South of Madrid, eastern suburb of fuenlavlada, Chinatown training center.
Thick curtains were drawn in the conference room on the second floor. Club owner Gao Han, coach bochetino, general manager Amando Marcos, technical director Carlos cantarello, and Sergio Garcia, who accompanied Gao Han, were all watching the video of the game on the TV screen.
It was just two days ago in the sixth round of La Liga, held at the home of China city at aldevilla stadium, against Sevilla, who ranked third in the La Liga table.
After three consecutive wins at the beginning of the league, the performance of the Chinese city team began to decline. In the fourth round, it lost 1-2 to Athletic Bilbao, which directly led the Chinese city team to fall out of the top four of La Liga, and then drew baladolide 2-2 to World War II. The ranking continued to decline, and the team's morale was also affected.
This also directly led to the team's home game in the sixth round, a 4-0 defeat to Sevilla.
The defeat shocked the whole Spanish football world. It was only at this time that everyone realized clearly that the alpine cold is alpine cold, and the Chinese city team is the Chinese city team. They are not of the same type at all.
Maybe it's because the Chinese city team has been upgraded continuously in the past few years and won the first three games in a row, which has led many people to have the illusion that this is a cold team and should continue to win all the way. However, this is bochetino's team.
It can be said that this defeat not only shocked the Spanish football, but also greatly weakened the morale of the Chinese city team, so that the cold in Manchester had to take advantage of the team's free time to fly to Madrid immediately to deal with the matter in person.
According to the video of the game, the opening game of China city was not bad. In the first 20 minutes, Sevilla played well and defended well. However, until the 20th minute, Sevilla took advantage of a long-range midfield shot to break the goal of China city by accident, breaking the deadlock thoroughly.
After losing the ball. The Chinese city team was eager to fight back and acted too hastily. In the process of passing the ball, they made mistakes. After being intercepted, they launched a counterattack. Capel drove straight from the left to assist Negredo's short-range header.
In less than two minutes, he lost two goals in a row, which brought a very painful blow to the Chinese city team.
It can also be said that after losing the second ball, China city team was in a mess.
From the picture of the game, bochettino himself was a little anxious. He didn't keep enough calm. He didn't stabilize the team's mood and position at the critical moment. He protected his goal first, but he was eager to score.
After a long attack, Sevilla launched the last attack in the last minute of the first half. The morale of the Chinese city team was a little low and the defense was not focused enough. The other center kanut grabbed the ball and scored again.
With the score of 0-3 into the second half, bochettino also fought hard, replaced two midfield players, replaced two strikers, further increased the offensive of the front court, and once defeated Sevilla, extremely embarrassed.
However, in the 54th minute, the central defender Otamendi, who was eager to level the score, pulled down the opponent's players in a fight, and was shown the second yellow card of the game by the referee, accumulating two red cards.
There was no suspense at this time of the game. Bochettino had to change into a defender to stabilize his position.
But to more than 80 minutes, Sevilla still seized the opportunity to score.
In the end, the Chinese city team ushered in the most painful home defeat, but also the biggest defeat since the formation of the team, lost 4-0 to Sevilla.
This defeat is a very serious blow to the team, alpine also attaches great importance to.
If you look at it from the point of view of the recovery after the game, the players have problems, and the manager also has problems.
At least, when bochettino lost his second goal, he didn't stabilize the disordered team at the first time, but wanted to continue to increase the offensive. This is a problem, which is too obvious.
Sevilla knows this very well, so hold on to it.
If it is cold, then he will choose to defend, stabilize the position, patiently look for opportunities, so that even if he can't win, at least he won't lose miserably.
It's a bit like a gambler on the gambling table. The most taboo thing is to gamble with red eyes and give up everything.
But the result is often worse.
A really powerful gambler should know how to advance and retreat, know how to stop when he wins, and know how to stop when he loses.
From the point of view of behind the horse, bochetino was also red eyed and not calm enough.
Argentinian also seems to be aware of his own problems, so after watching the game, he was a bit ashamed, after all, this is the most painful defeat of the Chinese city team in history.
And after seeing bochetino's guilty look, Gao Han laughed and patted bochetino on the shoulder.
"Don't take it to heart, Mauricio. If you win on the football field, you will lose. Who hasn't learned the lesson of a disastrous defeat? The most important thing is not to live in the shadow of a fiasco, but to learn from it and improve yourself. "
In the final analysis, bochetino is also a new coach. This season is his first time in charge of the top league, and the three consecutive wins in the first game have undoubtedly given him confidence and confidence, and maybe even his mentality has expanded.
Moreover, the Chinese city team is also the youngest youth team in La Liga this season. They are still lack of experience and can not adjust their mentality.
