Chapter 624: The Madman's Decision
Spain
Madrid
The Santiago BernabΓ©u Stadium
The world-renowned Spanish national derby is in full swing. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
In the VIP box, Mourinho watched the field intently, observing every cooperation of the Barcelona players and every action of the core players of Barcelona.
A week later, it was the Champions League semi-final between Inter Milan and Barcelona, and Mourinho flew to Spain to watch the national derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and once again scouted Barca's tactics and form.
Mendes, who sat across from Mourinho, had a relaxed expression as he sipped wine and ate pastries while casually browsing the performances of the world's top stars on the pitch.
This is the 256th Spanish national derby, also known as the derby of the century by the media, and the scale and attention even exceed the Milan derby during the Serie A mini-World Cup that year.
This season, in order to fight against Barcelona in Dream Three, Real Madrid spent 200 million euros to introduce Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema, created the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship, and invited Chilean engineer Pellegrini to coach, but the effect of piling up superstars was not good, in the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid was eliminated by Alconco in the fourth division of the fourth league in the fourth round, and lost a 0:4.
In the Champions League, the star-studded Real Madrid still did not get rid of the nightmare of the Champions League 16 Lang, and once again fell at the feet of the French league leader Lyon.
In the league, Real Madrid's results are not bad, 30 rounds of 70 points, such results in previous years, and even in the other four major leagues, can completely win the championship, but this year's Real Madrid met the same Bug Barcelona, the two teams have the same points in 6 consecutive rounds, and now they can only compete with each other.
Real Madrid's individual skills are excellent, but Barcelona are more integrated, and the attack is like mercury pouring into the ground, Real Madrid can still get some threats, but the defense is stretched and full of holes.
In order to restrain Barcelona, many teams will try to freeze Barcelona's brain Xavi, but Pellegrini has focused his defensive energy on Messi and Ibrahimovic, and does not seem to have made a targeted arrangement for Barcelona's "midfield brain", making Xavi's ball very easy.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Messi suddenly stepped forward after knocking on Xavi, Xavi knew that he would pass the ball over the top, and Messi got rid of Albiol and pushed it into the net with his right foot. Albiol couldn't stop Messi from scoring when he fell to the ground, and he fell to the ground in frustration and slammed the turf.
"Real Madrid is finished!"
Mourinho grimaced, shook his head and sighed, and took his gaze back from the pitch.
Mendes sighed: "I didn't expect Barcelona to be so strong, I now regret running Ronaldo to Real Madrid, and now he is completely suppressed by Messi, and his confidence and commercial value marketing are great." β
Mourinho said: "Real Madrid is already the best club, and since it has already been transferred, it is not good to leave casually. Otherwise, it will have a greater impact on Ronaldo. β
Mendes sighed for a while and said, "How can Barcelona beat like this?"
Mourinho closed his eyes and said half-loudly: "Can't be beaten." β
Mendes was stunned and said, "Then don't you have no chance in the semifinals?"
Mourinho said: "Yes, we can wait for them to make mistakes, if we keep well and if we are lucky, we can beat them. β
Mendes said: "If you come to coach this Real Madrid team, can you beat this Barcelona team?"
Jose Mourinho said: "I'm still the manager of Inter Milan. β
Mendes said: "If Pellegrini loses again in this game, he will be 100 per cent out of class this season, and you will be the first target of President Florentino." β
Mourinho said lightly: "So what. β
Mendes said with a feverish gaze: "Serie A has been declining, Inter Milan is now some old and weak soldiers, what kind of results can you play if you stay in Inter Milan, the semi-finals are estimated to be the limit of Inter Milan, Real Madrid is different, they are the best club in the 20th century, there are many generals, rich in the world, here, you can become the greatest and richest coach in the world." β
Mourinho smiled and said: "So Ronaldo can also be the best player in the world, and you can also be the best agent in the world." β
Mendes didn't care about Mourinho's ridicule, saying: "Yes, superstar players, superstar coaches and top agents are mutually perfect. β
Mourinho said: "I'm afraid that after Inter Milan lost to Barcelona in the semi-finals, Florentino changed his mind again. β
Mendes said: "No, Florentino has no better choice, unless he can poach Pep Guardiola, as long as you want, now Real Madrid dare to sign you, regardless of Inter's record against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals." β
Mendes said very objectively, Real Madrid's big-name coaches have tried a bunch of them, only a few people such as Ancelotti and Guardiola have not been invited, and in terms of coaching style, if you want to suppress many superstars in the Real Madrid team, Mourinho is more suitable than Ancelotti and Guardiola.
For Mourinho, Real Madrid must be much more attractive to him than Inter Milan, even if Real Madrid has fallen into a trough in recent years, it is still one of the best clubs in the world, last season, Manchester City offered a transfer fee of 120 million and 15 million euros to buy Kaka, but Kaka rejected Manchester City, but went to Real Madrid with a transfer fee of 60 million euros and an annual salary of 9 million euros, which shows how advantageous Real Madrid's platform is.
Mourinho's gaze shifted to the pitch again, and after a long time, he suddenly said: "If I go, what will Gao Xiaodong do?"
Mendes was stunned for a moment and said, "Stay at Inter Milan for another year, or go to Real Madrid with you." β
At this time, the situation on the field changed again, Barcelona's brain Xavi sent a scalpel-like accurate through pass, Pedro suddenly started to get rid of Arbeloa, and pushed the bottom left corner to rewrite the score to 2-0, Barcelona sealed the win.
Mourinho seemed to have made up his mind, and said slowly: "If I go to Real Madrid, Xiaodong must go with me." β
Mendes smiled: "Why, with familiar hands, Xiaodong, this kid, it's really more and more surprising to me, I don't know how much magic he can create, but the Champions League semi-finals, defending the Serie A title, and winning the Italian Cup again, it is estimated that it is the pinnacle you can reach, and leaving at this time is just right to get a good contract." β
Mourinho picked up the red wine, swept Mendes with a sharp gaze, and said: "Maybe this is the real purpose of not letting Gao Xiaodong renew his contract with Inter Milan." β
Mendes said: "Real Madrid is one of the best clubs in the world, it is at a low point in history, but it has the potential to rise again, I think this is the best time for you to coach Real Madrid, so I have to prepare everything for you, Gao Xiaodong is the back hand I left for you, Jose, the opportunity must not be lost, the loss will not come again, and those who can achieve great things must make a decision immediately." β
Mendes's words strengthened Mourinho's determination, and the madman slapped the table and said resolutely: "Okay! Go to Real Madrid! β