Chapter 60: The End of the Season

The two-day holiday passed quickly.

Although the team has been relegated ahead of schedule, there is still a round of league games to play, so everyone can't really herd sheep and have to come back to training.

It's just that everyone's mood is much more relaxed in this training.

There were also a lot of Getafe fans outside the training ground.

They all came to thank the team for their efforts to fight relegation, and many fans held up signs saying thank you to Chang Win.

As a firefighting instructor, Chang Sheng has perfectly accomplished this seemingly impossible goal.

In the eyes of Getafe fans, the constant win and the savior are about the same.

Looking at the fans outside, Chang Sheng made one last order before the end of training: "The training is over early, everyone go and sign autographs!" ”

He gestured to the fans.

"On our way to relegation, who gave us the most selfless support? It's them! Chang Sheng pointed to the fans and said to the stunned players.

Perhaps the players didn't expect Chang Sheng to make such a decision. Although they will more or less sign autographs for the fans after training, it depends on the mood. What coach would make such a request in the form of a command?

But we didn't delve too deeply into this issue, since it was the manager's request, let's do it.

So Chang Sheng asked the staff of the club to inform the fans, and when the time comes, line up to sign and take a group photo, so as not to be chaotic, he wants to do good things, but if the organization is not good, and good things become bad things, it will not be beautiful.

Fans were overjoyed to hear that the team would take the initiative to arrange for the players to sign autographs and take photos with them.

Getafe fans even think they are the happiest people in the world. A few days ago, the team was just relegated early, and now I can get the players' autographs when I look at a team training session.

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After the training ended early, the players went to the locker room to change their clothes and came out, and began to sign autographs for the fans.

For a while, the training ground was bustling with laughter and laughter, and of course, the sound of the camera pressing the shutter was frequent.

Chang Sheng and his colleagues on the coaching staff stood next to him, smiling at all this in front of him.

It's like a big party, with fans and players in close contact and sharing the joy of relegation.

"It feels like I haven't seen this in a long time?" Manuel Garcia looked at the lively scene in front of him and sighed.

"It's just that we didn't have such a scene when we were promoted from Group B last season......

"Chang, I have to say that you have a good idea. Everyone felt relaxed. ”

Chang Sheng smiled and didn't answer.

Ever since he had a party with his neighbors in the apartment the day before yesterday, he had figured out that the fans were more important than anything else. He led the team to win and relegate, not to get a new contract, but to meet the requirements of the fans.

So as long as you can make the fans happy, you can do anything.

As professional football grows stronger, the distance between players and fans grows farther and farther away. Getafe is still a small team, no matter how you put it, and this is inevitable.

Many of the players on this team do not live in the small city of Getafe, they live in the bustling city of Madrid.

For them, playing in Getafe is just work.

They weren't interested in learning about the city of Getafe and the fans.

No matter how much those fans adore them.

So it's rare for everyone to see a scene like this where fans and players are happy together.

A group of people were chatting when they saw a large group of fans suddenly walking towards them.

The person who took the lead, Chang Sheng felt familiar, and then he remembered - it was the first fan who asked him for an autograph, what was the name of "Kik......

Enrique Gonzalez walked up to Chang Sheng, and then put pen and paper on the ground: "Can we ask you for an autograph, Chang?" ”

"Shouldn't you go to the players and ask for it?" Chang Sheng was a little surprised.

So many people came to him to ask for autographs, and he really didn't expect it.

"You're also a star, Chang!" Someone among the fans shouted.

Immediately, there was a chorus of echo: "That's right! You're the biggest star of this team! ”

"You are the number one contributor to our relegation!"

As they spoke, they leaned around Chang Sheng, and they stretched out their own things to ask Chang Sheng to autograph, and there were all kinds of things. Chang Sheng even saw someone cut out a photo of himself from a newspaper and handed it to him for autographing.

Next to him, Manuel Garcia slapped Chang Sheng: "Enjoy." ”

After saying that, a group of people walked away with a smile, and Chang Sheng was overwhelmed by the enthusiastic fans......

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The final round of the league felt like it wasn't a game anymore, but a carnival for Getafe fans to vent their inner emotions.

From the first minute of the game, the Getafe fans began to make all kinds of singing in the stands.

They started with the Getafe team song and sang the cheering song of every player.

In the end, even the usual wins.

But it was too noisy at the time, and Chang Sheng really couldn't hear what this group of people were singing happily.

He could only hear "Chang!" Often! Often! The shouts.

This was only heard after the fans repeated it many times, and he was reminded by Manuel Garcia.

"It's enviable, ever! I've been working on this team for ten or twenty years, and I haven't had a single fan write me a song! Manuel winked at him.

Chang Sheng scratched his head, and could only giggle.

He really didn't know what to say to Manuel.

In fact, even in 2012, when he crossed over, until that time, there were very few managers in world football who wrote songs specifically for managers, and there were not many managers who could enjoy this kind of treatment.

The more famous one is Jose Mourinho, when he was at Real Madrid, the "Jose Mourinho Song" often sounded at the Bernabeu Stadium.

I didn't expect to have my own songs so soon......

Fan songs often represent a person's place in the hearts of fans, and the people who can make fans sing praises are often not generally popular.

The actions of the fans show that the constant victory has been accepted by the Getafe fans from the bottom of their hearts.

After hearing the singing, Chang Sheng, who was standing on the sidelines, waved to the fans.

He could clearly hear the singing a little louder than before.

He smiled, was valued, liked, and respected...... It's fucking good!

He should never be a loser again, don't be forgotten in the quagmire of failure, and don't live in obscurity for a lifetime!

