Super Marshal

"Alpine! Alpine! Alpine!!!"

When Gao Han walked into Valladolid's Zorrilla Stadium, more than 20,000 fans in the audience shouted his name.

In the past, due to his status as the head coach of other teams, he rarely made such a high-profile public appearance at the away team's home court. Even if the fans saw him by chance, most of them would say hello, but not like now, where he sits openly and openly. He climbed into the center of the chairman's stand.

From this moment on, he truly played the role of the boss of Chinatown.

After following Gao Han, those who walked out of the aisle were Chinatown’s general manager Armando Marcos and technical director Cantarero. They are both veterans of Chinatown who have made great contributions to the development of Chinatown in the past few years. .

Armando Marcos is responsible for daily operations and commercial operations, building Chinatown into a dazzling emerging brand in world football, while Cantarero is responsible for the competitive field, building Chinatown into a leading brand in European football. A dark horse that cannot be underestimated.

After years of hard work, both of them are already the leading managers and technical directors in European football.

The fans at the scene also applauded them one after another.

Since it was the first game of the new season and Gao Han was supervising the game, Valladolid was also very attentive to it. The club's top management personally supervised the game. A group of people greeted each other politely in the stands and soon saw the players from the two teams entering. of the stadium.

Juan Ignacio, the head coach of Valladolid, has just taken office this season. He previously coached Levante, and he started high and started low. His results were brilliant in the first season, but his performance was average in the second season. .

Judging from the transfer situation this summer, it is obvious that Valladolid has no ambition at all. The season strategy should still focus on relegation. The net investment in the transfer market is only a mere 250,000 euros, which is indeed difficult. Satisfying.

Because after La Liga re-signed a broadcast contract this season, each club can receive more money, which has also significantly increased La Liga's overall investment, but Valladolid's investment is indeed embarrassing.

Of course, this is their home court and the first game of the new season. The Chinatown team cannot be careless in the slightest.

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"Have you heard how Zidane will play this game?"

Gao Han had just sat down, turned his head and asked Cantarero with concern.

The technical director shook his head, "I don't know. I just heard that we have to play the Champions League qualifiers in the middle of the week, so we may make appropriate rotations and won't do our best."

This is basically in line with the opinions of the technical team.

Judging from the performance of the past two seasons, the lack of a reasonable and effective rotation mechanism has always made it impossible for Chinatown to take care of both the Champions League and the league. However, as a team that has won the fourth place in La Liga for several consecutive years, Chinatown must learn to fight on multiple fronts, and rotation is the top priority.

What's more, the team is full of talents. Without rotation, it is difficult to balance the players' playing opportunities. Without training, how can the young players grow?

These are all difficult questions before Zidane. It depends on whether he can give the answer tonight.

While everyone was chatting, the starting lineups for both sides came out.

Gao Han was obviously a little surprised when he got the starting list.

Goalkeeper De Gea, the defense is Alberto Moreno, De Vrij, Godin and Montoya, the midfield is Kante, Verratti and De Bruyne are in the middle, and the front three is It’s Hazard, Morata and Griezmann.

Zidane actually rotated in multiple positions, hiding many players including Varane, Danilo and Isco. Although it was to reserve strength for the Champions League qualifiers in midweek, this intensity Is it too big?

You know, this is the first game of the new season.

After reading the starting lineup, Cantarero and Armando Marcos also looked at Gao Han, and the three of them looked at each other.

"It seems that he is very confident." Gao Han smiled.

Cantarero nodded. Without confidence, Zidane would not dare to play like this.

In the first round of the game, a new coach takes office, and it is impossible for him not to want to win.

"I heard that Makelele had previously conducted special training for Illarramendi and Kante, and Zidane also made small adjustments to many players, such as Hazard and Griezmann, and also specially trained Jese shot." Armando Marcos grinned.

Gao Han nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Makélélé was the top defensive midfielder in the past. During his time at Paris Saint-Germain, he was seen specially training Rabiot. Now he is playing a small role for Illarramendi and Kante. There is no doubt that is excellent.

As for Zidane, it is undoubtedly very suitable for him to carve out Hazard and others.

Now it depends on how far he can tap the potential of this team.

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After the game started, Chinatown took advantage of the serve and firmly controlled the ball from the first minute.

De Bruyne was arranged in the middle of the midfield in this game, partnering with Verratti. The two were responsible for sorting out the midfield and delivering cannonballs to the teammates in the frontcourt, plus Aza on the left side of the frontcourt. Er, Chinatown's ball control advantage became very obvious after the start.

However, Valladolid was playing at home, and they were not willing to be robbed of the opportunity by Chinatown from the beginning, and took the initiative to exert pressure. In addition, it was the first game of the new season, and Chinatown was obviously not fully in shape. As a result, After the opening, the situation became a bit stalemate and the situation could not be opened up.

