Super Coach

Juventus' Vinovo training base is located 14 kilometers southwest of Turin. It is an ancient Italian town with a history of nearly two thousand years. The modern Vinovo base looks a bit different here.

At the gate of the base, in front of a wall with messages from countless players, many Juventus players gathered in small groups. Although it was still a long time before the training started, they arrived early. Stay here, waiting inside the railing, waiting for the players to arrive.

According to usual habits, the players park their cars and come here to take photos and sign autographs with their teammates.

Although Turin, Rome and even the whole of Italy often have players causing trouble, in fact, any team will have some players who like to cause trouble, even football hooligans, but most of them are those who stick to the rules. , players who really like football, many of them spend their entire lives loyal to a team.

Many players consciously stood behind the railings, raising their heads, and could see Capello's office from a distance. The Italian was standing in front of the window at this moment, facing the base gate, but it was too far away to see clearly. His expression.

Naturally, the players below could not be seen. Behind Capello, a group of other coaches were sitting in the coaching room, and they were actively discussing last night's game.

At the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Liverpool defeated Manchester United 3:1 cleanly. As the upcoming opponent, Juventus will naturally not take it lightly. Capello and his two right-hand assistants rushed to Cardiff to watch the game in person.

We must pay attention to one thing, that is, after Gerrard came off, Liverpool completely lost control of the rhythm for a long time. Carrick was stared at by Manchester United!

Among all the coaching staff, there is a white-haired old man, slightly fat, with a mustache and a pair of reading glasses, but his expression is very excited, especially when he talks, he keeps banging his hands on the table. The stage, matching his tone, made everyone present listen attentively.

His name is Italo Gabbiati, who was once the head coach of Milan and a senior whom Capello respected very much.

The 33-year-old Capello embarked on the road of coaching for the first time. He led Milan's U17 team. At that time, the head coach of the U19 team above him was Italo Gabbiati, who was only better than Capello. He is 9 years older, but is a close friend of Capello's father. He also gave Capello a lot of help when he coached the U17 team.

Gabbiati served as Milan's firefighting coach three times and also served as an assistant to major coaches for a long time. It was not until Capello took charge of Milan that he officially became Capello's assistant. After that, they never separated again. People can be said to be golden partners.

Italo Gabbiati has a wealth of tactical knowledge.

Moreover, he is good at training and is good at arranging targeted tactics. What is even more valuable is that he is the lubricant between Capello and the players. He is different from the serious Capello. He is the kind of player's friend who always Wiping Capello's butt.

But one thing is for sure, he will always be the second horn behind Capello in Capello's coaching team, even Giancario Corradini, Maradona's After former teammates joined Capello's coaching staff, they were unable to shake his status and his weight in Capello's heart.

Of course, football is a place that attaches great importance to strength, and Gabbiati has enough strength to ensure his status.

At least his simple and concise analysis of Liverpool pointed out Liverpool's problems directly.

Yang Cheng has always been a head coach who pays great attention to controlling the rhythm. He will not consider the changes in the opponent's rhythm. He only cares about whether he can control the rhythm. So what we have to do is not let him do whatever he wants. yù controls the rhythm.”

Having said this, Italo Gabbiati chuckled, Gerrard is like a balancing rod in Liverpool's midfield. When the team needs to attack, he can move forward and provide offensive support. , he can even join the offensive queue himself, but when the team needs to defend, he can also go back and provide protection for the defensive end.

Without Gerrard, as long as Carrick and Davis are separated, Liverpool's midfield will be in chaos. Although Carrick is very good at passing the ball, he is afraid of pressing and lacks the ability to escape adequately to protect himself. , which is his biggest problem.”

After hearing Gabbiati's analysis, everyone present immediately grasped some ideas.

Then don't we have to push the defense forward? Corradini next to him asked with a frown.

Capello didn't know when he turned around, came to the desk, nodded and said: Yes, just press forward!

Gabbiati on the side nodded and said with a smile: Surprise!

The two old partners looked at each other and smiled, showing an indescribable tacit understanding.

Yang Cheng knows me very well, and even the whole world thinks that I must defend. I don't deny that I am not as good as Yang Cheng when playing offense. But as soon as this game starts, I have to press forward as a whole and work hard. Attack, use offense to suppress Liverpool, it is best to break the opponent's goal within the first five minutes.

Five minutes? The members of the coaching staff were a little chilled. This requirement was too high.

You know, Liverpool's defense is not pieced together casually. Even if it is pieced together casually, no one dares to guarantee a goal within 5 minutes.

If it were someone else, I dare say 10 minutes, but Yang Cheng's reaction and adjustment were too fast. It can only take 5 minutes. If we can't win, we have to hold on!

