Chapter 369: Gao Bo's Chicken Soup for the Soul

The first half of the game summed up very simply.

Atletico Madrid were awarded a penalty, but the referee blew it away.

Atletico Madrid were then pressed by Barcelona and then awarded a penalty.

Two penalties were awarded to determine the outcome of the first half.

Then Atletico Madrid defended all the way and held on until the end of the first half.

At the moment when the whistle blew at the end of the first half, the Barcelona players walked out of the pitch with their chests held up and cheered by the Camp Nou fans.

Atletico Madrid have won a streak this season, and even now, they haven't lost in any competition!

But what about Atletico Madrid, even if they are in such good form?

At the Camp Nou, it's not about being beaten by Barcelona yet!

Although the game was not over yet, the Barcelona players had already put the victory in their pockets in advance, and they walked into the players' tunnel with a smile on their faces.

"This is Camp Nou!! This is Barcelona!! This is our real strength!! This season's title still belongs to Barcelona! Whether it's La Liga or the Copa del Rey!! The commentators of Radio Catalunya were also triumphant.

......

In the dressing room of Atletico Madrid, the players were still complaining about the referee's first-half decision.

"The referee is for Barcelona, absolutely!!"

Diego Costa chattered.

"It's Barcelona, it's the biggest team. They have always been able to take advantage of La Liga. ”

The players are complaining.

In La Liga, the dominance of the two has been going on for a long time.

Not only the media, but even the team will be divided into Real Madrid and Barcelona.

One can imagine Barcelona's influence in Spain.

There is no evidence that Barcelona will be taken care of by the referee, but it is also an indisputable fact that the two big teams in La Liga have always been able to take advantage of the referee's decision.

Especially on their home turf!

Home advantage is an unspoken rule on the football pitch – there is absolutely no rule in the football rulebook that the referee favours the home team, but that is not the case in actual games.

The Atletico Madrid players in the dressing room complained to each other about the referee's decision in the first half, and morale was getting lower and lower.

Gao Bo listened to the locker room door for a while, and when the locker room was a little quieter, he pushed the door and entered.

Gao Bo looked at his players, who had not recovered from the blow they had received in the first half.

The players also complained at this time, and it seemed that there was nothing else to say, and they were silent one by one.

"Remember our goal?"

Gao Bo said to the silent people in the room.

Everyone looked up, wondering why the manager had said this.

It's the Copa del Rey, not the league.

Aren't we aiming for the league title?

"Our goal is to win the league! But.... Only really strong teams can win the league title. To be a champion, you must have the temperament that belongs to the champion team! ”

"What is this momentum?"

Gao Bo walked among the players, and everyone's eyes followed him.

"Let's take a look at this game."

"Playing away? The referee ruled against us, we were still behind, and we were still against a giant like Barcelona...."

"There are really a lot of downsides."

Gao Bo stopped, spread his hands and looked at everyone.

'There are so many disadvantages, it seems that we deserve to lose this game. And it's still the Copa del Rey, and our goals for this season don't seem to include the Copa del Rey either.... So, if you lose, you lose, right? ”

Gao Bo looked at the players.

'We were in good form in the league this season, but do you remember that there were a lot of teams that were in good form at the beginning of the season, Villarreal used to be second in the league, but what about them now? Fifth! ”

'Valencia had a season winning streak and had a lot of momentum, but what about when they lost to us? They also lost to Malaga and also to Levante. Their state is gone! ”

"We're in good shape, but.... We've also been held to a draw by Levante. ”

"Guys, if we bow our heads to our opponents in this game and we raise our hands in surrender, then ..... We're afraid we'll do it again next time. ”

"Giving up is a kind of inertia, a very terrible kind of inertia!"

"Once you're used to giving up and getting used to making excuses for your failures, then ....... The next time we encounter other reasons, will we give up too? ”

"Don't get yourself used to giving up!! Don't allow yourself to excuse your failures!! ”

'Every team has a hard time, a hard time. But what does a really strong team do? ”

"They will never give up! There will definitely be no early surrender. It's true for every game. ”

"Guys, just because we're on a league win 13 in a row doesn't mean we're a super team in La Liga. A truly strong team is the one they perform when they encounter difficulties, even desperate situations! ”

"It's a good chance, a chance to show if we're really a strong team!!

'You're all very good players.'

Gao Bo looked around, and the players who were swept by his gaze couldn't help but raise their heads with their chests up.

"A team composed of a group of excellent players should also be a strong team! A strong team that is not inferior to any team! ”

"What if the penalty is not awarded?! Couldn't we have won without the referee's handout? ”

"Remember our 5-0 win over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu?"

"Remember when Barcelona scored four goals against us?"

"If you could do it then, why can't you now?"

"It's just a goal behind, and it's not the end of the world!!"

"The game isn't over yet!! It's not over yet!! ”

"Forty-five minutes left in the second half! In these 45 minutes, let me see if our team is really a strong team! ”

"I trust you because you are all players that I have carefully selected, the best players in the world. But.... If you just played like that in the first half, I'm going to be disappointed. ”

'There are still a few minutes to go, and the second half is about to start. Think for yourself, I had a lot of faith in you from the beginning, that's why I dared to boast that I wanted to win the league. Because I thought, I have such a good squad, why doesn't my team deserve to have a championship? Hope I didn't look away, guys. ”

With that, Gao Bo walked out of the locker room and left time for the players.

His tactics were fine, but the first half was limited by the team's performance and didn't show it at all.

So he doesn't have much to adjust tactically, all he has to do is take the lead and re-energize the players. As long as the team still has fighting spirit, then it's fine.

Gao Bo actually has no bottom on whether his words have had an effect.

He did what he had to do anyway.

Sometimes, there's not much the referee can do.

In the final analysis, football matches still need to see the performance of the players on the field.