"What is the situation in China now?"

Sitting in the office of the Chinatown Training Center in Madrid, Gao Han got in touch with Xiang Tianming, who was far away in Beijing, through computer video, and asked about the current situation of the national team.

As soon as Xiang Tianming heard Gao Han's inquiry, a helpless wry smile immediately appeared on his face.

"It's a messy situation right now, and there are a lot of problems, both inside and outside. ”

After Gao Han heard this, he also showed a solemn look, since the Asian Cup, Gao Han has not had much contact with the Football Association, and even if there is, it has never involved the national team, which seems to have become a sensitive word, and the connection between Perrin and Gao Han has also been broken.

Some media believe that this is Peilan and the Football Association intentionally or unintentionally downplaying the impact of Gao Han on the national team, because now domestic fans are calling for Gao Han to take over too loudly, especially after the East Asian Cup, this voice is becoming more and more obvious, and even many international players have revealed the same expectations in private.

Because of this, Gao Han never took the initiative to contact the Football Association and the national team, and the game was only broadcast live on TV, so he was also blind to the situation of the national team and knew nothing.

"Perrin clubbing incident happened after the East Asian Cup against South Korea, when the team just lost, two days later to play North Korea, according to the national team feedback that Perrin is for entertainment, so after the rest of the team went to the bar, but many of my media friends said that Perrin went more than once. ”

The Football Association was very angry about this, held a total of six meetings to communicate, and clarified to the outside world many times, intentionally or unintentionally downplayed the matter, and then defeated North Korea 2-0 and drew 1-1 with Japan, so the matter was gradually calmed down. ”

Gao Han nodded slightly, the clubbing incident happened during the East Asian Cup, which is indeed quite embarrassing, and Gao Han also saw the photos posted at that time, and there were several young women around Peilan, which caused even more controversy.

Although this is Perrin's private life, it should be slightly restrained during the cup competition.

"Judging from the news I got, after the Asian Cup, Perran's status has been consolidated, and his status in the eyes of domestic fans has also been greatly improved, and he was even praised on the altar for a time, admired by people, the East Asian Cup was originally an insignificant event, but Perrin said in a high-profile manner before the game that he would win the championship, but the result was ......"

After a pause, Xiang Tianming sighed before continuing: "Not only that, it is said that after losing to the South Korean team, Perrin once adopted punitive training for the players, which made the players in the team very dissatisfied. ”

"You also know that the East Asian Cup is in early August, not the national team match day arranged by FIFA, and it is a dense stage of the league, and there were many people who called for the national team to play with a substitute lineup, by the way, to examine the bench lineup, but as a result, Perrin still played with the main force, the purpose is to shout the championship slogan before the game. ”

"The international players receive the salary of the club, the player is injured, the Football Association does not compensate the club in accordance with international practice, and the club is also quite dissatisfied with the international player to participate in the national team training camp in this situation, if it is injured again......"

When Gao Han heard this, he also sighed secretly in his heart.

Between club and national team, there have been problems over the years.

Not to mention China, even in European football, it was not until a few years ago that a compensation system was formulated, but this obviously does not work in China, and I am afraid that no club dares to ask the Football Association for compensation.

If in European football, if they dare to propose the transfer of international players in August, the club will basically refuse.

As for the internationals, they are indeed in a dilemma.

The slogan of patriotism is indeed very reasonable, but they receive the high salary offered by the club, and if they are injured in national team training and competitions, which causes the club to suffer, how can this account be calculated?

Combined with the information provided to Tianming, Gao Han can fully imagine the current situation facing the national football team.

To put it bluntly, some of Perrin's actions have been met with strong resistance from the players, especially the punitive training after the loss, which is unnecessary and will only add to the anger and dissatisfaction of the players.

"To be honest, Perrin after the Asian Cup and Perrin before the Asian Cup are like two people. Xiang Tianming let out a long sigh and shook his head, "Of course, it would be unkind to blame Peilan for all the problems, and the problems of the Football Association and the players are also not small, it can only be said that to a certain extent, the internal and external contradictions have been intensified." ”

Gao Han is also gloomy in his heart, the problems of the Football Association, the national football team and the international players have been around for a long time, and Perrin has his own problems and responsibilities in his current situation, it can only be said that as a head coach, his ability is what it is now.

Not to mention anything else, just his attitude towards Gao Han, before and after the Asian Cup, they are two completely different faces.

"And now?" Gao Han asked again.

"Now the Football Association and the national team are discussing the home game against Hong Kong in September, it is said that Perrin asked to be placed in Shenzhen, the purpose is to hope that after playing Hong Kong, he can go to the Maldives a few hours earlier, but the Football Association wants to put it in the north, after all, it is no different from Hong Kong in its own home stadium, and the two sides have some contradictions. ”

Gao Han smiled bitterly when he heard it, and he really didn't know what kind of expression he should give.

