“There is no doubt that Ferguson is a great head coach and a respectable opponent.”

At the press conference before the game, Gao Han asked the media reporters that he hoped he could give Ferguson an evaluation, and he gave the most real evaluation from the bottom of his heart.

"If you ask me who is the greatest head coach in the world, then the first person that comes to my mind must be Ferguson, and then everyone else, who will always be the best in my mind."

When the reporter asked that Gao Han could introduce his friendship with Ferguson, Gao Han smiled and respectfully called the other party his close friend and his teacher and friend.

"On the football field, we are the opponents who will never stop, but when we walk off the court, we are friends."

After a pause, Gao Han continued, "In real life, I have many friends, but Ferguson is definitely the most unique and interesting one. He has a very deep understanding of football. He taught me a lot of things. He is an incredible person and a senior worthy of my respect."

"Many people say that our relationship became much colder after I coached Chelsea, but in fact, on the contrary, I still clearly remember that when I decided to coach Chelsea, he was one of the first friends to send me congratulations, and after I left Chelsea, he was also the first person to stand up and speak for me."

"Even now, we still maintain contact and communication. I won every championship and my child was born, he always sends me text messages to congratulate me at the first time. Conversely, I will do the same if he won the championship."

"We often send text messages to each other and exchange experiences. Many times I will give him some opinions after watching the game, and he will do the same. We don't even need too much politeness, because we know each other very well, and for me, there are not many such friends."

Soon, another media reporter suggested that he hoped Gao Han would answer positively, whether Ferguson was the best head coach in football today? Gao Han answered without hesitation, yes, and as to whether he was the best head coach at the moment, Gao Han politely replied that he didn't know, he had no right to evaluate it.

This answer naturally blocked the next question of media reporters' evaluation of who is better, and made Marcus Holvik secretly give Gao Han a thumbs up, appreciating Gao Han's wit.

But Gao Han did not hesitate to say that he would do his best to defeat Ferguson.

"Mr. Gao Han." Another reporter raised his hand and stood up to ask, "First of all, I should congratulate you on successfully gaining attention from the New York Times and being on the cover of Time magazine. This is still the first place in professional football."

"Thank you." Gao Han thanked politely.

"As the cover of Time magazine said, you are the closest person to legend now. If you beat Manchester United and win the championship tomorrow night, you will tie Paisley and win three Champions League titles. All the fans in the world who like you are extremely excited and uneasy. We want to know, how are you feeling at this moment? Are you nervous?"

"Thank you for your question, Mr. Journalist."

Gao Han first thanked me, "First of all, I want to say that I am very grateful to the media and fans for their recognition and affirmation. This is a great honor for me, but it is also a motivation to encourage me to continue working hard."

After hearing this, the following media reporters nodded and expressed their appreciation.

Gao Han has long been very skilled in dealing with the media. He may be clearer than many media reporters below.

"If you ask me now, then I want to say that I am as excited and happy as everyone else, but more excited. You know, having the opportunity to challenge such an honor is definitely the lifelong pursuit of all professional head coaches."

"I believe that when I wake up tomorrow morning, I will measure my blood pressure and heartbeat. It should be higher and faster than usual. Not only me, but my players, I believe that this will happen."

"But we are all professionals, and over the years we've been used to living and playing under stress, so by the time we've finished our preparations tomorrow morning, have lunch, get on the bus and head to the Olympic Stadium, we'll do everything we can to relax."

"Wait until tomorrow evening, we show up at the Olympic Stadium, and everyone will see a Bayern Munich who has returned to its best and is ready to face all the hardships of the game."

Gao Han's answer brought him a lot of applause, which not only answered the reporter's questions but also boosted the morale of the team.

If you study it carefully, it is not difficult to find that all the players in Bayern Munich lack experience in the Champions League finals. Each of them is participating in the Champions League final for the first time. In the face of such a major final, they are often nervous, and some have weaker psychological qualities and may even perform abnormally.

Everyone knows that the finals and the knockout stages are two completely different events, and the pressure and difficulty are completely incomparable, so no matter how well the knockout stages and the group stages are played, it is useless to be in the finals.

Whether it is the Champions League final or the World Cup final, how many players who performed very well before the final did not perform well in the final, either because of the opponent's targeted tactics or because of their excessive psychological pressure, resulting in poor performance or even bad precedents?

