Super Marshal

At the end of April, the temperature in Madrid began to gradually warm up, but the temperature difference between morning and evening was huge.

The morning after the Copa del Rey final, in the Chinatown training base in the southern suburbs of Madrid, two old partners, Sergio Garcia and Carlos Cantarero, sat together for a rare occasion.

On the long wooden chairs beside them, there are several fresh Spanish newspapers. The top one is Aspen. The cover is that after Real Madrid won the championship at the Mestana Stadium, the players will be Mourinho. Rinho threw the photo up in the air.

However, after returning to Madrid overnight, Real Madrid accidentally broke the Copa del Rey championship trophy while celebrating their victory, causing everyone to have a false alarm. Fortunately, it was quickly repaired and the celebration was intact. procession.

After defeating Barcelona 1-0 and winning the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid is full of morale and high morale.

"Mourinho is really not simple!"

Although Cantarero did not watch that game in person, he watched the live broadcast. With Real Madrid's current lineup configuration, there is really no one else who can play like this, and Mourinho takes the greatest credit.

While the two were chatting wordlessly, a familiar figure quickly ran in from a distance.

When the two saw each other, they immediately stood up and came to greet each other.

"Where are you going so late?" Sergio Garcia asked strangely.

Running every day is Gao Han's habit, saying he wants to stay in shape, but he usually only runs at the training base or near home, but today he obviously ran for a long time.

They were all old partners. Cantarero didn't know the habits of the cold, so he had already prepared a bottle of water and a towel for him.

Last night, Gao Han and the two returned to Madrid from Valencia overnight. La Finca's house was not cleaned up and they lived directly in the training base. A room has been prepared for them here for a long time so that they can come and go at any time.

Gao Han didn't say anything. He grabbed a towel out of breath, wiped the sweat on his head and face, drank a few more water, and then breathed a little. "I ran to the new stadium to take a look. It was progressing very quickly." of."

It has been half a year since the start of the construction. The entire project is proceeding in an orderly manner according to the original plan. The construction contractor is very experienced in this area, the construction period is accurately estimated, and the quality is also guaranteed. Pretty good.

Of course, Chinatown also gives us money promptly and never defaults on payment.

"I guessed it." Cantarero laughed, just now he was mentioning this possibility to Sergio Garcia.

"Don't worry, we have dedicated people to follow up on the project, and we have third-party supervision. There will be no problems."

Gao Han is also reassured. China's infrastructure capabilities are indeed outstanding. The construction company introduced to Tianming is also one of the best in the country. I believe there will be no problems.

"By the way, I saw a tour bus when I entered the door just now. What happened?" Gao Han felt strange.

"Oh, they are basically tourists from outside Europe. Most of them are from Asia, especially Chinese tourists. Some travel companies have taken the initiative to negotiate with us before, saying that many of the tourists they receive are interested in us and want to come. Let’s go, the club agreed after consultations, most of which were outside training times or when training was open to the public.”

Gao Han nodded, "Are there many people?"

"Not many." Cantarero shook his head, "Sometimes there's even no one, and sometimes there's only a dozen or twenty or thirty people a day."

After a pause, Cantarero continued: "However, Armando is very interested in this area. It is said that he plans to invite some major cross-border tourism companies for negotiations in the near future. The focus is still on the training base. Some adjustments may be made in due course, but I think this will help improve the image and influence of our club."

Gao Han also thinks it makes sense. Since a travel company has taken the initiative to come to our door, it proves that there is indeed a potential market.

Real Madrid's Bernabeu, Atletico Madrid's Calderon, Barcelona's Camp Nou, Manchester United's Old Trafford... Almost all the stadiums of wealthy teams are major local tourist attractions.

However, the new stadium in Chinatown has not yet been built, so for the time being it can only make a fuss about the training base.

"No wonder, when I walked in just now, I felt like I was Chinese from a distance." Gao Han chuckled.

"Yes, many Chinese tourists like to come to our place. By the way, the Warehouse District and the Chinese District have also become popular. Don't you think there seem to be more restaurants and shops around in recent times?" Cantare Luo laughed.

Gao Han shook his head. He really didn't notice it, but this was a good thing.

"However, those tourists are probably going to be depressed, because almost every group of tourists I receive, the first thing they do when they come to our place is ask me, is Gao Han here?" Cantarero laughed.

Gao Han and Sergio Garcia also smiled.

"Then do you want me to go out and sign their autographs now?"

The three of them walked towards the restaurant of the training base while chatting and laughing.

"How about the expansion proposal of Brock Stadium?" Gao Han walked to understand the situation.

Cantarero shook his head, "It didn't pass, mainly because we were only willing to sign a short-term lease contract with them. If the new stadium was expanded, Leganes wouldn't be able to use that much. It would be a pure waste, and maintenance costs would increase in the future." It’s a big trouble, so even if we were willing to pay for it, they wouldn’t agree.”

