If August means a dark opening for Chinatown, the adjustment in September brought hope to the team, but the painful blow in October put the Madrid southern suburbs in crisis again.

In four rounds of the league, three consecutive losses. If it weren't for defeating Espanyol at the last moment, the morale of Chinatown would have fallen to the bottom.

After finally finishing La Liga, the team immediately ushered in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage. The opponent is Porto, the strongest in the group, and the game is held at Block Stadium. This is a rare opportunity for Chinatown. If Porto can be won, it will undoubtedly establish the situation of the group stage.

There is no doubt that Porto will definitely do his best to fight for the right to qualify in the group.

This is a game where no one can afford to lose!

The sluggishness since the start of this season has made the morale of Chinatown team not ideal. Even in training, head coach Pochettino felt it fully, and he also knew clearly why the players were sluggish.

After all, no one is willing to lose or accept failure.

After playing eleven rounds of La Liga, Chinatown scored 16 points, ranking eighth in La Liga. This report card is indeed not too bad for Chinatown, but just last season, when the team played eleven rounds, it was still leading the La Liga. The gap was too big.

What exactly is the team’s problem? How should we solve the problem?

This has become a mystery that has bothered the team.

Head coach Pochettino is also very dissatisfied with the team's current situation, and he has also rotated and adjusted the roster.

For example, Isco, who tried to make substitutes perform well after they came on the bench, but after the result, Isco performed poorly, far less than the outstanding performance when they came on the bench.

He used De Bruyne to fight the middle lane, and the effect was relatively average.

In the midfield position, Ilia Lamendi also began to gradually rotate Marcos Senna, performing well.

Pochettino also tried to adjust his tactics, played 4231, and also allowed Aubameyang and Pelle to form a double striker. Hazard came back to play as a midfielder, but the results were not ideal.

He knew that his team had a problem and vaguely knew what was going on, but he just didn't have time to stop and sort out his thoughts, just like during the training camp before the season, preparing for the battle slowly, adjusting and trying different tactical routines.

The busy schedule was like a whip, constantly whipping him, forcing him to drag the crappy carriage in Chinatown and continue walking forward without looking back.

Fortunately, the management has always firmly expressed its support for him. Not long ago, General Manager Armando Marcos reiterated in an interview with the media after a talks with Chinese companies that Chinatown will continue to support head coach Pochettino without conditions.

"It is normal for the team's performance to fluctuate. We believe that no matter what difficulties we encounter, we can overcome them."

The strong support from the management allows Pochettino not to worry about the crisis of his coach position, but in the face of the team's current complicated situation, he is also a little unaware of his ability to start.

He needs more time.

But what he lacks the most now is time.

This reminded him of a sentence Gao Han once said to him.

"The most terrifying opponent of a head coach is not from the opponent on the court, but the pressure coming from all directions."

Pochettino now deeply understands the true meaning of this sentence.

Chinatown's first season in La Liga was a promotion. As long as the relegation was successful, everyone would be happy. Even the media and fans were very satisfied. What's more, he was ranked tenth, and Pochettino became famous in one fell swoop.

The second season was a dark horse. After continuing the outstanding performance of the previous season, he performed very well at the start and won the best start of the league in one fell swoop, leading the La Liga standings and was once the most powerful contender for the championship. Although he was disappointed in the second half, he eventually retained fourth place in the league and entered the Champions League.

This report card is also eye-catching and impeccable.

But after two seasons of outstanding performance, Chinatown this season has ushered in a downturn.

Michu, James Rodriguez, Aldevelde and Otamendi, Chinatown sold the entire central axis in one summer, and veteran Marcos Senna is old, Ilia Lamendi must push up, and the entire central axis has been replaced. This will be a big blow to Chinatown.

The team's strength has fluctuated and its performance has fluctuated. This season, it has been hovering in the top ten rankings for a long time, and its performance has also declined significantly. So, pressure from all directions began to surge towards Pochettino, wrapping him up, and sometimes even making him unable to breathe.

Perhaps, Mr. Gao Han can help me find dá àn.

Pochettino thought to himself because he knew that Gao Han had booked the flight ticket to Madrid in advance.

According to the time, you should be able to see him after the morning training class is over.

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When the training class was over and Pochettino walked out of the training ground, what he was waiting for was not the expected Gao Han, but the technical director Cantalero. He had obviously been waiting outside for some time, but Pochettino had not paid attention.

"Hello, Carlos." Pochettino squeezed out a smile and greeted him.

"Hello, Maolicio." Cantalero smiled and greeted him.

His smile was very natural, at least, much more pleasing to Pochettino.

"Why...you're the only one?" Pochettino asked strangely.

