Chapter 114: The Man in the Shadow (Second Update)
Some people once naively thought that after Chang Sheng left, he saw the tragic situation in Valencia, and Soler must regret the decision he made in the first place.
In this way, he will correct his mistakes and learn from the pain, so that Valencia can get back on track......
But this idea is really naΓ―ve and ridiculous.
If it was because of the constant victory that Soler knew his mistake and corrected it, it would never have been possible.
With Soler's hatred of Chang Sheng, he could never change it for the sake of Chang Sheng. Even if he knew it was wrong, as long as it was against it, he would stick to it.
So when the interview with Chang Sheng came out in the "Team Newspaper", Soler saw that Chang Sheng actually scolded him in public for being "raised by a bitch", and he was furious.
"More than one person asked me if I regretted letting go...... Why should I regret it? I never regret this decision! Although he can indeed bring us the title in Valencia, Valencia's image has also been devastated, and we have become an unpopular team throughout Spain, and we have always been smeared and attacked in the media, because of whom? Because of him, he is like a mad dog, he likes to go around biting and roaring. In an interview with the newspaper Marca, Soler lashed out at Chang Sheng.
Of course, this is also what the newspaper "Marca" likes to hear. Chang Sheng was able to offend "Maka" a lot, so they were very interested in all the remarks of Hei Changsheng.
"After he left, the club was finally able to reshuffle the team's image. Now in Spain, Valencia has regained respect and our bad relationships with a number of clubs have been repaired. I think that's the right way to go. Valencia is definitely not an enemy of the people. β
Soler said.
In response, Chang Sheng responded to Soler when he led the team to land at Valencia Airport.
"Valencia is very popular now? Of course, everyone likes to be friends with someone who can't threaten them. Look at Valencia's unlucky appearance right now. I want to be friends with it. Anyway, it doesn't cost anything to say two words of praise. It is those who can threaten them that they will speak ill of each other, and they want their opponents to die quickly. Like Lazio's situation now in Italy. I don't care if my team is popular or not, I just care if we can win the championship. If we don't win the title, no amount of praise from so many people will make me happy. β
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The battle of words between Soler and Chang Sheng was just one aspect of the various pre-match war of words.
In the atmosphere where everyone is rushing to spit on each other, Valencia's head coach Flores finally can't help it.
In fact, Flores was originally an arrogant and rebellious person. This was the case in the plane before the Constant Victory Travel.
It was during his time in charge of Valencia that he made a name for himself.
Flores always looked cold, cunning, and gloomy. His arrogance comes from his family environment, which is different from Mourinho's. Flores' childhood was smooth sailing. That doesn't mean he doesn't have dark memories, though.
In fact, he was born into a prominent Spanish family, and he lived all the time in the shadow of the fame of his family elders.
Flores' father was a legend of Real Madrid's 50s, having won the Champions Cup five times. Mother Carmen is a well-known acting star. In his twilight years, he galloped in the political arena and served as Spanish ambassador to Argentina.
In addition, Flores has an aunt who is one of Spain's most famous flamenco singers, and his cousin and cousin are also famous Spanish singers.
Growing up in such a harsh environment, Flores could not tolerate the slightest leniency with herself. Adler's childhood inferiority complex had a clear reversal effect on Flores at this time, and Flores's pursuit of victory and a sense of conquest reached an unparalleled level of paranoia. When he was at Real Madrid, he used to beat Luis constantly when playing on the console. Enrique, who smashed a glass table in a fit of rage.
Similarly, Flores, like Mourinho, the ordinariness of his playing days became another inferiority complex that stimulated him. Flores plays for Real Madrid. But in Michelle. Laudrup and Enrique were around him, and he was never well known. Unwilling to admit defeat, Flores once secretly told his mother: "Stars only eat on their legs, and I want to be the kind of person who can beat others with my brain." β
That is, from that time on. Flores aspires to become a football coach. While his teammates were wasting their energy in discotheques and bars, he sat in front of his computer every afternoon playing an early version of the Football Manager game.
After retiring from the army, Flores also pursued a master's degree in psychology. This is the origin of his mastery of on-court psychological warfare and power struggles since he took charge.
Spaniards generally believe that Flores has an arrogant but gloomy and reserved personality, few words but often surprising words, and his relaxed acting talent may come from his family's inheritance.
