The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 644 Perfect Fusion

Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti went to South America and came to Argentina to watch Brazil's first game against Venezuela, but it obviously didn't bring good luck to Sandro, even though the Brazilian midfielder had recently returned Tottenham Hotspur and much media attention, but Menezes did not give him even 1 minute of playing time.

In the end, Brazil drew 0:0 with Venezuela, and the latter showed a European defensive tactical system that was not common in South American teams in the past. This is indeed a characteristic of some South American teams in recent years.

As Ye Qiu said, the Premier League is integrating the tactical system and style of the European continent, South American teams are also integrating the tactical style of the European continent, and some places in Europe, such as Spain and Portugal, seem to be integrating. More of a Latin American way of playing football, it's kind of a fusion.

On the basis of the original advantages, further integrate the advantages and specialties of the opponent, and then evolve into a brand-new style and type, and improve one's own strength. This is a kind of progress, and it is also the pursuit of countless head coaches.

Throughout the past hundred years of football history, in 1912, the Englishman Jimmy Hogan crossed the English Channel to the Netherlands, bringing the modern football concept to the European continent, and with his footprints in Hungary, Germany and Austria and other countries, he He brought the concept of modern football to Central Europe, and his disciples include the Hungarian international Kushner.

At that time, Jimmy Hogan’s idea was to control the ball. Whether it was a long pass or a short pass, these were not the key points. He believed that the most important thing in possession of the ball was to handle the ball at the right moment and at the moment of receiving the ball. This was his philosophy. The core concepts, and these are actually still influencing football tactics in continental Europe even now.

For example, the effective ball possession rate that Ye Qiu mentioned was actually born out of this.

Kushner inherited this set of ideas from Jimmy Hogan. This football coach from Hungary who can’t even speak Portuguese brought the European WM formation to Brazil and innovated the WM tactics. He began to emphasize Diagonal attack, which is seen as an important innovation in the continuous emergence of Brazilian wide player geniuses.

At that time, there was another very outstanding head coach in England, Peter McWilliam. He created the so-called pass and catch tactics in Newcastle. Among them, Arthur Lowe, one of the greatest head coaches in the history of Tottenham Hotspur, and later Bill Nicholson have inherited his set of concepts and ideas, and will He flourishes.

Another successor of Mike William is the very famous football master Bobby Robson, who brought the concept of passing and running to the Netherlands and Spain in the European continent. In addition, Nicholson also coached in Barcelona.

But whether it is Jimmy Hogan or McWilliam, or those successors who spread their football concepts to the world, football tactics at that time were still very primitive, and offensive players often easily obtained a lot of space and a lot of holding power. Ball time, so that's the golden period that every offensive player dreams of.

Until the end of the 60s, the meritorious coach Maslov from Dynamo Kiev created a pressing style of play, which made football more intense and exciting, while Jack Reynolds, Beckenbauer, Michels and The total attack and total defense concept inherited by Cruyff and others has also matured in the Netherlands and Germany, and has achieved amazing achievements.

If you look at it from the perspective of modern football tactics, it is not difficult to find that in modern European mainstream tactics, Maslov's oppression is a style of play, which is a fusion of total attack and total defense. The difference is that it is different. People have different understandings of football, some tend to be more oppressive, and some tend to be more offensive and running.

Sacchi is another great coach who combines these two tactical concepts. He adopts a high-pressing style of play, but his team's style of play is never ugly, because he also advocates the concept of total attack and total defense. To start the offense, and he is one of the best head coaches in terms of the fusion between the two.

Whether it is Guardiola in Barcelona, ​​Ye Qiu, Wenger, or even Ferguson, Van Gaal, Mourinho, etc., almost all the head coaches' tactics are born out of the achievements of their predecessors. They are all innovations and improvements based on the ideas of predecessors.

Judging from the history of football in the past 100 years, tactical theory has always been in the same line. Up to now, the most basic theory of football is for Ye Qiu, Ferguson, Van Gaal, Guardiola or Mourinho, almost everyone The basic football theories I have learned are all consistent, and they are all passed down from the predecessors for a hundred years.

So why does it make so much of a difference?
Again, different people have different views on the same thing, even the same person has different views on the same thing at different times, different places and different environments, and when this view Being magnified, it may even be understood by outsiders as two different extremes.

But its most essential thing is actually that one thing.

Among the current head coaches, there is another person that has to be mentioned, and that is Marcelo Bielsa, the former head coach of the Chilean national team. Although his coaching performance is not ideal, he has been desperately wanting to Combining frenetic pressing with gorgeous, fluid attacking football, and he's trying to do it.

Bielsa once said, "The Menotti era advocated creativity in the overall situation, while Bilardo paid close attention to every detail, and my philosophy is to take the third way, in pursuit of the overall situation. At the same time as creative, careful attention to every detail."

