Super Coach

If we look at this World Cup, what Scolari has done best so far is the re-division of labor in the defensive midfielder.

Playing the first game against the United States, Brazil did, to some extent, think about making a splash, getting off to a good start and creating some momentum, but unexpectedly, they were taught a lesson by Jurgen Klinsmann's American team. This is definitely no accident.

Scolari clearly realized a problem with the Brazilian team from this game, and that is offense!

Since Luiz Felipe Scolari coached the Brazilian team and established the offensive tactics with 3R as the core in 2002, Brazil's offense has been formed at the fastest speed with the rapid passing of the triangle, thereby forming a local advantage in the shortest time. , and then rely on his outstanding personal ability to crush the opponent's routine in a local area to launch an attack.

But there is a big problem, that is, in the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the Brazilian team's 3r was Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho. These three players were definitely the strongest in the world at that time. Players, if you put these three players together and you can find three players from all over the world to match them, who can dare to say that they can surpass them? Which defensive combination can you say can defend them?

Many people say that the success of Brazil, Korea and Japan in the World Cup is the success of 3r tactics. Scolari never denies this!

The high positioning rate of the double midfielders ensures the stability of the midfield and backcourt, and transfers the ball to the frontcourt as soon as possible, handing it to 3R. Through the advantages formed by the personal strength of the three of them, they can break through the opponent's defense and create goals. It was the Brazilian team's offensive method, and there were wing players like Cafu and Roberto Carlos at the time.

It can be said that the success of the World Cup in Brazil, Korea and Japan is based on the outstanding personal strength of the stars!

After the World Cup, the successor continued to follow the lead. Follow this routine from Scolari. But they all ignored one thing, 3r cannot be copied, and talented players like Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho cannot be copied. The offense they formed is also impossible to replicate.

This situation became particularly obvious in 2010, after all 3r left the national team.

There is only one Kaka. The key is that Kaka is not a 3r type of player, and there are no other teammates around him who can match the personal ability of 3r, so this path is destined to be impossible.

Dunga also knew that continuing to adopt similar tactics would not work when his personal ability was not as good as 3r. The 2006 World Cup in Germany was a lesson, so he adopted another approach, which was to change.

Since my personal strength cannot reach 3R, I cannot continue to adopt the 3R cooperation method.

So Dunga began to shorten the distance between the threesome. From Yang Cheng, he learned some offensive methods of running without the ball, so he started the offense through more passes and coordination.

Such cooperation seems to be a last resort. But actually. Although the offense is far less sharp than that of the 3R period, it is still for Brazil, which generally has finer skills. The distance is shorter, the time for individuals to hold the ball is also shorter, and the number of coordination passes increases, there are more changes, and it becomes more difficult for the opponent to defend.

One person dribbling the ball, no matter how strong or outstanding his personal ability is, there is no more threat and more variety than the cooperation of two people.

Therefore, the development of football is always towards teamwork. Dunga's change can be regarded as a kind of progress with the times!

In Yang Cheng's view, Brazil during the World Cup in South Africa was the most promising Brazilian team to win the championship in recent years, even since 1998. Although this team does not have talents like Ronaldo, this team has very outstanding players. teamwork.

But Brazil's problem actually lies with the head coach. Dunga is very good, but he is also very young. A young head coach can easily make mistakes, and Dunga made mistakes at critical moments. He let his emotions affect the team and the game, and ultimately hated South Africa.

After that, Gilberto Silva left the team, and the Brazilian team's midfielder also had a metabolic problem, which was only solved by Luiz Scolari now. In this World Cup, Brazil has not had a problem except the first game. In addition, in the remaining games, the three midfielders performed very well.

This allowed the Brazilian team's offense and defense to be balanced again.

However, now with Kaka's absence, the Brazilian team's offense has completely lost its biggest threat.

After playing under Yang Cheng for many years, Kaká was very good at running without the ball and assisting and passing. This made him a key part of Brazil's midfield attack. Without him, Brazil's offense would be Can't play!

Once the offense fails, the midfield balance will be broken. The team's defensive problems, which were originally covered up by the midfield balance and adequate midfielder coverage, are also completely exposed.

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Brazil's movements without the ball are more in a small triangle, and the distance between each other will not exceed 10 meters. Especially after losing Kaká, as long as we put a little pressure on them, they will take the initiative to close the distance. Our When players move from offense to defense, they should pay more attention to cutting these small triangles.

Thiago Silva attacked and David Luiz helped defend, but the distance between right back Alves and David Luiz was not ideal, and there was often a disconnect. As long as Thomas Muller can By making good use of this, we can win this game firmly!

These are two questions that Yang Cheng repeatedly emphasized to the players in the locker room before the game while making tactical preparations.

One is defense and the other is offense. Both points are almost the Achilles heel of the Brazilian team.

In the past few days, Yang Cheng has also been practicing targeted tactics repeatedly. Ozil and Klose are both key points of Yang Cheng's offensive tactics, especially Klose.

