613 The Storm Is Coming
On the top floor of the Hilton Hotel next to Madrid Airport, through the curtain wall, you can see the street view of downtown Madrid in the distance. It is actually not beautiful at all. There is nothing except the lights of thousands of houses.
Madrid does not have decent city-level buildings, there are many tourist resources and old attractions, but the night view is very ordinary.
It is estimated that the night view of Madrid will become beautiful after the four skyscrapers built on the original site of the former Sports City of Real Madrid are completed. At least from a distance, four skyscrapers, like works of art, stand out, bringing a sudden beauty to Madrid, which is generally shorter in the building height.
Yang Cheng sat on this side of the curtain wall and looked into the distance. He turned a goblet with his fingers. The red wine inside rippled with the rotation of the goblet. Under the light, it was filled with light, but the person who turned the goblet looked full of sorrow.
"No wonder Bayern was always pushing and hindering when he invited Otma to come back recently. He also said that the head coach is the most consuming profession in the world..." Beckenbauer, who was sitting opposite Yang Cheng, smiled, "... Now that I see you like this, I believe it."
Yang Cheng looked at him and shook his head, "It's true that he became the president of UEFA!"
Beckenbauer was choked, unable to speak, but soon laughed, "You bastard!"
Both of them stretched out their wine glasses, clanged, and then they each took a small sip.
"In fact, there is nothing worth a headache. As a head coach, I am really powerless to do anything." Yang Cheng said helplessly.
"Of course, the head coach is not a god. How can it be omnipotent?" Beckenbauer himself has been a head coach and is still very brilliant, but he also knows the difficulties of the head coach, especially the football environment under the current information explosion.
Anyone can imagine that reporters all over the world are holding a magnifying glass and scanning Yang Cheng and his Real Madrid, and their performance is good. They say that you are not good enough to play well, and they do not meet the taste of Real Madrid fans. They say that you are useless in playing well, and that you lose even worse.
In short, no matter whether you win or lose, they will have a way to deal with you, just that. If you want to add a crime, there is no way to worry about it!
In fact, many times, fans are often fanned by journalists and media, especially when the team encounters problems, they are often easily incited, thinking that everything is the head coach or the fault of a certain player.
But the issue of football is not just the head coach. It also involves all aspects of the club and every player.
"Speak for a little bit of happiness!" Beckenbauer said with a smile. "Pratini is still untrustworthy. Although he has resigned from his post as an UEFA executive committee member, he said in an interview after the election that he still has two years of term as an FIFA executive committee member."
"Didn't he say that if the election is lost, he will leave football forever?" Yang Cheng laughed. "It's really... Platini is reliable, sows can climb trees!"
Beckenbauer laughed, "I just got to Nyon now, and I am still familiar with and investing in many things. Johnson also asked Olson to stay and help me. Now many things are still taking over, which is very troublesome!"
But it can be seen that the football emperor was very busy and happy.
When the UEFA president actually has little temptation in terms of money, because within Europe and UEFA, there are many laws and rules to restrict the president, and countless people will also stare at your every move, which makes it difficult for him to gain something in terms of money and interests. In fact, everyone competes for this position more for the sake of fame.
"Next, I will have a talk with g14. We hope to reach an acceptable result in the shortest time, and I will also fulfill my commitment and prepare for the Champions League play-offs next season."
Beckenbauer passed by a big match this time and defeated Platini. He got a total of 39 out of 52 votes. Platini had only a pitiful 12 votes, and another one was abstention. The French were almost running for Beckenbauer and became the dazzling green leaf.
Many people looked back on the past month of campaign after Beckenbauer was elected and found that Beckenbauer's best campaign strategy was three cards. First, the youth training funding fund was increased to 1 million euros; second, the play-offs were added to the league champion teams of the lowest-ranked countries; third, the Pratini was assigned to the Blatt Party.
The first two tangible interests have given Beckenbauer a lot of support from weak members who have previously invested in Platini, because their support for Platini is actually the one he drew, which is far less effective than Beckenbauer's direct interests.
The third article is to give Platini no return. Because Beckenbauer had repeatedly suggested the relationship between Platini and Blatt during his campaign, he pointed out that Blatt wanted to use Platini to interfere in UEFA's internal affairs. This made at the end of the campaign, as soon as Blatt stood up to support Platini, immediately put some of the originally melancholy votes directly into Beckenbauer, and Blatt's actions were counterproductive.
Of course, Johnson's sincere appeal letter and the prestige that Beckenbauer himself established over the years are important bargaining chips and foundations for him to win the presidential election, but the three strategies mentioned above are undoubtedly very critical.
"Thank you!" Beckenbauer smiled and handed out the wine glass again.
Anyone who knows Beckenbauer's campaign process knows that these three campaign strategies were proposed by Yang Cheng, so Yang Cheng, the military advisor behind the scenes, is an indelible contribution.
"Don't be polite, just cover me in the future!" Yang Cheng said jokingly.
Beckenbauer laughed and nodded, "No problem!"
