Gao Shen has always felt that Pochettino is a seriously underestimated head coach.
Because he has never won a championship.
The competition in professional football is very cruel. In front of the world, heroes are always judged by success or failure.
Whether now or in his previous life, Pochettino has been underestimated.
For example, when it comes to the Spaniards, few people know what Pochettino did for the Spaniards.
Even reporters and fans who are familiar with and understand La Liga and the Spaniard can at best say the previous sentence, "He is a profound disciple." After defeating Guardiola's Barcelona in an away game that year, Guardiola said: "His coaching
The style is very similar to mine.”
But everyone will be wondering, what did Pochettino do?
At the tactical level, both Guardiola and Pochettino were deeply influenced by Bielsa and Gao Shen. The former was Gao Shen's right-hand assistant. When Gao Shen was coaching Serie A, Pochettino would go to Gao Shen's classes every time and even watch them.
his training.
What people see is always the performance on the court, but what happens on the court is often the decisive factor.
Why is he a profound disciple?
Similar tactical styles?
These are all appearances.
To put it more deeply, the way he controls the team is very similar to Gao Shen.
From the time he coached Espanyol, and even from the beginning of coaching the Espanyol women's football team, he has made changes in many details, which the media, fans, and even other professionals cannot see.
For example, he will strictly regulate the players' diet and habits, even down to the eating time.
However, due to the Spaniard's financial resources, the club did not intend to give him the budget to hire a nutrition expert, so he studied nutrition on his own and even learned from nutrition experts from time to time from Gao Shen and Gao Shen's coaching staff.
For example, Spaniards all know that he is a training maniac, and every training session is very intense. As a professional player, he is very thoughtful and can always come up with some very targeted training methods.
But many people have not noticed that Pochettino has a training habit that he has adhered to for many years, that is, at the end of each training session, he will ask the players to perform a long-distance running training.
At first, the Spanish players were very resistant.
"Do you know why the advanced Naples can run so well?"
"Do you know why Naples is often able to launch such a strong press at the end of the game?"
"That's their secret!"
Pochettino told the Espanyol players that they have no technical advantage. If they don't work hard on physical fitness to create their own advantages, then what will they use to avoid relegation? What will they use to compete with their opponents?
In this way, he led the team to defeat Barcelona in an away game and successfully led the team to avoid relegation.
Since then, Pochettino has started to get involved in all aspects of the Spaniard, from the medical staff to the coaching staff to the team to the youth training camp... almost everything has his footprints.
In European professional circles, Pochettino has a very good impression because he promoted more than 20 youth players to the first team during his coaching tenure at Espanyol.
This is why Espanyol, a team that has been in a serious financial crisis for a long time and has constant internal boardroom disputes, can still rank in the middle or even the upper middle of La Liga.
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Gao Shen is very familiar with Pochettino and the two have always maintained very close contact. He knows what happened to Pochettino at Espanyol and also knows the real reason for his dismissal.
He felt sorry for the Argentines.
At the same time, he also hopes that Pochettino can achieve greater glory than in his previous life.
In his previous life, Pochettino's coaching at Southampton was very successful, but when he arrived at Tottenham Hotspur, due to preparations for the construction of a new stadium, Pochettino did at Tottenham what Wenger did at Arsenal.
That is destined to be recorded in Tottenham history!
Many people only remember Pochettino being fired, but ignore that even after class is over, there is no problem at all in the Tottenham locker room led by Pochettino.
Isn't this very similar to Klopp?
To put it bluntly, these two teams are almost the same. They both declined after the peak of the team. In addition, the problems left by the team's serious lack of investment in the past few years have finally accumulated and evolved into a series of problems.
An uncontrollable situation.
The final result is that the head coach is fired.
Dortmund is relatively doing better, but after Tottenham's coaching change, is the situation better than during Pochettino's time?
To a certain extent, Pochettino's name will be the first entry in Tottenham's new stadium.
The involvement in his past and present life gave Gao Shen an unusual appreciation for Pochettino.
The two have almost become friends who talk about everything. Pochettino often comes to visit the training of the senior team, and many times the two even discuss it on the spot.
Gao Shen also communicated his tactical concepts and ideas to him without reservation.
For example, Gao Shen said that he likes the balance between offense and defense.
When Pochettino watched the Real Madrid game, his first reaction was balance.
"A very comfortable sense of balance in offense and defense!" Pochettino also did not hesitate to praise him.
But the two will also discuss practical issues in depth.
