Super Marshal

"Mr. Gao Han, I am a retired professional player. What I want to ask you is, what do you think is the biggest transition from player to coach? How should we deal with such a transition?"

Sitting in the front row is Juventus legend Conte. He is also a student of the Covelciano coach training master class. This is also the highest level course set by the Italian Football Association. After graduation, he can directly play independently in Serie A and Serie B. Coaching.

Because of this, the number of students enrolled in each course is strictly limited, and the selection requirements are also very high. Most of them are professional players, and players who have participated in the Italian national team often have an advantage.

This is normal in every country in the world.

"Thank you very much for your question, Antonio." Gao Han made a gesture to sit down, but immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly, "But to be honest, I am not qualified to answer this question because I am not a professional player."

Everyone in the venue burst into laughter again, which was a bit self-deprecating.

"We Chinese have a saying, without practice, you have no right to speak. Originally I shouldn't have said anything more, but since you asked, I have indeed contacted many coaches after professional players retired, so I will try to answer this Questions, everyone communicates and discusses with each other.”

Everyone present nodded again.

The whole speech process was very hot and the atmosphere was very lively. From Gao Han's speech to the subsequent free questions, the laughter continued. Everyone also cherished the opportunity to ask Gao Han face to face, and Gao Han also told everything he knew.

"I believe everyone here knows that players and coaches are two completely different jobs. An excellent player may not necessarily become an excellent coach. The most important thing is the issue of role transformation."

"In a locker room, every player has his own unique life experience, his own unique insights into football, and his own thoughts and ideas about the game, but as a head coach, he should be in charge of formulating the team's plans. On the basis of the overall technical and tactical situation, we fully understand and guide the uniqueness of individual players.”

"After many excellent players become coaches, it is easy to find that their players are completely unable to understand and follow their own ideas. But I personally think that this is not a problem for the players, but a problem for the coaches, because we do not Probably every player is required to have the football intelligence of Maradona and Zidane, right?"

The vast majority of people here are professional players, many of whom are youth training coaches, and they deal with players in the lower age groups, so they are very touched by Gao Han's words.

Great players who retire and become head coaches are either very good or very bad.

The difference between the two lies in whether and when they can adjust their role transformation in time.

The players put me first and listen to the head coach's arrangements, but the head coach has to put the overall situation first and arrange the players to play.

This seems to be separated by a layer of window paper, but in fact there are many outstanding players who cannot break through in their lifetime.

"But what I want to say is that a player-turned-coach has a natural advantage, that is, it is easy for him to win the trust of his players, and we all know that in a locker room, the most important task of the head coach is to gain the trust of the players. .”

When he said this, Gao Han suddenly laughed and pointed at Guardiola sitting in the middle of the crowd.

"It's like my best friend, Guardiola, if I were a player and he was the manager, then I would say to him, oh, Josep, I grew up watching you play, tell me, What do you want me to do?”

The venue burst into laughter again.

"What if I break his rules and I retort and contradict him when he is training me? It's easy. He just scolds me and says, 'You know nothing. You were still wearing open pants when I was playing football. Woolen cloth."

Everyone present immediately laughed even crazier, and many people even slapped the table.

As the speech progressed, Gao Han gradually let go of his hands and feet, and now he was laughing.

After everyone had laughed, he returned to the topic.

"In any case, as I have emphasized before, trust is the basis for a head coach's success."

With this last sentence, Gao Han once again won thunderous applause from the audience.

Renzo Ulivieri also stood up at this time, gestured to Gao Han, and walked to the stage.

"Everyone, we are very grateful to Mr. Gao Han for his wonderful and interesting speech and answers today, but unfortunately, we originally arranged for one and a half hours, and now it is almost three hours. Due to time constraints, we have to end this session. However, on behalf of Coverciano, I hereby solemnly invite Mr. Gao Han to make time to come and teach us a lesson."

Everyone at the scene greatly agreed with Ulivieri's proposal, and everyone's face showed that they were still satisfied.

If Gao Han was a little reserved at the beginning, then after he completely relaxed, he not only talked about a lot of useful information, but also made the atmosphere very lively, so that each of them gained a lot.

But they can also understand Ulivieri's decision. After all, Gao Han and the others have to rush back to Milan.

He took the time to go south specifically today, and he will face Udinese at home tomorrow.

Finally, Ulivieri announced the end of his speech.

Gao Han walked off the main stage and shook hands and hugged many famous coaches including Lippi, Prandelli and Loew, as well as many famous players such as Conte, Maldini and Baresi.

