Super Coach

While coaching Liverpool in England, Yang Cheng learned deeply about the relationship between English football, or English football, and Europa Continental football.

Everyone knows that football was born in China, but modern football originated in the United Kingdom. However, with the occurrence of the Heisel massacre and the Hillsborough massacre, England has begun to make significant progress in tactics, training methods, and youth training Behind the European continent, if you continue to trace back in the general direction, it should be related to the decline of the British economy.

Football in England is going downhill just like the British economy, but English fans are like the British. They are still proud of their old power, proud of tradition, and do not know how to advance with the times, which further contributed to the later Yang Cheng. Something happened while in charge of Liverpool.

Once again, after reconciling with Yang Cheng, Steve? Haiwei complained to Yang Cheng.

"Have you heard of Saki?"

Yang Cheng answered, of course.

"Have you heard that Saki is respected by many people, and that training method called shadow game?"

Yang Cheng also nodded.

"Then I tell you, this method was training in this way throughout England in the 1960s. It was very common, but Saki used it at that time, but it became sexual, you said it was funny? "

From this dialogue, can you tell Steve? The mentality of Haiwei, a veteran English footballer, also gave Yang Cheng some understanding of the so-called shadow game.

Yang Cheng specially conducted some understanding with Butragueno, the latter confirmed that in the 88/89 season, when Real Madrid ambitiously wanted to attack the Champions League championship, it met Saki led by AC Milan. Before the match, Real Madrid scouts hid in the bushes to peek at AC Milan's training. As a result, they saw an incredible scene.

AC Milan's 11 players are training in a stadium without opponents or football.

This is the shadow game that was later admired by countless footballers!

The so-called shadow game, in fact, exercise the player's ability to run without the ball and coordinate the reaction.

Ferguson once told Eric Eric about Yang Cheng? A word from Harrison, the latter is the creator of Manchester United's ball-free running, he created the same ball-free running system in the Manchester United youth training camp, and this system is also the most outstanding ball-free running in football today. The system, even Real Madrid and Barcelona are ashamed.

Eric? Harrison said that the reason why Manchester United's off-ball running is excellent is because he clearly sees that the technical gap between English players and Continental players in the face of the same high-intensity pressure, the English players have Irreparable technical defects.

"We have to face this huge gap in ball ability. If we want to compete with European teams, we have to find a way to make up for this gap, so we thought of our advantage and run!"

"By orderly running, it interferes with the defense of the opponent and weakens the pressure on the ball-holders, so as to avoid the flaws in our ability to use the ball to the maximum extent, and once there is more running, there are more points of contact and ball control. The pressure we face naturally drops, so we use the ability to run without the ball to compensate for the lack of ball control. "

This is undoubtedly the core of the excellent Manchester United ball-free running system!

According to Yang Cheng's own observation, the Premier League team always advocates to be fast, in fact, because they have insufficient ball technology, it is impossible to control the ball for a long time like the mainland team, even if you can run again, you can continue How long does it move fast?

Therefore, we must use the fastest speed to send the ball to the most threatening area and directly form a threat!

This is why the attack and defense rhythm of the Premier League changes quickly!

The reason why Wenger ’s Arsenal is closer to the continental tactical system is because his players usually have a higher ball ability, which makes their ball control ability better, even if they are not as good as Manchester United, but they can put Slowing down the pace, even reaching the level of the continental European team, is equivalent to taking a different type of road from Manchester United.

If the English team runs without the ball to fill the shortcomings of the ball control, and continental football is to control the game by controlling the ball, then Yang Cheng ’s football concept is to further enhance these football ideas. .

Saki once said that Yang Cheng is very similar to him in many tactical ideas. For example, both of them have a deep understanding of English football, and they also highly respect the Dutch offensive and defensive, but they are also combined with Italy ’s own pressure. Defensive characteristics, their philosophy is a set of dynamic system composed of ballless players and ball control players.

The difference is that Yang Cheng emphasizes the integrity. Saki feels that Yang Cheng ’s football ideas are more aggressive and proactive than him, because he was more based on the defense of Serie A football. The field was pressed and oppressed to complete the transformation of AC Milan, but it turned out that the reputation was mixed, so that Capello later subverted the system left by Saki, and achieved great glory.

The biggest difference between Yang Cheng and Saki is that Saki ’s philosophy is unified. He hopes that all players can share the same idea as him and discard other ideas. Only his idea can be exclusive and exclusive. This is a bit similar to the current Barcelona style, Ibrahimovic will not be able to blend in.

But Yang Cheng ’s idea is to integrate, and to treat all kinds of football ideas and ideas, take the essence and remove the dross, which can be used for me, I will absorb, and treat the player ’s personality and technical ability issues, Yang Cheng also all It is to establish a big overall framework, let the players play by themselves, and then blend them together into a whole.

It ’s not easy to say which one is better, but Saki himself said that his tactics had a success in AC Milan, but not in the Italian national team. The 94 World Cup reached the final. Is it the player ’s personal play or Saki? The success of football is still very controversial.

