The midfield king of football life

Chapter 47 Chapter 47
In the Feyenoord training center, coach Koeman urged all the players to complete the physical training program. Other players, including Li Feng, felt that such physical training was a bit overwhelming after returning from vacation.

After finishing his physical fitness, Klassey walked to Li Feng and whispered, "This old man has been idle for a long time in the past two years, so let's practice, I really can't stand it."

Li Feng said with a smile: "I'm afraid you are too comfortable on vacation, look at your body fat."

"Can you not poke someone's sore spot, it's just eating too much and drinking too much, I will recover." Klassie said to Li Feng, clenched his fists.

After a while, the assistant coach came to inform them that the physical training in the morning was over, and they would go to the training ground for actual combat training in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, coach Koeman was waiting for them for training early, which made all the players feel uneasy.

After the assembly, the head coach Koeman said: "Now, divide into two teams for confrontational training, and the training intensity should be consistent with the game. The green team is led by me and plays a 41212 formation, and the yellow team is led by assistant coach Van Bronckhorst. The formation is played according to the 433 formation of last season. The confrontation time is 60 minutes."

Koeman said slowly, and then scanned all the players.

"I will announce the list of players from both sides below:

Green Team: G. Fernandez, Goodetti
Team Yellow: Klassey, Li Feng."

After Coach Koeman finished reading the roster, all the players understood that the new coach was going to use his lineup against the lineup at the end of last season. This was simply slapping Van Bronckhorst in the face.

In this match, other coaches of the club will act as referees.At the sound of the whistle, the match began.

The yellow team kicked off first. As usual, the yellow team members passed the ball to Li Feng as soon as they received the ball, and he organized the attack.

But today's situation is different. Li Feng was double-teamed after receiving the ball. It was as if Li Feng had fallen into a midfield trap. People were staring at his passing route.Li Feng was stunned, he had never encountered such a situation before.Li Feng had no choice but to take it forward slowly by himself, and then look for opportunities.Just as Li Feng was crossing halftime, two midfielders of the yellow team suddenly double-teamed him.

The yellow team's midfielder passed the ball over the top with one kick and passed the ball to the head of the tall forward Goodetti. Although Goodetti is young, he is physically strong and has a relatively strong impact.

Goodti jumped up high, smashed his head down hard, and the ball quickly changed direction and rushed to the lower left corner of the goal.

"The goal is scored! This is the goal!" All the members of the green team said in their hearts.

Li Feng is still thinking about the situation just now in his head, and he hasn't reacted until now.At this time, Klassie came over and patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, the old man's tactics are obviously aimed at you. He even used a four-man defense to restrict you. It's really costly. Next, I will actively run. We will kill them in two lines."

At this time, Li Feng nodded habitually. He wasn't shocked by the goal, but just couldn't find a pass route on the field. Even the route back to the defender was not very good. This problem is quite serious.

The yellow team kicked off, but the ball still passed to Li Feng's feet.At this time, Li Feng didn't rush forward as before, but mobilized his teammates and made short passes back and forth with them, letting them run out of position actively.

After doing this, it did achieve results, and Li Feng was able to pass the ball very well.But another problem appeared. The ball could not be recommended to the front of the opponent's penalty area. The routes of Klassey and the two wingers were strictly watched, which made Li Feng very depressed.

Klassey kept running around the penalty area, seeing that Li Feng couldn't pass the ball, he became anxious, and Klassey retreated decisively to get the ball.

After getting the ball, Klassey just pushed forward. The midfielder of the green team compressed him in the area between the central defender and the midfielder. Klassie couldn't break through, and the passing line was blocked.As you can imagine, the result was nothing.

All of this is in Li Feng's eyes. The opponent's defensive midfielder seems to be the eye of the team's formation. When defending, his running position determines the range of double-teaming. When attacking, his position can well ease the team's overall offensive.If the attack is blocked, you can use the gap behind you to switch to a positional attack.

Although Li Feng saw this, they tried to change it. After all, football is for 11 people. If other players can't see this, he can't do anything by himself.

In the first 30 minutes, both Li Feng and Klassie were depressed. They felt that they were full of strength but could not exert themselves, as if they were bound.The core of the yellow team's offense mainly relied on Clasi and Li Feng. In the first 30 minutes, they did not have a few threatening shots.And the green team has scored 30 goals in 2 minutes, and this efficiency is simply heaven and earth.

The grueling 60 minutes seemed like a long time to go.In the end, the green team won the match with a score of 2-0.The faces of the players of the yellow team were obviously disappointed, while the two new forwards of the green team were more excited.

Coach Koeman summoned all the players, and then said: "The results of today's game, the players of the yellow team, do you have anything to say?"

Klassie said impatiently: "Coach Koeman, today's confrontation is too targeted. It is obviously aimed at me and Li Feng. You have studied our formation before, so we were completely suppressed today."

Hearing what Klassie said, Koeman said without any expression: "You are right, but you are also wrong. Regarding your previous formation and playing style, I did make formation deployments. This is what any coach would do before the game. I can do it, and other coaches can do it. In addition, the tactics I arranged are not specifically for you. I am showing the enthusiasm of all the players in the green team. Everyone is running and doing what they should do according to the tactics. And you, Li Feng, after being frozen Others stood up and carried the banner of offense, and this is your own cause."

Koeman paused for a while to let all the players digest what he said.

"Well, today's confrontation is not to prove anything, but to discover your previous deficiencies. Remember, in my system, there is no individual heroism, only collective. Anyone can be replaced, even geniuses. Of course, geniuses will be useful at special times." Koeman continued.

That’s all for today’s training. Tomorrow we will run in the new formation. In a few days, we will play two friendly matches against Freiburg in the Bundesliga and Real Betis in La Liga. The main purpose is to adapt our new system in actual combat.

(End of this chapter)