Super Marshal

"Christmas is coming, double happiness. Shouldn't you treat us all to a nice meal?"

In the office at the Pinetina training base, Guardiola looked at Gao Han with evil intentions and asked with a smile.

Looking at his appearance and tone, you don't need to think twice to know that this meal is definitely not simple.

If it doesn't hurt Gao Han, it would be a bit disappointing to him.

"Double happiness? Is there any?" Gao Han continued to act stupid.

The assistants around also felt it was funny, and they were very happy to see Gao Han treat him, and it would be best if he was poor.

Of course, with Gao Han's current wealth, I'm afraid they would all have enough to eat and it wouldn't be a problem.

"Stop pretending!" Sergio Garcia waved his hand, "We have all heard about it. Let me remind you of one more keyword, the Golden Seat Award."

The Golden Seat Award was founded by the Italian Football Association in 1991 and is voted for by the head coaches of Italian leagues at all levels. The main assessment is the coaching performance of the head coach in the previous season. Anyone who wins this award The award almost means that his coaching ability has been recognized and affirmed by the entire Italian head coach circle.

And everyone knows that Italy is full of famous coaches, and it is not easy to get recognition.

What's even more rare is that this award basically does not use performance as the main assessment criterion. Therefore, in the past few years, there are also some head coaches with outstanding coaching achievements in the middle and lower reaches of the team who have won the award.

For example, Zaccheroni, who coached Udinese in the 1990s, and Cavacin, who coached Lecce in 2000, defeated the winning Lazio coach Eriksson to win this award. Later, Delneri, who coached Chievo, also won the award. Got this award.

Although this award does not judge heroes based on success or failure, it does have one characteristic, that is, since its inception in 1991, except for the award given to the famous Belgian coach Raymond Gossels in 1991, in the past dozen years, During the year, all recipients of this award were Italian head coaches.

Therefore, many people think that the Golden Seat Award is the best local coach award in Italy.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the emergence of famous Italian coaches. In Serie A, local famous coaches are basically the main players.

Just this morning, Gazzetta dello Sport published news. It is said that it has received precise information from the Italian Football Association. The winner of the Golden Seat Award last season was Gao Han.

This will also be the first time in sixteen years that the Golden Seat Award has been awarded to a foreign coach.

And I heard that he got the vote with an absolute overwhelming advantage, and Gao Han truly deserves it.

"Golden Seat Award? What about gold seats and silver seats? Why can't I understand it?" Gao Han asked happily.

"Pretend, just keep pretending, I don't believe you didn't receive the message." Sergio Garcia was the first to not believe him.

Looking at the other people, they all had the expression "You'd better tell me frankly", completely losing their trust in Gao Han.

Guardiola and Cantarero looked like if you continue to pretend like this, we will seriously despise you.

"Okay, okay, I'll confess." Gao Han spread his hands and could only accept their blackmail, "I did receive a call. Yes, I won the Golden Seat Award. I'll treat you, okay?"

Only then did everyone burst into laughter.

Although the Golden Seat Award is awarded to the head coach, it is actually an indirect recognition of the coaching staff.

This is Italy, where there are many famous coaches. It is definitely not easy to win this award.

"Hey, let me ask you something, did you also vote for yourself?" Sergio Garcia suddenly came up and asked.

Gao Han had a solemn expression on his face, "Go away, am I so thick-skinned?"

After a pause, he added: "Besides, I really thought the Italian Football Association had excluded me."

This is true. Since the Calciopoli scandal broke out, many outsiders have spread rumors that Gao Han is very unpopular within the Italian Football Association. Many top officials of the Italian Football Association have even accused him of acting recklessly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Gao Han finished speaking, Sergio Garcia laughed immediately, "That's not surprising. I heard that Prandelli got one vote, and everyone else voted for you." , including Ancelotti."

Fatty An?

Gao Han was really surprised, because he really had no contact with Ancelotti, and Fatty An had a headache when he saw him. Even if they met in a game, the two of them would basically exchange polite greetings. Just passed.

Now it seems that Fatty An is still a good character.

As for Gao Han's vote for Prandelli, it is indeed because he feels that the Italian coach's coaching in Florence is very good, and he is commendable for being able to bring Viola to the level of last season.

You know, Florence doesn't have a really good first-line star.

"By the way, is there any result from the Champions League knockout draw?" Guardiola asked with concern.

Today is the day of the draw for the Champions League knockout round of the top 16. The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland. Inter Milan arranged for Blanca to go to the scene, while Gao Han stayed with the team to prepare for the game.

"I don't know." Gao Han smiled bitterly, "I hope I have good luck."

According to the eight group rankings, the first vs. the second, coupled with the avoidance principle of the same country in the same group, avoiding Roma and Bayern Munich, the teams that Inter Milan is really likely to draw include Porto, Celtic, Egypt Inhoven, Lille, Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Among these teams, Barcelona is the strongest, followed by Real Madrid. As for the other teams, it is basically difficult to pose a threat to Inter Milan.

