Football giants

Chapter 400
Yang Huan noticed that among the many sticky notes on the wall, there were four sticky notes in a row under Menotti and Bilardo.

On these four sticky notes, four letters were written crookedly.

It's not English, it should be Bielsa's commonly used Spanish.

"What is this?" Yang Huan asked curiously.

Bielsa pointed to the sticky notes, clicked on them one by one, and read them out one by one.

But Yang Huan didn't understand Spanish at all, and he couldn't understand Spanish at all.

"This is permanent focus, and it is the most important criterion for me to select players!"

Concentration, this is indeed the type of player Bielsa prefers.

According to Bielsa, your skills can be rough, your strength can be poor, and you can even be in a bad state, but you can’t be less focused in the game and training, and the focus here is obviously not just about concentrating on the game, but also It means putting your heart and soul into the game.

As he spoke, he pointed to the second label.

"This is fluidity. Dutch football, from Michels' Total Football to Van Gaal's Ajax, has always emphasized the versatility of players. They are best at the mixed tactics of [-] and [-]. They are quite flexible and can be changed in many ways depending on the opponent."

"The most critical point of Sacchi's football philosophy is to occupy favorable space on the pitch and maintain a flat formation with the front and rear lines not exceeding 25 meters. In this framework, the fixed position is forgotten, and players revolve around the four elements of space, ball, opponents and teammates."

Yang Huan was dumbfounded, what an amazing tactical idea?
But if you think about it carefully, in the past few years, football tactics have been digging into the details, constantly deriving more and more positions, and constantly subdividing the roles and positions of players on the field.

From another perspective, in the past few years, football tactics have also become blurred.

For example, a pseudo-forward, a side midfielder, or a central midfielder, isn't it just a blurred position?
The position is blurred to a certain extent, isn't it just forgetting the fixed position?
When a team is full of flexibility and can have different tactics according to different opponents. When players forget about fixed positions and play around space, balls, opponents and teammates, won’t this team be invincible?

Bielsa didn't worry about the shock in Yang Huan's heart, but pointed to the third note.

"This is rotation!"

After a pause, he continued: "Many people say that Oscar Washington Tavares of Uruguay is a defeated general. He has changed teams after coaching career, but he has never been able to produce convincing results."

When he said this, Bielsa showed a rare look of admiration and sneer.

Although it is very light and fleeting, it is extremely difficult to show a look of admiration for a person as proud as him.

As for the sneer, I'm afraid it's a sneer that people in the world often judge winning or losing by their grades.

Yang Huan does know that Tavares is the head coach of the Uruguay national team. In the [-] World Cup in South Africa, Uruguay made it to the top four.

It was Colombia led by the famous Colombian coach Pekerman who defeated Uruguay.

But Tavares' most convincing record was in [-], when he led his team to win the America's Cup.

That is the America's Cup, Tavares proved his coaching ability.

"Tavares is a typical pragmatist, but he revealed the true meaning of football, the four basic elements of football, defense, offense, how to switch from defense to offense, how to switch from offense to defense, but the key is how to let the team rotate smoothly in these four stages!"

"As long as it can do that, it's a great team!"

Yang Huan had no choice but to give a thumbs up and a thumbs up.

This is easy to say, very concise, right?
It is possible to explain the core truth of football that is extremely complicated and tedious to the extreme. If you say that this person has no level, even if you kill Yang Huan, you will not believe it, because a person who is not level can't say such a thing at all!
Things are like this in this world.

It's as if we saw those pianists who got the scores and didn't need to practice, they could play the music at their fingertips.

Is it easy?

Yes, it is indeed very easy.

But you have to be clear that behind the ease, it is their countless hours of hard work and hard work that makes them a skilled and qualified pianist, and they can do it.

Can you do it for anyone who has never learned the piano?

"The last one is also the most critical one. Only on the basis of achieving the first three, can you be qualified to pursue..."

"……Improvisation!"

Bielsa stared blankly at the sticky notes on the wall, as if lost in his own thoughts.

"If the aestheticism pursued by Menotti is impossible, then the routines and dogma pursued by Pilardo are possible. Looking at today's football, which team is not practicing routines? Which team is not practicing tactical formations?"

"Even the most creative Barcelona, ​​the most talented Zidane, Maradona, Messi and other players, don't they show their improvisation in dogmatic routines and tactical formations?"

"Only when you have accomplished the possible, are you qualified to pursue the impossible!"

Yang Huan agrees with this very much.

Modern football is becoming more and more rigorous and meticulous, and the role of the team is becoming more and more prominent.

Without the team, without the team as a whole, it is impossible to win.

Teamwork often requires routines and tactical formations.

What do you do during training?
Isn't it just practicing routines and formations?

