Chapter 445 A New Beginning

"The glory of football belongs to Real Madrid, we need victory!! Luxemburgo should resign voluntarily!!"

The next day, the Royal Sports newspaper used this sentence as the headline on the front page. What was even more eye-catching was that the front page of the sports edition was a large photo, with Luxemburgo as the protagonist, and the background was the Camp Nou stadium:

This is a picture of Luxemburg dodging debris thrown by Real Madrid fans. In the picture, the Brazilian's performance is really embarrassing. Even under the cover of riot police, he was still hit by a banana peel. His tie and glasses frames were also crooked. His embarrassing posture does not make people feel good at all.

In the report, "Real Sports" directly pointed out that "Lusemburgo is incapable of leading Real Madrid". Their argument is very novel. It is not just about the result of the game, but about Luxemburgo's ability - "Real Madrid is now full of stars, and Luxemburgo's ability is not enough to combine these stars into a whole. We can see that in the game at Camp Nou, Real Madrid players' individual performances are good, but compared with Barcelona, ​​there is a lack of a sense of team cohesion. We are eleven players, but not a team. Luxemburgo has played no role at all."

At the end of the article, they directly talked about 'he is not capable of being the head coach of Real Madrid' - "His qualifications are too shallow, and his personal charm is not even as good as Ronaldo. He is completely unable to make these stars form a team."

The words of the Royal Sports Daily are very sharp, but compared with other newspapers, these words are even a bit conservative. The Madrid Post directly pointed out that "he should step down as soon as possible" - "Real Madrid's football belongs to all Real Madrid fans and all Real Madrid players, but not to Luxemburg. The level of this Brazilian is really limited. The Real Madrid board of directors should consider changing the coach as soon as possible."

"Please end this farce as soon as possible! We can't wait any longer. What we need is victory, not disappointment again and again."

Although the Madrid Post was pessimistic at the beginning of the report, at the end of the article, they pointed out that the suspension of the team's world No. 1 star player Allen Wang will soon end - "We are looking forward to his performance and hope that he can find his form as soon as possible, restore his peak ability, and lead the team out of the predicament."

At this time, the media was counting on Wang Li to lead the team out of the predicament, which was undoubtedly a slap in the face of the team's head coach.

Other media supporting Real Madrid also began to express their dissatisfaction.

If the media and fans could still tolerate Real Madrid's unstable form before the Spanish derby, they could no longer tolerate it after the big game.

The Spanish derby was a clean defeat of 3:0. This is the third time in a row that Real Madrid has lost the Spanish derby, which is unacceptable to the fans.

The Barcelona media began to laugh again. When Real Madrid suffered three consecutive defeats at the beginning of the season, they laughed and said, "We have one less opponent in the league." Now, after winning the Spanish derby, they are even more unscrupulous.

These Catalans have always found pleasure in mocking Real Madrid.

"Our rival is Valencia." - Mundo Deportivo

"In yesterday's Spanish derby, Barcelona won 3:0 cleanly. This is our third victory. Perhaps, there will be no Spanish derby in the future, because that team (Real Madrid) is not our opponent at all. Whenever they face Barcelona, ​​they all become weak shrimps. This season, we have only one competitor, that is Valencia."

The report of Mundo Deportivo is undoubtedly an extreme irony to Real Madrid. What they mean is that Real Madrid is no longer worthy of being Barcelona's opponent.

Real Madrid is now eight points behind Barcelona in the La Liga. It is indeed not easy to catch up with so many points. Even Valencia, which is ranked second, has four more league points than Real Madrid.

Faced with this situation, the directors of Real Madrid Club finally couldn't bear it anymore!!

You can trust once, twice, but after so many failures, it is foolish to still trust!!

That night, Florentino called together the club's senior managers Sacchi and Butragueno, as well as Real Madrid's director Martinez, to discuss strategies to deal with the current team crisis.

Last season, Real Madrid experienced two coaching changes, which led to the team's performance plummeting. They all knew very well that a temporary coaching change was definitely not a wise choice.

Therefore, Florentino himself could not make a decision. He could only find other people to discuss it together. However, other people had similar ideas. They didn't know what was the best thing to do.

"If we continue like this, is it possible for the team to win the league championship?" In the end, it was Martinez's words that woke everyone in the room up.

Real Madrid's performance is very bad now, and they lost the Spanish derby yesterday. There are more and more voices of opposition among fans. Not to mention that the club should find a direct scapegoat. Even if it continues like this, can Luxemburg really lead the team out of the predicament?

Thinking about the Brazilian who made promises again and again but failed again and again, Florentino no longer believed in him.

