Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 21 Revolver Tactics
Some people have certain things, which are really engraved in the bones.

No matter how many times I try again, the result is the same.

Why are the tactics submitted by Guardiola and Southgate slower than Simeone?
That's because Chen Ran's signing strategy was originally focused on defense, a bunch of defensive players.

But even so, Guardiola still designed a pass and control style of play.

Can you imagine?
Guardiola's style of play:
During the attack, the two full-backs Chiellini and Maicon pressed to the full-back position, while the two wingers Ronaldo and Ribery went directly into the penalty area and grabbed points with Tony.

Only Southgate and Cech were left in the backcourt, and another central defender Vidic mentioned the position of the midfielder to cooperate with Simeone to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

And Guardiola himself pressed forward to the penalty area, cooperated with Modric to organize the offense, or directly shot from a long distance.

Once the ball is lost, the player must counterattack immediately on the spot, not hesitate to foul, and must kill the opponent's counterattack.

Imagine this picture, the Crystal Palace under this tactical play, there are only two people behind the halfway line, and the others want to suppress the opponent within the opponent's half.

If the offense is well laid out, it will be like mercury pouring down the ground, with one wave after another.

But if the opponent successfully picks the ball out, it will be a waste of time.

What a thrill and what a madness!

Compared with Guardiola's style of play, Simeone's defensive counterattack is another extreme.

For him, Ronaldo and Ribery are no longer wingers, but full-backs.

They usually shrink in their own half to help defend, but once their side gets the ball, the two of them must advance along the side at high speed to open up the passing space for possible counterattack opportunities.

When defending, only the center Tony was left in the opponent's half, and Modric, who was the midfielder, stayed near the arc of the center circle and waited for an opportunity.

Once the team gets the ball, Guardiola or Simeone will make a long pass from the backcourt to find Toni, or Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery will go forward.

Tony acts as a bridgehead. If the ball reaches him, he will immediately transition to Ronaldo or Ribery who are advancing forward on both sides, and then turn around and go straight to the penalty area to grab points.

If there is no chance to split the side, pass the ball back to Modric behind him, and Modric will pass it to Ronaldo and Ribery.

In short, for a quick counterattack, only Tony, Modric, Ronaldo and Ribery participated in it from the beginning to the end, and the others stayed in the backcourt to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

How about it?Are they two extremes?
Looking at these two styles of play, Chen Ran thought of the name of an American TV show - A Song of Ice and Fire.

Compared with Guardiola and Simeone, the tactical play designed by Southgate seems a bit satisfactory.

Typical British style 442, no attacking midfielder, only central midfielder.

Focus on breaking through from the side and crossing, while Tony and Crouch are two tall guys in the middle who are responsible for grabbing points.

Unremarkable, yet simple and practical.

Chen Ran called Guardiola, Simeone and Southgate together and asked them to look at each other's tactics.

Seeing the changing facial expressions of the three of them, Chen Ran almost laughed out loud.

Especially the expressions of Simeone and Guardiola when they saw each other's tactics, the surprise, doubt, and disdain were particularly vivid.

"How would you like to comment on other people's tactics?" Chen Ran came up with an idea.

"Diego's tactics were too conservative."

"Josep played too aggressively."

Guardiola and Simeone blurted out instantly, then glanced at each other, and said at the same time:
"Gareth's is so ordinary."

"Yes, nothing new."

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Southgate scolded his mother in his heart, don't you two look in the mirror to see what you look like?
One is desperately attacking, and the other is desperately defending.

I know this is called offensive and defensive balance!
"Boss, Diego and Josep's tactics are too extreme. I think my style of play is more balanced offensively and defensively."

Southgate did not dump Guardiola and Simeone at all, and expressed his views to Chen Ran with a straight face.

"Ahem, let me tell you, the tactics designed by the three of you have their own characteristics, but each has its own shortcomings. Why don't you combine them?"

After watching the play, Chen Ran expressed his opinion.

"Comprehensive? How to synthesize?"

"Boss, the tactics of Diego and Josep are basically two extremes. There is no way to combine them?"

"Yes, boss. If the tactics of me and Diego are forced to be implemented together, the physical strength of the players will not last for 90 minutes. It is estimated that they will collapse in 60-70 minutes at most."

"I don't want to implement it together. I mean to adopt different tactics according to different opponents. Know the revolver? Deal with enemies with different characteristics, switch to the corresponding bullet, and then kill the opponent."

"For example, if we encounter a team stronger than ours, the tactical risk of using Josep is too great. At this time, we can adopt Diego's defensive counterattack style."

"If we encounter a team weaker than us, then we can use Josep's style of play to win the opponent in one fell swoop."

"If we encounter an opponent with similar strength to ours, we will use Gareth's tactics to deal with it. Then we can change to Diego's tactics after we get ahead. If we are unable to open the situation or fall behind, we will change to Josep's style of play. .”

"What do you think of my idea?"

Speaking a little dry, Chen Ran picked up the coffee to moisten his throat.

"This...boss, your idea is not bad. It's just that players need to master three sets of tactics at the same time, and they can switch at any time during the game. Is this too demanding?"

The three of them glanced at each other, they didn't expect that our young boss really had something in his stomach.

It seems that his UEFA A-level coaching certificate was indeed obtained by himself.

"The requirements are high. Have you forgotten my goal of acquiring Crystal Palace?"

"You mean building a football dynasty?"

"That's right. After observing for a period of time, I believe you have also seen that every player I introduced this time is quite talented. Mastering three sets of tactics at the same time and switching them at any time may not be possible for ordinary players. However, I I believe these players will be fine."

"Besides, I didn't ask them to master these three sets of tactics now."

"My plan is: You first train them to master Diego's defensive counterattack tactics. Our goal this season is to rush to the Premier League. In the long league, it is very important to concede less or even no goals."

"After mastering Diego's tactics, let's start training Gareth's tactics. The key to Gareth's tactics depends on whether the two wingers can form an effective breakthrough cross, which depends more on the player's personal ability."

"The last and most difficult thing to achieve is Josep's style of play, because it requires too much of the players' ability to cooperate with passing and cutting. In my judgment, it may take a whole season to get used to it."

"The above is my plan for the Crystal Palace tactics. Do you think it is feasible?"

(End of this chapter)