Super Coach

Students at the University of Leipzig all like to go to the Moritz Bastion, which is the largest student club in Europe. Even German Chancellor Merkel has participated in various activities here. ()

This is a fortification during the war. It was later given to students of the University of Leipzig and turned into a leisure place with beer halls, cafes and other facilities. It can also hold activities such as concerts, exhibitions, and open-air movies. It's a common thing.

But sometimes, too many people can be troublesome.

Yang Cheng and Glenn Nack walked along the path next to the Moritz Bastion, heading north and entering the University of Leipzig. Because they did not want to attract too many students' attention, they did not go to Moritz. Bastion, but walked, chatting about some stories about Yang Cheng and the University of Leipzig along the way, and came to the small park behind St. Thomas Church.

Just here! Yang Cheng suggested with a smile. He thought it was quiet enough here.

Glenn Nack shrugged, expressing his unconditional obedience, so he immediately asked the photographer behind him to prepare immediately, and then he and Yang Cheng sat down on a wooden bench in the small park.

When the photographers were preparing, they couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the environment here, not to mention it was quiet enough, the light was very good, the scenery was also very good, surrounded by big trees for shade, and the kind of The path paved with neatly cut ashlar stones has a really good atmosphere.

After the staff were ready, Glen Nack made a gesture to indicate that it was time to start.

I know you don't like polite words, and I know you're very busy, so I'll get right to the point! Glenn Nack looked at Yang Cheng with a smile, facing the camera from the side, and said in a calm tone.

Yang Cheng looked at the camera, nodded and said nothing, and didn't look the slightest bit impatient.

How do you view the recent period of time when the outside world has been talking about your leadership of the team? Are you worried about the impact of the team from the outside world? For example, the morale of the players. Or, the effect of preparations? Glenn Na Ke asked the first question, which is also the question that most fans on the Internet are concerned about.

Yang Cheng smiled lightly and looked at the camera. I think those comments are normal. Anyone and any organization have the right to express their own opinions. They have the right to say how they view us, and I also have the right to decide whether to accept their comments and opinions. I think this is A fair thing.”

As for preparations. I think we must first clarify that Masaya Saki has left the German national team, and I never felt that he had any say in the current preparation system of the national team, so I will not have any say about him. I won't waste my precious time on people like him.

So far, all I can say is that, including me and the coaching staff, everyone is very satisfied with the preparation effect. The team's progress is now maintained well, and we believe we can return to form before the European Cup. I am very satisfied with the preparations. This is very confident!”

Glen Nack immediately followed up and asked the second question, Speaking of the European Cup, we faced Spain in the first game. Do you have confidence in this game? Have you already decided how to play?

This is a question that many fans are concerned about, because everyone can see that Spain's strength is not just talk. They have maintained a winning record from the qualifiers to now, and even the warm-up matches are full of morale. Del Bosque's team Known as the number one favorite for this European Cup. And this team has been taking shape for years.

After winning the European Cup from Aragones, Del Bosque took over Spain. In the early stage, he consciously wanted to tilt towards Barcelona. However, in the first game of the World Cup, Spain suffered an upset loss to Switzerland, and Del Bosque realized the problem. . After that, he began to use Real Madrid as the basis, absorbing Barcelona players into Real Madrid's system, and then formed the style of the Spanish national team.

This change made Spain unstoppable in the next World Cup, running all the way to the finals and defeating the German team led by Yang Cheng to win the championship. Although many people believe that a large part of Spain's strength comes from Yang Cheng, however, Yang Cheng has always said that Bosque is the biggest contributor to Spain's championship.

Relatively speaking, Yang Cheng took over the team after the World Cup in South Africa and made adjustments and turmoil afterwards. The players in the team were also very mobile and were never able to build a stable defensive system. This is why everyone has expectations for the German team. The biggest worry.

Spain is good at controlling, passing and attacking. If the German team's defense is not solved well, it is likely to encounter a bad start in the first game. Then the next two group matches will be very dangerous, because Portugal and France The team is not a weakling either.

I will decide the final lineup before the game. For the time being, we are still adjusting and practicing.

But Yang Cheng did not deny it, Spain is indeed very powerful. We must face up to the gap. We must clearly see that Spain is far ahead of all the current teams in terms of strength, so how to fight against Spain? It’s a problem that all teams struggle with, including us.”

Many people say that I am not familiar with leading the national team. I do not deny this, but I have communicated with many national team coaches. I know the difference between the two. I also know very well that the European Cup and club competitions are The difference is that my coaching staff and I have also re-adapted and adjusted, but no one has seen these efforts!

