Super Marshal

"I am very happy to have the opportunity to open a column in the Guardian to share my understanding and understanding of football with all my fans and friends, and to discuss my journey during the two months since I returned to coach in the Premier League."

After four rounds of the Premier League, it entered the two-week national team match day.

Although the league was suspended, the media still needed to continue. After a long period of publicity, the Guardian finally officially published Gao Han's first column on September 1, and it quickly caused a sensation in the UK.

"Many people who don't know me will criticize our style of play this season, thinking that I am stubborn and too motivated, but some people who know me will feel that this is the Gao Han they are familiar with."

"From the moment I decided to return to the Premier League, winning was not my only pursuit and it was not the whole game."

"There is no doubt that every manager needs to be responsible for his team, his players and the management behind him. No one likes losing, but football is not just about winning, and my purpose in coaching Manchester City It’s because I want to do more.”

"If we want to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of three-back play and four-back play, we might not be able to finish the discussion in ten days and a half, and it would be too boring. Here I can only say that the three-back style represents a kind of It is a completely different tactical concept from the four-back, at least in my mind, the three-four-three formation is synonymous with total offense and total defense, and it is also my pursuit."

"Then why did Manchester City play like this this season, only scoring five goals in four games?"

"Obviously, we have the most dazzling offensive lineup in the Premier League and even in Europe. Logically speaking, we should score three or four goals in every game, but the problem lies in the connection of our frontcourt offense. It's not good enough, which makes it easy for our opponents to interrupt our offense once it advances to a certain area."

"We have been working hard to adjust in the past few games, but everyone knows that from the beginning of the new season, the consecutive double matches in a week did not leave us enough time to try and adjust. All kinds of things have been revealed from the first day of the league. After the problem, we seemed to be tied to an unbridled carriage and could only keep running forward."

"But even so, we can still clearly see gratifying changes. For example, in the third and fourth rounds of the league, we created more opportunities, and even in the fourth round we faced the opponent's aggressive play. During the game, we tried many consecutive passes, especially the fourteen-foot pass, which made me very happy.”

"I have always firmly believed that we are constantly improving and solving problems, and we will become better and better, stronger and more confident."

In the column, Gao Han very sincerely analyzed the troubles his team has encountered this season.

Although he didn't say it clearly, anyone familiar with football can guess that Kaká's absence has indeed caused a lot of trouble to Manchester City, because neither David Silva nor Modric is the same as Kaká. Belong to the same type.

At the very least, in terms of attacking from the back, the gap between them and Kaka is still very obvious.

A week of double matches, with a game played almost every three or four days. Such a dense and frequent schedule did not give Manchester City any chance to adjust and breathe. As a result, the cold team could never stop to take a breath.

This is undoubtedly quite disadvantageous for a newly reorganized team.

But the situation will also improve, because the two-week national team competition gives Manchester City a chance to breathe, and after entering September, Manchester City, which is not affected by European competitions, will usher in a more relaxed competition environment.

This is undoubtedly great news for Manchester City.

Gao Han also mentioned the goals and strategies for this season in his column.

"I have counted the battle records between Manchester City and the top four teams in the league last season. When they played Arsenal, they won 3-0 at home and lost 0-2 away. When they played Chelsea, they lost 1-3 at home and lost 0-1 away. Losing, Manchester United lost 0-1 at home and lost 0-2 away from home, while Liverpool lost 2-3 at home and drew 1-1 away from home.”

"Eight games, one win, one draw and six losses, both defeats against Chelsea and Manchester United. Such results are undoubtedly quite bad for a team that aims to advance, and it is difficult to compete with several strong teams. During the competition, we can clearly see our own shortcomings and the areas where the team needs to improve.”

“I believe that a very important task for the team in the new season is to improve our performance and score points in competitions with strong teams. Only by comprehensively improving our performance in strong dialogues can we be qualified to compare with these strong teams. "

"As for how many points we can score to win the championship, how many games we can win to win the championship, these are not things we need to worry about. We just need to go all out and play every game well."

"The competition in the Premier League this season is very fierce. Chelsea is currently ranked first, followed closely by Tottenham Hotspur. This team is also very strong. Redknapp has always been very good. A local coach, and after us, teams such as Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool will also be chasing us."

"For us, the advantage is that we only have to fight for the league and can go all out without being distracted by European competitions. Especially in terms of physical fitness, we will have an advantage. The challenge is to perform in the strong dialogue."

"In September, after two weeks of national team matches, we will welcome Arsenal in the fifth round of the Premier League, and Manchester United in the sixth round of the Premier League. We will encounter strong opponents in two consecutive rounds. This will be our first test of the new season. .”

"I'm really looking forward to it."

"This season, Manchester City has no European competitions to play in. Facing strong teams, especially teams that are favorites to win the championship, is our Champions League game, which is the best test of our strength."

"We need to prove to all the fans that we can play better games and get better results."

