Chapter 72: Can He Really Do It?

"Good afternoon, Mr. Gao Han!"

In the afternoon, at the gate of Mahada Enda Sports City, when Gao Han got off the taxi and passed by the security room, the attitude of several security guards inside was obviously more respectful than before. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Good afternoon!" Gao Han politely returned the salute, and there was a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

In last night's big win away at Rayo Vallecano, he won the initial recognition of the club, from the management to the rank-and-file employees.

But that's just the beginning!

Marcos Alonso also won his first game in charge, but then he was defeated, and gradually lost the love and respect of everyone in the team.

Professional football is so cruel and realistic!

Walk through the gate, through the internal parking lot, to the fork in the road.

On the opposite side is the training area for the second team and the youth team, and to the right is the training area for the first team.

Don't look like it's in a small sports city, but in fact, going forward and to the right, there are two completely different worlds.

Thinking about his parents who were far away in Beijing and eagerly planning to buy a house, and then thinking about Lin Xia, Gao Han resolutely walked to the right.

Now that he has come, he doesn't want to go back.

"Boss, the lottery results are out!"

As soon as he arrived at the first team training building, Sergio Garcia hurried to meet him.

As is customary in the Copa del Rey, after the knockout rounds, the draw will be held at the headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation at noon the next day.

Six of the teams currently in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey are La Liga teams: Barcelona, Zaragoza, Celta, Racing Santander, Real Mallorca and Espanyol.

The other two teams, one is Atletico Madrid in La Liga, and the other is Granada, who are in Group 4 of League B.

If you follow what Gao Han thinks, then it is better to draw Granada, which will be more certain.

But his luck with Atletico Madrid is obviously not so good.

"We drew Celta!"

Gao Han frowned, this is a strong team in La Liga.

Celta de Vigo is coached by Victor Fernandez, one of Spain's most powerful young coaches in recent years.

He made his debut in Zaragoza in the eighties of the last century, starting with the youth team and gradually climbing to the first team managerial position.

In 1991, Zaragoza was in turmoil and deep in the relegation zone, and at the critical moment, it was Victor Fernandez who saved the team, led Zaragoza to relegation, and in the next five years, built Zaragoza into a strong team in the middle and upper reaches of La Liga, so he became famous.

switched to Celta in 98, and in the first season, he brought this weak La Liga team with the purpose of relegation to the middle and upper reaches in one go.

Over the past two seasons, Celta have been consistently sixth and fifth in the league, which is quite impressive.

But in the summer of this year, Real Madrid poached the core of the midfield back Claude Makelele, although Celta received a large amount of cash, but the team's lineup was disrupted, and the current results are not ideal, ranking 16th in La Liga.

This is also the sadness of some small teams, unable to retain people.

The same is true of Racing Santander, whose results plummeted after sending off Salva, who was the striker, and are currently bottom of La Liga.

In the current situation, Atletico Madrid drew Celta de Vigo and was indeed unlucky.

It would be great if you won the Granada!

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After listening to Sergio Garcia's words, Gao Han smiled slightly, didn't say anything, just asked Sergio Garcia to call Cantarero for a meeting.

As Gao Han approached his office, and as soon as he sat down, Cantarero and Sergio Garcia arrived.

"Don't think about Celta for now, we're starting to pay attention to the game against Levante the day after tomorrow. ”

Both Cantarero and Garcia nodded.

"I've gathered a lot of information about Levante. Garcia immediately pulled out one of the documents he brought and handed it to Gao Han, "This is their statistics for this season, including goals, goals conceded, home and away results, etc. ”

Gao Han raised his hand and motioned for them to sit down, opened the papers, and read them intently.

"Sergio, this data is not detailed enough. ”

"Huh?" said Sergio Garcia, who didn't quite understand.

"I want you to be a little bit more detailed, from the time of each goal scored and conceded by the team, to the performance of each player at different times, and make a more detailed report from these aspects. ”

Sergio Garcia's eyes lit up at first, an angle he hadn't thought about before, but ......

"Boss, this is ...... workload"

Gao Han thought about it, yes, the workload is indeed too large, if you do it alone, it is estimated that you will have to work overtime day and night.

"Then compromise, focus on a few of their core players first, but the data must be detailed and accurate. ”

"Understood!" Garcia nodded.

Gao Han sighed, when he has more power in the future, he will definitely get the data analysis team up as soon as possible.

Because he found that it was more effective for him and his players to understand their opponents.

Many times, in these cold statistics, you can find some problems that even the opponent, or even the players themselves, have not noticed.

"Carlos, our next training is still the same as before, and we have to practice every training session in group attack and defense, which helps to hone in the team's tactical formation and cultivate the tacit understanding of the players. ”

"Understood. ”

"Also, don't train too much, focus on adjusting and recovering. ”

"Good. Cantarero nodded.

"Levante's team has a problem defensively, but their offensive ability is not bad. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Han smiled coldly.

Cantarero and Sergio García have been working with him for more than half a year, and they don't understand what he's thinking.

Isn't it the best place to defend and counterattack if you have a big defensive problem but tend to attack?

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2001, 27 January, afternoon.

Located in the heart of Madrid, the Calderón Stadium is crowded.

