Chapter 960: A Lesson from the Past

Some say that Paris is like a fascinating oil painting, changing its beauty with the changing seasons.

Well, November in Paris is like a beautiful woman of the same generation.

The 16th arrondissement of Paris, considered the most affluent neighborhood in Paris, is home to the famous Bois de Boulogne.

Stendhal, Balzac, Maupassant and Zola have all described this forest in it, and they all described it as a holy place for lovers' trysts, and the famous Dan Brown wrote about this forest in "The Da Vinci Code", which was later adapted into a movie by Hollywood, and also came to the 16th arrondissement to shoot on the spot.

In this eight-square-kilometer forest, there is not only the elegance and romance of Paris during the day, but also the romance and debauchery after nightfall, it is like a microcosm of Paris, attracting countless writers and painters to visit here.

In the morning, in the quiet forest, run along the shaded paths and bask in this natural oxygen bar.

After staying in a villa in the 16th arrondissement, this became a great treat for Gao Han every morning.

Waking up after a good night's sleep is the time when a person's energy is at their highest, and there are not many people in the forest, which is suitable for thinking while running in the alpine cold.

Paris Saint-Germain's coaching is very smooth, with the help of the coaching system, the team's results have always remained stable, and the huge investment of more than 300 million euros has made Paris Saint-Germain's overall strength above other teams in Ligue 1 and Europa League, which makes it not difficult for Paris Saint-Germain to win.

Brest, Ivean, Nice, Montpellier, Two, Ajaccio, Dijon and Kahn, before you know it, Paris Saint-Germain has won 12 consecutive Ligue 1 wins, and the team's run-in is getting more and more in place.

With the help of skill cards, the performance of several youngsters such as Neymar, Pastore, and Lucas Moura has improved steadily, and with Pirlo in the midfield, PSG quickly integrated a strong attack and swept the entire Ligue 1 league.

Even in the Europa League, PSG won three straight group games to finish top of the group, including a 2-0 win away to Bielsa's Athletic Bilbao.

It can be said that Paris Saint-Germain since the beginning of the league, everything is developing in a favorable direction, according to Gao Han's plan, this season is mainly training, and the next season to play the Champions League is the season that Paris Saint-Germain focuses on.

What really gave him a headache was Chinatown.

Mauricio Pochettino's side won unanimous praise after winning the Madrid southern derby and beating Getafe, with almost everyone agreeing that Chinatown have become the strongest, most appealing and influential team in the south of La Liga, and have quickly risen to seventh place in the La Liga table.

But just when everyone thought that Chinatown was going to start to make a difference, the team suddenly ushered in three consecutive defeats, first 0-1 away to Levante, then 1-2 at home to Real Madrid, and then 0-1 away to promoted Rayo Vallecano, and the league ranking slipped to ninth place.

Fortunately, a few days ago, China Town defeated Espanyol 2-1 with a difficult beat.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the opening five minutes, but Vazquez equalised just before the end of the first half, and it wasn't until the 73rd minute of the second half that Rakiti scored the winner to give Chinatown a home win.

The win lifted China City up one place in the table to eighth, but they are 12 points clear of current top team Real Madrid and eight points behind fourth-placed Levante.

In the Champions League group stage, after beating Zenit 2-1 at home in the first round, Shakhtar Donetsk drew 1-1 away and Porto drew 1-1 away in the third round.

The situation in Group G is very close to what Gao Han expected before, after three rounds, the four teams bite each other very tightly, China City won the top spot in the group with one win and two draws, Porto and Zenit are both one win, one draw and one loss, of which Zenit defeated Porto 3-1 at home, occupying the advantage and ranking second in the group, Porto is third in the group, and Shakhtar Donetsk is at the bottom of the points with two draws and one loss.

But with three rounds left in the group stage, everything is still possible, and it is unclear who will die.

Looking at the schedule so far this season, if it is purely from the point of view of results, Chinatown's performance is indeed acceptable, La Liga is ranked eighth, it is indeed not satisfactory, but the Champions League group stage top, can fully make up for this, which is why the media is still more tolerant of Pochettino.

But if you look at the performance on the pitch, Chinatown is hardly satisfactory.

According to Gao Han's plan to improve the team's attack in September, Pochettino listened to it, but the team's execution and adjustment were very problematic, which led to Chinatown's attack on the pitch has never been able to let go, and the team's attack has declined a lot compared with last season.

So far this season, many media ridiculed Pochettino the most, once the attack can't be opened, change Isco, and the Spanish youngster also performs very well, every time he plays, he can create surprises, and he can always use his skillful dribbling and breakthroughs to disrupt the opponent's defense and create opportunities for Chinatown.

But this also reflects from the side that Pochettino is indeed a little powerless against the team's attack.

Defensively, Miranda and Godin fit well together, the team's defense is not a big problem, the two central defenders have performed well, and with the rotation of Varane and De Vrij, Chinatown's defense is no longer a problem.

As for conceding a bit too many goals, the main thing is that the front-court attack can't open the situation.

Gao Han has been in constant contact with technical director Cantarero regarding the team's current situation, and he can understand the predicament Pochettino is facing.

