Mourinho received a dinner invitation from Florentino on the night after the game against Levante.
Karanka was also on Lafayette's invitation list, and with him that night, he met and dined with two Real Madrid coaches, including club CEO Sanchez and the head of public relations.
This was not a completely private dinner, because photos of several people meeting and greeting each other and entering the hotel quickly circulated on the Internet.
Obviously, Lafayette expressed his attitude personally at the end. He just wanted to show the outside world that he supported Mourinho.
Even if he doesn't really like some of the conservative tactics Mourinho sometimes arranges.
But he can distinguish between public and private matters, and he also knows that internal stability is the most important thing for Real Madrid at this time.
As soon as these photos were circulated, public opinion immediately dropped.
At least the Real Madrid fans who were still complaining before have sobered up now.
After all, if you think about it carefully, Mourinho only criticized the media the day before, and he didn't say anything bad about his fans at all.
After today's game, Mourinho and his players repeatedly thanked the Real Madrid fans who traveled with the team.
Comparing the public opinion environment and vocal attitudes of both sides, this small group of Real Madrid fans also felt the shortcomings of their approach this time.
If the fans don't participate, no matter how much "Marca" and "AS" dance happily, at least Real Madrid's basic front is:
The players, club, coaching staff, and fans have all stabilized.
It can only be said that Lafayette's gesture was indeed very timely.
When Li Ang saw the relevant news that night, he knew that no matter how this wave of public opinion developed, there would be no problem within the Real Madrid team.
If Lafayette doesn't want chaos, then whoever touches it will suffer severely.
And don’t look at the back-stabbing of Madrid’s two major newspapers without any psychological pressure.
When Real Madrid wins the Club World Cup in December and truly becomes the six-time champion, then these two newspapers will definitely be the ones hyping it the most.
He finally saw through that the so-called club mouthpieces were actually all about profits first.
Each of these news media is a family, and they are all those who have breasts and are mothers, and they can fall out with each other at any time.
The most important thing is that Real Madrid, including Lafayette, has not been able to completely fall out with these two newspapers.
If you are unhappy, you can only endure it, and continue to cooperate if necessary in the future. It is all a matter of interest.
What Li Ang remembers is that at the end of 2012, "Marca" dug into the conflicts in the Real Madrid locker room and almost tore apart Mourinho's Real Madrid.
But later, Real Madrid Club and "Marca" still cooperated like nothing happened.
There must be more considerations at the club level, and Li Ang can understand it.
But in comparison, Li Ang still prefers Mourinho's handling method.
I can take one or two steps back from you, but if you still dare to force me to take a third step back, then stop playing around, I will just flip the table!
Public opinion will be disgusted, but at least this tone is out. If he leads the team to win the championship later, these media will still have to post and ask for interviews.
After feeling relieved for a moment, Li Ang thought for a moment and sent a message to his teammates' chat group to "alert" his teammates.
The general idea is actually very simple, that is to say, I will try my best not to accept interviews from any reporters in the near future.
Not to mention being pushed around, it might even make the club's senior management dissatisfied, which is totally useless.
This reminder is actually normal, because Li Ang has often spoken in the group to praise the recent performance of his teammates, and sometimes occasionally complained about the public opinion traps reporters deliberately dug when interviewing him.
All the Real Madrid players in the group knew that Li Ang didn't like to deal with popular newspaper reporters.
So it makes sense for him to specifically post these words tonight.
We just won the game in the afternoon, and the other Real Madrid players were in a good mood, and they all responded jokingly to tease Li Ang.
After seeing a positive reply from captain Casillas, Li Ang put down his phone with satisfaction.
For others, a reminder might be enough, but for his old captain, Li Ang felt it was necessary to always find opportunities to keep his mind clear.
After all, the female reporter is Casillas's bedfellow, so it's too easy to tell a story.
After some reminders about turning, Li Ang also touched the back of his head with emotion.
"I'm really heartbroken that this family won't be broken up."
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On the morning of November 13, after a day off, the main players of Real Madrid's first team reported to the training base and started normal preparation training.
Barcelona won again in the last round of the league, beating Mallorca 4-1. This result also made Real Madrid's first team players completely lose interest in paying attention to the league standings in real time.
There is no need to expect their biggest opponent to lose their lead. The only thing they need to do now is to focus on maintaining their own form.
Real Madrid should still need to play six more league rounds before the Christmas holiday.
But because Real Madrid had to fly to Japan to play in the Club World Cup during this period, the sixteenth round of La Liga will definitely be postponed.
Therefore, the current league goal of Real Madrid generals is very simple.
Before the Christmas holiday comes, win another five consecutive league victories, and then spend this Christmas without any psychological burden!
With a short-term goal in mind, everyone's performance on the training ground was also very positive.
Mourinho, who had just received Lafayette's promise of support, was also relieved. He has been praising people on the training ground a lot more recently.
