"What's going on in China now?"

Sitting in the office of the Madrid Chinatown Training Center, Gao Han contacted Xiang Tianming, who was far away in Beijing through computer videos and asked about the current situation of the national team.

When Xiang Tianming heard Gao Han’s inquiry, he immediately showed a helpless bitter smile on his face.

"The situation is very messy now, and there are many problems, both inside and outside."

After hearing this, Gao Han also showed a solemn expression. Since the Asian Cup, Gao Han has not had much contact with the Football Association. Even if there is, he never involves the national team. This seems to have become a sensitive word, and the connection between Perrin and Gao Han has also been interrupted.

Some media believe that this is Perrin and the Football Association deliberately or unintentionally downplaying Gao Han’s impact on the national team. The reason is that domestic fans are calling for Gao Han to take over too much now, especially after the East Asian Cup, this voice is becoming more and more obvious, and many international players even privately reveal the same expectations.

Because of this, Gao Han never took the initiative to contact the Football Association and the national team, and the game was only broadcast live on TV, so he was also ignorant of the situation of the national team and knew nothing about it.

"Perran's bar incident occurred after the East Asian Cup against South Korea. The team had just lost the game and had to play North Korea in two days. According to the news from the national team, Perran was for social engagement, so he went to the bar only after the team rested. However, many of my media friends said that Perran had been there more than once."

"The Football Association was very angry about this. It held a total of six meetings to communicate, and clarified it many times to the outside world, deliberately or unintentionally downplaying this matter. It then defeated North Korea 2-0 and tied Japan 1-1, so this matter was gradually calmed down."

Gao Han nodded slightly. The incident of going to the bar occurred during the East Asian Cup, which was indeed quite embarrassing. Gao Han also saw the photos posted at that time. There were several young women around Perrin, which caused even more controversy.

Although this is Perrin's private life, this is during the Cup and should be slightly restrained.

"From the news I have received, after the Asian Cup, Perrin's status has been consolidated, and his status in the minds of domestic fans has also been greatly improved. He was even praised on the altar and admired. The East Asian Cup was originally an insignificant event, but Perrin stated that he would win the championship before the game, but the result is..."

Xiang Tianming paused, sighed before continuing: "Not only that, it is said that after losing to the Korean team, Perrin once adopted a punishment training for the players, which made the players in the team very dissatisfied."

"You also know that the East Asian Cup was in early August, not the national team match day arranged by FIFA, and it was a intensive stage of the league. There were many people who called on the national team to play as a substitute and inspect the bench lineup. However, Perrin still played with all the main players, with the purpose of the goal being for the championship he shouted before the game."

"The international players received the club's salary and the players were injured. The Football Association did not pay the club compensation according to international practices. The club is also quite dissatisfied with the international players participating in the national team training under this situation. If they are injured again..."

When Gao Han heard this, he sighed secretly.

There have been constant problems between the club and the national team over the years.

Not to mention China, even in European football, the same is true. It was not until a few years ago that compensation system was formulated, but this obviously doesn't work in China. I'm afraid no club dares to ask for compensation from the Football Association.

If you dare to propose to draw international players in European football in August, the club will basically refuse.

As for the international players, they are really in a dilemma.

The slogan of patriotism is indeed very natural, but they are responsible for the high salary offered by the club. If they are injured in the training and competitions of the national team and suffer losses, how can they settle the accounts? How should they deal with themselves after they return to the club?

Combined with the information provided by Xiang Tianming, Gao Han could completely imagine the current situation facing the Chinese national football team.

To put it bluntly, some of Perrin's actions have been strongly resisted by the players, especially the punishment training after losing, which is even more unnecessary and will only increase the players' anger and dissatisfaction.

"To be honest, Perrin after the Asian Cup is like two people." Xiang Tianming sighed and shook his head, "Of course, it is not kind to blame Perrin for all the problems. The problems of the Football Association and the players are also quite large. It can only be said that to a certain extent, the internal and external contradictions have been intensified."

Gao Han was also depressed. The problems of the Football Association, the national football team and the international team have been around for a long time. Perrin's current situation also has his own problems and responsibilities. It can only be said that as the head coach, his ability is like this now.

Not to mention anything else, just his attitude towards Gao Han, there are two completely different faces before and after the Asian Cup.

"What about now?" Gao Han asked again.

"Now the Football Association and the national team are discussing the home game of Hong Kong in September. It is said that Perrin asked to be placed in Shenzhen, with the purpose of hope to go to the Maldives a few hours earlier after playing Hong Kong. However, the Football Association hopes to place it in the north. After all, it is no different from Hong Kong at home in its own home game, and the two sides have some conflicts."

Gao Han smiled bitterly when he heard this, but he really didn't know what expression he should give.

"However, according to the news I received, although it was a big noise outside that asked Perrin to be dismissed, he still supported Perrin within the Football Association. After all, the East Asian Cup is not important. As long as you play the World Cup qualifiers well, it is not easy to be dismissed."

