In the coach's room at Harrington's training ground, all the first-team coaching staff sat around the round conference table, looking a little solemn. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although yesterday's warm-up game against the Celtics ended up winning, it was a fluke.

If it weren't for the team's sudden offensive wave in the last ten minutes of the game and scored two goals in a row, it is estimated that the final warm-up game would have ended in failure, which would have been a very heavy blow to the newly formed Chelsea.

Gao Han also realized this, so he used the skill card at the last moment.

But the problem has been exposed, and he has to find a way to solve it.

"First of all, I have to apologize. ”

As the initiator of the meeting and as the head coach of the team, Gao Han was the first to speak.

In addition to the old partners who had worked together with him such as Cantarero and Sergio Garcia, the rest of Chelsea's original coaches were surprised by Gao Han's sudden apology.

The manager wants authority, when will he apologize?

But those who are familiar with the alpine and those who are familiar with Atletico Madrid know that this is normal.

Apologize for doing something wrong, and that's rightfully so.

"In the past, I did put too much energy into other places and ignored a lot of problems, which is my responsibility, so I apologize to everyone here. ”

Gao Han's attitude was very sincere, making everyone believe that he was sincere.

Cantarero and Buenaventura, who sat on his left and right, patted his hands on the table and motioned for him not to apologize.

Since taking over Chelsea, although Gao Han has been in charge of power, on the surface it seems to be infinitely beautiful, but in fact, the bitterness is only known to people inside Chelsea.

After Abramovich bought Chelsea, there was a lot of turmoil in the management, and many things were at a standstill, or even unmanaged, which caused very big problems and problems for the team.

After Gao Han took over, he relied on his connection with Abramovich and the executives, allowing him to act cheaply.

For example, the renovation of the Harrington Training Ground, including the maintenance of the training ground's thermal and drainage systems, as well as the renovation of the lunch break dormitories for the players and coaches, and even the training equipment in the gym.

It is conceivable that if Gao Han did not come forward, I don't know how many years and months it would take to complete these things.

Not to mention the team's signings.

Under normal circumstances, the transfer should be the responsibility of the club's top management, such as the CEO, but everyone knows that Treif Bochi is already out of his own hands, so where will he interfere in the transfer of the team?

Taking a step back, even if he is willing to intervene, firstly, he has no network resources, and secondly, Abramovich is not at ease.

Therefore, every transfer of Chelsea this summer was personally made by Gao Han, and even came forward to negotiate in person.

A person's energy is always limited, Gao Han has put a lot of energy into other aspects, and the team will definitely be overlooked, which is also human nature.

"But thankfully, we have a week to go before the start of the new season and we still have a chance to make up for our mistakes. ”

At this point, Gao Han looked at Sergio Garcia, who stood up in understanding.

"I'd like to ask you to watch a video highlight of the competition. ”

The crowd followed Sergio Garcia's gesture to the large screen hanging on the wall, which soon began to show the game, the first of which was the goal conceded after the opponent was beaten back in the first half against Celtic.

It is clear from this video of the game that Chelsea's defence did press too high when the opponent successfully broke the ball, which led to the opponent easily passing the ball behind him and then using the speed of the striker to play a counter-attack.

But there is also the obvious question of the position of goalkeeper José Cudicini.

When John Terry and Gallas pressed down, Cudicini was still standing in the six-yard box, which caused too much space between the goalkeeper and the backline, which caused the opposition to successfully counter-attack.

In fact, if Cudicini had been positioned a little higher and even decisive, the goal could have been avoided.

'It's not just the goal conceded in the same scene, we look at the other footage of the game. ”

As Sergio Garcia continued to play highlights, it was only then that everyone realized that there had been three times in the same scene against Celtic alone, only to be caught on the other two occasions.

In addition, several other warm-up games also had the same problem, and even in the first warm-up game where the opponent was defeated 4-0, there were two times the same situation, but the opponent was too strong and did not even pass the ball well.

'Cudicini is a typical Italian goalkeeper, he is more adept at moving around the area of the small box, rarely on the outside of the box, let alone on the edge of the box, and he is basically not involved in the team's passing because in their philosophy it is too dangerous. ”

"And when we press forward as a whole in the formation, the gap between the defense line and the goalkeeper is too big, as long as there is a passer and a speed player in the opposing team, it can basically be grasped. ”

When everyone heard this, they all realized the problem.

Although Celtic is a team in the Soviet Super League, they are not weak at all, and they reached the final of the League Cup last season, only to lose to Jose Mourinho's Porto, and manager Martin O'Neill is also very strong.

And since O'Neill can see it, other Premier League teams will definitely find out.

Speed strikers are no strangers in the Premier League, and there is no shortage of passers in midfield, so if this fatal hole is not closed soon, it will be a huge concern for Chelsea.

