Super Marshal

Back to the Bernabeu?

Gao Han was a little surprised. He had never heard any news about this.

What's more, why would Florentino suddenly want to rely on a rookie like Zidane?

Is he so confident in handing over the responsibility of Real Madrid to Zidane?

Zidane seemed to notice Gao Han's surprise, and immediately shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Of course he can't be the head coach."

After a pause, the French talent continued: "He said he hopes that I can be an assistant to the new coach. After I have accumulated a certain amount of experience, I will have the opportunity to become the head coach of the team."

After hearing this, Gao Han suddenly realized.

is not that right?

What kind of giant is Real Madrid?

How could Florentino trust Zidane with such a heavy burden?

Besides, even if Florentino trusts Zidane, can the board of directors trust him?

"What... do you think?" Zidane looked at Gao Han and asked.

Gao Han changed his mind, looked at Zidane, smiled slightly and said: "You should have the answer yourself."

Given Zidane's relationship with Florentino, if he wanted to return to Real Madrid as an assistant coach, would he still need to ask Gao Han for advice? Shouldn't I agree immediately?

In fact, as early as the second half of last season, Gao Han had begun to consciously cultivate Zidane. He directed many games independently. No one else outside knew about it, but Gao Han knew it in his heart.

Zidane has been dealing with football for decades, and as he said before, after returning to the familiar football field, he felt more and more that he couldn't live without football, so he wanted to try coaching, and once he tried Once you get the taste of independent coaching, it will be difficult to stoop to being an assistant.

What's more, who is Zidane? One of the greatest legendary superstars in the history of European football.

Even if he is working as an assistant, he started by assisting Mourinho and then became Gao Han. Regardless of his qualifications or ability, he has no reason to play second fiddle to others. Isn't that going downhill?

As people go higher, water flows lower. Zidane is a proud person at heart, so he resisted Florentino's proposal, but due to human feelings, he wanted to ask Gao Han for his opinion.

"With your current ability, it would be unfair to work as an assistant." Gao Han said lightly.

How could Zidane not know?

He works as an assistant to Mourinho and Gao Han. The most important thing is to learn something, and the purpose is to be able to coach alone in the future.

Especially in the last half year of Paris Saint-Germain, Gao Han gave him enough trust and support. He also tried to be his own man. He had thoughts about coaching alone. Now, except for Gao Han, no one else can make him. I am willing to be an assistant, even at Real Madrid.

"There are indeed teams that are contacting me and inviting me to coach." Zidane said frankly.

"Ligue 1?"

"Yeah." Zidane nodded, "They are both mid-range teams in Ligue 1, and there is also a mid-range team in the Premier League."

Gao Han is not only good at coaching players, but also good at coaching head coaches.

Under Gao Han, there have been first-line coaches in top European football leagues such as Emery, Guardiola, and Tuchel. They are very famous, and this has also attracted a lot of attention to Zidane.

The wealthy teams may not dare to take such a risk and entrust the heavy responsibility to a rookie like Zidane, but it is entirely possible for the mid-to-lower teams to take the risk, especially considering the superstar aura brought by Zidane, which is very attractive. force.

"How is the coaching environment?" Gao Han asked.

Zidane shrugged, a little helpless. The coaching environment of the middle and lower-tier teams is definitely not much better.

This is where he hesitates.

As a legendary superstar in the past, if he comes back as the head coach, the first stop will be particularly important.

Once he has taken the first step, his journey will go smoother.

Just like Guardiola, he was at his peak as soon as he debuted in Barcelona. Although his own coaching ability is very important, the platform provided by Barcelona is also crucial.

Gao Han had been paying attention to Zidane's expression, knowing that he was conflicted at this moment, and he knew it well.

"Then are you interested in challenging a difficult one?"

"Is the challenge difficult?" Zidane was a little surprised.

Gao Han raised the corner of his mouth and said, "How about coaching Chinatown?"

"What?" Zidane was shocked, "How is this possible?"

The French superstar shook his head vigorously, "Me? Coaching Chinatown? Are you kidding me?"

Even he thought it was impossible to say it.

why?

Chinatown has achieved outstanding results in the past few years. It has entered the Champions League qualification zone for three consecutive seasons. Although it only finished fourth in the league, it was able to beat teams such as Valencia and Sevilla, which shows that China the overall competitiveness of the city.

Played in the Champions League for two seasons, once in the semi-finals and once in the quarter-finals. Both times the results were outstanding.

In this case, Chinatown’s choice should not be a rookie no matter how you look at it. At the very least, it should be Emery, Pellegrini, Marcelino, etc. who have proven themselves in La Liga and have coaching experience. The coach is right.

But Zidane didn't believe it at all, but Gao Han looked very serious. That serious look made Zidane realize that Gao Han was not joking, but was really extending an invitation.

