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Atletico Madrid away to Legia Warsaw.

This is the third game in a week, after the previous two were a tough match against Rayo Vallecano and Celta Vigo, and Atletico Madrid was very attritional, so Gao Han rotated the squad for this game.

Being able to participate in European competitions is enough to prove that Legia Warsaw is not weak.

Although Atletico Madrid is the leader of La Liga, it is difficult to swallow the opponent in one bite because it is played in a rotating lineup and it is an away game.

The first half was a 0-0 draw, but in the second half, Fernando Torres was able to get a corner kick away from the opposition goalkeeper during a sudden attack in front.

Dario Srna calmly took the penalty and centre-back Marchena scored with a header from inside the box to score the winner for Atletico Madrid and keep the score 1-0 until the end.

After the match, Marchena won unanimous praise from the top and bottom of Atletico Madrid, as well as recognition from the media and fans.

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October 21, the ninth round of La Liga.

Atletico Madrid sat at home and welcomed the yellow submarine, Villarreal.

Gao Han once again showed a rotational lineup, with Villa, Torres and Kaka all playing in the front three.

In the eighteenth minute of the first half, Atletico Madrid was the first to score Villarreal through Torres.

After the two sides fought back and forth, the Sheets Legion firmly controlled the situation, but never broke the goal again.

In the 59th minute of the second half, Kaka, Torres and Dario Srna formed a continuous combination on the right flank, and Srna suddenly cut inside and picked up a cross to the back post, and Villa cleanly scored the ball to make it 2-0.

Nine consecutive wins, breaking the 30-year-old La Liga opening winning streak record, for a while, Atletico Madrid attracted the attention of the Spanish domestic media, and even some authoritative media in Europe have paid attention.

Milan Sport newspaper devoted a full page to Atletico Madrid's nine-game winning streak, and the kicker magazine also produced a special feature dedicated to Atletico Madrid, which attracted a huge response and attention.

Compared with ordinary fans, who pay more attention to the excitement, in the Spanish professional football circle, the head coach of Atletico Madrid, Gao Han, is more interested.

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After playing the ninth round of the league, we ushered in a week's rest.

According to the team's previous plan, after the game on Sunday night, there will be a recovery training session the next day, Monday morning, and the players will also undergo a medical examination with the team.

The holiday does not begin until Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.

But the players are on vacation, and the coaching staff has to continue to work, especially in the cold.

As the head coach of the team, Gao Han has too many things to deal with, especially this season, in addition to the first team matters, he also has to juggle the second team and the academy affairs.

But what really gave him a headache was the stack of letters on the desk in front of him.

"I don't think I'll have to do anything in the future, just sit in the office and write back. ”

Gao Han buried his head behind his desk, reading the letter and replying to it.

But on the couch not far from him, the club's general manager Hill Jr., vice-president Cerezo, technical director Paolo Futtrey, chief scout Abel Recino, team principal Carlos Pena, and Tony Muñoz, who has just retired this season and is now working as a fan service, plus four right-hand men from the second team, Julen Lopetegui and Gao Han.

At this moment, these guys are sitting around the coffee table, soaking the tea specially brought from China by Gao Han, chatting, and talking nonsense from time to time.

After hearing Gao Han's words full of complaints, Xiao Hill waved his hand with a smile, "Okay, don't be cheap and sell well, you don't know how many head coaches would like to be as popular as you." ”

"Yes, yes. ”

"I'm so envious of me!"

But look at this guy's laughing appearance, where is the slightest envy?

"Gao Han, why don't I give you a secretary?" asked Paul Futrey with a smile.

Who knows, when Gao Han heard it, he was happy, "Okay, you have to be younger and more beautiful." ”

Hey, this guy is serious.

"I say, do you really want to?" Paul Futrey said with a look of "I've lost to you", "go and see, which manager in the world has a secretary?"

But Gao Han is also very reasonable, "It's because there is no one, so it seems that we are special." ”

Belch...... It seems to make a little bit of sense.

But what is it about being young and beautiful?

Could it be that you still plan to have unspoken rules?

After a while of jokes, the matter was no longer mentioned.

Don't look at the stack of letters piled up in front of Gao Han, there are a lot of them, but these are all screened by colleagues in the fan service department.

Generally speaking, ordinary letters are directly replied by colleagues in the fan service department, and those that can be delivered to Gao Han basically need to be confirmed by him.

Of course, occasionally a few letters from fans at home and abroad will be selected and asked Gao Han to reply in person.

If you really want the head coach to reply to every letter personally, then Gao Han really doesn't have to do anything.

