In the coaching room of the Harrington training ground, all the coaching staff members of the first team sat around the round conference table, their expressions looked a little dignified.

Although the warm-up match against the Celtics was finally won yesterday, it was a fluke to win.

If it were not for the last ten minutes of the game, the team suddenly launched a wave of offensive and scored two goals in a row, it is estimated that the final warm-up match would end in failure, which would be a heavy blow to the newly formed Chelsea.

Because Gao Han realized this, he would use the skill card at the last moment.

But the problem has been exposed, he must find a way to solve it.

"First of all, I must apologize to everyone."

As the initiator of the conference and the team's head coach, Gao Han was the first to speak.

Except for Cantarello, Sergio García and other old partners in the past, the other Chelsea coaches were surprised by Alpine's sudden apology.

The head coach wants authority, when will he apologize?

But anyone who is familiar with Alpine and Atletico Madrid knows that this is normal.

Apologize for doing something wrong, this is a matter of course.

"In the past period of time, I did put too much energy in other places and ignored many problems. This is my responsibility, so I apologize to everyone here."

Gao Han's attitude is very sincere, and everyone believes that he is sincere.

Cantarello and Buenaventura, who were sitting on his left and right, patted his hands on the table and motioned him not to apologize.

Since entering Chelsea, although Gao Han is domineering, on the surface it looks like a lot of scenery, but in fact, only the insiders of Chelsea know the bitterness.

After Abramovich acquired Chelsea, the management was in a state of turmoil, many things were in a stagnant state, or even unmanaged, which brought very big troubles and problems to the team.

After Gao Han took over, relying on his connection with Abramovich and the executives, he was able to act cheaply.

For example, the renovation of the Harrington training ground, including the maintenance of the heating system and drainage system of the training ground, the decoration of the lunch break dormitory for players and coaches, and even the training equipment of the gym.

It is conceivable that if Gao Han hadn't come forward, I don't know how long and how long it would take to complete this.

Not to mention the signings of the team.

According to normal circumstances, the transfer of signings should be the responsibility of the club's top management, such as the CEO, but everyone knows that Trevor Boch has long been unable to protect himself, where will he intervene in the team's transfer?

Taking a step back, even if he was willing to intervene, he would not have the resources for personal connections, and secondly, Abramovich was not at ease.

Therefore, this summer, every transfer of Chelsea was decided by Gao Han himself, and even came out to talk in person.

A person's energy is always limited. Gao Han has invested a lot of energy in other areas, and the team will definitely miss something. This is also human nature.

"Fortunately, there is still a week away from the start of the new season, and we still have a chance to make up for the mistakes."

Having said this, Gao Han looked at Sergio Garcia, who stood up with comprehension.

"I invite you to watch a video collection of the game first."

The crowd followed Sergio Garcia’s gestures and looked at the big screen hung on the wall. The game screen soon began to play on it. The first segment was a counterattack against the Celtics in the first half. The process of conceding a goal afterwards.

From this video of the game, it can be clearly seen that when the opponent steals the ball successfully, Chelsea's defense is indeed too high, which causes the opponent to easily pass the ball behind him, and then use the forward's speed to fight back.

But there is another obvious problem, that is the position of goalkeeper Cudicini.

When Terry and Gallas pressed on, Cudicini still stood in the small restricted area, which caused the goalkeeper to have too much space between the back line of defense, which caused the opponent to counterattack successfully.

In fact, if Cudicini's position could be higher at the time, or even a decisive attack, this conceded goal could be avoided.

"The same scene is not only the loss of the goal, let's watch the other videos of the game."

As Sergio Garcia continued to play the highlights, everyone found that the same scenes had been three times against the Celtics, but the other two were caught by their opponents.

In addition, several other warm-up matches also have the same problem. Even in the first warm-up match, when the opponent beat the opponent 4-0, the same situation occurred twice, but the opponent was too strong and didn't even have the ball. Pass it well.

"Cudicini is a typical Italian goalkeeper. He is better at playing in the small penalty area, rarely in the large penalty area, let alone outside the large penalty area, and he basically does not participate in the team's pass. Possessing the ball, because in their philosophy, this is too dangerous."

"And when our formation is full forward, the gap between the defensive line and the goalkeeper is too big. As long as there is a passer and a speed player in the opposing line, it can basically be caught."

When everyone heard this, they all realized the problem.

Although the Celtics are a team in the Soviet Super League, they are not weak at all. They also reached the UEFA Cup final last season, but unfortunately lost to Mourinho's Porto, and coach Martin O'Neal is also very powerful.

And since O'Neal can see it, other Premier League teams will definitely find it too.

Speed ​​forwards are no strangers to the Premier League, and there is no shortage of midfield passers. Therefore, if this fatal loophole cannot be corrected as soon as possible, it will be a huge hidden danger for Chelsea.

"Is there a suitable goalkeeper in the transfer market at the moment?" Gao Han asked with a frown.

