Super Marshal

2014 is destined to be a year that will be remembered.

The transfer market this summer is unprecedentedly prosperous, with blockbuster transfers happening one after another.

The retaliatory signings of the two giants, led by Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​are even more breathtaking.

Neymar set a new sky-high price of 150 million euros. Suarez and Aguero also matched Gareth Bale's sky-high price of 100 million euros. Even Atletico Madrid, which has always been known for its cost-effective signings, rarely makes a move. , the introduction of Sanchez for 80 million euros, the arms race between the three giants in La Liga shocked the world.

However, the joining of many superstars has also greatly enhanced the influence of La Liga. The gathering of stars has increased the attention of La Liga, making it the most eagerly anticipated event by fans around the world in the new season.

All fans are looking forward to whether the three giants can continue to dominate La Liga, and whether the dark horse Chinatown can continue the legendary journey of last season. Especially for head coach Zidane, they are full of expectations.

But there are also many people who are puzzled by Chinatown's summer transfers, because while Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have all invested huge sums of money, Chinatown has not made a single transfer signing. This is absolutely unimaginable. .

Not only that, Chinatown sold Godin, the backbone of the team's defense, to Atletico Madrid for a high price of 50 million euros. This undoubtedly further intensified the outside world's doubts about Chinatown and whether this team will succeed. Like Ajax before, who fell apart after a while?

Just when public opinion was rising, L'Equipe once again broke the news, which was quickly officially recognized by Chinatown and Paris Saint-Germain. Italian midfielder Verratti transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for a sky-high price of 100 million euros. .

This Chinatown midfielder is known as Pirlo II, but some people think he is more like Xavi, but no matter who it is, it is enough to prove that he was a crucial member of Chinatown's midfield last season. , but now, Chinatown has sold him to Paris Saint-Germain. Doesn’t this mean that he has broken his arm?

After sending away Verratti, Chinatown officially announced that it had successfully renewed the contract of De Vrij, the best central defender in the World Cup, which also eliminated the idea of ​​poaching De Vrij from other teams.

The club's technical director Cantarero said in an interview with the media that Chinatown's main task this summer is to maintain the stability of the lineup. Verratti's transfer is indeed regrettable, but he firmly believes that the team will not lose a player. The players fell apart.

"Yeah, there's no doubt that Verratti is a vital part of the team, but we also have Isco, Pogba, De Bruyne and Koke, and we also have a group of very good young players. , I firmly believe that after the experience of last season, our players will become more mature and more competitive."

But Cantarero's remarks are suspicious.

Competitors have invested huge sums of money. Even the stingy Atletico Madrid has invested more than 150 million euros in transfer fees to recruit players. Why doesn't Chinatown recruit players to compete with the three giants?

Without attracting attention, Chinatown signed French winger Kingsley Coman from Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer. This player was promoted by Gao Han and tapped into the first team, but after Paris Saint-Germain, which is full of talents, has never been able to get a chance. Even after Neymar's transfer this season, Paris Saint-Germain still failed to make a strong commitment.

In the end, the two sides failed to reach a consensus on the contract renewal issue, and Kingsley Coman entered the transfer market as a free transfer.

This French treasure, with the halo of Gao Han's hand-picked aura, naturally attracted much attention. Almost half of the European giants were flocking to him, but he finally chose Chinatown because it has his idol Zidane and the person he respects the most. High cold.

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When Gao Han returned to China with the leader's delegation, dealt with some matters in China, and returned to Europe again, it was already August, and the new season was getting closer.

This summer, Chinatown chose to train in the Canary Islands in Spain. The most important thing was to avoid the harassment and entanglement of the media and fans, so that everyone on the team could focus on training, especially in the later period, when the international players participating in the World Cup After returning to the team one after another, the team rarely put together a lineup.

As Prime Minister Rajoy's visit to China in September approaches, there are more things that need to be handled and coordinated by Gao Han.

But the journey of the new season in Chinatown has already begun quietly.

On August 12, the 2014 European Super Cup was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Chinatown defeated the Europa League champions Sevilla 2-0 with goals from Hazard and Griezmann. Leah won the first European Super Cup in the club's history.

After playing in the European Super Cup, Chinatown returned to Madrid without stopping and began to prepare for the Spanish Super Cup a week later.

The two rounds of the game will be played within three days, and the opponent is Atletico Madrid. The first game is away and then the home. This will also be the first game in the new stadium in Chinatown, and everyone in the team attaches great importance to it.

Gao Han finally took some time and came to the training ground in Chinatown.

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The day's training session has ended, but there are still many people staying at the first team's comprehensive training ground.

The coaching staff including head coach Zidane, many first-team players including Hazard, Morata, and Jese, as well as many young players from the youth team such as Dembele, Martial and Mbappe Others, including the newly joined French player Kingsley Coman, all gathered at the first team training ground.

