Six Hundred and Seventy-Five, Carrot and Stick

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The one-day rest period is more to give players some rest time during the busy schedule. It is of little help to the body and other aspects. After all, it is only one day. Uploaded by netizen==

Some players will choose to stay at home, some will go on vacation with their families, and some will go shopping. In short, there is everything, and each has its own way of relaxing. As the head coach of the team, Yang Cheng Then I went to Lake Como to stay for one night, and then went to Piazza Milano to feed the pigeons before returning.

In the game against Almeria, the problem on the team's left wing was actually not an accident. Marcelo started, and the team's left wing defense always had hidden dangers. Therefore, after returning to the team, Yang Cheng focused on Overcome this problem.

Under Yang Cheng, Marcelo's progress has always been obvious. Whether it is offense or defense, he is very threatening, especially his recent cross ball. It's just because of his Regarding defensive issues, Yang Cheng never dared to rely on him.

When it comes to Marcelo's defense, it doesn't actually mean that his defense is very poor. He has two biggest problems. One is that he is hit behind quickly after assisting and cannot come back. This is as football attacks become faster and faster. Now, even if Carlos and Cafu return to the top, it is inevitable.

People, no matter how fast they are, can never catch the ball!

Marcelo's forward attacks often go down to the bottom line. This means that if the opponent counterattacks quickly, he must return from the bottom line to his own bottom line in the shortest possible time. Then he has to run a hundred meters. If Asking him to do this is indeed asking too much.

The other is that the opponent fights with him physically. Marcelo suffers a lot in this aspect. He is often beaten up and becomes the background for the opponent's players to show off their power. It almost always happens in this kind of situation, which also makes him He was criticized a lot by the fans.

Yang Cheng has been aware of this for a long time, so since the summer, he has been asking Marcelo to improve his physical resistance. He does not need to become as big and muscular as Carlos, but at least he must be able to Try to ensure that you don't suffer in physical confrontation, after all, no matter how strong his offensive ability is.

Another trouble is that Marcelo lacks self-discipline in life. For example, he likes food, so he eats unscrupulously. The method Yang Cheng gave to deal with this was to fine him as soon as his weight exceeded the standard. The fine made Marcelo complain endlessly, and Like other Brazilian players, he likes to go to nightclubs.

Frankly speaking, it is difficult to restrict a kid who is only 19 years old at this point. After all, professional players are just ordinary people in the final analysis, and they will have ordinary people's maladies, so Yang Cheng cannot avoid it almost every time he takes a holiday. Be careful about these things.

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When the door rang at Yang Cheng’s office,

Marcelo was in a very nervous mood.

Because he knew what kind of disease he had committed, and he also knew that the disease could be big or small.

Small, he just went out with a group of friends, came home a little late, and was photographed by reporters; big, it can also be said that he ignored the team's discipline, especially for Yang Cheng, who regards team discipline as a big deal.

"Sit!" Yang Cheng pointed to the seat in front of his desk.

Marcelo nodded, sat down, secretly raised his eyes and glanced at his head. When there was no movement, he was puzzled.

Yang Cheng also knew that this kid was secretly looking at him without saying a word, and deliberately browsing the web on the computer. He guessed not wrong at all. The media and supporters of Barcelona were already in a turmoil. Real Madrid spoke like a doomsday huā, as if they were about to die.

Time always flies by when reading news on the web, but the kid sitting opposite him is sitting on pins and needles.

After a while, Yang Cheng turned off the monitor, coughed, and looked at Marcelo again. The latter was sitting upright, coupled with his mushroom cloud-like afro, which made Yang Cheng couldn't help laughing.

As soon as Marcelo saw him smiling, he immediately laughed along with him, showing a mouth full of white teeth and wearing braces.

"Don't laugh, kid, where were you last night?" Yang Cheng coughed again.

