Super Coach

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The evening of December 6, 2006, 20:45

Ukraine, Kiev, Valery Lobanovsky Stadium

It was raining and snowing, the temperature was minus 5 degrees, there was a slight breeze and it was very cold.

For Real Madrid players who are accustomed to the climate in Madrid, they suddenly came to the icy and snowy Ukraine. The huge gap is enough to make a tough man collapse, especially in this kind of sleet and snow weather.

If it were bigger, the game would simply be postponed, but it's just neither big nor small. It's really **** nonsense!

Standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Yang Cheng was wrapped in a thick black windbreaker and a warm scarf around his neck. He was fully armed and wrapped tightly, but when it started to drizzle and snow, When the flower fell on his head, it was cold and terribly uncomfortable.

After Real Madrid defeated Lyon, they immediately welcomed Valencia. As a result, they drew 1:1 with Valencia in the away game. Barcelona widened the points gap to 7 points. However, three days ago, in the 13th round of the Barcelona League, They challenged Levante away from home and were unexpectedly tied by Levante. Real Madrid defeated Athletic Bilbao 2:1 at home and shortened the game to 5 points.

At present, the most important thing for Real Madrid is to strive for first place in the group in the Champions League, but Dynamo Kiev's home court is too devilish.

It's so wet, I feel uncomfortable all over! Benitez on the side stepped hard on the turf under his feet.

You're overdressed, fat man! Paul Bayer laughed.

Benitez has recently been disgusted by people calling him fat. In fact, he has indeed become fatter and fatter, even fatter than in his previous life. However, he hasn't exercised much, which has made his body gain weight. Now Yang Chengyou is urging him to lose weight. idea.

In rainy and snowy weather, if the geothermal system is turned on, it will definitely be humid, and even the air will be filled with water! Yang Cheng shook his head.

You can imagine that in this cold and humid environment, the entire stadium is wet, and it is inconvenient to even move their hands and feet. How can the players on the stadium let go and play football?

Real Madrid players all wore black visiting team jerseys in this game, but they were all long-sleeved and the socks were long to keep warm. However, once the game lasts for a long time or they fall to the ground, these jerseys will Socks and other items will absorb water, which will become the biggest obstacle for players to display their skills.

Don't say we're complaining, look, the game is about to start,

How many people are in the stands? It’s not over 10,000! Redondo shook his head.

It was so empty that those security personnel became the largest group of fans. Even the fans of Dynamo Kiev were unwilling to watch football in this climate. Sometimes thinking about it, Yang Chengzhen felt that the Champions League matches were really boring. Cào eggs.

Due to various considerations such as venue and climate, as well as the team's injuries, Real Madrid made a lot of adjustments in this game.

Men's general Casillas, the defense line is Arbeloa, Helguera, Thiago Silva and Marcelo, the midfielder from left to right is Mata, Dela Red, Beckham Mu and Granero, the two forwards are Negredo and Villa.

Changes 442, Yang Cheng feels that in Ukraine, in this environment, playing technical football with Dynamo Kyiv is absolutely a fantasy. The best way is to kill the opponent in the simplest, most direct and most capable way.

Ramos is still not included in the starting lineup by Yang Cheng. Thuram is still injured, but Cannavaro was also injured in the game against Athletic Bilbao. In the winter, injuries always come more frequently. , especially some elderly people.

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The dominance in overall strength allowed Real Madrid to play proactively from the beginning of the game, but the grass was too slippery and it was difficult for them to handle the ball as hard as usual. They made many mistakes. Dynamo Kiev knew that they were not strong enough. , just play defensive counterattack.

In the 13th minute, Dynamo's right back threw the ball into the court. Marcelo did not appear in time and was stuck in his position. After receiving the response, former Manchester City veteran Berkovic easily sent the ball into the penalty area with a diagonal pass. Thiago Silva predicted the landing point in advance and wanted to be the first to make a clearance.