Many people find it strange that Yang Cheng arranged for Klose to start, because this player has just returned from a serious injury and his recovery is not very satisfactory. He has been on the bench in the past two games. Everyone feels that Klose should come off the bench. Ze's most ideal positioning. But I didn't expect it. Yang Cheng arranged for Klose to start.

But Klose himself knew very well that Yang Cheng wanted him to play in the hope of ending the battle in one half!

The so-called surprise soldiers. In the eyes of the head coach, there are many types.

Some people say that the Qi Bing should go up in the second half when the opponent's physical energy is almost exhausted. Take advantage of your physical strength to rush forward, but have the people who said these words considered that the opponent's physical strength is almost the same, and your own physical strength is also the same?

So as a special player, he needs the support of his teammates around him. So, should this special player start? Is it more effective to play when everyone is in better physical condition? Or is it effective to be a substitute in the second half and wait until everyone's physical strength is almost exhausted?

It depends, if it's a team-tactical type of surprise. When starting in the first half, the effect will be more obvious, but if it is that kind of personal ability, it will be more obvious. Able to break down an area by one person. Character-based soldiers that play a role in specific situations will have even more unexpected effects in the second half.

Klose is so old. He was recovering from a serious injury, and his recovery was not very satisfactory. This kind of player must play a role at the tactical level, so Yang Cheng let him start and take advantage of the opening to directly suppress Brazil.

This also achieved very good results after the opening. The German team controlled the midfield from the beginning. The Brazilian team, which lost Kaka, lost the most important part of the offense. After the opening, it mainly focused on defensive counterattacks.

With one offense and one defense, the two teams were locked in a stalemate since the beginning of the game. The German team had a very obvious advantage on the scene, but it was still unable to create an effective and absolute murderous opportunity to break the Brazilian team's goal. However, this team was completely in control. game.

This is also a typical characteristic of the German team. Looking at the World Cup in Brazil, the German team is the only team that can completely control every game. This is not true even for Spain, because controlling the ball does not mean controlling the game. .

It is because of this that so many people are optimistic about the German team!

For football matches, controlling the game equals victory!

But Yang Cheng knew very well that anything could happen in the knockout rounds, so he anticipated all possible situations from the beginning and even gave targeted countermeasures. As for the team's offense, Yang Cheng even formulated two or three different routines to target the holes in Brazil's defense, waiting for the players to make decisions based on the situation of the game.

Others may not know it, but Ozil himself knows it very well. So far in the game, 26 minutes have passed. The number of times the German team has effectively penetrated Brazil's 32-meter area is 5 times, 4 of which came from him. At his feet, I looked for Thomas Muller twice and Klose twice, but the results were not obvious.

Podolski is more interested in containing Marcelo on the right. Yang Cheng knows the strength of this Brazilian left back better than anyone else, so he continued to choose to use Podolski, who has stronger defensive ability, to contain him in this game. The Brazilian left back.

Ozil knew that the German team's offense seemed to be non-threatening, but in fact it was constantly trying.

There is no way to calculate goals in the game. It is something that can be met but cannot be sought, but it can be obtained through constant trying. If you try, you will have a chance. If you don't try, you will never have a chance.

Ozil's attempt was a pass. Don't underestimate this, because Thomas Muller and Klose are closely surrounded by each other. They are also actively looking for loopholes and actively targeting the Brazilian team. The defense line pulls to create opportunities, but it does not mean that once they find the opportunity, they can create a threat, because they need a pass from Ozil.

When they find opportunities and loopholes, they pass the ball to the most appropriate place at the most appropriate speed at the most appropriate time. This is definitely a huge test for an assister, and Brazil’s three midfielders The defense against Ozil is also very tight, which makes Ozil get the ball in the open space and then pass the ball. There is no extra time for him to think and adjust slowly in the whole process.

Under such high-intensity pressure, Ozil's every move must be the most precise, and the quality of his passing also determines the quality of his teammates' next action, which in turn affects the team's performance. The quality of an offense.

Sometimes, trying is a kind of running-in, a kind of adaptation.

Ozil, Thomas Muller, and Klose are all tightly surrounded by the Brazilian team's midfield and backcourt. They are constantly trying to pass the ball back and forth, adapting to the speed, pressure, and pressure of the Brazilian team's defense. Close defense and so on, they seem to be a scoring machine in the making. The slightest deviation is enough to prevent a goal from being scored. But as long as the running-in is in place...

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When the Brazilian team launched a counterattack, the ball was intercepted by Sven Bender as soon as it entered the German team's midfield. Without Kaka, Brazil has encountered serious problems in advancing the ball, at least in the current Brazilian team. No one can replace Kaka.

Sven Bender rarely attempts passes of more than 10 meters, because he knows his abilities, and he also knows that the counterattack after a midfielder passes is intercepted is absolutely fatal, so after intercepting the ball, he The first thing to consider is not counterattack, but how to ensure that the ball is passed steadily to the feet of teammates.

