Chapter 1086 The battle is imminent
In the last round of La Liga, it was not possible to perform a miraculous reversal.
Even though Chinatown defeated Getafe 8-2 at the Royal Stadium, he scored another crazy victory, pushing the total goal of the season to 123 goals, setting the highest single-season goal record in La Liga history.
But Barcelona defeated La Coruña 3-2 at home, making all this futile.
Chinatown eventually lost the league championship and became the most tragic league runner-up in La Liga history.
Losing the league championship for two consecutive seasons made Chinatown feel very frustrated, especially during the restorative training on the second morning of the game, the atmosphere at the entire Chinatown training center became very strange, and it felt a little uninspiring.
This is not only the players on the court, but also the staff in the center.
After working hard for nine months, everyone thought that this season was about to bear fruit, but unexpectedly, it turned out like this in the end.
If anyone else is gone, you will inevitably feel emotions in your heart, which is also normal.
But there is a Cup of del Rey final next and a Champions League final.
The opponents in both finals are Barcelona, the team that took away the league championship from Chinatown this season.
When Gao Han thought of this, he sighed heavily.
"We must get out of this emotion as soon as possible, and we don't have much time to slowly heal the wound."
In addition to the club's technical director Cantalero, there is also psychological expert Dr. Steve Pitts.
After hearing Gao Han's words, the authoritative in sports psychology quickly nodded and agreed, "Don't worry, we have already formulated a plan, and this year is not as mature as last year. The players have also improved a lot."
At this time last season, Chinatown also lost the King's Cup and league championships in a row. Fortunately, at the last critical moment, the team defeated Atletico Madrid in the final and finally won a Champions League title.
So far this season, Chinatown has only two champions, the King's Cup and the Champions League, that can be competed for.
After hearing this, Gao Han couldn't help but shake his head, and he felt very uncomfortable.
This season's La Liga is the same as last season, with ups and downs and turning around. Chinatown once saw hope of winning the championship, but because of its own mistakes, he missed the opportunity. Even though he finally chased for a long time, he still failed to catch up with Barcelona.
The last ten consecutive wins were awesome to the confidence and morale of Chinatown, and it also made everyone clearly see the strength of Chinatown, especially the several big wins, which was even more amazing.
In terms of offense, 123 goals set a record for La Liga history, even surpassing Atletico Madrid during the high-altitude coaching period. Hazard scored 33 goals, Griezmann scored 27 goals, Firmino scored 20 goals, and Morata, Isco and Pogba scored more than ten goals.
Cork and De Bruyne had quite good assists. De Bruyne scored twenty assists, Hazard fifteen, Cork and Isco also had thirteen, and the performance of the entire midfield was quite outstanding.
Chinatown has a huge offensive ability this season. A very important point is that the midfield and frontcourt are everywhere, and the team's offensive tactics give the frontcourt players enough freedom to attack.
This is also a major feature of Zidane's tactics this season.
The reason why the team lost the championship this season was because there were problems on the defensive end.
Chinatown has conceded the highest number of goals among the top four teams this season, even surpassing Real Madrid, which has problems with defense. This is certainly related to the team's tendency to play against, but it is also related to the team's central defender configuration rotation.
"If we don't sell Godin, maybe the championship of this season will belong to us." Gao Han sighed long.
Selling Godin is equivalent to sending away Chinatown's defensive pillars, creating Atletico Madrid's strongest defensive lineup this season, but it also caused problems in Chinatown's defensive line.
"Don't worry about this." Cantalero comforted him in turn, "If you don't let Godin go, then we have to sell Devery, which is obviously contrary to our team's philosophy. You can also see Devery's performance this season. In the second half of the season, he is definitely not inferior to Godin, but he is even younger."
In fact, Defry's performance in the World Cup did not surprise Gao Han and the technical team, because he did have such strength, but after the World Cup, Defry's overall performance obviously had to go to a higher level.
It can be said that Devry is now at the level of a first-class European central defender.
As the club's technical director, Cantalero supported Gao Han's original decision.
The same is true for head coach Zidane.
The young players in the team are about to stand out, and Devry's overall strength has reached that level. He has shown his level of challenging Godin in the second half of last season, and even occupied the main position for a while. After being baptized by the World Cup, Chinatown must choose between the two players.
Godin is twenty-nine years old, but Devry is only twenty-three years old. Anyone who changes will make the same choice as Gao Han.
But now, the choice issue similar to Godin and DeFry is once again placed before the management.
It just changed from the previous central defender to another position.
For example, when Hazard could not move, with the rise of Hesse, Morata, and Dybala, and the appearance of two young players Martial and Kingsley Koeman, Chinatown's front-court offense also became quite fierce.
