After defeating Arsenal, Gao Shen posted a photo on Twitter. It was the scoreboard at the Etihad Stadium. The score was 4-1.
“Received a beautiful birthday gift!”
The next day, this was reported by many media around the world, and fans and netizens rushed to repost and comment.
Gao Shen is already used to this.
As one of the first people to use Twitter, he not only became the number one Internet celebrity on Twitter, but also became a shareholder of Twitter. This made Gao Shen even more enthusiastic about tweeting, and he would post a post from time to time.
Today, the number of Twitter users is close to 50 million, attracting celebrities from the entertainment and political circles including Justin Bieber and ***, but Gao Shen is still the number one Internet celebrity worthy of his name.
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Each of his tweets will receive countless retweets and comments from netizens and fans.
Even FIFA President Sepp Blatter once said: Gao Shen is the best promotion ambassador for football.
Many people believe that the reason why Gao Shen is so popular is related to his magical experience in world football, and also because he insists on tweeting himself, which is also extremely rare.
"Everyone is eager to know what the celebrities they follow are doing, seeing, and eating every day."
After defeating Arsenal, Gao Shen sent out a routine tweet.
But the British Daily Mail retweeted it and commented: "For Arsenal and Wenger, this is not beautiful at all!"
The reason is simple. The Gunners' ranking dropped directly to sixth.
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In addition to Twitter, many media focuses on Gaoshen's third victory over Arsenal.
Three different tactics were used three times.
And so far this season, Gaoshen has used five different tactics and lineups in five games.
This is the most amazing thing.
The Manchester Evening News said that Manchester City today is like a sophisticated tactical laboratory. He is always studying and trying different tactics on Manchester City to stimulate the players.
For example, he fixed Robben on the right; for example, he fixed David Silva from the left midfielder to the central midfielder; for example, he is still trying to transform Henderson into a midfielder and move Adam Lara
Na transformed into a central midfielder...
"He is like a master tactician. He has not only created an advanced, meticulous and competitive tactical system for Manchester City, but also cultivated a talent reserve for Manchester City that will benefit immensely in the next few years."
The Manchester Evening News believes that Gao Shen is completely transforming Manchester City and is also profoundly changing the situation in the Premier League.
"Manchester City is now the most competitive team in the Premier League!"
But Manchester City's rise is not entirely without hidden dangers.
The Mirror published a piece of news on an important page. UEFA internally approved a new rule proposal initiated by Platini, which is [Financial Fair Play].
As early as before the season, famous Premier League coaches such as Ferguson and Wenger expressed dissatisfaction and concern about Manchester City's spending money on signings, believing that this was not conducive to the long-term development of the league and the club. This caused UEFA to express their dissatisfaction and concern at the time.
focus on.
Now, Platini has officially launched the Financial Fair Play clause.
According to the new rules, starting from 2012, UEFA has the right to punish teams whose transfer expenses are greater than their financial revenue. The scope of punishment can even prohibit the team from participating in events organized by UEFA.
After the internal resolution was passed, Platini told reporters in the media that this move was to prevent capital from massively intervening in football clubs and thus protect the future of football.
"We don't want to kill or Shanghai clubs, on the contrary, we want to help them financially. The teams participating in UEFA competitions all agree with our principles."
To show determination, Platini even appointed former Belgian Prime Minister Dehayene as chairman of UEFA's Club Financial Control Committee, which is composed of nine economists and conducts comprehensive supervision of the club's finances.
The Mirror believes that the release of this resolution proves that Manchester City's plan to strengthen its strength by burning money is unsustainable, and even giants like the Abu Dhabi Consortium are likely to withdraw from European football as a result.
There is not much time left for Manchester City to rise!
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On the one hand, they started the Premier League with five consecutive wins, and on the other hand, they were restricted by UEFA. Manchester City suddenly grabbed all the limelight.
But at Carrington, Gao Shen did not let outside disturbances invade the club's training ground.
The team still conducted recovery training on the morning of the next day of the game, and began to have a holiday that afternoon.
Because Manchester City did not have a midweek game, Gao Shen gave the team a day off.
The players will report back to Carrington at noon tomorrow.
After the training session, Gao Shen specially held an internal meeting in the conference room before disbandment.
At the meeting, Gao Shen first reported on the situation of this round of the Premier League, as well as Manchester City's performance in this round, as well as its current ranking in the Premier League standings. All data proved that Manchester City's current situation is very good.
The most important thing is that the team can have a week of rest.
This is quite a luxury for any team that operates on multiple fronts.
But Gao Shen still reminded his players not to feel paralyzed and careless because of this.
Because there are currently three teams in the Premier League that have won five consecutive victories, Chelsea and Liverpool will be strong competitors.
But what is imminent for Manchester City is the next round of local derby, Manchester United.