Regarding his unsatisfactory coaching performance, Bielsa also gave a rebuttal. He said that if the players can implement according to his tactical arrangement, every game can be won. The reason for the failure is because the players lack continuous and stable performance. , Even sometimes there are great ups and downs in a game.

Bielsa's idea is also a fusion!
In the past so many years, many people have said that Bielsa is very stubborn and has always insisted on his persistence, but they have never seen that his coaching philosophy has changed. As in the past, he blindly emphasized aggression and blindly tried to suppress his opponent for a long time.

In fact, Bielsa once said in an interview with the media that he prefers Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur to Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​even though many elements of the former are in line with his taste. The idea of ​​holding the ball for a long time to suppress the opponent is the same as in his early years, lacking persistence because players are not machines.

On the contrary, it is Ye Qiu's offensive football that emphasizes technology, changes, and efficiency that makes him very interesting. However, he once criticized it when he was coaching the Chilean national team. After the brilliance, there was a loss of energy, which showed on the pitch, Tottenham Hotspur lacked impact.

"The appearance of Gareth Bale really made everyone's eyes shine, but his skills and handling of the ball deviated from the overall pursuit of Tottenham Hotspur, so he was sent to Real Madrid by Ye Qiu. There's a reason for that, but it's also a pity and a pity because the impact of the latter was very impressive."

Obviously, in Bielsa's view, football tactics are not just about offense and defense, nor just high-intensity oppression and smooth ball control, but more of a fusion.

Unpredictable rhythm changes, high-speed and concise passing maintain a stable success rate and exquisite coordination, and at the same time reflect a high level of creativity. Players complete excellent running and filling positions in high-speed offense and defense, In order to achieve the purpose of oppression and offense, this is what he wants to pursue.

It can be said that this is a fusion of previous tactical concepts.

For the Chilean team that Bielsa worked hard to build in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, almost the whole world has given a high evaluation, because that group of teams from the middle and lower reaches of the four major European leagues, or the reputation of the second-tier league The Chilean team composed of invisible players played the most gorgeous offensive football in the World Cup in South Africa, and Bielsa has once again become the focus of fans all over the world.

The reason is very simple. Coaching a wealthy team and leading a group of outstanding top players to play hearty offensive football is not a great skill, but leading a team that is not well-known to play full-fledged football that convinces everyone Attacking football with art and charisma, that's what it is.

It is also necessary to mention a misunderstanding that many fans will have, and that is technology.

As Michels and Cruyff advocated, they believe that technology does not need to be cultivated, but tactical awareness is the key. This is not to say that they despise technology, but they believe that technology can be acquired through repeated training. This is why they said that if you throw the ball to him, he will know it by himself.

Gufren's scientific training emphasizes that delicate footwork skills can be cultivated through acquired training, mainly through the cultivation of ball feel to improve players' footwork skills.

Of course, at first glance, it seems that the two are completely different and completely opposite, but in fact they are all expressing a point of view, that is, whether a player's skills are delicate or not has a lot to do with his training.

Just as many people think, why did Gattuso seem to follow the technical genre in the latter part of his career?

Or you may feel that Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes, Vieira, etc., there are many players who have reached a certain period of time, and their skills at their feet seem to have suddenly improved. How do you feel?

Like Cristiano Ronaldo, everyone will be surprised to say that when he first landed in the Premier League, his technique was very delicate, very good, just like juggling, but now it seems that his technique is very practical, but it gives people a very Rough, the feeling of playing football with a strong body, what's going on?

These are all related to the training of the players and their own positioning.

Gattuso, Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes and others were lively when they were young. They can play football with their bodies, but when they reach a certain age, they will start to find that their bodies are as good as their bodies. If they are not conscious, they need to transform at this time, they need to change their technical style, and change to a playing style that their bodies can accept.

Cristiano Ronaldo is another type. When he landed in the Premier League, Ferguson began to try to use him, find out his strengths and weaknesses, and finally took a fancy to his sprint speed, so he began to shape him. He strengthened the training in this area in a targeted manner.

Everyone knows that with Cristiano Ronaldo's height, if his legs and upper body strength are improved, his body flexibility will decrease, especially the strengthening of ankle strength, because many technical players will be affected. Infringement, protective training for the ankle is important.

The decline in flexibility, especially the flexibility of the feet, has made many foot skills that can be used when young, but now they cannot be used. Coupled with the lack of training in this area, Cristiano Ronaldo has changed into what he is now .

If you pay more attention to the media, it is not difficult to find that Cristiano Ronaldo trains more in the gym, and even his home has a well-equipped gym for his own training. It can be seen that he gave himself Positioning is what it is, so it's not surprising that the technology underfoot has slipped.