Since Zidane officially coached Chinatown, the team has had an additional "tradition" of starting a small business.

Not only first-team coaches like Zidane and Makelele, but also Cantarero and some of his technical staff often appear on such occasions. They will improve and improve the weaknesses of different players in categories. strengthen.

For example, Buenaventura specializes in training players with poor physical fitness and physical fitness, so his training venues are more on the track and in the gym; Makelele specializes in training players' defensive awareness, position selection and blocking. and interception and pressing, while Zidane specially trained players on shooting, dribbling, ball distribution, etc.

The training ground was in full swing, and no one noticed the cold weather coming to the sidelines.

"At the beginning, the coaching staff only wanted to train a few players such as Hazard, Jese and Morata, but unexpectedly more and more players were interested and took the initiative to stay for additional training. Gradually it became like this A unique culture of opening a small stove.”

Cantarero, who was following Gao Han, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

It's not a bad thing for players to practice extra. Many teams are eager for their players to practice extra, but it's really rare for so many people to take the initiative to stay and practice like in Chinatown.

"It can be seen that Zidane is also a very responsible head coach. He refuses to accept anyone who comes. At first, it was only for the first team. Later, even the boys from the youth team joined here, and it became a problem. People in the grounds maintenance team often complained, saying that their off-duty time was delayed and asked for overtime pay."

Gao Han couldn't help laughing when he heard this. This was quite a Spanish characteristic.

However, such a small amount of overtime pay is no longer worth mentioning in today's Chinatown.

The influence and attraction of superstars are clearly reflected in the likes of Zidane and Makelele.

Who among the players in Chinatown doesn’t want to receive guidance and training from Zidane and Makelele?

"Extensive training is a good thing, but you have to ask Buenaventura to pay attention to the physical condition of the players, especially the young players and the injured. Protection must be strengthened. You must not over-train and get injured again and again." Gao Han warned. road.

When players are young, they often don’t pay much attention to their health. They think that young people are strong and recover quickly, and they don’t pay attention to maintenance and protection. As a result, they easily suffer from the root causes of diseases. When their physical fitness deteriorates, all injuries will come at once. , it is easy to get injured again and again, or your condition will plummet after reaching a certain age.

"Don't worry, when they do extra training, the medical team will arrange for someone to follow them to make sure there are no problems." Cantarero replied.

Cantarero has always been cautious and meticulous in his work, so Gao Han is very confident in him.

On the court, Zidane has become the busiest person.

He was in the frontcourt for a while instructing offensive players in the shooting skills, such as Hazard, Jese, Morata and Griezmann. He all required that they must be able to shoot with both feet, and today's additional training items Just receive the cross from the two wings and directly hit the goal with a volley.

This is the stunt that made Cristiano Ronaldo famous.

In addition, Zidane will also personally demonstrate how to get rid of defensive players through deep running. Many techniques may seem simple and practical, but they are all inherited by Zidane from his predecessors or accumulated through decades of playing football. Come from personal experience.

As for the defense, Zidane is more instructing them on how to play the ball, how to reasonably allocate the ball, and even launch an attack directly, because the distribution of ball rights in the backcourt is different from that in the midfield, and Zidane, as a professional One of the greatest players in the history of football, this understanding and understanding are often unimaginable by others.

Makelele will also personally demonstrate to the players how to prevent them from being easily shaken off by offensive players. He was once the strongest deep-lying defensive midfielder in the world. Now he is not only carefully training Illarramendi and Kante, but also working hard to improve the team. The entire defensive system and the defensive awareness of every player.

This valuable experience gained through the words and deeds of Zidane and Makelele is precious to any player, and it can even be said to be an opportunity that is rare but not sought.

That's why so many players are willing to stay and practice more.

Cantarero also specially arranged for people from the technical team to observe and record, and video recordings were also taken at the scene. These are extremely valuable assets for Chinatown and will be of great help in cultivating young players in the future.

Gao Han watched quietly from the sidelines. He was now increasingly proud and grateful that he had chosen Zidane.

Facts have proved that Zidane may be a little immature and inexperienced in many aspects, but as a new head coach, his attitude and his valuable experience are assets to any team, let alone It is said that it is for a young guard like Chinatown, which is mainly composed of young players.

"It seems that his confidence in the team is not unreasonable." Gao Han said with a smile.

Zidane said at a high-level meeting two months ago that he was full of confidence in the team's journey in the new season. Now it seems that this should be the source of his confidence.

With such a group of players and such a group of coaches, why worry that this team will have no future?

No matter how much the opponents strengthen their recruitment, Chinatown's performance will not be any worse.

In the final analysis, youth is Chinatown’s greatest potential and greatest advantage.