Super Marshal

Gao Hanzhuo stood on the training ground, his serious eyes sweeping over the players in front of him one by one.

All Inter Milan's first-team players raised their heads and looked intently at the coach in front of them. Everyone's eyes projected a deep admiration and love.

Especially several young players who just joined the team this summer, they are almost worshiped.

Gao Han's achievements in European football in the past few years are almost god-like in the minds of all young players. Who doesn't want to play under Gao Han?

Not to mention Gao Han, let’s just talk about the few people standing next to him. Each of them is the most famous top coach in European football today, such as Cantarero, who is best at sculpting players, and former Barcelona captain Guo Guo. Diola, Pedro Haro who trained Petr Cech and Edwin van der Sar, and Buenaventura, who is known as the best physical coach in Europe...

These legendary figures who could only appear in newspapers and on TV are now standing in front of them alive, and next they will train and compete under this group of legendary heroes. How can this group of young players not be excited and excited?

The players were looking at the head coach, and Gao Han was also looking at the players. He saw every player's expression and reaction, especially the newly joined players, and he probably had a good idea. Open your mouth.

"Welcome back, poor guys!" Gao Han said with a smile.

All the players in front of them chuckled, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

The most excited ones are the young players, especially Cristiano Ronaldo and others.

As early as last season's Calciopoli scandal broke out, they had been worried about whether Gao Han would be punished by the Italian Football Association for exposing the Calciopoli scandal. Therefore, they are really happy to see Gao Han again now.

Even veterans such as Figo and Veron are overjoyed.

Even if they know very well, what awaits them next will be more than a month of brutal training.

"Okay, I don't want to talk anymore. I just want to tell you a few things now."

After everyone heard this, everyone became serious.

"First of all, I hope everyone will forget what the team achieved last season. It is undeniable that the Triple Crown is indeed a very rare achievement, but that has passed. What we have to face next is a brand new one. This season, the results we have achieved in the past will not help us at all.”

After hearing this, the players all nodded.

Be wary of arrogance and impetuosity. This is what Gao Han has been emphasizing within the team since the second half of last season.

From the original pursuer to the current leader, Inter Milan's real enemy is no longer the opponents on the field, but the team itself. As long as it can steadily display its strength, it can defeat its opponents on the field. .

"Also, I hope each of you will keep in mind that this is Serie A. Every team here gathers the best professional players in the world. Every game here is very important." Cruel, if we don't give 100% concentration, then there is only one final result, and that is a disastrous defeat."

"So, my request to you is very simple. Do your best to perform at your highest level in every game, and I will only arrange players who are willing to give their best for the team to play."

The players already knew Gao Han's employment standards. Even the newly joined players could basically learn about it from newspapers, so they were not surprised at all by Gao Han's words.

This is also the principle of Gao Han's work.

Instead of waiting until something happens and then talking about it, he is more willing to make a three-part plan and say the ugly things upfront.

"In the new season, in addition to continuing to work hard in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, I also hope that we can make a difference in the Champions League, and I also believe that as long as each of you can play with all your heart, then We will definitely be able to achieve a satisfactory result at the end of the season.”

Having said this, Gao Han looked deeply at every player in front of him.

"Everyone of you was personally selected and introduced by me. I believe that you will not let me or the fans down."

The players immediately became excited.

Whether they are rookies or veterans, they are all eager to prove their strength in the Champions League.

This is the highest platform of professional football in the world, the stage that everyone dreams of.

Even superstars like Cannavaro, who just led the team to win the World Cup as captain, have not yet had the chance to win the Champions League. How can they not look forward to it eagerly?

"Okay, I won't say any more gossip. Get ready to peel off your skin!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Han and all the coaches laughed maliciously.

As for the players, they all smiled helplessly.

There is a saying that goes well, since you can't resist, you can only enjoy it.

Fortunately, after last season's devilish training, they all know that Gao Han's pre-season training is indeed very hard, but the effect is indeed very obvious, not only allowing them to have more physical fitness than their opponents to cope with the game , and can also avoid their injuries to the greatest extent.

This is simply a huge benefit for professional players.

Even so, who would refuse?

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Buenaventura's pre-season training plan is based on Gao Han's pre-season optimization training in the past years and combined with this season's Serie A schedule. It is more suitable for Gao Han's technical and tactical play, as well as the current The current situation of Inter Milan.

After a long vacation, the physical condition of the players is generally not ideal, and it is common to exceed the standard. Therefore, adjustments are still the main focus at the beginning of the training camp, and then the formal increase in volume begins.

