"I am very happy to have the opportunity to open a column in the Guardian to share my understanding and understanding of football with all my fans and friends, and to discuss my mental journey during the past two months of returning to the Premier League coach."

After four rounds of the Premier League, the two-week national team match day was entered.

But although the league was suspended, the media still needed to continue. After a long period of publicity, the Guardian finally officially published Gao Han's first column on September 1, and quickly caused a sensation in the UK.

"Many people who don't know me will criticize our playing style this season, think I'm stubborn and think I'm too aggressive, but some people who know me will think that this is the high cold they are familiar with."

"From the moment I decided to return to the Premier League, victory was not my only pursuit, nor was it all about the game."

"There is no doubt that every head coach needs to be responsible for his team, for his players, for the management behind him. No one will like to lose, but football is not just about winning, and I am coaching Manchester City because I want to do more."

"If we want to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the three-back style and the four-back style, maybe we can't finish it after ten days and half a month of discussion, which is too boring. Here I can only say that the three-back represents a completely different tactical concept from the four-back. At least in my mind, the three-four-three formation is synonymous with all attacks and all defenses, and it is also my pursuit."

"Then why did Manchester City play like this this season, only scored five goals in four rounds?"

"It's obvious that we have the most dazzling offensive lineup in the Premier League, or even Europe. Logically speaking, we should score three or four goals in every game, but the problem is that our offense is not well connected enough, which makes our offense easily interrupted by our opponents once it advances to a certain area."

"We have been working hard to adjust in the past few games, but we all know that since the new season, we have not left enough time to try and run in for a week since the new season. After all the problems were exposed from the first league, we were like we were tied up with a carriage with a reins and could only keep running forward."

"But even so, we can still clearly see the pleasant changes. For example, in the third and fourth rounds of the league, we created more opportunities. In the fourth round, we even tried continuous transmission and cooperation many times in the opponent's aggressive style of play, especially the continuous fourteen-foot pass, which made me very happy."

"I have always believed that we are constantly improving and solving problems, and we will become better, stronger and more confident."

In the column, Gao Han carefully analyzed the troubles his team encountered this season.

Although he didn't say it clearly, anyone familiar with football could guess that Kaka's absence did cause a lot of trouble to Manchester City, because both David Silva and Modric were not of the same type as Kaka.

At least, in terms of attacking behind, the gap between them and Kaka is still very obvious.

In a week-long double match, they played almost every three or four days. Such a intensive and frequent schedule did not give Manchester City any chance to adjust or breathe, which caused Gao Han's team to stop and take a breath.

This is undoubtedly quite unfavorable for a team that has just reorganized.

But the situation will also improve, as the two-week national team matches give Manchester City a chance to breathe, and after September, Manchester City, which is not affected by European competitions, will usher in a more relaxed game environment.

This is undoubtedly great news for Manchester City.

Gao Han also mentioned the goals and strategies of this season in the column.

"I have counted the engagement records between Manchester City and the top four teams in the league last season. Playing Arsenal is three-to-zero home wins, zero-to-two away games, Chelsea is one-to-three home losses, zero-to-one away games, Manchester United is zero-to-one home losses, zero-to-two away games, and Liverpool is two-to-three home losses, one-to-one away games."

"Eight games, one win, one draw and six losses, both Chelsea and Manchester United lost double. Such a result is undoubtedly quite bad for a team that is determined to advance. In the competition with several strong teams, we can clearly see our lack of strength and what the team needs to improve."

"I think a very important task for the team in the new season is to improve their performance and score points in the competition with strong teams. Only by comprehensively improving their performance in strong conversations can we be qualified to be comparable to these strong teams."

"As for how many points you can win and how many games you can win, these are not something we need to worry about. We just need to do our best to play every game."

"The competition in the Premier League this season is very fierce. Chelsea is currently ranked first, followed by Tottenham Hotspur. This team is also very strong. Redknapp has always been a very outstanding local coach. After us, teams such as Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool will also pursue them relentlessly."

"For us, the advantage is that we only need to fight for the league, we can go all out and not be distracted by European events, especially in terms of physical fitness, and the challenge is the performance in strong dialogue."

"In September, after the two-week national team matches, the fifth round of the Premier League will usher in Arsenal, and the sixth round of the Premier League will usher in Manchester United. We will encounter strong opponents in two consecutive rounds. This will be the first test of our new season."

“I am very looking forward to this.”

"This season, Manchester City has no European competition to play. Facing strong teams, especially popular teams to win the championship, is our Champions League game, and the best test of our strength."

“We need to prove to all the fans that we can play better games and get better results.”

