Gao Shen once heard a question: Why is football the largest sport in the world?
He believes that the best answer is: football is like our society.
Extended from this, football tactics are like people's philosophy of life in this society.
Offensive or defensive? Aggressive or conservative?
The development of football tactics is also very similar to the evolution of human society.
In the earliest days, everyone's division of labor and position on the court were fixed. Everyone was within their own scope of responsibilities, divided labor and cooperated with each other, and were clearly differentiated.
The Netherlands' total offense and total defense overturned this pattern. It completely broke this boundary and unified offense and defense.
If a steal occurs in one's own penalty area, it is a successful defensive act, but if it occurs in the opponent's penalty area, it is a very threatening offensive act.
In the same way, Gao Shen has seen a lot of discussions before, that is, the controversy about Guardiola's dream team. Is possession of the ball offensive football? Or conservative football?
When Gao Shen was a fan, he once thought about a question: Why are Mourinho, Capello and others good at defense? Why can't they use creative players? And why are there many head coaches who clearly know that there are not many opportunities, knowing that it is possible?
Will you lose miserably, but still choose to take the initiative?
When fans discuss these, they often mention one word, football philosophy, or it can also be called football philosophy.
Where does it come from? How does it work? How does it affect players?
Why is it that the same player is lifeless under this head coach, but can shine under another head coach?
Gao Shen read the books of Lippi and Capello in the tactical library, and after comparing some books of other coaches, he began to have a certain understanding of this issue.
The philosophy of football is the philosophy of life, and behind the two is actually the character of a head coach.
It's like investing. Some people like to take risks, with high risk, high input and high output, so they like to gamble; some people are naturally risk-averse and are unwilling to take even the slightest risk, so they always deposit their money in the bank.
Back on the football field, if the tactical concept is drawn on an axis, the starting point is balance, with offense on one side and defense on the other.
Starting from the starting point, the further you go to the offensive side, you will find that the team's formation becomes more chaotic and disorderly, and the greater the risks that come with it, but the stronger the creativity, the more goals will be scored; conversely, the more you go towards
If you look at the defense, you will find that the more orderly and tight the team's formation is, the less risky it is, and the stronger the defense, but the creativity is getting weaker and weaker, and the fewer goals are scored.
In a football game, offense means taking risks, with high risks, but high returns; defense represents order, with low risks, but low returns.
There is a saying that goes like this: Goals are made by risk-takers. The more a team likes to take risks, the more motivated it will be to launch attacks and the more goals it will score.
The simplest example is Real Madrid.
During the Galaxy Battleship era, there were so many superstars. In order to maximize the abilities and creativity of the frontcourt superstars, the team adopted very risky tactics. As a result, the offense was very smooth and very sharp, but the price paid was that the defensive end was very fragile.
The risk is extremely high.
Therefore, when every head coach chooses team tactics, he will make different choices based on his own personality, preferences and philosophy of life, whether to encourage risk-taking or embrace order.
Different choices will profoundly affect all aspects of the head coach, from team selection, to transfers and recruitment, to the team's overall tactical construction, to each player's individual tactical arrangement, to season strategy, and troop formation.
Formation and on-the-spot command, etc.
It's like the influence of personality and philosophy on a person is everywhere.
This way it can be explained clearly.
Why does the same player fade under this head coach but shine under another head coach?
Maybe it's just because the former head coach respected order, so he always emphasized positioning, distance, return defense and passing success rate, and asked everyone to abide by the rules; the latter head coach encouraged risk-taking and allowed players to run more in the middle.
, Even if the formation is messed up, you are not afraid. If you pass the threatening ball more, you will not be afraid even if the pass is missed. If you go forward more often to participate in the attack, you will not be afraid even if you are hit from behind...
After Gao Shen understood this, he felt like he was enlightened and suddenly enlightened.
More importantly, he saw from the books of Lippi, Capello, Ferguson and Benitez that as the top football coaches in the world, these are principles that they have long understood, and even
They know their own problems better than people outside.
They did not choose to subvert or give up their own ideas, but worked hard to further explore based on their own ideas.
They are all trying to find a path that makes offense and defense compatible, and allows adventure and order to coexist.
Throughout football history, all great dynasty teams have done this without exception.
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In the tactical library, Gao Shen sat silently.
