Chapter 520 Mourinho’s Linear Thinking

Whether a person likes a country or not, don't listen to what he says, but see whether he will go to that country for vacation in his spare time.

Mourinho does not like Russia. Although he has been to Russia many times, he has always led the team to play games and has never visited or traveled in a private capacity. Today he came to Moscow alone, not because he liked this country, but just on a whim to watch the Portuguese national team play live.

Mourinho has always been interested in coaching the Portuguese national team and he loves his homeland. But now his coaching career is at its peak, traveling among wealthy clubs, earning the first annual salary of a head coach in world football, and it is not time to join the national team to honor his seniority.

But he still pays close attention to the national team, not because of anything else, this is his motherland.

The Portuguese national team has three current club players under Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Coentrao, and Pepe. They all started at the Luzhniki Stadium today, but unfortunately, they have been unable to handle Russia. Capello His team is just like himself, corrupt but always cunning.

There are not many top players in Portugal now. Mourinho believes that except for Ronaldo and Pepe, others including Coentrao are still underdeveloped. Whether Nani, Postiga or Meireles, they are only semi-first-rate. .

From the perspective of a bystander, Mourinho can also see that Ronaldo is lonely in the national team and does not have very strong helpers.

After the first two rounds of the 2014 World Cup European Qualifiers, Portugal defeated two famous rivals, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan, 2:1 and 3:0. Cristiano Ronaldo only scored one goal in the two games, completely missing his recent double line in Real Madrid. The majesty of firing with all your might.

In Real Madrid's recent three league games and two Champions League games, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 10 goals in every game. Before the international match day, in the La Liga El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals and led the team to a 2:2 draw at Camp Nou. to Barcelona.

But Ronaldo is lonely in the national team.

Mourinho admires Ronaldo's professionalism very much. Although he and Ronaldo are not close at all personally and even deliberately distance themselves from each other, Mourinho believes that this is exactly what is needed between people. The most suitable living condition.

In Mourinho's view, except for family members, everyone should not be too close to other people. People are solitary creatures living in groups, especially psychologically. They need to maintain an appropriate distance, and then each perform their duties within this distance without interfering with each other without crossing the line.

Mourinho and Ronaldo are both in this state. Mourinho calls this professionalism.

Mourinho believes that he and Cristiano Ronaldo will never become friends. Friendship is a pseudo-concept, or even just a literary modification. The survival interaction between people is made very hypocritical by such an artistic word as friend.

I and Ronaldo are colleagues who abide by each other's boundaries and respect each other. This is the most correct thing. Mourinho believes that he and Ronaldo are actually the same people. They take their work seriously and professionally, concentrate on it, and do not need so-called friends.

If everyone in the world could be like him and Ronaldo, there would be no wars and disputes at all. The root of all conflicts lies in improper distance from each other.

The Portuguese national team lost to Russia 0:1 at the Luzhniki Stadium, and the World Cup preliminaries were difficult. Mourinho sighed, and he thought of another player of his - Zhuo Yang.

Cristiano Ronaldo is very lonely in the national team because he lacks helpers at the same level, but Zhuoyang is a one-man team. After all, other Portuguese players are still playing in the first line of Europe. What about the Chinese team players?

Mourinho pays great attention to global football information because these things are related to his work. He knew that the Chinese team defeated Lebanon at home yesterday and became the first team in the world besides the host Brazil to successfully enter the 2014 World Cup finals.

Zhuoyang is more lonely than Ronaldo in the national team, but the opponents faced by the Chinese team in the qualifiers are not in the same level as Portugal.

Regarding Zhuo Yang, Mourinho admitted that he couldn't understand it.

There is no doubt that Zhuoyang is the most talented person in today's football. His talent value is even much higher than Ronaldo and Messi, let alone other people in football.

But in Mourinho's view, Zhuoyang is undoubtedly a bit sorry for the unparalleled talent given by God. Mourinho is not opposed to Zhuoyang playing the piano. He has no objection to the piano, but he believes that Zhuoyang should be more attentive to his work. At the age of playing football, he should be completely absorbed in football. Playing the piano means bidding farewell to football completely. He should not be multitasking.

If Zhuo Yang can study piano again after retiring, he will undoubtedly become the only god in modern football. It is hard to say whether there will be others in the future, but it is certainly unprecedented.

Of course, Zhuoyang's willingness to do this has nothing to do with Mourinho, as he said: no interference with each other, clear boundaries.

Whether Zhuoyang is focused on football or half-hearted, Mourinho will only use the part of his football, and the rest will be irrelevant. Mourinho just complained in his own belly and did not want to point fingers.

Mourinho can't understand Zhuo Yang because he doesn't understand what he wants in football.

Mourinho can't say whether he likes China or not, because China is too far away, as far away as Mars. He has been to China several times, but he has always led a team to play games. He has been to Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid during his time. After a quick glance, he has no specific impression.

The only understanding of China is limited to Zhuo Yang. At this point, Mourinho is actually the same as most Europeans. Zhuo Yang is a distinct Chinese symbol.

Mourinho is not a political commissar type coach, nor is he a paternalistic type of coach. He is a big brother, a confidant, a godfather, a teacher, and nothing else. He is the most popular boss type coach in football today.

His way of thinking is also the most common linear thinking mode in today's workplace. He pays attention to rules, pays attention to systems, and respects contracts, but he also lacks flexibility.

Mourinho's success also comes precisely from his personality, persistence and tenacity, strong self-awareness, extremely strong personality, and perseverance.

Mourinho does not need to know what every player under his command thinks, because that is not important, he only needs to let everyone understand what he, Mourinho, is thinking. But now, he wanted to know what Zhuo Yang was thinking.

It has been more than a year since Zhuo Yang came to Real Madrid. Mourinho and he have never had a formal conversation. In fact, the two have been avoiding too formal communication before and both believed that the time was not appropriate.

However, Mourinho feels that the time is now ripe and he should have an in-depth conversation with Zhuoyang to understand each other's thoughts.

Two days ago, Mourinho called Zhuo Yang and arranged to have a get-together after the international match, and Zhuo Yang readily agreed.

There are undercurrents surging within the team, and Mourinho is eager to know Zhuoyang's specific position and his demands for rights in the locker room.