Super Marshal

The first defeat of the new season is definitely a painful blow to Chinatown.

Especially losing to Atletico Madrid away from home.

This team has always been the sufferer of Chinatown. In the Champions League quarterfinals last season, Chinatown stopped in front of Atletico Madrid. The head coach Pochettino at the time had nothing to do with Simeone's team.

Times have changed, but Chinatown, which had been so strong this season, still fell to Atletico Madrid, which made everyone in the team feel extremely depressed.

Zidane clearly felt this atmosphere in the dressing room after the game.

The competition in La Liga this season is very fierce, and it has been bloody from the beginning.

Although Chinatown has only lost one game so far, it immediately fell from the top of the standings, handing it over to Barcelona by one point. It has the same points as Atletico Madrid, but due to unfavorable results in the game, it can only be ranked second. the third.

Fortunately, after the twelfth round, Chinatown had a full week to rest.

Once the best football player on the planet, Zidane's understanding of the emotions of professional players will not be lost to anyone. He knows better than anyone that this game against Levante a week later is the key. .

It's not terrible to lose a game. What's terrible is that the team's anger is deflated and they lose again and again.

On the morning of the second day of the game, Zidane arrived at the Chinatown training base early.

In the past two years of coaching with Gao Han, he has also developed a habit of arriving at the training base earlier than others.

The security personnel at the gate also recognized Zidane's Mercedes-Benz ML-class AMG. Before this season, after the team re-signed a car sponsorship contract with sponsor Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz provided it to the club's coaches and players for free. The license plate numbers are all connected, making them very identifiable.

After parking the car, Zidane went directly to the office.

Although the training base provides free nutritious breakfast, Zidane is still used to eating at home.

When he came to the office, the first thing he did was to flip through the newspapers that had been placed on the coffee table in front of the sofa. He paid attention to the various news information in the morning. The hot topic was undoubtedly the game last night.

Chinatown received a lot of criticism from the 2-0 away defeat to Atletico Madrid, but most of them were understanding.

For example, Matayana believes that it is not surprising that Chinatown lost this strong dialogue. The key is how to play the next game well. At the same time, he also analyzed the current injuries in Chinatown and mainly focused on multi-line operations. Caused by.

Since next year is the year of the World Cup in Brazil, major European leagues have reduced their schedules this season. There are always several rounds of mid-week league games interspersed with the Champions League matches, which makes the pressure on players significantly greater.

Zidane's rotation has shown very good results so far. The Champions League has kept pace with Manchester United, and La Liga has also jumped to the top of the list. Now it is just a step back, at least one point ahead of Barcelona. Such a report card is handed in. Going out is absolutely convincing.

But Matayana also mentioned that the average age of Chinatown is the lowest in La Liga, and the mentality of players is often not stable enough. It is easy to become careless when winning consecutively, and lose morale after losing. This is The club needs to pay attention.

In addition to Matayana, De La Morena also reminded Chinatown and the coaching staff in his radio show last night that the general analysis is similar to Matayana.

However, what surprised Zidane was that he read several newspapers in succession and did not see any interviews with Chinatown management. Cantarero and Armando Marcos were not included, and Gao Han’s name was not mentioned in succession. Not a word was mentioned.

This surprised him.

Since he coached Chinatown this season, Gao Han has become very low-key. It can even be said that he seems to have disappeared. If he didn't appear in the stands in every game, he might have been kicked out long ago. Forgot.

This is certainly unreasonable.

In this game, Gao Han was sitting in the chairman's stand. This is something everyone knows. It is impossible for media reporters to forget him, especially since the game was lost. The only reasonable explanation is that Gao Han and Cantarero and other clubs The management deliberately avoided interviews with media reporters because they did not want them to use the topic to their advantage.

After thinking about this, Zidane suddenly smiled.

Of course he understands the intentions of Gao Han and the management. After all, if the team loses, no matter what they say, whether they praise or criticize, it will inevitably have an impact on the team, so the best way is to treat it coldly and not come forward.

Zidane knows that this is also a long-standing tradition in Chinatown, such as when he supported Pochettino.

But after all, he had only heard about it before, but now after experiencing it for himself, he had to admit that the Chinatown management's approach really made him feel reassured. At least he would not feel much pressure.

As early as the day he signed a contract with Chinatown, Gao Han, Cantarero and Armando Marcos told him at the same time that Chinatown’s tradition is that there is no hierarchy and no communication barriers. If the management has any ideas and opinions, they will Communicate it directly to him, not through the media or a third party.

In the same way, if he has any opinions and ideas, he can also raise them directly with Cantarero.

This is to make Zidane understand that any remarks made by any media or third parties will not count.

