One Hundred and Seventy Subversion Starts From the Rules

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Coaching for a full season and fighting fires in the middle are two completely different concepts.

Although it is necessary to analyze the specific situation, in general, it is easier to fight the fire halfway.

Because it has a clear concept and knows where the problem is, as long as the problem is solved, there is less pressure on performance.

But a full season is different.

The moment you get the schedule, you must start to formulate a detailed season strategy.

After Gao Shen came back from South America, he locked himself in his house in the Bay Area of ​​Naples. Every day he watched videos with the coaching staff, studied the schedule, made plans, and designed training programs.

In the evening he reads in the tactical library, he has now finished reading Benitez's book and is studying Van Gaal.

This is also a head coach worthy of study. He has even profoundly influenced countless head coaches, including famous coaches such as Bielsa and Guardiola.

The Ajax team coached by Van Gaal is also the goal Gao Shen is trying to learn now.

Gao Shen heard a lot of voices outside, but he never thought of paying attention to them, and even asked Carlo not to come forward to clarify, it was not necessary, if he had this kind of time, he might as well watch a few more videos and study the opponent more.

Whether it's a mule or a horse, you have to pull it out for a walk before you know.

Whether you have the real material is not based on your words, but on your grades.

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There is a very important point in the season guide, which is the schedule.

In the past two years, the Coppa Italia has frequently changed its competition system. Now it is the middle and lower reaches of Serie A, Serie B, C1 and C2. There are 64 teams, and they will play a single knockout match directly from the first round. Until the quarterfinals are determined.

Starting from the fourth round, which is the top sixteen, officially joined the top eight teams in last season's Serie A, and the competition system has also become a two-round home and away matchup.

In terms of time, the first three rounds all started in late August, and three games were played within a week.

This is fatal.

A single knockout match is very random. For a newly formed team like Naples, the fault tolerance rate is extremely low. This requires the team to do a very detailed preparation for the season. The status is adjusted.

After playing the first three rounds of the Coppa Italia, the first round of Serie B came in September, and Naples played at home against Treviso, who had just been relegated from Serie A.

A newly promoted team meets a relegated team. Although it is a home game, it goes without saying how big the challenge is.

Not to mention, in the previous three cup rounds, Naples is entirely likely to encounter a strong Serie A team.

Judging from the league schedule, Gao Shen's number one opponent, Juventus, is scheduled to play at home in November.

Relatively speaking, the preparation time for the game against Juventus is quite ample.

In addition, the Serie B league has a winter break of more than 20 days from late December to mid-January, which is also a very important adjustment.

But if the cup can reach the quarter-finals, the winter break will be three or four days shorter than other teams.

However, this is not worth considering for the time being.

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From a technical and tactical point of view, Gao Shen’s requirements are very clear: high-position pressing and pressing, fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions.

These requirements for players' physical fitness and cooperative combat ability are very high.

But Gao Shen also put forward higher requirements.

He wants every player to run no less than 10,000 meters on average in the new season.

This number is really astonishing.

Not only is Buenaventura under pressure, but Carlo and Borrell are also under pressure.

The current mainstream running is not so outrageous. Those who can run up to ten kilometers are either midfielders or full-backs. Who can ask Gao Shen to require the entire team to run an average of ten kilometers, except for the goalkeeper?

For this number, the depth is not aimless.

"Zidane told me that as early as 1998, during the World Cup in France, players from many teams, including France, ran nine to fourteen kilometers.

There are also those with an average of about 10.5 kilometers. "

"Of course, we can't use the data of the World Cup to ask the league, but I think this is a standard worthy of reference. I can even predict that in the next four years, the running data of the entire European football will be greatly improved. would be rare."

Even Barcelona, ​​which is the most capable of running now, actually does not run as far as the average of 10 kilometers per game except for the goalkeeper. The reason is that they run as a whole.

But during Guardiola's coaching period, this overall running will be more and the running distance will be longer. The result is that the number of passes of the players is increasing.

Pass the ball, all run out!

This is the most basic.

Therefore, the passing lines of the teams in the next few years will be dense, but the passing lines of the current teams are sparse.

To put it bluntly, it is caused by the running distance.

Why did Gao Shen dare to make such an assertion?

Because the defense is getting more and more meticulous.

Football skills and tactics are all spiraling up. When you are defensive to a certain extent, you must find a way to restrain it.

How to do?

