"How does it feel?"

In the manager's office at Real Madrid's Valdebebas training base, northeast of Madrid, Jose Mourinho and his core coaching staff are sitting in front of the TV, discussing the live broadcast that has just ended.

In the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-0 at home.

This is very relevant for Real Madrid, who are travelling to Manchester in midweek to take on Manchester City.

Jose Mourinho also attached great importance to this game, not only arranging for his right-hand man, Real Madrid's chief scout Jose Moraes to go to Manchester to watch the game live, but also brought assistant coaches such as Karanka and Faria to watch the game live.

They were also seated with Zinedine Zidane, the first team's special adviser, who was the link between President Florentino and Jose Mourinho, while Real Madrid also took the trip to Manchester very seriously.

After watching this Premier League focus game, everyone obviously gained something, but when Mourinho asked them how they felt, they all looked embarrassed, as if they couldn't describe and express it in words.

"Rui, you talk about it first. ”

After Rui Faria, who had medium-long hair, was named, he reached out and grabbed the beard residue that had not been shaved in four days, and shook his head solemnly, "I don't understand, I don't understand." ”

Rui Faria is in his early thirties, very close to Gao Han's age, both were interns in the Barcelona first team, but Faria is a graduate of the University of Porto with a degree in sports science, and came to Barcelona for an internship in order to complete his university thesis [Efficient Football], and met the then Barcelona assistant coach Jose Mourinho.

The two hit it off, like-minded and became good friends, and later Mourinho returned to Portugal to coach, and Faria has been following Mourinho's side as a fitness coach, after Villas-Boas left Mourinho's team, Faria gradually took on a more important role.

In addition to physical training, analysing match footage and tactical research are all Faria's strengths.

"What do you think, Aitto?" Mourinho turned to head and asked the assistant coach Aitto Karanka.

This is Mourinho's right-hand man when he was in charge of Real Madrid, and the Galaxy is familiar with everything about Real Madrid and the situation in La Liga.

"Like Rui, I can't figure it out, but I always feel that there is something hidden in the cold. ”

"He didn't do his best. Mourinho replied with confidence.

Judging from the process of the game, Manchester City is actually not easy, but it is not difficult either, the main reason is that in the first half, Manchester City did not take the initiative as before, but let Chelsea press out and play, and then scored through counter-attacks.

After two goals in the first half, Manchester City did not take advantage of the victory in the second half, and it was obvious that Gao Han kept his strength.

It's chilling to think about.

You know, this is a matchup between the top two teams in the Premier League, but he is still hiding, which can only say that he has amazing confidence in the strength of his team, and he is sure that he will not lose.

But where did he get his faith?

That's why everyone said they didn't understand it and couldn't figure it out.

"Zinedin, what about you?" Mourinho asked Zidane.

He found the former French superstar frowning all the time, as if he had a very puzzling problem.

"There's one thing I don't understand. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

Not only did Jose Mourinho care, but everyone else looked to Zinedine Zidane to find out what was causing the former legend so much distress.

"We all know that Gao Han's best thing is to attack and pass, but at the beginning of this game he neither grabbed the attack nor grabbed the ball, and even he was a bit like he deliberately conceded possession to Chelsea, even if he knew that Chelsea's passing ability was not as good as theirs, even if he was confident in his team's pressing and pressing, but there was no reason to do so. ”

After listening to Zidane's question, everyone looked at each other, why should they think about this question so hard?

"Zinedin, it's clear he's deliberately showing weakness. Karanka replied with a wry smile, "If you combine it with the psychological warfare before the game, it is not difficult to see that he did it on purpose to let Chelsea press it out. ”

'I knew he was deliberately showing weakness but then after Chelsea counter-attacked, he could have continued to show weakness but he took possession and from that moment on, City never had any lower possession than Chelsea. ”

The crowd couldn't keep up with Zidane's train of thought, and didn't understand what he was trying to say.

"Zinedin, he already had a ball in his hand at the time. Faria reminded.

Zidane looked at his colleagues around him, nodded slightly, and said nothing more.

He knows that such an explanation is very logical, but it must not be so simple, otherwise, how to explain Gao Han's winning streak from his debut to the present?

He must have done something right to make him so invincible.

In the past, Zidane didn't think about coaching, and regarded Gao Han more as a genius coach, but now that he has thought about coaching, then the vision and angle of looking at Gao Han are obviously different.

Perhaps, if you have the chance, you should ask him in person!

Zidane's mind is unknown and no one cares, but Mourinho and his team are more concerned about how to play through this game, the midweek away game against Manchester City.

"There is no doubt that against the cold team, we have no choice at all, we can only defend to the death. Karanka suggested.

