Super Coach

When the group stage match between the German team and the Japanese team ended, the media around the world seemed to be celebrating a festival, almost setting off firecrackers to celebrate, because this 4:0 victory was definitely the best match of this tournament. The best game in the World Cup so far.

The sharp and vigorous offense, the smooth and skillful coordination of passing and receiving, coupled with the fact that the entire game is completed in a fast-paced transition between offense and defense, gives people the same feeling of pleasure as when watching a Hollywood blockbuster.

If you use the short comment posted by the famous English football commentator Martin Samuel on Weibo after the game, it is, A qualified popcorn game! His adjective is obviously from Hollywood. Those popcorn commercial blockbusters.

As a head coach, Yang Cheng has a very clear understanding of the player's status. He can grasp the player's situation through training, psychology, and a series of means. He can feel it clearly and intuitively. Through the first two With the running-in and adjustment of each game, the players' psychology and state have reached a certain point.

The German team won the first two games, but it was obvious that they did not play happily. In other words, it was not the kind of game that the German team is best at. The results and goals were all achieved under the pressure of the opponents. This made the German players feel unhappy even if they won the game, as if something was holding back and blocked.

From a psychological point of view, they need a catharsis!

Therefore, when facing Japan, after the German team played a hearty situation that was not seen in the first two games, all players performed at a high level. Almost one-sidedly, the Japanese team was suppressed and beaten inside the half court.

Thomas Muller, Philipp Lahm, Mario Gomez, plus Reus who added the icing on the cake for the German team at the last moment, the four goals of the German team were completed by four different players, and the whole team The performance was very good, which undoubtedly allowed everyone to see the strong side of the German team.

The game was full of passion and exciting, and after the game was over. Everyone was still immersed in the atmosphere of the game, but when the group of professional football commentators calmed down and began to think and reflect on this game. They couldn't help but analyze this game from other aspects.

Martin Samuel's column appeared in The Times,

He only used four words: Make the most of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses!

When Klose was injured, the whole world felt that the German team's offense would be affected, but the German team's scoring ability we saw did not decline at all. They scored a total of 9 goals in the group stage. The ball was not conceded, which is definitely an impressive record.”

The unbreakable defense and sharp offense are the most impressive thing about the German team. But looking at the three games of the German team in the group stage, we can find a very interesting thing, that is, the general manager of this German team It’s about arranging your own tactics based on your opponent’s characteristics.”

Facing Colombia and Japan, which have stronger ball-handling and control capabilities but weaker physical confrontation capabilities, the German team can play aggressive run-and-gun tactics without any scruples. They can use their body, technology and overall speed. With the advantage, they completely crushed their opponents, and when facing Croatia, they could adopt control tactics with even better control capabilities.

In the final analysis, the core of tactics is actually to use strengths and avoid weaknesses. This principle seems simple, but how many can do it in today's football? And Yang Cheng is undoubtedly the best one among them. He will always be It is to use highly targeted tactics to suppress the opponent.”

I have communicated with Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Mourinho, and later Redondo and others. They all once said to me in unison, about the use of targeted tactics in today's football. The best must be Yang Cheng, because beside Yang Cheng there is a master of targeted skills, Rafa Benitez!

Of course, this is not to say that Yang Cheng is not as good as Benitez in targeted tactics. Both can be regarded as the world's top tacticians, but Yang Cheng has to coordinate the overall situation and take into account both offense and defense, while Benitez is Paying close attention to the details, the two of them complemented each other, worked together in a division of labor, and had a tacit understanding, which resulted in a series of brilliant achievements.

So we can see that Yang Cheng's team is always so targeted in terms of tactics. He can always exert his own advantages on the basis of containing his opponents and play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses, which he used in this game. During the game, we can find that the Japanese team’s pitiful four shots were completely caused by a complete defeat at the tactical level!”

Looking at the three games in the group stage, we can find that the German team's condition has been adjusted well and getting better and better. Without Klose, the integration of Gomez and the team's offense is also getting better. , we have absolutely reason to believe that such a German team is definitely the number one favorite in this World Cup!

Compared with Martin Samuel's comments on the German team at the tactical level, German Bild also gave a very high evaluation of the German team's tactics, believing that Yang Cheng adopted three different offensive modes in three games. The key is He also allowed the German team to use it skillfully. He was obviously well prepared and showed his strength as the world's top coach.

But when the team performs well, we should not ignore individual performance. For example, in the game in Japan, Gomez's performance surprised us all, because we rarely see Super Mari. Ou also has such a fierce and brave side, he even single-handedly challenged two Japanese center backs in the frontcourt!

