What ball king, call me ball god

After the interview, the next day was training as usual.

Because the next game is a strong dialogue with Liverpool, the training in the past few days has become more targeted.

As we all know, Liverpool and Manchester United are both teams that are good at running.

This season, both teams can be said to be making rapid progress in the standings. Liverpool is currently ranked second, but it is only 3 points behind Manchester United.

The number of points can be tied in one game, so the British media called this game the decisive battle of the season.

The Chinese media called this match the Battle of Tianwang Mountain.

In the days before this game, Ten Hag made a tactical arrangement.

Before the start of training one day, Ten Hag carefully explained the tactics to be used in this game to the players.

After all the players arrived, Ten Hahe opened the tactical board and placed the chess pieces one by one.

Lin Kedi took a look and saw that this was the 4231 formation.

"4231?"

The teammates also started talking.

Ten Hag turned to look at the players.

"Yes, this is the 4231 formation. When facing a team like Liverpool with very good running ability, especially their trident is very strong. At this time, one midfielder will never be able to cope with it. We must have two A defensive midfielder comes on."

"So first of all I have to talk about the personnel arrangements for the defensive midfielder position. Guimarães and Matic, you two will be tomorrow's starting midfielder combination. Arrange for you two to play, I want to talk about you two Approximate deployment.”

"First of all, Bruno—"

Ten Hahe pointed at Guimarães, who immediately sat up straight and looked at Ten Hahe.

Ruben Dias, who was sitting next to Guimarães, smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"As the defensive midfielder, the job you need to do is to intercept. As the first gate of our defense, you have a lot of work to do, because you also need to do the connecting work."

"As for Matic, there are two tasks he needs to do, to assist Bruno. The second is to immediately retreat to the back when the full-back comes forward to ensure that there are still people behind Guimarães and in front of the defense. A defensive player is here to prevent the frontal interception."

Matic nodded after listening. He understood that he was currently weak in running, and Ten Hag's arrangement was based on his frontal defensive ability. If Matic can play as the main force, he will naturally obey the head coach completely. if.

"When you encounter an opponent's pressing, Matic, you have to take the initiative to retreat to a position parallel to the two central defenders, and get the ball and pass the ball on the wing. This ensures that the two full-backs can still be in front, without Immediately back on defense, causing confusion on our offensive line.”

Ten Hahe explained very clearly, so Matic nodded to express his understanding after listening.

Then Ten Hag began to arrange other positions.

"Frontier midfielder De Jong. Frankie, when you are in this position, pay attention to your position and position, and try to form an oblique position with Guimarães behind you. For example, if you are on the left, Guimarães must be on the right. Of course, because the two defensive midfielders today are partnered by Guimarães and Matic, you should stand a little to the left, so that when you push forward, you will have protection behind you, and Guimaraes can also push forward in time to respond."

"In this way, when attacking, a 4141 formation can be formed immediately, and Guimarães can also press forward. However, there is also a problem with this formation, that is, the transition between offense and defense must be fast, because if it is slow, it will be easily beaten. So it was a bit risky to use this formation against Liverpool, but I still decided to use it because I saw the advantages of this formation. It can help us better deal with opponents who are also pressing. When the team is together, they can play better and attack better.”

"Next, let me announce the starting players in other positions, left winger Lingard and right winger Perisic. In today's formation, the full-backs will be inserted to a greater extent, so Luke Shaw will be inserted on the left. When Lingard is on the right, you can move in, and then cooperate with Dejong Matic on the opponent's side in the ribs. With Perisic on the right, you don't need to move in. You can coordinate with Dalot on the right. Play coordination, cut inside and cross, these methods are more diverse."

"The two full-backs are Luke Shaw and Dalot, the goalkeeper is De Gea, the central defender combination is De Ligt and Lindelof. The center forward is Lin Kedi."

After Ten Hag read out the starting list, Ruben Dias was a little disappointed. This was already his third game after joining Manchester United. The first game was the League Cup semi-finals and he didn't play. Dias can understand. In the second game, Dias came on as a substitute and played for half an hour. Dias performed very well. After that game, Dias's rating after half an hour of playing had already surpassed that of Lindelo, who started the game. Husband.

Although rationally, Ruben Dias also knows that he has just arrived and has not been practicing with his teammates for a long time. It is impossible for him to start in a game of this level against Liverpool, but emotionally Dias will still A bit disappointed.

However, Dias is not a person who likes to feel sorry for himself. The disappointment came and went quickly, and he soon got into training.

Be sure to understand this formation thoroughly before the game.

Because after ten Hahe finished reading the starting lineup, he also put forward requirements for defenders.

