Super Coach

Although the training camp will start early tomorrow morning, Pinettina at night still looks very quiet.

After the renovation workers left, the entire base became quiet, only the few cars parked quietly in the parking lot, reminding the guard at the gate that he could not sleep yet.

He is definitely the hardest-working head coach I have ever seen. I hope he can succeed! The security guard curled his lips. Instead of complaining that Yang Cheng made him unable to rest early, he wished the new head coach well.

He is an Inter Milan fan, and he hopes that Yang Cheng can achieve success here.

In the living area in the distance, only the restaurant on the first floor is still lit, but it is not for dinner, but for a meeting.

The second floor was redecorated, and only the restaurant side had air conditioning on the first floor, so Yang Cheng simply moved the preparatory meeting here temporarily.

There are round dining tables in Nuo Da’s dining room, each of which can seat at least 5 people, all of which are exactly the same. This was added according to Yang Cheng’s previous request. They used to be small square dining tables. , now all replaced.

On one of the dining tables, there are layers and layers of straw paper with various routes and graphics drawn on it.

Yang Cheng, Paul, Bayer, Moniz, Yi Lun Sting, Vincenzo Di Palma, and Tim Hank and Chris who came back from the United States today, Schmidt, the entire coaching staff All members are here.

The problem of Inter Milan, I believe that after studying these few days, everyone should have realized it. This is not a simple one or two problems, but a lot of problems. In addition, the competition in Serie A is very fierce. , so we have to have a unified season of Lello.

Yang Cheng's words have been recognized by everyone. Serie A is the most competitive league in football today, bar none.

The most important thing about pre-season preparations is physical reserves. Tim and Chris, we have plenty of time to prepare. I hope to further improve the team's physical reserves during the pre-season preparations, because the winter break is only 2 weeks, there is definitely no hope for the winter break, so pre-season physical reserves are very important.

Tim Hank and Chris Schmidt looked at each other and nodded.

Don't worry, we started making arrangements for this plan a month ago!

Yang Cheng is still very satisfied with the abilities of these two assistants who have cooperated for three years. The whole set of testing system can only be carried out after Christmas at the earliest, but the physical testing and statistics of the players must be completed before the season.

So your task will be heavier!

Tim Hanke and Chris Schmidt specialize in physiotherapy, fitness and other aspects, so their training is the protagonist during pre-season preparations.

Serie A is a league that puts a lot of emphasis on defense. Without a good defense, it is impossible to gain a foothold in this league, so I hope that in the next two months we can create a solid set for Inter Milan. Defensive system, this is the most important thing, only after the defensive system is stable, I will consider attacking!

Yang Cheng said it very firmly, because in his opinion, without a good enough defense, there is no foothold in Serie A.

What is the most common tactic in Serie A?

Isn't it just defensive counterattack?

If you blindly attack and lack a solid defense, it is definitely a tragedy, even a fish stick can kill you!

Two months, the task is a bit heavy! Baobu Baier said with a smile.

Everyone suddenly laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot.

Yang Cheng immediately found some tubas from the round table and spread them in the middle, and everyone immediately moved over.

I have been studying the videos of Juventus and C Milan recently, and also read a lot of related defensive books. I have benefited a lot from it. I found that starting from Sacchi and later Capello, Lippi, even Trapattoni and others, their defense is based on a combination of man-to-man and zone defense.

A single form of defense is not perfect, with flaws and loopholes, so the chain defense was replaced. Now, whether it is Capello or Lippi, this chain defense is the most important form of defense. In the corn area in front of our goal, because the ball can only pose a threat if it enters this area.

What Yang Cheng listed is what he got from videos and reading books. He read books related to defense as early as that year and felt the martial arts from Trapattoni. Jiuchongtian's strongest abandoned young master Zhou's royal family will kill the gods at night to seek the throne of the gods The god-making general night kills the gods, seals the throne, seeks the devil, proud of the world, the ninth heaven, the strongest, abandons the young, and the great Zhou royal family. It started when the chain defense was reached, and now it is just time to complete the summary and practice.

Defense is nothing more than two points. First, prevent the opponent from scoring goals. Second, grab the ball from the opponent's feet. If we want to do these two points in Serie A, we only rely on our defense in the Bundesliga. The system is not enough.

The most important thing about Yang Cheng's defense in the Bundesliga is to follow the four principles, delay, positioning, focus and control. The moment when the overall strength of a team is perfect.

Although Yang Cheng's team has been playing a lot of offensive tactics, the defense has always been excellent. He pursues to play the most beautiful sharp offensive football and defend the most unbreakable defensive system. This has been fulfilled in Kaiserslautern. , but don't forget that Kaiserslautern had Bremer, Lutz and Kosch transitioning in the early stage.

