Super Coach

If the head coach's personality determines the personality of a team, then conversely, by watching a team's training and games, you can guess what kind of personality the team's head coach has.

Some teams are tough, sharp-edged, and rob the fruits of the game with open arms; some teams are very flamboyant, fearing that the world will not know, so they are always doing things that others dare not do; and some teams are very High-profile, even arrogant, they dare to open all their training to the outside world.

Of course, this may just be a strategy of the head coach, but from these actions, we can guess what type of person this head coach is.

It's as if when Yang Cheng is mentioned, everyone will naturally think of closed training!

Someone once joked that Yang Cheng's mystery is like the mysterious motherland behind him. Their mystery is full of seriousness, full of seriousness, full of emphasis on competition, competitors, and the future, and they are always cautious. .

Still remember, someone said that any behavior exposed to the spotlight is a sign of immaturity!

Then, in turn, keep yourself away from the spotlight, secretly accumulate strength in a place where others cannot see, and seek improvements and breakthroughs in physical fitness and tactics. This is the most important move for any mature team.

Jose Pekerman deeply agrees with this, so his Colombian team, like the German team, adopts a fully closed training. In his opinion, the reason for adopting a closed training is to keep the spotlight of the outside world away from him. , blocking all the scenery from the team's training camp. Let everyone feel at ease and prepare for war.

War is a very serious, life-and-death cruel competition that leads either to heaven or to hell. There is no third way to choose from, so Pekerman will never look at a football game without a serious attitude. war. This is the reason why he has been able to reach this day and is able to receive much attention and appreciation from the world.

Even before the World Cup, many media have been speculating on the most likely dark horse in this World Cup. Among them, there are two teams that many people are very optimistic about, Belgium in Europe and Colombia in South America.

As for Uruguay.

This is a traditional strong team, not a dark horse!

Pekerman has not expressed any opinions on this, but he is very clear that his team has such strength and potential, but there is still a long way to go before this goal, and the most important thing is , you must first overcome the German team's hurdle in the first match of the group, so that you can stand out in the group.

In the past, Colombia was a typical South American team that placed too much emphasis on the individual combat capabilities of its players. The emphasis on individual improvisation of the players and the neglect of the team's overall coordination made Colombia's games look very good, even beautiful, but it was difficult to achieve good results.

Former Gomez transformed Colombia. Especially as more and more players stand out in the European leagues, he began to pursue a European style, hoping to better play an overall European-style football. However, Gomez's Colombia gradually moved towards a physical confrontation style. .

After Pekerman took office, he also began to inject more of his own ideas into this team. He had no intention of continuing on the road of Europeanization. Nor does he intend to return to the de-European style of Colombia. He intends to strike a balance between Europeanization and tradition.

Throughout Pekerman's past coaching experience, he has always had a steady style. Even when coaching the Argentine national team, which is known as the most passionate in the world, he can make the team sane, and the so-called sanity, In fact, it is a balance between passion and boredom.

Colombia has always given people a very interesting feeling, and the lineup does look good, but every time they go to the competition, they are unable to show results. There are many such teams, such as Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Belgium, and it can even be said that It's England. These teams actually have some deep-seated problems.

For Colombia in South America, their biggest problem is that they do not have a stable fixed framework. Players are constantly changing like a revolving door. Every time a head coach comes up, there is a new group, and every time they tear down and rebuild, until the big competition After disappointing results, start over again.

In the past few years, the Colombian Football Association has completely changed its mind. Starting from the predecessor Gomez, they began to pursue a stable style, because now even Venezuela, Bolivia and other teams are emerging, just because they have their own stable style. This means that they will not be completely helpless even when facing Brazil and Argentina.

After Gomez, Pekerman took over Colombia. He also continued to make small-scale changes and continued to adjust Colombia's tactical framework. However, the staffing was relatively stable. Under the fixed 442 tactical framework, he further explored The team’s technical and tactical capabilities.

But after all, it is a South American team. Colombia's two full-backs are playing in Serie A. The left-back is Udinese's Pablo Armero, and the right-back is Naples' Camilo Zuniga. All players are the kind of players who are stronger in offense than defense, which also allows Perkman to set a tone for the team's midfield.

Facing a team like Germany with solid defense and sharp offense, Colombia must be very cautious. In South American competitions, whether it is the Copa America or the Copa Libertadores in club competitions, the reference value is more in South America. As far as South American teams are concerned, when it comes to the World Cup, when they encounter European teams with stronger tactics and integrity, South American teams tend to suffer more. Once they encounter problems, they can easily collapse.

