Super Marshal

This is the most comfortable winter in the past ten years.

He can finally take time out to spend time with his family.

Since he left the Chelsea coaching job ten years ago, Gao Han took a year off. Since then, Gao Han has never had a good rest. Even during the vacation, it is difficult for him to completely let go and enjoy it wholeheartedly. holiday.

After leaving the coaching position of Paris Saint-Germain, Gao Han once thought about taking a vacation, but soon he became busy with the football cooperation between China and Spain. There were too many details that needed to be finalized and processed in all aspects. Different operating and management mechanisms in each country have also caused many contradictions and problems, all of which need to be resolved one by one by Gao Han.

Finally, at the end of September, under the witness of the chief minister and the Spanish Prime Minister, the Spanish Sports Minister and the China Sports General Administration formally signed an agreement on all-round cooperation in the field of football.

But even after signing the agreement, Gao Han still couldn't completely rest assured, because there was still a lot of aftermath work to be dealt with, and he also promised the Football Association and Perrin to pay close attention to the games and movements of the national football team, so he started to negotiate between Europe and China. run.

By January, it was not easy for Gao Han to find time, and he left all the team's winter break training and other related matters to Cantarero and Zidane. He took his wife, children, and two elderly couples at home, The family of seven flew to Australia for the winter, and Gao Han alone borne all the expenses.

During his stay in Australia, Gao Han only watched four Asian Cup games played by the national football team, winning three and losing one. The three games in the group stage were better than the last, but in the knockout round, it was reasonable to lose to the host Australia.

Many old problems still exist. For example, the team's forward players are not strong, which is the Achilles' heel of the national football team. Even during the Asian Cup, it still cannot be overcome. However, under Perrin's training, the technical and tactical style of the national football team has improved a lot. After a while, the ground began to infiltrate and cooperate, and there were gratifying changes.

As for the regrettable loss to Australia in the end, the national football team tried their best and fought until the last minute.

Gao Han would update his commentary on Weibo after watching every national football game. After losing to Australia in the last game, Gao Han even made a summary and published a long article.

He believes that the overall performance of this Asian Cup was good, and it basically showed the strength of the national football team. The final loss to Australia was reasonable, and there was no point in saying that the skills were inferior to others.

"Looking at the performance of the Asian Cup, it is basically in line with my previous evaluation. We are indeed inferior in skills, but the gap is not that big. As long as we display our strength normally and have the right skills and tactics, I believe that even if we encounter Australia , South Korea, Japan, Iran and Saudi Arabia, we are all capable of fighting."

"The biggest gain from this Asian Cup, I think, is that we once again see ourselves clearly and see this clearly."

The young national players participating in the Asian Cup this time also gave people hope, and the veterans in the team also played a key role. Goalkeeper Wang Dalei was the best in the team, which was particularly impressive.

Gao Han believes that the national football team has made gratifying progress and given people hope, but it is far from being completely transformed.

"With three consecutive wins in the group stage, domestic public opinion has been overwhelmingly praising the fans, and the fans are generally very enthusiastic. After the loss to Australia, the media and public opinion have reversed. As a head coach, I can understand the media and fans. It’s a feeling, but I would say it’s normal.”

"Every team, every head coach, every player will make mistakes, and the stronger the overall strength of the team, the greater the tolerance for mistakes, and it is obvious that whether it is individual players or overall strength, None of us had an advantage, so many of our mistakes became more fatal and were magnified in the end.”

"It should be said that the Asian Cup has reached this level, and the national football team can only play the strength that the team should have. Stopping in Australia just proves that our strength only goes so far."

"Many people only pay attention to the results, which is understandable, but I personally think that our biggest gain from this Asian Cup is not the results, but the psychology. We have seen our opponents clearly and we have seen ourselves clearly. This allows us to No matter what kind of opponent you face, you have to have a firm mind. Only with a firm foundation can you have direction and confidence."

But in the end, Gao Han also warned the national football coaching staff and players that the Asian Cup has passed, and everyone must sum up experiences and lessons and strive to perform better in this summer's East Asian Cup and the following World Cup qualifiers.

"I firmly believe that as long as we can continue to maintain the momentum of development and progress over the past year, we have every hope of appearing in the 2018 World Cup in Russia."

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Basically consistent with Gao Han's judgment, many domestic industry experts generally believe that the biggest and most gratifying change of the national football team in this Asian Cup is the psychology. The original timid performance has been reduced, and the vast majority of players have basically played as they should. level of strength.

This is the key to the national football team's three consecutive victories!

According to news from within the Football Association, the team immediately contacted Chinatown after Gao Han offered three strategies. After that, a psychologist from Chinatown was temporarily seconded for every national team training session. Updates were made before and after the Asian Cup. He was with the team from the training camp to the expedition to Australia.

