This year, the Premier League's Christmas schedule is significantly more tragic than last year's.

From December 26 to January 6, there are four Premier League games to play in 11 days, and more importantly, another FA Cup game on the 8th, and five games in 13 days, which is a test for any team.

Fortunately, the opponents Manchester City have encountered in this period of the competition are not strong, which also makes Gao Han determined to carry out the rotation to the end, because even the hardcore players cannot play so many games in a short period of time.

On December 26, in the 19th round of the English Premier League, Manchester City defeated Newcastle 3-1 away.

On 28 December, Manchester City beat Aston Villa 4-0 at home.

On January 1, 2011, Manchester City ushered in a massacre at the City Stadium, beating Blackpool 7-0, with Cristiano Ronaldo putting on a quadruple to not only top the league scorer charts, but also to launch the final push for the upcoming FIFA Ballon d'Or.

On January 6, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Manchester City went south to London and defeated Arsenal 1-0 away, and the Portuguese scored the winning goal, which made Cristiano Ronaldo receive the FIFA Golden Ball Award more and more loudly.

Two days later, in the third round of the FA Cup, Manchester City played with a full bench line-up, beating Ipswich Town 7-0 away, teenager Harry Kane got the start, scored two goals, Gareth Bale also scored twice, Manchester City performed very well, won a round of applause.

It was also during this disastrous Christmas schedule that Ferguson's side also performed well, and the Scottish boss had unrivalled experience of the Premier League's winter break schedule, so he led United to bumpy all the way, but in the end they maintained their unbeaten winter break schedule with three wins and one draw in four games.

It also allowed United to quickly widen the gap between Manchester United and Chelsea, and they were close to Manchester City in second place in the league.

Chelsea, on the other hand, were in a worse position, with Scolari's managerial position in question, combined with a busy schedule during the winter break, which saw the Blues lose 3-1 at Arsenal, then 3-3 at home to Aston Villa and 1-0 at Wolves.

Although they defeated Bolton Wanderers 1-0 at home, the record of one win, one draw and two losses in four games, not to mention Manchester City, even compared with Manchester United, is a full six points of difference, and the ranking immediately fell sharply from the original second place in the league to the fourth place in the league, only four points more than Tottenham Hotspur, which is fifth in the league, and the situation is not safe.

Arsenal's winter break schedule is two wins, one draw and one defeat in four games, and the points are equal for Chelsea, but the Gunners lead by goal difference, and Wenger's biggest gain during the winter break is Robin van Persie.

As soon as the Dutch striker returned from injury, he immediately became the number one weapon in Arsenal's forward line, showing impressive goalscoring form.

As for the Reds Liverpool, the situation is also worrying, four games, one win and three losses, the ranking has also slipped to the tenth in the league, coach Hodgson is gone, the famous Dalglish came to power, after the 22nd round, Liverpool can't wait to announce the high price of 45 million euros, from Newcastle to introduce local center Carroll.

Now everyone is waiting to see if Dedalglish and Carroll can save Liverpool's fortunes.

According to the original plan, Gao Han did not plan to participate in the annual FIFA awards conference in Zurich, because after playing the FA Cup on January 8, the League Cup semi-finals were ushered in on the 12th, and the opponent was the Hammers West Ham United.

But FIFA sent a special invitation letter and a phone call at the end of December, and it turned out that he was not only a shortlist for the best manager of the year, but also a guest of honor for the winner of the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or.

"Why me?" asked Gao Han on the phone, puzzled.

"Because, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both played under you. ”

This explains...... It's really hard to refuse.

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The annual FIFA Awards Conference can be called the Laureus of international football, especially after merging with the Ballon d'Or of French football magazine this year, it has become the only award event in world football.

As the first event, the organizer FIFA naturally made sufficient preparations, not only inviting all the finalists who entered the shortlist, but also organizing a variety of events, the most interesting of which was the head coach's symposium.

As the name suggests, it was a warm-up session that was scheduled before the awards ceremony, and was attended by the top six managers who were shortlisted for the Coach of the Year list, including World Cup winner Bosque, Champions League winner Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, German national team coach Loew, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, and Manchester City boss Gao Han.

It is rare for the six managers to come together, and the topics discussed are naturally closely related to football, and one of the main links is the results of the team of the year, which have been announced in advance.

The goalkeeper is Casillas, the backline is Puyol, Pique, Xavi Martinez and Mascherano, the midfield trio is Andres Iniesta, Sneijder and Xavi, and the front trident is Cristiano Ronaldo, Villa and Lionel Messi.

