On the afternoon of June 20, 2009, Valencia City Stadium.

As a relegated from a La Liga team last year, Levante was originally a favorite to advance to the League One in the Spanish Second Division, but this season is coming to an end. The team is currently ranked ninth in the Spanish Second Division and has lost hope of advance to the League One early.

But this did not prevent Levante from sniping Chinatown at his home court.

This is a focus battle that fans all over Spain and even the world have attracted more than a thousand media reporters to gather at the Valencia City Stadium, and nearly 20,000 fans bought tickets to enter the venue.

Everyone has only one purpose, to witness the history of Chinatown.

Gao Han still appeared in the chairman's stands at the Valencia City Stadium in a low-key manner, but the media and live TV cameras still keenly found him from the crowd.

Sitting around him, besides his beautiful wife Lin Xia, Chinatown general manager Armando Marcos, technical director Carlos Cantalero, famous agent Jorge Mendes, and Javier Matayana, deputy editor-in-chief of Marca...

In addition to them, even the famous Atletico Madrid stars Torres, Villa, David Silva, Xavi Alonso and Ramos, who were supposed to be on vacation, gathered around Gao Han at this moment, which made all Levante fans who came to the scene excited, and it was an unexpected gain.

But on the court, Levante was not as kind as their fans.

The team's offense and defense are relatively mediocre, but the whole team is very balanced and very holistic, which has caused a lot of trouble to Chinatown's offense. In this game, they also arranged a formation in April and May 1st, curbing the visiting team's midfield and making Chinatown very uncomfortable.

In the 28th minute, a counterattack, frontcourt center Sisco headed the ball, and midfielder Ivora, who was 1.90 meters tall, scored a header, opening the first record for Levante and breaking the deadlock on the court.

This made Chinatown on the court very nervous and began to launch a crazy counterattack, but the results were not very effective.

As a veteran, Marcos Senna stabilized the team's position at critical moments and held the wild horse of Chinatown, holding down Chinatown, and warned all teammates to not lose their calmness in the game. The more critical the moment, the more calm you should deal with it.

After that, the two sides fought a very stalemate, and Chinatown suppressed their opponents, but failed to create a good scoring opportunity.

"At this time, the most important thing is to maintain patience, not be impatient or be inconsistent."

Gao Han sat in the stands, looked at the situation on the court, and said calmly.

Judging from the overall performance, although Chinatown team is young, its strength is not inferior to Levante. Even under the guidance of Pochettino, relying on its overall technical and tactical playing style, it has a tendency to overwhelm the opponent.

In this case, as physical energy is consumed, it will be more disadvantageous to Levante.

So, at this moment, for Chinatown, the biggest enemy is not the opponent on the other side of the court, but himself.

"As a midfielder, Marcos is a veteran in the team. He is very calm and his role is very critical."

As the world's top midfielder and Marcos Senna's teammate for many years, Xavi Alonso agrees with Marcos Senna's performance, especially after changing to play as a midfielder, the midfield of Chinatown was organized and the defense was very stable.

It can be said that in Chinatown, Marcos Senna is the core of the midfield and has a greater role than at Atletico Madrid.

Torres, Villa and others agreed very much, and they all knew Marcos Senna's strength very well.

"That Falcao is also very good, and he can run out of the gap almost every time he runs." Villa's running is very agile, and he is also a world-class scorer. He can see Falcao's strength at a glance.

"Boss, if this team has a stronger ability to create opportunities, this striker will definitely score more goals."

Torres nodded repeatedly, "From the opening game to now, there have been at least three very good opportunities, but it's a big regret that no teammates pass the ball to him."

Both world-class scorers appreciated Falcao very much, but they made the young player Ramos on the side eager to try.

"Boss, wait until you get promoted to La Liga, see how I teach him a lesson." After saying that, the Spanish international central defender opened his mouth carelessly and laughed.

Gao Han agrees with the judgments of several players, and he also knows that Chinatown is indeed suppressing Falcao's goal-scoring momentum. The important reason is that the midfield lacks passing ability.

Schneiderlin and Ramirez are not creative midfielders. Marcos Senna is both offensive and defensive, but is responsible for the back-end organization, which makes it difficult for the team's entire midfield to pass the ball to the frontcourt.

Aubameyang is very fast, Diego Costa can run, and Falcao can shoot. In this case, the team's offense depends more on the back of the two wings, Carvajal and Alba's assists.

But in this game, Levante put pressure on the wing, forcing Chinatown to not be able to threaten.

"It's okay, watch slowly, the game is not over, it's hard to say who wins and loses."

When everyone around was surprised to hear Gao Han's unpredictable and profound words, they were a little surprised because they rarely even watched the Chinatown team's game.

Only Mattayana, who is familiar with Gao Han and Chinatown team, nodded thoughtfully and vaguely guessed what Gao Han meant.

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The first half ended one-to-zero, and Levante entered the break with a goal lead.