For example, coaching a team like Espanyol cannot have such outstanding midfielders as Modric, Toni Kroos, Xavi Iniesta, Xavi Alonso and Busquets who are both offensive and defensive.
players.
It is even more impossible to have all-round players like Di Maria and Benzema, let alone Cristiano Ronaldo.
then what should we do?
As Pochettino said to the Spanish players before, technical deficiencies must be made up for by more running and pressing.
The Spaniard's defeat at the Bernabeu was due to their lack of sufficient running and pressing, and their failure to suppress Real Madrid's rhythm of the game, resulting in the game being completely controlled by Real Madrid.
So Real Madrid scored again and again, each one accurate.
Pochettino said frankly that if he were coaching, he would still lose, but he would never lose so embarrassingly.
Gao Shen agrees with this statement.
And Pochettino has also encountered some problems recently.
He has received offers from Premier League teams.
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After the seventeenth round of La Liga, the league was suspended and the Christmas holiday ushered in. Gao Shen also had time to call over Zidane, Hierro, Carlo and other assistants. In addition, he has been in Madrid recently and followed him.
Pochettino, who was on the move with Real Madrid, happened to have a dinner together.
Pochettino spoke of the Premier League offers he has received.
Counting from bottom to top, Reading, Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Newcastle...
Almost all teams interested in changing coaches will pay attention to Pochettino.
This is not because he is famous, but because his coaching results at Espanyol are really good.
There are two other important factors.
One is Swansea's Big Laudrup. After this former La Liga head coach of Getafe went to coach Swansea, he almost reduced the dimension and won applause. Everyone saw that the original La Liga head coach
When he arrived in the Premier League, he was able to perform so well on a technical and tactical level.
Another one is Sarri from Leeds United.
Nowadays, the whole of England is wondering, how long can this dark horse last?
The Premier League has played 18 rounds, and as a result, Leeds United, a dark horse, is still ranked fourth.
This is simply outrageous!
You know, last summer, instead of investing, Leeds United earned a training base in the transfer market. But now, this team is still ranked fourth in the Premier League.
This is simply a crazy rhythm!
A profound storm has spread throughout the Premier League, and even Pochettino, who is in Spain, has benefited.
But it's really not that Leeds United performed very well. At best, they were occasionally upset.
For example, they defeated Chelsea 2-1 at home with Salah's goal. This was a big upset, and Mourinho was so angry that he wanted to poach Salah and Koulibaly on the spot.
Among them, Salah's long-distance attack and the winning goal made him famous in one battle.
But then, Leeds United also lost to Swansea in an away game, lost to Stoke City at home, and lost to Arsenal 2-0 away from home, suffering three consecutive defeats.
But they couldn't stand up to other teams' efforts, and as a result, Leeds United is still ranked fourth, 10 points behind Chelsea, and a 13-point gap with Manchester City and Manchester United.
It can be seen that it is not Leeds United's performance that is so vigorous, but that Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and other teams did not perform well enough. This is why Leeds United, the dark horse, is too conspicuous.
Gao Shen concluded that Leeds United's secret to victory is to do their best to grab the points they deserve.
If you encounter a strong team, defend it; if you encounter an equal or weaker team, attack them.
Therefore, many people think that Leeds United's football is very good. In fact, they automatically ignore the defense against strong teams.
"Actually, Sarri is still not pragmatic enough. If he were more pragmatic and got all the points he should score and defended all the games he should defend, Leeds United's current fourth place would be more stable."
Now, Leeds United only has one point more than the team behind them, which is actually very dangerous.
"For example, we lost to Swansea in an away game. This game should not have been played like this at all. We lost 3-1, which seriously damaged our morale. Then we overcorrected. When we beat Stoke City, we pounced too hard and were counterattacked by the opponent's stubborn defense.
We took the opportunity and lost 0-1 at home."
When Gao Shen said this, he also had a wry smile on his face.
Sometimes, the head coach is like this, and he tends to make blind moves when things get messy.
During that three-game losing streak, Leeds United should have scored at least four points.
"Normally, the head coach is also a human being, not a god. It is impossible for him not to make any mistakes. Sarri has done a good enough job." Carlo laughed.
Everyone knows that Gao Shen is not complaining about Sarri, but his demands are too high.
Sarri has been his assistant for three years.
Gao Shen didn't take it seriously and looked at Pochettino again.
"Seriously, your style of football would be particularly flattering in the Premier League, but take my word for it, Reading, Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa, Sunderland and Newcastle are not the same at this stage.
Good choice."
"For you, the next stop is very important. If you step on it steadily, your career can reach another level, or even two levels, so you must choose carefully!"
