Raul. Gonzalez now regrets that if he had retired a year late, he might have been able to retire with the 10th European Cup in the club's history as a gift for his retirement. Today he is the manager of Real Madrid, mainly responsible for communication between the management and the players, and many times he is still in the team, like a player in a suit.

When the team is training, he stands on the sidelines, watching with Coach Michelle, and he doesn't give an opinion unless Michelle asks him.

But today he talked a little more.

"Michelle, tomorrow's game ......," Raul said with a frown.

"Do you want to ask how sure I am of winning?" Michelle smiled. "I don't know."

"No, I'm worried that Nottingham Forest's style of play will be the right way to restrain the style we're good at." Raul shook his head slightly.

Michelle was stunned for a moment when she heard him say this, and then said, "That's a problem...... But that's what football is like at Real Madrid, no matter what kind of opponent we face, we always play with our style. Do you have any suggestions, Raul? ”

Raul apparently had no good advice, and he shook his head and stopped talking.

'Our scouts have come up with an update on Forest's surprise first-half attack in the FA Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur, which I think may have something to do with us. Michelle was still talking to herself. He suddenly turned his head to look at Raul, "Maybe Don wants to fight us at the Bernabeu." ”

Raul, who was focused on observing the team's training, was taken aback by his statement.

"Attack?" As soon as he said this, he laughed first. "It's crazy."

Yes, against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, there are not many teams in the world who dare to do this, maybe Barcelona is one. But definitely not Nottingham Forest.

"I don't think it's likely...... The Forest team is characterized by defensive counter-attacks, and Coach Donn has always believed that the championship comes from the defense. He couldn't have played against us in such an important game, and the possibility of defending and counter-attacking was very big. ”

Michelle looked at Raul and laughed: "Why didn't you choose to be the head coach after retiring, Raul?" ”

"Me?" Suddenly asked such a question, Raul did not react at once, "I don't think I am suitable to be a coach. ”

"It's not a manager. You can be a youth director...... If you want to do it, I can recommend it to Mr. President. ”

"It's not the difference between a manager and a coach." Raul thought about it for a moment before saying, "At Real Madrid, I think it's too tiring and difficult to be a coach......

He didn't go on with the rest of the sentence, but Michelle already knew what he was trying to say. He nodded silently.

Raul got to the point. Don't look at Michel in the past few years at Real Madrid has done a good job, but he has always been subject to the power balance of the club's top management, although this is the tradition of most clubs in Spain, but in a big team like Real Madrid, the manager is particularly restricted. He only has the right to suggest the introduction and transfer of player transfers, but not the right to decide. There are so many factors to consider when buying a person for a club like Real Madrid, and the competitive level has become less important.

In the management of the dressing room, the manager's role is also limited. Factions in the dressing room are inevitable for any big club, but the Premier League coaches do a better job than they do, because the Premier League coach has absolute authority, and the factions in the dressing room can't compete with a manager, and the authority of the Premier League manager comes from the tradition of their football and the support of the club's hierarchy, and the players are in awe of the boss like a bunch of children under the manager. La Liga coaches are a bit miserable, and if they have a gap with a certain faction, then his authority here will be greatly challenged. Coupled with the small actions behind the club's top management, the manager is a puff bag sandwiched between the top management and the players, and neither end is pleased.

Michel is doing well at Real Madrid now because he has met a good general manager - Baldano. Think about Mijatovic in the past, being the head coach under him was nothing short of torture. Baldano knows it's good for the team to delegate the right amount of authority, and he won't have a lot of trouble on the manager's transfer list. Hence the revival of Real Madrid.

Otherwise, this team may fall in the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup in a row, which is really the laughing stock of the century.

Both Michelle and Raul have put these issues behind them, and they don't need to have such anxieties now. Otherwise, they will not be able to reach the Champions Cup final. Tomorrow's game is a good opportunity, a match to re-prove Real Madrid's worth to the world, and an opportunity for Florentino to rebuild the Real Madrid empire. You can't lose a game like this.