But Yang Cheng's tactics have been successful from Bundesliga to Serie A to Premier League to La Liga, which is undisputed!

So Saki feels that Yang Cheng's integration is actually further than his unification, at least more adaptable, and more dynamic, and is able to keep pace with the times according to changes in football style.

"The current football environment is full of flowers, and there is a place for football styles of all genres, but the player's personal play should not be abandoned and stifled, because even a head coach's thinking is even smarter than the eleven players on the court. Create and develop anytime, anywhere. "

"The team ’s overall thinking and philosophy is very important. This is what the head coach should insist on, but it also needs players to complete. Therefore, the head coach should encourage players to play and create on the basis of sticking to the team ’s overall thinking and framework. Endless possibilities!"

This is Yang Cheng's summary of his tactical thinking. He likens players' understanding of tactics to acting.

It is also a silly, but there are many different ways of interpretation, you can drool, you can also spit your nose, and different actors can have different understandings, and they understand the silly, as long as they can integrate into the overall atmosphere of the movie and In the rhythm, that's fine, and it may even add highlights to the movie.

The team's tactics are like a movie. The player is the actor, the head coach is the director, the script and role positioning are given, and the actor is allowed to play on his own. The head coach is responsible for mastering a standard to jointly create a perfect movie!

This is what he wants!

And not long ago, Yang Cheng was at Melissa? Trio wrote his own paragraph in the column, which was once again affirmed by Sacchi. He said that the strength of individual players determines the team ’s tactical play, but there are two things he thinks should not be changed. One is trust. , The second is to run without the ball!

Yang Cheng believes that trust is the basis for any team to form combat power. This is undisputed. Ball-less running is a combination of the two elements of ball control and space control, which can achieve a certain balance.

That is to say, if your player has weak ball ability, you can achieve more limited space by adding more off-ball running, and then disintegrate the opponent's advantage in ball control ability, just like Manchester United and Chelsea; if you The player has a strong ball ability, then you can tend to increase the ball control by running without the ball, and then disintegrate the opponent's defense, just like Barcelona.

Of course, the specific situation is definitely different. It must be carried out according to each team ’s own situation, and it is up to the coach to grasp it. However, Yang Cheng ’s remarks ca n’t help but put the ball-free running he has praised in these years. Move the system to a new height.

This also makes Sage, Ferguson, Heathfield and others look forward to Yang Cheng's upcoming book, and even Saki asserts that this may be a book about football tactics created by Yang Cheng.

But before that, Yang Cheng ’s every move was destined to attract the attention of the world ’s football coaches, but no one expected that Yang Cheng would re-popularize English football in the 1960s and Saki ’s short-lived shadow training in the 1980s. Moved to Real Madrid's team.

But Yang Cheng ’s shadow training must be different from Saki ’s, just as Saki and England ’s shadow training was different in the past. They must keep up with the times to be effective.

Saki's approach was to let players imagine what kind of opponent's formation, how to mark, where the ball is, how to move accordingly, how to maintain the team's overall uniformity, balance between advance and retreat.

But Yang Cheng ’s training method is not. He told all players to serve, and whoever falls the ball will start the attack, and all players must move around this player. But the premise is that it is assumed that all the markers are moving with the offensive player and are close to the mark.

In other words, although there are no enemies on the court, Yang Cheng let them assume the most defensive enemy, this is what he got from the game against Chelsea.

Do n’t underestimate this difference, it has very high requirements for a team ’s off-ball running, coping and passing ability. For example, you ca n’t pass the ball to him when he is facing the goal. At the foot, because the defensive player will break, usually encounter this kind of pass, Yang Cheng will blow the whistle.

Through this training method, Yang Cheng wants each of them to learn how to more skillfully use ballless running to tear the opponent's defense line, and at the same time let them abandon the interference of their opponents and think about how to better guarantee their own side. The overall movement and running without the ball are orderly and effective, because without opponents, players can see everything about themselves.

As if this time, Mascherano took this imaginary ball, he couldn't pass to Xavi? Alonso had to assume that the opponent blocked his shooting path, so he could only look at Kaka, who was retreating, to Kaka's feet.

Kaka didn't turn the ball, because he had to assume that his opponent prevented him from turning, so he saw Harvey running forward? Alonso, back to Harvey diagonally? Alonso, because this kind of back-and-forth passing in cross runs is difficult for defensive players to resolve.

Harvey? After Alonso got the ball, he saw that Ronaldinho and Villa were ready. A long diagonal pass directly passed the ball to the front of the opponent's penalty area. Ronaldinho and Villa arrived at the same time. When Leah waded into the restricted area, Yang Cheng's whistle rang.

According to the rules, entering the restricted area is considered effective!

That is to say, Yang Cheng's approach is to deliberately create by the player, to create and open up more offensive space by running, to prevent himself from being marked by the opponent, and once the ball reaches the penalty area, it is effective, because he wants It is offensive advancement, not scoring.

