Beast King Costa

Chapter 280

The day before the warm-up match against "Yellow Submarine" Villarreal, Fernando Santos unexpectedly called a meeting.

This time is usually doing tactical drills, but before this important warm-up match, isn’t Fernando Santos planning to conduct the last tactical drill?

Players feel very strange.

But the topic of the meeting, the players immediately understood what was going on.

As Rui Costa mentioned when he invited everyone to a dinner, Fernando Santos and his coaching staff agreed that the 4-4-1-1 he used most comfortably in Greece is not suitable for Benfica. staffing.

“所以！我准备在接下来的两场热身赛中，尝试一下4-2-3-1、4-3-3两套战术阵型！”

Fernando Santos said very firmly: "The Flying Eagles itself is one of the richest teams in the Portuguese Super League. We should not mainly consider defensive counterattack tactics! To win the championship in the new season, we need to have stronger offensive capabilities! So ! I agree with the coaching staff that the team's offensive talent needs to be further released."

"4-2-3-1! This is great!"

Diego couldn't help but shine in front of his eyes - this was the most handy tactical formation when he played in Braga. If Fernando Santos plays 4-2-3-1 in the new season, he will activate the two wings continuously. If you make a cross for yourself, then what suspense is there for yourself to win the Golden Boot in the new season?
Of course, Fernando Santos emphasized that the team should release its offensive talents, so it must not be the same as Jesuardo Ferreira's defensive counterattack 4-2-3-1.

But there are definitely similarities on the offensive end.

无论是4-2-3-1还是4-3-3，都会有更多的边路传中球，给迭戈中路直接抢点的机会——这可是休赛期时，在Real球王系统里面磨练得最多的进攻套路。

The most important thing is that the Portuguese international Simao's ability to blast from the side and the ability to take the ball from the side is not in Braga. Mateus, a veteran Brazilian, can compare.

and so!
If Fernando Santos is determined to change, Diego will think that he will be the biggest beneficiary!
Obviously, before Fernando Santos held this all-staff tactical meeting, he had already chatted with several core international players of the team in private.

Whether it was Nuno Gomez, Simão, Petit, Luisson, including Rui Costa, who had let everyone off the news, they all expressed their support decisively.

Even Nuno Gomez said very seriously: "If the formation is 4-3-3, I am ready to play on the wing. Recently I have been practicing the ball from the wing."

Simao was also very supportive: "Haha! I can adapt to both sides. Coach Santos, you can try to put me on both sides and see which side works better."

Now that several core members of the team have expressed their support in this way, it is naturally impossible for other players to object.

You know, this change means that some players even lose their positions, and the chances of coming off the bench in future games will become slim.

Everyone gradually joined forces.

They all expressed their support for Fernando Santos to try to make changes in the next two warm-up matches.

"Since everyone supports it, I can rest assured!"

I saw that Fernando Santos asked his assistant to push out a small blackboard, which was already filled with his analysis of the 4-2-3-1 tactics he wanted to play.

After carefully reading Fernando Santos' tactics, everyone was stunned—obviously, everyone began to have different voices.

"Wow! This is...a bit bold, right?"

"The two-sided striker cuts in, and the full-back puts in an assist!"

"If the opponent counterattacks and goes directly to the side, it will put a lot of pressure on the team's side defense."

"If the full-backs can't catch up in time, then the opponent's counterattack will be accurate."

"When attacking, the winger withdraws to the center, and if the full-back inserts an assist, it means that there are three attack points in the penalty area to choose from, and the efficiency will be higher. The opponent can only be forced to shrink more manpower into the penalty area. Defense It’s difficult to counterattack with enough numbers.”

"There is also the position of the midfielder. In this way, will it be too far forward?"

"Well, in this case, will the midfielder be unable to help the defender keep an eye on the opponent's striker in the middle after switching from offense to defense?"

"These have to rely on the enthusiasm of everyone."

……

Fernando Santos was completely silent as the players engaged in heated, differing discussions about their tactics.

When there were voices of doubt, he did not give any explanation, and when voices of support appeared, he did not make any echoes. Anyway, he just let the players discuss themselves enough, and waited for the players to raise their respective problems. Concentrate on the water surface, and then solve them one by one, the efficiency will be higher.

There are less than 10 days left for Benfica's training camp in Spain, but the team has not yet formed, and even the main tactical formation for the new season has not yet been determined.

