Chapter 393 A major flaw in the transfer operation!

Judging from the process, the negotiations between the two parties are progressing relatively smoothly. After two months of long negotiations, both Manchester United and Real Madrid have almost confirmed De Gea's transfer. Many local media such as Spanish National Television have made it clear that Real Madrid and Manchester United have officially completed the transaction on this matter, and that De Gea joining Los Blancos is a definite fact.

The details disclosed by some other media are even richer. At that time, Los Blancos' main goalkeeper Navas seemed to be included in the deal as an add-on to achieve the so-called exchange with De Gea.

But judging from the final result, everyone should already know that not only did De Gea not join Real Madrid, but he still plays for Manchester United until now.

Many fans will definitely feel regretful: Why did a seemingly certain deal fall through at the last minute?

Could it be that one of Real Madrid and Manchester United temporarily regretted the decision that caused De Gea's transfer to fail?

After subsequent disclosures from various parties, De Gea's transfer has actually been very smooth. Until the last moment, neither Manchester United nor Real Madrid changed their attitude towards the deal.

But what is unimaginable is that it was actually problems with Real Madrid's "hardware facilities" that caused the transaction to go wrong at the last moment.

In this way, De Gea, who was supposed to step into the Bernabeu, returned to Manchester United at the last moment. The Spanish national goalkeeper, who once forced a training strike and was even sent to the stands by coach Louis van Gaal, still appears on the Red Devils' main roster in the new season. , and later completed a contract extension with Manchester United, and has stayed at Dream Theater to this day.

Navas, who was widely rumored to join Manchester United as an extra, did not make the trip. The Costa Rican goalkeeper played for Real Madrid until the 2018-19 season, and then joined Paris.

What happened in it that caused such a huge change in the originally confirmed transfer?

In fact, the reason is very simple. According to Spanish media reports, Real Madrid had completed the registration document for De Gea, but they failed to submit the registration document to the headquarters of the Spanish Professional Football League in time.

According to the relevant regulations of La Liga, all teams need to submit transfer registration documents to La Liga officials before midnight on September 1, local time. However, the documents submitted by Real Madrid did not appear at La Liga headquarters until 00:28 in the morning on September 1, a full 28 minutes overtime.

There is another saying that the timeout for De Gea's registration file is shorter, even only one minute, and there are even exaggerated claims that the timeout is only 20 seconds.

However, these claims have not been officially verified, and there may be the possibility that the media has exaggerated in pursuit of traffic. But in any case, it is a fact that De Gea was not able to join Real Madrid due to some inexplicable equipment factors.

Why was such an important transfer submitted late?

Real Madrid and Manchester United are both well-known top clubs in world football. Why do they make such low-level mistakes in handling major events such as player transfers?

From Real Madrid's side, it is more believed that Manchester United made major mistakes in the handling of transfer operations. "Aspen" publicly stated that the reason why De Gea was not successfully signed was entirely because Manchester United sent the relevant registration documents to Real Madrid too late.

They said that Manchester United did not send De Gea's relevant registration documents to Real Madrid until 23:59 on August 31. However, due to a fax failure, this document did not appear on the La Liga table as scheduled, causing De Gea to fail to register at the last moment.

Manchester United's response was straightforward. The problem lies entirely with Real Madrid.

Manchester United also issued a statement on social media, saying that the relevant claims of "AS" were completely based on rumors and that it had sent the document to Real Madrid within a limited time in full compliance with relevant regulations.

The real problem was Real Madrid's own fax machine. Real Madrid failed to complete the relevant steps in time because the fax machine malfunctioned when uploading documents.

Faced with Manchester United's statement, AS reported once again. Their reporter wrote that Manchester United did send the file to Real Madrid on time, but the format of the file they sent had obvious problems, which caused the relevant staff of Real Madrid to be unable to use the operating system to open it. After several struggles, the file was in vain. I wasted a lot of time and finally missed the registration.

At the same time, media supporting Real Madrid broke another detail, believing that De Gea's deal collapse was inextricably linked to Navas.

They believe that after De Gea's transfer deal was formalized, Real Madrid and Manchester United were again negotiating the details of Navas' transfer.

But at this time, Navas and his agent were dissatisfied with some details in the specific contract, which caused Real Madrid to have to make modifications at the last minute, thus wasting a lot of time.

There are still many opinions on the specific details of the De Gea deal falling through, but we can at least be sure that neither Real Madrid nor Manchester United had a big impact because of this deal.

De Gea later made it clear:

"I felt that extending my contract with Manchester United was the best thing for me at that moment and I'm really happy to be able to stay at the biggest club in the world where I feel so much love from the fans."

To this day, De Gea still plays for Manchester United. His performance may not be as brilliant as at his peak, but he is still a vital link in the Red Devils' defense.

Although Navas did not join Manchester United, he has proven his strength with outstanding performances in Paris since then. Now he is also performing well in Paris, France.

Originally, a farce like De Gea's failed transfer was embarrassing enough, but what people didn't expect was that Real Madrid would once again suffer from a fax machine problem at a critical moment, which even directly affected the team's results.

