Super Marshal

Near noon, a familiar SEAT slowly drove into Mahadanda Sports City and parked in the internal parking lot.

Soon, two people came down, one from the left and the other from the right.

One is the familiar technical director Paul Futre, and the other is very strange.

Paul Futre beckoned to another person, and after the two left the parking lot, they went straight to the first team training building.

At this time, the first team is conducting the second training session on the training ground.

After a few days of adjustments in the early days of the training camp, Gao Han began to train a lot for the first team. Not to mention three training sessions a day, each training session lasted 90 minutes, and the intensity was also very high. This group of players gave the rhythm of torture to death.

When the two appeared on the sidelines of the training field, it happened to be the end of a training program.

I saw that on the training field, the players were all mourning, alas, that was miserable.

Rao was standing on the sidelines, and both Paul Futre could feel the great torture they had endured.

Is this still training?

As a professional player, Paul Futre was also good at skills in the past, and he was naturally resistant to this kind of high-intensity training, so he naturally sympathized with this group of players on the court.

What a bunch of unlucky kids!

But as soon as he thought about it, the whistle sounded again.

"Okay, it's time for a break, let's move on to the next project, hurry up!" Gao Han's urging voice came.

The players wailed again, but each of them stood up neatly and surrounded them obediently.

Gao Han also noticed Paul Futre on the sidelines and the Spanish middle-aged man standing next to the Portuguese, but he just smiled and said hello before continuing to arrange the team's training.

"He is Gao Han!" Paul Futre introduced, pointing to the training ground.

The Spanish middle-aged man in a black suit and white shirt suddenly opened his eyes, and when he looked at Gao Han again, his eyes changed a little.

Not long after, on the training ground, Gao Han explained the training requirements, and then handed over the training to the physical coach Buenaventura. After warning the players, he walked out of the training ground.

"I see your intimidating appearance, not like the head coach, but more like the Italian Mafia."

Paul Futre greeted him with a smile.

"Really?" Gao Han laughed at himself, "These boys are old fritters now, so they can't be strict."

"But will the intensity be too great?" Paul Futre could only express deep sympathy for the players.

Practice three times a day, the intensity is still so high, my god...

"Too big? Of course not, this is a double test of the player's body and spirit!"

Speaking of this, Gao Han himself couldn't help laughing, it was obvious that he was joking.

"At the beginning, it will be too much, but now it won't. It's just that they are not used to it. They will taste the sweetness in the future."

Pre-season preparation is very hard, otherwise, how to lay a solid foundation for the new season?

Paul Futre understood this.

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you, Julen Lopetegui."

When Gao Han heard it, he immediately laughed, "Hi, hello, Hu Lun."

"Hello, Mr. Gao Han, it's a great honor to meet you!" Lopetegui held Gao Han's right hand tightly with both hands.

"Come on, let's talk in the office."

Gao Han led the two to the first-team training building and directly to the head coach's office on the second floor.

Still the same as usual hospitality, boil water and make tea.

This Julen Lopetegui came to Atletico Madrid to interview the head coach of Atletico Madrid's second team.

Previously, after screening by the technical department, three candidates were selected and handed over their resumes to Gao Han.

After Gao Han watched it, after scanning with sharp eyes, he finally delineated Lopetegui, who was not optimistic before.

Because his coaching ability has reached 135 and his coaching potential has reached 170, coaching the second team is not a problem at all.

Moreover, judging from the work plan he submitted, many of his ideas, especially his technical and tactical style, are very close to Gao Han, which is why he was able to stand out from the primary election of the technical team.

More importantly, he also has his own uniqueness in mining youth training and training players. Among them, judging player potential and youth training ability have reached 16, which is quite good.

Julen Lopetegui is not from Madrid. He is from the Basque Country in the north, but he joined Real Madrid's Castilla when he was nineteen years old and served as the team's main goalkeeper for three years. After being loaned to Las Palmas, he performed well and returned to the first team as a substitute goalkeeper.

In two years, Lopetegui only played once for Real Madrid, and then had to switch to the La Liga team Logronis, and gained a firm foothold in one fell swoop, with an eye-catching performance. Three years later, he was successfully selected for the Spanish national team.

But in the year when he was selected for the national team, Lopetegui received an invitation from Barcelona to go to the dream team coached by Cruyff, but he failed to get the opportunity and sat on the bench for three years. After that, in 1997, he switched to Vallecano.

In the first two years of Vallecano, the team played in the second league, and Lopetegui was able to stabilize the main force, but after returning to La Liga, the team introduced American goalkeeper Casey Keller from Leicester. , Lopetegui returned to the bench again, and has not been able to get another chance until now, only occasionally coming off the bench.

Last season, when Atletico Madrid reversed Vallecano's away game, Lopetegui sat on the bench.

