Four Hundred and Forty Seventh

When waking up in the morning, Gao Shen was a little depressed.

Last night he spent all night in the tactical library looking through Hiddink's books, reading a lot of books about him, from tactical thinking to his training habits, and some locker room management skills.

It took him a whole night to barely read his entire coaching resume, but it was not enough. Next, he had to read it carefully and study it repeatedly. What tactics to adopt.

From Hiddink's book, Gao Shen discovered that every time he took over a team, it was not aimlessly.

In other words, in the eyes of outsiders, he is very lucky, but in fact, there are elements of his choice.

For example, coaching Russia was certainly promoted by Abramovich, but before taking over, Hiddink had talked about it with Advocaat, and he also had a certain understanding of Russian football.

The same is true for taking over Chelsea this time.

Throughout Hiddink's coaching, although he never sticks to the rules, there are traces to follow.

For example, the teams he coaches have abundant physical fitness and excellent running ability.

This is true from South Korea to Australia to Russia, with PSV in between.

The same is true of Chelsea now.

Since the Mourinho era, Chelsea's running ability has been very good.

Also, Hiddink is a Dutchman, and he admires the overall offense and defense.

To put it simply, the team played very holistically.

And this is precisely the strength of Chelsea.

With the support of the above two points, coupled with Hiddink's own ability to motivate players and his own coaching ability, the teams he coaches are often very good.

In Hiddink's book, Gao Shen saw a story about him coaching Russia.

Before the European Cup, Hiddink specially arranged a two-week special physical training, presided over this special training is the Dutch exercise physiology doctor Romande Verhayen, he is Hiddink's old partner for many years, 1998 In the 2000 World Cup and the 2000 European Cup, he was the head coach of the Dutch national team. He was brought to South Korea by Guus Hiddink in 2001.

Later, he served in teams such as the Dutch Football Association and Feyenoord. Until the European Cup in 2008, Hiddink invited him to Russia again. He made the Russian who was already very good at running even more powerful.

And now, he followed Guus Hiddink to Chelsea.

Coincidentally?

From Hiddink taking over the team to the first round of the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16, it happened to be nearly two weeks.

Perhaps, at first glance, it will feel a little far-fetched.

Can it really be calculated so clearly?

But in many cases, it is these details that are easily overlooked that determine success or failure.

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Since owning the Tactical Library, Gao Shen has never worried about his sleep.

This should be regarded as a key to his constant sanity.

But the sudden Hiddink still made Gao Shen feel a lot of pressure, which made him not feel tired physically after waking up, but his spirit was not very good.

After washing his face and brushing his teeth before going out, his whole body was frowning.

There is not much time left for him to prepare.

Both Zidane and Lucas stayed at his house last night, and both of them were busy preparing last night. Both eyes were bloodshot, and they looked like they were seriously deprived of sleep.

It is estimated that Carlo will be the same.

As a middle-aged man, he is more prone to troubles and insomnia than Gao Shen.

Gao Shen and the others are used to having breakfast at the club restaurant in Castel Volturno, so after washing up,

The three of them drove out.

"My preliminary judgment is that if we go to defend Drogba, we may not be able to defend it."

After the car drove out of the Bay Area, Gao Shen expressed some of his thoughts.

"If I were Guus Hiddink, I would definitely take advantage of Drogba's strong point, instead of being conservative like Scolari."

The problem with Scolari is that he has to play good football.

If you want to play well, you must be creative in the midfield, so he reused Deco.

But if Deco is used to play three midfielders, plus a delayed Mikel, the midfield defense cannot be guaranteed, so Scolari adopts a four-midfield play, but in this way, there is no frontcourt. The way to arrange so many people, so he let Drogba and Anelka can only be two, and he used Anelka more often.

Drogba has only scored one goal in the Premier League so far this season. In the final round of the Champions League group stage, he came off the bench and scored a goal.

Yes, the Ivorian only scored two goals.

It is precisely because of this that Drogba is very dissatisfied with Scolari.

Drogba's type of player does not need to be measured by goals, and if you want to play Drogba's ability, it is best to let him play the center position, and there must be someone on the two sides.

But in this way, the midfielder has to win Deco.

Many things are obvious, it's just a matter of trade-offs.

In other words, if Hiddink wants to take advantage of Drogba, he has two choices.

Play four-three-three with a single striker, but Deco must be taken in the midfield; or play four-four-two, but give up the wing.

