As a pre-match appetizer for the Premier League every season, the Community Shield Cup game has no practical significance. It is more like a friendly match with higher value and the legendary spell that you will lose the league by winning the Community Shield Cup.

Since Manchester City won three championship trophys last season, the League Cup and the FA Cup, this season's Community Shield Cup match was matched by Manchester City against Chelsea, the runner-up of the FA Cup, which made the Wembley Stadium particularly eye-catching.

More importantly, this will be the first community shield champion in Gao Han's coaching career.

But when Gao Han led the team to Wembley Stadium, all the fans of the audience booed without hesitation.

At the beginning, Gao Han was also surprised. He had never received such special treatment on the road. How could he do this in the neutral Wembley Stadium?

But soon, Brian Kidd solved Gao Han's doubts.

"They are not targeting you, but..." The assistant coach pointed to the big screen, and a close-up of England national team coach Capello sitting in the stands appeared on it, which made Gao Han a little funny.

It turned out that the fans were booing Capello.

But he soon discovered that it was not just Capello, but also England internationals such as Terry and Lampard.

All the English fans who came to the scene were venting their dissatisfaction with the national team's World Cup trip to South Africa in this way. They not only booed, but even attacked the national team head coach Capello with words.

It was at this moment that Gao Han suddenly realized that it was a very happy thing to have no main national team player.

"Poor Capello, why bother taking the risk of taking over such a mess?" Gao Han shook his head and sighed.

With Capello's status as a leader, you can choose a more suitable national team to coach, and there is no need to take England.

If it is for money, he can go to some national teams that give money more enjoyable, such as the Middle East. If it is for results, he should take over some national teams with more stable lineups and performances.

But it is obvious that the England national team is not in both cases.

The biggest problem in England now is that the Premier League is very strong, but England's local youth training is doing quite poorly, which makes it increasingly difficult for England's local players to gain a foothold in the top league. Even in the traditional local specialty teams Manchester United and Liverpool, the proportion of local players is constantly declining, especially the main lineup.

"You're so unfavorable to England?" Brian Kidd asked with a wry smile.

Gao Han realized that he had lost his words. After all, Brian Kidd was also an Englishman. It was indeed a bit inappropriate for him to say this. He immediately smiled and shook his head, "Sorry, I'm not not optimistic about England, but... well, my luck in this World Cup is indeed a little worse, I think."

But the embarrassing expression he forced to explain was as embarrassing as he could. How could Brian Kid not see it?

The players on the court were training before the game. Since it was just the Community Shield Cup, neither side valued it very much, so the Manchester City coaching staff was not so nervous. Brian Kid looked at Gao Han, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked an old question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

"To be honest, what do you think is the biggest gap between English players and other European power players so far?"

"Me?" Gao Han was a little surprised after hearing this. After Brian Kidd nodded and affirmed, he stammered: "I think...is almost the same. English players are also quite strong now."

This was so insincere that even Gao Han himself didn't believe this, let alone Brian Kidd?

"Mr. Gao Han, I want to ask you this question very, very seriously." Brian Kidd said seriously.

After working together for a year, they are familiar with each other. Gao Han is quite impressed by this assistant, especially with an English stubbornness on his body. Obviously, it is impossible not to answer his questions.

Gao Han smiled bitterly and said, "Then I will agree first, just discuss it."

Brian Kidd nodded, "I will never reveal a word to the outside world."

He knew Gao Han’s concerns. After all, there were many English fans, especially those fanatical extreme fans, who could not tolerate any remarks that were unfavorable to English players, so Gao Han was so wary.

"Do you remember the first thing I asked you to do after Milner joined the team?"

"Study the video of the team?"

"To be honest, from a technical perspective, many English players are not bad now. They can't be said to be outstanding, but at least they must be solid or even excellent. But I think the biggest problem of English players is mainly concentrated here." Gao Han pointed to his mind.

Brian Kidd didn't say anything, but listened silently.

"English football in the 1980s was indeed very good, with a large number of outstanding stars and teams emerging, but they were later suspended and far away from European football. This period was a few years of leapfrog development in the tactical level of European football. Since then, England has begun to lag significantly behind European countries."

Brian Kidd understood that that period happened to be the heyday of Italian football, especially the generation led by Saki and Capello, which brought the pinnacle of Italian tactics and profoundly changed the whole of Europe.

"This tactical backwardness has only narrowed the gap and is still lagging behind. But I think that in recent years, the Premier League has been constantly introducing excellent foreign head coaches, especially the excellent European youth training coaches. I think this is a very good path."