The story still happened in 2015, in the first leg of the 1/16 finals of the Copa del Rey in the 2015-16 season.

Real Madrid challenged Cadiz, a third-tier league team, away from home. Due to the large strength gap between the two sides, Los Blancos did not field a strong BBC combination in that game, and their defense backbone Ramos was also absent due to injury. .

In that game, Los Blancos only used half of the main lineup, and winger Cheryshev from Russia entered the starting lineup for the first time in a long time.

But what people didn't expect was that the Russian winger, who didn't play much in Los Blancos, caused a lot of trouble because of his first start. The reason actually came from Real Madrid's fax machine.

Cheryshev played for Villarreal in La Liga in the 2014-15 season.

During that season, the Russian winger received an automatic one-match suspension for receiving three yellow cards in the Copa del Rey.

Even if he joins Real Madrid in the new season, according to the relevant regulations of La Liga, this suspension penalty will not be canceled due to the player's transfer. Cheryshev should continue to implement this suspension in the new season at Real Madrid. race.

But what is embarrassing is that the relevant teams of Real Madrid did not seem to be prepared in advance. They were not aware of the fact that Cheryshev still had to accept the competition.

In the 1/16 finals against Cadiz, Cheryshev still started and scored a goal in that game. Together with Isco's brace, he helped Real Madrid win. Defeated the opponent 3:1 away from home.

However, according to the relevant regulations of La Liga, even if Los Blancos win that game, the victory will be evaluated by La Liga and likely to be canceled due to illegal appearances.

Relevant agencies quickly found the statistics of the Royal Spanish Football Association on the yellow cards received by the team last season. Among them, Cheryshev did receive three yellow cards in the Copa del Rey during his time at Villarreal:

They were a 2:2 draw with Real Sociedad in the second leg of the 1/8 finals, a 1:0 victory over Getafe in the second leg of the quarter finals, and a 1:3 loss to Barcelona in the second leg of the semifinals. The Russian received a yellow card in each of these three games and will be suspended for the next Copa del Rey match.

But because Villarreal was eliminated after the semi-finals, Cheryshev did not serve this ban that season.

But as long as he continues to participate in the King's Cup, no matter which team he goes to, this punishment needs to continue to be implemented.

Cheryshev's name is also listed on the ban report list on the official website of the Royal Football Association, so there should be no so-called ignorance in Real Madrid.

On December 4, 2015, Beijing time, after careful investigation, the Disciplinary Committee of the Spanish Football Association issued an official statement. Real Madrid was sentenced to a 0:3 penalty for using suspended player Cheryshev in the Copa del Rey match against Cadiz. Knocked out.

This also meant that although Real Madrid won 3:1 in the real game, they left the Copa del Rey that season early due to player violations.

Going back to that game, Real Madrid actually discovered the fact that Cheryshev had played illegally midway through the game. At the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid's then coach Benitez replaced him with Kovacic. It was obvious that this was an attempt to remedy the situation.

At the end of that game, Real Madrid's top management also defended the team: "There was a problem with the team's fax machine and they were unable to receive the player suspension issue sent by the Spanish Football Federation."

According to Marca, as early as July 27, the Spanish Football Association sent faxes to various clubs to inform them of the suspension of each player on the team. Looking through the fax record, it clearly stated that Cheryshev needed to be suspended for one game in the King's Cup this season due to accumulation of yellow cards last season. Even if Real Madrid did not receive La Liga's game report on July 27 due to fax machine problems, the game will not be until the beginning of December. In the intervening months, doesn't Real Madrid have any awareness to check the status of its players? Suspension situation? Apparently, the so-called problem with the fax machine was actually an excuse.

Former La Liga referee Gonzalez later said that Cheryshev's problem had been discovered before the start of that game, and the player who should have been suspended for that game actually appeared in Real Madrid's starting lineup.

The former La Liga referee immediately issued a warning to Real Madrid, stating that Cheryshev was not eligible to participate in this Copa del Rey match.

Regrettably, Gonzalez said that although he sent a fax to Real Madrid stating that Cheryshev was not eligible to participate in that game, he was never able to contact anyone at the club. No reply was received to the fax.

Although Real Madrid officials have always rejected La Liga's punishment and even stated that they would appeal, their president Florentino also held a press conference and stated that Cheryshev's suspension was completely invalid and Real Madrid had no problems.

But no matter what, the facts have been established. Real Madrid did violate the rules set by the Football Association and sent players who needed to be suspended in violation of regulations.

Therefore, although Los Blancos actively defended themselves afterwards, their efforts were ineffective and they were eventually ruled out.

After this incident, Real Madrid's management errors and embarrassing sophistry were ridiculed by many peers.

After collecting detailed information, some media clearly stated that there is actually no problem with Real Madrid's fax machine. The reason why they frequently use this as an excuse is just to cover up the chaos of their own management.