On November 16, the well-prepared Real Madrid main players followed the coaching staff and set off early for Bilbao.
Although Athletic Bilbao ended up only finishing tenth in La Liga last season.
But neither Real Madrid players nor Real Madrid fans dare to take this tough Basque Lions lightly.
To be on the safe side, Mourinho also did not rotate an important main player.
The 4,231 starting lineup even showed his respect for Athletic Bilbao.
But after the two sides started playing, Real Madrid's players truly felt the sharp decline in the strength of Athletic Bilbao.
With the departure of Javi Martinez and the absence of main center Llorente, Athletic Bilbao has suffered a huge loss on both offense and defense.
Mourinho still underestimated the serious decline in the morale of Athletic Bilbao.
When Martinez was poached by Bayern in the summer window by paying liquidated damages, it was actually okay. The main reason was that Athletic Bilbao was too ruthless and cold in dealing with Llorente's desire to transfer.
It is understandable that players want to aspire to wealthy clubs.
Especially after seeing Martinez successfully switch to Bayern, Llorente, who had performed well in the previous few seasons, naturally had the idea of taking a further step in his career.
But he hit a brick wall, and Athletic Bilbao's top brass refused to let him go.
Just like when he refused to let Martinez go to Real Madrid.
Bayern eventually poached Martinez by paying liquidated damages.
But Llorente, who is now almost thirty years old, naturally does not receive the treatment of being forcibly poached.
He felt very angry and didn't understand why his home team, which he had played for for nearly ten years, treated him like this.
But Athletic Bilbao's club brass also have reasons to be angry.
Their business philosophy is to only use players of Basque descent, so they have always pursued a "more in, less out" policy in transfers.
Unless the main players they buy are old, no longer in good condition, or their contracts have expired, they will basically not actively sell these main players during the contract period.
It can be said that Athletic Bilbao rarely takes the initiative to sell its core players.
Xia Chuang was forced to poach Martinez, and even though he received a liquidated damages of 40 million, the anger of the top management of Athletic Bilbao was far greater than the joy.
At this moment, they are still fighting with Bayern, wanting to complain and litigate, so Llorente's transfer application has completely hit the target.
The two sides couldn't reach an agreement, and both felt very annoyed. The more angry Athletic Bilbao executives directly pushed Llorente to death on the bench after introducing veteran Aduriz.
An outstanding center who is at the peak of his career is still a fake youth training member of Athletic Bilbao. If you say it is useless, it is really useless.
How could the rest of Athletic Bilbao's players not be affected?
When Li Ang saw Llorente's lonely figure on the bench before the game started, he still felt sad.
It is difficult for Llorente to make breakthroughs after sitting on the bench for a year.
Even if he successfully transfers to a wealthy team in the future, he will only be able to perform at the same level as he once performed at Athletic Bilbao.
This top center in La Liga, who scored 28 goals and 6 assists in 53 appearances last season, was ruthlessly scrapped by his home team!
This cold reality made Li Ang's mind become clearer and clearer during the game.
Regarding Athletic Bilbao's actions, Li Ang cannot be said to be biased or disgusted.
After all, this is part of the business, and Athletic Bilbao will act according to the contract, so there is nothing to say.
But he just felt that he was in a restless mood.
He needs to let off some serious steam!
So today's Athletic Bilbao forwards Gomez and Susaeta, who were ambushing behind Aduriz, were in bad luck.
After playing for about 20 minutes in the first half, neither of them dared to take the ball too much in front of Li Ang.
It was completely numb!
Li Ang's excellent defensive performance made Athletic Bilbao's offense particularly difficult.
After all, Adulis still needs teammates to support the traditional center who delivers cannonballs.
Li Ang cut off the contact between the other two strikers and him. He stood in Real Madrid's penalty area and had no effect.
On the contrary, Real Madrid did not lack the ball at all on the counterattack.
In the 28th minute of the first half, Ronaldo received Modric's pass and scored the first goal of the game.
As for Athletic Bilbao, Muniain made it past halftime, but faced with Li Ang's ruthless sweep and interception, he was completely helpless.
This scene made He Wei extremely excited. In the studio, he directly spit out a string of commentary that was destined to become another classic quotation:
"I can't beat Li Ang, but I'm not qualified to face Pepe and Ramos!"
What else is there to say in detail about blind dates, gentlemen?
The daughter of my mother’s friend is a primary school Chinese teacher in our small county, and she is one year younger than me.
But the foodie really didn't have the heart to talk about it now, so he treated the family to a meal and milk tea and then left.
How can we fall in love as a wage earner who hasn’t saved enough money and doesn’t even own an RV?
If we really can’t talk, it’s better not to delay others.
After earning the RV, let’s reassure my parents first before talking about this matter. Foodies still have this in mind.
Thank you for your concern, I will save some manuscripts now, and I will take a rest early~
(End of chapter)