"Is there a suitable goalkeeper in the transfer market at the moment?" asked Gao Han with a frown.

The team's overall formation has been running in for a long time and will not be easily changed, so the goalkeeper can only be changed.

Sergio Garcia shook his head, "The better goalkeepers are the pillars of their respective teams, and no one wants to let go. ”

As he spoke, he pulled up a player's information on the big screen.

Brad Friedel, American, 32 years old, was the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season, and Blackburn was able to finish sixth in the Premier League. With that, Sergio Garcia suddenly grinned at Gao Han.

"You've just made a lot of money for Blackburn in Duff's transfer and you should be able to convince them to let him go. ”

Everyone laughed.

Gao Han secretly gave Ferguson a black hand in Duff's transfer, which they all knew, and it is said that Ferguson was furious because of it, but he had to buy it.

Gao Han ignored the assistants' jokes, but swept his eyes sharply, and Friedel's data was presented in front of him.

"Strength: one hundred and fifty-five, potential: one hundred and sixty. ”

Looking at the data in detail, he doesn't think it's particularly ideal.

Seeing that Gao Han was silent, Sergio Garcia understood and moved on to the next one.

"Jussi Jaaskelainen, a Finnish goalkeeper, 28 years old, is a Nordic goalkeeper who has performed well for two seasons with Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League two years ago. ”

Gao Han's eyes swept again, "Strength: one hundred and fifty-two, potential: one hundred and fifty-five." ”

Looking at the data again, I am still not very satisfied.

"Shay Giving, 27 years old, Irishman, has been with Newcastle for six seasons, has a lot of Premier League experience and has been very consistent, but you have offended the other three of the Premier League's traditional semi-final, are you sure you want to offend the Magpies again?"

Everyone burst into laughter again, and even Gao Han himself couldn't help but laugh.

It turns out that Shay Givens is indeed the strongest, with a strength and potential of one hundred and sixty-five, and the data in all aspects are more appropriate.

But when Gao Han saw the two candidates below, he hesitated a little.

One is an old acquaintance, Barcelona former goalkeeper José Manuel Reina.

The 21-year-old goalkeeper once served as the main player of Barcelona, Gao Han focused on him when he coached Atletico Madrid, reacted quickly, attacked decisively, and came from the Spanish academy, with good foot skills, which is very in line with Gao Han's requirements.

"After switching to Villarreal in 02, Reina's performance has been very good, and his value has also risen, and it is not difficult to convince Villarreal to let go, but whether he can adapt to the Premier League is probably also a question. ”

Reina's problem was that he was too young and his performances at Barcelona were not ideal, with only one season at a high level at Villarreal.

Judging from the fiery eyes, the strength has reached one hundred and fifty-three, and the potential is one hundred and seventy-five, which is the highest among the people.

"Sebastien Frei, a French goalkeeper, 23 years old, plays for Parma, a very good goalkeeper in Serie A, and unlike other Serie A goalkeepers, he has a greater range of movement, but he is also more inconsistent. ”

With a whopping 170 and a potential of 175, Sebastian Frei is the best of the many candidates, surpassing Givens and Reina.

But he also has a problem, although he plays for Parma, he was loaned by Inter Milan for the previous two seasons, and it was not until this summer that Parma made up their minds to buy him, who is worth up to 22.5 million euros.

As you can imagine, it will not be easy to convince Palma to release him.

Even if Parma agreed, Chelsea would have to pay a hefty price.

Gao Han has always felt that he is not particularly satisfied with these candidates, and they all have such and such problems, but he can also understand that it is really difficult to find a suitable goalkeeper in the transfer market in such a short period of time.

As a last resort, Gao Han could only open the list of goalkeepers of each of the four major European leagues handed over to him by Sergio Garcia, and swept them one by one, but the results were relatively disappointing until ......

"Strength: One hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and eighty potential?"

Gao Han's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately entered the detailed data interface, and after taking a closer look, he couldn't help but laugh.

"That's it!"

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While Gao Han was discussing the goalkeeper issue in Harrington, Liverpool's manager Houllier, the opponent in the first round of the new Premier League, was also in the Melwood training base in Liverpool in the north-west, and got the latest warm-up match information.

Because it is the first round of the new season, and the high cold of the past two years, coupled with the fact that Chelsea has invested 200 million euros in the summer transfer market, Houllier has ridiculed Chelsea as a mercenary, but he does not dare to be careless at all.

He even arranged for his right-hand man, Liverpool legend Phil Thompson, to follow Chelsea's warm-up games.

And the right-hand man lived up to expectations, returning to Liverpool after watching Chelsea's game against Celtic and immediately submitting a detailed report of the game.

'I found that Chelsea have a very, very fatal hole and if we take our chances at Anfield, we will be able to keep them coming back!'

Phil Thompson said confidently. (To be continued.) )