It was the perseverance of his body that gave him the opportunity to coach the first half of the national football team.
Now, the national football team is back in his hands in the second half, and the situation is more difficult than the first half.
He proved his strength in the first half, and in the second half, more people are looking forward to seeing the progress of the national football team
Gao Hongbo
Tough coaching the second half of the national football team
(This article was published in the 753 issue of China News Weekly)
Text/Xiao Liangzhi
Gao Hongbo.
This name represents a legend of the coach of the Chinese national football team.
This thin-faced, unsmiling-looking man did not turn himself into a resentful woman because of the bizarre end of class on August 10, 2011. Instead, he likened his first national team coaching experience to the "first half" and then lurked.
Under the care of The Goddess of Luck, Gao Hongbo finally ushered in a historic opportunity at the end of January 2016 and became the head coach of the Chinese team's "last two group stages of the World Preliminary Round". Then, under the premise of almost impossible, he led the team to miraculously advance to the round of 12. On April 1, April Fool's Day, the Chinese Football Association officially announced the renewal of Gao Hongbo as the manager of the national football team with an extremely rigorous attitude, which opened the second half of his ambition to die.
The earliest use of computer analysis
Local professional coach of big data
People familiar with Gao Hongbo know that he is a computer master and the first local professional coach to analyze big data through computers, which provides a basis for him to train more scientifically and formulate tactics more accurately.
As early as 2004, when he went to Xiamen Blue Lion to coach, the boss of Xiamen Blue Lion Club at that time accidentally saw the data and technical and tactical analysis charts in Gao Hongbo's computer, was surprised, and was impressed by Gao Hongbo's skilled computer technology.
Gao Hongbo has learned to analyze big data through computers more than a decade ago, and then apply it to daily training and competitions. This data includes both the players of the team and the opponents.
In 2007, after Gao Hongbo went to Changchun Yatai to coach, some players were very curious about Gao Hongbo's use of the computer to explain technology and tactics to everyone through slides, and they took advantage of the opportunity to talk in Gao Hongbo's room and ask about the "secrets" in Gao Hongbo's computer. Gao Hongbo showed them some of the contents of the computer, including the data of each player's body function test in Changchun Yatai, and drew a graph of each player's physical function, through which he knew the specific situation of the player.
In addition, in Gao Hongbo's computer, there are also various data of various opponents, through data analysis, targeted training in training, and targeted technical and tactical deployment when it comes to the official game, so Gao Hongbo is also known as "tactical master". Later, Gao Hongbo's assistant in the national team, Fu Bo, and others also became computer experts, with unique advantages in data analysis.
It is with his own unique big data analysis that Gao Hongbo led the Changchun Yatai team to win the Chinese Super League championship in 2007. In March 2009, the Chinese Football Association organized a large-scale competition for the coaches of national teams at all levels for the first time, and Gao Hongbo, Shen Xiangfu, Yin Tiesheng and Wu Jingui competed for the position of national team coach.
At that time, Gao Hongbo took advantage of his familiarity with computers to make the competition speech into a high-tech report performance, and Wu Jingui, who was very interested in computers, was also out of reach. In comparison, Shen Xiangfu and Yin Tiesheng did not have any advantages in this regard. In particular, Yin Tiesheng, who was not very good at using computers at that time, and did not wear a suit to make a competitive speech, was called "Taitu" by the expert group headed by Xu Genbao.
In May of that year, with the comprehensive advantages of youth, studiousness, excellent computer technology and hard business ability, Gao Hongbo defeated Shen Xiangfu, Yin Tiesheng and Wu Jingui to become the 25th coach of the Chinese team.
Gao Hongbo said at the time: "Our highest pursuit is the World Cup, so we will go all out to work for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil." From now on, I will build a new national team so that they will always be on the road of their dreams. ”
Big data analysis accompanied Gao Hongbo to the national team and became an important training foundation for Gao Hongbo to coach the national football team. In the 827 days he coached the national team, he led the team to play 38 A-class matches, 23 wins, 11 draws and 4 losses, with a win rate of 60.53% and an unbeaten rate of 89.47%, which is also the highest winning rate among Chinese managers since 1992.
