Super Marshal

"Here, this is the scouting report for the World Youth Championship in Canada."

The morning after returning to Munich from Leipzig, chief scout Wolfgang Dremler gave Gao Han a long-awaited gift.

For more than half a month, Bayern Munich has specially arranged personnel to track the performance of three players in the team. Dremler also personally went into battle and inspected several games on site, including the semi-finals and finals.

"Sergio Aguero, who you decided to sign before, performed very well, especially in the final. He dominated the game alone and helped Argentina reverse the Czech Republic 2-1 and win the championship."

Gao Han was busy participating in the League Cup at the time, and the World Youth Championship games were not broadcast live, so he didn't know.

Judging from the match report, the Czech Republic scored first, but two minutes later, Aguero stepped forward and equalized the score for Argentina. This goal successfully saved Argentina. In the end, Zarate’s goal also came from Due to Aguero's performance, it was his personal ability that won the corner kick for Argentina, and finally scored the winning goal.

With six goals and four assists, Aguero had an unforgettable performance in the World Youth Championship. Not only did he win the top scorer, but he was also elected as the World Youth Champion with 167 press votes. Ballon d'Or for best player of the tournament.

The Silver Ball was won by Argentinian player Morales, and the Bronze Ball was won by Mexico's Dos Santos.

Among them, the latter plays for Barcelona and is known as Ronaldinho II.

"How's it going? How do you feel?" Gao Han took a rough look at the scouting report and asked with a smile.

Wolfgang Dremler is a star of Bayern Munich and the team's chief scout. His opinions naturally carry some weight, and Gao Han also wants to hear his opinions.

The chief scout shook his head, smiled, and said with a look of sincerity on his face: "I'm convinced."

"What do you mean?" Gao Han was a little funny.

"Before, you tried to bring in Aguero, especially when you said you wanted to sign before the World Youth Championship. At that time, my personal opinion was still a bit reserved, but I believed in your vision, but now when I look back, I am really dissatisfied. no."

Dremler sighed and said with a smile: "For this same player, the price of 25 million euros before the World Youth Championship is quite high. But if he didn't act decisively at that time, after the World Youth Championship, this price would be very high." It’s definitely impossible to buy.”

Everyone knows that the World Youth Championship only produces future stars.

Not to mention the distant ones, there was Messi in the last term, and before that there were a group of players such as Kaká, Adriano and Maicon.

Bayern Munich attaches great importance to the World Youth Championship, and other European giants are also not idle. Almost all the giants have sent scouts to Canada for inspection, and I am afraid that many teams will even take decisive action.

As the most eye-catching star in this World Youth Championship, he is known as the genius who single-handedly brought Argentina to the championship. If Aguero had not signed with Bayern Munich before the game, he might be in high demand now.

I want to win him for another 25 million euros, just dream!

"Just now, Mr. Rummenigge and Mr. Hoeness called me one after another. They both lamented that the team listened to your opinions and acted decisively. Otherwise, I am afraid they would not be competitive now."

Gao Han smiled modestly, but he agreed with Dremler's statement.

If Bayern Munich didn't contact him until after the World Youth Championship, the Bundesliga giants would have no advantage at all compared to other wealthy teams and would not be able to grab him.

Of course, if Gao Han comes forward in person, he should still be somewhat confident.

"By the way, except for Aguero, how did the other players perform?"

"Vidal performed well. As a defender of the Chilean team, he performed very well. Even in the game where he lost to Argentina 0-3, he did not make many major mistakes. On the contrary, in the previous games, he performed well. outstanding."

"As for Marcelo, although he is strong offensively and weak defensively, he is generally pretty good. His forward assists are very characteristic. He is a seedling that can be cultivated."

When he said this, Dremler suddenly remembered a person and smiled, "However, in the match between Brazil and Spain, there was one person who left a deep impression on me."

"who?"

"Herald Pieck."

"Oh, it's him." Gao Han was a little surprised, but he quickly recovered.

He is not surprised at all by Pique's strength and potential, especially in a competition like the World Youth Championship.

With the strength of Pique, Aguero and Pato, it can be said that there is no pressure to play in the World Youth Championship.

But Gao Han smiled and comforted Dremler, "It's okay, Wolfgang, don't envy Barcelona, ​​we have Hummels."

Dremler did not expect that Gao Han would have such a high opinion of Hummels, but he was also very pleased in his heart.

After all, Hummels is a direct descendant of Bayern Munich's youth training.

"I received a message and heard that Arsenal has taken action on several players."

"Oh? Who?" Gao Han didn't expect that Wenger would take action so quickly.

But it’s no wonder that although all Premier League teams have strong purchasing power and deep pockets, Arsenal is obviously not included.

In order to build a new stadium in recent years, the Gunners have been frugal and even sold captains and superstars such as Vieira and Henry. Wenger can only rely more on introducing young players and cultivating talents to supplement the team's strength. combat effectiveness.

"Argentina's Di Maria, and Brazilian youngster Pedro Silva."

"Di Maria?" Gao Han chuckled, "His eyes are very poisonous."

Dremler nodded, "Yeah, although the best performer in the Argentine team is Aguero, and then Morales won the Silver Ball, but in my opinion, Di Maria has more potential. Listen Say, he is Mendes' player."

