long live football

Schalke 04 failed to pull back the score until the final whistle, and the game ended with a 1860-1 victory at home for 0 Munich.

The other Bundesliga leagues at the same time also came to an end. After scoring the three points in the eighth round, the points of Munich 8 rose to 1860 and climbed to the No.17 position. The league remains the same, it is still the three teams of Bayern Munich, Hamburg and Werder Bremen.

When Portillo walked off the field, Carl stopped him: "Javier, are you okay?" The other party was a little out of shape in today's game, a little dazed and tired, and Carl wondered if it was because of Portillo. Ertillo worked too hard in the first few games (the top scorer position is not so easy to get), so now he has entered a burnout period?

"I, I'm fine, boss." Portillo stood on the spot, with his feet together, and stammered, "I'm fine."

Carl raised his eyebrows, why did he feel that Portillo's attitude at the moment was a little... uneasy?

"I just thought you looked a little tired, so I just asked casually." He said in a calm tone, "If you have any questions, you can talk to me, you know, my office door is always open for you. Also, if you want to rest, you can apply with me, and I can give you two days off."

"I don't need any holidays, boss!" Portillo said in a hurry: "I didn't perform well on the field just now, that's because, I didn't know why I couldn't sleep last night! I'm just a little tired, I just need to go back and make up for it." Just a good night's sleep."

Karl nodded: "You don't need to attend the post-match meeting for a while, go to the locker room to take a shower, and then go home and rest."

Polti nodded gratefully: "Yes, boss, I—"

"Boss!" Koch suddenly ran over from the mixed zone out of breath, and nodded to Portillo: "Javier."

Carl looked at him: "What's wrong?"

"Uh..." Koch's gaze paused on Carl's and Portillo's faces, and suddenly pointed to the mixed area: "There is a "Marca" reporter there who wants to interview Javier."

Portillo turned around immediately: "Well, then I'll go over." He left quickly.

...the whole person is eccentric.Karl frowned briefly looking at Portillo's back, and quickly put the matter behind him. He looked at Koch: "You came just in time, I have something to tell you."

Koch was startled: "What, what's the matter, boss?"

"Is your forehead all right?"

Koch touched his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just a little pain, at most two days of bruising, nothing serious, boss."

"What made you make such a saving move? I mean, with your position and reaction speed, you should be able to safely save the ball. Why do you have to hit your head? It's because of this view. Comparing it..." Carl looked for suitable adjectives: "Thrilling? Dramatic? Can it win the cheers of the fans?"

"I just... took off too slowly, boss."

"I know you are slow to take off, Lambert." Carl looked at him helplessly: "Did something grab your attention at that time, or did you do it on purpose?"

Koch was wondering if he should tell the boss that he was distracted during the game, but then he decided not to tell the truth, because the boss would definitely ask him why he was distracted, and he would not be able to explain it.

"Isn't it good to make wonderful saves?" Koch didn't answer directly, but asked back: "When I made bigger moves, the fans cheered more enthusiastically." He said the truth this time: " It makes me feel very fulfilled, I always feel that the job of goalkeeper can also be done with passion."

But to Koch's surprise, Carl beside him frowned because of these words: "For a goalkeeper, calmness should be more important than passion, Lambert."

Koch didn't answer, but his facial expression showed his disapproval.

Carl changed the question: "What do you think is the biggest difference between a world-class goalkeeper and a first-class goalkeeper?"

Koch thought for a while and said, "The difference in height, talent and skill?"

"I hope you can pick out a detail for comparison."

Koch shook his head: "I can't think of it."

"World-class goalkeepers make fewer wonderful saves than first-class goalkeepers." After seeing Koch's expression, Carl added: "Because world-class goalkeepers generally don't put themselves in situations that require wonderful saves, such as Bu Feng, he has never been known for his exaggerated and beautiful saves, but he has always been at the forefront of the world's goalkeepers, because he is calm, has a good position, and has a low turnover rate. He will use most of the shots with ordinary movements Dissolve it, Buffon represents a realm among goalkeepers."

