Chapter 503 Will you regret it?
When Brescia failed to relegate by one point last summer and fell into the Serie B League by one point, the team ushered in a severe turmoil that was a nightmare, the players fell apart, and the team's strength was ruined.
But just when everyone hoped that Brescia could regroup and return to Serie A, the team performed poorly in Serie B. After the first thirty rounds of the league, they only won fifth place in the league. Head coach Rolando Maran resigned, and Czech coach Zeman put out the fire in the middle.
But nearly two months have passed, Zeman led the team to play six league games, Brescia won two wins, one draw and three losses, but his results still did not improve, and the team's ranking dropped one place, ranking only sixth in the league.
This also made people from Brescia panic. Zeman and the club only signed a contract after the end of the season. Everyone also felt that if the team had no hope of upgrading, Zeman would probably find it difficult to stay in Brescia.
Brescia's training ground was filled with a strong sense of anxiety. Every player was just mechanically completing the training program arranged by the coaching staff, looking without any passion, and there was no aura of killing the enemy.
This made Gao Han on the sidelines shake his head, "The people's hearts are dispersed, and the team is not easy to lead."
Guardiola also had a deep sense of the same feeling and nodded in agreement.
As a team competitive sport, football is accomplished by eleven people. This requires a force to unify eleven people and let them work together to serve the team. Otherwise, everyone will only care about playing football on their own, so where does the team get the combat power?
The current situation of Brescia is that the team is not strong enough and morale is sluggish. These cannot be changed by changing the head coach. What's more, Zeman has never been the kind of person who can change the situation by putting out a fire in the middle.
He has his own set of ideas, so he needs a team that can implement his philosophy.
"Hamsik is not suitable to continue to stay in Brescia, and will bring it back to Inter Milan this summer." Gao Han made the decision.
If Brescia can return to Serie A this season, Gao Han would consider letting Hamsik stay. Playing for one more year of Serie A will also be of great benefit to the Slovak young player, but now it seems meaningless.
With the progress of this young player, continuing to stay in Brescia will only waste time.
Guardiola nodded and remembered Gao Han's words, and would make arrangements when he went back.
The sudden appearance of the Inter Milan head coach caused quite a stir in Brescia's training ground. All the players suddenly seemed to be fed with chicken blood, and they all performed very hard, hoping to be attracted by Gao Han.
Hamsik's personal ability is also outstanding among this group of players, very eye-catching, and from beginning to end, he is also the most dedicated player on the court, diligent and diligent. Although he does not have very delicate footwork, his tactical execution is high and he is quite good in all aspects, which makes Gao Han very satisfied.
"This kid is a talented man," Gao Han praised.
But Guardiola pointed at the goal, and Brescia's substitute goalkeeper had just completed a flying save, which was quite beautiful.
"Who is that?" Gao Han asked strangely, a trace of mysterious light flashed in his eyes, and his golden eyes swept away.
Emiliano Viviano, with a potential of 160, which is not bad.
After taking a look at the data, it was rare that Viviano was 1.95 meters tall, with a very outstanding goalkeeper, and his reaction was very fast, up to 18.
Just as Gao Han was paying attention to Viviano, Zeman had already walked out of the training ground and greeted him with a smile.
"Haha, what's going on? Why did the Inter Milan head coach suddenly come?"
Gao Han put away his golden eyes and reached out to Zeman with a smile, "I'll come here to visit you, Zdnick."
"Oh?" Zeman was a little surprised. Looking at Gao Han and Guardiola again, it didn't seem to be joking. He knew in his heart that something was really wrong, otherwise the two of them would not have traveled more than 100 kilometers to come here.
Thinking of this, Zeman waved over to the assistant coach and asked him to lead the team to train. He took Gao Han and Guardiola to the office, and behind him was the disappointed expression of the players.
Why don't you stay for a while?
Brescia is quite poor, and the training ground and office space are relatively simple. After Zeman greeted Gao Han and the others to sit down, he poured them two glasses of water, and kept praising Hamsik.
"I was a little suspicious before, but after coming to Brescia, I really admire your vision. Marek is indeed a pretty good young player. If you cultivate it, you will definitely become a great player in the future."
It can be seen that he also admires Hamsik very much.
"When I saw him, I couldn't help but think of Nedved when I was young, almost made of the same mold."
Gao Han remembered at this time that the reason why Nedved came to the Serie A was because he received an invitation from Zeman.
Zeman was probably coaching Lazio at that time.
"I plan to bring him back to Inter Milan this summer. Although I can't give him a main position, the game will definitely not be short."
Zeman was obviously stunned for a moment, but nodded quickly and said, "That's right, training with high-level teammates is a very good thing in itself. When I persuaded Nedved, the same thing was said. It would be difficult for him to make any progress when he stayed in the Czech Republic. But when he came to Serie A, many outstanding teammates and opponents around him can often stimulate him to grow and improve faster."
"It's true." Guardiola also agreed very much.