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In the courtyard of his own mansion in the Golden Triangle of Cheshire, Ferguson finished reading Gao Han’s column, tsk twice, thinking in his heart, should he write a column too?

The Guardian attached great importance to Gao Han's column and started promoting it early. It was officially published on September 1st and quickly caused a huge response. It is said that the Guardians sold out this morning, which shows Gao Han's influence among fans.

Judging from this column, Gao Han is indeed well-written, with reasonable and well-founded, neither humble nor arrogant.

It not only clarified the outside world's criticism of his so-called one-to-zeroism, but also explained his coaching philosophy and Manchester City's strategy to compete in the Premier League this season, but also sounded the clarion call for the next two strong conversations.

"This kid is really good at calculating." Ferguson chuckled.

You know, the Guardian's column is paid for royalties. It is said that Gao Han's royalties are quite high, and they are updated from time to time.

In other words, Gao Han could write anytime he wanted, and he wouldn't write if he didn't want to. According to the news exposed by the tabloid media before, the Guardian had already paid him three million pounds of royalties at one time, which shows his importance to him.

When Ferguson thought of this, he became depressed.

He worked hard to write an autobiography, and the sales volume was very good, but so far, he has only received a reward of about one million pounds, but Gao Han was so good that he earned three million pounds without writing a single word.

This person is really annoying.

But Gao Han’s idea of ​​winning the league is correct.

Take last season for example. Manchester United performed well in the strong dialogue, but lost to Liverpool in both rounds of matchups, which led to the Red Devils' hard work in the final championship. On the other hand, Liverpool's performance in the strong dialogue was very impressive, which directly led to the Reds' victory in the league.

Then why can't Benitez's team win the championship?

Because they had excellent dialogues, they had poor ability to abuse food, especially at home, against Stoke City, Fulham, West Ham United, Hoole City, etc., they were all draws, and they were both zero to zero in the two rounds against Stoke City.

It is precisely because they lost too many points against mid- and lower-level teams that Liverpool eventually missed the championship.

On the other hand, Gao Han's team's ability to abuse food is definitely not a problem. Except for Everton, the opponents in the first four rounds of the new season are not strong. Although Manchester City performed poorly, they also won steadily with one goal.

So, the real test lies in the strong dialogue.

Ferguson has to admit that Gao Han has a very full understanding of the situation in the Premier League.

Thinking of this, Ferguson suddenly took out his cell phone, found Gao Han's phone number, and called directly.

The phone rang a few times and Gao Han's laughter came.

"What's wrong, Jazz, there's no game, it's boring?"

"I heard that you didn't attend the UEFA head coaching summit, what are you busy with?" Ferguson asked.

This news was just seen in the newspaper. There was no Gao Han on the list of attendees released by UEFA.

"I heard?" Gao Han smiled, "That means, you didn't go either."

Ferguson can only laugh.

"I am Manchester City's head coach now and I can't even play in European competitions. Is that interesting to attend the head coach summit?"

Although UEFA specially invited Gao Han, he still found a reason to politely decline.

He even didn't attend the award ceremony because his team couldn't play in the Champions League, and the lottery ceremony had nothing to do with him.

Ferguson laughed and said, "I know you won't go, so I didn't go either."

"Take you down. If you don't want to go, don't use me as a shield." Gao Han wouldn't believe it.

"By the way, there is movement around you, where is it?"

"I've been busy all the time and don't have time to come and check it out. I guess I'll move here in another month."

"Are you in Aldley Edge?"

Ferguson slapped his thighs with excitement, "Okay, you're waiting for me there, I'll be here soon, don't go back today, come to my house as a guest."

After a pause, Ferguson's face darkened, "I never invite anyone to visit my home. You are the first one, don't refuse, otherwise I will turn against you."

Gao Han on the other side of the phone was stunned.

Many things can be strong these days, but I didn’t expect that even hiring someone as a guest can be strong.

But after thinking about it again, I felt relieved. The old man probably was so worried that he couldn't find a companion at home.

But what he didn't know was that when Ferguson heard Gao Han agree, he immediately returned home and solemnly explained to his wife Cathy, saying that he would hold a sumptuous lunch to entertain Gao Han at noon. Then he went to the wine cellar to get the good wine that he had carefully stored for many years, and planned to drink it.

When he heard that Gao Han was coming, Ferguson's family was so excited that they all lived in great pleasure. When his younger brother Martin Ferguson, who lived not far away, heard the news, he even brought his whole family to the banquet.

Ferguson even drove to Aldley Edge in person. After visiting Gao Han’s new home, he picked up Gao Han’s family of three and went home.
Chapter completed!