The morning sun in Madrid was bright, and the chill of late autumn could not be felt at all.
In the bedroom with the curtains still drawn, Qin Xiong sat by the bed and read today's newspaper. He had breakfast made by the nanny in his hand, and he enjoyed it while reading the newspaper.
He did not usually have these habits.
Breakfast was also prepared by Sylvia, but Sylvia was now sleepy, and the due date was getting closer and closer. Qin Xiong naturally could not let her overwork herself, so he hired a nanny. Now there was also a private doctor and nurse living in his villa.
If there were any unexpected situations, someone would be able to react in time.
Qin Xiong was engrossed in reading the newspaper's commentary on last weekend's La Liga. Sometimes the professional commentary in the newspaper was very meaningful.
He was holding Marca in his hand.
"Barcelona at full throttle is now like a power train, moving forward at full speed under the leadership of Guardiola. In the process of seven consecutive wins, there are four big wins: 6: 1 against Sporting Gijón and Atlético Madrid, 5: 0 against Almería and 4: 1 against Malaga, scoring a total of 27 goals and conceding only 6. For the first time in two seasons, they are at the top of the La Liga table.
Barcelona's crazy state easily reminds people of last season's Real Madrid!
Like Real Madrid, they destroyed their opponents without mercy. Not only did they take away the victory of the game, but they also took away the opponent's dignity and nailed the opponent to the pillar of shame!
It was not necessarily to say that Barcelona had been reborn, but it was certain that they had changed. Even if Ronaldinho and Deco left, the main framework was still the players used in the Rijkaard era, because this change was a fundamental qualitative change from the locker room, from the players' hearts to the field, and the key was the arrival of Guardiola.
After the 4: 1 victory over Malaga on the muddy field, Marcos said, 'Compared to last season, we are completely different now. The new coach has brought us a lot of things since he took over the team, especially psychologically. Now everything is different. The players are ambitious again. With a new coach and new players, we are ushering in a new era. '
On the day of the game against Malaga, most of Spain was plagued by heavy rain. It was not until an hour and a half before the game that the rain in the Rose Garden stadium gradually lessened.
The main referee, Velasco, hoped that both sides would overcome the difficulties in the field and persist in the game. The Malaga players immediately entered the field and found a patch of turf with relatively less water to warm up. The Barcelona players were not in a hurry to warm up. Instead, they gathered together for a small meeting in the area with the most water.
The players repeated Guardiola's technical and tactical requirements and mentally prepared themselves for the difficulties ahead. This detail was not to be underestimated. In the following game, the Malaga people discovered that even though Barcelona's players were mostly technical players, they were not careless in terms of physical play. Barcelona committed 24 fouls in the entire game, which was five more than Malaga, who had committed the second most fouls in the first eight rounds of La Liga.
Malaga had just won four consecutive games in La Liga and their morale was at its peak. Even the manager, Tapia, admitted, 'We hope to play Barcelona in the rainy weather because we have specially trained the players' physical fitness. We hope that the field can offset their technical advantage and then we can use the drop tactics to find opportunities. '
They did it for a while. Not long after Xavi scored, Duda used the chaos to equalize the score.
However, the Malaga players clearly did not learn from the experience of teams like Sporting de Gijón and Almería, because the deployment of such tactics gave Barcelona too much space in the front field. Although the field conditions were not good, Barcelona's players still found a way to break the goal, and that was a set piece.
After that, Messi and Alves both used the free kick opportunity to complete the goal.
Xavi concluded, 'Our set piece tactics have improved compared to before. We often practice in training. As for who takes the penalty, it depends on the situation on the field. In the game against Malaga, it was mainly Alves and me who took the penalty.' "
Putting down Marca, Qin Xiong was deep in thought. He had not been watching Barcelona's games recently, but through the constant reading of the game reports and the crazy momentum of Barcelona, he felt that it was necessary to watch more of Barcelona's games during the break to understand the changes that had happened to the team!
In his third year at Real Madrid, Qin Xiong experienced the different philosophical differences in the development and construction of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Barcelona had the godfather, Cruyff, but Real Madrid did not have such an important role behind the scenes to promote the reform of the club.
From the beginning of the season, when Cruyff supported Guardiola, Qin Xiong paid more attention to Cruyff's actions. He felt that this was also a kind of experience. It might not be of much use now, but it might be useful in the future.
Picking up another newspaper and finding Cruyff's column, Qin Xiong continued to read.
"Guardiola is a low-key manager. After the team lost to Poland's Cracovia (0: 1) and Numancia (1: 0), and then drew with Racing Santander (1: 1), many people said that Guardiola was just a manager who had just been promoted from the Serie C.
At that time, I said that Barcelona's situation was very good, but my words attracted a lot of ridicule.
Now, some of them have begun to advocate that Guardiola is a magical manager.
Others were ashamed of their previous words and did not say anything else.
After two months and eight or nine victories, people began to compare the current Barcelona team with the "Dream Team" of the past. For the fans and the media, it was understandable that such a topic could be used for entertainment. But for Guardiola, such a comparison was very outrageous.
Fortunately, Guardiola knew how to deal with such extreme optimism, because he himself had a similar experience. In his opinion, the better the situation was, the more cautious the team should be.
After the 5: 0 victory over Switzerland's FC Basel in the away game, Guardiola said that such a result was not necessarily a good thing for the weekend's league. And after the 5: 0 home victory over Almeria, he once again called on the club and the fans to keep a clear head.
He knew that the season had just begun and the team had not won any glory.
When you frequently receive praise from all sides, you must be careful, because in such a situation, it is easy to believe what others say and lose your mind.
I am not talking about the manager here, but the players. Now, Guardiola's task was even more important, because not only did he have to lead the team to good results, but he also had to try his best to prevent the players from being affected by the outside world's praise.
Everyone wants to work in an environment where everything goes smoothly, but if everything goes too smoothly, people tend to lose their way.
The first to be affected is the individual, followed by the team as a whole. Football is a collective sport. If some of the individuals lose their way, then the team's performance as a whole will decline.
You know, everything has just begun, and the team will encounter setbacks sooner or later. In the course of an entire season, any team will experience at least a period of slump.
If a team wants to achieve something, then they can only experience two slumps at most.
Therefore, the key to the problem is not whether there is such a slump, but to try to shorten the duration of the slump and reduce its impact on the team's performance.
Winning does not mean playing well, and losing does not mean playing poorly. The analysis of the team should never be based on the score of the game.
Expectations for the future should be based on the short and medium term, and should not be based on the wonderful performance of the past game. "
For some reason, Qin Xiong felt refreshed after reading Cruyff's column.
Barcelona's Godfather's words were like pearls of wisdom, and it could even be said that some of the situations in the article were reversed to reflect the abuses that were happening in Real Madrid.
It was no wonder that Barcelona could suddenly burst with the energy to rise again at their lowest point.
Qin Xiong walked to the bedside after he got dressed and kissed Sylvia's cheek gently, who was still sleeping soundly, before he left the house.
Today, he was going to report to Real Madrid's training base and officially return to the team to participate in the training!
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