Super Coach

Returning to the locker room with a score of 0:0, all the players looked very exhausted.

One by one, they were breathing heavily, drinking water, lowering their heads, and sweating under the service of the masseur.

As soon as many players entered the locker room, they immediately took off all their clothes and sat naked on the seats to catch their breath. If Yang Cheng had not stipulated that they could not take a shower, I believe they would have done it at this time. Many people rushed to take a shower.

No one spoke, everyone was silent.

The score of 0:0 made Liverpool, who had all the advantages, look depressed, and every player was very unwilling.

If we look at the situation on the scene, they should have scored a goal, or even a big score, but in the end, they seemed to be insulated from the goal, missing opportunities again and again.

The wide players looked at the central players with unfriendly eyes, as if to say, we worked hard on the wings to create opportunities and send the ball to the central, but you are squandering our blood and sweat again and again. Damn it, what are you doing?

The way the players in the center looked at the players on the wing was no better. They all felt that they were running desperately in the center again and again, but these guys passed the ball without going through their brains and always passed to places with more people. , don’t you know that the opponent has set up a heavy defense there? Couldn't it be spread more intelligently?

I believe that if Yang Cheng hadn't been there, they would have complained to each other, or even started fighting directly!

Yang Cheng stood in front of the tactical board. He watched quietly. He saw everyone's actions. He also knew very well what these guys were thinking. He had to stop them from continuing like this. Go down.

There are no more than three ways for a team to win. First, the overall strength, but it is obvious that Liverpool does not have an advantage in overall strength at present; second, the individual performance of the stars. It goes without saying that within the Liverpool team There is no such decisive top superstar; third, the head coach's strategizing.

At this time, Yang Cheng must stand up. No matter whether he wins or loses, he must stand up.

This is the courage and responsibility that a head coach must have!

Are you all complaining about your teammates? Yang Cheng spoke up.

The locker room immediately fell silent. There was no sound at first, but now it was so quiet that only the sound of breathing was left.

Do you think?

Are you doing well yourself? Is it just because your teammates couldn't keep up with you that we had a deadlock in the first half? Yang Cheng asked again.

Still no one spoke, because everyone noticed the unkindness in Yang Cheng's words.

They're all talking nonsense, who performed better in the first half?

Yang Cheng said as he walked over and pointed at Drogba, Didier, are you doing well? Can you do better than Terry and Desailly? How many times have you snatched the ball off their heads? Pass?

Drogba was speechless.

And you, Aryan, you break through again and again and look very threatening, but where is your cross? Have you ever looked at your teammate who is connecting in the middle and then crosses? Have you ever thought about, What is the purpose of your kick?

And you, Cristiano, you use your skills to get past your opponents time and time again, but have you ever seen that your teammates who came in the middle to connect ran past you in vain? You passed the ball out again and again, Then it seems like everything has nothing to do with you. Have you ever thought about whether your teammates can catch it?

Robben and Ronaldinho were named and criticized, and they both lowered their heads.

And you, Steven, Edgar, I said, if you can't attack, you have to be slow. Why slow?

Yang Cheng pointed at the two people and asked, asking them to answer.

Both of them remained silent and did not speak.

Slow means we have to slow down the movement of the ball. We have to add more lateral passes and lateral runs to drive the teammates around us. When we all slow down, we will have enough time. Observing the opponent's defense and blindly rushing and blindly rushing will only lead us to a dead end.

I don't mean to criticize you. This is our first game. As I said, we are still getting used to it, but I want all of you to understand one thing, that is, don't lose once you encounter a problem. If you want to play ball, try to take all responsibilities away from yourself and pass them on to your teammates as much as possible, and think more about what responsibilities you should bear here.

We are a team, not an individual show, and we are not talking about who should be the scapegoat!

Yang Cheng emphasized his tone, Let me say it again, in my team, there is no single person who should be the scapegoat. If we lose, it is the responsibility of the whole team. No one is qualified to blame any teammate. Do you understand? ?”

Understood! The players responded sparsely.

Have you finished eating? Are you out of energy? Yang Cheng shouted loudly.

Understood! This time, the players gathered their strength.

Yang Cheng nodded with satisfaction and clapped a few times, Everyone, look over here!

All the players raised their heads and looked at the tactical board above.

Yang Cheng has already drawn Chelsea's tactical formation above, obviously planning to deploy targeted tactics for the second half.

Chelsea's defense is a typical Italian defense, combining zones with man-marking. This is a very popular defensive tactic in Italy right now! Yang Cheng is familiar with this tactic because he has stayed in Italy for four years and used it himself. He has experienced this defensive system, so he knows it very well.

In this set of tactics, once Drogba retreats, they will definitely have a central defender to follow him out. At this time, there will be a gap behind him, but for this, our first half It didn’t work well, we must pay attention in the second half.”

