Chapter 906 Is Gao Han there?
At the end of April, the temperature in Madrid began to gradually warm up, but the temperature difference between morning and evening was very large.
On the morning after the King's Cup final, Sergio Garcia and Carlos Cantalero, the two old partners, sat together in a rare manner at the Chinatown training base in southern suburbs of Madrid.
On the long wooden chair beside them, there were several freshly baked Spanish newspapers. The top one was AS, and the cover was a photo of the players throwing Mourinho in the air after Real Madrid won the championship at the Mestani Stadium.
However, after returning to Madrid overnight, Real Madrid accidentally broke the trophy of the King's Cup on the way to celebrate the championship, causing everyone to be in a false alarm. Fortunately, it was repaired soon and the celebration parade was completed without damage.
After defeating Barcelona 1-0 and winning the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid was full of morale and high morale.
"Morlinho is really not easy!"
Although Cantalero has not watched that game in person, he watched the live broadcast. With Real Madrid's current lineup configuration, it is really no one else to play like this. Mourinho made great contributions.
While the two were chatting without saying a word, a familiar figure ran in quickly in the distance.
As soon as the two met, they immediately stood up and greeted each other.
"Where did you go so late?" Sergio Garcia asked strangely.
Running every day is a habit of high altitude. He said he wanted to maintain his body shape, but he usually only went to the training base or near his home, but today he obviously ran for a long time.
They are all old partners, Cantalero doesn't know Gao Han's habits, so he has prepared a bottle of water and a towel for him.
Last night, Gao Han and the others returned to Madrid from Valencia overnight. Rafenca's home was not cleaned up and they lived directly in the training base. They had prepared a room for them for a long time so that they could go back and forth at any time.
Gao Han didn't say anything, panting and grabbed the towel, wiped the sweat all over his head and face, took a few more sips of water, and then he got a little breath, "I ran to the new stadium to take a look, and it was progressing very quickly."
It has been half a year since the start of construction. The entire project has been in progress in an orderly manner according to the original plan. The construction contractor has rich experience in this area, the construction period is estimated very accurately, and the quality is also well grasped.
Of course, the money from Chinatown was also given very promptly and never owed it.
"I guessed it." Cantalero smiled, who was just mentioning this possibility to Sergio Garcia.
"Don't worry, we have special people following up on the project, and there are third-party supervision and supervision, so there will be no problems."
Gao Han was also very relieved. China's infrastructure capabilities are indeed outstanding. The construction company introduced by Xiang Tianming is among the best in China. I believe there will be no problems.
"By the way, when I entered the door just now, I saw a tourist bus. What's going on?" Gao Han felt quite strange.
"Oh, basically, tourists from outside Europe, most of them are Asia, especially Chinese tourists. A tourism company has taken the initiative to negotiate with us before, saying that many of the tourists they received are interested in us and want to come and have a walk. After negotiation, the club agreed. Most of them are outside the training time or when training is open to the public."
Gao Han nodded, "Are there many people?"
"Not many." Cantalero shook his head, "Sometimes there are no people, and sometimes there are only a dozen or twenty or thirty people a day."
After a pause, Cantalero said: "However, Armando is very interested in this area. It is said that he plans to invite some cross-border tourism companies to negotiate in the near future. The focus is on the training base. Some rectifications may be made appropriately at that time, but I think this will be of some help to enhance the image and influence of our club."
Gao Han also thought it made sense. Since a travel company came to him actively, it proved that there was indeed a potential market.
Real Madrid's Bernabeu, Atletico Madrid's Calderon, Barcelona's Camp Nou, Manchester United's Old Trafford... Almost all the stadiums of the giant teams are a major tourist attraction in the local area.
However, the new stadium in Chinatown has not yet been built, so I can only do some work on the training base for the time being.
"No wonder, when I entered the door just now, I felt like a Chinese from afar." Gao Han laughed.
"Yes, many Chinese tourists like to come and have a walk here. By the way, even the warehouse area and the Chinese area have become popular. Don't you think there are a few more restaurants and shops around in recent times?" Cantalero said with a smile.
Gao Han shook his head. He didn't notice it, but this was a good thing.
"However, those tourists are probably going to be depressed, because the first thing I do when I come to us is to ask me, is Gao Han there?" Cantalero laughed.
Gao Han and Sergio Garcia also smiled.
"Would I go out and sign them now?"
The three of them went to the restaurant at the training base with a chat and laughter.
"How about the expansion proposal for Brock Stadium?" Gao Han walked and learned about the situation.
Cantalero shook his head, "It's not approved, mainly because we are only willing to sign a short-term lease contract with them. If the new stadium is expanded, Leganes will not use that much at all. It's just a waste. The maintenance costs will be a big trouble in the future, so even if we are willing to pay for it ourselves, they will not agree."
