On the top floor of the Hilton Hotel next door to Madrid Airport, through the curtain wall, you can see the street scene of Madrid city in the distance, which is actually not beautiful at all, except for the lights of thousands of homes.

Madrid does not have decent landmark buildings, there are many tourist resources and old attractions, but the night view is very average.

It is estimated that the night view of Madrid will not become beautiful until the completion of the four skyscrapers built on the site of Real Madrid's former sports city, at least from a distance, the four skyscrapers that look like works of art tower, bringing an abrupt beauty to Madrid, which is generally short in height.

Yang Cheng sat on this side of the curtain wall, looking into the distance, his fingers turned a goblet, the red wine in it rippled with the rotation of the goblet, under the backdrop of the light, Ambilight, but the person who turned the goblet looked full of sadness.

"It's no wonder that when Bayern invited Otema to come back recently, this old guy always pushed back, and said that the head coach is the most exhausting profession in the world......" Beckenbauer, who was sitting opposite Yang Cheng, smiled, "...... Now that I see you like this, I believe it. ”

Yang Cheng looked at him and shook his head, "When I became the president of UEFA, it was really different!" ”

Beckenbauer choked and was a little speechless, but soon burst into laughter, "You bastard! ”

Both of them held out their glasses, clanged, touched each other, and then took a sip each.

"Actually, it's not a headache and a lot of things I can't really do as a manager." Yang Cheng said helplessly.

"Of course, the manager is not a god. How can it be omnipotent? "Beckenbauer has been a head coach himself, and he is still brilliant, but he also knows the difficulties of a head coach, especially in the current football environment with the explosion of information.

Anyone can imagine that reporters all over the world are holding a magnifying glass, scanning Yang Cheng and his Real Madrid, and behaving well. They say that you don't play well enough, that you don't fit the taste of Real Madrid fans, that your performance is poor, they say that it's useless for you to play well, and that you lose even worse.

In short, whether you win or lose, they will have a way to deal with you, which is exactly what you say. If you want to add sin, there is no excuse!

In fact, a lot of times, fans tend to be fanned by journalists and the media, especially when the team has problems, they are often easily instigated to think that everything is the manager. Or maybe it's a player's fault or something.

But the problem with football is not just with the manager. It's about every aspect of the club, about every player.

"Let's have some fun!" Beckenbauer said with a smile, "Platini, the bastard, is still untrustworthy, although he has now resigned from the UEFA executive committee and other positions, he said in an interview after the election that he still has two years to serve as a FIFA executive committee." ”

"Didn't he say that if he lost the election, he would leave football forever?" Yang Cheng smiled. "Really...... Platini is reliable, sows can go up trees! ”

Beckenbauer laughed, "I've just joined Nyon now, and I'm still familiar with and starting with a lot of things, Johansson also asked Olsen to stay and help me, and now many things are still being taken over, it's very troublesome!" ”

But it can be seen. The football emperor was busy and happy.

There is not much temptation to be the president of UEFA, because there are many laws and rules in Europe and within UEFA, and countless people will watch your every move, which makes it difficult for him to gain money and benefits. Everyone is fighting for this position, in fact, more for fame.

"I'm going to talk to the G14 next. We want to be able to negotiate a mutually acceptable result in the shortest possible time, and I also want to deliver on my promise to prepare for next season's Champions League play-offs. ”…,

Beckenbauer passed by a large margin this time, beating Platini, who received a total of 39 out of 52 votes, Platini had a pitiful 12 votes, and another 1 abstention, and the Frenchman was almost running for Beckenbauer, becoming a dazzling green leaf.

After Beckenbauer's election, many people looked back on the past month's campaign, and they found that Beckenbauer's campaign strategy played the best three cards: first, to increase the youth training grant to 1 million euros; second, to add a play-off round to the league champions of the lowest ranked countries; Third, Platini was assigned to Blatter's party.

The first two tangible interests have allowed Beckenbauer to gain the support of many weak member states that had previously thrown themselves to Platini, because their support for Platini is actually a big pie that he sketched, which is far less effective than Beckenbauer's direct interests.

The third is to give Platini a catastrophe, because when Beckenbauer was campaigning before, he hinted again and again about the relationship between Platini and Blatter, and made it clear that Blatter wanted to use Platini to interfere in UEFA's internal affairs, which made it so that at the end of the election, Blatter stood up to support Platini, and immediately let some votes that were still melancholy directly belong to Brackenbauer, and Blatter's move backfired.

Of course, Johansson's sincere appeal letter and the prestige that Beckenbauer himself has built up over the years are important bargaining chips and foundations for him to win the presidential election, but the three strategies mentioned above are undoubtedly also very crucial.

"Thank you!" Beckenbauer smiled and handed over the glass.

Those who know Beckenbauer's candidacy process know that these three campaign strategies were put forward by Yang Cheng, so Beckenbauer's ability to ascend to the position of UEFA president can be said to be indispensable to Yang Cheng's behind-the-scenes military advisor.

"You're welcome, you can cover me in the future!" Yang Cheng said jokingly.

