Super Marshal

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Gao Han raised his arms high and clenched his fists tightly, looking like a winner with a guaranteed victory, showing his strong confidence in advancing to the semi-finals. .

He did not use his skill card even once throughout the game, but Paris Saint-Germain still defeated Dortmund 3-0 at home. This gave him strong confidence. He firmly believed that his team would win even if it was away from home. He can also return triumphantly and enter the semi-finals.

As the season progresses and the team's performance becomes better and better, especially the offensive power of the frontcourt trident becomes stronger and stronger, and the midfield and backfield operations become more and more smooth and skillful, Gao Han's self-confidence is also constantly improving. .

The 3-0 score in this game is the best proof.

After high-fiving his assistants such as Zidane and Makelele to celebrate the team's victory, Gao Han walked towards the visiting team's coaching bench.

Seeing Klopp from a distance, Gao Han smiled and stretched out his right hand.

"Congratulations, Mr. Gao Han, you taught me another vivid lesson." Klopp said with a wry smile.

When Gao Han was coaching Bayern Munich, he often competed with Klopp. From Mainz to Dortmund, Klopp never took advantage of Gao Han even a little bit, and this game is also Same.

A 0-3 defeat has basically sentenced Dortmund to death.

Unless, the Hornets can stage a miraculous counterattack after returning home, but everyone knows that this possibility is almost zero.

Because this time the opponent he faced was Gao Han.

"Don't say that, Jurgen. You were very tenacious and caused us a lot of trouble. And you also worked hard until the last moment. You are opponents worthy of respect." Gao Han said politely. .

Klopp laughed, "But we still lost."

"Then don't stop, don't doubt yourself, and continue to focus on improving the team's lineup and overall strength." Gao Han advised.

Klopp nodded heavily, "Don't worry, we won't be knocked down so easily when we return to our home court."

Dortmund's lineup is indeed not as strong as Paris Saint-Germain. Coupled with the conflicting styles of football, Dortmund played very awkwardly throughout the game and was unable to fight at the pace they were good at. This made the Hornets unable to perform. The strength it deserves.

On the other hand, Paris Saint-Germain completely dominated the game. Their 63% ball possession rate was enough to make the cold team proud, and it also sounded a wake-up call to other teams in European football.

The familiar and terrifying team that Gao Han had trained for two years finally came over!

Everyone has no doubt that the peak moment of Gao Han's coaching career was coaching Manchester City. From Atletico Madrid to Chelsea to Inter Milan to Bayern Munich, and finally to Manchester City, he went up step by step, and he was able to achieve success at every stage. Let people see his progress, and he is also leading the trend of tactical development in European football.

When it comes to Manchester City, the three-four-three style of play has not been copied by other teams until now.

Even as a successor, Ancelotti had to make adjustments at Manchester City, changing the past three-back playing style into a more balanced four-three-three formation. Everyone knows that the reason is that he cannot inherit what Gao Han left behind. This set of three, four, and three tactics, so he could only compromise on this basis.

Ferguson, Heynckes, Bielsa...

Many famous European coaches have tried to adopt a three-back play, but the results have not been ideal.

Ferguson once asserted that it would be difficult for any team to reproduce Gao Han's three-back tactics within five years. Bielsa also believed that Gao Han's three-four-three play was at least five to ten years ahead of its time.

Even Gao Han himself had to settle for a four-back approach after arriving at Paris Saint-Germain.

Sometimes Klopp really envies Gao Han, because looking at the entire European football world, only Gao Han has such influence that he can let a club invest such a huge amount of money and leave it to him to operate and build a team in his mind. The ideal team.

But on the other hand, only Gao Han can succeed again and again.

It's not that Dortmund hasn't thought about going technical, nor has it ever thought about passing and controlling, but the problem is that the club has no money.

To play pass-and-control, you must first have a group of players who are suitable for pass-and-control. But now players who are pass-and-control players are often worth very high prices. Talented rookies like James Rodriguez have even reached a price of 80 million euros. His outrageous price, not to mention other players.

Dortmund simply can't afford to spend money, and naturally can't bring in high-level passing and controlling players.

Looking at Gao Han, God knows what's the difference between his eyes and others?

Among this group of Paris Saint-Germain players, Pirlo is a discarded player from AC Milan, Yaya Toure is considered a big leg of Inter Milan, and Di Maria is simply transformed from a winger. Who can build such a midfield combination except Gao Han?

Let’s not talk about Paris Saint-Germain, let’s talk about Chinatown, which also uses pass-controlled football.

Rakitic was a substitute player for Schalke 04, but ended up going to Chinatown and transformed into a hot midfielder in Europe. He performed very well in the Champions League in two seasons.

Isco, Verratti, Pogba, Koke, De Bruyne...

It's hard to believe that Chinatown can gather such a group of outstanding technical players.