Gabbiati nodded and further analyzed: A sudden attack at the beginning is to take people by surprise. Liverpool's start must have been carefully prepared, but they may not be sure that we dare to go all out in the opening because they have to worry about age and experience. What to do once the pace stops slowing down, so our sudden attack will disrupt their original plan to some extent.

In any important game, or this kind of Champions League final, the coaching staff will arrange it well for almost every start, such as how to cooperate with the first few attacks, which area to focus on, who to focus on defensively, etc. In short, the opening must be well arranged.

Once the start is disrupted, the head coach can only adjust quickly. Once the adjustment is made, it takes time and it is easy to become passive.

After stabilizing, the focus is to separate Davis and Carrick. I need all our players to devote themselves to pressing, especially the pressing in the midfield. Davis and Carrick cannot be connected. Perot took this very seriously.

Without the midfielder, Liverpool's offense has lost its arsenal. Although it has cannons, how can it fight without ammunition?

You also need to pay attention to the defense on both wings during the game! Gabbiati reminded.

Capello nodded, Yes, we must guard both wings. Ronaldinho and Robben are both very outstanding wing attackers. The most important task of Zebina and Panucci is to keep an eye on these two wingers. We can’t let them kick the ball from the wing!”

Juventus's defense is really strong and will not lose to Inter Milan, especially under the guidance of Capello. From a purely defensive point of view, it can be said to be perfect, but their offensive ability is poor, but their defense is It's enough to crush any opponent.

If we had to find a loophole in this nearly perfect defensive line, it might be heading.

Cannavaro's height is limited, and Thuram's header is relatively average. After all, the Frenchman used to play as a right back. The center back formed by these two is indeed very good, but the problem is, they are facing When playing high ball, it is more or less inadequate, but in this game, Liverpool's starting center is the tall and powerful Côte d'Ivoire elephant king Drogba.

Since I don't have a high altitude advantage, I can only make a fuss by freezing the opponent's side crosses.

However, if we overemphasize the full-court press, it is likely that our physical energy will be exhausted too quickly. Corradini said with a frown.

Liverpool's offense emphasizes mobility, which means that their players move a lot and pass and receive a lot of coordination. If Juventus wants to fully suppress and press, they will have to pay more than they do. The price is a big test for Juventus' physical fitness.

On the schedule, Juventus will play Livorno away on the 20th and Cagliari at home on the 29th. Behind them, Inter Milan has been chasing the Bianconeri. As long as they are not careful, there will be It may be overturned, which means that after one week, Juventus must go all out in these three games.

On the other hand, Liverpool played the FA Cup final on the 21st, and then they began to prepare for the Champions League final without any worries. Therefore, Liverpool undoubtedly has a certain advantage in terms of schedule, but relatively speaking, the advantage is not very big.

As long as we end this game in the first half, the so-called physical problem will not exist! Capello looked extremely confident.

The outside estimate for this game is a victory of about 1 goal. In other words, whoever scores first may end the game early, especially Juventus. Capello is that kind of player. Typical 1:0 doctrine.

As long as he scores the first goal, there is no doubt that he will launch an extremely resolute defensive counterattack, and he will even put up an iron barrel formation to greet you. As long as he can win this game in the end, he doesn't care what he uses. Way.

After hearing what Capello said, the assistants immediately had no objections.

Next, Capello and Gabbiati got together with members of the coaching staff to discuss the offense in the first five minutes of the game. They even analyzed possible scenes in the game and worked out what Juventus should do. How to pass the ball, how to advance, who will be responsible for the final pass, who will be responsible for the last-minute shot, at what position, etc.

Very, very detailed, it is obvious that in Capello's eyes, just one goal is enough to defeat Liverpool.

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After Liverpool played the FA Cup final, they did not hold a grand celebration. On the contrary, even the city tour Sail without watermark was rejected by Yang Cheng. After the team returned to Liverpool in a low-key manner, it continued in a low-key manner. The team’s closed training session.

The whole world is hyping Yang Cheng's formation for this game, and the media all over the world are making suggestions for Yang Cheng.

Without exception, most people feel that it is difficult for Liverpool to achieve good results in Istanbul, because this time they are facing Juventus. No matter from any aspect, Liverpool is inferior to Juventus.

The only chance of success is that Liverpool has a manager who has won every game in the Champions League final.

After a day and a half of closed training at Melwood, on the morning of the 23rd, Liverpool quietly took a flight to Istanbul, Turkey.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Liverpool players are crazier than the team. Many of them have arrived in Istanbul early to take on the role of the team's vanguard and step in for the team. At the same time, they all use their respective news channels to report early of waiting at Ataturk Airport.

Yes, the names of Ataturk Stadium and Ataturk Airport, which will host the Champions League final, are the same.