Combined with the current situation, Zidane couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart. No wonder even after Pochettino left Manchester United, he still spoke highly of the coaching environment in Chinatown and considered it the best coaching environment team in Europe.

After Zidane read the newspaper, the club's staff also came to the training base one after another.

Sergio Garcia is in charge of the data and intelligence analysis department, so Zidane's chief assistant coach is Makelele.

Obviously, the French legendary star and Zidane's best friend is also concerned about the team's situation. As soon as he arrived at the club, he went straight to Zidane's office.

"Wait a minute and tell Dr. Peters that I will get a psychological evaluation of the players every day for the next week."

After hearing this, Makelele nodded and agreed.

Steve Peters is the sports psychology expert whom Gao Han relies on and is also an authority in this field. He has followed Gao Han for many years. After Gao Han retired, he officially joined Chinatown as a psychological consultant. He not only served the first team, but also It is also taking care of the youth team and even the youth training center in China.

"In addition, tell Lorenzo that I need him to give me a recovery report of the injured as soon as possible, as well as a medical analysis report of every player on the team." Zidane instructed again.

Many people have the impression that Lorenzo Buenaventura is the best physical coach in the world. He has followed Gao Han for more than ten years and is second to none in terms of physical training. However, few people know that he is actually a An expert in sports medicine.

As early as ten years ago, after Gao Han left Chelsea, Buenaventura officially joined Chinatown and worked hard to establish Chinatown's medical and rehabilitation department. Now he is not only the department director, but he is also responsible for the team's physical training. .

Of course, like Sergio Garcia, he has a team of people working under him.

The professionalism of Chinatown lies here. Each department has the most professional and authoritative experts, which allows the head coach to be more focused.

After Makelele nodded in agreement, he stood up and left.

Zidane sat on the sofa, pondered for a while, and finally took out his mobile phone, found Gao Han's number, and sent a text message.

"Don't worry, I can handle it!"

Zidane still admires this boss who is even younger than himself, but is also a mentor and friend.

Especially in the past two years, he has learned so much from Gao Han that he is now eager to coach a team independently and transform the theories and conjectures in his mind into reality as much as possible.

Gao Han's text message was also answered quickly. The content was very simple, only three characters.

"I believe you!"

This made Qida feel warm in his heart and smile knowingly.

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On the evening of November 9th, Leganes Brok Stadium.

In the last round, they lost to Atletico Madrid 0-2 in an away game, suffering the first disastrous defeat of the new season. Chinatown's unstoppable momentum was curbed, and the young team coached by Zidane was also questioned.

In another focus game held a day earlier, Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 5-1 at home. Pellegrini's team once again won a big victory and defended his precarious position.

Everyone is also looking forward to the match between Chinatown and Levante.

Is it going to reverse the disastrous defeat in the last round of strong-power dialogue, or is it going to sink further?

Zidane gave a rare high-profile answer before the game. This battle must be won!

In just eleven minutes, Isco assisted Hazard to score the first goal.

This group of young players from Chinatown played a fierce attack at their home court, beating the visiting Levante somewhat dizzy.

After taking the lead, Levante defended with all their strength, but Chinatown still controlled the initiative in the game.

After changing sides in the second half, Chinatown once again launched a wave of offense after the opening, and in the 54th minute, Alex Sandro scored a goal assisted by Hazard. The Brazilian left back made a strong effort. shot and scored his first goal of the season.

Afterwards, Chinatown took advantage of the victory and launched a mad attack on Levante like a wolf and a tiger.

In the 64th minute, Levante center back Navarro committed a flagrant foul while defending and was sentenced to death by the referee and sent off with a red card.

The following game completely entered the rhythm of Chinatown, the ball possession rate continued to increase, and Zidane also began to make substitution adjustments.

In the 81st minute, Griezmann once again helped the team score a goal.

In the end, with goals from Hazard, Alex Sandro and Griezmann, Chinatown defeated Levante 3-0 at home and achieved a hearty victory.

What shocked everyone even more was that Chinatown's ball possession rate in this game was as high as 72%, setting a new high this season and leaving everyone stunned.

Many media and fans have even said that Chinatown is likely to become the most controlling team in European football after Barcelona.

But in the face of a complete victory, Zidane remained calm and low-key.

At the post-match press conference, the French coach said that the team's victory was expected, but the process was not perfect, because Chinatown wasted a lot of opportunities, especially up to 11 corner kicks, but did not create a threat. This is a lesson the team needs to learn.

But Zidane also expressed that he was satisfied with the performance of the players and he firmly believed that the team had overcome the shadow of the last round of away defeat.

"I firmly believe that we will continue to attack the top of the league!"

That is, after this round of competition, Gao Han also received a piece of heavy news from China.