wWhen Chang Sheng went to work the next day, he saw Lemon downstairs.
Lemon looked at him without speaking, nor did he stop him to ask about the club.
But Chang Sheng saw deep worry in his eyes.
This is the emotion a loyal Getafe fan should feel when he discovers that his club may be doomed.
Seeing the look in his eyes, Chang Sheng felt even more that he should do something to alleviate the pain of these people.
He smiled at Lemon, the first time he had smiled in these days.
"What are you worried about, Lemon?"
"You know what I'm worried about, Chang." Lemon was a little surprised by Chang Sheng's smile.
"Don't worry, Lemon. There's always hope."
"The situation is very bad...The news said that we might go bankrupt and be disbanded, and we would have to go to the regional league to start again...I can't even imagine such a scene..."
Chang Sheng patted him on the shoulder: "Don't listen to the news. Reporters are just a bunch of people who lie and are not responsible. Don't give up until the last moment. I won't give up, so don't give up either."
"do not give up?"
Chang Sheng blinked at him: "Do you still remember your bottle of sherry? I will definitely drink it!"
After saying that, he took his hand off Lemon's shoulder and turned towards the door. At the gate, he turned around and waved to Lemon: "No matter what happens, remember to cheer for Getafe in front of the TV every weekend, Lemon
.”
After saying that, he pushed open the door and walked out, his figure melting into the bright sunshine outside.
After comforting Lemon at the door of the apartment, Chang Sheng discovered that the matter was far from over.
Because he needs to constantly comfort those who seem to be depressed. This includes both his own players and his own colleagues...
On the way to the training ground, he met press officer Alberto Garcia.
Alberto Garcia looked worried and secretly told Chang Sheng that the club would hold a press conference today. If nothing else, it would definitely be related to the debt crisis.
I just don't know whether to admit it or deny it.
Chang Shengxin said that he might have to admit it.
Because there is really no need to deny it, and it cannot be covered up. This matter is not a secret. If someone who is interested will investigate it, it will be clear. There is a lot of ins and outs.
So the club will definitely admit it.
"It really feels like the end of the world..." Alberto Garcia said with emotion after saying this.
"Relax, Alberto. Things won't be that bad." Chang Sheng had to reassure Alberto Garcia. "You represent the image of Getafe. You deal with reporters the most. If you are like this
Well, doesn’t that give reporters more to say?”
Alberto Garcia didn't expect Chang Sheng to say this to him. He thought Chang Sheng would frown and sigh with him.
Chang Sheng looked at the surprised Alberto Garcia and said with a smile: "No matter what happens, don't mess up your position. Don't let those reporters take advantage of it. They are all a group of greedy vultures, just waiting for you.
Tear our bodies apart. Don’t give them a chance like this.”
"But what if the news is really bad in the end?" Alberto Garcia asked with a frown. He always felt that Chang Sheng thought everything was too simple and too beautiful.
Chang Sheng asked him back: "You are the press officer. Alberto, you have seen my pre-match, post-match, and regular press conferences many times, right?"
Alberto Garcia didn't understand why Chang Sheng said this, he nodded.
"Have you ever seen me throw up my hands to those damn reporters after losing?"
Alberto Garcia was stunned when he heard these words.
Chang Sheng smiled even brighter.
"To put it bluntly, it's called a dead duck with a tough mouth - do you know what it means to be a dead duck with a tough mouth? Even though the duck is dead, it still has a tough mouth, which means it means that you will never give in. To put it nicely, it's called never admit defeat."
Chang Sheng patted Alberto Garcia on the shoulder, bid farewell to him who was still dazed, and continued walking towards Las Margarita Sports City.
When Chang Sheng was about to start training for the day, he found that the players' energy was even worse than yesterday.
Obviously these people have learned about the club's troubles through the media reports last night, and also know that the report in "La Castilla" is not a lie or an April Fool's Day joke.
He sighed helplessly. It seemed that he had to continue to appease more people...
However, who calls me the head coach of this team?
When the team encounters difficulties, if the head coach doesn't step forward, will he still sit in a corner and draw circles?
He has never encountered this kind of difficulty. When playing FM games, he will also encounter plots where the team is frozen due to the change of chairman. But that is just a game, and it is simply weak compared to the real life.
exploded.
He just wanted to be a head coach, but he didn't expect that being an excellent head coach requires more than just training and directing the team's games...
Nevertheless, when he is the head coach, he must take the responsibility on his shoulders even if he has no experience in dealing with this kind of thing.
So before the training started, he anxiously gathered all the players into a circle, and then told them that no matter what happened, they must focus on football.
"You are players, guys. You are not supermen or billionaires. Whether you admit it or not, you have nothing to do about the club's affairs. So this is a problem that you are destined to be unable to change. What is the need for you?
