Super Marshal

Halfway through the season, after 22 rounds of the league, the team began to expose problems one after another.

As the technical director of Paris Saint-Germain, Antero Enrique recently completed a team assessment report and handed it to Nasser Al-Khelaifi. If nothing unexpected happens, this report has been handed over to Tamim.

In this assessment report, Antero Enrique evaluated and summarized the performance of Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1, the French Cup and the Europa League in the past six months from many aspects. He confidently stated that if nothing unexpected happens, Paris Saint-Germain this season will be the strongest and most powerful contender for these three championship trophies.

Regarding the current team's playing style, Antero Enrique believes that Gao Han has brought the team an advanced passing and controlling style that is ahead of the mainstream in Europe. Although it is not as crazy as Manchester City's 3-4-3, it is more balanced and easier to achieve results. In addition, Gao Han's coaching style is very pleasing and fans like it very much.

Antero Enrique also specifically quoted a questionnaire survey from L'Equipe, which showed that Paris Saint-Germain was the team with the highest fan satisfaction at home in the French Ligue 1 this season, with every game packed and fans very satisfied with the team's performance.

After investing more than 300 million euros in transfer fees in the summer, Antero Enrique also paid close attention to the players' value trends. According to data from a more authoritative German player transfer fee and value assessment agency, Paris Saint-Germain's signings were basically satisfactory, and the players' values ​​generally increased significantly.

Among them, Neymar and Suarez had the highest value increase. These two attackers are the sharpest offensive weapons of Paris Saint-Germain this season. They were shortlisted in the top ten of the FIFA Golden Ball Award for the first time. Suarez ranked sixth and Neymar ranked tenth, both of whom are among the top European stars.

At the end of Antero Henrique's evaluation report, the Portuguese made it clear that Gao Han's coaching level is as admirable as ever, and his vision for selecting players is still unique and amazing. The team's performance on the field may have ups and downs, but the overall situation is still moving towards a bright future.

Antero Henrique has been in charge of Porto for many years. It can be said that he has created the glorious peak of Porto in the past decade, made Porto famous as a black shop, and opened up a business route for the Portuguese Super League team to be based in European football.

Buying high and selling low depends on vision. The Portuguese Super League team has its own uniqueness in exploring young players, but compared with Gao Han, Antero Henrique has to admit that there is indeed a big gap.

Take the signings of Paris Saint-Germain this season. There are recognized stars like Neymar, Suarez, and Thiago Silva, but there are also young players like Matuidi, Kante, Aurier, Kurzawa, and Azpilicueta who are not well-known, but they have all played well in Paris Saint-Germain.

Especially Azpilicueta, who firmly occupies the main position of right back and performs very stably, without the recklessness and impetuosity when he played for Marseille.

This also proves once again that the performance of players is sometimes really irrelevant to their strength, but depends on whether the team and the head coach will use them.

Recently, an interesting story about Gao Han has been circulating in European football, that is, the goalkeeper Navas he recommended to Ferguson.

Originally, Manchester United wanted to forcefully recruit De Gea from Chinatown, but Gao Han refused. Later, Gao Han recommended Navas to Ferguson. As a result, this player who could not play in La Liga became the team's main goalkeeper when he arrived at Manchester United. It can be said that it was the most surprising and valuable signing in the first half of the Premier League.

So much so that Ferguson later complimented Gao Han in an interview with the media, saying that his words were worth a thousand gold.

If it was just hearsay before, and Antro Enrique still had some doubts about the media and rumors being exaggerated, then after experiencing the cooperation with Paris Saint-Germain, he believed in Gao Han without a doubt.

Unfortunately, the media is keeping a close eye on Gao Han and Chinatown, so Gao Han will only serve as the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain, and will not personally participate in the transfer operation.

This requires the cooperation of Antro Enrique.

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"The right side of the team is a big problem. Maybe it has not been revealed yet, but next season in the Champions League, we will definitely encounter trouble, especially teams like Mourinho, Klopp, Heynckes and Simeone."

Gao Han paused, "Of course, there are also Serie A teams."

Antro Enrique has been in the European football world for many years. When he heard Gao Han say this, he immediately guessed what Gao Han meant.

The current problem of Paris Saint-Germain is that the offensive force is not strong enough. If they play against each other, or in the less competitive French Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain can still cope with it, but once it comes to the more competitive Champions League, I am afraid it may not be the case.

The several head coaches he listed are all good at overall play, and they are very good at pressing and oppressing. Even the defense is organized very tightly. Once Paris Saint-Germain cannot open up the situation on the offensive end, it will be easy for the opponent to counterattack.

"So what do you mean..."

"This summer, I plan to recruit players in two positions."

"Okay." Antro Enrique nodded without thinking.

Now that it has entered February, it is indeed time to make plans for summer transfers. Gao Han raised it at this time and hoped that the technical department could prepare early. Moreover, before coming to Saint-Germain and León, Chairman Nasser personally told Antero Enrique, unconditionally supports all Gao Han’s decisions.