Marcelo looked at the head coach's pretending to be serious and nodded, "I'll confess, boss, I went out with a few friends and was a little late. I promise, it won't be more than 30 minutes. I was just unlucky to meet him." Those reporters!”

"Unlucky enough to meet a reporter?" Yang Cheng smiled, "How many times were you lucky enough not to meet a reporter?"

Marcelo suddenly realized that he had said something wrong and stopped saying anything.

"I suppressed this news for you!" Yang Cheng started to become a little serious.

In fact, there is not much news about Marcelo. After all, Yang Cheng's rules are very strict and he rarely crosses Yang Cheng's boundaries.

"The administration has prepared a new contract for you..."

"Thank you, boss!" Marcelo smiled excitedly. His current annual salary is only 1 million euros, which is the lowest annual salary in the team. Compared with Xavi? Garcia, Granero and others are on the same level, but Granero, who has shown great performance recently, is also preparing to renew his contract and raise his salary, but there is no news about him.

They all play in the same team. Seeing that the salaries of the players around him are higher than his own, Marcelo feels very uncomfortable, especially Thiago who joined at the same time as him? Silva, this guy's annual salary has now risen to 3 million euros, which is on the same level as Ramos. Can he not be anxious?

Yang Cheng chuckled, "Don't thank me, I'm not ready to give you this contract now!"

"Why?" Marcelo grimaced.

"What do you say yourself?" Yang Cheng asked.

Marcelo curled his lips. He had nothing to say. When he met Yang Cheng, it was like a good student meeting a teacher. You have to punish him as he is told. It's not enough for him to be disobedient.

"This summer we will comprehensively adjust the team's salary structure. You have a chance, but it depends on your performance!" Yang Cheng said with a smile, "The next period of time will be your assessment period. The better your performance. Okay, the bigger the salary increase will be, you know my requirements, but if you are overweight again and let me receive your disciplinary report, as usual, I will deduct it directly."

"This time, instead of deducting your short-term salary, it will be deducted directly from your contract's annual salary!"

"Boss, you clearly want to kill me!" Marcelo smiled bitterly, "This damages your glorious and majestic image, boss!"

Yang Cheng nodded, "You can think so, but you can't stop me from doing it!"

"You should learn more from Kaká and Thiago Silva, it will be good for you!" Yang Cheng warned with sincerity.

Many young and talented players were ruined by their own hands just because they lacked self-discipline.

"I understand, boss!" Marcelo curled his lips. He was not dissatisfied with Yang Cheng at all, because it was Yang Cheng who single-handedly promoted and cultivated him, and everything Yang Cheng did was for his sake. Can understand.

In fact, Yang Cheng's control over Marcelo is not particularly strict, but it is more strict during the season. During the holidays, he lets Marcelo go. After all, it is impossible to ask a 19-year-old, lively little devil to look like. A 39-year-old middle-aged man is so mature and steady, isn't he?

Looking at Marcelo's leaving figure, Yang Cheng shook his head.

Young players have the advantages of being young players, but they also have many disadvantages. After all, who was not rebellious when they were young?

But Yang Cheng still feels very satisfied when he sees a piece of raw material taking shape day by day under his own carving.

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Although Marcelo was given a sap in the first training session after returning to the team, this did not prevent Yang Cheng from reusing him at all.

But how to solve the problems left by Marcelo's forward attack, especially considering that Ramos is on the right this season. What if it is replaced by Maicon? At that time, the offense from the two wings will be sharp, but counterattack prevention will also be a big problem.

There are two main types of football defensive systems, marking and zone. These are easy to understand and the literal meaning is very clear. However, today’s football tactics are more and more inclined to details and overall, so it is difficult to define whether it is marking or zone. .

In this case, the ability to freely switch between marking and zone defense, as well as the response speed of assisting defense and protection in zone defense, have become fundamental indicators of a team's defensive level.

This is why Ferguson refused to buy defenders at all costs, but promoted the youth team as much as possible, because he felt that a few ordinary players could also build a world-class defense line through improvements in these two aspects.