Because the geothermal system was turned on, the snow melted quickly on the grass, but it also made the grass very slippery. When he was fighting for position, he accidentally slipped his foot, although he stabilized himself in time. However, the big-footed clearance he followed missed the ball. The ball spun strongly from his feet and rolled towards the nearby Dynamo Kiev forward Shaskih.

The latter would definitely not miss this God-given opportunity. He faced the ball, kicked it directly and sent the ball into the goal guarded by Casillas, 1:0!

Real Madrid's players were stunned. The team had already encountered huge difficulties in this game. Now if they fall behind again, wouldn't it make things worse?

Thiago Silva covered his mouth with both hands, looking very annoyed and guilty.

Don't be like this, Thiago! Helgra came over to comfort her partner, Everyone makes mistakes, don't take it to heart!

This old Real Madrid player has experienced the worst years of Real Madrid's defense. At that time, there was almost no game without criticism. He and Hierro were the most scolded by the players, but then Hierro left. , but has become the player that Real Madrid fans miss the most. What should I say?

The venue is too slippery, please be more steady! Elgra reminded.

Thiago Silva nodded. As a rookie, he really lacks the skills to play in such a slippery environment.

Losing the ball first, coupled with this harsh environment, the players' movements seemed stiff and conservative, and they were all afraid of making mistakes, which made it difficult for Real Madrid to open the game, regardless of the offensive combination of Marcelo and Mata on the left. , or Granero on the right, neither knew much about the threat.

The most threatening thing was Beckham's long passes. In the 31st minute, Beckham made a long pass from the backcourt. Villa succeeded in countering offside and hit the ball, but the linesman raised the flag and misjudged it as a one-time pass. Offside, a great opportunity to equalize the score was missed in vain.

Yang Cheng also realized this problem during the halftime break. In the second half, he replaced Granero on the right with Xavi Garcia, allowing Xavi Garcia and Dela Red to form a double midfielder, with Baker Ham goes to the right and uses his crosses to his advantage.

After moving to the wing, although Beckham failed to become the core like he was in the center, he was less restricted and defended on the wing, which made him a greater threat.

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Ruben de la Red, a young man whose experience is similar to that of David Silva.

In 2000, when David Silva came to Real Madrid with high hopes and participated in Real Madrid's youth training camp selection, he was rejected by Real Madrid scouts on the grounds that he was too short. Finally, he went to Valencia, and then to Yang Cheng was reintroduced to the Bernabeu Stadium this season and showed great performance.

Yang Cheng even took the example of David Silva. At the scouting department reform meeting, he denounced those scouts who were incompetent and shameless as incompetent and shameless bastards because they were paid such a high salary but did not select talents for Real Madrid. He is doing nothing and is not worthy of staying at Real Madrid.

He also said something at that time, that is, with Real Madrid's level of scouting, it would be useless even if Messi came, because when he came to Barcelona, ​​he was also not very tall, but Barcelona knew how to want him.

For young players, technology and creativity are the first criteria for selection, and physical fitness can be cultivated.

But undoubtedly, there are still many, many people who don't understand this.

The same goes for De La Red. He was born in Mostoles, southwest of Madrid, and was later introduced to the youth training system by Real Madrid scouts. However, a year later, they felt that he was not suitable to stay in the team because he was too thin. , sent him back to Mostoles, but after just a few games, they invited Delared back.

Del Bosque once said that De La Red can become Spain's most outstanding midfielder and become Spain's Vieira.

Before this season, De La Red's first-team appearance record was 3 times, but so far this season, he has played 11 times in various competitions. Although many of them came on the bench, Yang Cheng is very fond of him. The emphasis is evident.

De La Rede can also feel that the head coach cares about him. For example, after each training session, he will receive an analysis from the coaching staff, which lists the mistakes he made during training and a series of improvements. plan, and then he can go to the technical team to apply for a video highlight. In addition to his mistakes and outstanding performances, there are also some suggestions and highlights of some players that the coaching staff thinks he can learn from.

