612 Hala, Caesar!
January 14, 2007, Bernabeu Stadium.
When Real Madrid was unable to start the game at his home court and Zaragoza's defense seemed so impoverished, an unprecedented scene since Yang Cheng took over the stands at the Bernabeu Stadium appeared in the stands.
In the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium, a group of Real Madrid fans were booing in an orderly manner. At first, the booing was not clearly identified who it was against, but when they raised a large slogan in their hands, it said, "Yang Cheng, leave Real Madrid!", everyone knew that they were booing the head coach.
When he saw this scene, not only Yang Cheng was shocked, but everyone at the scene, even the players on the court, were shocked, because this was the first time since this season that a fan has filed a complaint in front of him.
Benitez and Paul Bayer both looked at Yang Cheng, Raul, Xavi Alonso, Cannavaro and others as soon as possible, and the live TV cameras were also aimed at Yang Cheng. They were all worried about what he would do?
The booing began to continue, but soon, in Real Madrid's dead-south stands, a song of "Hara, Caesar!" immediately sounded.
This group of Real Madrid's most loyal fans immediately fought back against those corner fans. They used their singing to defend Yang Cheng's authority as the head coach, and more and more Real Madrid fans joined in, completely overwhelming that group of corner fans on the scene and occupying the dominance of the Bernabeu Stadium.
The two gangs of fans held a sensational showdown at the Bernabeu Stadium, and finally dominated the majority with their voices supporting Yang Cheng. They even simply published some slogans in the temporary rush to make.
"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 just a group of terrorists!"
"Caesar, let's follow us!"
The whole game was in this kind of infighting between Real Madrid fans. The players on the court were influenced by the fans, but Raul took on the responsibility of being the captain of the team. He kept calling out to his players because he knew that the best way to support the head coach was to defeat his opponent.
In fact, everyone in Real Madrid's locker room knows that if you lose many games, Yang Cheng can find a scapegoat because many players perform abnormally, such as Ramos when they face La Coruña. However, Yang Cheng did not shirk responsibility even once, but he always took all the responsibilities on himself.
Regardless of whether he has made any mistakes in coaching Real Madrid for more than half a year, at least, he has won the support and recognition of all Real Madrid players at this point.
So, when Villa received a pass from Raul in the 84th minute and picked the goalkeeper in the penalty area, 11 Real Madrid players on the court suddenly made an appointment to rush outside the court. The offensive heroes Villa and Raul hugged Yang Cheng from left to right, while the Real Madrid players around him surrounded him.
The players on the bench also rushed out, and they surrounded Yang Cheng in the middle. The posture seemed to be telling everyone with this move. They would do everything possible to defend and protect their head coach.
The live TV camera shows the booing, the fightback from loyal fans, and the support of Real Madrid players in front of fans all over the world. At the same time, the camera swept through the stands and they can see that countless Real Madrid fans in the stands were covering their faces and crying, because after Bosque, no Real Madrid player has ever supported a head coach so much.
The fans who booed in the corner stands were silent, but the singing and cheers of Real Madrid fans in the south stands became louder and louder, and became more and more enthusiastic. In the end, even all Real Madrid fans in the audience were singing the song "Hara Caesar!" to support their head coach. I hope he can continue to cheer.
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"Did we play badly?"
In the comprehensive interview area after the game, Captain Raul asked questions angrily when interviewed by the media.
"I don't know why everyone treats our head coach as a target and wants to kick it on it, but we don't think we're playing badly at all. Yes, we're 9 points behind Barcelona, which is really sad, but you should be clear that we were basically a dozen points behind in the same period of the previous two seasons."
"Don't always look at Barcelona. Our combat effectiveness has improved a lot from the past three years. We have reason to believe that we are on the right path and the pain is certain, because 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 old age, there were too many superstars and gangs. Now you have seen that after the superstars left, the average age of the team became the youngest team in La Liga. There are many talented players in our team, such as David Silva, Aguero, Ramos, and Mascherano. They will become the most outstanding top superstars in this position in time."
"I don't like your media like this. You always hold on to the attitude of loving him and asking him to shine, and hating him to die without a burial place. We don't like it very much, so we made a decision in the locker room during the intermission. From today on, we will not be interviewed except for the Marca and Ashes."
"I hope all of you can understand that this is not revenge or threatening anything, but because we all hope that the team can devote more attention to the game without being influenced by the outside world. Also, don't blame this on our head coach. This is our players' own decision and has nothing to do with our head coach!"
After saying that, Raul turned around and left, leaving behind a group of uproaring media behind him.