This is especially true for a team like Colombia, which seems to have a strong lineup, but has never been able to show enough combat effectiveness.

After all, it’s still a psychological issue!

For Pekerman, who coaches Colombia, he cannot compare with the head coaches of German and European teams in terms of resources, because no one can deny it. The core of today's football is in Europe, and the most profitable ones are also in Europe. Therefore, the financial strength of the mainstream European leagues and football associations is also unmatched by teams like Colombia.

At the very least, Yang Cheng has the ability and financial resources to form a large and all-pervasive think tank to spy on every team's confidential information. Collecting game videos of every team for him, but Pekerman certainly did not enjoy such treatment, and even the coaching staff was not as good as Yang Cheng's.

You have to do everything yourself. Even in preparation before the game, Pekerman has to think about how to beat Germany!

He secretly watched the warm-up match between Germany and Ecuador live, and what he saw were two completely different sets of tactics. One set is a typical no-ball running system without a striker, emphasizing smooth passing, receiving, and running without the ball. The other set is a wing impact tactic with Gomez as the main emphasis, emphasizing the two wings. The offensive pressure and pull create space for Gomez.

Both tactics have their own characteristics. The forward-less tactic relies on the players' tacit understanding and overall awareness, while the wing tactic relies on Gomez's impact. The German forward's physical fitness is so outstanding that the Ecuadorian defender No one on the defensive line could stop him, which made Pekerman himself unsure.

Can Zapata get rid of this guy? Pekerman asked to himself.

Christian Zapata. He once played for Villarreal and Milan, and was once highly favored by European teams. However, after moving to Villarreal from Udinese, Zapata's performance plummeted and he missed the best season of his career. Good promotion stage. This directly led to his failure to become a first-class central defender.

Zapata's advantages are quite good, including good personal ability and physical confrontation. His defensive skills are also from the Serie A. They are not much different, but in terms of position selection, judgment and footwork, they are not enough. Especially the feet are a bit frizzy, and there will be some heart-stopping performances and mistakes from time to time.

Thinking of this, Pekerman felt a headache. It is difficult for a wise woman to make a meal without rice. This is the situation in Colombia. What he, the head coach, can actually do is to maximize the current cards. Take Colombia out of the group stage, one step at a time.

If the German team played without a striker, maybe the situation would be better! Pekerman thought.

Without Gomez, a heavy tank, the German team would be less of a threat to Colombia. As for the forwardless tactic, Pekerman felt that Colombia was fully capable of guarding him. After all, Colombia's defensive capabilities have always been strong. .

What kind of tactics Yang Cheng will use? This is Pekerman's biggest headache... I think Pekerman is a very good head coach. The Colombia he led has both won the America's Cup and the World Cup qualifiers. The performance is outstanding, and many players in the team are also very capable, such as Falcao, the forward is a natural killer, as well as midfielders Guarin, James Rodriguez, Giovanni? Moreno, he also played in my country!

This is Yang Cheng's response to reporters' questions about his views on Colombia at the pre-match press conference.

Moreno has joined the Chinese Super League and played for the Shanghai team. This player once shined in the Argentine League. He is tall, but has great skills and passing ability.

Many people compare him to Giovanni Hernandez because they have the same name and both play as attacking midfielders. Although the latter has never been famous in his life, he has outstanding personal abilities. Tricky short passes and outstanding long passes, these are Hernandez's weapons, but this player has never been able to prove himself in a big club or a mainstream league throughout his life, and ended up hanging around small club teams all his life, but No one can deny his strength.

This is a very difficult South American team. They have their own strengths and characteristics. I know this game will be very difficult because we are facing a team that we are not familiar with. But I have 100% confidence in my players and I firmly believe that we can defeat our opponents!

If Uruguay can be considered a more European team, then Colombia will have stronger South American characteristics.

Mr. Yang Cheng, can you tell us the progress of Klose's recent injury? a reporter stood up and asked.

Yang Cheng nodded, Milo's condition has improved. But we have no way to disclose more details yet, but I believe that he will be able to return to the football field. He has the same view as me on this point. of!

Another reporter raised his hand, and after Yang Cheng made a gesture of invitation, he stood up, Klose's absence has caused some problems for the German team's forward line, and in this game you also put Gomez out. The 18-man roster was arranged, plus the previous game against Ecuador. Gomez performed well, would you consider starting him?

