Super Marshal

Saint-Germain-Leon training base in the western suburbs of Paris, France.

Paris Saint-Germain, who has returned from training in the Middle East, is preparing for the French Cup knockout round of 64. The opponent in this game is not strong, a team called Arras from a low-level league.

But to be able to break out of the first three rounds of knockout rounds, it is estimated that the strength will not be too bad.

Gao Han stood silently on the sidelines, watching the training session on the court, and never spoke.

Assistant coach Makelele is responsible for leading the large team to train. Zidane assists from the side. Like Gao Han, he mostly watches from the sidelines. But once someone performs poorly, he will immediately stop the training and walk over for one-on-one training. guidance and special training.

From the beginning of this season, this kind of scene has become the norm on the training ground. Gao Han fully delegates power to the two assistant coaches, and mostly watches and supervises from the sidelines. Makelele and Qida direct the training and train the players. Completed within.

The other members of the coaching staff also perform their respective duties and work with each other. This will not cause any problems. On the contrary, it will allow Gao Han to have more time and devote more energy to the team's preparations.

Zidane called a timeout this time because the 16-year-old Kingsley Coman, who was recently promoted to the first team, was too blind and hasty when handling the ball just now. This made Zidane unable to stand it and walked onto the field. Insider Kingsley Coman was severely scolded and personally demonstrated an action to get rid of the ball.

Although Zidane has retired for many years, he has maintained his body shape very well, and his movements are still as stretched and elegant as ever. He won a burst of applause from the training ground, and Kingsley Coman also humbly accepted the guidance from his seniors. .

This is the advantage of legendary celebrities.

Because they have reached those heights, and many players even grew up watching their games, what comes out of their mouths is often more convincing.

Of course, not every famous player has the ability to coach. For example, Maradona. His football talent is undoubted, but he obviously cannot fully instill his thoughts and ideas into his players, which makes him very frustrated. It is difficult to fulfill the role of head coach, but judging from more than a year of cooperation, Zidane undoubtedly has this ability.

Watching this scene on the court, Gao Han couldn't help but recall his cooperation with Cantarero.

I still remember that when I was coaching Chelsea, someone said that the combination of Gao Han and Cantarero is very similar to the legendary coaching combination of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in England. Carving out every detail, the two of them work together and complement each other.

But later, as Cantarero transitioned into technical director, Gao Han began to become a loner.

At this moment, watching the division of labor and cooperation between Makelele and Zidane on the training ground, Gao Han couldn't help but recall his memories.

Zidane is not Cantarero, because Cantarero lacks the domineering and decisiveness that a head coach should have. He is like Guardiola.

Kingsley Coman is a young player brought by Gao Han from the youth team. Like Rabiot, he is the future of Paris Saint-Germain. However, judging from the current situation of the team, it seems that they do not attach much importance to youth training. , but Gao Han still decided to give Kingsley Coman a chance. He will play in the French Cup knockout round two days later.

As for how long he can play, it depends on the progress of the game. If everything goes well, he can play for half an hour.

This is undoubtedly a pretty good start for a young player who is only sixteen years old.

On the contrary, it is Rabiot. He will start instead of Pirlo in this game, and Paris Saint-Germain will play with a full substitute lineup.

After a training session, the players returned to the locker room one after another. Every time they passed by Gao Han, they would politely say goodbye to Gao Han before leaving the training ground.

They all know that although Gao Han doesn't say a word, he is the most powerful person in the team and controls their life and death.

After the training, the staff began to clean up, and the grass maintenance staff were also on standby. The coaching staff also cleaned up and returned to the office to summarize the results and situation of today's training session.

After the meeting, Gao Han returned to his office.

But soon, Zidane knocked on his office door.

"Is something wrong?" Gao Han looked at Zidane strangely and asked him to come over and sit down.

Zidane walked over with a shy smile and sat down next to Gao Han, "That's it. As for me, I will go back to Spain for coaching training in February. You know this."

"I know, what's wrong?" Gao Han still felt strange.

Zidane's coaching training is no longer a matter of one or two days, and he received training at the Chinatown training base. According to Gao Han's guess, it seems to have been almost two or three years.

After following Gao Han to Paris Saint-Germain, he also had to return to Spain for classes every once in a while, mainly on national team match days and during the league lockout. Gao Han knew this very well and didn't find it strange.

"I... am about to get the certificate." After Zidane finished speaking, he grinned.

"Really?" Gao Han was also very happy. This is a good thing. "The class in May this year?"

Zidane smiled and nodded silently, as if to say, buddy, you don't care about me too much, it's a good thing that I still chase you to class.

Gao Han shook his head awkwardly and laughed. He never cared much about such things.

