Four Hundred and Fifteen Super Platinum Youth Training

After four rounds of the Premier League, it entered the two-week national team match day, but European football has not calmed down at all. In addition to the national team matches, the most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the Champions League group draw.

But this has nothing to do with Yang Cheng and Liverpool. They are only concerned about the UEFA Cup draw after the Champions League group arm draw, but this is not a big deal, because today's UEFA Cup is far inferior to the Champions League in every aspect. The competition is fierce and filled with a large number of underdogs.

After the two major draws, the two-day UEFA Head Coaches Summit was held in Nyon.

As the most influential head coach in Europe today, Yang Cheng naturally received the invitation, and UEFA awarded the best coach to Yang Cheng. If he did not attend this meeting, it would be somewhat embarrassing. give face.

It is said that it is a head coach summit, and those who can be included in the meeting are all the head coaches of some of the most influential football clubs today. Looking at it, they are all famous coaches who participated in the European Champions Cup. Only Yang Cheng and the coach from Barcelona Rijkaard and Rijkaard will be unlucky to play in the UEFA Cup.

Different from previous years' summits, this year's summit has many newcomers, including last season's UEFA Cup winner and Porto's Portuguese coach, Jose Mourinho.

This guy has no qualifications in the circle, and he is the only one in the Portuguese League, so he seems a bit lonely.

Rijkaard, who was also attending the meeting for the first time in Chuchu, was more popular. After all, he had a brilliant career as a professional player and had met many people, so he could find people to chat with everywhere in the venue.

Mourinho seemed to have been paying attention to Yang Cheng. When the people around him dispersed, the Portuguese joined in.

"What a pity. I originally thought I could get you again in the Champions League!" Mourinho raised a proud arc at the corner of his mouth.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter, there will be a chance sooner or later!"

The two found a place nearby to sit down.

"I watched the UEFA Cup final between Bolton and Celtic last year!" Yang Cheng said.

It was an early contest between Premier League opponents in the future. Of course Mourinho had to pay attention to O'Neal and Yang Cheng.

"How does it feel?" Mourinho asked.

Yang Cheng shook his head, "I think those reporters are blind. I don't understand why they call you Caesar II.

No matter how you look at it, we both look alike! "

"Yes, I never recognize anything like Caesar or II!" Mourinho sneered at the title.

"Compared to your conservative and stubborn tactical style, I prefer passion and aggressiveness. I like initiative and technology!" Yang Cheng smiled and hit the opponent. "I think technology and creativity are the future of football. So I don’t like your football, but I appreciate you as a person!”

"Should I be honored by this?" Mourinho asked coldly.

"No!" Yang Cheng replied with a smile, "I just hope that next time we meet you can resist longer and not be as vulnerable as last time!"

Thinking of the last disastrous defeat, Mourinho felt furious.

"Don't worry, you will definitely lose miserably if we meet again!" At this point, Mourinho smiled coldly, "But that will have to wait until you take the team to the Champions League!"

"It's fun to coach in the Portuguese league. There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is the king!" Yang Cheng countered, "Or, I will look forward to it. If you take Portugal to the UEFA Cup, I will wait for you at the old team! "

"You won't have such a chance!" Mourinho was confident.

Yang Cheng curled his lips, "Maybe!"

The two of them had nothing in common, whether it was personal relationships or technical and tactical issues. Their only connection was that Mourinho was dubbed Caesar II, and the two had rivalries and conflicts with each other. Due to each other, once they sit down, they will find that they have nothing in common.

Sitting for even one more minute without a common topic is torture.

Mourinho, unable to sit still, apologized and left.

"It seems that this guy has a big opinion on you!" Ferguson walked over with a smile.

As the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a ally, oh, no, a comrade-in-arms. No wonder Ferguson liked Mourinho as soon as he saw him.

"You have a bigger opinion on me, don't you?" Yang Cheng laughed.

Ferguson didn't mind, he smiled and sat across from Yang Cheng, "Are you still used to living in Liverpool, facing that group of cowards who live in the shadow of the past all day long?"

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "You know, I am a person who respects tradition very much, and I feel that I get along well with them."

"That's because you don't know them well enough!"

"Maybe, but I'm thinking that beating Manchester United should help me integrate into this team better!"

Ferguson laughed, but didn't say anything more.

The two teams are mortal enemies of each other, but the two of them can sit down and chat, which is really interesting.

"Have you ever thought about selling that Ronaldo?"

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

"Of course you are not stupid, but judging from the current situation, him staying in the team is always a hidden danger. It is better to sell it to me for 12 million pounds and transfer in the winter!" Ferguson said.

This price is really much higher than Yang Cheng's purchase price.

Seeing that Yang Cheng didn't speak, Ferguson smiled and said, "Veteran generals and junior generals are like ice and fire. Too much of both is not a good thing!"

