The next day.

Real Madrid's training ground was very lively, and everyone was talking about the Champions League because the opponent was Bordeaux in Ligue 1.

Bordeaux has a very long history, they were founded on February 1, 1881 as a city sports club, and it was not until 1910 that they established the football club as the Bordeaux Football Club.

Bordeaux played in the official league for the first time in 1919, but it was only an amateur club and did not become a professional team until 1937.

Bordeaux's results have been up and down.

Bordeaux had been playing in the lower divisions until 1945, before being promoted to the first division, but were soon relegated back to the second division, winning the French second division in 1949 and their first Ligue 1 title the following season, before being relegated to the lower divisions again.

It was not until the 80s of the twentieth century that Bordeaux's results began to pick up again, winning 3 Ligue 1 titles, 2 French Cup titles, and attending European competitions for several consecutive years, but unfortunately in the 90s, Bordeaux suddenly fell to the second division, but soon after Bordeaux was promoted to the first division, and was able to participate in the 1996 UEFA Cup, and finally won the runner-up.

Last season, Bordeaux won the Ligue 1 title, breaking Lyon's seven-year monopoly on the Ligue 1 title.

Bordeaux have been in the top three in the league this season and have been doing very well in the Champions League, beating Bayern Munich and Juventus to top the group and beating Olympiacos in the round of 16 to reach the quarter-finals.

Although Bordeaux's results are very good, it is difficult to be recognized by the outside world whether it is the lineup or the record in the Champions League.

For one, they are a French team.

Among the teams in the French league, even Lyon, which has the best results, has reached the semi-finals at most in the Champions League.

Second, they only defeated Olympiacos in the round of 16, which can only be regarded as a dark horse in the Champions League, and they have not absolutely proved their strength.

Bordeaux's squad is also very average, they are far from the top, and there are very few famous balloon stars in the squad.

In this way, the team has naturally been classified as the 'worst in the quarterfinals', and most people feel that meeting Bordeaux is equivalent to stepping on the threshold of the semi-finals.

Real Madrid were the lucky ones.

When it comes to Bordeaux in training, most of them are looking ahead to the last four, and everyone knows that they have to pay attention to their opponents, but they are very lucky to be drawn from Bordeaux.

Many players also talked about the championship and expressed their inner desire --

"Yesterday Mr. Florentino said that we will win the tenth crown!"

'It's been the best year, the final will be at the Bernabeu and if we can get to the title, it's going to be at home!'

"I want to win too!"

"Real Madrid, Champions League!" Raul sighed and said, "I've almost forgotten the last time I won the championship. The team has been talking about the European championship all these years, but it has never been realized. ”

Although Raul said so, he was hungry for a championship more than anyone else.

Real Madrid is looking forward to the Champions League.

Florentino has returned to the club and he called in Manuel Pellegrini early in the morning to talk to him about the first team and the anticipation of the Champions League.

Real Madrid haven't won the Champions League for many years.

For Real Madrid, the Champions League is more important than the league, and Florentino wants to compete for the Champions League without losing league points.

At present, Real Madrid's situation is very good, they have a points advantage in the league, the focus is on the Champions League in advance, and it will not have much impact on the league, but Pellegrini has a different opinion, and it is rare for Florentino to talk about work in a good voice, and he did not put forward his own opinion.

When he returned to the first-team training ground, Manuel Pellegrini said, "The game against Bordeaux is a month away, and now we need to think about the league!" ”

Real Madrid's league results are very good, but there is no guarantee of 100 per cent of the titles, as Barcelona are also very good.

After 24 rounds of La Liga, Real Madrid's record is 21 wins and 3 draws, while Barcelona's record is 18 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, and Real Madrid's points advantage is only seven points.

Seven points sounds like a lot, but it's only three games.

Manuel Pellegrini hopes his side can maintain enough of their advantage that they can breathe a sigh of relief for the next Champions League tie rather than being locked in a league title race with Barcelona at the same time.

That's why the March race is important.

The next two games will be in focus, against Sevilla and Valencia, both of whom will have to deal with it at all costs, and as long as they get through the crucial stages of the schedule, it will be difficult for the league to put pressure on Real Madrid anymore and it will certainly be much easier.

In order to make the pressure a little less, you have to bear more pressure first.

Manuel Pellegrini and the coaching staff have high requirements for the players' training, warm-ups, physical fitness, tactical training, etc., all of which the players must complete.

