Super Marshal

"What did the Chinese team train today?"

In the hotel where the Korean national team stayed, head coach Stillik asked his assistant coach.

This afternoon, his assistant infiltrated the so-called fans and came to the outfield of the Seoul World Cup Stadium to watch the Chinese team's training live. This is one of their obvious advantages as the home team.

At the very least, the training venue they arranged for the Chinese team cannot be closed to the outside world. There are no secrets to them.

"It's nothing. They are all very ordinary training items. There is a fifteen-minute open time before the game. The players are interviewed by the media. I paid attention and they all seemed to be in good spirits. The other thing is that Hao Jun is suffering from a cold."

"Hao Junmin?" Stillik knew this player and had just represented Lu Neng in an AFC Champions League match against Seoul not long ago.

After Gao Han coached the Chinese national team, he only played three games in total. The last game against Kazakhstan was a warm-up match. Gao Han disrupted and reorganized all the main lineups. He was obviously more interested in examining substitute players and young rookies, including Many core players, including Zheng Zhi, have never played.

What is really representative is the last two group matches of the World Cup qualifiers. Hao Junmin is one of the few players under Gao Han who started all two games and serves as the core of the midfield. It can be seen that in Gao Han's mind, his status is very important. .

Everyone knows that Gao Han is a head coach who attaches great importance to the midfield. Hao Junmin and Zheng Zhi both started in the two World Cup qualifiers. Therefore, if nothing goes wrong, they will also start in this game.

It's just that Hao Junmin has a cold now.

"I asked someone to investigate. It's true that he has a cold since last night. He was banned from training today due to the high cold. It is said that he is allowed to recover quickly so that he can catch up with the game the day after tomorrow." The assistant replied.

After hearing this, Stillik's mouth curved.

The war is about to begin, and the main midfielder has a cold. I really don't know how Gao Han is feeling at this moment.

"What about training? Did you see any clues?" Stillik asked with concern.

"It's nothing special," the assistant shook his head. "It's still some regular training items, but strangely, the training time is thirty minutes longer than before, and there is no full-field group confrontation."

Stillik nodded slightly after hearing this. Gao Han's training is famously rigorous. Unless there is an accident, it usually only lasts for ninety minutes. However, this time it was suddenly extended to half an hour. This shows that it is not random and must be deliberately arranged. .

As for why, I'm afraid only Gao Han and the coaching staff know. Maybe it's to adjust his physical fitness and condition.

Lorenzo Buenaventura is at the top of the world in this aspect, and no one dares to underestimate him.

As for not arranging a group confrontation for the whole game, it was obviously because he knew that there were Korean spies everywhere outside. Group confrontation at this time might expose more things in inadvertent details, so Gao Han simply chose not to group confrontation.

"What events did they train for?" Stillik asked again.

"Well... there are groups for small venues, but I carefully studied the list of groups, and there is nothing special. In addition, I have practiced a lot of shooting and offensive routines, such as crosses from the wing, outflanking in front of the goal, and Long-range shots from outside the penalty area are some of the most common training."

After thinking about it, the assistant suddenly remembered something, "Oh, by the way, we also conducted set-piece training. The young player named Wang Lei is very knowledgeable in free kicks. It can be seen that he has practiced hard and his hit rate is very high." High, whether it is direct free kick scoring or indirect free kick assists, they are all very good."

"Wang Lei." Stillik recited the name silently. He knew that Wang Lei was a national player that Gao Han valued very much. At the age of eighteen, he was selected for the national team again and again, but never became the main force, but Gao Han always kept him with him. We really have to pay attention, there is no guarantee that this will not be a surprise weapon that Gao Han has on hand.

Of course, no one can say for sure how or when Gaohan will be used.

"How to arrange the front line?" Stillik asked again.

"It's not fixed. Gao Lin, Zhang Yuning and Xiao Zhi are used in turns. I feel that Gao Han has not decided who will be the main force. He will probably let him play based on who is in good condition."

Stillik frowned, it was a bit hard to say.

In terms of form, Zhang Yuning is definitely better. He just scored twice in the Eredivisie. He was unable to play at Vitesse last season, but this season he serves as an important rotation center in Ajax. This role change is not necessary. Too sensible.

But the problem with international players who study abroad is that they travel thousands of miles back and forth, which is a serious test for the players' psychology and state, especially for young international players like Zhang Yuning. If not handled carefully, it is likely to lead to his failure in the national team and the national team. The clubs suffered double losses.

Gao Lin is a veteran international player. The Korean coaching staff has already made plans on how to guard against him. Xiao Zhi is relatively new to him. He seems to be a very impactful center. I believe it will not be too difficult to guard against him.

In this way, the two-hour training arranged by Gao Han became unnecessary for research and investigation.

But Stillik didn't dare to rest assured in any case. What he faced this time was the cold.

Looking around the world, who doesn’t know about high temperatures?

Which head coach is not nervous and extremely uneasy when facing the cold weather?

Who dares to say that he can face the cold calmly?

