Father Green

Chapter 211: Charlotte: "Who TM said that Benitez and I look alike?"

"Paco Ayestaran has rich experience in European football and is the chief assistant coach of the Spanish tactical master Benitez. The two once made their debut together from the then West Second Team Tenerife, and finally followed Benitez He went to Valencia and Liverpool. Finally, in 2006, he was invited to be a special technician of the La Liga team Real Sociedad, and also served as the football technical director. In recent years, he has worked as a physical coach and tactical coach in Valencia and Benfica , the last job was to assist Manzano at Atletico Madrid. Of course, it was only half a season. For the remaining half of the season, the Argentine Simeone coached the team, so after the end of last season, the Atletico Madrid coaching staff It needs to be reorganized." Curtis was introducing the middle-aged Spanish coach to Charlotte.

Charlotte was taken aback, this is not a small reason.Don't say that he used to be the right-hand man of the tactical uncle Benitez, even the football director who once worked in the middle of La Liga is already amazing.

And it is said that this bald uncle is from a serious professional background, and he did not switch to become a coach after the player retired.This shows that his foundation is solid, and at the same time he has followed a big man like Benitez, so his ability is naturally not a problem.

It’s just that Charlotte didn’t know that in 2016, according to Ajestaran’s trajectory, he accepted the invitation of England star Gary Neville to join the coaching staff of the bat team. Later, Neville was fired because of his poor record. , He was also appointed as the head coach for most of the season, but he didn't work long enough to follow in Neville's footsteps.

Charlotte stretched out her hand and said with a smile, "Welcome, Paco! I believe your arrival can bring us something very different."

Ayestaran knew that the head coach of the Saints was a 24-year-old young man long before he came to Southampton, so he was not surprised: "Thank you, Charlotte. If you need me to do anything, you can tell me directly, I am very happy Can help Southampton and you."

Since he plans to come to Southampton, he must understand Charlotte, who may become his future boss.So before agreeing to the Saints, Paco watched a lot of Southampton games last season, especially the two games against Liverpool and Chelsea in the FA Cup.

After watching the video, Ayestaran was shocked.He seems to have seen time reversed, in the era when La Liga was extremely glorious, and the early days of the new century when he dared to compete with the small World Cup Serie A.He met a person in Tenerife who influenced his life, yes, it was Benitez who had just returned from a study tour.

It's not that this young man looks alike to Benitez, what's similar is their understanding of football.They have a mature tactical system in their hearts, and at the same time firmly believe that their own set of things can bring about different changes.

Ayestaran saw something different from the Southampton game. The Saints' tactics are very clear.Somewhat similar to the traditional Spanish Ti-Ki-Ta-Ka, but with a twist.The saints' tactics attach great importance to the pressing and speed of the frontcourt, and the meaning of "martial arts in the world, only fast can't be broken" is brought to the extreme.

Such speed is not only used in advancing offense, but also in defense.Moreover, every pass and movement they make is obviously targeted or premeditated, unlike the Spanish teams who often make some cross or back passes to attract the opponent to press out.They seldom pass backwards, and usually enter the penalty area after passing the pass, or attack from both sides.

Personal breakthrough dribbling and pass control seem to be somewhat contradictory, but they have been applied together here in Charlotte, and the key is that they fit very well.

So Ayestaran couldn't help but think of Benitez. In the summer of the millennium, Benitez, who was not as fat as he is now, talked to himself for a long time in a coffee shop in Tenerife about The team's tactical concept.

Ayestaran can't remember the exact date of that day, but only remembers that the Canary Islands in midsummer were extremely hot, the sunset was extremely red that day, and the Lopez Stadium in the distance seemed to be engulfed in a sea of ​​flames. .In those years, many Spanish football superstars came out of the Canary Islands, such as Juan Belleron, who was already famous at that time, and David Silva, the current aura midfielder. Naturally, besides the players, And coaches like Benitez.

Ayestaran and Benitez have similar personalities, otherwise they would not have become friends for so many years.So when he saw Charlotte's tactics, he was very interested. Although the opponent was young, he was no less than Benitez when he first met him.

You must know that Benitez had already served as a coach in Real Madrid's echelon before that, and served as the head coach of Real Madrid's second team and led the team to play in the Second Division, and the results were not bad.In the end, he served as Bosque's assistant in the first team of Real Madrid, and then led three teams to compete in the Second Division, and finally went to England and Italy for study tours.

Benitez, who has returned from his study tour, has already deepened his understanding of football, so he quickly soared into the sky.

But now Charlotte is only 24 years old, two years younger than Benitez when he became the coach of the Real Madrid youth team.But this is how Charlotte has put his football philosophy into practice, and at the same time, after winning two championships, he led the team to compete in the Premier League, the world's first league.