Yang Cheng's team has been very clear from the beginning. If they want to freeze a team like Japan that likes to have the ball at their feet, they have to press from the front, so Gomez has been in the frontcourt from the beginning. , He is like a beast looking for food at all times. As long as the opponent's central defender, even fullback or defensive midfielder gets the ball, as long as the distance is not far away, he will choose to rush forward.

Such a scene is rarely seen on weekdays, especially with Gomez's body. Even a slight approach will put pressure on the short Japanese players, which also makes them panic. The pass is lost on weekdays. Accurate.

There was such a scene in the game. Thomas Muller made a mistake when he cut in with the ball from the left. The ball was intercepted by the Japanese team and moved to the center. They were originally preparing to launch a counterattack, but Gomer Si was like a rocket, rushing back from the front. While stealing the ball, he also knocked his opponent to the ground, and successfully handed the ball to the feet of Toni Kroos. This time he grabbed the ball back and let him It won a round of warm applause from the audience.”

We all know. When watching the German team's game, you will never want to see the scene where one single-handedly defeats the entire opponent's defense, and you will never see any player standing there without any scruples. Waiting for teammates to pass the ball in the opponent's penalty area. Watching the German team's game, what you can see is a group of players who lower their posture and fight for every ball with the opponent to win the game together. Game win!”

Maybe the talent of German players is not the best, maybe the skills of German players are not the best, and maybe the personal strength of German players is definitely not the best, but German players always have a fighting spirit that their opponents do not have. He always has a high fighting spirit that his opponents can only admire!

It used to be said that Gomez could not fit into the team's offensive system and could not replace Klose, but in this game, we saw hope. Maybe Gomez will never be able to replace Klose, but as long as he insists on his This attitude in a game, as long as he keeps moving in this direction, he will become the new benchmark for German forwards after Klose!

Gomez started two of the three group matches. He scored 3 goals and won two best-of-the-match awards. He can be said to be one of the best players in the German team, and he also became the top scorer in this World Cup, although they were tied. But it was enough to make him proud.

Coincidentally, so far in the group stage of this World Cup, the player with the most goals has scored 3 goals. 4 players have done this, and the German team has two of them, namely Gomez. and Thomas Muller, they both scored three goals and tied for first place in the scorer list.

Samed Yesil, who was highly regarded by Yang Cheng before the game, has been given the opportunity to come on as a substitute. However, it is a pity that although this young player has been given many opportunities to perform, he has never been able to win convincingly. At least as a forward, Samed Yesil has never been able to score his first World Cup goal despite Gomez and Thomas Muller scoring consecutive goals. This has to be said. A big regret.

Now, after three games in the group stage, when the German Kicker magazine commented on the German national team, the most mentioned word was maturity, all-round maturity, especially Thomas Muller.

This player has always been relatively low-key. Although he did not score in the first game of the group, he did get assists and performed extremely well. He was only overshadowed by the radiant Gomez, but in the second game of the group Facing Croatia, his two goals helped the team successfully defeat their opponents and take first place in the group ahead of schedule.

In the third game of the group stage, Thomas Muller scored and assisted again. Although his performance was not as eye-catching as Gomez, he was always very stable. He is the kind of person that you may not care too much about, but when you deliberately pay attention When you take a look at him, you will find that he has achieved a performance that will surprise you.

According to the convention of the top scorer in the World Cup, if the number of goals is the same, the player with the most assists will get the Golden Boot. If we look at this scoring standard, Thomas Muller will undoubtedly win the Golden Boot, because his assists are the highest of all The most players to score 3 goals.

Many people are unable to position a player like Thomas Muller. His technique is flawed. He cannot dribble and control the ball as skillfully as a normal wide player, or as Reus and Gotze. , but he has an extremely keen sense of scoring and has an outstanding sense of movement. He can always move to the most threatening place anytime and anywhere.

As for what a scorer needs most, Thomas Muller is very solid in stopping the ball and shooting. Moreover, he does not have the loneliness that shooters are criticized for. He has a sense of cooperation and team spirit that many shooters do not have. Coupled with his tactical role, he started all three games in the group stage.

Some people may say that Gomez performed very well after Klose was absent, but what we should see is that in terms of playing time and performance, the current national team has Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger. , Badstuber and Neuer are all indispensable, but after Klose's absence, Thomas Muller's performance is the most stable and the player with the greatest contribution in the team.

After this World Cup, we will completely lose Klose, but we definitely have reason to look forward to our future. Because we have welcomed a comprehensive and mature Thomas Muller!

