At noon, a familiar Seat slowly drove into Mahada Enda Sports City and parked into the internal parking lot.

Soon, two people came down from the left and right.

One is familiar technical director Paul Footrey, and the other seems very strange.

Paul Futrey waved to the other person, and after they left the parking lot, they headed straight to the first team training building.

At this time, the first team was conducting the second training class on the training ground.

After a few days of adjustment in the early stage of the training camp, Gao Han began to train a lot of first-teams. Not to mention three practices a day, each training class was 90 minutes, and the intensity was very high, just like a rhythm of torture to death by slaughtering these players.

When the two appeared on the side of the training ground, it happened that one training event was over.

I saw that on the training ground, the players were all mourning, and it was so sad.

Even standing on the sidelines, Paul Fottery and others could feel the huge torture they suffered.

Is this still training?

As a professional player, Paul Futrey was also known for his skills in the past and was born to resist such high-intensity training, so he naturally felt sympathy for this group of players on the court.

What a group of unlucky kids!

But as soon as his thought came, the whistle sounded again on the court.

"Okay, the rest time is up. Go to the next project, hurry up!" Gao Han's urging voice came.

The players immediately wailed again, but they stood up one by one and walked around obediently.

Gao Han also noticed Paul Foterre on the sidelines and the Spanish middle-aged man standing next to the Portuguese, but he just smiled slightly and continued to arrange the team's training after saying hello.

"He is Gao Han!" Paul Futrey pointed to the training ground and introduced.

His middle-aged Spanish, wearing a black suit and a white shirt, immediately lit up his eyes. When he looked at Gao Han again, his eyes changed a little.

Not long after, on the training ground, Gao Han explained the training requirements, and then handed over the full training to physical coach Buenaventura. After warning the players, he walked out of the training ground.

"I see that you're intimidating, not like the head coach, but like the Italian mafia."

Paul Futley smiled and greeted him.

"Is that true?" Gao Han laughed at himself, "These guys are old guys now, so it's not OK to be strict."

"But will it be too strong?" Paul Futre could only give deep sympathy to the players.

Practice three times a day, the intensity is still so high, my god...

"Too big? Of course not. This is a double tempering of the players' physical and mental health!"

Speaking of this, Gao Han couldn't help laughing. It was obvious that this was joking.

"I couldn't stand it at first, but now I can't. I'm just a little uncensored. They will taste the sweetness in the future."

Pre-season preparation is very hard, otherwise, how can we lay a solid foundation for the new season?

Paul Futrey still understands this.

"Oh, by the way, I'll introduce you, Hulun Lopetegui."

When Gao Han heard this, he immediately laughed, "Hi, hello, Hulun."

"Hello, Mr. Gao Han, it's very honored to see you!" Lopetegui held Gao Han's right hand tightly with both hands.

"Come on, let's go to the office to talk."

Gao Han led the two to the first team training building and went directly to the head coach's office on the second floor.

Just like usual hospitality, boil water and make tea.

This Hulun Lopetegui came to Atletico Madrid to interview the head coach of Atletico Madrid's second team.

Previously, after screening, the technical department launched three candidates and handed over the resume to Gao Han.

After Gao Han looked at it, after scanning the golden eyes of the fire, he finally identified Lopetegui, who was not favored before.

Because his coaching strength reached 135 and his coaching potential reached 170, coaching the second team is no problem at all.

Moreover, judging from the work plan he submitted, many of his ideas, especially his technical and tactical style, are very similar to Gao Han, which is why he can stand out from the primary selection of the technical team.

More importantly, he also has his own unique features in exploring youth training and training players. Among them, he has reached 16 in judging players' potential and youth training abilities, which is quite good.

Hulun Lopetegui is not a Madrid native. He comes from the Basque Country in the north, but he joined Real Madrid's Castia at the age of 19 and served as the main goalkeeper of the team. After three years of loan, he returned to the first team and served as the substitute goalkeeper.

In two years, Lopetegui only played for Real Madrid once, and then had to switch to La Liga team Logronis, and gained a foothold in one fell swoop, performing well, and was successfully selected for the Spanish national team three years later.

But in the year he was selected for the national team, Lopetegui received an invitation from Barcelona to go to the Dream Team coached by Cruyff, but failed to get the opportunity and sat on the bench. Three years later, in 1997, he switched to Vallecano.

In the first two years of Vallecano, the team played in the Spanish Second Division. Lopetegui was able to stand firm in the main force, but after returning to La Liga, the team introduced American goalkeeper Casey Keller from Leicester. Lopetegui returned to the bench again. He has not been able to get another chance until now and can only occasionally come on the bench.

Last season, Lopetegui sat on the bench in the game when Atletico Madrid made a big comeback against Vallecano away.

