Chapter 607 Mad Bielsa 3

Generally speaking, Trapani's conditions are still very attractive. Just as Guardiola persuaded Bielsa, this is a wealthy club. They have inherent advantages over other teams. The players may really be disobedient, but once If they are obedient, they will be more effective in implementing many of Bielsa's ideas, because their abilities are undoubtedly very strong.

"Okay, Mr. Bielsa, now you can talk about your conditions, and then talk about your thoughts on the team, and how you plan to improve us!" Hugo asked.

Bielsa doesn't have many conditions. He is a football fanatic. Hugo has already stated the conditions. Although Bielsa is not satisfied, at least he knows that as a wealthy club, it is impossible for him to monopolize everything. Necessary compromises are still necessary.

Hugo promised absolute support in tactical transformation, which is already very good for Bielsa.

So Bielsa talks about his tactical ideas and what his tactical ideas are. I'm sorry, Hugo really doesn't know. It's one thing to know his name, but it's another thing to know what he's thinking.

Bielsa describes his tactical philosophy as having four basic principles: concentration, mobility, rotation and improvisation.

Concentration naturally requires players to maintain concentration at all times, whether it is training or a game, they must not slack off.

Mobility means that players must always be moving on the court. This is related to his tactics. He has always advocated pressing space. If your team is not very mobile, it will be difficult to achieve the purpose of pressing the opponent's space.

The rotation system is Bielsa's idea. He believes that the team is a whole. Using reasonable rotation allows the team to continuously maintain a strong fighting will, which is also conducive to the harmony and stability of the team.

Improvisation, Bielsa does not use tactics to restrict the improvisation of players. He believes that this is the key to the team's ability to win.

Trapani and Milan met in the Champions League final last season. To some extent, it actually relied on Maicon's improvisation. His two outstanding performances allowed the team to score goals.

Regarding the team's tactics, Bielsa focused on the core of what he wanted, which was to press high, occupy space, cut off the opponent's passing route, and leave the opponent with no way to go.

Bielsa hopes that his team will immediately organize a counterattack after losing the ball in the frontcourt and cannot retreat. The distance between the back line and the forward must even be kept within 30 meters, or even within 25 meters. This is completely different. The idea of ​​​​pulling the opponent to the ground and rubbing him.

But Hugo likes it very much. Bielsa's concept is quite similar to that of the Netherlands, which is Total Attack and Defense, but Bielsa puts more emphasis on space. He has always been talking about space. This space is dynamic and refers to the opponent's formation space. Bielsa's goal is to occupy him and break him.

"But do you know that your tactics may encounter obstacles here?! Mr. Bielsa, you may not know much about our Serie A. Our Italian coaches are very careful about the tactics, especially the smaller and weaker teams. The more the team is like this, they can develop different tactics according to different opponents, and the Italian football atmosphere is relatively conservative!”

"Maybe he doesn't need three points in a game, he only needs one point. For example, many teams often only want one point when they play against us. They sometimes defend with all their strength and don't care about the quality of the offense at all! There are many more People will carefully craft their own counterattack routines, set kicks, and corner kick tactics. For them, just scoring a goal is enough. After achieving their goal, they will definitely be very conservative!"

"Do you understand what I mean?! It is difficult to succeed in the Italian football environment. Currently, in the Italian football environment we have several local coaches who are vigorously promoting offensive football, such as Luciano Spalletti of Roma, Guidolin of Palermo and Prandelli of Florence, but I want to tell you that none of them succeeded, because they did not win any championships at all! People will only use championships to measure the success of a team! , measure your success as a coach!”

"So I want to tell you that your environment in Serie A may be harsher than other environments, and you will face great challenges!"

"Mr. Colleni, you know why I am willing to consider Trapani for the coaching position. It is because of this challenge. I have not coached a European giant before. I want to try! I want to challenge!" Bielsa said seriously said.

"Okay, okay! Mr. Bielsa, on behalf of Trapani Football Club, I now formally extend an invitation to you. You can think about it again. If you really plan to take charge of the team, please give us a call back tomorrow. We will wait. Your call!" Hugo sent out the invitation with satisfaction.

To be honest, Hugo is a little restless, so let’s change it. There is nothing wrong with reform. He is looking forward to Bielsa’s training to see if Trapani can climb to another level, where he can win championships and play football. Pretty enough.

After all, after playing football for so many years, who doesn’t want his team to be more pleasing to the eye? !

"I don't have to think about it, Mr. Colleini, I will answer you now, I am willing to accept such a challenge!" Bielsa was slightly excited. Generally speaking, Trapani's conditions are good, mainly through the tactical exchange with Hugo , he clearly realized that Hugo had something in common with him, which was very important.

Morek and the others didn't say anything, so the deal was settled.

"Salary, coaching staff!" Morek reminded softly in Italian.

Hugo stopped him and said to Bielsa on the other end of the phone: "Can you come tomorrow?! We can sign the contract!"

"I still need to find a few assistants! I'll come as soon as possible!" Bielsa said.

"Okay!" Hugo agreed without any questions.

After hanging up the phone, Morek said: "You haven't even discussed the salary. What if he asks for a high price?!"

"Well, then satisfy him!" Hugo waved his hand. As long as he could satisfy his wishes, money was not a problem.

In fact, Bielsa did not have too many requirements for salary. A few days later, Bielsa brought his coaching team to Italy to sign the contract. Morek offered 3.5 million after tax and was approved by Bielsa. The contract period is two years.

Unlike players, coaches generally choose short-term contracts. Two years is good.

Bielsa brought three people over, Eduardo Berizzo, Alfredo Berti, and Riccardo Lunari. These three people debuted in Newell's old buddies and had been Bielsa's soldiers.

Trapani didn't say anything and accepted everything. As long as Bielsa brought people, Trapani had no objection, which made Bielsa very happy. He liked to talk to his assistants because they understood him.

He brought three coaches. Trapani originally had a coach, so Bielsa's coaching team was very luxurious, with two goalkeeper coaches.

Bielsa did not say that he didn't want Barrias and others. The coaching team is not the more people the better, but if there are too few people, many things can't be handled. More people are more straightforward. Bielsa decided to wait and see. If it's really not suitable, he will drive away the people who are in the way without mercy.

The first thing Bielsa did after taking office was to intervene in a transfer, Riquelme's transfer.

At the end of last season, Hugo said Riquelme was good. Riquelme was wonderful. The season ended and Celie began to handle the matter. The negotiations between the two sides made great progress, but Bielsa came and directly told Celie that I don't want Riquelme. He doesn't fit my tactical concept.

Celie asked Hugo what to do? !

"What should we do? We should do what Mr. Bielsa wants. If we don't want it, then we don't want it!" Although Hugo felt a little sorry, he had to support Bielsa's decision on this matter.

Another thing Bielsa opposed was that the club was going to Asia this summer, but Bielsa actually asked the team to cancel the trip. The summer training camp this season was in Pacheco.