Chapter 60: What's Wrong?
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Lunch at Real Madrid is served in the restaurant of the Real Madrid Sports City. Since Mourinho arrived at Real Madrid www.biquge.info he has demanded that the team's lunch must be eaten together, and this rule must not be violated unless there are special circumstances.
This is Mourinho's main way of trying to strengthen the cohesion of the team and make everyone feel that the team is a team, not a piece of sand and sand. He did the same at Inter Milan. The importance of doing so at Real Madrid is particularly important because everyone knows that there is never much harmony within Real Madrid, and there are always conflicting voices.
The locker room, which is so large, is also divided into a number of factions, fighting openly and secretly.
After Mourinho arrived, the factional battle improved slightly, thanks to the lunch together.
When Chu Zhongtian was in Metz or Hoffenheim, he had lunch at will, he could eat wherever he wanted, he could eat in the team's restaurant, he could go home to eat, and even ask a few friends to eat in the restaurant.
At Real Madrid, he couldn't do that, he had to dine with his team-mates in the restaurant in the sports city.
Before eating, everyone saw Chu Zhongtian go to Mourinho, and they could all guess what he was doing when he went to Mourinho. Throughout lunchtime, everyone was speculating about what the outcome would be between Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho.
Many people firmly believe that it is impossible for Chu Zhongtian to convince Mourinho, so the three of them are banned for sure, not to mention.
Now Chu Zhongtian appeared in the restaurant, holding a plate in front of the buffet counter to take food, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
He then sat down next to Bell with a plate.
Ramos is a native Spanish player, and he has long been surrounded by Spanish players.
In fact, Real Madrid's factional distinction is not only reflected in the dressing room, but also in the dining room. Everyone chooses people with whom they have a good relationship to sit and eat together, and a good relationship naturally has its own faction. Spanish, Portuguese, Argentine, French, German...... And so on.
Only Bale is more empty because he doesn't have any factions in the team.
Chu Zhongtian's first sentence after sitting next to Bale was: "I went to the head coach just now, but I didn't convince him to change his mind, we can't play in the next Champions League game, I'm really sorry, Gareth ......"
Bell shook his head with a wry smile.
With all that's going on, what else can he say? He can only do his best in training and hopefully Mourinho will not be biased against him.
"Forget it, there's nothing more to say about this......"
The two of them buried their heads in eating. After a while, Ramos sat down with a plate.
"Hey, Chu. Hey, Gareth. He greeted Chu Zhongtian and Bell.
The two men returned the salute to him.
"How did you talk to Mourinho, Chu?" Ramos leaned in and asked.
Chu Zhongtian shook his head helplessly: "I still have to be banned from the team......"
Ramos raised an eyebrow. "Actually, we've all discussed that it's impossible for Mourinho to change his mind, he's very stubborn."
Ramos is not worried about being suspended, because he knows that he is unshakable in the position of the main right-back, Arbeloa is not a grade worse than himself, he can at most be an assistant in games where the opponent is not strong, and once he encounters a strong opponent, he will ultimately have to rely on himself. So the ban was like a holiday for him, giving him a short break.
He's not like Bale who is inwardly scared about his place on the team.
Ramos picked up the latest news and returned to his seat with his plate and chatted with his Spanish team-mates.
Chu Zhongtian patted Bell on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I think you should be banned for one game, and it won't be a big deal." Chu Zhongtian comforted the little monkey. He analyzed it himself and felt that it should be like this, after all, he was the main culprit, and Ramos and Bale were accomplices, and Bale didn't press too much at the time. So maybe the punishment will be heavy, but Bale and Ramos shouldn't have anything.
After the Madrid derby, the Champions League became the focus of media attention.
This is the second meeting between the two strongest teams in the group, with Jose Mourinho's side upsetting Arsenal away from home last time. Arsenal came to the Bernabeu with a revenge mentality this time, and it must be a good show.
And the Chinese media are looking forward to what Chu Zhongtian will do well in this match. In the last Madrid derby, Chu Zhongtian scored a goal and an assist, and was the key figure in that game. The Chinese media are certainly hoping that he can continue his good form of scoring in two consecutive games and score his first Champions League goal of the season.
But when Jose Mourinho announced the Champions League group stage squad a day earlier, they were surprised to find that Chu Zhongtian was not on the 18-man list.
The Chinese reporter was stunned all of a sudden-Chu Zhongtian is the core of Real Madrid, and everyone knows it well after these months of competition. And judging from the situation before the game, he didn't have any news of injuries, so why couldn't Chu Zhongtian play in such an important game?
Like Chu Zhongtian, there is also Sergio who did not appear in the eighteen-man list. Ramos and Gareth. Bel.
Three players were not included in the squad for the Arsenal game at the same time, which caught the attention of the media.
