Super Marshal

Sure enough, as he himself said, Lopetegui soon took two assistants to Mahadanda to take office.

As soon as he came, Cantarero returned to the first team, and Gao Han no longer had to do everything himself.

With time, Gao Han can also do some things of his own.

For example, learning to drive.

As for his driving school coach who claims to never train street killers and is known for being strict, Gao Han finally used a dozen signed group photos of first-team players to successfully bribe him into being more lenient with him.

And he finally passed the road test within the normal time and got his driver's license.

This also allowed Gao Han to regain his confidence in driving. At least, he didn't retake the exam, did he?

However, many people, including Torres and even Paul Futre, were obviously dissatisfied with this result, because in their opinion, with Gao Han's understanding of driving, it should be normal to retake the test at least a few times.

Once you get your driver's license, you need to drive more and accumulate more experience.

Therefore, every afternoon, Lin Xia and Chu Yao would drive to Mahada Enda after get off work, and become Gao Han's coaches, accompanying him to practice the car. The route was from Mahada Enda to La Finca, and supervised the new house progress of renovation.

La Finca is the most famous luxury residential area in Madrid, with a beautiful environment and beautiful scenery.

But most importantly, the law and order here is very good, which makes people feel at ease.

The mansion Gao Han bought was designed by a famous Spanish designer from the outside to the inside. It adopts a modern style. It has two and a half floors with a total of 1,700 square meters. There is also a basement of more than 400 square meters and six parking spaces. , five bedrooms, six bathrooms, two living rooms, as well as a playhouse, gym, and an indoor swimming pool.

Not only the location of the mansion is superior and the supporting facilities are complete, but even the neighbors around are all well-known political and business celebrities in Madrid, including Real Madrid's Raul, Casillas, Zidane, Figo and other stars who live in the residence. around the area.

In Madrid, Kiko, Aguilera and others also live in the vicinity. Players such as Villa, Torres and Harvey Alonso are also looking for and planning to stay in this area.

It is conceivable that this place will become more and more lively in the future.

After Gao Han bought the house, the decoration started again soon, and the progress is very smooth. It is expected to be able to move in at the end of August and early September.

I come here every day and watch the house take shape bit by bit. The satisfaction in my heart cannot be described in words, and the mood of moving in is getting more and more eager.

But there is no rush.

With the gradual proficiency of driving skills, Gao Han began to be dissatisfied with the suburbs and began to go to the city.

For example, I went to the mall to look at furniture, electrical appliances, etc., and ordered a MINI during the period, because Lin Xia doesn't like SUVs.

However, while busy with his personal affairs, Gao Han didn't delay his work at all.

Just like before, he was still the first one to come to Sports City every day, and the last one to leave.

Although the execution of the training is handed over to the assistant, he has to preside over the coaching staff meeting every day to discuss the progress of the team's preparations and various situations that occurred during the preparations.

When the assistants can rest, he still has to try his best to take time to communicate with the players under his command one by one to understand their specific views on the team and his requirements for them.

For example Deco.

This Brazilian midfielder, who has obtained Portuguese nationality, played in the front midfielder position during his time in Porto, but in the position given to him by Gao Han, his position needs to be withdrawn to play the position of left midfielder.

In other words, in the four-three-one-two formation, Deco, Xavi Alonso and Marcos Senna form the three.

The position on the court has changed, and the responsibilities must also be different. This requires Gao Han to communicate with Deco.

There are also double forwards Villa and Torres.

In the past, behind them was Hugo Leal, who had a strong final pass ability, but now it has become Kaka, who has an excellent assault ability. Although the Brazilian also has a very good assist ability, his characteristics are obviously different.

This requires Gao Han to communicate with the three players non-stop, understand some of their opinions, and then negotiate repeatedly to study the offensive coordination routines of the three.

In addition, the team has joined Jankulovski and Dario Srna in the new season.

The Czech played as a midfielder in Naples, but he played as a defender in the national team, and Gao Han positioned him as a left back, let alone Srna. Although he also played a midfielder, Gao Han was a running back from the beginning Introduced with the right back.

With these two players with strong offensive ability on the side, the two wings in the Alpine 4312 tactic can also be implemented, so he wants to integrate this set of tactics as soon as possible during the preparation period.

It's not just training, it's racing.

After two weeks of team training, Atletico Madrid finally ushered in the first warm-up match.

Considering that the team has just gone through two weeks of high-intensity training, the players are generally in poor condition, so the opponent in the warm-up match is not strong. They played against Albacete near Madrid in the La Liga last season.

But as Gao Han expected before the game, the away game, coupled with the exhaustion of the players, made Atletico Madrid's performance in this warm-up match unsatisfactory, and Gao Han did not use skill cards in the game.

Because of the warm-up match, the most important thing is to inspect the team, the important thing is the process, not the result.

But in the end, Atlético took advantage of a second-half set-piece as Xabi Alonso assisted Carlos Marchena with a header past Albacete.

