As Christmas approaches, the surroundings of the Royal Stadium are already filled with a strong Christmas spirit, and businesses are all coming up with their own tricks to attract customers, and countless locals and tourists gather here every day.

As early as three months ago, Chinatown and its partners began to come up with ideas to use Christmas as an opportunity to make the Royal Stadium the most attractive festive focal point in the southern suburbs of Madrid and the entire Madrid region.

Everything is moving forward in an orderly manner, and the closer you get to Christmas, the stronger the festive atmosphere becomes, even as if there is a festive smell in the air, so that anyone can feel the festive atmosphere before Christmas.

But it was all as if it were being shut out of the walls of the Chinatown training center.

After the 16th round of La Liga, the team ushered in a rare winter break, and the team began to take holidays, and the players either took their families out on vacation, or went home to visit relatives and friends, or simply stayed at home and enjoyed this rare laziness......

But there are also people who choose to come to the training center and practice on their own.

Perhaps because of the newcomers, the three Chinese players in the team who have just arrived from Beijing are not well adapted to the Christmas atmosphere, and they all continue to come to the training base to practice after the team holiday.

Because Beijing Chinatown will specially add foreign language classes a year before the players go abroad, requiring the players to be proficient in English and Spanish, and they have come to Madrid many times before to participate in competitions and training camps, they are no strangers to the environment, and the club specially arranged for them to stay in a Chinese home in the surrounding Chinatown, so there is no problem in adapting to life.

With similar age, smooth communication, and previous games, they have become close friends with players such as Mbappe, Dembele, Asensio and Ceballos, especially Yang Xin, who was born and raised with the same roots.

On the training ground, Gao Ren and Yang Xin have not yet had a mental burden, Zhao Jun has performed well recently, scoring in the Copa del Rey in a row, and he has also made frequent appearances in the first team, making great progress.

On the contrary, it was Wang Lei, who practiced free kicks over there alone, taking penalties one after another, with successes and failures.

Gao Han happened to have a conversation with the merchants of the Royal Stadium about the Christmas promotion, and he didn't know anything about the business operation, so he hid with a big head, and just saw this scene, and he knew it in his heart.

Among this group of people, he is most optimistic about Wang Lei and Gao Ren, but he didn't expect that Wang Lei, who performed brilliantly in China, suffered a setback in the first season after landing in Spain, and his progress was not as smooth as Zhao Jun.

Wang Lei is a high-minded person, he didn't say anything on the surface, but he must be aggrieved in his heart.

Gao Han thought for a moment, turned around and walked downstairs.

When they walked into the training ground, Gao Ren and Zhao Jun didn't know where to play, and only Wang Lei was left practicing alone.

"What's the matter?, in a bad mood?" asked Gao Han amusedly.

In the end, he is only a seventeen-year-old boy, even if Wang Lei looks mature, but in fact, the words "bad mood" are still written on his face, which makes people see it at a glance.

Wang Lei was startled, turned his head, and when he saw that it was Gao Han, he immediately became nervous, "Gao...... Mr. Gao Han ......"

"Don't be nervous, our club doesn't have any rules that say that players are not allowed to practice during the holidays, as long as you go back and clean up the field. Gao Han laughed.

"Well, I understand. Wang Lei nodded solemnly.

Gao Han knows what is going on in his heart, Wang Lei has three stones in his name, his mind is indeed very strong, but he is more delicate, which is undoubtedly a very good advantage for a midfield control player, but he often needs others to enlighten him, so as not to get out of the horns.

"Are you dissatisfied with your recent performance?" asked Gao Han with a smile again.

"Hmm. Wang Lei nodded and replied.

"I've watched every one of your recent games, including the Copa del Rey and away ...... against Dinamo Zagreb"

When Wang Lei heard this, he raised his head suddenly, staring at Gao Han with his eyes, eager to know what Gao Han said about him.

Everyone knows that Gao Han has always looked at people like gods, but all the players he fancied have never been blind.

So far, only one Falcao has not developed as expected, but he has mainly been injured and injured.

"I think you've done a great job. Gao Han didn't laugh, but said seriously.

"Very good?" Wang Lei couldn't believe it, he thought that Gao Han said this in order to encourage him?

'The stats and the performance on the pitch are just one of the things I use to evaluate a player, but it's not the whole story, especially for a midfielder. ”

"But I ......" Wang Lei still didn't believe it.

"In a few games, you've exposed a lot of problems, and I'm sure you know that. ”

Wang Lei nodded heavily, he did know.

"But I think it's normal for a few months at your age, to expose these problems, not every type of player can integrate into the team very quickly, for example, Zhao Jun, he can be so active because he has players like Marquinhos and Umtiti around him to help him. ”

"Of course, it's good for Zhao Jun to have good teammates on the side, but if he doesn't realize it himself and gets lost in the applause around him, it will be terrible. ”

Every year, I don't know how many young rookies are lost in the media and fans, Gao Han doesn't want Zhao Jun to be next.