"My ideal central defender partner is definitely not one tall and one fast, nor is it one attacking central defender and one deep-lying central defender, but two ball-playing central defenders. Ball-playing is the foundation! Defense is also the basis, and attacking the ball is an advanced step. option, but I require both central defenders to be able to attack and attack! I will not shy away from saying that I am greatly influenced by Guardiola, so I have very high requirements for the defenders' ball play. Therefore, when kicking off the ball in the backcourt, it is very important to release the ball, because often, the defender or goalkeeper is the initiator of the attack."

"So I ask you to look up and observe when attacking. Whether you are being pressed or not, you must look up in advance. Observation is very important, so as not to make a passing mistake!"

After a few brief explanations at the end, the meeting was dismissed, and then, everyone started training throughout the day.

Until the evening, training is over.

Lin Kedi practiced free kicks for another 20 minutes. After that, he went back to the locker room to change clothes and prepare to go home. It was already 6:[-].

But at this moment, Lin Kedi received a call from Ten Hahe.

"Lin, my captain, do you have time now?"

"Um - coach, how long do you want?" "At most half an hour."

"Okay, where are you? I came to find you?"

"No, I'll just go to the locker room to find you."

After Lin Kedi hung up the phone, he sent a message to Janessa.

"The coach wants to talk to me for a while. I'll probably go home more than 50 minutes late."

Lin Kedi still had to drive.

Soon, Janessa responded to the message.

"Sweetheart, I'm waiting for you."

He even sent me a rustling emoticon.

Lin Kedi smiled and put the phone away.

At this time Ten Hahe walked in.

"Did something good happen to you? You look so happy."

"No, Janessa."

"Lin, I really didn't expect that when you fell in love for the first time, you seemed to be rushing to get married? You know, with your appearance as a movie star, I thought you would have many relationships before getting married."

"Once I meet the right person, I won't think about anything else."

After hearing Lin Kedi's words, Ten Hahe nodded and patted Lin Kedi's shoulder.

"Settling early will also be good for your career."

"By the way, coach, why did you come to see me?"

Ten Hahe then took out his iPad and showed it to Lin Kedi.

Displayed on the screen is a tactical board screen.

"3 central defenders?"

"Yes, do you see this formation?"

"3241? 3241? No one seems to have used this formation, right? There are no wing-backs?"

"Yes, no one has used this formation yet, but the specific tactics, including player positions, I heard from Guardiola. I was chatting with him at a party, and he I mentioned this tactic.”

"Didn't a lot of people hear it?"

"Indeed, but there are not many teams that can use this tactic, so it doesn't matter if those coaches hear it."

"What do you mean?" Lin Kedi finally became curious.

"I called you here just to talk to you and the coaching staff. After all, we are coaches and we look at things from the coach's perspective. It is always not comprehensive enough. We still have to talk to the players and see. Your opinions.”

Lin Kedi expressed his understanding and motioned for Ten Hahe to continue speaking.

"The difficulty with this formation is that it strengthens the offense in the frontcourt, but the defense in the backcourt is also guaranteed. You may ask what to do without wingbacks. That's because this formation is actually based on a transformation. Among them. It starts with 4141, then a full-back goes up to the midfielder position, and the remaining three defenders immediately spread out to form three central defenders. Then the full-backs in the frontcourt also have to retreat to defend when defending. When attacking, if you press forward, you will suddenly have five people in the frontcourt, which will put a lot of pressure on the opponent."

Ten Hag said excitedly.

But Lin Kedi keenly grasped the key to the problem.

"But - coach, this formation has very high requirements for the three central defenders and the full-back who is mentioned in the midfielder position. And I also understand why this formation was proposed by Guardiola. After all, he likes to use The full-back switched to playing as a defensive midfielder. This was a tactical innovation of his, and this tactic is probably a more evolved formation based on his full-back inward tactics."

Ten Hahe looked at Lin Kedi excitedly.

"I knew it, I said Lin, you will definitely understand! God, I knew, Lin, when you become a coach in the future, you must also be a top coach - yes, that's what you said, the feasibility of this tactic It’s very high, but the requirements are also very high. Do you think our current staffing is feasible?”

"Coach, I don't want to pour cold water on you, but this formation obviously requires a strong defense, plus a goalkeeper with strong ball-playing ability. Obviously we don't have these two things yet, and this set The formation originated from Guardiola, and he must have adapted it according to his own formation. If we want to use it, we must make some optimizations."

Ten Hahe heard Lin Kedi's cold water remarks and was not angry. Instead, he nodded.

"Indeed, it is definitely impossible to use it directly. It will definitely take time to use this formation on the current Manchester United! Thank you, Lin, many of your words have inspired me a lot!" (End of Chapter)