On March 29, Gao Hongbo, head coach of the Chinese team, conducted the match. On the same day, in the Group C match of the 2018 Fifa World Cup Asian Qualifiers in Russia at the Shaanxi Provincial Stadium, The Chinese team defeated Qatar 2-0. Figure/IC
With the action of external forces, Gao Hongbo had no choice but to leave class
In the first half of Gao Hongbo's coaching of the national football team, there were many wonderful shots flashing. The 1-0 victory over France, the 1-1 draw with Germany, the 3-0 victory over South Korea to end 32 years of Koreanophobia, etc., are all talked about by fans after tea and dinner.
The first hurdle Gao Hongbo encountered after taking charge was the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar. According to Gao Hongbo's vision, the Asian Cup is not his ultimate goal, his real dream and pursuit is to lead the team to the World Cup.
So, the Asian Cup was a mid-level exam before the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Brazil. Wei Di, then head of the Chinese Football Association, believed that the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was the real goal, so he suggested that Gao Hongbo train his team through the Asian Cup.
As a result, the national team participated in the Asian Cup in Qatar with the purpose of training the team. After winning 2-0 in the first game against Kuwait, the second game met host Qatar, and China lost the match 0-2. In the third battle, Gao Hongbo led the team to draw with Uzbekistan, and finally did not qualify.
It is precisely because the group did not qualify, the first time there was a "high wave" in China. After the study of the Chinese Football Association team meeting, Wei Di said to the author: "After our analysis, Gao Hongbo did have certain problems in the Asian Cup, but the direction of his team was right, and we are also satisfied with his work." ”
Wei di's statement is actually a signal for Gao Hongbo to continue to lead the team to the 2014 Fifac world cup qualifiers in Brazil.
However, many times, the bridges of history are just like this. Just after Gao Hongbo's position was secured, news broke in April 2011 that a strong company was going to sponsor Chinese football, one of which was to fund the hiring of high-level coaches for the Chinese team.
Obviously, the premise of this sponsorship condition is that Gao Hongbo must leave class.
The sponsor did not engage with the FA, but completed the framework of the agreement directly through the General Directorate of Sport. Wei Di believes that it should be discussed within the Chinese Football Association to ensure the rights and interests of the Chinese Football Association.
So, he kept dragging. As the 2014 Fifac world cup qualifiers in Brazil drew nearer, Wade didn't want to make a difference. However, since this agreement was not made through the Football Association, there must be a huge "external force". At the end of May, Weedy couldn't stand it. The superior requires that the agreement must be signed as soon as possible.
As a result, July 3 became an important moment in Chinese football. On this day, the Chinese Football Association and Dalian Wanda signed a framework cooperation agreement, Dalian Wanda named the Chinese Super League for 55 million yuan per year for three years; each year to reward the Chinese Super League referees and pay the chinese Super League referee salaries; 40 million yuan per year to hire high-level foreign teachers for the national team; 40 million yuan to support the Chinese Football Association to send teenagers to stay in the West; 10 million yuan to support the national women's football and women's super leagues every year; and 10 million yuan to support the youth league every year.
Obviously, Dalian Wanda's clause of hiring high-level foreign teachers for the national football team 40 million yuan per year means that Gao Hongbo must be dismissed from class.
On August 10, after 827 days in charge, in Hefei, Anhui Province, Gao Hongbo was dismissed after leading the team to a 1-0 victory over Jamaica. Even though the coaching results set the best record since 1992, even if all parties were reluctant to give up, Gao Hongbo could only leave helplessly.
