Super Marshal

How big is the gap between Chinese football, Korean football, and even European football?

This is the question Gao Han has been asked most frequently in the past few years.

The question is very broad and requires a comprehensive explanation, which may take days and nights to complete. However, Gao Han often answers with the simplest sentence. It is big, but not as big as imagined.

This is indeed what he means.

If we look at the technical skills of the players, the gap between China and South Korea is really not that big. This can be seen from the performance of many South Korean internationals in the Chinese Super League. Even some Chinese players are no better than European players when they go to Europe. How different the players are.

But why can't it stand?

The reason is very simple. For a player to integrate into a team, it does not only rely on skills, but also includes technical and tactical qualities, thinking about playing football, and various details of participating in the game. Even to a certain extent, skills are not important.

To put it simply, Chinese players have good technical skills, but they don’t know how to play.

This involves the supporting issues of the entire professional football industry.

Gao Han has mentioned the problem of running without the ball before, and in this key match between China and South Korea, the team repeatedly exposed another problem in the first half, which is the lack of communication on the field.

Football is a team sport. Eleven players are playing on the field at the same time. How to keep the same pace, how to effectively divide labor, and how to coordinate protection requires each player to maintain good and effective communication with each other.

But as far as the problem is concerned, this kind of communication is not as simple as shouting.

Everything on the football field changes rapidly, and how to maintain timely and effective communication determines the outcome of the game to some extent.

For example, Zhang Linfan's mistake in the first half was indeed a mistake by the right back himself, but the question is, doesn't Huang Bowen have any responsibility? He was clearly about to run over, so why didn't he convey his intentions to his teammates in time?

Zhang Linfan's misjudgment reflected the overall communication barrier of the national team.

So how to establish effective communication on the football field?

This requires the team to establish an effective communication mechanism that is clearly understood by everyone.

Is it easy?

No, it's difficult.

It was Zhang Linfan's mistake again. If Huang Bowen called Zhang Linfan's name when he was retreating, and then shouted out his intention, let alone whether Zhang Linfan could receive the signal in time in the crowded environment of the stadium at that time, even if When he hears it, he has to feed it back to his brain, analyze it through his brain, and finally make a decision.

In fact, by the time he makes a decision, it is often too late.

The period of time from receiving the signal to making a decision is called reaction time.

It is obvious that traditional communication methods will not work on the football field because the reaction time is too long.

Therefore, it is necessary to use a method similar to gestures and code words to ensure that teammates can clearly receive the signal, and at the same time shorten the reaction time of teammates as much as possible to ensure that he can react in the shortest possible time.

This is somewhat similar to the hand gesture code used by special forces during operations.

But it is obvious that the Chinese team's communication method on the court is very problematic. This is something Gao Han has worked hard to study and build in the past period of time, but so far, he and all the players are still working together.

The same situation still exists in the club, but the club has introduced many famous foreign coaches, bringing advanced concepts and details, and being together for a long time has made them ahead of the national team in this area.

Gao Han knows very well that if the Chinese team can form a good communication mechanism, not to mention the goal conceded in the first half, even some threatening attacks by the Korean team can be resolved and contained in time, and the scene will be much better than it is now. There will be more threatening counterattacks.

Communication is just a detail that makes up the game. It is very basic and critical, but it is not eye-catching. There are many others similar to this. Gao Han cannot explain them all in detail. He can only improve them slowly over time. These are problems left over from many years.

The problems reflected by these are the backwardness of Chinese football.

So is the Chinese team really unable to defeat South Korea?

The Koreanphobia of the past few decades has made everyone lack such confidence, especially the outstanding performances of South Korea and Japan in Asia and the World Cup, which have made everyone more certain of this.

But Gao Han came to the conclusion, no!

China's football industry is lagging behind, and there are indeed a lot of problems in Chinese football, but the Chinese team is not incapable of defeating South Korea.

But it is useless to shout such words. Even the international players of the national team are unsure, full of worry and anxiety.

Therefore, we need competition and actual combat to prove it.

Looking at the performance of the entire first half, Gao Han believes that all international players, and even all Chinese fans, should clearly feel that South Korea, which was once arrogant and never took the Chinese team seriously, turns out to be nothing more than that.

It turns out that under the pressing pressure of the Chinese team, they would be at a loss and would frequently make passing and receiving errors.

It turns out that in the face of the Chinese team's well-organized defense, their seemingly invincible offense will also hit a wall.

It turned out that in the face of the rapid counterattack launched by the Chinese team after stealing the ball, their seemingly iron-clad defense would be overwhelmed and embarrassed.

It turns out that after so many years of professionalization in Chinese football, it is not without progress.

It turns out that we have always had the illusion that South Korea is invincible. It comes more from lack of confidence in our own strength, our own cowardice, and our blind overestimation of our opponents.

