Super Marshal

On October 18th, the first round of the second round of the UEFA Cup knockout round.

Atlético Madrid host Legia Warsaw.

This is the third game within a week. The previous two games were against Vallecano and Celta Vigo. Atletico Madrid wasted a lot, so Gao Han rotated the lineup in this game.

Being able to participate in European competitions is enough to prove that Legia Warsaw is not weak.

Although Atlético de Madrid is the leader in La Liga, they play in a rotation lineup and play away games, so it is difficult to swallow their opponents in one bite.

The two sides drew 0-0 in the first half, but in the second half, when Torres made a sudden shot in the frontcourt, he caused the opponent's goalkeeper to drop and helped the team get a corner kick.

Dario Srna took the penalty calmly and centre-half Marchena headed home to seal the winner for Atlético, keeping the score at 1-0 until the end.

After the game, Marchena won the unanimous appreciation of Atletico Madrid, but also by the media and fans.

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October 21, the ninth round of La Liga.

Atletico Madrid sits at home and welcomes the yellow submarine, Villarreal.

Alpine once again resorted to the rotation lineup, Villa, Torres and Kaka's front trident all played.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Atletico Madrid took the lead in breaking Villarreal's goal by Torres.

After that, the two sides fought back and forth, and the Sheet Army firmly controlled the situation, but they were still unable to break the door.

In the fifty-ninth minute of the second half, Kaka, Torres and Dario Srna formed a continuous cooperation on the right. Srna suddenly cut inside and picked a pass to the back. Villa cleanly hit the ball Come on, two to zero.

With nine consecutive victories, it broke the 30-year La Liga opening winning streak. For a while, Atlético de Madrid attracted the attention of Spanish domestic media, even some authoritative European media.

Gazzetta dello Sport used a full-page report on Atletico Madrid's nine-game winning streak, and Kicker magazine also made a special feature for Atletico Madrid, which aroused great repercussions and attention.

Compared with ordinary fans who are more concerned about the excitement, in the Spanish professional football circle, they are more interested in Atletico Madrid's head coach, Gao Han.

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After finishing the ninth round of the league, a week of rest was ushered in.

According to the team's previous plan, after the game on Sunday night, there will be a restorative training session on the next day, that is, Monday morning, and the players will also undergo the team's physical examination.

Holidays don't start until Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.

But the players are on vacation, but the coaching staff has to continue to work, especially Gaohan.

As the head coach of the team, Gao Han has too many things to deal with, especially in this season, in addition to the first team, he also has to take care of the second team and the youth training camp.

But what really gave him a headache was the large stack of letters on the desk in front of him.

"I think, in the future, I don't have to do anything at all, just sit in the office and write a reply."

Gao Han buried his head behind his desk, reading and replying to the letter.

But on the sofa not far from him, the club's general manager Hill, vice chairman Cerezo, technical director Paul Futre, chief scout Abel Resino, team leader Carlos Pena , and Tony Munoz, who has just retired this season and is now in charge of fan service, plus Lopetegui and Gao Han's four right-hand men who came from the second team.

At this moment, these guys are sitting around the coffee table, drinking the tea that Gao Han specially brought from China, chatting and talking nonsense from time to time.

After hearing Gao Han's words full of complaints, Xiao Hill waved his hands with a smile, "Okay, don't get cheap and act good. You don't know how many head coaches wish to be as popular as you."

"That's right, that's right."

"They are all envious of me!"

But look at this guy's roar of laughter, where is there any envy?

"Gao Han, how about I give you a secretary?" Paul Futre asked with a smile.

Unexpectedly, when Gao Han heard it, he was overjoyed, "Okay, it should be younger and more beautiful."

Hey, this guy is serious.

"I said, do you really want to?" Paul Futre looked like I was defeated by you, "Go and see, which head coach in the world has a secretary?"

But Gao Han was also very confident, "It's because we don't have any, that makes us look special."

Uh...it seems to make a little sense.

But what about being young and beautiful?

Could it be that you plan to unspoken rules?

After everyone laughed and joked for a while, this matter was no longer mentioned.

Don't look at the stack of letters piled up in front of Gao Han, but they are all screened by colleagues in the fan service department.

Generally speaking, ordinary letters are directly replied by colleagues in the fan service department, and those that can be sent to Gao Han basically need to be confirmed by himself.

Of course, I will occasionally select a few letters from fans at home and abroad, and let Gao Han reply in person.

