Super Marshal

The time has entered February.

The World Cup in Korea and Japan is coming soon. In order to squeeze out more time for the national team to prepare for the match, the La Liga schedule is very tight.

Even during the national team match day in February, the league continued as usual.

Because of this, after entering February, before the national football associations announced the national team rosters, all the teams were crossing the sea, showing their talents, using their connections to grab people in every possible way, and even asking players to stay on the team with fraudulent injuries .

Players are often torn between the club's interests and national honor.

Atlético de Madrid has no big problem in this aspect. There are not many international players, and none of them are the core main force, so Gao Han is more worry-free.

In the twenty-third round of the league, Atletico Madrid sat at home and easily defeated Valladolid 2-0 with Villa's brace.

However, Bosque's team has obviously experienced ups and downs after the deadly defeat of Athletic Bilbao. The away game was reversed by the Espanyol 1-2, and the situation was very similar to the first round match against Athletic Bilbao.

Raul opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the first minute and got off to a great start.

But after the start, the Galaxy Battleship wanted to eat the opponent in one bite, but it failed. Instead, in the 33rd minute, the Spaniard seized an opportunity, counterattacked successfully, and equalized the score.

After the start of the second half, the mentality of Real Madrid's players was obviously worse. Not to mention the delay in opening up the situation, they were frequently seized by the Espanyol.

Finally, in the 74th minute, Tamudo's critical moment lore goal scored three points for the Espanyol.

Because this game was played at the same time as the Atletico Madrid game, Gao Han was not able to watch the live broadcast, but he watched the video of the game immediately after the game and asked Sergio Garcia for an in-depth analysis.

Not just this game, but all of Real Madrid's games this season.

He firmly believes that it is definitely not accidental that several consecutive games have been reversed.

Scandals in professional football come and go quickly.

Barcelona, ​​which had finally gotten out of the scandal, finally ushered in an outbreak. The away game slashed Tenerife 6-0, which somewhat saved some popularity for Rexach's team.

Three days later, in the twenty-fourth round of the league, Atletico Madrid beat Las Palmas 1-0 in an away game with Kiko's lore goal, and continued to firmly defend their leading position.

But Real Madrid has never been able to get out of the trough. Bosque's team lost to Valladolid 1-2 away.

It is worth noting that the two goals conceded by the Galaxy Battleship happened after 60 minutes in the second half.

The only goal came from Morientes in the 72nd minute.

Barcelona, ​​which had a big victory in the last round, continued to win this round, defeating Real Sociedad 2-0.

With two consecutive victories, the media in Catalonia are all on the dope, hyping up the recent situation of Barcelona.

But no one expected that three days later, in the twenty-fifth round of the league, Barcelona drew 0-0 with Real Mallorca away.

Yes, it is a draw.

If it weren't for Real Mallorca's poor ability to seize opportunities and Eto'o and Luke missed too many scoring opportunities, Real Mallorca could beat Barcelona 3-0.

But Aragones continued to support Eto'o as always after the game. He firmly believed that the Cameroon Cheetah would be able to adjust, complete the transformation, and become a top striker.

Real Madrid, which had lost two games in a row, finally gave it a try this round. Las Palmas was beaten 7-0 at home. The main center Morientes scored four goals in a single game, and his state was frighteningly hot.

Atletico Madrid sits at home and ushered in Athletic Bilbao.

After 90 minutes of fierce fighting between the two sides, Atletico Madrid narrowly beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1.

But after the game, Athletic Bilbao coach Heynckes walked into the VIP box at the Calderon Stadium.

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"Pingus Winery?"

Heynckes put down the empty goblet in his hand, reached for a bottle of red wine on the table, and recognized the blue round wine label on the bottle at a glance.

"You are so willing!" The grizzled German looked at Gao Han and laughed.

After drinking, Heynckes' old face turned as red as the wine in front of him.

"It was a gift from a friend, and I don't have the habit of drinking, so I keep it in the office." Gao Han said nonchalantly.

Heynckes nodded, "If this bottle of wine is outside, it will cost at least five or six hundred euros."

"So expensive?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

"Well, 1995 is known as the best vintage of Pingus, but there was a shipwreck in 1997, and the price skyrocketed after that, and it's hard to buy now."

Gao Han didn't drink much himself, so he didn't do much research, and he was somewhat confused after hearing it.

"It seems that you are also a good drinker." Gao Han poured another glass for Heynckes with a smile.

Heynckes didn't deny it, "Drink more or less every night, you know, as the head coach, we must always keep our heads clear."

After a pause, the German marshal smiled again, "When I go back, I'll send you a box for you to taste. The red wine in northern Spain is also quite good, not inferior to French red wine at all."

"Okay, but I'm afraid I'm just a bull chewing peonies, reckless."

