232. The first time is always a little nervous
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, James James also netted a goal and Kroos scored his first goal at the Bernabeu in a year and a half.
In the stands at the Bernabeu, Roma coaching staff member Domenic appeared.
Four days later, Roma will face Real Madrid at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. In order to spy on Real Madrid's "military situation", Roma coach Spalletti specially sent his assistant Domenik to the Bernabeu to watch the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.
Spalletti was Roma who took over halfway through.
In the first half of the Serie A season, Chu Ge had a confrontation with Roma. At that time, the head coach of the Roma team was still Rudy Garcia.
Roma's results this season are not very ideal, coupled with a large wave of injuries, so that Garcia is a little unbearable.
Today's Garcia no longer has the freshness of leading the team to 10 consecutive wins when he first took charge, but is getting more and more tired.
In fact, Roma had a change of manager last season.
Roma have been Juventus' top contenders for the title over the past two years and Garcia has done well enough.
But Roma have had a rough start to the season and the management's patience with Garcia seems to be coming to an end.
Finally, fueled by the Roma media, they brought back the team's decorated manager, Luciano Spalletti, to take the helm of the Red Wolves again.
When Spalletti first took charge of Roma, he created the Roma team's wolf group "no striker", and once played very beautiful football. It's a pity that Spalletti's peak in charge of Roma coincided with the period when Inter Milan dominated Serie A, and he did not win the league title in Rome.
Now back in the Eternal City, Spalletti faces a more complicated situation than ever.
The first thing the coach has to think about is the next Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid.
In the group stage, Roma won 1, drew 3 and lost 2, scored 11 goals and conceded 16 goals, ranking second in Group E; Real Madrid, on the other hand, is unbeaten with 5 wins and 1 draw, scoring 19 goals and conceding 3 goals, ranking first in Group A.
In terms of team strength, Real Madrid is definitely above Roma.
But.
The beauty of the knockout rounds is that anything is possible.
In 08, when Real Madrid was enjoying the king of La Liga, the Champions League was eliminated by Roma and lost.
A lesson from the past, a teacher for the future.
Although Real Madrid is no longer the royal gift package of the Champions League in the past, it still has to be humble and cautious in the face of other teams. After all, for rookie coach Zinedine Zidane, this Champions League knockout match with Roma was the first Champions League game in his coaching career.
The first time I led the team to play in the Champions League was a knockout match, and I am afraid that few coaches will encounter such an experience.
The match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao was watched by Roma coach Domenic very seriously.
Especially the goalscorers, Cristiano Ronaldo, James and Kroos, are even more focused.
Chu Ge only played forty-five minutes of the game, and Domenic was not impressed with him.
Although Chu Ge played Roma in the first half of the season, for Domenic, he was not familiar with Chu Ge. At that time he was not yet the coach of Roma.
Moreover, Real Madrid has too many star players.
Chu Ge is not as conspicuous as he was at Inter Milan.
Armed with the joy of watching the game, Domenic returned to Rome.
After the match against Athletic Bilbao, Zinedine Zidane was interviewed and also talked about the upcoming Champions League match.
'I have fond memories of the Champions League because I've won the Champions League trophy as a player and as an assistant manager, which is very special. As a player, the World Cup is definitely the first dream, but every year I definitely want to win the Champions League. We will try to play well to win the Champions League. ”
He didn't speak directly about Rome.
However, the reporter asked about Chu Ge and Varane, which made Zidane a little nervous.
Recently, there have been rumours in the English media that Jose Mourinho will replace Louis van Gaal as the new manager of Manchester United next season.
For a while, next season, Mourinho's Manchester United and Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have become the topic of hype in the English media.
In the news of the hype of Mourinho's entry into Manchester United, a reporter mentioned that Mourinho has taken a fancy to two players of Real Madrid, namely Chu Ge and Varane. It has been reported that if Mourinho takes over Old Trafford, he will be accompanied by Chu Ge and Varane.
On the relationship between Varane and Mourinho, Zidane said: "I know this very well because Varane was brought to Real Madrid by Mourinho himself, I recommended Varane to Mourinho and then Mourinho made the decision and brought him in. I hope Raphael Varane stays at Real Madrid because he is the future of Real Madrid. ”
"The same is true of Chu. I don't know where your news came from, but Chu, like Varane, has a long-term contract with us. ”
"They're all calm at the moment."
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Zidane is calm or not, Chu Ge doesn't know, but Chu Ge is a little excited.
The Champions League against Roma will be the first Champions League match in Chu Ge's career.
Bale was expected to be sidelined for three to four weeks from injury, perhaps in time for the Champions League knockout match against Roma. However, a recent physical test suggests that it may take another two to three weeks for Bale to fully recover from his injury.
This also means that Bale will definitely not be able to play in the first leg of the Champions League knockout match with Roma.
Even, in the Madrid derby with Atletico Madrid, Bale may not be able to catch up.
Atletico Madrid game aside.
Because of Bale's absence, Chu Ge is likely to be sent by Zidane in this Champions League match with Roma to usher in the first Champions League game in his life.
The first Champions League game is the Champions League one-eighth final, and Chu Ge is inevitably a little nervous.
He's more excited, though.
In La Liga, the points of appreciation for each game are not much different from those of Serie A.
Due to Chu Ge's increased fame now, coupled with the bonus of Real Madrid, he can basically get four million to five million appreciation points for each La Liga game.
If it is a major match such as a Madrid derby or a Spanish derby, the appreciation points will be several times higher than in a normal game.
The same is true for Champions League matches.
Chu Ge transferred to Real Madrid because he wanted to play in the Champions League. Especially in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Now that he has finally waited for the opportunity to participate in the Champions League, how can he not be excited.
If he can appear in this Champions League knockout round in Rome, Chu Ge can know how many appreciation points a quarter-final can provide him.