Eight Hundred and Thirty-Seven Brazilian Geniuses with Broken Wings

"Hey, Mauricio."

In the lobby of the hotel, as soon as Gao Shen saw Pochettino, he stretched out his hand from a distance.

"Hello Gao, nice to meet you!"

Pochettino stepped forward quickly and hugged Gao Shen vigorously.

It's true that the two haven't seen each other for a while, especially now that Gao Shen is indeed busier than before.

His acquaintance with Pochettino began in Corvelciano, Italy, when the Argentine went to listen to his lectures, and Pochettino had not yet coached the Spaniard at that time.

Facts have proved that Pochettino later coached the Spaniard and achieved great success.

In the first season, he took over the Spaniard during the winter break. It took half a year to bring the team from the 18th place in the relegation zone to the 10th place, becoming the most eye-catching young man in La Liga that season. Marshal.

Especially just one month after taking office, he led the team to beat Guardiola's Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou.

This battle made Pochettino famous in the circle.

In the following two seasons, the Spaniard ranked in the middle and upper reaches of La Liga, and his results were very good. However, with the loss of players and the lack of signings from the team, Spain's recent performance has declined, but there is no danger of relegation.

Speaking of it, Pochettino's most classic transfer operation is Osvaldo. In one season, he bought from 4 million euros to 15 million euros and sold it. The Spaniard made a lot of money.

But the team's performance is also greatly affected.

It can be said that among the advanced disciples, Pochettino is one of the best.

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Accompanying Pochettino on the [pilgrimage] this time are also his two assistant coaches.

Argentine Miguel D'Agostino, who is also a professional player, serves as a central defender, is Pochettino's friend and right-hand man, good at defense and tactics; Spaniard Jesús Perez, he is one by one In January 2009, he joined Pochettino's coaching staff as a physical coach.

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Gao Shen is also very polite to these two, because he knows that in the next few years, Pochettino will surprise the entire Premier League and even the whole of Europe with his coaching performance.

More comes from his training.

Although Pochettino's training is unique in that he uses a lot of unique training methods, it is his two right-hand assistants who achieve these, so no matter where Pochettino goes, he takes them with him.

Gao Shen met them in the coffee shop of the hotel, chatting about the current situation of each other, and jokingly asked for the truth of defeating Barcelona, ​​but of course Pochettino did not believe it.

The way he defeated Barcelona at the beginning still borrowed from the profound.

However, in a joke, he did reveal a lot of little things about Barcelona.

After all, many things can only be experienced by people who have experienced them personally, and the deepest feelings, and the Spaniard and Barcelona are sworn enemies in the same city, and the news is the most well-informed.

When they came this time, apart from visiting Gaoshen, there was another small thing, which was to ask for tickets.

"You don't know, except for part of the tickets for Manchester City, the rest of the tickets for this game have been sold out long ago, and there is no place to buy them." Pochettino looked at Gao Shen enviously.

"Barcelona fans can be regarded as 'true love' for you!"

Gao Shen laughed, this is a very happy thing.

In fact, there are many things like this, and they are very common. Gao Shen often asked others to ask for tickets, and he readily agreed immediately. Anyway, he just called and someone sent them over.

While waiting for the tickets, Gao Shen asked him about someone.

Inter Milan's young player on loan at the Spaniard, the winged Brazilian genius Coutinho.

"Your news is really well-informed. He just showed up, and you immediately paid attention to it?" Pochettino was really surprised.

The whole world knows that Gao Shen has his own set of news channels, and he can always dig out some talented people without others knowing. In the past few years, he has done this kind of thing a lot, and he has also found a lot of real gold.

That's why there is a saying in European football: a high-end product must be a high-quality product.

It is really unpopular to say that Coutinho is at Inter Milan.

In other words, Inter Milan does not have the soil to cultivate young players.

At the age when he needs to play the most, he was only given five chances to play in the first half of the season. In 250 minutes, he contributed one goal and one assist.

After being loaned to the Spaniard, Pochettino promoted him to the main force, but in the first five rounds, his performance was very mediocre, causing the Spaniard to suffer five games without a win.

"Two draws and three losses, including the 5-0 defeat to Real Madrid."

Speaking of this, Pochettino is also quite resentful, "You know, before this wave of victories, we were ranked fifth in La Liga, but the result was good, and we fell down all at once."

Gao Shen couldn't help laughing.

There is really no way. After the Spaniard sold Osvaldo and other players at a high price, he was stingy and refused to invest. He just poached the 36-year-old veteran Pandiani through a free transfer.

In this way, Pochettino still took the fifth position in the league in the first half.

But everyone knows that such a ranking cannot last.

