On April 22, 2024, Meizhou Hakka FC welcomed a new face - 37-year-old Spanish coach Pablo, who took over from Serbian coach Milan and shouldered the future of the team. However, after six rounds of play, the Meizhou team has only accumulated six points, and the situation is worrying. Facing the questions of Nanfang Daily, Pablo firmly said that he is confident to lead the team to tide over the difficulties.
As the team's head coach, Pablo's life is filled with work. Early in the morning, he is immersed in a sea of studying videos of the teams' matches; in the afternoon, he has to attend a pre-match press conference, followed by preparing for the team's pre-match meeting. In this cycle, he hardly has any time to rest.
Despite being in a small town in Wuhua, Pablo's life is full of soccer. There are few Western restaurants here, and when there are, it's hard to find authentic flavors. If he wants to try Western food, he cooks it himself, and more often than not, he enjoys a barbecue and beer at night.
In the new season, Meizhou Hakka's performance is not satisfactory. However, the head of the club privately revealed that several key offensive players were injured, which was not the fault of the coach alone. In the last two rounds of the game, the team, although the offense is weak, but the defensive end of the zero, for the team to win a chance to breathe.
Pablo is not his first time coaching in China, as early as 2020, he was the technical director of Qingdao China Energy team, assisting coach Zhu Jiong. He believes that Chinese professional soccer is returning to rationality, and even surpassed the "golden dollar soccer" era in some aspects.
Compared with the past, the number of professional soccer stadiums in China has increased and the atmosphere of fans is warm. The investment and budget are now more rational and the foreign aid policy is gradually improving. Pablo is confident in the upward trend of the Chinese Super League, believing that the teams' playing styles are more diversified and the whole league is more ornamental.