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Don will not have time to talk to the people around him about the hardships of being a manager, and he is leading the team through tactical drills from set-pieces. Set-pieces in important matches are an absolute part of the game. Donn expects the team to face a lot of pressure when they play Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, and set-pieces may be the key to Real Madrid's door.

After all, Gareth is in the squad. A free-kick player like Bale.

Chris Lak explained the coordination of attacking set-pieces to the players on the pitch, and the coaching staff designed a number of set-piece tactics that they hoped would come in handy in the game.

The place where the team trains is the Bernabeu Stadium, which can be regarded as adapting to the field training.

The turf at the Bernabeu is a bit better than at the City Stadium, but there is no noticeable difference. And Don couldn't guarantee that by the time the next day's game came, the stadium workers wouldn't spill too much water on it......

The reporters have been kicked out by him, and the team's current training content must not be known to outsiders. For this reason, he also stressed to the Bernabeu that he did not want the Bernabeu to have any equipment to film their training content, knowing that this is Real Madrid's home stadium after all, and it is difficult to guarantee that Real Madrid will not play tricks. His repeated reminders and insistences also angered the Bernabeu staff, who saw Donn as questioning their work ethic...... Real Madrid, a club that takes its reputation very seriously, told Donn unmistakably that Real Madrid don't care to do such abusive things.

Tang En was very shameless and reluctantly gave up his insistence.

It's the quintessential villain's heart – I always do it at the City Stadium and there's no reason why other clubs shouldn't.

But in fact, Real Madrid did not plant any cameras or send peeps at the Bernabeu, as the staff member said, the great Real Madrid did not bother to use such despicable tactics to help the team win.

Tang Enke also kept looking into the stands, searching for suspicious characters.

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At a press conference in the afternoon, Donn was "besieged" by the Spanish media.

The media in Spain and England are clearly divided into two factions. The Spanish media are keen to ask questions that embarrass Donn, such as: "The outside world is unanimously optimistic about Real Madrid winning the title, will you be affected by this prediction?" ”

Another example: "Nottingham Forest's football has been criticised as conservative and utilitarian, would you consider changing that?" ”

The Spanish media apparently studied Tony. Don's, knowing that he is a short-tempered person who has no way to hide his mouth. So deliberately stimulating him can get miraculous results, and he can get some very gimmicky revelations.

But their research is not professional, they only want to stimulate Donn, but they forget that Donn himself is not a hedgehog, and when he is besieged, he curls up to defend himself. He is a cunning wolf, and if you dare to provoke him, you should be ready to bear his wrath.

For the first question, Donn was very disdainful: "The outside world is optimistic about Real Madrid, and Real Madrid will definitely win the championship?" Then let's not play this Champions Cup final, and let the outside world announce that Real Madrid has won the championship, okay? Donn spread out his hands and looked coldly at the Spanish reporters.

Such rhetorical questions embarrassed Spanish journalists.

As for the second question, Donn pretended to be surprised: "Why should I change this status quo?" I can win the championship now, why should I give up the championship in order to satisfy the wishes of the outside world? I think...... No one in their right mind would make such a choice, would they? ”

When he said this, he stared at the reporter who asked the question with a smile, as if to say to him: "Only someone with a bad brain like you can ask such a retarded question, Mr. Reporter." ”

The Spanish reporter's face turned red and white, and he finally sat down angrily.

"But you don't have to play well to win a championship, Mr. Donn." Another reporter stood up.

Where's this press conference? This is clearly the Champions League version of the tongue battle group.

"I didn't have to choose the more adventurous way to win the championship. Besides, in my opinion, playing well is equal to being runner-up. "Donn is deliberately trying to anger the Spaniards who are a little arrogant because of the home advantage.

Fortunately, Michelle has ended his press conference before, otherwise it would be hard to say what conflict there would be when the two of them sat together.

"So are you suggesting that your tactics tomorrow will be defensive counter-attacks?" A middle-aged man who thanked him stood up and asked, his face slightly smug and colorful. He still applied the tactics of the Forest team on the second day.