As the new head coach, Fernando Santos is more stressed than the players.

After half an hour of heated discussion, everyone's voices gradually died down.

Regarding Fernando Santos' new tactical design, everyone agrees that the defensive end may be more deadly.

If the full-back and two midfielders press too high, once the opponent plays a defensive counterattack, if the frontcourt players have no time to catch up, then there are only two central defenders left in the backcourt, and the opponent's goal is a point. Minutes.

But for such a bold offensive tactical design, everyone agrees with activating the offensive talent.

"Perhaps! We have to find a way to make up for the defensive problem that the full-backs and midfielders are too forward!"

Rui Costa, who has played in the Italian Serie A for many years, will pay more attention to the team's defense-the Italian football style is based on defense, and then pays attention to offense. Such tactics are very popular in the cup competition system. One of the reasons why Serie A is called the "Little World Cup".

After thinking about it, Rui Costa even shook his head and said: "But I don't think there is any good way to make up for the problem on the defensive end. Maybe we should give up such a risky tactic. Continue to play 4-4-1 -1 - At least, the previous tactic didn't have too many defensive problems."

"Hmm! I also think it's more important to defend first!"

"Uh, I think if this is the case, the tragedy of last season may be repeated."

Nuno Gomez and Simao, who were deeply poisoned by the so-called "Dutch football offensive aesthetics" tactical thinking of the Dutch coach Ronald Koeman last season, firmly opposed such a risky tactical thinking.

You know, why Benfica last season couldn't even qualify for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers for the new season is because the team's defensive problems are too serious, and there is no way to score enough points on weak teams.

After several big brothers in the team expressed their opposition, the other players tremblingly spoke out.

"Perhaps, don't let the full-backs play so high."

"That's right! The two midfielders should return to the midfielder position, and the defense in the center will be safer."

"Well! It's better for the winger to stay on the wing and take charge of the ball. Although reclaiming the center can increase more offensive points, it is enough to have a center forward and a shadow forward in the penalty area to grab points."

"Or, change to a three-back formation? 3-4-3!"

"Ah! That's right! There are three points in the penalty area for the winger to pass in and pass."

"I also think 3-4-3 is pretty good, and it suits our team's current staffing."

……

When everyone was expressing their opinions, Fernando Santos still chose to remain silent, but he was still seriously writing down each player's proposal.

Obviously, he needs time to do further research with his coaching staff, and there is no way to give the players any answers now.

In the end, the tactics meeting didn't yield anything.

After recording the opinions of each player, Fernando Santos simply nodded and said: "Well! The coaching staff will do further research, let's talk about the formation change later."

Then the meeting ended, and everyone continued to return to the training ground for tactical drills.

As for the content of the exercise, it is still the 4-4-1-1 tactics that Fernando Santos is most familiar with.

Fernando Santos did not intend to waste time practicing before he could reach a consensus with the players on the change of formation.

At least, before the start of the Portuguese Super League in the new season, the team needs to work out a proficient tactical formation—whether this tactical formation is the most suitable for Benfica or whether it can fully activate the team's strength and talent.At least it can be regarded as having a formed tactical formation.

Out of the conference room, Diego couldn't help but murmured to David Luiz in a low voice: "Actually, the problem on the defensive end is not that difficult! Once the ball is lost, the player who lost the ball will immediately go up to grab the ball. Even if he can't get the ball back, he can It is enough to delay the opponent and not give the opponent the ball at the first time. Then other players immediately go to the wing to make up for the position, and the full-backs and midfielders retreat quickly. The opponent cannot organize an effective defensive counterattack at all. "

"Well, there's nothing wrong with your statement, but..."

David Luiz shrugged helplessly: "This requires too much physical fitness for full-backs and midfielders. And there must be very high tactical discipline. If any player does not go up to grab the ball immediately after losing the ball , delaying the opponent's counterattack, it is likely to be fatally hit by the opponent."

"Well...tactical discipline!"

All right!Diego was really annoyed to hear that word.

But Diego has to admit that, later generations 1, the main reason why Atletico Madrid under the leadership of Diego Simeone was able to rise in La Liga and win the La Liga title is that Simeone's team is too tactically disciplined. Strong!

What I was muttering to David Luiz just now is the defensive magic weapon that the "handsome" Diego Simeone is best at-high pressing and intercepting in batches!

(End of this chapter)