"Then I'll become a strange guy?" Yang Cheng was stunned and shook his head with a smile.
Of course, Beckenbauer didn't understand the meaning of being a strange person, but he knew that Yang Cheng's words were all jokes. With Yang Cheng's personality, he would not ask Beckenbauer to help him. What he hated the most was the little conspiracy and tricks off the field. Because he was deeply hurt, he hated these methods very much, and of course it was even more impossible for him to use them.
"I really want to see the faces of Platini and Blatt!" Yang Cheng suddenly missed Platini a little.
It’s not that I like to see him, but that I want to see his expression when he lost the election, so it must be very happy.
"You said. Will he beat his chest and vomit three liters of blood when he returns home?" Yang Cheng was afraid that Platini will not die.
Beckenbauer pointed at the guy and kept laughing, thinking that he was saying too viciously, but he was just right to the enemy.
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That night, Yang Cheng and Beckenbauer talked about it all night at the Hilton Hotel and talked a lot of things.
As he sat on the throne of UEFA President, Beckenbauer's ambitions expanded and he began to want to show his strength in European football. If he had a great achievement, it would be best to promote the development of European football and prepare for his competition with Blatt in the future. His goal is to be the FIFA president position in a few years.
It is indeed a bit unreasonable to kill Platini and not kill Blatt by the way.
Yang Cheng also analyzed some of the ideas proposed by Beckenbauer, for example, he felt that the role of the League Cup has now become useless. It feels a bit like the second-level league in European competitions, rather than a top-notch cup match. The most obvious of which is that the third in the Champions League group can directly enter the top 32 of the League Cup.
Yang Cheng felt that since he could be relegated, there must be an upgrade channel, such as directly giving two League Cup teams entering the finals the qualification to enter the Champions League group stage next season, and other schedules, he felt that appropriate improvements could be made.
Yang Cheng's coaching footprints are spread across the four major European leagues, and Beckenbauer has also been in the European football world for many years. Both of them are very familiar with and familiar with the situation and environment of European football, so when they discuss it, they have a thorough understanding of many things. In addition, Yang Cheng is a time traveler, so he naturally knows the pros and cons of the reform.
After a night of talk, Beckenbauer obtained a lot of authentic scriptures from Yang Cheng and returned with a full load. But he was not without rewards. The next night, Real Madrid ushered in Sevilla's first leg of the Cup 8 knockout match at home, and he appeared in the Bernabeu's stands.
The game was finally 0:0, and Real Madrid was tied by Sevilla at home. Many Real Madrid fans were dissatisfied with the result of the game and felt that they could not accept it. They booed Yang Cheng again.
However, after the game, Beckenbauer said in an interview that he has always been a fan of Yang Cheng. He felt that Yang Cheng did a great job in Real Madrid and that he should not be treated so unfairly by Real Madrid fans.
"He doesn't need to prove his ability to anyone or any club, because he has proved himself many times that he is the best coach in the world. I think the only thing he needs at the Bernabeu is patience and trust. I feel sorry for the actions of some Real Madrid fans, but I believe he will succeed in Real Madrid."
As for Real Madrid lagging behind Barcelona in La Liga, Beckenbauer thinks that Real Madrid's hope of winning the championship is slim, but it does not mean that there is no. "He can lead Liverpool to reverse three goals in the Champions League final. For him, nothing is impossible."
On the contrary, in the Champions League, Beckenbauer felt that Real Madrid did not have much competitiveness.
"In the Champions League this season, Liverpool, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Chelsea are the best teams, and even Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Barcelona and other teams have performed very well. Compared with them, Real Madrid still lacks the time and needs to continue to improve, especially at the level of dealing with key games."
"I remember Yang Cheng said to me that if a soldier is a soldier and a general is a general, he is the general of Real Madrid, but the problem is that you have to give him time and a chance to cast his magic, and he will let you see his magical side."
The praise from UEFA new chairman Beckenbauer, Yang Cheng's fans immediately exclaimed, but the media's suspicion of Yang Cheng was not suspended because of this, especially because they intercepted one of the interviews in Beckenbauer, feeling that the UEFA president criticized Yang Cheng's team for not having enough combat effectiveness and lacking the willpower of key games, and it is impossible to win the Champions League or something.
Yang Cheng did not respond to the media's actions.
Back in the La Liga, Real Madrid welcomed Levante at home.
This La Liga team, currently hovering in the relegation zone, fought at the Bernabeu Stadium. However, Beckham assisted Raul in the 11th minute, and then in the 31st, 51st and 88th minutes, Villa scored a hat trick, and Real Madrid finally slaughtered Levante at home 4:0.
The game was wonderful and the score was dazzling. It can be said that it won a wonderful game just as the media required. What is even more rare is that Barcelona was tied 0:0 by Osasuna away. Meng Er team performed very badly, and the points gap between the two teams also shortened from the original 12 points to 10 points.
As a result, the media began to praise Real Madrid, thinking that Barcelona was careless after leading the way.
