Since coaching Napoli in June, Gao Shen's life has entered a fast pace.
From transfer signings to pre-season training, and later preparations for the cup competition, the schedule was tightly arranged. He did not dare to relax for a moment, and his whole body was always tense.
Not just him, but the coaching staff as well.
After the victory over Juventus in the third round of the Coppa Italia, the pace suddenly slowed down.
The two weeks of national team matches gave him just enough time to rest, reflect and adjust.
Gao Shen happily gave himself, the coaching staff and the players two consecutive days of vacation, and then began to clock in at Fort Volturno every day, mostly training with the players who stayed on the team.
Of course, most of the time, Carlo and others were busy, while Gao Shen stood aside and watched.
To be honest, I'm not used to it when I suddenly have some free time.
But that's the way football is, everything depends on the schedule.
During this period, Gao Shen arranged a team outing, mainly a one-day trip to Naples.
He has been coaching Naples for almost three months, and Gao Shen is basically a three-point one-liner. He even took a quick look at what the city looks like on the day he signed the contract. He also took a quick look at other famous attractions such as Egg Castle and Newcastle.
I'm sorry, let alone meeting her, I don't know where she is.
Therefore, with a wave of his hand, Gao Shen immediately arranged for the tour to be led by a professional tour guide, and the entire trip was reimbursed by the club.
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Two days after the third round of the Italian Cup, the Italian Football Association held the draw ceremony for the fourth round.
There are still sixteen teams, but the difference is that this time they have joined the top eight teams in Serie A last season, such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Roma, Parma and Palermo.
The draw rules do not completely disrupt the draw, but instead draw lots for the eight teams that stand out from the third knockout round to face off against the top eight teams in Serie A last season.
In other words, Naples will definitely meet a strong Serie A team. If they are a bit less lucky and encounter Mancini's Inter Milan or Carlo Ancelotti's AC Milan, they will probably have something to play with.
Fortunately, Naples finally drew Parma.
how to say?
This team's ranking is neither high nor low. It was originally ranked tenth, but due to the influence of the Calciopoli scandal, it was directly ranked in the top eight. Its overall strength is not only compared with the Milan duo, but also compared with Roma.
, it is still somewhat inferior.
But the head coach of this team is Stefano Pioli.
Now Pioli has just emerged. He performed well in Modena last season and has high hopes for Parma this season.
After moving around several teams, this head coach will coach Lazio, Inter Milan, Fiorentina and AC Milan in the future. This shows that his ability is still very strong and we must pay attention to it.
However, after defeating Juventus, Gao Shen and Napoli are now in the limelight and want to take another step forward. Facing Parma, who is not considered to be very strong in the top eight of Serie A, they are lucky.
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Speaking of Juventus, this team suffered overwhelming criticism and accusations after being eliminated by Naples, especially the head coach Deschamps, with Juventus sporting director Secco criticizing him the most.
This was something Gao Shen didn't expect at all.
You know, the team can't always win. If you lose, you have to find responsibility, but isn't it more important to try your best to maintain the stability of the team and protect the head coach and players?
But Secco contacted the media immediately after the game and criticized Deschamps' formation and on-the-spot command.
Later, Deschamps also defended himself, saying that the team did not introduce the players he wanted, so that he was unable to play his tactics, which led to the disastrous defeat at the Sao Paulo Stadium.
At the same time, Deschamps also believed that this fiasco was somewhat accidental.
This is actually true. If we play another game, it will be difficult for Naples to win 5-0.
This is not a gap in strength, but the result of a series of factors.
Therefore, the media interpreted it and believed that Deschamps was criticizing Seco's signing, which immediately triggered Seco's counterattack.
Even Juventus general manager Blanco was dragged in because he was the one who brought Deschamps in.
Gao Shen has no interest in such a farce at all, and is very lucky that he did not step into this big pit of Juventus. Before the time travel, Deschamps led Juventus back to Serie A and resigned angrily. Now it seems that
It was not an accident, but an outbreak of a long-standing conflict.
Of course, there are many things that outsiders, especially ordinary fans, simply don’t know what is going on, which creates an information gap.
But in any case, after Juventus was eliminated from the Italian Cup, if they can adjust as soon as possible and focus on Serie B, this may not be a bad thing.
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On the first weekend of September, Gao Shen left Naples and headed to Rome.
He received an invitation from the Italian Football Federation to attend a gathering of Italian professional league head coaches in Rome.
The party was mainly attended by some famous football players, such as Sacchi, as well as the head coaches of Serie A and Serie B.