"Your speech today was very exciting. I heard you talk about the remarks of Chinese sages many times, which made me very interested. You are a country with a long cultural heritage and full of wisdom." Lippi praised with a smile.

"Then come to my motherland if you have the chance. Our football level is still very low and the development of the league is still very backward, but we have the largest group of fans in the world. They are crazy about football and they are eager to change the current situation of football in the motherland. , so we need the guidance and help of a world-famous coach like you."

Lippi smiled and nodded, "Okay, there is a chance."

After that, Gao Han met with other people one after another, especially Allegri, the assistant coach of Udinese.

Although it was the first time they met, the two would be rivals tomorrow night, but today they were chatting happily. This feeling was very interesting.

Finally, Gao Han, accompanied by Ulivieri, Lippi and others, visited the entire training base in Covelciano and the Italian coach training system.

The technical department responsible for Italian coach training was established in 1959, but before that, the Football Association had already conducted coach training and related theoretical research through a coach training association.

In other words, Italy has accumulated nearly half a century in this regard.

Ulivieri, Lippi, Trapattoni, Sacchi, Capello, Ancelotti...

Many famous Italian coaches came from such a system, and they are also constantly improving the entire Italian coach training system and technical and tactical theoretical system through their subsequent coaching.

This should be the most systematic coach training in the world.

"Lenzo, I have considered setting up a youth training center in my home country before. As you know, my home country also has many young people like me who love football and are eager to develop in football. "

"So, I would like to ask, is it possible for us to cooperate in coach training? If possible, I plan to set up a coach training institution in my motherland to carry out all-round cooperation with you and introduce your complete set of coaches. The training system also arranges for our domestic coaches to come to Italy for further training.”

When Gao Han spoke, Ulivieri nodded repeatedly, "Welcome, absolutely welcome."

When it comes to communication, Italy is not secretive and is even very open.

For example, in terms of goalkeeper training, countries such as France, Germany and Brazil all learned from Italy and received support and help from Italian coaches. This does not hinder Italy's achievements in this aspect at all.

As for Italy, after Buffon, there was no high-level goalkeeper. However, several other countries produced talents in large numbers, especially Germany and Brazil. This has a lot to do with Italy's local youth training.

But this cannot deny the excellent results Italy has achieved in theory and coaching training.

"Mr. Gao Han, this is exactly what I want to tell you. We have also heard about the adjustments and reforms you have made at Inter Milan, so we also hope that you can agree to let more of our students come to Inter Milan. Observe and learn from the sidelines, including the first team and youth training. You know, our youth training has lagged too far behind in recent years."

"Well, no problem, we're more than welcome."

Ulivieri laughed heartily after hearing this, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation with each other."

“A pleasure to work with.”

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After visiting Coverciano, Gao Han had a meal with Ulivieri, Lippi, Prandelli and Loew before rushing back to Milan with Guardiola.

This pilgrimage to Covelciano touched him deeply.

After the Calciopoli incident, Italy was still able to counterattack and win the World Cup. The strength of the players is certainly one aspect, but Lippi's coaching and the technical and tactical content of the entire national team are the most important.

None of this can be achieved or lost overnight.

Or should I say, this is the foundation of Italian football.

Half a century of practical accumulation and theoretical research have brought together the wisdom of countless sages such as Sacchi and Trapattoni. Italy's achievements in football are absolutely admirable.

Looking back at Chinese football, if we want to develop and improve the player's strength level, it is just a superficial aspect. What we really need to do is to start from the most basic place, starting from youth training, coaching training, theoretical research, and through long-term development. The accumulation of time has gradually evolved into the Chinese way of football.

This road is still long, far away, and difficult, but Gao Han will definitely go on.

After his pilgrimage to Coverciano, he strengthened his determination.

This will be the most important mission in his life that he must complete.

There are no direct flights between Florence and Milan, and the transfer takes five hours, so the return journey is still by train.

During that one-hour train ride, Gao Han was still immersed in the shock brought by Covelciano.

He called Xiang Tianming who was far away in BJ to learn about the latest progress of the land purchase, but the result was a bit disappointing.

With the skyrocketing housing prices in recent years, land prices in the entire Beijing area have skyrocketed. However, the youth training center is a project that takes up a lot of space, so Xiang Tianming also has a huge headache.

This should also be the current situation in the country.

Real estate is being developed everywhere, and football, a sport that requires a large area of ​​land, is not taken seriously at all.

On the contrary, the basketball court is more popular because it is small and has a large audience.

"Then let's look further out. I must build this youth training center. It must be built!" Gao Han said loudly.