"You...I..." Zidane suddenly became hesitant.

He was caught off guard.

Gao Han smiled slightly, "Don't be nervous, and don't rush to agree or refuse. Listen to me."

Zidane took a deep breath, calmed down, and looked at Gao Han seriously.

"I know what you will say to me. You will tell me that you are a rookie with no coaching experience and no experience of being on your own. You will also tell me that Chinatown has been very successful in the past few years, and you doubt whether you can Be competent because you feel like you’re not quite ready yet.”

"At the very least," Gao Han looked at Zidane with a smile, "you feel that you have not yet met the requirements to coach a Champions League team."

The Frenchman smiled helplessly. What else could he say?

Gao Han basically said everything he was thinking.

"You know, in 2008, Barcelona had been trying to invite me to coach, but I refused and recommended Guardiola. At that time, Laporta was very skeptical, but I told him that Guardiola would definitely be the coach. A qualified Barcelona coach."

"After receiving the invitation from Barcelona, ​​Guardiola's first reaction was the same as yours now. He was very resistant. He told me that he was not ready yet. He was worried that he would bring Barcelona into a ditch. You know, he He is a Barcelona legend and he is afraid of becoming Barcelona's sinner."

Zidane also understands that feeling.

The transformation of a legendary superstar into a head coach certainly has advantages, but there is also a psychological baggage.

"But I told him that only by going out bravely and trying bravely can we know what the future results will be."

When Gao Han said this, his eyes fell on Zidane, and he said earnestly: "Today, I also give you this sentence. At the same time, I also want to tell you that I am never wrong when I judge people. You have what it takes to coach China." The city’s capabilities.”

Zidane was a little flattered that Gao Han compared him to Guardiola.

Perhaps in terms of professional resume, he is more prominent than Guardiola, but in terms of coaching, he is just a rookie who has just debuted, but Guardiola is already an accomplished and world-class coach.

He understood what Gao Han meant. Guardiola was also a rookie when he coached Barcelona, ​​but...

"For a long time, I will only focus on two things."

Gao Han seemed to be aware of Zidane's worries and continued, "First, continue Chinatown's youth training plan, mainly to promote youth training in China, and at the same time vigorously promote comprehensive cooperation between China and Spain in youth training. And the second thing is to run Chinatown well."

"You have my back, Cantarero as technical director, and if you want, Sergio Garcia, Buenaventura and Pedro Haro will continue to be your assistants, and you can even invite Makelele is here to assist you, so what do you have to worry about?"

I have to say that Gao Han's words really moved Zidane.

Gao Han is like his mentor. Cantarero is also Europe's leading technical director. Sergio Garcia, Buenaventura and Pedro Haro are all Gao Han's gold medal assistants. They are the top coaches in the industry. Zidane knows better than anyone how good and professional they are after working together for two years.

In the past few years, Chinatown has been most praised by insiders for its patience with its head coach.

From general manager Armando Marcos to technical director Cantarero, they all have full trust and support for Pochettino. If it were another team, Pochettino would have been fired several times.

Judging from the situation in the past few seasons, Chinatown is undoubtedly one of the teams with the best coaching environment in European football.

Now, coupled with Gao Han's personal promise, Zidane should be said to be very tempted.

However, even so, he was still very nervous. After all, this was both an opportunity and a huge challenge for him, especially coaching Chinatown, which was definitely a very challenging job.

Fortunately, Gao Han is not in a hurry. After all, it is only early June, and it is impossible to directly ask Zidane for an answer for the first time, but he believes that the conditions and bargaining chips he has offered are still very attractive. I believe Zidane will make a wise choice.

At the very least, the current Chinatown is definitely an ideal platform for him to take the first step in coaching.

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Gao Han didn't say much about coaching. He believed Zidane would have his own ideas and opinions.

The two quickly shifted the topic to the European transfer market this summer. However, since the league has just ended and the Confederations Cup is about to begin, the European transfer market has not yet fully opened, and each team is still waiting to see and operate. state.

After chatting for more than an hour, Zidane stood up and left.

After Gao Han sent him away, he continued to sit in the pavilion.

I closed my eyes, and with a flash of consciousness, I quickly entered the coaching system.

On the night of the Champions League final, after the referee blew the end of the game whistle, the coaching system sent a notification telling Gao Han that he had completed the task of [Champion Collector].

This is undoubtedly good news that Gao Han has been waiting for many years. He coached Paris Saint-Germain to complete this task.

But because everyone was celebrating at Wembley Stadium at the time, Gao Han was unable to check it immediately, so the matter was delayed.

Later, when he had free time, he entered the coaching system to check the completion status of the task and received the task reward, but he fell into a deep dilemma.

After completing this ultimate task, the system gave him a dilemma multiple-choice question.