Super Coach

In the 14th round of the league, Kaiserslautern was at home, and the visiting Rostock was bloodbathed 4:0. Then there were two weeks of national team training and match days.

On March 18, Kaiserslautern visited Borussia Mönchengladbach to challenge the Bundesliga team led by Tiger Effenberg. Tiger Effenberg can't help, after all, he only has one person.

After more than 10 minutes of the game, Kaiserslautern won the opponent one by one away.

Three days later, Kaiserslautern beat the newly promoted brother Wolfsburg 3:0 in an away game. Although Veron, Denilsen and other international players returned to the main lineup, their performance was average. The reason why Kaiserslautern was able to win is even more Most of them were Larsson's explosion. The Swede swept the team's goal in this game.

By the way, Frings, who played together with Deco in midfield, played his best game since joining Kaiserslautern. Not only did he contribute two assists, but he also performed well on the defensive end. Named by Kicker as the team's best performer after Larsson's hat-trick.

Frings also showed his confidence through this game and won the appreciation of the fans.

A week later, Kaiserslautern, who had enough time to rest, sat at home, and the team played with all their main players. They just won a 4-0 victory over visiting Hamburg at home and won a crucial game.

Almost at the same time kick-off, Bayern Munich challenged Koussen on the field, and in the case of equalizing twice, Kirsten's hat-trick made Bayern Munich finally hate at the Habland Stadium. And this green Hollywood and Kaiser The gap in Slautern's points also widened to 4 points.

With 15 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 17 rounds of the league, Kaiserslautern ranked in the league table with 46 points and won the half-time championship of the league, while Bayern Munich ranked second with points. Ranked third is Le Tai Kusen, who only scored witch points in the half.

As a result, the most popular teams to win the Bundesliga this season are Kaiserslautern and Bayern Munich, especially Kaiserslautern, the newly promoted team this season, has performed very steadily in the Bundesliga. There is no trace of the youthfulness and panic of a newly promoted horse.

However, many authoritative media are worried about the second half of Kaiserslautern. After all, there are many precedents of newly promoted horses who have proved that they performed well in the first half. But after half a season, they all figured out how to deal with Kaiserslautern.

The second half is the key to the success or failure of Kaiserslautern this season!...

As if to confirm this point, four days after the end of the second league, the German Cup round of 16 was ushered in.

Kaiserslautern lost 2:1 away to Bayern Munich. Trapattoni's team relied on Elber's two goals to win the Bundesliga Red Devils with difficulty and qualified for the next round. Kaiserslautern eliminated from the German Cup.

The visiting team locker room at the Olympic Stadium is better than the home team locker room at the Fritz Walter Stadium, with more upscale decoration and more complete facilities. The seats are soft.

After the game, Yang Cheng led the players back to the locker room from the field in despair. During the whole process, no one spoke, and everyone was sulking.

Kaiserslautern took the absolute initiative in this game, the ball possession rate was 43:57, Kaiserslautern was higher than Bayern, the number of shots was 7:16, Kaiserslautern even had 6 1 shot on goal, Bayern only 3 But Kaiserslautern scored, but Bayern scored 2.

There were not too many controversial penalties in the whole game. It can be said that Kaiserslautern lost nothing to say in this game.

He advanced by one goal, but was reversed by Bayern scoring two goals in a row. Yang Cheng undoubtedly encountered the most painful lesson in his coaching career.

Originally, he was full of confidence in this game. He felt that Trapattoni would definitely fail again if he played an attacking lineup in the away game. However, the Italian did choose to be conservative, but arranged a targeted counterattack, and then It is the reversal of director Elber.

Young, aggressive, making mistakes, inexperienced... Yang Cheng could find a lot of excuses for this game, but he didn't!

We lost!. Yang Cheng broke the silence in the locker room.

The players were a little surprised, because they never admit defeat, even in the loss to Dortmund, Yang Cheng was still affirming that his team deserved to win, but now he actually admitted the loss!

If you lose, you lose. I won't, and I don't want to make excuses for myself. We really lost!... Yang Cheng admitted generously, because he was never a person who couldn't afford to lose.

Those who can't afford to lose will never become an excellent head coach in their lifetime!

Football is like this. If someone wins, someone will lose. It's normal. We can't always be winners, because there is no team that always wins, so we will lose too. It's not good. shameful!.

Yang Cheng stood in the middle of the locker room, and all the players focused on him.

The game is over. What we have to do now is not to continue to regret and feel sorry for the loss of this game, but to stand outside the game and look at the process of this game with a neutral attitude again. Why did we lose? Where did we lose?…”

All the players lowered their heads. Since Yang Cheng coached this team, it seems that losing has become rare. Whether it is in the Bundesliga 2 or the Cup Winners Cup, they are used to winning, but now Lost a crucial knockout game and were eliminated from the German Cup by Bayern Munich. This is the first time for them, and the blow will inevitably be bigger.

