Super Coach

When Yang Cheng and Benitez were worried about how to play the game between Germany and Italy, Italian coach Prandelli also watched the German team's game video repeatedly with his assistant Piyn in the office.

Like all of his opponents, intelligence is also highly valued by Prandelli. Although his intelligence team is not as large as Yang Cheng ’s, and many things are not as advanced as Yang Cheng ’s, it is also as perfect as possible. The relevant information of the German team that he has on hand is also similar.

But Prandelli faced the German team, he also has his own worries, that is how Yang Cheng will arrange tactics?

In terms of strength, the current German team is actually not so good in terms of individual strength, or that the young German internationals have not yet achieved convincing personal results, but they formed a team but played Outstanding strength, especially after the start of the European Cup.

Looking at the entire European Cup, the only team that dared to play against Spain, and after losing Spain, they won the Portuguese, French and Czech teams one after another. The current strength of this German team cannot be underestimated at all. .

"At present, the most troublesome weapon of this German team is actually not the strength of the players in this team, but the on-the-spot command and targeted arrangement of their coach Yang Cheng!" Prandelli said of this opponent It is also a look of admiration.

When Yang Cheng was in Inter Milan, they had a contest. He admired Yang Cheng's coaching ability. Now the two have to meet face to face, which makes him feel a huge pressure. He believes that it is not just him. Anyone in football today meets Yang Cheng. There will be pressure.

Is not because Yang Cheng's fame and influence are too great, but his unpredictable use of troops.

From the first game of the European Cup to play Spain, Yang Cheng's military is almost constantly adjusting and changing. However, the overall strength and combat effectiveness of the German team have not been affected by this, this team has become stronger and stronger. With each progress, the overall tactics have become more and more perfect.

Anyone who is concerned about the German team can feel it. This team is using this European Cup to grow and progress rapidly. They are good at learning lessons and improving shortcomings from each game.

Yes, this is an immature team, but the problem is precisely that he is immature, so he did not show a mature routine similar to that of Spain to give you a targeted arrangement, because he is immature . But every game is improving, so every game they have something new to show you off guard.

"In the final analysis, Yang Cheng's tactical sense of smell is too sharp!" Pi Yin sighed, helplessly sighed, "playing the Czech Republic, the German team exposed some problems, but we do not know. Yang Cheng can improve how much, will What kind of tactics to play in this semi-final, it makes us unable to start! "

After listening, Prandelli chuckled, if not. How could he admire Yang Cheng?

"Since we can't figure it out, it's not as good as us to stick to our own things!"

Piin thought for a while and then nodded: "I also think that the German team may think so too. Tony Klos is a rare soldier in the hands of Yang Cheng, but it can play a role against the Czech Republic and hit us, not necessarily, and Hu Mei. How to defend Cassano and Balotelli because of his absence due to injury? This should be the focus of Yang Cheng. "

These two bad guys weren't just pulling out to make the right. They are all kind of forwards who are very good at pulling the ball. And one of Prandelli's important tactics is to play diagonal offense and let a forward pull Go to the side, take Pirlo's diagonal long pass, and then go back to the middle from the side to create a threat.

Ballotley or Cassano can show their technical characteristics in such offensive tactics.

"If we continue to use that set of tactics, we have to cut off Hedira, or Sven? Bend and Schweinsteiger, De Rossi, Montolivo and Marchisi. Austrian press up to create space for Pirlo behind him. "

Pi Yin heard, frowned, and secretly entered into Yang Cheng's thoughts, "He must be able to think about this, he will definitely fight against Pirlo, what will we do then?"

"When we took the ball, let Montolivo retreat to respond to Pirlo and share the defensive pressure on Pirlo's body, and they could not give them the opportunity to contain Pirlo!" .

In his tactical system, Pirlo is definitely the most important player in the Italian team. As long as Pirlo can get the space to normally play his strength, then Prandelli has great confidence to be able to compete with the German team. One game, even the German team was cut down. The latter's diagonal long pass, with the ups and downs of Cassano and Balotelli in the front, this set of offensive counterattack mode in Italy can definitely make all The opponents have a headache.

And do n’t forget, even if you ca n’t get results on the side, you can at least pull the opponent ’s defense line to create opportunities and space for De Rossi, Montolivo and others, especially De Rossi. The player's ability to plug in is not covered.

