"Martin, do you know? I have been commentating on the Premier League for so many years, and I have never met a head coach like Gao Shen who has attracted such a lot of attention and caused a sensation in the entire Premier League."
Sky TV's gold medal commentator, Andy Gray, was sitting at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, giving live commentary to the fans. This is also the finale of this round of the Premier League, which shows the level of attention it has received.
At this moment, a brief welcome performance was being held at the Etihad Stadium. The fans participating in the performance were the Manchester City fans organization. This was also an event organized by them to welcome Gao Shen's arrival.
For this reason, both the Football Association and the Premier League allowed them to perform before the game.
This is the first time in the history of the Premier League that a team has welcomed their new head coach with such solemnity.
"Back then, Jose Mourinho also came to Stamford Bridge in London with the Champions League championship. He also won the Triple Crown in the Portuguese Super League. And at that time, he was more high-profile than Gao Shen, but frankly speaking, at that time,
Mourinho was not as eye-catching as Gao Shen is now."
"It's normal." Martin Taylor, who has been Andy Gray's partner for many years, immediately took over the words, "You know, Mourinho, who won the Champions League back then, could only be regarded as emerging and reached a small peak in his life.
But the real pinnacle of his career is at Chelsea and in the Premier League."
"But Gao Shen is different now. He doesn't need to prove himself like Mourinho did back then. He won the double championship at Real Madrid and won the championship as a dark horse in Naples for three consecutive years. During this period,
His resume can be called a legend in the history of world football, especially his treble of Serie A and Champions League last season, which is even more impressive."
"Now Gao Shen is truly the world's top coach. What's more important is that he will only be 29 years old in September. This is a very incredible age. He has a very good image and good looks.
Handsome, he is unique among all European managers."
"So, before he announced that he would coach Manchester City, The Sun had already booked it in advance. Gao Shen is the new idol of the Premier League. As a result, we have seen that after he coached Manchester City, the popularity has always remained high. Every day we can read it in major newspapers
Seeing him, this is definitely not intentional propaganda, but he has such enthusiasm."
Andy Gray agrees very much, "You can't buy this kind of popularity."
"Yes, Manchester City will give some guidance, but there is definitely no way to create such a large-scale popularity, so Gao Shen is now the biggest star in the Premier League. How many people are riding on the popularity, right?"
As soon as Martin Taylor finished speaking, Andy Gray couldn't help laughing, "It's like our Gary Lineker who is eager to perform a striptease on the live broadcast."
"And the Sun." Martin Taylor added with a smile, "Before the start of the new season, they even placed a provocative advertisement on the third page, saying that they could change Gao Shen's girlfriend every week."
"Yes, yes, Manchester City fans protested about this, thinking that The Sun was bribed by Manchester United and deliberately came to interfere with their head coach, because if you change your girlfriend every week, how can your body bear it?"
"Haha, look, this discussion is not going to happen anymore?"
As media people, Andy Gray and Martin Taylor are both very aware of the media's hype model, and they also clearly understand the commercial value of Gao Shen in the Premier League and even in European football.
Even in the professional field, Gao Shen is the most watched head coach in European football today.
"Recently, especially after the first round of the Premier League, I met many professionals in the football circle, and they were all discussing the sophisticated tactics of Manchester City in the first round. To be honest, everyone thought it was very controversial.
the value of."
As soon as Andy Gray finished speaking, Martin Taylor nodded, "Yes, I have met many people, and they are all talking about it. I feel that they all appreciate Gao Shen very much. According to them, everything in Manchester City's current technical and tactics
What is reflected is unprecedented in the Premier League and even in European football, including Suarez and Neuer."
"I still remember what Ferguson said before the start of the new Premier League season." Andy Gray said with a smile, "In today's European football, the two new generation coaches he is most optimistic about, one is Barcelona's
Guardiola, one of them is Gao Shen, but he probably didn’t think at the time that Gao Shen would crush Manchester United as soon as Gao Shen arrived.”
Martin Taylor also laughed loudly, "Yes, Manchester City currently has one game less, but is ranked one higher than Manchester United."
"Tonight's game is Gao Shen's home debut in the Premier League. Manchester City fans are welcoming him warmly, but Moyes' team is likely to become a spoiler for this welcome ceremony."
"After experiencing the disastrous defeat in the first round, Moyes will be more cautious now. It is an away game, and I believe the tactics will be more conservative. Last season, Everton conceded 37 goals, tied for fourth in the Premier League.
, this shows that Moyes’ team’s defensive ability is still very strong.”
"But the absence of Jagielka and Arteta will have a great impact on Everton. The key depends on how Moyes arranges this game."
