Chapter 678 The one who wins the midfield wins the world
I don't know when Gao Han became his own person in the eyes of Spanish fans, and his every move attracted the attention of fans, and he was sought after by fans wherever he went. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In early October, Gao Han returned to Madrid to attend a business event for the Chinatown team.
Mercedes-Benz, a German luxury car brand, announced its sponsorship of the Chinatown team and held a huge car giveaway ceremony at the youth training center in Fuenlabrada, south of Madrid, which attracted thousands of fans from the surrounding area.
In addition to wanting to participate in this ceremony, the main purpose is to see the demeanor of the high cold.
Although Gao Han is the boss of the Chinese City team, he rarely makes public appearances in the China City team.
This time, the sponsorship came relatively suddenly.
According to Armando Marcos, the sponsorship began a month ago, Mercedes-Benz contacted Mendes through an intermediary, and then negotiated with Armando Marcos, and the two sides hit it off and quickly reached a consensus.
According to Mercedes-Benz, they have been following the Chinatown team for a long time, and the final decision to sponsor the team was based on many considerations and a complete set of commercial operation plans, including the Asian tour of Chinatown next summer.
"According to our business survey data, the Chinatown team has amazing commercial value in Asia, especially in areas with a large Chinese population, and the attention is not even lost to the giants of Spain and even Europe, which is the reason why we finally decided to sponsor, and we believe that it will be richly rewarded. ”
In order to show the importance of this sponsorship, Mercedes-Benz even sent a senior executive at the vice president level to the scene, and when he was asked by the media, he was very concerned about the future development prospects of the China City team, especially in Asia.
The China City team also spoke highly of this sponsorship cooperation, and general manager Armando Marcos said that the cooperation with Mercedes-Benz will greatly enhance the commercial value of the China City team and will play a huge role in promoting the future development of the team.
However, when asked by media reporters about the team's results this season, Armando Marcos said in a low-key manner that the management is satisfied with the team's current results, and as long as they can succeed in relegation in La Liga this season, it will be considered a good result.
This is a very different statement from the start of the season.
But the reporters were not surprised.
So far this season, La Liga has played a total of six league games, and China City has two wins, one draw and three losses, with seven points, and is currently in 17th place in La Liga, only two points away from the relegation zone.
If you just look at this data, it really doesn't explain anything, because the league has just begun, and the total of 42 rounds of the league is only one-seventh, and it is too early to judge.
But if you look at the schedule, it is not difficult to guess the pessimism of the media.
In the first two rounds of the league, Pochettino's team won two consecutive victories, and once enjoyed a lot of glory, but after two rounds, they soon ushered in two consecutive defeats, especially the 0-1 loss at home to promotion rival Córdoba, which dealt a heavy blow to the team.
Then in the fifth round, they drew 3-3 away at Rayo Vallecano, and the team suffered another heavy blow and fell to 11th place.
The real frustration was the sixth round, where they lost 0-2 at home again, dropping straight down to 17th place.
The winless run in four games is indeed pessimistic about the prospects of the Chinese city team, but more importantly the problems that stand out behind it.
It's a good thing to upgrade every year, but the rapid development will also cover up the team's problems.
For example, it would have been a good thing to promote young players, and even in the third division and other leagues, China City has done so with great results.
But the Young Guards obviously can't play well in the West League B.
Gao Han coached the second division back then, and he also knew very well how fierce the competition in the second league was, and the strength of each team was not far behind, but there were only three promotion places, and four relegation places, and each team was rushing to break the blood.
Even if you are not careful, it will be the end of the car crash and death.
In fact, the strength of many La Liga teams has not lost to the lower reaches of La Liga, or even the middle of the league.
In this case, the first two games of the Chinese city team met the middle and lower reaches of the West League team, and they were able to play a dozen surprise attacks, but then they met the middle and upper teams, and the problem of the average age of the team was exposed.
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'There's no doubt about the quality of the players, but the problem now is that we're too young, we're inexperienced on the pitch and it's easy for the opposition to take advantage of them. ”
After the sponsorship signing and car giveaway, Gao Han and Armando Marcos had a meeting with manager Mauricio Pochettino to study the current situation of the team and give their opinion.
'I've watched the footage of the team's six games so far this season and I think we have no problem attacking at all, based on the one against Rayo Vallecano. ”
It was China City who opened the scoring and Falcao scored in the 17th minute of the first half and kept the lead into the second half.
Unexpectedly, in the second half, the situation took a turn for the worse, and Rayo Vallecano replaced two players in one breath in 53 minutes and replaced them with midfielders, strengthening the midfield's pressure on the Chinese City team, resulting in an imbalance in the Chinese City team.
Jofrey, who had just come on as a substitute, equalised for Rayo Vallecano after five minutes.
