With Chu Zhongtian's assist and C. Ronaldo's goal, Real Madrid finally won the away game, and they continued their unbeaten record against Atletico Madrid for twelve years.

This is something to be happy about, but it may not be the case for Mourinho.

After the game, the media were talking about this game with relish, but Mourinho criticized Chu Zhongtian, Ramos and Bale in public during the team's first training.

"I remember I told you during the halftime that both full-backs should not press the assists at the same time. Have you both forgotten what I said?" Mourinho asked with his eyes wide open.

Bale lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. Ramos looked aside, only Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho looked at each other.

"Don't participate in the game against Arsenal in the end. As for when you will come back, it depends on your performance." Mourinho did not ask more, but simply announced the result.

There was a small commotion in the team.

Many people looked at Chu Zhongtian, Ramos and Bell in surprise.

Even Bale, who had been lowering his head and Ramos who were looking next to him, looked at Mourinho.

Chu Zhongtian lowered his head.

Everyone felt that the punishment was too severe. You should know that except Bale, these three people are all unstoppable main players... Chu Zhongtian did not expect Mourinho to really do such a thing. And this was his decision alone. He asked Bale and Ramos to press at the same time, but now he involved them. He felt that it was unfair to do so.

If a person is punished, he feels nothing.

Mourinho ignored everyone's surprised eyes and waved his hand: "Let's do it, start training!" After saying that, he stepped aside, and assistant coach Kalanca walked up and blew the whistle in his mouth: "Okay, train, guys!"

Everyone started a new day of training with their own worries under the leadership of Kalanka.

During the warm-up running lap, Chu Zhongtian ran beside Ramos and Bell, apologizing to them: "I'm sorry... I'm implicating you..."

Ramos waved his hand: "It's okay, I just want to take a break!" He said this on his lips. In fact, he still cared about being excluded from the Champions League roster. With his arrogant personality, being treated like this, and not scolding Mourinho on the spot, it was already a sign of Mourinho's prestige, but the depression in his heart could not be eliminated in a short while.

Chu Zhongtian could tell how unhappy he was from his gritting teeth, and it was not easy to stimulate him anymore. He went to find Bell again.

Bale shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly. In fact, he is the most innocent here. First of all, he is not very strong in the pressing position. Secondly, he was completely used by Chu Zhongtian as a layout. After he pressed, he did not really participate in the attack, just to make Atletico Madrid believe that the two full-backs of Real Madrid really had assists. There was a lot of room behind him to attract as many people as possible at Atletico Madrid. Moreover, after Chu Zhongtian made a "passing mistake", he was the first to return to defense. When Chu Zhongtian cut the ball off, he had already returned to defense.

So he was actually quite wronged. But no matter how much grievances he had at this time, it was useless. Who would he tell him? Bale is a newcomer to the team. He still can't speak Spanish and cannot communicate with more teammates. He doesn't have many friends in the team.

Chu Zhongtian went over and patted Bell on the shoulder.

"I'm sorry." He apologized to Bale and involved the little monkey. He felt the most guilty thing about Chu Zhongtian. Ramos was heartless and didn't care much. After all, Ramos is an old minister in the team. He has a deep foundation in Real Madrid. Even if he loses favor for a while, he will soon be able to regain the chance of the game. As long as he does not start for two consecutive games, Madrid's media will shine the flag for him, questioning whether there is any conflict between Mourinho and Ramos? And Ramos can also go directly to Florentino, let Real Madrid's big boss support him, put pressure on Mourinho, and can always return to the starting lineup.

Bale is different. He just came to the team and couldn't know a few people. He had a normal relationship with everyone and had a poor language. As a newcomer, he was originally a rotation player and lacked a fixed opportunity to show himself. Now he was still thrown into the cold palace because of his own reasons. Maybe he would lose the opportunity to play, just like Pedro Leon last season... If it was because of himself that Bale's career at Real Madrid ended so quickly, Chu Zhongtian would really feel very guilty and uneasy.

So first he has to apologize to Bell.

Bell shook his head with a wry smile, and said nothing else.

Chu Zhongtian didn't know how to say anything more, but he had made up his mind to talk to Mourinho alone after the training, explain the situation clearly, and help the two teammates return to the starting lineup.

※※After the training, Chu Zhongtian went straight to Mourinho.

He knew where Mourinho's office was and didn't need to ask anyone else. The head coach's office was close to the training ground, with a huge floor-to-ceiling glass window that allowed you to directly see the training ground. Mourinho works here.

Chu Zhongtian walked around and went to the main door to knock on the door.