"Marca" later published an article saying that Rayo Vallecano's goalkeeper Tonio suffered a serious injury in the La Liga in November. After the operation was completed, he received a large number of blessings via fax machine, including Real Madrid.

"Aspen" also wrote an article saying that there is no problem with any of Real Madrid's fax machines. These matters should have been taken care of by the sports manager, but this position has been vacant in Real Madrid. This has led to the team's specific implementation process. Problems arise repeatedly.

As the fax machine incident became more and more widespread in football, many subsequent incidents at Real Madrid were linked to the fax machine.

However, after identification, many of them were false things fabricated by the media in order to earn traffic, so they were not included in this article.

Taken together, De Gea's transfer failure that year was indeed due to a fax machine problem, but we don't know whether it was Real Madrid's fax machine or Manchester United's fax machine that had a problem.

According to Real Madrid’s explanation, Cheryshev’s suspension time seems to have come from a fax machine error. However, according to the analysis of many media, it seems that the reason is more due to team management errors. The so-called fax machine is more just a mistake. Played the role of taking the blame.

But in any case, any great club will inevitably make mistakes in some small details. This is a completely unavoidable fact. Even a top club with rich management experience like Real Madrid cannot escape this embarrassing reality.

But from another perspective, making up for improvements in a timely manner may also prevent the team from making mistakes in larger events. After all, although De Gea did not join the team, Real Madrid's strength has not been damaged.

And the early exit from the Copa del Rey may have dampened morale, but it really didn't cause much trouble for Real Madrid, which is aiming to compete in La Liga and the Champions League.

Real Madrid has attached great importance to defense since Mourinho came, especially low defense. On the other hand, the attack power is also guaranteed by speed. After the training of Ancenotti and Zidane, it is stronger than Mourinho. It is traditional. "If you can attack, you can defend." Therefore, for a long time, Real Madrid has been a regular visitor to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

This style allows Real Madrid to keep the lower limit in the strong dialogue, and deliver fatal blows through counterattacks or speed.

So you will find that during the three consecutive years of the Champions League, Real Madrid had some ugly scenes but could win. They often made reserves to maximize their condition in a certain strong dialogue. During the league process, the long season prevented them from maintaining such a high level.

Because when facing a weak team, Real Madrid naturally becomes the main attacking side. If they are not familiar with the high-position defense, they are easily vulnerable to counterattacks and concede goals. This is the reason why Real Madrid easily loses points against weak teams in the league.

On the other hand, Barcelona, ​​because of Guardiola's success, the entire club is actually obsessed with high-position pressing. During brilliant times, the central defenders stand in the opponent's half, like two forwards.

Through airtight passes and counterattacks, the opponent is desperate. This style will make Barcelona's games beautiful to watch, and Barcelona will always be the main controller of football on the field. Therefore, in good times, Barcelona can often compete on multiple tracks in the league and cup competitions.

But there are also hidden dangers.

First, the requirements for players are high: everyone must have good skills and tacit understanding;

Second, the low-post defense is poor, because Barcelona's central defenders need to be better at passing the ball down, and a lot of their defensive pressure is allocated to high-post pressing and midfield control. Third, if the opponent defends well, it will be difficult for Barcelona to score.

From Enrique's later period until now, as the personnel have aged, Barcelona's midfield control and high-position pressing have declined very significantly. The back line is getting deeper and deeper, and the back line alone cannot withstand the impact of strong players. Team.

Valverde has been playing 442 in the low post, and he also saw that Barcelona no longer has the advantage of high posts (in the first pass, Messi and Su Ya moved less; in the second pass, the professor couldn't control it), but he was defeated by Atletico Madrid in the low post one after another. ?, Roma was defeated, Valverde kept encouraging everyone to attack, but the team could not use their strength to face the younger Liverpool 9.

And 8:2 is just the result of the more impactful Bayern defeating the Barcelona defenders who are one year older.

Back to the question itself, the excellence of a player is based on the foundation of the team. Cristiano Ronaldo himself has excellent running, speed and goal efficiency, which is very suitable for teams with counterattack and passing styles. Real Madrid and its regular team It is consistent, and the training of the team by Zidane and Ancenotti has enabled the team to use its full strength in key conversations.

Barcelona, ​​when its control declined, did not have suitable personnel to supplement, and its overall strength has actually been declining. Several coaches also proposed their own solutions, but they all failed. Messi's retreat can alleviate the problem, but it cannot solve it. Later, it can be said that Messi's appearance is the lower limit of the team.

At this time, when Messi faced a weak team, because the team's defenders and midfielders were not under much pressure, they could provide support to the forwards. This is why everyone said that Messi was a bad team; when facing a strong team, he was there When you are wandering around your door, your defenders and midfielders cannot provide support to the forwards. This is why Messi cannot fight tough battles.

It can be said that the Real Madrid team's defenders and midfielders at that time were very strong, so the forwards will also be very strong.

As for Barcelona, ​​when they are a strong team, it is difficult to play the ball against the defenders, the midfield control is weak, the forwards do not perform very well, and they still have the burden of being a "Triple Crown".