You know, this is the most urgently needed treasure in European football at the moment. Any one of them placed in other teams will be the focus of cultivation, but Chinatown has several treasures in one fell swoop.

Many people even speculate that Chinatown may become the second Barcelona team in the near future.

In other words, it relies entirely on its own youth training to support the first team, and plays a tacit and hearty passing and controlling football.

Who says this is not possible?

Sometimes when I think about it, Klopp is really frustrated and feels that he is inferior compared to Gao Han.

But in the current European football world, he really doesn't convince others easily, only Gao Han.

"Although I'm already three goals behind you, don't expect to win easily in the second round."

Klopp did not forget to say a harsh word before leaving.

Gao Han nodded with a smile, "I never dare to be careless in the face of you."

This makes Klopp somewhat proud.

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Paris Saint-Germain defeated Dortmund 3-0 at home in the first leg, kicking off the first shot of the Champions League quarter-finals.

In another game played at the same time, Real Madrid drew 0-0 with Bayern Munich away from home.

Heynckes' team had an overwhelming advantage in possession, and the attacking lineup led by Franck Ribery, Robben, Aguero, Lewandowski and Thomas Muller was time and time again. Real Madrid's goal was constantly threatened, but Mourinho's team always defended it impregnably.

The two sides ended up in a 0-0 draw, which frustrated Bayern Munich, who was playing at home.

On the second night, the other two duels were also freshly released.

Barcelona challenged Manchester City away. In the seventh minute, Ibrahimovic scored the first goal, but in the second half, Manchester City scored three goals in a row. In stoppage time, Messi once again assisted Ibrahimovic. Himovic scored the second goal.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Barcelona 3-2 at home, but gave Vilanova's team two away goals.

Both Ancelotti and Vilanova expressed confidence after the game that the team would win in the second round.

Another matchup in the second half ended in a draw at 2-2.

Chinatown is at home, but it was Atletico Madrid who scored the first goal. Torres scored a goal in the 38th minute. Chinatown did not equalize the score until the second half when Pellet equalized the score, but not long after, Herrera scored for Atletico Madrid. Another city.

Until the stoppage time of the game, Pellet assisted Rakitic to equalize the score again.

The score of 2 to 2 made Chinatown look particularly unfavorable, not only because it was at home, but also because the opponent was given two away goals.

What is even more worrying is the tactics adopted by Pochettino in this game. The team’s ball possession rate is even four percentage points lower than Atletico Madrid’s, 48% vs. 50%. Second, this surprised everyone who is familiar with Chinatown.

It is certainly unreasonable for a team that is good at passing and controlling to have less possession than a team that is good at pressing and pressing in the high post.

Matayana speculated in the column that Pochettino still wanted too much stability, lacked confidence in the team's passing and control play, and was a little hesitant. This swing was also reflected in the 90-minute game.

Gao Han also watched the live broadcast of the entire game. He even had the urge to have a good talk with Pochettino, but in the end he chose to let it go and did not interfere with any of Pochettino's decisions. He just sent an encouraging message. Short message.

A week later, the second round.

Chinatown, playing away from home, took the lead in the opening attack, and in the tenth minute Isco assisted Hazard to score a goal, but half an hour later, Torres' goal equalized the score again.

After changing sides in the second half, Rakitic scored in the 82nd minute to once again exceed the score, allowing Chinatown to once again see the dawn of victory.

Unexpectedly, Simeone's team performed more tenaciously. In the last four minutes of stoppage time, Villa and Ramos scored two goals, especially Ramos. In the end, 94 A header scored in the minute completely locked the game at 3-2, with a total score of 5-4. Atletico Madrid narrowly missed advancing to the semi-finals.

Chinatown was once again unfortunately eliminated from the Champions League.

Last season they stopped at the semi-finals, and this season they stopped at the top eight. The performance of this group of young players in Chinatown left an extremely deep impression on people, but Pochettino's tactical arrangements in the two rounds were surprising. Doubtful, many fans and media reporters even believe that Pochettino should be responsible for Chinatown being eliminated.

However, the Chinatown management immediately came forward to defend the authority of the head coach. Cantarero said that victory and defeat are normal things, not to mention that the team has tried its best. No one, including Pochettino, has to worry about it. This is responsible.

Pochettino publicly stated for the first time that he would leave Chinatown this summer at the post-match press conference of the second round of the knockout round, but he denied that there was a conflict between himself and the management.

"Everything is good for me here, very good, I am very happy to work with everyone, and I am not leaving because I lost the game, but I feel that I have been in one team for too long. It’s time to change places.”

Pochettino said that he made the decision now because he hoped that the team could find a suitable candidate as soon as possible. However, as to whether he would take over Ferguson's Manchester United as rumored, Pochettino began to play Tai Chi and did not give any advice. Clear answer.

The day after Chinatown was eliminated from the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain narrowly defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 away from home and advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 5-1.