Chapter 1006 Two to two, it's a draw!
In the head coach's office of Paris Saint-Germain, Gao Han sat on the sofa, raised his head, rubbed Meishan hard, and sighed softly when no one noticed it.
In the live TV broadcast on the opposite wall, the game had reached the 80th minute, but the score on the field was still one to two, with the home team in front and the away team in the back, and Pochettino's team still lagging behind Milan.
The only thing that compares the sex is that he did not lose more than three goals to Milan.
After replacing the injured Ilia La Mendi with Kant in the first half, Pochettino has never made a substitution.
But Kanter, who came on as a substitute in this game, performed mediocrely, and the entire Chinatown team was not excited enough, which is the team's biggest problem now.
"Sergio, what's the situation with Arsenal?" Gao Han asked with his eyes closed.
"No goal has been scored by zero," Sergio Garcia replied.
He is also paying attention to the situation of another game in this group at any time.
Unlike Paris Saint-Germain who won six straight games early and qualified first in the group, the group where Chinatown is located is a big melee. In the last round, there are still three teams with the right to qualify, and Milan is also very tenacious.
If it loses to Milan in this game, Chinatown can maintain its right to qualify in the group, but can only rank second. For Chinatown, which has long been leading the group, the result of a sharp start and a bad end will greatly dampen the team's morale.
"In the second season, Pochettino is still not ideal in rotation." Sergio Garcia shook her head and sighed.
This problem with Pochettino was exposed as early as last season.
Every time Chinatown falls into a double-line battle, it can only take into account one front. If the Champions League is good, there will be problems in the league. Once the league improves, there will be problems in the Champions League. This is still the case this season.
When the team led the Champions League group stage, the team's performance in La Liga even fell out of the top ten at one time, which was unacceptable to all Chinatown fans. When the team adjusted and the league won two consecutive victories and directly caught up with the First Army, problems arose again in the Champions League, from a three-game winning streak to two rounds of unwinding.
In the final analysis, it is the old problem of team rotation.
This is not very obvious at the beginning of the season, but as the schedule deepens, the problem will become clearer.
"His coaching staff highly praised the kind of training that will challenge the limits. Many people described him as ravaging players like dogs. Although this old-fashioned military academy training method has obvious effects, its disadvantages are equally serious." Buenaventura said.
He is a physical training master under Gao Han. He has followed Gao Han for many years and is authoritative in physical training and physical reserves. He has always reserved Pochettino's training method.
"I agree more with Sergio's judgment. Rotation is the big problem." Zidane also expressed his opinion. "I think Pochettino is still not bold enough at critical moments."
"What do you mean?" Gao Han turned his head and looked at his assistant.
Zidane thought for a while, "I think I can play Valencia away last weekend, and even play as a full substitute."
Perhaps seeing everyone's doubts, Zidane reorganized it.
"I can fully understand Pochettino's idea. He fell to tenth in the league before, and he was under great pressure. After that, he chased to fifth place all the way. This is indeed not easy. However, the draw with Osasuna at home was 0 to zero, which made the team's ranking fall to seventh again. After that, he began to be uneasy when he met Valencia."
"Valencia's recent situation is not good. Malaga, who lost to Pellegrini's away game by 0 to 4, is in a worrying situation. He will definitely fight to the death at home. There is no doubt about this, but if you want to compete in the league, you can completely rotate, so that the main players have more physical fitness to deal with Milan."
"But at the critical moment, Pochettino's approach was to let the main players endure it. The two games were almost the same lineup. The price came out. Ilia La Mendi was injured and the players' condition was generally not excited enough. It is now early December, and the fatigue of continuous combat has begun to appear."
When Zidane said this, he shook his head and sighed, "Facts have proved that Valencia's form is not ideal. Chinatown defeated the Bats 5-2 away and completed a reversal, but the price was revealed in this game."
Gao Han nodded slightly.
Zidane's words were not a hindsight. Before he played Valencia away in Chinatown, he proposed that he should rotate significantly and focus on playing the Champions League first. After all, it is very rare to be able to qualify for the first place in the group, as long as he wins Milan at home.
But at critical moments, Pochettino was still a little conservative.
Of course, this cannot be said wrong. After all, his worries make sense. If Osasuna draws and loses to Valencia away, the team's ranking will decline again and may even fall to tenth place, and the pressure will be greater.
This is a dilemma, it has nothing to do with good or bad, it is just a choice based on the personality and style of different head coaches.
Of course, if Pochettino's rotation system operates in an orderly and reasonable manner, this dilemma can be avoided to the greatest extent.
After defeating Valencia 5-2 away, Pochettino's team ranked fifth in La Liga, but if he can't beat Milan in this game and finally qualify as the second in the group, he really doesn't know whether it's worth it.
After all, the second qualifying team in the group will face a stronger opponent, and Chinatown is completely likely to stop in the quarterfinals knockout round.
"In addition to rotation, I think Pochettino's arrangement of troops in this game is also very problematic."
