In the last round of La Liga, it was not able to stage a miracle reversal in the end.

Even if Chinatown defeated Getafe 8-2 at the Stadio Royal, they once again scored a crazy victory, pushing the total goals of the season to 123 goals, setting a record for the highest single-season goals in La Liga history.

But Barcelona's 3-2 home win over Deportivo La Coruna made it all in vain.

Chinatown eventually lost the league title and became the saddest league runners-up in La Liga's history.

Losing the league title for two consecutive seasons made the whole Chinatown feel very embarrassed, especially during the recovery training on the second morning of the game, the atmosphere in the whole Chinatown training center became very strange and felt a little unenthusiastic.

Not only the players on the pitch, but also the staff at the centre.

After nine months of hard work, everyone thought that the season was going to bear fruit, but they didn't expect it to be like this in the end.

If you change anyone, you will inevitably have emotions in your heart, which is also a normal phenomenon.

But then there's a Copa del Rey final and a Champions League final.

The two finals were against Barcelona, who snatched the league title from Chinatown this season.

At the thought of this, Gao Han sighed heavily.

"We have to get out of this as soon as possible, we don't have much time to heal our wounds. ”

Gao Han was followed by the club's technical director, Cantarero, as well as psychiatrist Dr. Steve Pieters.

After listening to Gao Han's words, the authority on sports psychology hurriedly nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, we have drawn up a plan, and this year is not compared to last year, the players are a little more mature and have improved a lot." ”

At this time last season, Chinatown also lost the Copa del Rey and league titles in a row, but fortunately, the team defeated Atletico Madrid in the final and finally won the Champions League.

So far this season, Chinatown has only two titles left to compete for: the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.

After Gao Han heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head, and he felt very bad in his own heart.

This season's La Liga is the same as last season, with ups and downs, peaks and turns, Chinatown once saw the hope of winning the championship, but because of its own mistakes, missed the opportunity, even if it was chasing hard in the end, it still failed to catch up with Barcelona.

The last wave of ten consecutive victories can be said to have played the confidence and morale of Chinatown, and also let everyone clearly see the strength of Chinatown, especially several big wins, which are even more breathtaking.

In terms of attack, 123 goals, the highest in La Liga history, even surpassed Atletico Madrid during Gao Han's tenure, Hazard scored 33 goals, Griezmann scored 27 goals, Firmino reached 20 goals, Morata, Isco and Pogba all scored more than 10 goals.

The number of assists for Koke and De Bruyne is also quite good, with De Bruyne reaching 20 assists, Eden Hazard 15, Koke and Isco also 13, and the performance of the whole midfield is quite impressive.

Chinatown's attacking ability this season has exploded, and it is important to have a central midfield that has blossomed everywhere, coupled with the team's attacking tactics, giving the frontcourt players enough freedom to attack.

This is also a major feature of Zidane's tactics this season.

The reason why the team lost the championship this season was because of problems on the defensive end.

China City have conceded the highest number of goals in the top four this season, even surpassing Real Madrid, who have problems defensively, which is certainly related to the team's attacking style of play, but also to the team's center-back rotation.

"If we hadn't sold Godin, maybe this season's title would have been ours. Gao Han let out a long sigh.

Selling Godin is equivalent to sending away Chinatown's defensive pillars, creating Atletico Madrid's strongest defensive lineup in La Liga this season, but it also makes Chinatown's backline problematic.

"Don't dwell on that. Cantarero reassured, "If we don't let Godin go, then we have to sell De Vrij, which is obviously against the philosophy of our team, and you can see De Vrij's performance this season, in the second half of the season, he definitely did not lose to Godin, but he was younger." ”

In fact, De Vrij's performance at the World Cup did not surprise Gao Han and the technical team, because he did have such quality, but after the World Cup, De Vrij's overall performance was clearly going to the next level.

It can be said that De Vrij now has the level of a first-class central defender in Europe.

As the club's technical director, Cantarero supported Gao Han's decision in the first place.

The same can be said of head coach Zinedine Zidane.

The young players in the team want to come out, De Vrij's overall strength has reached that level, as early as the second half of last season, he has already shown the level of challenging Godin, and even occupied the main position for a time, and after the baptism of the World Cup, China City must choose between the two players.

Godin is twenty-nine years old, but De Vrij is only twenty-three, and anyone else would make the same choice as Gao Han.

But now, the question of choice, similar to Godin and De Vrij, is once again in front of the management.

It's just that he has changed from the previous central defender to a different position.

For example, in the front attack, with Hazard unable to move, with the rise of Jesus, Morata, and Dybala, plus the appearance of two youngsters Anthony Martial and Kingsley Koeman, Chinatown's frontcourt attack has also become quite intense.