Martin Taylor also took over and said: "Gao Shen and Moyes are the two young Premier League coaches that Ferguson is most optimistic about, but Gao Shen is relatively younger, only 28 years old, but he is already two years old.
A gold-medal coach who has won the Champions League."
"Tonight is Gao Shen's first home game in the Premier League. Let's see if Moyes will bring any surprises to Gao Shen."
…
Moyes did prepare for the unexpected.
Goalkeeper: Howard.
Defense: Leighton Bynes, Abbott, Phil Neville and Hibbert.
Midfield: Rodwell and Fellaini deep, Pienaar, Tim Cahill and Osman up front.
Forward: Saha.
When Gao Shen got this starting lineup, his first reaction was that Moyes was not playing conservatively.
Why do you say that?
First of all, what Saha is best at is taking the ball with his back. When Ferguson introduced him, he wanted to let him take the ball and let Ronaldo get in behind.
Yes, it was the offensive line he later carefully built for Cristiano Ronaldo and Berbatov.
What Tim Cahill is best at is cutting in from behind, especially his header. Although he is not tall, his header is excellent; and Fellaini is even more different.
Standing 1.94 meters tall with a messy afro, he occupies a large area on the court.
As a midfielder, Fellaini's position is actually very interesting. He can play in multiple positions such as defensive midfielder, midfielder and attacking midfielder.
You can imagine what it would be like for someone who is not a center but is over 1.94 meters tall and still has legs under his feet.
Tim Cahill and Fellaini, these two midfielders actually tied as Everton's top scorer last season, both scoring eight goals, followed by Saha and Al
Six goals from Teta and Osman.
In addition, Tim Cahill also had five assists, which was only less than Arteta's eight and Pienaar and Leighton Baines' seven.
It is conceivable that Moyes arranged for Tim Cahill and Fellaini to play at the same time, what was his intention?
Gao Shen was really surprised when he saw Everton's starting lineup.
After passing the list to Sarri, Gao Shen said with a wry smile: "We all guessed wrong. Moyes is quite bold."
Obviously, playing Cahill and Fellaini at the same time makes it clear that they are going to fight Manchester City to the death.
The current routine is very interesting.
Based on the situation in the first round, Manchester City guessed that Moyes' Everton would adopt a defensive counterattack tactic, but Moyes also guessed that both Manchester City and Gao Shen had guessed it, so he did not want to adopt a defensive counterattack tactic, but wanted to fight with Manchester City.
Fight to death.
After reading the list, Sarri smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Sorry, Gao, I was wrong."
Gao Shen waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay, don't take it to heart, Maurizio, you know, Moyes is a famous Premier League coach who has been famous for many years, and he has more experience."
The embarrassing thing is that Sarri was actually born in 1959, which makes him exactly fifty years old, while Moyes was born in 1963 and is only forty-six years old.
But Moyes is already the head coach of a prestigious Premier League team, and even often leads the team into European competitions, while Sarri has only been hanging around in lower-level leagues until now, and has never been able to get a stage to prove his strength.
Gao Shen noticed Sari's embarrassed expression and guessed it.
"Maurizio, there is an old saying in China that there is no priority in learning, and those who have mastered it are teachers. It means that knowledge is regardless of age, whoever learns it thoroughly first and whoever is more talented can be a teacher.
"
After a pause, Gao Shen smiled encouragingly at Sarri and said, "Don't complain, and don't put too much pressure on yourself. Believe me, your opportunity will definitely come."
"For you now, the most important thing is to be prepared. Only when you are ready, when the opportunity arises, can you seize it. Otherwise, no matter how many opportunities you are given, it will be in vain."
Sarri listened.
At fifty years old, he didn't need profound explanations. At his age, he knew exactly what he could do and what he should do, but at that moment just now, he was really confused.
And what Gao Shen said at this time just made him become clear again.
"Thank you, Gao." Sari thanked him sincerely.
Gao Shen waved his hand, as if to say, you're welcome.
Carlo, Lucas and others behind him all looked at each other and smiled. They were used to it.
Many people think that Gao Shen's chicken soup for the soul is only stewed for players. In fact, their assistants, especially Guardiola, Zidane and now Sarri, have all drank the chicken soup cooked by Gao Shen himself.
"I'm looking forward to seeing Moyes's expression later." Gao Shen said expectantly.
…
At almost the same time, in the visiting team's dressing room at the Etihad Stadium, Moyes also received Manchester City's starting lineup.
But after seeing this list, his first reaction was: confused!
Gao Shen was actually rotated, and the intensity was quite high.
