road to victory

Chapter 38
In the 28th round, Bordeaux was going to challenge Montpellier in an away game. Vincent lost his mind when he got the list of players from Montpellier.

"This team is a copycat!" Fan Shang muttered in his heart.Many players in Montpellier have the surnames of big stars, so Fan Shang was shocked when he saw it.Blanco, Pavan, Suarez, Petit...the most nb is Martini (the name of a famous Martini cocktail).

Although these people are not those stars, their strength is not weak.Bordeaux tied Montpellier 0-0 away.

Bordeaux hardly found any opportunities to counterattack in the audience. They were beaten by Montpellier, and a draw would have escaped a catastrophe.

In the locker room after the game, Fan Shang also lost his temper, but he finally admitted in front of the players that he had a problem with the team's counterattack arrangement, and he also made mistakes in the draw of the game.

At the press conference, someone asked Fan Shang what he thought of the poor performance of the team today, Fan Shang just asked, "Did we lose today?"

Indeed, after Vincent took office, Bordeaux has been winning both league and cup competitions. It may be that everyone has become accustomed to the victories led by Vincent, and started shouting after a draw.But Fan Shang himself knew that most of the previous victories were against the big army, and there were not many real tough battles. When playing against a real strong team, Bordeaux was still the same Bordeaux as before, and there would be no advantage. Today Montpellier is just the beginning, followed by Paris, Auxerre and other Ligue [-] leaders, and even Serie A powerhouse AC Milan, these are what Vincent and Bordeaux will have to face in the future.

When the outside began to slander Bordeaux's draw, the Bordeaux team was calm, and the training was still going on step by step.After the draw, Fan Shang convened a meeting with the coaching staff. The main purpose was to discuss the issue of offense. The counterattack in the previous game was almost zero. A good countermeasure brought the coaches together to give full play to their collective wisdom.

"Everyone has a meeting today to study the team's offense," Fan Shang said first, "You have also seen that our team's counterattack basically stagnated in the last game. Do you have any ways to improve it?"

The few people present just lowered their heads, seemingly in deep thought.The audience was silent for 2 minutes, and Luo Er spoke first.

"If you can think of everything, what do you need the coaching staff to do?" Luo Er continued to enlighten Vincent, "The president has to call a parliament to make decisions. It is impossible for one person to think so comprehensively. You have to communicate with others constantly, and you have to You'll find a lot of things you didn't expect."

"Think about what else to do besides relying on the individual abilities of the players." Fan Shang still did not give up.
"Fan Shang, do you know what defensive players are most nervous about defending?" Battiston asked Vincent
"One on one? High ball? I don't know."

"Yes, not only to make set balls, but also to make some arrangements on set balls." Batis said
After hearing Battistone's words, Fan Shang suddenly felt enlightened. He thought of Argentina's free kick cooperation in the 98 World Cup, and also thought of some weird free kick videos he had watched before crossing.

"Yes, why didn't I think of it!" Fan Shang scolded himself in his heart, "Those weird free kicks are shameless, but in order to score goals, who cares so much!"

"I know Patrick, what you said is very good, let's do it like this." Vincent affirmed Battiston's opinion, "Klaus will rely on the sight of the direct free kick, and the tactics of the indirect free kick Let me be responsible, and everyone else should do their own thing."

"I think the proportion of offense should be increased. Only two or three players in the frontcourt are difficult to create opportunities, even if Zizu and Richard's personal abilities are outstanding." Luo Er felt that in order to attack, he needed to invest more
"Gnot, now my question is how to use the limited number of people to improve efficiency," Fan Shang said his own meaning, "Our first task now is not to concede the ball, because we can't let others score us one , We can score two goals, so what we need is to score as much as possible without conceding the ball, instead of starting from scoring first."

"Patrick, you mean we need to create more set pieces?" Vincent asked

The coaches all nodded and then parted ways.Fan Shang was still sitting in the conference room. He felt that he was still inexperienced. He didn't even think that he had watched so many videos for nothing.

Fan Shang gave a gracious

Rolle nodded, "Then we can only rely on the personal abilities of Qi Zu and Richard." Rolle has automatically ignored the Bordeaux forwards.

"Set-pieces, front-court set-pieces, set-pieces that are neither far nor close to the goal," Battiston said, "Those that are close to the goal can be shot directly. Directly sending into the penalty area poses a threat. Therefore, mid-range set balls are the most troublesome for defenders. They can pass the ball or shoot directly, and defenders often need to play 120% of their attention to defend."

"Don't be dazed, let's go quickly." Luo Er came over and called Fan Shang, "Do you think why you didn't think of it?"

"Yes, I'm thinking the same thing now."

"*** just don't listen to other people's opinions so... I was about the same at the time, so I don't want you to be like this" Luo Er sighed
"I know, don't worry, I won't do it." Fan Shang got up and patted Luo Er

In the subsequent training, Fan Shang focused on the counterattack on the set kick attack.Now the team is taking the set kick in the front court from Weitzger. Vincent feels that one person is not enough. He asks everyone to try a few free kicks, hoping to find five to six more reliable players who can take the penalty. .

In this free kick training, Bosnia and Herzegovina central defender Marsanovic took a free kick again, he used too much force and strained his thigh muscle. The team doctor determined that Marsanovic needed a 2-month truce.Even if he recovers from his injury two months later, his state will have to be adjusted again, and the league will come to an end by then.Marsanovic basically scrapped this season.

This caused Fan Shang a headache. There were not many central defenders in Bordeaux. After Vincent drove Prunier away, there were only 5 central defenders, and Gernay was often used as a defensive midfielder by Vincent. There are four orthodox central defenders. Originally, Fan Shang had expected these four to persevere to the end, but now suddenly one fell down.It is impossible for three central defenders to last until the end of the season, and now is not the time for the transfer window to open, so Fan Shang thought of his friends who stayed in U19.

(End of this chapter)