Super Marshal

In fact, it was not that Gao Han was deliberately keeping a low profile, or that he was being hypocritical and pretending to be humble, but that he had a deep understanding of it.

Bayern Munich is making progress on three fronts this season. The team has won consecutive victories and boosted morale. This is originally a good thing, as it can make every player in the team confident and high-spirited.

But the problem is, it’s now the end of March and it’s starting to wrap up.

So far in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich has won 24 consecutive rounds this season and scored 72 points. The second-ranked team is Hertha Berlin, with 49 points, two behind Bayern Munich. Thirteen points.

With ten rounds left in the league, it can be said that the Bundesliga giants are certain to win the championship. The difference is only a matter of time.

Winning the championship in advance has the advantage of winning the championship in advance, that is, you can concentrate your forces more concentratedly on competing in the cup.

But the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, players are likely to become slack.

The season is a very long process, and every player must tighten his nerves. Once this nerve relaxes, it is likely that it will never be tightened again.

Now, the Champions League quarter-finals have been drawn to Porto, which can be said to be the weakest among the eight teams. Almost everyone even believes that Bayern Munich will pass smoothly, including the players themselves.

Coupled with the praise from outside media, the atmosphere of the team is a bit too optimistic. Under such circumstances, how dare Gao Han not keep a low profile? Aren't you afraid that your team will be defeated?

In fact, Bayern Munich's performance was unsatisfactory on the night the draw results came out.

Playing at home, they had the advantage of the right time and place. Under the gaze of nearly 70,000 fans, they only got a score of 1-0 in the end. Thanks to Vidal's key kill, otherwise, Bayern Munich would have been defeated. Karlsruhe draws.

Such a process and result are obviously unacceptable to Gao Han.

However, considering that this is a key node for winning the championship, and that after this round, the Bundesliga will be suspended for two weeks and the national team will usher in the national team competition, Gao Han did not say much and still focused on encouragement.

Also in this round, Hertha Berlin, ranked second in the league, lost 0-2 to Stuttgart in an away game, and the points gap with Bayern Munich further widened to 26 points.

With nine rounds left in the league, Bayern Munich's championship is already certain, and the time to win the championship is likely to be in the next round.

After playing Karlsruhe, the Bundesliga was suspended for two weeks, and the international players all went to the national team to prepare for the European qualifiers of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

But as a result, two weeks later, the players returned to Germany and the team went to an away game against Wolfsburg.

Although both sides have been affected by the national team competition, Wolfsburg has been significantly less affected. Bayern Munich played very poorly in the away game, and was even beaten by Wolfsburg and had to retreat in front of the goal. , Strictly guard against death.

It can be said that the Bundesliga giants played the most embarrassing game this season.

But in the end, relying on Klose's goal in stoppage time in the second half, Bayern Munich narrowly defeated its opponent 1-0 away from home.

The championship was won, but this time, Gao Han was angry.

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"It was definitely the worst game of the season and the most disappointing game for me."

"You have to thank Wolfsburg's forwards, they missed a lot of scoring opportunities, otherwise, if they grabbed even one tenth, we would have failed miserably here."

In the locker room after the game, Gao Han was furious and trained all the players so hard that they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"Listen, the Wolfsburg fans outside are definitely celebrating. They almost won. This is absolutely unacceptable to us. I don't know what you were thinking during the game? Could it be that both of you turned a deaf ear to what I said during halftime?"

If the team's unsatisfactory performance in the first half was excusable, then the second half was clearly undeserved.

Gao Han reminded the players during the halftime break and adjusted the team's tactics. Unexpectedly, the second half remained as usual, with no sign of turning the situation around.

Yes, the two weeks of national team games are indeed torturous, but whether it is the report obtained from Buenaventura or the data obtained from Sergio Garcia, it is clear that the players’ There is no problem with the physical condition.

At the very least, it is more than enough to win Wolfsburg.

"I know where the problem lies, not at the tactical level, nor at the technical level, but in your hearts."

Gao Han bluntly pointed out the crux of the team's sluggish performance.

There were already signs of this as early as two weeks ago when they played Karlsruhe at home.

"In the past, we all had a unified goal and direction and were able to work together to win the championship, but now that the championship is within reach, some of you are starting to become overconfident."

"Do you all think that even if you are standing and playing football, you can knock your opponent down?"

Gao Han's rhetorical question made every player in the locker room feel trembling.

Gao Han has always given them the impression that he is a good gentleman, easy to talk to, very polite, and respectful to each other, but he rarely suppresses them with the power of the head coach like he does now. But it is precisely because of this that they feel scared. .

