The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 787 The Future Trend of Tactics

The venue is not big, after all, there are not many people, there are two hosts, one is Ferguson who has just retired, and the other is the chief technical director of UEFA, Ivan Lupescu from Romania, he used to be the head of the Romanian Football Association The chairman, later entered UEFA, but he was mainly responsible for the opening, but the professional discussion was still on Ferguson.

The topic that Ferguson began to discuss was the prevalence of this kind of high-intensity oppressive play that has emerged in European football in the past year. He personally feels that this will become the standard tactic of top teams in the next few years.

In other words, it is difficult to achieve good results without oppression.

For Ferguson's remarks, everyone at the meeting basically agrees, because judging from the current situation, the oppression and pressing are not done well, and it is basically difficult for the team to effectively control the game, especially in some strong teams. In conversation, this situation will be more obvious.

Many famous marshals present spoke enthusiastically, especially those with their own thoughts and ideas. Their speeches were not a show off, but were posted to let other colleagues listen to their own ideas. There may be many ideas in it that are not comprehensive, but the problem is that after so many colleagues discuss together, often a lot of words can bring you stimulation.

Among the many famous coaches, there are two people whose speeches often attract the most applause. One is Arsene Wenger, the head coach of Arsenal, and the other is Lusescu, the old coach of Shakhtar Donetsk. The former's tactical thinking And the concept has been quite good, and very advanced, but Wenger is characterized by a bit stubborn and idealistic.

The old coach Lucescu's tactical attainments are indeed quite outstanding, and he is well-informed. He has been coaching for many years, and he often says a word casually, which can make many people feel bright, and even cause some big debates, such as He believes that the future trend of football should be to give up midfield.

This kind of remark is indeed quite astonishing, and it also caused a huge controversy at the venue, especially Wenger.

Wenger's philosophy has always been to pursue a ball-holding midfielder, and Lucescu's statement of giving up the midfielder runs counter to his ideas, but in fact, Lucescu's statement has also been widely accepted. The support and approval of young marshals, such as Atletico Madrid's Simeone, Mourinho, or Dortmund's Klopp.

But many people, including Guardiola, think this is unlikely, because giving up the midfielder means transferring possession to others, and losing the advantage of possession is tantamount to losing the initiative of the game right.

Ferguson and Heynckes were more thinking. They didn't participate too much in this kind of debate, but acted as a bystander. Ye Qiu, who also kept silent all this time, was also listening silently.

In fact, although this kind of discussion can create a conflict of ideas and mutual stimulation to a certain extent, there is no way to reach a conclusion in a face-to-face debate. Many times you hear them arguing, but in fact, their ideas and ideas are not the same. Not quite the opposite.

For example, the philosophy of Lucescu, Mourinho and others is not to give up possession of the ball completely, but to not pursue possession of the ball and midfield advantage, while Guardiola and others are more inclined to control the ball, but They also don't want to chase the ball blindly, because in their view, they have a ball possession rate, but they can't create a threat, because they are not doing well enough in certain aspects.

In addition, many head coaches believe that the pace of the game should be fast, the transition between offense and defense should be fast, and too much should not be wasted on ball possession, but some people think that once your pace is too fast, the number of passing and receiving errors will be high, and that will be the reason for the loss. The opponent is more likely to counterattack, and they believe that possession of the ball does not necessarily mean slowness.

These seemingly contradictory ideas, in fact, if they can calm down and think about them after the meeting, maybe they will find that they are not arguing about the same point of view, and they have a lot in common. point, simply because of arguments that make differences seem irreconcilable.

Therefore, Ye Qiu was not prepared to participate in such an argument.

Because he feels that everyone has their own football concept and understanding of football, whether they have the ball or not, and the pace. These different people have different views and opinions, and the interesting thing about football lies in its inclusiveness. And plasticity, everyone has the opportunity to confirm their views and ideas.

But Ye Qiu's silence was obviously not what the two hosts wanted to see. After Lupescu gave Ferguson a wink, the old Scottish coach directly called the roll with a smile.

"Ye Qiu!" Ferguson yelled, and the scene immediately fell silent, because many people realized that Ye Qiu didn't say a word, "I find the Tottenham Hotspur's style of play in the new season very interesting, can you Can't you tell us something?"

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Ye Qiu. Everyone, no matter whether they watched Tottenham Hotspur's new season's games or not, they all heard the media reports without exception.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Ye Qiu knew that he couldn't escape, so he smiled wryly, stood up, took the wireless microphone handed over by the staff next to him, sorted out the thoughts in his mind, and said, "Actually, I I think the ideas of Wenger and Guardiola are correct, but there is no problem with what Lucescu said, and even the trend he said, I think it is right!"

Everyone felt very interesting about Ye Qiu's words. Many people didn't understand it, but a small number of people noticed some clues. For example, Ancelotti, this ghost's tactics are very changeable. Ye Qiu's thoughts and intentions were captured.

