Football King Bale

Looking at David Gill, the CEO of the Manchester United Club, who was raising his arms and shouting, Florentino suppressed the depression in his heart, and said with a smile: "David, sell Bell to me. The price is up to you, how about it?"

No one from the Glazer family, the owner of the Manchester United club, came to Madrid. Except for such important occasions as the Champions League final, members of the Glazer family have hardly appeared in stadiums other than Old Trafford.

David Gill is in a good mood. With the goal scored by Bell, Manchester United has almost locked in the qualification for promotion. Under the boss Glazer family, he, coach Ferguson and the core of the team jointly developed the defending triple crown. The grand plan, the difficult journey is considered to be the most solid step, and Florentino next to him unexpectedly said this, which made David Gill very upset.

However, Florentino is not an ordinary person. Although David Gill is upset, he can't do anything about him. He can only shake his head and say: "Florentino, don't think about Bell, he is the priceless treasure of Manchester United." , no matter how much you pay, we will not let him go."

Florentino smiled disapprovingly, and said, "David, don't be so absolute. This is an open world, and no one belongs to anyone..."

David Gill smiled and said: "Florentino, today's football is indeed becoming more and more commercialized. As the CEO of the most commercialized club, my understanding of this is no worse than yours. But After all, football is not a commodity, there are certain things for some people, and it is useless to only talk about money."

Florentino was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Really? Then let's wait and see!"

David Gill said proudly: "Florentino, I advise you to stop doing useless work. I have a message for you for free. We are about to complete the contract renewal procedures with Bell!"

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David Gill's words made Florentino feel very bad. When Bell moved to Manchester United two years ago, he signed a five-year contract with Manchester United, and now there are three years left. Under such circumstances, Manchester United couldn't wait to renew Bell's contract. It seems that they are extremely determined to keep Bell.

As if thinking of something, David Gill winked at Florentino and said, "Florentino, Bell, stop thinking about it, he never thought of leaving Old Trafford, we There is no plan to let him leave. However, we can talk about the transfer of other players!"

Florentino knew that David Gill was talking about Rooney, and he also knew that Mourinho wanted Rooney very much, but as far as he was concerned, he had little interest in signing Rooney.

Although Real Madrid's transfer power now belongs to Mourinho in name, but that is only in name, as if it involves the transfer of a superstar like Rooney, as long as he does not nod, Mourinho will It is impossible to sign Rooney.

Seeing that the other party didn't let go of Bell's transfer at all, and instead promoted Rooney, Florentino was very upset and said, "Not interested!"

David Gill took Florentino's displeasure into his eyes, and said narrowly: "Don't be so absolute, Rooney is very good, just a little worse than Bell, and compared to Ronaldo. It's not much different from Messi, that is, we can't afford two superstars, otherwise we don't want to sell."

After a pause, he continued: "You know my phone number, remember to call me when you change your mind. But don't move too slowly. Once other clubs know that we intend to transfer Rooney, I'm afraid you will have nothing to do!"

Florentino was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

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While Florentino and David Gill were whispering about two transfers that might shock the world, the rest of Real Madrid's core management not far from them was talking about the game.

"Old routine, old problem!" Butragueno sighed heavily.

This season, Real Madrid has not conceded many goals in La Liga, the Champions League or even the Copa del Rey, and most of these conceded goals have the same characteristic, that is, they are quickly counterattacked by their opponents.

In positional battles, Real Madrid conceded only a handful of goals. Like the first leg at Old Trafford, conceding the ball twice in a positional battle in a game is simply unprecedented.

For Bell's goal just now, it took less than ten seconds from stealing the ball to a long pass to stopping the ball to shoot.

This is no accident!

Real Madrid lost for the first time this season, which was the 0:1 away loss to Levante in the fourth round of La Liga. Real Madrid also died on a quick counterattack.

At that time, it was because Marcelo was too reckless in rushing. Levante right back Venta went straight in from the right. After attracting three defenders from Real Madrid, he crossed the ball to the front of the goal, near the penalty spot of Kone The right foot ejected, and the ball flew into the goal from Cassie's hand.