After that, the China City team was a little chaotic and was led by the nose by the opponent.
In the 75th minute, Sergio Pajón scored again for Rayo Vallecano.
But just two minutes later, Falcao's goal helped China City equalise.
But in the 80th minute, it was Sergio Pajón's goal that gave Rayo Vallecano the lead again.
Interestingly, Rayo Vallecano's lead lasted only two minutes, with Diego Costa's goal helping China City equalise again.
In the end, the result of 3-3 allowed the Chinese city team to take away a point from the away side.
Winning a point away from home, facing Rayo Vallecano again, it stands to reason that he should be satisfied, but Gao Han feels a pity.
The main reason is that in the second half of the first half, the team did not convert the advantage on the field into goals, played a little too restrained, and the second half was disrupted by the opponent's attack at the beginning and lost control of the game.
After the opponent scored a goal, the Chinese city team had a unified idea and was able to pull a goal back immediately, but after the equalizer, the team was obviously a little disordered and not unified enough.
'Defensively, the centre-back combination of Alderweireld and De Vrij is also something to look forward to, both of them are doing well and the problem is in midfield at the moment. Gao Han unceremoniously pointed out the crux of the team's problem.
Ramirez and Schneiderlin played as the main team as soon as they arrived, which is understandable, but Ramirez is new to the team and is only twenty-one years old, and Schneiderlin is only nineteen years old, and he is also relatively young and immature.
As the saying goes, the midfielder wins the world, and this is especially true in the Spanish league.
"I regret the way the team is doing now, Mr. Gao Han, and I am willing to take full responsibility for this. Pochettino said ashamedly.
If before the season, he was confident that he wanted to lead China City to La Liga, now the brutal competition in La Liga has given him a blow in the face, making him soberly aware of how difficult it is to coach a team to stand out from the second division.
And from this point, it is not difficult to see how difficult it was for Gao Han to turn the tide in Atletico Madrid and lead the team to La Liga, and it is not something that anyone can do casually.
"All right, Maurisio. Gao Han stretched out his hand to stop him and continued, "Now is not the time to hold him accountable, we are in the same boat, we have to be in the same boat, and now the first and most important task is to solve the team's problems." ”
Speaking of this, Gao Han thought for a while, "I plan to bring in another midfielder who can calm the scene during the winter break. ”
Can you control the midfield?
Armando Marcos and Pochettino were surprised.
Obviously, the midfield of the China City team lacks such a number one person, but how easy is it to bring in such a player?
What's more, it is still necessary to play in the second league.
But Gao Han seems to have a lot in mind, and obviously he has already chosen for this, so they don't want to say anything more.
Facts have proved that Gao Han's reinforcements are still very reliable.
Several players such as Falcao, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Diego Costa are outstanding and shine in La Liga.
But this has also brought some trouble to the team, that is, once they can't be promoted this season, these players are estimated to be poached.
Gao Han didn't want to be the unlucky predecessor who planted trees for future generations, so he wanted to help the team return to La Liga as much as possible.
This league has only played six rounds, and there is still a chance.
"Mauricio, the most important thing for you now is to stabilize the team, before the winter break, you must sharpen the team's attack and defense, I will do my best to bring you a high-level midfielder during the winter break, and then we will work again in the second half of the season, so that the group of doubters outside can see how good we are. ”
Gao Han spoke proudly, and Pochettino and Armando Marcos were also very excited.
In fact, Gao Han didn't just talk about it, he had a very clear plan in his head.
There are 22 teams in the West League 2, a total of 42 rounds of league play, 16 rounds before the Christmas winter break, and 26 rounds after the winter break, that is to say, as long as the results of the first 16 rounds of the Chinese city team are not too bad, then after the winter break transfer market opens, Gao Han introduced a midfielder to strengthen the team's strength, and there is still time to counterattack in the second half.
"You have to remember, Mauricio, a season is very long, no one can guarantee that they will get promotion until the end of June, and it's only October, and it's not time to lose heart. ”
Gao Han looked at Pochettino and said earnestly.
He really values the Argentine coach, so he immediately ran to Madrid as soon as he heard the news that the team was in trouble.
"Do you think, now that we're in seventeenth place, can it be worse? I definitely don't believe it, with the strength of our team, it's hard to say that we won the championship, but it's definitely not so bad, right?"
Pochettino nodded heavily, he knew what the quality of the team he coached.
"So, don't be pressured, let go, I'm absolutely sure you can do it. ”
Pochettino's encouragement was a great relief to Pochettino, because he really needed confidence so much right now.
And Gao Han just gave him great confidence and confidence.
"Remember, Mauricio, the winter break is before the warm-up and after the winter break is when the team is in full swing. ”
Pochettino exhaled heavily, smiled at Gao Han and nodded, his eyes becoming firm again.