In fact, for former professional players like Zidane, the Spanish Football Association has a training course called a crash course. You can get a top league coaching certificate in about sixty days, but many head coaches do not choose such a course. Instead of getting the certificate through systematic theoretical training, you can get the certificate again.

Both Zidane and Makelele signed up for the coaching training course in Chinatown, and the French midfielder came one stage later than Zidane.

"Then I really want to congratulate you on your successful graduation!" Gao Han laughed and actually extended his hand.

Zidane shook his head and laughed, but still shook hands with Gao Han and accepted Gao Han's congratulations.

"Then you are looking for me about your graduation thesis?" Gao Han asked again.

Zidane nodded, "I hope you will be my instructor."

"Me?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

Zidane nodded seriously, "I plan to use Paris Saint-Germain's offensive and defensive system as the subject, so I hope to get your advice. I don't know..."

"Of course!" Before Zidane finished speaking, Gao Han agreed first, "For me, this is an honor."

Zidane immediately laughed after hearing this. He also knew that Gao Han would agree, but before he got the answer, he must have been a little uneasy. After all, Gao Han's status in European football is too high, so high that even he, a former superstar, felt I am a bit high-spirited.

As far as he knew, Gao Han, as the instructor, brought out only one coach, and that was Guardiola.

And everyone knows how high the former Barcelona coach's status is in today's world football.

Everyone has no doubt that once Gao Han leaves the coaching frontline, Guardiola will become the hottest head coach in the world.

"Since you chose me to be your instructor, I think we should have a good talk."

Zidane nodded repeatedly, "Of course."

"I still clearly remember that when you retired, you once said that you would not choose to be a head coach, but why did you change your mind later?" Gao Han asked with concern.

After Zidane heard this question, he first laughed, but did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked Gao Han curiously, "You must have been holding this question in your heart for a long time, have you always wanted to ask it?"

Gao Han was frank and laughed, acquiescing.

Zidane knew very well that Gao Han did not mean to slap him in the face, or to use his words to ridicule him, but just out of pure curiosity, or to want to know him better.

He is a person who doesn't like to express his inner thoughts. Whether it is to the media or to friends around him, he will not easily tell his inner thoughts. It is like a problem similar to Gao Han. If it were another person, If you ask, he will definitely not answer, but since Gao Han asked, he will say it.

"Actually, I don't know." Zidane smiled shyly. "Just now, I really didn't think about coaching. You know, coaching is a hard job. I have experienced so many head coaches. I often tell me "Only those masochists would like to be a head coach. They can stay at home, spend time with their family and children, invest in their careers, and live a very leisurely life."

Gao Han understood Zidane's initial thoughts.

At his level, money is no longer the most important thing to him. With Zidane's past and present reputation and influence, he doesn't have to worry about money at all. Even after retiring, he can still get a sum of money every year With good business income, coupled with previous savings and investments, there is no problem at all in living the rest of my life comfortably.

"In 2009, I remember it was March. That was the first time Florentino told me that he wanted to return to Real Madrid and that he planned to invite Mourinho to be the head coach of the club. Valdano As general manager, he wanted me to help him, and the position he gave me at that time was special advisor to the president and sports director."

"You know, with my relationship with Florentino, it was difficult for me to say no to him. And after three years of vacation, I suddenly discovered that life without football was not easy at all. At the beginning It's okay, but gradually, you will find that these days are very boring, like a useless person, can you understand that feeling?"

Gao Han nodded slightly, "After coaching Chelsea, I took a year off, and I feel very similar to you."

"Following Florentino back to the Bernabeu and returning to a familiar environment, that feeling is really great." Zidane closed his eyes with an expression of enjoyment, "I am very obsessed with the excitement of that kind of game. I am particularly obsessed with the pressure, even the anxiety and anxiety before the game, and the tension and excitement during the game."

"People are always very strange, just like a person who is addicted to smoking. He tries very hard to quit, but the result is that the more he quits, the more he smokes. When I came back after three years away from football, I was There is really a voice in my mind telling me that you belong here, you have returned to the world you are familiar with, and you can never leave."

Gao Han can completely understand Zidane's feeling. In fact, many players have told Gao Han about this, Guardiola has also said it, and Zidane can go from rejection to acceptance, and even now takes the initiative to fight for it. , everyone can see that he is following his true inner feelings to change himself.

Change is a normal person.

Gao Han also always believed that no one would make fun of him three years later because of Zidane's words three years ago.

"In the early days at Real Madrid, my job was to be the link between the coach and the president, but do you know why I wanted to try to get into the coaching field?" Zidane asked.

"I don't know," Gao Han shook his head, "Why?"

"because of you!"