The misunderstanding of many fans is that they mistakenly think that technology is a craft, and it will never change after learning it, but they ignore the environment, especially the sculpting and changing of a player by the team's tactical environment, which may lead to Their technique becomes finer, but it is also possible to make their technique coarser.

Just like Lucas Leiva, he was a player with both offense and defense in Brazil. He also maintained this style when he came to Tottenham Hotspur, but when he went to Liverpool, he began to become rough and aggressive. As a defensive midfielder, the skills at the feet have obviously degraded.

And like Sandro, I still remember that Sandro in Ye Qiu's previous life was a player with both offense and defense in Brazil. Later, he went to Tottenham Hotspur and gradually transformed into a slightly bulky player with a beast waist, but now , He was sent to Ajax by Tottenham Hotspur. He basically maintained the way of playing in Brazil, and at the same time made himself both offensive and defensive, but he was obviously still playing defensively.

Ye Qiu has a complete set of plans for Sandro. After joining Tottenham Hotspur, he will allow Sandro to further improve his physical flexibility, because no matter how the overall tactics of Tottenham Hotspur change, they emphasize technology Cooperating with fast-paced passing and receiving, and more flexible interspersed running, it is destined that Tottenham Hotspur will not want that kind of bulky defensive player.

Is this difficult?

No, it's not difficult at all, as long as Peter Brandt tailors a set of physical fitness training for him, after a period of time, he will naturally be able to meet Ye Qiu's requirements.

Another very typical example is that Ye Qiu made a special trip to San Juan, Argentina with Mauro Tassotti to watch the first round match of Group C of the America's Cup, Arturo Tassotti. Vidal.

When this Chilean player joined Leverkusen in the summer of 07, he joined as an all-rounder in the defense. At that time, he was obviously rough in stopping the ball, especially in handling the ball. The dribbling ability that players generally possess.

However, as Leverkusen gradually took shape, Vidal's physical fitness has undergone certain adjustments and changes. He began to no longer focus on physical strength confrontation, but more emphasis on flexibility, and at the same time strengthened the strengthening of technical aspects , so that he gradually moved forward from the defensive position of the midfielder and became a very comprehensive central midfielder.

It can be clearly seen from Vidal that the shaping of players is based on the needs of the team's tactics.

Of course, this also depends on whether it is valuable and how difficult it is to achieve.

Today's Chile still maintains the tactical system left over from Bielsa's period. Their off-ball running ability and awareness are indeed higher than all other teams in South America.

In the match between Chile and Mexico, the Mexican players seemed to pass the ball directly to the feet of the Chilean players. But the question is, so many pass turnovers?

This is obviously not, but the Chilean players consciously move and cut through the overall off-the-ball running, while oppressing the offensive line of the Mexican players, and their own ability to read the game, so as to achieve this kind of seemingly passing to the opponent. own scene effects.

This is the same as the goalkeeper. Many fans watch the forward's shot, it seems that the angle is too straight, or they just hit the goalkeeper's arms directly.

In fact, it's not that they didn't play well, but that they played well, but the goalkeeper position was stuck better.

The running ability of this group of Chilean players is indeed very good. They can maintain a suffocating and fast-paced state throughout the game, but at the same time they have strong fast advancement and skilled kicks. Ball-out and wall-to-wall coordination.

Incomparably strong desire to attack, wild impact, unrestrained creativity, dazzling teamwork, rigorous overall high-intensity oppressive tactics, and even some genius-like flashes of inspiration from time to time, all of these are in the It was reflected in Chile, and Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti, who came to San Juan, enjoyed watching it very much.

Although the person leading the team was no longer Bielsa, Ye Qiu still knew very well that this was still Bielsa's team.

"Belsa is indeed a great head coach!" Mauro Tassotti said convincingly.

Ye Qiu has watched Bielsa's Chile team perform in the World Cup in South Africa, and now looking at the Chile team in the America's Cup, it is a bit different from that time, or it should be said that Chile is more mature now, especially some players, such as Vidal, who played as a defender at the time and is now playing as a midfielder, and Alexis Sanchez.

Of course, every team has an upper limit. Although the current Chilean team has a good style of play, it is still limited by the overall strength of the players. They have encountered teams with stronger overall strength or better tactical execution. , they may not be sure to win.

Facts have proved that Chile drew with Uruguay next. Although they quickly defeated Peru in the third round of the group and qualified from the group, they were defeated by Venezuela in the knockout round. The latter's style of play in this European Cup is The typical European defensive and counterattack tactics are also followed by Peru, and these two teams have become the dark horses of this America's Cup, and both reached the semi-finals.

But these are all things to come. Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti showed up at the hotel where the Chilean national team was staying after Chile's 2-1 victory over Mexico with Vidal's goal at a critical moment.

(End of this chapter)