Faria also nodded in agreement, "They just played Chelsea, although it was not a terrible game, but it was not easy to win, even if Gao Han stayed in the game, it will definitely have an impact on their midweek game." ”

As a strength and conditioning coach, Faria tries to analyze his opponents in terms of physical fitness.

"Luka Modric's game is a protective suspension and I think it will be there, so we will definitely face Manchester City with the strongest squad at that time. ”

Mourinho nodded slightly, he has always been a person who knows his characteristics very well and knows exactly what he wants.

'Scolari lost this game because he didn't figure out what he wanted, he was hesitant, he wanted a draw but he didn't want to be reconciled because he was also five wins in a row and he felt like he could get more. ”

"He was not reconciled, but he was a little scared, he was killed by Manchester City four times in a year, lost three titles, which made him a little timid, so he was worried that his team would not be able to do it, so he was very hesitant, which can be seen from the squad he lined, if it is a draw, it should be Drogba, not Falcao. ”

When Mourinho said this, he smiled proudly, "Scolari doesn't know anything about the cold!"

When the Portuguese madman said this, it gave people the feeling that he was the one who knew the cold in the world.

"Gao Han, from his debut to the present, he wants to win every game, and as long as he wins, he never wants a draw, so playing against his team, either win or lose, it is impossible to draw!"

When Mourinho said this, his eyes were filled with determination.

Although he didn't say it directly, everyone could feel the fighting spirit in his heart.

Since a draw is not possible, then he has only one choice, and that is to win!

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Due to the impact of the first round of La Liga strikes, the La Liga schedule in September is very tight and intensive.

Real Madrid have had a decent start to the season, playing four games so far, winning all three of their games except for a draw at Real Mallorca in the first round, which has made Real Madrid's performance very eye-catching.

Especially in the fourth round of the league, after Valencia drew 1-1 at home with Atletico Madrid, it stopped the first three consecutive wins in La Liga, while Real Madrid successfully completed the counterattack and climbed to the second place in the league standings by virtue of a 3-0 home victory over Espanyol.

At the top of the La Liga standings is Chinatown.

In the fourth round of the league, China City hosted Lotina's Deportivo La Coruna, who had drawn their first three games in La Liga, two of which were 0-0 and had a poor performance.

At the Butak Stadium in Leganes, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, China City won 1-0 at home to Deportivo La Coruna thanks to Michu's stunning goal in the 84th minute of the second half, assisted by left-back Jordi Alba.

The win not only allowed China City to keep the three points and defend their position at the top of the table, but also became the only team to maintain a four-game winning streak since the start of La Liga.

Pochettino has also made a name for himself once again with his excellent performances this season, and Michu, who has been transferred for one million euros this season, has scored six goals in four games, becoming La Liga's biggest discovery so far this season.

In the fifth round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Levante away.

Mourinho is facing Manchester City away in midweek, coupled with Levante's sluggish performance this season, so the Portuguese madman did not play the main team, but arranged a rotation and confidently played Levante with Real Madrid second team.

But the result was unexpected, Real Madrid played a 0-0 draw with Levante away from home.

This not only surprised Mourinho, but also shocked Real Madrid.

You must know that at the beginning of this season, when Barcelona lost 0-2 at home to Hercules, Real Madrid fans did not forget to fall into the ground, but they didn't expect that Real Madrid could not win Levante now, and won the second draw of the season, and the league ranking withdrew from the top four.

Because in this round, Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona all won one after another.

Valencia beat Sporting Gijón 2-0 away in this round to return to second place in the league table.

Barcelona lost one game this season, but defeated Athletic Bilbao 3-1 away in this round to win four consecutive victories, reversing Real Madrid and reaching third place in the league.

Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid both won three and drew two from five games, but the Sheets are fourth on goal difference, and Real Madrid have fallen to fifth, which can be described as a plummeting position.

As for Chinatown, there is no European match in midweek, so the other teams are a day late and play away to Málaga.

Just four minutes into the game, Málaga took advantage of the home advantage and launched the first attack to score.

But Mauricio Pochettino's side quickly settled their ground, and in the 21st minute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a goal from Marcos Senna's long ball to help them equalise.

Just three minutes later, Michu set up Eden Hazard to turn the score 2-1.

But in the thirtieth minute, Málaga played another wave of attacks to equalize the score.

The first half of the battle between the two sides was very exciting.

Just four minutes from Málaga's equaliser, it was Michu who provided an assist for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to put the lead over again.

After that, Malaga launched another crazy counterattack, but the opening midfielder Oliseu was sent off for a bad foul in the 41st minute, which directly led to Málaga having to fight with one less man in the second half and was forced to retreat.

But Chinatown also failed to score again.

In the end, they defeated Malaga 3-2 away and led the La Liga standings with a five-game winning streak.

(End of chapter)