Spurred on by the big win away at Rayo Vallecano three days earlier to advance to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, the Sheets fans frantically poured into the Calderón Stadium.

In fact, season ticket and ticket sales at Atletico Madrid this season are even more popular than they were in La Liga.

However, with Zambrano's three-game losing streak at the start of the season and the subsequent lack of improvement under Marcos Alonso, fans were disappointed with the team, which in turn led to a drop in attendance at the Calderón Stadium.

There are even many fans who have turned their attention to the second team coached by Gao Han.

Now, Gao Han has entered the first team, and in the first game, he led the team to a big reversal against Rayo Vallecano and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, which greatly stimulated the fans of the Sheets Army and directly drove the attendance of the Calderón Stadium.

When Hill & Sons, Cerezo and Paul Futrey walked up to the stand and felt the atmosphere of the scene, they were relieved that at least the attendance had finally picked up.

Although the attendance and home atmosphere are still weak compared to the full and hot atmosphere of Calderón Stadium, which was at its peak and had the title of the devil's home stadium, this kind of atmosphere has been quite rare in the past two years.

It can be seen that Gao Han and the battle three days ago have indeed regained the confidence of fans.

"Hopefully he won't be the second Marcos Alonso!"

Old Hill's fat and bloated body sat in the seat of the administrative area of the chairman's stand, and sighed with anxiety in his heart.

Once upon a time, Marcos Alonso's first battle was also quite eye-catching, but then it was ......

"Don't worry, Alpine is different from Marcos Alonso. Paul Futrey laughed.

Old Hill looked at Paul Futrey and said with a slight smile: "You have a lot of confidence in him, but don't forget, he is only twenty-three years old, and no matter how strong his coaching ability is, the young man is always unstable." ”

"Father, I don't think there's anything to worry about. Little Hill on the side also smiled.

"I went to the dressing room and talked to him for a while, and I think he's pretty sure and he's not proud of the comeback three days ago, so it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

"Well, that's good, but it's still not to be careless, the head coach of Levante is a hungry hound. ”

Who's to say it isn't?

Don't look at the division of the Spanish league system, La Liga, La B, B II and La C, it seems that they are all advancing layer by layer, but in fact it is not just that.

La Liga and La Liga belong to the Spanish professional football league, which is more formally governed and more competitive.

On the contrary, the second league and the second league, as well as the other leagues below, belong to the Spanish Football Federation, and the management is more loose and chaotic.

Take the second league as an example, it is full of many semi-professional and even amateur teams.

Therefore, in Spain, being able to be the head coach of La Liga and La B teams can be regarded as truly standing on the stage of the professional league, and the competition is extremely fierce, because every opponent is an old fritter that has been tempered for more than ten years, or even decades.

Like Gao Han, who is only twenty-three years old, but acts as the head coach of Atletico Madrid, it is unprecedented.

If it weren't for the turmoil of the Sheets Army this season, and Gao Han's results in the second team were so brilliant, the management decided to treat the dead horse as a live horse doctor and gamble, Gao Han would not have had a chance at all.

Young and energetic, this is the advantage of Gao Han.

But lack of experience and lack of maturity and stability are the weakness of the high cold.

So, how is it possible to want people not to worry?

'Both teams came out. ”

Everyone went down from the stands, and sure enough, they saw the players of the two teams walking out of the players' tunnel one after another.

Atletico Madrid's starting line-up is no different from the game against Rayo Vallecano three days ago, and it is still the same eleven.

The goalkeeper is Toni Jimenez, while the backline is Antonio López, Santi Denia, Ibic and Juan Aguilera from left to right.

In midfield, Zoran Nigus, Xavi Alonso and Oscar Mena were present, with Hugo Leal coming forward.

The two strikers are still a combination of Villa and Torres.

"He's really determined to give up Salva!"

Hill Sr. didn't have good eyesight and couldn't see very clearly, but after Hill Jr. introduced him to the team's squad, he guessed Gao Han's intentions.

"In this matter, Salva is really unkind, whether it is out of prestige, or considering the value of the player, it is more cost-effective to sell it now. Cerezo, who had not spoken, said on the side.

When the team signed a contract with Salva, there was a clause that Salva would be able to transfer if the team could not be promoted this season.

Considering the current situation of Atletico Madrid, coupled with Salva's attitude, it is more cost-effective to take advantage of the winter break to make a transfer.

"But can Torres and Villa afford the burden of the team's forward line?" asked the elder Hill with concern.

Little Hill glanced at Paul Futrey with a smile, as if to say, it's your turn.

The Portuguese smiled, "Don't worry, Jesus, the talent of these two players is not lost to Raul at all." ”

"Really?" said Old Hill's heart, and his cloudy eyes lit up at once.

Raul, that was an eternal pain in his heart.

"I promise!" Paul Futrey replied affirmatively, "they were raised by Gao Han, and so far they have surprised everyone, especially the older Villa. ”

At the age of nineteen, David Villa scored a brace in the crucial battle of the Copa del Rey round of 16.

Hearing Paul Futrey say this, the flame in Old Hill's chest that had been nearly extinguished was ignited again, and he looked at the twenty-three-year-old head coach Gao Han, who had just walked out of the players' tunnel, and nodded slightly.

Can he really do it?