What are you worrying about? Play your football and do your job well, that's enough. Now, train hard! We have a game on the weekend!"
As Chang Sheng expected, at the press conference in the afternoon, Getafe Club chairman Flores and manager Moscodo both attended.
Flores admitted in front of many reporters that the rumors that Getafe Club is in debt crisis are indeed true.
After saying this, he leaned back in his chair without saying anything and handed the microphone to Moscodo.
Facing reporters, Mocosto also said that the bank would send an investigation team to Getafe Club, and Getafe Club would definitely cooperate with the bank to do a good job.
Looking at the silent club president, and then listening to Moskovsky talking endlessly.
Many local reporters in Getafe frowned and looked worried. They were all worried about the future of the team and the club.
They found that Flores was much older than before, looking like a man in his 70s or 80s. This had never been seen in Flores before.
This man who once ruled the Getafe club for nine years has always been a powerful figure. Therefore, no matter how many managers like him in Moscow are arrogant, they still act like a dog in front of Flores.
Seeing Flores looking so old, local reporters in Getafe lost confidence in Getafe's future.
After the 21st round of the league, Getafe has seventeen wins, three draws and one loss, scoring 44 goals and conceding only 12 goals. It ranks first in the league with 54 points, and is proud of the rest, having won half of the league.
League Championship.
Such an outstanding performance has never happened since the Getafe team was founded.
Such an achievement deserves to be touted and praised by the media, and it also brings joy and confidence to the Getafe players.
But this is not the case.
Nowadays, the media is all about Getafe's debt crisis.
The fans frowned when they met each other, and when they talked about Getafe Club, they could only sigh.
Even the Getafe team, although it may have a winning streak, actually has an undercurrent surging in private... Some people have already begun to consider what they will do if the team goes bankrupt.
This kind of thing cannot be decided by Chang Sheng. He cannot control the thoughts of every player, and they are all ordinary people with flesh and blood and normal needs. When disaster strikes, they go separate ways. It is human nature, and this is true for couples. Not to mention it is for money.
He is a professional football player. If the team is relegated, many players will leave one after another, let alone if it goes bankrupt or something.
After all, there is a limit to what Chang Sheng can do. He can't control everyone. He doesn't even know whether what he does is useful.
But he has to do it. If he doesn't do it, this team will collapse faster.
The so-called house leak happens only when it rains continuously. When it is so unlucky, it is natural that it will be even more unlucky.
In the 22nd round of the league, before Getafe challenged Cordoba away from home, the team's main defensive midfielder Javi Jimenez was injured again in training.
His injury is also linked to Getafe's recent problems.
Because he was distracted during training, he sprained his ankle. When he was sent to the team doctor, his ankle was obviously swollen, which showed that the injury was serious.
Seeing this scene, Chang Sheng scolded him. He scolded Javi Jimenez and regarded him as a negative example. He told the players on the team that if you don't train well in normal training, then your end will be
I will think like Javi Jimenez - saying goodbye to this season due to injury! Changsheng has decided that even if Jimenez comes back from injury, he will not be given the opportunity to participate in the first team game. He will always have to kill the chicken to show the monkey.
, lest they always think that they are joking.
Although Javi Jimenez performed very well during the team's avoidance of relegation last season, he has to be sacrificed for the win this time.
Nothing is more important than team discipline.
As for who will replace Javi Jimenez, Chang Sheng has also thought about this.
He urgently transferred Yaya Toure, who had been training with the first team but played in the B team, to the first team and gave him qualifications.
In fact, he still has two defensive midfielders, Pulido and Jose Carlos, available.
But Chang Sheng trusts Yaya Toure more. Although he is very young, at least he knows that his ability is not bad.
However, Getafe, which used all its main players, lost to Córdoba 1:3 in the away game and had almost no power to fight back.
Only Senna used a penalty kick to regain a point for the team. This point was scored when the team was already three goals behind, and it had no practical significance at all.
Yaya Toure did not perform well in his first Serie B game. The commentator Crespo ridiculed him as if he was a blind man. He ran around on the court, frequently ruled the court, and gave his opponents too many free kicks.
"He seems not ready yet, he is too young... He should not be allowed to participate in this game. When the Getafe team is at a low ebb, a young man under the age of 18 is expected to save the ball.
The team is a fantasy. This will put more pressure on him..."
Chang Sheng kept waving his arms and roaring loudly on the sidelines throughout the game, reminding the players to concentrate, pay attention to defense, pay attention to counterattacks, and pay attention to everything that should be paid attention to.
But it didn't work, his team lost the game.
The TV broadcast gave Chang Sheng a close-up shot, and his livid face was clearly visible.