During the adjustment stage, the team arranged for the players to go on vacation to Sicily for a week of adjustments as they did last season, and this time the players were allowed to bring their family members with them.

This semi-vacation training camp was warmly welcomed by the players.

But a week later, after the team returned to Milan, what awaited the players was a brutal pre-season training.

The training intensity of three practices a day, not to mention the veterans in the team, even some young and strong players were overwhelmed at the beginning, but after persisting for a period of time, they gradually adapted to it.

After the intensive training is over, every player can clearly feel his own changes.

At this time, Inter Milan also began to enter the second stage of pre-season training and began to arrange warm-up matches.

According to Gao Han's consistent principle, the opponents in the warm-up match do not need to be very strong. The main focus is on running in and inspecting the players. The same is true this season. Except for Monaco, a French team, the rest are Italian low-level players. A strong team, or a mid-to-lower team from other surrounding countries.

The purpose of this is to facilitate Gao Han to practice different tactics and play with different player configurations during the game.

After last season's games, Inter Milan's overall tactical framework has been very mature, and the main lineup is basically clear. The only thing that is more suspense is the midfielder.

Figo and Veron are both old, especially Figo. After participating in the World Cup this summer, he basically had no time to rest. Coupled with his age of 35, his performance in pre-season training has been poor. Satisfying.

On the contrary, Ivory Coast youngster Yaya Toure, whom Gao Han focused on training last season, performed very well in several pre-season warm-up matches.

The young Ivory Coast midfielder relied on his performance at Inter Milan last season to be successfully selected for the Ivory Coast national team and participated in the World Cup. However, in Germany, although he started all three games, his performance was relatively average. Ivory Coast They also had one win and two losses in three games and stopped in the group stage.

This makes Yaya Toure very depressed, and he only wants to perform in Inter Milan in the new season.

More importantly, Yaya Toure has made rapid progress after a season of training under the guidance of master midfield superstars such as Figo and Veron. Coupled with his strong body and exquisite skills, he Gao Han had reason to have high hopes for him.

Therefore, in several pre-season warm-up matches, Gao Han began to consciously arrange for Yaya Toure to replace Figo and partner Veron and Cambiasso in the midfield. The effect was bad, but in the game against Monaco In one game, Yaya Toure performed very well.

This warm-up match was arranged to be held at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco. Firstly, after the team introduced Maicon from Monaco, they promised to play a warm-up match with Monaco. Secondly, it was also for the upcoming European Super Cup game. warm up.

This game against Barcelona was the first time Gao Han encountered a top European team after coaching Inter Milan, especially a team like Barcelona with excellent passing and control capabilities. Gao Han really had to be cautious.

As a result, at the Stade Louis II, Yaya Toure basically fulfilled the requirements of the cold.

Although he starts as the team's central midfielder, Yaya Toure has a very wide range of activities, runs very actively, works hard defensively and contributes a lot, and he is also quite threatening on the offensive end, whether he is inserting in from behind. , or playing with the ball at the front of the penalty area, both are quite threatening.

This also allowed Gao Han to basically see the feasibility of the team's four-man attack in the frontcourt.

Whether it is for technical and tactical considerations or long-term metabolic planning, continuing to increase the reuse of Yaya Toure has become Gao Han's inevitable choice in the new season. Even Figo himself knows this very well.

With one pass and one shot, the team defeated Monaco 4-1, and Yaya Toure was elected as the best player of the warm-up match. Inter Milan was very satisfied with him and full of expectations.

In addition to Yaya Toure, Gao Han also inspected Hamsik, Marchisio and Bonucci many times.

These three young players all have extraordinary potential. Hamsik's characteristics are very similar to Nedved, but for the time being, he is far from reaching Nedved's height. Marchisio is very comprehensive and can be competent in the middle. Various positions including midfielder and defensive midfielder.

As for Bonucci, Gao Han is full of expectations for him in terms of receiving and delivering the ball in the defense.

In the good atmosphere of a series of warm-up matches, time has quietly entered mid-August.

Other mainstream European leagues have also ignited the flames of war. Only the Italian League was affected by the Calciopoli scandal and postponed the start of the league to September.

In late August, Inter Milan finally ushered in the first official game of the new season.

Italian Super Cup, defending league champion Inter Milan vs. Italian Cup runner-up Roma.

The match was held at the Meazza Stadium in Milan.