The team's overall formation has been running in for a long time, and will not be changed easily, so you can only change the goalkeeper.

Sergio García shook his head. "A better goalkeeper is the backbone of their respective teams. No one is willing to let go."

With that, he called out a player's intelligence on the big screen.

"Brad Friedel, American, 32 years old, the best-performing goalkeeper in the Premier League last season, Blackburn was able to get sixth in the Premier League, he is indispensable." Speaking of which, Sergio ·Garcia grinned suddenly at Gao Han.

"You just made a lot of money in Duff's transfer and helped Blackburn make a lot of money. You should be able to persuade them to let them go."

Everyone laughed.

In Duff's transfer, Gao Han secretly gave Ferguson a black hand, which they all know. It is said that Ferguson was still furious because of this, but he had to buy it.

Gao Han ignored the jokes of his assistants, but swept his glaring eyes, and Friedel's data was presented before his eyes.

"Strength: one hundred and fifty-five, potential: one hundred and sixty."

Looking at the data in detail, he felt that it was not particularly ideal.

Seeing Gao Han's silence, Sergio Garcia understood and moved on to the next one.

"Juse Jaskrainen, Finnish goalkeeper, 28 years old, two years ago with Bolton to upgrade to the Premier League, two seasons have performed well, a very strong Nordic goalkeeper."

Gao Han swept his eyes again, "Strength: one hundred and fifty-two, potential: one hundred and fifty-five."

Looking at the data again, I'm still not satisfied.

"Shay Given, 27 years old, Irishman, has played for Newcastle for six seasons. The Premier League has very rich experience and stable performance. But you have offended the other three of the traditional Premier League semi-finals. You must Offend the magpie again?"

The crowd burst into laughter again, and even Gao Han himself couldn't help but smile.

Facts have proved that Shay Given is indeed the strongest, with strength and potential as high as one hundred and sixty-five, and all aspects of the data are more appropriate.

But when Gao Han saw the next two candidates, he hesitated again.

One is an old acquaintance, Jose Manuel Reina, the former Barcelona goalkeeper.

This 21-year-old goalkeeper once served as the main player in Barcelona. Alpine had focused on him when he coached Atletico Madrid. He reacted quickly and attacked decisively. He was born in Spanish youth training and has good skills at his feet, which is very in line with the requirements of Alpine.

"After switching to Villarreal in 2002, Renner's performance has been very good, and his value has also risen. It is not difficult to convince Villarreal to release people, but whether he can adapt to the Premier League, I am afraid. It's also a problem."

Reina’s problem is that he is too young, and his performance in Barcelona is not ideal, full play means that he only played at a high level in Villarreal for a season.

Judging from the fiery eyes, the strength reached one hundred and fifty-three, and the potential was one hundred and seventy-five, which was the highest among the people.

"Sebastian Frey, French goalkeeper, 23 years old, played for Parma, a very good goalkeeper in Serie A, and unlike other Serie A goalkeepers, he has a wider range of activities, but his performance is also relatively unstable. "

With a strength of one hundred and seventy and a potential of one hundred and seventy-five, Sebastian Frey is the best candidate among the many candidates, surpassing Shay and Reina.

But he also has a problem. Although he played for Parma, he was loaned to Inter Milan for the previous two seasons. It was not until this summer that Parma made up his mind to buy him, worth up to 22.5 million euros.

It is conceivable that it is very difficult to persuade Parma to release people.

Even if Parma agreed, Chelsea would have to pay a sky-high price.

For these candidates, Gao Han has always felt that he is not particularly satisfied, and they have all kinds of problems, but he can also understand that it is indeed very good to find a suitable goalkeeper in the transfer market in such a short period of time. difficult.

As a last resort, Gao Han could only open the list of goalkeepers from the four major European leagues that Sergio Garcia handed over to him. He caught his eyes and swept them one by one, but the results were relatively disappointing, until...

"Strength: one hundred and seventy-five, potential one hundred and eighty?"

Suddenly, Gao Han's eyes lit up and he immediately entered the detailed data interface. Upon closer inspection, he couldn't help but laugh.

"It's him!"

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When Gao Han was discussing goalkeeper issues in Harrington~lightnovelpub.net~ The opponent in the first round of the Premier League in the new season, Liverpool’s coach Hollier also got the latest update at the Melwood training base in Northwest Liverpool. Warm-up match intelligence.

Because it is the first round of the new season and the fame of the past two years, combined with Chelsea's investment of 200 million euros in the summer transfer market, Hollier ridiculed Chelsea as a mercenary, but he did not dare to care.

He even arranged for his right-hand man, Liverpool star Phil Thompson to follow Chelsea's warm-up match.

The right-hand man did not disappoint. After watching the Chelsea game against the Celtics, he returned to Liverpool and immediately submitted a detailed game report.

"I found that Chelsea has a very, very fatal loophole. As long as we seize the opportunity at Anfield, we will be able to make them come and go!

Phil Thompson said confidently. (To be continued.)