Super Marshal

Although they failed to invite Gao Han to coach Bayern Munich, Rummenigge and Hoeness were not completely without gains.

In the opening game, left back Lahm made a change of direction and cut in in the sixth minute. After passing the defender, he drew a curve ball with his right foot and scored the first goal of this World Cup, which won Gao Han's praise. .

As a right-footed player, Lahm performed very well at the left back position. During the exchange with Rummenigge and Hoeness, Gao Han heard that he could also play as a right back and immediately praised him, thinking that he could play as a right back. He will become one of the top full-backs in Europe, and it is extremely rare to be proficient in both left and right wings.

As for Bastian Schweinsteiger, Gao Han is also very sure, but he feels that it is inappropriate to put him on the wing.

After all, the German international is not the kind of wide player Gao Han admires.

After ninety minutes of exciting play, the German team finally defeated Costa Rica 4-2 and won the first game of the World Cup.

After watching the World Cup premiere, Gao Han attended the post-match reception of the World Cup Organizing Committee and was warmly entertained by Beckenbauer and others. At the same time, he had the opportunity to meet with German Chancellor Merkel, FIFA President Sepp Blatter and others. Meet and get to know each other, and return having fun.

After deciding to come to Munich to attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup, Gao Han and Lin Xia decided to arrange their vacation in Germany.

They traveled leisurely in Germany and watched the World Cup games comfortably.

As long as they have time and are not too tight, they will go and watch the games. The focus is on the games participated by the Gaohan fans.

Examples include Sweden, Argentina, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain, especially Spain.

Aragones hid the team's flag star Raul in the first two games of the group match, and instead vigorously promoted Atletico Madrid's players, letting Villa and Torres serve as frontcourt attackers, Marcos Senna and Xavi ·Alonso serves as midfielder, Ramos and Pablo Ibáñez serve as defenders.

In this starting lineup, Atletico Madrid players account for six, which can be said to be half of the team.

As a result, in the first two games of the group stage, they defeated Ukraine 4-0 and Tunisia 3-1.

But in the third round, Raul got the starting spot, but it was obvious that he was not suitable to play as a lone forward. Although Spain still defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the end, his performance was far less brilliant than the first two games.

In the knockout rounds, Aragones continued to insist on Raul starting, but lost to the French team 1-3, thus ending in the top 16 of the World Cup. However, this game also made Gao Han firmly remember another aspect of the French team. A rising star.

Franck Ribery!

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"Why did you lock yourself in the room?"

In Hannover, Germany, in the hotel where the Spanish national team stayed, Gao Han asked Aragones with concern.

It was the manager of the Spanish national team who called him, saying that Aragones had locked himself in the room all morning and refused to respond to anyone's calls. Even the Spanish Football Association President Pilar came. Useless.

In the end, I had no choice but to ask Gao Han for help.

After all, it was a year-end reunion, and as soon as the cold weather arrived, Aragones opened the door.

After listening to Gao Han's inquiry, the old Spanish man, still wearing a nightgown, patted his forehead vigorously, shook his head and said: "I don't know why, anyway, I felt very angry when I woke up early in the morning, as if my whole body was about to explode. , very hot, very hot.”

It was also at this time that Gao Han realized that this guy was famous for his bad temper in Spain.

Such people either vent their anger on others or burn themselves to death.

Obviously, Aragones is taking the latter path.

"Why bother? It's just a game." Gao Han comforted with a smile.

The World Cup is indeed very important. It only comes once every four years, but in the end it is just a game. If you lose, you lose.

"You don't know, we obviously shouldn't play like this, we can win, but the result..."

Aragones shook his head and sighed: "Did you know? In last night's game, our ball possession rate was as high as 63.4%, and our passing success rate was as high as 80%. From three points to four, they crushed the opponent in all directions, but in the end, only one of the ten shots was on target, while the opponent had five of the nine shots on target."

At the end of the sentence, Aragones shook his head in distress, obviously unwilling to do so.

"Then you should think carefully about what the problem is, instead of locking yourself in the room. What's the use of that? Do you think you can make yourself angry to death so that the game can be played again?" Gao Han said with a smile. .

Aragones glared at him angrily, apparently blaming Gao Han for not caring about anything that had nothing to do with him.

But soon, the old man took Gao Han to sit down and began to study the gains and losses of the four games of the Spanish World Cup.

"To be honest, among the three goals conceded, the first one was an offside, the second was a free kick, and the third was a counterattack. Among them, the first goal is the most critical, and many people think it is the ball. It was caused by the team’s defense failing to prevent an offside.”

It was also this goal that made Gao Han deeply remember the scorer, Frank Ribery.

Aragones nodded, "I think the team is indeed responsible for causing offside, but the main reason is that the frontcourt offense did not exert enough pressure and could not withstand the opponent's defense."

"That's right." Gao Han also thinks so. "Judging from the game process, both Villa and Torres completed their tasks very well, but what I want to say is that it was indeed a big failure for you to arrange Raul to start. , even if you put him in the right wing position."