Even the defeat to Barcelona in the Clasico in the league, the home loss to Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, and the first leg of the knockout round at Old Trafford a week ago, Real Madrid also lost because of the opponent's quick counterattack.

Real Madrid have only lost four games in total this season, plus this possible fifth loss, the script is almost the same.

Although Mourinho has transformed Real Madrid into a team with excellent offense and defense, there are still weaknesses.

"Our midfield is too easy to lose the ball." Redondo shook his head and sighed, "According to our tactical arrangement, Alonso should dominate the ball, but the presence of Carrick, Nani, Sneijder and Bale , but caused serious problems in our midfield, which was even organized by Granero at one point. The team played very chaotically and seemed to have the advantage, but in fact there was no threat."

"Our two flanks were pushed too high, and the defense line was pushed up as a whole, leaving too much space behind us."

Real Madrid's style of play is a bit like fighting with their lives, fighting for their lives with the enemy.

But the problem is that you have to work hard, and your opponent may not be willing to fight you to the death. And once the offense is not played, the weakness of the defense is immediately exposed.

Butragueno is also very sympathetic to Mourinho. He is very clear that with Mourinho's character, he is willing to defend and counterattack for 90 minutes, but now the initiative is not in the hands of Real Madrid. Real Madrid wants not to be eliminated. You can only take the initiative to attack.

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In the remaining minutes of the first half, Real Madrid did not attack as expected. After the game restarted, Mourinho signaled the team to hold on until the last five minutes were dragged out.

With Bale's goal, Manchester United ended the first half with a score of 0:1 in the away game.

Back in the dressing room, United's players were visibly excited.

With a 1:0 lead away and a 4:2 lead on aggregate, in the eyes of some Manchester United players, the team has secured the victory.

But Bell suddenly stood up when everyone was discussing, with a sullen face, he called to stop everyone's discussion, and said seriously: "Everyone, it's only 1:0. Real Madrid only needs to score two more goals. Once we fail to achieve something, we will be eliminated!"

The serious-looking Bell surprised everyone in the locker room. In these two seasons with Bell, although Bell usually doesn't talk much, he always has a smile on his face, which makes people feel like a spring breeze, and there are very few times when he is so serious.

More importantly, when he spoke, he showed the majesty of the captain.

Everyone fell silent and looked at Bell silently.

"Everyone should remember what happened at Old Trafford a week ago. At that time, Real Madrid led us by two goals early, but the result? The result is that we finally reversed the score 3:2!"

"I mentioned this, not to tell everyone how strong we are. On the contrary, I want to tell everyone that since we can do it, Real Madrid, which is as strong as us, can also do it!"

"What's more, now that we are only one goal ahead, Real Madrid only need to score two goals and let us not score, they can eliminate us!"

"I think, you don't want to leave the Bernabeu as a loser after the second half?"

At this time, Ferguson's voice also came from the door: "Gareth is right. The game at Old Trafford a week ago is our best lesson. If we make a mistake with Real Madrid The mistakes we made at Old Trafford in the first leg will make us the laughing stock of the whole world! So instead of letting our guard down in the second half, we have to be more committed than in the first half."

After being warned by the captain and the head coach successively, the players of Manchester United also realized the seriousness of the problem, and they did not dare to be careless anymore, and nodded one after another.

Ferguson made tactical arrangements for the second half of the game: "Real Madrid's two sides played more actively in the first half, and Kaka retracted more strongly. Then we will shrink a little more in the second half, and Gareth also withdraws a little. We focused on defending and counterattacking when we got the chance."

The players also nodded.

Ferguson continued: "The midfielder continues to adopt the targeted defensive strategy in the first half, and must strangle Alonso and Kaka. Also, Ronaldo has started to retreat frequently. We must pay attention to freezing him. .”

"Real Madrid's full-backs go forward very well. When counterattacking, pay attention to grasp these two points to make a fuss."

Having said that, Ferguson looked at Bell and said, "Gareth, you started the first half very well with two goals, but unfortunately, you missed both."

Both Welbeck and Sneijder were a little embarrassed, because they really didn't grasp the opportunity.

Naturally, Ferguson didn't want to criticize Welbeck and Sneijder, but just reminded the Manchester United players to grasp the opportunities better.