From Raul's words, you can hear something, such as the locker room's absolute support for Yang Cheng, such as Raul and Guti and other Real Madrid ministers also fully supported Yang Cheng, etc. This obviously surprised many media because this is a unity that Real Madrid's locker room has not had in the past few years.
You know, when Queros and Lucemberg said something, players would say a few completely opposite words outside, which made Real Madrid a mess and the head coach's authority not defended. But now it seems that Yang Cheng has taken over the Real Madrid locker room in full.
At least, it is difficult to break Real Madrid's locker room from the inside!
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"When will I get out of class?"
At the press conference at the Bernabeu Stadium, Yang Cheng always faced the reporter's questions with a relaxed expression. Even when they asked, Yang Cheng felt that he would be dismissed from class, he had never changed.
"As a head coach, or so, any head coach will be mentally prepared to be fired anytime and anywhere. No one can be an exception. Even if he has a glorious past, he will be fired. I will be no exception if I am fired."
Top famous coaches such as Capello, Lippi, Mourinho will be fired one day. How many famous coaches in the world have had no experience of being fired? Of course, Yang Cheng is no exception.
"But I think a top coach has to be different because he has more pride and it makes them more confident, so I never thought about whether I would get fired. Because I know, it's not something I should care about."
"One of the most concerned issues I am in charge of Real Madrid is that I have a three-year contract. I may even 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 strong enough to defeat any opponent? This is the issue I care about."
"If I am afraid of being fired, if I don't want to make mistakes and take responsibility, I start to become timid. Many people are afraid to do it when they should do it, and many people are afraid to take responsibility. Then I am not worthy of being the head coach of Real Madrid at all, and I am not worthy of being today!"
The reporters at the scene were beyond refutation by Yang Cheng's call because they really could not refute it.
"Mr. Yang Cheng, why do you think Real Madrid fans boo you today at the Bernabeu Stadium?"
Yang Cheng shook his head, "I don't know, but I heard that it is a very young group of fans, and I won't take it to heart."
"I remember when Bosque lost to Real Madrid's centenary celebration and when Yero made frequent mistakes on the defense, there were also many Real Madrid fans booing them, but they have become the head coach and player that Real Madrid miss the most in the past few years."
"Zidane was also booed by fans in the first half of the year when he joined Real Madrid, but later he became one of the best stars in the club's history. Superstars such as Figo, Beckham, Irving were booed, and outstanding coaches such as Capello, Hiddink, and Bardano were also booed. I don't think it's a big problem for me to boo, it won't have any impact on me."
After Yang Cheng answered, the reporter of Marca laughed, "The booed fans are only a small number, and most of the fans still support you, Mr. Yang Cheng!"
Marca and Ass are one of the few newspapers that have not been involved in the storm of Yang Cheng's dismissal. In addition to being close to Real Madrid, Yang Cheng has a good relationship with them, and many rumors have no basis. For example, Marca and Ass have repeatedly guaranteed from Florentino that Yang Cheng will not be dismissed no matter how poor his record this season is.
Because of this, they did not intervene and continued to maintain a good relationship with the club.
As for those fans who boasted Yang Cheng, according to feedback, it is said that they are a group of young Real Madrid fans, around 20 years old and belong to the new generation of fans. When they began to know that they loved Real Madrid, they happened to be the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, which happened to be the peak moment of Real Madrid. After three years of slump without a championship, Yang Cheng did not improve after taking over. In addition, the external media promoted the fire, they began to bombard the head coach.
When you are young, you will be more impulsive and will not think like old fans.
On the contrary, those old fans attach more importance to tradition and spirit. They are those fans who have been criticized by countless people for winning and winning good looks, but in fact they are not what the media exaggerated.
An old fan once said in an interview that he felt that Real Madrid's football style is an active offensive football and teamwork spirit. Real Madrid should stick to this path under any circumstances and make persistent progress, just like Barcelona has experienced years of slump, but they still adhere to the football philosophy brought to them by Cruyff and Van Gaal.
In fact, Barcelona's success is a success. If Real Madrid sticks to their own style and persists for more than ten years, they can still succeed like Barcelona.
This is the idea of those old Real Madrid fans. However, under the exaggeration and hype of many media, it has gradually evolved into a way to win and win beauty, which actually cannot represent the idea of old Real Madrid fans.
Many of this group of old fans have criticized Bosque back then, and have experienced the downturn of not having a championship in the past three years. They have reflected on their actions back then, so now, they all know that it is useless to criticize Yang Cheng. He has done a good job in Real Madrid.
Nothing can reach the sky in one step!