Obviously, this list takes into account not only the players' performances on the pitch, but also the players' achievements.

Spain and Barcelona won the World Cup and the Champions League respectively, which naturally made the internationals of these two teams more favored, especially Spain, which won seven out of eleven seats, which is quite rare.

But there is also a doubt, that is, in the selection of the best team, right-back and central defender Puyol were placed on the left wing-back, which is also a very surprising place.

The organisers' explanation for this is that there has been a lack of really convincing candidates for the left wing-back position over the past year, but right-back Puyol has been quite impressive, while Manchester City's right centre-back Mascherano has also been impressive, so it was a deliberate choice for both to be selected at the same time.

This interesting phenomenon naturally became the focus of the coaching symposium.

In response to a question, Pep Guardiola said that full-backs are no longer just defensive players, but play an increasingly important role in attack, and on the right side, there are outstanding players such as McConn, Alves and Lahm, but left-back seems to be lacking.

'Over the past year, it has been clear that no left-back has been convincing. ”

Chelsea's Ashley Cole's form has dropped a lot, and the divorce scandal has discredited him, which has seriously affected his form, making it difficult for him to afford the role.

Inter Milan's Patrice Evra and Bayern Munich's Marcelo are among the top left-backs in football today, but neither of them has been in convincing form or results over the past season, so they have struggled to be named in the best team.

In terms of results, Spain's left-back Capdevilla is the best match, but the 33-year-old has not been satisfactory at all.

Real Madrid and Barcelona are both relatively average in terms of left-back configuration, and Manchester City does not have the role of left wing-back at all, which has made the selection of left-back quite a headache in the past year.

As head coach of the national team, Bosque also admits that there is a shortage of left-backs, but he is not worried.

"Spain have a very strong talent pool in this area, for example, in Chinatown, right-back Carvajal and left-back Jordi Alba are the focus of the national team at the moment, Alba has also been selected for the national team, I think they both have the strength and potential to establish themselves in the national team in the future. ”

Gao Han also agrees with Bosque that the shortage of full-backs is only temporary, and he also defends Patrice Evra and Marcelo, who are just up and down and will soon regain their form.

Pep Guardiola also agrees with Bosque's views, and he also jokes with Gao Han, consciously or unconsciously, that Barcelona are keeping a close eye on two youngsters, Carvajal and Alba, who is just 19 years old and has always performed well against Danilo, while Alba, who is 21 years old and has made impressive progress in Chinatown.

'He came through our Barcelona Academy. ”

Guardiola's words made all the media reporters in the audience cheer, is this to poach the rhythm of Chinatown?

Gao Han's response to this was just a faint smile, "They are all not for sale!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience burst into laughter.

Everyone knows that the non-sale in Chinatown is not really not for sale, but depends on whether your bid is not high enough.

After the two old friends teased the media reporter, they looked at each other and laughed tacitly.

In the final part of the symposium, when they were evaluating each other who was most likely to win the award, it was surprising that Gao Han received five of the six votes present.

"If I'm not mistaken, the only one that didn't vote for Mr. Gao Han should be your own vote, right?"

When the reporter asked, Gao Han smiled awkwardly, which was considered a tacit acquiescence, and he chose Bosque.

"I'm good friends with Aragonés and Bosque, I know them very well, I know that it's very, very, very difficult for Aragonés to lead the team to win the European Championship, but I also know that it is not easy for Bosque to lead the team to win the World Cup and continue the glory of the Spanish national team. ”

However, Gao Han also reminded Bosque to be careful of Loew in his final comment.

"Loew and I are also very good friends, so I know that he is a very, very wary person, and the German team he coaches is still growing and improving rapidly, and I think Loew's Germany will be the strongest team in the European Championship in a year's time, and the World Cup in three years' time, and even longer. ”

Loew expressed his gratitude for the praise from Gao Han, and also affirmed that Gao Han gave him great help and encouragement, saying that Gao Han is the world's No. 1 head coach in his mind.

And Mourinho, who has always been regarded as having a vendetta with Gao Han, voted for Gao Han this time in a rare way, and the Portuguese madman's answer to this is also very domineering.

"There's no doubt that he's really the best manager of the last year, but now it's 2011 and I've chosen him as Coach of the Year to be able to target him and break him down in the coming year!"

provoked in front of him, Gao Han never knew how to deal with it except for a wry smile.

There's no way he could have said to Mourinho, please, don't challenge me, okay?

What's more, this is only the vote of the six managers at the head coach's symposium, and whether they can be elected depends on the final FIFA votes to decide.

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