Koch thought for a while, with a clear and puzzled expression on his face: "I understand what you mean, boss, but isn't Kahn one of the best goalkeepers in the world? His saves are often extremely wonderful. "

"Kahn and Buffon are goalkeepers with two different styles. Buffon's skills are top-notch. Kahn can't compare with him in this regard. But what Kahn is most praised for has never been his skills, but his Mental power. Kahn is born with a domineering spirit of not admitting defeat, a temperament of becoming more and more courageous as he fights. That kind of tenacious spirit enables him to face any good and adversity freely, and can also infect other teammates, especially in difficult times , will support the team to fight until the last second of the game, and make the opponent fearful - the football game must be suitable, technical things are no longer important, sometimes it is a spiritual duel, especially in important events Here, whichever side is more tenacious in spirit will have the last laugh."

Koch had a bitter face: "Boss, after talking about it, aren't you saying that since I don't have Kahn's momentum, I shouldn't learn his fancy goalkeeping skills?"

"No, I'm not trying to position you, I mean try to be Buffon before you cultivate the mental power of Kahn." Carl reached out and rubbed his head: "Actually, I'm right You expect a lot and I hope you can learn from these two best goalkeepers in the world."

Koch's cheeks were a little hot, and he deliberately lowered his head.

……

In early October, Carl received two emails in his mailbox.

The first was from Anthea, who said she called Carl, but his phone kept turning off (Carl only turned off his phone during games, so he figured Anthea hadn't chosen the right time by accident), and then Using nearly 800 more words, the writing describes multiple key points in a messy and loose manner, and there are many modal particles among them.

After Carl's own combination and arrangement, he thinks that Anthea wants to express in the email mainly: after the end of New York Fashion Week, she should be invited by VB (Victoria's Secret) company to become the new Victoria's Secret Angel, which is Victoria's Secret The company's model spokespersons; Ricky Martin and Daddy Yankee will be the guests of this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Anthea seems to know whether Karl is interested in the performance of these two people; at the fashion show held at the end of this year, Anthea was designated by the company Wearing a set of $1250 million diamond lingerie on the catwalk, usually the top model of the company is awarded this honor, but Anthea became an exception this year. She was surprised, pleasantly surprised and frightened. At one point, I wanted to give away that set of underwear...

The remaining scattered things are the intrigue among the Victoria's Secret angels within the company, which Karl hastily skipped.

Finally, and most importantly, she invited Carl to participate in the Victoria's Secret fashion show at the end of November, and she said that she would reserve a front row ticket for Carl.

…Go to the United States to see Anthea wearing a diamond Bra worth more than 1000 million US dollars?

No, absolutely not.

Carl immediately drafted a sincere reply letter. First, he expressed his sincere joy and blessings to the other party's career development. Then he exaggerated the busyness of his work and life ten times, and declined Anthea's kindness. At the end, he After hesitating for a while, I added the sentence "If you meet a good man in the United States, you can introduce him to me."

After the email was sent, Karl opened a second email, this one from Beckham.

A very ordinary greeting email, but mentioned a few unusual things.

The first has to do with Alan Cranstone.

"I thought he knew you well at first, man, after all, you have such a friendly relationship with Anthea." Beckham said to Carl in the letter: "He sat in the front row, and Victoria and I also sat in the front row. But because Anthea has been busy backstage and didn’t introduce each other for us, I didn’t interrupt his show rashly. When Anthea’s show started, Victoria and I expressed our opinions on some designs and had a good discussion. Accidentally mentioned you, unexpectedly he immediately turned to look at us and asked me 'Are you friends with Karl Alston?'”

"I said we were friends and started talking to him—Carl, I don't know how to describe to you what I felt at the time, it was weird, really weird, he knew everything about what you were going through, even Knows which football school you went to as a teenager. (God, did you go to this?) But when it comes to life, he doesn't seem to know anything about you. He doesn't know your phone number, email address, or even I don't know that Anthea actually invited you to see that show, but you refused."

"Well, the weirdest thing is the last point, Anthea and you, he doesn't like me and Victoria talking about you two at the same time, which can be seen from his expression. It can make me and Victoria It's embarrassing! I'm friends with you, and Victoria and Anthea have been very friendly lately. I don't know what else to say without talking about the two of you. Reminds me of his new movie Transformers in the works, which sounds amazing and got me a little bit interested in working on the film…”

"But until the end of the show, I didn't know what kind of situation it was. I don't remember you saying you knew Alan Cranstone, but I did talk to him about you, which was a minority. A few moments of him being very affectionate - From this point of view, he doesn't hate you at all, but why did he change his face when Victoria talked about you and Anthea? Is it like this for Hollywood stars for a while Happy for a while but not happy? Their mood changes are too drastic, if you can make me understand, Carl, I think I will thank you very much."

