Super Marshal

Aragones ultimately did not bring Raul to the European Cup.

When the Spanish coach announced this decision, it not only caused great turmoil in Spain, but also shocked the football world all over the world. Countless fans felt sorry for Raul and believed that the old coach was too ruthless.

There are even many fans who are preparing that once Aragones' team fails in the European Cup, they will swarm in one after another, spray the meritorious coach to nothing, and pull him off the throne of the Spanish national team.

It can be said that during that period of time, Aragones completely became a street rat in Spain.

After watching the Champions League final live, Gao Han did not choose to return to his country because he wanted to stay in Europe to attend the opening ceremony of the European Cup and watch the European Cup matches. Instead, he traveled in Europe with Lin Xia.

When he learned of the accusations and pressure that Aragones had endured, Gao Han expressed his opinions through Marca and once again stood by Aragones' side, publicly stating that Aragones had not recruited any workers. You made the right decision.

"Each participating team can only have 23 places, which means there will always be some outstanding players who are rejected by the national team. Unfortunately, this time it is Raul, but this is football."

Gao Han also reiterated that he has a very good relationship with Raul. The two are still neighbors of La Finca in Madrid. The reason why he said this is mainly because he is a technical advisor to the Spanish Football Association.

It was at this moment that many fans suddenly remembered that Gao Han still had such a false title hanging on his head.

After Guardiola led Barcelona, ​​defeated Manchester United 2-0, won the Champions League, and completed the second treble in the history of Spanish football, Gao Han was hailed as the number one hero behind the scenes, in Spanish and even European football. His influence has once again exploded, and he has spoken out, making it difficult for others to give a strong rebuttal.

This time, Gao Han was also entrusted by Aragones to return to Madrid and went to Raul's house to explain the reason why Aragones was unwilling to recruit him into the team, and said that it had nothing to do with personal grudges. Relationships are just about taking the overall situation into consideration.

Raul has a deep prejudice against Aragones and does not fully accept Gao Han's explanation, but he also said that with the competition approaching, he will not make any remarks that are not conducive to team unity.

The next day, Raul also accepted an interview with the media and sincerely wished the Spanish national team a good performance and excellent results in the European Cup.

At that time, Gao Han was standing next to Raul, watching him endure the sadness and loss in his heart. When he said these words, Gao Han also felt sad because he knew that no matter whether Spain succeeded or failed, it would always be I owe it to Raul.

But that's football.

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The opening match of the European Cup was held in Switzerland, with Switzerland, one of the hosts, playing against the Czech Republic.

Accompanied by Lin Xia, Gao Han accepted UEFA's invitation and appeared in the chairman's stand, and watched with his own eyes as the host Switzerland lost to the Czech Republic 0-1, embarrassingly losing the opening game.

Also enjoying this game with Gao Han was former Bayern Munich head coach Hitzfeld. According to the inside story Gao Han learned, he has signed an agreement with the Swiss Football Association and will officially succeed Kuhn as the Swiss Football Association coach after the European Cup. Head coach of the national team.

After watching the opening game, Gao Han was still traveling around the major venues of the European Cup. He personally watched Modric score the winning goal, helping Croatia defeat Austria, another host team, 1-0.

After that, he watched Loew's German national team defeat Poland 2-0. The one who scored two goals was Gao Han's abandoned player Podolski during Bayern Munich. With these two goals, Podolski Ski also temporarily leads the scorer list.

After scoring twice and being elected as the best player of the match, Podolski vented his frustration at Bayern Munich over the past season, which made him appear somewhat flamboyant when interviewed by the media after the game.

He even publicly stated, "I have never been the kind of player to come off the bench. I need to play, and I believe I have the strength to be the protagonist of the game."

Later, the German striker and international player said, "If I can't see the prospect of playing the main role under Gao Han, then I will seriously consider the future after the European Cup." But he also emphasized, "For me, "The most important thing now is the European Cup, and then I will think about other things."

Many media have regarded this as Podolski's attempt to force Gao Han and Bayern Munich into the palace. With his two goals in this game, he has proved his worth with his strength. He really should not continue to stay at Bayern Munich. bench.

But while Podolski was being interviewed by the media, Gao Han quietly appeared at the door of the Polish national team's locker room after the game and visited the famous Benhak in person.

The 65-year-old Dutch coach has coached teams such as Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid and Zaragoza. Among them, Ajax and Real Madrid have successively coached He has coached twice, which shows that his coaching ability is good.

This time coaching Poland, he led this Eastern European team to the European Cup finals for the first time in history.

Benhak was also very surprised by Gao Han's personal visit.

To say that the two of them really had no friendship, the only time they met was when they exchanged polite greetings.

The two chatted politely outside the locker room and talked a lot about Poland's situation during the game.

