Chapter 31 Run-in Period

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In the next league, it will be much easier for him to deal with.

In the second round of the league, Real Madrid welcomed their second league opponent at their home stadium - Getafe.

Not a strong team either, Getafe is a small team in the Madrid satellite city. The relationship between the two teams is usually quite good, because many players in the Real Madrid academy end up going to Getafe, and Real Madrid always give them to Getafe at a very low price or even for free, which is very generous for a small team. And when Real Madrid needed points, Getafe did not forget to return the favor and send points to Real Madrid.

So the two clubs are very close. However, Getafe also had times when Real Madrid was embarrassed, in the 25th round of the 2007-2008 season, Real Madrid lost 0:1 at home to Getafe, causing an upset in that round of the league. In the thirteenth round of the 2008-2009 season, Getafe defeated Real Madrid 3:1 at their home stadium.

Judging from the historical head-to-head record of the league, Real Madrid still has the advantage in general. The two sides have only met 14 times in La Liga, with Real Madrid leading the way with eight wins, two draws and four defeats. In their home stadium, they have five wins, one draw and one loss. However, Real Madrid won all the games by a small score, which shows how difficult it is to win.

For the opponent of this game, Mourinho did not dare to underestimate it. Getafe knows Real Madrid very well, so this team will be very difficult to deal with.

Chu Zhongtian still started this game, and it will not change until Alonso returns from injury. Alonso, however, has quickened his recovery and wants to get back into the squad as soon as possible.

How did Mourinho not know Alonso's mind? But for him, this is a good thing, because Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance has promoted the team's healthy competition in the position of the back midfield. Jose Mourinho attaches great importance to intra-team competition, and he believes that in order for the team to always maintain its fighting strength, there must be a healthy competition mechanism. It's a pity that there have been many excellent players competing for other positions in Real Madrid before, but Alonso's position has always been his own territory, and no one can replace him if he is in good shape, whether it is Khedira or Lass. Diarra or Granero and others, no.

Now that it's okay, there is a Chu Zhongtian, and a healthy competition mechanism in this position has been formed, whoever is in good condition and has a serious attitude, he will let whoever is on it.

As for who these two people are in good shape and have a serious attitude, who will be on this issue. Mourinho didn't even think about it, he was in good shape, it was his blessing, not his trouble, he wished for it. At that time, it is not a problem at all who will let and who will not be allowed to play, and it is completely possible to arrange different combinations for different opponents.

The team has become accustomed to Alonso's command, and now they are taking advantage of Alonso's injury to get the team used to Chu Zhongtian's command.

In Mourinho's view, Alonso and Chu Zhongtian's command are two different styles, Alonso rarely assists his teammates to score, he attacks in the middle of the back, hands the football to the people in front, sometimes Ozil, sometimes Di Maria, sometimes someone else, and then this person completes the final pass.

What about Chu Zhongtian? Not only can he complete Alonso's job, but he can also finish the last pass by himself, so he is more comprehensive than Chu Zhongtian.

Real Madrid now have three players in the squad who can organise attacks, one is Xavi. Alonso, one is Chu Zhongtian, and the other is Ozil, who has to be closer to the opponent's penalty area to be a threat. These three people have different characteristics, so no matter who is targeted to death by the other party, Real Madrid does not have to worry about not being able to organize the attack.

Real Madrid made only one change to Getafe's starting lineup from the last Champions League group game, that is, replacing Adebayor with Higuain, and the other positions are still the same: goalkeeper Casillas, central defenders Pepe and Carvalho, left back Marcelo, right back Ramos, the two midfielders are Chu Zhongtian and Khedira, the left wing-back is C. Ronaldo, the right midfielder is Di Maria, the midfielder is Mesut Ozil, and the striker is Higuain.

The season has just started and the players are not short of fitness, so Mourinho does not rotate much.

β€»β€»β€» Real Madrid, which takes the game seriously, is again at home and is almost invincible. Against Getafe, it took them just sixty minutes to finish the game.

Chu Zhongtian did not assist or score, and he was mainly responsible for controlling the tempo in this game, which Mourinho asked him to do. In the last game against Olympiacos, he had direct assists and showed his talent in assisting his teammates. So this game Mourinho looked at his ability to control the tempo.

More often than not, he plays a variety of mid and long distance passes in central midfield.

The first goal scored by Real Madrid was Chu Zhongtian straight to Ozil near the centre circle, and Ozil then distributed the ball to the feet of Di Maria on the wing. Di Maria drew the attention of the opposition when he dribbled inside on the wing, and Getafe's defensive centre of gravity leaned towards Di Maria's side.

At this very moment, the other side of them must be empty. Di Maria crossed diagonally and the ball passed through the middle of Getafe's back line and fell to C. Ronaldo. Ronaldo received the ball in that place without a single Getafe player around him, and he shot straight at goal, and the ball flew past Getafe goalkeeper Ustari and into the far end of the net. In the twelfth minute, Real Madrid took the lead. C. Ronaldo scored his first goal of the new season!

