When the referee blew the final whistle, Gao Han raised his arms high and clenched his fists tightly, showing his strong confidence in advancing to the semi-finals.

He didn't use even one skill card in the whole game, but PSG's 3-0 win at home to Borussia Dortmund gave him a strong sense of confidence that his side would be able to reach the semi-finals even on the road.

As the season progresses, as the team's performance becomes better and better, especially the attacking power of the front trident is getting stronger and stronger, and the operation of the middle and back is becoming more and more smooth and skillful, Gao Han's self-confidence is also constantly improving.

The 3-0 score in this game is the best proof of this.

After high-fives with aides such as Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makelele next to him to celebrate the team's victory, Gao Han walked to the away team's dugout.

Seeing Klopp from afar, Gao Han smiled and stretched out his right hand.

"Congratulations, Mr. Gao Han, you have taught me another vivid lesson. Klopp said with a wry smile.

When Gao Han was coaching Bayern Munich, he competed with Klopp a lot, from Mainz to Dortmund, Klopp never took even a little advantage under Gao Han, and this game was the same.

The 0-3 defeat has basically pronounced Dortmund's death sentence.

Unless, the Hornets can stage a miraculous comeback after returning to their home stadium, but everyone knows that the possibility of this is almost zero.

Because this time he faced the opponent of Gao Han.

"Don't say that, Jurgen, you have been very tenacious, you have caused us a lot of problems, and you have worked hard until the very end, you are a worthy opponent. Gao Han said politely.

Klopp laughed, "But we still lost." ”

"Then don't stop, don't doubt yourself, and keep focusing on improving the squad and the overall quality of the team. Gao Han persuaded.

Klopp nodded heavily, "Don't worry, back at home, we won't be knocked down so easily." ”

Dortmund's squad strength is indeed inferior to Paris Saint-Germain, coupled with the fact that the style of play is compatible, resulting in Dortmund playing the whole game in a tensile, and there is no way to fight according to the rhythm that he is good at, which makes the Hornets unable to play their due strength.

Paris Saint-Germain, on the other hand, completely dominated the game, with 63% possession, which was enough to make the cold team proud, and also sounded a wake-up call for other teams in European football.

The familiar, terrifying, and alpine team that has been trained for two years has finally come to its death!

No one has the slightest doubt that the pinnacle of Gao Han's coaching career was in charge of Manchester City, from Atletico Madrid to Chelsea to Inter Milan to Bayern Munich, and finally to Manchester City, he has been going up step by step, and his progress can be seen at every stage, while also leading the trend of tactical development in European football.

When it comes to Manchester City, the three-four-three style of play has not been replicated by other teams until now.

Even as a successor, Carlo Ancelotti had to adjust at Manchester City, changing the previous style of play with a back three to a more balanced four-three-three formation, and everyone knows that the reason is that he cannot inherit the three-four-three tactics left by Gao Han, so he can only compromise on this basis.

Ferguson, Heynckes, Bielsa......

Many European coaches have tried to play with a back three, but the results have not been satisfactory.

Alex Ferguson has asserted that it will be difficult for a team to replicate Gao Han's back three tactics in five years, and Bielsa also believes that Gao Han's three, four, and three play is at least five to ten years ahead of its predecessor.

Even after Gao Han himself arrived at Paris Saint-Germain, he had to retreat to the second best way to play with a back four.

Sometimes Klopp is really envious of Gao Han, because looking at the whole of European football, Gao Han is the only one who has such an influence to make a club invest such a huge amount of money and hand it over to him to run and build an ideal team in his mind.

But on the other hand, only Gao Han can succeed again and again.

It's not that Dortmund didn't want to go technical, and it wasn't that they didn't want to play passing, but the problem was that the club didn't have the money.

To play passing, you must first have a group of players who are suitable for playing passing, but now passing-type players are often very expensive, and talented rookies like James Rodriguez have refreshed the outrageous sky-high price of 80 million euros, not to mention other players.

Dortmund simply can't afford to spend money, and naturally can't bring in high-level passers.

On the other hand, Gao Han, God knows how his eyes are different from others?

Among this group of players at Paris Saint-Germain, Pirlo is AC Milan's outcast, Yaya Toure is a good calculation, a thick thigh of Inter Milan, and Di Maria is simply transformed from a winger.

Don't talk about Paris Saint-Germain, let's talk about Chinatown, which also goes through the flow control.

Rakitic was a substitute for Schalke Zero-4 before moving to Chinatown to become one of Europe's most sought-after midfielders, and has been a standout in the Champions League for both seasons.

Isco, Verratti, Pogba, Koke, De Bruyne......

It's hard to believe that Chinatown can gather such a group of outstanding technical players.

