Chapter 21 Champions League Awards
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Winning the Spanish Super Cup is a kind of revenge for Real Madrid against Barcelona. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info such an achievement certainly deserves a lot of hype in the media in Madrid. However, the Catalan media also had a way of fighting back, and they ridiculed Real Madrid for being happy to win the Spanish Super Cup, which is really pitiful.
To put it bluntly, the Super Cup is just two high-quality warm-up games before the season, just like England's Charity Shield, and there used to be the so-called "team that won the Charity Shield can't win the Premier League".
Although there is no such superstition in Spain, it is true that people do not really value the Spanish Super Cup.
Real Madrid won a trophy like chicken ribs, and it was really humiliating to hype it up wherever it was. They were the best team of the last century.
They are a century-old giant, having won nine European Cups, but now they are happy and excited about a Spanish Super Cup.
"But we can understand that, after all, this Real Madrid team has not been sad about a single big title for three years...... "Catalonia El Monde mocks their rivals.
And as the manager of Real Madrid, how could Mourinho endure such ridicule. Although it is a fact that Real Madrid has not won a championship for three years, Mourinho hopes that this special Spanish Super Cup can boost the morale of the team, and the performance has been so good for two consecutive seasons, but it still cannot beat Barcelona, which has made many Real Madrid players have such a thought in their hearts: "The current Barcelona style is invincible, we can't beat them", although no one has said such things publicly, but they do think so in their hearts.
Therefore, Mourinho attaches great importance to this Super Cup, just because the opponent is Barcelona, if he can beat Barcelona to win the Super Cup, at least he can convey this attitude to his players: "Barcelona is not invincible. β
He was close to success and after winning the Super Cup, he announced in a press conference that he was very happy to beat Barcelona to lift the trophy and win the title. In the team, he also used this to tell his players how good they were.
I didn't expect the Catalan media to be so disturbed, but it seemed that I was a little family, and the Super Cup was complacent and celebrated for a long time...... How can you swallow this breath?
β»β»β»Before the start of this day's training, Chu Zhongtian received a notice from the team's press officer, asking him to attend the regular press conference after the afternoon training.
Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised, because he had been in the team for almost two months, and in addition to his trip to China, he was the first time he attended a press conference at Real Madrid Sports City. The most participants in the press conference were several captains, as well as the more influential players in the team, who was new to the team and didn't want to fight for any right to speak, so he didn't care about it.
"Yes, you, Chu."
Chu Zhongtian asked: "Are there too many Chinese reporters today?" β
In fact, there are many Chinese journalists every day, and since Chu Zhongtian joined Real Madrid, there have been many Chinese reporters in Real Madrid's stadium and the Bernabeu. Based in Madrid, they spend time at the Real Madrid Stadium, the Bernabeu and the Newsstand...... Don't let go of any news related to Chu Zhongtian. Why linger at the newsstand, because they have to translate, translate, process, and introduce all the reports about Chu Zhongtian in the Spanish media to Chinese fans...... The press officer shook his head: "It's the same as usual......"
In fact, the person who asked Chu Zhongtian to attend the press conference by name was Mourinho, and the press officer didn't know why. Anyway, he's just in charge of notification.
In the end, Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho attended the press conference together.
Every Wednesday there is a regular press conference attended by the head coach and a random player to answer questions from reporters about the team's preparation during this period, the team's goals for the new season, the player's injury recovery, new signings, various transfer rumours...... Wait a minute.
A reporter asked at a press conference about the Catalan media's ridicule of Real Madrid's victory in the Spanish Super Cup a few days ago, and asked Mourinho what he thought about it.
Mourinho was clearly holding back the fire for a long time, and his answer was full of gunpowder: "I think it's strange that the loser who lost the title laughs at the winner who won the title. Would anyone in the world take such a thing for granted? β
This is the first time Chu Zhongtian has seen Mourinho up close. I've seen it before, and it's him who sprayed it, but after all, it was through the media, which is different from today. And Florentino promised to give Mourinho power, but there was one condition for Mourinho to agree, that is, to make less nonsense in front of the media, to contain his fiery temper, to cause less controversy, to be less enemies everywhere, and to do less things that do not match the image of Real Madrid. Jose Mourinho agreed, so the second half of last season was almost very popular to see him engage in a war of words with other media and the manager, and he kept a much lower profile.
However, in the face of Barcelona, the chairman's ban is clearly invalid.
Schuster once showed weakness before the match against Barcelona, which caused dissatisfaction with the players and finally left the class. Jose Mourinho knows very well that at Real Madrid, you can be polite to anyone, but you can't be polite to Barcelona, even if they are indeed the number one in the world right now.
