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“Starting from coaching Real Madrid ()”

There is a saying in Italian football: defense never goes out of style.

At first glance, many people will scoff at this sentence, but when you have a deeper understanding of the history of football technical and tactical development, you will find that this sentence is actually very reasonable.

In the words of the Chinese ancestors, it is: everything changes and stays true to its roots.

The world of football is always changing, sometimes the wings are prosperous, sometimes the middle is strong, sometimes they play 442, sometimes they play 433...

But no matter how the world changes, defense is indispensable on the football field.

Because the essence of professional football is winning and losing.

Some people say that the World Cup in 2006 was Italy's revenge for the European Cup in 2000.

In the two thousand years of the European Cup, Germany was weak and outdated in tactics; England was perennially popular and absent all the year round; the golden generation of the Netherlands and Portugal both performed very well, but in the end it was Italy, which relied on defense to win, all the way to the final.

But Italy lost 1-2 to France in the final.

After six years, the two teams met again in the World Cup final. Zidane is no longer Zidane, but Italy is still Italy.

Relying on an almost unbreakable defense, Italy won the World Cup despite being devastated by the Calciopoli incident, which boosted the morale of Italian football.

Does this mean that Italian football will always be strong?

Nor is it.

In fact, over the years, Italian football has gradually declined, especially in terms of youth training, and the talent supply is weak.

Even at the tactical level that Italy is most proud of, they are still criticized.

Ancelotti's use of Pirlo's front midfielder and rear position has been unanimously appreciated, but the 4321 Christmas tree formation he has tasted has also been questioned and failed. The reason is simple, tearing.

Offense and defense are completely torn apart.

This point aroused heated discussions as early as the European Cup in the 2000s, and it is still being discussed until now.

And everyone knows how much the team's tactics will be affected after the offense and defense are torn apart.

Being too paranoid and conservative will bring about another problem, which is the training of players.

Take the center forward as an example, the Italians have the most centers who can break through the opponent's defense, such as Toni and Iaquinta.

And these types of centers spend more energy and physical energy on the task of breaking through the opponent's defense, resulting in little or no contribution to the defensive end.

And this is a consequence of the split between offense and defense, and tactics that tend to be defensive.

Even in AC Milan's Christmas tree formation, the front three are the ones who really commit to attack.

Everyone knows that Italian football has entered a dead end, and this was especially evident in the Champions League last season. Even if Italy wins the World Cup, it still cannot change this situation.

The key question is, how to change?

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Four two three one or four three two one, essentially the same, five midfield configuration.

The former was originally a formation created to freeze a super ten like Maradona, because a single midfielder cannot stop a superstar like Maradona, so two people are needed.

And the extra person was taken from the front line.

Therefore, in the earliest days, the four-two-three formation was for defense.

However, with the passage of time and the changes in the football tactical environment, especially in Spain, after continuous updates and iterations, 4231 was re-given a different tactical mission from the past.

"Defensively, using an integrated pressing system, all fronts move forward together, and get the ball back as close as possible to the opponent's goal. This is the Netherlands' total defense."

This is the starting point of the high pressing and pressing tactics.

But then there is another problem. When the team adopts a high position to press and press, high center forwards like Tony and Iaquinta become tasteless, because they cannot provide the team with a strong press and press in the frontcourt. .

They can score goals, but they can't defend, they can't even support, they can't make the ball, and they can't become a tactical fulcrum.

The existence of this kind of high center forward not only cannot help the team, but drags down the team's overall tactics.

Therefore, all teams that adopt high-position pressing and oppression will choose another type of center, a supporting center.

This type of center is very active on the defensive end. When they switch from offense to defense, they will immediately invest in counter-attacks. More importantly, they are good at playing the ball and creating space for their teammates.

Yes, they don't score many goals, but their tactical role is very important, even indispensable.

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Gao Shen spent more than half an hour, going from front to back with Pellet, carefully reviewing the changes in tactics and the rise of supporting centers.

He hoped that Pellet could clearly understand why he did this and what to do.

"Actually, when I was at Ajax, from Petersson to Ronald De Boer, and then to Kluivert, the scoring efficiency of these players was not particularly high, only Kluivert was relatively Better, he was also hailed by Van Gaal as the representative of the perfect center forward."

"You can see that these centers are not good at scoring efficiency, they are more of a fulcrum, and even Litmanen, Bergkamp and others have also played the role of supporting centers. played an important role.”

