Chapter 49

The game has been over for a long time, but the civil strife in Madrid is still going on, and all kinds of news come out every day, making it hard to tell the truth from the fake. ()

But one thing is true, and that is that Florentino is not happy with Chang Sheng.

Within a few days after returning to Madrid, his voice came.

The president of the Real Madrid club talked about the first round of the league when he was interviewed by reporters.

He didn't talk about the gains and losses of Zidanega Pavon's policy, he just felt very dissatisfied with the fiasco of the game.

"Football matches are always composed of various accidents. Sometimes, an accident may make a completely different result of a game... In that game, we did not let Zidane play due to various considerations. But I I thought, if he played, the situation would definitely not be like this..."

The implication is that Valencia, don't be complacent, wait for me if you have the ability! After my Zidane adapts to La Liga, I must take this slap in the face!

This word reached Chang Sheng's ears through the media. What does he think highly of Real Madrid's naked threat?

Chang Sheng responded strongly: "Okay, okay, let's compete again in the second half of the season! I hope your Zidane has adapted to the La Liga game by then. Otherwise, you will have to find excuses..."

Then Florentino seemed to find that he couldn't match the Chinese man in words, and he kept silent.

And Chang Sheng didn't chase after him fiercely, he still had a lot of things to do every day, so how could he have so much free time to spar with others.

After coaching Valencia, he experienced more pressure.

The new tactics have not been fully adapted, and the team has suffered serious injuries. The training plan needs to be revised, and many things need to be decided by him.

Even with Rudy Gonzalez helping him. He was also very busy.

And to make matters worse, just when his team needed to get together. It's national team match day.

Two matches of the national team in seven days may cause players to be injured, and it will also increase the fatigue value of the players, and it will delay his training...

As the head coach of a club, Chang Sheng naturally hated the national team's games. This is a conflict of interest and has nothing to do with philosophy.

Sacrificing his own interests for the national team,

Chang Sheng didn't do this. Is there anything about the Chinese national team here... The label of being unpatriotic cannot be pinned on his head.

Because it is the national team match day, so he still has to let people go...

When he was the head coach of Getafe before, he didn't have a deep understanding of the national team match day. Because there are not many countries in the Getafe team. Very little, doesn't affect him much. Even with one or two international players, his team is still complete and normal training will not be delayed.

But Valencia was different.

There is no shortage of national players from various countries in this powerful formation.

Canizares is the main goal of the Spanish national team, and he will certainly not be absent. Unless he gets hurt.

Ayala is an Argentine international. Although he is only 28 years old, he has represented the Argentine national team 72 times.

Aimar returned to Argentina with him.

Although Vicente is young, he also has three national team experience.

If Baraja hadn't been injured this time, he would definitely be selected for the national team.

However, his injury made his teammates wait for the opportunity to play for the country. Albelda, Baraja's partner in the midfielder position, was recruited for the first time into Seth's Spanish national team.

Although Carew is young, he already had the experience of being selected for the Norwegian national team at the age of seventeen. I'm sure I won't be absent this time.

Ibrahimovic became the national team of the Swedish national team at a young age, and the last game against Real Madrid. How could he be ignored by the head coach of the Swedish national team?

This basically dismantled his main lineup. (Baidu search: , the fastest update to read novels)

Some of the remaining ones are either too old for the national team to look down on, or too young for the national team to not know their abilities.

But Chang Sheng believes that it won't be long before more Valencia players will be transferred by the national team...

That's true. The situation is probably even more terrifying.

Now at least he can get the bench lineup and the b team together for training.

After arriving, I am afraid that I can only herd sheep.

In this way, there is actually no way to conduct any tactical training.

Even the training skills, Chang Sheng is reluctant to use them, especially the competition skills - pure waste.

Therefore, during this period of time, the team's training arrangements are relatively relaxed, focusing on physical training, and then allowing the players to conduct some special training.

These do not require training skills, just normal training arrangements.

Because the training is easy, Chang Sheng doesn't have to hold a whistle all day long and yell at the players.

During the training interval, he even found Guardiola and took him to sit down and chat.

Why did Chang Sheng have to poach Guardiola? On the one hand, it is natural to see his ability as a player. On the other hand, it is because Chang Sheng's current tactics are imitated from Barcelona's -taka, but he is not from Barcelona after all. Even if he has two lifetimes of experience, he doesn't know much about the real Barcelona -taka.