"I saw several letters in quick succession saying that I wanted to come to the club to study. ”

As soon as Gao Han's words fell, Tony Muñoz took over, "Yes, the team's style of play is very popular now, and the results are good, and there are indeed many people who want to come to the team to learn or visit." ”

Professional football, especially coaching, is a skill built up by practice and experience.

What many people see is only the 90 minutes of the game, but for insiders, or those who aspire to pursue a career in professional football, what happens on the training ground on a daily basis is even more important.

"There's one here, what's it...... Unai Emery, only 30 years old, has a fairly average career, but he taught himself coaching courses during his time and now plays for Atletico Ferrol in the second division, playing as a midfielder, and hopes to have the opportunity to come to the team and learn from the coaching staff for a while. ”

Gao Han remembers this team, half a year ago, when he led Atletico Madrid to play in La B, he played against them.

According to the guy named Unai Emery, he was sitting on the bench at the time, watching Atletico Madrid beat Atletico Ferrol and loved Atletico Madrid's style of play.

'It's normal that a lot of people who want to play professional football for a long time get their coaching certificate before they retire and then start travelling around and learning, as is what Valencia's head coach Rafael Benitez is doing. ”

Julen Lopetegui has also moved from a professional to a youth team manager, which is very impressive.

Gao Han understands that for this kind of person who does not have a prominent career, even if he becomes a coach, he has to start from the bottom.

"Then simply arrange a training camp during the winter break, so that these few interested people can come. ”

Gao Han himself has also encountered cold eyes and hit a wall, so he is happy to give these people a chance.

As for how much they will be able to learn in the few days they will be able to study at Atletico Madrid, it's up to them.

Tony Muñoz nodded immediately.

With Gao Han's words, he knew what to do in the future.

The letters from the fans are very messy, in addition to Spain, there are many people from China, and Gao Han can understand them.

The biggest headache was the letters from fans from other countries such as Germany, France or Italy, and he almost stopped crying.

After reading it finally, Gao Han breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, how is the poaching of Seville going?" Gao Han left his desk and walked over.

Since seeing the youngsters of Reyes, Sergio Ramos, Keylor Navas and Puerta in Sevilla last season, every potential has been staggering, and Gao Han has been impressed since.

But at that time, he had not yet finalized his relationship with Atletico Madrid, so he did not bring it up.

Later, after renewing the team's contract, he released his suspicions with the old Hill, Gao Han also felt the club's heartfelt support for him, and he was quite moved in his heart, and he also had feelings for the team, so he naturally put poaching in his heart.

Not to mention anything else, just for Atletico Madrid's full support for the Chinese City team, Gao Han should do his best to help Atletico Madrid poach a few rookies and train them to become the reserve army of the Sheets Army.

Who makes Atletico Madrid poor?

As early as more than a month ago, Gao Han mentioned it to Little Hill and Abel Resino during a small talk, and the two of them paid attention, after all, they both trusted Gao Han's vision very much.

But now, after hearing Gao Han's question, Abel Resinore sighed, "A little unlucky. ”

"Why?" Gao Han was a little strange.

Sevilla FC rely on youth training, buying and selling academy players is a common time, as long as a team can afford to pay for it, they will definitely be willing to sell.

Hill Jr. also shook his head and said: "Before we made contact with Sevilla, the eighteen-year-old had just sold a few players, and as for the Reyes you named, he started to gain a foothold in the first team this season and performed very well, so we started too late and went away. ”

Reyes played as a left winger, who was originally only promoted to the first team and had no intention of reusing.

After all, this kid didn't even play a game in La B last year.

It's not a thought that Reyes has good strength, good luck, give a little sunshine and it will be bright, and the performance is better than a game, and now he has a firm foothold, if he wants to buy him again, there are not millions, don't expect Sevilla to let go.

"Reyes' meteoric rise has led to an increase in the price of Sevilla's academy players!"

Speaking of which, Little Hill also looks like he regrets not being at the beginning.

If this had been done earlier, Reyes would have been at Atletico Madrid now, and it would have been another good deal at a good price.

But from this incident, it also made them further believe in Gao Han's vision.

It's so vicious!

You must know that when Reyes was in La Liga before, he didn't even play a game, but Gao Han was very sure that this kid would become a talent, and as a result, when he arrived in La Liga, he became famous in one fell swoop.

With Atletico Madrid's current situation, it is no longer appropriate to consider bringing in Reyes.

Gao Han also felt helpless in his heart, dooming Reyes to miss Atletico Madrid.

But he quickly remembered the other three, especially Ramos, who he was most optimistic about.

"What about the other three?" Gao Han asked with concern. (To be continued.) )