February 24, Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy.

Flying back to the icy Beijing from Australia in the hot summer, and then flying to the cold Europe, Gao Han wrapped himself like a snowman, wearing a thick wool coat, a fluffy scarf, and a hat, sitting in the stands of the away fans who followed the team, which was really not easy to recognize.

The game went into a fast pace from the start and Chinatown have been in very good form of late.

Just three minutes into the opening period, Chinatown opened the scoring for Juventus.

It was a play-up on the left side of the pitch and Alex Sandro stepped forward to get up front and lay the ball on to Eden Hazard.

The Belgian took the ball, shook it continuously, attracted the trap of two defenders, and suddenly made the ball to Isco who was cut in behind, and the Spaniard forced a breakthrough with the ball and crossed it to the goal.

Pogba, who was also inserted in the back row, was tall and long-legged, and stabbed the ball first and sent the ball into the goal of Buffon.

It was a goal that broke the deadlock on the pitch once and for all.

After that, China City firmly controlled the ball, and Juventus stopped China City through a more aggressive style of play, and in the first half alone, Juventus made 16 fouls, setting a record for the most fouls in the first half of this season's Champions League, but also effectively contained China City's attack.

However, in the second half, after Juventus' fitness dropped slightly, Chinatown began to get consecutive chances to get feet, but Juventus's goalkeeper Buffon showed quite courage and repeatedly defused Chinatown's must-score goals.

In the 55th minute, Chinatown got another chance.

After Hazard won the ball on the left side, he led it horizontally to the middle, and combined with Isco and Firmino's successive passes, allowing Hazard to win the ball on the right side of the penalty area, burst into the box and hit the goal directly.

Buffon's attention was always on Hazard, reacting quickly and flying to block the ball, but after the ball bounced back into the box, Firmino picked up the leak in front of the goal and calmly slotted it to make it 2-0.

After scoring two goals in a row, Chinatown's offensive relaxed a little, and Juventus fought back.

But in the 68th minute, Chinatown launched a counterattack, Alex Sandro dribbled the ball on the left side of the box and crossed to the left side of the penalty area, and Griezmann hit the header in an unguarded state seven meters in front of the goal to further extend the score.

All that remained of Juventus was the cheers of the Chinatown fans.

At 3-0, Chinatown showed that they were superior to Juventus.

When the old woman faced Chinatown, it could almost be said that she was powerless to fight back, and her army was defeated.

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"Serie A is falling!"

Gao Han put his hands in the warm pockets of his woolen coat, but he shook his head and sighed with embarrassment in his heart.

The decline of Serie A should have started with the phone gate, and then Inter Milan was dominant, but in recent years, with the depression of the Italian economic environment, the overall decline of Serie A has become more and more obvious.

Over the years, Inter Milan has been like a giant in Italy, especially after the inauguration of the new stadium, and the club's financial resources and competitiveness are ahead of other competitors, including Juventus.

But even Inter Milan is no longer as competitive in the Europa League as it was in previous years, at most the Champions League quarterfinals.

"Yes, Juventus's squad may be able to shake Inter Milan in Serie A, but in the Champions League, it is difficult to be competitive enough, I have heard that Marchisio will be poached from Inter Milan, but the Nerazzurri refuse to let go, Benitez's team has a clear lead in Serie A this season. Cantarero said.

Gao Han laid a solid foundation for Inter Milan that year, not only the first-team lineup, but also the academy.

Over the years, the Nerazzurri have gained a new stadium by selling the squad left by Gao Han, and the players such as Leonardo Bonucci, Hamsik and Marchisio left by Gao Han are still the pillars of this team, and this season they have poached Miranda and Pelle from Chinatown, and the overall strength has steadily improved.

Judging from the current situation, Inter Milan is still the flag of Serie A.

This is somewhat different from the prediction of Gao Han back then.

In fact, Gao Han is very optimistic about Juventus, especially the management of the Bianconeri, he thinks that this management team is even better than Inter Milan, but he did not expect one thing, that is, the soaring value of European football players.

Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, the two big tycoons, have smashed hundreds of millions in one go, and in the past two years, Real Madrid and Barcelona have also smashed more than 100 million euros in a row, even hundreds of millions of euros, plus the Premier League teams led by Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, with the income brought by the soaring broadcast fees.

It can be said that the entire European football transfer market is now in a state of extreme shortage of talent.

Not to mention those first-line stars, even if they are quasi-first-line, and even some talented young players, all of them are worth a hundred times.

When Paris Saint-Germain smashed Neymar at a sky-high price, everyone thought that Gao Han was crazy, only a local tyrant like Paris Saint-Germain would do such a crazy move, but what was the result?

Real Madrid spent 150 million euros for Neymar, and Paris Saint-Germain made a lot of money.

This is even a wake-up call for Chinatown, as Hazard's liquidated damages are only 200 million euros, which is obviously dangerous.