One of the days was when a player was late.

It's C. Ronaldo.

C-Ronaldo is a top star in the country, life is still very busy, he occasionally goes to do business-related things, and went to shoot the cover of the magazine the night before.

Then he was late.

Pellegrini was very angry about this, he simply asked C-Ronaldo to run laps, or run six laps in a row, Real Madrid's first-team training ground, one lap is more than 500 meters, and six laps are 3,000 meters.

C-Ronaldo went running with approval, but his face became very bad, and the fatigue caused by continuous running was secondary, and the important thing was that he was disgraced in front of the whole team.

Nature.

C-Ronaldo doesn't have a good face for Pellegrini.

In the top teams in Europe, it happens that players overwhelm the head coach from time to time, and even the top managers must take care of the emotions of the players, otherwise the coach will be affected.

That's the difference in importance.

A star like Cristiano Ronaldo, not only a signature star of Real Madrid, can make a great contribution to the game, but also bring huge commercial benefits to Real Madrid, which is naturally not comparable to Pellegrini.

Real Madrid can easily find a replacement for Pellegrini, and it is almost impossible to bring in another C-Ronaldo.

If it was before the start of the season, Pellegrini would definitely talk to C-Ronaldo carefully to resolve the conflict between the two sides, but the current Pellegrini is different.

He doesn't care.

Anyway, he has already torn his face with Florentino, and he will definitely leave after the season, he doesn't even care about Florentino, will he care about a core star in the team?

Pellegrini just arranged the game and tactics normally, and simply ignored C-Ronaldo.

When arranging the Sevilla lineup, he even put Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, in the name of "giving others some chances". ”

C-Ronaldo's replacement is Gago.

The reasons given by Pellegrini did work, Gago is a strong player, but because of his good performances in the same position, he rarely gets the chance to play, and he is even planning to leave Real Madrid after the season because he has no hope of increasing his appearance.

Of course.

Gago's hope to stay, and he can find a reason to --

Zhen Shaolong will leave.

When Zhen Shaolong leaves Real Madrid, C-Ronaldo is the absolute core, and he will definitely not play on the wing again.

Then there is a place on the wing.

Regardless of what Gago thinks, in short, Cristiano Ronaldo failed to get the start.

C-Ronaldo was also very angry, and Zhen Shaolong also took the time to comfort him, he felt that he was also friends with C-Ronaldo.

Friends!

Be sure to comfort when you're lost!

'Actually, you're late, there's a rule in the team, Manuel [Pellegrini] has to do something, discipline is the most important thing.'

"Of course I know, but I'm just angry!" Cristiano Ronaldo complained, "I was just five minutes late. ”

Zhen Shaolong shook his head and said, "Five minutes is also time." ”

"Are you trying to persuade me, or are you speaking for the old man?"

C-Ronaldo said frustratedly, "He didn't even talk to me. I think it's normal to be punished, it's just that he should talk about it, like, like you said, if he can talk to me alone, it's nothing. ”

Zhen Shaolong shrugged, "Actually, I can guess the reason." ”

"What is the reason?"

'Manuel will leave, will definitely leave, no matter what he leads the team to, so he doesn't care what you think.'

"Where did you get the news?" C-Ronaldo looked very surprised.

"Pinis."

"Pinis?"

"Yes."

C-Ronaldo was even more depressed when he heard it, he just wanted to find a step down, who knew that the other party didn't care at all?

What should he do?

C-Ronaldo thought about it carefully and said, "Maybe I should ask you not to behave too well, when the team falls behind, he will definitely let me play!" ”

Zhen Shaolong looked at C-Ronaldo in a daze, and complained in surprise, "Are you sure you're talking about people?" ”

"Sure!"

C-Ronaldo nodded his head.

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C-Ronaldo hopes that Zhen Shaolong will be waterproof in the game, and it is best to wait for him to perform after he is substituted.

But Zhen Shaolong will definitely not release water.

Zhen Shaolong not only did not release the water, but also behaved very actively in the game, even more positive than usual.

You can see it in one statistic --

In the half-time of the game against Sevilla, he covered a whopping 6,300 metres.

That's pretty high numbers.

According to normal thinking, there are only 45 minutes in the half, that is, 2,700 seconds, and running more than two meters in one second on average is equivalent to walking slowly.

You can't do that in a game.

