Five Hundred and Sixty Fly, Dutch!

On the side of Manchester City's Carrington training ground, Borrell and Robben were standing in front of a laptop, repeatedly reviewing the personal training just now. The action of cutting inward with the ball.

In charge of training with him are Felipe Luis and Bridge.

This is also a targeted training specially arranged by Gao Shen for Robben, the purpose is to help him practice the inner cut.

Yes, that's right, Robben's inner cut has not been practiced yet.

Is it weird?

Not at all!

That's the norm in football.

Many media and fans like to label players, who is who and who is who, who is the successor, this is a good thing, it can help the media and fans to get acquainted with a player faster, such as Pastore when Gao Shen coached Naples. , is now dubbed the title of Kaka II.

But is he Kaka?

Not really.

Whether it's the real world we live in, or the world of professional football, it's dynamic.

Two identical leaves are found in the world, how is it possible to find two identical players on the field?

Earlier, when Gao Shen was chatting with Robben, he mentioned to the Dutch that he was officially positioned on the right, but he did not expect that Robben himself had some opinions on this.

Yes, he really has an opinion himself.

He is a traditional left-winger in the Netherlands, from Groningen to PSV to Chelsea to Real Madrid.

Schuster has tried to get him closer to the middle, even playing on the right, but has not given a systematic idea.

Robben told Gao Shen frankly that when he played on the right, there was a hidden awareness in his mind, and he felt as if he could do something, but he couldn't catch it, and that feeling made him very uncomfortable.

So, to a certain extent, Robben does not like to play on the right.

But Gao Shen was very, very clear, and told him firmly, "This is the darkness before dawn, and the right road is your future!"

Robben said,

Cruyff once accused him face to face, that he was going astray by playing on the right.

"My left foot is my greatest weapon, but my right foot..."

You can't blame Robben for worrying, because there is no such thing as a systematic reverse-footed winger.

Cristiano Ronaldo played on the left, right and middle in Manchester United, while Messi played on both the right and the middle in Barcelona. There are even many sayings that Messi playing in the middle is king.

More importantly, Robben used to be a traditional left winger, and cutting inside and hitting the goal was not his strong suit.

That is to say, to play on the right, not only does he need to practice cutting inside, but he also needs to practice shooting with his left foot.

On one side is the famous Cruyff, as well as the Dutch winger tradition for many years, plus Robben's habit of playing football for many years; on the other side is the profound persistence and help, and constantly explain to him the benefits and advantages of reverse-footed wingers...

At one point, Gao Shen told Robben, "You should bravely step out of your comfort zone!"

What is Robben's comfort zone?

It is that he grew up, from the Netherlands to the Premier League to La Liga, he relied on his own speed and skills to solve problems on the left in the way he was most familiar and best at it, and he was used to doing it.

But when you get to the right, this set won't work.

He needs more shifting, needs more adjustment, from cadence to the number of touches, his entire playing habits need to change, this pair has played for so many years, and once stood in such a high position. For Robben, it was a very difficult thing.

But Gao Shen gave encouragement and support.

"As you said, if you realize you can do something, it proves that your subconscious is telling yourself that this is a direction, but it is not clear enough, and you need to work hard to figure it out."

Chief team doctor Marcos Sala, Buenaventura Pintus and others also believe that Robben suffered muscle problems due to a broken leg during his time at Chelsea, and has suffered frequent injuries since then. It proves that he needs to adjust his style of play properly, instead of continuing to use the high-speed and sharp breakthroughs of the past, and instead adopt more, by adjusting the pace and touch, and suddenly changing the direction of the ball.

The latter play is a bit like Giggs and Figo.

Finally, Robben was persuaded by Gao Shen.

Over the past month, with the help of Borrell, he has continuously strengthened and improved his dribbling and cutting on the right.

One minute on stage, ten years off stage.

Every inside cut on the football field is the result of his hard work and hard work off the field.

From the starting timing, to the adjustment of the stride frequency, to the size of the stride, to the timing and strength of the touch, to the grasp of the timing of the inside cut and the actions to confuse the opponent, etc.

It seems extremely simple, it may only be a matter of two or three seconds, but to truly become a weapon on the court, you need to consider too many factors.

More importantly, the whole process can only rely on comprehension and understanding, and cannot be taught and instilled.

Every opponent on the court is different, even the same opponent in the same game, every time the contest is different, there is no way to copy many things, it is purely based on the player's on-the-spot instinctive reaction and play. experience.

And when it comes to football, Gao Shen and his team combined are not as good as Robben alone.