Chinatown will also give a strategy to protect the players and help them adjust their mentality.

"Your characteristics and position on the field are different from Zhao Jun, which determines that you have no way to ask for help on the field, you are a lag midfielder, the core of the team's organization, your existence is to help your teammates, the task is to schedule and sort out the midfield, organize and plan the attack, and use long and short passes to transfer the ball. ”

"On an individual level, you have to know the characteristics and habits of each team-mate, and on the pitch, when you pass the ball, you have to have everything in your mind about your teammates. ”

"Does he like to catch the ball with his feet? Is he good at catching the kind of ball that runs in space? Does he like to catch the ball with his left or right foot? How fast does he sprint, how much advance does the ball have to pass to him? What is his stride and stride distance? What is he going to do? How can he pass so that he can catch it more comfortably and make it easier for him to make the next move?"

"These are very small details that no one will pay attention to, but it's the details that make or break a pass, the success or loss of an attack, and your job is to do your best to get the ball in the most comfortable situation for every teammate, it's as simple as that. ”

Is it simple?

Well, it's simple.

But it is precisely this kind of simplest thing that is extremely difficult to do well.

This is not only a test of a player's passing skills, but also a test of the player's ability to anticipate the situation of the game, the movement of the players and the changes in space.

"If you stand in the general situation of the game, you have to formulate your passing strategy according to the characteristics of your teammates around you and the style of play of both sides of the game. ”

"Some teammates defend very well and have a high return rate, so you can get more offensive freedom, but some teammates basically don't defend much, and even like to plug in, then you have to be careful and always pay attention to providing protection and support for him. ”

"And the rhythm of the game, the direction of the attack, ......"

"All in all, your position is like a manager on the pitch, you have to look at the game from the perspective of the overall situation, analyze the opponent from the cocoon, and then gradually structure the team's attack and defense, which requires you to observe more, think more, accumulate more. ”

Wang Lei couldn't help but nod, after listening to Gao Han's words, he really felt empowered.

What is Master?

Gao Han is the master.

was a simple remark, but it profoundly pointed out the predicament that Wang Lei is currently facing, and clearly pointed out the direction of development for him to work hard next, which made Wang Lei regain confidence in confusion.

"I see, Mr. Takahan, thank you for the tip. Wang Lei said with admiration.

Gao Han smiled slightly and patted Wang Lei's shoulder vigorously, "You have to believe that my eyes will never look at the wrong person, but not arrogant, but it doesn't mean that you have to be blindly arrogant, you have talent and potential in this area, but how to transform potential into strength, this requires your hard work and hard work." ”

"Football is very cruel, geniuses like Messi have a more hard-working side than everyone else, Cristiano Ronaldo is the hardest working player I have ever seen, and behind the dazzling star, every year I don't know how many rookies with more talent than them are unfortunately eliminated. ”

When Gao Han said this, he pointed at Wang Lei and admonished solemnly: "I don't want a few of you to also embark on this road, understand?"

Wang Lei nodded vigorously when he heard this, he knew that Gao Han had high hopes for several of them, and he also knew how much effort and energy Gao Han and Chinatown had invested in them, coupled with today's words, he was really extremely moved, and decided to work hard no matter what, and never let down Gao Han's high hopes.

What's more, he really likes to play.

After untying the knot in his heart, Gao Han was idle, as long as he thought of facing those anxious things again in the conference room, he felt that his head was as big as a fight, so it was better to stay in the training ground and point out Wang Lei's free throws and passes.

The craft of free kick is pure practice makes perfect, and the key is to practice.

Although Gao Han can't play football and his footwork is not good, he has never eaten pork and has always seen pigs run, and there are many free kick masters who have played under him, as well as masters like Pirlo and Cristiano Ronaldo, it is not too simple to guide Wang Lei to take free kicks.

Gao Ren, Yang Xin and Zhao Jun didn't know where to sneak back, and saw Gao Han pointing at Wang Lei hand in hand, where was he willing to let go of this God-given opportunity, and immediately chased Gao Han for advice, and Gao Han was also in a good mood, knowing everything, saying everything, patiently guiding the four boys to solve the problems they were currently encountering.

When the time was almost up, the meeting on the side of the office building was estimated to be over, and Gao Han left the training ground with the unfinished look of the four boys.

But as soon as he walked on the front foot, Yang Xin behind him suddenly remembered something and quickly chased him out of the training ground.

"Mr. Gao Han, can I ask you something?" Yang Xin caught up with Gao Han out of breath.

(End of chapter)