Chapter 682 is stretched

The fact that the chairman of the Football Association invited Gao Bo to be the general counsel of the "Star of Hope" project was not something that bothered Gao Bo.

A general consultant can't solve the problems of Chinese football, and even Gao Bo can't solve the problems of Chinese football if he leads the Chinese team.

Maybe he can make the national team's results a little better, and Gao Bo is even sure to lead the national football team to win championships such as the Asian Cup, but what about after that?

The problems of Chinese football are at the root, and they cannot be solved by the good results of a certain national team.

Bureaucracy, black, gambling, corruption........

Even if the results of the national team are good, it is only a gorgeous coat on top of a stinking mud, and it is only a façade.

Of course, Gao Bo also hopes that he can contribute to Chinese football, but he definitely does not put himself in that stinky mud pond, but wants to find something different....

In other words, for Gao Bo now, money is no longer the most important thing he pursues.

When anyone reaches a certain level, money is just a string of numbers.

He is now the most accomplished head coach in the history of China, and perhaps, he should be thinking about something bigger.... That kind of thing that will go down in history.

However, he is not willing to be Zhang Juzheng or Wang Anshi......

At this time, in China, this matter was somehow leaked out.

Gao Bo refused to be the general counsel of the "Hope Star", which still caused controversy among domestic fans.

There is a group of fans who think that it is just a consultant, and it is not to ask Gao Bo to be the head coach of the national team, which can be refused, which shows that Gao Bo, who has lived abroad for so long, is not patriotic at all, and I am afraid that he does not think that he is Chinese anymore, and the more radical fans even talk about Gao Bo's Japanese girlfriend, and even label Gao Bo a "traitor".

Of course, this argument is not shared by most fans. Most fans are sensible, and although it is regrettable, they can understand it.

After all, Gao Bo is now the head coach of Manchester City, and if he is distracted by being a consultant, he will not be able to do anything - isn't a consultant just a military advisor, he has the right to make suggestions, and it is not certain that others will not adopt them.

No power, more things.

Maybe some old coaches who don't want to do things like this kind of work, but for Gao Bo, he is still young, only in his early thirties, which is the age at which he wants to do things, so it is normal for him not to accept the position of general counsel. And the work of people at Manchester City has only started for half a year, which is the busiest time, and you can't ask people to put down their work at the club to help any "hope star".

Those remarks that give people hats, before they can ferment, have been criticized by most of the media and fans, and these guys who often button people are the most hateful.

Standing and talking without backache, his heart can be punished!

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The disturbing public opinion in China did not distract Gao Bo.

The intense schedule for December isn't over yet.

Three days after the win over Reading, on 26 December, the day after Christmas, Manchester City welcomed the 20th round of the league!

The team will take on the Magpies Norwich away from home.

Ahead of this game, the media were watching Hazard's injury recovery.

The more optimistic media believe that Hazard may be back in this game, because judging from the public training footage, Hazard has already joined the team's training, and the expression on his face is very relaxed.

However, in this game, Gao Bo did not risk starting Hazard.

At Carrow Road, Manchester City had a tough game against a quintessentially English side like Norwich.

Faced with the opposition's tough physical confrontation, the rough style of the ball that lifted up the gundam, and the frenetic atmosphere at home, Manchester City went into the break with a 0-1 record at the end of the first half.

To make matters worse, Hazard looks like he's just returned from injury and Barry is injured again!

This made Gao Bo's use of personnel in the midfield a little stretched. But let's be honest, the team has only had sporadic injuries in midfield after such a dense schedule, which is already very fortunate - compared to Manchester City, Arsenal are almost half the team injured, while Manchester United and Chelsea also have several players on the injury list.

However, just when Gao Bo was glad for his team in a horizontal comparison, at the beginning of the second half, Milner strained his thigh muscle in a confrontation....

This made Gao Bo, who had already made a substitution before, have to make a second passive substitution adjustment. He replaced James Milner with Christian Eriksen and City's midfield mix has now reverted to their main midfield pairing: Casemiro, David Silva and Christian Eriksen.

But this made Gao Bo's strategy of rotation in this game completely ineffective...... The main players are not getting rest, which is not a good thing for Manchester City.

Of course, the most important thing is now this game.

The game lasted until the 89th minute, and the score on the field was still 1-0, and the home team Norwich City was ahead!

'Norwich hold on for a few more minutes and they will be the first team to beat Manchester City in the league this season, and Gob's side look set to suffer a league defeat!!

Commentator Rentkinson said very excitedly on the commentary bench, and in the stands, Norwich fans were also cheering loudly and singing, cheering for the home team.

However, in stoppage time, substitute Antoine Griezmann scored the equaliser for Manchester City!

Manchester City struggled to get a point away from home.

When the game was over, Gao Bo's expression was serious.

Of course, this is not only a matter of not winning this game, but the bigger crisis is that Manchester City has a personnel crisis!

In one game, two midfielders were injured and went off the field, and in the midfield, Gao Bo no longer had much capital for rotation.

If he were to be injured again, he would have to use the same midfield line-up for several games in a row – which would undoubtedly make the midfielders more tired, and fatigue would be more likely to lead to injuries.

Manchester City's personnel are overstretched, which makes Gao Bo feel a little absurd - this is Manchester City, the most local team in the world.

But that's what happened.

Gao Bo began to reflect on himself.

It was undoubtedly a mistake on his part, and in the summer transfer window, he was still a little too big, underestimating the difficulty of the Premier League and having too much confidence in himself after winning the Champions League.

You still have to guard against arrogance and rashness...

In the cheers of the stadium, Gao Bo shook hands with the opposing head coach with a solemn face, then turned around and walked into the players' tunnel and disappeared into the court.