Six Hundred and Forty-Fourth, You Can't Even Defend!
The entire summer training camp has been very busy.
Although Gao Shen handed over the training work to the coaching staff, as the head coach of the team, he still needs to do a lot.
What is the state of the World Cup participating international players after returning to the team?
Can you find your best form before the start of the new season as expected?
Van Persie suffered an ankle injury last season and was absent for five months. How is his recovery?
De Bruyne is too thin and has a serious lack of running ability. Can he withstand Pintus' special training?
Giroud missed too many opportunities last season and needed to arrange special training for his shooting. The plan submitted by Borrell needs to be signed and confirmed by Gao Shen.
There is also Gareth Bell, a player who shined last season, is not stable enough yet, and needs to be further consolidated to clarify his use and positioning. These also need to be advanced.
Henderson is a young player with high hopes and got a lot of opportunities last season, but now that Fernandinho and Yaya Toure have come, he feels that his position in the team has been seriously affected. Shaken, a little unhappy, need to talk to him in depth.
Adam Lallana didn't play much last season. After seeing Manchester City's talent this season, his agent asked if the team could loan him back. Southampton is very interested in loaning Adam Lallana Na, but players want to stay in the team, follow the advanced play and progress, which also needs to be resolved.
There are so many things that Gao Shen wishes he could have forty-eight hours a day.
And this is just the beginning.
With the joint training of the team, more and more problems are exposed, not only the integration of new players, but also the problems exposed by the old players last season, and some of the team's chronic diseases...
Everything needs to be handled by Gao Shen, the head coach.
Fortunately, the good news keeps coming.
After Van Persie arrived in the United States, Gao Shen specially arranged for him to undergo the most advanced and detailed physical examination in the United States, especially for his ankle. The conclusion was that his injury was basically fine, and the coaching staff also got his most detailed Medical report.
Buenaventura and Pintus will then make a training plan for Van Persie based on these.
De Bruyne is very thin and has poor running ability, which is why he was not liked by Mourinho after joining Chelsea, but his passing ability is really good, and he is very proficient in both left and right feet .
With such a player in the midfield, it is simply not easy to use.
Moreover, he has different characteristics from Adam Lallana, the Englishman is better at handling the ball.
Courtois was really good.
Although he is only eighteen years old, his height, combined with his ability, is really outstanding enough to surprise Gao Shen.
In the words of the goalkeeper coach Lopis, "I can't bear to let such a talented player play as a substitute!"
But the problem is, Manchester City already has a Noyer.
Fortunately, I will go to Belgium on loan for the time being, and practice for another year or two.
Later questions, later on.
After all, the introduction of Courtois was the idea of Brian Kidd and others, and Gao Shen was also "forced".
In the few warm-up matches in the United States, Gao Shen basically followed the old style of the past.
For example, he only let Harvey Martinez play central defender, the purpose is to help him better connect the team's offensive and defensive transition.
He also experimented with double midfielders, pairing Yaya Toure with Javi Martinez, Fernandinho and Henderson.
For Yaya Toure, Gao Shen also kept trying, central defender, defensive midfielder, midfielder, and even attacking midfielder, Gao Shen tried repeatedly. Toure's abilities and characteristics.
This is a very strong, but very contradictory player.
The best way is to build a midfield with him as the core, but this is not a profound style at all.
As the head coach of the team, Gao Shen communicated with Yaya Toure many times, and he made it clear that he asked Yaya Toure to adapt himself and integrate into the team, rather than the team to accommodate him.
The Ivorian midfielder has been suppressed in Barcelona for two consecutive years. Although he is holding back his energy, he has also obeyed Gao Shen's arrangement.
Manchester City's results in the warm-up match were also ups and downs due to Gao Shen's indifference, with wins and losses.
With the experience of last season, everyone knows that Gao Shen doesn't care about the results of the warm-up match at all, so naturally no one takes it too seriously.
Gao Shen and the coaching staff are in this kind of intensive preparation rhythm, solving problems one by one, making the team gradually stronger, but at the same time, more new problems will continue to emerge.
This is a dynamic process.
Therefore, in this world, there has never been a perfect team.
True perfection only exists in the memory of fans.
But there is one problem that is really serious.
That is Jerome Boateng.
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In the United States, Manchester City returned to Manchester non-stop after four intense warm-up games.