Mourinho was working inside and said without raising his head when he heard the knock on the door: "Please come in."

Chu Zhongtian pushed the door open and entered.

Mourinho looked up and saw that it was him, not surprised, and looked at him with expressionless expression on his face.

"I want to explain a few things to you, coach." Chu Zhongtian said straight to the point.

Mourinho curled his lips and reached out to signal him to sit down and say.

After sitting down on the sofa in front of the desk, Chu Zhongtian continued, "I hope that coach, you can cancel the punishment for Sergio and Gareth."

"oh?"

"I know why you were angry, but this matter has nothing to do with them, it was my decision alone."

"Decide?"

"Yes." Chu Zhongtian nodded, "It's the solution I came up with, otherwise I'm not sure if we can take three points away from the away game."

"What's the meaning?"

"I know the draw is nothing for us, but I prefer victory."

"Do you think we won't win if we keep playing like that?"

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "I didn't say that. I just think I have a way to win faster, and there is no need to drag it until the last moment. No one knows what will happen later."

"So let Ramos and Bale press forward, and then make a mistake in passing... you planned it alone?" Mourinho asked.

In fact, after C. Ronaldo scored, Mourinho did not have such an idea, but soon he denied himself. He did not think that a player was capable and could plan all his reactions with his opponent. He thought that it was a coincidence, so Chu Zhongtian was just lucky, and he still made a fatal mistake and could not be spared easily.

Any player who dares to challenge his authority will end up in a miserable way.

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

Seeing him nodding, Mourinho stood up from his seat and walked around to his desk.

"How could you plan to get it?" He was a little unbelievable.

Chu Zhongtian spread his hands and explained to Mourinho how he planned this attack.

"...I think Atletico Madrid is always waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. Although they seemed to be unthreatening before that time, and they did not get any results in a limited number of counterattacks. But I don't think Flores's team is willing to get a draw at their home court. After all, it's their home court, and they have not won us in the 19 league games. This is a city derby, not an ordinary league, so Atletico Madrid must really want to win..."

Chu Zhongtian’s statement makes sense, and Mourinho agrees with this because he also thinks so. He doesn’t think that the low-key performance of Atletico Madrid before is a sign of giving up.

Mourinho did not interrupt, but listened to Chu Zhongtian continue.

"So I think we should find a way to use their psychology to score another goal. After leading, even Atletico Madrid scores another goal, it will only equalize the score, which can hit their fighting spirit."

"So you directed that drama?" Mourinho asked.

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Yes. Atletico Madrid was very careful in both defense and counterattack. He quickly returned to defense during defense, and his formation was not chaotic. He invested very little troops during attack, obviously because he was afraid of our fast attack style. I think it would be difficult for us to score goals if they always look like this..."

"So you have to draw them out?" Mourinho asked in.

"Well. If they refuse to invest more troops in the offense, our offense will be difficult. But if neither of our fullbacks come forward to assist, Atletico Madrid's offense will not dare to invest more troops. Therefore, I let Sergio and Gareth come forward to assist."

"And then you deliberately pass the football wrong?"

Mourinho asked. If the answer is yes, then the person in front of him would be too terrifying... He counted every reaction between his opponent and himself, and opponents like Asongsang became part of his plan.

"It was my intention." Chu Zhongtian admitted.

Mourinho leaned forward and stared at him and asked word by word: "How are you sure he will do what you imagined after receiving the ball?"

This is also the biggest basis for Mourinho to deny Chu Zhongtian's so-called "planning theory" - even if you can arrange your teammates, how can you advance the opponent in advance? What if he does not follow your ideas, but is completely opposite to what you think?

So Mourinho felt that this approach was too ridiculous and could not be true.

"Because he can only pass the ball to the side where Sergio is." Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian said it was confident.

"Why?" Mourinho asked.

"Because Garez did not push too far, he still considered your instructions, so he just pushed up a little, giving Atletico Madrid players the illusion of 'he wants to push assists', but he may not really push up at all costs. He is a new player and he cannot be too presumptuous. So his push up is definitely not too large. With this, Atletico Madrid's offense is unlikely to be put there, because Garez can quickly return to defense, and it doesn't make any sense to attack the wing where he is."

Chu Zhongtian talked freely, but it seemed like he was giving Mourinho a tactical lesson.

Mourinho was shocked when he heard this. If Chu Zhongtian took into account the differences in actions brought about by Gareth Bale's identity, then this person... was really the most special player he had ever seen.