It wasn't until the end of the conversation that Gao Han asked Benhak about a player's situation, and jokingly mentioned that if Benhak brought him to the European Cup, maybe the situation of this game could be completely changed.

Benhak was very surprised by Gao Han's inquiry. He did not expect that Gao Han was no stranger to Polish players.

"Yes, you are right. I also admire this player very much, but you also know that he is still young. Before, I was a little worried that he would not be able to handle the pressure of the competition, but now it seems that maybe I should take him Come to the European Cup."

It was obvious that Benhak had been paying attention to this player for a long time, and as a human being, he immediately saw what Gao Han meant.

"What? Are you interested in him too?"

Gao Han smiled mysteriously and said, "Just ask."

Just ask?

How could Benhak believe such a statement?

Which player can ask Gao Han to come forward personally to understand the situation? Just ask casually?

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After confidential talks with Benhak, neither Gao Han nor Bayern Munich responded to Podolski's remarks.

But soon, Gao Han's disciples fought back.

In the match against Russia, Villa, who played for Atletico Madrid, scored a hat-trick to help Spain beat Russia 4-1 and win the most exciting victory since the start of the European Cup.

More importantly, Spain's main lineup for this game is still dominated by Atletico Madrid, supplemented by Barcelona, ​​Marchena, Ramos, Marcos Senna, David Silva, Xavi Players such as Alonso, Villa and Torres all started.

The victory in this game also temporarily stabilized Aragones' status and eased doubts about him in Spain.

But the real satisfaction was the second game of the group stage, against Ibrahimovic's Sweden.

Torres opened the scoring for Spain in the 15th minute, but Ibrahimovic equalized soon after.

The two sides were in a stalemate until the last moment of the game, when Villa scored a key goal to help Spain defeat their opponents, win two consecutive victories, and advance from the group ahead of schedule.

Although the unlucky Ibrahimovic scored in both games, he failed to reverse Sweden's decline. In the third round, they lost 0-2 to Russia led by Arshavin, who was in full form. In the end, he missed the knockout round.

In the third round, Spain focused on training. The goals of young players from Real Madrid's youth training, De La Rede and Guissa, finally helped Spain reverse Greece 2-1 and win three consecutive victories.

In the knockout rounds, Spain encountered the bitter host Italy.

This made countless fans mourn for Spain before the game, thinking that it would be difficult for the Matador to take advantage of Italy.

The fact was as everyone expected, but Spain's defense was good and did not give Italy a chance to attack and counterattack. The two sides eventually tied at 0-0, but Spain eliminated Italy with a penalty kick. Successfully entered the semi-finals.

The German national team relied on the goals of Schweinsteiger, Klose and Ballack to eliminate Portugal 3-2. Croatia unfortunately lost to Turkey in the penalty shootout. Russia relied on Arshavin's consecutive outbursts eliminated the Dutch team 3-1 in overtime.

But it would be difficult for Arshavin to continue his previous outstanding performance in front of his Atletico Madrid teammates.

Spain finally defeated Russia 3-0 in the semi-finals, relying on goals from Xavi, Villa and David Silva, and successfully reached the final.

In another game, Loew's team lost a goal first and reversed 2-1 with the goals of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Klose, but was quickly equalized by Turkey. Score.

The two sides fought until the final stoppage time. In the end, Lahm's critical moment victory helped Germany eliminate Turkey 3-2 and successfully advance to the final.

With the outstanding performance in the European Cup, the entire European football world is becoming more and more shocked, because they gradually discovered that looking at the two teams with the best performance so far this season, there are deep marks of Gao Han behind them. .

Needless to say, Spain, Gao Han himself is their technical advisor, and Aragones' team was originally formed with Atletico Madrid as the team.

The German team is also formed with Bayern Munich as its team. Hummels, Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Klose... these players who have saved the German national team many times are all Gao Han was a great humerus player during his time at Bayern Munich, not to mention Podolski who scored twice in the first round.

The final between Germany and Spain caused countless media and fans to regard this final as a civil war between Gao Han's followers. No matter who wins or loses between the two teams, the final winner will only be Gao Han.

Facts have proved that Aragones' team is more mature in the end. Torres's decisive goal at the critical moment helped Spain defeat Germany 1-0, win the European Cup, and break the terrible curse of the uncrowned king.

Aragones was also very proud of this.

But no one expected that apart from the participating stars, what really attracted praise from media and fans around the world was Gao Han, who was sitting in the stands watching the game.

He has served as a technical advisor to the Spanish Football Federation for many years and has repeatedly supported Aragones before the game. In addition, he has cultivated a group of outstanding talents for Spain...

All these made Gao Han the hero behind Spain's victory in the Champions League, no less than head coach Aragones.