Of course, Don knows what he is thinking, and wants to take advantage of the chaos to find out his tactics tomorrow, no way! "That's not easy to say, maybe I'm going to attack and defend all tomorrow?" Don spread his hands, "Besides, don't you think I'll only defend and counterattack?" Heck, I think it's interesting to have a vs. Real Madrid match......"

"Don't you want a champion, Mr. Donn?" The middle-aged man's face did not change and continued to argue with Tang En.

"Of course I want to. Why wouldn't I? ”

"Then you said that if you play well, you will be the runner-up......" laughed the man who thought he had caught Donn's handle. Around him, there were also many people laughing, these were Spanish journalists.

In their minds, this is an endless cycle - Don thinks that if he plays well, he will not win the championship, but if he wants to win the championship, then he must play conservative football, but he does not admit that he is playing conservatively, and also says that he wants to play against Real Madrid. Let's see how he rounds this field!

Unexpectedly, Don En looked relaxed, and said neatly: "Against Real Madrid, I am still confident that I can win." ”

As soon as these words came out, the reporters present, whether they were from Spain or England, were taken aback.

A reporter wanted to ask, but Tang En stood up and signaled that the press conference was over.

"Mr. Donn......"

"Mr. Donn, please stay!"

"Coach Donn......"

"Hey, Tony!"

A group of reporters panicked, so what were they doing before? Quarreling with Don En, what is left of him except for a mouthful of hair?

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David. Chris Rac sat in his guest room, sipping a small, aromatic ground coffee while flipping through the newspaper with his glasses on. Of course, he doesn't know anything about Spanish, but fortunately there are enough pictures to pass the time.

"Half football, half bullfighting, Spaniards have a poor hobby......"

The assistant coach muttered as he heard a soft sound from the lock, and he looked up alertly, staring at the door with burning eyes. I saw the door slowly slide open the crack, and then a hand reached in, and the fingertips swung a few fancy gestures, and then quickly shook it, and magically threw out a scarlet cloak.

The door opened, Don proudly held his head high, stepped on the rumba step and danced into the room proudly, humming a tune like "one Dada two Dada", and his strong and straight body spun in place twice before suddenly appearing: "Ahh Come on! Madrid Bulls! ”

The poor assistant coach's head jerked forward, and a mouth full of coffee flew to the newspaper in his hand and on the table, and some of it ran down the corner of his mouth and chin, and splashed down the newspaper in his hand. Ribery was grinning at Chris Rac in the newspaper, and a drop of black coffee landed right on his white teeth, looking as if one was missing......

Chris Rac scrambled to wipe the coffee from the corners of his mouth and chin, and then rubbed the newspaper to wipe the table, and asked Donn, "Did you go to the bullfight in the afternoon?" ”

"No, I went to buy this one after attending the press conference." Don shook the cloak in his hand and made a rattling sound.

"Tourist souvenirs...... Is it? ”

Don shook his head and smiled: "Isn't the souvenir a championship cup?" I have a special role to play. With that, he made another matador's signature move. Swung left, right, and then turned around in a dashing manner, as if an angry bull had just passed by him. The wind ruffled Chris Lack's hair. "How do you see I'm learning?"

"I've never seen a matador this old." Chrillac finally cleaned up the mess in front of him, and he looked at Don and smiled. "What exactly are you going to do with it?"

"Secret, secret." Don winked at him, and then he laughed happily.

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PS, author's words:

Recently, there have been a lot of slightly sad messages in the book review area, saying that the godfather of the champion is coming to an end...... I'm grateful to my friends for their concern for the godfather of the champion, but ...... It really made me laugh and cry. Before this volume, I said that the Godfather of Champions has two more volumes according to my outline, and this is the seventh volume, and there is still an eighth volume that has not been written...... How could it end here?

Please don't worry, I plan to finish this book within this year, but given my procrastination habits, I plan to finish it before the end of the year......

So it's not time to say goodbye yet. Keep reading, Tony. Don's story isn't over yet.

(To be continued)