All those close to Chinatown teams obviously felt a little nervous because this score cannot guarantee that Chinatown team will be successfully upgraded in any case. They need to score goals and more goals.

But after the second half of the game, Pochettino seemed to have no intention of substitution. He was still in the 433 formation, and still had the same style of playing in the first half. He had been able to figure it out by his opponent.

Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, everyone couldn't help but feel a little calmer.

"What happened to Chettino in this wave? It should be a replacement."

"Yes, it's sixty minutes, it's too late to change people."

"What the hell did he think?"

Leaving the football field, the players all transformed and took the role of the head coach to think about the problem.

Gao Han smiled from the side, "It's not time yet."

"Not the time?"

"When will it take, boss?"

Harvey Alonso thought for a while, "Maybe, he is waiting for the other party's physical energy to consume almost the same amount, but are you sure?"

Gao Han glanced at Xavi Alonso with appreciation. The Spanish midfielder is a bit like Guardiola and is very good at thinking. If he transforms in the future, he will definitely be an excellent head coach.

But this time Gao Han did not answer his question, but instead asked with a smile: "Have, the one you introduced to me before, said it was a young player who looked very similar to you, when will you give me the materials?"

Harvey Alonso saw him deliberately keeping him in hiding, and was helpless, "That was what my dad told me. I've watched him play a game and I'll send you a copy."

After Gao Han nodded, he asked again urged: "Boss, are you really sure?"

Gao Han smiled, "There is no absolute certainty on the football field, but sometimes, you have to look at the situation and exert force."

While everyone was still chewing on Gao Han's words, Pochettino finally made a substitution.

In the 70th minute, Chinatown replaced midfielder Schneiderlin and replaced a young player Mkhitaryan.

After the player came on the court, he was in the front midfielder area in the middle of the front court. Ramirez retreated and formed a double midfielder with Marcos Senna, making the on-field formation look a bit like a 4231 style of play.

Moreover, the two sides of Aubameyang and Diego Costa are still very wide.

After the game started again, Chinatown team obviously played more aggressively, especially in the frontcourt, Mkhitaryan became the team's offensive core and frequently got the chance to get the ball. However, he seemed to be familiar with the rhythm of the game and made several mistakes, but it was not difficult to see his excellent footwork from several moves.

It was not until the 78th minute that Mkhitaryan showed his strength.

After retracing and receiving the pass from Marcos Senna, Diego Costa tangentially from the right to the middle, but the full-back who defended him was pressed against him without any chance, so Diego Costa had no chance after receiving the ball, and had to pass back to Mkhitaryan who ran out of the gap to the right.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Mkhitaryan received the ball, he passed the ball directly against the ground with his right foot, passing through the opponent's defensive player accurately and directly to the upper right corner of the penalty area. Kavajal competed with the opponent's defensive player with speed, and chased the ball first, poked directly to the bottom line, and then chased after it and made a low cross.

In the penalty area, Falcao decisively inserted it, shot in front of the goal, and sent the ball into the goal.

This wonderful goal was completed in the blink of an eye. By the time the fans of Valencia City Stadium came to the scene, the ball had already entered the net.

Gao Han and others were very excited to watch in the stands, stood up from their seats, and kept applauding.

"Who has just come on the bench? This kick is so amazing."

"Isn't it? It's just right, just so that teammates can easily cross the ball after receiving the ball."

"Oh my god, this kind of pass quality is too high, I'm afraid only David can pass it."

David Silva was also full of surprise, "I may not be able to do it with three players in the middle."

You know, he is the most outstanding midfielder in Atletico Madrid.

On the court, after Chinatown equalized the score, Levante began to press forward and counterattack, as if he was intending to suppress the visiting team, but Chinatown retreated to the center line and put in close defense.

Levante launched an attack with an attempt to pass the ball behind the defense of Chinatown, but Aldevelde headed the ball over the center line and landed at Mkhitaryan in the center arc.

I saw the midfielder picking the ball towards the coming ball, picking the ball over the defender behind him, turning around and quickly starting to catch up, driving straight into Levante's penalty area, attracting the attention of the defensive players, and passing the ball back.

Falcao inserted it, jumped to the top of the ball, and once again pushed the ball into Levante's goal.

Two to one!

In just five minutes, two goals were scored in a row, and Chinatown team played the offensive spirit.

After playing, the situation on the court was completely changed. Mkhitaryan, who directed two goals by himself, undoubtedly became the most attention of the whole game, especially in the eyes of Atletico Madrid stars.

"This guy is simply a genius."

"My God, where did he come out?"

"Boss, he is your Chinatown team's secret weapon?"

"It's great. His sudden appearance caught Levante off guard. He is also very strong. He should play the main force."

Gao Han felt very relieved after hearing this.

Pochettino has been hesitating whether it is 4231 or 433, one is heavy attacking and the other is heavy defense.

But from this game, after Mkhitaryan came on as a substitute at a critical moment, this almost cheating performance is probably able to help Pochettino make a decision.
Chapter completed!