Paris Saint-Germain played three league games and one Europa League in November, against Slovakia's Slavin, Ligue 1's Bordeaux, Nancy and Marseille, all of which were beaten by the Ligue 1 giants.

No one is surprised by PSG's success this season.

This is not only because the Ligue 1 tycoons invested more than 300 million euros in the past summer, but also because their head coach is Gao Han, everyone knows that with Gao Han's status and achievements in world football, as well as his vision and ability to dig and cultivate young players, coupled with Paris Saint-Germain's investment of more than 300 million euros, Paris Saint-Germain has this result is not surprising at all, on the contrary, if there is no winning streak, it is called an underdog.

In December, Paris Saint-Germain first beat Salzburg 2-0 away to Austria, and then beat Athletic Bilbao 4-2 at home, winning all six in a row to qualify for the group stage, and Athletic Bilbao qualified for the second place in the group.

After playing the sixth round of the Europa League at the Parc des Princes, Gao Han also specially invited Bielsa to dinner, and the two had a rare long talk to exchange each other's coaching experience.

He feels that the biggest problem for the Basque Lions at the moment is the organization of the central midfield, with a strong center like Llorente in the front, and if there is another managerial player in the middle and back, the team will play more orderly.

Bielsa agrees with Gao Han's analysis, and he even regrets that he would love to get a centre-back like Xavi Martinez, which would greatly improve Athletic Bilbao's overall quality.

Unfortunately, the former Athletic Bilbao player is now worth a hundred times more than the Basque Lions can afford.

After playing the group stage of the Europa League, Paris Saint-Germain played four more Ligue 1 games in December, against Auxerre, Sochaux, Lille and Saint-Etienne, of which the away game between Lille and Saint-Etienne was specially arranged to be held in three days in order to end before the Christmas schedule.

But in the end, the Ligue 1 giants also beat their opponents without danger.

At the end of the first half, Paris Saint-Germain led the Ligue 1 standings with 19 consecutive wins, which can be called the most dominant Ligue 1 half-way championship in history, and even everyone basically concluded that this season's Ligue 1 championship is none other than Paris Saint-Germain.

In the draw for the Europa League round of 32 knockout round, Paris Saint-Germain was quite unlucky, drawing Lokomotiv Moscow from Russia, which is also a good team, and the game in February occupied the advantage of home again, which was not easy to play.

In the Champions League, Chinatown finally defeated Shakhtar Donetsk in the sixth round and won the right to qualify for the first place in Group G, which attracted a lot of attention, and many media and fans were deeply impressed by this excellent and tenacious La Liga team, and they all agreed that it was not easy for Chinatown to stand out from such a fierce group.

According to the draw rules for the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League, the first place in the group met the second place in the other groups, coupled with the principle of avoiding the same country, as a result, Chinatown finally avoided the stronger AC Milan and other giants, and did not draw a weak team like Basel, and drew the Lyon team from Ligue 1, and the luck was average.

After playing in the Champions League, Chinatown immediately drew 1-1 at home to Osasuna after returning to La Liga, ushered in a two-game winless run, and was under a lot of pressure, but soon ushered in a break away from home, with Aubameyang's brace, defeated Valencia 2-0.

This is also the first time this season that China City have won against a strong team in La Liga, and Pochettino has been defeated by the top teams such as Barcelona, Real Madrid and Levante, but this time they beat Valencia 2-0, and China City can be said to have breathed a big sigh of relief.

And the assists for Aubameyang were Carvajal and Pelle.

After the Italian center forward joined China City, although he did not score many goals, his tactical role in the front court became more and more obvious, and the team's offensive problems were numerous, but Pelle's strength and characteristics were gradually recognized by the coaching staff, fans and media reporters.

At the very least, a million euros to bring in such a center forward is a great value.

What's more, Pelle himself has not scored many goals, but Aubameyang and Rakitic have scored more, and if it weren't for the team's recent poor performance, Pelle would definitely not have received so much criticism.

La Liga has played 17 rounds and ushered in the winter break.

Real Madrid are top of the table with 43 points, Jose Mourinho's side have been in a steady run despite the controversy caused by the arrival of James Rodriguez, while Pep Guardiola's Barcelona are close behind with 40 points.

As expected before the alpine season, after the successive introduction of Cesc Fabregas and Otamendi, Barcelona's left weakness is very obvious, Abidal and Adriano are not reassuring, which makes many La Liga teams seize Barcelona's left side to play.

