Manchester City won the Champions League and achieved the great feat of winning the Triple Crown, which caused huge repercussions around the world.
With this Champions League, Gao Shen became the first person in active football and the second head coach in the history of the Champions League to win three Champions Leagues. What is even more rare is that his three Champions Leagues were led by
Acquired by three different teams.
UEFA even reported on Gao Shen's deeds on its official website and sang his praises.
Even FIFA made a special report and congratulated Gao Shen.
Major media outlets in Europe and even the world are rushing to praise it, and even the United States, a football desert, is rushing to report this news, not to mention Asia and China, the base camps of the elite.
Although he is not a player, it is obviously more difficult to achieve success as a head coach than as a player.
But now, as an Asian, Gao Shen has won three Champions Leagues. The AFC even commented on the official website that Gao Shen is the light of Asian football!
China is also rushing to report on it. From the authoritative party journals to newspapers and TV stations at all levels, they all reported this news. This quickly aroused huge repercussions in the country. Countless Chinese people are proud and proud of the profound achievements.
pride.
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Neither Gao Shen nor Manchester City have time to pay attention to outside news.
The morning after the team won the championship, everyone woke up and found an extra bonus in their bank accounts.
This is what Mansour promised, the additional championship bonus.
The club has also begun preparing to pay salaries and championship bonuses, which will be performed in accordance with the previously signed contract.
Everyone in the team happily counted their money, held the championship trophy, and headed north back to Manchester.
After returning to Manchester, a series of processes began again.
Transferring to an uncovered bus, holding the three trophies of the league championship, FA Cup championship and Champions League championship, they began a grand parade around the city, attracting nearly 300,000 Manchester City fans to take to the streets, all chasing Manchester City's
Bus.
The entire procession around the city lasted from noon to evening, and finally arrived at the Etihad Stadium.
Here, another grand celebration ceremony was held.
More than 50,000 die-hard Manchester City fans were able to enter the stadium and witness the arrival of three championship trophies with Manchester City players. The mayor of Manchester and other government officials were also present.
Gao Shen followed the process throughout the process, and by the time it was time for him to go up and speak, he was already ravenous.
I had no choice but to eat something casually in the morning, and I ended up starving now.
But even so, he still gave full play to his eloquence advantage.
This is also Gao Shen's usual specialty.
Whether it's making chicken blood or drawing big cakes, he does it at his fingertips, and he never fails to do so, making the fans at the scene very excited.
At the end of the ceremony, Manchester City booked a luxury hotel and held a celebration banquet.
The banquet was naturally busy again.
I finally got home, it was midnight, and I fell asleep directly.
I slept so long that I didn't wake up until nearly noon.
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"You're awake."
Seeing Gao Shen go downstairs, sitting on the sofa in the living room reading the newspaper and listening to the TV news, Su Qing heard the noise.
She quickly stood up and asked the servant to bring out the lean meat porridge she had prepared for Gao Shen before.
Gao Shen walked over, glanced at the newspaper, and then looked at the news. He found that although there was news about Manchester City winning the championship in today's newspaper, there was actually much less news.
This is also normal.
In the era of information explosion, even a sudden national war may be difficult to sustain for three days, let alone this annual Champions League final.
At best, Manchester City's treble, and the three Champions League titles are more interesting.
"Don't look, there are still a lot of reports." Su Qing saw Gao Shen standing over there and immediately came over to pull him away.
In fact, she is also very proud of Gao Shen.
This is also the reason why she reads so many newspapers and news at once.
Although she works in a ministry and reads the newspaper every day, she never pays attention to it almost all the time like she did recently.
Gao Shen was eating lean meat porridge, but he still felt that it was a bit boring. It would taste better if he added some preserved eggs.
After relaying what Mansour and Mubarak had said before to Su Qing, the latter was surprised.
"Ireland will not accept playing in the English Championship team. He now has no shortage of suitors from Premier League teams, such as Aston Villa, newly promoted Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, etc., so he will
Don’t think about it.”
Gao Shen didn't want Ireland. In addition to being unable to buy it, there was another very important reason: it was too expensive.
Based on the current situation of Leeds United, the best option is actually to train young players, build their worth, and then sell them.
For the time being, players of this level in Ireland are still too expensive to afford.
On the contrary, players of the right age such as Courtois, Trippier, Adam Lallana, Stones, etc., are in line with Leeds United's requirements, and the most important thing is that their worth is not high, only one million pounds.
Within this period, you can also pay in installments.
"What about the Keylor Navas you mentioned before?" Su Qing asked with a frown.
"I have sent a fax of the quotation to Albacete as you said before. It is 300,000 euros. They agreed. So now we have two goalkeepers?"
Gao Shen smiled bitterly, this was really something he didn't expect, but it didn't matter.