Upon hearing this news, Gao Han agreed quite well. It was ridiculous that get out of class would be dismissed at any time.

The World Cup qualifiers have only been played for one round, and they won 6-0 away games. The result is this messy situation now. Those who don’t know think that the national team has no hope of qualifying.

He really didn't know what caused the national team to fall to this point, but this would definitely not be a unilateral responsibility, but should be the result of the joint efforts of all parties.

"The country is also in bleakness now, but the voices calling on you to come out to coach are getting louder and louder."

Gao Han twitched his lips and smiled bitterly.

Coaching the national team?

Of course he is willing and has been prepared for a long time, but he will not take the initiative to come forward, not only because his status and influence are there, but also because he will not lose his value in front of the Football Association.

Sometimes, if you are too active, you will lose the initiative.

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Time quietly entered late August.

After playing the two major cups before the season, the La Liga officially ignited the war in the new season.

In the first round of the league, Chinatown challenged Athletic Bilbao away, and the two sides played hard to solve the away game, but in the end, Chinatown defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-0 away with goals from Morata and Hazard in the second half.

Zidane's team has a good start to the new season.

But Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both won at home, with Barcelona defeating Vigo Celta two-to-one, Atletico Madrid defeating Las Palmas one-to-zero, but Real Madrid drew 0-to-zero away by Sporting Gijon.

Ancelotti's La Liga debut match was hit by a blow.

A week later, Chinatown returned to home court, defeated Malaga 2-0 at home and scored another three-pointer.

Real Madrid defeated Real Betis five-0 at home, achieving a big victory in the new season, Atletico Madrid won Sevilla 3-0 away, and Barcelona also defeated Las Palmas away.

After two rounds of La Liga, except for Real Madrid, the other three top three have occupied the lead in La Liga with two consecutive victories, but Eibar is the leader in the league. This small team scored five goals and conceded one goal in two games.

After two rounds of La Liga, the group draws and annual awards of the Champions League were also announced one after another.

In the new season's Champions League group stage, Chinatown drew three teams, including Arsenal, Olympiacos and Dynamo Zagreb. Among them, Dynamo Zagreb also has two players from Chinatown, Kovacic and Kalilovic.

In the annual awards, Hazard defeated Messi and was elected as Player of the Year, which undoubtedly accumulated popularity for the FIFA Golden Ball Award half a year later. The Belgian international also excitedly thanked head coach Zidane and Chinatown for their excitement.

As for the draw in the Champions League group stage, Chinatown's luck can only be considered average. After all, the group stage pattern of two strong and two weak is a tradition in the Champions League. Chinatown is going to do its best to compete with Arsenal for the top spot in the group. Cantalero said in an interview with the media that as long as the team performs normally, there is still a lot of hope.

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When the European League was suspended, the national team match day ushered in two weeks, and the national football team also ushered in the focus of the World Cup qualifiers.

The first home game was eventually arranged in Shenzhen, which caused great controversy in China. Perrin and the national team explained to the outside world that they hoped to shorten the itinerary to the Maldives and that the players could get a few more hours of rest time.

Unexpectedly, when the Football Association decided to place the home court in Shenzhen, news suddenly came from the Maldives that, given that the Maldives' venue turf was seriously affected, after negotiating with the Football Association, the Maldives chose to place the home court in Shenyang, China, while the Football Association exempted the Maldives from a series of fees such as venue rental, security premiums and TV station signal production.

In this way, the Chinese national football team placed their home court in Shenzhen, which instead increased the itinerary for several hours, which once again triggered protests from domestic fans.

What everyone even more unexpected is that in Shenzhen, the national football team actually drew with Hong Kong, China by zero.

This has caused great protests from all fans across the country.

What is even more unacceptable is that Qatar defeated Bhutan 15-0 at home, which caused the Chinese national football team to encounter an embarrassing situation in the second round of the top 40s, and head coach Perrin's deployment of troops was also strongly questioned.

Even after the game, Perrin said in an interview with the media that the team controlled the game, and the reason why they failed to score was mainly because of their bad luck, and the opponent's goalkeeper performed very well. He expressed satisfaction with the team's only scored one point.

But domestic fans were furious, and calls for Perrin to be dismissed were heard in full swing. The fans were in a turbulent relationship.

If the first round of the group stage was played against Bhutan, he performed poorly on the road, but he saved the situation in the second half and finally defeated his opponent 6-0, then this game of Hong Kong would be completely unsatisfactory, because in the competition for the top spot in the group stage, the Chinese national football team has begun to lag behind Qatar, who led the way with two consecutive victories and scored sixteen goals.

Whether in the media or on the Internet, calling on Gao Han to come out, the voices of taking over the national team are getting louder and louder.

"It's still time to change the coach now!"
Chapter completed!