The training time of the national team is always full of uncertainty.

The last time I played against South Korea, the Chinese national football team rushed to Chenyang in advance to prepare for training and wait for work, which eventually helped the national team defeat South Korea, which had a shorter training time, but this time, the training time left for the Chinese team was only five days.

The national team started to gather after the Chinese Super League on the 16th and let the players rest. However, since three teams were going to compete in the AFC Champions League, Gao Han specially allowed the international players of the three teams to delay their return. They did not join the team until the 18th.

The home game against South Korea is 23rd.

There is really no way to do this, because Gao Han needs to consider the players' psychological state.

Regarding his decision, Gao Han said in an interview with the media before the training camp that it was mainly because he felt that the match against South Korea was just an ordinary national team game, and it was far less important than what external public opinion exaggerated.

"Five days are indeed short, but we will make full use of these five days and prepare for the battle with all our might."

The Football Association also came forward to express that there will be no pressure on the battle between China and South Korea, and I just hope that all international players can do their best and show their best side in front of the Chinese.

This time, there are a total of 25 people on the national team training. Gao Han made some adjustments. Both young players, Yang Xin and Gao Ren, were not included in the list, but Wang Lei and Zhao Jun were included in the list. Both players are currently gaining a foothold in Chinatown's first team and are important substitutes and rotation players.

The performance of Zhang Yuning, a young player who also studied abroad in the Dutch Eredivisie, has fluctuated during this period.

After playing the World Cup qualifiers in November, he returned to the Eredivisie in his first game, and gave an assist at home, helping Ajax beat Nijmegen with a shocking performance.

This battle completely laid the foundation for Zhang Yuning's position on the Ajax forward line, and the performance of the national team made him famous.

But perhaps the match against Nijmegen was too outstanding. He qualified in late November, December and January, but he encountered a goal drought. He failed to score in ten games in the three events of the Eredivisie, Dutch Cup and Europa League, which made him face doubts again.

Fortunately, in the first three games in February, he made a pass and shot, helping the team defeat Theatre at home, and then contributed another assist to help Ajax defeat Roda away. In the home game against Rotterdam Sparta, he made a pass and shot, helping the team win 2-0.

After performing well in three consecutive rounds, he soon ushered in a trough of three rounds.

It was not until the last five games that he scored five goals, and his performance stabilized slightly again.

The coaching team led by Gao Han has always maintained close contact with Ajax and has always been paying attention to Zhang Yuning's situation. Gao Han himself also maintains close contact and communication with the players and often gives Zhang Yuning guidance.

Gao Han understands the ups and downs of young players' performance, and he always advises Zhang Yuning not to be under too much pressure.

In fact, so far this season, Zhang Yuning has scored 19 goals and six assists on various fronts of Ajax, making rapid progress and his reputation has gradually become louder. His opponent's research and defense are becoming more and more targeted, which has become a problem that Zhang Yuning must overcome.

As Zhang Yuning's performance in the Eredivisie became more and more outstanding, it was gradually attracted by the teams in the five major European leagues. Some teams even began to tentatively introduce this 19-year-old Chinese player from Ajax, but whether it was Gao Han or Mendes, the suggestions given to Zhang Yuning were waiting.

The Eredivisie League today is no longer as competitive as it was back then, and it is not much convincing to score goals in the Eredivisie League, but the five major leagues are completely different. The competition there is many times more cruel than the Eredivisie League.

Zhang Yuning's success in Ajax can be attributed to the right time, place, and people.

Ajax happens to need a strong center like Zhang Yuning this season. Compared with Ajaxborne young player Dorberg, Zhang Yuning has a preconceived advantage. In addition, head coach Boss is more familiar with him, and the excellent operation of agent Mendes has made Zhang Yuning seize the opportunity.

Sometimes, this is the case in the professional league. Zhang Yuning takes the lead, so naturally Dorberg doesn’t have much chance.

So can the outstanding performance this season prove Zhang Yuning’s true level?

Yes, but not.

The reason for saying that is that he has made great progress and has been cultivated by the club. Ajax has always had his own ideas about cultivating centers. In addition, Gao Han's reuse of him in the national team and the blessing of skill cards have made Zhang Yuning progress very quickly.

If you score frequently at the beginning of the season and win, the head coach will try to keep the lineup stable, so the players' performance continues, but it does not mean that the players will continue to perform like this next season.

Gao Han, who has sharp eyes, knows better than anyone else. Zhang Yuning is good, but he is not able to gain a foothold in the five major leagues yet. The most important thing for him in the next three years is to consolidate his status and strength in Ajax, improve himself as soon as possible, and polish his skills and abilities.

In this way, maybe the opportunity will come in the future. It is still OK to play the main player in the middle and lower-level teams in the five major leagues.

But if you can't see this clearly and be blindly optimistic, if you leave the Eredivisie early when your strength is not yet mature and stable, it will be difficult for teams in the five major leagues to gain a foothold, and it will be more than worth the loss at that time.

