Saint Germain Lyon training base, western suburb of Paris, France.
Paris Saint Germain, who has returned from training in the Middle East, is preparing for the final 64 knockout of the French Cup. The opponent in this match is not strong. A team of low-level League is called alas.
But to be able to break through the previous three rounds of elimination, it is estimated that the strength will not be too bad.
Gao Han stood silently on the sideline, watching the training course on the court, and never spoke.
Assistant coach Makelele is responsible for leading the training of the large army. Zidane assists, just like Alpine weather, he is more on the side to watch, but once someone does not perform well, he will immediately stop training and go to one-on-one guidance and special training.
From the beginning of this season, this kind of scene has become the normal situation on the training ground. The two assistant coaches are given full authority to watch and supervise. The training and training of the players are all completed by Makelele and Zidane.
Other members of the coaching team also perform their own duties and work with each other. They will not have any problems. On the contrary, they can give Alpine more time and spare more energy to prepare for the team.
Zidane called a pause this time because the 16-year-old kid Kingsley Koman, who was promoted to the first team recently, was too reckless when he dealt with the ball just now, which made Zidane unable to watch. He walked into the field and gave Kingsley Koman a hard training, and showed himself a move to get rid of the ball.
Although Zidane retired for many years, he kept a good figure, and his movements were as graceful as ever. He won a burst of applause on the training ground, and Kingsley Koman also accepted the guidance from his predecessors with an open mind.
That''s the advantage of legend.
Because they have reached that height, and even a lot of players have grown up watching their games, what they say is often more convincing.
Of course, not every famous player has the ability to coach, such as Maradona. His football talent is beyond doubt, but he obviously has no way to completely instill his ideas and ideas into his players, which makes him very difficult to be competent for the role of head coach. However, from the cooperation of more than one year, Zidane undoubtedly has this ability.
Looking at the scene on the court, Gao can''t help recalling his cooperation with cantarello.
I still remember that when I was coaching Chelsea, someone said that the combination of Gao Han and cantarello was very similar to the coaching combination of England''s legendary Bryan clough and Peter Taylor. They were also one in charge of the whole team, one in charge of one-on-one detail carving, and the two worked together to complement each other.
But then, as cantarello transformed into a technical director, alpine began to become a loner.
At this moment, looking at the division of labor and cooperation between Makelele and Zidane on the training ground, Gao can''t help recalling his memory.
Zidane is not cantarello, because cantarello lacks the domineering and determination that a head coach should have. He is like Guardiola.
Kingsley Koman is a young player brought up by Gao Han from the youth team. Like rabiot, they are the future of Paris Saint Germain. However, judging from the current situation of the team, it seems that they don''t attach great importance to the youth training, but Gao Han still decides to give Kingsley Koman a chance. He will play in the knockout match of the French Cup two days later.
As for how long you can play, it depends on the progress of the game. If it goes well, it''s OK to play for half an hour.
This is a good start for the 16-year-old.
On the contrary, rabiott, who will replace Pirlo in the first round, and Paris Saint Germain will play as a full substitute.
After a training session, the players returned to the dressing room one after another. When they passed by Gao Han, they would politely say goodbye to Gao Han and then leave the training ground.
They all know that although Gao Han didn''t say a word, he is the most powerful person in the team and dominates their life and death.
After the training, the staff began to clean up, the lawn maintainers were also on standby, the coaching team also cleaned up and returned to the office to summarize the results and situation of today''s training class.
After the meeting, Gao Han returned to his office.
But soon Zidane knocked on his office door.
"What''s the matter?" Gao Han looked at Zidane strangely and asked him to come and sit down.
Zidane came over with a shy smile and sat down beside the cold. "Well, I''m going back to Spain in February to receive coaching training, you know."
"I know. What''s the matter?" I still feel strange in the cold.
Zidane''s training is not a matter of one or two days, and he is training in Chinatown training base. According to the cold guess, it seems that it is almost two or three years.
After Gao Han came to Paris Saint Germain, he also had to return to Spain for classes every other period of time, mainly focusing on the national team match day and the suspension period of the league. Gao Han was also clear about this and didn''t find it strange.
"I''m... About to get my certificate." Zidane grinned as he finished.
"Is it?" Alpine is also very happy, which is a good thing, "the class in May this year?"
Zidane nodded silently with a smile, as if to say, man, you don''t care about me too much. I''m lucky that I''m still chasing you in class.
On the contrary, Gao Han shook his head and laughed awkwardly. He never cared much about this kind of thing.