It turns out...it turns out...it turns out...

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When Gao Han walked into the visiting team's locker room, all the players raised their heads and looked at him.

The first half that just passed brought them too many big and too strong impacts, and it can even be said to have destroyed some of the traditional impressions and illusions they had accumulated over the years.

When they fell behind 0-1, they were almost desperate.

But when they were leading one to one, they couldn't believe it.

Even at this moment, sitting in the locker room, they are still wondering whether they are dreaming.

But they felt hesitant and at a loss, not knowing what to do next.

One to one, it is acceptable to hold on to this score. When they return to China with such a result, they will become heroes in the eyes of all fans.

But for some reason, this mentality that should have been very logical in the past made them feel guilty at this moment.

It's like they could have scored 100 points on the test, but in the end they only scored 80 points.

So, they all raised their heads and looked at Gao Han blankly.

Perhaps, this magical head coach can point them out a clear path and lead them out of the quagmire.

"Everyone did a very good job in the first half. The one-to-one score reasonably reflects the performance of both the enemy and us. There is no need to belittle oneself. The performance of our team and the South Korean team is just about the same. They have an advantage in personal strength. But we are stronger overall, so we will continue to play like this in the second half.”

Gao Han's words made everyone in the locker room nod.

Later, Gao Han asked about the physical condition of several players with concern. Even though he had gone to Buenaventura to get detailed analysis and data, he still understood the players' psychology.

For example, Huang Bowen and Yin Hongbo had a large running range in the first half, and their protection of the two wings was indispensable, especially Huang Bowen's protection of the right wing, which was even more critical.

But this also made it difficult for Huang Bowen to contribute in terms of offense and organization. After all, he was facing the left wing where Sun Xingmin and Gu Zizhe were. Without him to protect Zhang Linfan, the right wing in the first half would have been beaten by South Korea. It was blown away.

"We have several areas that we must pay attention to and strengthen. One is the harassment and suppression of the opponent's central defender and deep-lying midfielder. The three players in the frontcourt must pay attention. You are the team's first line of defense. You must always Stay alert."

Having said this, Gao Han looked at Gao Lin.

The center was pulled to the wing by Gao Han in this game. He ran more and defended more actively. It was a little different from his usual laziness, but it also consumed a lot of physical energy.

But after feeling Gao Han's concerned eyes, Gao Lin nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, boss, grit your teeth, I can still hold on."

"Don't worry, the score is one to one now, and the situation is in our favor. As long as we hold on to South Korea's offensive at the beginning of the second half, they will make adjustments soon. It will not exceed sixty-five minutes at most. He will make substitutions." , I will also make substitutions accordingly.”

Gao Lin nodded heavily. He knew that Gao Han had practiced two different counterattack routines during the training camp in Shenyang, and he was one of them. If Gao Han made a substitution, he should be replaced.

Therefore, he does not need to worry too much about physical exhaustion after the start of the second half.

Gao Han knew very well that the high-position pressing and attacking in the last ten minutes of the first half took a lot of physical energy from the national players, but after a fifteen-minute break at halftime, they should still be able to persevere.

If he puts the same attack into the opening stage, I am afraid that the Chinese team's physical fitness will not be able to sustain it in the second half.

This is why he didn't attack in the opening game. Once he fails to score a goal, the game is basically over.

Gao Han would not do something that was so uncertain and risky.

"I believe that after everyone experienced the first half of the game, it should be clear that the Korean team is not as strong as we imagined, and they are not invincible."

Everyone nodded in unison, which they knew very well.

"They have many international players who have studied abroad. They all returned from Europe in a hurry. It only takes two or three days from landing to the game. They may not even have conducted systematic training. Physical fitness will definitely be an issue, especially as the game progresses. The deeper you go, the more obvious the exposure will be.”

"So, they will be more anxious than us in the second half. We have the advantage now. The key is that we must hold on to the little advantage we finally gained in the first half and not concede any more goals!"

Gao Han solemnly reminded, and all the players also received it.

In fact, if they had not conceded a goal in the first half, the Chinese team would have been in better shape than now and would have had better physical fitness.

But there is no regret medicine in this world. Since it has happened and cannot be changed, then just go with the flow.

"In the second half, we still followed the strategy of the first half, defensive counterattack, focusing on defense. After stabilizing the start, the opponent will become more and more impatient, and we will have more and more opportunities, but we must remember , don’t be anxious, stay calm at all times.”

"You must always remember that only by relying on the whole team can we have any hope of winning."

If all the international players were somewhat uneasy about the game before the game, now, after the first half, everything Gao Han and the coaching staff did, as well as the trend of the game, have completely dispelled their last worries.

They are now beginning to truly realize that this game can really be won.