Although we lost this game, I am still very pleased. At least we have adhered to our tactical philosophy. We are always thinking about offense. We actively want to reverse the game, but unfortunately, the opponent's defense is too strong. And we have to reflect, is our offensive method too simple?

Having said that, as the team's top scorer, Ruud lowered his head in shame, because in this game he seemed to have completely lost his sight of shooting, especially under the interference of the opponent, he almost did nothing Of the only four shots, one was saved by Kahn with the help of a god, the other two were too weak, and one shot went wrong.

The same goes for everyone else on the team!

I have to admit that Kahn showed the strength of the patron saint in this crucial battle. He at least resolved Kaiserslaupen's second chance to score. His performance can almost be described as perfect, and he is outstanding The performance greatly inspired the fighting spirit of the Bayern players and frustrated the morale of the Kaiserslautern players.

Kahn used his hands, his fighting spirit and performance to prove that the goalkeeper can also be the core of the team!

Losing to such a person, Yang Cheng has nothing to say.

Three days will be the first league match. You should know better than me that we are going to face Bayern Munich at home! Yang Cheng thought of the two games at the beginning of the season.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence that there is a 3-day difference between the final of the League Cup and the first round of the league, and another 3 days between the top 6 knockout round of the German Cup and the first round of the Bundesliga. Kaiserslautern and Bayern Munich have been entangled throughout the season.

At the beginning of the season, Kaiserslautern defeated Bayern Munich to win the League Cup by virtue of the victory in the League Cup final. Afterwards, they went all out to beat Bayern in an away game. Now the situation seems to be reversed. Bayern did not reverse Kaiser. Will Slautern and the others be able to beat Kaiserslautern in one go?

Yang Cheng looked at the players in front of him. They were all pulling their heads, looking listless. They hadn't recovered from the blow of the defeat, but as the head coach of the team, he definitely couldn't let the team go on like this. go down.

I'll give you a choice now, and you can decide how we should play against Bayern in 3 days. Yang Cheng gritted his teeth, There are still 3 days left. According to the usual practice, we decide on the squad and the game tactics the night before the game. But this time it’s different.”

Yang Cheng seemed very determined, This time, it is not me who decides the tactics of the team, but you. You guys can tell me how we should play the game 3 days later. Should we continue to attack? Or should we continue to attack? Do you want to hide and defend? Do you want to strive for a draw and avoid defeat? Or do you want to take the initiative to attack, defeat Bayern, and get rid of the shame of this defeat?

I will wait for you to make a decision. In the pre-war preparation meeting in 3 days, you will tell me the answer. If you decide to back down, then I will let you back down. If you decide to take the initiative, then I will accompany you to go all out and fight him. Damn it!

Yang Cheng kept nodding his head, Think about it carefully, and tell me when you have the answer! After speaking, he turned and left the locker room. As the head coach, he still has to attend the post-match press conference.

After finally winning a game in Kaiserslautern, Trapattoni seemed to be in a good mood, at least he would not rant anymore, and he was polite and gentle when answering questions from the media.

As a loser, Yang Cheng was a bit embarrassed, but he didn't seem to care about it at all.

There is no doubt that Kaiserslaure is an excellent team, especially the offensive ability of this team is definitely the top in the Bundesliga, and their ability to create opportunities is outstanding in Europe! The white-headed Italian first smiled and beat Kaiserslautern, but everyone knew that it would not be that simple.

Sure enough, he quickly changed his voice, However, I am very happy that we have found a way to restrain Kaiserslautern. In the case of 1:0, my players did not lose confidence in the game. Tactics, and finally reaped the results, reversing Kaiserslautern, which is very, very difficult.

Trapattoni showed a smile like an upstart, At least, we should be the first team to reverse Kaiserslautern, in the past two seasons!

After thinking for a while, the reporters below all nodded in unison.

Kaiserslautern coached by Yang Cheng is best known for its rest and offensive football, and another point is its tenacious fighting spirit, so this team has almost never been reversed, even when it was beaten by someone. They are all pitifully small, but now they are reversed and defeated by Bayern.

Trapattoni mentioned this matter at this time obviously not to show off, but to further attack Yang Cheng.

Excuse me, Mr. Trapattoni, you said that you have found a way to restrain Kaiserslautern. Does that mean that you have the chance to win the league three days later? A reporter raised his hand and asked.

Trapattoni was in a good mood, nodded with a bright smile: I am very confident, although everything is possible on the football field, but I believe that as long as we can maintain the state and performance of this game, we can do it well. Defeat Kaiserslautern away and then reverse Kaiserslautern in the league to win the championship!

This season, Bayern fans have long complained about Bayern's long-term subordination to Kaiserslautern. If Trapattoni cannot reverse Kaiserslautern's championship, then even if he is re-elected, he will definitely be criticized by Bayern fans. Drown in drool because he's worse than a newly promoted polo team.