Veterans have gone through countless storms, and some have even become useless. Once there are too many veterans, their combat effectiveness will inevitably slacken; as for young generals, although they are full of enthusiasm, they are prone to making mistakes and losing control. Not necessarily a good thing.

Yang Cheng understands this truth, but given Liverpool's situation in the summer, there are many positions where they need to introduce qualified stars. The transfer fee was simply unaffordable, and bringing in veterans was not an option, so Yang Cheng introduced many rookies.

"Solskjaer played well on the right!" Yang Cheng praised with a smile.

Jiaoweiren is a typical player who plays football with his brain. After Beckham left, he was promoted to the right midfielder position by Ferguson and performed very well, but he was unable to use Beckham's wide range. The ability to dispatch passes has caused an imbalance in Manchester United's midfield.

Yang Cheng felt that Ferguson made a big mistake in the second-season transfer. He was too obsessed with Ronaldinho, which led to him leaving Beckham, and then letting Veron go. Otherwise, the Argentinian would play as a right midfielder. , can fill Beckham's role to some extent.

Of course, Manchester United's current strength is not bad.

Ferguson knew his difficulties and smiled slightly, "Please consider calling me at any time!"

Yang Cheng shrugged, "Don't think about it!" Then he smiled.

Ferguson shook his head and said, "It's so boring to talk to people like you!" Then he also smiled.

The two of them kept hanging out there, talking about some football-related topics. Later, Heathfield also joined in, and gradually a lot of people gathered around. After all, these three people are all from Europe. The most influential head coach, the conversation between them can be said to be of endless use to some people.

"I still remember that when we judged a player's performance in the past, we mostly referred to his overall performance in minutes to see whether their performance in a game was consistent, stable, and positive. Get into the game, but now..." Hitzfeld shook his head.

In a team like Bayern Munich, everyone from the chairman to the general manager is a guy who understands football. Although he is not subject to many checks and balances, he is still somewhat restricted. In addition, the media is adding fuel to the fire from outside. The pressure on the head coach has never been greater.

"What do modern players compare to?" Nigelson also seemed to be complaining. "Those reporters don't know any better. They are full of a lot of comments competing for eyeballs all day long. If they score a goal, they will praise it and if they don't, they will criticize it. , I can tell with my toes what they are going to do!”

Manchester United just lost a game, and Ferguson also received a lot of criticism and accusations.

"After all, the psychological quality of today's players is too weak, or it should be said that they grew up in this impetuous media atmosphere, and their psychology has become more or less impetuous!" Yang Cheng said.

Heathfield and Ferguson both nodded immediately, these words were insightful.

"I really have a feeling that it's not business that's ruining football, but the over-developed media that's ruining football!" Ferguson said sadly, "Yang Cheng talks about being impetuous, but in fact the whole environment is like this. Players In addition to the club salary, the income is commercial income, and this part of the income depends on your influence, because sponsors have to consider value."

"For a player to gain influence on the court, it cannot be achieved overnight. It requires accumulation over many years. In this way, when they have influence and they are old, how much commercial value will they still have? "

"Therefore, agents use another method. With the help of media attention, developed media can make a player famous overnight. When all the media is paying attention to you, sponsors will naturally flock to you. You say, under such circumstances, players can still play with peace of mind? I don’t believe it!”

At this point, everyone began to understand that Ferguson was talking about Beckham.

"People are all about comparison. When other players see that you are famous and make a lot of money, what will they think? My role is not inferior to yours, so why should you be the one to show off and make a lot of money? I will be willing to be there. Are you going to be your stepping stone? No one wants to be thrown into a corner where no one wants to pay attention, and everyone wants to stand in front of the media."

"What will it look like in the end?"

Perhaps, this is why Ferguson decided to sell Beckham.

When he couldn't stop Beckham from continuing to pursue his career, when he couldn't stop the club from returning to a more thorough commercial operation, he chose to sell Beckham as a warning to all Manchester United players allowed them to focus more on the game.

Manchester United's commercial development may be the most developed, but who would have thought that as Manchester United's head coach, Ferguson was the most opposed to this kind of commercialization of stars. If he told it, no one would believe it.

Yang Cheng chuckled, "So I always remind myself that I am a head coach. I think about problems and observe players. It is also from this identity. From a football perspective, only in this way can we exclude the outside world. interference and make the most appropriate decision.”

"But I will not rashly reject everything. I believe in one thing, existence is reasonable, and I also believe that everyone and everything has merit, and there is something worth learning from. The most important thing is that I, at any time, In any environment, I will look at it with a humble attitude and think about it all. This is the biggest gain I have gained from coaching in these years!"

Many people say that Yang Cheng has changed. He has become less sharp and sharp than before. He has become more restrained and calm, and he has become more charming and approachable.

All this comes from his change in mentality.

He knows very well that this means he has matured!

Ferguson and Ninsfield looked at each other and laughed in unison.

It can be said that they all witnessed Yang Cheng's growth. From being full of arrogance while working in Caifas, to going through so many things in Italy, his arrogance was smoothed and he began to become more mature and restrained. .

