There is a belief called football

Chapter 8 Getting ready to face your first opponent

On Saturday night, Stan and Coach Shi arranged for the players to prepare for tomorrow's game. At the beginning, Stan played the "Lille Class" training screen.

Everyone looked very seriously. There were also several foreign students in the Lille class, the most notable of which were the two blond-haired players.

A German "Hassler" played in midfield, and a Polish center forward was "Kuba". Qi Bing was the first to ask: "Coach Stan, those two foreign devils are very good."

The central defender of this class is "Feng Tian" from Dalian, and the two brothers "Feng Zhuang" are both big men, so Stan asked them this question, how are you going to defend Kuba tomorrow?

"Feng Tian", "Feng Zhuang" blurted out to defend closely,

"If the opponent retreats to the midfield to get the ball, what do you do, and follow"?
"Feng Tian" and "Feng Zhuang" scratched their heads, not knowing how to answer the coach, "Feng Tian" said yes, "Feng Zhuang" said no.

Stan said: "Go back and think about this issue."

Next, Stan continued to play Lille's training screen, one of which scared the players of the Marseille class. They saw four tires tied to the four corners of the goal, and "Hassler" was doing shooting practice against the tires. He basically shot 10 times, and the ball passed through the tires 5 times.

"Hassler" has done a year of youth training in Germany. This is the way Germany trains free kicks. Qi said: "It's too accurate, it's just like Beckham."

Sandro said: "Although there is no wall in the middle, his free kick level has surpassed most Argentine players of the same age."

Hearing that even Sandro said this, everyone admired him even more.

Stan began to ask again, "How are you going to defend him", because Hassler is a midfielder, so Stan asked all 11 players on the field.

Everyone was lost in thought, and no one could easily come up with a solution. Li Qiao tentatively said: "Human sea tactics, whoever is in the position, whoever goes up to defend."

Stan nodded affirmatively, and then said: "But you don't have a strong sense of position, so you might get yourself into a mess first."

Everyone understands what Stan said is very reasonable. If so, the team's 442 is likely to become 37, or 46, huddled together, from three lines to two lines.

Qi Bing said: "Try not to give the opponent a free kick."

"It's okay, I can save it if you give it to me," Qi rate said confidently.

Coach Shi said: "Confidence is good, but blind self-confidence is not good." After speaking, everyone laughed.

Seeing that everyone was frowning and there was nothing to do, Stan was happy instead. Stan didn't care if he could win tomorrow, Stan just wanted the players to learn to think.

"The same question you take back to think about."

Back in the dormitory, Li Qiao, Sandro, Qi Bing, and Qi Rate were still thinking about the problem just now. Li Qiao said: "If Sandro was in Argentina, how would he defend Hassler?"

"The midfielder will be stared at, and the corresponding position is the position of "El", but I don't think he can stare at Hassler."

Li Qiao nodded, thinking the same way, "Then what do you think about the two of us retreating more to help defend?"
Sandro shook his head and said: "That's useless, there are too many midfielders, and the division of labor is even more chaotic."

Qi Qi said: "Your worries are unnecessary. As long as I don't let them score, the problem will be solved."

Li Qiao and Sandro laughed, in fact, they also like Qi Qi's innocence.

Qi Bing took out the tactical board and drew the formation on it. Li Qiao and Sandro watched from the side. After the drawing was completed, Qi Bing said, "I think the midfielder should be more decisive and ruthless in the first attack. At the same time, the central defender should step forward to protect. If the defensive midfielder is passed, the central defender will not give the opponent a chance to breathe, and go up immediately."

Li Qiao, Sandro felt that Qi Bing's tactics were right, so he gave a thumbs up and said, "You may be more suitable to be a head coach."

Sandro said: "In fact, it is still a problem of the ability of the players. We cannot predict the changes on the field." Everyone nodded and understood that what Sandro said was the most fundamental problem.

"Then let's simulate the tactics in live football",
"Okay," Li Qiao said.

Sandro plays the role of Hassler, Li Qiao acts as a midfielder, Qi Bing acts as a defender, and Sandro breaks through with the ball. The success rate of passing Li Qiao in the first pass is basically 80%.

The next Sunday is the game day, and the game is played in the afternoon. This is the time to simulate most European leagues, because the kick-off time of most European leagues is 3:[-] pm.

