Different head coaches had different coaching styles and habits.
For example, among Real Madrid's current and former managers, Benitez loved to think things through. He preferred quiet, so the door to his office was always closed, giving the impression that he was shutting himself off from visitors. As a result, whenever Real Madrid's players ran into problems back then, they generally preferred to seek help from Assistant Coach Jesper or Zidane.
Ancelotti was different. Although he had a devilish side as a coach, he was more often kind and approachable. He liked players to come to him for communication and discussion. In Yang Yang's words, he was an Italian raconteur, so the door to his office was open at all times, welcoming any player who wanted to come in.
Yang Yang arrived outside Ancelotti's office, but he did not enter directly. Instead, he gently knocked on the door beside it.
Ancelotti had been jokingly called an old fox by the players. It seemed he had long since guessed that Yang Yang would come looking for him. He raised his head, immediately stood up with a smile, and came over to greet him. "Hey, Yang. Welcome, welcome. Come in and have a seat."
Yet the more warmly this old fox welcomed him, the stranger Yang Yang felt.
If Ancelotti had wanted him to play, then there would have been nothing strange about this warmth. But the problem was that he was suppressing Yang Yang and refusing to let him play on one hand, while putting on this warm attitude on the other. Yang Yang could not help wondering if Ancelotti was a tiger with a smiling face.
Of course, after working together for three years, Yang Yang considered himself fairly familiar with Ancelotti. There was certainly no so-called ban or freezing-out