Super Marshal

"I know there are a lot of rumors about the national team out there. Here, I have to clarify."

The next day, in the press conference hall of the Wuhan National Team Training Center, Gao Han faced more than a hundred media reporters who came in a hurry. He first introduced the situation of the national team training, and then started to get down to business.

"The reason why we did not conduct training in Xi'an but in Wuhan was not because there were problems in Xi'an, but because after careful research, we believed that if the training location was arranged in Wuhan and a closed training was adopted, we would Everyone’s attention can be highly concentrated, which helps us adjust the players’ condition, physical fitness and psychology.”

Regarding the venue in Xi'an, Gao Han said that the national team leader and assistant coach went to the site to inspect the site for a while, and they were all very satisfied. Especially after he proposed rectification suggestions last time, Xi'an has received great attention. The venue and the The facilities have been greatly improved. Gao Han also specially thanked the person in charge and staff in Xi'an for this.

As for the current injury situation of the national team, Gao Han said that after the players returned to the team, the medical team has officially taken over, but the specific injury report has not yet been obtained. He hopes that the outside world can reduce unnecessary speculation and avoid causing panic.

"The current twenty-four-man roster was drawn up by me personally. Although many international players, including Li Xuepeng, were injured in the league in the past few days, I will not consider substitutions unless it is absolutely necessary, because we We are more familiar and understanding of each other.”

As for the choice of the national team's main goalkeeper after Zeng Cheng was injured, Gao Han said that it still needs to be examined through training.

"I can't reveal more information to the public for the time being, but what I want to say is that I will select the players who are in the best condition and meet the requirements of the national team as the starters."

Gao Han also revealed that this training camp faced two major problems.

"First, the Chinese Super League has entered the final stage, and all the players are physically and mentally exhausted. This has brought us a lot of challenges and pressure. How to adjust the players' status and physical fitness in the shortest possible time will be The focus of our next preparations must be focused on all of us.”

"That's why I did the closed training camp."

All media reporters present carefully recorded Gao Han's words.

"Second, I want to say that our opponents are not weak. Syria just drew with South Korea 0-0 at a neutral venue. This has fully proved the strength of this team. Facing such an opponent, we simply cannot There is no strength advantage, even at our home court, we can only go all out."

"I can understand the mood of media friends and fans. Please believe that I am just like you. Every game strategy I make and all my work goals have only one goal, which is to do everything possible to defeat my opponent. I hope to take the national team to the World Cup."

"But as a head coach, I must remind everyone that among the six teams in Group A of the top 12, our Chinese team does not have any advantage in strength. We rely on everyone's hard work and strength. With a little bit of luck, we managed to squeeze into the last round of the top 12. There are various factors responsible for the two consecutive victories at the beginning, so we cannot be careless at all."

"Our players are under tremendous pressure at the club. They have been playing in the league for several months, and some may even be fighting on multiple fronts, and they have to travel back and forth with the national team. I can feel the feeling in their hearts about fighting for the country. It’s a sentiment, but I also hope that all media reporters and fans can understand and respect us.”

"I have led many teams and have dealt with media reporters and fans from various countries. Praising and beating are always the best weapons of public opinion. Please forgive me for my offense, but I really think that in the past period of time, Public opinion is praising us, which will cause us to bear a lot of unnecessary psychological pressure and burden."

"Does that mean that when we are overwhelmed and lose, we can kill us with sticks to gain attention?"

Gao Han's words caused an uproar among all the media reporters present.

Many people obviously did not expect that Gao Han would say such things in front of them. This is simply an accusation against them. But if we look back at the domestic public opinion in the past few days, who dares to say that no media is doing this? What's on your mind?

With the weak foundation of the national football team, let alone facing Syria and Uzbekistan, even facing the Maldives, shouldn't we be concerned and reminded repeatedly?

Why do so many media come out to advocate winning a few goals?

"Of course, I know that this is just the behavior of a small group of media and self-media with ulterior motives. The vast majority of the media has the same goal as ours and sincerely hope that the national team can go further in the top 12. Far, then, I am here to appeal, hoping that everyone can try to give us a more relaxed and stress-free preparation and competition environment."

After Gao Han's words, many media present also softened their expressions.

Falling apart? Gao Han is not that stupid.

He believes that now that the matter has been revealed, who is the majority of colleagues and who is a small group of people with ulterior motives depends on what the media reporters will do next.

As for today's remarks, he will also ask the press officer to sort them out and publish them directly on the national team's Weibo. He will also forward them through his own Weibo. Only in this way can he guide public opinion to the maximum extent, and at the same time allow people to All fans understand his intentions, and he believes that any fan who can distinguish right from wrong can understand.