Finally, Dremler looked at Gao Han.

After several years of business operation, Mendes has become the most popular top agent in European football. Although his relationship with Gao Han has not been confirmed positively, everyone knows that it must be extraordinary. Otherwise, How to explain that Mendes digs players one by one?

Would this be possible without Gao Han's fiery eyes making suggestions behind the scenes?

They are all insiders. Gao Han did not deny it and nodded, "Yes, he is indeed Mendes' player, but I don't know what Mendes thought about it."

"It is said that Arsenal has reached an agreement with him, his agent, and the Rosario Central team, but since Di Maria cannot apply for a labor certificate, Wenger means to loan him to the Spanish Second Division first. He was playing for a team and waiting to get a labor certificate before returning to the Premier League, but Mendes reportedly refused.”

Gao Han is not surprised at all, this is indeed Mendes' style.

Mendes has an amazing influence in European football. With his ability, he can completely move Di Maria to the four major European leagues, or the Portuguese Super League, the Netherlands and other leagues to practice for a period of time, and wait until the time is right. , and then operate it to the top European leagues, which will be better for both players and agents.

On the contrary, like now, signing to Arsenal but loaning to other teams, apart from having the aura of a wealthy family, does it make sense?

There are countless talents like this who are signed and then rented out by the major European giants every year, but only a handful can actually return to the team, and the success rate is pitifully low.

Therefore, with Mendes' shrewdness, it is strange that he would agree.

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With the end of the League Cup, the pace of the new season is getting closer, especially the German Cup that bears the brunt.

Since the Bundesliga giants participated in three consecutive League Cup games, the first knockout round of the German Cup was delayed to the end and was not held until August 6, while other teams held their matches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday respectively. .

This time Bayern Munich's opponent was Burghausen, also from Bavaria.

This team is not strong. It was relegated from the Bundesliga 2 last season and suffered a heavy loss of players. It is difficult to compete with Bayern Munich. However, according to the rules of the German Cup, Bayern Munich has to challenge its opponents away from home.

In this regard, Gao Han said that although the opponent is a low-level league team, Bayern Munich cannot be careless at all.

"At the opponent's home court, the slightest carelessness could cause us to capsize in the gutter."

The interpretation of this by outside media is that Gao Han was too cautious for the first game of the new season.

With Bayern Munich's strength and net investment of 100 million euros, how can they be so cautious when facing a third-tier league team?

But Bayern Munich has always maintained a cold attitude, low-key and cautious.

After the League Cup and the three World Youth Championship internationals returned to the team, Gao Han conducted closed training in Sebena and began to fine-tune the team's tactics for the new season, especially the training for the three returning players.

Marcelo was also assigned to the main left back position in the first internal group match after returning to the team, while captain Lahm was assigned to the right back, which also made people see Gao Han. Attention to Marcelo.

Just when Gao Han was in full swing for the final run-in in Sebena, the German Cup finally took the lead in igniting the flames of war.

The opening game was held on August 3rd. Hoffenheim played against Augsburg. The two teams ended up with a 2-2 draw. However, in overtime, Hoffenheim scored two more goals. Defeated Augsburg four to two.

This season's newly promoted team from the Bundesliga 2 surprised everyone in its debut of the new season.

In German football, Hoffenheim has also become famous in recent years. With the strong support of boss Hope, the team has been promoted successively. Although it is a newly promoted team from the Bundesliga this season, the team's investment is not small. Many people are I am optimistic that this team can advance to the next level and be directly promoted to the Bundesliga.

If it can really get to this point, Hoffenheim will be called a legend.

There was an upset in the opening game, which surprised the entire German football world, but the real upset happened on the 4th.

Leverkusen lost 0-1 to St. Pauli in an away game. This made Leverkusen ambitious before the season and threatened to kill Bayern Munich. Leverkusen defeated the cold in the first game of the new season and suffered a defeat.

After the game, head coach Skibe pointed the finger of the team's poor performance at the organizers' poor organization before the game, because they encountered a serious traffic jam on the way to St. Pauli's home stadium. There were only forty minutes left before kick-off, and the game started right away without even a warm-up time.

But the German media took a harsh dig at Leverkusen, mocking Skibe's excuse for losing.

"According to Skibe's standards, Leverkusen should ask all cities where they play away games to open a green channel for them so that they can travel unimpeded."

As for the team that was hailed as the most likely to compete with Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga championship before the game, it suffered a waterloo in the first season of the new season. The German media generally expressed disappointment, believing that Leverkusen lost because of their complacent mentality.

"They didn't take St. Pauli seriously at all, but reality taught them a painful lesson."

In addition to Leverkusen, there are also several other upsets, such as Red and White Essen defeating Cottbus.

But in the first three days of the game, most of the strong teams achieved victory, and there were many big-scoring victories. The highest one was Rostock's 8-0 away victory over Hasbourne.

After these three days of competition, everyone began to turn their attention to Bavaria.

In the last game of the first knockout round of the German Cup, Burghausen faced Bayern Munich at home.

There are many people waiting eagerly. Bayern Munich had better be like Leverkusen and capsize in the gutter.