Yang Cheng came to Real Madrid. After getting Cannavaro and Toulam, he did not choose to defend and counterattack pragmatically. Instead, he continued to take the initiative to attack football. This was undoubtedly his persistence and persistence in his football philosophy. Real Madrid needed such a head coach.
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Regarding the players' refusal to interviews other than Marca and Ass, Real Madrid responded silently. It was obvious that they acquiesced to the players' actions, while Yang Cheng told all staff on the next day that the training base will not be allowed to enter the media from now on.
From now on, Valdebebas will be closed to all media in the world!
This is undoubtedly a further escalation of the competition between Yang Cheng and the media, because in the past, Real Madrid adopted a semi-open policy for the media to enter the training base for publicity and hype. However, Yang Cheng felt that his training was clearly seen by others, and this was absolutely not allowed. Later, he adopted the strategy of open training classes every morning, and now he is fully closed.
For this matter, Jose Sanchez of the Ministry of Commerce once again made a fuss with Florentino. He has received complaints from many media outlets who usually have good relationships, believing that this will affect the sales of their newspapers.
To put it bluntly, the relationship between Real Madrid and the media was interdependent, but now Yang Cheng wants to separate them directly, not only the media refuses. There will definitely be many people in Real Madrid's management.
It is said that in private, some newspaper reporters would secretly give gifts to Real Madrid's internal executives if they wanted to get Real Madrid's interview certificate. This kind of news is no longer a secret, so Yang Cheng's actions must be to offend more people.
But he doesn't care!
After playing Zaragoza, Real Madrid continued to take over the Bernabeu and ushered in Real Betis's Cup of Kings.
In the 38th minute of the game, Aguero received Guti's straight pass, and after passing the goalkeeper's goal, he established a lead for Real Madrid. After that, Real Madrid took the initiative to attack, but Real Betis defended well and Real Madrid never found an opportunity.
In the end, within 90 minutes, Real Madrid and Real Betis failed to score again. Both sides each scored 1:0, with a total score of 1:1, and entered overtime.
As the physical fitness of the two sides declined, the gap in strength was more clearly reflected. In the 95th minute of overtime, Real Madrid was pushed to the left winger by Yang Cheng to the position of Marcelo on the left and made a quick pass on the left. Negredo headed like a dry land in the middle to score another goal, winning another goal for Real Madrid.
The total score was behind, Real Betis began to want to push it out, but in the 100th minute, Real Madrid intercepted the ball and passed it diagonally to the left. After Marcelo dribbled the ball, he faced the defense of the opponent's right back. After an emergency stop, he passed the ball low and passed it in the penalty area.
Drared inserted into the penalty area and shot low, pierced through Real Betis' goal again, locking the score at 3:0!
In this way, Real Madrid defeated Real Betis 3:1 with a total score and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Kings Cup, but the opponent they drew in the quarterfinals was Sevilla, who performed well in La Liga this season.
Back in the La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Mallorca 1-0 with David Silva's goal away.
This game is actually similar to the game against Zaragoza. The scene is not good, but Real Madrid scored very steadily, which is also widely believed by the outside media to be a change in Yang Cheng's coaching thinking after being under tremendous pressure.
But a week later, Real Madrid was a visit to the Love Song Stadium to challenge Villarreal, but was attacked by Pellegrini's team. Real Madrid finally lost another defeat with 0:1.
One day later than Real Madrid, Barcelona defeated Celta 3-1 at home, and the points 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, who is ranked fifth in the league, and the qualification for the Champions League is in danger.
After losing to Villarreal, the entire Spanish and even European media once again raised doubts and criticisms of Yang Cheng, believing that he did perform badly in his first season in La Liga. If he could have won some persuasiveness by playing well before, then in recent three rounds, Real Madrid has become a pragmatic 1:0ism.
"There is no doubt that Barcelona can announce in advance that it won the La Liga championship this season, leading 12 points in 20 rounds. This undoubtedly has ruled out the ownership of the La Liga championship, and Yang Cheng is likely to break his glorious record of winning the first year of leading the team to participate in the top league in the past few years."
Leading Kaiserslautern to participate in the Bundesliga for the first time, he won the championship, leading Inter Milan to play in Serie A and also won the Premier League in his first season, but now, Real Madrid can no longer win the La Liga championship.
However, Yang Cheng is known as the king of the cup. Many people think that since Barcelona is so strong in La Liga, it is better to place their home battlefield in the Champions League and win the 10th Champions League in Real Madrid's history, which is undoubtedly enough to make Real Madrid fans satisfied with Yang Cheng.
Chapter completed!