Chapter 1122 A Bold Move

"The AFC has officially announced the list of the top 12, and we are ranked 12th."

When Gao Han arrived at the Football Association headquarters, many Football Association leaders, including Deputy Director Cai, had been waiting for him for a long time.

To be able to lead the national team to a rebirth and reach the top 12, Gao Han takes the most credit. Coupled with the support of the top management, everyone knows that he must be the head coach of the national team in the next few years, and no one can shake him. Location.

I'm afraid even the entire Football Association has to listen to him, and everyone must try to adapt to this change.

"Based on the current rankings, we will be in the fourth pot in the top 12. The first pot is Iran and Australia, the second pot is South Korea and Japan, the third pot is Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, and the fourth pot is the United Arab Emirates. With us, the fifth pot is Qatar and Iraq, and the sixth pot is Syria and Thailand.”

"Every team is difficult to play." Deputy Director Cai set the tone for the top 12 matches.

"The most important thing is that we seriously lack experience in the top 12 matches. In the past fifteen years, we have never entered the final stage of the group stage. We lack the practical experience to compete with strong teams in real combat. We can only rely more on It depends on the warm-up match, but we know how valuable the warm-up match is."

The lack of actual combat is a serious problem currently faced by the national team, especially the lack of experience in the top 12 games.

This experience is not just about the opponent, but also includes a lot of details such as the intensity and difficulty of the competition to be faced.

Since entering the World Cup in 2002, Chinese football has never entered the final group stage, which was the top ten before and the top twelve now. This is quite detrimental to the subsequent preparations and competitions.

And these cannot be learned at all, and can only be accumulated by oneself.

"Then try to treat every game as a final as much as possible. Everyone and all departments must have enough understanding, prepare for the game as meticulously as possible, and deal with every game with the highest standards of attitude. This It will also be a valuable experience for us." Gao Han said solemnly.

He has no way to blame anyone present, because the leadership team of the Football Association has changed one after another, and the weakness in the past many years is not caused by any one of them present, but is caused by all-round reasons.

As he said before, this is a tragedy, and everyone here is not innocent, but they are all sympathetic.

There is no other way to prepare for the war with the highest standards. Who can let himself be inexperienced?

Deputy Director Cai understood Gao Han's suggestion, and there was no other way.

"What you said at the post-match press conference last night caused a huge response in the country. What you said is true. The level of football in our country is indeed still lagging behind. This is a fact, but we should work hard to do something. What do you think about changing this situation?" Deputy Director Cai looked at Gao Han worriedly.

Gao Han knows how difficult it is to play in the top 12, and so does he.

Those are two completely different events from the Top 40, and the level of difficulty is completely different.

As the head of the Football Association, he is very worried that if the team suffers a big defeat in the top 12, the good situation that has been worked so hard over the past few months will be ruined.

Not only him, but everyone within the Football Association knows this very well.

Even the national leaders noticed Gao Han's words.

"Lagging behind is all-round and requires long-term accumulation and change. For example, the running without the ball I mentioned is ignored in China, but with the arrival of high-level foreign teachers in the past few years, this is gradually changing. This situation cannot be rushed, and for the next training camp, I will still use a training list of about 40 people to inspect the national players as comprehensively as possible."

"The focus will be on players who have performed well in the league and younger players. This will be the focus of my inspection in the next period of time. I already have a preliminary plan, but it still needs to be polished."

Many domestic players in their early playing years have very little moldability. Their football skills have already been finalized, leaving Gao Han little room for molding. Instead of doing this, it would be better to simply tap a group of young players to join the team. Their moldability Stronger and more able to adapt to the requirements of high cold.

As Gao Han said, in the past few years, since China became professional, it has introduced many internationally renowned coaches and brought more advanced football concepts and training methods. This has obviously improved the strength of Chinese players.

However, the national team has obviously not kept up in this area. The arrival of Gao Han will change this situation. He will implement drastic reforms in the national team, especially in terms of training and talent selection.

"Running without the ball is just the tip of the iceberg of our Chinese football's backwardness. There is another very important reason. Our national players lack an effective self-regulation mechanism to maintain their competitive status for a long time. This is true for the national team. It was also very obvious in the game.”

"Many players perform very well for a certain period of time, but after several weeks of high-intensity performance and high-level performance, they soon fall into a slump and perform in a mess. This kind of ups and downs is what we want to prevent. "

Gao Han's words were deeply believed by not only the leaders of the Football Association, but also layman Deputy Director Cai.

"I think there are many reasons for this, related to our daily training and the players themselves. I have asked my physical coach and sports rehabilitation expert Lorenzo Buenaventura to start preparations. Starting from the national football team, we will strive to find out the crux of the problem and eliminate this stubborn disease."