If you really want the head coach to answer every letter in person, then Gao Han really shouldn't do anything.

"I saw several letters one after another, saying that I want to come to the club to study."

As soon as Gao Han finished speaking, Tony Munoz took over, "Yeah, the team's style of play is very popular now, and the results are also good. There are indeed many people who want to come to the team to study or visit. "

Professional football, especially coaching, is a skill built on practice and experience.

What many people see is just the short 90 minutes of the game, but for insiders or those who are interested in professional football, what happens on the training ground on weekdays is more important.

"There is one here, what is it called...Unai Emery, only 30 years old, his career is quite average, but he taught himself coaching courses during playing football, and now he plays for Ferrol in the second division. , I hope to have the opportunity to come to the team and study with the coaching staff for a period of time."

Gao Han remembers this team. Half a year ago, when he led Atletico Madrid to play in the Second Division, he competed with them.

According to this guy called Emery, he was sitting on the bench and watched Atletico Madrid beat Atletico Ferrol with his own eyes, and he liked Atletico Madrid's style of play.

"This is normal. Many people who want to be in professional football for a long time will get a coaching certificate before retiring, and then start to travel and study. Now Valencia's coach Rafael Benitez is doing this. .”

Lopetegui also turned directly from a professional player to a youth team coach, and he is very touched by this.

Gao Han understands that for this kind of people without a prominent career, even if they become coaches, they have to start from the bottom.

"Then simply arrange a training camp during the winter break and let all those who are interested come."

Gao Han himself has encountered cold eyes and rebuffs, so he is happy to give these people a chance.

As for how much they can learn during the few days of studying at Atletico Madrid, that depends on themselves.

Tony Munoz nodded immediately.

With Gao Han's words, he will know how to deal with it in the future.

Fan letters are very messy, in addition to Spain, there are many from China, Gao Han can understand.

What bothered him the most were letters from fans from other countries such as Germany, France or Italy, which made him almost cry.

After finally reading it, Gao Han breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, how is the poaching of Seville going?" Gao Han left the desk and walked over.

Since I met Reyes, Ramos, Keylor Navas and Puerta in Seville last season, each of them has amazing potential, and Gao Han has left a deep impression since then .

But he hadn't finalized his relationship with Atletico Madrid at the time, so he didn't bring it up.

Later, after renewing the contract with the team, he settled his suspicions with Old Hill. Gao Han also felt the club's heartfelt support for him, and he was quite moved. He also had feelings for the team, so he naturally took the poaching to heart. .

Among other things, for Atletico Madrid's full support for the Chinatown team, Gao Han should do his best to help Atletico Madrid poach a few rookies and train them to become the reserve army of the Sheet Army.

Who made Atletico Madrid poor?

As early as more than a month ago, Gao Han mentioned it to Xiao Xie and Abel Resino during a chat, and the two took it seriously, after all, they both trusted Gao Han's vision.

But now, after hearing Gao Han's question, Abel Resino sighed, "It's a bit unlucky."

"Why?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

Sevilla is based on youth training. Buying and selling youth training players is commonplace. As long as there is a team that can afford the money, they will definitely be willing to sell.

Little Hill also shook his head and said: "Before we contacted Sevilla, the 18-year-old had just sold a few players. As for the Reyes you named, he has started to gain a foothold in the first team this season. It was a great performance, we were too late and we lost the game."

Reyes is a left winger and was originally promoted to the first team and did not intend to reuse it.

After all, this kid didn't even play a game in La Liga last year.

Unexpectedly, Reyes has good strength and good luck. If you give some sunshine, it will be brilliant. One performance is better than the next. Now he has gained a firm foothold. If you want to buy him again, it doesn’t cost a few million. Don’t expect Seville Ya let go.

"Reyes became popular, causing the price of Sevilla's youth players to rise accordingly!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Xie also looked regretful.

If this was done earlier, Reyes is now at Atletico Madrid, and it is another good deal with high quality and low price.

But from this incident, they also further believed in Gao Han's vision.

It's too vicious!

You know, when Reyes was in La Liga, he hadn't even played a game, but Gao Han was very sure that this kid would become a talent. As a result, in La Liga, he became famous in one fell swoop.

With Atletico Madrid's current situation, it is no longer appropriate to consider introducing Reyes.

Gao Han also felt helpless in his heart, and Reyes was doomed to miss Atletico Madrid.

But he quickly thought of the other three, especially his favorite Ramos.

"How about the other three people?" Gao Han asked with concern.