The Glory of the Godfather

Mr. Florentino, the chairman of Real Madrid Club, asked about the preparations for the match against Aston Villa with concern.

Mr. Chairman expressed his confidence in the team's head coach, Mr. Mourinho.

Encourage Mourinho to lead Real Madrid to get rid of Aston Villa and achieve another success.

Mourinho thanked the chairman for his concern and expressed his confidence to lead the team past Aston Villa and strive to bring Real Madrid the tenth Champions League trophy in club history.

Florentino was very happy to hear this, and said that if Real Madrid really won the tenth Champions League trophy, in the summer transfer market, he would try his best to meet Mourinho's signing requirements.

Finally, the chairman of Real Madrid simply praised the wonderful performance of the BBC.

After hanging up the phone, Mourinho's face darkened.

Although he talked a lot with Florentino, Mourinho knew that the key point was the last two sentences.

Florentino conveyed the order tactfully: Bell must play in this game.

It's just that Florentino is very good at being a man. He didn't give orders directly, but expressed it tactfully, saving Mourinho's face as much as possible.

The promise of support for summer signings is more like a way to appease the stubborn Mourinho.

Not only gave face, but also appeased, even if Mourinho was a little upset, he could only accept it.

Florentino hand-picked Bell to play, and Mourinho is also very clear about the reason.

Strictly speaking, Ronaldo is not Florentino's own man.

Although Ronaldo came to report after Florentino entered Real Madrid. But in fact, this transfer has already been finalized in the Calderon era.

Florentino is only responsible for signing for it. Why do you have to sign for it? If Florentino forcibly returned the goods at that time, he would have to pay Manchester United a huge liquidated damages!

Or to put it more bluntly, Ronaldo belongs to the posthumous son of Calderon's era.

...

But Bell is different. Florentino has always hoped to brand Real Madrid's record. When Real Madrid's record gradually started to go on the right track, the introduction of a younger Bell is to expect this person to succeed in the future. Ronaldo is getting ready.

Bell is Florentino's own son.

For Real Madrid, this match against Aston Villa is nothing more than an opportunity to show the power of Real Madrid to the world again.

In particular, Bell was forcibly poached by Real Madrid from Aston Villa.

If the BBC performs well, especially Bale, and helps Real Madrid get rid of Aston Villa, it will not only be a victory for Mourinho and Real Madrid, but also for Florentino.

Mourinho began to consider tactics in the case of the BBC being excluded.

On the offensive end of Real Madrid, the BBC combination is powerful.

But on the defensive end, it can be said that there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Especially for the two Mr. Billionaires, only when they have a correct defensive attitude, actively return to defense, and at the same time form a good defensive order and tacit understanding with the full-backs behind them, can Real Madrid's trident achieve both offense and defense, and can truly exert its power. .

It's just that it's not easy to ask Ronaldo and Bell to put in more effort on the defensive end, and Mourinho can't guarantee whether doing so will affect the effect of the BBC on the offensive end.

...

Tonight is the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final between Real Madrid and Aston Villa.

Mourinho felt that he couldn't be so boring and idle, and he skillfully fought psychological warfare again.

When asked by a reporter that Fang Jue did not respond to his remarks before, what did Mourinho have to say about it.

Mourinho said: That's because he knew that he had lied before, and he knew that Villa would lose, so he felt guilty.

Fang Jue did not stay silent anymore, he retorted: He knew we could win at the Bernabeu, so he was flustered, and only those who are flustered and have no confidence would bring up the topic again and again.

Mourinho: You are flustered!

Fang Jue: Who knows who is flustered.

Mourinho: Look at me crying you today.

Fang Jue: Hehe.

When the game was approaching, because of Mourinho's provocation, a fierce war of words broke out between the two head coaches, and the media fans and the melon-eaters watched it very happily.

...

The reporters also interviewed players from both sides in particular.