This kind of gathering happens once a year. At the end of the year, there will be an annual meeting, which is an internal gathering exclusively for the head coach. Even officials from the Football Association are not allowed to attend. It is considered a high-end salon within the industry.
Almost every league will have such activities, and La Liga has done so before, but because Gao Shenshi took over midway, he was not able to participate in La Liga's annual meeting and summit, so he naturally missed it.
In addition, UEFA also has a head coach summit dedicated to the official teams of the Champions League and UEFA Cup. This is also once a year. FIFA will also hold various summits and activities to facilitate the head coach summit.
Communication and discussion between coaches.
Generally speaking, head coaches will participate in such activities only when they have enough time after games.
Similar to the Italian Head Coach Summit, it is usually held at the end of August or early September. Sometimes it is arranged earlier, before the start of the league, mainly to invite as many head coaches as possible to participate.
The event is divided into two days, the first day is the main event, and the second day is the sub-venue.
The advantage is that all head coaches participating in the summit will receive free food and accommodation, and even air tickets will be reimbursed by the Football Association, which is equivalent to a publicly-funded trip.
This was Gao Shen's first time in Rome.
After just visiting Naples, he was still not satisfied. When he came to Rome, of course he had to go shopping first. When the time was almost up, he stepped into the venue.
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The summit was held in a five-star hotel in the center of Rome.
When Gao Shen entered the venue, he immediately became the center of attention.
Oh, no, in Ancelotti's words, before he even came, he was already the focus of everyone's discussion.
"Your five-to-zero game was so amazing!"
Among all the people, Ancelotti is the one who knows Gao Shen the most except Sacchi.
Gao Shen changed his sharp-edged attitude during the duel on the court and became restrained and low-key.
There were all industry leaders present. It was his first time to attend such a meeting and he came with a learning attitude, so he followed Ancelotti closely, mainly because he had not seen Sacchi yet.
I heard that Saki will give a special lecture and is preparing for retreat.
It's a bit unbelievable.
I bet you, a great guy like Sacchi is just like a certain Chen Zhazha who writes about football at Qidian. He rushes to write under the ruthless whipping of readers.
Gao Shen also met Deshang, but he seemed to be uninterested. After saying hello to Gao Shen, he went to find his friends.
It’s not surprising. The game has just ended and we lost so ugly. How can we have the time to chat with Gao Shen about our experiences?
"Seco was very unkind this time." Ancelotti looked at Deschamps' back and sighed.
Deep and silent.
After Juventus experienced the Calciopoli scandal, famous coaches were basically unwilling to take over. After Gao Shen coached Naples, Juventus used a lot of contacts and connections to convince Deschamps to take over.
Of course Deschamps wants to use the platform of Juventus to prove his coaching ability again, but there is also a deep emotional factor. This goes without saying, but now that he loses, Seco is afraid of being overtaken.
The first person to jump out and accuse Deschamps is indeed unkind and chilling.
"In the final analysis, what Seko wants is not the team's performance, but to keep his position and power."
This is also the reason why Seko rejected Gao Shen in the first place.
The team's performance is not good?
It doesn't matter, the first one to suffer is the head coach.
Next up is the athletic director?
Not necessarily, because the head coach is appointed by the general manager.
Moreover, there are people behind the sports director.
Many times, this is a confusing account.
This is not only true for Juventus, but also for membership systems such as Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Clubs run by big guys like De Laurentiis and Abramovich have their own problems, but they also have their own advantages. In the same way, membership systems like Real Madrid and Barcelona, or Juventus
The same is true for such decentralized management.
This is just like when senior executives worked in mixed companies.
No one company's management can be copied.
Because there is no best way to manage this kind of thing, only appropriateness.
The management is like this, and so are the players.
Florentino, a collector-obsessed galactico, is a crazy collecting star. He only wants the most expensive and best ones, but he ends up ruining them.
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After chatting about Deschamps, Gao Shen asked Ancelotti about Parma.
Although it still takes a long time, it is also a good thing to prepare early.
It's interesting to say that it is said that several teams in Serie A are going to play 4321 this season, including Pioli's Parma.
why?
Because it’s stable!
Last season, Serie A was completely wiped out in the European war. Even Juventus and AC Milan, which are packed with superstars, were far from meeting the expectations of the outside world. There were noisy accusations against Serie A's tactical innovation.
But there is no way, the head coach wants to eat, and to eat he has to keep his job. If he wants to keep his job, he needs stability.
"Carlo, why do I feel that you have led them all to bad things?" Gao Shen said jokingly.
Ancelotti smiled bitterly, "The main thing is that right now, I don't see any outstanding players."
After he finished speaking, the guy looked at Gao Shen with piercing eyes, which made him feel very nervous.