But today's Inter Milan's defense is a mess, Yang Cheng has to start from scratch, because he can't continue to follow the set in Kaiserslautern, but must establish an effective defensive system as soon as possible.

Delaying tactics is a must. If we don't do a good job at the moment of offensive and defensive transition, we will definitely suffer! Paul Bayer said with certainty. He is the defensive coach in Yang Cheng's coaching staff.

Positioning, concentration and control can all be done, but they all take time and require players to cooperate with each other and have excellent coordination skills. These are not things that can be done overnight.

That's right, so we have to change the training method when preparing for the pre-season! Yang Cheng took out a few more sheets from the pile of paper and spread them on the sub-desktop.

Each piece of paper divides the court into many different areas, which is the same as Yang Cheng's previous red and green line training method, but there is a big difference, that is, those lines are not for offense, but for For defense and response.

Everyone knows that I have never advocated full-court pressing tactics!

Everyone on the field nodded, because Yang Cheng advocated offense, and the full-court pressing tactics consumed the physical energy of the players. Often, after pressing in the first half, their physical fitness collapsed in the second half, and they did not invest in offense at all.

So I spread the chain zone defense all over the court, divided the whole stadium into many different areas, each player guards a certain area under certain circumstances, we divide the work for them, and each The areas are connected to each other, forming a zone defense that is closely linked to one cup.

Paul Bayer was the first to understand Yang Cheng's meaning, but he saw that Yang Cheng's tactical plan was in the middle, but the area in the middle of the midfield was blank, so he couldn't help wondering, What about the middle of the midfield?

Good question, I assume a situation, that is, when we attack in front of the opponent's defense line and the ball is intercepted, our striker immediately launches a counter-attack on the spot, what do you think they will do?

For the ball, either pass it back, stabilize it and then reorganize it, or pass it directly to the wing and midfield. Moniz replied directly, which should also be the usual tactic of all teams.

Then our midfielder will encircle it, and we will not play the kind of pressing tactics that consume physical energy. We will use the numerical advantage formed after the midfielder is encircled to play. Area control!

There is a well-known tactical concept in football that, assuming that the two sides are close in strength, when you have one more player than the opponent in a certain area, the advantage is almost overwhelming.

Yang Cheng wanted to take advantage of this and play the forward defense tactic.

One advantage of this kind of area encirclement tactic is that once the opponent has players with outstanding personal abilities and makes a local breakthrough, there will definitely be players who can fill the position immediately, but if the fill is not successful, then foul and implement delaying tactics !

After three years in Kaiserslautern, Yang Cheng discovered a very interesting phenomenon, that is, why so many top coaches are desperately trying to press the defense forward, the reason is very simple, it is to oppress the opponent midfield.

Talking about oppression may be a bit vague, so let me give a simple example.

If the team sticks to the normal position, once the ball is lost in the midfield, the opponent can send the ball into the threatening 32-meter area with just one pass. Usually, this is the most direct defensive counterattack.

If the team pushes the defensive line forward to the area of ​​one meter, after the midfielder loses the ball, the ball is still in the opponent's half. It takes more time than that, and the defender gets more preparation time.

Everything that happens on the football field happens in an instant. Often a pass and the passing distance of meters can change whether an attack can score a goal.

Therefore, countless famous coaches, including Benitez, Ferguson, Wenger, etc., are thinking about pushing the defense line forward, because if you advance the old meter, it means that the opponent will return to the old meter, and it also means that, Once the opponent wants to counterattack after grabbing the ball, they need to overcome the old rice more.

And this old rice is often the decisive old rice!

Yang Cheng's area encirclement tactics are tantamount to turning the frontcourt into the focus of area defense. The midfielder's responsibility is to build the encirclement circle, while the backcourt's responsibility is to make up for the front players. Therefore, the backline must Enough before.

After the defense line moves forward, as long as the frontcourt can withstand the pressure and the midfield can build an encirclement in time to ensure that there are players stationed in every area of ​​the midfield, then even if the opponent makes a partial breakthrough, the midfielder can also be in the first place. Filling, once the filling fails, fouls and delaying tactics are used, and if filling and fouling are not enough, it is to face the central defender directly, and then it is possible to score goals.

Yang Cheng is going to build a defense from Inter Milan's forward line through this layered chain of zone defenses.

In this set of tactics, the players responsible for filling positions and fouls are very important. Yang Cheng still needs to observe to see who is more suitable for this position, because he needs to have mobility, a wide range of area control and Excellent individual combat capability.

Everyone was surprised when they heard Yang Cheng's words.

This is not to say that Yang Cheng's ideas are so new. In fact, many things are just extensions and developments on the basis of professional coaches. They are still the same in their bones. What really makes people feel novel is Yang Cheng. way of training.

