Chapter 154 Regional Defense

When Derby County was immersed in winning the league title, Wansheng was constantly thinking about tactics. He only had a general plan in tactics, and the details still need to be considered.

But he knows that this is not the main thing. Compared with tactics, the fighting spirit of the team is more important. As the media said, "Derby County has lost its fighting spirit and motivation after winning the league championship." The situation is not that serious, but there are definitely signs of this.

So he has to do something.

The team resumed training the next day, and Wansheng convened everyone, not only the players, but also the coaches such as Diamares and Jim, as well as the team's team doctor, restaurant supervisor, and the bus driver, etc. These people make up the complete Derby County club.

Everyone formed a big circle on the training ground, with Wansheng standing in the middle.

He wants to lead the team to beat Manchester United and win the FA Cup, but to win the championship is not just devising tactics, but also the team's concerted efforts. The next ten years of merit, the same is true of football games, the victory of a game seems to be played on the spot, but in fact, it is inseparable from daily training, overall efforts and the environment of unity.

So before training, he has to unify everyone's minds, not to let them be immersed in the previous champions, but to look forward and prepare for the next FA Cup final together.

Wan Sheng stood there, scanning everyone.

He didn't do anything, just looked at everyone, but many people lowered their heads under his gaze, and then Wan Sheng said, "We have achieved good results this season so far, and we still have three league games left. Going to play. But we've won the league and I'm sure each of you will think it's been a great season because we did a miracle, nobody looked at us in the summer, but we won the championship! More than that. We're still playing The Cup is in the final. We qualify for the European competition next season..."

Hearing Wan Sheng's words, many people laughed happily. They thought that Wan Sheng wanted to praise everyone, but Wan Sheng's voice suddenly turned around.

"but!"

"We still haven't played the most important game, tell me, what is it?" Wan Sheng looked at everyone after saying that.

Under his eyes, many people dare not speak. After a while. Finally a voice said, "Boss, yes, it's a match against Manchester United!"

"Let, it's great!"

Wan Sheng nodded and continued, "Every one of you should know how important this game is, the FA Cup final! This is the oldest game in world football, and it is the pride of English football. I'm sure there is no team English clubs will reject the FA Cup. Wouldn't want to win this title, we are one of them, so, do you want to win the FA Cup?"

Hearing Wan Sheng's question so directly, many people raised their heads.

They didn't say anything, but their eyes seemed to say, "Of course, who doesn't want to win the championship!"

Wan Sheng looked at them and said, "Everyone of you wants to win the championship, the FA Cup, which is a hundred times, a thousand times better than our league title! It is also worth a hundred times, a thousand times! We We have come this far, we have entered the finals, there is only one game left, and if we win this game, we will be able to win the championship. It can be said that we are now very close to the championship!"

"90 minutes can decide everything, but we won in 90 minutes, it's very difficult, very difficult, but as long as we are prepared, we have a chance!"

"But look where you guys are now! Almost every time I hear someone talking about the league title, someone talking about the performance of so-and-so's previous game! I'm here to tell you, that's all over, the league title is over. It's the past, promotion is the past, next season to the Premier League? That's the future! It's four months away, it's too early!"

"We're facing the FA Cup final! The Manchester United game! Understand?"

"I heard a lot of media yesterday saying we're going to beat Manchester United unless it's God, I've heard it many times before, like when we played Tottenham, when we played Everton, Or at the beginning of the season, when I said we were going to win the league and those people said, 'Unless God forbid, this is absolutely impossible', but now? We did it all!"

"Now that they say it again, let's let God bless us one more time!"

"Manchester United!? I admit that they are very strong, but they are by no means invincible. I have the confidence to lead everyone to beat them and complete the 'miracle' in the media's mouth. Do you have confidence? Those who have no confidence, just want to win the league Those who are satisfied with the championship can stand up now, I will not punish you, I can even give you an early vacation, because you will be a drag on my team here, I hope you leave early..."

Of course, no one stood up. Although Wan Sheng said it nicely, it was definitely a fool to stand up.

Then Wan Sheng nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, no one stood up, it means that everyone hopes to create this miracle with me, so are you confident?"

"I'm asking again, are you confident? Tell me out loud!"

"Yes..." replied sparsely.

Wan Sheng roared, "Are you confident?"

"Yes!" This time the voice was much louder.

Wan Sheng was still not satisfied, and continued to yell, "Again, we will work hard to defeat Manchester United and compete for the FA Cup championship. Are you confident?"

"Have!!!"

This time everyone shouted loudly, and the intensity of the sound made Wansheng satisfied. He knew that just saying a few words like this will definitely have an effect, but the effect is not so obvious, but it is enough, he just sends a voice to everyone, telling them that the season is not over, the team still has to fight for the FA Cup Prepare for the final, and they have to beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup.

This signal is released, and the players will naturally work on it.