"Take your time, don't rush," Cantarero said nervously.

At times like this, the more calm and rational you need, the more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes.

After hearing this, Gao Han glanced at him, shook his head and laughed, "You can tell by looking at Zidane's appearance on the sidelines that he has been prepared for this. Relax, it will be fine."

Sure enough, after Gao Han finished speaking, less than five minutes later, Chinatown began to threaten.

Mainly because after 20 minutes, Valladolid could not continue to insist on this full-court pressing tactic because they had to consider the physical consumption.

However, Chinatown was obviously unyielding and pressed forward according to Valladolid's rhythm.

In the 28th minute, De Bruyne dunked past the defensive player in the middle and passed to the left side of the penalty area.

After Hazard got the ball on the left, he quickly dribbled the ball and kept approaching the defensive player, forcing the opponent to retreat again and again. Finally, before retreating to the penalty area, he tried to steal the ball, but Hazard was already prepared. He dunked past the opponent's kick. After dribbling the ball directly into the penalty area, he dunked past the opponent's central defender and volleyed with his right foot. The ball hit the lower right corner.

The whole scoring process came very suddenly, but it was extremely exciting.

After Hazard scored, he was so excited that he ran all the way.

Gao Han in the stands also jumped up from his seat and cheered loudly.

This goal is really beautiful!

"It's obvious that Hazard is getting more confident and more aggressive."

Gao Han was very pleased to see Hazard's progress.

For the ball just now, if it had been in the past, Hazard would have definitely sought cooperation with his teammates after dribbling the ball, but this time he decisively chose to go it alone, passing two opposing players in one go, and scored in Chinatown. The first goal of the season, this can indeed be said to be a very gratifying change.

"Yeah, this kid really got it right," Cantarero said.

Sometimes players are like that.

For Hazard, whether it is Gao Han, Pochettino, or Cantarero, they have repeatedly told him to play more aggressively, more independently and more selfishly, but to no avail.

It wasn't until the game against Barcelona last season that he showed such signs.

But I didn't expect that he would bring such a surprising change in the first game of the new season. This is indeed surprising.

It is not difficult to see from this that Zidane's training on him has also produced results.

At least when Hazard entered the penalty area from the left, that series of dazzling technical moves was really pleasing to the eye.

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The first goal came suddenly, but no one expected that the second goal would come even faster.

It was Hazard who dribbled the ball in from the left and passed it to Verratti, who passed it behind him. Griezmann stepped in and scored easily. At this time, only three minutes had passed since the first goal. minute.

With two goals scored in three minutes, Chinatown could be said to have established its lead in one fell swoop.

After the goal, Chinatown obviously played more relaxedly, especially in passing and controlling the ball.

In this game, Kanter was in the middle and backcourt and covered a wide area as always, intercepting, stealing, and running all over the court, which left a very deep impression on people. Moreover, his ability to get and play the ball was good, ensuring that the team The passing and control in the midfield and backfield are solid.

After changing sides in the second half, Chinatown once again launched a wave of attacks.

In just five minutes, De Bruyne got a chance in the middle. After getting rid of the defensive player and advancing with the ball, he suddenly hit a curve ball at the edge of the penalty area. The hit was very sudden. Goalkeeper Diego reacted quickly enough and flew the ball. save.

But the ball still fell into the penalty area. Morata, who was inserted in the back row, followed up in time. Before the ball hit the ground, he shot directly and blasted the ball into Valladolid's goal.

Three to zero!

After taking the lead, Zidane began to make substitutions in the 60th minute.

First, Verratti was replaced with Pogba, then Hazard was replaced with Jese, and finally Griezmann was replaced with Koke.

By this time, the time had reached the eighty-minute mark.

In the end, Chinatown defeated Valladolid 3-0 away with goals from Hazard, Griezmann and Morata.

Although it was a complete victory, looking at the entire game, Chinatown still did not play smoothly. However, considering that it was the first game of the new season and there was a large rotation, neither the players nor the team were obviously in game shape yet. Being able to get off to a good start is already considered very good.

After the game, Gao Han took Cantarero and Armando Marcos to the team's locker room to congratulate all the players in public and thank them for their wonderful performance in this game.

After playing away games in Chinatown, the first round of La Liga is basically over.

The team that performed the best was undoubtedly Barcelona.

Martino had just arrived, but in the first round of the new season, he beat Levante 7-0 at home.

Messi and Pedro both had one pass and two shots, Fabregas had two assists, Ibrahimovic, Xavi, and Alves each scored one goal. Barcelona performed very well.

The ball possession rate in the entire game was as high as 76%. In the first half alone, they led 6-0. Levante only had four shots in the entire game and only one shot on target. It was simply amazing. despair.

Not only Spanish football, but the entire European football world was shocked by Barcelona's strength.

Even the media in Catalonia exclaimed that the invincible Barcelona team was finally back!