Maybe some people are surprised. Without the ball, how do you cooperate?

Yang Cheng asked them to shout, Mascherano was going to pass to Kaka, he called Kaka's name, then Kaka himself predicted the speed and direction of the ball, raised his hand after receiving the ball, then passed to the ball and shouted again and again, and because All hypothetical enemies are the strongest defenses, so they must be required to stop the ball on one foot and have to find a way to protect the ball.

For example, Kaka just now, if he didn't take the ball back after he got the ball, then Yang Cheng would whistle, assuming he was trapped; if Harvey? Alonso did not move forward, and Kaka passed the ball back, Yang Cheng would also whistle, assuming that the defensive player was blocking Harvey? Alonso's front.

The whole process is very demanding and has many restrictions. The players are not very comfortable at first.

Yang Cheng divides the team into three groups, each group is exactly 11 people, by himself and Paul? Bayer and Benitez led the team in charge of this kind of training, which lasted 90 minutes and was the last training class of three exercises a day.

In Yang Cheng's words, assuming that the defensive player is your shadow, you have to move, leave your shadow behind, and take the initiative. If you stop, your shadow will grab in front of you, so you You have to keep moving and keep passing the ball to form a complete and tight attack system.

Therefore, those fans who heard the news and watched Real Madrid ’s third training class were puzzled from the high side of the court, because neither the ball nor the person saw the Real Madrid players shouting on a field. The teammate's name, doing all kinds of technical moves, feels unbelievable.

Because they don't understand at all, what are these Real Madrid players doing?

Even Real Madrid players who are in training do n’t quite understand themselves, what is the use of this kind of frequent error training, but when they arrive at the tactical meeting that night, when Yang Cheng takes the coaching staff, the players are compared While watching the training video and analyzing the problems in the training process one by one, the players immediately understood.

This kind of training can cultivate their ability to handle the ball during the game, when they are strongly oppressed by the opponent, forcing all players to touch the ball with one foot, and also training the players' reaction during the game.

For example, if the passer calls his name, the receiver must react and immediately make his own judgment on the route of the ball, otherwise, it will be too late to make a decision once the ball has reached his feet.

Of course, training is always training. Shadow training can cultivate the player's tacit understanding, cultivate the player's thinking ability and instant reaction ability in the game, and increase the coordination of the team's operation, but it has never been able to give the player the kind of personal presence. Pressure of the environment.

And through video, Yang Cheng hopes that all players can understand a deeper meaning, that is, running without the ball is not a desperate run, but must have wisdom.

"Many times, creating and restricting a space to catch the ball and preventing the opponent from catching the ball may only require you to move a little step aside. Do n’t look at this step is small, but it is related to the development and limitation of the space. The effect may be that you run up. A few kilometers, not even a dozen kilometers!

"It's easy to run a dozen kilometers, but it's very difficult to run this small step. This requires all of you to think more deeply on the game field and be better at analyzing. It also requires each of you to believe For myself, believe in partners, believe in all of us, this is my pre-season training this summer, I hope all of you can master! "

In addition to running without the ball, Yang Cheng is also adding more content to the team's tactics, such as the oppression of opponents in the game.

Oppression is a very important topic in Yang Cheng's tactics, because oppression can change the opponent's rhythm and let the opponent play according to the rhythm that he is willing to see and be accustomed to. This is my state of rising and falling.

But Yang Cheng feels that the oppression of football should start from the front line, that is, from the front line, and the means to achieve oppression is to run without the ball.

For example, full-scale oppression, that is, starting from the front line of the frontline, to grab the ball in the shortest time as the goal; for example, the semi-oppressed state is more based on the consistency of the formation, more is to delay the opponent's counterattack And the offensive is the goal; there is another kind of false oppression, which is more symbolic oppression. In fact, this is to give players some time to recover their physical fitness on the playing field.

These ways of oppression Yang Cheng has long instilled in the players, and now he wants to emphasize how to change smoothly in the game.

Oppression is not just defensive, but also offensive.

When you oppose the loopholes of your opponent's defense, even if you don't have a ball under your feet, their defensive pressure will be distributed to you, and this will reduce the pressure on your own ball holder.

Therefore, this time Yang Cheng can be said to be a comprehensive summary and improvement of his teaching philosophy. This is also because he has been conceived his own book recently, so that he has a comprehensive and systematic organization of his teaching experience, especially This period of time on the island made him think a lot.

Now he hopes to instill his gains and accumulation over the past ten years into the current Real Madrid player, because he has a hunch that this Real Madrid is likely to be a rare opportunity for him to reach his goal, which can let him Create a perfect team.

If it is replaced by other people, there is definitely no way to make Real Madrid's superstars obedient, but Yang Cheng can let each of them willingly listen to their own arrangements and diligently and carefully carry out each. Field training puts all your body and mind into every part of the training, and then gains from it and makes progress.

All this makes Yang Cheng full of confidence in the future of the team. He believes that his goal will no longer be so far away! (To be continued)