"However, according to the information I got, although there is a lot of noise asking Perrin to leave class, within the Football Association, there is still a lot of support for Perrin, after all, the East Asian Cup is not important, as long as the World Cup qualifiers are played, not to mention that Perrin is still carefully selected by the Football Association, and it will not be so easy to get out of class. ”

Hearing this news, Gao Han also agreed, and he would leave class at every turn, which was outrageous.

The World Cup qualifiers have only been played for one round, and they won 6-0 away, but now it is such a messy situation, and people who don't know still think that the national team has no hope of qualifying.

He really doesn't know what caused the national team to fall to the point it is now, but this will certainly not be a unilateral responsibility, but should be the result of the joint efforts of all parties.

"It's also bleak in the country right now, but the voices calling for you to come out and coach are getting louder and louder. ”

The corners of Gao Han's mouth twitched, and he smiled bitterly.

Coaching the national team?

Of course he is willing and has been preparing for a long time, but he will not take the initiative to come forward, not only because of his status and influence, but also because he will not fall in value in front of the Football Association.

Sometimes, if you are too active, you lose the initiative.

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Time quietly entered the end of August.

After playing the two major cup matches before the season, La Liga has officially ignited the fire of the new season.

In the first round of the league, Chinatown challenged Athletic Bilbao away, and the two sides played hard to solve on the road, but in the end, Chinatown defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-0 away with goals from Alvaro Morata and Eden Hazard in the second half.

Zinedine Zidane's side got off to a good start to the new season.

However, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both won at home, with Barcelona beating Celta Vigo 2-1 and Atletico Madrid beating Las Palmas 1-0, while Real Madrid were held to a 0-0 draw away by Sporting Gijón.

Carlo Ancelotti's La Liga debut was a blow to the head.

A week later, Chinatown returned to home and beat Malaga 2-0 at home to take another three points.

Real Madrid beat Real Betis 5-0 at home to achieve a big win for the new season, Atletico Madrid won 3-0 away at Sevilla, and Barcelona also beat Las Palmas away.

After two rounds of La Liga, except for Real Madrid, the other three are all at the top of La Liga with two consecutive wins, but it is Eibar who occupies the league leader's position, and this small team leads the standings with five goals scored in two games and conceded one.

After two rounds of La Liga, the Champions League group stage draw and annual awards have also been revealed.

In the group stage of the Champions League in the new season, China City drew three teams: Arsenal, Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb, of which Dinamo Zagreb also has two players from Chinatown, Kovacic and Halilovic.

In the annual awards, Hazard defeated Messi and was elected Player of the Year, which undoubtedly accumulated some popularity for the FIFA Ballon d'Or six months later, and the Belgian international was also excited to thank coach Zidane and Chinatown when he won the award.

As for the draw for the Champions League group stage, Chinatown's luck can only be regarded as average, after all, the group stage pattern of two strong and two weak is a tradition in the Champions League, and Chinatown is trying its best to compete with Arsenal for the top spot in the group.

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When the Europa League was suspended and the two-week national team break was ushered in, the national football team also ushered in the focus of the World Cup qualifiers.

The first home game was eventually scheduled in Shenzhen, which caused a lot of controversy in China, and Perrin and the national team explained that they wanted to shorten the trip to the Maldives and allow the players to get a few more hours of rest.

In view of the serious impact on the turf of the Maldives, the Maldives chose to put the home stadium in Shenyang, China, after negotiating with the Football Association, and the Football Association exempted the Maldives from a series of fees such as venue rental, security fees and TV station production signals.

As a result, the national football team put its home stadium in Shenzhen, but added a few hours to the trip, which once again triggered protests from domestic fans.

What surprised everyone even more was that in Shenzhen, the national football team drew 0-0 with Hong Kong, China.

This caused a great protest from all the fans across the country.

What is even more unacceptable is that Qatar defeated Bhutan 15-0 at home, which made the national football team encounter an embarrassing situation in the second round of the top 40, and the head coach Perran's lineup was also strongly questioned.

Even after the game, Perrin said in an interview with the media that the team controlled the game and the reason why they failed to score was mainly due to bad luck, while the opposing goalkeeper also played quite well, and he was satisfied with the team only taking one point.

But the domestic fans are furious, and the call for Pei Lan to leave class is also in full swing, and the fans can be described as surging.

If the first round of the group stage against Bhutan was not good away, but in the end it was saved in the second half and finally defeated the opponent 6-0, then this game against Hong Kong is completely unsatisfactory, because in the competition for the top spot in the group stage, the national football team has begun to lag behind Qatar, which is leading with two consecutive wins and has a goal difference of 16.

Whether it is in the media or on the Internet, the voice of calling for the cold to go out of the mountains and take over the national team is getting louder and louder.

"It's too late to change the coach!"

(End of chapter)