Now he has the demeanor and magnanimity of a top coach in every move he makes.

The entire gathering of top managers turned into a discussion about the relationship between business, media and football.

As the focus of the most attention from the media and sponsors, Yang Cheng naturally became the core of this discussion. However, as a football head coach, he always stood on the side of football. He also talked about a lot of his personal experiences on the spot. .

Even though Yang Cheng is young, in just a short period of time since he took charge of Chemnitz, he has had more experience than countless head coaches, and his dealings with the media are much higher. For most of the head coaches present, he has the most say in this aspect.

This is a gathering that is invisibly increasing his influence, and Yang Cheng is further improving his status in the circle of European head coaches through his own knowledge and remarks.

Perhaps, there is an environment outside where performance determines everything, but here, it is undoubtedly not entirely the case.

After the two-day summit, Yang Cheng returned directly to Liverpool. On the one hand, he presided over the club's training. Due to the shortage of manpower in the first team, Yang Cheng transferred many young rookies from the second team to participate in joint training.

In addition, Yang Cheng also took a closer look at Liverpool's youth training over this period of time.

You may feel confused when you say it, but in fact, Liverpool has two youth training camps.

The one at Kirkby is an authentic youth training, but there is also a youth team training at Melwood. In the case of a pitch, the players participating in the reserve team games are all from the youth team at Melwood. , plus some players in the first team who were unable to play in the game, they formed a team to play in the reserve team.

Kirkby's side is an authentic youth training academy, which specially arranges teams to play youth team games.

If we count it in terms of level, below the first team is Melwood's youth team, with about 100 people. Once the number is small, they will be recruited from Kirkby's side, and Kirkby's side is on the right track. The entire youth training system is in operation, and the person in charge is Stick Hewei, an outstanding youth training expert who has trained famous players such as Owen, Gerrard, Carragher and Fowler.

"Why is this so?" Yang Cheng frowned and asked the assistants around him.

The first person to bear the brunt is Meulensteen, who is responsible for youth training in Yang Cheng's coaching staff.

"According to my understanding, Stick Heway is a very stubborn and traditional English youth trainee. He has had outstanding youth training results, such as Fowler, Owen and other players. He has returned to work at the club. More than ten years."

"At the beginning of Houllier's tenure, the two studied the issue of youth training. He directly opposed some of Houllier's demands. Later, Houllier proposed to take control of the youth training, but the club's senior management opposed it. I think Kirkby and Melwood have always been managed separately and there is no need to unify. Besides, Kirkby’s results have always been good.”

Yang Cheng and others nodded immediately after hearing this, "What then?"

"Later Houllier had no choice, so he arranged for his assistants to select the players he liked in Kirkby and let them come to Melwood for training. He also hired several coaches to teach them, but due to the Steve and Haiwei are incompatible with each other, so this team cannot play in the youth team and can only play in the reserve team."

After Yang Cheng heard this, he truly understood the historical issue between the two youth teams.

In the past, Melwood's youth team, or reserve team, was mostly trained in remote corner areas, or outside of first-team training. Yang Cheng did not have much time to manage, and He didn't know much about this situation. He was busy with the Asian tour and the new season, so he just left it alone.

Now it seems that the problem is huge!

"What do you think?" Yang Cheng asked Mullenstine and Moniz.

Two, although Lilian is good at technical training, his achievements in youth training are also very outstanding. The German youth training, the Kaifas youth training, and later the Inter Milan youth training, these major youth training Their contributions are behind the training system.

But today's teams generally don't attach much importance to youth training, so the two Lilans are more famous as technical coaches.

"In a typical English youth training camp, you can't imagine that a group of young children will begin to receive indoctrination in tactical ideas and physical confrontation. Although this will make their results in the youth training camp more outstanding, the price paid is Their minds are filled with tactics and confrontations, and tactical learning courses and physical training have squeezed out their technical training time."

Moniz is very disgusted with this kind of training method. Tactics can make a player rigid and stereotyped. This is something everyone knows.

It can be said that even if a player reaches the age of 19, they are usually still unable to finalize their position and cannot determine their position. However, Liverpool’s youth training camp has been instilling tactics even since the old age. Isn’t this the same as the so-called domestic players? Is the training method of the super white generation the same?

Problems in English football have always existed and are well known to everyone, but they have never been solved. The reason is simple. This old powerhouse has countless complicated problems, even in the youth training system.

Yang Cheng has mentioned in his contract that he will be in charge of the youth training camp. David, Morse and Rick Parry also support this because of his outstanding youth training concepts elsewhere. They hope that he can lead Liverpool Produce the next batch of stars such as Owen and Gerrard.

But now it seems that this wish is impossible to realize in a short time!

I have seen youth training camps in chaos, but I have never seen one with two youth training systems.

Yang Cheng felt a headache when he thought about this problem. x-on:.