After reading such a long paragraph, Carl thought he really couldn't answer Beckham's doubts, so he continued to read the rest of the email: "Victoria and Anthea have officially become good friends. They have a lot of fashion tastes and hobbies. In the same place, Victoria is now completely fascinated by the American fashion circle, especially after Anthea took the initiative to introduce several designers and models for her, and she even asked me to fly back to Madrid by myself, because she was going to be in the United States. Stayed for a while, and Anthea took her in, and the two of them now go to parties every day, and they almost don't want to leave. Man, I'm a bit lonely in Madrid by myself, and from this point of view, I don't know what I should do Thank you and I should hate you."

"What's more, Victoria is going to create a fashion brand by herself. Anthea agreed to help her. She has also thought up the name. It's called 'DVB', which means David&VictoriaBackham. What do you think?"

He can help with this matter, Carl thought, he has the experience of assisting in the establishment of a fashion brand once, and if conditions permit, he may also be able to help the Beckhams poach some designers or managers... Carl knocked Hit the keyboard and start replying to the email.

……

The novel running tactics displayed in the match between Munich 1860 and Schalke 04 attracted the attention of German football.

The world's oldest and most professional and authoritative old football magazine "Kicker" in Germany recently contacted 1860 Munich and wanted to do an exclusive interview with Karl.

"Kicker" rarely does exclusive interviews with coaches. There is no influential football time and major changes. They hardly give any big pages to Bundesliga coaches. The coach is still the German national team coach Klinsmann. The interview took place in May.

The 1860 Club in Munich showed more care about this interview than Karl. They not only arranged a comfortable interview room and tea and snacks, but also gave Karl half a day off and told him that even if he wanted to go out for dinner with the reporter after the interview There is no problem with the meal, and the club will reimburse the meal fee-no one understands this truth better than the club: the improvement of the head coach's popularity in the football world will simultaneously elevate the status and image of the club.

The person in charge of the interview was a man in his fifties who looked very stable, and his questions were also very concise: "1860 Munich's tactical performance in the last round of the league was very amazing. For a 'triangle offense'?"

"To be more complete and accurate, it should be called the triangle offense system."

"It's a term that seems to pop up a lot in NBA basketball."

"The origin of my inspiration is a basketball book, "The Last Season" published by Phil Jackson last year. Many of the viewpoints mentioned in it surprised me, as if a new door suddenly opened in front of me. I can't wait to find some of his other books, including Take It All! and Maveric, two books from the '70s, as well as Reign of the Bulls and Not Just a Game."

Carl adjusted his sitting posture, put his hands on his knees, and continued: "Jackson mentioned a sentence in the book. I can't remember the exact words. It roughly means that the characteristics of a team are determined by the owner. It is shaped by the coach's thoughts and outlook on life', this sentence reminds me of another similar sentence in the football world, "the coach determines the temperament of the team", at that time I immediately thought, why not use these new things How about using it in a football game? It will definitely work!"

The reporter frowned slightly: "Basketball and football are two different sports."

"Sports events have something in common, especially ball games." Carl smiled and shook his head at him: "Although there are 5 people on the court in a basketball game, 11 people in a football game, the latter involves more players. It’s more complicated, and a basketball game can score dozens of goals and hundreds of points, and a football game can only score a few goals, but they should be able to figure it out on the technical and ideological levels.”

"So you went to practice?"

"Yes, I made a plan first, discussed with other coaches and let the youth team train first. They achieved a lot in the first week of training, and then added this tactic to the training of the first team. At the beginning, I used 1 hour a day, then 2 hours, and then half a day to experiment with new tactics... Finally, I moved it into the official game in the last round of the league, and the results it achieved are amazing. happy."

"You dare to try a brand new thing just relying on the information disclosed in a few books?" The reporter showed complete surprise for the first time: "I have to say, you are really innovative and adventurous. "

Carl looked at him and smiled: "Is this a compliment?"

The reporter was amused: "Does my words sound like cursing?"