Beckenbauer laughed and nodded, "No problem!" ”

"Then I'm not going to be a strange commodity?" Yang Cheng was stunned for a moment, laughed and shook his head.

Of course, Beckenbauer didn't understand the meaning of strange goods, but he knew that Yang Cheng's words were all jokes, with Yang Cheng's character. He would not have asked Beckenbauer to help him, and what he hated most was that kind of off-the-field intrigues, because he himself suffered from them, so he hated these methods very much, and of course he could not use them.

"I really want to see the faces of Platini and Blatter!" Yang Cheng suddenly missed Platini a little.

It's not that I like to see him, but I want to see the look on his face when he loses the election, which must be very happy.

"You say. When he returned home, would he pound his chest and vomit three liters of blood? "Yang Cheng is afraid that Platini will not die.

Beckenbauer pointed at the guy and laughed vigorously, thinking that he was saying too viciously, but it was just right for the enemy.

…………

…………

That night, Yang Cheng and Beckenbauer talked for a night at the Hilton Hotel and talked a lot about it.

Sitting on the presidency of UEFA, Beckenbauer's ambitions swelled, and he began to want to make a big difference in European football. There is a big deal, preferably to promote European football, to prepare him for the future to compete with Blatter, and he aims for the FIFA presidency in a few years.

Killing Platini and not killing Blatter by the way is really unreasonable.

Yang Cheng also gave his own analysis of some of the ideas put forward by Beckenbauer, such as his opinion. The role of the League Cup has now become chicken ribs. It feels a bit like a second tier of European competition rather than a separate cup competition, most notably the fact that the third place in the Champions League group can qualify directly for the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. …,

Yang Cheng feels that since it can be relegated, there must also be a promotion channel, such as directly giving the two League Cup teams that entered the final to qualify for the Champions League group stage next season, etc., as well as some other schedules or something, he feels that appropriate improvements can be made.

Yang Cheng has coached all four major European leagues, and Beckenbauer has also been involved in European football for many years. Both of them are very familiar with the situation and environment of European football, so they discussed it and saw many things very thoroughly, plus Yang Cheng is a traverser, so he naturally knows some of the pros and cons after the reform.

After talking for one night, Beckenbauer obtained a lot of scriptures from Yang Cheng and returned with a full load. But he wasn't without rewards, as Real Madrid was in the stands at the Bernabeu the following night when they host Sevilla in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-finals.

The game ended up 0-0 and Real Madrid were held to a draw at home by Sevilla. Many Real Madrid fans at the scene were dissatisfied with the result of the game and felt that they could not accept it. There was another burst of boos for Yang Cheng.

But after the game, Beckenbauer said in an interview that he has always been a fan of Yang Cheng, and he felt that Yang Cheng did a good job in Real Madrid, and he should not be treated so unfairly by Real Madrid fans.

'He doesn't need to prove himself to anyone, to any club, because he has proven himself to be the best manager in the world many times, I think the only thing he needs at the Bernabeu is patience and trust, and I think it's a shame for some Real Madrid fans to behave, but I'm sure he'll be successful at Real Madrid.'

As for Real Madrid trailing Barcelona by as many as 12 points in La Liga, Beckenbauer feels that Real Madrid's hope of winning the championship is very slim, but it does not mean that there is none, "Three goals behind Juventus in the Champions League final, he can lead Liverpool to a comeback, for him, nothing is impossible." ”

On the contrary, in the Champions League, Beckenbauer felt that Real Madrid was not too competitive.

'Liverpool, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Chelsea are the best teams in the Champions League this season, and even Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Barcelona and the likes of Bayern Munich have been doing very well.

"I remember, Yang Cheng said to me, a soldier is a bear, a nest of bears, he is the general of Real Madrid, but the problem is, you have to give him time, give him the opportunity to use his magic, he will let you see his magical side."

From the praise of the new UEFA president Beckenbauer, Yang Cheng's fans immediately followed suit and raised their eyebrows, but the media's suspicion of Yang Cheng did not pause because of this, especially when they intercepted one of the passages in Beckenbauer's interview, feeling that the UEFA president criticized Yang Cheng's team for not fighting hard enough, lacking the willpower in key games, and it is impossible to win the Champions League or something.

Yang Cheng did not give any response to such a move by the media.

Back in La Liga, Real Madrid welcomed Levante at home.

The La Liga side, who are currently hovering around the relegation zone, are putting up a tough fight at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, Beckham assisted Raul's goal in the 11th minute, and then in the 31st, 51st and 88th minutes, Villa scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid thrashed Levante 4-0 at home.

It was a great game, a dazzling scoreline, and it really was what the media demanded to win a wonderful game. What's even more rare is that Barcelona was forced to draw 0:0 by Osasuna away, and the Dream II team performed badly, and the gap between the two teams was shortened from 12 points to 10 points.

As a result, the media began to praise Real Madrid, thinking that Barcelona was careless after taking the lead. Sevilla were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Real Sociedad, Villarreal lost 1-2 away to Huelva and Valencia drew 1-1 at home to Atletico Madrid. In this way, Real Madrid returned to second place in the league with this victory.