When professional players go to the game, their running is mainly based on sprinting, and when they don't need to sprint, they will walk back and forth, and they can exceed 6,000 meters in half a year, which is a high value.

Not to mention Zhen Shaolong.

Some media have counted Zhen Shaolong's running, because he almost does not participate in defense, he does not have to run back and forth, and he can exceed 5,000 meters in a single game, which is a good value, and the average half-time is only more than 2,000 meters.

Now it's 6300 meters.

The players on the bench don't know the specific data, but what Ronaldo saw was that Zhen Shaolong was running almost all the time, and he didn't mean to be lazy at all.

Even if the football is controlled at the feet of the opponent, he walks back and forth in the front court, which is the opposite of standing still in the past.

"What's going on?"

"This guy is suddenly so positive?"

C-Ronaldo noticed the anomaly and immediately wanted to sit on the bench, and he also had a bad relationship with coach Manuel Pellegrini, "He won't be ...... It's not like you want to perform well, score more goals, and not let me play, right? ”

"This guy is comforting me on the surface, but in fact, he just doesn't want me to play!"

"Definitely!"

C-Ronaldo is not sure of his judgment, but he has a sense of urgency in his heart, in case Zhen Shaolong continues to perform well and leads Real Madrid to win consecutive games all the way, will Pellegrini pull down his face and replace him?

Impossible!

Manuel Pellegrini is definitely leaving Real Madrid, all he needs is to lead the team to a result, and he doesn't think about the player's thoughts at all.

Second.

Zhen Shaolong continued to run hard.

And he kept running.

Keep running.

Although most of his runs were useless, he was targeted at the Sevilla backfield, and there were always defenders following him, which also made it difficult for Sevilla to do so.

Zhen Shaolong's pulling and running did not bring himself a chance, but let others perform, Raul scored a goal, and Diarra also scored a goal in the penalty area.

In the 69th minute of the game, Gago inserted into the penalty area to complete the goal, expanding the score to 3-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't sit still, and he had a positional crisis for the first time.

Of course.

Real Madrid FC will definitely not let him play as a substitute, but the current manager is Manuel Pellegrini, everything at Real Madrid has to make way for results, as long as Pelagrini leads the team to good results, the media and fans will definitely support him.

Florentino's support doesn't mean he can play, as long as Pellegrini is the manager, who will play will definitely have the final say.

Now that Gago has come out to score, and considering the tension between him and Pellegrini, what if there is no chance to show in the future?

C-Ronaldo was a little panicked.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Zhen Shaolong found an opportunity in the penalty area and helped Real Madrid complete the fourth goal.

4 to 1!

There is no suspense in the game.

Cristiano Ronaldo has put out the idea of playing, he doesn't want to play in garbage time, only on the bench, on the fringe, or players who need to adapt.

C-Ronaldo is still a little unwilling, just now he was ready to sit next to Peragrini, whispered the idea of playing, gave Peragrini a step down, the other party will definitely resolve the conflict and let him play, but unfortunately the game is no longer in suspense, and it is not interesting to play again.

Soon.

C-Ronaldo regretted it.

After Zhen Shaolong completed the goal, he was already tired and out of breath, his endurance attribute was not bad, and it was difficult to support the whole run.

Because he didn't recover on the spot, he felt tired all over his body, so he simply walked to the sidelines and asked to get off the field.

"I'm going to take a break!"

Pellegrini opened his mouth in surprise when he heard this, it is estimated that only Zhen Shaolong is the only one in European football who took the initiative to ask for the game.

Everyone else will cherish the opportunity to play, especially the match between Real Madrid and Sevilla, which is a rare opportunity to watch in the league.

Zhen Shaolong does have a reason not to care, he is already the top player, his strength is recognized by the world, and he doesn't need to perform at all.

Pellegrini decisively replaced Zhen Shaolong and waved his big hand to let Higuain come off the bench.

C-Ronaldo stood up to say something, but finally sat back down depressed.

He regretted it.

If you had just talked to Pellegrini about playing, maybe he would have been replaced, playing is not the same as playing, Cristiano Ronaldo very much wants to play as a striker, not as a wing-back all the time.

This kind of opportunity is very rare.

Pity.

"If I had known that Zhen would be gone, I would have said it earlier!"

"What is face, location is the most important!"

C-Ronaldo suddenly felt that he should discuss with Zhen Shaolong, and if Zhen Shaolong leaves the field early, he will have the opportunity to play as a striker.

But will he agree?