The official explanation given by Real Madrid is: "The three of them suffered a little injury in training. β
Is that really the case? The media was generally unconvinced. Yesterday's training ground, what about these three people? How did you suddenly get injured after a night? Could it be that at night they have a dream of kicking their legs while sleeping and straining their thigh muscles? It's also so nonsense, who would believe it?
They went to interview the players themselves, but they were closed.
"The coaching staff has a rule not to give any kind of interview before the game." That's what all three people said.
Apparently this is because Mourinho has given them a gag order.
The coaching staff's explanations were questionable and the attitude of the players was puzzling. It would be strange if there was nothing greasy in this.
So a lot of rumors quickly appeared.
Of course, it is not excluded that Ramos deliberately leaked "rumors".
ββ¦β¦ What was the reason why Chu Zhongtian was excluded from the squad against Arsenal by Jose Mourinho? It's very simple, the two of them have a conflict. But what contradiction? According to reporters' inquiries from many sources, it should be Chu Zhongtian who collided with Mourinho in training and made the unruly head coach lively, so he was excluded from the eighteen-man squad, isn't it a normal thing? β
ββ¦β¦ It is rumored that Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho have a contradiction, but there are many theories about what the contradiction is. The author is more inclined to think that Chu Zhongtian showed a side that did not listen to Mourinho's command in the Atletico Madrid game. Let's relive Real Madrid's goal against Atletico Madrid...... Chu Zhongtian motioned for Ramos and Bale to press the assist at the same time. At that time, the camera once gave Mourinho a close-up, his expression was first surprised, then angry, and it was obvious that Chu Zhongtian had violated the tactics he had set up in advance...... We all remember Pedro's last season. How LeΓ³n fell out of favour under Mourinho was because he didn't listen to the manager, although we don't know how it was violated or which directive. But it is an indisputable fact that Leon was sent to the cold palace, and later news from various sources also confirmed this......"
ββ¦β¦ From this point of view, Chu Zhongtian will have a very difficult time under Mourinho's account. Jose Mourinho is a very controlling man and he will never allow his players to be so blatant against him...... Chu Zhongtian's good life in Real Madrid has not been a few days ago, and he is facing such a huge crisis! It's really worrying......"
The domestic media has played up Chu Zhongtian's predicament in such a way, which naturally worries Chinese fans.
criticized Mourinho on the Internet one by one, or wanted to find out how he offended Mourinho.
And because Chu Zhongtian didn't even enter the squad, many people's attention to this Champions League group stage has also decreased a lot. In China, there were originally many people who had their own support for the big teams, and they all watched Real Madrid's games just because Real Madrid had Chu Zhongtian, and now there is no Chu Zhongtian in Real Madrid's lineup, so naturally there is no need to pay attention.
β»β»β» No matter how the outside media speculates, it is a fait accompli that Chu Zhongtian, Ramos and Bale will not be able to play.
Without Chu Zhongtian, the impact on Real Madrid has not been turned upside down. Because they have another core -- Harvey. Alonso.
This is also the reason why Mourinho dared to punish Chu Zhongtian and others before such a crucial match. Real Madrid is not entirely dependent on one player. Without Chu Zhongtian, we still have Alonso, Alonso is injured, don't we still have Chu Zhongtian?
As long as one of these two people is there, then Real Madrid has the backbone.
In this match, Real Madrid beat visiting Arsenal 2-1 at their own home. Arsenal were ahead for a while, but Real Madrid stubbornly equalised and eventually came back from behind. The performance of the whole Arsenal team in this game was much better than the last game, and Cesc Fabregas's performance was also very good.
His biggest fears sat in the VIP box at the Bernabeu Stadium, watching from the wall with Ramos and Bale.
It was Karim Benzema and Mesut Ozil who scored for Real Madrid, and the French striker finally scored his first goal of the season in the Champions League, which was a bit of a relief from his anxiety.
Jose Mourinho was very pleased with the victory, but he was still upset in the post-match press conference - reporters were more concerned about why Chu Zhongtian, who had performed well before, was left in the stands and did not even make the bench.
Mourinho said with a straight face: "I think we should be talking about the people who played the game, not the people who watched it from the stands. He used this sentence to gag all the reporters, and no longer answered any questions about Chu Zhongtian, Ramos and Bale.
Chu Zhongtian, Ramos and others drove back to their respective residences after the game.
The reporters tried to find them, but they couldn't find them.
