A black Fiat parked slowly on the hillside in the Bay of Naples, in front of Gao Shen's house.
"I'm leaving, be careful when you go back."
Gao Shen waved his hand towards Carlo in the driver's seat, opened the door and got out of the car.
"High." Carlo hesitated and shouted.
Gao Shen turned around and looked at him doubtfully.
"Don't put so much pressure on yourself, you've already done a good enough job." Carlo advised.
Gao Shen heard a puff, laughed, and waved his hands coolly, "I know, but it can be better!"
Carlo was hesitant to speak, but finally said nothing.
After getting out of the car, Gao Shen watched Carlo drive away, the smile on his face gradually fading.
Last night, Naples drew with Genoa at home. The team suffered a big blow. After resuming training this morning, Gao Shen announced a day off to let everyone have a good rest and return to training tomorrow afternoon.
He himself also took the coaching staff out for a meal.
What everyone told him the most was basically Carlo's words, telling him not to put too much pressure on him.
But how can there be no pressure?
A week later, Naples will face Inter Milan!
To put it bluntly, this is the only team in Serie A that has the potential to win the Champions League.
Gao Shen is not a naive youngster. He played in the Champions League when he was coaching Real Madrid, so he knows how difficult and challenging it is to play in the Champions League. It is an all-round test for any team.
Not to mention Naples and Juventus, even Roma and even AC Milan, which just won the Champions League, don't have this strength.
Only Inter Milan!
In fact, if you carefully analyze the process of AC Milan winning the Champions League last season, you will find that this championship is really dangerous.
From the beginning of the group stage, the Rossoneri have been stumbling. Facing teams such as Lille and Anderlecht, they did not gain much advantage. They even almost fell at the feet of Celtic in the round of 16 knockout.
After entering the quarterfinals, Kaka ushered in an explosion.
Behind is a group of old players defending, and in front Kaká is on the offensive. It can be said that Ancelotti's Christmas tree formation fully brings out Kaká's advantages and characteristics.
But when it comes to the overall strength of the team, it is not as good as 2005!
AC Milan is like this, Roma is even worse.
Inter Milan's overall strength is definitely outstanding in Serie A. Even when facing other strong teams in Europe, Inter Milan's strength is not inferior. The biggest weakness is the head coach.
Mancini has the ability as a head coach and has an outstanding personality, but it is not enough to support a Champions League.
As Gao Shen said before, he has become Inter Milan's biggest shortcoming.
As a Serie A team, especially a team that has just been kicked off the Serie A leader's throne, how could Naples not be under pressure when facing Inter Milan?
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After returning home, taking a shower and going to bed, Gao Shen entered the tactical library.
After traveling through time, he spent almost every night reading in the library.
Tonight, he found Ferguson's book again and read it carefully.
Some people say that in the face of the extremely demanding job of a professional head coach, all head coaches will be influenced by the seniors they admire, and they will have their own benchmark in their hearts.
For example, Ancelotti mentioned to Gao Shen more than once that his benchmark was Liedholm.
England head coach Keegan has repeatedly emphasized that he has benefited a lot from Shankly and Paisley.
And if Gao Shen wants to find a benchmark for himself, there is basically only one, Ferguson!
Many people sometimes say that Gao Shen is like Benitez, and sometimes say that Gao Shen is a Capello doctrine. Now there are still people who say that Gao Shen's offensive football is like Bielsa...
Anyway, there are many different opinions,
But only Gao Shen knows in his heart that he has been learning, learning from the strengths of others and making up for his own shortcomings, and this was actually learned from Ferguson.
Everyone who has been in contact with Ferguson knows that he is a head coach with a strong reserve of football knowledge, and he is willing to share his experience and knowledge with others.
Laurent Blanc, the current head coach of French Ligue 1 Bordeaux and former captain of the French national team, has said that he has traveled to Scotland many times to attend Ferguson’s coaching seminars.
At this kind of meeting, you can see many famous coaches from all over the world, such as Everton's head coach Moyes, and even French coach Houllier who once led Liverpool to win five crowns. They all come here for Ferguson.
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Ferguson also always expressed some of his coaching experiences without reservation.
"A lot of what he said casually is common sense to him, but to us, it is a valuable asset summed up by combining theoretical knowledge and practical experience. Everyone will record it very seriously and study it carefully."
Although Gao Shen did not go to Scotland to attend the seminar, he had seen it in the tactical library, and he had seen more than anyone else, everything was complete, and everything was complete.