Mourinho is not done venting yet, he still has something to say: "Three years without a title is a really bad thing, so we are trying to change and now we have won the Spanish Super Cup, and this is proof. On the contrary, didn't they just lose the European Champions Cup? It's a shame that I'm not going to gloat over their failures and I'm not going to laugh at them when they win the league. That's the biggest difference between me and them. β
Chu Zhongtian suddenly understood why Mourinho took him to this press conference, this is completely a naked slap in the face. He was the one who beat Barcelona to help Hoffenheim win the Champions League, so he wanted to remind the Catalan media not to be complacent, and it wasn't long before Barcelona lost the Champions League to a German hillbilly team - before the Champions League final, it was the pro-Barcelona Catalan media "World Sport" that ridiculed Hoffenheim as a "hillbilly team", and as a result, their invincible team lost to the hillbilly team, and World Sports was tantamount to shooting itself in the foot.
Sure enough, when Mourinho said that Barcelona lost the Champions League, some reporters turned their attention to Chu Zhongtian, and he sat next to Mourinho with a calm expression on his face.
Some reporters threw similar questions to Chu Zhongtian. If you want to say that in the Real Madrid team now, the only ones that Barcelona people hate the most are Mourinho and Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian's conversation about Barcelona after joining Real Madrid angered many Barcelona supporters.
'I respect Barcelona because they are very strong opponents and I like strong opponents. Chu Zhongtian replied. "But I'm sorry, the championship belongs to us."
A Chinese reporter laughed out loud. Because Chu Zhongtian's answer reminded them of his provocative answer in the face of the Catalan media after the Champions League final. It's the same as it is today.
The laughter of the Chinese reporters made the few Catalan reporters present feel a little embarrassed, and they all looked very unhappy with their black faces. It's just that they can't find any way to fight back except for being unhappy, Mourinho is sharp-tongued and never suffers in lip service, and there is no chance of winning with him, but what about Chu Zhongtian? They did win against Barcelona, and twice in a row, once in the Champions League final and once in the Spanish Super Cup.
This reality is even more maddening than Mourinho's rhetoric.
On the topic of Barcelona, Mourinho stopped here and did not intend to continue: "We are the winners, there is no need to bother with a loser. Do you have any other questions, as long as they are not related to Barcelona, I would be happy to answer them. β
After the press conference, Chu Zhongtian said goodbye to Mourinho and left the sports city training base, while Mourinho returned to his office, where he ran into Zidane.
"Did Chu's performance disappoint you, Jose." Zidane asked.
"Well, he seems to understand my reasons for doing this." Mourinho replied.
"So is it okay to give him this team now?"
Mourinho shook his head: "Observe and observe ......" said as he opened the door to his office. "Would you like to come in and sit down, Qi Zu?" He asked Zidane.
Zidane smiled and waved his hand: "No need, I'm going home too." β
"Goodbye then, Qizu." Mourinho waved to Zidane in a dashing manner, then walked into the office himself first, then closed the door.
Zidane didn't leave right away, he stood in front of the door of Mourinho's office and stared thoughtfully at the door for a moment before shaking his head and leaving.
β»β»β»The war of words between Real Madrid and Barcelona gradually disappeared in the deliberate low-key of both sides. Both media outlets turned their attention to the teams they support, not to each other.
Barcelona then found their way back in the Gamble Cup.
Real Madrid also easily won the Santiago Bernabeu Cup.
Chu Zhongtian was still a substitute and didn't play until the 67th minute, but at that time, Real Madrid had already locked up the win 3:0, and both sides kept changing players, which was completely a warm-up game.
Chu Zhongtian did not continue his good form of being able to instigate a goal when he came on the bench, and his performance in this game was average, not good, nor can it be said to be very good. The Chinese media have nothing to report, but to make a fuss about the number of champions. They have claimed that this is Chu Zhongtian's second championship in Real Madrid. However, the Bernabeu Cup is basically monopolized by Real Madrid, which is worse than the Spanish Super Cup, and it is too "unscrupulous" to use this to make up the number...... But the Chinese media don't have to be disappointed for long, and soon there is one thing they can use to write about.
The draw for the new UEFA Champions League season and the award ceremony for last season's Champions League awards will be held at UEFA headquarters. Since the Champions League final, the Chinese media and Chinese fans have been looking forward to the ceremony, and they want to see how many awards Chu Zhongtian can win this time.
Normally, the team that won last season's Champions League tends to be the biggest winner, but this time Chu Zhongcai is the biggest winner.
The media already knew the shortlist in advance, and in the selection of the best midfielder and the best player, Chu Zhongtian was all shortlisted. This made the Chinese media and fans very excited, knowing that this is a historical moment for Chinese players.
So they have been looking forward to the announcement of the results of the awards for a long time.
On the morning of August 28, 2011, Chu Zhongtian left Madrid, the capital of Spain, with his teammates Casillas, C. Ronaldo and coach Jose Mourinho. Real Madrid reached the last four of the Champions League last season, but they were not selected for the awards, only Casillas and Cristiano Ronaldo, who was shortlisted for the best goalkeeper, while C. Ronaldo was a candidate for the best striker.
On the plane, C. Ronaldo and Casillas were still joking about UEFA's unreasonable selection criteria and why the player with the most goals in the Champions League did not make it to the best striker.