These have been of great help to De La Rede, especially Yang Cheng who kept telling him that as a midfielder, he should not be too delicate and should make his playing style stronger and more aggressive, but You can't give up your strengths when you have the ball.

His footwork is very good, his awareness is outstanding, his overall view, short and long passes are all very distinctive, especially his through ball after receiving the ball in the backcourt. He is very thoughtful and his long-range shooting ability is also outstanding. These are all It is the foundation for him to gain a firm foothold on the court.

It can be said that the less than half a year since Yang Cheng's arrival has brought him more stimulation and progress than he had in the past.

But more importantly, Yang Cheng gave him and a group of young players from the youth academy a treatment they had never had before, which was to allow them to make mistakes and give them space to display their talents. This is undoubtedly the driving force for their progress.

The only depressing thing is that for every training session, Delarede arrives earlier than anyone else and goes to the laboratory for a routine heart test before being allowed to train. Even Delarede doesn't know this. Why, because he or his family had no record of heart disease.

But Yang Cheng insisted, there was nothing he could do!

Therefore, when Xavi Garcia came on the field, Delaraide knew that he could tend to attack upstream. When Beckham attracted a lot of defensive pressure on the right, he moved a long pass to the left. When Tower and Marcelo cooperated, Delaraide knew the opportunity was coming.

He has been waiting in Castile for many years. He is already 21 years old. He knows very well that if the opportunity comes, he will regret it if he does not seize it!

When Mata cooperated with Marcelo on the left, he noticed the black figure on the silent backcourt. They had cooperated many times in Castilla, and he knew what to do. .

So Mata suddenly cut inside from the left, attracted defensive pressure from the penalty area and the front edge of the penalty area, and then suddenly passed the ball across.

The ball was almost transferred horizontally along the line at the front of the penalty area. Both Negredo and Villa were pulling at it. After Dela Red came up, he faced the ball. This kid who still looked childish didn't. Without the slightest hint of panic, facing the defensive player rushing out of the penalty area, he did not stop the ball, but directly raised his right foot and hit a rebound ball.

The opponent's defensive player raised his right foot, trying to prevent Delared from shooting from far away, but he did not expect it to be a rebound ball. The ball passed under his raised right foot and landed on the grass, wet. The slippery grass made the already slippery football slipperier and faster. When it bounced up again, the goalkeeper barely had time to react.

The ball hit the net and landed on the grass, splashing water.

Delarede turned around and ran away excitedly. This boy with a short, crisp beard and a childlike and sunny face rushed out of the court excitedly, slid to his knees on the grass, and his teammates were jī He was so quick to catch up from behind and hugged him.

There were no people in the stadium stands, so the celebration was not enough. After a few hasty celebrations, the players dispersed.

Delarede got up from the grass and walked forward quickly. When he passed by the visiting team's coaching bench, he came over, hugged Yang Cheng tightly, kissed him hard on the cheek, and kept smile.

Damn it! Yang Cheng stretched out his hand and rubbed his cheek vigorously. He felt it was too sinister.

The assistants around were all smiling from ear to ear. They were either at Delarede's behavior, which was actually normal, or they felt that Yang Cheng's reaction was a bit excessive. Does he have mysophobia?

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After equalizing the score, Real Madrid could play more patiently, while Dynamo Kyiv still insisted on their defensive counterattack tactics.

As the game time progressed, Real Madrid still failed to find a good way to defeat their opponents in this stadium and in this kind of weather. It was not until the 59th minute that the rain and snow began to stop, which made the stadium slippery. There has been a slight improvement, and Real Madrid's best combination of ground coordination and advancement can also be used.

In the 78th minute, Marcelo advanced with the ball and once again formed a beautiful cooperation with Mata on the left. Mata leaned towards the center to get the ball and hit the baseline. Marcelo shot up at high speed and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area.

Villa was double-teamed by two Dynamo Kyiv defenders, and stretched out his leg to poke the ball into the lower left corner of the goal, 1:2!