For example, right now, he is reading an article by Ferguson about club culture and the head coach's personality.
Ferguson feels that he is not a leader in the traditional sense, but more of a shaper.
“I think time has given me the opportunity to influence other people’s beliefs and give them confidence. My confidence and personality rub off on them. I often feel that my team reflects my own reflection and personality, and that
Personality is what I have been pursuing all my life."
Gao Shen chewed over and over some of Ferguson's words in the article, among which this sentence impressed him the most and touched him the most.
It was when he saw this passage that he decided to create a team of his own, carve his own mark and instill his own personality, so he came to Naples.
Whenever he faced a difficult decision, he would take out this passage and chew it over and over.
Gradually, he was able to find his original intention.
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"I'm going to fight a very difficult and painful battle, in a way that I'm not sure about, but in a more dignified way."
The next morning, Gao Shen sat in front of the computer and wrote this sentence in his own private space.
Then, he does nothing and waits.
About ten minutes later, there was an additional message below:
For those who have self-confidence and don't mind temporary success or failure, there is no such thing as failure!
For those with an indomitable will, there is no such thing as failure!
There is no such thing as failure for a person who lets go of others but still persists; who still presses forward while others retreat!
For those who stand up immediately every time they fall, and jump higher like a ball every time they fall, there is no such thing as failure!
When Gao Shen saw it, his eyes turned slightly red, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Thanks!
he replied.
You're welcome!
She also responded quickly.
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"Everyone!"
In the training center of Fort Volturno, Gao Shen quickly walked into the coach's office and shouted loudly.
Everyone's attention was immediately attracted to him.
"I decided to fight a very difficult and painful battle, but we must fight it, and we must fight it well!"
Hearing this, everyone in the coach's office suddenly became serious.
They all knew that Gao Shen had already made a decision.
This is not an easy decision, and it may even be a decision that he regrets.
"I know that Inter Milan is the strongest team in Italian football now, bar none; I also know that for now, we don't have much chance of winning against Inter Milan; I know even more that in Meazza
They are waiting for us on the stadium to fight us to the death and use a victory to establish their position as the league leader."
This is the situation Gao Shen is facing now.
"But we have no choice!" Gao Shen said firmly.
"This is a team that I and everyone have invested countless efforts into. I don't want our team, our group of players, to always have fear in our hearts. I want all of us to have firm belief, even if it is
When we are not as strong as our opponents and the situation is not as good as our opponents, we cannot be afraid or fearful, but we must bravely show our fists!"
"I want to compete with Inter Milan!" Gao Shen shouted his decision forcefully, his tone was extremely firm.
This is a very courageous and risky decision.
Because Naples is indeed not as strong as Inter Milan, and the situation is not as good as Inter Milan. If they want to win, they can only rely on hard work!
"I know that the 0-3 game last season caused immeasurable harm not only to me, but also to everyone and our team. At this moment, you must be like me and can't help but think.
, what if it is another zero to three? Or even, will it be a worse score than zero to three? "
"Really, I am very worried. I have always been worried. Even the biggest problem that bothers me has never been whether to play against Inter Milan. It is that I am afraid that there will be another zero-three game, even worse than the zero-three game.
Tragic defeat!”
Since his debut, Gao Shen has never lost a game worse than 0-3.
So he will be afraid, which is human nature.
Who is not afraid?
In 2009 and 2011, Ferguson's Manchester United faced Barcelona twice in the Champions League finals. He knew before the game that his team was basically unable to defeat the opponent, but he still chose his own personality and chose to attack Barcelona.
, instead of a more confident counterattack!
Wasn't he afraid of Ferguson at that time?
Gao Shen absolutely does not believe it.
And Guardiola, why did he listen to the players' opinions and let them attack according to their own hearts before Bayern Munich played Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals in 2014? As a result, he lost 4-0 at the Allianz Arena.
?
Weakness is more terrible than failure!
"There are two ways to face suffering, one is to be completely defeated, and the other is to become stronger!"
The profound voice floated in the coach's office and rang in every coach's heart.
"I want to use an offensive game to tell Inter Milan and the world that we were not knocked down by that 0-3 game."
"Even after experiencing a 0-3 defeat, even though we know clearly that we may still lose, or even lose miserably, we still have to bravely show our fists, because we are not afraid!"
"We are not afraid of losing! We are not afraid of Inter Milan!"
