Chang Sheng thought he knew Gao Hongbo well, but in fact he didn't know Gao Hongbo well enough.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be surprised why Gao Hongbo, who should be in China, would show up to him.
It's simple, because Gao Hongbo himself likes to come out and be influenced by advanced football concepts.
Gao Hongbo became the head coach in 1999. At that time, he was at Guangzhou Songri Club. Because the club had not hired a foreign head coach for a long time, the 33-year-old Gao Hongbo was forced to be the head coach of Songri.
Position, he became the youngest head coach of League A. However, he only scored 12 points in nine league rounds, so Gao Hongbo resigned.
Failure made Gao Hongbo realize that he still had a lot to fulfill, so he became the first young coach to study abroad at his own expense - of course, he is not now, and when everyone said this, they didn't know Chang Sheng.
existence. Nowadays, the first young coach to study abroad at his own expense is Chang Sheng.
He went to Southampton, Arsenal, and Crystal Palace in the UK to study for three months. With the help of Schlappner, he went to Frankfurt and Mannheim in Germany to study with the teams, and observed and learned the training of Leverkusen and Bayern.
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He learned from the team about training, command, management, etc. from world-famous coaches. He could also ask for advice at any time, which was a great gain.
This period is quite similar to Benitez's study tour experience in continental Europe.
Therefore, successful people do not get lucky. Whether it is Chang Sheng, Benitez, or Gao Hongbo, they all put in a lot of hard work and continued to learn and improve themselves, which is why they achieved their respective successes in the future.
Because of such a study tour experience, Gao Hongbo is no stranger to coming to Europe to learn charging, and he seems to be very familiar with it.
He came to Lazio to study because after years of coaching experience, he made his own conclusions and believed that Chinese football should return to its roots and should have a mature tactical idea and a complete system.
He believes that the tactics Chang Sheng played at Lazio are very suitable for Chinese football and give full play to the characteristics of small and quick players.
This may be related to the fact that Gao Hongbo was a quick and agile forward when he played football.
He prefers this style.
So he chose to come to Lazio.
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After Chang Sheng saw Gao Hongbo, he was shocked and surprised.
But he still signed autographs for the fans first. After satisfying several fans, he said he had something to do and wanted to take the first step.
Then he pushed aside the crowd and walked towards Gao Hongbo, who was about to leave.
Chang Sheng shouted tentatively from behind: "Gao Hongbo!"
He wasn't sure if it was really Gao Hongbo, what if it just looked like him? After all, he didn't know why Gao Hongbo would appear in Italy, thousands of miles away, at this time.
Hearing his voice, the man in front of him stopped and turned his head hesitantly.
Then he saw Chang Sheng's smiling face.
"Is it really you?" Chang Sheng said with a smile on his face.
Gao Hongbo himself did not expect that he would meet Chang Sheng under such circumstances.
He originally planned to learn secretly outside the training ground. After all, the media said that Chang Sheng was not an easy person to get along with. If he went to him rashly, he might be rejected. If there was a stalemate, wouldn't it be bad?
Unexpectedly, Chang Sheng recognized him in the crowd!
When he came to Fermelo, he did not dress up deliberately to hide his identity.
He may still be a celebrity in China, but in Italy, who knows him...
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Ten minutes later, Gao Hongbo and Chang Sheng were already sitting in the restaurant of the Lazio Club.
Each had a drink in front of them.
"Why are you here?"
Facing the future head coach of the Chinese national team, Chang Sheng still couldn't figure out this problem.
"I want to come and learn your advanced football concepts." Gao Hongbo smiled shyly, sitting in front of Chang Sheng, looking very quiet. If it weren't for Chang Sheng being here, people would be walking around in and out of the restaurant.
Maybe they won't even look at this place.
But now everyone is peeking here, guessing who the Chinese guy that the boss specially invited here is is.
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"Have you heard that Chang has any friends in China, Rudy?" fitness coach Elias Dominic asked.
The other members of the coaching staff also turned their attention to him, looking forward to it.
Rudy disappointed them. He shook his head, shrugged and spread his hands: "How do I know? I don't know about his interpersonal relationships in China, and he doesn't usually talk about them."
"Then who is this person? A Chinese reporter? I remember that when he was in Spain, wasn't there a Chinese reporter who had a good relationship with him?"
Rudy shook his head again: "This is not Ji, they are completely different, right?"
"Are they other Chinese journalists?" Di Matteo said.
This time there was no need for Rudy to answer. The other coaches all said that this was impossible: "Are you kidding me, do you often invite reporters here? It's like a king accepting visitors in his bedroom!"
At the same time, speculation among the players also arose about who the Chinese guy opposite the boss was.
