The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 501
It was another fine cloudless weather, with a rising sun hanging in the blue sky, which brought some warmth to the cold Madrid in early spring and drove away the chill of winter to some extent.

Juande Ramos drove the Audi A6 that the club provided him as standard, and was driving on the M11 road to Madrid Airport. He did not turn on the heater, and even opened a window on both sides of the front row, making it a bit cool outside the window The air got into the car, because he felt his whole body burning, even a little bit back to the feeling he had when he went out with his lover for the first time when he was young.

He is not young, of course it is impossible to still be in Huaichun now, he feels that the time has come for his destiny to turn around!
In his life, there have been two turning points. The first time was when he dreamed of participating in La Liga, becoming a professional player or even a Spanish international, but at the age of 23 he had to be forced to play because of injuries. Retiring early, in his life, he only played three La Liga games, which was the first major setback in his life.

But he was not discouraged by this. At the age of 37, he became a professional coach, and spent several years learning and accumulating. Finally, in 96, he led the Rogros team in the second division. He won the runner-up of La Liga and successfully promoted to La Liga, but it was also in the summer of this year that the super giant Barcelona extended an olive branch to him.

Is it to lead the Rogrose team to further compete in the coveted La Liga?Or go to the super giants to coach the second team to play in the second division?
This may be a difficult choice for all young coaches who are deeply involved in it, but just when he was hesitating, Cruyff successfully persuaded him and decided to go to Barcelona. More about Cruyff, about Michels, about Dutch Total Football stuff.

The experience in Barcelona opened his eyes. He was surprised to find that the world of football tactics is so vast, and what he thought he had learned before was so insignificant. He studied hard in Barcelona and absorbed everything he needed. The knowledge, although only for one year, has completely changed his coaching career.

From Vallecano to Real Betis to Espanyol to Malaga, and then to Seville, Juan de Ramos stepped up step by step, even in the summer of 2008, Rijkaard announced his dismissal , Among the list of head coaches recommended by Cruyff to the Barcelona management, Juande Ramos is ranked first, even higher than Guardiola.

Because of this, Juande Ramos is known as Cruyff's disciple by the outside world.

And just in December 2008, he ushered in the third major turning point in his life, coaching Real Madrid.

Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​these are undoubtedly the two super giants in Spain, whether it is a player or a coach, they all dream of joining these two teams, and after missing Barcelona, ​​Juande? Ramos chose Real Madrid, took over the mess left by Schuster.

He lost 0:2 to Barcelona in the first game, but Juande Ramos didn't need to pay much responsibility for it, and soon he brought Real Madrid and all Bernabéu fans what they most wanted, victory!

And it's still a complete victory!

But more importantly, his team played better and better, from the previous 1:0 narrow victory to the later 3:1 and 2:0, and then to the previous 4:0 away victory against Sporting Gijon, and finally to In the past, Juande Ramos was cheered by all the Bernabeu fans in the 6-1 slaughter of Real Betis at the Bernabeu Stadium last night.

What is even more surprising is that these six goals of Real Madrid all appeared in the first half, and in the second half, Juande Ramos obviously wanted to stay strong for the Champions League in the middle of the week, so he replaced three players in one go Players, and at the press conference after the game, he even shouted in a high-profile way to counterattack Barcelona with all his strength!
"La Liga is far from over. Seven points behind Barcelona is not an insurmountable gap for us. We have shown amazing strength in this game. I think we are ready to explode! "

As for the upcoming knockout round of the Champions League round of [-] in the middle of the week, Juande Ramos also said in an interview with a high profile, "Real Madrid has struggled to cross the threshold of the knockout round of the Champions League round of [-] in the past four years. Poor game has something to do with it, but what I want to say is that we will beat Tottenham Hotspur at home!"

The group stage is weak because they have qualified as the second place in the group stage in three of the past four seasons, so in the knockout round of the sixteenth, they have encountered top players such as Arsenal, Juventus, and Bayern Munich. This makes it difficult for Real Madrid, which is not in a very ideal situation, to cross the obstacle of the last sixteen.

But this time the situation is obviously different!

Nine consecutive victories and two consecutive big wins, Juande Ramos felt that the blood in his body had been completely activated!

"If we win the opponent 3:0 at the Bernabéu, please don't be surprised!"

This is indeed a bit of a joke, but even after one night, recalling what he said to the reporter last night, Juande Ramos still wanted to laugh, but he didn't think it was funny at all. Nothing wrong with him because he is confident in the current state of his team.

Yes, Tottenham Hotspur is indeed the team with the strongest offensive ability in Europe this season, but that was in the Premier League, came to La Liga, came to the Bernabeu Stadium, can they continue to wreak havoc?Can you still continue to show off your prestige?
Juande Ramos knows very well that Ye Qiu is a famous coach in the world, and Tottenham Hotspur is the defending champion, but as long as he kills this pair, he will win the bargaining chip to renew his contract with Real Madrid in the summer, and his coaching career will also be Once again, he will be transformed because of this, and he will completely rank among the famous European coaches.