Glen Nack showed a look of respect, because he could imagine how hard Yang Cheng and his coaching staff had worked in less than two weeks since leaving Real Madrid.

I was drawn into the group of death and met the Spanish, Portuguese and French teams. Are you confident about qualifying from the group?

Of course, I have been telling my players that we must show our best level in the three group matches. We all hope to qualify from the group, and the three opponents of the three teams are all teams with different styles. We Specifically for them, three different tactical plans were drawn up, and they were arranged and arranged in a targeted manner.”

When talking about this, Glenn Nack asked a new question, Many people are asking, you have always advocated offensive football, you have always advocated offense as your football creed, so now, your The German team is obviously not as strong as Spain, and there are many problems in the defense. Will you continue to stick to your football beliefs in the game?

After hearing this, Yang Cheng couldn't help but smile, I can only say that our playing style will not change. No matter how far we go in the end, we will stick to our own things, because I have always been very clear that in the future Football in China is all about professionalism. We must find our own position and give full play to our own characteristics. We must be small, deep and strong.

But this may cause you and your team to encounter more difficulties and failures! Glen Nack reminded.

I know. In fact, this is what I have been emphasizing. It is too difficult to be a head coach now. There are almost no head coaches who stick to their own things. So I admire Ferguson, Wenger and Van Gaal very much. Now I also admire Mourinho. Because they are all already here or are insisting on their own things.

I have always felt that a person's ten fingers have different lengths. No one is omnipotent. I am good at offense, so my defense is relatively weak. Mourinho is good at defense, and his offense and ball control are excellent. Relatively weak, as well as Ferguson and Wenger, it is impossible to be perfect, so if a team asks Mourinho to coach, it is impossible to force him to play beautiful and sexy control-type offensive football. This is common sense!

Nowadays, many head coaches usually choose to compromise. Many times, they are nominally the directors of the team, but in fact, under the pressure of real results, they have to compromise with the stars, so even if the stars are not in good condition, they have to play . They have to compromise with the management, even if they know it is not suitable, they insist on playing some unsuitable football style.

I think this kind of problem is not only a problem of the environment and the club. We, as coaches, also have problems ourselves, because we did not fight for the power we should have had, and we did not insist on what we thought was right. In the end, we will Discover, we may have won something, but we lost even more.”

After hearing this, Glenn Nack shook his head and said: You should understand, Mr. Yang Cheng, you are a big name and you have enough prestige to even make Real Madrid compromise with you, but other head coaches cannot. They They have to eat, live, and make money, so they have to compromise to survive, and I have to say a few words for them.

Yang Cheng nodded, Yes, I admit this. In fact, we, the head coaches, have discussed a lot about these issues, but we always believe that the more circumstances we are in, the more we must safeguard our own interests. and principles, because the final result of compromise is not respect, but constant compromise, constant compromise with all forces.

I have always believed in a saying that in order to win the respect of others, you must first learn to respect yourself!

What Yang Cheng is talking about is some of the current problems in football. For example, in everyone's eyes, firing a head coach is the easiest thing, because a coach can be dismissed with just one sentence, so there are often many bosses. In the process of coaching, the coach kept making compromises and concessions, which eventually led to his poor performance, and then he was fired and dismissed from class. He became the target of attacks by the fans. Little did he know that this was not the team he wanted at all.

There is another question. Dortmund's general manager Watzke previously bombarded you, thinking that you deliberately ignored Dortmund's international players and favored Bayern Munich's international players, employing nepotism. What do you think of this?

Yang Cheng laughed, The international players that Dortmund has entered into the 23-man roster this time include Hummels, Schmelzer, and Gotze. I think these three players are very good and have the ability to hit the main position, but I know very well. They still have something to lose, and I know very clearly why Watzk said that, at least he never mentioned this issue in front of me.

Dortmund has re-emerged recently, but their strength and reputation are still too short, which makes them have a strong desire to have more of their players join the national team and play the main role in the national team, thereby improving the team's reputation. and influence, thus forming a strength that can compete with Bayern.

But Yang Cheng must think more because he is the team's head coach.

Some fans criticized one of your moves, which was that you planned to arrange for the team to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland before the European Cup. Regarding your move, the reaction of the fans was very extreme. Many people felt that it was completely It's not necessary. What considerations did you have when you made this decision? Glenn Nack didn't understand this either.

