i want to be king

Chapter 417 Su Dong VS Captain Football
Taking advantage of the two-week national team competition, Su Dong took the time to go to Germany to participate in a business activity of Hugo Boss.

This time, he still appointed Wang Chuqing as his German translator.

It's not that Wang Chuqing's German translation is professional, but because Su Dong trusts her.

The event itself didn't have much to say, the basic process was just going through the motions, Su Dong just showed his face and said a few nice words, and spent most of the rest of the time answering questions from the media and fans.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Chuqing has successfully obtained a driver's license, but she is still struggling to drive, very embarrassed.

Of course, Su Dong has no say in this matter, because so far, he hasn't even taken the driver's license test.

"Oh my god, how busy are you?" Wang Chuqing felt very amused.

Su Dong made up his mind again, no matter what, he must spare time to take the exam.

Not for anything else, just to prove that my driving skills must be better than a certain woman.

And just as he was returning to the Barcelona airport from Munich, he saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure.

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"Hey Louis?"

Su Dong hurried forward and caught up with the middle-aged man in front.

Hearing the voice, turning around, it was the famous Dutch coach Louis van Gaal.

"Why are you here?" Su Dong was very surprised.

Van Gaal was wearing a blue shirt, with a big belly, and he looked middle-aged and fat. He was dragging a suitcase in his hand. It was obvious that he had come to Barcelona for something and was about to return to the Netherlands.

When he saw Su Dong, he was obviously taken aback and didn't recognize him for a while.

Seeing no one around, Su Dong immediately took off his sunglasses and hat, "It's me, Louis."

"Su!" Van Gaal was also very surprised.

The two shook hands vigorously, but they never expected that they would run into each other at the airport.

Finding an empty corner, the two sat down and chatted.

As the former coach of Barcelona, ​​Van Gaal rarely came to this place that made him sad, because his career fell to the bottom here, and he never got up again.

After leaving the Barcelona coach, he went to Ajax as the technical director, but unfortunately, his relationship with Ronald Koeman was not good, and his relationship with Ibrahimovic and other players was also so bad that he quit after a short time.

This summer, he served as the head coach of the Eredivisie team Alkmaar.

"Your team has performed so well this season, I've heard it mentioned by many people." Su Dong praised with a smile.

Van Gaal had a grim air when he was in charge, but in private he was an amiable middle-aged man who seemed far less distant and arrogant on the pitch, especially when it came to his football.

Alkmaar has indeed performed quite well this season. In the first round, they defeated Sparta Rotterdam [-]-[-] at home, then defeated Utrecht [-]-[-] away, and beat Vitesse [-]-[-] away in the third round.

The reason why Su Dong knew about it was mainly because of reports from the Catalan media.

This is Van Gaal's first season after returning from the Barcelona coach.

More importantly, Van Gaal once again played an impressive football in Alkmaar.

Su Dong also admired Van Gaal very much.

This kind of appreciation has a long history. From the time when he coached Ajax to win the Champions League, and later coached Barcelona, ​​it can be said that Van Gaal's football philosophy has always been Su Dong's favorite.

As for his experience of coaching Barcelona twice, what should I say about this?

There are always many accidents and uncontrollable risks when a head coach coaches a team. Even in many cases, the head coach is like a blame man who has to bear many responsibilities that should not have been borne by him.

A failed coaching experience, it cannot be said that the head coach himself has no problems, but it is inappropriate to blame it all on the head coach, not to mention anything else, but the influence of Van Gaal on Barcelona's football style in recent years is impossible to ignore.

Even Sudong heard people say more than once that the training of goalkeepers in Spain, even the textbooks, were written by Frans Hawke in Van Gaal's coaching staff. They were first practiced in Barcelona and then spread to the whole of Spain.

It's a pity that Van Gaal and Cruyff are at odds with each other. They are enemies and they can't get together at all.

This time, Van Gaal went to Barcelona to attend a seminar organized by the Spanish Football Association.

It's just that he didn't expect to run into Su Dong at the airport.

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"In recent years, I have heard a lot of people mentioning you. At first they told me that you are very similar to Kluivert, but I have watched a few of your games, and I don't think you are like him at all."

As long as Van Gaal mentioned football, he was very chatty and chatty.

"There is still one thing. In fact, I have studied Kluivert's game and playing style." Su Dong said modestly.

Van Gaal nodded, "It can be seen that it is also very normal, but I think you are more comprehensive and better than him."