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In the final round of the league, Getafe drew 1-1 with Albacete at their home stadium.

The result of this game doesn't matter anymore.

To the disappointment of the media, even the last game of the season, the other Getafe coaches did not attend the post-match press conference at the Alfonso Pérez Stadium.

But they were relieved because they didn't think they needed to keep following the winning teams like that.

This season is a gimmick for relegation.

What about next season?

Next season you Getafe will be just an ordinary team. How many fan readers would be interested in a normal second division team?

At that point, we in the media will just have to report on this team as usual, instead of gathering at the Alfonso Pérez Stadium as we are now.

In other words, they don't need to serve Getafe like this, and they naturally don't need to look at Chang Sheng's face.

Therefore, if you block us, then block it!

When the time comes, see who asks whom!

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After all the matches in this round of the league, the 1999-2000 season of the Spanish second division officially came to an end.

There's a lot to say about this season in La Liga, and the sudden rise of the Chinese coach is perhaps one of the most eye-catching.

Especially in the last two months.

However, as the season came to an end, the media attention that Chang Sheng felt was gradually dissipating.

The downgrade of the downgrade, the relegation of the relegation, the escalation of the escalation, the upgrade failure of the escalation.

None of this had much to do with him, except for the same-

Atletico Madrid's poor performance in La Liga this season has made people fall through the glasses. In 38 league games, they only have 38 points! Suffered a relegation in penultimate place!

Just four seasons ago, they were the double champions of La Liga!

Such a giant team has fallen so quickly, which has also surprised many people.

Only Chang Sheng already knew.

So he wasn't too excited when he heard the news. This is what is meant to happen, and although his arrival may change some things, there are always some things that cannot be changed, and this is the inertia of history.

Atletico Madrid: That's the inertia of history!

Now Chang Sheng is looking forward to the new season.

He only hoped that he would remember what he had said to the swaggering Atletico official when he left Atletico Madrid.

Because next season, it's time for them to fucking regret it!

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This memorable season is over, the day after the team is disbanded, Chang Sheng is also planning to leave Spain.

He plans to return to China, this Chang Sheng has not been back for three years, and what about himself? I haven't seen my parents for more than a year since I crossed over.

He was homesick.

Of course, before leaving, he first planned to go to the city of Madrid, go shopping in the busiest shopping malls, and buy a lot of things for his parents.

After being a man in two lives, his feelings for his parents were deeper, and he could better understand the feelings of his parents who wanted their son to become a Chan, but hated iron and steel.

If they were more aggressive, they might not be able to hold their heads up in front of their neighbors.

This time, he can barely be regarded as returning to his hometown, and he has to save face for his parents when he says anything.

He didn't know if his brother would make his parents feel promising, but he had neither earned fame nor money after so many years outside—he didn't make much more money as an echelon coach than ordinary people, and the cost of living abroad was not small......

Chang Sheng could think of what his neighbors would think of his parents on his knees.

These days, nothing is more important than money.

If you have money, you will have income, and if you don't have money, you will have no interest.

So he wants to let his parents feel that their son is out of business, and the best thing to do is to buy a lot of things back and let them know that their son is not bad for money!

In fact, as a coach of a second-division team, or a poor team like Getafe, he can't make much money, even if he adds bonuses, his income is very limited.

At this time, the salary of the main players of the first team of Getafe was only 378,000 pesetas, a figure that seemed scary, and it was almost 400,000 a month.

However, it is important to consider that the Spanish peseta is a very low currency. The approximate exchange rate against the British pound is one pound equal to one hundred and eighty pesetas.

Converted into pounds, that's two thousand one hundred pounds.

Even so, Getafe's finances are strained. If this is exchanged for a salary of 50,000 or 60,000 pounds a week in the future, Getafe's current economic situation will have no choice but to go bankrupt.

As a coach, the salary is certainly not higher than that of the team's first-team team.

So Chang Sheng's weekly salary is less than 370,000 pesetas.

It's only about half of it, 180,000 pesetas.

However, this is already a terrible high salary for ordinary Chinese.

Because according to the exchange rate at that time, one yuan of yuan could be exchanged for sixteen pesetas, and 180,000 pesetas were equivalent to more than 11,000 yuan.

And that's just the weekly salary.

Four weeks in a month, multiplied by four, that's 45,000 yuan.

With a monthly income of 45,000, it can be regarded as a high income anyway.

In China in 2000, most people's wages were only one or two thousand yuan a month, and if a recent college graduate found an ordinary job, he might not have a thousand yuan.

Chang Sheng has become a member of the high-income group.

His income is more than enough to live in a moderately prosperous society in China, and he is even considered middle-class.

Chang Sheng is usually alone, has no entertainment, does not go out to see the world of Spain, all the time is spent on the bad coaching course, hoping that he can become a real professional coach.

Therefore, his expenses are very small, and in addition, a kind neighbor like Aunt Maria often invites him to dinner, and even the meal money can be saved a lot.

Therefore, Changsheng's current personal assets are still quite abundant.

In this way, Chang Sheng plans to return to his hometown.

But before heading shopping in Madrid, there's one more thing Chang Sheng wants to do.

He spent a season in Getafe as a puritan, not because of his personality, but because he also longed for the Spanish nightlife, but who told him to have a huge pressure on him?

Now that he has been relegated, he has finally taken his first steps as a manager, and after the pressure has cleared, he is also desperate to relax.

Spain is notoriously famous for its nightlife, with bars everywhere and the glitz and glamour of the day to attract every restless heart.

After letting go of all the pressure, Chang Sheng's heart began to be restless after a season of silence......

So he was going to get a glimpse of the bar culture in Spain.