On the M11 road, you can see from a distance the Di Stefano Stadium in the Valdebebas training base of Real Madrid. The tall steel frame structure is surrounded by a large industrial area, which is now under construction. Real Madrid's training base was previously regarded as the best in the world, only to be overtaken by Theobald of Tottenham Hotspur.

"Such a luxurious training base should be worthy of a luxurious coach!" Juande Ramos glanced at Baldebebas, who looked like a pearl on the loess land in the distance, and muttered to himself with a smile.

Audi entered Valdebebas and went directly to the training building of the first team. They have a dedicated parking lot, all Audis, and because they just finished playing La Liga last night, the training session was suspended early this morning.

Now there are only Juande Ramos and his coaching team in the training base, such as his most important assistant Alvarez.

The task of the coaching staff today is to formulate the tactics for the first round match against Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League round of [-] in the middle of the week. Because Real Madrid is the second in the group, the two rounds of the match are first home and then away, which is relatively unfavorable, so The home game must be won, otherwise, the La Liga team will always have a little discomfort in the cold and rainy England.

Although Juande Ramos is known as Cruyff's disciple, he did not adopt the 433-442-[-] tactics used by Dutch coaches. If it is because of lack of strength in other teams, then it is obviously not true in Real Madrid. There are problems in this regard, but he still insists on the [-] tactics.

However, Juande Ramos' 442 tactics will have appropriate changes. Among them, the double striker Raul will often retreat and connect in series. Overall, it can be said to be 4231 or 4411, which will change according to the situation.

At present, Real Madrid has no personnel injuries, but because of the stupidity of the board of directors, it turned out that two players, Lars Diarra and Huntelaar, can only participate in the Champions League. Therefore, Juande Ramos chose Las Diarra because the latter is what Real Madrid needs at the moment.

The first agenda of the internal meeting of the coaching staff is to discuss the gains from playing Real Betis. Alvarez believes that in the past two games, Real Madrid has won a lot because of the team's possession of the ball. The rate is guaranteed.

"Playing against Sporting Gijon and Real Betis, our ball possession rate was over 60%. Against Real Betis, we even reached over 65%. This is definitely a very high value, higher than Barcelona."

Juande Ramos nodded uncontrollably, "Why?"

"The two wings are alive!" Alvarez is Juande Ramos' most important assistant, especially in terms of tactics, "At first we needed to stabilize the defense, so we restricted Ramos' forward penetration and did not let him Press up and attack, so our defense is stable, but our offensive ability is not strong!"

Juande Ramos nodded again, "It's mainly reflected in the pressure. In this regard, I think Tottenham's Ye Qiu's tactic of insisting that two full-backs go forward to assist is very similar to Aja." Max, because the high defense can only be played if the opponent is given enough pressure from the wing, combined with the press in the center and front."

Real Madrid played against Real Betis and scored six goals in the half, which is to push the defense forward and play against Real Betis!

"Tottenham Hotspur will definitely stick to this tactical style of play. We have only two options, either press up and fight with them, or retreat back to defend. Of course, Tottenham Hotspur still has a player on the wing. Arbeloa, his defensive ability is very good, although he also has a certain offensive ability, Ye Qiu might use him to defend one side!"

The two sides of Real Madrid are Heinze and Vargas on the left, and Ramos and Robben on the right. The left can be described as both offensive and defensive, but the right is more difficult to say. Ramos is the right. The main attack, Ramos retreated, basically relying on Robben to fight alone on the right.

But not necessarily, it seems that when playing Real Betis, the right side was restrained, and Heinze and Vargas on the left side went forward to participate in the attack again and again, creating three goals directly in the frontcourt. Sis performed very well, and Heinze's attack was also very threatening.

Therefore, the offense on both wings was fully activated in this game!

"We are at home in the middle of the week. Although we are facing Tottenham Hotspur, we cannot retreat. As Ferguson said, to play against a team with momentum like Tottenham Hotspur, first of all, you have to be aggressive. Overwhelm them!" Juande Ramos thought for a while and said.

If Ye Qiu heard it at this time, he would definitely find Ferguson and praise him fiercely, because the nonsense that the old guy said is really harmful. I didn't see them Manchester United playing Tottenham Tottenham almost always shrink the defense?

"Our central advancement ability is not strong, so we need the wing. Ramos still presses forward, depending on the situation on the left, especially be careful about Messi. The midfielder should maintain multiple points of support, compete with them for possession of the ball, and pass the side. to complete the advance, especially Ramos and Robben on the right!"

Real Madrid's current lineup is basically goalkeeper Iker Casillas, defense line Heinze, Cannavaro, Pepe and Ramos, midfielder Vargas, Gago, Las Diarra and Robben , the double forwards are Huntelaar and Raul.

