my football i call the shots

Sunday's training session remains the same.

After all, Cao Chen's team hadn't yet obtained the qualification to "train three times a week" from the principal before defeating the Nanhu Affiliated High School of the Southern Academy of Sciences.

Therefore, it can be said that every second counts now.

Before leaving yesterday, Cao Chen personally negotiated the "right to use" the field with Monkey and the others. Monkey and the others readily agreed to take a day off on Sunday and give up the field to the Nanhu No. [-] High School team for training.

This mainly depends on Gao Yi's "face".

Although Cao Chen is a former international footballer, his voice on the field field in Nanhu City is far inferior to "Cheetah" Gao Yi.

After all, there was a saying in ancient times that "a tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by a dog".

Not to mention the modern example of "a strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake".

No matter how prominent Cao Chen once was in the history of Chinese football, this is not a professional arena, let alone an international arena. This is an ordinary field stadium. Chen's real name...

But fortunately, Gao Yi and Houzi have a good friendship. When Cao Chen mentioned this, Monkey, the "land snake" in this field, readily agreed.

In fact, there are many inexplicable unspoken rules on the field. Although it belongs to the category of public welfare stadiums in name, everyone who is used to playing on the field has a deep understanding of which field belongs to which group. These are the default.

Of course, this is actually one of the field culture.

由于星期六南湖一中校队与猴子他们的比赛中，这个“曹晨版”5-3-2阵型发挥了极强的防守作用，这也让曹晨硬下心来，将球队的主要阵容从4-4-2中场平行站位改为了这个经过自己调整而诞生的“曹晨版”5-3-2阵型。

In fact, before Cao Chen positioned this seemingly "useless" 4-4-2 parallel position as the "first formation" of the Nanhu No. [-] High School Team, it was not because this formation could exert any powerful force. effect.

It's because, for a long time, the technical and tactical qualities of the school team members absorbed by Nanhu No. 4 Middle School are very average... It can even be said to be very poor. In desperation, Cao Chen can only use the classic 4-2-[-] parallel position. The formation is used as the main formation of the Nanhu No. [-] Lieutenant Colonel.

Although it is already a very simple formation, it is not necessarily that the previous school teams of Nanhu No. [-] Middle School can play an extraordinary role with this ordinary lineup.

（PS：插句嘴，4-4-2中场平行站位确实有辉煌过的年代，在80s末90s初的意甲，“疯子”萨基用着这套平凡的4-4-2发挥出了不平凡的作用……而在现在，上上赛季西甲冠军的马德里竞技教头迭戈·西蒙尼同样用着这套4-4-2阵型完成了逆袭~然后偷偷告诉大家：元谋是西蒙尼的脑残粉嗯~）

Now, this "Cao Chen version" of the 5-3-2 formation can perform amazingly in actual combat, which is enough for Cao Chen to make up his mind to complete a makeover of the team's main tactics.

After all, from the perspective of football tactics - there is no best tactic, only better tactic!

Anyway, in Cao Chen's view, a black cat is a white cat, and a cat that can catch mice is a good cat.

After the team's main tactics changed, "Stone" Ouyang Rui, who mainly attacked the sweeper position, became one of the main players of the team.

Having struggled in the position of scavenger for many years, Ouyang Rui seems to have seen the dawn of his football career. Although it is only a high school team, and it is only a very average school team, Ouyang Rui is already very satisfied.

After all, a stubborn guy like him might not be able to compete in other places.

The training session on Sunday went on peacefully, and there was no further kick-off.

Under the leadership of Cao Chen, the lads of Nanhu No. 5 Middle School continue to be familiar with the "Cao Chen version" of the 3-2-[-] formation. Although they have played a good defensive effect on the defensive end yesterday, Cao Chen is not satisfied with it. , in his opinion, the effect played by the boys yesterday was much worse than what he wanted in his heart.

Especially on the offensive end, the retreat of Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi caused the entire team to basically only defend, and the offensive link was completely unable to open.

But Cao Chen was also very helpless, because in yesterday's scene, if Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi hadn't retreated, the boys in the middle and backcourt would have been unable to hold on.

Cao Chen, who has insight into the details, has long discovered that the core midfielder on Houzi's side is actually not bad at all. If Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi hadn't completely given up attacking and focused on pressing him closely to get the ball, otherwise, the center of Nanhu No. [-] Middle School The backcourt has long been torn apart by the pass and cut of the core midfielder on the Monkey side.

In this way, another problem was posed in front of Cao Chen.

That is: if Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi are allowed to specialize in offense, then the team's defense will definitely not be able to reach the level of yesterday; if Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi are allowed to concentrate on retreating and assisting defense, then the team will have no offense at all .

As the saying goes: you can't have both.

Although it is said that modern football is based on defense, Cao Chen wanted to retort rudely: "If there is no offense, then it is still a P? It is impossible to play 0-0 every game, right?"

Such a question of "spear and shield" has been entangled with Cao Chen since yesterday.

But Cao Chen couldn't help it either.

After all, these problems are not only for him, a former international footballer who has settled down to the grassroots, to worry about. Even for a team as strong as Nanhu No. [-] Middle School, their head coach also needs to carefully consider the distribution of personnel in offensive and defensive deployment.

Of course, the head coach of Nanhu No. [-] High School is much "stronger" than Cao Chen.

That is, the head coach of Nanhu No. [-] Middle School has a lot of talents who can be plugged and played. There is no need to be stretched like Cao Chen, and he doesn't even have a few decent substitute players.

In fact, in professional teams, in mainstream football, there will never be such troubles as Cao Chen.