"Mr. Gao Han, I was really impressed by that game in January."

Even now, when looking back on the game, Lopetegui still looked admiring.

After hearing this, Gao Han smiled slightly, "We were the opponents at that time."

"No, no, no, we are opponents on the football field, but walking down the football field, including our head coach, admitted that Atletico Madrid did perform better."

"Juander Ramos?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

This guy doesn't look like someone who can easily surrender.

"Yes." Lopetegui didn't look like he was lying.

Perhaps, Juander Ramos wants to comfort the Vallecano player who lost the ball.

Gao Han didn't take this matter to heart, "Loren, look at your resume. You have been studying for the past few years, have you?"

"Yes." Lopetegui knew that the formal interview had begun.

"My last coach in Barcelona was Bobby Robson. Although I didn't get even one chance to play under him, he and his team taught me a lot. He gave me a more comprehensive understanding of professional football, and it was also his goal to be a professional coach."

Bobby Robson, Gao Han had heard of him.

Although he has only coached in Barcelona for only one short season, almost everyone talks about him.

A team often has quite complicated reasons for achieving results, but a person often only needs one reason to gain everyone's recognition.

He is a pretty amazing person!

Gao Han has always believed that the temperament of a head coach will influence his players through his eyes and even when his players retire in the future and become the head coach, it will affect the next generation of players. This is a heritage.

As Robson's disciple, Lopetegui will definitely not be bad.

"Then talk about your contract with Vallecano." Gao Han smiled faintly.

After hearing this, Lopetegui was overjoyed, which proved that he had passed Gao Han's assessment.

"This summer, Vallecano sold Casey Keller to Tottenham Hotspur, but introduced Echeberia from Athletic Bilbao, and the original third goalkeeper Segura, so there is no problem with the goalkeeper."

After seeing Gao Han and Paul Foterre nod, Lopetegui continued: "My contract with Vallecano has expired. They intend to renew my contract with me for a year, but if I can get a coaching opportunity, I will consider coming to Atletico Madrid."

Gao Han and Paul Futree looked at each other and both noticed the appreciation in each other's eyes.

This is someone who has a clear plan for his future!

Judging from salary income, Vallecano's substitute goalkeeper is definitely higher than Atletico Madrid's second team coach, but from the perspective of professional development, coaching Atletico Madrid's second team is a very rare opportunity.

You should know that after the Bedding Legion was promoted to the La Liga, the second team returned to the Spanish Second League. In addition, Atletico Madrid's plan for the second team is more focused on cultivating young players, and they are not too demanding on their performance, and the coaching environment is relatively relaxed.

So, this is a very valuable opportunity to accumulate experience.

Although Gao Han has only been selected once, he is considered a Spanish international and is also a candidate from Barcelona. He is really well-known. Coupled with his fierce eyes, he believes that Lopetegui should be competent for the coach of the second team.

Thinking of this, Gao Han stood up again, stretched out his right hand, and smiled: "Then I welcome you to Atletico Madrid, Hulun!"

Lopetegui opened his eyes, but he didn't expect that he would pass the test naturally.

For a moment, he held Gao Han's right hand tightly with both hands in ecstasy and kept saying, "Thank you!"

"Then when can you start working?" Gao Han asked again.

During the period when the second team's head coach was absent, Cantalero has been acting as the head coach and leading the team to prepare for the game, which has led to a serious shortage of people on the Gaohan first team.

"It's OK right now!" Lopetegui smiled.

"Ok, the faster the better, the day after tomorrow, how about it?"

the day after tomorrow?

At this moment, Lopetegui and Paul Fottery looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

It's only one day, and it's too late to find an assistant.

But Lopetegui agreed on the spot, which shows how much he attaches importance to this job.

After the negotiations, Gao Han and Lopetegui had in-depth exchanges and communications on the ideas of team formation, the team's technical and tactical style characteristics, etc.

Afterwards, Gao Han talked with Paul Fottery for a while, mainly about the club.

After the team returned to the La Liga, Gao Han was retained again. The season ticket sales in the new season were very popular, and the management was very satisfied with this and believed that the Calderon Stadium in the new season was likely to be full.

In addition, the technical director also mentioned that the Spanish Professional League will arrange a party before the season every year to invite senior executives, head coaches, and some leaders of La Liga and Spanish Second League clubs to attend.

Last year, the second team was downgraded to the second league, so Gao Han was naturally not among the invitations, but this year it was there.

Originally, Gao Han was not very interested in such gatherings, so he would like to recommend them, but Paul Futrey believed that attending such occasions would be helpful to Gao Han, and he would also be invited to attend, just treating them as a companion.

After all the words were said, Gao Han had no choice but to agree.
Chapter completed!