Carl put his finger on his chin: "You reporters often play with your pens, and your words often have more meanings than others. Now every time I hear a sentence from you, I have to think over and over again what the original meaning is." He shrugged: "If it's a compliment, I'd be more than happy to accept it. I'm still young, not yet 30 years old. It's right to have an innovative spirit. If I'm always old-fashioned, I'm afraid that would be abnormal."

The reporter turned off the recorder: "There is a saying in our industry that Mr. Carl Alston seems to be born with a more discerning mind than others. Now I really agree with this saying."

Before Carl could reply, he immediately turned on the recorder and asked, "I'm a football reporter. I don't know much about Phil Jackson's triangle offense. Can you tell me how it applies to football games? ?”

Carl teased him: "Can I keep it a secret?"

"I'm afraid not, Mr. Alston, the readers will be very displeased."

"I was joking just now. Of course I will tell you, but because many of my ideas are also maturing, I can only say a part."

The reporter listened carefully and took out a shorthand notebook.

"To put it simply, the triangle offense is when players form a triangle by running positions. No matter which player holds the ball, no matter how long he has the ball, there will always be someone around him to respond. There are more routes to pass the ball and more points to get the ball out of. , the ball will not die, and the chances of shooting and scoring will be high.”

"Sounds a lot like Barcelona's style of football."

"Yes, it does look like it at first glance, but it is different in essence. I have studied Barcelona's tiki-taka tactics a little bit, it is not so much a triangle system, it is more similar to indoor football's offensive strategy, tiki-taka Although it also requires three players close to each other to form a triangle, the soul of Barcelona's tactics is to control the ball, and it is required to keep the ball under their feet at all times. In the case of forming a triangle, the players tear each other through short passes. Defensive line. This is not the same as the triangular system I hope to see. The triangular system is not only used when attacking. Offensive or defensive, let every player participate in touch and movement. Although possession of the ball is also important to me, it is not the core of tactics, the core is running."

"The movement without the ball you've been emphasizing? The movement without the ball in Manchester United's training?"

"Mix and upgrade."

"Is the triangular combination random, or there must be one person as the core?"

"Random. I hope that any player has a tacit partner on the field. There are many players who have grown up together from the youth academy in the team. This is an advantage for us."

"Can you explain what kind of combination partner? For example, take the Bender brothers, Ozil, and Shao as examples?"

Carl smiled: "The example is very rigid. I hope you will see this tactic being flexibly used in games in the future."

The reporter felt Karl's reluctance to talk more, and he looked at the time: "Last question, Franz Beckenbauer suggested that the Bundesliga should be expanded to 20 teams since last year, and Jurgen Klinsmann He raised an objection, he believed that the top priority is to improve the overall quality of the Bundesliga rather than the quantity, regarding the views of the two of them, who do you support more?"

Whether or not the Bundesliga should be expanded to 20 teams has been a topic of discussion in Germany for the past two years. In the past few years, the popular trend in European football was to "weight loss" the league. At that time, the Premier League and La Liga were often pulled out. Criticism, thinking that too dense a schedule will bring more harm to the players and affect the excitement of the game.However, with the economic downturn in the past two years, everyone is clamoring to "gain weight" for the league. Because of the increase in the number of games, TV broadcast income and sponsorship fees will also increase accordingly, and the club's wallet will naturally plump up.

Beckenbauer is the chairman of Bayern, and he sees problems from the perspective of the club. For these managers, the survival of the club is above all else, so Beckenbauer has successively proposed to expand the Bundesliga and cancel the Bundesliga. Advice for winter break.

However, Klinsmann and Beckenbauer have different views, and the ass determines their thinking. After Klinsmann became the head coach of the German national team, his top priority is to restore the former glory of German football. The winter weather in Germany is too bad, plus some teams There is another European game to be played, and the intensive schedule will not only fail to improve the competitiveness of German football, but will also make the players extremely tired, which may affect the national team's preparations and friendly matches, etc., so he naturally disagrees.

The "Kicker" reporter asked a good question: Who do these two great gods Karl support?

"In those snowy game days every winter, as a coach, I can reappear on the field wrapped up tightly, but the players can't keep warm like me. They have to wear thin jerseys and shiver. to warm up, but what ensures that they maintain vigorous fighting spirit in the severe cold weather?" Karl said with a shrewd smile: "I think a comfortable and warm winter break is the best time for the Bundesliga players to start before Christmas. greatest expectations."