The next day after returning, Gao Shen called Jerome Boateng to his office.
The tall and strong black guard is clearly aware of the problem.
He did not perform well in the warm-up match, and the coaching staff has reminded him more than once.
But his attitude of admitting mistakes is very good.
As soon as he entered the door and sat down, he voluntarily admitted his mistake.
"Boss, I know my problem, I promise, I will work hard to correct my playing habits, and try not to be irritable, reckless, or foul easily." Jerome Boateng looked at Gao Shen with an apologetic smile, and asked .
In his impression, anyone who is called into the office by the head coach for a lecture will basically suffer.
Obviously, he still doesn't know much about Manchester City.
"Don't rush to admit the problem, I have a few questions I want to ask you." Gao Shen felt funny when he heard it.
In fact, this kid is not as humble as he appears at all.
Of course, he is not the kind of very rebellious character.
At least, very different from his brother Kevin Boateng.
"You ask." Jerome Boateng's attitude was really good.
Gao Shen flipped through the report handed to him by the coaching staff, and frowned involuntarily.
He felt that it seemed unlikely.
But still, ask.
"I remember, you are from the youth team of Hertha Berlin?"
"Yes."
"When you were in the youth team, where did you play?"
"At first I played in midfield, but then I grew up and got taller and taller, and the position fell back. I played midfielder, left back, right back and center back. Anyway, I played in any position."
Gao Shen nodded, this situation is very common among young players.
Even, when many head coaches train young players, they hope to allow him to try different positions, not only to cultivate his versatility, but also to facilitate future empathy on the court, and at the same time to tap more of his talents. potential.
Of course, the more important point is, as long as young players can play, how can they have the confidence to pick and choose?
"When did you start playing as a defender?" Gao Shen asked.
"Hertha Berlin II."
"What about playing central defender?"
"I only played as a central defender in the National Youth Team, but that was the best time I played. I feel that I should be able to play as a central defender." Jerome Boateng laughed.
Thinking of helping the German National Youth Team win the European Youth Championship, he feels very proud.
"Then I want to ask you a question, which may embarrass you." Gao Shen asked tentatively.
"Well, just ask."
"Has anyone taught you how to defend systematically?" Gao Shen asked, staring at Jerome Boateng.
The German defender didn't quite understand, or was confused, "Boss, what do you mean?"
"That is, your coaches, from Hertha Berlin's second team, to the first team, to Hamburg, have any coaches taught you some correct defensive moves, skills, awareness, etc., these, have you?"
Boateng understood, but he seemed more confused. He scratched the short hair on his forehead and asked: "Boss, do you need to be taught this kind of thing? Isn't it all self-taught? Watching other people's games , or watching other people’s videos, relying on instinct when you get on the court, doing whatever you are good at…”
Gao Shen closed his eyes and felt that he was going to faint.
Sure enough, the report given by the coaching staff was not wrong at all.
This guy really can't defend!
If this is said, the whole world will laugh out loud.
A defender who represented the German team in the World Cup and won the European Youth Championship can't defend!
"No, what are the coaches of your youth team, Hertha Berlin and Hamburg doing?" Gao Shen was puzzled.
Shouldn't this be the bare minimum?
Boateng really thought about it seriously, and replied: "They are busy studying opponents, targeted tactics, and training, and then tell us what he wants us to do. Try to live up to his demands."
"No one thinks that you have a lot of fouls, your defensive actions are very irregular, and your defensive awareness is very problematic?" Gao Shen asked again.
"Yes, they gave me some game videos and asked me to study them myself."
Gao Shen almost fell over, so he can only lie down!
He had heard of this kind of thing a lot, but because he stood too high, it was the first time he had actually seen it.
This way of training players is simply irresponsible.
But it can also be viewed the other way around. The players cultivated under such circumstances can still reach Boateng's current level. It can be seen that this kid's talent and potential are really amazing.
The point is that he is not too old, and his skills are good enough.
It just takes more time and effort.
Gao Shen looked at Boateng with a wry smile, and suddenly had the urge to return the product, which was complicated anyway.
However, after an in-depth analysis of his entire growth experience with Boateng, especially the experience of the past few years from Hertha Berlin to Hamburg, he began to understand that there are many helplessness and frustrations in it. sad.
This made Gao Shen feel that the complaints and complaints he made just now were also a little bit non-eating?