Super Marshal

"Van der Sar?"

At Liverpool's Melwood training base, Houllier frowned deeply when he read the news about Chelsea's introduction of Van der Sar from Fulham published in the Echo, as if he was puzzled by this transfer. .

"How could it be him?"

"We are also very strange about this." Phil Thompson shook his head with a wry smile.

The goalkeeper coach also said: "Van der Sar's performance in Fulham was very unstable. He was very good in the high light, but terrible in the low point. Overall, among the many goalkeepers in the Premier League, he can only be regarded as mediocre."

There is no shortage of good goalkeepers in the Premier League today. Jass Kleining, Shay Wen, Butters, Dudek, Friedel... are all pretty good goalkeepers. Judging from the performance of Van der Sar in the two seasons of joining the Premier League , can be ranked in the middle reaches even if very good.

"As a goalkeeper, Van der Sar has many advantages, but his shortcomings are also fatal. He often shows off his feet in the game, which often brings disaster to the team. Last season, he made a fatal mistake. .”

The words of the goalkeeper coach immediately reminded everyone present and brought back their memories.

"I forgot which game it was. It seems that when I received a return pass, I encountered a press. I didn't make a clearance immediately. Instead, I wanted to pass the opponent and then pass. As a result, the person passed, but the ball was not passed. Hit an empty goal after being intercepted." Phil Thompson laughed.

"Yes, that's right, Van der Sar took the initiative to send Fulham only one goal in that game, and they fell into the relegation zone because of this, so Van der Sar suffered overwhelming accusations at that time."

Someone next to me immediately remembered, "The game against Bolton!"

"Yes, it was to beat Bolton."

Everyone straightened out at once.

At least, judging from his performance in Juventus and Fulham, Van der Sar's strength is not strong, it can even be said to be relatively bad, but why would Chelsea want to introduce him?

"What does Gao Han like in him?" Houlier asked with a frown.

Phil Thompson thought for a while, nodded and said, "Perhaps it is the advantage of seeing Van der Sar's wider range of activities."

"That's right." The goalkeeper coach also agrees, "As Phil mentioned in the report before, when Chelsea's defense line is pressing forward, the gap between the goalkeeper and the back line is too large. Dicini can fill that by expanding his range of activities, because Italian goalkeepers are not of that type."

"Van der Sar is indeed very unstable, but at least he has a wide range of activities, which should be more suitable for Chelsea's tactics, but I still think that Gao Han is just in a hurry and has no better choice, so he chooses in a hurry. He, this is just a transition, and Van der Sar has just arrived, I am afraid he still has time to integrate into Chelsea."

The goalkeeper coach's analysis was reasonable and was affirmed by Houllier.

"That said, Chelsea's problem is still there and we're going to continue with our previous strategy."

Houlier made a decisive decision, and everyone had no opinion.

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At the Harrington training ground in London, Chelsea did not even arrange a joining ceremony for Van der Sar. They just announced it hastily on the official website and sent a notice to the newspaper. The Dutch goalkeeper participated in the team's training immediately.

Gao Han is also fighting for all the time to help the Dutch integrate into the team.

But just as everyone expected, the Dutchman who has just arrived has not yet established a sufficient understanding with the team.

In order to better establish their tacit understanding, Gao Han arranged the main defense line to be in the same group as Van der Sar in the drill, and at the same time asked Ibrahimovic and Eto'o to be in a group to increase the defense against the back line and the goalkeeper. Pressing power.

The effect is a little bit, but not enough.

This made Harrington's training ground, Gao Han's shouts continued.

For a while, he shouted for the left back Bridge to drop back more, for a while for the central defender not to press too high, for a while for Ferreira to get as close to the goalkeeper as possible to catch the ball...

The league is about to start, and the first round is a guest at Anfield, the home of the most terrifying devil in the Premier League. Everyone is under pressure.

"It's still not enough time," Cantarero sighed.

If Van der Sar had joined the team from the training camp, the situation would definitely be better than it is now.

But joining in a hurry, after two days of joint training, he will go north to challenge Liverpool away, which must be difficult for the strong.

"It doesn't matter, the game is the best training ground." Gao Han is very open-minded and confident.

"There is a lot of noise outside now. Under the advocacy of the media, many fans feel that there are problems with Van der Sar, Makelele, and even the Veron deal." Cantarero sighed again.

Conspiracy theories are always easier to spread in this world than the truth, and they are easier to believe.

Chelsea's transfer operations this summer are all handled by Gao Han, but without the assistance of agent Jorge Mendes, Gao Han can't do so many things alone.

As the core coaching staff of the team, Cantarero knows Gao Han very well, and he also clearly knows that this is caused by the chaos of Chelsea's management, and it is not what Gao Han wants.

