La Finca Community, Madrid, Spain.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room of his home, Gao Han put down the mobile phone next to his ear with a solemn face.

He had just received a reasonable, but unexpected, phone call that plunged him into deep thought.

It is difficult to describe his current mood in words, it is very complicated, moving, surprised, ambitious, and even more difficult to face the challenges of the future, he feels an unprecedented burden, which weighs heavily on his shoulders.

He had been looking forward to it for a long time, but when this day came, he couldn't help but feel worried, afraid that he would fail all the people who trusted him.

Years of coaching have taught him that apprehension is a good thing.

This proves that he is in awe of the burden on his shoulders, which can stimulate him to keep working hard and not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Yes, that's right, he finally received a call inviting him to be the head coach of the Chinese national team.

But the call did not come from the Football Association, but directly from the top leadership.

The call came when he was about to take his son Gao Shen to participate in football training after breakfast, and according to the time difference, it should be afternoon working hours in Beijing, and Xiao Ma, the secretary of the organ, told him that the chief had been busy holding a very important state meeting all day, and at the same time he had to meet foreign guests, so he had time to call him in his busy schedule.

This made Gao Han very moved, because the chief could have asked someone else to make this call, and if it didn't work, he could also call when he was free, and there was no need to accommodate the jet lag and wait until the morning after the morning in Madrid.

The call was not long, just ten minutes, but there were a lot of things to talk about.

But what Gao Han remembered the most was the last sentence, before hanging up the phone, the chief told him that the impact of this World Cup has a huge significance for promoting the country's sports industry and football reform, and I hope Gao Han can make persistent efforts to ignite this fire.

"I can't trust any other manager, only you can reassure me. ”

The words that came out in a flat tone made Gao Han feel an urge to die for his confidant.

He always remembered that when he chose to return to China to invest in Chinatown, he encountered a lot of trouble, but it was the chief who secretly came forward to help him solve a lot of troubles, and later the chief also made it clear on many public occasions at home and abroad that he supported the work of Gao Han and Chinatown, which led to the rapid development of Chinatown in China in recent years.

Gao Han remembers more clearly that during the World Cup in Brazil last year, he accompanied the chief minister on a foreign visit and had a two-hour long exchange, during which the two sides talked about a lot of things, and Gao Han also analyzed the route and plan for the development and rise of Chinese football in his heart for the first time.

And just now on the phone, the chief once again mentioned this matter and promised him, "Start with the national team." ”

In terms of results, the national football team is now rotten to the end, no matter how bad it is, the big deal is to be out of the World Cup qualifiers and make a comeback five years later, so Gao Han will not have any pressure on performance, and the contract will be signed to the Qatar World Cup.

Not only that, the Football Association could not give Gao Han before, and the chief gave a promise, saying that he would urge all parties and departments to coordinate relations in the near future, and give Gao Han all the powers in the national team, including personnel appointments and player selection, etc.

In a nutshell, the national team was contracted to Gao Han and his team.

This made Gao Handa have a sense of pride and ambition from the bottom of his heart.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

In Europe's top professional leagues, he has reached the pinnacle of his coaching career, and running Chinatown has been a huge success, and he even has a hunch that Chinatown has been run in quite well this season and is likely to produce results again.

Suffice it to say, he doesn't have any challenges left.

The weakness and sinking of the national football team is the biggest regret in his heart.

And now, he has the opportunity to erase this regret with his own hands.

National football team, I'm here!

Gao Han slapped his legs vigorously, got up from the sofa, and walked to the garden outside the living room, his mind became clearer than ever, and the whole person was full of unprecedented fighting spirit.

Since he wants to take over the national football team, he must set up his own coaching team.

There is no doubt that he wants to be able to continue to partner his old buddy.

Sergio Garcia is currently in charge of Chinatown's data analysis team, and although he is also on Zidane's coaching staff, he actually did not sit in the coach's box like he did when he followed Gao Han, and there should be no problem with him being transferred.

The situation of Lorenzo Buenaventura, a fitness expert, is very similar to Sergio Garcia, he is also the head of the medical department of Chinatown, as long as Gao Han asks, he will not refuse, but after he leaves, Chinatown will definitely look for another medical director with excellent professional skills.

Although Pedro Harrow is currently in charge of De Gea's training, more of the training is actually carried out by his assistant and apprentice Jose Sambad, who is only 43 years old and has been with Deportivo La Coruna at the beginning of the first team at the beginning of the year.

Over the years, Pedro Harrow has worn two hats, and the specific trainer for De Gea is Jose Sambad, and now Pedro Harrow has followed Gao Han to leave, I believe there will not be much of a problem.

As for the psychiatrist Steve Peters, there is no big problem, even if he follows Gao Han to China to coach, Chinatown will not be affected too much, and his several assistants are enough to deal with the team's situation.