After hearing what Yang Cheng said, Gerald thought for a moment and immediately raised his hand.

What's the problem, Steven?

Boss, it's not that we are useless, but after Didier pulled out, after we intervened, the opponent would still send people to mark him! Gerrard pointed out the problems he encountered in the first half.

Yang Cheng nodded and praised: Well said!

Gerald sat down and looked a little relieved after receiving Yang Cheng's appreciation.

The problem Steven mentioned does exist, but have you noticed that the defense of the opponent's two wings is not satisfactory, and it can even be said that they are very bad?

When Didier pulled out, there was only one central defender left in the opponent's penalty area, which was unable to effectively protect the defense on both sides. Judging from the situation in the first half, Terry was usually pulled out, so we When it comes to playing Bridge, Desailly is too far away from him to form effective protection.

Remember, Didier needs to cooperate with the advancement on the right, retreat and advance at the same time. Then on our right, Cristiano, use your personal skills to kill Bridge one-on-one. Just swallow him up for me!

Everyone immediately understood that if Ronaldinho swallowed Bridge when no one was able to protect him in the penalty area, then he would be equivalent to destroying Chelsea's entire defensive line. In this way, Chelsea would be completely Passive.

At that time, how Liverpool will play will depend on Ronaldinho's own on-the-spot performance, and the intervention of Gerrard and Davis will undoubtedly be more threatening than ever.

Cristiano, calm down and kill Bridge, just like you did in the first half. Then remember, don't stick to the ball. Don't stick to the ball. Pass the ball to me when you have the chance. Get out, do you understand?”

Seeing Yang Cheng's serious arrangement, Xiao Luo couldn't help but nodded solemnly, not daring to slack off at all.

One more thing, you must pay attention in the second half. Chelsea's defense is prone to making mistakes under pressing tactics. Whether it is Desailly or Terry, once they are pressed, they will often make some stupid passes in a hurry. Therefore, Didier, once the ball is at the feet of these two central defenders, pay attention to press and intercept the ball at any time!

Drogba nodded solemnly.

Also, Steven, Edgar, and the central defender usually pass the ball to two people, Veron and Lampard. I guess this is because Makelele first came to the team and was not very adaptable. Players It’s caused by the lack of tacit understanding between them, so you have to pay close attention to this, pay attention to these two guys, and be ready to intercept at any time, understand?”

Davis and Gerrard both nodded solemnly.

Inadvertently, after Yang Cheng's analysis, all the players suddenly lost their previous frustration and were replaced by a sense of confidence. Yang Cheng's almost scalpel-like analysis of the opponent's defense allowed them to see the details of the opponent's defense again. Loopholes ignite the hope of victory.

After everyone digested his tactical arrangement, Yang Cheng continued, I found that many of the gestures and signals we arranged in the first half of training were useless, so I will make changes in the second half. In the future we will Just use notes instead of instructions. If I want to make adjustments, I will send a note to each of you, and you all have to read it carefully!

The players all nodded immediately, not daring to be careless.

Finally, I want to tell everyone that this is the first round of the new Premier League season and our debut in the Premier League. I don't want to lose. I want to see winning. I always like to win.

After a pause, Yang Cheng slowly walked to the middle of the locker room.

I hope everyone can understand that Liverpool is a team with a great history. They have won 18 English top league championships, 6 FA Cups, 7 League Cups, and 4 European Champions Cups in the past. !”

In this club, there have been countless legendary stars, countless legendary figures, and countless legendary battles. He has made outstanding achievements, but you have nothing!

The players all lowered their heads. They are indeed a group of players who have never really proven themselves. Except for Davis, even players such as Gerrard and Hyypia have no real honors to prove themselves. , they have never won the league championship or the Champions League.

As for the League Cup and FA Cup, they are just trophies for masturbation!

I want to tell everyone that Liverpool is a wealthy team, and none of you should be complacent about being able to play in Liverpool, because it does not lack top players, and it will never lack attention and attraction. Because he is Liverpool and he has a glorious and glorious history.

But what about you?

Yang Cheng shook his head, You are nothing, at least until now, nothing. You have not even had the experience of winning a championship in the top league, so in the face of Liverpool's history, who do you count?

But now, there is an opportunity in front of you, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is in front of you. Put on this jersey, you have the opportunity to leave your own footprints in the history of Liverpool, and even To leave behind the most glorious page in the club’s history!”

For me, this is the meaning of joining a wealthy club!

I hope all of you can take these short few minutes to think about it and ask yourself, why did you come to Liverpool? For money? For fame? Or for success? Or for What else?”

I believe that if you understand it, you will become more motivated!

After that, Yang Cheng didn't say anything more. He chose to stand quietly and watch the players think.

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With Durkin's whistle, the game resumed.

