After Raul left, Pellegrini made himself another cup of coffee and curled up in his chair in thought.

The coffee was steaming, and Pellegrini's gaze became glazed.

He didn't expect that the competition between himself and Ronaldo and the other three would shake the hearts of the entire team.

He didn't expect that other players were not optimistic about the results of his and Ronaldo's three-person fight, and they generally thought that he would be the one who left in embarrassment.

He underestimated the influence of star players.

This influence is not only reflected in advertising, jersey sales, TV shows, interviews...... etc.

It permeates every aspect of a team.

At the end of the day, it's the difficulty of coaching a big club that doesn't pay enough attention to it, Pellegrini thought.

If you give yourself a chance to do it all over again, when Florentino sends out an invitation, you ...... Of course, I will not hesitate to agree, after all, this is Real Madrid.

But when you take office, you will definitely be more prepared.

For example, the team is required to buy their favorite Riquelme, and the attitude must be resolute, and this must be one of the conditions for taking office.

If Riquelme had been here, the team might have won one or two more games, but now they won't be so passive.

But there is no point in thinking about that now.

Pellegrini sighed, took out his Nokia phone from his trouser pocket, opened the address book, found Ronaldo's number, hung his finger on the button, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally pressed the dial button.

……

Ronaldo was in his mansion with Bluetooth headphones in his ears and was talking on the phone with Ricardo while sweating on the treadmill.

Since he was heavily criticised by the media after the away game against Sevilla, Ronaldo has been holding his breath. He doesn't like to be called "Garfield" by the media.

He is an alien, a one-of-a-kind alien.

Therefore, although he did not participate in the competition "due to injury" during this time, he trained harder than before, and his weight also dropped by 3 kilograms.

“…… I said don't worry, man," Ronaldo laughed, "he's going to give in, and he's going to do it soon." ”

"I'm not worried about that, I don't care if he really gives in, all I want is for him to put us back in the starting line-up and stop pointing fingers at us," Ricardo's voice said. ”

Ronaldo smiled: "I think the same, brother. It's not interesting to let the head coach soften, brother, I'm from here, since I'm 20 years old, which coach dares to play a big name in front of me, dare not give me face? Oh, there were, like Cooper, but I forced him to leave. The other managers have been very nice to me and I never try to embarrass anyone. Manuel Pellegrini is too much and has to let him know that he wants to do his job, of course, but not across the line. I'm actually a good talker, and if you're good to me, I'll be good to you. If you want to play a big card in front of me and show me a look, then I'm sorry, I'm not easy to bully. ”

Ricardo laughed twice: "I guess if we don't win one or two more games, Pellegrini will come to us." I don't think we should wait for him to ask for three or four times, as long as he speaks, we will agree to him. ”

Ronaldo was a little dissatisfied: "Brother, why are you like this, he said so many excessive things, shouldn't he be asked to reflect on it?" Besides, what is your current status, Mr. Shuang, you can't have a temper? ”

"There can be no further delay," said Ricardo, "and every point we lose now will have to be regained by ourselves." Now what if we let the team win one or two games less for the sake of face, and then the team is one or two points away from winning the championship? ”

Ronaldo stopped and said, "Okay, whatever you want." Anyway, a call came in. ”

"Go to bed early, don't go out."

"I know, you're more verbose than Li Mei."

Hanging up Ricardo's phone, Ronaldo answered a new call.

Not to his surprise, Pellegrini's voice rang out: "Hi, Ronaldo. Do you have time to say a few words now? ”

Ronaldo walked down from the treadmill, picked up the towel hanging next to the treadmill and wiped a few handfuls of sweat at random, and said with a smile: "It's convenient, Manuel, why are you calling me so late." ”

"I want to know," Pellegrini's voice was cautious, "how are you and Ricardo recovering from their injuries and will you be able to play for the team." ”

"That depends." Ronaldo said calmly.

"What does it see?" Pellegrini's tone became stiff.

"My brother and I, the injury has not healed yet, it is best to rest for a while and recuperate, after all, our physical health is directly related to our career," Speaking of this, Ronaldo paused, and before Pellegrini broke out, he smiled and said, "However, after all, Licardo and I have the highest and second highest salaries in the team, and if the team needs us, if you need us, we are willing to play for the team with injuries." ”

Ronaldo's meaning couldn't be clearer: if you want us to be substitutes, then you don't have to talk about it, if we start it, then we can shake hands.

After a moment of silence, the other end of the phone said, "Yes, the team needs you, I'...... I need you too. ”

"Okay," Ronaldo laughed, "is there anything else?" ”

"Please, tell Ricardo and Kaka."

"No," Ronaldo refused, "I think it would be better if you called in person." ”

Pellegrini squeezed his phone hard, barely trying to control it from slamming it against the wall.

Taking two heavy breaths, he calmed down: "Okay. ”

"See you at training tomorrow, then."

"See you tomorrow."

Pellegrini called Licardo and Kaka separately and was relieved to receive an affirmative answer.

Then a sense of humiliation welled up in my heart.

This is the first time he has been soft on a player since he started his coaching career.

Although they didn't provoke him verbally, he was still upset.

He has always believed that the manager is the soul of the team, the only authority of the team, and the manager is in charge.

But after these three phone calls, his belief was almost completely shattered.

Some people are just above the manager.

He didn't like that.

But he didn't like to be fired even more, and he didn't like to back down.

After sitting in his office for more than an hour, Pellegrini finally cleared his mind.

In this contest with the big stars in the team, he lost, and he was completely defeated.

This will definitely affect his authority in the team in the future.

But he still has a chance to equalize or even reverse.

As long as he can lead the team to win all the time and pick up one championship after another, he can gradually gain the respect and obedience of the players, and re-establish his authority.