C. Ronaldo was happy after the goal, after all, it was his first goal in the league...... He scored 38 goals in the league last season, beating Lionel Messi as the top scorer. Such a crazy performance was perhaps the only result that Real Madrid were able to beat Barcelona last season.

This season, C. Ronaldo certainly hopes that he can continue his excellent form and become the league's top scorer. Beat Messi again in the scorers' charts.

After taking a 1-0 lead, the game was much better. Chu Zhongtian's control of this team is also becoming more and more proficient. He is like a driver who has just gotten a new car, and he always needs to run in for a period of time before people and the car can run in to a very tacit point.

In the 33rd minute, Real Madrid extended their lead. It was Gonzalo Higuain who scored the goal and Marcelo who assisted. Gonzalo Higuain scored his second league goal of the new season.

After leading 2:0 in the first half, Chu Zhongtian planned to slow down the pace a little in the second half, so he didn't have as many through balls as in the first half. You must know that Chu Zhongtian's through ball in the first half was very sharp.

As soon as Getafe saw Real Madrid slow down the tempo, they immediately tried to counter-attack. If they can score a goal to make it 2-1, then they are only one goal behind Real Madrid, and there is still a game to go. Because for them, as long as they can draw Real Madrid at Real Madrid's home stadium, it will be a great victory.

As soon as Chu Zhongtian saw that Getafe's counterattack momentum was up, he re-accelerated the pace and increased all kinds of sharp through balls, forcing Getafe not to press too much, and he did not dare to invest troops when counterattacking, for fear that Chu Zhongtian would seize the opportunity to succeed.

After Mourinho saw this scene from the sidelines, he lowered his head and wrote and drew in a small notebook. Although he didn't say anything on his face, he had already commented on Chu Zhongtian's ability to control the rhythm in his heart - this player's ability to control the rhythm was indeed outstanding. He knows when to be fast and when to be slow, when to take risks and when to be steady.

And all this does not need him as a coach to shout and remind him off the field.

Under Chu Zhongtian's control, Getafe's players felt that they were playing a game that was twisted and always followed the rhythm of Real Madrid. If Real Madrid wants to be fast, they have to follow it, and if Real Madrid wants to be slow, they can't be fast.

In the end, Real Madrid relied on two goals at work to beat their younger brother Getafe 2-0 at their home stadium.

After the game, the media focused on C. Ronaldo, who scored goals, and Higuain, who scored in two consecutive league games, and Chu Zhongtian was just more popular with the Chinese media. In the mixed area of the Santiago BernabΓ©u Stadium, there are a lot of Chinese media, both national and local.

Their main idea is to regularly bring back the consultation about Chu Zhongtian to domestic fans every week. It's a pity that there is only one Chu Zhongtian, but there are so many media reporting him, there are many monks and few porridges, and the competition for news is very fierce. Fortunately, Chu Zhongtian treats the media equally, whether it is a national media or a local media, he treats them fairly and never favors anyone. CCTV has a female reporter Lu Ming, who is responsible for covering football, once reported on the ceremony of Chu Zhongtian joining Real Madrid, and originally thought that as a CCTV reporter, it would be easy to interview Chu Zhongtian. Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian rejected her very facelessly, on the grounds that he still had to answer questions from other media, and he couldn't be caught by her alone.

It's a pity that Lu Ming was embarrassed by Chu Zhongtian, and he couldn't get angry yet. Everyone knows how popular Chu Zhongtian is now, and offending him himself is more than trying to mix, as a Chinese football reporter, only by having a good relationship with Chu Zhongtian can he get mixed up, which means that you will have more opportunities to get the news.

"You didn't have an assist or a goal in this game, you are satisfied with your performance, Chu Zhongtian!" Lu Ming squeezed forward and stretched out the microphone and asked.

Chu Zhongtian sometimes really feels that the quality of Chinese journalists continues to improve...... The questions asked are all nonsense, and they are particularly rushed. It seems that he is really used to being the uncrowned king, and he is always used to looking down on the interviewee from above. And once their interviewer was replaced by a foreigner, he was particularly humble and respectful.

For such 2 questions, Chu Zhongtian didn't need to be polite: "I'm very satisfied, because the team won." My performance was not bad, either. Football isn't all about goals and assists. ”

After saying that, he walked forward and came to another media outlet.

Lu Ming was a little disappointed, but as soon as she turned her head, she came to her senses, because she saw C. Ronaldo walking towards her!

"Cristiano! Cristiano! She called out like a fan.

C. Ronaldo heard her greeting, walked up and smiled at her. This encouraged Lu Ming, who held out the microphone: "Congratulations on scoring your first league goal of the season, Cristiano!" Are you happy with this? ”

C. Ronaldo smiled and said: "Yes, satisfied!" ”

"I heard that you have a very good relationship with Chu, how do you evaluate Chu's performance tonight?"