The value of players has skyrocketed, resulting in a very passive situation for teams like Juventus, which are not strong in their own youth training, coupled with the overall downturn in Serie A, it is difficult for the Bianconeri to grab high-level players in European football.

3 to 0, this can be said to be the difference in strength between Chinatown and Juventus.

It can even be said that this is the gap between Serie A and La Liga.

As Gao Han, who once coached a Serie A team and directed the phonegate incident again, he did have a lot of feelings in his heart when he saw Chinatown beat Juventus 3-0 away.

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With a score of 3-0, they returned to Spain from Italy, but Chinatown's winning streak came to an abrupt end.

In the 25th round of La Liga, China City was forced to equalize by Villarreal in the case of a large rotation and a goal first.

Marcelino's side have been strong snipers this season, having sniped Atletico Madrid and now drawn away to Chinatown, which has impressed impressed.

Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid have all won back-to-back games, further narrowing the gap between the top four, especially Chinatown, where the lead is only two points.

But if the draw at home to Villarreal was just a small hurdle for the team, then in the 26th round, the unexpected loss to Athletic Bilbao 0-1 away can be called the team's first crisis after the winter break.

Ernesto Valverde's side have not had a good season, but they have been tenacious, especially at home.

While Chinatown unexpectedly lost to Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid was held to a 1-1 draw at home by Valencia, but Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano 6-1 at home to win the top spot in Chinatown.

Losing points in two consecutive rounds, the outside media fried the pot again, and the talk that Chinatown was about to collapse was once again noisy.

In the 27th round of La Liga, Chinatown finally withstood the pressure and defeated Levante 2-0 at home.

However, teams such as Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid have also won successively, and Chinatown continues to rank second in La Liga.

However, both Zidane and Luis Enrique are pinning all their hopes on the match at the Camp Nou in the round of 28.

In midweek, the second leg of the Champions League last-16 knockout round.

With China Town at home, Zidane played Juventus with a rotating semi-substitute lineup, and finally won 2-1 at home, and then successfully advanced to the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 5-1.

The team drawn by China City in the quarterfinals is Paris Saint-Germain of Ligue 1.

Back in La Liga, ushered in the 28th round, Chinatown was a guest at the Camp Nou.

With just one point separating the two teams, the winner of this battle will undoubtedly have more initiative on the way to the title.

Both teams also played at their best, with Zinedine Zidane and Luis Enrique both playing in the strongest line-up.

The match between the two most attacking teams in La Liga will undoubtedly be tested defensively, and although Zidane is playing away, this game did not once again discharge a conservative two-back play, but was more aggressive.

After all, the two sides faced off for the first time, and Chinatown had the advantage.

But unexpectedly, a mistake in the back line caused the goal to be conceded in the nineteenth minute, and Messi used his personal ability to open the scoring for Barcelona.

Strictly speaking, you can't blame the players for conceding this goal, it can only be said that Messi's personal ability is too strong.

China City equalised in the 31st minute when Alvaro Morata set up Eden Hazard to pull one back and put the two sides back on the same page.

But after the rematch in the second half, Alves assisted Suarez to score in the 56th minute and completely sealed the win.

After that, Chinatown fought back frantically, but never managed to score.

1-2, Chinatown lost to Camp Nou.

This battle not only caused Chinatown to lose a strong match, conceding three points, but also caused the team's league ranking to drop sharply to fourth place, while Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid took advantage of Chinatown's defeat to successfully counterattack.

The gap between Chinatown and Barcelona quickly widened to four points.

After the 28th round, it was once again the national team break in March.

Due to the crisis in Chinatown, Gao Han had to stay in Madrid in person, negotiate with Cantarero and Zidane about the team's next game plan, and prepare early, but he really couldn't spare time to go back to China to watch the game.

The national team training camp in March was the last two warm-up matches before the World Cup qualifiers, and the opponents Haiti and Tunisia were both good, especially Tunisia, ranked 25th in the world, much higher than the national football team, and the training value was very high.

But in the face of these two excellent opponents, the national football team still showed a pretty good level, with a score of 2-2 and 1-1 respectively, drawing with Haiti and Tunisia, especially in the last game against Tunisia, the national football team only equalized in the 94th minute, which can be described as tenacious and fought to the end.

This further made everyone in the country feel more gratified, and the fans were even more excited.

It has been a long time since they have seen such a good national football team, and since the Asian Cup, this national football team has indeed gained confidence and seen the hope of China's return to the World Cup.

Tunisian coach Rickens spoke highly of the national football coach Perrin, believing that he is a good coach and that as long as there is enough time, the Chinese team will become more mature.

After these two games, Perrin's domestic prestige has also reached a new height, the coaching environment has become more relaxed, and the national football team has regained confidence and is gearing up to attack the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

But the news Gao Han got made him feel a little worried in a sense of optimism.

(End of chapter)