Thomas Muller, Ozil, Toni Kroos, Royce, Sven Bender, Badstuber, Hummels, Jerome Boateng... our core are all Being so young, this is a treasure trove that Yang Cheng has brought to German football, and it has also laid a solid foundation for our dynasty!

Perhaps. For a player like Thomas Muller, you will never see his name at the top of the FA Ballon d'Or list, but any opponent will always mark him as the most threatening player. At least so far in this World Cup, his performance has been perfect, and even the most picky fans can’t blame him!”

After the German team won Japan, all games in Group C were officially ended.

Japan lost to Germany, but Colombia narrowly defeated Croatia 3:2. At the critical moment, Falcao showed his ability as the world's top shooter and hit the winning goal to help Colombia defeat Croatia.

As a result, the German team won 3 games and accumulated 9 points. Arrogantly qualified first in the group. Colombia suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of the German team in the first game of the group. In the next two games, they scored one win and one draw, ranking second in the group with 4 points. Also stands out from this group.

The Japanese team scored 2 points and ranked third in the group, while Croatia ranked at the bottom of the group with 1 point. The biggest problem for this team is the advancement of the ball in the midfield, so Croatia's tragedy has been from the beginning. It's doomed.

As the German team won Japan, several other group matches were also in full swing. Among them, the one that most interested Yang Cheng was Group D, where his opponent was. With a record of 3 games, 2 wins and 1 draw, the French team scored 7 points and qualified first in the group, while the Chilean team ranked second in the group.

According to the draw rules before the World Cup, Yang Cheng's team will encounter Chile in the top 16 knockout round.

In the following days, other games were decided one after another, and the top 16 teams were also born one after another. One of the very obvious boundaries is that the Asian teams It can be said that the whole army was wiped out at one time, and they all failed in the group stage. No team could stand out from the group stage.

If during the World Cup in South Africa, the qualification of Japan and South Korea made people feel that Asia seemed to have the ranks of second-rate teams, then in the World Cup in Brazil, all Asian teams were wiped out, especially the Japanese team who suffered a 0:4 defeat by the German team. The crazy game made everyone realize that they were only second-rate.

Of course, compared to Yang Cheng's motherland, this is already a remarkable achievement.

The situation of this World Cup is still that the European and South American teams play a double act. In the future, the confrontation and competition between Europe and South America will continue. However, the European teams still have a clear advantage, such as Germany, Spain, and France. , Portugal, England, Italy and other traditional strong teams have successfully advanced.

Teams such as Brazil and Argentina in South America have also entered the knockout rounds. Argentina and Germany are both in the same zone. If the German team can successfully pass Chile, it is possible that they will encounter Argentina in the top 8. It might be another fight between dragons and tigers.

Even before the start of the World Cup group stage, Yang Cheng had asked the think tank to start collecting all the intelligence on the four teams in Group D. When the final opponent was determined to be Chile, the think tank sent out a piece of intelligence that was more than 300 pages thick that night. and information were handed over to the coaching staff. The German team’s coaching system also includes some game videos and highlights of the Chilean team in the past two years.

Yang Cheng also conducted an in-depth analysis of Chile as soon as the opponent was announced.

You know, in the 2010 World Cup, Chile, under the leadership of Bielsa, played football that was highly praised by countless fans. It was welcomed and affirmed by countless fans and won a huge response. Although Bielsa left later , Chile was almost unable to stand out from the World Cup qualifiers, but soon the Chilean Football Association invited another Argentinian, Jorge Sampaoli, to coach the national team.

This Argentinian claims to be Bielsa's most loyal follower. He led Chile to complete redemption in the shortest time, successfully obtained a ticket to the World Cup finals, and once again brought Chile into the top 16. .

The bald-headed Argentinian has completed his reservation goal in this World Cup. The Chilean Football Association also announced that it will renew the contract with Jorge Sampaoli after the World Cup, allowing the latter to continue to stay in the national team.

Facing such an opponent, the German team also faced considerable challenges, especially in terms of defense.

But Yang Cheng also knows clearly in his heart that Chile has maintained its current style since the Bielsa period. Although there have been ups and downs for a period of time, the Chilean team also has some problems of South American teams, that is Focus on offense and light on defense.

Facing such a team, if you deal with it well, you can win it smoothly, just like Brazil easily defeated Chile in the World Cup in South Africa. But if something goes wrong, the boat will capsize anytime and anywhere!

The French team was at a disadvantage for a long time in the group stage and almost lost to Chile. This is a great example! (To be continued)RQ

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