"As the football theory we are all familiar with says, football is always a contest between space and possession of the ball. Therefore, if the center is crowded, the attack will start from the side. When the side is crowded, the attack will go to the center. If Like the high-intensity pressing strategy pursued by many strong teams now, the wings and the center are both strong, so they will use cross-positioning and pulling, and only use diagonal lines and ribs."

"We can clearly find that the defense of modern football tactics pays more and more attention to depth and width, which is reflected in our defense becoming more and more layered, and our defense line is kept more and more compact, because compactness can maximize the A defense that takes width into consideration!"

After hearing this, many people could understand Ye Qiu's words.

"But there is a problem. If you have reached a certain level of defense and oppression, I have no way to break through you. I am helpless against your oppression and pressing. Then I have only two options. The first one is to wait until your physical strength is exhausted. It’s almost there, and there is another one, I’ll hide from you, and the latter one will be used by more and more people.”

"The midfield is now a battleground for tactics, but I think that with the popularization and promotion of high-pressing tactics, there will gradually be a trend, which is what Lucescu said, giving up the midfield, but this is not the case. It means that I give up the possession of the ball, because we know that the possession of the ball does not have to be concentrated in the midfield, and it can also be further retreated to the defense line. As long as I have such a central defender, as long as I don’t need such a high ball possession rate, why not? "

Ye Qiu's words made many people present understand immediately. In fact, Bielsa asked Harvey Martinez to play central defender in Athletic Bilbao, just to improve the ball in the backcourt. , this tactical lunatic is indeed very far-sighted.

"After moving to the backcourt, because you have to face high-intensity pressure in the midfield, so I quickly passed the midfield, the faster the better, and transferred the ball to the frontcourt as much as possible. In the past, our tactics were thin at both ends and fat in the middle. , but I believe that once the tactic of quickly passing through the midfield is adopted, it will become a gourd shape, fat at both ends and thin in the middle."

"How thin the midfield should be depends on the control of your team. If you have enough control, two players can do it, or even a single player. Because you cut down the midfield, you can Arranged in the frontcourt, it can also be arranged in the backcourt, and judging from the future trend, it will become more and more important to increase the fulcrum of the ball in the front.”

When Ye Qiu said this, he looked at Liverpool's Fatty Bei, Benitez, "Double forwards, or even three forwards with the role of fulcrum, will play an increasingly important role, just like Suarez of Liverpool Stuart and Sturridge."

In fact, what Ye Qiu didn’t say was that the 4231 tactic he was planning was actually two fulcrums in the frontcourt. The difference is in position and formation.

Ye Qiu's statement immediately received a burst of warm applause from the audience, and almost everyone applauded vigorously.

If you study the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, it is actually easy to find that Tottenham Hotspur's possession rate in this game is not high, a little bit more than Arsenal, But the problem is that Tottenham Hotspur created more than ten times as many opportunities as Arsenal. The reason is that Tottenham Hotspur quickly passed the midfield.

The combination of Matic and Vidal's double midfielder, one is in the position, and the other is in the tackle. The two players basically focus on defensive coverage and delivery. They do not have the traditional organizer's responsibilities, but more on the foot. And sorting out, all revolve around the three players who are lagging Matic, Thiago Silva and Kompany.

Therefore, Mourinho said that Matic is the third central defender, and he was actually right.

Ye Qiu's remarks also stimulated the thinking of many people present, such as Ferguson, who was the first to comment.

Ferguson believes that the increase in frontcourt fulcrum tactics caused by the rapid passage through the midfield mentioned by Ye Qiu will not bring about a resurgence of double centers. Even if there is, it must be similar to Balotelli, Suarez, and Lewandowski. Dorvsky and others are comprehensive centers who have a strong ability to hold and play the ball, and can also be pulled to the wing.

Because the frontcourt will take on certain responsibilities of holding and making the ball, that is, assume some of the responsibilities of a traditional organizer, an orderly operating mechanism must be formed. It is impossible for two Drogba-style centers to appear, or black A combination of wind and double evil.

As a result, the extension will mean that the requirements for the central defender will become higher and higher, especially for passing and delivering the ball, as well as long passes.

Football is a very interesting sport, because it does not have a so-called winning formula, it can win the game in a variety of ways, everything in the past is a spiral development trend, and it can accommodate countless possibilities sex.

Although football head coaches have their own ideas and concepts, those who can attend the UEFA elite head coach summit are basically the best in the field of head coaches, so when Ye Qiu proposed this brand new trend and idea, Immediately stimulating some of their train of thought, bringing up all kinds of ideas and possibilities, it felt like a lesson was being taught.

For example, Carlo Ancelotti mentioned that he doesn't think the conditions are ready to completely remove the midfield, but he agrees with what Ye Qiu said, quickly passing through the midfield, and Real Madrid also has two very good players who take the ball and play. The ball, and the central defenders with strong mobility are Ramos and Pepe. In addition, the personal abilities of Real Madrid's frontcourt players are also quite threatening.

