Chapter 691: I Almost Believed

26 January, Sebena Training Base. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

This was Bayern Munich's first press conference since the winter break.

Tomorrow, the team will travel to Stuttgart for the knockout round of 16 of the German Cup and Bayern Munich's first official match after the winter break.

After the team returned to Europe, Bayern Munich played a match at the Allianz Arena, which was a farewell match for the retirement of the club's famous Kahn, in that game Gao Han led Bayern Munich to play a friendly match against the famous team coached by Heathfield and Kahn, and the result was self-evident, Gao Han's team won by a narrow margin.

But the news of Gao Han's coaching of Real Madrid and Manchester City only broke out after this game, and after that, Gao Han has been in seclusion until this German Cup knockout game.

The spacious press conference hall was packed with journalists from Germany and Europe, especially from Spain and the United Kingdom, who were clearly chasing news from the cold.

Therefore, when Gao Han, accompanied by the club's press officer, walked into the press conference, all the media reporters were immediately moved, but they knew the rules very well, and the scene was not chaotic.

As early as backstage, Gao Han already knew that there were a lot of media reporters on the scene, and he was also a person who was used to seeing all kinds of big scenes, and he had played several European-level finals, where would he still have stage fright?

I saw him calmly enter the venue, come to the front of the podium, put the materials in his hand on the table, did not sit down, just stood upright, and even calmly adjusted the microphones that were full in front of him, so that they could better receive their own voices.

On the contrary, it was Bayern Munich's press officer, who seemed to be waiting for Gao Han to sit down, and did not speak.

Seeing this, Gao Han nodded slightly, signaling to simply come by himself.

"I know you have a lot of questions, but according to the rules, you let me go through the process first, and then ask questions one by one, okay?" Gao Han's tone was very calm and peaceful, as if he was discussing, but with a resolute attitude that could not be discussed.

Those who are familiar with and know Gao Han know that what he hates most is those who don't follow the rules, and if they still ask random questions now, then he must not answer a single question, so the reporters also nodded one after another.

The scene fell silent in an instant.

Gao Han made a gesture of invitation to the press officer from a distance, signaling that he could start.

Bayern Munich's press officer looked at Gao Han with a look of admiration and even some admiration, and it was really hard for him to imagine that this group of reporters who claimed to be the uncrowned king would be so obedient in front of Gao Han.

Perhaps, this is the reason why Gao Han can become a top coach.

The so-called process is the purpose of this press conference, to announce the squad for tomorrow's trip to Stuttgart, but in reality no one will be interested in this game, so there are even very few people on the spot.

But Gao Han still announced one by one according to the process, except for Vidal and Klose, who were a little injured, Bayern Munich was full of staff, of which Vidal was injured during the training camp in the Middle East, and Klose was injured in Kahn's farewell game, which was not serious.

After completing the process, the press officer announced the beginning of the free questioning phase, but Gao Han quickly spoke again.

"I know what everyone wants to ask, simply, I'll answer it here first, I hope you don't have to ask the same question a second time after a while, so as to save everyone waste each other's time."

Completely opposite to just now, all the reporters on the scene suddenly seemed to be fighting, and the voice recorders, paper pens, and notebooks were all ready, waiting for Gao Han to speak.

"I've read some recent media reports in Spain and the UK, and I can only say ...... about this," Gao Han smiled and nodded, "Well, the stories they wrote are very exciting, and people say that literary creation comes from life and is higher than life, whether you believe it or not, anyway, I almost believed it after reading it myself." ”

Many people at the scene thought it was funny.

"I'm the head coach of Bayern Munich, I still have a contract with the club, and any remarks about my private contact with other clubs are fabricated out of thin air, and I reserve the right to prosecute."

"I don't know what people think of me, but I think I'm a more ethical person, and I would never have any private coaching agreements with other clubs while I'm coaching a team, it's very unethical, and I've never done that in my past coaching career, not before, not now, and never in the future."

Gao Han's words were so loud that everyone couldn't have the slightest suspicion, and even many people were in awe.

'It's true that as some media reporters have secretly photographed, I met Paul Futre and we are very good friends, he called me before he went to work for Manchester City, I didn't say anything about it, there was nothing in our conversation that we couldn't reveal to the outside world, and we didn't reach any coaching agreement, as some media outlets said.

"During my contract, I belong to Bayern Munich, I will do everything I can to serve the team I coach, and I will not do anything that is detrimental to the unity and development of the team."

"I just want to say that the only thing I want to do right now is to lead the team to victory, and I don't want anything else."

This is also in line with the impression that Gao Han has always left on the outside world.

In fact, he retired from Atletico Madrid and only contacted Chelsea after retiring.

In the later period of coaching Chelsea, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with the management, and there were many rumors that were not conducive to Gao Han at that time, such as his greed for money, such as his private contact with Inter Milan, etc., but in fact, it was later proved that these were all rumors and slander by the Chelsea management, so he also took a year off to avoid suspicion.