Zidane talked freely, his face full of regret.
"Milan's situation is even worse. They have to win more than three goals to qualify. Logically speaking, Allegri should be anxious, but it was Chinatown that took the initiative in the game. Pochettino exposed his trump card too early, which allowed Allegri to play the defensive counterattack that they are best at."
"If it's just like this, it's okay. But Chinatown's tactics seem to be very aggressive and have an advantage in possession of the ball, but they are in a position to score points. They lack the means to break through dense defense, which allowed Milan to seize the opportunity and launch a counterattack. At the critical moment, Pochettino still couldn't calm down."
The French people's insights and analysis made everyone in the office agree with it.
Especially high and cold.
As the world's best offensive head coach, Gao Han has always been worried about Pochettino's ability to train offensively. He used to be involved in the team. Falcao, Diego Costa, Michu and Aubameyang were able to shine, which was closely related to Gao Han's participation.
But as Gao Han gradually stopped, Pochettino's shortcomings in training offense were soon exposed.
This does not mean that Pochettino is not good, after all, he is still very young and has a bright future.
If you learn from your mistakes, you will be able to learn from your own shortcomings quickly and make up for your own shortcomings.
But after listening to Zidane's opinion, Gao Han couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of French celebrities.
After all, a superstar is a superstar. He is calm and rational at critical moments, and has extraordinary courage and courage. More importantly, Zidane has played in Serie A and La Liga for many years. After coaching, he studied under Mourinho, who is the best at defending in the world. Now he is internship under Gao Han, which is a gathering of strengths of many schools.
In his daily advice, Gao Han could also feel Zidane's understanding of ball control.
On the other hand, Pochettino has more possession of ball control, so he has the advantage of possession but does not know how to use it. He won't score points, which has become a problem for Pochettino.
Gao Han felt that if he went to the Premier League and took over Ferguson to take charge of Manchester United, this problem should not be obvious, but in La Liga, this would be exposed.
Chinatown now has players with excellent ball-control skills such as Hazard, De Bruyne, Isco, Verati, etc., and it is certain that they will follow the pass and control genre in the future. If Pochettino stays in the team, Gao Han will definitely have a good talk with him. Now he is going to Manchester United, so Chinatown should take this opportunity to transform.
That requires a head coach who is good at passing control.
Guardiola would be the most suitable candidate, but Chinatown could not afford his salary at all. Moreover, he is having a hot fight with Bayern Munich and will not come to Chinatown at all.
Emery Pellegrini?
Well, they are all candidates worth considering.
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As it turns out, although Pochettino has many shortcomings, there is one thing that Gao Han has absolutely not read wrong.
That is the tenacious fighting spirit that he inherits from Bielsa and never gives up easily.
When the game entered the eighty minutes, Pochettino made a substitution, replaced Miranda with Verati, and pushed Isco to the front midfielder position. The team's tactics turned into a three, four, and three formations, and both full-backs had extremely strong offensive power.
After Verati came on the court, he quickly helped Chinatown sort out the midfield, allowing Isco and Hazard to launch an offensive as they please in the frontcourt, while Milan was forced to retreat and continue to respond with defensive counterattack.
When the game reached the 85th minute, Veratti passed the ball to the right.
Griezmann took the ball from the right side and knocked the ball across to Isco who ran over to meet him before the defender approached.
After receiving the ball, Isco took the ball and drove the ball from the right rib into the penalty area.
With the ball in Espanyol, the enthusiasm of all the fans in the audience was ignited.
I saw him firmly controlling the ball under the feet of two defensive players in Milan.
Pelle pulled out of the penalty area to respond, but after receiving Isco's pass, he did not turn around, but directly pushed the ball into the penalty area. Isco quickly inserted into the penalty area, chased the ball, and completed a beautiful two-pass one-cooperation.
Just the moment he caught up with the ball, Milan goalkeeper Abiati abandoned the goal and attacked.
But he was fast, and Isco was obviously faster. After catching up with the ball, he directly pushed the ball.
The ball hit the goal behind Abiatti along a straight diagonal line.
Two to two, tied!
Isco, who had a head-on squat, roared with excitement, but did not wait for his teammates to surround him, nor did he celebrate, but rushed into the small penalty area quickly, and took out the ball directly within the goal line and ran quickly to the center line.
"Hey, don't waste your time, hurry up." Isco shouted loudly as he ran back to the center line.
In front of Chinatown's goal, goalkeeper and captain De Gea was also shouting loudly, signaling his teammates to come back quickly and start the game again, and seize the time.
"We still have time, and there is still time, guys!" Pochettino was also very excited on the sidelines, and it could even be said that he was a little out of control.
But the Chinese City players quickly ran back to their half, immediately set off, waiting for Milan to re-start.
But at this moment, a prompt appeared in the live broadcast screen.
Arsenal scored a goal!
In the 85th minute, almost at the same time as Chinatown,
Chapter completed!