With the red wine as an entry point, the relationship between the two has also become much closer, and they began to chat without saying a word.

They are all head coaches, and the topic was brought back to football in a few sentences.

"To be honest, your Atletico Madrid team is really enviable." Heynckes said sincerely.

"Thank you." For Gao Han, this is a great honor.

"I also admire your management in Athletic Bilbao very much. You know, it is too difficult for outsiders to manage such a special team well."

Heynckes was also polite, nodding proudly and said with a proud smile: "I'm afraid that group of bastards are annoyed by me, because I tell them stories about my playing career at every turn, I guess they are tired of it."

Gao Han laughed when he heard it.

"But it doesn't work if you don't remind and beat them all the time. The particularity of professional football leads to the fact that a team's technical and tactical ability is important, but the mental outlook is also the key. You must always maintain the desire for victory. To be able to keep the team improving.”

"Professional football is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat." Gao Han also agreed.

It's like in the standings, it is basically impossible for any team to maintain a position.

Either you get points and the ranking climbs up, or you lose and the ranking goes down. It is difficult to maintain a ranking for a long time.

"The main reason why I was able to quickly establish my prestige in Athletic Bilbao was because I had a clear communication with the management. I told them before I took over the team that the principles I have believed in since I coached, If the club is not satisfied with my results, they can fire me at any time."

"But as long as I am the head coach of the team, I will absolutely not allow anyone to influence my work, even in Real Madrid, the chairman of the club is not allowed, this is the principle."

The eloquent words of Heynckes resonated with Gao Han.

If a head coach can be easily swayed by others, how can he have any prestige?

Just ask, how can players respect such a head coach?

"What about you? Your management at Atletico Madrid is also quite good. What's the secret?" Heynckes changed the subject.

Gao Han smiled modestly, "Well, I'm similar to you, but because of my age, I talk more with the players' peers. I think there is something worth learning from them, so I often talk to them. They communicate and get to know them better.”

Heynckes nodded, "I'm not as good as you in this regard."

After hearing this, Gao Han was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the German coach, who has always been known for his stubbornness and sternness, would admit this to his face. Isn't this a bit messy?

"The way you manage, and the football you promote at Atlético Madrid, reminds me of someone."

"Who?" Gao Han asked curiously.

"The head coach I respect the most when I play football is Weissweiler."

Gao Han has no impression of this name in his mind, so he can only keep silent.

"You don't know, it's not surprising. He was the head coach decades ago. He coached Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1960s and 1970s. I was also playing for the team. He produced a set of delicate and entertaining offensive football, which completely changed my concept of football, so my coaching is also based on him."

Gao Han was a little taken aback, playing delicate and entertaining offensive football?

Old man, are you sure this is your goal?

But no matter how you look at it, none of the teams that Heynckes has led has met these two labels, right?

Even Real Madrid, who was brought to the Champions League by him back then.

You know, the reason why Heynckes still dismissed get out of class after Real Madrid won the Champions League was that the style of play was not pleasant.

Heynckes also seemed to notice the strangeness of Gao Han's face, he chuckled, "Why? Don't you think it looks like me?"

"Yeah." Gao Han was honest and not afraid to admit it.

The old man smiled wryly and sighed, "This is the contradiction between ideal and reality."

Gao Han looked deeply at the German old man, a strange color flashed in his eyes, he used his golden eyes to look at the German coach in front of him, and found that it was true.

Unexpectedly, under the stubborn and conservative surface, Heynckes actually hides a heart of offensive football.

This discovery made Gao Han a little dumbfounded.

I really answered a sentence, you really can't just look at people on the surface.

"You have now formed a stable tactical framework, which can destroy the opponent's offensive organization and reduce the team's defensive pressure through pressing in the midfield, but this should not be your goal, right?"

Facing Heynckes' temptation, Gao Han smiled and remained silent.

"If I'm not wrong, the next step is to improve the efficiency of offensive and defensive conversion as much as possible, so that the team can launch the most threatening counterattack in the shortest time after stealing the ball, isn't that right? "

At this time, Gao Han is regarded with admiration.

Heynckes has been in European professional football for so many years, from Germany to Spain, and even led Real Madrid to the Champions League. He is indeed a very capable and level coach.

This is the third coach after Van Gaal and Aragones that Gao Han admires.

Heynckes also seemed to have gotten the answer from Gao Han's eyes and reaction, and felt quite embarrassed in his heart.

This is what he has always wanted to pursue, the ideal offensive football.

After a long time, the German marshal calmed down and turned his attention back to Gao Han.

"Playing Real Madrid, the most important thing to pay attention to is not Zidane, Figo, or Raul, but..."

Gao Han's eyes lit up, this is why he invited Heynckes to drink.