Although they have only lost one of the 17 league games this season, there have been four draws, and Barcelona's point efficiency is still not as good as Real Madrid's, but Pep Guardiola's team is still the strongest in La Liga, and it is still ahead of the Galaxy in terms of title calls.

Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Levante are close behind, with Chinatown in sixth place with 27 points, four points behind Valencia in fourth place and three points behind Levante.

But after Chinatown, Osasuna and Espanyol are both 26 points, and Sevilla is 25 points, all of which are very tight, as long as they relax a little, they are likely to be directly pulled down from the European zone by the opponent.

In the scorer list, Messi leads the way with 20 goals, and Torres, Higuain and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang all scored 12 goals, ranking behind Messi to form the second phalanx of La Liga's scorers.

Just before the winter break, La Liga also ushered in a wave of coach changes.

Racing Santander fired Cooper, the former manager of Valencia and Inter Milan, who was once popular throughout Europe, and his performance in La Liga this time was very sluggish, which made Gao Han, an old acquaintance, also full of sighs after receiving the news.

Michel Laudrup has also resigned from Real Mallorca, and his coaching results this season have not been satisfactory, and teams such as Villarreal, Zaragoza, and Rayo Vallecano have also changed coaches, and it is clear that they are all aiming for relegation.

In an interview with the media, the president of the Spanish Coaches Association said that this is a gamble for the La Liga team, which is too superstitious to change the coach like a knife, but does not improve its own internal management mechanism.

"A lot of times, it's not about the head coach, the squad doesn't match the manager's style of coaching, and the team should have been working through communication to find an effective solution, not a change of manager. ”

He also made a point of mentioning Chinatown.

"I really admire the choice of Chinatown Club. ”

"After last season's success, Chinatown's performance this season has slipped quite a bit, but at a time when more and more people are starting to dismiss Pochettino, they are unwavering in their support for the Argentine, and the technical director Cantarero has given him a very good environment to work in. ”

'Now they're starting to reap the rewards, finishing top of the Champions League group stage and finishing sixth in La Liga, that's a list of results that is enough to tell everyone and we all believe that Mauricio Pochettino's side will be able to do better in the second half of the season. ”

"Who would dare to say that they have no hope for the top four?"

Although Pochettino's tenure in Chinatown has been highly acclaimed, leading the team to a fourth place last season and topping the Champions League group stage this season, he still lost to Pep Guardiola in the La Liga Coach of the Year award.

As for other awards, they are basically not related to Chinatown, but in the annual team, Alba was selected as the best left-back and was recognized by everyone, which is also related to the fact that the left-backs of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are generally not strong, but in other positions, they are basically monopolized by the top three.

In addition to La Liga, various awards and awards have sprung up on the European continent.

In Ligue 1, Neymar was voted Foreign Player of the Year in Ligue 1.

The talented star, who just switched to Paris Saint-Germain from Brazil this summer, has improved rapidly under the training of Gao Han, and his performance has been quite good, and he has faintly become a thick thigh of Paris Saint-Germain.

Suarez was also a standout performer, but the Uruguayan striker was not as impressive as Neymar.

Gao Han won the best coach of the year in Ligue 1, and at the same time, there were many French and European media such as the team newspaper.

For this situation, Gao Han has long been accustomed to it.

At the end of each year, he has to devote part of his energy to dealing with these things, and he will win the award softly.

And the more important is undoubtedly UEFA's annual selection.

In the squad that has just been announced, Gao Han is one of the five shortlisted candidates for Coach of the Year, the other four are Barcelona's Pep Guardiola, Manchester United's Alex Ferguson, Borussia Dortmund's Jurgen Klopp and Chelsea manager Villas-Boas.

Jose Mourinho won just one Copa del Rey last season and missed out on being a candidate for UEFA's best manager.

Among the five candidates, Gao Han's voice is the highest, and Manchester City's treble is the most dazzling report card, so the best manager of the year can be said to be the most suspenseful among UEFA's many awards.

In addition to being shortlisted for the UEFA award, Gao Han was also shortlisted again in FIFA's Best Coach of the Year selection.

There were no major tournaments in 2011 and the Copa America had limited influence, so it was highly likely that Alpine would win the Best Manager award for the next consecutive year, and the race for the Ballon d'Or between Manchester City's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi was also completely hot, with the two players having impressive performances in the Premier League and La Liga respectively over the past year.

Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar, Didier Drogba, Luis Suarez, Yaya Toure, Thiago Silva, David Luiz and Marcelo have also been named in the 55-man squad, much to the excitement of PSG.

As for whether or not you can win the award in the end, it doesn't matter anymore.

Being shortlisted is in itself a testament to the strength of the player.

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