After Juan de Ramos came to power, Sneijder and van der Vaart gradually lost their main positions and entered the rotation stage.

In the middle of the midfield, Las Diarra and Gago obviously do not have the ability to drive the ball, so Juande Ramos asked Raul to retreat frequently and connect in series, Huntelaar topped the front, and then actively passed the two wings kill.

However, because Huntelaar cannot participate in the Champions League, Real Madrid's striker in this game will become Higuain.

Whether it is in the traditional Ajax 433 tactics or in the tactics after Cruyff came to Spain to coach Barcelona, ​​the wing attack has always been placed in a very important position. Qiu's body is also quite obvious. Almost all the head coaches of the Dutch department attach great importance to the side.

The reason is very simple. Without the wing, the team's midfield pressure must be poor, and the game will definitely become ugly, because of the lack of width, and width and depth are the two core elements to consider in a tactic.

With the improvement of the past two games, especially the big score in two consecutive games, Juande Ramos is already ambitious and wants to get rid of Tottenham Hotspur at his home court.

For this reason, he even spent a morning with the coaching staff to study in great detail how to adapt during the game, and even how to cooperate after the players attack the opponent's 30-meter area. He took all possibilities into consideration. up.

When it was noon, the tactical meeting was over, and the group went to the restaurant of Valdebebas for dinner.

The sports channel of the Spanish radio station is broadcasting the latest sports news. Among them is a piece of news about Tottenham Hotspur. That is, Ye Qiu led the team to participate in the No.20 Premier League No. Hull City team, interviewed by reporters at the post-match press conference.

Tottenham Hotspur also left room for this game. Players including Cavani and Eden Hazard all made the starting lineup, obviously for the midweek expedition to Madrid, but Ye Qiu At the press conference, he said with a smile that he was not worried about the midweek match.

"I know that in the eyes of many fans, the Bernabéu stadium is a sacred palace, but in my eyes at this moment, the Bernabéu stadium is the next fortress we want to attack. We will not become conservative because of the past glory of Real Madrid. , we will stick to Tottenham Hotspur's attacking characteristics and attack with all our strength from the beginning."

"Perhaps, this will be a good opportunity for us to warm up and prepare for the knockout round of the quarterfinals!"

As soon as he heard Ye Qiu say such words in that kind of laughing tone on TV, Juande Ramos' face became very ugly. He didn't seem to remember at all, and he himself said that he would After beating Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 at the stadium, Ye Qiu is just fighting back.

"Although the teams in the Premier League have a more open style of play, their defensive organization is poorer, and their technical and tactical content is lower. As long as we play our own advantages in passing and receiving the ball, I believe that our forwards will be able to kill Totten. Tottenham's defense, at least Torres' success in the Premier League is proof!" Alvarez reassured him.

Torres has performed very well after joining Liverpool, and he himself has mentioned many times that the Premier League's defensive system is indeed relatively extensive compared to La Liga, but what he is talking about is the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League.

Two days later, the Tottenham Hotspur team arrived at Madrid airport in crisp Versace suits.

Many Tottenham Hotspur fans from Spain came to the airport to welcome them. In the past three years, this Premier League team has played mesmerizing offensive football and won countless awards all over the world. The praise and affirmation of the fans, coupled with Ye Qiu's influence, made them have fans no matter where they went.

And when the reporter stopped Ye Qiu at the airport and asked him about what he said before that he regarded the Real Madrid match as a warm-up, Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "I never said that, I respect Real Madrid very, very much." Madrid, but this is a game of life and death, I want to win, is that okay?"

"We attach great importance to every game. We will play every Champions League game as a final and try our best to win. This is my original intention. However, what the media reported before, I think my original intention has been misunderstood. Distorted!"

After a pause, Ye Qiu smiled at the players behind him again, and continued to talk into the microphone: "It seems that I never believed that Mr. Juande Ramos would say that he would easily win us a 3: 0, I believe that no team in the world has such confidence and certainty!"

When Ye Qiu said the last sentence, he was full of confidence. The players behind him also shouted when they heard it. They were obviously cheering for the head coach. In the current world football, who dares to say that they can beat Tottenham Hotspur? 3:0?

And when Ye Qiu left, the players behind him passed the camera and the microphone one after another, expressing their confidence in winning the game. Among them, many players expressed that they hoped to win a 3-0 victory over Real Madrid at the Bernabéu. :[-]!

The media are already used to this kind of verbal war between you and me before the game, and they also welcome this kind of contest, because it can help them create news and hype sales. Why not do it?

But whether you can really win the game or not depends on your strength on the court.

The battle between Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur not only attracted the participation of political and business celebrities in Madrid, but also attracted members of the Spanish royal family to the scene, and also attracted another person to appear at the Bernabéu Stadium!

(End of this chapter)