After coaching Inter Milan as a free agent, Gao Han brought the team to the Champions League title within two years, before retiring and returning to China for vacation, and then the management of the two giants of Barcelona and Bayern Munich rushed to Beijing at the same time to grab people.

Therefore, judging from Gao Han's past resume, he has always adhered to his professional ethics.

Perhaps, he had met Paul Futrey, but couldn't he even meet friends?

Regarding Gao Han's clarification, as long as he does not deliberately turn a blind eye, he will basically be trusted.

But this does not mean that media reporters will reject the rumors, as the so-called no wind and no waves.

"Mr. Gao Han, we fully believe what you say, and we believe in your professional ethics, but we also want to know, when do you plan to renew your contract with Bayern Munich?" The German Bild reporter asked with concern.

Retaining the high cold is not only a concern of Bayern Munich, but also a major concern of the entire German football world.

If Gao Han leaves, it will be a big loss to the Bundesliga, at least the media attention will drop a lot.

'Yes, my contract with the club expires this summer, and in those two years I have had a great deal with everyone here, I am impressed by their professionalism, I love it, I like the people here, I love the fans here.

Speaking of this, Gao Han changed his words, "But as I said before, the only thing I care about now is the game, and I will wait until the end of the season to make a decision on whether to renew the contract." ”

Everyone understands the subtext of Gao Han, he will retire as he did at Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan.

The premise is that he can lead Bayern Munich to the Champions League.

This is also the promise he made to the management and fans when he was in charge of Bayern Munich.

Gao Han's confession made the media reporters at the scene unable to find fault, and when it came to this, what else could they do?

As a result, some British media began to ask about the Champions League round of 16 knockout round in February.

'Well, yes, it's going to be an interesting experience to be back at Stamford Bridge, and I don't know how the fans will react to me, maybe it's cheers, maybe it's boos, maybe it's not reacting, but anyway, I still remember the selfless applause and cheers they gave me back then.'

"Of course, I'm still going to do my best to lead Bayern Munich to a win away from home."

When asked by a British media reporter about the criticism of Rijkaard's performance in coaching Chelsea, Gao Han defended Rijkaard very seriously, believing that it was unfair to compare Rijkaard with his own coaching period.

'As far as I'm concerned, I think he's done a pretty good job and that's the only way to do it with anybody, because the Premier League is the most competitive and brutal league in the world right now, and it's more than a level more difficult than it was a few years ago.

Regarding the media rumors, the Chelsea management gave Rijkaard a must-kill order to not win Bayern Munich in the round of 16 knockout round, he will be directly dismissed, Gao Han reprimanded.

"I don't know if it's true, but I think it's very unfair to him, it seriously increases the psychological burden on the manager and the players, how can a man in shackles dance lightly?"

When asked by a British reporter whether this was Gao Han's accusation against Chelsea management, Gao Han immediately shook his head and denied it, saying that he did not mean this aspect, and how to understand it was the reporter's own business.

Obviously, before the Champions League knockout round, Gao Han was not willing to let himself get too involved in media disputes to avoid giving the impression of a personal vendetta.

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At the pre-match press conference, after Gao Han publicly denied the rumors, in the afternoon of the same day, Bayern Munich officials also held a press conference again to refute the false rumors from the outside world and publicly support Gao Han.

"We firmly believe that the work ethic will not allow him to do anything that is not good for the team."

As for the expiration of the contract that many fans and media reporters are worried about, Hoeness also said that the club is making every effort to communicate with the head coach to renew the contract, and the team will show the greatest sincerity to retain Gao Han.

Judging from Bayern Munich's official statement, the initiative to renew the contract is now in the cold, as long as he nods, the renewal will be completed immediately.

The question is, will he renew his contract?

Gao Han and Bayern Munich's official statements only temporarily eased the hype of the outside media, temporarily stabilized the fans, and stabilized the hearts of the people within the team, but they still could not calm the media and fans' worries about Gao Han's departure this summer.

However, on the second day of the press conference, the team played away to Stuttgart, and Bayern Munich was in full swing.

After the first 10 minutes of play, Bayern Munich launched a furious attack from the 10th minute, and in the 13th minute, Schweinsteiger scored a goal for the Bundesliga giants with a long-range shot, and Franck Franck Ribery added four minutes later.

Towards the end of the first half, Arjen Robben scored another goal to extend the score to 3-0.

After the victory was in hand, Gao Han made an early substitution adjustment and replaced the youngster Tony Kroos.

In the second half, it was Toni Kroos' through ball that allowed Aguero to enter the box and create a penalty, which the Argentine striker himself converted to make it four to zero.

Five minutes later, Modric added another goal to make it 5-0.

After that, Gao Han made two substitutions, both of which were mainly youngsters, and Stuttgart also scored a face-saving goal in the 84th minute by striker Gomez.

In the end, Bayern Munich defeated Stuttgart 5-1 away and successfully advanced to the next round.