It’s not that everyone in the team is really confident. What Wansheng believes in is the trust of the players in themselves. They may not have much confidence, but when they see that they have confidence, they will have confidence. That’s why Wansheng is so sure. . It is because of the reverence value of each player in the players' union in the football training master system. After winning this league championship, the reverence value of many players has increased a lot, and the higher ones have already exceeded 100. The lower ones are around 80. This reverence value almost represents that all players have great confidence in themselves, so if you tell the team that there is a chance to win, naturally everyone will believe that the team has a chance.

Wansheng is still quite satisfied with his prestige in the team.

After the "collective mobilization meeting", Wansheng let the team train normally, and at 10 o'clock in the morning, the individual recovery training ended, and Wansheng let the team conduct some small-scale confrontations. He let the bench go all out to defend. Let the main team go all out to attack.

The gap between the main team and the substitutes is almost the gap between Manchester United and Derby County.

Maybe it's bigger... Derby County's main force is also difficult to substitute for Manchester United, but this is just a drill, but there is no need to go into it. Wansheng wants to find some inspiration in the confrontation drill. He needs to improve the team's performance. Defensive tactics.

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On the training ground, the substitute team played very hard, and their strength was not strong. They were also asked to be on the defensive side, even though they knew the team's offense well. They also know the main players very well, but the difference in strength is the difference in strength. It is very difficult for them to defend the goal.

The most prominent point is the personal ability gap between the two sides.

For example, players on the main side such as Ribery and Maurice can easily rely on their personal ability to break through the defense of the substitute team in the offense. After that, even if there are players to supplement the defense, it is easy to create a neutral space to complete a threatening pass.

Relatively speaking, it is difficult for the main team to cooperate. After all, all eleven members of the substitute team stay in the backcourt to defend. The number of defenders is too dense, and passing the ball can easily lead to mistakes.

Seeing this, Wansheng also knew where the focus was.

Just like the comparison between Manchester United and Derby County, Manchester United's overall strength is indeed very strong, but as long as the team's formation is stable, they rely on cooperation as a whole, and it is not easy to penetrate the team's defense. The important thing is to limit their individual stars. ability to play.

For example, players such as C-Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Van Nistelrooy and even Scholes, if these players rely on individual ability to make a strong breakthrough, or rely on the tacit cooperation of two or three people to find opportunities, it will be difficult for the team to limit Well, that's the biggest threat.

How to improve defensive tactics in response to this?

Wansheng thought hard.

Defense...defense...what was the initial defense? How has it developed so far? A series of defensive tactics kept rolling in his mind, and suddenly Wan Sheng remembered the original defensive tactics of football.

That's zone defense.

Regional defense is a relatively passive and conservative defensive tactic. Each player is responsible for the defense of a specific area, so it is relatively limited and passive. The main problem with this defensive tactic is that, within the demarcated range, the players mainly use the defensive method of the stance, and do not need to press the man. This makes it easier for the offensive side to pass and receive the ball, and if there are more than two offensive players in the same area, the defense will feel quite difficult.

Most English teams now use man-to-man defensive tactics, as is Derby County. As long as they focus on the opponent's attacking players and do not miss anyone, then the opponent will naturally find it difficult to find opportunities.

This is also the reason why there is a big gap in the individual abilities of the players, and there will be problems.

Manchester United's stars are better in terms of personal ability. Even if the defense does not miss people, they are likely to find opportunities one-on-one. This is the problem, so relying on the team's current defense, even if it is densely defended in the backcourt , it is still very difficult to keep the goal.

Wansheng suddenly thought of the team's advantage.

The team is not all disadvantaged, there are still areas that are stronger than Manchester United, such as physical fitness. With the help of the task of the football training master system, coupled with the defensive strategy that the team has been using all-court pressing, the physical fitness of the players is still the same. Excellent, and the team still has almost a month to prepare. It must be better than Manchester United who are rushing to compete with Arsenal for the league title.

The whole team is also very comfortable with running the whole court... What if this kind of running is put on the zone defense?

The range of regional defense can be expanded, plus the pressing of players, as long as it can be expanded to a certain range, then no matter which Manchester United player takes the ball in the frontcourt, it is easy to fall into the siege of at least two players, and the regional defense It will not leak positions, and it becomes very difficult for Manchester United to find a neutral position in the overall attack.

This limits the performance of Manchester United's stars, and the other makes it difficult for them to find neutral positions.

However, there are still many difficulties. The focus is on the movement and positioning of the players. Even if they are pressing, they can’t all go up. In that case, it is easy for the opponent to find a neutral position. If you want to adapt to this aspect, it is estimated that a lot of training will be required. , but Wan Sheng thinks about it carefully, this defensive tactic is still feasible. Of course, the speed of the team's physical energy consumption will definitely become faster, but physical energy can make up for the gap in strength, this is a matter of course, it is impossible to come up with a tactic, just It is completely unrealistic to directly make up the gap between the two teams.

Wansheng still has some confidence in this. The source of his confidence is coaching skills. 'Resolute interception' coupled with 'strong barriers' will greatly improve the team's defense and stealing capabilities. As long as the team can adapt well The new defensive tactics will definitely be able to do a good job in defense.

Think about this defensive tactic... Wansheng seems to already know what coaching skills to upgrade. (To be continued ~^~)