Super Marshal

For the selection of coaches, Chinatown has a very rigorous review mechanism. From technical and tactical characteristics to coaching style to the head coach’s personality, all aspects will be considered. This can be said to be quite rare in European football. .

You know, many teams, even those from wealthy teams that claim to have regular management, completely rely on their feelings when it comes to selecting coaches. At best, they only consider the coaching style of the head coach and not at all. rigorous.

Of course, this also has something to do with the low cost of firing the head coach.

There are even many wealthy teams that basically regard coaching changes as an experiment. Success is good, but if they fail, they will change coaches.

On the contrary, in Chinatown, the coaching change is the result of careful consideration, and the selection of the coach is carried out strictly in accordance with the review standards of the regular workplace. Once selected, a series of supporting services will be launched, including helping the new coach integrate into the team, and assisting the new coach to integrate into the team. Arrangements and so on, to ensure that the new coach can join the team.

Under this situation, Cantarero actually said that he had overlooked an extremely important thing, which made Gao Han very curious.

"What's the matter?" Gao Han looked at the technical director and asked with concern.

"We are a rapidly growing team."

Gao Han frowned and vaguely guessed something, but didn't understand. He shook his head and said, "Make it clearer."

"I had an in-depth exchange with Pochettino. Guess what he told me is the biggest test of coaching Chinatown?"

Multi-front combat?

But soon, Gao Han shook his head, because teams with better results basically fought on multiple fronts.

"How to adapt to the rapid growth and progress of the players on the team."

When he heard this, Gao Han understood immediately.

"Our team has gathered a group of talented and talented players. This is certainly beneficial to the team, but it is also a very big challenge for the head coach, which even far exceeds the team's performance requirements."

"This group of young players is improving almost every day. They need more games. They are eager to make greater progress through game training. They are full of desire and passion for the game all the time. This enterprising spirit is beneficial to the growth of the players. It is a great thing for the development of the team, but it is also a big challenge to the head coach’s coaching level.”

"He must ensure that the team performs at a stable and high level under the constraints of many conditions and factors such as balancing the team's performance, balancing the players' playing time, maintaining the player's aggressiveness, etc. You should know how difficult this is. .”

Of course, Gao Han understands that the performance of young players will definitely be good and bad, and there will be surprises and disappointments. If you want to ensure the stability of the team's results, you have to try to keep the lineup as stable as possible, but this will reduce the appearance of some players. Time, this will dampen the aggressiveness of the young players in the team. If it is not handled well, it may even cause the player's development to stagnate, and eventually turn into another tragedy involving Zhongyong.

Therefore, to a certain extent, coaching a team like Chinatown is more difficult than coaching other teams.

The more talented players there are and the faster the players improve, the greater the challenge to the head coach's coaching level.

Pochettino has been working hard in Chinatown over the years, and his coaching ability has also improved rapidly. Whether it is training players or maintaining the team's performance, he has shown a satisfactory coaching level, and now after Cantare When Luo said this, Gao Han couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of him.

To put it bluntly, he has a coaching system at his disposal. Whether it is tapping the potential of players, training players, or maintaining the team's performance, it is of course easy. But for Pochettino, he has to work hard with his own hands. Yes, this is particularly difficult and even more admirable.

"I somewhat underestimated Mauricio's role." Gao Han felt that he should apologize for this.

Cantarero also nodded frequently, "You're basically not on the team, so it's normal that you don't know about it. But don't talk about you. Even though I hang out with the team all day long, I didn't even notice this. One thing, I came up with this after thinking hard for a long time after communicating with Mauricio."

Gao Han couldn't help but look deeply at Cantarero and smiled gratefully at his old partner of more than ten years.

He was very lucky to have such an assistant by his side, which made him more focused.

"Then what do you think?" Gao Han asked with concern.

Cantarero shook his head, "I am also very entangled now. With the current situation of the team, it is undoubtedly very difficult to choose a head coach. I am very worried about whether Pellegrini will He has enough ability and prestige to control this group of young players in the dressing room, let alone do it better than Pochettino."

Cantarero's worries are normal, and Pellegrini's lack of courage is also fatal.

"Everything in modern professional football is too fast, so fast that people can't handle it. If you are not careful, you will be doomed. We must be cautious." Cantarero said.

Chinatown is now facing a critical turning point. With the departure of head coach Pochettino, the team will have to transform its technical and tactical style. If successful, this group of young players in the team will be cultivated, and Chinatown will be able to With the skyrocketing price, they may not be able to compete with giant teams such as Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in the future.

But the challenge is also quite arduous, and it is extremely difficult to succeed. Just selecting a coach is enough to give Chinatown a headache.