When Bell was at Aston Villa, he and Mane were separated on the two wings of Villa, and they created a fierce wing storm in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Some media interviewed Mane.

Mane bluntly said that he and Bale are good friends.

Yes, we are very good friends, and we still keep in touch now.

I miss playing with Gareth, he was a phenomenon and it was a treat to watch him play.

Of course, now we are opponents, we respect each other, friendship is friendship, but I believe we will go all out to win.

The reporters were quite surprised. They had heard that Mane was honest and not good at words, but, looking at these words, this kid responded very well.

After accepting the interview, Mane sneaked a look at the note in his pocket in a place where no one was around, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that it was mostly correct.

The meaning expressed by these words, Mane is exactly Mane's own meaning, but what he said himself may not be so accurate. It is sorted out on the note, which is quite concise and useful.

Bale also immediately responded to Mane's words.

... yes, Sadio and I are very, very good friends, as well as James (Milner) and Luka (Modric), we often play beneficial brain games together.

At Aston Villa, I will never forget it, it was a wonderful memory.

However, I am now a Real Madrid player, I like it here, and for this game, I will give my all.

Maybe after the game, I'll treat them to dinner, but on the pitch, we're rivals.

...

At this time, a Madrid reporter asked Bell how he felt playing under Fang Jue.

They hope that Bale will say some bad things, and now the media in Madrid feel very uncomfortable with him.

However, they obviously underestimated Fang Jue's influence on Bell.

Mr. Fang Jue is a very charismatic coach. Yes, he has the magic power to unite all the players under him and work hard. Everyone trusts him very much. Bell said, he paused, Added, Of course, what I want to do now is to help Real Madrid beat Villa.

Even though Bale added that last sentence, the Madrid reporters were still not too satisfied.

Compared to your current manager, Jose Mourinho?

This is a very unfriendly question.

Bell frowned. Although Mourinho is also very good, in terms of favorability and loyalty to the head coach, Mourinho, who has only coached Bell for less than a season, cannot compare with Fang Jue. .

You know, it was under Fang Jue's step-by-step training that Bell grew into a world-class top star.

Both of them are champion coaches, both are winners. Bell was not stupid and did not directly respond to this question.

A reporter from England laughed out loud at the scene. It can be seen that Bell is greatly influenced by Fang Jue, and someone often likes to praise others as 'winners'.

In addition to interviewing Mane, the Spanish media also wanted to interview Ibrahimovic.

The encounter between Ibrahimovic and his former mentor Mourinho is also a big gimmick.

Fang Jue refused all media interviews with Ibrahimovic.

He was worried that Ibrahimovic's big mouth would cause trouble.

Zlatan was gagged, a little uncomfortable.

Fang Jue found him and said to the Swedish veteran: Zlatan, I don’t need to say, you can imagine what those reporters would say when they found you.

Ibrahimovic was a little confused: I don't know.

Fang Jue: They will definitely talk about your weak performance in the UEFA Champions League. This is the same old tune. I don’t want you to be interviewed, because I don’t want you to be affected by these groundless accusations.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic: No, boss, you stopped me from swearing.

Fang Jue: Remember, Zlatan, swearing is the most useless thing, a real man is to fight back all doubts and malicious criticisms with his performance on the field.

Ibrahimovic: Zlatan knows.

...

The visiting team's dressing room at the Bernabéu.

Fang Jue is explaining the final tactics before the battle.

At this time, assistant coach Werner pushed the door in. He had just got Real Madrid's starting list.

Both Fang Jue and Mourinho reported the starting list at the last moment of the deadline.

This is also to maximize trouble for the opponent's tactical analysis.

Fang Jue directly posted the starting list on the tactical board:

The goalkeeper is Diego Lopez, who has been Real Madrid's first-choice goalkeeper since Iker Casillas broke his hand in January.

The central defender partners are Varane and Ramos.

The left back is Coentrao.

Right back is Essien.

The midfielders are Harvey Alonso and Khedira, as well as Er Dayan.

