Chapter 127: Silver Fox: Take Office with 3 Axes

Face to face with Lippi, everyone unconsciously looked at him and the coaching staff behind him.

Everyone is very calm, but in fact the heart is more nervous. When meeting for the first time, everyone was very careful.

First, the head of the Chinese Football Association in charge of the national team introduced Lippi to everyone, and said some scenes, such as "Everyone must absolutely obey the head coach" and "With one heart, we must qualify for the top ten games."

Zhou Tiancheng almost couldn't help but laugh when he heard it. These references came up when he was a fan ten years ago.

However, the boss announced a discipline to everyone at the end: the team is completely in charge of the head coach, so everyone should take care of themselves. If the head coach is not satisfied, they can only consider themselves unlucky.

These words made many people feel more uneasy, but Zhou Tiancheng hooked the corners of his mouth.

It should be like this long ago, the professional team has always been the head coach.

Whether in Schalke or Dortmund, the leaders of the five major league clubs he has seen are all serving the head coach, doing some chores to organize equipment, and he has never heard of an official who can override the head coach .

When many people were in a panic, Zhou Tiancheng felt more at ease, and he knew better what he should do.

Lippi is a practical coach, and he only said a few words when he met everyone for the first time: "I am very happy to work with you. According to my observation, the Chinese team is at least very competitive in Asia, so the World Cup is very important for us. It’s not far away—as long as everyone can fulfill my request without compromise, it’s not difficult.”

Lippi's expression was flat, and these few words were well-behaved. Although many people had already begun to wonder if his request would be difficult, at least these few words were inaudible, at least Lippi's attitude was still very peaceful.

After getting to know everyone one by one, the boss of the Football Association left, and Lippi acted vigorously, saying to everyone: "Boys, we are running out of time, and the top ten will start in a week. So Adjust your state from now on... Now let me see your physical condition, and we will start tactical training in the afternoon."

The one-hour training time in the morning quickly ended in various basic physical fitness tests, and no one was in pain. In the eyes of Zhou Tiancheng and Jiang Hao, Lippi's physical fitness training was simply too gentle. Zhou Tiancheng had a solid foundation in his devil training, and Zhou Tiancheng was even worse. In the two teams, he got rid of Magath and met Klopp, a lunatic.

But now the benefits are showing-when many people can't stand it, the two can still walk off the training ground talking and laughing.

The tactical training in the afternoon is the most important thing. Lippi showed his own characteristics as soon as he came up.

A series of easy short passes in a small area served as a warm-up, and then in tactical training, Lippi had different requirements.

Twenty-three players were equally divided into two teams according to the eleven-a-side system, and the extra third goalkeeper Wang Dalei went to the other side, and the goalkeeper coach Lampula specially trained to save penalty kicks. This is also a common practice of strong teams. Generally, the third goalkeeper who has no chance to play has a special role, and they are all prepared for penalty shootouts.

If you don't usually play, you have to be a hero when you play.

As for the other 22 players who were uniformly assigned, Lippi required that the formation must be in a 4-3-3 position.

Especially on the side wearing the yellow vest, Zhou Tiancheng, Zheng Zhi and Hao Junmin formed a horizontal coverage in the midfield. Although it was not stated explicitly, this gave hope to some new international footballers wearing yellow vests—— Unexpectedly, this represents the main force! Once you seize the opportunity, you can secure this position.

Hao Junmin was originally best at playing as a winger, but before Lippi took office, he obviously focused on the performance of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup last year, and felt that Hao Junmin was enough to be one of the three midfielders.

"Maybe you think I'm an old man from Italy, who will definitely take defense seriously. It's not the case. There are no more defenders like Nesta and Cannavaro, so there is no way out for defense. Boys, remember No matter what opponent we face next, there is only one way of playing: attack! attack! You must know how to enjoy attacking football. When we attack, our destiny is truly in our own hands."

As soon as Lippi took office, his tactical thinking was different from Gao Hongbo's. Gao Hongbo emphasized defensive counterattack, the defense must be stable, and the counterattack must be advanced quickly. Lippi, on the other hand, demanded non-stop offense. For example, Gao Hongbo's tactical thinking is more like a stern assassin, moving like the wind and as sensitive as a fox, seizing the opponent's instant loopholes to complete a one-hit kill. And Lippi wants to make the Chinese team a real powerhouse. Relying on strength to complete the suppression, truly makes the opponent powerless to fight back.

In fact, Lippi's tactical thinking was not like this at first. As an old-school Italian coach, he is more proficient in the essence of Italian football defensive counterattack than anyone else. But the 2010 World Cup in South Africa taught him a painful lesson. The decline of Italian football is not only the loss of Serie A stars, but also the outdated tactical thinking.

But Zhou Tiancheng didn't understand his words deeply. In training, he seized the opportunity and sent a long pass directly behind Jiang Hao. As a result, Lippi stopped on the spot and came to him and said: "Let the ball stick to the ground." Go, use running intersperses and short passes to complete the attack. You all remember that facing a high-intensity opponent and letting the ball fly around in the air is the most stupid and inefficient way to attack.”

Jiang Hao ran over, smiled and said to Lippi: "Coach, I have cooperated with him for many years, we have a good understanding, and my speed is fast enough."

Lippi frowned, and before he could speak, Zhou Tiancheng immediately interrupted him and promised, "I got it, I got it, Coach Lippi."

At the same time, he gave Jiang Hao a look, you are such an idiot, does it show that you are capable?

The other players listened to Lippi explaining Zhou Tiancheng so loudly, and deliberately told them, all of them showed bitter expressions. They have never played like this before, and they want to train us all to become Barcelona?

If this still makes many people feel difficult, then Lippi's requirements on the defensive end-no blind shoveling, learning to stand on the defensive end, it will drive local defenders crazy-how can this TM be played? ?

Such tactical requirements are definitely not something that can be adapted in a day, but Lippi insists on doing so, obviously he has his own considerations, and everything is for the World Cup two years later.

However, Lippi made another move that no one expected. He re-appointed the team captain and replaced Zheng Zhi with Zhou Tiancheng.

Everyone was in an uproar, changing the formation and playing style, everyone could accept it, but the replacement of the old captain of seven or eight years was beyond everyone's expectations.

As the old saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office. Lippi just took office, and he directly came with three axes, completely smashing the pots and pans and starting from scratch.