So during the winter break, Pochettino introduced striker Kalu Uche on a free transfer and loaned Coutinho from Inter Milan.

After that, the Spaniard ushered in a trough, and at the same time began to re-polish the team's skills and tactics. This is what Pochettino said before, five rounds without victory, and the ranking fell from fifth to eighth now.

It's actually not that bad.

In the last four rounds, Coutinho scored four goals and one assist, and his performance was very eye-catching. However, since the Spaniard did not receive much attention, there was not much news about his performance.

But Gao Shen noticed.

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"This kid depends on how to use it."

Mentioning this young player, Pochettino immediately became energetic.

"He's a typical Brazilian player, but not very typical. He's very good at his feet, he doesn't lose the ball, he looks small, but he has strength, not the fragile type, you know what I mean? ?”

Gao Shen nodded, many Brazilian players are like this.

For example, Neymar looks thin, but in fact has a strong confrontation ability.

If Neymar didn't have that confrontation ability, his evaluation would drop by two levels.

"Passing the ball and shooting are excellent, he is willing to run and fight hard, he is also active in defense, and his speed is not slow, but he lacks the kind of forward impact. I feel that he is not suitable for being used as a hot spot, so I am in the He has Didak Bila on the left flank."

The Spanish left-back has good speed and has a strong ability to attack from the back.

"Another point is that he is seriously not confident enough now."

Gao Shen was delighted when he heard it, "Don't you have room to play?"

Pochettino and the two assistants beside him all laughed.

The Argentines are really good at motivating, or in other words, just beating chicken blood and pouring chicken soup.

"It's different. He is on loan. We can't buy a player of his level." Pochettino said with a sense of loss.

The Spaniard's core player, Osvaldo, only sold fifteen million euros, and then refused to invest any more.

How could they buy a Coutinho worth tens of millions of euros?

At the current level of the Spaniard, it is roughly equivalent to buying a player worth three to four million euros, which is the best.

This is limited by the team's finances and positioning, and the head coach simply can't do anything about it.

"To be honest, I think it's interesting that Paulinho is like your Leeds United player. Paulinho is good at running in from the back and dribbling the ball. He has a very strong impact, but Coutinho is obviously not slow. But just lacks impact, but is good at passing."

"If these two play together in the midfield, plus your full-backs, I dare say that in the Premier League in the new season, let alone relegation, it is possible to rush to the middle and upper reaches."

Pochettino spoke with great confidence.

Being able to bring the Spaniard to fifth in the league, although it was only for a period of time, had a great impact on him.

To put it bluntly, in a team like the Spaniard, Pochettino is severely constrained.

He also wants to prove his strength on a broader stage.

Gao Shen certainly understands his thoughts, and at the same time knows that Pochettino's idea coincides with him.

But he guessed a bit wrong. What Gao Shen outlined was not the Brazilian combination of Coutinho and Paulinho, but the left rib combination of Coutinho and Pogba, plus a strong attacking Kurt. zawa.

If this combination can really be arranged, then Leeds United's left side will take off.

An important reason why Gao Shen had this idea was that Adam Lallana might not be able to keep him.

Local players in the Premier League are very scarce, causing the value of the account book to skyrocket.

Adam Lallana is a well-chosen player. He performed well in Manchester City before. After arriving at Leeds United, he has become the core of the team. He is the assist leader in the British Championship and performed very well in the League Cup.

Such a local player has attracted the attention of many teams, and he will soon be 24 years old. If he wants to take another step forward in his career, there is no way to accompany Leeds United to upgrade slowly.

There is also Paulinho, he is also 24 years old, and has also received the favor and attention of many teams. It is unlikely that this player will stay on the team.

In this case, according to the profound meaning, sell Adam Lallana at a higher price as much as possible, and introduce Coutinho. Not to mention the shotgun change, the strength is still stronger, but the price is also high. Ten million euros.

In terms of midfield, if Paulinho is really sold, Pogba and Schneiderlin will be kept. Kondogbia has performed well and has both offense and defense. He can fill the vacancy left by Paulinho and keep the midfield stable .

In this way, the overall strength of Leeds United next season will be stronger than it is now.

Gao Shen also imagined that if Coutinho cannot be won, Mane, Salah, Zaha, and Bolassier can all play this position, but the problem is that with Pogba alone, Leeds United There is a serious lack of creativity and passing ability in the midfield.

So, the money has to be spent!

The key depends on whether Inter Milan sells or not.

Gao Shen is very budget-conscious, but as a professional head coach, he knows better than anyone else that it is not easy to avoid relegation in the Premier League.

What money should be spent, where to spend it, he has never included the lake.

As for Pochettino, it is indeed very good, but for the time being, Gao Shen cannot live up to Sarri.

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