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In the courtyard of his mansion in the Golden Triangle of Cheshire, Ferguson finished reading Gao Han's column, clicked his tongue twice, and thought to himself, should he also write a column?

The Guardian attaches great importance to Gao Han's column and started promoting it early. It was only officially published on September 1st and quickly aroused a huge response. It is said that the Guardian this morning was sold out, which shows Gao Han's influence among fans.

Judging from this column, Gao Han indeed writes well, is well-reasoned, and is neither humble nor arrogant.

He not only clarified the outside criticism of his so-called one-to-zeroism, but also elaborated on his coaching philosophy and Manchester City's strategy for competing in the Premier League this season. At the same time, he also sounded the horn for the next two strong dialogues.

"This kid is really good at calculating things." Ferguson laughed and scolded.

You know, the Guardian's column is paid for the author. It is said that Gao Han's author's remuneration is quite high, and it is updated irregularly.

In other words, Gao Han can write whenever he wants, and he can't write if he doesn't want to. And judging from the news exposed by the tabloid media before, the Guardian has paid him a one-time advance of three million pounds in royalties, which shows that he has high regard for him. of attention.

Ferguson became depressed when he thought of this.

He had worked hard to write an autobiography before, and the sales were good. But so far, he has only received about one million pounds in royalties. However, Gao Han was better off. He earned three million without writing a single word. GBP.

This comparison between people is really infuriating.

But Gao Han's idea of ​​winning the league is right.

Take last season as an example, Manchester United performed well in the strong dialogue, but lost to Liverpool in both rounds. This made the Red Devils have a hard time in the final championship. On the other hand, Liverpool's results in the strong dialogue were very brilliant. Directly As a result, the Red Army won the league runner-up.

So why couldn't Benitez's team win the championship?

Because they have excellent results in strong dialogues, but their ability to abuse opponents is not good, especially at home, against Stoke City, Fulham, West Ham United, Hull City, etc., they were all draws, including two games against Stoke City. The rounds were all zero to zero.

It was precisely because they lost too many points against mid-to-lower teams that Liverpool ultimately missed the championship.

Looking back at Manchester City, the ability of the cold team to abuse the opponent is definitely not a problem. Except for Everton, the opponents in the first four rounds of the new season are not strong. Although Manchester City did not perform well, they all won by one goal.

Therefore, the real test lies in strong dialogue.

Ferguson had to admit that Gao Han had a very full understanding of the situation in the Premier League.

Thinking of this, Ferguson suddenly took out his mobile phone, found Gao Han's phone number, and called him directly.

The phone rang a few times and then the call was connected, and Gao Han's laughter came.

"What's the matter, Jazz? There's no game anymore. Are you bored?"

"I heard that you didn't go to the UEFA Head Coaches Summit. What were you busy with?" Ferguson asked.

I just saw this news from the newspaper. Gao Han was not included in the list of participants announced by UEFA.

"I heard?" Gao Han chuckled, "That means you didn't go either."

Ferguson could only chuckle.

"I am now the head coach of Manchester City. I can't even play in European competitions. Is it interesting to go to the head coach summit?"

Although UEFA specially invited Gao Han, he still found reasons to politely decline.

He even didn't even attend the award ceremony because his team couldn't play in the Champions League and the draw ceremony had nothing to do with him.

Ferguson chuckled and said, "I knew you wouldn't go, so I didn't go either."

"Put me down. If you don't want to go, don't use me as a shield." How could Gao Han believe it.

"By the way, there is movement around you, where is it?"

"I've been busy with my new home and haven't had time to come and check it out. I guess I'll move here in another month."

"You're in Alderley Edge?"

Ferguson was so excited that he slapped his thigh, "Okay, just wait for me over there. I'll be there soon. Don't go back today. Come to my house as a guest."

After a pause, Ferguson's face darkened, "I never invite others to my home as a guest. You are the first one. Don't refuse, otherwise I will turn against you."

Gao Han on the other side of the phone was stunned.

These days, you can be strong in many things, but I didn’t expect that you can even be strong in inviting people to be your guests.

But after thinking about it again, I felt relieved. The old man was probably depressed at home and worried about not being able to find company.

But what he didn't know was that as soon as Ferguson heard Gao Han's promise, he immediately returned home and solemnly confessed to his wife Cathy that he would hold a sumptuous lunch to entertain Gao Han at noon, and then went to the wine cellar to take out his The good wine that has been carefully stored for many years comes out, and I plan to drink it.

As soon as they heard that the cold weather was coming, the entire Ferguson family was extremely excited. When his younger brother Martin Ferguson, who lived not far away, heard the news, he brought his whole family to the banquet.

Ferguson even personally drove to Alderley Edge and visited Gao Han's new home before he kindly picked up Gao Han's family of three and went home.

But what Gao Han didn't know was that what greeted him was a disaster.