"Finally, in view of the external public opinion environment, starting today, during the entire training period of the national team, except for the routine interviews arranged by the official, we decline all interviews with media reporters. We hope everyone understands."

As soon as Gao Han finished speaking, the whole place was in an uproar again, and everyone started talking.

But Gao Han didn't give them another chance, stood up and left.

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"The situation is pretty bad."

Gao Han had just walked out of the press conference hall and was discussing with the press officer how to deal with the aftermath. When he returned to the coach's office, he saw fitness coach Buenaventura already waiting there.

As soon as he saw Gao Han, the world's top physical fitness expert said worriedly.

Gao Han has long been mentally prepared for this, because as the season progresses, the players' physical and psychological conditions will get worse.

During the training camp in September, many things were already showing signs, and I believe it will be even less ideal in October.

"You see, many international players are very tired and mentally exhausted. Big clubs such as Guangzhou and Shanghai have played more than 50 games so far this year, and China's objective environment..."

Before he finished speaking, Buenaventura sighed heavily.

China's land is very vast. We are also playing away games in domestic leagues. The distance from Guangzhou to BJ is equivalent to the distance from Madrid, Spain to Copenhagen, Denmark. This is almost the same as the devil's away games in the Champions League, but this is the norm in China. , if it is to the northeast, the distance is even further.

Coupled with problems in domestic flights, urban transportation and other aspects, players' consumption of away games far exceeds that of away games in the Champions League, let alone domestic away games in major European leagues.

And playing more than 50 games in a single season is indeed quite intense.

Gao Han silently looked at the players' physical examination report submitted by Buenaventura with a solemn face.

Although he had long realized that it would be difficult and was mentally prepared for the difficulties, the situation still exceeded his expectations.

This has a lot to do with his lack of experience and insufficient consideration of the problems caused by the domestic league and the objective environment.

"How's it going? Lorenzo, is there any way?" Gao Han asked with concern.

Buenaventura nodded, "Give me three days, I believe I can adjust, but in the next period of time, there will definitely be no way to strengthen training, and after fighting in Syria, we have to rush to Tashkent, Uzbekistan to fight. Away.”

This is also a big trouble.

It would be easier to just play in Syria, but the problem is that there is another away game.

"Any suggestions?" Gao Han asked.

Buenaventura smiled. Sure enough, he was still familiar with his old partner. "My suggestion is... rotation."

"Rotation?" Gao Han couldn't help but frown.

It's hard.

The current situation of the national team is there, and the strength is just like this. The rotation will inevitably affect the performance of the national team.

More importantly, no one is sure whether the team will fall behind after the rotation.

But Buenaventura is right. If there is no rotation, many players may not be able to survive the second game.

You know, not only is it a long journey from Xi'an to Tashkent, but the away conditions in Uzbekistan are also very harsh and the challenges are huge. When the strength is not advantageous, going to an away game like this is tantamount to suicide.

"I'll think about this again, but I can give you three days to adjust the players' physical fitness and condition, and ask Steve to hurry up." Gao Han warned.

Buenaventura is responsible for physical fitness and injury medical treatment, Steve Peters is responsible for psychological adjustment, and Gao Han's core coaching staff all shoulder their respective tasks, and they are indispensable.

As for goalkeeper Pedro Haro, his most important task now is to find the most suitable starting goalkeeper for Gao Han.

After sending Buenaventura away, Gao Han exhaled heavily, sat down on the office chair tiredly, and closed his sour eyes. He felt that he needed a good rest.

After he and Van Gaal returned to BJ, he handed over the Dutch coach to Xiang Tianming and immediately rushed to Wuhan non-stop. However, after arriving, a lot of things happened, causing him to almost spin. There was no time to rest at all, and I didn't even sleep well last night.

The two games between Syria and Uzbekistan are different from those against South Korea and Iran. If Gao Han guessed correctly, Syria must be defensive in the away game, while Uzbekistan, after seeing the Chinese team’s two consecutive victories, will play at home. It must also be about stability, this should be a regular game strategy.

Try to grab three points at home and a draw at away games. Basically, as long as the goal is achieved, the group can basically advance.

But in this way, it will be a big test for the Chinese team's offense.

In the previous games against South Korea and Iran, Gao Han focused more on training the team's defense. Although there was some improvement on the offensive end, he never had time to organize it properly. However, the current situation forced Gao Han to execute the plan in advance, and time was too tight. .

In addition to these problems, the physical fitness of the players is also an urgent problem that Gao Han must face.

The rotation proposed by Buenaventura is indeed a good choice, but how to rotate it?