Although Florentino had a lot to do with Luxemburgo's entry into Real Madrid, he no longer trusts him now, so it is obvious what to do now.

"We must give the fans an explanation!" Florentino gritted his teeth.

"But who will be the head coach next?" The words of the club's vice president Butragueno made everyone in the room think again.

Since Luxemburg is to be fired, someone must take over this position, which is indeed a difficult problem.

It is December now, and it is impossible for any good coach to come to Real Madrid at this time, and the team must find someone capable of taking over as coach of Real Madrid.

"How about Carlo? The second team has been performing well these days," Sacchi suggested.

"Lopez?"

The people in the room were stunned. Florentino took a puff of cigarette and asked doubtfully, "Is he okay?"

Sacchi nodded and said, "Anyway, let him try first, and we will look for a new replacement after the season is over."

“So what about this season?”

This issue worries everyone. Firing Luxemburg and letting the head coach of the second team take over the coaching position temporarily can indeed give an explanation to the fans, but what should Real Madrid do this season?

Do you really want to give up?

At this time, Florentino calmed his head, thought about it, and then looked up and said: "Don't forget that our 200 million euro man's suspension period is about to end."

Martinez looked up in confusion, "You mean the black-haired kid? But he's been suspended for half a year. Can he find his form as soon as possible? And he's just a player..."

He didn't say anything else, but everyone in the room understood what he meant.

Football is a team sport after all. A high-level coach can indeed make a team take off, but no matter how high the level of a player is, the role he can play is limited.

However, Florentino said: "If he can maintain the efficiency of scoring last season, we still have a chance to succeed."

After hearing this, several people thought about it and nodded.

Last season, Wang Li scored two to three goals almost every time he played. If he could maintain this terrifying efficiency, it would be much easier for Real Madrid to win. Perhaps this could really reverse the team's disadvantage.

However, Martinez still had some disbelief and said: "Can he really do it? I hope so."

No matter how outstanding a player was before, he didn't quite believe in the performance of a player who had been suspended for half a year.

After several people discussed it, President Florentino convened the club's directors and held a special meeting at the Bernabeu to discuss the proposal with everyone.

After discussion, the Real Madrid board accepted the proposal to dismiss Luxemburgo: Luxemburgo's contract with Real Madrid will be terminated, and Real Madrid B team coach Lopez Caro will take over as Real Madrid head coach.

"The Real Madrid board of directors has dismissed Wanderer Luxemburgo as head coach, and the second team coach Lopez Caro has taken over the Real Madrid coaching position!!!"

At 9:30 p.m. local time, Real Madrid TV and the official website announced the news simultaneously.

Afterwards, Real Madrid vice president Butragueno attended a press conference held by the club together with Luxemburgo and team captain Raul.

At the press conference, Butragueno announced that in addition to Luxemburgo's dismissal, the Real Madrid club's board of directors decided that his four assistants would also be terminated along with him.

He then said that sacking Luxemburgo was a difficult decision and that the Brazilian was dismissed due to the team's poor performance and results.

"The team's performance has not met our expectations, which has made the club's leaders and fans very worried." Butragueno said calmly: "This is not an easy decision to make, but the team's situation requires us to make changes."

When talking about the new head coach, Butragueno revealed that Carlo would only serve as the head coach of the first team temporarily: "In the next period of time, after more careful consideration, the club will make the final decision."

Luxemburgo is the fifth head coach fired by Florentino after Bosque, Queiroz, Camacho and Ramon. Luxemburgo took over the Real Madrid coaching position from Ramon on December 30 last year, and he has not yet been in charge of Real Madrid for a full year.

The next morning, an 8v8 internal training match was held at the Real Madrid training ground. What was different from usual times was that this time many Real Madrid executives watched the training match, including club president Florentino, new head coach Carlo and several club directors.

On the court, Wang Li was still assigned to the substitute team.

Facing a group of club executives, the players on the field seemed to have no pressure at all, and their performance remained at a normal level.

On the field, Beckham kicked the ball to the left side of the penalty area. Raul received the ball, dribbled past a defender, and poked the ball hard. The ball rolled from behind a defender towards the penalty area. Ronaldo on the penalty area line, with his chubby body, turned around and wanted to receive the ball and shoot.

However, the ball was intercepted by Guti midway.

"Here, pass it over! Jose!"

In the backcourt of the main team, Wang Li waved for the ball, Guti shook off Ronaldo's counter-attack and without thinking, he passed the ball to the frontcourt. However, this hasty pass was a little off the target, and its quality was like a long kick, and the ball flew directly out of the court.

“Fuck!”

Looking at where the ball landed, even Wang Li, who seldom cursed, couldn't help but utter an English curse. But at the same time, he started walking with steps that left no footprints on the snow, and rushed towards the side at extreme speed.