Raul is a left-footed player, and Aragones placed him in the right wing position on the opposite foot. The intention was very obvious, hoping that Raul could take advantage of his ability to cut inside and hit the goal. But as a result, Raul had almost no goals in the whole game. A decent performance. Spain's right-side attack didn't pick up until the second half when Joaquin replaced Raul.

"Raul is the flag of this team. In the past few years, the entire Spanish national team has been relying on him to support him. He is also the spiritual leader of the team. I must find a suitable person for him in the team. Location." Aragones explained his intention.

Many times, in a football match, the role of spiritual leaders cannot be underestimated.

But Gao Han saw it more clearly, that is, in the first two group matches, Raul did not start, and Aragones was obviously under a lot of pressure. After all, Raul is the captain of the national team.

"I understand, but Louis, have you ever thought about whether he is suitable for this kind of playing style?" Gao Han asked seriously.

This is the biggest sticking point right now.

Judging from the first two group matches, the strategy adopted by the Spanish national team is to use the backbone of Atletico Madrid as the team, plus Xavi, Puyol and other backbones, and the tactical play is mainly high-position defense with high intensity of pressing and oppression. , emphasizing running without the ball and fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions. These are all derived from the technical and tactical system created by Gao Han at Atletico Madrid.

It can be said that this is a Spanish national team with a strong taste of high altitude.

However, after Raul served as a forward in the third group match, his performance was not ideal. In this case, Aragones chose Torres and Villa to start against the French team, but then compromised and arranged Raul as the right winger. , as a result, Spain's entire offense was not smooth.

After the opening test, the French team figured out the crux of Spain's problem and focused on locking down Torres and Villa. As a result, the Matador Legion's offense lacked threat and had no ball possession, but was unable to create a threat.

The overwhelming ball possession rate and the efficiency of only one shot on target in ten shots are enough to illustrate this point.

In fact, by the time Aragones decided to replace Raul, the physical exertion of the Spanish players was already very serious, so in order to maintain the team's style of play, he had to make continuous substitutions. As a result, in the second half of the game , Spain was successively attacked by the French team.

Of course, players who are too young are also a very serious problem, but the main problem still lies with Raul.

"Losing to France is not a bad thing for you. At least it gives you a lesson and makes you see clearly that Raul is indeed not suitable for the current style of play, so you should make a choice."

When Aragones heard this, he suddenly raised his head and stared at Gao Han.

He knew very well what Gao Han meant. The so-called trade-off was not just as simple as putting Raul on the bench.

In the first two games of the World Cup group stage, Raul was on the bench. Although the team won both games, and they won beautifully, the pressure on him as a head coach was still very high.

That has been the backbone, soul, and standard of the Spanish national team in the past few years. Putting such a great forward on the bench, one can imagine the pressure on Aragones' shoulders.

Therefore, the choice Gao Han talks about is actually use it or waste it.

To use it, you have to continue adjusting and running in. No one knows when it will be broken in, and it may even never be broken in, because Raul will be old in a few years, and it will be a waste of time.

But if he doesn't use it, it will be a problem to stay on the team's bench. It's better to just scrap it and get rid of it once and for all.

But once Raul is deposed, Aragones will not only push himself into a dead end, he must show strong results to convince everyone, and he must also bear a lot of infamy.

No fan who likes Spain can accept him deposing the team's captain.

Thinking of this, Aragones stood up from the sofa and kept waving his hands, "No, no, absolutely not."

After walking back and forth for a few steps, the old coach pointed at Gao Han and said: "I can't be the head coach anymore. Whoever wants to be the head coach can be the one. I will resign from Bilal as soon as I turn around. I won't do it anymore!" "

"Ah?" Gao Han was immediately dumbfounded.

Put down the burden?

Is there anyone like you?

"Anyway, I made a bet with the media before the World Cup. If I didn't make it to the semi-finals, I would resign. I happened to take the blame and resign."

Gao Han immediately smiled bitterly and shook his head. I bet the old man had already prepared a backup plan.

But it's no wonder that the job of head coach of the Spanish national team is indeed a hot potato.

Atletico Madrid has been prospering in terms of talent and strength in recent years. It is a major player in the national team. It is understandable to have Atletico Madrid as its team. However, Raul, the core leader of the team, is incompatible with this style of play. How to deal with it?

If you want to achieve results, you must win over Raul, but how many people will you offend?

Even the whole of Spain might attack in groups.

Let me ask, who is willing to take over such a difficult job?

Aragones's eyes flashed with shrewdness, he looked at Gao Han, and suddenly shouted with joy: "How about you..."

"Go away, I don't have the time." Gao Han interrupted him directly, preventing him from continuing, "Seeing that you are fine, I have completed the task. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

"Hey, I haven't finished speaking yet?"

"I said, don't leave, let's talk carefully."

But despite Aragones' efforts to stay behind, Gao Han still left without looking back.

Want to divert trouble to the east?

Not to mention doors, there are no windows.