You know, this is the most scarce treasure in European football, and any one of them is put on other teams, it is the object of key cultivation, but Chinatown has several treasures in one go.

There is even speculation that perhaps in the near future, Chinatown may become the second Barcelona.

In other words, it completely relied on its own youth training to support the first team, and played a tacit and hearty pass-and-control football.

Who's to say there isn't such a possibility?

Sometimes when I think about it, Klopp is really frustrated, feeling that he is inferior to other people's high cold.

But in the current European football world, he is really not easy to convince people, but only serves the cold.

"Even though it's three goals behind you, you don't expect to win the second leg easily. ”

Before leaving, Klopp did not forget to leave behind a cruel sentence.

Gao Han nodded with a smile, "In the face of you, I never dared to be careless." ”

This made Klopp somewhat proud.

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Paris Saint-Germain beat Borussia Dortmund 3-0 at home in the first leg to kick off the first shot of the Champions League quarter-finals.

In the other game played at the same time, Real Madrid drew 0-0 away at Bayern Munich.

Heynckes' side dominated possession, with Ribery, Arjen Robben, Sergio Aguero, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller threatening Real Madrid's goal time and time again, but Jose Mourinho's side remained solid.

The two sides ended up in a 0-0 draw, much to the frustration of Bayern Munich, who were playing at home.

And on the second night, the other two matchups were also freshly baked.

Barcelona challenged Manchester City away, and in the seventh minute, Ibrahimovic scored the first goal, but in the second half, Manchester City scored three goals in a row, and it was not until stoppage time that Messi assisted Ibrahimovic to score the second goal.

In the end, Manchester City beat Barcelona 3-2 at home, but gave Vilanova's side two away goals.

Both Carlo Ancelotti and Vilanova were confident after the game that their teams would win the second leg.

The other matchup in the bottom half was a 2-2 draw.

Chinatown were at home, but it was Atletico Madrid who scored first, with Fernando Torres netting in the 38th minute and it wasn't until the second half that Pelle equalised, but it wasn't long before Herrera added for Atletico Madrid.

It wasn't until stoppage time that Pelle assisted Rakitic to equalise again.

The 2-2 scoreline made Chinatown particularly disadvantaged, not only because it was at home, but also because it gave the opponent two away goals.

Even more worrying was the tactics of Mauricio Pochettino, who were even four percentage points less than Atletico Madrid in terms of possession, 48 per cent to 52 per cent, much to the surprise of those familiar with Chinatown.

It is certainly unconscionable for a team that excels at pass-and-possession to have less possession than a team that excels at pressing high posts.

Matayana speculated in his column that Pochettino was still too steady, a little hesitant to have little confidence in the team's pass-and-control style of play, and this swing was also reflected in the 90 minutes of the game.

Gao Han also watched the whole game live, and he even wanted to talk to Pochettino very much, but in the end he chose to let it go, and did not interfere with any of Pochettino's decisions, but only sent a text message of encouragement.

A week later, the second round was contested.

Chinatown opened the scoring and set up Eden Hazard in the 10th minute through Isco, but it was a goal from Fernando Torres who equalised again after half an hour.

After the rematch in the second half, Rakitic's goal in the 82nd minute once again exceeded the score, which gave Chinatown another glimpse of victory.

Unexpectedly, Simeone's team showed more tenacity, in the last four minutes of stoppage time, Villa and Ramos scored two goals in a row, especially Ramos, and finally scored with a header in the 94th minute, which completely locked the game at 3-2, with an aggregate score of 5-4, and Atletico Madrid narrowly advanced to the semi-finals.

Chinatown was once again sadly eliminated from the Champions League.

Last season, it ended in the semi-finals, and this season it stopped in the quarterfinals, but the performance of this group of young players in Chinatown was extremely impressive, but Pochettino's tactical arrangement in the two legs was questionable, and even many fans and media reporters believed that Chinatown was eliminated and Pochettino should be responsible.

However, the management of Chinatown immediately stepped forward to defend the authority of the head coach, and Cantarero said that winning and losing are normal things, not to mention that the team has done its best, and no one, including Pochettino, is not responsible for this.

Pochettino, on the other hand, publicly stated for the first time in his post-knockout press conference for the second leg that he would leave Chinatown this summer, but he denied that there was a conflict between him and management.

'I'm all fine here, it's very good, I've had a great time with everybody and I'm not leaving because I've lost, but I feel like I've been in a team for too long and it's time to change places. ”

Pochettino said that he made a decision now, hoping that the team could find a suitable candidate as soon as possible, but as for whether he would take over Ferguson's Manchester United as rumored, Pochettino began to play Tai Chi and did not give a clear answer.

The day after they were knocked out of the Champions League in Chinatown, Paris Saint-Germain narrowly beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 away to advance to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 5-1.

(End of chapter)