"Mr. Gao Han, that game in January really impressed me."

Even now, recalling the original game, Lopetegui still admires him.

After Gao Han heard this, he smiled slightly, "We were opponents at that time."

"No, no, on the football field, we are rivals, but off the football field, including our coach, Atletico Madrid did perform better."

"Juande Ramos?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

This guy doesn't look like someone who would give in easily.

"Yes." Lopetegui didn't look like he was lying.

Perhaps Juande Ramos wanted to comfort the Vallecano players who had lost.

Gao Han didn't take this matter to heart, "Loren, look at your resume, you have been studying for the past few years, haven't you?"

"Yes." Lopetegui knew, and the formal interview began.

"The last manager I had at Barcelona was Bobby Robson, and although I didn't get a single game under him, he and his team taught me a lot and he made me even better. A comprehensive understanding of professional football is also his goal for me to become a professional coach."

Bobby Robson, Alpine had heard of him.

Regardless of the fact that he only coached for one short season in Barcelona, ​​almost everyone who mentioned him was full of praise.

There are often quite complicated reasons for a team to achieve results, but there is often only one reason for a person to be recognized by everyone.

He's a pretty amazing guy!

Gao Han has always believed that the temperament of a head coach will affect his players subtly, even when his players retire in the future and become the head coach, it will affect the next generation of players. This is a inheritance.

As a disciple of Robson, Lopetegui will definitely not be bad.

"Then let's talk about your contract with Vallecano." Gao Han said with a faint smile.

After hearing this, Lopetegui was overjoyed, which proved that he had passed the Gaohan assessment.

"This summer, Vallecano sold Casey Keller to Tottenham Hotspur, but brought in Echeberia from Athletic Bilbao, plus Segura, who was originally the third goalkeeper. , so there is no problem with the goalkeeper."

After seeing Gao Han and Paul Futre nodding, Lopetegui continued: "My contract with Vallecano has expired, and they intend to renew my contract for one year, but if I can get the opportunity to coach If so, I would consider coming to Atletico Madrid."

Gao Han and Paul Futre looked at each other, and they both noticed the admiration in each other's eyes.

This is a person who has a clear plan for his future!

From the perspective of salary income, Vallecano's substitute goalkeeper must be higher than Atletico Madrid's second team coach, but from the perspective of career development, coaching Atletico Madrid's second team is a very rare opportunity.

You know, after the Sheets were promoted to La Liga, the second team will return to La Liga. In addition, Atletico Madrid's plan for the second team is more about training young players, and they are not too demanding on performance. , The coaching environment is relatively relaxed.

Therefore, this is a very valuable opportunity to accumulate experience.

Gao Han has a really good impression of this candidate who is considered a Spanish international and also from Barcelona, ​​although he has only been selected once. Coupled with his keen inspection, he believes that Lopetegui should be capable of being the coach of the second team Location.

Thinking of this, Gao Han stood up again, stretched out his right hand, and said with a smile: "Then I welcome you to join Atletico Madrid, Hulun!"

Lopetegui opened his eyes, but he didn't expect this to pass smoothly.

For a moment, he held Gao Han's right hand tightly with both hands in ecstasy, and kept saying, "Thank you!"

"Then when can you start working?" Gao Han asked again.

During the absence of the head coach of the second team, Cantarero has been acting as the head coach and leading the team to prepare for the game, which has led to a serious shortage of people in the Gaohan first team.

"Right now, anytime!" Lopetegui laughed.

"OK, the sooner the better, the day after tomorrow, how about it?"

the day after tomorrow?

At this moment, Lopetegui and Paulo Futre looked at each other and smiled wryly.

It's only been a day, and it's too late to find an assistant.

But Lopetegui agreed on the spot, which shows that he attaches great importance to this job.

After negotiating the work, Gao Han and Lopetegui conducted in-depth exchanges and communications on the team's ideas, the team's technical and tactical style characteristics, and other aspects.

After that, Gao Han talked with Paul Futre for a while, mainly about the club.

After the team returned to La Liga, they kept Alpine. The sales of season tickets for the new season are very hot. The management is also very satisfied with this, thinking that the Calderon Stadium in the new season is likely to be full.

In addition, the technical director also mentioned that the Spanish professional league arranges a party before the season every year, and invites the top executives, head coaches, and some leaders of La Liga and La Liga clubs to attend.

Last year, the second team was relegated to the Second League, and Gao Han was naturally not included in the invitation, but this year there will be.

Originally, Gao Han was not very interested in this kind of gathering, so he could push it as soon as he could, but Paul Futre thought that he should attend this kind of occasion, which would be helpful to Gao Han, and he himself would be invited to attend, just as a with.

It's all said and done, Gao Han has no choice but to agree.

But soon, the invitation brought another problem.