So he needs someone who is very familiar with this aspect, so that he can get more information from him, and then use it for himself.

Guardiola is a very suitable person.

As Cruyff's No. 4 candidate, he has inherited the essence of Barcelona football, and he can learn the purest Barcelona football from him.

This can also be seen from Guardiola's success in coaching Barcelona in the future.

Since Chang Sheng was inspired to become the top head coach, he has been full of research spirit on football.

Now there is a good person around to ask, why not ask?

Some people may think that it is shameful for a head coach to ask his players for advice. But Chang Sheng would not have such an idea, he is a pragmatist. As long as it is beneficial to him, he will not let it go. As for saving face... what is that?

Of course, he couldn't just say to Guardiola: "Tell me everything you know about Barcelona's tactics."

That might arouse Guardiola's disgust instead. He would want to ask himself this, is it for dealing with Barcelona in the future.

Although Guardiola is already wearing the Valencia jersey, his heart still belongs to Barcelona.

So Changsheng uses a smarter way to get useful things.

That is to use the chat. Take the initiative to talk about tactics. I think Guardiola, who is interested in being a coach, will be happy to discuss it with himself. After coming and going, we talked about everything.

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"You have been with the team for more than a month, how do you feel, Pep?" Chang Sheng, who was sitting on the turf, asked.

Guardiola thought that the head coach asked about life, so he replied: "Life is quite adaptable, no problem..."

Then he saw Chang Sheng shaking his head.

"No no no, Pep, I don't care about your life. I want to know what you think about what you see and hear in the team?"

Guardiola understood.

"I see Barcelona in your tactics," Guardiola replied.

Chang Sheng snapped his fingers: "That's right, my tactics are inspired by Barcelona's tactics."

"But it's different." Guardiola said while thinking.

"Hmm. What's the difference?"

"You put more emphasis on speed and running. You are also tougher when defending, and at the same time there are more forward passes at the end..." Guardiola began to compare carefully. "This is what Barcelona is lacking at the moment. Actually, I have always wondered how you would think of putting -taka on Valencia. They seem to be two completely different styles. Valencia insists on Italian-style defensive counterattack... And -taka doesn't fit in with them..."

In fact, even if Chang Sheng doesn't look for him. Guardiola also wants to take the initiative to talk to him.

Because he does have a lot of questions.

Chang Sheng smiled: "Barcelona's -taka is incompatible with Valencia, but it doesn't mean -taka is not suitable for Valencia. For me, -taka is not unique to Barcelona, ​​but Barcelona uses it more, so I just Became synonymous with Barcelona. I used -taka in Getafe too, you know that?"

Guardiola nodded. The Copa del Rey final, that game is so famous. Because people saw for the first time that it took only one week for a team that had never been exposed to the -taka tactic to learn this tactic, and defeated Mallorca in the final to win the championship.

This game must have become an important case study for many coaches.

But no one can understand how Chang Sheng allowed Getafe to practice -taka so well in just one week.

"Since Getafe can use it. Why can't Valencia use it? This is my point of view. The key is to have players who are suitable for -taka tactics. For this reason, I gave up Carew, who performed well last season, and chose to use eight hundred Wan sold to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Because he is a Swede with movement on his feet, he can hold the ball, he has a wide range of running, and he has great ability. Villa is the same."

"But your two midfielders are as far as I know. They are not suitable for-taka." Guardiola immediately pointed out the problem.

"Yes, Baraja and Albelda are both defensive midfielders. Letting them organize the offense will definitely not work. On the one hand, this is why I need you. On the other hand, although they are offensive to the team There is not much support, but they have a lot of support in defense. My midfielder emphasizes control, and defense is also a kind of control. Do you know why Barcelona's performance has started to decline in recent years? Because Barcelona's midfielder lacks A strong defender. Barcelona has a lot of coveted offensive players in the midfield. Luis Enrique, Giovani, Overmars, Rivaldo, Gerard... so many offensive players, there are How many defensive midfielders? Two, one of which is an offensive organizer like Harvey. Cocu cannot be regarded as a pure defender. This is only a problem in the midfield, and the same is true for the back line... Overall Said, Barcelona's defensive level is declining. This is an indisputable fact. If the defense is not good, the offense is useless. I think all offense should come from defense. Does Barcelona still have defense at all? A large group of offensive talents are all Disdain for defense, the whole team is divided. Why do I ask the players to press in the frontcourt? Although it consumes a lot of energy, it works very well. Our press can let the opponent get the ball in the backcourt, It's hard even through midfield - that. You should have seen that in the first league game, right?"