Gao Hongbo was not discouraged, facing the obsessive fans and the media who wanted him to continue to lead the team, he said: "If the football game is 90 minutes, then my coaching of the national team before was only the first half, and I look forward to the arrival of the second half. ”
God-given opportunity killed back the carbine
After being dismissed from the position of national football coach, Gao Hongbo became the coach of Shaanxi Chanba at the end of 2011, traveled from Guizhou to Shanghai East Asia in 2013 to become the coach, and at the end of that year, he took up the post of Jiangsu Shun Catholic, and was dismissed on June 29, 2015.
The above process has enriched Gao Hongbo's coaching experience. In his spare time, Gao Hongbo would study abroad. In March 1999, after Tavarez abruptly resigned as the manager of Guangzhou Songri, the 33-year-old Gao Hongbo, who had just hung up his boots, became the manager of the Songri team. Half a month later, he led the team to play away to Sichuan Quanxing, coached by Tavares, and lost, so Tavares taunted Gao Hongbo and said: "It's not that you hang up your boots today and become a qualified coach tomorrow." ”
Gao Hongbo, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, immediately chose to study and recharge abroad, namely Southampton, Arsenal and Crystal Palace in the United Kingdom. Later, on the recommendation of former national football coach Schlapner, he went to Germany to study at Clubs such as Mannheim, Bayer Leverkusen, Frankfurt, bayern Munich and so on. Stubborn and studious, Gao Hongbo, during his studies at the above clubs, mastered many advanced football concepts and began his formal coaching journey after returning to China.
In March 2000, after becoming the coach of the national junior team, Gao Hongbo also knocked on The Door of Milu with a tactical board for advice. Former national team coach Ali Han and other foreign teachers are the objects of Gao Hongbo's study. He also studied in the Netherlands with Li Ming, Cheng Yaodong and other Mesozoic coaches in order not to let himself fall behind.
On July 28, 1976, when the Tangshan earthquake occurred, Gao Hongbo still arrived at the training ground half an hour ahead of schedule. After Xu Genbao arrived, he found that except for Gao Hongbo, the rest of the players had not reported. Through this incident, Gao Hongbo became Xu Genbao's beloved disciple, and achieved a good story of Xu Genbao taking in Gao Hongbo to stay in his dormitory for more than a year.
This quality also determines that Gao Hongbo will not become decadent because he was dismissed from class. In the past four and a half years, he has never given up the idea of leading the team to the World Preliminary Tournament and the World Cup again. For more than 4 years, he has been waiting for his dreams to blossom.
The opportunity of history will always be given to those who are prepared. When the Frenchman Perrin led the Chinese team into a desperate situation in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, making a number of local coaches and foreign coaches worried about their defeat, Gao Hongbo stepped forward and, at the most critical moment, killed a hui horse gun and helped the Chinese Football Association shoulder the responsibility.
When more than 90% of the people issued a "death notice" for the national football team, Gao Hongbo led the team to win the last two group matches, miraculously reaching the round of 12.
At that time, more than 70% of people believed that Gao Hongbo should continue to serve as the manager of the national football team and officially open his second half. The Chinese Football Association reacted quickly this time and efficiently announced the re-appointment of Gao Hongbo as the head coach of the national football team.
The two World Cup group matches on March 24 and 29 can be seen as 15 minutes of intermission, and Gao Hongbo used these 15 minutes to make accurate arrangements and make a good start for the second half.
For such an opportunity, Gao Hongbo told the author: "Everything in the past has passed, don't mention it again, the important thing is that we look forward." Now that we've reached the round of 12, we have a good opportunity to go all out and try to get the best result. ”
On April 12, when the national football team and Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Qatar, syria were in Group A, Gao Hongbo said calmly: "For the Chinese team, how to group is the same. Neither our ranking nor our strength have any advantage, but we will not be afraid of it, on the contrary, we will be ready to do everything and go all out against every opponent. Even if there is a 1% hope of qualifying, we must pay 100% of our efforts and never give up until the last moment. ”