Brian Kidd understood this, "You mean, the players have weak tactical awareness?"

"That's right." Gao Han nodded, "just take Milner's performance in several warm-up matches. Do you think he is diligent and hardworking enough?"

Brian Kidd didn't answer, but nodded.

"But in fact, how effective?"

Brian Kidd didn't answer, and his expression seemed to understand.

"Diligence and hard work are advantages, but many times he cannot clearly know what he should do and what is the most suitable choice on the court. This leads to his energy often spending inappropriate places, and also makes him often at different paces with the team and it is difficult to integrate."

"I often emphasize in the team that whether it is offense or defense, the position rate is very important. The purpose of running is to be in place. If the position rate can be guaranteed, any player can play football for me. But the reaction to Milner is that he is very diligent and runs all the time, but the position rate is not ideal. Why?"

"The tactical awareness is weak and cannot make accurate according to the situation on the court in time, or the best choice. When you are at a loss, your first reaction is easily guided by your own emotions, and you become very excited and fanatical. For example, once he chased back from the frontcourt and went to the goal."

Brian Kidd can see from Gao Han's expression that Gao Han did not dislike Milner. On the contrary, he thought Milner was a talent that could be created, but what he said was indeed a problem.

Not only Milner, Gerard, Lampard and Rooney have this problem.

And Gao Han also said that this is not a problem for the players themselves, but a problem for the entire English football environment.

On the one hand, it is youth training, and on the other hand, it can be traced back to the tactics caused by England's ban on the game that year, which has long lagged behind the European continent.

"There is another thing that I think is very serious, that is, English players are generally not disciplined. On the one hand, they lack tactical discipline, and on the other hand, their personalities are often more impatient. This is particularly obvious whether it is Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, or Terry and others."

"I remember there was a time when the Premier League highly praised the tough guys like Roy Keane and Vieira. At that time, Marklele and Emerson were popular in the European continent. Now, the Premier League has long surpassed the environment of Roy Keane and Vieira, but this phenomenon is still very obvious for English players."

"In addition, among the younger generation of players, such as Walcott, Wilsher and others, they are obviously lacking in discipline and professional self-discipline. I think this is also a very serious problem, but this is also a historical problem. After all, when Wenger coached Arsenal, alcoholism and bad diet in the Premier League were still a big problem."

What Gao Han said not only appears in the existing English players, but also traces back to past history. It is reasonable and well-founded, leaving Brian Kid speechless because it is indeed universal.

Sometimes he even wonders, if there are no registration restrictions for local players and youth training, how many local English players can gain a foothold in the Premier League?

This may get a desperate answer.

"Take it slow, Brian, this kind of thing is hard to come by, and now more and more teams are starting to rectify youth training. These are all good phenomena. I think with the current financial resources of the Premier League, in time, we will definitely be able to catch up."

"Maybe." Brian Kidd replied with a wry smile.

He himself had to say that Gao Han's words hit the nail on the head and pointed out the biggest problem of English players.

You should know that modern football, especially in European football in recent years, is often no longer a standard for evaluating a player, but tactical awareness, which is the so-called playing football with your brain.

For example, Chelsea midfielder Essin, who is about to face in this game, everyone knows the characteristics of Ghana Buffalo, but in fact, last season, he gradually transformed into a midfielder. Not only did he have excellent defense, he also had a good sense of position and his ability to play. This depends on the training of him by the two generations of teams Rijkaard and Scolari.

There is also Manchester United's Carrick, a transformed midfielder who was completely ravaged by the game. He plays an important role in Manchester United and can even be said to be the most indispensable member.

When Gao Han coached Manchester City, he only wanted Xavi Alonso and didn't want Aston Villa's captain Gareth Barry. Obviously, he was attracted by Xavi Alonso's tactical consciousness, so after the Spanish midfielder joined the team, he directly appointed him as the team captain.

The more Brian Kidd thought about it, the more he felt that Gao Han's words seemed simple, but they directly pointed to the key points of English football.

Think about it carefully, was it just because the England national team chose Capello when he was a famous coach?

Is it possible that they are aware of the problems of the national team and players, so they choose Italian coach Capello, who is famous for his tactics, to coach to make up for and improve the team's weaknesses in this regard?

That's why Gao Han said that Capello had a better choice, but he had to take the risk of accepting this challenge and took on such a mess.

But now looking at it, Capello has obviously become the public enemy of this group of fans who don’t know the truth. What is this?

Gao Han stood aside and saw Brian Kidd smiling bitterly, he knew he understood.

"Don't think too much, Brian, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge. It's time to go back to the locker room."
Chapter completed!