"Now, the supporting center has become very popular. I used Negredo to play this role when I was in Real Madrid, so Raul's scoring rate went up immediately, and at Chelsea, Drogba is the best in this regard. .”

"When Benitez coached Valencia, he first had Carew and then Mista. After arriving at Liverpool, he has been looking for a supporting center, such as Baros and Crouch."

"Barcelona's Rijkaard has always been dissatisfied with Eto'o, because Eto'o can score goals, but he has not done well in support. He is also looking for a support center."

"Of course, there are other teams, other coaches, many of them have this tendency, especially in the Netherlands and Spain. I can even tell you with certainty that the supporting center will play an increasingly important role in the future. Tactical role, like Drogba's role at Chelsea."

When Gao Shen said this, his expression was extremely firm.

This is what he saw and experienced.

Not to mention anything else, in a few years, who needs centers like Tony, Iaquinta, and Trezeguet?

Even if it is as strong as Eto'o, in front of Si Sansan, don't you have to pull aside?

Center forwards like Diego Milito, Benzema, and Drogba are the mainstream.

Pellet undoubtedly fits in this direction.

Over the years, Pellet has been in a daze, never thinking about what kind of player he should be?

This is the first time someone has explained to him the past and present of the supporting center in such a systematic and complete way, and it also pointed out a path and direction for Pellet's career development.

"Boss, what do you think I should do?" Pellet asked with concern.

Gao Shen knew that he was moved, and immediately laughed, "You will be the core of our frontcourt attack."

Pellet raised his head in disbelief, looked at Gao Shen with disbelief on his face.

Want to use him as the core?

"The task of defense, as I have just said, is to counter-grab on the spot, consume the opponent's central defender, etc. Once you grab the ball and switch from defense to offense, you must quickly move to a favorable position and become our team First point of attack."

"After winning the first point, there will be teammates around you to attack. Your task is to distribute the ball to your teammates reasonably. After completing this step, the next thing you have to do is to respond or score goals. "

Through Gao Shen's words, Pellet understood his position in Gao Shen's tactical system.

He also believed what Gao Shen said about the future of a supporting center, because there were so many cases in front of him, he had no reason not to believe it, not to mention that he had no choice at all now.

Over the years, he has been bumping into walls everywhere, still unable to find his position.

He is tall and strong, and has excellent skills at his feet. These are his advantages, and they are also the reasons why many coaches have high hopes for him, but he has never been able to show it, and he has scored very few goals.

Now, the route that Gao Shen planned for him may not be his way out.

Besides, Gao Shen is the head coach, and Pellet couldn't resist his arrangement, right?

"I understand, I will do my best to do well," Pellet assured.

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Negotiating with Pellet is just the beginning.

Next, Gao Shen will communicate with the coaching staff to arrange some targeted training programs for Pellet to help him get familiar with his new role as soon as possible, one of which is often used by Ajax when training players.

Five against three.

As the name suggests, five players play against three players, and the five players attack with the ball.

This seems very unreasonable, right?

don't worry.

The five-man side is spread out, with four on the outside and one in the middle, surrounded by three defenders.

To maintain possession of the ball, the middle man of the five-man team must not only actively move, but also observe the positions of opponents and teammates around him at any time, take the ball with one kick, and pass the ball out as soon as possible, while the four players on the periphery must also actively run Neutral to prevent the passing line of the man in the middle from being intercepted by the three-man side.

This is a relatively rough training method. The coaching staff still needs to make adjustments according to Pellet's habits and technical characteristics, but the overall training idea is like this.

The purpose of this is to train Pellet's ability to transfer the ball under high-pressure defensive tactics.

Even, to some extent, this is the basic skill of a supporting center.

When Gao Shen brought his ideas to the internal meeting of the coaching staff for discussion, Carlo and Borrell also gave a lot of suggestions for revision, especially Borrell, who is an expert in this field and has been immersed in Barcelona for many years. I even have some understanding of the training of Van Gaal and Kluivert back then, so I am naturally more familiar with it.

Therefore, Gao Shen simply handed over this task to Borel.

"Whether we can kill Juventus is up to you, Rudolph!" Gao said earnestly.

Borel and the others all had wry smiles on their faces.

Working for Gao Shen is still very stressful.

But the speed of progress and the sense of accomplishment are also full.