Head coach Zidane has hinted to Gao Han more than once that the competition in the locker room is approaching the critical point.
If it is controlled within the critical point, it can be considered a healthy competition, but once the critical point is broken, it is a vicious competition.
When that time comes, Zidane may not be able to settle in the locker room, and the team will definitely be greatly affected.
There has never been a shortage of buyers in Chinatown players. Now European football is hard to find, and there are countless people who come to poach Chinatown players. As long as Chinatown lets go, any player can sell for a good price.
The key is, who to sell?
A team always needs to metabolize. The transfer market can better stimulate the team's metabolism. New players bring new atmosphere and new stimulation to avoid the team's stagnation.
Of course, there are also many hidden dangers, after all, it always takes a while for a newcomer to take office.
When Gao Han decided to let Chinatown take this path, he knew very well that the team would face such a situation sooner or later. Over the years, Chinatown has already established an effective internal self-hematopoiesis circulation mechanism.
This season, the team's performance in the league has fluctuated, especially in March, when the team suddenly fell into a downturn. This is indeed quite surprising, and it can also be seen that the weakness of the young team is.
In contrast, Barcelona's performance this season is very stable and its condition has been relatively stable. At the critical moment, superstars like Messi and Suarez can stand up again, which allows Barcelona to beat Chinatown to win the championship.
In general, in the past two seasons, Chinatown has indeed performed well in the league and has the level of winning the championship. Unfortunately, Atletico Madrid was in a state of great strength last season and the team suffered a double defeat. This season, Barcelona successfully counterattacked. It can only be said that Chinatown's luck is indeed a little worse.
But it is not in the Champions League.
The biggest difference between the Champions League and the league is that the skills and tactics of the Champions League are more targeted, and luck is also very important.
The main reason why Chinatown won the championship last season was that Atletico Madrid entered the finals, and the bed sheet army this season was eliminated by Real Madrid, and its opponent Barcelona in the finals did not have an advantage against Chinatown.
Therefore, there is still a lot to do in this game.
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Gao Han's arrival made the players of the training center feel the importance of the club's management.
Whether as the helm of the team's real power or a symbol of reputation, Gao Han's importance to the team is extraordinary, especially on the spiritual level, everyone respects him extremely.
Although the club's office, home court and training center are closely connected, Gao Han generally does not appear on the training ground easily, let alone walk into the locker room, but he will appear every time the team needs him.
And every time I see Gao Han, everyone will feel a force.
This time Gao Han communicated with Zidane in advance. After the training, he came to visit the players and said a few words of encouragement in a routine manner, confirming the players' performance and achievements this season.
The same thing, at different times and from different people, the effect is completely different.
At this moment, every word Gao Han said was deeply engraved into the players' hearts.
Because he is Gao Han!
How to carve players is the matter of the head coach and the technical department. As the boss, Gao Han is only responsible for controlling the overall situation.
So, he didn't say much to the players and quickly disbanded the team.
He walked back to the coach's office with Zidane, Marklele and others.
After the league is over, if you lose, you lose. No matter how regretful you regret, you can't change this fact, but the next two cup games are crucial, especially considering that the opponents are Barcelona.
"This match between King's Cup REE and Barcelona..." Gao Han paused and looked at Zidane deeply, "...it's very important!"
Zidane nodded heavily. He had played football for decades, so he didn't understand.
The first game of this kind of front and back game is often the most important, especially the morale and fighting spirit of the team.
Chinatown's performance against Barcelona this season is not bad, with one win and one loss, but this has nothing to do with the two finals.
"I've been thinking about a problem recently." Zidane mentioned actively.
"Let me tell me." Gao Han replied.
Not only him, but others also looked at Zidane.
"Will Louis Enrique join Harvey?"
This is indeed a problem.
From Barcelona's perspective, Xavi undoubtedly continues to maintain midfield possession. After all, Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets' midfield iron triangle are still one of the top ball possession combinations in Europe.
But Rakitic is also a midfielder that Louis Enrique attaches great importance to. In Barcelona's pass control system, he is not as useful as Xavi, but his victory lies in the balance of offense and defense, and his running coverage ability is also very good, and he has the ability to attack afterwards.
Zidane's question seems to be asking if Xavi will, but in fact he is struggling with what kind of play Chinatown should adopt to deal with Barcelona.
In the first match of the league, he won the home game and won the midfield with the advantage of possessing the ball. However, on the away game, Zidane tried to use the pass-by and control style again, but ended up suffering a crushing defeat at Camp Nou.
If we look back from the results, it is exactly that game that made Chinatown lose the La Liga championship this season.
And at the deepest point of this problem, Gao Han felt Zidane's confusion and lack of confidence.
Chapter completed!