One to zero, Atletico Madrid narrowly won away.

This is obviously not a satisfactory score, especially the various problems exposed during the game.

Gao Han and the coaching staff also immediately organized the team to summarize and analyze the performance of the first warm-up match, and began to adjust the training programs, focusing on improving the problems exposed in the game.

But in the second warm-up match, the team's opponent was Numancia, who was relegated from the bottom of La Liga last season.

Because of the relegation, the main lineup of this team fell apart, and their strength was not as good as before, but Atletico Madrid still had a hard time winning, as evidenced by the score of 2 to 1.

Poor state for two consecutive games, coupled with the fact that many problems were exposed on the offensive and defensive ends during the game, causing many media and fans to feel worried.

After all, it is already August, and there is not much time until the Spanish Super Cup.

But Gao Han said in an interview with the media that the warm-up match is to train the team, and the more problems that are exposed, the better, because there is still a lot of time, enough for the coaching staff and the team to improve.

"I am very satisfied with the performance of the team!"

Of course, his remarks quickly attracted different opinions, even accusations.

Zambrano once again criticized Gao Han's preparations in his column, thinking that after entering August, the team should be out of form, but the state of Atletico Madrid is hardly satisfactory.

The local coach of Madrid believes that this has a lot to do with blind high-intensity training for a period of time before Gao Han.

Neither Gao Han nor Atletico Madrid responded to Zambrano's criticism.

In the third warm-up match, Atletico Madrid still went to the away game, and the opponent was the old rival Levante.

The opponent is still in a state of strict defense. Atletico Madrid firmly occupies the field advantage, with a ball possession rate as high as 64%, but they have never been able to break through Levante's goal.

Until the end of the game, Kaka forced a breakthrough with the ball in the middle, which caused a foul by Levante players in the penalty area and won a penalty for Atletico Madrid. In the end, Kaka made the penalty himself.

Still one to zero.

Three warm-up matches, three consecutive victories, but it was very dangerous to win, and the team's performance was not satisfactory. The media expressed their pessimistic views on Atletico Madrid's new season. , the strength even declined somewhat.

Gao Han knew the reason in his own mind.

If he just wanted to win, he would definitely be able to win more easily by using skill cards during the game, but does it make sense? Does this help him inspect the team and run the team?

Therefore, Gao Han didn't take those criticisms from the outside world at all.

He was even thinking that this might be a good thing for the upcoming Spanish Super Cup.

That is, on the day the team returned to Madrid after the third warm-up match, Paul Futre called to remind Gao Han to attend the pre-season party of the Spanish professional league. Lin Xia saw the invitation and found that Gao Han didn't pay attention at all. to the problem.

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“Typically, high-end events and parties have a dress code on the invitation to remind guests what to wear.”

Lin Xia pointed to the note on the invitation in front of Gao Han.

Dress standard: Semi-formal.

"What do you mean?" Gao Han didn't understand.

After he received the invitation, he looked at the time and date, and immediately treated it as waste, and almost used it as a table foot. Who knew there was such information on it?

Lin Xia looked helpless like I knew a long time ago, "Generally speaking, there are three levels of dress code, the highest level is very formal, and for very high-level activities, you have to wear the tuxedo that you often see on TV, and then The next step is formal attire, which is less formal than extremely formal, but generally you have to wear a small dress."

Gao Han let out an oh, and then realized that there is still such a particularity.

"What about semi-formal?"

"Semi-formal requirements are the lowest, but formal attire is generally preferred."

When Gao Han heard this, he couldn't help but think that when Julen Lopetegui came to interview that day, he was also wearing a suit and tie. It turned out to be the same thing.

But he immediately realized what his problem was.

Seeing his eyes, Lin Xia immediately nodded and smiled wryly, "You don't even have a suit in your closet!"

Recently, she has been coming frequently to help Gao Han tidy up the house. Naturally, she has to tidy up the closet, so she knows exactly how many sets of clothes are there.

This is not surprising, Gao Han wears sportswear and casual clothes on weekdays, how can he have the opportunity to wear formal clothes?

Besides, he's not used to it either!

"Although it is not a very formal occasion, it is also a party. It is definitely not acceptable to dress too casually. A suit reflects a person's taste and identity, and the quality of a suit depends on the tailoring. Therefore, generally speaking, high-end Some suits are tailor-made and custom-made."

Gao Han smiled wryly in his heart, he was going to the party tomorrow, so how could there be time to order now?

Otherwise, just don't go.

Anyway, Gao Han doesn't want to go to this kind of party, it's not interesting.

But when he thinks of Paul Futre, who is kind and punching, Gao Han has a headache.

You can't tell him that you can't go because you don't have a suit?

Doesn't that make the Portuguese die laughing?

"How about, let's buy a ready-made set, and your figure is not bad, so let's deal with it." Lin Xia suggested.

After Gao Han heard this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.

"No, I have a set."

Before he could finish speaking, the man had already rushed into the house.