So how can Ayestaran be shocked? Baby Ayestaran, who was almost not scared to death, immediately decided not to wait for Manzano to find his next club, nor to consider his old club Tenerife, which has been relegated from West Second Division. Yes, and flew directly to England.

"This is my understanding and suggestions on Southampton's current tactics. I hope you can take a look and give your opinions." As soon as he came up, Ayestaran took out a thick stack of A4 papers from the official newspaper.

Fuck!I am so surprised!Charlotte was shocked at the time.

As the saying goes, an expert will know if there is one as soon as he makes a move. Charlotte just flipped through two pages casually and was surprised by the other party.Charlotte is not those stubborn old men. If other well-known head coaches who are older are faced with suggestions and opinions from a strange coach, they may be able to throw these manuscripts in the opponent's face.

But Charlotte is obviously more open-minded to accept the advice of some experienced professionals, for example, although the tactics and training are all formulated by him.But if Martin Hunt and Wilkins said that some of the training was unreasonable or unnecessary and made a point, Charlotte would seriously consider it.If the other party is really reasonable, then you will choose to listen to the other party.

So Charlotte prefers to listen to other people's opinions. No matter it is right or wrong, it is always right to listen to it.

"Let me tell you Paco, why didn't you get to know me earlier. If you got to know me earlier, if I sign you, your salary will definitely be higher than your current salary. You must know that Mr. Curtis is very stingy." Charlotte hugged jokingly With Ayestaran.

Curtis on one side had black lines on his face: "."

Damn, I must still remember that when I rejected his job application and signed the contract, I didn't give him such a high salary as expected! !
Curtis said hello and left directly.Out of sight, out of sight, if it wasn't for this guy's good performance in leading the team, I would have made him understand what it means to "roll as far as the end of the sea level!"

Charlotte smiled: "In fact, Mr. Curtis is still a very good person. Apart from being a bit stingy and stingy, he basically has no shortcomings."

"However, your stuff is really good. We will study and study together later, and try to fix some minor problems of the team."

"This is some questions I raised in combination with Rafael, Coach Benitez's tactics and your tactics. Your tactics have a lot in common with Spain's traditional pass-and-control tactics. Having said that, Benitez and you It's very similar." Ayestaran stroked his Mediterranean hairstyle.

Charlotte jumped away immediately: "Are you praising Benitez? Or are you scolding me?"

Ayestaran looked confused: "."

Fortunately, Le Tissier explained that this was Charlotte joking, he is a very humorous and energetic person.

Ayestaran's face twitched, and ten thousand horses galloped past in his heart. For the first time, he doubted whether his decision to join Southampton was right.Nima, is it really nice of your boss to say that? ?Will I not work for another season? ?Also, the coach of that club is so funny
In other words, I was invited by Chairman Curtis, if this guy is fired, it seems that I don't need to be fired.
Matthew Le Tissier on the side could only smile wryly, as the star of the team.He has been in and out of the club building for a long time, so he still doesn't know the relationship between the two.Although it seems that there is no contradiction on the surface, they compete with each other all the time.Although Curtis is the chairman of the club and is Charlotte's immediate boss, the boss behind this kid is Charlotte. You must know that this club is always owned by the Liebherr family, and Curtis only occupies a very A small part of the shares, this is some dividends that Mr. Marcus Liebherr gave to Curtis in order to express his gratitude and trust to Curtis, which is part of the bonus reward.

Fortunately, both of their fights are benign, and their starting point is to hope that the club can recover and rise again.Otherwise, I must have led Saints fans to pull banners and shout slogans in front of the club headquarters to protest.

The last coach, Charlotte, was a little surprised. He was a very young guy, probably about the same age as Charlotte.

"Hey, why are you? John!" Charlotte was puzzled.

And this young man named John immediately stared at his eyes: "Mr. Charlotte. You. Do you remember me?"

Charlotte was taken aback for a moment, thinking that the child is fine, right? "Of course, John Best, the best!"

The English word Best also has the meaning of "best", but it is naturally transliterated when it is put in the name.

That's right, this young man is a fan of Charlotte whom he met at the training base a few days ago and asked for his autograph.

In other words, if I hadn't noticed their chat content at that time, and didn't go to get the information in the hands of Best, maybe I wouldn't know about the team's odds for the new season, and naturally I wouldn't place a bet. Isn't the £15 saved?

Looking at this young man, it doesn't look like he can afford 15 pounds. Hey, the baby feels bitter, but the baby doesn't say that Charlotte's heart is very entangled.