Gao Han was a little disappointed about this, but not surprised.

Chinatown is destined not to stay in Leganes for too long. Now the football market is so good and every venue is full. Once the new stadium is completed, it will definitely return to its new stadium. By then, Leganes will have a low-level team. League teams simply don't need a stadium with 15,000 people, so it's destined to be a waste.

Long before Chinatown started construction of the new stadium, the Leganes city government had not been in contact with the club. They even promised that if Chinatown was willing to stay in Leganes, they would be willing to fund the expansion of the Block Stadium to its maximum capacity. 20,000 people, and a new stadium was found for Leganes. From now on, Block Stadium will be the exclusive home stadium of Chinatown.

However, considering that the roots of Chinatown are in Fuenlabrada, plus there is land here, sponsors and many partners, Gao Han and Armando Marcos both agreed and politely declined Leganés. Invitation from the city government.

"The team's performance has been good recently, especially the 5-0 victory over Sevilla, which was very exciting." Gao Han smiled appreciatively at Cantarero.

After entering the second half, Chinatown's performance had some ups and downs, and it was impossible to advance as high as it did in the first half. The worst loss was a 1-3 loss to Atletico Madrid in an away game, and later a 0-1 loss at home. It was given to Barcelona, ​​and in the last round they lost to Valencia 2-3 on the road. All three games were losses against strong teams.

This put Chinatown's fourth position in the league in jeopardy, but at the critical moment, Chinatown defeated Sevilla 5-0 in an away game. Michu scored twice and James Rodriguez provided an assist. Hat trick, the team performed very well.

Since Valencia lost the game at home, Chinatown ranked fourth in the league.

The current situation in the La Liga standings is very obvious. After 33 rounds, Barcelona is leading the second place Real Madrid by as many as eight points, while the third place Atletico Madrid is lagging behind due to its sluggish performance in the first half. Seven points ahead of Real Madrid, while Chinatown is also seven points behind Atletico Madrid and four points ahead of fifth-placed Valencia.

However, in the top scorer list, Messi leads the way with 31 goals. Although Michu's performance declined in the second half, he still scored 25 goals. His performance was very eye-catching and he was the best in Spain. The striker is second only to Messi in La Liga.

Behind the two are Torres with 20 goals, Diego Costa with 19 goals, Villa with 18 goals and Higuain with 17 goals, while Chinatown has no other goals except Michu. He can enter the top ten scorers, and the team's second-leading scorer is Aubameyang, who scored 11 goals.

Judging from the current trend of La Liga, Chinatown has a high possibility of retaining the fourth position in the league, because among the remaining five opponents, except for Real Madrid, the other four teams are similar in strength to Chinatown. , and even worse, such as Getafe in the same city, Real Mallorca and Osasuna in the middle, and Villarreal coached by Pellegrini.

But if Chinatown really finishes fourth in the league and enters the Champions League next season, then the media will probably have another holiday, and they will inevitably hype up their original remarks.

"By the way, in the 5-0 win over Sevilla, Morata, who came on as a substitute in the end, performed very well. If I remember correctly, he should be the first batch of our youth training, and he is only now Are you eighteen years old?" Gao Han asked.

"It's him." Cantarero nodded. "In fact, he has entered the first team this season and has come on as a substitute many times. Pochettino also has high hopes for him, but this kid's performance is okay, but he has not been able to make it. After the team won a big victory in that game, he was asked to play for thirty minutes and he scored."

"His characteristics are very good, very good. We need to pay attention to cultivating him. After all, he is our own youth training. After so many years in the team, he must have feelings. These are all accumulated through our hard work in daily life and cannot be cut off."

Cantarero nodded, "Don't worry, I understand."

"This summer's trip to China, if nothing unexpected happens, I will also participate in the whole process, and the youth team's cup competition must also be organized."

Cantarero nodded in agreement.

The trip to China in Chinatown was planned after the team was successfully relegated a year ago. Many sponsors have given full support, and several Chinese partners will be signed by then, including Huawei and Lien who are aiming to open up overseas markets. think.

As for the youth team cup, it is a warm-up match. Chinatown has invited many outstanding youth teams from European youth training to BJ to play warm-up matches. The purpose is to communicate with each other. BJ Chinatown will also participate as an independent team.

This was Gao Han's original plan. The purpose of bringing in and out was to allow BJ Chinatown to compete with advanced foreign youth training teams and accumulate more experience.

The company responsible for financing this cup competition is Jorge Mendez's company.

"Don't worry, we are responsible for these things and there will be no problems. Just concentrate on dealing with the game with Mourinho." Cantarero said with a smile, "This arrogant guy beat Barcelona , now I am proud and proud, just waiting to drive you out of office."

Gao Han chuckled, "Guardiola didn't keep calm and fell into his trap. Does he still expect me to fall into the trap?"