He originally thought he could see Gao Han, which they had made an appointment before, and they would study the current situation of the team and how to solve the problem at noon.

"Gao Han just notified me temporarily and said that he had encountered something and had no choice but to come."

"Is that?" Pochettino was a little disappointed.

"He asked me to convey two words to you."

Pochettino nodded, "You said."

"The first sentence was said as the club owner. He said that he and the management will continue to support your coaching in the club unconditionally. I hope you don't have any pressure. The management absolutely trusts your coaching ability. I believe that no matter what problems you encounter, you can find a proper solution."

Pochettino understood the weight of Gao Han's words.

With Gao Hanyi Nuo's character, he can say such words. As long as Chinatown is not relegated this season, it will not affect Pochettino's coaching position. This is definitely the greatest trust and support for Pochettino.

"The second sentence is that he said it as a predecessor."

Pochettino nodded solemnly and listened quietly.

"He said, you are the head coach!"

A simple sentence made Pochettino suddenly raise his head and look at Cantalero with wide eyes.

The technical director's eyes were firm, and he looked directly at Pochettino without any timidity.

"The following are some of my own words. I have worked with Gao Han for ten years. I have watched him grow from an unknown man to the world's top head coach. I have witnessed him encountering countless difficult problems, and I have also watched him rack his brains and think hard to solve them."

"Sometimes I think, how hard it is to be a head coach? Guardiola has been working as a few years ago, and her hair has turned white and Mourinho's hair has turned white. Look at Gao Han, a person in his thirties, does he have white hair?"

Pochettino listened in a daze, and he understood what Gao Han and Cantalero meant.

"Our Chinatown is a very young team. The club has a very young history, the team lineup is very young, and the head coach is also very young, so we must work together and make progress together."

"The difficulties you are facing now, Gao Han has encountered, Mourinho has encountered them, Guardiola, Ferguson and others have encountered them, and you will encounter them now, and you will encounter them in the future. It is not possible to rely on others. You are the head coach of the team. You should take on this responsibility and find a proper solution to the problem by yourself."

Pochettino asked himself, since he coached Chinatown, Gao Han has indeed helped him a lot. Sometimes he even flew to Madrid overnight and flew back early the next morning. This was the case when he was at Bayern Munich and Manchester City, and it was still the case when he was at Paris Saint-Germain.

He learned a lot from Gao Han, but this also led to his reliance on Gao Han, asking him for advice when he encountered problems, but he became lazy and lazy to think and look for it.

"Everyone said that Gao Han is very accurate in his view. None of the players he likes is mediocre. None of the assistants and head coaches he selected fail, such as Emery, Guardiola, Lopetegui, Simeone, Klopp, Tuchel...and you."

"I believe you know more than anyone else how profound the Chinatown has to Gao Han, how much he attaches importance to this team, but he did not choose to coach himself, but gave him to you. He trusted you more than anyone else. He entrusts his most precious things to you. It can be seen that he is more optimistic about you than anyone else."

"So, if you doubt your ability, then you are doubting Gao Han's vision, do you understand?"

When Pochettino heard this, he suddenly looked at the technical director in front of him with admiration. He even began to understand a little why Gao Han chose him as the technical director of Chinatown.

"Thank you for your reminder, Carlos." Pochettino nodded heavily, "I understand. Please help me thank Mr. Gao Han, and thank you too."

"You're welcome." Cantalero smiled and nodded.

Watching Pochettino go upstairs, Cantalero breathed softly.

What he said just now was not lying to coax Pochettino, but was sincere every word. He was just glad that one thing was that Gao Han began to learn to become a qualified manager.

In fact, he decided to wait until Gao Han came, so he persuaded him. After all, as the club's boss, too much involvement in competitive affairs is somewhat unruly, which will lead to chaos in the team's management and even affect the authority of the head coach.

How good is Van Gaal's relationship with Koeman's master-apprentice back then?

Both of them worked in Ajax, one served as technical director and the other served as head coach. It was originally a match made by nature, but the result was that Van Gaal was too involved in the team's affairs. At first, Koeman was able to accept it humbly, but over time, the conflict between the two became more and more obvious, and finally it was out of control and the master and apprentice broke up.

Therefore, whether from the perspective of team management or preventing hidden dangers before it happens, Gao Han should not interfere too much in the team's competitive affairs, but should fully trust Pochettino and the coaching staff. Otherwise, problems will arise over time.

Cantalero was very happy and thankful that Gao Han realized the problem and canceled this air ticket to Madrid.

Both he and Gao Han were full of confidence in Pochettino and trusted him, believing that Pochettino and his coaching staff would be able to find a proper solution to the problem.

If sacrificing a season's results in exchange for Pochettino's maturity and progress, it would be a very cost-effective business.
Chapter completed!