The Champions League final between Chinatown and Atletico Madrid has attracted worldwide attention.

Not only are fans from all over the world flocking to the game, but even many famous coaches have gathered in Lisbon to watch the game.

Among them are the head coach of the Spanish national team, Bosque, and the head coach of the national youth team, Julen Lopetegui.

Both men were visiting their Chinatown hotel in the morning, but unfortunately Zinedine Zidane and the first-team players were nowhere to be seen, with the exception of Gao Han and Cantarero, much to the surprise of both men.

"What about people?" asked Bosque, puzzled.

It's the Champions League final in the evening, shouldn't you stay in the hotel in the morning to recharge?

Cantarero and Gao Han glanced at each other and both laughed in unison.

"The club arranged a tour, all went out for a walk, will be back later. Cantarero replied.

This is the opinion of psychologist Dr. Steve Pieters, who thinks that before the big game, the emotions of the players should not be overly nervous, if you stay in the hotel, everyone will get together, it will further create this tense atmosphere, it is better to simply organize a tourist activity, go to Lisbon to walk around, as long as it is done in moderation, but it has the effect of regulating the psychology of the players.

Both Bosque and Julen Lopetegui were surprised, but they both knew that with Alpine and Cantarero in charge, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

Everyone knows that Gao Han is the best head coach in the world, and the team in Chinatown is also the most professional in the world.

Now that they have arrived, a few people sat down in the hotel café to chat, and the topic naturally fell to tonight's Champions League final and the upcoming World Cup in Brazil.

Most of the teams participating in the World Cup have already released their 23-man squads, but Spain has yet to announce them because Bosque is still worried about the Champions League final and intends to wait until after the game to avoid injury.

"You should have a bottom in your heart, right?" asked Gao Han with a smile.

Bosque nodded, "A lot of times, even the head coach of the national team doesn't have the absolute power to choose the players he wants, we have to learn to weigh and even compromise, you know that. ”

Gao Han understands, where does absolute freedom come from in this world?

"And who are you going to bring with you?" asked Gao Han again.

"Cork. Bosque replied.

"Why?" Cantarero was a little surprised.

In terms of performance, Isco performed better than Koke, but Bosque chose Koke instead of Isco, which was really surprising, not only did Cantarero not understand, but Lopetegui was also confused.

These players are all internationals of the national youth team, he is familiar with them, and of course knows Isco's quality.

Gao Han pondered for a moment, but nodded and said, "Out of midfield balance, right?"

This sentence made Cantarero and Lopetegui both light up in their eyes and suddenly realized.

Bosque also looked at Gao Han, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "You still know me best." ”

Koke and Isco are about the same age and close to each other, but they have different characteristics, Koke will contribute more on the defensive end, but Isco will be stronger in handling and penetrating, and he will have higher requirements for the ball.

With Andres Iniesta, David Silva and Juan Mata all part of the Spanish squad in this category, Isco doesn't seem so desperate in comparison.

On the contrary, players of the type of Koke are often more able to play the role of balancing the midfield.

As for Ilia Ramendi, judging from last season's performance, he is by no means inferior to Barcelona's Busquets, and even better than Busquets in defense, but unfortunately, Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi are the iron triangle of Spanish midfielders, even if they really want to defend, Xavi Martinez can also play in the back.

In the selection of players for the national team, Bosque has to consider the team's tactical style of play on the one hand, based on Barcelona, and at the same time consider the emotions of fans in Catalonia.

"In the last few years, we have achieved great results, European Championships, World Cups, European Championships...... We've won a lot of honours and I've always believed that our players have built a Spanish dynasty in their own way, and they have told me what they think. ”

There are only twenty-three players in the player list, and with veterans, it is natural that no other young players can be brought in.

The game has not yet been played, whether it is old and strong, or young and strong, it is difficult to say clearly, maybe the veteran will play better?

After all, the World Cup also places a lot of emphasis on player experience.

Bosque's words were also understood by Gao Han.

Fans often only look at the results, because they are separated by the cold TV screen that is out of reach, but the head coach is a comrade-in-arms who lives with the players, has flesh and blood and feelings, and works together.

If professional football is a war without gunpowder, then the manager is the commander of this war.

I believe that no commander will casually leave behind the veterans he has brought for many years, right?

Therefore, Guardiola would rather take the initiative to resign than restructure Barcelona ruthlessly.

Since the dynasty was established by them, they naturally have the right to end it with their own hands, not to mention that it is too early to say that the dynasty will end, after all, Spain only lost a Confederations Cup.

But Bosque's choice was courageous, as it could ruin his reputation.

From the time he coached Real Madrid, Gao Han has always known that he is a very affectionate old man.

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Bosque and Lopetegui were left for lunch by Gao Han.