"I can name 150 defensive routines casually, and I can also teach the team 150 offensive routines casually. However, what I want to do is to lead the team to pursue the 150 offensive and defensive routines on the basis of proficiency in these 151 offensive and defensive routines!"

"If my players are not human and can completely follow my requirements, then I will never lose!"

The last sentence of the Argentine lunatic spoke very confidently.

Yang Huan felt goosebumps all over his body.

Perhaps, in Bielsa's view, those 150 routines all belong to Bilardo, belong to possibilities, and belong to mechanical dogmatic routines that can be calculated and mastered.

And the 151 kinds he pursues belong to Menotti's aestheticism, which belongs to the impossible!

If the Argentine lunatic is just talking, it's a fool.

But the problem is, he doesn't just talk, he also thinks, thinks day and night, and even puts it into practice, he does it, practices it, and tries it.

This is very, very difficult!

Yang Huan even thought that perhaps only a lunatic like Bielsa, who loves football so much and has even reached a paranoid level, has the courage to pursue such a goal and concept.

Because, that may be a goal that is impossible to achieve in a lifetime.

Yang Huan was finally able to understand why Bielsa didn't like to intervene in the team's transfer or the team's daily management.

Because he doesn't have that much energy.

He put all his energy on thinking, on exploring the 151 ways to attack and defend.

Yang Huan suddenly felt quite funny.

Fortunately, he used to think that Bielsa's life was too boring and monotonous.

But now, he suddenly felt that Bielsa's life was not only boring, but also not monotonous.

On the contrary, he lived a more fulfilling and colorful life than anyone else.

Because he is very clear about his pursuit, and he also clearly knows the direction of his efforts.

That's enough!

"Old baby!"

Yang Huan stretched out his hand suddenly, patted Bielsa's shoulder like a buddy, and couldn't help smiling.

Bielsa seemed to be awakened suddenly, and looked at Master Huan in surprise with a little at a loss.

"They all said that I am a lunatic among the many football bosses, and you, you are also an out-and-out lunatic in the field of head coaching!"

Bielsa looked at Yang Huan blankly with his pair of eyes at first glance, he was a little dull, but when he looked closely, his eyes were full of wisdom and aura, and he stared blankly at Yang Huan. He might be wondering, why did Master Huan say that?

"The two of us, although in different positions, are both lunatics!"

Speaking of this, Yang Huan laughed out loud.

"Then let's build a lunatic team, enter the Premier League, enter the Champions League, smash the European football sky, and make him turn upside down, so that everyone in the world can witness the storm created by our two lunatics!"

When saying this, Yang Huan looked confidently at the sticky note on the wall.

Those seem to be not sticky notes, but the future of Southampton.

He secretly decided in his heart.

From now on, Bielsa will give people, give money, and give whatever he wants.

Since the Argentine dared to gamble with his whole life, why would Yang Huan be afraid to gamble with him?

Hearing Master Huan's statement, Bielsa seemed to be greatly encouraged.

It was also at this moment that he really felt the impassioned feeling of Maxima meeting Bole.

At the moment, the two sat down directly in the head coach's office, and had a very in-depth and candid communication about some of Southampton's ideas and assumptions, as well as some of the existing problems of the team.

At this time, Yang Huan was surprised by Bielsa's progress with the times.

Yayagope, don't look at this guy as a stubborn old man, but his ideas and ideas are quite trendy, not inferior to today's young people.

Also during the conversation, Bielsa surprised Yang Huan again.

The current head coaches like to study videos, explain tactics to players and analyze opponents by editing videos.

Another is to read the game report to the players and summarize the detailed technical files of the opponents in the next game.

These measures are now quite common.

Do you know when Bielsa started using this training method?
[-]!

This guy was applying for Sarsfield as the head coach at the time, and he took 51 tapes with him to apply.

After the successful application, a condition was put forward, that is, to have a computer room.

He has to do video editing and make game reports himself.

This was simply unheard of and unseen at the time!

Who would have done it like Bielsa back then?
But these are all popular now, almost every coach does this, it's commonplace!
Even the current top league professional teams basically have a set of technical analysis teams.

It can be seen from this that this guy is not only keeping up with the times, he is simply a trendy guy who is ahead of the times!

Yang Huan now appreciates him more and more.

Yang Huan also paid attention to the various requests and ideas put forward by Bielsa.

If he can make a decision on the spot, he agrees on the spot.

As for some that need to be negotiated with other people, Yang Huan also expressed that he will do his best to support them.

Although Bielsa didn't say it on the surface, he knew it in his heart.

These are all the favors Yang Huan gave him, and other teams would definitely not agree.

Because this means that Southampton needs to invest more money every year.

Therefore, he was more or less moved in his heart.

When Maxima met Bole, he didn't say anything, but in one word, it was his life!

(End of this chapter)