Super Coach

After two weeks of national team matches, the day after the team regrouped, Liverpool went to London again with great interest.

This time Liverpool did not encounter another capsizing in the ditch, and directly beat Fulham with a 4 in London: Van der Sar was so depressed after being scored four times in a row that he almost committed suicide by hanging himself from the crossbar with a rope.

On October 19, in the third round of the European Cup group stage, Liverpool won against Deportivo La Coruna at home. The two sides tied with a 0:0. Liverpool also suffered two consecutive draws in the Champions League group.

On the contrary, Monaco won Olympiacos and continued to lead the standings in the group.

After the team tied with Deportivo La Coruna at home, there was a sigh of relief from the outside world, thinking that the cup king Yang Cheng is likely to encounter his worst cup record in history, that is, he was eliminated directly from the first round of the Champions League group stage. Knocked out.

Faced with such remarks, Yang Cheng shook his head and cursed, Idiot!

Everyone can see that Liverpool's poor offense is more affected by the national team games and weekend leagues. In addition, Super Depor's tactics in this game are also more conservative.

No, once back in the league, Liverpool beat Charlton 3:0 at home, showing the team's outstanding combat effectiveness.

But this is not the most surprising thing. What is really terrifying is that Liverpool created a total of 20 shooting opportunities in this game. Charlton was suppressed by Liverpool in the whole game and became another one. Chelsea, they are even more embarrassed than Chelsea.

At the very least, the Blues did not give Liverpool so many opportunities to directly face the goal.

However, what makes people feel depressed is that Liverpool only scored 3 goals despite the witch-footed shooting.

This is undoubtedly a wake-up call for Yang Cheng, reminding the Chinese people that you still have a lot to do.

After all, Charlton is not a strong team. Liverpool can get so many opportunities, but once it encounters a strong team...or a team with good defense, will it still have so many opportunities? Against Super Depor, Liverpool had only one shot and could not penetrate Deportivo's goal.

And now, of these 35 shots, a total of 16 came from Ronaldinho, accounting for the team's goals. This is absolutely unacceptable for Yang Cheng and the head coach who has always emphasized teamwork... Can dance in the Margin.

For this matter, Yang Cheng specially summoned the entire coaching staff and technical team to have a meeting in the boot room, because he has always believed in one thing,

Plan ahead.

If you wait until the problem breaks out and then think about solutions to the problem, that is the behavior of an ordinary head coach... A truly outstanding head coach should find a solution to the problem when it first sprouts. It is best to It can nip it in the bud... Even if it doesn't work, we should try to downplay the impact of the problem as much as possible.

I have decided that in the future training... Robben will switch to the right... Ronaldinho will play on the left, with the winger on the opposite foot. Then he will develop a shooting intensive training for several players in the team. .

In the boot room, Yang Cheng announced his latest decision, which he made after watching Charlton's game.

All close members of the coaching staff understand Yang Cheng's thoughts and are not opposed to him doing this.

Today's Liverpool can be said to have completed a complete set of ball advancement from back to front. Whether they encounter a strong team or a weak team, Liverpool has enough ability to continuously create opportunities and complete the delivery of the ball. The task of entering the opponent's hinterland.

In other words... Liverpool's biggest problem now is not to advance, but to seize opportunities.

At this point, Robben plays on the left with his left foot... Ronaldinho plays on the right with his right foot, which is not suitable for hitting the goal... It is easier for them to play the other way around.

In Yang Cheng's tactical map, the roles of center and central midfielder have been explored. Last season, Gerrard and Drogba were the team's first and second scorers respectively, and the latter was also the team's top scorer. As the top assister, the tactical roles of these two players are already very clear. What is lacking is deeper exploration and the improvement of the players themselves.

If you want to continue to strengthen Liverpool's offense, you have to make a fuss about the two wingers, so Yang Cheng will introduce the winger's reverse foot.