The players also returned at noon, and the two of them chatted with several Spanish players in the Chinatown team before leaving, while Chinatown began to rest and concentrate on preparing for the game.

During the rest of the players, Zidane had a meeting with the coaching staff, as well as Gao Han and Cantarero, mainly to discuss the upcoming Champions League final.

What Zidane means is that he wants the team to stick to their own technical and tactical style.

"We shouldn't just try to block our opponents, but we should show our quality and talent to the fullest. ”

The French coach's statement was also affirmed by Gao Han, who also believes that against a team like Atletico Madrid, blindly blocking is often easy to backfire, because they are not afraid of blocking.

On the contrary, it is Chinatown, insisting on their own style of play and strengthening the control of the midfield, which will make Atletico Madrid more disadvantaged.

When many people mention the difference between Chinatown this season and last season, they often mention the attack, thinking that it is Zidane's arrival that unleashes the team's offensive potential and activates the team's offensive firepower, but this is only the result.

Fundamentally, Pochettino's Chinatown was dominated by pressing and pressing, and the high possession rate was all grabbing the ball.

However, there is often a problem with this kind of tactical play, that is, in order to maintain the effectiveness of pressing and pressing, the distance between players is often relatively small, so that it is convenient for each other to cooperate and echo each other, and when it comes to the front line, the distance between the three players is often relatively large, and there is some suspicion of fighting separately.

From the perspective of formation structure, a good formation should be orderly, not only conducive to the penetration and advancement of passing and cutting, but also to ensure the efficiency of offensive and defensive conversion, in order to seize the key position on the field, players should maintain a suitable distance between them, not too large, too large to lengthen the passing distance, improve the probability of being cut off, but not too small, too small will appear very crowded.

The problem of Pochettino's time was that the distance between the midfielders and the backfield was too small, but the distance in the front court was too large, which was conducive to Pochettino's style of play, but the problem was not small, that is, the midfield was not creative enough, and the attacking firepower in the front court was insufficient.

As soon as Zidane took office this season, the first task was to reform the team's old problem, starting from the position to urging the players to keep their distance, which is a university question.

If it's just a static drill, that's fine, but if you want to do it in a fast-changing game, it's quite a test of effort.

Judging from this season's performance, Zidane still has a good grasp of this aspect, which makes Chinatown's possession ability second only to Barcelona in La Liga this season, and even second to none in European football, and the team's attacking firepower has also improved.

Frontcourt Eden Hazard, Roberto Firmino and Antoine Griezmann have scored 61 league goals in a single season, and they have combined more with each other and played more heartily in attack.

'Simeone knows us very well and I suspect he must have been very prepared, especially in the midfield, because our biggest problem in this game was the possession, as long as we can control the ball under the high pressure of Atletico Madrid, we can win. Gao Han said very firmly.

Zidane said that he wants to play passing, which means that he will not arrange the two-man combination of N'Golo Kante and Ilia Ramendi, so the combination of Verratti and Isco should be a matter of course.

There should be no suspense about Eden Hazard, Roberto Firmino and Antoine Griezmann up front, with Alvaro Morata doing well in the Champions League this season, but he is still too young to be used as a surprise soldier by Zidane.

With such a midfield combination in the Champions League final, it can already be said that Chinatown has the strongest lineup, plus Alex Sandro, Godin, Varane and Danilo in the backline, goalkeeper De Gea, Chinatown's starting lineup is no longer in suspense.

"I think there's one more point that needs to be noted. Sergio García reminded.

Everyone immediately looked at the data analyst in Chinatown to hear his opinion.

'It's about trying to avoid giving Atletico Madrid set-pieces up front, you know, Ramos has a bright head lately. ”

Sergio Garcia's words made Zidane and others nod in unison.

In the closing stages of the league, Ramos was indeed in very hot form, creating consecutive goals and assists, helping Atletico Madrid to win consecutive victories and beat China City to win the league title.

If it weren't for Ramos' sudden outburst, the current league champion would be Chinatown.

Chinatown also attaches great importance to the performance of this central defender, but set-pieces, especially those in the front court, are really difficult to defend, and can only be minimized and prevented by players.

"Actually, you don't need to be too nervous, you know, it's a 90-minute game, a first half, or an hour, you can't decide the final result of the game, you have to focus on the whole picture. Gao Han reassured.

As the saying goes, you can't become a fat man by eating in one bite, and if you want to eat your opponent in one go, it is obviously impossible.

Not to mention the past, even this season, Chinatown has lost at the feet of Atletico Madrid in a row.

Now this Champions League final, if you play too impatiently, it will be a bad thing.

Zidane looked at Gao Han deeply and nodded vigorously.

He understood what Gao Han meant!

(End of chapter)