For the home game, Gao Shen believes that it is unlikely to adopt 442.

This would be conservative.

In the two knockout rounds, the home game is very important. Although it is subject to the restriction of the away goal rule, if the opponent can be won at home, the second round will be good for teams like Hiddink and Chelsea.

As for Naples, there is actually not much suspense.

In the first round of the away game, we must try our best to keep a tie, or even beat the opponent, and at the same time grab away goals.

The existence of the away goal rule is actually to encourage the away team to play more proactively.

"It's been arranged. We have to practice the defense on the side. Kalou is in good form recently, and Anelka plays on the left. Pay attention." Gao Shen urged.

In the current Chelsea team, there are actually only two serious wingers, Malouda and Kalou, but Scolari used Kalou in the past. You can only go to Kalou and let Anelka play on the left.

This season, Chelsea have let Anel Carra side many times, but the effect is very bad.

At that time, Anelka will still focus on scoring diagonally into the penalty area, and the attack from the wing will be concentrated on Kalou's side.

Of course, it is not ruled out to use Malouda on the left and let Anelka play on the right.

But Malouda is no longer the left winger he was in Ligue 1, and his performance now is much lower than it was back then.

Therefore, Gao Shen concluded that if you want to activate Drogba, you need a wing, and Chelsea's current wing can only rely on Kalou.

Both Zidane and Lucas nodded.

These things will be handed over to the coaching staff, especially Carlo, and the two will assist.

...

Before going to London, there is still a twenty-fifth round of Serie A.

Napoli hosts Genoa.

It's going to be a tough fight, too, but this one pales in comparison to the one against Chelsea.

Needless to say, the whole team knows that this game must be another rotation.

But the rotation does not mean that Naples does not pay attention.

One of the most successful things that Gao Shen and the coaching staff have done this season is to establish an orderly rotation system for Naples, which not only allows all players to get full opportunities to practice games, but also allows players to maintain fighting spirit .

To put it simply, after the rotation is in operation, there will be no difference between the main force and the substitute.

Gao Shen was still the same as usual, leaving all the training to his assistants, and he just stood aside and watched.

Carlo and the others will arrange everything properly, and arrange some targeted training programs according to advanced requirements, but the tactical drill for Chelsea will be postponed for another two days.

After the training, Gao Shen still talked and communicated with the players as usual.

But today, Gao Shen chooses a different communication partner than in the past.

He first found Vargas, chatted with the Peruvian defender for a while, and also talked about the upcoming Champions League.

If Chelsea adopts a four-four-two tactic and gives up the wing, Vargas' side will be the area where Naples will attack. If Chelsea adopts a four-three-three and let Kalou play on the right, then Vargas is Naples. An important part of successfully defending Drogba.

As Gao Shen said before, for a player like Drogba, even if two central defenders play at the same time, they may not be able to defend him.

Not to mention, when it comes to the game, there is also Anelka.

Since it may not be able to defend, try to reduce the number of times the ball goes to Drogba's feet or above his head.

In addition to Vargas, there is Lichtsteiner, whose right flank is equally important, especially against Anelka.

After that, Gao Shen found Bonucci.

If you really want to fight Drogba, the relatively weak link in Naples' defense is Bonucci.

Bonucci is a team-oriented central defender. If he is asked to play one-on-one, it is really not his strong point.

Therefore, Gao Shen just wanted to hear some of his thoughts on defending Drogba.

In many cases, listening to the ideas of the players is also of great benefit to the advanced formation.

If you want to say that the four central defenders in the Naples team are the strongest, it must be Benatia.

But to be honest, in such an important game, Gao Shen was really worried and asked him to mark Drogba.

After all, David Luiz's physical fitness is also quite good, and he cooperates with Bonucci more tacitly, and his game experience is relatively richer, especially in Serie A, where he often competes with top central defenders.

David Luiz's biggest headache is his frizziness, his tendency to get on top, and his frequent loss of position.

In this kind of strong dialogue, it is the shortest shortcoming that is compared.

Under the pressure of high-intensity competition, many usual problems, shortcomings, defects and deficiencies will be infinitely magnified.

After Gao Shen talked with Bonucci, he called David Luiz, not only to hear his thoughts and ideas on defending Drogba, but also to beat the Brazilian central defender.

The more important it is in such an important game, the more vigilant and focused you must be, and at the same time restrain your wave power.