundreds of Real Madrid at home, even if the last two teams score at the same time, Barcelona can pull both sides to the same starting line and compare their goal difference. If they can beat Real Madrid at home with a big score, such as repeating the 5:0 at home last season, then even if they score at the same time in the future, they can rely on the goal difference between the two sides to beat Real Madrid to win the championship.
But all of these will be waiting until April this year.
The media believe that the national derby in the second leg of the league this year will be the focus of the league's ownership. After the results of the game come out, unless it is a draw, the situation of the championship competition will inevitably become clear.
※※Real Madrid keeps winning, the record of 18 consecutive victories in the new season has been ended, and the record of unbeaten in the 25 rounds of the league is still continuing.
Chu Zhongtian was asked this question in an interview with Chinese media: "It seems smooth sailing in Real Madrid, which is completely different from being at Metz and at Hoffenheim. You can always win every game. Will it make you feel bored and slack?"
Chu Zhongtian was amused when he heard this question: "Who would be tired of victory? This is not a cup game, this is a league, and the league championship is accumulated by countless such victories."
In fact, this problem is also something that many people are worried about. If Real Madrid continues to win like this, players will feel tired and proud of the enemy. All these situations such as this team have been one after another. At present, it is indeed difficult for external forces to defeat them, but if there are problems within themselves, it will be dangerous.
In fact, when Real Madrid was tied by Real Betis away after the winter break, the media believed that Real Madrid had already experienced this situation. But soon with Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance, all problems were covered up. Real Madrid continued their winning streak, and Chu Zhongtian himself was also named Player of the Month.
There are twelve rounds left in the league and one-third of the schedule. Although Real Madrid faces not many difficult opponents next, much better than before, no one can guarantee that they will be smooth sailing.
"...The Galaxy Battleships are so smooth now that they themselves have ignored the surging undercurrents under their feet. And now a very bad atmosphere has formed in La Liga, that is, all teams will be too cowardly after meeting Real Madrid and Barcelona, and almost raised their hands to surrender in advance. I never think that La Liga should become a league in 162, La Liga should be more competitive, and all teams should have more fighting spirit and motivation when facing the two giants. You must know that if anyone can beat Real Madrid or Barcelona now, it will be enough to become famous in the world! Isn't such temptation enough?"
Some people can't stand it anymore and write this article in the newspaper.
He expressed the voice of many Spanish people. If the Spanish Football League turns into a league between Barcelona and Real Madrid and sixteen other teams, it will not be a good thing for La Liga, but a kind of damage. They hope that their league can compete like the Premier League and bloom with a hundred flowers.
But moving your mouth is always the easiest. Although the wishes of critics are beautiful, they are not qualified to require all teams to do what they want.
Even though I know that I can't fight, why do I have to pay a huge price to fight? I gave up the game against Real Madrid and Barcelona, but I only lost six points, but I have accumulated strength and can I guarantee that I can get more points safely when facing those teams of the same level as me and those who are not as good as me?
For such a simple math problem, the head coaches of those teams are not fools, they have figured it out very clearly in their hearts.
So despite the media's great calls, Real Madrid easily defeated Athletic Bilbao with a score of 4:2 away in the 26th round of the league.
Three minutes into the game, Real Madrid took the lead. C. Ronaldo's long-range shot forced Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Moreno to take off, and the agile Higuain followed up and scored a goal.
Athletic Bilbao then equalized the score, but five minutes later, they conceded the ball again. At the end of the first half, the score was 3:1, with Real Madrid leading the way.
"...This Real Madrid is simply invincible!" the commentator sighed at the end of the first half. "They made me ring Barcelona before, and they were also invincible..."
In the second half, both sides scored one goal, and the final score was frozen at 4:2.
Chu Zhongtian contributed an assist in the game, but no goals were scored.
The league has two-thirds of the game, and he has already had nine league goals and fifteen assists. One goal and eight assists in the Champions League.
This data is not as dazzling as last season at Hoffenheim. But considering that Real Madrid is not Hoffenheim, Chu Zhongtian did many things alone in Hoffenheim, so he scored more goals and assisted more. In Real Madrid, he has teammates who are better than Hoffenheim, and there are many things he doesn't need to do in person. There are many goals and assists like Ozil and Di Maria.
However, the lack of dazzling data does not mean that his position in the team is not important. From the start of every game, everyone can see that he has completely conquered Mourinho, the arrogant head coach.
Judging from the photos taken by reporters in Real Madrid training, Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho often talk and laugh during training, and their relationship is very harmonious. On other occasions, Mourinho also expressed his appreciation for Chu Zhongtian. Mourinho is a person who rarely publicly praises a player, but he expressed a certain degree of preference for Chu Zhongtian.
In fact, such a story is not new to Mourinho. He once had a disagreement with many players, but once the two of them cooperated, he would immediately change his attitude. When he was coaching at Chelsea, he hated C. Ronaldo's fake falls and repeatedly sarcasticized C. Ronaldo, but at the same time he also sarcasticated Manchester United: "I don't like the way C. Ronaldo plays football, but you know that in a team like Manchester United, it is inevitable to do this (fake falls).
This seems to show that he is a smart person. He knows that every emotion he expresses and every word he says has a purpose. When he and C. Ronaldo are enemies, he attacks him, provokes him, satirizes him, and tries every means to influence him. But when the two fight side by side, c. Ronaldo becomes the person he says: "The best player in the world is slightly better than Messi."
The same is true in Chu Zhongtian.c. Ronaldo was compared with Messi by Mourinho. Chu Zhongtian was considered a midfielder who was better than Xavi.
"In the midfield, he is the most outstanding and talented player I have ever met, surpassing Xavi and Iniesta. Barcelona is proud to have Xavi and Iniesta. I have to say that I only have one Chu."
This is a very high evaluation. There are not many players in this world who can get the eyes of a proud person like Mourinho, let alone such evaluations.
Before the winter break, there were many rumors that after the end of this season, one of Mourinho and Chu Zhongtian must leave Real Madrid. No one has ever mentioned such stupid words anymore.
Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho have such a harmonious relationship, as if they were on a honeymoon.
Mourinho praised him and valued him so much. So how did Chu Zhongtian view his head coach? You should know that he has experienced several head coaches, and he has achieved success under every head coach.
Jean Fernandez is Zidane's mentor, leading Metz to the UEFA Cup, and now he succeeds Juillu in Ausselle and does a good job. Where is Rangnick? He led Hoffenheim to defeat Barcelona, won the UEFA Champions League, and reached his peak.
What is different about Mourinho from them?
"He is a very skilled head coach. He works very seriously and is the most serious head coach I have ever met. His analysis of game videos and data analysis has reached a fanatical level. His personality? His personality is very good and normal. You are just confused by his mask. In fact, he is no different from us. I think he is like Fernandez and Rangnick, both are very excellent head coaches."
Chu Zhongtian's answer was a bit sloppy, and no one offended him.
"Of course, he won a lot of championships. I like head coaches like this because he knows how to win. And I also like championships, and I think we have a common language."
After the interview, the media posted the title: "Champion Coach Champion Player =?" There was no answer, but everyone knew what they wanted to express.
This season, is there anything else that can satisfy Real Madrid besides the championship?
have.
More champions than one champion.
Chapter completed!