For this, Gao Han even called Zhang Yuning and advised him to stay in Ajax with peace of mind.

The Eredivisie giants are interested in developing the Chinese market, and the relationship between Gao Han and Mendes also attaches great importance to Zhang Yuning. With his performance this season, I believe that he still has the opportunity to gain a firm position in the main center next season, which will help Zhang Yuning further polish and improve himself.

One of the important reasons why Gao Han is so concerned about Zhang Yuning is that with such a powerful center forward, the offensive improvement against the Chinese team is too obvious.

Gao Lin has better talent, but unfortunately, he lacks Zhang Yuning's ambition and fighting spirit.

Among the domestic centers, Zhang Yuning is the best-developed. Yang Liyu, who plays for Beijing Chinatown, will have opportunities in the future because Van Gaal also likes to use centers. Another is Shan Huanhuan, who was run to Portuguese Super League by Beijing Chinatown through Mendes this season. He is only 18 years old, but he is determined to stay abroad to hone himself.

As early as the winter break, he joined the Guimaraes u19 youth team, who joined the Portuguese Super League, and has played in the game and performed well.

Originally, among the first batch of youth training players in Beijing Chinatown, there was also a powerful center, that was Zhao Jun, but unexpectedly, while playing, this guy actually played from center to center. Now, whether in the club or the national team, he has gained a foothold in the center position. He may not be able to adapt to playing center again.

Gao Han was also quite helpless about this, after all, what is most lacking in China now is the high-level center.

If Zhao Jun played as a center forward and could show his potential as a center back, Gao Han would not have to work hard to cultivate Zhang Yuning.

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"In recent times, the Korean media has been hyping up a lot."

After the morning training class, the players returned to the locker room one after another, but Gao Han and the coaching staff remained in the training ground to prepare for the afternoon training program, and the team leader Li Tie came over.

"What's going on?"

"They are not in a good situation recently, and they lost to us at home in the first leg 1-3. Many media have threatened to win at least three goals in this game and return home."

"Win three goals?" Xiao Mu, who was standing beside him, sneered, "They really dare to say it."

Gao Han couldn't help but smile, but nodded heavily and said, "It's okay, it's a good thing to have such fighting spirit. This is cheering for us."

Currently, the Chinese team ranks first in the group. Although the South Korean team ranks third, the situation is in jeopardy. Uzbekistan, the fourth-placed one, is also chasing very fiercely, and there is only one point gap between them. If you are not careful, South Korea may lose third at any time.

If you fail to break out of the qualifiers, it will be unacceptable for the South Korean team, which claims to be the strongest in Asia.

"What is Stilik's situation?" Gao Han asked with concern.

"It's very embarrassing." Li Tie replied, "Stilik should be fully responsible for bringing the strongest Korean team in Asia to the current level. However, the Korean Football Association held a press conference during the national team training camp to support Stilik and expressed that it will continue to support his coaching in the national team."

"Lee Rongxiu, chairman of the Technical Committee of the Korean Football Association, even compared him to Hiddink, believing that Hiddink has not experienced the test of the World Cup qualifiers, but Stilik has it. He believes that Stilik is very in line with the requirements of the South Korean national team and his work is very satisfactory."

"Li Rongxiu?" Gao Han was unfamiliar with this name.

"He is considered an old man from the Korean Football Association. He invited Hiddink back then, and every national team head coach was inevitably compared with Hiddink."

Gao Han smiled, it was normal, just like many fans like to use the head coach of the national football team to be Milu.

"It seems that the Korean Football Association is no longer a monolithic part."

If there is no pressure, why would Li Rongxiu hold a press conference to support Stilik?

"Many Korean media have revealed that if they can't beat China away, Stilik is likely to resign."

Gao Han nodded, it was completely possible.

Korean football has a natural psychological advantage over Chinese football. China's Korean fear has always been the pride of Koreans. The loss in the first round of the group stage can be said to be an accident, but if this game is lost again, what other reason can Stilik have?

With the Koreans' urinary nature, Stilik can only bear the blame.

"How is the analysis of the Korean training list?" Gao Han asked again.

"There is basically no surprise, but high center forward Kim Shin-wook must be careful."

"Kim Shin-wook." Gao Han read the name again and nodded.

This 28-year-old center forward plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai and is 1.96 meters tall. This height really makes people cautious. He was originally a central defender, but later he was transformed into a forward. His scoring ability is average, but his impact and air control ability make people have to be careful.

Previously, the South Korean team won Uzbekistan 2-1, and the second goal at a critical moment was Kim Shin-wook's assist.

It can be said that this high center forward will definitely become a major test for China's defense line.

"Okay, next, in addition to focusing on practicing the defensive formation, we will focus on practicing the set-piece tactics."

After Gao Han finished speaking, a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Chapter completed!