"For the past five rounds of the league, I am proud of everyone's performance. You all gave your best performance and proved to everyone our strength, and also proved that we are not mercenaries!"
"But I think this is far from enough!"
Gao Shen's words were unanimously nodded in agreement by the players present.
At this point, Manchester City will no longer target the top four, because Manchester City is now the leader.
"Before the season, I had a conversation with captain Vicente."
Gao Shen pointed at Vicente Kompany, and the Belgian nodded blankly.
He had many conversations with Gao Shen, and he didn't know which one it was.
"I told him that our goal is not just to be in the top four, we want to compete for the championship, and even compete for the Champions League next season. I think this is no longer so far away for us."
"I hope that each of you, whether it is our players, our coaches, or our staff, should set higher demands on yourself, and you should meet the standards of a Premier League champion or even a Champions League champion.
Own."
"Only in this way, when each of us can meet the standards, then our team will truly have the strength and qualifications to compete for the Premier League championship and the Champions League championship!"
"I believe that this day will not be far away!"
Gao Shen's words received a burst of warm applause from the audience.
Looking around at everyone, Gao Shen also saw their desire from their expressions and eyes.
All the players who came to Manchester City came with a fervent desire, especially players like Suarez, Robben, David Silva and other players. They all aspired to succeed in Manchester City under the leadership of senior players.
This is actually also an important criterion for advanced talent selection.
He doesn't like players who are already successful and don't have much hunger.
Just like the Real Madrid he brought with him when he first traveled through time.
The double championship was caused by many reasons. If Gao Shen had not left at that time and stayed at Real Madrid, and had not reorganized Real Madrid, his end would have been very miserable.
Because no one can rekindle Ronaldo's fighting spirit after winning the Champions League, and there is no way to make Zidane and others full of hunger again, because they are too old and have basically fulfilled their honors.
In life, it is a good character to have no desires and demands, and to be content with what you have, but in competitive sports, this is fatal!
Fortunately, under the profound influence, Azar has tightened his nerves now.
"I can tell you very clearly," after the applause, Gao Shen banged the hammer again.
"My current goal is to continue my winning streak to the end, so I hope that each of you can stay 100% focused and keep up with my rhythm and pace."
"I hope that after the end of this season, I can taste the champagne of championship and victory with everyone!"
Thunderous applause erupted again in the conference room.
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After the team was disbanded, Gao Shen had no way to stay idle.
He has something extremely important to do.
After resting at Carrington at noon, Gao Shen, accompanied by Brian Kidd and Rudolf Borrell, set off for the Manchester City Youth Academy located in the south of Manchester city center, next to Pratt Park.
This is known as Manchester City's talent reserve center. Sturridge, Micah Richards and others came from here.
But in the past two or three months, earth-shaking changes have taken place here.
Since 2008, after the Abu Dhabi consortium acquired Manchester City, they have improved the club's training base and the hardware facilities of the youth training students. The conditions of Manchester City's youth training academy have been greatly changed. From now on, the dilapidated and old bungalows
, turned into a brand-new training building, and various equipment were gradually introduced.
After Gao Shen took charge of Manchester City, he further improved the software system of youth training on the basis of hardware.
The most important thing is reflected in the training of youth training players.
Gao Shen is from Spain, and his coaching team is basically from Spain, so he comprehensively promotes Spanish youth training in Manchester City's youth training academy, emphasizing technology, passing and creativity, and encouraging players to perform individually.
This is reflected in aspects such as the selection of youth training personnel.
In the past, England's youth training selection focused on physical fitness, but now after the reform, more emphasis is placed on technology and creativity.
In advanced terms, the body can be trained, but the skills and creativity cannot be improved after they are formed.
Surrounding the reform of youth training, significant personnel changes have also been made.
Gao Shen's right-hand man, technical coach Rudolf Borrell, serves as the technical consultant of the youth academy, and Brian Kidd, the assistant coach of the first team, serves as the football director of the youth academy. Both of them have full authority to represent Gao Shen.
At the specific operational level, Manchester City hired youth training director Nick Cox from Watford, who has worked for Watford for many years. The boss behind Watford is the Italian Pozzo family, which owns
Udinese, Granada and Watford specialize in cultivating and developing players, and one can imagine their ability to serve in such clubs for many years.
The head coach of the reserve team is Lopetegui from Spain's Real Madrid. He was unemployed after being dismissed from Real Madrid's second team Castilla last year. When he heard that Gao Shen was selecting a reserve team coach for Manchester City, he took the initiative and contacted Gao Shen.
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Of course, Gao Shen would not refuse the future head coach of the Spanish national youth team and national team.
The head coach of the U18 age group is former England international winger Jason Wilcox.
Nick Cox, Lopetegui, and Jason Wilcox form the current Big Three of Manchester City's youth academy.
Today, they were also the ones who came out to welcome Gao Shen for inspection.