For Qatari tycoons, as long as they can win a Champions League, no matter how much money they spend, it is worth it.

"A midfielder and a right winger."

"What are the requirements?"

"Speed, our current problem is that it is too slow, especially on the offensive end. Drogba is still going strong. We can use him as the fulcrum in the frontcourt to launch the offense, but sooner or later he will have to retreat to the second line, so we need to speed up. ”

Antero Enrique nodded while recording Gao Han's request seriously.

"Midfielders require both offense and defense, fine footwork, and high tactical execution. Wing players require speed and scoring ability. According to my observations over this period, Suarez's most suitable position is in the middle. Lucas Mora is still too young and we need a strong scorer on the right.”

"Poach Messi?" Antero Enrique blurted out.

Gao Han was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Of course, if you can convince Barcelona to let Messi transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, I will be happy to see him in my team."

Antero Enrique smiled bitterly and shook his head. This may not be easy.

The first is Barcelona. Messi is their signature superstar and the only top star in the world who can compete with Cristiano Ronaldo. Such a player is hard to come by and it is impossible for them to sell it.

There is also Messi. He can get the support of the Barcelona team in La Liga and compete with Cristiano Ronaldo in the Premier League. However, once he comes to the weaker French Ligue 1, he will inevitably be three times shorter than the Portuguese superstar. This is definitely unacceptable to Messi.

Even if Gao Han comes forward in person, it won't work, because this is not the final decision of Messi alone, but also includes the team and sponsors behind him.

"Then I'll look for it more carefully." Antero Enrique nodded.

"It doesn't matter, as long as the players appear on the team before training next season." Gao Han said with a smile.

Antero Enrique promised, "Don't worry, before the end of the season, I will provide you with a list for selection."

"Okay." Gao Han nodded, but soon realized another problem and reminded: "But remember, you must be young."

This is the team tone set by Gao Han for Paris Saint-Germain. Big signings cannot be older than 25 years old.

Antero Enrique understands Gao Han's intentions, so he also spoke highly of Gao Han's professional ethics in the evaluation report. He believes that with the team's current lineup, as long as the players in the team grow up, sooner or later they will become the best player in European football. A powerful team.

Gao Han is obviously also responsible for the investment of the Qatari consortium. Otherwise, if he is more irresponsible and introduces a group of 28-89-year-old stars, they will leave after one or two years and leave, leaving Paris Saint-Germain. It's just a group of veterans in their early thirties, that's what we call real money to buy championships.

On the other hand, Gao Han, whether in Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich or Manchester City, his coaching is well-known and he can always leave a strong team to the teams he coaches.

I believe the same will be true this time at Paris Saint-Germain.

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After defeating Ivan three to one, Gao Han became furious and seemed to have a shocking effect.

It happened that Drogba and Yaya Toure returned to the team after the African Cup and were quickly arranged to participate in the team's games.

In the 23rd round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain challenged Nice away. In the end, with Yaya Toure's brace, Drogba and Suarez's goals, they defeated Nice 4-0. Neymar contributed two goals. assists.

With strong reinforcements returning and Paris Saint-Germain getting better, the entire French football world is wailing. Everyone has basically concluded that the French Ligue 1 will officially usher in the era of Paris Saint-Germain's hegemony.

The only teams considered capable of attacking Paris Saint-Germain are Montpellier, ranked second in the league, and traditional powerhouse Lyon.

But soon, Paris Saint-Germain shattered such remarks with their strength.

In the 24th round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Montpellier 2-0 at home. Neymar and Suarez each scored a goal.

Montpellier center Giroud, who has performed well this season, once scored a goal, but the referee believed that Giroud fouled Thiago Silva when he took off, so the goal was invalidated.

A week later, in the 24th round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain challenged Lyon away.

This game is hailed as the final defense of the French Ligue 1 championship this season. Once lost, the championship will fall into the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.

As a result, in the 21st minute of the opening, Neymar took the lead to assist Drogba and scored the Lyon goal. Goalkeeper Lloris was powerless against Drogba's shot.

Then Paris Saint-Germain launched a frenzied attack on Lyon in the 34th, 36th and 40th minutes respectively with the blessing of Gaohan's skill card. Suarez, Neymar and Yaya Toure scored goals successively. , leading four to zero.

It wasn't until the 73rd minute of the second half that Lyon forward Gomi scored a goal, but in the end they lost 1-4 at home.

After defeating their strong rivals in the league in two consecutive rounds, Paris Saint-Germain was unstoppable and almost won the league championship ahead of schedule.

But the Lyon team seems to have vented its resentment against Gao Han on Chinatown.

Three days after a disastrous defeat at home to Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon ushered in the first leg of the Champions League knockout round of 16. In just eight minutes, forward Lacazette, who had repeatedly missed opportunities in the league's strong dialogue, scored for Lyon. One ball.