This is his advantage, but it can also be regarded as his bottleneck, limiting him to being a qualified midfielder!

The ball went from Sven Bender to Hummels, who passed it diagonally. It was given to Podolski near the center circle, who dribbled the ball into the Brazilian team's backcourt, while Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger quickly pressed on. Share the defensive pressure for Ozil.

Podolski moved to the center. It was handed to Sven Bender, who passed it on to Bastian Schweinsteiger. The ball fell to the left of the center, but it had already reached the outside of the Brazilian team's 32-meter area.

Thomas Muller was observing. With his back to the left sideline, his sight happened to see the Brazilian team's defense, especially the distance between Alves and David Luiz not far away from him. He knew it was over 10 meters, but Alves was obviously not awake enough to realize it.

Defensively, the gap between Alves and his predecessor Maicon is indeed not small, especially in positioning awareness.

Thomas Muller raised his hand as if he wanted the ball. This action immediately brought Alves closer to him, but in the eyes of other players in the German team, this was a secret signal.

Klose suddenly retreated from the front. He cooperated with the movement of the Brazilian team's midfielder Sandro and always moved behind Sandro, about 25 meters away from the goal. If he was allowed to get the ball in this area, Sandro is difficult to defend, and Klose is absolutely capable of kicking the ball directly, and his shooting rate is not low, so Thiago Silva greeted his teammates and went up.

As soon as Thiago Silva came up, David Luiz protected him, and the distance from Alves widened to about 15-20 meters. Thomas Muller and Ozil were both staring at the Brazilian team's defense. transformation.

Ozil immediately ran to the left and raised his hand to ask. Bastian Schweinsteiger's pass came to his feet steadily. Sandro and Ramirez formed a double-team on the left and right, preventing him from letting go. Ozil had the opportunity to break through or pass the ball, but the German midfielder did not let the ball stay at his feet.

The ball seemed to hit his foot, turned in one direction, and bounced to the left area outside the top of the arc at the front of the penalty area.

Thomas Muller quickly ran from the left to the center in a route 25 meters away from the goal and almost parallel to the penalty area line. This area happened to be the two major defenses of the Brazilian defense line and the midfielder group. between regions.

As soon as he sprinted, the ball reached his feet. Thomas Muller turned around 45 degrees, and it looked more like turning sideways and continued to rush without stopping. This move was very interesting because Brazil's midfielder was retreating. , the defender also wanted to retreat, but Thomas Muller turned in this direction so that he could continue to get the ball smoothly and at the same time, he could also focus the attention of the defender and midfielder on himself.

A scorer who is carrying the ball, keeps getting closer to him, and has already entered the shooting range. Whether it is Sandro or Ramirez, it is obviously difficult to catch up, because his movements are very clever, stimulating David? Luiz stepped in to grab it, but his move was more like a one-shot deal, which could only cushion Thomas Muller.

Thiago Silva also had to choose to get closer, because he knew very well that if David Luiz was not supporting him, Thomas Muller would dribble the ball past David Luiz, and he would be able to reach the front of the penalty area. Direct shot.

Almost all the players who dribble the ball laterally from the wing, cut inside and then hit the goal with their kicks, come from this!

But his approach widened the distance between himself and Klose!

This cannot be said that Thiago Silva made a mistake, because he had no choice. Between Thomas Muller with the ball and Klose without the ball, as a defender he always has to choose the former. This is a trade-off. A matter of severity.

But Thomas Muller also reacted very quickly. He had been observing the situation calmly from the beginning. If Thiago Silva had not approached, he would have chosen to hit the goal with his own kick without hesitation. There is absolute certainty that this kick will go in, because he can hit a blind spot in the middle of the arc top area. For him with his right foot, this position is too easy to hit.

But Thiago Silva came over, and he didn’t sigh too much. Instead, he passed the ball on a diagonal to the right near the penalty spot because Thiago Silva came over. Due to the relationship, Klose has been moving to the right, so Thomas Muller's pass was directly in front of Klose.

Raising his head and stopping the ball, Klose saw the surprised goalkeeper showing an incredible expression as he prepared to move his steps. Then he could feel that Thiago Silva took over in an instant. He pushed his speed to the highest speed and rushed towards him, with Marcelo chasing after him.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Marcelo, who had just pressed forward to attack, would now be chasing him outside the penalty area, unable to stop him at all.

Everything in the penalty area came to Klose's mind. The ball stopped at his feet, and he could feel the position of the ball. It was a feeling accumulated from years of stopping the ball and shooting, or it is called practice makes perfect.

He raised his right leg, and this time he didn't feel the slightest pain, because he had been training his right leg every day in the past period of time, and even if there was real pain, it was already numb.

Yang Cheng said that he is determined to win this game!

Then, Klose dared to say that he was bound to score this goal, because at this moment, he once again found the feeling of scoring!