Sunshine began to return to the Iberian Peninsula, back to Madrid, back to the Santiago Bernabeu, but only for a week.

A week later, Real Madrid drew 1-1 away at Real Sociedad. Sevilla drew away at Real Betis. Valencia and Villarreal lost to Getafe and Deportivo respectively, with Soldado shooting and passing in Getafe, which was very dazzling, but he still supported Yang Cheng to continue coaching at Real Madrid when asked by reporters after the game.

However, because Barcelona beat Racing Santander 2-0 at home, the gap between the two teams finally widened to 12 points again.

On February 17, Real Madrid was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Real Betis, while Barcelona drew 1-1 away at Valencia. Both teams are aiming for a midweek UEFA Champions League fixture.

Three days later, Barcelona sat at the Camp Nou, and when Iniesta scored the first goal, they were beaten three goals in a row by Drogba, Reese, and Ronaldo, and suffered a 1:3 reversal, completely losing the chance to advance, unless they can beat Liverpool 3:0 at Anfield. But everyone knows that this is simply not realistic.

After this game, Rijkaard was questioned a lot, but Liverpool is ambitious to complete the Champions League three in a row, and Dalglish has repeatedly said that no one should doubt Yang Cheng's coaching ability. Many Liverpool players also affirmed Yang Cheng's coaching.

But a day later, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Roma took a 1-0 lead thanks to a goal from Tadei, but Raul equalised for Real Madrid in the 60th minute, but just five minutes later, Vucinic's goal gave Spalletti's side a 2-1 win at the Stadio Olimpico.

According to the favorable schedule of the first away and then the home team in the group, Real Madrid's 1:2 loss to Roma is not too bad, because back at the Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid only needs to beat Roma to have a chance to advance, but the media is still worried about Real Madrid's qualifying situation, thinking that the continuous defense of the round of 16 undoubtedly makes Real Madrid lack the belief and fighting spirit to win.

Back in La Liga, Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Calderón to get another draw, while Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at home, and the gap between the two teams widened to 14 points, and in the history of La Liga, after 24 rounds, there is still 14 points behind, and no team has ever been able to successfully reverse it.

Therefore, this match can also be seen as a precursor to Real Madrid's elimination from the title race.

This time, even Real Madrid's mouthpiece newspapers such as Marca and Ass newspaper have sadly made headlines, announcing that Real Madrid failed to compete for the title this season, but Alfredo also wrote again, expressing his hope to continue to give Yang Cheng time, and he firmly believes that Real Madrid will perform better and better.

And Florentino also said in an interview with the media that it is impossible for Real Madrid to win the championship this season.

'We had a strong Barcelona team, and it was a painful thing for us, just like Barcelona did at the beginning of the century when we were at the height of our game, and now what we have to do is not to hold us accountable, but to continue to give the trust to the team, to the manager, so that he can continue his coaching philosophy and ideas and keep the team stable.

Florentino announced that even if Real Madrid ends up empty-handed this season, Yang Cheng will not be dismissed because of this.

"I am very sure that in the position of the head coach of Real Madrid next season, it must be Yang Cheng who is sitting!" For the board's decision, the supporters and opponents were once again divided into two factions, and some of the younger fans who fell to Yang Cheng felt that he had not brought the slightest change to the team, and that he should be fired and replaced with another head coach.

But the fans who support Yang Cheng feel that finding Yang Cheng is to end the tragedy of the club's frequent changes of coaches in the past, and now Yang Cheng is going to be fired in just one season, is that not going back? And Yang Cheng's season is not without hope, at least the team now looks more like a whole.

The dispute between the two teams became completely heated after Real Madrid lost 0:1 away to Sevilla and was eliminated from the Copa del Rey, especially at the instigation of some conspirators hiding in the shadows, as well as the fanning of the newspapers, and even they attacked each other, insulted each other, felt that Yang Cheng must leave class at the end of the season, and even many young fans pulled up banners to protest outside the Valdebebas training base, angry at the inaction of the club's management.

This made everyone feel a pressure on Real Madrid, although in the final 25th round of the league, Real Madrid defeated Getafe 1-0 at home, Barcelona drew 1-1 away to Sevilla, and the gap between the two sides returned to 12 points, but it still could not change the team antagonism.

The whole Bernabéu stadium, the Valdebebas training base, everyone felt a kind of tension that was about to come.

The Copa del Rey is just a training ground for Real Madrid fans, the Champions Cup and the league are the key, and now the league has no hope of winning the championship, everyone is pinning their hopes on the Champions League, if Yang Cheng can't cross the hurdle of Rome and defend the round of 16 again, it will definitely make more Real Madrid fans rise up against him.

Many people even analyzed that if Yang Cheng loses the game against Roma and loses the century derby that follows, he is likely to take the initiative to resign, and Florentino will also leave disappointed, and Real Madrid will face earth-shaking changes. (To be continued.) )