"Another big problem is Ram!" Piin pointed to the left-back on the German team's tactical territory. "Rahm can be said to be the only player in the German team that can expand the offensive width. Yang Cheng is always very Trust Lam to intervene in the attack, can we use this in reverse? "

I have to say that Pi ’s expression at this moment is really frivolous. This guy is obviously excited about his team ’s ability to beat Yang Cheng, because that is Yang Cheng, who is almost godlike in the coaching field. Character, who does n’t want to fight with him, or even kill him?

The full-back attack has always been a double-edged sword. The forward attack can really promote the attack, but the problems left after the forward attack are also great. For Italy, who often plays diagonally For the team, it is even more risk and crisis.

Jerome Boateng has made a big mistake against Spain since the first match of the European Cup. Up to now, the performance of this cup has been pretty good, and he is stable. The old problems of inattention before have changed a lot. So Prandelli also feels that playing Jerome Boateng is not very effective.

Is actually Ram's side. On the offensive frequently, the left attack is the source of the offensive of the German team. If you can use this to play behind Ram, maybe you can get amazing results, and Hummels' absence will inevitably bring hidden dangers to the German team's midfield defense. This is the chance of Italy ... the most in football history. A mysterious matchup!

This is the feeling of all journalists who want to watch training in Germany and Italy. After arriving at their training ground, these two teams have adopted a closed training method. To block all journalists and media from the training ground. Even peeping does not give you a chance to peek.

"What the **** are Yang Cheng and Prandelli doing?" This is the wonder of the world's major newspapers the next day.

In terms of operation, the closed training in Italy is more convenient to operate, because they were originally training on the more formal training ground, which makes it easier for them to prevent journalists, but the German team is not.

The training ground of the German team is on the side of the road. The ground is much lower than the road. From the road, you can overlook everything in the entire training ground. Although there were police guards. But the pervasive reporter is still easy to disguise and spy on the military, revealing some things on the training ground.

But this time, I ’m sorry, the German team passed the Gdansk city government and put a whole row of black thick mantles directly on the road of the training ground. Unless you are going to make a hole in the veil, you will never see what is happening in the training ground.

However, whenever the German team conducts training, there will always be a group of policemen near the training ground. Once a stranger approaches, they will treat each other as if they were spies, slightly closer to the mantle. Bu, they will immediately speak out, even the locals will not let them approach, let alone outsiders.

This undoubtedly made it difficult for anyone who wanted to spy on the German team's military situation.

In this year's European Cup, Yang Cheng has made strange moves in platoon formations in almost every game. Everyone is very interested in his tactical adjustment. Fans around the world are speculating. His game tactics against Italy, but it is obvious that he is not going to announce it, because he does not want his deliberate tactics to be exposed in advance.

But the more the two head coaches played dumb mysteries, the more intense the outside speculation, and many TV stations have also produced corresponding programs, inviting some famous coaches to comment on and analyze the main tactics of the two teams.

Former German coach Klinsmann mentioned an important point when analyzing the game between Germany and Italy, that is, how the German team should crack the composition of Montolivo, Marchisio, De Rossi and Pirlo. The field is tightly controlled, and he believes that only by breaking this point can there be a chance to defeat Italy.

The English coach Hodgson, who was just eliminated by Italy from the European Cup, offered the initiative. "If you want to curb Italy's offense, you must do everything possible to isolate Pirlo. Only by doing this will you have the chance to defeat Italy."

It should be said that the views of Klinsmann and Hodgson are both consensus, but how to do this, the opinions given are varied, and many people even put forward some opinions that are impossible to achieve and can only exist in theory All of this is of no use to the German team.

However, there are also reports that Yang Cheng has made a commitment to the German Football Association in advance, thinking that the current state of the team is bound to win the European Cup, so the celebration can be prepared in advance, so the Football Association has begun to study to win Where is the location of the celebration? After all, this is the first championship of the German team in more than ten years. It will definitely cause a crazy celebration in China.

The news was sent out, and the whole world immediately followed the uproar. The chairman of the German Football Association Nielsbach came out to deny the first time, "Yang Cheng did not tell me any topics related to winning the championship. All his energy is now. In the semi-finals against Italy, he even told me that he must plan for the worst because Italy is strong and outstanding! "

Nielsbach's words caused another big response. If what he said is true, it means that Yang Cheng is pessimistic about the future of the team. Does it mean that he does not have much confidence in the semi-finals?

