In the western suburbs of Paris, France, the training base of Saint-Germain-León.

Paris Saint-Germain, who have returned from a training camp in the Middle East, are preparing for the knockout round of 64 of the French Cup, and this game is against a team called Arras in the lower league.

But if you can break through from the first three rounds of elimination, it is estimated that the strength will definitely not be too bad.

Gao Han stood silently on the sidelines, watching the training session on the court, and never spoke.

Assistant coach Makelele is responsible for leading the large team in training, Zidane assists from the sidelines, and like Gao Han, he is more on the sidelines, but as soon as someone performs badly, he will immediately call to stop training and walk over for one-on-one guidance and special training.

Since the beginning of this season, this kind of scene has become the norm on the training ground, Gao Han has fully delegated authority to the two assistant coaches, more to watch and supervise from the sidelines, directing training and training the players are done by Makelele and Zinedine Zidane.

The other members of the coaching staff also perform their own duties and cooperate with each other, which will not cause any problems, but can allow Gao Han to have more time and devote more energy to the team's preparation.

Zidane called a timeout this time because the 16-year-old Kingsley Koeman, who was recently promoted to the first team, was too blind and sloppy in handling the ball just now, which made Zidane unbearable, walked into the field and reprimanded Kingsley Coman fiercely, and personally demonstrated a move to get rid of the ball.

Despite Zidane's retirement for many years, he maintained his size well, and his movements were as stretched and graceful as ever, winning a round of applause on the training ground, while Kingsley Coman humbly accepted the guidance from his seniors.

That's the advantage of legends.

Because they've reached that height, and even a lot of players have grown up watching them play, what comes out of their mouths tends to be more convincing.

Of course, not every famous man has the ability to coach, such as Maradona, his football talent is undoubted, but he obviously has no way to fully instill his ideas and ideas into his players, which makes it difficult for him to be qualified for the role of head coach, but judging from the cooperation of more than a year, Zidane undoubtedly has this ability.

Looking at this scene on the court, Gao Han couldn't help but recall his cooperation with Cantarero.

I still remember that when I was in charge of Chelsea, someone said that the combination of Gao Han and Cantarero is very similar to the coaching combination of England's legendary Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, they are also responsible for commanding the whole team, one is responsible for one-on-one details, and the two work together to complement each other.

But later, as Cantarero transformed into a technical director, Gao Han began to become a loner.

And at this moment, looking at the division of labor between Makelele and Zidane on the training ground, Gao Han couldn't help but recall his memory.

Zidane is not Cantarero because Cantarero lacks the domineering and decisive that a manager should have, he is like Pep Guardiola.

Kingsley Coman is a young player brought by Gao Han from the youth team, and like Rabiot, he is the future of Paris Saint-Germain, but judging from the current situation of the team, it seems that he does not attach great importance to youth training, but Gao Han still decided to give Kingsley Coman a chance, and he will play in the knockout round of the French Cup in two days.

As for how long you can play, it depends on how the game goes, and if it goes well, you can play for half an hour.

This is undoubtedly a pretty good start for a 16-year-old player.

Instead, it will be Rabiot, who will start in place of Andrea Pirlo, and PSG will be on the bench.

At the end of a training session, the players returned to the locker room one after another, and every time they passed in front of the high cold, they would say goodbye to the high cold very politely before leaving the training ground.

They all knew very well that although Gao Han didn't say a word, he was the most powerful person on the team, controlling their life and death.

After the training, the staff began to clean up, the grass maintenance staff was also on standby on the sidelines, and the coaching staff also cleaned up and returned to the office to summarize the results and situation of today's training session.

After the meeting, Gao Han returned to his office.

But soon, Zidane knocked on the door of his office.

"Is there something wrong?" Gao Han looked at Zidane strangely and beckoned him to come and sit down.

Zidane walked over with a shy smile and sat down next to Gao Han, "That's right, what about me, I'm going back to Spain in February to get coaching training, you know." ”

"You know, what's wrong?" Gao Han still felt strange.

Zidane's coaching is not a matter of one or two days, and he is training in the Chinatown training base, according to Gao Han's guess, it seems that it will be almost two or three years.

After following Gao Han to Paris Saint-Germain, he also had to return to Spain every once in a while to attend classes, mainly focusing on the national team break days and the league suspension, Gao Han was also clear about this and did not find it strange.

"I ...... I'm about to get my certificate. After Zidane finished speaking, he grinned.

"Really?" Gao Han was also very happy, which is a good thing, "The class in May this year?"

Zida nodded with a smile, as if to say, buddy, you don't care about me too much, I'm still chasing you to class.

Gao Han shook his head a little embarrassedly and smiled, he had never cared much about this kind of thing.