Guardiola nodded.

Then he fell into thought. I have to say that what Chang Sheng said has some truth, because of defense, this is indeed Barcelona's problem.

From this point of view, Valencia's **-taka is a new way...

Defense...

"Valencia's problem is not defending anymore, because we are not in the same situation as Barcelona. Valencia are already playing on the counter-attack and they are very good at it. Our problem is attacking... To be honest, we can play on the counter-attack. The 5-0 defeat of Real Madrid in the first game was not actually a reflection of Valencia's true strength. We were opportunistic because the opponent's flaws were too big. But after this game, we will study our opponents more. I think we will hit a bottleneck very soon. That is the offense. I want to hear from you, Pep. With Baraja injured, you have to carry the offensive load of the team."

Chang Sheng put on a modest and studious attitude to ask questions. This is a job, so he expressed his true purpose of talking to Guardiola, but because of the previous foreshadowing. So it won't make Guardiola feel awkward.

His attitude was so good that even Guardiola was surprised. A head coach who has achieved certain results, so humbly asks himself for advice, to be honest, it also makes Guardiola feel a sense of vanity.

He also intends to contribute his own strength, can't let such an open-minded head coach down, can't he?

So he frowned and began to think hard.

He does feel that there are some problems with Valencia's attacking side.

Although Changsheng's crazy running tactics have the shadow of Barcelona -taka in it, it is not the real -taka after all.

Barcelona's -taka is a tactical idea that has gradually formed after more than ten years of precipitation, and it is not achieved overnight.

In his opinion. Changsheng intends to copy -taka in Valencia, which is a bit of a trick. Although it is similar in appearance, it is not similar in spirit. This will definitely become a bottleneck for the development of Valencia in the future.

To be honest, even the real -taka. Barcelona has also encountered a bottleneck...

"I noticed that Valencia's tactics are based on passing the ball, relying on passing and running to tear apart the opponent's defense. This idea is fine, but... to be honest, let me be honest, Chang, I think you This set of tactics just looks like Barcelona's -taka. In fact, there is a big difference. It is not a question of Valencia's style and characteristics, but your set of tactics is not detailed enough. In some details It’s not perfect yet…”

Chang Sheng's eyes lit up—why did he recruit Guardiola?

Isn't this the moment you've been waiting for!

Although he learned about Barcelona's tactics from TV and online discussions in the future. But to be honest, Barcelona's set of tactics is very complicated. Without the guidance of an insider who really understands it, I really can only follow suit.

Take a triangle pass as an example. When a player takes the ball, there must be teammates around him to form a triangle with him to facilitate the pass.

But where every player appears is particular.

Why can Barcelona players pass the ball without even looking at it? Because they know they are going to be there.

When the player with the ball is on the left side of the pitch, he has to know who his teammates are around him, and then pass the football.

When the player with the ball is in the middle, he also needs to know which teammates will appear by his side so that he can pass the ball.

These things can't be done just by running wildly.

There must be strict tactical arrangements.

When and where each player appears must be very clear. Rather than simply telling players to "run". In this way, players will be confused-how to run? run there? I don't know at all, what -taka?

Chang Sheng doesn't understand these things, but he knows that there are people who understand, forcing him to understand more professionally.

That man is Guardiola.

"So Pep, don't you want to be a coach? Remember what I said when I approached you? Moving to Valencia is a long-term career plan for you. Now, I plan to fulfill this promise From now on, how about you work part-time as the tactical coach of the team during training? You come to tell the Valencia players how to move and respond in the attack. I believe that you are fully qualified for this job of."

Chang Sheng is like a devil who tempts mortals to sell their souls and sign a contract with him. He is persuasive, and his voice is softer unconsciously.

Guardiola was silent this time.

It's really tempting to be a coach...

And it's a rare opportunity to get the support of the head coach without having to do it secretly.

Thinking of this, he laughed: "The club will give me double salary!"

When Chang Sheng heard this answer, he knew that Guardiola still did not escape the temptation of the ideal of coaching to him in the end.

So he laughed too, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"No problem! Even if the club doesn't give it to you, I will give it to you at my own expense!"

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