Therefore, Gao Han attached great importance to the psychological adjustment of players early on, not only gave the players a holiday, but also arranged for Steve Pitts to be responsible for the psychological counseling of players, and tried every means to relieve stress from players, so that every player could easily play and face Manchester United in the best condition.

Gao Han has experienced many finals, especially in the Champions League final, and he has experienced a big ups and downs, so he knows better than anyone else that when he entered the Olympic Stadium, what really determines the title is not how brilliant your past achievements are, not how strong your players are, but how much you can perform.

Whoever the St. Berede Cup belongs to, does not depend on your previous knockout and group stage results, but only looks at the 90-minute game tomorrow night, who can perform better.

Therefore, Gao Han's words are very meaningful to take the opportunity to inspire the team.

"Mr. Gao Han, we all know that you have never lost in the past nine years. So do you still have the confidence to continue to win this game tomorrow night?" another reporter asked.

Gao Han smiled slightly, "Yes, but not right, because past results will not help tomorrow night's game, so I will never consider the past game, nor will I consider the future game. I will only consider the next game."

"There is another problem, Mr. Gao Han." Another reporter stood up.

"May I ask." Gao Han politely made an inviting action.

"There have been a lot of rumors before that Manchester City in the Premier League and Real Madrid in La Liga are interested in inviteing you to coach. There are even reports that they are willing to offer you a huge annual salary of 50 million euros after tax. I wonder what your response is to this?"

Gao Han was prepared for this question and knew that someone would ask questions on the spot, so after listening to the question, he laughed and kept shaking his head, "I don't know where the news came from. In fact, many media friends are indeed asking me this question."

"But, it's strange that I'm going to coach Manchester City and coach Real Madrid. I don't even know. You guys have to tell me, don't you think this is interesting?"

Many media reporters at the scene laughed.

Gao Han’s words meant that it was nothing at all.

"Many people think I will bid farewell to Bayern Munich after the end of this season, but what I want to say is that I have not made a decision so far. Not only me, but the management has also not made any decisions. They still support me unconditionally and trust me. We will not keep this impact at all."

"Now, I only have one thing in my mind, that is the game tomorrow night. As for the rest, I don't think about anything and know nothing."

"I am very grateful to Bayern Munich's management, players and fans for their support, and they have brought us to this day, so the only thing I want to do now is to take down the St. Berede Cup outside in the game tomorrow night, give it to our management, players, and fans."

Gao Han's statement once again won him applause.

In fact, Gao Han did have a clear conscience because the rumors from the outside world were simply untrue.

Neither Manchester City nor Real Madrid have ever had contact with him, and his agent Mendes has never had any agreement with the two clubs. According to Mendes himself, the two teams have never learned from him whether Gao Han would leave Bayern Munich after the end of this season.

Many plausible rumors come from internal rumors in the football circle, but can these be taken seriously?

Therefore, Gao Han was very powerful and powerful when answering this question, and he was not guilty at all.

But just as the applause was not over, a reporter at the scene claimed to be a British reporter stood up, and he was holding a one-to-one copy of the St. Beled Cup that he bought from somewhere. He kept saying that this was a gift they carefully prepared and gave Gao Han, wishing him a successful win.

Gao Han stood up, looked at the British reporter holding the trophy with a smile, and asked, "Are you sure what you said is the truth?"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and even the reporter holding the cup was a little embarrassed.

Everyone in the European football world knows that there is a curse for the St. Berede Cup, that is, whoever touches the trophy before the game will lose in the final.

Therefore, the head coach and players who attended the trophy ceremony tonight were told early that it is best to follow this tradition in European football and not to encounter the trophy before winning the finals, whether they will be punished.

In fact, not only tonight, but tomorrow night, players must also try to avoid trophies.

But now, this British media reporter sent the trophy openly and said it was a promise. How can I deal with this?

Or not?

If you accept it, you are somewhat suspicious of a curse, and you always feel that it is unlucky; but it is not good not to accept it. People can say that you reject the championship trophy, which is still unlucky.

The media reporters at the scene were all waiting for Gao Han to deal with the attitude of watching the fun without fear of big trouble.

Gao Han also felt depressed. Don’t look at these British media reporters, they had a lot of quarrel with Ferguson on weekdays, but that was an internal strife. Once they faced foreign enemies, they would be united more than anyone else, not to mention that they faced England’s mortal enemy Germany this time.
Chapter completed!