Besides, coaching the national team is different from coaching a club, there are a lot fewer games, there is still a lot of time, and they can take care of the work of the national team and Chinatown.

These four assistants can be said to perform their own duties, and they are also old friends of Gao Han's partner for many years, and there is no problem with each other, and according to Gao Han's meaning, the Football Association will definitely choose a team leader for him at that time, who will be responsible for communicating and coordinating the relationship between all parties, after all, he is not completely familiar with the domestic situation, and with such an assistant, he can have no distractions.

But then he also needs an assistant to help him train the players.

Cantarero is the best candidate, but he is now the technical director of Chinatown, and it is impossible for him to follow Gao Han to coach the national football team, and Makelele is Zidane's right-hand man, and it is impossible for Gao Han to dig his own corner.

In this way......

Gao Han's eyes narrowed, but it really reminded him of a person, but it was really quite suitable.

We've got all the people, but it's going to take some time.

Whether it's Sergio Garcia or someone else, it takes some time to hand over and process the work at hand.

It just so happens that China also needs time to communicate and coordinate the relationship between all parties.

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Chinatown's first Copa del Rey game of the new season was won 2-0 away from home with all substitutes and youth teams, especially several young players.

Zinedine Zidane also gave the youngsters a very high evaluation in the team, focusing on the three players of Mbappe, Asensio and Zhao Jun, who are the most active members on the field, especially Mbappe.

This youngster has excellent physical fitness and amazing explosiveness, and he will definitely become a big weapon in time.

Zidane also admires Chinatown's scouting system, and the team's own excellent hematopoietic mechanism ensures that Chinatown's results are still very stable after selling people every year.

So, in the final round of the Champions League group stage, Zidane arranged for Mbappe, Jesús and Zhao Jun to start when the team had already won the group ahead of schedule, which was a reward for their outstanding performance in the Copa del Rey.

Midfielder Wang Lei also came off the bench in the second half.

In the away game against Dinamo Zagreb, Chinatown won 2-0, and Kovacic also wanted to show his strength in front of Chinatown, but he was unable to show his strength in front of Chinatown.

Jesus and Anthony Martial scored in succession.

But in the second leg of the Copa del Rey after returning to Spain, when Linnacer was at home, Zidane once again lined up the same lineup as in the first round, but what he didn't expect was that the first half was not ideal.

Mbappe scored the first goal just nine minutes into the game, but was unable to break through after that.

It wasn't until the 49th minute of the second half that Asensio scored again.

After that, the game completely entered the rhythm of Chinatown.

In the 56th minute, a corner kick opportunity, Zhao Jun went to the next city.

The Chinese central defender showed some weakness in his Champions League debut, but he was extremely brave in front of Linnacer, and the home game was better and more active than the away game in the previous leg.

After taking a three-goal lead, China City continued to step up their attack, with Dembele, Ceballos and Bellerin scoring successively, and finally helped China City beat Linnacer 6-0 at home, and then successfully advanced to the next round with an aggregate score of 8-0.

The only regrettable thing is that Gao Han's most optimistic midfielder Wang Lei did not score anything in such a big victory, and even did not have an assist in this game.

If you look at the data alone, Wang Lei is indeed much inferior to Zhao Jun, even as a central defender, the latter is too active, very eye-catching, very similar to Ramos in terms of passion, but passing and playing the ball are like Pique, and it will definitely become a big weapon in time.

As for Wang Lei, as a lag midfielder, the team's metronome and organizational core, his performance is indeed average, but if you look carefully at his performance in the game, it is not difficult to find that in fact, his problem lies in himself, especially passing, some tend to be conservative, always passing the ball safely.

Of course, under the pressure of the opponent, he got rid of the ball several times and advanced with the ball, and he was still very strong, and there were two long passes in the game, which were very accurate and just right, coupled with the free kick skills, the future development will definitely not be bad.

But maybe it's because his teammates around him are doing so well that he himself looks a little gloomy.

As is customary, after playing the second leg of the Copa del Rey, Zidane once again gave the three best players of the game the opportunity to come on as substitutes in the 16th round of La Liga, away to Sporting Gijon.

Kylian Mbappe, Zhao Jun and Ousmane Dembele all came off the bench but failed to perform, after all, the age and quality gap were still there, but Chinatown still beat Sporting Gijón 3-1 away with three first-half goals.

And the most beautiful thing in this round was Real Madrid, which defeated Rayo Vallecano ten to two, shocking the entire Spanish football world.

After the final round of matches before the winter break, Chinatown topped the La Liga table with 16 games, 13 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, two points ahead of second-placed Barcelona, who drew one more than Chinatown and only got 38 points.

Atletico Madrid is also third in La Liga with 38 points, but Real Madrid's performance is not particularly ideal, with only 30 points, ranking fifth, even behind Vigo Celta.

Chinatown's outstanding performance in the first half of the season has once again impressed everyone.

(End of chapter)