Afterwards, the media asked Trapattoni several questions one after another. Obviously, the Italian would not miss the opportunity to attack Yang Cheng and Kaiserslautern. He did everything possible to shift the topic to the attack on Kaiserslautern.

In order to detonate the atmosphere of the press conference, the media immediately shifted their focus to Yang Cheng.

Hello, Mr. Yang Cheng What do you think of this game?

Yang Cheng suddenly remembered a very famous sentence of the later Ferguson, and sneered slightly, We are unlucky, Bayern has a god-like Kahn, but we are also very lucky because Bayern only has one Kahn!

The media were immediately amused by Yang Cheng's witty remark, and everyone scrambled to record it.

Are you implying that the signing of Kaiserslautern's loss in this game is due to Kahn's outstanding performance?

Yang Cheng shrugged his shoulders, This is only one of the reasons but not all!

Then what do you think is the main reason for Kaiserslaw's knee losing this crucial game? Who should be responsible for this? The media further lit the fire.

Yang Cheng's current character has been well-trained, at least this time he didn't go into a rage because of the media's fanning the flames, he just sneered, No one should be responsible for this loss or should be said, if someone must be responsible for this loss If you are responsible for the failure, The one who bears the brunt is me as the head coach, and I have to bear all the responsibilities!

As soon as Yang Cheng said this, all the reporters in the audience were in an uproar. This was tantamount to taking all the responsibility for the loss on himself.

Many reporters looked at the young Chinese coach sitting in the middle of the meeting, with a trace of respect in his eyes. At least he dared to take all the responsibilities after the defeat instead of passing the responsibility to others.

Trapattoni also carefully glanced at the young coach next to him for the first time. He is a qualified coach himself, so he knows very well that if he is a smart person, he can completely shift the blame to some performances. Poor player, but Yang Cheng didn't do it.

Should he be called a fool? Or is he being polite?

Trapattoni smiled bitterly in confusion, but at the very least, he looked at Yang Cheng with less indifference and more appreciation and approval.

Then what do you think of your players' performance? Maybe it was stimulated by the words just now, and the media's questions were not as sharp as before.

Very well, they played to the best of their ability and I am satisfied with their performance.

At this moment, Grann in the distance raised his hand high and stood up after being called.

Hello, Mr. Yang Cheng, in this game Kaiserslautern insisted on their own tactical philosophy and used proactive offensive football to deal with Bayern. It did force Bayern to adopt a more conservative Italian defensive counterattack tactics. Coping, we are all sorry for losing the game, but I don’t know if it will affect Kaiserslautern’s next tactical thinking? Will Kaiserslautern continue to stick to its offensive football philosophy in the future? Or will you become more conservative for the sake of performance?

Yang Cheng nodded towards Gran and Nak. Everyone in the audience knew that the two had a close relationship, and they were used to it.

I lost the game. I don't think there is a problem with the tactical concept. I think it is because we did not do well enough in certain links. It is our own problem, not the tactics, because I always believe that the tactics themselves are not biased. So I can be sure that Kaiserslautern's tactical thinking will not change!

Gran, Naker took the initiative to applaud. He admired Yang Cheng's dedication to offensive football.

At first, there were only Gran and Nack alone, but gradually, more and more people applauded, and finally all the reporters applauded, obviously affirming Yang Cheng's persistence.

Nowadays, there are very few head coaches in the Bundesliga who insist on offensive football. Except for Kaiserslautern’s Yang Cheng, Stuttgart’s Loew left this season because of Elber’s departure. The team’s offense has been affected, and tactics have begun to focus on The same is true for other teams such as Bochum.

It can be said that in the Bundesliga this season, Kaiserslautern's offensive football is an alternative landscape, and after the run-in at the beginning of the season, this team's offensive football has become more and more hearty. What is commendable is , this team's performance is very good, ranking the leader of the league standings.

Being able to lead the newly promoted Kaiserslautern with offensive football to achieve today's results, there is no need to doubt Yang Cheng's coaching ability. What really needs to be worried is whether the team he leads can continue to be steadfast. Move to implement his philosophy, and whether Kaiserslautern can continue to maintain the current momentum.

Then can you reveal your tactics for the next game? Are you sure you want to continue to strengthen your offense? A reporter asked tentatively.

Unexpectedly, Yang Cheng replied without thinking, Of course, we will not give up our pursuit of offensive football!

Now there is no problem with anything he said in front of the media. If he plays offensive football in the game 3 days later, then he has fulfilled his promise. If he plays a more balanced, even conservative defensive counterattack, then he It's just a smoke bomb on purpose.

He has given the power of choice to the players, so he is willing to wait 3 days for them to make a decision!

This is not only to let them decide, but also to hope that they can get out of the shadow of defeat through these 3 days of choices, and regain the confidence and fighting spirit to defeat Bayern!

If the players really can't even overcome this defeat, then Yang Cheng's previous hard work and efforts will be in vain, and even if he loses, he will have nothing to say!