With Real Madrid's current double midfielder configuration, it is not difficult to switch between marking and areas freely, especially coupled with the active counterattack and protection in the midfield and frontcourt. These can effectively delay the opponent's quick counterattack and gain opportunities for the defense. Time also plays a big role in assisting and protecting the two ribs.

But the problem is that after being counterattacked by the opponent, Real Madrid's defense line pressed forward and exposed too much space behind it, which was a problem.

In the past, when Cannavaro was here, his experience and positioning could very well help defend and protect his teammates after the attack, but now Cannavaro has obviously been unable to keep up with Yang Cheng's requirements.

Either with Thiago? Silva, Pepe or Ramos all have to face the problem of being beaten.

Therefore, Yang Cheng will focus on practicing a new defensive model in the next period of time, which is to improve the previous defensive system and expand the activity area of ​​​​the center back, focusing on forward defense.

Forward defense is a terminology in basketball, but it is also applicable in football. It can include many types, such as the top tackle.

The advantage of Real Madrid's center back lies in speed and flexibility. By moving the defense line forward and expanding the defensive area, this advantage can be maximized. Regardless of whether it is Thiago? Silva, Pepe, Ramos, and Cannavaro are all very good at predicting the path of the ball, which is very suitable for Real Madrid's open defensive tactics.

The overall process is pretty much the same. The midfielder and frontcourt adopt on-the-spot counter-attack and interception tactics to force the opponent to move the ball as quickly as possible, while the double midfielders protect the defense line through pressure and positioning, forming a double-team with the midfielder and frontcourt, as much as possible. Compress the opponent's passing space.

The central defender expands the range of activities from behind, observes and analyzes the opponent's ball route, makes predictions, and limits the opponent's passes to the forward and front offensive players in advance to ensure that the opponent's players in the threat zone cannot receive the ball to the maximum extent. to the pass.

In theory, this defensive method is indeed very effective. After all, the opponent's threatening players cannot get the ball and cannot create a threat. If they are on the field, it is as if they are not on the field. Moreover, after the central defender expands his range of activities, when the defense line presses forward, It can put more pressure on the opponent's midfield and force the ball to stay in the opponent's half as much as possible.

But the risk is also high, because this kind of defense requires high overall coordination. It must ensure that the team acts as a whole from front to back, and it must have good knowledge of the central defender's explosive power, anticipation, and timing of the attack. Basics, otherwise, once the opponent seizes the opportunity, the defense will be in trouble.

Of course, the speed of Real Madrid's central defender can minimize this risk. The key lies in the overall character of the team. For this reason, Yang Cheng also requires that the full-backs cannot attack at the same time and must ensure that at least one full-back is available at all times. The defender can rush to support the center at any time.

This will not affect Real Madrid's offense, because reducing the number of forward attacks does not mean that the threat is reduced.

Quantity is important, but it is even more critical to give up quantity to ensure the stability of the defense and improve the quality of the forward's participation in the offense. If we can ensure that every time the forward participates in the attack, it can create a threat and break the situation, then the assists of the full-back Isn't it more powerful than the entire front row, but it didn't create much of a threat?

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After a week of rest, Real Madrid regrouped and welcomed Valladolid at the Bernabeu.

The opponent is not strong, the defensive system is not rigorous enough, and the offensive threat is not great. It is a good target for Yang Cheng to inspect the team's defense. Therefore, in this game, Yang Cheng arranged for Casillas to be the starting goalkeeper, and Marcel Luo, Thiago? Silva, Pepe and Ramos form the defense, and Xavi is the double midfielder? Alonso and Mascherano, David on the left? Silva, Kaka is the front midfielder, Mata is the right winger, and Villa is the forward.

Due to the huge disparity in strength, coupled with a week of adjustments, Real Madrid quickly withstood Valladolid's attack at the beginning and quickly brought the game under its own rhythm control.