Gao Han was more interested in Zeman's tactics and took the initiative to ask about some details about what he saw on the training ground just now. He learned from the coaching system that Zeman's entire offensive system was not the kind of random tricks, but supported by a complete set of theoretical systems and had his own routine.
Speaking of this, Zeman laughed and introduced it with satisfaction.
It turns out that he understood his own set of offensive ideas from the offensive system of other team competitive sports such as ice hockey and rugby, including arrangements for players' running positions, cooperation routines, etc., all of which are very meticulous and comprehensive considerations.
This unique offensive system has also created Zeman for the Italian football offensive football over the past few years. Unfortunately, I have never found a suitable team and have never been able to fully prove himself.
After all, mid- and lower-level teams are constrained by finance and team lineup, so they will definitely not be able to let Zeman do his best.
Zeman also praised Inter Milan under Gao Han's coach, believing that the two have many similar ideas and are particularly close. Gao Han's understanding of defense such as strong oppression and pressing has also brought a lot of touch and enlightenment to Zeman.
All three of them are professional coaches. When they talk about skills and tactics, they immediately talked endlessly and couldn't stop at all.
It was not until the training class outside that they realized that more than an hour had passed.
"Zdnick, your sword is not old, it's a pity to stay in the Serie B." Gao Han sighed.
This is indeed what he said in his heart.
With Zeman's strength, there is no problem coaching Serie A teams and even coaching giants.
But in the past few years, he has never been able to make a difference in the Serie A, failed to show his full ambitions, and failed to make people see Zeman's offensive football in the Serie A. It is indeed a great regret and a loss for the fans.
"It's nothing bad. Everyone has to be responsible for what they do, right?" Zeman looked very free and easy, and replied with a smile, as if he had completely put down everything he had done back then.
Zeman was at the peak of his coaching career, but suddenly he made remarks about Juventus players taking banned drugs, which led to him being criticized unprecedentedly. Even now, many Juventus players, including Viali and Piero, as well as famous coaches like Lippi, have gritted their teeth at him.
This also made Zeman forced to resign after coaching Roma for one season and never recovered.
"If, I mean if," Gao Han stared at Zeman with his eyes tightly, without blinking, "If you choose again, will you stand up and reveal the truth of that fact like you did back then?"
Zeman was a little puzzled, not understanding why Gao Han suddenly asked, "Ha, things have passed so long, where did it come from? Time can't go back."
"What if it can? Will you regret it?" Gao Han asked again seriously.
Zeman suddenly realized that the young man in front of him was not joking. He curled his smile and thought about it seriously, "If I were asked to choose again, even if I knew I would go through these in the past few years, I would still continue to do this."
The high cold wave showed a deep thought.
"I know, in the past few years, many people think that I want to be a hero and show off, but in fact I am nothing and don't want anything. I love football and I want to stay in professional football, so I hope to get a pure football environment, which is not for anyone."
"In fact, those who criticized me back then only felt that I was an insider in professional football. Why did I stand on the opposite side of people in the circle and destroy everyone's positions? But more people understand that even those who criticize me have to admit how terrible and dangerous it is to abuse drugs."
"They are like a group of Stockholm syndrome patients. They know the dangers of drug abuse, but they dare not reveal the truth. They are even hostile to all those who want to reveal the truth, for fear of harming their personal interests. But there must be someone to do this, right?"
Zeman smiled bitterly and pointed at Gao Han, "Either you, he, or me, or someone will stand up until the future."
Gao Han understood what Zeman meant, and he also deeply admired the old Czech man from the bottom of his heart.
Perhaps, he is not a selfless person, but at least, he has such courage.
"Actually, I'm not afraid to be honest. I also had selfish thoughts about that incident back then." Zeman suddenly changed his mind and smiled.
"Oh?" Gao Han and Guardiola were both a little surprised.
Really selfish?
"I have an uncle who coached Juventus in the 1970s. Since then, I have been a big Juventus fan. I even slept in a Juventus jersey, and I was deeply fascinated by this team and had a very beautiful yearning for him."
Looking back on his youthful past, Zeman looked nostalgic.
"But when I came to Italy, Juventus broke my fantasy with his own hands and made me clearly realize that it was not the Juventus I yearned for and obsessed with, and that Juventus should not become like this."
Zeman paused, took a deep breath, and sighed: "What's even more sad is that countless people kept shouting to love him, but no one was willing to stand up and reveal the truth. Is this what is called love? Is their love an endless indulgence and partiality?"
"I really hoped that Juventus could learn from the pain after that incident and make a comeback, because I believe that with so many fans who love him supporting him, he will definitely not fall, but now..."
Speaking of this, Zeman sighed helplessly and silently took out a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket, flicked it, and handed it to Gao Han and Guardiola. Both of them waved their hands and refused.
He skillfully pulled out one, put it in his mouth, and after igniting it with a snap, he leaned weakly towards the sand back, raised his head, and looked at the ceiling with his old and turbid eyes.
Chapter completed!