Their imaginations are much richer than those of the coaches.
Some people guessed that he was the brother of the boss, and some people guessed that he was a die-hard supporter of the boss.
Some people also speculated whether someone from the Chinese Football Association came to the boss to coach the Chinese team...
"I heard that their national team is very poor. I don't want my boss to go there. There is no future..."
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"My advanced ideas?" Chang Sheng was a little embarrassed, and he smiled self-deprecatingly. "But why do you want to learn this?" he asked again.
"I think your football tactics are very advanced and represent the direction of future football development... I think if Chinese football can come into contact with your football early and learn your football, maybe we will not be like you in the next stage of competition.
Now it's such a complete failure..." Gao Hongbo said seriously, the shy smile on his face disappeared, he even frowned when he spoke, looking a little anxious.
"But to be honest, you are not the head coach of the Chinese team now..."
"Sooner or later it will be." Gao Hongbo said this very confidently, even a little arrogant, which was out of proportion to his shyness.
Seeing Chang Sheng's surprised expression, Gao Hongbo explained: "My goal is to become the head coach of the Chinese national team. This is my goal and my dream."
Chang Sheng stopped talking. He recalled the scene after Gao Hongbo became the head coach of the Chinese national team.
When he was in office, he was criticized by the media and he was a controversial figure. The media was always full of distrust and disdain for him. But after he left the team, the fans' longing proved who is the most popular in everyone's minds.
Popular national team coach.
Not the European "famous coach" Camacho, but the local young coach Gao Hongbo!
He sighed.
Then he asked Gao Hongbo: "Do you plan to learn advanced things from me and use them on the Chinese team one day?"
Gao Hongbo nodded.
"Then why don't you come to me directly instead of studying secretly from the side like a voyeur?"
Gao Hongbo became a little embarrassed: "I don't think I know how long I can stay here, and I don't want to trouble you. You now represent the highest level of our Chinese coaches and cannot be disturbed casually. And... and... I learn
I took your things, but in the end I won’t help you, but will return to China to coach the national team. I think...it’s not kind to do this..."
Chang Sheng interrupted him.
"From today on, you are a member of my coaching staff. From this afternoon on, you will officially start training!" Chang Sheng said, staring at Gao Hongbo.
This time it was Gao Hongbo's turn to be surprised.
His small eyes were wide open.
"Since you want to learn, of course you have to learn from close quarters. What about learning from behind the scenes? I also hope to do my best for Chinese football. But I don't have the conditions like you. I hope you can learn from Lazio.
Find what you want to learn and then take it back, like a ray of breeze, blowing some fresh air into the complacent and stagnant Chinese football."
Gao Hongbo didn't expect Chang Sheng to be so easy to talk to. Didn't the media say that Chang Sheng was a very difficult person to deal with?
"Is this...isn't this bad?" This result was completely beyond his expectation.
Chang Sheng shook his head: "What's wrong?"
"I think you have paid too much for doing this, but you have not received anything in return..."
"Repay? What do I want in return? I am Chinese, brother! We are all Chinese! I love Chinese football, even though it does not love me at all, but I also hope it is good, I hope it from the bottom of my heart
Very good, very good..."
Chang Sheng suddenly became emotional and raised his voice.
But as a result, those who peeked at him in the restaurant immediately withdrew their gazes.
Gao Hongbo saw this representative of China's young marshal who was younger than him, but more famous than him, and countless times more successful than him.
Has anyone ever seen him so glum?
I'm afraid not even the media who want him to die are not there.
But now he acted like a lunatic in front of him.
He once heard his wife talk about the Football Association looking for Chang Sheng to coach the Olympic team.
Although he didn't think it was wrong for Chang Sheng to reject the Football Association, he did not hesitate at all and refused cleanly, which still made him criticize Chang Sheng a bit.
He felt that this person was too utilitarian.
But now, this impression in his mind is being shaken.
The man in front of me does not look like the youngest coach in history to win the Champions League championship, or the youngest coach in history to lead two different teams to win two Champions League championships. He has nothing to do with those successful people.
He is more like...an ordinary Chinese football fan.
Those Chinese fans who can curse loudly, or take off their clothes in the stands and have "China Team Rise Up" written on their chests, and finally burst into tears and feel dejected.
He has seen many such Chinese fans in his career as a player and coach.
Chang Sheng is no different from them.
Chang Sheng quickly recovered from his gaffe and said to Gao Hongbo: "In short, you will work at Lazio, with us, and you will do whatever other coaches do. But without a contract, the club will not give it to you. Pay me a salary. Don’t ask if it’s worth it, just think of it as me making some contribution to Chinese football.” (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! Mobile phone users please go to m. site to read. )