In the 7th minute, Real Madrid scored, Xavi? Alonso made a long pass, and after Mata made an anti-offside breakthrough on the right, he got the ball and cut into the penalty area, crossing the middle. At this time, Villa was in an offside position, but Kaká followed up and kicked the ball furiously. , sent the ball into Valladolid's goal, 1:0!

Valladolid's players complained that Real Madrid's players were offside, but the referee clearly stated that Villa, who was offside, did not participate in the game, so Real Madrid's goal was valid.

Conceding a goal first made Valladolid very angry, and they began to play their most iconic pressing tactics.

Yang Cheng immediately made adjustments, allowing the team to let the ball go more to the two sides instead of the center.

This adjustment soon brought two consecutive goals to Real Madrid. In the 18th and 25th minutes, Villa and Mata scored two goals respectively. Real Madrid temporarily led 3:0.

Less than 10 minutes later, Real Madrid once again launched a crazy attack, and in the 41st minute, Kaka knocked back in the penalty area, Xavi? Alonso followed up with a long shot and once again penetrated Valladolid's goal, 4:0!

Returning to the halftime break with a score of 4:0, Yang Cheng was very satisfied with the team's performance, because in the entire first half, Valladolid had only one shot and no shots on target. Real Madrid's attack on the enemy The amount of pressure exerted by the offense is evident.

After changing sides in the second half, Real Madrid continued to deal a heavy blow to Valladolid, scoring consecutive goals in the 52nd, 70th, and 83rd minutes, and finally defeated Valladolid 7:0 and won a goal. A hearty victory.

Yang Cheng was full of praise for the team's performance after the game.

"Yes, that's right, we tried a new defensive method in the game. We made several mistakes in the game. Although the opponent did not seize the opportunity, it was enough to alert us. I believe that as the game continues, With the accumulation of competition experience, we will perform better and better."

In addition to the team's huge victory in this game, the most dazzling star in the Real Madrid team is undoubtedly the Brazilian Kaká.

With two goals and three assists, Kaka showed the strength of a top midfielder and became the brightest star of the night. Yang Cheng was not surprised at all by Kaka's performance.

"You know, every head coach who introduces a player will definitely estimate what he can bring to himself and the team, and hope that he can respond with his performance on the court so that everyone will marvel and say, ah , it was really a good deal to bring him in at this price, and I feel the same way.”

"Kaka's performance has always been very good, but I have set higher demands on him from the beginning. I hope that he will not only be a scorer, but also a passer and assister, because I I think he has the potential and strength in this area, and I am very happy. He has performed very well so far."

Another player named and praised by Yang Cheng was Mascherano.

"He is a player who can bring balance to the team. Although he has no key passes, no assists, and no goals as always, we cannot deny that when Valladolid almost succeeded in two counterattacks, It was Javier who stood in front of his opponents and ruined their offense. He is a phenomenal player in the defensive midfield position!"

Commenting on his own players alone shows that Yang Cheng is satisfied with this game and the players' performance, especially with Kaká and Xavi? Alonso, Mascherano, three players, and Marcelo's performance is also very outstanding. This guy is the best at offense. In this game, the defense has almost no contribution. On the contrary, the offense is a great threat. I can't see it for the time being. Change.

The day after Real Madrid beat Valladolid 7-0 at home, Barcelona challenged Sevilla away.

As a result, Barcelona, ​​which was sure to win, encountered a sap from Sevilla in the first half at the Pizjuan Stadium. Capel's goal gave Sevilla the lead.

Afterwards, even though Barcelona pursued and counterattacked all the way, and in the 57th minute of the second half, the opponent's midfielder Keita was sent off with a red card for accumulating two yellow cards, they were still unable to break through the opponent's defense. In the end, Xavi scored in the 89th minute In the minute, he hit a long shot and once again contributed to Barcelona.

1:1, Barcelona lost points away from home.

As a result, the points gap between the two teams widened to 14 points again!

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