"You should reflect carefully. I have to make substitutions for the Champions League in midweek. Some of you must not be able to play. I don't know how many people will be substituted, but I will definitely make substitutions!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Han turned around and walked out of the visiting team's locker room without looking back.

In the locker room, every player looked at the back of the head coach with some surprise, and everyone was in danger.

Who wouldn’t want to play Porto in the knockout round of the Champions League quarter-finals?

And Gao Han even warned them in this threatening way, which made it clear that he was really offended.

Every player in the Bayern Munich team knows very well that if there is only one person in the team who is indispensable, it must be head coach Gao Han.

Now that he is angry, no one dares to be careless.

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"These brats are really disturbing."

As soon as Gao Han left the locker room, he happened to meet Hoeness who came after hearing the news. When the two went to the side to talk to no one, Gao Han shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Hoeness is also a professional player and can certainly understand the problems faced by players at this moment.

From the beginning of the season to now, although there is a winter break, but the championship has been won, many players will involuntarily feel slack. This is human nature and inevitable, but for Bayern, which will focus on the cup next For Munich, this is a big no-no.

Hoeness looked at Gao Han's appearance, smiled, raised his left hand, and looked at the time on his wrist, "You, you cursed for more than an hour, and Nellinger was so scared that he hurried to find me, thinking that Something big happened."

"I don't want to either." Gao Han himself found it funny, "But if you don't teach them a lesson, what will happen next?"

Hoeness agrees with Gao Han's approach.

Players' laziness is involuntary, and many times the players themselves don't even notice it, so at this time they should be put under appropriate pressure to stimulate them to continue to maintain their form.

He could also see that Gao Han was quite experienced in this aspect.

Ever since the team defeated Chelsea, Gao Han has been deliberately keeping a low profile to prevent the team from overexpansion.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself." Hoeness advised.

After working with Gao Han for two years, he has never had to worry about Gao Han's professional ethics and sense of responsibility. At least at the competitive level, Gao Han has never let the management worry about it. He and his coaching team will handle everything properly. when.

This is what admires Hoeness the most.

At the very least, the world's number one coach is definitely not fake.

But Gao Han's considerations obviously go further than Hoeness.

"I am not doing this now for the next game against Porto. I am confident enough to win against Porto. The reason why I am doing this now is for the next semi-finals." Gao Han said seriously.

The opponent in the semi-finals is the winner between Barcelona and Inter Milan. No matter who it is, the game will not be easy.

That will be the real test for Bayern Munich.

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After two consecutive rounds of poor performance, Gao Han got furious in the locker room after the game and reprimanded the players for more than an hour. This news soon spread like wildfire in European football and caused a huge response.

The outside media are also talking a lot. Many people believe that Bayern Munich won the championship early and was drawn to Porto in the quarter-finals. It was extremely lucky. The players may have been blindly betting on their chances and became slack because of this.

Gao Han reprimanded the team at this time, obviously to wake up the players.

However, many people are worried that Gao Han's reprimands and punishments will be counterproductive, arouse resentment among the players, make the team's morale even lower, and be detrimental to the upcoming Champions League knockout rounds.

But soon, Gao Han gave corresponding strategies.

Two days after playing Wolfsburg, before the home game against Porto in the Champions League quarter-finals, Gao Han's tone at the pre-match press conference was obviously softened than before.

"Appropriate rotation is very necessary for a team that insists on multi-line operations for a long time, and we have been adhering to the rotation strategy in the past two seasons and achieved good results."

"Yes, I did say in person that I would make substitutions in the lineup, but you all understood it wrong. This is not a punishment, but just a normal rotation of the team."

Regarding the misinterpretation by external media, Gao Han said that he was very innocent and helpless.

"We have more than 20 players in the first team. I can't play every game with the same 11 players throughout the season, right? If every normal rotation is misunderstood as a penalty, then I It’s too harsh.”

In addition to slowing down his tone at the press conference, Gao Han also reiterated his views at the team's internal mobilization meeting, saying that his tone two days ago was indeed a bit harsh, but the team's performance was indeed not ideal. All must be warned.

In the one-on-one communication with the players before the game, Gao Han also tried his best to ease the players' emotions and mainly appease them while ensuring the effect of the previous training.

This is a set of tried and tested combination punches. The purpose is to re-energize everyone on the team, actively cope with the game, and resolve the impact of the team's early championship and the touted external media.

Although there is only one word difference between "kill with stick" and "kill with praise", the former is a real sword and a real gun, but the latter is hard to guard against.

As the saying goes, it's easy to hide from an open gun but hard to guard against a hidden one. Gao Han's many years of coaching experience forced him to be more cautious about the latter.

As for the effect, it depends on the game against Porto.