Sevilla was tied 0:0 at home by Real Sociedad, Villarre lost 1:2 away to Vilva, and Valencia drew 1:1 at home. In this way, Real Madrid returned to the second place in the league with this victory.
The sun began to return to the Iberian Peninsula, back to Madrid, back to the Bernabeu Stadium, but it only lasted for a week.
A week later, Real Madrid drew 1-1 away with Real Sociedad. Sevilla drew with Real Betis Valencia and Villarrel lost to Getafe and La Coruña respectively. Soldado scored two shots and passed one by one in Getafe, and his performance was very dazzling. However, after the game, he still supported Yang Cheng to continue coaching at Real Madrid when he was questioned by reporters.
However, because Barcelona defeated Athletic Santander 2:0 at home, the points gap between the two teams eventually widened to 12 points again.
On February 17, Real Madrid was at home and was forced to a draw by Real Betis 0:0, while Barcelona tied Valencia 1:1 away. Both teams are aiming for the mid-week European Champions League match.
Three days later, Barcelona was at the Camp Nou Stadium. With Iniesta scored one goal, Drogba, Riser and Ronaldo scored three goals in a row, and suffered a 1:3 reversal, completely losing the opportunity to advance unless they can beat Liverpool 3:0 at Anfield Stadium. But everyone knows that this is simply unrealistic.
After this game, Rijkaard was questioned greatly, but Liverpool was ambitious to complete the three consecutive Champions League championships. Daglish repeatedly stated that no one should doubt Yang Cheng's coaching ability. Many Liverpool players also affirmed Yang Cheng's coaching ability.
But one day later, at Roma's Olympic Stadium. Roma first led 1:0 with Tadei's goal, but Raul equalized the score for Real Madrid in the 60th minute. However, just 5 minutes later, Vucinic's goal defeated Real Madrid 2:1 for Spaletti's team at the Olympic Stadium.
According to the favorable schedule of the first away game in the group, Real Madrid lost 1:2 to Roma, because when he returned to the Bernabeu, Real Madrid had a chance to advance as long as he defeated Roma. However, the media were still worried about Real Madrid's qualifying situation, believing that defending the top 16 consecutively made Real Madrid lack the belief and fighting spirit to win.
Back in La Liga, Real Madrid drew 1:1 with Atletico Madrid at Calderon Stadium and got another draw, while Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 3:0 at home. The gap between the two teams widened to 14 points. In La Liga history, after 24 rounds, he was still 14 points behind, and no team has ever been able to successfully reverse.
Therefore, this game can also be seen as a precursor to Real Madrid being eliminated from the championship battle.
This time, even Real Madrid's mouthpiece newspapers such as Marca and Ass made sadly headlines, announcing that Real Madrid failed to compete for the championship this season, but Alfredo also wrote again, expressing his hope to continue to give Yang Cheng time. He firmly believes that Real Madrid will perform better and better.
In an interview with the media, Florentino also said that it is impossible for Real Madrid to win the championship this season.
"We met a strong Barcelona, which is a very painful thing for us, just like Barcelona met our peak at the beginning of the century. Now what we have to do is not to hold accountable, but to continue to give the team trust and the head coach, so that he can continue his coaching philosophy and ideas and keep the team stable."
Florentino announced that even if Real Madrid ended up being empty this season, Yang Cheng would not be dismissed.
"I can be very sure that in the head coach position of Real Madrid next season, Yang Cheng must be sitting!"
Regarding the board of directors' decision, fans who supported and opposed it were once again divided into two factions. Some younger fans of Yang Cheng felt that he had not brought any changes to the team and should fire him and change him to another head coach.
However, fans who support Yang Cheng feel that finding Yang Cheng is to end the tragedy of frequent club change in coaches in the past. Now that Yang Cheng is going to fire Yang Cheng in just one season, isn’t that going back? Moreover, Yang Cheng has not seen hope in this season. At least the team looks more like a whole now.
The dispute between the two teams became completely fierce after Real Madrid lost 0-1 away to Sevilla and was eliminated from the Copa REU, especially under the incitement of some conspirators hiding in the dark and the incitement of newspapers. They even attacked and verbally scolded each other, thinking that Yang Cheng must be dismissed after the end of the season. Many young fans even pulled up banners to protest outside the training base of Valdebebas, angry at the inaction of the club management.
This made everyone feel pressure from Real Madrid. Although in the 25th round of the league, Real Madrid defeated Getafe 1-0 at home and Barcelona drew 1-1 away. The point gap between the two sides returned to 12 points, it still could not change the team's confrontation.
Everyone felt a tension in the entire Bernabeu Stadium and the Valdebebas training base.
The Cup of Kings is just a training ground for Real Madrid fans, and the Champions League and the League are the key. Now there is no hope of winning the league, and everyone is entrusted to the Champions League. If Yang Cheng can't overcome this hurdle of Rome and defends the top 16 again, it will definitely make more Real Madrid fans oppose him.
Chapter completed!