"At this point, we have to admire Gao Han's vision and knowledge. This expert specially borrowed from Spain is only the deputy of Dr. Steve Peters, but his understanding and grasp of the players' psychology is quite impressive. I admire him, his business ability is also very good, he brought great help to the national team during the Asian Cup, and the evaluation of the players is also excellent."

"Perennial weakness has put heavy pressure and burden on the psychology of our players. Coupled with the domestic public opinion environment, this often leads to the more our players get into key games, the easier it is for them to fall behind. But the psychology of Chinatown Experts have formulated psychological counseling plans specifically for this point.”

"During the training camp and the Asian Cup, he was even more popular with the players than head coach Perrin. Many players even took the initiative to communicate with him. I think we have an urgent need in this regard."

When the Football Association official was interviewed by the media, he also took the initiative to mention another thing, that is, in addition to prescribing medicine for the national team, Gao Han also actually prescribed medicine for the Football Association.

"He said in a private meeting that not only the players of the national team need psychological counseling, but also the Football Association needs psychological counseling. The pressure on the players is huge, the pressure on the coaching staff is huge, and the pressure on the Football Association officials is not less than them. .”

"I personally think this is very to the point!"

But the Football Association official also said, "The media and fans know many things and many things, and we know it even better, but so far, only Gao Han has really broken through this layer of window paper in person."

"It is indeed a blessing for Chinese football to have such a cold weather!"

As published by authoritative domestic media, this interview report from an insider of the Football Association immediately aroused heated discussion across the country again.

Gao Han's status in the hearts of domestic fans is extremely high, and his prestige is even more respected. Now he has personally promoted the cooperation between China and Spain, and has received the approval of the top leaders. His status is no longer what it used to be. Although he is not a member of the system, But every word and action touches the hearts of the Football Association, coaches, players, as well as the national media and fans.

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Gao Han stayed in Australia for more than a month and did not return to China until the end of February, and then flew directly to Europe.

According to the contract, Chinatown's winter break training camp was arranged to be held in Qatar, the Middle East, and they played two warm-up matches here. The opponents were Paris Saint-Germain of Ligue 1 and Bayern Munich of Bundesliga. They won one and drew one, which was a good performance.

After the draw results for the knockout round of the top 16 were released, the team drawn in Chinatown was Serie A's Juventus.

In mid-January, FIFA also held the annual FIFA Golden Globe Award Ceremony. Since it is the World Cup year, all major awards are also biased towards the World Cup team, such as Best Coach, Loew He defeated Zidane.

Chinatown has not even had any players shortlisted for the best team, which has to be said to be a regrettable thing. However, Hazard, as the absolute main force of the team, helped Chinatown win two runner-ups and the Champions League championship. , finally squeezed into the top five in terms of vote share for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, ranking fourth.

The winner of the Ballon d'Or is Cristiano Ronaldo, followed by Messi and Neuer who led the German national team to win the championship.

During this period of time, although Chinatown's performance had some ups and downs, it was overall stable.

During the Copa del Rey, they defeated Elche 5-0 at home and 4-0 away. They defeated Malaga 0-0 away and 1-0 at home. Then in the semi-finals, they defeated Elche 2-0 away and 1-0 at home. They eliminated the Spaniards and successfully entered the finals.

This is the second consecutive year that Chinatown has entered the Copa del Rey final, but this time the opponent is Barcelona.

In La Liga, after the winter break, they unexpectedly lost to Valencia 1-2 at the Mestalla Stadium in the first round.

But then they beat Espanyol 3-0 at home and Getafe 3-0 away, winning two consecutive rounds.

In the 20th round of La Liga, at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Chinatown reversed Real Madrid 2-1 away from home after conceding a goal first and won a crucial victory. However, in the end Griezmann scored a penalty kick. , but it caused a lot of controversy.

After that, they defeated Real Sociedad 4-1 at home and defeated Sevilla 2-1 in the make-up match.

However, in the 22nd round, Chinatown once again lost 0-1 to Atletico Madrid in an away game.

The curse of the sheet army once again hangs over Chinatown. Zidane's team still lost to Atletico Madrid twice in the league this season, which has to be said to be quite paradoxical.

They beat Deportivo 2-0 at home and Elche 2-0 away.

After 24 rounds, Chinatown ranked first in La Liga with a record of 20 wins and 4 losses, with 60 points, followed by Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid. The four strong teams still firmly dominate La Liga. league.

Chinatown has won consecutive games and has shown impressive strength. The team's overall offensive power has also left a very deep impression on people. It has always ranked first in La Liga in goals scored, but it is slightly inferior in defense. last season.

However, after selling the two core players Verratti and Godin, they can still lead the La Liga standings in the new season. Chinatown's performance is shocking enough.

Many people are even beginning to believe that Zidane's team is likely to wash away the mistakes of last season.

But many people believe that the real test has just begun.

After twenty-four rounds, the knockout rounds of the Champions League reignited the flames of war.