The professional team pays attention to "total attack and total defense". When attacking, all ten players except the goalkeeper will press into the opponent's half. The field, the backcourt, and then the goalkeeper, the four lines form an interlocking overall defense.

Of course, it does not rule out that some professional teams with relatively weak overall strength are forced to use the old-fashioned "performing their own duties" tactics like Cao Chen's Nanhu No. [-] Middle School.

But at least, in the high school football arena, most teams still choose the tactic of "everyone guards his post and performs his own duties" which is scorned by professional teams.

Anyway... no matter what tactics are used, isn't everyone's ultimate goal is to win the final victory?
To be honest, how many people will go deep into the so-called process?
Those wordings are often just self-deception. (PS: One sentence! The result! Very very important!!!)

There is no reason for Cao Chen not to understand this kind of principle. Therefore, in today's training class, while directing the team to play tactical drills, he was struggling in his heart: After all, how to use Gao Yi in the distribution of offense and defense? And Zhang Ziyang is the best? ? ?
But at least, after today's training session, Cao Chen didn't have a good choice.

In the first half of the intra-team match, Cao Chen still let Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi continue to focus on high-post defense wholeheartedly like yesterday's field game.

Immediately, the obvious overall defensive effect appeared-no matter how violent the substitute yellow team's attack was, it might not be able to bring any threat to the main blue team.

Of course, there are also negative effects.

That is, the main blue team's offense is basically in a stagnant state.

Just think about it, even the only two offensive teammates have retreated to a position basically parallel to the midfield, so where is the offense at all?
Even if the midfielder of the main blue team can send the ball to the frontcourt, it is only for the opponent's backcourt to clear the siege.

Such a situation was within Cao Chen's expectation, after all, the 45 minutes of the field game yesterday basically told Cao Chen the answer.

In the second half of the intra-team match, Cao Chen tried to get Gao Yi and Zhang Ziyang to focus entirely on offense, but soon, the defense line organized by the midfield was strained.

Originally able to rely on the advantages of the overall defense to form a suffocating line of defense and suffocate the offensive firepower of the substitute yellow team, but now it has become dangerous because of the departure of Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi in the overall defense.

Although it is dangerous, it has to be said that after Cao Chen's adjustment, this 5-3-2 formation is no longer as hopeless as it was in the first training session on Friday.

Although the main blue team's midfield defense is very difficult, at least, the team did not concede the ball - even if a substitute player from the yellow team broke through the blue team's back line, Ouyang Rui ran tirelessly to intercept it. , even if Ouyang Rui is lucky enough to pass, there are all kinds of "divine saves" by "Brother Octopus" Bai Xiaolei in front of the goal...

All in all, the main blue team did not concede the ball despite the crazy attack of the yellow team.

Until the end of the second half of the game, the substitute yellow team still failed to score.

This effect really exceeded Cao Chen's expectations.

Originally, Cao Chen thought that it would be good if the defense of the main blue team could only concede one goal in 45 minutes of regular time when Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi returned to the frontcourt.

But this line of defense, which seems to be crumbling, never falls.

No matter how the substitute yellow team attacked, the main blue team still kept a clean sheet until the end of the intra-team match.

When the whistle blew the end of the game, Cao Chen's heart was relieved.

After the intra-team match ended, half of the sky had been covered by the sky, and Cao Chen also issued a "disbandment order".

"Everyone, go home early and rest."

The boys cheered for a while. After all, today's training match was better than everyone expected, so the boys of the school team also smiled when they were tired.

After Cao Chen said goodbye to the 23 team members one by one, he was not in a hurry to leave.

Lying on the green field, Cao Chen rarely enjoyed this kind of peace and freshness.

It has been 7 or 8 years since he retired. Cao Chen has been busy in various coaching positions—from the leader of the professional team to the assistant coach of the professional team, and then to the grassroots coach in recent years. The opportunity is like now, to enjoy this piece of natural green shade quietly.

"It's comfortable."

I have to say that no matter how expensive the executive chair is, it is not as comfortable as lying down on the green field.

Cao Chen likes this kind of feeling. It is natural, full of life and vitality, and the state of the whole person can be stabilized. At the same time, the thinking of the brain will become clearer.

After lying down and enjoying the natural environment for a while, Cao Chen's thoughts naturally began to "replay" today's training session. Maybe this is a professional habit?

This afternoon, the final score of this insignificant intra-team match was fixed at 2-0. The blue team representing the main lineup won the yellow team representing the substitute lineup with Zhang Ziyang's brace.

But I have to say that both goals occurred in the second half.

That is to say, when the defense of the main blue team was in jeopardy, Gao Yi and Zhang Ziyang, the striker combination, used the opportunity of counterattack to successfully complete the "reversal".

Let Gao Yi and Zhang Ziyang join the ranks of defense. Although the team can play a solid defense, they have lost their sharpest offensive ability.

Let the two of them push back to the front line and go all out to attack, and the team's overall defense is lost, and the entire defensive formation immediately becomes loose and precarious.

"Hey, what should I do with such an unanswered question?"

Anyway, at this moment, Cao Chen couldn't give the team a positive answer.

Perhaps, the "Cao Chen version" 5-3-2 formation that is still in its infancy in Nanhu No. [-] Middle School needs more training, adjustments, and actual combat to find the key to solve this problem, right?

Looking at the sunset in the sky, Cao Chen looked at the future of Nanhu No. [-] Middle School in the new season.

"How far can No. [-] Middle School go this time???"

It may be the second round, or it may be the championship, but no matter what the result is, it will not change the football-loving hearts of Cao Chen and the 23 boys of the Nanhu No. [-] Middle School Team.