A Chinese reporter who had a good relationship with Chu Zhongtian called him and asked him, and Chu Zhongtian talked about how good Real Madrid's performance was in this game, and he was proud of his teammates. The journalist had to correct the subject to the track he wanted: "What made you miss this game, Real Madrid officials said you were injured, is it true?" β
Chu Zhongtian continued to look at him left and right: "I don't think this issue is important, the victory in this game has shown that even without me, Real Madrid can defeat the enemy." So all we have to do is not ask why I didn't play, but to be happy with the win...... That's it, I'm sleepy, I'm going to rest early, goodbye! β
With that, he hung up the phone.
The reporter over there smiled wryly at his mobile phone, which had been cut off from the call. Chu Zhongtian obviously didn't want to continue to talk about this matter, which showed that he had something unspeakable. But what could he hide? Mourinho pressed the gag order? This is most likely, so what exactly is the contradiction between these two people? And what about Ramos and Bale? Ramos won't talk about it, Bale has been a low-key and honest person since he joined the team, how can there be any conflict with Mourinho?
The journalist couldn't figure it out.
But he is not alone, and there are many people who can't figure it out like him.
β»β»β»The relationship between Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho has become a topic of concentrated hype in the media in the past few days.
In contrast, Real Madrid's home win over Arsenal has already locked up the top spot in the group in advance, but it seems that no one pays attention to it.
Chu Zhongtian did not take it seriously in training because he was banned from the team, and his attitude was still impeccable.
It's not that he enjoys that attitude to convince Mourinho to get him back on the pitch, but that he is who he is.
Since that one-on-one exchange, Mourinho has not looked for Chu Zhongtian again, and Chu Zhongtian has not gone to Mourinho again.
Real Madrid's internal relationship is also full of curiosity and all kinds of speculation about the relationship between the two people.
There was a grudge between Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho, which everyone had heard of a little bit. Before Real Madrid and Hoffenheim played last season, the Spanish media did not have much hype about it, so everyone knows about it.
Could it be a resurgence of old grudges? Mourinho has always looked at Chu Zhongtian unhappy, but Chu Zhongtian's performance was impeccable before, so he had no excuse to attack Chu Zhongtian. Now that Chu Zhongtian finally made a mistake in the game, of course he has to take the opportunity to rectify him once?
But to be honest, the players felt that if it was for that reason, it would be too unconvincing. Of course, Chu Zhongtian did violate the head coach's instructions at halftime and almost conceded the goal. But the goal that overtook the score was the one he assisted, and the team won the game, and he also took the most credit, scoring a goal and an assist, and was named the best player of the game. Such a person should not be punished in any way.
In football, as long as you win, no problem should be a problem. This is one of the unspoken rules. Which team do you think continues to erupt in contradictions and scandals despite consecutive victories? No.
Victory is everyone's talisman.
It's just that this talisman doesn't work on Chu Zhongtian.
He was still suppressed by Mourinho.
Kaka was very dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian's suppression, but he couldn't say anything, after all, Mourinho was the boss of this team, even if he was Mr. Golden Ball, he had to put away his temper.
He could only comfort Chu Zhongtian in private.
In fact, Chu Zhongtian didn't need him to comfort him, but he also thanked Kaka for his kindness.
Since Chu Zhongtian debuted, except for the first half a season as a reserve team player in Metz, it has been smooth sailing at other times, and he has the appreciation of the head coach of any team, and he can get the main position almost effortlessly. There was no such thing as a conflict with the manager.
Therefore, in the past, the Chinese media said that Chu Zhongtian's professional ethics and literacy were very good, and his popularity in the circle was also good.
Who would have thought that now Real Madrid has encountered such a crisis.
To outsiders, this matter can be big or small. The big thing is that he and Mourinho left and stayed, according to Florentino's habit, it is always the head coach who leaves in the end, after all, Chu Zhongtian was bought by him for 70 million euros, and it is impossible to let him go after a season, then only Mourinho, an unruly person, left. This result is what anti-Real Madridists want to see the most, which means that Real Madrid has lost more than half of its fighting power. If Real Madrid FC doesn't pump their brains, they should try to avoid it.
Small, that is naturally after being beaten into the cold palace for a few games, Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho reconciled and will reconcile, and Chu Zhongtian reappeared in the starting lineup. The Real Madrid Galactic Battleship retracked and redirected towards their goal.
No one knows what will turn out in the end. But everybody can do it outside. Someone helped to reconcile them, but what about someone? simply fanned the flames and continued to provoke.
The media in Catalonia has been reporting on the internal contradictions of Real Madrid for several days, and the discord between Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho has been exaggerated by them, and it seems that the two have reached the point of "having me without him", and all kinds of news about Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho may leave Real Madrid, and who will be next.
It's as if Chu Zhongtian and Jose Mourinho will both leave the Bernabeu next summer...... And it seems to corroborate these reports in the Catalan media.
In the eighth round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Athletic Bilbao, and Mourinho still let Chu Zhongtian sit in the box of the stands......
(To be continued)