He even felt that Chu Zhongtian was a waste of talent as a player, and he should be the head coach... "So as long as Asongsang is not confused, he will definitely attack the wing where Sergio is. Because Sergio was almost pressed on the opponent's 30-meter line at that time, and it was too late to return to defense. Only the space behind him can be used."

"So you were running to the side while the opponent passed the ball?" Mourinho was surprised, but his face was still expressionless.

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

"That's great, how can you be sure that you can block Reyes's ball in one-on-one defense? What if he passes a little earlier than you expected?" Mourinho continued.

Chu Zhongtian also continued to answer: "Pepe's interception interfered with his judgment. He thought he had passed our last defensive player. At this time, most players would not choose to pass the ball, but chose to drive the ball forward until the penalty area. The most important point..." Chu Zhongtian looked at Mourinho and found that his face was still expressionless, so he continued, "I have confidence in my one-on-one defensive ability."

Of course he was confident. Before Reyes stopped urgently, he knew that this man was going to stop urgently. He knew what he was going to do before his opponent, so how could he not win?

But there is no way to tell Mourinho here, so he can only explain it with this extreme confidence. Anyway, experts are always a little conceited, so it may not be wrong to say so.

Sure enough, Mourinho did not question his confidence. Chu Zhongtian's one-on-one defensive ability has been reflected a lot in daily training. In last season's Champions League match, Mourinho also discovered it. Rangnick only used Chu Zhongtian as an offensive player, so Chu Zhongtian does not often show his ability in defense. But no one dares to deny his defensive ability, especially one-on-one defensive ability, which can freeze Messi in the Champions League final, and Chu Zhongtian has already demonstrated his strength.

So when he said this, Mourinho didn't think anything was wrong. Moreover, the defense on the wing is simpler than the defense in the middle, and there are not many directions that the wing players can choose, so the defensive players can easily judge his plans, so the success rate of the ball interception will be very high, which is not surprising.

Besides, Chu Zhongtian's interception was indeed very beautiful. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Reyes had just stopped urgently and his body was not fully regained due to inertia, he rushed forward and poked the ball out. This opportunity was very good, and it would not be effective at any time sooner or later.

Chu Zhongtian's explanation is very reasonable and impeccable.

But can he convince Mourinho in this way?

Mourinho had a stern face, no emotional fluctuations were seen on his face: "You said it very well. But you still have to be suspended."

Chu Zhongtian said in shock: "Why?"

"First of all, you have to be clear that I am the head coach of this team, you are not." Mourinho pointed at Chu Zhongtian and said, "I have absolute authority here. Secondly, you have the right gambling this time, but what about the next time? Can you guarantee that every decision you make will succeed?"

"I admit that this is a bit risky...but you can't always stick to the rules in football games, you have to take a little risk!"

"Yes, you always have to take risks, but not at this time. But at a time when you have to." In fact, Mourinho is indeed a bit conservative in his bones. Although his risky behavior is not less than Chu Zhongtian at all, he often chooses to replace a defender after being sent off and falling behind in the score. He also made a bet on the right track after doing this several times in a row.

But just as he said, these gamblings were made under unscrupulous circumstances. If everything was normal, he would not have chosen such radical approach.

"It's too late to take risks if you have to force yourself to take risks!" Chu Zhongtian retorted. He didn't want to force himself to a desperate situation every time, and hope that the small universe would explode. It would work once or twice, and everyone would be aesthetically tired every time... Mourinho shrugged: "That's your opinion, but now I'm the head coach, so you have to listen to me."

Chu Zhongtian suddenly felt that this scene was quite impressed by the atmosphere of negotiations with Mourinho before leaving Chelsea. He seemed to be quite calm, but he didn't know how he would become like this... Now he is no longer the young man who was full of energy before. Now that he wants to play football in other people's teams, there is no need to break the relationship with the head coach.

He chose to remain silent, then said goodbye to Mourinho and walked out.

After Mourinho watched him leave, he turned on the video recorder and took out the videotape of the game between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid from the data cabinet and inserted it into the video recorder.

He quickly went to the scene where Ronaldo scored a goal, and then stared at the TV screen carefully.

Bale did seem hesitant to press down, but Ramos rushed forward very quickly. Bale is new and seems very cautious about the authority of the head coach. What about Ramos? Mourinho remembers that he had a conflict with him when he first came to Real Madrid. Last season, rumors about him and Ramos were not stopped. Ramos was obviously not afraid of his head coach... Did Chu Zhongtian even consider these?

At first he thought Chu Zhongtian was lying and trashing. But now... he had to believe in his heart that what he said might be true... Chu Zhongtian gave him a special tactical class.
Chapter completed!