There is no doubt about Yang Cheng's defensive system. If it is implemented, Inter Milan's defensive ability can definitely go up to several floors, but this requires a lot from the players.

What the former needs is Yang Cheng's prestige? For the second requirement, Yang Cheng cleverly adopted the method of dividing areas, so that each player can understand which areas he should control in certain cup situations through repeated training, and then through each player's control over a single area Control, extended to the control of the entire area.

It can be said that as long as the players are more familiar with the areas on the court during training, they can fully meet the initial requirements. This is a bit like the reason why Yang Cheng used to draw red and green lines to let players get used to running.

As for filling and assisting defense, this requires repeated training and drills, and at the same time increase experience through actual combat, so that players can improve their awareness of filling and assisting defense in various environments, it can be said. The third requirement is to rely on training and competition to accumulate.

If this can be achieved, then I will strengthen the offense on this basis, so that every successful defense can become our offense! Yang Cheng said confidently.

Another advantage of moving the defense line forward is that Inter Milan's offense will be closer to the opponent's penalty area. If they can defend in the midfield, can they guarantee the fastest speed? Before the opponent's offensive and defensive transition can be completely changed, send the ball into the opponent's key position.

This is why Yang Cheng attaches so much importance to defense!

If you look at the progress, the early stage will definitely appear very conservative, because the whole court is defending. But once the players are familiar with and accustomed to the defensive system, the defensive effect will not be lost to the full-court press, but the physical consumption will be much less than that of the full-court press? It can ensure that Inter Milan can devote more and more energy and physical fitness to enter the offensive cup festival.

No wonder you told Moratti and Chetty before that it would be difficult for the team to guarantee results for at least a year! Mullenstin couldn't help but be convinced.

With the accumulation of experience, Yang Cheng is more and more innovative when building a tactical system and arranging tactics, and he is more thoughtful about all aspects.

I'm called a villain before a gentleman! Yang Cheng said with a smile.

After everyone had a clear goal, they immediately started intense discussions, especially about the training plan starting tomorrow. They must follow Yang Cheng's strategy and tactics? Adjust the training arrangement in order to keep up with Yang Cheng's plan.

For a whole night, everyone studied the training and research of the second day until midnight.

Yang Cheng personally cooks, made some glutinous rice balls for supper to please everyone and then went back to rest, and will come to the training ground an hour early tomorrow morning to set up.

After sending everyone away, Yang Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief, moved his tired body, and walked out of the training building.

Are you going back to rest, Mr. Yang Cheng? The security guard walked out of the security room and was enjoying the cool outside. When he saw Yang Cheng coming out, he immediately stood up to say hello.

Yes, you have worked hard! Yang Cheng said with a smile.

It's not hard! The security guard in his thirties said with a smile.

Seeing Yang Cheng walking towards the parking lot, he suddenly mustered up a burst of courage, and asked a question that he had always wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, Mr. Yang Cheng!

Ah? Yang Cheng stopped and turned his head.

We can reproduce the glory of the great Inter era, right??

Yang Cheng smiled slightly. Under the dim light on the roof of the security room, his white teeth were dazzling. What's your name?

Tomaso!

How old?

37, but I was an Inter fan for 38 years.

Why? Yang Cheng felt strange.

My relatives registered me as a fan member before I was born. A boy named Tommaso and a girl called Sofia, but my sister is only 33 years old now.

Yang Cheng laughed, he thought this family was very interesting.

Don't worry, you will definitely be able to see the championship before your fans reach the age of 10! Yang Cheng said confidently, and then walked towards the parking lot.

It left Tommaso chewing on Yang Cheng's words over and over again. He was obviously guaranteeing that he would definitely bring Inter Milan the championship within two years. Apart from the one season in Chemnitz, there is no precedent for not winning the championship.

After driving back to the villa by Lake Como, Sienna was already asleep, and Yang Cheng didn't wake him up, so he went straight back to his room. After washing himself, he lay comfortably on the bed, and slept until dawn .

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Yang Cheng was woken up by the alarm clock on time.

I moved my body tiredly on the bed, came to the window of the room, and looked at the misty Lake Como in the distance. I was indescribably relaxed and happy, and all the fatigue was swept away.

Today is his first big day facing players after taking charge of Inter Milan, and he must deal with it with the best mental state.

Being in charge of Inter Milan is different from being in charge of Kaiserslautern. In Germany, the players were brought in one by one by him. Although they were all superstars in their previous lives, they were not famous. But there are top superstars like Ronaldo and Baggio.

Only after intimidating them, making them willingly work for themselves, and implementing the tactics he arranged for them, can Yang Cheng lead them to success!

I will never lose! Yang Cheng cheered himself up!