Until the 26th, before the team left the station. The national team held a press conference in accordance with UEFA regulations, this time attracting countless reporters to the scene. Squeezing out this temporary news center of the German team, everyone is waiting to get the latest news from Yang Cheng's mouth ... Germany has a spell that beats Italy? "

When the reporter asked this question. Yang Cheng smiled, "For me, the curse itself is used to be broken. Although it looks old and lasts for more than half a century, I don't think it is a terrible thing."

Yang Cheng ’s answer, as always, was confident, as if just now, a reporter asked how to mark Pirlo. He said that it was impossible for Pirlo to keep his eye on him, and he revealed a kind of self-confidence in his speech and behavior, which made him feel that he seemed to have his own insights and ideas on how to limit Pirlo.

This could not help reminding many people to think of playing Portugal in the second group match. At that time, the German team did not specifically arrange people to mark Ronaldinho, but the superstar did not have much performance in this game. The European Cup was sent out.

This time. Will history repeat itself again?

"Mr. Yang Cheng, some people say that Germany was born for the big game, but Italy was born to beat the German team in the big game, and we counted. But the premise of the German team ’s excellent performance in the big game or winning the championship is in the group. Do you think it is a coincidence to bypass Italy in the draw? "

Yang Cheng smiled, "I don't know, maybe there are some reasons for it, but I don't think it will have much impact on us. The most recent matchup was at the World Cup in 2006, but that is far from us. He is far away, and many players are no longer on the team. I believe we have enough strength to beat our opponents. "

"However, you have to admit that Italy's condition is getting better and better. We analyzed Italy's past competition experience. As long as they can qualify in the group stage, the later the schedule is, the better the state and combat effectiveness. So some people say, Italy's group stage is human, and the semi-finals is god. Are you afraid? "A reporter asked with a smile.

Yang Cheng nodded, "I'm a little scared when you say that." After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh, like he was joking, not affected by these data and past history at all.

He checked the historical records of Italy, and also knew the characteristics of the Italian team, but he did not think that this was evidence that Italy could beat the German team, because it could not prove anything at all.

"But someone broke the news that you have added defensive tactics in training, and also practiced penalty kicks, right?"

Yang Cheng was shocked for a moment, then smiled, and nodded unceasingly, "Yes, that's right, you all know, why do you want to ask me? I believe the person who broke the news for you must take everything I ’m telling you, we did practice defense and penalty kicks, you guessed it! ”

But his expression did not look like he was guessed, but more like ridicule and tease each other.

"Mr. Yang Cheng, how do you evaluate this German team, and where are your biggest wins and chips against Italy?" A German journalist stood up seriously and asked.

This question attracted the attention of Yang Cheng, and began a serious answer instead of skepticism as before.

"I think Italy has their own advantages, and we also have our strengths. Regardless of the strength of the players, our current staff mix is ​​very ideal. In each position, there are two players with different characteristics to choose from, which allows Our combination of different tactics and routines allows us to better reflect our strengths and weaknesses. "

"No matter who our opponents are, neither Italy nor Spain, it is not important to me. The important thing is that our players can have enough self-confidence to show our strength and characteristics on the court, as long as we Being able to play better than our opponents and give play to our advantages, no matter how strong the opponent is, it will be difficult to beat us. "

"I have to remind the players. One thing to remind all fans is that football has never been a match that can win. If that is the case, then Spain does not have to play, just take the championship back, the football match. What else is beautiful? Is there anything else to look forward to? "

Yang Cheng ’s words were also recognized by many fans present. The fun of football is that he is full of contingency in every game and every minute. Although there is a certain inevitability in contingency, he has broken by chance Inevitably, it determines the outcome and direction of the game.

"Finally, what I want to say is that I am very confident in the game against Italy. I believe that as long as we show our own characteristics and show our strength, we have a chance to beat our opponents!"

However, it is obvious that there are still many people who are skeptical of Yang Cheng ’s words, not only because Prandelli also said that he is confident of defeating Germany, but also because Yang Cheng also said that he is confident before playing Spain. They defeated their opponents but lost to Spain in the end. Now many people are worried that history will repeat itself.

And it ’s really difficult to say something like a curse, especially the curse that has been more than half a century, it is likely to put heavy psychological pressure on the players, so that they ca n’t let go of the game. Use your talents and strength.

This should also be everyone ’s most worrying, including Yang Cheng ’s coaching staff, so after they arrived in Warsaw, they began to develop a series of plans to decompress the players, hoping that they would not go to the football field with pressure, but The effect depends on the player's own adjustment.

One thing that is certain is that under the situation that Spain is already bound to win, the contest between Italy and Germany has become the most eye-catching match in the semi-finals! (To be continued)