Cantarero and the team know very well that if Gao Han is willing, it would be perfect for him to coach.

The whole world knows that Gao Han is best at cultivating young players, and he also has enough authority. The young players in the team also obey him. If he comes to take charge of Chinatown, I believe all problems will be solved.

But Gao Han has made it clear before that he will leave professional football after leaving Paris Saint-Germain.

Cantarero also understands in his heart that as Chinatown's achievements become more and more outstanding and there are more and more affairs, Gao Han is busy at both ends and is exhausted, so it is understandable that he does not want to continue coaching.

But how to choose a new coach?

"Luis Enrique would be a very good choice." Gao Han thought for a while and said.

He has inspected it with a keen eye, and he is also very familiar with Luis Enrique, so it is clear that this is a very capable and thoughtful head coach, young and enterprising, and a former legendary superstar. Judging from his performance in coaching Barcelona's second team, he is also good at training players.

The current Montoya in Chinatown came from Luis Enrique's command and performed very well.

Luis Enrique has only coached two teams so far. Barcelona's second team is quite successful. Roma can't be regarded as a complete failure, but more of acclimatization. When he is about to leave Roma, even if he is Totti, who was on the bench, came forward to try to stay, praising his excellent relationship with the players in the locker room.

It can be seen that Luis Enrique is quite good in this aspect.

What's more, he should have learned something by now.

Gao Han believes that a head coach like Luis Enrique can grow and improve together with Chinatown, and his status as a former superstar will make him more authoritative in the locker room.

Cantarero also feels that Luis Enrique is indeed a good choice.

"Then I will immediately take the next step and start a comprehensive investigation of Luis Enrique."

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When both Gao Han and Cantarero were optimistic about Luis Enrique and the technical department began to investigate Enrique, a piece of news came from Barcelona.

The current Barcelona head coach Vilanova, who just had a parotid gland tumor removal surgery a year ago, was found to have a recurrence of the parotid gland tumor during a routine physical examination a few days ago, which forced him to undergo surgery again recently. A series of follow-up treatments are also required after surgery.

When Barcelona officially announced the news, it immediately shocked the entire Spanish football world.

Chinatown immediately sent condolences in an official name. Cantarero also personally called Vilanova to express his concern. Gao Han even went to Barcelona in person to visit accompanied by Guardiola.

Vilanova's surgery went very smoothly, but in order to ensure better treatment results, he will go to New York, United States, for follow-up treatment, which is expected to be until February.

Barcelona soon announced that assistant coach Lula would act as the acting coach. On the one hand, the club announced that it would continue to wait for Vilanova, but at the same time it was also making secondary preparations, that is, if Vilanova would be absent for a long time, Barcelona will have to choose a new head coach.

According to media reporters close to Barcelona's management, Barcelona's first choice is Luis Enrique, who is unemployed at home. They believe that the former second team coach is fully qualified to coach the first team.

Luis Enrique was also full of interest in taking charge of Barcelona. As soon as he heard the exact news, he immediately stopped contact with Celta Vigo and waited wholeheartedly for the call from Barcelona.

The situation took a turn for the worse, putting Chinatown's coaching selection on hold again. The midway investigation of Luis Enrique had to be temporarily suspended, waiting for further news. Gao Han and Cantarero were helpless about this.

Compared with the coaching position in Barcelona, ​​the coaching position in Chinatown is not attractive at all.

Whether it's from a challenge or a gold-plated perspective, coaching Barcelona is a temptation that no one can resist.

Sudden changes have forced Chinatown's coaching selection to start over, but time will not stop.

After Christmas, Gao Han returned to Paris and led the team to the Middle East for training.

This is the second consecutive year that Chinatown has gone to the Middle East for training, and this time the training location is Dubai. Paris Saint-Germain also played two warm-up games in Dubai. The opponents were all teams from the Middle East and were not strong. Paris Saint-Germain They all won steadily.

When Gao Han led his team back to Paris to prepare for the French Cup, the annual FIFA Ballon d'Or was also officially announced.

As Gao Han expected, Bosque won the Men's Football Coach of the Year award, Gao Han ranked second, and Guardiola ranked third.

In the Ballon d'Or selection that everyone is paying attention to, Messi ended Cristiano Ronaldo's three consecutive championships, successfully counterattacked and won this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or.

With 41.6% of the vote, the Barcelona superstar was elected without any suspense.

Cristiano Ronaldo only got 23.68%, while Iniesta, who was elected the best player of the European Cup, only got 10.91%.

This also makes people have to lament once again the dominance of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on European football.

Even if they win the best player in the European Cup, they cannot shake their status.