Super Marshal

In the early morning, Gao Han arrived at the Carrington training base early as usual.

Construction has begun on the new training base opposite the City Stadium, but it will still be at least more than a year away from being put into use.

But after Gao Han took over, the facilities at Manchester City's Carrington training base began to become more and more complete.

For example, the restaurant is open to the public every morning and provides nutritious breakfast, so many players are accustomed to coming to the training base earlier than usual to enjoy a delicious and free breakfast.

Gao Han was always the first to arrive at Carrington. He went upstairs to change his clothes and sneakers, went downstairs to warm up, and then ran around Carrington. This was a habit he developed after taking charge of Manchester City.

As his body gradually warmed up, he could clearly feel that his breathing became faster, but his mind became more and more flexible.

He has won the League Cup and successfully defended the Premier League title, but these are not what he values ​​most.

When he came to Manchester City, what he really wanted was the Champions League.

Before coaching Manchester City, he had already won the league championship and the Champions League championship in the three major leagues of La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga. This is very close to the requirements of the [Champion Collector] task of the coaching system. As long as he leads Manchester City to win the Premier League, He only has the Ligue 1 left.

Gao Han has always been very clear that his ability to achieve all this depends on the coaching system, but this does not mean that he has not made any progress at all. On the contrary, in the past eleven years, he has not dared to slack off almost every day. He works harder and is more disciplined than ever before.

Because he reminds himself all the time how all this came about.

This makes him always full of a sense of worry, pushing himself all the time, while keeping him awake and rational.

But since the past year or two, he has consciously reduced his reliance on the coaching system. One obvious change is that he has used skill cards less frequently. Even for a long time this season, he has not been able to use skill cards at all. No longer needed at first.

Manchester City's unparalleled lineup gave him the confidence to control the situation on the field and gave him the ability to defeat all opponents, so he was even more eager to test his true level and defeat all opponents.

This gives him a greater sense of accomplishment.

But all along, the [Champion Collector] in the mission system was like a towering mountain, standing in front of him, forcing him to look up, and making him particularly curious as to what was behind that mountain. ?

He had a vague hunch that what he had been pursuing was behind that high mountain.

Therefore, he kept telling himself that he must overcome it and conquer it.

Manchester City has won two championships this season and is getting closer and closer to the Champions League. Gao Han is eager to make a difference in the Champions League. He has defeated Mourinho, Ferguson, Wenger and Allegue with his true ability. Li, Scolari and others, and now, he is eager to compete with more powerful enemies.

Among the eight teams currently promoted from the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk is the weakest. It is considered an upset to eliminate Roma. It is also recognized by everyone as a weak persimmon. Whoever draws him will be lucky.

After Atletico Madrid introduced Schneiderlin and Juanfran during the winter break, the overall strength has improved. After Bayern Munich lost Modric, its strength dropped a bit compared with Gao Han's coaching period. After Inter Milan continued to sell people, Coupled with metabolism, the overall strength has also declined a lot.

Gao Han is also confident enough about these three old clubs.

There are three real headaches for opponents, Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​Ferguson's Manchester United and Mourinho's Real Madrid.

Needless to say about Barcelona, ​​anyone who touches this team will have a headache.

Ferguson's Manchester United is notoriously difficult to deal with, especially in cup competitions where tactics are highly targeted. Ferguson has always been unambiguous, and the old man is now thinking about retiring with a meaningful championship. In the hopeless situation of the league , the Champions League tried their best and was difficult to deal with.

Mourinho's Real Madrid met in the group stage. Gao Han also defeated the Galaxy Battleship with his real level. However, after the introduction of Felipe Melo and Moutinho during the winter break, Mourinho The team has made a qualitative leap on the defensive level.

Gao Han specially watched the video of the two-round match between Real Madrid and Chelsea. After Felipe Melo and Moutinho joined, Real Madrid did a very good job in pressing and intercepting in the midfield. The Portuguese madman almost Build the team into a watertight team.

Although Gao Han has a headache with these three teams, he is eager to meet them, not only because these three teams are the three most difficult teams in European football this season, but also because he is eager to prove himself.

Some people like to pick weak persimmons, but Gao Han likes to challenge high difficulties.

He has always believed that Manchester United in the Premier League is not the real Manchester United, and Mourinho, who is unwilling to defend and counterattack wholeheartedly, is not the real Mourinho.

Countless thoughts went through his mind, and before he knew it, Gao Han had finished his share of the day, and he was already sweating profusely and panting like an ox.

But when he was still three hundred meters away from the training building, he gritted his teeth again, allowed himself to speed up, and finally persisted until he reached the bottom of the training building, almost falling down from exhaustion.

However, the moment he reached the finish line, his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment and he couldn't help but smile.