"In addition, our physical training system and rehabilitation physiotherapy system are still quite backward. For example, some players' injuries were obviously just minor problems, but they turned out to be major problems. Some were obviously major problems, but they did not receive timely and effective treatment. , this situation exists in the national team and is also very common in the club.”

"My idea is that since the Football Association wants to transform into a service provider, it should make a difference in these supporting areas. The Football Association will come forward and Chinatown will fully assist to promote the medical system in the Chinese professional leagues and national teams. This includes all-round Targeted testing and physical monitoring of players’ daily lives.”

"This kind of medical system has long been taken for granted in European leagues, but it has not been taken seriously in our country. Only a few strong teams such as Hengda have introduced it. I think we should pay attention to it. After all, in the professional league, the body is The foundation of everything, which is also the most precious and scarce resource, must be given the highest priority."

After hearing this, Deputy Director Cai and several leaders of the Football Association looked at each other in confusion. They were all laymen in these aspects, but hearing what Gao Han said made sense.

"Will the club agree?" Deputy Director Cai said the problem.

Gao Han nodded, "I believe it will. In recent years, the domestic league has become increasingly prosperous, and clubs have invested more. However, due to the gap in other aspects, they have focused more on stars and famous coaches. Now they have begun to have some The club has invested in behind-the-scenes construction and I believe it will pay more and more attention to it in the future.”

"The investment in this aspect is invisible and intangible, but the effect is tangible and benefits the club players. Compared with the high salaries of stars and famous coaches, the investment in this area is simply insignificant."

"But we don't have such a talent reserve in China." A Football Association leader said worriedly.

“So, our Chinatown can provide training and guidance services, and we can hire Buenaventura as a medical consultant, not only to work for the national team, but also to train talents for corresponding positions, and even to conduct research with universities. Cooperation, specific matters can be handled by the Football Association."

After hearing this, Deputy Director Cai couldn't help but nodded repeatedly.

Gao Han himself runs Chinatown, the most successful and advanced club in Europe. Many domestic clubs, including Hengda, have learned from Chinatown. The Football Association has also organized many batches of personnel to study in Chinatown, and they have gained a lot. rich.

Now that Gao Han has made such suggestions regarding the situation of the national team and professional clubs, how can the Football Association have any reason to object?

But what Gao Han was thinking was obviously more than just this.

"In addition to the above aspects, I also hope that the Football Association will come forward to cooperate with various clubs to create a physical training system."

After Gao Han said these words, everyone in the audience was surprised again.

"What do you mean? Do you want the Football Association to intervene in the club?" Deputy Director Cai couldn't believe it.

He knows very well that Gao Han has always strongly supported the transformation of the Football Association and the separation of management and management. Why is it now necessary for the Football Association to cooperate with the club to create a physical training system? What is this going to do?

"You have misunderstood. I have no intention of letting the Football Association interfere with the club's work."

Gao Han smiled faintly, "In fact, we are still very primitive and very backward in terms of physical training. Not only when compared with the top teams in Europe, even in Asia, compared with South Korea and Japan, we are still behind them. This is All-round, including personnel quality and training concepts in physical training, etc.”

"If you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that in the two games played by the national team in the Maldives and Qatar, many of our players played the entire game and ran much more distance than our opponents than we usually do. But, What about physical fitness?”

After being reminded by Gao Han, everyone present realized this.

is not that right?

Everyone thought it was mental strength at work, but without a sufficient foundation, how could the national team perform like this? How can the national football players produce such beautiful data?

"Similar to the previous medical system, the physical training system is also provided by the Football Association, with the full assistance of the national team coaching staff and Chinatown, specializing in training talents for the club and providing related services. But at the same time, we have to establish a relationship between the national team and the club. Form a good interactive mechanism.”

“The purpose is simple. Through this interactive mechanism, we can ensure that players’ physical training between the national team and the club can maintain maximum continuity, thereby eliminating the impact of players moving between the club and the national team. To the minimum, this can ensure the common interests between the national team, clubs and players."

Everyone immediately understood what Gao Han meant. It had to be said that from the medical system to the physical training system, Gao Han's proposals were very bold, but also very targeted.

Chinese football is lagging behind in all aspects and is full of waste. The Football Association is the leader in the industry and has enough authority to promote such cooperation. This is an advantage that advanced European football countries cannot have.

Once this effective interactive mechanism is formed, the role transition of the international players between the club and the national team will become smoother, and the impact of the national team competition will be eliminated to the greatest extent.

For example, in pre-season training, the national football players have carried out physical reserve training at the club. When they arrive at the national team, there is no need for this. The coaching staff of the national team can arrange the players' training programs in a targeted manner based on the players' training situation in the club. , and even directly transferred to technical and tactical training.

If such a mechanism can be formed, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for all parties.