The next three unbeaten games, especially the home 0-4 loss to Sevilla, is undoubtedly the first hit, let him suffer, learned a lesson, it may not be a good thing to say.
The Argentinian coach was a bit ashamed. He was also high spirited when he won three games in a row, but he did not expect that the situation of the team would turn sharply, from three wins in a row to three defeats, or even
"Mr. Gao Han, I..."
Bochetino's words just came out when the cold reached out to stop them.
"If you want to apologize, you don't have to. If you want to reflect, you can reflect on yourself after we leave. You are the head coach of the team. I fully believe in any decision and judgment you make."
Gao Han said sincerely that he hoped to help bochetino regain his confidence.
The most important thing for a team on the pitch is confidence. If the head coach doesn't have confidence himself, how can he bring confidence to the players? How can the team form combat effectiveness?
"Mauricio, I told you that in front of you, I am the president of the club. I welcome you to communicate with me, but you don't need to apologize or reflect for the success or failure of a game. No one needs to be responsible for the loss, whether you or the players."
Bochetino was greatly moved by the cold's statement.
Because it means that the club will not react to this defeat. That's all.
"If you lose, you lose. No one can win forever. The most important thing is how to get out of the shadow of failure and how to draw lessons from failure. You should know that sometimes a failure can teach us more and more valuable wealth, depending on whether you know how to own it or not."
Pochetino nodded heavily. He understood the meaning of high cold.
It was a 4-0 defeat. Everyone was very sad, including the coaching staff and the players.
Therefore, it's not the time to pursue responsibility at all. The most important thing now is to take advantage of the two-week competition time of the national team to rebuild the team's morale as soon as possible, return to the state as soon as possible and prepare for the next league.
According to Gao's estimation, if you want to stay in La Liga this season, you can only lose 15 to 17 games at most, depending on the number of wins. If you win more, you can lose 17 games, but if you win less, you can only lose 15 games at most.
If it is based on the number of winning games, you need to win at least 10 games to be successful.
China city is now three wins, one draw and two losses, ranking sixth in the league, which is a good result.
But the challenge is not small, that is, to get out of the shadow of defeat and continuous invincibility as soon as possible. This is a very terrible cycle, just like a curse, which will constantly corrode the mind of the players, attack the morale of the team, and then create a vicious circle.
Therefore, alpine will say that the two-week national team game led to the suspension of the league, the Chinese city team is not necessarily a good thing.
"There's another thing I want to take this opportunity to study with you."
Gao Han looked at Amando Marcos, Carlos cantarello and bochetino, all of whom were attentive.
"The situation of the team is not very good now, but I am still full of confidence in relegation in the new season. As we all know, many teams in the outside world covet our players and we have to guard against them“
The words of Gao Han are also accepted by Amando Marcos.
"Yes, Falcao has scored seven goals this season and performed very well. There have been some rumors outside. I have also communicated with Jorge. He said that some teams did know about Falcao from him."
"Then we must pay attention to it." Alpine said here, looking at Amando Marcos, "how is the team's current financial situation?"
"It's still working well for the time being. At present, there are still two sponsorships under discussion. If the negotiation is successful, the salary structure can be relaxed, but..."
Gao Han understands what Amando Marcos means. The Chinese city team has a weak foundation and can't compete with some strong teams or even rich teams. Therefore, it's very difficult to keep some core players.
Especially the sweet cakes like Falcao.
"Even if we want to sell people, at least we have to sell the backbone of our Chinese city team, so that all the greedy teams know that the players of our Chinese city team can't be anyone who wants to play."
At this point, alpine eyes flashed a trace of fierce color, "or do not sell, to sell must let each other spit blood, heartache."
In the professional league, they are all competitive with each other. Even if it is Atletico Madrid, it's really necessary to dig up the corner of the Chinese city team. What's more, it's not Atletico Madrid, but other teams.
Alpine never afraid of poaching, he is afraid of the other side of the cost of poaching is too low.
Once everyone realizes that the cost of poaching for Chinatown is too low, this group of talents will soon be poached.
It's true that tigers can't stand the wolves. No matter how sharp their eyes are, how can they resist others' digging?
"Then start to renew the contract as soon as possible to keep the players and boost the team's morale." It's time to make a decision.
"Start with a few key players in the team, such as Falcao, Marcos Senna, Otamendi and de gea
After the management confirmed the main line, they immediately began to carry out specific research on how to renew their contract. Bochetino, as the head coach of the team, cantarero, as the technical director, also participated in the discussion, and the discussion was very enthusiastic.
On the contrary, Sergio Garcia was left out in the cold and used his newly bought Apple mobile phone to watch the news.
As a result, when he saw a piece of news from the United States, he was shocked.