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Every Champions League draw is accompanied by conspiracy theories, and this year is no different.

In the group stage, Manchester City, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax were drawn into a super group of death, which made fans all over the world feel unfair to Manchester City and believed that UEFA was deliberately making things difficult for Gao Han.

But when it came time to draw lots for the knockout round of the top 16, Manchester City had the best luck and actually got Copenhagen, the second weakest team in the group. This made everyone accuse the draw of being shady and believed that UEFA intended to send Manchester City to the final.

But this time around, conspiracy theories are still rife when it comes to the draw for the quarter-finals.

Judging from the latest odds announced by the betting company before the game, Manchester City is leading the way. Gao Han's winning streak has made all fans around the world optimistic about Manchester City, believing that Blue Moon will surely have the last laugh in the Champions League.

Followed closely by Barcelona and Real Madrid, these two La Liga teams are also popular teams, but they are far less powerful than the cold Manchester City.

However, you never have to worry about the media finding something to hype about.

The duel between Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi quickly became the focus of fans around the world.

Everyone wants to know what kind of matchup will it be when Cristiano Ronaldo meets Messi? Who will be better? Who can take away the Champions League title from under the opponent's nose?

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held at 12 o'clock local time in Nyon, Switzerland, and will be broadcast live to the world.

After Gao Han and others finished their restorative training in the morning, they squatted in front of the TV on time at noon to watch the live broadcast.

The person in charge of the draw is still UEFA Secretary General, the bald Mr. Infantino, and the person in charge of the draw is Lineker, the ambassador of the final venue, and this time the draw will also determine the situation of the semi-finals.

Gao Han and his assistants also watched the live TV broadcast with solemn expressions, quietly watching Lineker draw the first team.

real Madrid!

And soon, the opponent of the Galaxy Battleship was drawn out by Lineker, Shakhtar Donetsk.

"I guess Mourinho is so lucky!" Brian Kidd shook his head.

"Who says it's not?"

"He has taken out the weakest team in the quarterfinals. What else can be said?"

The assistants talked to each other, and Gao Han shook his head.

He was not at all envious of Mourinho's selection of Shakhtar Donetsk, but was relieved.

He didn't want to draw Shakhtar Donetsk at all. There was no challenge there.

The answer was quickly revealed when Lineker put his hand into the bowl for the third time and pulled out the ball again.

Manchester City!

The atmosphere in the entire office suddenly seemed to be frozen.

"In the top half, we are actually placed in the same half as Real Madrid."

"Who will be the opponent drawn this time?"

According to the draw rules for the Champions League quarter-finals, all teams may be drawn, including Manchester United, which is also in the Premier League.

In other words, the remaining five teams are all possible.

Lineker is a well-known media person after all during the live TV broadcast. At this time, he did not forget to joke a few words in front of the live TV broadcast. He said that the team he most hopes to play for Manchester City is Barcelona. The reason is that he is looking forward to it. See the showdown between Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.

"Many people have told me that Guardiola is the most promising to beat Gao Han, and to be honest, I am very much looking forward to the showdown between Gao Han and Guardiola. I really hope to see someone end Gao Han's winning streak."

However, Lineker reached in and took out a small ball, then took it out, opened it, and looked disappointed.

It's Manchester United!

Manchester derby!

Brian Kidd was visibly disappointed.

Manchester City and Manchester United are two teams that have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In other words, only one team has the qualifications to enter the semi-finals.

This undoubtedly made him, an English footballer, somewhat disappointed.

Lineker on TV was also a little disappointed, because he hoped to draw Barcelona, ​​but what he didn't expect was that Barcelona was actually drawn into the bottom half.

But the draw for the second half was equally surprising, because Atletico Madrid was drawn first, but its opponent was Barcelona.

Two Spanish teams were drawn together, which also surprised everyone.

The final matchup is Bayern Munich versus Inter Milan. The fight between these two teams is also interesting.

There is a Manchester derby in the upper half, and a Spanish derby in the lower half. This time the Champions League draw seems quite fair, and the luckiest one is Mourinho's Real Madrid, who drew the weakest player Donne. For Shakhtar, this is tantamount to a walk in the semifinals.

Of course, Shakhtar Donetsk is not completely powerless to fight back. If Mourinho is careless, he may not capsize in the gutter, but with Mourinho's cautious character, this possibility is unlikely.

It can be said that the matchups in this season's Champions League quarter-finals are relatively balanced and full of highlights.

After watching the live TV broadcast, Gao Han smiled, stood up from the sofa, and pointed at the TV proudly.

"I am very lucky in this draw. I can beat Manchester United four times and Real Madrid four times in one season. I guess there is no one else, right?"

Gao Han's heroic words also affected the surrounding assistants, and they all became more motivated.