In fact, Stillik himself was anxious to death. He also knew very well that Gao Han's level was simply not comparable to his. The only reason for this was that the Korean team was much stronger than the Chinese team.

That's why he took the initiative to provoke before the game.

But now it seems that the master is the master. Everything is still progressing step by step and in an orderly manner without being affected or interfered by the outside world at all. This makes the shadow in Stillik's heart become even heavier.

"How do you think Gao Han will fight the day after tomorrow?" Stillik asked uneasily.

The assistant shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Who knows? Who can guess Gao Han's thoughts?"

"What if you are Gao Han?" Stillik didn't give up and asked again.

"If I were Gao Han..." the assistant clicked his tongue twice and pondered for a while, "I would consider opening the attack. This is Gao Han's specialty and his advantage. If he attacks for a while, even if it doesn't work, he still has to disrupt it. Our pace, but…”

"but what?"

"We all know the level of the Chinese team. The opening attack consumes a lot of physical energy. With the quality of Chinese players, they may not be able to withstand such consumption. If the attack is unfavorable and fails to score, it is very likely that By the second half, my energy was exhausted, and even if I did score a goal, I might not be able to hold on to it.”

The Korean team's physical fitness and fighting spirit are world-famous.

"But they have Buenaventura sitting in." Stillik reminded.

"This cannot be accomplished overnight. It requires the entire training system and even the training level of the club to be improved."

Stillik agreed with his assistant's point of view, "Then you mean, Gao Han can't attack?"

"No, what if he wants to score a goal?" the assistant asked.

The reason why Gao Han is able to win every battle is that he uses magic and ghosts to use troops and often makes unexpected moves. The more unlikely others think, the more likely it is to happen.

After hearing this, Stillik let out a long sigh, and the problem returned to its original point.

They couldn't guess how Gao Han would fight.

"I think that instead of guessing whether Gao Han will attack, we should be ourselves first, stabilize our position after the opening, and not rush forward. Even if the opponent attacks, we will not be caught off guard. But if Gao Han does not attack at the beginning, we will not be caught off guard." Attacking, it means that he does not have enough confidence and confidence in the strength of the Chinese team, then we can take advantage of the trend..."

The assistant's words reminded Stillik that no matter what Gao Han does, as long as he puts himself in an invincible position, it doesn't matter. Even if Gao Han really has the power of ghosts and gods, can he still turn the Chinese team into a miracle?

"You're right." Stillik finally laughed.

He felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his mind.

But soon, his expression became solemn again, "But tomorrow I will continue to go to the outfield to spy on their training. I want to understand Gao Han's every move, even if it is an adjustment on the training ground, I will have to give him a Once it’s recorded.”

"Okay, I'll go in person." The assistant solemnly agreed.

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On the afternoon of the second day after the Chinese team arrived in Seoul, the team's training session was once again scheduled to be held in the outfield of the World Cup stadium.

What's interesting is that Korean media reporters and fans have gathered around the stadium again to watch. The only difference is that there are many Chinese fans outside the training ground today, and they are all cheering for the national football team.

Being in a foreign country, being able to hear the cheers of compatriots made the international players feel warm. Gao Han also made an exception and allowed the international players to sign autographs and take photos with the Chinese fans who came to the scene after the training.

This move won thunderous applause from the audience.

Like yesterday's training session, today's training lasted for two hours, but the training intensity was not high. It still included a lot of regular training items. It looked ordinary and did not look like it was done by a famous coach. There is no basic housekeeping training program, which makes people more suspicious.

That's right, everyone began to believe that Gao Han deliberately did not expose the training program to outsiders. He believed that he had already trained in Shenyang, and the training sessions after coming to Seoul were more adjustments.

This discovery can't help but make the Korean media deeply worried. Is Gao Han really hiding any tricks?

But China and South Korea have been fighting each other for so many years. What unique moves can China come up with?

Looking at the two training sessions, Gao Han specially practiced free kicks and corner kicks. Young player Wang Lei's set-piece skills left a deep impression on people, and Zhao Jun's header skills were equally impressive.

Could it be that this is Gao Han’s strange weapon?

Not only did the Korean media dig deeply into the Chinese team's training, but the Korean national team coach Stillik and the coaching staff were also worried about the Chinese team's training.

Gao Han is a world-famous coach. The more he plays like this, the more Stillik suspects that Gao Han has any special arrangements, but he is completely unpredictable about Gao Han's thoughts. His heart is always hanging in his throat, not knowing what. Only when can it fall.

Time passed slowly like this.

In a blink of an eye, game day is here.

South Korea has always arranged personnel to pay attention to every move of the Chinese national team, but this time, the Chinese team was too normal, and everything was strictly in accordance with the procedures.

The only surprise was that the night before the match day, a group of Korean fans tried to break into the Hilton Hotel where the Chinese team was staying, but they almost had a conflict with Chinese fans outside the hotel. Fortunately, the Seoul police quickly separated the two sides.

This made everyone realize that this might be more than just a game.

This is a war between China and South Korea.

A war without smoke.