In fact, Flores has endured Chang Sheng for a long time, and he is not a person with a gentle temper in the first place. When he first took charge of Valencia, people always liked to compare him to Chang Sheng, because both men came from Madrid and their coaching journeys were very similar, starting from Real Madrid's academy and moving from small teams to Valencia, and even the teams he coached, Getafe and Valencia.
After retiring as a commentator, Flores worked as a commentator for a year, and was known for his spicy sarcasm while working as a commentator, and was considered one of the most stubborn commentators of his time. Later, when he became the head coach, he became even more arrogant.
At Getafe, he was inevitably compared to a regular winner, and later became Valencia manager, which is even more exaggerated. After all, Getafe's influence is still very small, and Valencia is also a big team no matter how it is said, and there are more people who pay attention.
This comparison motivated Flores at first, but when more people made such comparisons, he didn't like it.
After all, no one wants to live in the shadow of another person.
If you don't want to live, you have to live, and Flores's life is almost a standard template for how to live in the shadow of successful people.
From birth, he lived in the shadow of his illustrious family, and when it came time to become a professional footballer, he would not only live in the shadow of his teammates, but also in the shadow of his father. and so on became a coach. In the Real Madrid academy, he lived in the shadow of Rafael Benitez, who had a great success at Real Madrid's youth team, but Flores left behind a big joke, promising to "secure at least one title" every time the team's results slipped, but when he left, nothing was left.
He finally became the manager of the first team, but he lived in the shadow of constant wins, and so far he has not been able to shake it off. Whether it's in Getafe or in Valencia. It's all true.
Some media even believe that Flores is deliberately imitating Chang Sheng. From his suits and leather shoes to his selection of coaching teams, he is consciously emulating Chang Sheng.
This kind of remark upset Flores. He never wanted to imitate anyone, all this was just a coincidence to his pride. Nor can he tolerate being a crappy imitator for others.
He once defended himself, but his weak defense was soon drowned out in the tide of public opinion.
When everyone decided that he was an imitator, no matter what he said, no one would care.
When he didn't get good grades, this status made him especially painful, because people would laugh at him and say, "He still wants to imitate Chang?" Look at his grades, he is really 108,000 miles away from Chang Zhen! β
The ridicule was painful for Flores at first. Later, it made him angry.
He can't refute them one by one, there are too many opponents, he is outnumbered, and his smart way is to go head-to-head. So he focused all this anger on one person. That person is always victorious.
It's actually quite simple.
As long as you can lead the team to defeat Chang Sheng, isn't it possible to prove that you are not an imitator of Chang Sheng, and that you are stronger than Chang Sheng?
Maybe it's to make the players realise that their "beloved" Chang Win is no longer their manager, or maybe it's to cheer themselves up.
Anyway, when Flores was interviewed by reporters, he declared war on Chang Sheng.
Of course. He didn't ignite the war on his own initiative, but because a reporter asked him: "Real Madrid's academy." to from Getafe to Valencia. You've walked the same trajectory as you always do......"
Flores immediately interrupted the reporter with a gloomy face, because he knew what the other party was going to say next, which was what he hated the most.
It's his "forbidden word"!
He interrupted the other party in a very bad tone: "I have nothing to do with him, I'm tired of you comparing me to him!" Even if he's a successful manager, I don't want to be around him. He is him, I am me! His achievements in Valencia are a thing of the past, so why do everyone here still hold on to what they have done? I can't understand. Now Valencia's head coach is me, not the Chinese called Chang! No matter how good his results are, it has nothing to do with you! Don't kid yourself! Now he's Valencia's enemy, and I'm on your side, but why do you always have to talk to him?! β
The reporters who interviewed Flores were taken aback by his sudden outburst.
And Flores was still unsatisfied, so he continued, not caring about the eyes of the people around him.
"Valencia fans welcome him? I'm not welcome him, I'm going to beat him in Mestalla, I'm going to let him know whose territory Mestalla is! If anyone wants to see the usual team win here, you're going to be disappointed. β
"I don't think the way Chang left Valencia was immoral, he chose to leave when the team needed him, and he kicked his old club hard before leaving, which made me disgrace. I really don't know what such a rotten person has to support. You should cherish the present instead of nostalgia for the past! β
After Flores finished speaking, she felt as happy as drinking a cold beer on dog days. After years of backlogged words, I can finally say it!
Finally he can express his thoughts unscrupulously!
He looked up and looked at the stunned group of reporters, in his eyes, it was a group of stupid birds.
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