Lemon, who was watching the game live on TV in the concierge, frowned tightly.
He heard what Chang Sheng said to himself.
Don't give up?
Chang. In fact, this is not your responsibility, why are you still so stubborn?
Even I, a Getafe fan, want to accept my fate, why don't you, a foreigner, give up?
At the post-match press conference, reporters surrounded Chang Sheng with victor's eyes, trying to force him to admit his defeat in person.
But Chang Sheng always kept his head high, not at all as decadent and depressed as he had just lost 1:3.
He even refused to admit defeat.
"I'm proud of the performance of the team, we just had less luck... Yaya Toure? He performed well and I thought he performed well considering it was his first official league game. There was pressure.
Too big? I don’t think there is any pressure on him, we don’t have anyone to put pressure on him. He is very relaxed in the team... Crisis in the club? This is not a question that I should answer. I suggest you ask the manager Moscodo, who
There must be more than I know... No, I don't think the crisis at the club has affected the performance of the team, we have won seventeen games so far this season. Counting this game, we have only lost two,
We are still first in the league, why should I be unhappy?"
He used his actual actions to demonstrate to Alberto Garcia, the press officer in front of the TV, what it meant to be "a stubborn duck", or "to refuse to admit defeat."
He played a tough image in front of the media. When Chang Sheng returned to his team, he was even tougher to the end - he was unwilling to show his weak side in front of reporters, and he was even less willing to let his subordinates think that
He has no choice but to resign himself to fate. As the team's head coach, he must first not lose the courage to continue fighting.
After returning to Getafe, Chang Sheng scolded every player, and while his prestige was still effective, he would do everything possible to get the team back on track.
The so-called "doing your best in human affairs and obeying the destiny of heaven" means that "doing your best in human affairs" also comes before obeying the destiny of heaven. You should always talk about "doing your best in human affairs".
The team's problem now is not technical or tactical, but mental.
Chang Sheng could only use harsh words to stimulate them.
Maybe his harsh words had an effect, or maybe the Getafe players weren't willing to let this sink in.
In short, in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals three days later, Getafe faced Granada from Group B at home.
Facing this team that is one level below them, Getafe finally showed their strength as the first team in the second division.
Won 4:0 at home, clean and tidy.
It also brought some joy and comfort to the worried Getafe fans - the club has been in deep crisis, at least the team is still normal, maybe they have come out of the crisis?
The most important thing for the club is to change its owner. Who should be the owner? Isn’t that right? As long as the team’s performance is good, that’s all.
This is what fans value most.
The victory in the Copa del Rey instantly restored the confidence of many people, believing that it would not be a problem for the team to upgrade this season, and it would not be a problem to take a step closer to the Copa del Rey.
Even Getafe's coaches are gradually smiling more and more. The atmosphere within the Getafe team is getting better little by little, and the players are gradually becoming more attentive in training.
Sure enough, victory is the best panacea for all wounds.
As long as we can win, the debt crisis will not be worth mentioning.
Everyone's previously frowning brows are unfurling. Only Chang Sheng's brows will become more and more furrowed in private.
Because he knows that the payday once a month is coming soon...
Every club's payday is different, which is the same as every company's payday is different.
There are also some clubs in Spain that do not have a monthly salary system, but an annual salary system, that is, half of the salary is paid first every year, and the remaining half is paid together with bonuses at the end of the season - if there are bonuses.
But Getafe is not. Getafe has a monthly salary system, which means that the salary is paid once a month, not once a year.
Getafe's payday is on the fifth day of every month. If there is a holiday, it will be postponed one to two days later.
For young players who spend money without restraint and have no plan for financial management, this day is the happiest day. It means that they are rich again, escape from poverty and become the middle class, although the life of the middle class is too difficult.
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In order to enhance this sense of happiness, the club's salaries are paid in cash. I was busy from morning to night on this day, paying out the salaries of all the players, coaches, and club staff of each echelon of the club. The members of the club's financial department
The staff were almost exhausted.
However, no matter how many people are receiving salaries, they seem to especially enjoy the feeling of lining up to enter a small room, then receiving the envelope with their name on it, and squeezing the thickness with their fingers.
But on Monday, February 5, 2001, when Getafe players and staff went to the finance room to collect their wages as usual, they were surprised to find that the door to the finance room was closed and a notice was posted above it.
Everyone who went to collect their wages finally gathered in front of the notice, watching and discussing it.
More and more people gathered, and the voices of discussion became louder and louder, including players and staff.
Chang Sheng did not join in the fun because he already knew the result.
He only felt that the end of this club and this team had come...
On February 5, the bank officially announced that it would freeze the capital account of Getafe Club and stop paying all salaries. (To be continued) m
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