Guess! Yang Cheng smiled, noncommittal. Neither nodding nor shaking his head, When we played against Ecuador, Mario performed extremely well after coming off the bench. I am also very satisfied with his performance. However, I cannot say more about whether he will start, but at the moment Against Ecuador, we had more control over the game in the first half!”

Does this mean that Gomez will not start? Will Yang Cheng seek a more controlling team configuration?

neither knows. They can only choose to guess.

However, everyone knows that Yang Cheng attaches great importance to this opening game, so he led the team to El Salvador one day in advance to prepare for the game, hoping that the team would avoid traveling and train and adapt in El Salvador in advance... The first two games of the World Cup None of the four games played were good. Among them, the Brazilian team suffered a minor upset in the first game of the group. Klinsmann led the US team to an unexpected 1:0 defeat of the host Brazil team. Scolari's team suffered an upset in the first game.

This game was held in Sao Paulo. Because the training camp was held in Sao Paulo, Yang Cheng also specially watched this game live. Klinsmann's American team still adhered to his characteristics of ground coordination and penetration. Scolari did not play negatively in this game.

But this is indeed not a commendable game, because both sides seem to be relatively conservative, focusing on defense and not investing enough troops in offense. A quick counterattack by the US team caused a mistake in the Brazilian team's defense. , directly led to the United States team winning the first game of the World Cup.

This upset is a reminder to all the teams participating in the World Cup. This is the World Cup. No team that can participate in the finals is an underdog. Anyone can be upset, even the host country. Brazil is like that!

Perhaps influenced by the Brazilian team, Spain played relatively securely in the first match of the group. As always, they insisted on their own style of ball control, and also chose to use ball control to grind out their opponents. Even Del Bosque's team was very poor in ball control. The pursuit is even more devastating than it was a year ago.

In the end, Spain successfully defeated its opponent. Although they scored 2 goals, the whole game was still drowsy.

This is also a very emotional thing, because just because there are many goals, it does not mean that the game must be good to watch.

Neither of the two favorite teams to win the championship showed impressive performance, which directly led to everyone having high hopes for the German team's first game. They hoped that Yang Cheng's team could give people hope. At the very least, Yang Cheng, who has always been known for his offensive football, should give all fans a chance to play offensive football.

Regarding the appeals from the outside world, on the day of the game, when Yang Cheng was interviewed by the German media in the hotel, he smiled and said that he would adopt more proactive tactics to win, but no matter what, the most important thing is that the team can do well. emerged from the group stage.

For me and the players, the primary purpose of participating in the World Cup is to win. Whether we play well or not is the second priority!

The outside world has interpreted Yang Cheng's words, and many people feel pessimistically that Yang Chengyi may also adopt a relatively negative tactical play, because in the absence of Klose, the German team has lost the tactical axis of the frontcourt and attacks. After being greatly affected, Yang Cheng naturally adjusted his tactics, which is understandable.

Colombian head coach Pekerman also accepted an interview with reporters when he arrived in El Salvador. He also admitted that there is a huge gap between Colombia and the German team in terms of strength.

For us, the German team is a strong presence, so our tactics have been very clear from the beginning, which is to put ourselves in the position of the weak and give full play to our advantages, so that we have a chance to defeat our opponents!

Pekerman's remarks are as low-key as ever, which undoubtedly makes people believe that this game will be a boring duel. Many media have even stated that the most boring World Cup in history may take place in Brazil. .

However, neither the German team nor Colombia will be affected by the outside world. Both teams chose to prepare for the game in a low-key manner. Yang Cheng came forward to be interviewed by himself. Players were strictly prohibited from being interviewed by reporters in private, and reporters were also prohibited from talking to reporters. Families entered the hotel where the national team was staying to avoid players being affected.

This is a routine method that Yang Cheng has pursued since he took charge of the national team, and the players have long been accustomed to it. They all know that after playing the game, they can spend one night with their families and half a day the next day. , and then began to devote himself to a new round of preparations.

This is when the team's record is good, but if the record is not good, it does not rule out that Yang Cheng directly bans all players from contact with the outside world. Once this guy loses his temper, it is impossible to say anything, and everyone can take it. He couldn't help it.

As if in response to the call from the outside world, the starting lineup arranged by Yang Cheng and Pekerman really made it impossible to see any trace of offensive football. Therefore, when they got the starting lineup of the two teams, the on-site commentary Players even lamented this, Even our Caesar has begun to play in the back three. This is a World Cup in which offensive football has been completely ruined! (To be continued) RQ

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