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Dynamo Kiev 2:1 in an away game and completed their 5th consecutive victory in the Champions League group stage. With a record of 5 wins and 1 loss and 15 points, Real Madrid qualified as the first in the group. However, Lyon lost 1 at home. :1 suffered a draw with Steaua Bucharest and could only qualify as second in the group.

Apart from Barcelona, ​​which is in the first and second place in the group, the second place players in the group that Real Madrid may encounter include Bayern, Eindhoven, Roma, Benfica, Arsenal and Lille. Among them, Bayern and Arsenal have brought Real Madrid players. It has been a huge pain, so it is very likely that the showdown will be staged again.

After the team returned triumphantly from Ukraine, Spanish domestic media also spoke highly of Real Madrid's reversal, believing that Yang Cheng's strategy, employment, and command in the game this season are worthy of recognition.

Since the best players in this game were youth team players such as De La Rede and Mata, many media began to feel that Real Madrid's youth training was undergoing a comprehensive recovery.

Not paying attention to the youth team was one of the biggest mistakes Florentino made when he took charge of Real Madrid. In the first ten years he took charge of Real Madrid, Real Madrid had the largest talent pool in La Liga. At its peak, La Liga had 22 Each team has players from Real Madrid’s youth training, but at the same time, Real Madrid’s first team has emerged with outstanding youth training stars such as Raul, Guti, and Casillas.”

At that time, Real Madrid had a reasonable promotion mechanism from the youth team to the first team, ensuring that the best and most outstanding youth training players could play for the team, but this was later covered up by the superstar policy. Zidane Gapa The cultural policy is a distortion of youth training.

Alfredo, the editor-in-chief of Aspen, personally wrote an article in the newspaper and spoke highly of the changes made by Yang Cheng after coming to Real Madrid.

Many people like to say that today is a world where money and interests are rampant, and football is becoming more and more professional. Real Madrid is one of the richest football clubs in the world, and it should use money to attract the most outstanding people. Players join and play the best football, this is the concept of Galaxy Battleship in the early stage, but it is too idealistic.

Now that Yang Cheng is in charge of Real Madrid, his team building concept is obviously to adjust the early stage of the Galaxy. He attaches great importance to loyalty and tradition, which are the most important for any giant team. This represents Cohesion, and these are largely maintained by the youth team.”

So, we see that Arbeloa has become the main force in the first team. Whether on the left or the right, he has performed very well, conscientiously and quite well. Mata, De La Red, Xavi Garcia. , Negredo, Granero and other players have been given opportunities frequently, and Real Madrid has finally returned to its tradition of attaching importance to young players.

I appreciate what Yang Cheng once said. Sometimes, not every young man who comes out of the youth training camp is a genius and can play the main role in the first team, but this cannot mean that we do not insist on youth training. The reason for training is because youth training is the future of any football club and even football!

Faced with praise from Spanish media authorities, Yang Cheng responded on his Weibo.

Starting from today, I decided to subscribe to an Aspen newspaper and read Mr. Alfredo Reilano's column every day. It is more valuable and reference than those who only know how to brag about flattering horses!

As I said when I took office at the beginning of the season, give me three years and I will bring out an invincible Real Madrid, I promise!

As soon as Yang Cheng's Weibo post came out, Eduardo Inda, editor-in-chief of Marca and another authority in Spanish football media, also extended an invitation on Weibo, Maybe you can come to Marca and write a column in person. , we welcome you at any time, Mr. Yang Cheng!

Come to Aspen, it's more valuable! Alfredo Leilano joked and invited.

As a result, it then evolved into a debate between Spain's two major media authorities, the young Eduardo Inda and the veteran Alfredo Reilano. In the end, even Atletico Madrid, the Spanish sports media's No. 1 One person, the most influential host of Radio Ser, José Laméng de la Morena, also participated, and it turned into a multi-party war.

This incident immediately became an interesting topic among the Spanish people. Everyone felt that the young Caesar was very different from any previous head coach of Real Madrid and attracted more attention from the football fans.

But as a head coach, Yang Cheng undoubtedly still has to rely on his results on the court to speak for himself.

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