"It's really a boat in the gutter. Who would have thought that Barcelona would lose to Chelsea in the group stage, and Capello, who has always been stable, even lost to Lyon." Guardiola shook his head and sighed with regret.

Even now, he still has very deep feelings for Barcelona.

"If we have better luck, we can draw a weaker team and we can take it easy." Cantarero said with a smile.

Everyone thought it made sense and laughed and agreed.

At this moment, Gao Han's cell phone suddenly rang, and the caller ID was Blanca.

"Here it comes." Gao Han raised his finger and put it to his ear after connecting. "Hey, Marco, is the result available?"

Everyone looked at Gao Han expectantly, waiting for the answer to the mystery to be revealed.

But soon, they noticed that Gao Han's expression became a little serious, and they all had an ominous premonition.

"Well, okay, I understand, let's talk about it when we get back."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Han looked at the assistants in front of him, shook his head with a wry smile, "Everyone, we are still busy, it's Real Madrid."

"Real Madrid?" Everyone lost their voice.

Although it avoids the strongest Barcelona, ​​this is definitely not a good draw.

"Are they deliberately trying to create a strong-power dialogue?" Sergio Garcia said angrily.

How unlucky is it to meet Bayern Munich in the group stage and Real Madrid in the knockout round?

Needless to say, the next quarter-finals and semi-finals will definitely be basically strong teams and cannot be weak.

On the contrary, Gao Han, after the mystery was revealed, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a slight smile: "It's okay with Real Madrid. We haven't celebrated at the Bernabeu for a long time, right?"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard his confident words.

It is indeed bad luck in the draw, but Inter Milan has the strength and confidence to defeat its opponents.

What's more, Real Madrid failed to break through the top 16 in the past two seasons, falling at the feet of Juventus and Lyon respectively. Although Capello was replaced this season, judging from the group stage, their performance did not improve much. .

So, good fortune.

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As soon as the draw results for the knockout round of the Champions League came out, the venue at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon immediately erupted.

As soon as the lottery ceremony was over, as usual, representatives from all the major clubs went outside to be interviewed by media reporters.

Inter Milan's technical director said that the luck of the draw was not particularly ideal.

"Real Madrid is one of the strongest teams in European football. They have outstanding superstars such as Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Raul and Beckham. Capello is also a very good head coach and has great influence on Serie A. , is very familiar with Inter Milan and we have to be cautious."

But soon, Blanca changed the topic, "However, I also want to emphasize that we are the only team in the Champions League group stage that has maintained a winning record and we will not be afraid of drawing any opponent. , I believe that as long as the team continues to maintain its status in the group stage, we can continue to advance."

But just as Blanca finished speaking, Real Madrid general manager Mijatovic, who was being interviewed next to him, laughed and praised: "We are very satisfied with the result of the draw. The result is very good."

"Before I came to Switzerland, head coach Capello told me that apart from the Premier League teams, it didn't matter who I met in Serie A and Bundesliga. As a result, we were very lucky and got Inter Milan."

Mijatovic's triumphant manner when answering questions made Blanca frown as she watched.

Is there even the most basic respect for each other?

"Mr. Mijatovic, Inter Milan maintained a complete victory on all fronts last season, and the same is true this season." A reporter on the opposite side kindly reminded.

"Yes, I know, they are a very strong team and very competitive, but I still think we can enter the quarter-finals, because we all know that after the Calciopoli incident, the strength of Serie A declined very quickly. , the loss of players is serious, and more importantly, we are not afraid of teams like Inter Milan."

"But you should know that when Gao Han coached Atletico Madrid in the past, his results against Real Madrid were also quite good."

"Yes, but that's in the past, isn't it?" Mijatovic asked with a smile.

"In the past, we were superstitious about the superstar strategy, which led to problems in the team's team formation strategy and even mistakes in the selection of head coaches. However, we have adjusted well in the past six months and we introduced Cappe. There are famous coaches and powerful players such as Ronaldo and Emerson, and Samuel is also performing better and better as a central defender."

"Especially, we are good at playing at home, so my guess is that we will end the two legs at the Bernabeu."

According to the Champions League knockout schedule for the top 16, the second-place team will play home and then away, and the first leg of the match between the two sides should be held at the Bernabeu.

Blanca was a little stunned when he heard this. I believe that many media reporters are like him and have serious doubts about where Mijatovic's confidence comes from.

Where did he get the confidence to say such a thing?

But if you think about it carefully, it’s not surprising.

At least from Mijatovic's words, it can be heard that he and the current Real Madrid management are desperately trying to distance themselves from the management led by Florentino in the past, so as soon as he and Calderon came on stage , the first one is to use the superstar strategy.

What I say now is more or less for this purpose.

After all, the poor European war was also one of the triggers for Florentino's resignation.

Therefore, when reporters asked Blanca about his response to Mijatovic's words, Inter Milan's technical director shook his head in confusion and sighed, "What a mysterious confidence!"