You build the defense into an iron wall, then I will move as much as possible, run more, pull more, to create cracks in your iron wall.

More importantly, my running can also effectively seize favorable space, whether it is offensive or defensive, it is beneficial.

Johan Cruyff once said: Facing an attack on a two-way, ten-lane road is a failure of defense, but facing an attack in a narrow alley that only allows one person to pass through, that is an excellent defense.

Sacchi has said something similar.

They are all expounding the most fundamental truth, that pressing is one of the most basic rules of football, compressing the space on the court is the key to winning, and compressing space requires running.

Gao Shen is now conveying this concept to the coaching staff, and then he will convey it to the players.

Counterattack on the spot after losing the ball, and at the same time compress the opponent's attack as much as possible into a narrow alley that can only be passed by a single person.

Running is the foundation of everything.

"This is a major trend. Only by adapting and doing our best to improve ourselves, the team, and our training level and quality, can we ensure that the team plays at the highest level on the court!"

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As a fan, Gao Shen didn't understand the so-called rules thoroughly.

But after becoming the head coach, especially after intensively reading the books of the coaches in the tactical library, he found that the rules are actually very important, and even a very inconspicuous rule change may subvert the existing tactics.

For example, in 2005, FIFA made changes to the offside rule.

Fans who are familiar with the World Youth Championship in 2005 must remember that when China played against Germany, the second goal scored by the German team was obviously a German offensive player was in an offside position, but because he did not directly participate in the attack, instead It was the player who plugged in later to form a single-handed goal, so this time it was a successful anti-offside.

If it was before the rule revision in 2005, it would have been an offensive offside.

There is no doubt that this offside rule was formulated to encourage offense, but for the defense, it is a disadvantage, especially for all teams that use high pressing and pressing, it is simply subversive.

Based on the original offside rule, the team must be able to effectively control an area of ​​about 40 meters in the stadium, but with the implementation of the new offside rule, this figure will be expanded to 60 meters.

In other words, the team that adopts a high position to press and press can effectively control an area that is 20 meters more than the original.

Then you can calculate, how big is this area? How much more distance does this require the player to run?

Why did Guardiola's Barcelona run so much?

In addition to the need for passing and pulling, the more important thing is to effectively control the 60-meter area so that the opponent cannot counterattack and attack smoothly, otherwise, they will hit behind and hit one by one.

And this will also have another impact, that is, there will be more space in the midfield.

After there is more space, the physical contact of players will be reduced, and the technical midfielder can gain more advantages. Therefore, a midfield configuration similar to Barcelona's Habaibu will have more activity areas.

[To be honest, I have been using Mimi to read and update books recently, switch sources, read aloud with many timbres, and both Android and Apple are fine. 】

At the same time, with more space, the previous tactic of lining up the midfield like 442 will not work, because there is space in front of and behind the body, which is unreasonable, so it is replaced by 4231 , 4321, 433 and other multi-line formations, they will further subdivide the midfield.

All of this is based on effectively controlling the 60-meter area, which requires more running.

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Gao Shen explained his thinking to the core coaching staff very clearly, because then they need to implement these into training and instill them in the players through training.

A new era in European football has begun.

A very important reason why Gao Shen doesn't use high-post defense in Real Madrid is that the running ability of Real Madrid players is insufficient.

All teams with insufficient running ability blindly adopt high-position defense, and the final result is that the defense line is sieved.

Therefore, if Naples wants to adopt a high defense, it must be able to do it. The running distance of the players can effectively control the 60-meter area, which is the basis for the team's effective defense.

Otherwise, Gao Shen would not consider adopting a high-position defense, and everything would have to be demolished and rebuilt.

"Lorenzo, I believe that you can do it, and our players can also meet your requirements. Of course, this requires our support in training level, hardware facilities, eating habits and other aspects." Gao Shen said confidently encouraged.

Everyone immediately looked at Buenaventura, with sympathy in their eyes.

how to say?

The advanced requirements are indeed too high.

Among the six people present, Gao Shen was probably the only one who was convinced that Buenaventura could do it.

Because, before his crossing, Buenaventura did, and he did it very well.

"You bring me new challenges every time, and the difficulty becomes more difficult every time." Buenaventura smiled wryly.

Everyone also laughed.

Who said no?

When he was coaching Real Madrid, he was required to adjust the team's physical fitness for half a month. Now, the requirements are even more outrageous.

With such a boss at the booth, there is no other way.

But it's also a challenge to improve yourself.