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

He can finally find time to spend time with his family.

Since leaving the Chelsea presidency ten years ago and taking a year's break, Gao Han has not had a good rest, even during the holidays, it is difficult for him to completely relax and enjoy the holidays to the fullest.

After leaving the Paris Saint-Germain coach, Gao Han once thought about taking a holiday, but soon, he began to be busy with football cooperation between China and Spain, there are too many details to be finalized and dealt with in all aspects, and there are many contradictions and problems in the different operation and management mechanisms of the two countries, which need to be solved by Gao Han one by one.

Finally, at the end of September, witnessed by the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of Spain, the Spanish Minister of Sports and the General Administration of Sports of China officially signed an agreement on all-round cooperation in the field of football.

But even if the agreement was signed, Gao Han still couldn't be completely relieved, because there was still a lot of aftermath to deal 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 run on both sides of Europe and China.

In January, Gao Han was not easy to find time, and threw the team's winter break training and other related matters to Cantarero and Zidane, while he brought his wife and children, as well as two pairs of elderly people at home, and the family of seven flew to Australia for the winter, and all the expenses were borne by Gao Han alone.

During his time in Australia, Gao Han only watched the four Asian Cup games of the national football team, with three wins and one loss, and the three games in the group stage can be described as better than one, but in the knockout round, it is reasonable to lose to the host Australia.

Many old problems still exist, such as the team's forward players are not strong, which is the death hole of the national football team, even during the Asian Cup, it is still impossible to overcome, but under the training of Perran, the technical and tactical style of the national football team has improved a lot, and it has begun to have a ground penetration and cooperation posture, and there have been gratifying changes.

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

Gao Han will update the ball review on Weibo after watching every national football game, and after the last loss to Australia, Gao Han made a summary and released a long article.

He believes that the overall performance of this Asian Cup is good, and the strength level of the national football team has basically been brought into play, and it is reasonable to lose to Australia in the end.

"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 so big, as long as we play the level of strength normally, the technology and tactics are on the right path, I believe that even if we meet Australia, South Korea, Japan, Iran and Saudi Arabia and other Asian teams, we have the strength to fight. ”

"The biggest takeaway from this Asian Cup, I think, is that let's see ourselves clearly and see this clearly. ”

The age of the international players participating in the Asian Cup this time is also hopeful, and the veterans in the team have also played a key role, and goalkeeper Wang Dalei is the best in the team, which is particularly impressive.

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

"With three wins in a row in the group stage, the domestic public opinion was overwhelmingly praised, the fans were generally very enthusiastic, and after the defeat to Australia, the media and public opinion reversed, as a manager, I can understand the feelings of the media and the fans, but I would say that this is normal. ”

"Every team, every manager, every player makes mistakes, and the stronger the team overall, the more they can afford to make mistakes, and obviously, we don't have an advantage in terms of individual players or overall strength, so a lot of our mistakes become more lethal and end up being magnified. ”

"It should be said that the Asian Cup has reached this level, and the national football team can only be regarded as playing the strength that the team should have, and stopping at Australia just proves that our strength has only reached this step. ”

"Many people only pay attention to the results, which is understandable, but I personally believe that our biggest gain in this Asian Cup is not the results, but the psychology, we see the opponent clearly, but also see ourselves clearly, which makes us no matter what kind of opponent we are facing, we have the bottom in our hearts, and only then can we have the 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 the lessons and strive to have a better performance in the East Asian Cup this summer and the next World Cup qualifiers.

"I firmly believe that as long as we can continue to build on the momentum and progress of the past year, we have every hope of being on the stage of 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 in 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 their own strength level.

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

According to the news from within the Football Association, the team immediately contacted Chinatown as early as after Gao Han offered three strategies, and then a psychologist from Chinatown was temporarily seconded for each national team training camp.