In fact, in a short period of time, it is difficult for many teams to play double forwards or multi-forward tactics, because they have to consider the problem from the existing lineup and configuration of players. On the contrary, some newly reorganized teams have This possibility, because they have made great breakthroughs, are more able to keep up with football development trends and trends.

Therefore, this has also caused the so-called feng shui to turn in the football world.

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Ye Qiu's speech at the European Elite Club Coaches Summit was unknown to the outside world, and no press conference was even arranged after the meeting. Instead, the UEFA president and all the head coaches who participated in the meeting lined up in three rows at the venue and took a group photo. Take one as a souvenir.

A tea party was arranged at noon. Everyone went to rest at the shore of Lake Geneva at the UEFA headquarters and enjoyed the refreshments provided by UEFA. Many people still got together in twos and threes because of the unfinished discussion just now. They were discussing the topics just now.

Ye Qiu has the most people around, including Ferguson, Lucescu, Guardiola, Wenger, Simeone, Mourinho, Benitez and others all gathered together, and everyone is here beautifully Many tactical topics that may be common in the next few years, or even ten years, are discussed on the shores of Lake Geneva.

Those who can appear here are basically elites in the field of head coaches, but not all head coaches are able to fulfill their own tactical concepts and ideas. After all, they often have to encounter many opportunities to promote their own tactics. , and even support from all aspects of the club, it's not easy.

It's like scoring a goal in a football game. It's really not easy, but once a goal is scored, the sense of satisfaction is unmatched by high-scoring sports such as basketball and volleyball.

The award ceremony in the afternoon was also not open to reporters, and UEFA President Michel Platini personally presented the award.

Ferguson just coached two hundred European games, and Arsene Wenger, Ancelotti and Ye Qiu also had more than one hundred games, so all four of them received plaques and photos from Platini.

In addition, Ye Qiu and Ferguson successively took over the letter of appointment from Platini. Ye Qiu has officially served as UEFA’s chief technical advisor and head coach ambassador since 2014, and Ferguson will serve as UEFA’s head coach. Ambassador, because the Scot was originally part of the technical team.

The reason why Ye Qiu accepted these two invitations was mainly because he was comfortable enough and free enough to come to meetings occasionally, and he could also go to places like Switzerland or Monaco to travel at public expense. Every time he went to some important events, such as the Champions League final or the European Cup How cool it is to get free tickets for every match.

On the second day of the meeting agenda, there were more gatherings, but in the end it was all about the head coach, and the topics discussed by many people were actually inseparable from football.

After the European Head Coaches Summit, Ye Qiu returned to China and stayed in China for a week before returning to London.

At present, he has left almost everything in the hands of Mauro Tassotti, so he himself is very leisurely, and when he returns to London, Mauro Tassotti, who has heard the news, will follow him Discussing some views and gains from the European Head Coach Summit, many views and opinions from other head coaches made Mauro Tassotti greatly appreciated.

"Don't be so envious and jealous, you will be the one to participate next year!" Ye Qiu encouraged Mauro Tassotti with a smile.

In fact, if it wasn't impossible, Ye Qiu would have considered letting Mauro Tassotti replace him.

After two weeks of national team match days, the Premier League reignited the war, and Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the fourth round, playing against Norwich at home. As a result, Tottenham Hotspur was not affected by the large number of international players. On the contrary, because many international footballers returned to the team early, they were in good condition and beat Norwich City 7-0 at home.

What's interesting is that seven goals were scored by seven players, of which Messi had two assists, Ribery had one assist, and Pirlo was arranged by Ye Qiu to start the game, and he also had a direct free kick. The ball is credited.

Three days later, Ye Qiu rotated the team's lineup to face the first opponent in the Champions League group stage, Leverkusen led by Hyypia. In the end, with Ribery's two shots and one pass, and Messi A pass and a shot, coupled with Lewandowski's goal, defeated Leverkusen 4:0 and won the first victory in the group stage.

But the most eye-catching team in the first round of the UEFA Champions League group is not Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur, but Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid. They beat Galatasaray 6-1 away and became the first team in the group. The most popular team.

On the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur rotated again and challenged Cardiff away. As a result, Tottenham Hotspur beat Cardiff 6:1 away, bloodbathed their opponents again, and won a big victory.

At the beginning of this game, Cardiff took the lead in scoring, but soon, Tottenham Hotspur relied on Lewandowski and Thiago Silva to score twice. The reversal was completed 4:1, and the goals of Hazard and Vidal in the second half locked the score at 6:1!

In the middle of the week, Tottenham Hotspur played the round of 32 in the League Cup with a full substitute lineup. The away game was a 4-0 bloodbath against Aston Villa, which also played with a substitute lineup. Drogba scored twice in this battle. Pogba and Mitrovic, who came off the bench, each scored a goal. Strowman and Phil Jones played the whole game together and performed well.

After successfully returning from Birmingham, Tottenham Hotspur sat at the Stratford Stadium and ushered in Mourinho's Chelsea!
(End of this chapter)