Super Marshal

When Brescia fell one point short of relegation and fell into Serie B last summer, the team ushered in a violent turmoil that could be described as a nightmare. The players fell apart and the team's strength was destroyed.

But just when everyone was hoping that Brescia could regroup and return to Serie A, the team's performance in Serie B was sluggish. After the first thirty rounds of the league, they only finished fifth in the league. Head coach Roland Do Maran took the blame and resigned, and Czech coach Zeman put out the fire midway.

But nearly two months have passed. Zeman has led the team to play six league games. Brescia has won two, drawn and lost three, but the results have still not improved. The team's ranking has dropped one place, only ranking sixth in the league.

This also made people in Brescia panic. Zeman only signed a contract with the club until the end of the season. Everyone also felt that if the team had no hope of promotion, it would be difficult for Zeman to stay in Brescia.

There was a strong sense of anxiety in Brescia's training ground. Every player was just mechanically completing the training programs arranged by the coaching staff. It seemed that there was no passion at all, and there was no spirit at all to go into battle to kill the enemy.

This made Gao Han on the sidelines shake his head, "People's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team."

Guardiola also felt the same way and nodded in agreement.

As a team sport, football is played by eleven people. This requires a force to unify the eleven people and make them all work together to serve the team. Otherwise, everyone will only care about the team. If you play football by yourself, where will the team's fighting power come from?

Brescia's current situation is that the team's strength is insufficient and morale is low. These cannot be changed by changing the head coach. What's more, Zeman has never been the kind of person who can change the situation by putting out fires midway.

He has his own set of ideas, so he needs a team lineup that can implement his ideas.

"Hamsik is not suitable to stay in Brescia and will be brought back to Inter Milan this summer." Gao Han made the decision.

If Brescia can return to Serie A this season, Gao Han would consider letting Hamsik stay. Playing as the main force in Serie A for one more year would also be of great benefit to the Slovak youngster, but looking at it now, it is meaningless.

With the youngster's progress, staying in Brescia will only be a waste of time.

Guardiola nodded and remembered Gao Han's words, and will make arrangements when he goes back.

The sudden appearance of Inter Milan's head coach caused a lot of noise at the Brescia training ground. All the players suddenly seemed to have been beaten to death. Each one of them performed very hard, hoping to be favored by Gao Han.

Hamsik's personal ability is also outstanding among this group of players, very eye-catching, and from beginning to end, he is also the hardest-working player on the court, diligent and diligent, although he does not have very delicate footwork, but The tactical execution is high and all aspects are quite good, which makes Gao Han very satisfied.

"This kid is a talented person." Gao Han praised.

Guardiola pointed to the goal. Brescia's substitute goalkeeper had just completed a flying save, which was quite beautiful.

"Who is that?" Gao Han asked strangely, a mysterious light flashed in his eyes, and his fiery eyes swept away.

Emiliano Viviano, potential is 160, not bad.

After taking another look at the data, I found that Viviano is 1.95 meters tall, has a very good goalkeeper's body, and his reaction speed is very fast, as high as 18, which is very rare.

Just when Gao Han was paying attention to Viviano, Zeman had already walked out of the training ground and greeted him with a smile.

"Haha, what's going on? Why did the head coach of Inter Milan suddenly come?"

Gao Han put away his fiery eyes and stretched out his hand towards Zeman with a chuckle, "I came here specially to visit you, Zdenek."

"Oh?" Zeman was a little surprised. Looking at Gao Han and Guardiola, they didn't seem to be joking. He knew in his heart that something was indeed going on. Otherwise, the two of them would not have traveled more than a hundred kilometers. , came here.

Thinking of this, Zeman waved over the assistant coach and asked him to lead the team in training. He walked to the office with Gao Han and Guardiola, and behind him were all the players who looked disappointed.

Why don't you stay a little longer?

Brescia is quite poor, and the training ground and office space are relatively simple. After Zeman asked Gao Han and the two to sit down, he went to pour them two glasses of water, and kept praising Hamsik.

"I had some doubts before, but after coming to Brescia, I really admire your vision. Marek is indeed a very good young player. If you cultivate him, he will definitely become a great player in the future."

It can be seen that he also appreciates Hamsik very much.

"Seeing him, I couldn't help but think of Nedvěd in his early years when he was young. He was almost the same model."

Only then did Gao Han remember that Nedved came to Serie A because he received Zeman's invitation.

Zeman was supposed to be coaching Lazio at the time.

"I plan to bring him back to Inter Milan this summer. Although I can't give him a starting position, there will definitely be no shortage of games."

Zeman was obviously stunned for a moment, but he quickly nodded: "That's right. Training with high-level teammates is a very good thing in itself. I also said the same thing when I persuaded Nedved that he It would be difficult to make progress in the Czech Republic, but when he comes to Serie A, he is surrounded by many outstanding teammates and opponents, which can often stimulate his faster growth and progress."

"That's true." Guardiola also agreed.