"He? He's a very good midfielder and although he didn't score or assist, we all had a lot of fun with him! Ha! After speaking, C. Ronaldo leaned over and put his arms around Chu Zhongtian, who was being interviewed by a French reporter. Do you say, Chu? ”

β€»β€»β€» "Chu Zhongtian has already gained the upper hand in the competition with Alonso!" Alonso's injury is not the right time, and when he returns to Real Madrid, he will probably have to face the bench! ”

The next day, the Chinese media triumphantly wrote.

Fortunately, Alonso couldn't see it, otherwise Chu Zhongtian would definitely say that the domestic media was doing a disservice...... As a new player, even if he becomes the main player, he can't fall out with the old player and make the old player think that he is hostile. You must know that Alonso, as a local Spanish player, still has a lot of say in the Real Madrid dressing room.

Chu Zhongtian has now started two games in a row, and the outside world has praised him more and more, and he is now not worried about his position - that is Mourinho should be worried - he is worried about how he will get along with Alonso and the Spanish local gang...... Recently, he has been getting closer to several players from the Portuguese department, because the Portuguese gang is the second largest faction in the locker room after the Spanish gang, and they are more active, and often invite Chu Zhongtian to their parties. Chu Zhongtian now realizes that he may be mistaken for a Portuguese card...... So at this time, he must keep a low profile, if he offends the Spanish local gang in Real Madrid, there will be no good fruit to eat. He came here to play football and win the championship, but he didn't come here to play palace fighting.

He suddenly felt that he was getting closer to his Portuguese-speaking teammates during this time, but he had somewhat ignored his two German teammates, and Khedira was also a direct rival to him...... He decided to invite the two German team-mates to dinner, and it would be better to get closer to the Germans...... Of course, this does not mean that he has to alienate C. Ronaldo, Kaka and others. His friendship with them was fixed, only now he needed to spend more time with Ozil and Khedira.

After the training, Khedira and Ozil were about to leave the training ground when they were stopped by Chu Zhongtian.

"Sammy, Mesut. Do you have any arrangements for the evening? ”

Khedira and Ozil looked at each other, "We're going to museo_del_jamon for dinner." ”

"Jamon" means ham in Spanish, and "museo" means museum, and the name suggests what the restaurant's signature specialty is. "museo_del_jamon" is a very famous restaurant in Madrid that specializes in ham cooking, and the restaurant is full of all kinds of hams, both cheap and expensive, and almost all Spanish hams can be found here. Chu Zhongtian also went to eat with them once. I didn't expect them to like it again...... "You wait for me for a while, and when I'm done practicing, I'll invite you to eat Chinese food." Chu Zhongtian sent out an invitation.

Khedira and Ozil were somewhat surprised. Except for when Chu Zhongtian first came to the team, he invited the two Germans to dinner, and he didn't invite them again. During this time, Chu Zhongtian was always with C. Ronaldo and Kaka, and they thought that Chu Zhongtian had a better relationship with the Portuguese and Brazilians.

Mesut Ozil was a slow learner of Spanish, and he did not seem to have a talent for it. As a German of Turkish descent, he did not even speak Turkish. So until now, he was still the closest to Khedira.

Chu Zhongtian saw an expression of surprise on their faces: "How is it?" Let's go together. I recently found a nice Chinese restaurant, we haven't eaten together in a long time, call your girlfriends out, let's go together. ”

"Ah...... Will your wife, Miss Emily, go too? Khedira asked.

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Of course!" ”

Khedira and Ozil looked at each other again, and then nodded together towards Chu Zhongtian.

"Okay, we'll ......"

Ozil interjected: "Forget it, we'll practice with you for a while, shooting training is not very effective if only one person practices." ”

The two of them gave up the plan to go back to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes, and returned to the court to accompany Chu Zhongtian to practice shooting.

Mesut Ozil was responsible for passing the ball to Chu Zhongtian, while Khedira played the role of defender, doing everything he could to stop him from shooting.

The three of them practiced for half an hour, and then returned to the locker room in a stinky sweat, and there was no one else in the locker room.

Then the three of them drove to pick up their families, and then met at the agreed place, and Chu Zhongtian took them to eat Chinese food. The six of them chatted while eating, and they were quite happy. This feeling was even worse for Khedira and Ozil, who were the only German-speaking members of the team except for the two of them.

If you don't understand the language, you will naturally have less communication. In a team, it can feel very lonely, and even though everyone is very nice to them, if someone is happy to say something and you don't know what they are talking about, there is a sense of marginality.

"Ha, we used to represent three teams in the Bundesliga, but now we are all on the same team......," Khedira laughed.

When three people are together, of course, it means that things in Germany are the most resonant. In the past, when I was in the Bundesliga, Khedira represented Stuttgart, Ozil represented Werder Bremen, and Chu Zhongtian played Hoffenheim, and the relationship between these three teams was quite complicated. Chu Zhongtian and Khedira also had a direct conversation on the field, at that time, each was its master, and Chu Zhongtian and Khedira often faced each other because of their position. Naturally, it was as intense as Mars hitting the Earth. Bremen had always been a bitter favourite for Hoffenheim, who had not beaten Bremen until Ozil left.

It was an enemy before, but now they're all teammates, and it's a really amazing feeling.

(To be continued)