Super Marshal

On a sunny morning, Inter Milan finally ushered in the reporting day.

Gao Han arrived at the Pinetina training base on time as always, and he was basically the first to arrive.

When I came to the office, I changed my clothes and while I was boiling water to make tea, Guardiola, Cantarero and others also arrived one after another.

The aroma of tea overflowed, and everyone sat around Gao Han, discussing the upcoming new season with great anticipation.

The topic first fell on the schedule adjustment just announced by the Italian Professional League.

"Affected by the Calciopoli scandal and the court trial, the new season schedule has been postponed from the original August 27 to September 10, and the final round was scheduled for May 2, 2007. Seventeenth."

What Cantarero was holding in his hand was the fax he had just received from the professional league.

"Judging from this adjustment, the Serie A schedule in the new season will be more intensive than before. Four rounds of games are scheduled to be held in mid-week, so the intensity of the schedule will be greater than in previous seasons."

Gao Han didn't take it too seriously. He nodded and asked, "What about the winter break?"

"Three weeks, strictly speaking only two and a half weeks, because we have to play an Italian Cup." Cantarero replied.

After experiencing the devilish schedule of the Premier League, Gao Han is very satisfied with the winter breaks of other European leagues. Although it is only a short two or three weeks, it can recharge the team at a high level.

Maybe this won't show results in January or February, but by March or April, it will be quite important.

"Then our plan for the new season will be readjusted based on this schedule." Gao Han arranged.

Cantarero nodded in agreement, he is the person in charge of this aspect.

According to this schedule, Inter Milan's first game of the new season is the Italian Super Cup, against Roma, followed by the second game in the European Super Cup, against last season's Champions League champion Barcelona.

This will be a very good warm-up opportunity for Inter Milan.

Gao Han is also very interested to see what the odds are for Inter Milan's lineup to win against Barcelona, ​​which has superior passing and control abilities. This will make him more confident in the Champions League in the new season.

As for the Serie A in the new season, Gao Han is still very confident.

According to the arrangement of the professional league, there will be three rounds of Italian Cup competitions in August, but the eight teams participating in European competitions are directly scheduled to start from the fourth round, including Inter Milan.

Therefore, throughout July and August, Inter Milan's most important task is to prepare for war.

"Lorenzo, I saw the season physical strengthening training plan you gave me before. It's good. Just follow this plan and implement it. Don't hold back. Let them suffer a little and temper their arrogance. .”

Strength and conditioning coach Lorenzo Buenaventura immediately nodded in agreement.

He is now the leading physical fitness coach in European football and is very prestigious among players and the industry.

Gao Han is not particularly worried about the strength of the team, but is more worried about the insensitivity and carelessness among the players.

With Juventus being relegated and AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina having points deducted, Inter Milan faces little challenge, especially after last season's dominant performance. Even more so.

According to the odds offered by many gambling companies such as William Hill and Ladbrokes, Inter Milan is far ahead, with only 1.5, the highest in the entire Italian league, while AC Milan is 3.5, known as Inter Milan's number one Roma's rivals were only 5.5, and then Fiorentina and Lazio were even worse, reaching 51.

Judging from this odds, Inter Milan's dominance in Serie A is evident.

In this case, Gao Han was most worried about himself.

"Professor Peters, I need you to help me pay attention to the players' emotions and psychology at all times."

Steve Peters has been cooperating with Gao Han for more than half a year. He has long understood Gao Han's style of doing things and agreed without hesitation.

After discussing these matters, Cantarero and others also got up and went to prepare.

Today is the first day of training at any time. The players basically just come to report and get to know each other, but there are still many things to be busy with, especially after the holiday, they must strictly monitor the physical condition of the players.

After every holiday, there are always some players who exceed the standard in physical examinations, and this time it will definitely be the same.

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As soon as the coaches took off, the call came from Jorge Mendes.

Not long after, the proud Portuguese took Maicon and knocked on Gao Han's door.

"Welcome to Inter Milan, Maicon."

"It's a great honor to meet you, Mr. Gao Han."

Maicon reached forward with both hands and held Gao Han's hand firmly, looking very excited.

Gao Han and Mendes looked at each other, raised their eyebrows, and felt helpless, and quickly asked Maicon to sit down opposite.

"To be honest, Maicon, I have been following you for five years, starting from the World Youth Championship in 2001."

Maicon nodded hurriedly, "Yes, Mr. Mendes has already told me, I am very honored."

"Before you played as a right midfielder, but in Monaco you played as a right back. I think you have developed better in this position and have great advantages. I believe you can become a very good right back."

After hearing this, Maicon was filled with surprise.

Everyone knows that being valued by Gao Han is definitely a good thing to become famous in one fell swoop. Even if word spreads, his worth will immediately double.

Therefore, Maicon also said very sincerely that he will do his best to play for Gao Han and Inter Milan.