With a dull thud, the ball hit the grass in front of the sideline and was about to bounce out of bounds. The assistant coach of the team who was acting as the referee was ready to blow the whistle, but a figure wearing a striped jersey of the substitute team suddenly stepped forward and hooked the ball back into the court.

Wang Li finally arrived.

But at this time, Zidane also rushed over to grab the ball.

As a famous French master of court art, Zidane's skills are neither gorgeous nor practical. When Wang Li hooked the ball into the field, it was too late for him to control the ball, and the ball was directly intercepted by Zidane.

Unfortunately, Zidane's skills are indeed good and he plays very seriously, but he trusts his skills too much. He also has a serious shortcoming, which is "slowness", which is reflected in the details.

For example, now, he had clearly grabbed the ball, and after looking up at the front court, he did not pass it to his teammates, but slowly moved forward. When he saw Wang Li running over to steal the ball, he wanted to shake off Wang Li - even if he succeeded, it would be useless.

So, Wang Li used his "shadow leg" and ignored Zidane's "gorgeous" technique, and kicked the ball cleanly. After that, he rushed towards the Real Madrid penalty area with the ball.

It was an 8v8 match on the court, but the main team still attached great importance to Wang Li's defense. Roberto Carlos and Ramos double-teamed him. Facing the defense of these two world-class defenders, Wang Li turned around to protect the ball. After glancing at the penalty area, he first pushed the ball to the left to avoid Carlos's poke, and then strode to the left, caught up with the ball and passed it directly into the penalty area.

In the penalty area, Robinho turned around and raised his foot to easily stop the ball, then shot directly at a small angle.

Faced with this close-range shot, Casillas was unable to react at all, but the ball hit the left post and bounced out of the bottom line, causing a sudden burst of disappointment from the substitute team.

"Alan, that's a great pass!"

Robinho was a little annoyed that the ball didn't go in, and then he immediately gave Wang Li a thumbs up.

After nearly half a year of training, Robinho and Wang Li have become extremely skilled in cooperation. He has always envied Wang Li's passing ability, because every time he stands in the penalty area, as long as he has a good position, Wang Li can almost pass the ball very accurately.

"No, this is not fair, Alan should be on the same team with us!" At this time, the fat Ronaldo ran to the referee who was temporarily acting as an assistant coach and complained.

"No!! Alan has always been on our team."

"But his suspension has ended, and I think he should be the main player of the team!" Ronaldo retorted with a depressed look on his face.

This sentence hits the nail on the head. It is now December and Wang Li's suspension has ended. At least on Real Madrid's training ground, his performance is often the best.

Therefore, although his teammates did not say anything on the surface about Wang Li becoming the team's main force after the suspension period, they recognized it in their hearts. After all, every forward knew that there was indeed some gap between his ability and that of the black-haired boy. Even the team captain Raul recognized this.

Although the players all performed well in the competition for the main position, that was against people with similar levels to themselves. After all, playing football depends on feeling, and no one believes that they will perform worse than others.

However, this black-haired boy was definitely an exception, and they were very confident that they could not perform better than him.

"His abilities are truly comprehensive!" Everyone agreed with this fact.

Wang Li looked calm. He smiled at Ronaldo and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm fine as long as I'm in this team."

Ronaldo looked indifferent. He pouted his fat face and said with a smirk, "Alan, come and pass the ball to me. I haven't scored a goal in a long time."

"then!"

Wang Li kicked the ball hard.

Ronaldo was not far from Wang Li. When he saw the ball whizzing towards him, he was startled and quickly dodged. He said in fear: "conchatumadre ([***])! Do you want to kill someone?"

Wang Li waved his hands and said innocently, "You told me to pass the ball."

While the two were playing around, the new head coach Carlo came forward. Seeing this, the players stopped playing around and looked at the head coach calmly to see what he was going to do.

Facing the gazes of so many big-name stars, Carlo acted very calmly. He raised his hand and said with dignity: "Alan, you and Raul switch places."

As a newly appointed head coach, although only a temporary coach, Carlo knows that he must show his authority to control these stars. Only in this way can he lead Real Madrid out of the predicament.

Taking over as the coach of Real Madrid is an opportunity. If you do well, you may become famous. If you don’t, you will have to return to the second team.

At this time, all the other players on the field looked at Raul with sympathy. They also knew that with the support of the club's board of directors, the new head coach would have to take action. What he had to do now was to establish his authority!

And captain Raul became the first victim.

He became a chicken, and the others became monkeys, but this black-haired boy seemed to have become popular again.

(To be continued)