"At this point, we have to admire Gao Han's vision and insight, this expert who has been loaned from Spain is only Dr. Steve Pieters' deputy, but the grasp and grasp of the player's psychology is quite admirable, and the business ability is also good, which has brought great help to the national team during the Asian Cup, and the player's evaluation is also excellent. ”

"Perennial weakness has brought heavy pressure and burden to the psychology of our players, coupled with the domestic public opinion environment, which leads to many times the more our players go to key games, the easier it is to drop the chain, but the psychological experts in Chinatown have specially formulated a psychological counseling plan for this point. ”

'During the training camp and the Asian Cup, he was even more popular with the players than the manager Perrin, and many of the players even took the initiative to talk to him, so I think we are in desperate need of this in this regard. ”

When the Football Association official was interviewed by the media, he also took the initiative to mention another thing, that is, Gao Han not only prescribed medicine for the national team, but also prescribed medicine for the Football Association.

He said in a private meeting that not only the players of the national team have a need for psychological counseling, but even the Football Association also 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. ”

"Personally, I think it's very to the point!"

But the Football Association official also said, "A lot of words, a lot of things, the media and fans know, we know better, but so far, only Gao Han has really pierced this layer of window paper in person." ”

"It is indeed a blessing that Chinese football can have high cold!"

With the publication of the domestic authoritative media, this interview report from the insiders of the Football Association immediately sparked heated discussions across the country again.

Gao Han's status in the hearts of domestic fans is very high, and his prestige is even more respected, and now he has personally promoted the cooperation between China and Spain, and has been appointed by the top leader, and his status has changed from what he used to be, although he is not a person in the system, but his words and deeds have affected the hearts of the Football Association, coaches, players, and national media and fans.

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Gao Han spent more than a month in Australia before returning to China at the end of February, and then flew directly to Europe.

According to the contract, Chinatown's winter break training camp was arranged in Qatar in the Middle East, and two warm-up matches were played here, against Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 and Bayern Munich in Bundesliga, with one win and one draw, and performed well.

After the draw results of the round of 16 knockout rounds were released, the team drawn by China Town was Juventus in Serie A.

In mid-January, FIFA also held its annual FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony, and since it was a World Cup year, the major awards were also skewed in favor of World Cup teams, such as the best coach, Loew beat Zinedine Zidane.

It is a pity that China City did not even have a single player in the best team, but Hazard, as the absolute main force of the team, helped China City win two runners-up and the Champions League, and finally squeezed into the top five in terms of votes for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, ranking fourth.

The winner of the Ballon d'Or was Cristiano Ronaldo, followed by Messi and Manuel Neuer, who led the German national team to the title.

During this period, Chinatown's performance has been somewhat volatile, but generally stable.

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

This is the second year in a row that Chinatown have reached the final of the Copa del Rey, but this time against Barcelona.

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

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

In the 20th round of La Liga, China City reversed Real Madrid 2-1 away at the Bernabeu Stadium after conceding a goal first, and won a key victory, but the penalty scored by Griezmann in the end caused a lot of controversy.

They then beat Real Sociedad 4-1 at home and beat Sevilla 2-1 in the replays.

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

The curse of the Sheets Army is once again hanging over Chinatown, and Zidane's side still lost to Atletico Madrid twice in the league this season, which has to be said to be quite a paradoxical thing.

A 2-0 home win over Deportivo La Coruna and a 2-0 away win over Elche.

After 24 rounds, China City is at the top of La Liga with a record of 20 wins and 4 losses, accumulating 60 points, followed by Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid, and the four strong teams still firmly dominate La Liga.

China City has shown an impressive strength in consecutive games, and the team's overall attacking power is also extremely impressive, with the number of goals scored consistently in La Liga, but it is slightly inferior in defense to last season.

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

There are even many people who are beginning to think that Zidane's team is likely to wash away last season's nest.

But there are also many who believe that the real test has just begun.

After 24 rounds, the knockout rounds of the Champions League have reignited.

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