In the training class in the morning, Stan made a key drill for "Hassler" and "Kuba",

"Hassler"'s stunt is a free kick, so Stan asked Sandro and "El", the two players with the best free kicks on the team, to take turns playing "Hassler".

Start training the wall first, but this most basic tactic is not easy for the team members. After platooning several times, it always fails to meet the goalkeeper's standard. Because how to line up the wall, the command is entirely in the goalkeeper. Only when the goalkeeper looks at it can you know whether the wall is useful. But as a rookie, Qi Qi doesn't know how to command the wall.

The first time, the second time was okay, but on the third time, the team members who lined up the wall became dissatisfied, "Qi Qi, do you know how to command?"
"Will you be able to row or change someone?"
"Damn, Qi rate you like this, we will definitely be finished in the afternoon",
"Substitute, you don't meet my requirements",
"Damn, obviously you don't know how to do it yourself, pretend to understand when you don't understand",
Talking and talking, the atmosphere is not right, and there is a possibility of fighting at any time.

Faced with the smell of gunpowder among the players, the experienced Stan was not worried, but said: "Why don't you take the penalty first and then talk about it, whether the human wall is good or not first."

The coach spoke, and everyone stopped arguing.

At this time, the Qi rate stood on the right side of the goal to block the angle on the right, and the human wall stood on the left to block the angle on the left. After lining up, Sandro retreated, ran up, and took the penalty. The ball drew an arc in the air and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

Qi Rate saw the problem, the human wall was too far to the right, so when he lined up the human wall for the second time, Qi Rate commanded the human wall to seal more angles on the left. After a few tries gradually, Sandro was not so easy to break through.

The second key defense is "Kuba". According to Bowba's characteristics, Stan arranges the crossing training from the side. This is divided into two parts. The first is: the full back should not let the opponent cross as much as possible. Stan asked Li Qiao to break through the right back Qi Bing, and asked Sandro to break through the left back "Sun Si".

As a result, the two full-backs were blown out. Stan shook his head, expressing his disappointment at the poor full-backs, but he still encouraged them. Stan knew that this was a problem with their abilities, and they could only improve after long-term training. For the time being, he could only ask them not to assist, but to stay behind and defend obediently. It is best not to leave the penalty area more than 10 meters away.

The second is: if the opponent passes from the side, then the header from the center is very important. Stan let Sandro and El make two crosses from the side. Feng Tian plays the opponent's striker and Feng Zhuang is responsible for the defense. After trying a few times, Feng Tian scored a few goals and Feng Zhuang also scored a few goals. Of course, Feng Zhuang scored an own goal.

Stan observed Feng Zhuang carefully, but unexpectedly discovered that Feng Zhuang had a good sense of the goal position, so he asked Feng Zhuang to play the opponent's striker, Feng Tian was in charge of defense, and the situation changed immediately.

So Stan temporarily changed the plan and asked Feng Zhuang to fight for the header when he got a free kick or a corner kick.

This tactic is actually the so-called "guard with a knife" that became popular later in football. For example, Stam, Ferdinand of Manchester United, "Van Buyten" of Bayern, and "Hummels" of Dortmund are all "guards with a knife" who score more goals than defend.

After finishing the defensive training, Stan focused on arranging his own offensive training. Stan knew that his aces were Li Qiao and Sandro. They are characterized by fast speed, high football IQ, and a particularly good feeling in front of the goal. Therefore, the focus of our attack is not on the wing, but on how to accurately send the ball to the two people.

Stan called the midfield organizer "El" over and told him what to do, and then called Li Qiao and Sandro to arrange the tactics. The tactic was that once El got the ball, one of them went straight in, and the other ran away to take away a defensive player. El was responsible for passing the ball accurately to the inline player.

I practiced a few times without any defense, and the success rate was 100%. Stan called three substitute players and asked them to defend the midfielder El.

In this way, El can only successfully pass the ball to the striker 2 or 3 times out of ten times. Stan feels that the success rate is still too high. After all, if such an opportunity is created once in a real game, it may be a lore.

Stan found that the defenders didn't dare to really commit fouls, maybe because of his teammates, Stan yelled: "Seriously defend".

But the training effect is always bad, and Stan understands that when it comes to the real game, the opponent's defense cannot be so soft, which makes Stan very worried.

In Stan's training class, the last item is jogging for 5 laps. After jogging, the team members disbanded and rested to prepare for the afternoon battle.

(End of this chapter)