So they can only tell Robben the theory, tell him the direction, and try their best to help him and point out his problems, but how to do it, how to improve it, and how to strengthen it requires Robben to realize it himself.

That's the difficulty of football.

It is also a cross. Countless players have practiced for a lifetime, but they have never been able to practice a top-level cross in history like Beckham.

Ronaldinho's inspiration flashed, and almost all professional players may not be able to practice for ten lifetimes.

The same is true for Robben's right-sided cut.

But this is also the magic of football!

Because every player on the pitch is unique.

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Not to mention Robben, but to say another area, Giroud is also strengthening training.

In the previous life of Gao Shen, many people wondered why Giroud was not efficient in scoring? Why can't he be a top center?

The answer is actually not hard to guess.

One of the big reasons for his poor scoring ability is that, by the standards of a top-flight player, he doesn't shoot fast enough.

The field is changing rapidly, the timing of scoring is fleeting, and the kicking rate is not fast enough, maybe just a few tenths of a second, which will seriously affect the success rate of kicking and hitting the goal.

Henry, who is also tall and his kicking speed is not fast enough, why can he score so many goals?

Because of his speed and explosiveness.

The lack of explosiveness makes it impossible for Giroud to take the ball and turn around and attack the opponent head-on. These require strong explosiveness in a narrow range, such as Drogba or Henry.

But Giroud didn't.

And he doesn't have the delicate footwork of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Giroud can't be a top center without turning around and hitting the ball.

Therefore, his characteristics are there, and his ability is limited there. Gao Shen and the coaching staff can only help him explore and find his own style of play based on his current objective conditions.

Such as his header, such as his ability to transition the ball, but also his awareness and passing ability.

It is impossible for Gao Shen to ask Giroud to do Drogba's work, because he has such hardware.

As the team's head coach, Gao Shen's most important task is to help players find the most suitable way of playing for themselves and at the same time help the team.

As a head coach, you can never take it for granted that you want to transform players into so-and-so players.

Almost all renovations with this kind of thinking ended in failure.

It's as if in the Community Shield, Ferguson wanted Valencia to be like Ronaldo, using speed to rush into the gaps pulled by his teammates.

In theory, Valencia has such hardware, he is very fast.

But in reality, he can't always catch it.

Because he doesn't have the kind of awareness of Ronaldo!

This is not what the coach wants and instills, and he can do it. He needs to be able to enlighten himself, see it, and grasp it.

Many times, including Gao Shen, I feel that Ronaldo is too rough.

But I have to admit that the reason why he made waves is because only he can afford many opportunities!

For any other player, even Lang is not qualified.

This is the difference!

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After watching the Community Shield, Gao Shen clearly realized that Manchester United still failed to solve the problem of advancing their own ball path, and most likely they still have to take the path of the center feeding back to the midfield.

Interestingly, Ancelotti's Chelsea are also facing the same problem.

A lot of people are wondering why Chelsea don't look as sharp as Jose Mourinho in recent years?

Because after players such as Robben and Duff left, Chelsea's ball advancement was very problematic.

No one can expect Lampard, Essien, Mikel and others to advance with the ball, this is unrealistic.

There are not many players with this ability in the Chelsea team. After Robben and Duff are gone, the most likely one is Joe Cole.

Ancelotti's path now is the diamond-shaped midfielder, which strengthens the midfielder's control, but the advance of the ball is also the way of the center feeding back to the midfielder, so Drogba's role in this team will be even greater. obvious, and is constantly being reinforced.

Manchester City have done better in this regard.

Although the speed of Robinho and Hazard is not fast, they are very capable of holding the ball in the frontcourt. Suarez and Robben have a strong ability to dribble the ball, and David in the middle. Silva, his speed is not fast, but he is a must to get rid of the ball and push the ball after a short distance.

Not to mention, there is also a Rakitic next to him. If it still doesn't work, then let Giroud go up, and like Manchester United and Chelsea, take the route of center feeding back to the midfield.

All in all, there is no problem with Manchester City's entire progression of the ball.

The key depends on the team's running-in and the degree of integration of the players.

The first game of the league was Blackburn, and the head coach Sam Allardyce was also a famous Premier League coach. At the same time, he was one of the first batch of coaches in the Premier League who advocated data technology. He even did it earlier than Ferguson.

For this game, Gao Shen has already done enough preparations, hoping to make a good start in the new season's opener.

However, before that, Gao Shen has to do one more important thing that may even affect the overall situation of Manchester City in the new season.