In fact, for Zinedine Zidane, a former professional player, the Spanish Football Association has a training course called crash course, which can get the coaching certificate of the top league in about 60 days. However, many coaches do not choose such a way to get the certificate, but get the certificate after systematic theoretical training.
Zidane and Makelele have signed up for the coach training class in Chinatown. The French midfield is one stage later than Zidane.
"Then I really want to congratulate you on your successful graduation!" Gao Han laughs and really reaches out his hand.
Zidane shakes his head and laughs, but still shakes hands with Gao Han and accepts Gao Han''s congratulations.
"So you came to me for your graduation thesis?" Gao Han asked again.
Zidane nodded. "I want you to be my instructor."
"Me?" It''s a bit of an accident.
Zidane nodded seriously, "I intend to take the attack and defense system of Paris Saint Germain as the subject, so I hope to get your advice, I don''t know..."
"Of course!" Before Zidane finished speaking, Gao Han agreed, "for me, it''s an honor."
Zidane laughed immediately after hearing this. He also knew that Gao Han would agree, but he must be a little nervous before he got the answer. After all, Gao Han''s position in European football is too high, so high that he, a former superstar, feels that he is a little high.
As far as he knows, Gao Han, as the instructor, brought out only one coach, that is Guardiola.
And everyone knows how high the position of the former Barcelona coach is in today''s world football.
Everyone has no doubt that Guardiola will become the hottest head coach in the world once he leaves the front line.
"Since you choose me as your instructor, I think we should have a good talk."
Zidane nodded, "of course."
"I remember clearly that when you retired, you said that you would not choose to be a head coach, but why did you change your mind later?" Gao Han asked with concern.
Zidane heard this question, first of all, he laughed, but did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked Gao Han curiously, "you should keep this question in your heart for a long time, have you wanted to ask it?"
Gao Han is also Frank. He laughs, which can be regarded as default.
Zidane is very clear that alpine cold is not to hit him in the face, or to use his words to satirize him, but just pure curiosity, or want to know more about him.
He is a person who doesn''t like to show his mind. No matter how he treats the media or friends around him, he won''t easily tell his mind. It''s like the question of alpine cold. If he asks another person, he won''t answer it. But since alpine cold asked, he said it.
"I don''t know." Zidane shy smile, "just now, I really did not want to coach, you know, coaching is a hard work, I have experienced so many head coaches, I often tell myself, only those self abuse will like to be head coach, nothing easy to stay at home, accompany family and children, investment point career, life is very leisurely."
Gao Han understood Zidane''s first thought.
At his level, money is no longer the most important thing for him. With Zidane''s reputation and influence in the past and now, he doesn''t have to worry about money at all. Even after retirement, he can still get a good business income every year. With his previous savings and investment, he can live comfortably for the rest of his life without any problems.
"In 2009, I remember it should be March. That was the first time that Florentino told me that he wanted to return to Real Madrid. He intended to invite Jose to be the head coach of the club and bardano to be the general manager. He wanted me to help him. At that time, he gave me the post of special adviser to the president and sports director."
"You know, with my relationship with Florentino, it''s very difficult for me to say no to him. After three years of long vacation, I suddenly found that the days without football were not easy at all. It was OK at first, but gradually, you will find it boring, just like a useless person. Can you understand that feeling?"
Gao Han nodded slightly, "after coaching Chelsea, I took a year off. I feel very similar to you."
"It''s great to follow Florentino back to the Bernabeu, to the familiar environment." Zidane closed his eyes, a very enjoyable expression, "I am very infatuated with the kind of pressure brought about by the game, even the anxiety and anxiety before the game, the tension and excitement in the game, I am particularly infatuated with."
"People are always very strange, just like a person who is addicted to smoking. He tried very hard to quit, but the more he quit, the more he smoked. When I came back three years after I left football, I really had a voice in my mind telling me that you belong here, you come back to the world you are familiar with, and you can''t leave it anymore."
Gao can fully understand this feeling of Zidane. In fact, many players have talked about it with Gao, and Guardiola has also said that Zidane can change himself from refusing to accepting and even taking the initiative now.
Change is normal.
Gao Han always believed that no one would make fun of Zidane three years later for his words three years ago.
"In the early days of Real Madrid, my job was a link between the head coach and the president, but do you know why I wanted to try to get into the field of head coach?" Zidane asked.
"I don''t know," Gao Han shook his head. "Why?"
"Because of you!"