This is not the first time. He had used it when he first came to Liverpool, but the effect was very poor at that time.

We have studied Robben's game. His pace is outstanding, slightly bigger, but combined with his speed, it is not easy to lose the ball. And his most outstanding thing is his vertical breakthrough ability. Once there is a chance, the defensive player It’s hard to guard against, but on the left, the advantage of his sudden stop and inward cut is not fully utilized.”

Benitez is now the number one tactical analyst in Yang Cheng's coaching team and Yang Cheng's confidant, so he is usually responsible for explaining the tactical points laid out by Yang Cheng.

I saw the fat Spaniard draw an area on the right side of the penalty area on the tactical board, In this area, Robben's breakthrough and change of direction can play a huge role, because once he cuts in, his His left foot is a killer, and his left foot is very good in terms of pace and coordination, so his shooting power is very powerful, and he can complete long-range shots, cut into the penalty area, and pass the ball, with various methods.

When a player is moving, pace is very important, it can be said that it is second only to stopping the ball.

Many people wonder why Ruud van Nistelrooy's shooting efficiency is so high?

Because his stoppage and pace are so good.

For example, suppose Ruud van Nistelrooy is backed by a defensive player and someone sends the ball to his feet. This will test his stopping skills.

If Ruud wants to turn around and hit the goal, he will stop the ball in the area where he wants to kick and then turn around.

A person with good pace will turn around and shoot the ball as soon as he stops the ball; but a person with poor pace will need to coordinate his turn after stopping the ball, otherwise he will not be able to hit the ball with force at all. This is why many players mí watch the game. , I see a forward who clearly has a good chance, but his shot is weak, or he can obviously shoot directly, but he has to adjust, resulting in the ball being intercepted by the opponent.

This is because the steps are not well coordinated.

Robben is very fast and well coordinated, so he can create a huge threat after changing direction and cutting inside.

But Robben is not without his shortcomings. His right foot must be strengthened as soon as possible. This will give him more chips in the game. It depends on whether he wants to pass from the bottom or cut inside and pass the ball. His method will be More.

Both Moniz and Meulensteen wrote down Benitez's words in their notebooks. It is obvious that while Robben is strengthening his shooting skills training, he also needs to further strengthen his right foot.

The Dutchman has been strengthening his right foot training since he came to Liverpool, and now it has only some effect, such as his dribbling pass against Chelsea, but it seems that Yang Cheng has higher requirements for him.

Only Yang Cheng himself knows this well. If Robben is just an ordinary player, or he is just a first-class Premier League star, then he will not be too demanding on these. With Robben's current technical characteristics, it is completely possible. Get to the level of your previous life.

But Yang Cheng hopes that he can go further, so he must strengthen his right foot.

Cristiano and Ronaldo's situation is just the opposite of Robben's. Maybe because he has been practicing on his own since he was a child, his pace is very poor and his basic skills of stopping the ball are not good. This makes him more difficult in the game. It takes drastic changes in speed and direction to complete the advancement.”

Benitez continued to analyze, and everyone listened carefully. After all, the Spaniard has very rich tactical knowledge.

Everyone knows that we are usually unwilling to make big changes during an offense. For example, we will not suddenly stop when we are dribbling the ball at full speed, because once we stop suddenly, it will be difficult to pick up the speed again in a short period of time. , as soon as the opponent surrounds him, it will be over immediately! Benitez opened his hands and made a gesture of being surrounded.

Usually this is a sudden emergency stop, which usually involves passing the ball after an emergency stop in the area around the opponent's penalty area. Even if you don't adjust after the emergency stop, it will be difficult to hit the shot with force, but it takes time to adjust.

The combination of passing people and changing speed, usually just slowing down suddenly and matching the pace and fake movements, gives people the illusion that he stopped suddenly, but in fact he did not stop completely.

If used to describe driving, the emergency stop used by others is like a point brake, but Xiao Luo often uses a sudden brake method of pressing the brake pads to the bottom.