From September, the team had to be distracted from the two fronts of La Liga and the Champions League, which was the first time in the history of Chinatown, and it was also a new challenge for Pochettino.

The adjustment plan given by Gao Han has been unanimously approved by the technical team and the coaching staff, and the liberation of Hazard has also become the consensus of everyone, but the continuous weekly double matches in September have overwhelmed Chinatown, and there is simply not enough time to adjust and practice tactics, and can only rely on the players to play on the field.

In October, Eden Hazard suffered another injury in the national team and was sidelined for two weeks, which seriously affected the team's performance, which caused three consecutive defeats, but fortunately, during this period, the central defensive combination of Miranda and Godin has been getting better and better, and the run-in is getting better and better, making the team's defense very solid and stable in the Champions League.

Gao Han is a manager himself, so he can understand the problem that Pochettino is facing now, the game is too intensive, game after game, not giving him a chance to breathe at all, even if he knows that he made a mistake in the previous game, but he has no time to adjust, and he has to do it again in the next game.

Why?

Because in the busy schedule, adjusting the body and condition of the players is the key, and technical and tactical drills and adjustments are secondary.

Therefore, Gao Han and Cantarero are also very supportive of Pochettino, even if the outside media and fans have doubts, but China City still supports the coach again and again, expressing firm support for Pochettino's coaching in the team.

That's the benefit of management knowing the ball.

Of course, during this period of time, Chinatown is not completely without gains.

With a busy schedule and a multi-fronted squad, Pochettino has had to give more opportunities to his younger players, with the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Roberto Firmino, Alvaro Morata, Jesus, Isco, Koke, Illia Ramendi, Verratti, Raphael Varane and De Vrij all getting substitutes and even starts.

Chinatown's youngsters have also shown very good quality, especially Kevin De Bruyne, who has also shown a very good level during Hazard's absence, winning the recognition and recognition of the coaching staff.

Pelle has become an iron man, so far this season, almost every game, the performance is getting better and better, gradually integrated into the team, although there are not many goals, but the tactical effect is very large, won the unanimous recognition of the coaching staff.

The biggest surprise this season came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who scored eight goals in 11 league games, behind Lionel Messi, Higuain and Fernando Torres, and finished fourth on the scorer list, surpassing Soldado and Diego Costa to become Chinatown's top scorer this season.

Rakitic in midfield was also very impressive, scoring four goals, joint with Barcelona's Xavi, one of La Liga's most goalscoring midfielders this season.

Gao Han and the coaching staff are well aware that this is the tactical effect brought by Pelle, but they are far from tapping all the offensive potential of Chinatown, and the first half of the 4-0 win over Granada is the real Chinatown.

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After running around the Boulogne forest, sweating profusely, he returned home, went upstairs to take a hot shower, changed into dry clothes, and when he went downstairs, Lin Xia had already prepared a fragrant breakfast.

The family has never been in the habit of hiring a servant, both at home and abroad.

Therefore, after having children, Lin Xia rarely goes out to run with Gao Han, and more often accompanies her children at home, and there is a swimming pool and gym at home, and she can also exercise by herself.

"Help me cancel my ticket to Madrid. Gao Han said as he ate breakfast.

Lin Xia raised her head in some surprise and looked at her husband, "Why didn't you go again all of a sudden?"

Gao Han stopped the chopsticks holding the vegetables and sighed lightly, "I thought about it just now, so don't go." ”

After a pause, he said with some regret: "When I am the head coach myself, what I don't like the most is that others point fingers in front of me and interfere with my coaching ideas, but when it is really my turn, I can't help but want to point fingers at others and let others follow my ideas." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Han shook his head involuntarily, as if he was laughing at himself and as if he was reflecting.

Pochettino is indeed inexperienced in the Champions League, and his coaching ability and influence are not as good as Gao Han, but is this the reason why Gao Han is pointing fingers at him?

If you trust Pochettino and appoint him as the team's manager, shouldn't you trust him, support him, believe that he can find a solution to the problem?

Isn't that an improvement for Pochettino?

"Do you remember, when you just started learning to drive, the two of us always quarreled, do you know why?" Gao Han suddenly asked.

Lin Xia glanced at him angrily, "It's not you, who claims to be an old driver with many years of driving experience, and you point fingers at me in the car all day long, yelling and scolding? You see, my driving skills are not necessarily worse than yours, right?"

Gao Han smiled and nodded, that is, Lin Xia can now open the Paris downtown by himself.

"Today's Pochettino is like you who just started to learn to drive, you say, how good we were at that time, but you couldn't stand me, now Pochettino still respects me, but if I intervene more, I'm afraid there will be more and more contradictions between us, and in the end ......"

Van Gaal and Koeman's master-apprentice rivalry is a lesson for Gao Han.

"At this point, I'm not as good as Cantarero. Gao Han said with feeling.

Lin Xia looked at her husband in some surprise, he actually admitted that he was not as good as Cantarero?

At this moment, she suddenly felt that Gao Han had matured.

(End of chapter)