Only children take multiple-choice questions, but all adults do.
Courtois and Navas, this is a goalkeeper configuration that only Real Madrid has. How luxurious.
Navas currently plays for Albacete in the Spanish Second Division, but this unlucky team was relegated this season and can only play in the third level of Spain in the new season. Therefore, Leeds United made an offer of 300,000 euros for Albacete.
Of course Te agreed.
In fact, Navas has not played many games in Albacete and has yet to prove his ability.
In contrast, Courtois is the real immediate combat power, and Navas probably still needs to adapt.
Although, Navas looks much older than Courtois.
And it is already the national gate of Costa Rica.
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Manchester City suddenly offered such a benefit, which really disrupted Gao Shen's original plan.
For example, as for the right back, what Gao Shen originally wanted to do was to loan Carvajal from Real Madrid.
The reason why it is a loan rather than a buyout is because Carvajal serves as the captain of Real Madrid's second team and has already paid off his worth. Now he cannot be bought without three to four million euros.
Even if Gao Shen uses his personal connections to sell Real Madrid at a cheaper price, he will definitely have to sign a clause to sell it to Real Madrid at a low price.
That being the case, why bother?
In comparison, Trippier is more suitable and the price is very cheap.
Gao Shen said that he wanted to create a lineup for Sarri that suits him. This is really not what he said casually.
Sarri has been Gao Shen's deputy for three years. Gao Shen knows his tactical ideas and preferences very clearly.
As a head coach who was born as a non-professional player, the most important thing for Sarri to become a professional coach is his own exploration. In his previous life, he worked hard in low-level leagues and came up with a set of tactical concepts that suit him.
, and at the same time, Salipo who can operate on the court.
In the past three years, Sarri has been using his own yet-to-be-formed Saripo to learn from Gao Shen, absorbing nutrients and using them for his own purposes. At the same time, he often discussed with Gao Shen the details of his own tactical play.
some issues.
It's like midfield.
In fact, for midfielders, the professional field of European football has already had a relatively mature operating mechanism, which is the so-called formula.
The Manchester United team of 1999, Giggs' advancement, Beckham's infinite distance transfer, Scholes' back-breaking and long-range shooting, Roy Keane's coverage and dispatching.
Benitez's Liverpool has a three-man midfield, with Mascherano's interception coverage and ball sorting, Xabi Alonso's wide-range transfer and organization and dispatch, and Gerrard's back-breaking and long-range shots.
Found it?
Compared with Manchester United's golden four midfielders, what Liverpool lacks is ball advancement, so Liverpool's offense has always been problematic.
Barcelona's three midfielders are also very interesting, with Busquets' coverage and sorting of the ball, Xavi's organization and direct passing ability, and Iniesta's dribbling.
Because Barcelona doesn't like long passes, they don't need long pass transfers like Xabi Alonso or Beckham.
Look at Manchester City now.
Javi Martinez's coverage and sorting, David Silva's dribbling and deep pass, Rakitic's long-range shot and ball dispatching, among which the function of the organizer is shared
On David Silva and Rakitic.
Seeing this, I believe everyone should know that this is the midfield configuration of modern football. The difference is that different combinations are adopted according to different players.
For the same reason, this is why when Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea performed poorly, Gao Shen concluded that Chelsea would be able to shine after Joe Cole returned.
Because Chelsea's midfield also lacks ball advancement, but Joe Cole can provide it.
Let’s take a look at Real Madrid’s ceremonial midfield three in three consecutive Champions League games.
Casemiro's coverage and grooming of the ball, Toni Kroos' unlimited range of transfers and long shots, Modric's ball advancement and direct passes, Toni Kroos and Modric shared the organization
Scheduling.
In other words, the reason why the three midfielders of Ceremony can bring such amazing results to Real Madrid is that the three of them can do what Manchester United's golden four midfielders can do.
Here we only talk about the midfield function, and do not involve the comparison of who is stronger between three people and four people.
The three midfielders that Sarri wants are actually a technical player who can handle the ball and push forward, an all-round player who can go up and down, and a deep-lying organization that provides coverage and series connection.
Maybe, after seeing this, some people will be surprised.
Since there is a consensus, why don't all teams be formed according to this formula?
The reason is simple. Formulas are just formulas, but people are complex.
For example, if Manchester City wanted to poach Messi, Gao Shen would definitely refuse.
Although Messi is indeed better and more powerful than Robben, Gao Shen will not sacrifice Robben for Messi.
By the same token, Xavi is indeed better, but Gao Shen will not pursue Xavi and give up Rakitic because of this.
And Yaya Toure, who is so strong, if he really needs to use a formula, which position should he put him in?
Sometimes, whether the team or the head coach, they are constantly making various choices.
Building a team is never as simple as a formula.
Otherwise, everyone would be a world-famous coach.