In fact, for former professional players like Zidane, the Spanish Football Federation has a training course called a crash course, which can get a top-level coaching certificate in about 60 days, but many managers do not choose such a way to get the certificate, but re-go through systematic theoretical training to get the certificate.

Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makelele have both signed up for the coaching training course in Chinatown, and the French midfielder is one step later than Zidane.

"Then I really want to congratulate you on your successful graduation!" Gao Han laughed and really stretched out his hand.

Zidane shook his head and smiled, but still shook hands with Gao Han and accepted Gao Han's congratulations.

"Then you're looking for me for your graduation thesis?" Gao Han asked again.

Zidane nodded, "I want you to be my instructor." ”

"Me?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

Zidane nodded very seriously, "I plan to use Paris Saint-Germain's offensive and defensive system as a topic, so I hope to be able to get your guidance, I don't know ......"

"Of course!" Before Zidane could finish speaking, Gao Han preemptively agreed, "For me, this is an honor. ”

Zidane laughed when he heard this, he also knew that Gao Han should agree, but before he got an answer, he must have been a little apprehensive, after all, Gao Han's status in European football is too high, so high that he, a former superstar, feels that he is a little high.

As far as he knows, Gao Han, as a mentor, has only one coach brought out, and that is Guardiola.

And everyone knows how high the former Barcelona manager's status is in today's world football.

No one has any doubt that once Gao Han leaves the first line of coaching, Guardiola will become the hottest manager in the world.

"Since you chose me as your instructor, then I think we should have a good talk. ”

Zidane nodded again and again, "Of course." ”

"I still remember vividly that when you retired, you used to say that you would not choose to become a head coach, but why did you change your mind later?" Gao Han asked with concern.

When Zidane heard this question, he first laughed, but did not answer immediately, but asked Gao Han curiously, "You should have held this question in your heart for a long time, and you have always wanted to ask it, right?"

Gao Han was also frank, laughing, it was a tacit acquiescence.

Zidane knew very well that Gao Han was not trying to slap him in the face, or to use his words back then to sarcastically ridicule him, but just pure curiosity, or to get to know him more deeply.

He is a person who doesn't like to show his heart, whether it is to the media or to the friends around him, he will not easily tell his thoughts, as if it is similar to Gao Han's question, if someone else asks, he will definitely not answer, but since Gao Han asked, then he said.

"Actually, I don't know. Zidane smiled shyly, "Just now, I really didn't think about coaching, you know, coaching is hard work, I have experienced so many head coaches, I often tell myself, only those masochists like to be a head coach, nothing to easily stay at home, spend time with family and children, invest in a career, life is very leisurely." ”

Gao Han understood Zidane's initial thoughts.

At his level, money is no longer the most important thing to him, with Zidane's past and present prestige and influence, he doesn't have to worry about money at all, even after retiring, he can still get a good business income every year, plus previous savings and investments, there is no problem at all to spend the rest of his life comfortably.

"In '09, I remember it was March, when Florentino first told me that he wanted to return to Real Madrid, that he was going to ask Jose Mourinho to be the club's manager, Valdano to be the general manager, and he wanted me to help him, and he gave me the position of special adviser to the president and sporting director. ”

"You know, with my relationship with Florentino, it's hard for me to say no, and after three years of long vacation, I suddenly realized that the days without football were not easy at all, at first it was fine, but gradually, you will find that the days are boring, like a wasted person, can you understand that feeling?"

Gao Han nodded slightly, "After coaching Chelsea, I took a year off, and it feels very similar to you. ”

"It's a great feeling to follow Florentino back to the Bernabeu and to a familiar environment. Zidane closed his eyes and looked very happy, "I am very obsessed with the pressure of that kind of game, even the anxiety and anxiety before the game, the tension and excitement of the game, I am very obsessed." ”

"It's always very strange to be a man, it's like a person who has an addiction to smoking, he tries very hard to quit, but the more he quits, the bigger he smokes, and when I come back after three years away from football, there is really a voice in my head telling me that you belong here, you come back to the world you know, you can't leave it anymore. ”

Gao Han can fully understand Zidane's feelings, in fact, many players have told Gao Han about this, Guardiola has also said, and Zidane can go from refusal to acceptance, and even to the current initiative to fight, it can be seen that he is following his true feelings to change himself.

Change is a normal person.

Gao Han has always believed that no one will make fun of Zidane's words three years ago and make fun of him three years later.

'In the early days at Real Madrid, my job was to be the link between the manager and the president, but you know why I would want to try to be a manager?' Zidane asked.

"I don't know," Gao Han shook his head, "Why?"

"Because of you!"

(End of chapter)