After being at a disadvantage in the first half, Chelsea obviously began to make some adjustments in the second half. At least the formation seemed to be more compact, which immediately curbed Liverpool's attacks on the two wings. This situation was difficult for Ronaldinho. The edges are the most obvious.

The Portuguese's dribbling skills are very fancy and gorgeous, but most of the technical moves are useless and are purely for looks. Therefore, when one-on-one, he has ample time and space to display his talents. But once the opponent starts to compress the space, he is restricted.

In this way, his redundant and meaningless technical actions turned into a waste of time, delayed the opportunity, and then caused the ball to be conceded, which was turned into a counterattack by Chelsea.

The first shot after the start of the second half was when Ronaldinho's dribbling was intercepted. Duff counterattacked. After forming a quick breakthrough on the left, he hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Kress bō headed the goal, but slightly High.

However, this counterattack also scared Liverpool into a cold sweat. If they were led by a goal, the situation in the first half would be even worse.

It seems that Ranieri has made it clear that he must defend and counterattack to the end! Benitez frowned high.

In fact, Ranieri's ability should not be ignored. He is also a well-known coach in Europe. At least he has contributed to the glory of Valencia. Cooper has more room to play through his platform. , and Cooper's overall tactics did not break away from Ranieri's framework.

There is a saying in European football that is enough to confirm Ranieri's achievements, that is, with the foundation left by Ranieri at that time, Cooper's Valencia should have won the championship long ago!

Of course, it is undeniable that Ranieri himself also has shortcomings. Like Cooper, he is the type of head coach who builds foundations, but he lacks the ability to build the team from a strong team into a championship team. ability.

This is why he can always lay the foundation for others, but cannot lead the team to win the championship!

There is no doubt that the reason why Mourinho in his previous life was able to win the championship as soon as he came to Chelsea was because of Ranieri's contribution. At least the entire foundation still maintains the framework of Ranieri's time. Compare the 03/04 season and 04/ You can see it in the lineup of the 2005 season.

But Mourinho can win the championship, but Ranieri cannot. This is the gap between Ranieri and top coaches.

This is a bottleneck that countless head coaches cannot break free from, such as Camacho, Ranieri, Pellegrini and many other famous coaches. They are all famous coaches, but they can hardly be called top-notch coaches because They lack the transformational ability to bring the team a championship.

Yang Cheng knew Ranieri, so he was not surprised by Ranieri's arrangement in the second half.

Walking back to the coaching bench, he took out a piece of paper and a pen. Yang Cheng immediately wrote two lines of words on it. Then he walked to the sidelines. While the players were running over, he walked over to explain and immediately handed over the note. They were handed over to Robben and Riise respectively.

Mutu basically doesn't participate much in defense, drive the ball more! This is a request for Riise.

Baba Yaro can easily lose his position, let Riseto seduce him, you should attack from both sides! This is for Robben.

After the two players received the note, they were immediately confirmed, and then began to cooperate continuously on the left. Regardless of whether the ball came over or not, they were playing a role, which also made Chelsea players feel the pressure.

This is why the live broadcast footage is too limited. Many head coaches who want to inspect a team often go to the scene in person or appoint capable assistants to do so.

Just like Riise's forward penetration and Robben's cutting movement, when the ball is not on the left, these will not appear in the live broadcast footage, but they actually play a role, because Chelsea's defensive players Seeing them doing this, I will inevitably worry, what if the ball reaches the left side?

It is this kind of thinking that will distract Chelsea's defensive focus. Although they guard the right, they have to worry about the left.

In this way, the defensive pressure encountered on the right side will be much less.

Another obvious change is that Yang Cheng moved Finnan's position forward, basically on the same level as midfielder Hamann. This made Duff have to move out of the position if he wanted to interfere with him, especially since Finnan also started to move forward. Dribbling the ball on the wing dispersed the pressure on Ronaldinho, and the Portuguese regained space to dribble on the right.

Yang Cheng immediately laughed after seeing this scene.

This should be the first time he smiled in the whole game, because he has realized that the situation is tilting in his favor. As long as he continues like this, the goal will come sooner or later.

On the contrary, Ranieri, who looked as solid as a rock in the first half, was frowning at this moment. It can be seen that the experienced him also realized that the situation was not good, especially as Liverpool created several small attacks on the right. After Luo dealt with Bridge one-on-one, he felt even more threatened.

William, get ready and come out as soon as possible!

William Gallas, a center back who performed well last season, was injured before the season and was left on the bench by Ranieri. Now, looking at the situation, Ranieri is worried about Terry and the defense. Decided to let him go up.

After the explanation, Ranieri did not forget to look at Yang Cheng aside and sighed in his heart, Caesar is indeed Caesar. His tactics are very sharp. After the halftime break, he made a few adjustments and completely turned the situation around. I almost couldn’t resist it!”

Sure enough, others are worried about him for no reason. If you give him some more time, Liverpool will become very scary! @.