"When I was playing in France, I was already following Inter Milan's games. To be honest, I was deeply impressed by Inter Milan, not only your football, but also your spirit on the court."

"I am very good friends with Adriano. When he heard that I was coming to Inter Milan, he told me that I came to a great club and played under a great manager, so I hope I can prove myself here, perform better and better, and not let Mr. Gao Han, the club and everyone down."

Gao Han laughed and waved his hands, saying repeatedly that there was no need to be so serious, but in his heart he was still very happy with Maicon's statement.

The discipline of Brazilian players has always been a difficult problem, but Maicon is relatively good in this aspect, but Gao Han decided to say it first.

"Since you are good friends with Adriano and Cesar, I believe you must also know many of the team's rules. What I want to say is that the team's training will be very hard, but I will never treat me badly. The players I have, no matter who they are, and my request is very simple, I just want them to give their best to play for me."

Maicon nodded repeatedly, constantly promising that he would not disappoint Gao Han.

"You should also know that the main right back is captain Zanetti, but we will fight on multiple fronts in the new season. We need to have different choices in one position and make different decisions according to different opponents. So, regarding the game, You can rest assured.”

"Well, I understand." Maicon nodded. "Zanetti is a great captain and a great player. I respect him very much. Being able to play in the same team with him is very important to me." It’s an honor.”

"I'm still young, Mr. Gao Han. The purpose of coming to Inter Milan is to learn and improve. Therefore, I fully respect and obey any arrangements given to you."

Gao Han was very satisfied with Maicon's attitude. He looked at the time and saw that captain Zanetti should have arrived, so he made a phone call and asked Zanetti to come and take him back.

Although he is the team's head coach, captain Zanetti is still responsible for matters in the locker room.

Of course, Gao Han is not worried that Zanetti will embarrass Maicon. Before introducing a right back, Gao Han fully performed Zanetti's work. The latter also made it clear that he would obey the arrangements of the head coach and the club and do his best. Do your best to be a captain.

After Maicon and Zanetti were gone, Gao Han looked at Jorge Mendez with a smile.

"This kid is so good at talking. Did you teach him?"

Mendes was stunned and immediately felt aggrieved, "How could it be? Am I that kind of person?"

Gao Han nodded, with one word written all over his face, yes.

But it doesn’t matter, since the players are here anyway, they just need to abide by the rules and play with all their heart.

"I say, Mr. Gao Han, you still underestimate your own attractiveness."

"Oh, is it so?"

"As soon as this kid heard that you were going to buy him, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several nights. And Daniel Alves from Sevilla heard from the media that you were going to buy him and kept calling me. Ask me if it’s true. Didn’t you see what they looked like? You just want to rush to Milan to find you.”

Gao Han was a little surprised, is it really such an exaggeration?

"These boys all come from poor families. No matter how good they are at football, they still need to meet famous teachers. This is true for Cesar, Adriano, and even more so for superstars such as Kaká and Ronaldinho. "

Speaking of this, Jorge Mendes smiled enviously and said: "I can guarantee that in the minds of young players in today's European football, as long as you say a word, they will not refuse you anyway."

Gao Han did not doubt this evaluation, but in addition to being a little proud, it was more of a heavy responsibility.

This is a golden sign, but it is also the players' trust and expectations for him.

Just like Maicon, he came to Inter Milan with full confidence, hoping to improve himself under Gao Han and work hard to become a talent. It is completely believed that he will try his best every time he plays because he desires success more than anyone else.

But if one day, Gao Han disappoints him, then he will definitely be extremely depressed, even disheartened.

Maicon is like this, Hamsik is like this, and young players such as Marchisio and Bonucci are also like this.

This is true even for everyone at Inter Milan.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

There is absolutely no problem with this sentence when it comes to Gao Han.

"By the way, I plan to bring a few players to Serie A. What do you think?" Mendes asked with concern.

Gao Han didn't understand what this guy was thinking. He curled his lips and nodded to indicate that it was okay.

With the fall of Moggi, GEA, a company under Moggi's command, has been deeply involved in the phone scandal and is currently under the government's spotlight. Many players have defected because of this. This giant company that once accounted for 70% of Serie A's football business Wuba Company finally fell apart, which gave Mendes the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Of course, many local Italian agents will also follow the trend.

However, Gao Han didn't have much interest in these things. On the contrary, Mendes kept pulling Gao Han to ask for his opinion.

"I think the Cavani you circled up is good, and I plan to recommend him to come to Serie A to give it a try."

"And Palacio, this guy is awesome."

"That little man named Lavezzi, do you think he can adapt to Serie A?"

"Higuain is not bad, River Plate thinks highly of him, and Falcao, who is also at River Plate, is also very good."

"By the way, I listened to you and went to see Neymar play in the youth team. He is so awesome. He is a future superstar."

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