Gao Han was a little disappointed in this, but not surprising.
Chinatown is destined not to stay in Leganes for too long. Now the market is so good and every game is full. Once the new stadium is completed, it will definitely return to its new stadium. By that time, a low-level league team in Leganes will use less than 15,000 people in a large stadium, which is destined to be a waste.
Long before Chinatown started construction of a new stadium, the Leganes Municipal Government had contacted the club. They even promised that if Chinatown was willing to stay in Leganes, they would be willing to fund the expansion of the Brock Stadium to the maximum capacity of 20,000 people, and find a stadium for Leganes again. In the future, the Brock Stadium will be the home stadium for Chinatown.
However, considering that Chinatown's roots are in Fuen Lavrada, with land here, sponsors and many partners, Gao Han and Armando Marcos agreed and politely declined the invitation from the Leganes Municipal Government.
"The team has performed well in recent times, especially the five-to-zero game that beat Sevilla, which is very exciting." Gao Han smiled at Cantalero with admiration.
After entering the second half, Chinatown's performance fluctuated and it was impossible to make a big stride like in the first half. The worst loss was that he lost 1-3 away to Atletico Madrid, and later lost 0-1 home to Barcelona, and in the last round, he lost 2-3 away to Valencia, and in three games, he lost points when facing a strong team.
This put Chinatown's fourth-place finish in the league in danger, but at the critical moment, Chinatown defeated Sevilla by 5-0 away, Michu scored twice, James Rodriguez scored a hat-trick assist, and the team performed very well.
Since Valencia lost the game at home, Chinatown has firmly ranked fourth in the league.
The current situation in the La Liga standings is very obvious. After playing 33 rounds, Barcelona is ahead of Real Madrid, which is as many as eight points ahead of Real Madrid, which is third-placed Atletico Madrid, which is seven points behind Real Madrid, and Chinatown is also seven points behind Atletico Madrid, which is four points ahead of Valencia, which is fifth-placed.
However, in the scorer list, Messi was ahead with 31 goals. Although Mi Chu's performance in the second half declined, he also scored 25 goals, and performed very well. He is the best scorer in Spain and second only to Messi in La Liga.
Behind the two were Torres with twenty goals, Diego Costa with nineteen goals, Villa with eighteen goals and Higuain with seventeen goals. No one else in Chinatown except Michu could enter the top ten of the scorers list. The second scorer in the team was Aubameyang, who scored eleven goals.
Judging from the current trend of La Liga, it is very likely that Chinatown will maintain its fourth position in the league, because among the remaining five opponents, except for Real Madrid, the other four teams are similar to Chinatown, and even worse, such as Getafe in the same city, Real Mallorca and Osasuna in the middle, and Villarrell coached by Pellegrini.
But if Chinatown really wins fourth place in the league and enters the Champions League next season, the media may have a holiday again, and they will definitely hype up the original remarks.
"By the way, in the game where he won Sevilla by 5-0, Morata, who came on as a substitute, performed very well. If I remember correctly, he should be our first youth training group. He is only eighteen years old now, right?" Gao Han asked.
"It's him." Cantalero nodded, "Actually, he has entered the first team this season and has been on the bench many times. Pochettino also has high hopes for him, but this kid performs well, but he has not scored a goal for a long time. As a result, after the team won a big victory in that game, he was allowed to play for 30 minutes and scored a goal."
"He has very good characteristics and is very good. We should pay attention to training. After all, it is his own youth training. After so many years in the team, he must have feelings. These are all accumulated through hard work on our daily life and cannot be broken."
Cantalero nodded, "Don't worry, I understand."
"If there is no accident in China this summer, I will participate in the entire tournament, and the youth team's cup matches must be organized well."
Cantalero nodded in agreement.
Chinatown's China Tour was planned by the team after the team succeeded in relegation a year ago. Many sponsors supported it and would sign several Chinese partners at that time, including Huaweihe Lianxiang, which is aiming to open up overseas markets.
As for the youth team's cup, it is a warm-up competition. Chinatown invited several youth teams with outstanding European youth training to Beijing to play the warm-up competition. The purpose is to communicate with each other. Beijing Chinatown will also participate as an independent team.
This is also Gao Han’s original plan. The purpose of introducing and coming out is to allow Beijing Chinatown to compete with foreign advanced youth training teams and accumulate more experience.
The one responsible for raising this cup is Jorge Mendes's company.
"Don't worry, we are responsible for these things, and there will be no problems. Just concentrate on dealing with the game against Mourinho." Cantalero smiled, "This arrogant guy beat Barcelona, and now he is proud and just waiting to kick you off the stage."
Gao Han smiled, "Guardiola didn't calm down and fell into his trap. Does he still expect me to be caught?"
Chapter completed!