Gao Han was more interested in Zeman's tactics and took the initiative to ask about some details about what he had just seen on the training ground. He learned from the coaching system that Zeman's entire offensive system was not that nonsense. It's just a fool's errand, but it's supported by a complete theoretical system and has its own routine.

Speaking of this, Zeman laughed and introduced it quite proudly.

It turns out that he understood his own set of offensive ideas from the offensive systems of other team sports such as ice hockey and rugby, including the arrangement of player movements, coordination routines, etc., and he had very careful overall considerations.

This unique offensive system has also made Zeman a banner of offensive football in Italian football for many years. Unfortunately, he has never been able to find a suitable team and has never been able to completely prove himself.

After all, mid- and lower-tier teams are constrained by finances and team lineups, and there is definitely no way for Zeman to give his best.

Zeman was also full of praise for Inter Milan coached by Gao Han. He believed that the two had many similar concepts and were particularly close. Gao Han's understanding of defense such as strong pressing and pressing also brought Zeman a A lot of touching and inspiring.

The three of them are all professional coaches. When they talk about techniques and tactics, they immediately talk endlessly and cannot stop at all.

It wasn't until the training session outside was over that they realized that more than an hour had passed.

"Zdenek, your sword is still young, it's a pity to stay in Serie B." Gao Han sighed.

This is indeed what he thinks.

With Zeman's ability, there is no problem coaching a Serie A team or even a wealthy club.

But in the past few years, he has never been able to make a difference in Serie A, failed to show his ambitions, and failed to let people see Zeman's offensive football in Serie A. It is indeed a great regret and a loss for the fans. .

"There is nothing to be sorry for. Everyone has to be responsible for what they have done, right?" Zeman looked very free and easy, and answered with a smile, as if he had completely let go of what happened that year. of.

At that time, Zeman was at the peak of his coaching career, but he suddenly made remarks about Juventus players taking banned drugs, which led to him being criticized like never before. Even now, including Vialli and Del Piero. Many Juventus players in the team, as well as famous coaches like Lippi, hated him with all their teeth.

This also forced Zeman to resign after coaching Roma for one season, and he has never recovered since then.

"If, I mean if," Gao Han stared at Zeman tightly without blinking, "if you were asked to make a choice again, would you stand up and reveal the truth like you did back then?"

Zeman was a little puzzled. He didn't understand why Gao Han suddenly asked, "Ha, it's been so long. Where is the if? It's impossible to turn back time."

"What if it's possible? Will you regret it?" Gao Han asked again seriously.

Zeman immediately understood that the young man in front of him was not joking. He stopped smiling and thought about it seriously, "If I were to choose again, even if I knew I would go through this in the past few years, I would still Will continue to do so.”

Gao Han showed a thoughtful look.

"I know that in the past few years, many people think that I want to be a hero and want to be in the limelight, but in fact I am nothing and want nothing. I love football and I want to stay in professional football, so I hope to get a relatively pure football environment, not for anyone else."

"In fact, those who criticized me back then mostly just thought that I was an insider in professional football, so why should I stand on the opposite side of the insiders and tear everyone down? But more People understand, even those who criticize me, they have to admit how terrible and dangerous substance abuse is."

"They are like a group of Stockholm Syndrome patients. They are deeply aware of the dangers of drug abuse, but they are afraid to reveal the truth. They are even hostile to anyone who wants to reveal the truth, for fear of harming their vital interests. But this kind of Someone has to do it, right?"

Zeman smiled bitterly and pointed at Gao Han, "Either you, him, or me, or I'll leave it until later. Someone has to stand up."

Gao Han understood what Zeman meant, and he deeply admired the old Czech man from the bottom of his heart.

Perhaps, he is not a selfless person, but at least he has such courage.

"Actually, I'm not afraid to admit it frankly. I also had selfish motives for that matter back then." Zeman suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile.

"Oh?" Gao Han and Guardiola were both a little surprised.

Are you really selfish?

"I have an uncle who coached Juventus in the 1970s. From that time on, I have been a die-hard fan of Juventus. I even wore Juventus jerseys to bed and was deeply obsessed with this team. He has very beautiful aspirations.”

Recalling his youthful past, Zeman looked nostalgic.

“But when I came to Italy, Juventus personally shattered my illusions and made me clearly realize that that was not the Juventus that I longed for and was obsessed with, and that Juventus should not be like this. "

Zeman paused, took a deep breath, and sighed: "What's even more sad is that countless people keep shouting that they love him, but no one is willing to stand up and reveal the truth. Is this the so-called love? Are they Love is endless indulgence and favoritism?”

"I really hoped that after that incident, Juventus could learn from the pain and start over again, because I believed that with the support of so many fans who love him, they would not fail, but now..."

Having said this, Zeman let out another helpless sigh, silently took out a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, flicked them, and handed them to Gao Han and Guardiola, who both quickly waved their hands to refuse.

He skillfully pulled out one, put it in his mouth, lit it with a snap, then leaned weakly against the back of the sofa, raised his head, and stared at the ceiling with his old and cloudy eyes.

Misty white smoke slowly rose from his slightly open mouth, struggling to twist into various shapes.