Ronaldo's style of playing is good or bad. The advantage is that once he catches the rhythm, he can directly pass the opponent or hit a powerful and heavy shot. But once his rhythm is If it was destroyed, he would have nothing to do, and the back pass would delay the opportunity, and he would shoot in a hurry, which turned into a random shot.

He is like a student who is very partial to subjects. The good things are very good and the bad things are very bad.

Of course, you can't blame him, because players are like this. For example, Robben's right foot is like a cripple, but Robben has always strengthened his right foot training, so the key is not how the player is, but whether he is willing to learn and whether he is willing to Keep making progress.

At this point, mentality is very important.

So, the technical team will then develop a training plan to focus on the details of stopping the ball and strengthen the coordination of his pace and rhythm.

For these two players, Yang Cheng and others held many meetings and studied for a long time before finally formulating this set of training directions. Once completed, Liverpool's magic wings will completely become gods and gods, and Buddhas. Buddha's ultimate weapon.

Just imagine, two wingers who are very fast, have windy movement, good coordination awareness, can pass people, pass and shoot, often cut back and forth, or even change positions. This is definitely a nightmare for any defensive line. !

After Benitez finished speaking, other coaches can express their opinions. Even Su Maozhen and the trainee coaches can participate. This is part of the culture of the boot room, and Yang Cheng and the coaching staff will also express their opinions. Give answers and opinions, and even adopt them.

Regarding shooting skills, both Moniz and Meulensteen said that they have developed a set of videos that include the shots of Van Basten, Bergkamp, ​​Ruud, Ronaldo, Romario and other shooting experts. The video is intended to be used as after-school homework for Ronaldinho and others, hoping to further enhance their shooting percentage.

Although Liverpool today just scores goals against weak opponents, and the fans enjoy watching them all, they still have to consider how to deal with opponents like Chelsea and Manchester United, and they must be prepared for everything.

That's right! When the meeting was about to end, Yang Cheng remembered something, I recently discovered that after intensive physical training, Robben and Ronaldinho's body muscles have improved, but their movements seem to be a bit slow.

Yang Cheng is not aimless, he has noticed this in training and games.

This is not obviously slow, but it is indeed slow. Some technical moves used to be very small and small, but now they feel bigger. If it is only once and a half, it can be said to be an accident, but if it is done more, there will be problems. .

When the muscles become stiff, their flexibility and flexibility decrease. The brain can keep up, but the response time of the limbs is a little slower than before. This is normal. Chris, as the person in charge of this aspect, explained.

I have discussed it with Moniz and Laurenstin, and we will arrange two yoga classes during the next week's training sessions.

Yoga? Yang Cheng was a little surprised.

Yes, yoga can improve the body's flexibility and flexibility, and can avoid some injuries... We all feel good about it. I believe that with the development of yoga training, their body flexibility will be improved. Of course, we also Targeted arrangements will be made based on their physical condition and technical characteristics.

Yang Cheng nodded, That's the best!

He doesn't want his coaching team to train Ronaldinho and Robben into Carlos Tevezna and muscular men. In the end, they won't even have the dribblers. That would be a bit more gain than loss.

After the coaching staff discussed the specific general direction and made adjustments to the training content, they began to coordinate the arrangement and time of various training programs. Because Yang Cheng only has a few minutes per training session, how to add some new training programs? During training, we need to discuss eliminating some training items that can be discarded in order to achieve the most scientific training configuration.

Yang Cheng is really not an expert in this aspect. In this aspect, Baogui Bayer is the absolute authority. Benitez, Tim, Hank and Moniz are also outstanding training experts. ...So he simply gave all these powers to them.

As a head coach, Yang Cheng's energy is limited. He plays more of a coordination role, integrates the coaching staff and then concentrates on the team's tactical framework, on-the-spot command and other aspects.