But in the eyes of the media and some fans who are afraid of chaos in the world, this is a sign of Gao Han's monopoly. They even think that Gao Han let his agent participate in these transfer operations for profit.

Today's high cold is really yellow mud falling off the crotch, isn't it too.

Fortunately, the management did a good job this time. Chairman Bruce Barker personally clarified that every transfer operation of the club will be reviewed and approved by the board of directors, and the management fully believes in Gao Han's coaching of the team.

The behind-the-scenes boss Abramovich also accepted media interviews and clarified the rumors about Gao Han's use of transfers for profit, saying that he would not give up his trust in Gao Han because of this.

But what Gao Han said is right, there is nothing wrong with wanting to impose a crime.

The high-level clarifications not only did not resolve the misunderstanding, but instead increased the topic of speculation by the media and fans.

It's very simple, they think this is a helpless move that the club's top management has to do, and even think that they were kidnapped by Gao Han.

The situation outside was overwhelming, and almost all the pressure was concentrated on Gao Han.

But now, the team has problems again.

It is entirely conceivable that if the away game at Anfield loses this week, Gao Han's situation will be even more difficult.

A team that spent 200 million euros to build can't beat Liverpool?

"What they want is a topic of hype, let them go." Gao Han looked at it quite openly.

Cantarero also feels that this is the only way to go. This kind of thing is getting darker and darker, "But wait for the pre-match press conference, I'm afraid they won't let you go so easily, you still have to prepare early."

According to the usual practice, after a while Gao Han will hold a pre-match press conference in Harrington to announce the team's 18-man roster. This will be the best time for all media reporters to publicly make things difficult for Gao Han. It is entirely conceivable that they They will attack in groups.

"Don't worry, I'm not a fuel-efficient lamp either." Gao Han chuckled.

From Atlético de Madrid to the present, three years have passed. He is indeed not the kid who would be nervous when he saw media reporters. Now he has the aura of Champions League champion and La Liga triple crown on his head. If media reporters If it was too much, he dared to fight back in person.

As Ferguson once said, British media reporters are a group of hungry mad dogs. If you are afraid, they will rush up and tear you to pieces, but if you resist and beat them up, they will never dare to provoke you again. up.

At that time, you only need to throw a piece of meaty bone at them every once in a while, and they will come up to you, lick your toes, and wag their tails flatteringly at you.

But having said that, Cantarero still feels very uneasy.

He was born with this kind of labor and worry!

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All in all, this is the first time that Gao Han has faced the media at close range since he entered Chelsea.

The last time was at Ronaldinho's joining ceremony, but he was standing inside the Stamford Bridge, facing the media and fans from a distance, but this time was different, he was participating in the pre-match press conference.

According to the news sent by the press officer, nearly a hundred media will participate in this press conference. This is the largest pre-match press conference in Chelsea's history, unprecedented.

For his debut in the Premier League, Gao Han also attaches great importance to it. For this reason, he specially bought a brand new suit and uniform for himself in the coaching system. The effect is [power].

If it is said that the two sets of uniforms purchased before have team effects, then this new set of uniforms only affects Gao Han alone, making him look more stable, more aura, and the effect is also comprehensively improved His might.

I still remember what Zhang Quan said, wide stripes, pocket squares, and three-piece suits, these are the detailed elements in a suit that show identity and influence, and are beyond the control of ordinary people.

If Gao Han had always adopted a low-key strategy when he was at Atletico Madrid before, then now, he feels that he must stand up.

Now not only fans in the UK and Europe, but even fans all over the world are staring at him, and everyone in the team is also watching him. If he doesn't stand up at this time, his prestige in the team will plummet.

As a head coach, if he can't protect his players, how can he ask the players to obey?

So this time, Gao Han chose a wide-striped dark gray suit uniform, which was still a white shirt inside, but he wore a tie to make himself look more stable.

And when he tidied up his suit, walked out of the room, and returned to the office, the coaching staff, team leader and press officer were already waiting for him.

Seeing Gao Han's attire, everyone's eyes lit up, and even a trace of awe flashed in the eyes of many people. This effect made Gao Han very satisfied.

"The reporters have already arrived at the scene. This is the general process and the details that need to be paid attention to during the questioning session. Take a look." The press officer greeted him and politely handed over a document.

Gao Han did not hold a press conference when he joined, so Chelsea also attached great importance to his debut in the British media, but the terrible thing is that now there are a lot of unfavorable remarks about Gao Han.

It is conceivable that with the pissing nature of the British media, they will definitely bite Gaohan.

Gao Han opened it and took a look, frowned slightly, but immediately let it go, handed the document back to the press officer, nodded, and said confidently: "It's okay, don't worry about it, just let them ask."

The press officer was dumbfounded immediately.

Just ask?

What if you are left speechless by media reporters?

But Gao Han obviously ignored him, walked out of the office, and walked towards the press conference room.