But a very interesting thing is that once the news of Yang Cheng's decision to go to Auschwitz was revealed. First, the Italian national team coach Prandelli also said that he would lead the team to Auschwitz to pay homage at the appropriate time. Then the England national team coach Hodgson also said that he would lead the team there, and the Netherlands also said that he would go. .

This matter has become a trend. Many people are puzzled by Yang Cheng's approach, and even question it. They think it is unnecessary. Just play football. Why do you have to do so many things?

I remember that a president of Germany once said that whoever closes his eyes to the past is turning a blind eye to the future!

European football seems to be very calm on the surface, but in fact, racial discrimination and paranoia are rampant, and there are even such problems within many national teams. This is very detrimental to the unity of the team, and I think , it is necessary for them to experience for themselves the consequences of these wrong ideas.”

The national team is a symbol of a country. What's wrong with them going to Auschwitz to worship the dead? On the contrary, I think this move is very powerful to help eliminate some unnecessary prejudices within the national team! Yang Cheng said very much serious.

There are many foreign immigrant players in the German national team, such as Ozil, Klose and others. They are all foreign immigrants. If some internal unstable factors and prejudices cannot be eliminated through effective methods, how can this team form a fighting force and unite as a team?

The best way to eliminate these prejudices is not to tell them a lot of truths, but to let them see with their own eyes the painful lessons and consequences caused by the same prejudices in the past, and let them eliminate them themselves. these prejudices.

Today's German national team is very young. They are only in their early 20s, and their thoughts and characters are still in the growth stage. I think that in the hearts of many fans, they often overestimate the players and they always have excessive ideals. I think that a certain player should be perfect and mature, but in fact, he is not yet 20 years old. How can he be mature? How can he be perfect? ​​He is just a child, a very ordinary and ordinary young man!

I also hope that the team will grow and take the entire team to a higher level, but I also know very well that if you just teach them football and let them learn to play football, in the end they will just know how to play football. That is It is far from enough, because a person who only knows how to play football cannot gain a foothold in this society, and players only play for 90 minutes a week.

Football is the same as other industries and fields in society. If you only know how to play football and nothing else, then you will never be successful because you have to eat, have girlfriends, and keep up with your teammates and coaches. To get along in a group, we need to learn how to deal with the media and fans, and we need to know what is right and what is wrong.

I know it may sound hypocritical to say this, or that it may be difficult to do this, but I have always wanted to do this personally.

Today is an era of highly developed commercial football. Stars earn annual salaries of over one million. Some teenagers become famous and enjoy thousands of favors. This has led to the formation of a thought in the hearts of many players. As long as they can If they continue to play well, they can continue to enjoy all this, but I hope that my players will not only be excellent players, but also outstanding talents who can contribute to this society!

After hearing this, Glenn Nack couldn't help but nod his head, No wonder Chancellor Merkel made a special call to express support and praise for you when she heard that you were going to lead a team to Auschwitz. As your friend, I have always felt that you always cause yourself too much trouble!

His words made Yang Cheng laugh, I can't help it, I'm getting older. When I was young, I didn't think about it that much, but when I became the father of a child, when I watched my child day by day Growing up, when I watched my players mature day by day, I really felt that I had to do this.

Some people may say, if you are a coach and others are coaches, they will not be like you. Why should you ask for trouble?

I feel that precisely because no one is doing it, I have to do it even more, because I hope to call on more people to join me in paying attention to this issue, especially now.

Yang Cheng's worries are actually not unreasonable, because now there are many players who please fans with absurd quirks and have won the attention and pursuit of many fans and professional media. This has become a trend, such as Manchester City's Balot profit.

Of course, Yang Cheng does not deny that Balotelli is extremely talented, but can't he pursue him at all costs just because of this? If you continue to encourage Balotelli's childlike temperament like this, what will you do when he is over thirty years old and can no longer play football? How does he gain a foothold and survive in society?

Are there many examples of those who enjoyed great success while playing football but ended up in poverty after retirement?

Therefore, Yang Cheng has always said that what he wants is not just an outstanding professional player, but also an outstanding social talent, and there are indeed many players who have been affected by his hands, such as Ronaldinho, the Portuguese A great example.

This time, Yang Cheng was not prepared to make concessions. Not only did he go to Auschwitz to pay his respects, but he also invited three survivors of Auschwitz to represent the German national team. The players told them about their experiences of escaping death and taught them a vivid lesson.

He firmly believes that this can effectively improve some of the unstable emotions and factors within the team. (To be continued)