At the draw ceremony, Chu Zhongtian met his old teammates, he hugged and greeted Rangnick, the head coach from Hoffenheim, and chatted with Hoffenheim's teammates Ibisevic, Enyema, and Srna. It was the first time he had met his Hoffenheim team-mates since his move to Real Madrid.
Chu Zhongtian cared about the team's performance, and Rangnick told Chu Zhongtian that he had modified his tactics and that the team still needed an adaptation period. "It's definitely impossible to win the championship, we can still play in the Champions League this season, and our goal this season is to be able to enter the Europa League next season......," Rangnick was a little disappointed when he said this, after all, a team that participates in the Champions League every year and wins the championship suddenly becomes a team that can only compete for the second-class Europa League, and it is unacceptable for anyone to come for a while.
"Still." Rangnick shifted. 'We're not going to be relegated either, anyway, Hoffenheim are already on their way in the Bundesliga. If you compare Hoffenheim, who could only play in the amateur league, this Hoffenheim team is now very, very successful. Maybe in a dozen years, Hoffenheim will be able to become a real giant......"
Chu Zhongtian heard the pride in Rangnick's tone. He smiled and said to Rangnick, "I'm sure it will." β
Hoffenheim are currently preparing for the UEFA Super Cup, so only three players have come in this time, with Ibisevic being shortlisted for the best striker, Sjl being shortlisted for the best defender and Nyema being shortlisted for the best goalkeeper. However, Nyema knew that he must be fine, because Hoffenheim conceded a lot of goals, and it was all thanks to Hoffenheim's strong attacking power that he was able to go all the way to the final and win the championship cup.
"Actually, I'm very strange about something, Chu." Enyema said to Chu Zhongtian.
"What's the matter?" Chu Zhongtian asked.
"Why aren't you on the shortlist for the best goalkeeper?" Enyema asked solemnly.
Ibisevic and Srnahaha, who were next to them, burst out laughing, attracting the attention of the others.
Chu Zhongtian couldn't cry or laugh.
"If you said you would be in goal, we would have let you keep the goal, and every game we play with 10 defenders, block the goal, and then drag it to the penalty shootout...... You know, Chu, so we're going to win! Enyema continued to say solemnly, making it impossible to tell whether he was joking or serious.
Rubbing his stomach, Ibisevic stood up and said to Enyema: "What about the league? It's all draws and it's only one point, so we can't win the league title. β
Enyema looked at Ibisevic and said with some disdain: "Stupid, there is me." Or what do you think I do? I'm going to deal with the opponents in the league and let Chu play his midfield. β
Chu Zhongtian stretched out his hand: "You guys, ......"
Enyema laughed at this time: "Good Chu, you have earned us enough face!" Good luck with Real Madrid! Beat Barcelona again! β
Ibisevic also nodded: "Now that you're at Real Madrid, your teammates are better than us, so I don't think you should have a chance to perform the goalkeeper's saving skills." β
"That's a pity, I actually prefer you to guard the door, Chu." Srna said as Enyema glared at him.
In the face of such a teammate, what else can Chu Zhongtian say? He stepped forward and hugged the three of them. Although I have made some friends in Real Madrid, my ability is a wealthy family after all, and the communication between people is still separated from each other. Unlike when I was in Hoffenheim, because it was a small team, and everyone was not too famous at that time, everyone came from a hard life, the relationship was extraordinary, and there was a kind of friendship between brothers and sisters. You can joke with impunity, no matter how much you are worth.
Such friendships are the most cherished.
"What about the others?" After hugging, Chu Zhongtian asked them.
"Seyard still can't forgive you for leaving Hoffenheim." Ibisevic smiled, "But don't worry about him, he's just awkward, anyway, everyone except him thinks it's your freedom, your business." β
"The new training base was a bit uncomfortable at the beginning, and I often made mistakes...... Ha! Srna laughed, and Ibisevic and Enyema were also in tune, and it seemed that they were the same.
"We're preparing for the Super Cup!" Enyema said, "Envy, Chu! You have a Super Cup to play! β
Chu Zhongtian smiled and pointed at Ibisevic: "You ask him, he and I have already won the European Super Cup." β
Ibisevic nodded: "That's right, defeated European Cup winner AC Milan as the winner of the UEFA Cup. β
Enyema launched a counterattack amid the laughter of the two people: "Okay, but you definitely won't be able to participate in the Club World Cup, Chu!" β
Chu Zhongtian said casually: "I won the Champions League this season, can't I go?" β
Enyema was stunned for a moment, then asked him with wide eyes: "Do you still want to win the Champions League in a row?" β
Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Yes, if you have the ability, why not?" You must know that Real Madrid has not won the Champions League for ten years. This team has a very strong desire to win the cup. β
Ibisevic nodded and said to Enyema and Srna: "You see, that's why we can only stay in Hoffenheim and Chu plays at Real Madrid. He is more hungry for championships and victories than all of us. β
(To be continued)