Head coach Zidane has hinted to Gao Han more than once that the competition in the locker room is close to a critical point.

If it is controlled within the critical point, it can still be regarded as healthy competition, but once the critical point is broken, it is vicious competition.

At that time, I am afraid that Zidane will not be able to stabilize the locker room, and the team will definitely be greatly affected.

There has never been a shortage of buyers for Chinatown's players, and now European football stars are hard to find, and there are even fewer players who come to poach Chinatown.

The point is, who to sell?

A team always needs to be metabolized, and the transfer market can better stimulate the team's metabolism, and new players bring new atmosphere, bring new excitement, and avoid a pool of stagnant water for the team.

Of course, the hidden dangers are not small, after all, it always takes a while for newcomers to take the position.

From the time Gao Han decided to let Chinatown embark on this path, he already knew very well that the team would face such a situation sooner or later, and over the years, Chinatown had already established a set of internal effective self-hematopoietic circulation mechanism.

This season, the team's performances in the league have been up and down, especially in March, when the team suddenly fell into a collective slump, which is indeed quite a surprise, and it shows the weakness of the young team.

On the other hand, Barcelona's performance this season has been very stable, and the state has been relatively stable, and superstars such as Messi and Suarez have been able to step up at critical moments, which allows Barcelona to beat China City to win the championship.

In general, in the past two seasons, Chinatown's performance in the league has been very good, and they all have the level of hitting the championship, but unfortunately, last season Atletico Madrid was in a burst of state, and the team was beaten again, and this season it was Barcelona who successfully counterattacked, so it can only be said that Chinatown's luck is indeed worse.

But not in the Champions League.

The biggest difference between the Champions League and the league is that the Champions League matches are more technically and tactically targeted, and luck in the draw is also important.

Last season, China City was able to win the championship, mainly because the bitter rival Atletico Madrid reached the final, and this season's Bed Legion was eliminated by Real Madrid, and the opponent Barcelona in the final did not have an advantage against China City.

So, this game is still promising.

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Gao Han's arrival made the players in the training center feel the attention of the club's management.

Whether as the real power at the helm of the team or a symbol of honor, Gao Han's importance in the team is extraordinary, especially on the spiritual level, and everyone has great respect for him.

Although the club's office, home stadium and training center are closely connected, Gao Han is not usually on the training ground, let alone walking into the dressing room, but he is there every time the team needs him.

And every time you see the high cold, everyone will feel a sense of strength.

This time, Gao Han communicated with Zidane in advance, and after training, he came to visit the players and routinely said a few words of encouragement, affirming the players' performance and achievements this season.

The same words, spoken at different times and from different mouths, have very different effects.

At this moment, every word Gao Han said was deeply engraved into the hearts of the players.

Because he's a high cold!

How to carve the players, this is the matter of the head coach and the technical department, as the boss, Gao Han is only responsible for controlling the overall situation.

So, he didn't say much to the players and soon disbanded the team.

And he walked back to the coach's office with Zidane and Makelele and others.

Once the league is over, a loss is a loss, and no amount of regret can change that fact, but the next two cup games will be crucial, especially considering that the opponents are Barcelona.

"The Copa del Rey against Barcelona ......" Gao Han paused and looked at Zidane deeply, "...... It's important!"

Zidane nodded heavily, he has been playing football for decades, and he doesn't understand anything.

In this kind of front and back foot game, the first game is often the most important, especially related to the morale and fighting spirit of the team.

Chinatown's results against Barcelona this season are not bad, with one win and one loss, but this has nothing to do with the two finals.

"There's a question I've been thinking about lately. Zidane took the initiative to mention.

"Tell me about it. Gao Han replied.

Not only him, but everyone else also looked at Zidane.

"Will Luis Enrique go to Xavi?"

This is indeed a problem.

From Barcelona's point of view, Xavi will undoubtedly continue to maintain possession in midfield, after all, the iron triangle of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets is still one of the top possession combinations in Europe.

But Rakitic is also a midfielder that Luis Enrique values very much, and he is not as good as Xavi in Barcelona's passing system, but he is better at attacking and defending, and his ability to run and cover is also quite good, and he has the ability to insert attacks from behind.

Zidane's question seems to be asking if Xavi will start, but in fact it is struggling with what kind of play Chinatown should adopt to deal with Barcelona.

The first league match, won at home, and won with the advantage of possession in midfield, but on the road, Zidane tried to play with a pass-and-possession style again, but suffered a heavy defeat at Camp Nou.

If you work backwards from the result, it was precisely that one that made Chinatown lose the La Liga title this season.

And in the deepest part of this question, Gao Han felt Zidane's hesitation and lack of confidence.

The big game is coming, and this is the manager's fatal wound.

(End of chapter)