In the round of 32 knockout round of the League Cup, Leedianpu challenged Millwall away.

Facing Millwall from the English Championship team, Yang Cheng arranged a starting lineup composed entirely of substitutes and youth team players, because he wanted the main players to focus more on the league and Champions League.

Although Liverpool's overall strength has improved a lot and is getting stronger and stronger, although the gap between the main team and the substitutes is not very big, there is still a gap in tactical performance. After all, Yang Cheng's tactics are based on the main lineup.

It was Yang Cheng's idea to use cup matches to hone tactics B, which is also called training.

Even so, Murphy's brace and Kuyt's goal still gave Liverpool an away victory.

In this game, Yang Cheng was assigned to play in the middle of the three midfielders, partnering with Hamann and Aban Diarra. Murphy performed very well. His long-range shots from the back row penetrated Millwall's goal twice. Kuy Special's icing on the cake in the second half allowed Liverpool to escape unscathed.

On October 30, they went to Liverpool to challenge Blackburn away.

After Souness' incredible move to Newcastle at the beginning of the season, Blackburn's performance fell a lot.

Strange to say, Souness's performance at Blackburn was very poor and he was facing dismissal. However, he was still forcibly poached by Newcastle with a high salary, and he directly brought the Magpies to the lower reaches of the current league...

Who is dragging whom down?

Although there is no relationship with Souness, Liverpool still performed very actively in the away game. With Drogba, Gerrard, and Ronaldinho who scored two goals, they won Blackburn 4:1 in the away game. Once again, Liverpool's iconic offensive tactics were used, which was shocking.

But in this round, Chelsea also had a rare outbreak. They defeated West Bromwich Albion 3:1 in an away game. This became Chelsea's most scored league game so far this season. Mourinho also seemed Take off the title of not being able to attack.

On the contrary, it was the unlucky Manchester United who lost 0:2 to Portsmouth in an away game. Thygeson's team really encountered a big problem.

Arsenal tied with Southampton at home 2:2. Currently, the top three teams in the league have very small points, and no one dares to be careless.

In the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool finally avenged their humiliation.

Yang Cheng's team challenged Deportivo La Coruna away. In the 4th minute, Hyypia took advantage of Asavin's corner kick and scored Deportivo's goal with a header. Then Ribery passed the ball diagonally from the front of the penalty area... Ronaldo stepped in from the back and volleyed hard, rewriting the score to 0:2.

Although Deportivo's performance improved after that, Liverpool still firmly dominated the situation on the field. The Red Army's fast and aggressive style of play made Deportivo seem very uncomfortable.

In the end, Drogba's header in the first minute locked the score at 3:0 for Liverpool.

And this was also the fourth game in which Deportivo did not score a goal in the group stage. They did not score a goal in the Champions League group stage. This has to be said to be very unbelievable, but he just did it. happened.

Irueta's team is so low that the whole of Europe is puzzled. Is this still the same super Depor team?

League No. 1, Iodine, Liverpool played at home and beat Birmingham 4:0 and won another victory. As Arsenal drew 1:1 away from Crystal Palace, the Red Army relied on this victory to overwhelm the Gunners and rank second in the league. .

In the knockout rounds of the League Cup, Liverpool once again used all their substitutes to play, defeating Burnley away from home and advancing to the quarterfinals of the League Cup.

Afterwards, the team defeated Crystal Palace 3:1 at home and Middlesbrough 2:0 away, continuing to chase Chelsea in the league standings. Mourinho's team has always maintained a steady lead. Although the offense is still weak, strong defense can always make Chelsea invincible.

On the first day of the Champions League group stage, a key battle that determined the first place in the group. With Gerrard's goal every minute, Liverpool defeated Monaco 1:0 away from home, reversed their opponents, and ranked first in the group. Ensure your right to qualify one round in advance.

Back in the league, Liverpool faced the challenge of Arsenal. ! .