In front is the BBC trident of Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale.

Coentram, everyone is familiar with it, Fang Jue said.

Everyone burst into laughter.

Although Aston Villa was eliminated by Real Madrid last season, Coentrao was almost taken turns by Bell and Mane.

Although Bell has transferred and left now, the speed of Mane or De Bruyne is enough to give Coentram a headache.

Real Madrid's right, Essien here, we can also try to make a breakthrough. Fang Jue said.

Real Madrid loaned Essien from Chelsea. This is Mourinho's absolute confidant when he was at Chelsea, and he still trusts Essien very much.

In such an important game against Aston Villa, Mourinho would rather choose to trust Essien and let Essien play as a right back than the young teenager Nacho.

Afterwards, Fang Jue drew a circle on Harvey Alonso's name.

Alonso, he is Real Madrid's midfield metronome, you have to limit him.

Xavi Alonso has always been very low-key. At that time, Fang Jue was well aware of the Spanish international's ability.

In this Real Madrid team, the most indispensable player is definitely Alonso.

At Real Madrid, Alonso has clearly improved.

When he was at Liverpool, Alonso's defensive position was not top-notch, and he could only choose to be forced to foul more often.

However, in Real Madrid, Alonso's defensive positioning has improved a lot. This should be due to Mourinho's adjustments, after all, Magic Bird started out defensively.

However, when Fang Jue and the coaching staff studied the game, they felt that Alonso's defensive coverage had declined.

And Alonso still has a problem, that is, in the face of high pressure, the ball rate is low.

Alonso's passing ability is very strong, but his ability to get rid of the ball is slightly inferior, so Alonso is more likely to be strangled.

Fang Jue studied Real Madrid's poor performance in several games this season. After Alonso was strangled, Real Madrid's offense became constipated.

Therefore, Mourinho sent Alonso a helper Khedira in today's game.

Khedira is a player. In Fang Jue's opinion, he has all kinds of abilities, but they are not outstanding.

The performance is indeed quite positive, but the ability to handle the ball is much worse than that of Alonso.

However, his offensive awareness still attracted enough attention from Fang Jue.

Be careful of Khedira's advance, this guy can always appear in the best position. Fang Jue emphasized.

...

This is Fang Jue's fifth visit to the Bernabeu Stadium.

Three of the first four times were when Ibiza was in charge, and one was a visit here last season with Aston Villa.

In that game, Aston Villa lost 1-3 away and were eliminated in the semi-finals with a total score of 3-4.

A year later, Aston Villa came here again, but this time it was not the semi-finals, but met in the quarter-finals ahead of schedule.

The Bernabéu Stadium, which can accommodate 81,044 spectators, was packed.

When players from both sides entered the field, there was a loud noise.

Fang Jue and Mourinho shook hands, neither of them meant to exchange pleasantries, they separated after touching their right hands, and went back to their respective coaches to sit down.

Mourinho ponders with Aston Villa's starting XI.

Aston Villa's starting goalkeeper today is Ter Stegen. This young German goalkeeper has secured the position of Aston Villa's main goalkeeper.

The central defender is a combination of Senderos and Thiago Silva.

Seeing this pair of central defenders, Mourinho had a headache. When the two sides played against each other last season, Real Madrid was able to overthrow Aston Villa. This has something to do with the personnel crisis at the central defender position of Aston Villa. Great relationship.

In the second round of the game, Aston Villa's two central defenders were even temporary guest appearances by players from other positions.

Obviously, having learned the lessons of last season's Champions League exit, Fang Jue focused on strengthening at the central defender position.

The central defender combination of Senderos and Thiago Silva is indeed difficult to deal with, and on the bench of Aston Villa, there are veterans like Nesta and young rookie Stones.

In the position of central defender, Fang Jue was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes. He was almost armed to the teeth.

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It's the last two days at the end of the month, do you still have a monthly pass?