"Thank you." Su Dong felt very honored to be recognized by Van Gaal.

"I personally think that Rijkaard's tactics have not fully stimulated your ability and role. An obvious feature is that you are not fast enough when you switch from defense to offense, and your speed is slow. This does not give full play to your speed and explosive advantages. In addition, Giuly on the right cannot cooperate with you, and Iniesta is a bit slower."

Ronaldinho himself is a ball-handling player, and with the addition of Iniesta, the overall rhythm of the ball in the frontcourt is slow. This is also related to Barcelona's overall tactical philosophy. They prefer to hold the ball.

"Frank would have liked us to have the ball," Sudong said.

"Of course, many of his ideas are similar to that of the old man halfway up the mountain, but I don't think so. If you are equipped with a player with fast speed and strong personal assault ability on the right, such as Arjen Robben, or a player like Cristiano Ronaldo, I think you will be more threatening and the effect will be better."

Su Dong smiled. He didn't have a good idea of ​​what Van Gaal said.

But one thing he does feel is that sometimes, he can obviously get up fast, but because his teammates are holding the ball, he has to slow down to accommodate the rhythm of his teammates and the team.

This is also normal. A player needs to integrate into the team, and it is impossible to do whatever he wants.

"Take your time, Barcelona is still very suitable for you now. I believe that this season you can make further progress on the basis of last season." Van Gaal encouraged.

After a pause, Van Gaal let out another long breath, "Rijkaard has caught up with a good time!"

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Watching Van Gaal board the plane, Su Dong was not without regret.

We met for the first time, but Van Gaal subverted Su Dong's inherent impression of him. He was neither arrogant nor indifferent.

It can be seen that he is still brooding over the failure of coaching Barcelona.

Su Dong has heard about Van Gaal from Harvey, Puyol and others, and there is really no way to blame him for many things.

Just like his last helpless sigh, if the head coach wants to achieve results, he still has to catch up with the good times.

Just like Mourinho, he ran from Porto to Chelsea and won the Premier League championship in his first season in charge.

This is certainly a manifestation of his ability, but did Ranieri really do that badly?
Conversely, if Ranieri did well at Chelsea, how does that explain how he did so poorly at Valencia?
So, sometimes, coaching is really not just a matter of ability.

Just like the saying on the football field, when the two sides walk into the field, the outcome is often already doomed.

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No one can understand why Su Dong admires Van Gaal so much.

It may be because of Kluivert, but it may also be because when he came into contact with football, it was the peak years of Van Gaal, which made him always have a good impression of Van Gaal.

More importantly, no matter what he heard on weekdays or a short conversation with Van Gaal, Su Dong felt very clearly that Van Gaal is a very capable head coach with his own unique ideas and a special understanding of football. He felt that such a head coach must have a chance.

"I believe that he chose Alkmaar not because he has no invitations from other strong teams, but because he wants to use a team that really belongs to him to prove his coaching strength and philosophy!"

When talking about this encounter with Iniesta and Messi, Su Dong always believed that Van Gaal would definitely succeed.

At least Alkmaar has only played three games, but it has attracted a lot of attention in the Netherlands. It is said that other head coaches have started to drive to learn Van Gaal's training and tactics, and there are even media discussions in Barcelona.

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The hasty meeting with Van Gaal did not bring any change to Su Dong.

He is still focused on training and preparing for the game.

Before the second round of La Liga, Su Dong was surprised to find that more Japanese media came to Barcelona.

This made him feel very strange.

After understanding the situation, he realized that it was Real Mallorca's talented Japanese striker Yoshito Okubo who would start this game.

Speaking of which, this Japanese genius once caused a lot of reaction in La Liga.

In the first match at the beginning of [-], he played against Deportivo on behalf of Real Mallorca. It was his debut. As a result, he passed and shot and won the applause. Not only caused a sensation in Asia, but also attracted much attention in Spain.

But it is a pity that he was gradually reduced to a substitute, so that when he played against Barcelona, ​​​​he failed to enter the squad.

But this summer, Yoshito Okubo won the starting position by virtue of his excellent performance in summer preparations.

Now as a guest at Camp Nou, away to Barcelona, ​​he will partner with Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o.

It is also because of this that it attracts so many Japanese media and fans to Barcelona.

They all had some expectations, even some expectations, and wanted to know how far apart their young football player, who was regarded as a genius in Japan, was from Su Dong?
Is there a chance of breaking Barcelona's goal at Camp Nou?

(End of this chapter)