Atatürk means the father of Turkey in Turkish. Not only the stadium and airport, but also many Turkish special buildings including museums bear this name.

Hi, Caesar!

Caesar, good luck to you!

We must win, Caesar!

When Yang Cheng slowly led the team out of the waiting hall, there were already many Liverpool fans gathered outside the gate. They did not show any disorder, but kept order. When they saw the team coming out, The scene was a little chaotic, but the security guards kept order well.

Yang Cheng waved to the players, and many people gave him a thumbs up.

No matter whether they win or lose in this final, Yang Cheng is the best in their minds.

In at least two years, he can take Liverpool from a team that missed the Champions League to the current Premier League champion and reach the Champions League final. This coaching ability alone is enough to impress people.

Now, who else dares to say that Yang Cheng can only lead a strong team?

Good luck to you too! Yang Cheng responded with a thumbs up.

The fans at the scene suddenly swayed, and the shouts of Caesar, Caesar, Caesar could not be heard.

There is no doubt that in today's professional football, football stars are actually the most dazzling and sought after by the most people, because it is this star effect that creates football's attention, but Yang Cheng is an accident. He can be said to be the head coach. He is a strange flower in the field. Because he is young and has good results in leading teams, coupled with his long-term scandals and news, he has attracted more attention than football stars.

Today's Yang Cheng doesn't need any deliberate hype at all. His words can make the value of the young man named Ashley Young from Watford soar dozens of times, and any trivial thing that happens to him can , are the subjects of numerous media reports. Why?

Because someone is paying attention!

So much so that during today's game, Alan Hansen had to lament that Yang Cheng had reinterpreted the position of head coach.

At the same time, many professionals have analyzed the phenomenon caused by Yang Cheng and believe that the reason why Yang Cheng is now the most influential person in football is mainly due to the current environment.

They take Yang Cheng's scandal as an example. In the past, the media only reported on his scandal in order to dig up explosive information, follow it, and dig up it. But later, it gradually evolved into a trend, that is, there are many people who are eager to become famous. Women, in order to become famous, deliberately approach Yang Cheng to create scandals.

In this case, these women are undoubtedly hyping up Yang Cheng in disguise.

It used to be said that those who were rumored to be having scandals with Yang Cheng were all top beauties. But the more people said this and the more media reported on it, the more it gradually evolved into a tendency that if there were no scandals with Yang Cheng, then they were not considered top beauties!

Of course, this is purely a joke on some TV shows, but from this point of view, we can analyze that Yang Cheng's sensation is caused by the current environment.

Isn't there a saying? Existence is reasonable!

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After finally getting rid of the entanglement of the Liverpool players at the airport, a group of people boarded the bus and drove north towards the hotel. Yang Cheng was also confirming the next itinerary with the team leader. They would start training in the afternoon and also Schedule time to acclimate to the venue.

At the same time, there will be a press conference tomorrow. In addition to the head coach, the captains and important players of both sides are also invited to participate. This is also to warm up the upcoming Champions League final.

It can be said that after arriving in Istanbul, Liverpool's schedule was also tightly arranged.

Wow, there are people wearing red clothes everywhere! I heard the players exclaiming in the bus.

The airport is only 15 kilometers away from the Ataturk Stadium. Since the Ataturk Stadium was built on the outskirts of the city and is very remote, the team lives in a five-star hotel on the edge of the city. Many players also use the airport. The team does the same thing.

So when the team came out of the airport, the further north they went, the more Liverpool fans they saw on the street.

When they saw the Liverpool bus, they all shouted desperately and chased after the bus.

Come on Liverpool! Long live Liverpool!

Looking back from the bus window, I could see the football fans still chasing the rear of the bus and shouting. They knew they couldn't catch up, but they still didn't give up. It wasn't until the bus disappeared that they got angry one by one. Stopped panting.

They're all here! Hyypia said with a smile.

Will Liverpool become an empty city? Carragher was even more funny.

Everyone in the whole bus suddenly laughed.

But everyone can feel the support from the players, because as long as they think that there are so many players who come from far away England to Istanbul, Turkey just to cheer for the team, their hearts Everyone will feel moved and feel a sense of motivation.

In this case, when the team arrived at the hotel, they found that there were more football fans gathered here. They gathered at the gate one by one. Some of them looked familiar. It was obvious at a glance that they were die-hard Liverpool fans. They were there for every game. Went to watch a game at Anfield.

They are all sensible and know that what the team needs most right now is rest and adjustment, so they are just at the door of the hotel to let the players see them, know their presence, and feel their support.

Other than that, they did nothing and didn't cause the hotel security the slightest trouble.

But looking at them, everyone felt a strong desire to win.

Can they lose, can they disappoint these players who are not far away?

cannot!

Absolutely not! (To be continued)! .