Chapter 603: Guardiola’s New Destination

Chapter 603: Guardiola's New Destination

On January 15th, in the first leg of the King's Cup quarterfinals, Real Madrid hosted Valencia at home.

Despite reaching this stage, Ancelotti still firmly chose to prioritize the league and the Champions League, so the youth team eventually succumbed 0-1 to the bat legion.

Four days later, in the 20th round of La Liga, facing the same opponent, the Galacticos, fielding their main lineup, staged a goal spree at the Mestalla Stadium.

Just 3 minutes into the game, Wang Feng sent a direct pass, Carvajal broke into the left side of the penalty area and delivered a low shot to open the scoring for the away team.

In the 27th minute, the Chinese superstar and the Spanish midfielder combined again. This time, Carvajal chose to pass horizontally in the middle, and Morata, who followed up, pushed the ball into the net from 10 meters in front of the goal.

Just after Valencia restarted the game, Wang Feng seized the opportunity to aggressively intercept, dribbled past two defenders into the penalty area, and scored a goal into the far corner with a chip shot, scoring two goals in 3 minutes!

In the 61st minute of the second half, Modric's through ball penetrated the defense, and Guardado had no choice but to foul Morata in front of him, resulting in a red card from the referee.

The Chinese superstar personally took the penalty, deceiving Diego Alves and scoring in the bottom right corner, completely collapsing the home team.

In the 85th minute, Iguaín scored a header, expanding the score to 5-0, a result that lasted until the end of the match.

"It's too brutal. The main lineup of Real Madrid is venting their anger against the reserve team," remarked a fan who watched the game.

Before everyone could fully digest this, another bombshell result came unexpectedly, as Barcelona unexpectedly lost 2-3 to Real Sociedad away.

Messi and Pedro scored first, and just when fans thought it would be another massacre, Castro scored twice to equalize, and then Pique was directly red-carded for his unwise behavior.

"Yes, I heard that she is now receiving education with the children of the Spanish royal family. She looks like a princess. No, she is the pearl in the hands of all Chinese fans!"

Entering February, with the dust settled on the winter transfer window, Bayern Munich released another heavyweight news: after the end of this season, the veteran coach Heynckes will step down, and Guardiola will take over.

According to "Daily Sports", the annual salary offered by the Bundesliga giants reached a pre-tax 15 million euros, second only to Real Madrid's Ancelotti, who earns a pre-tax 17 million euros.

During Guardiola's tenure at Barcelona, ??he failed to win a league and Champions League title, but discerning eyes could see that he had the ability, and the failures were mainly due to Wang Feng and Real Madrid being too formidable.

So when he left the Catalan team, clubs like Chelsea in the Premier League, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, and Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 successively chased after him, with Paris even offering a sky-high 25 million euros.

After more than a year of consideration, Guardiola finally chose Bayern Munich, which surprised everyone a little. The Times couldn't help but mock, "It seems that the Spanish coach has been scared off by Real Madrid and dares not step into challenging territories (like the Premier League), so he chose to coach a dominant team."

"Well, this way, he can finally add a league title to his resume."

Compared to the excitement of others, Dong Fangzhuo seemed a little anxious. A new head coach would inevitably bring new changes. "I heard that he is good at possession football. My dribbling skills aren't that great," he worriedly called Wang Feng to discuss.

"Who said possession football necessarily means keeping the ball at your feet? Passing and positioning are more important. Your overall view in this aspect has always been good," the Chinese superstar comforted him. "You are one of the core players of the team, and your recent performance has been good. He won't easily disregard you."

"Communicate more with the head coach and teammates, fully understand his tactical intentions. You've encountered this situation before when changing coaches. I don't think there's anything special about it."

"Of course, if Guardiola treats you differently because of his grudge against me, then I'll have to have a good talk with him," Wang Feng joked.

That's definitely impossible. Not to mention that the two have a good relationship in private, but also, a professional coach cannot be so impulsive.

And indeed, Guardiola's first two tasks upon taking office were to control a 200 million euro transfer budget and to have one-on-one conversations with each of the team's core players.

Naturally, Dong Fangzhuo was among them, and the Spaniard admired him, believing that the Chinese star had organizational attacking talent, and would specifically arrange tactics for him.