He is also thinking about what his football philosophy is?
From a character point of view, he is a person who pursues pragmatism and does not have much idealism. Therefore, after coaching Real Madrid, he felt that he could win by focusing on defense, so he chose to focus on defense.
Overall, he should be adventurous, but at the same time he values order.
If he were asked to choose, the one he admired most would be Real Madrid when Ancelotti took charge for the first time.
Ancelotti is a very interesting head coach. From his debut to when he coached Juventus, he was known for being extremely conservative. He was even so conservative that Juventus fans, who are known for their conservativeness, couldn't stand it.
One can imagine how conservative Ancelotti was during that period!
Who would have thought that after going to AC Milan, Ancelotti began to let himself go, first putting Pirlo in the back, then four No. 10s, and then a Christmas tree, directly completing the transformation of his coaching career.
Of course, Ancelotti is not perfect, such as the second half of the Istanbul miracle.
Gao Shen will not blindly learn from Ancelotti or others. He will continue to study in the tactical library, absorb the strengths of others, and eventually find his own path.
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The next morning, the coaches of Real Madrid's first team also came to Valdebebas early.
They have to hold another meeting before the team returns to decide on the tactics for facing Deportivo La Coruna tonight, especially the starting lineup. They must make a decision in the morning.
Gao Shen came earlier than everyone else.
Although he officially signed a contract with Real Madrid, Gao Shen still works together with all coaches instead of using the separate head coach's office left by Carlo.
At first it was just to show off a certain posture, but gradually I got used to it and no longer bothered with it.
After all members of the coaching staff arrived, Gao Shen called everyone together.
"I have decided that tonight against Deportivo, we will try our best to get three points!" Gao Shen did not hide anything and directly expressed his thoughts and arrangements without even the slightest hint of discussion.
Maquida was a little surprised and wanted to give some advice, but after seeing Gao Shen's determined expression, he recalled what Gao Shen had said to him before, which forced him to swallow the words that came to his mouth.
Swallow it back alive.
He thought this was not a good idea because it was too risky.
But he also knew that Gao Shen had made a decision, and he only needed to obey orders and assist Gao Shen in making arrangements, and nothing else was needed.
"Beckham has adjusted well. Let him play, Cassano comes forward, Raul plays on the left, Guti still plays as an attacking midfielder, and the double defensive midfielders let Pablo Garcia and De La Red partner, and the back
The defense includes Raul Bravo, Helguera, Ramos and Arbeloa, we will play with this lineup."
High center forward Negredo is not scheduled to start, which is obviously still preparing for the midweek away game in Turin.
Everyone knows that an Italian team cannot do without a center.
After everyone saw Gao Shen make the decision, they immediately said nothing more. They were just wage earners anyway. All the pressure was on the head coach and had nothing to do with them.
Lucas was very happy because he felt that Gao Shen listened to his advice.
Buenaventura also seems to tend to be proactive, and you can see it from his look.
After all, he is the person Bielsa and Guardiola both value, but he still tends to take the initiative.
This is also the reason why Gao Shen wants to win Deportivo.
No one can guarantee what will happen in the future. Now that an opportunity has arisen, seize it first and then consider other options.
Always worrying about gains and losses, doing great things without cherishing one's own life, it will be difficult to achieve great things in the end.
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Before the morning meeting, Gao Shen talked to the starting players one by one. He also talked to Callejon and others who were originally scheduled to start, and told them the fundamental reasons for his adjustments, hoping that they would understand.
Later, at the team's tactical meeting, Gao Shen explained his thoughts to everyone.
He believes that Barcelona's away draw gave Real Madrid a very good opportunity to further narrow the gap.
As long as Real Madrid wins Deportivo La Coruña, bites the bullet, survives Turin in the Champions League match in midweek, and beats Barcelona at Camp Nou in the weekend's El Clasico, then all the pressure will be there.
Here at Barcelona.
"I know it's difficult, but nothing is easy in this world. Each of you has played football for so many years, and to be able to play today and wear this jersey has gone through countless hardships.
No one knows better than you the importance of not being afraid of difficulties and daring to challenge your own limits."
"One person is like this, and a team is even more like this!"
"What's more, we are lagging behind our opponents and we have no choice. We can only have a chance to catch up or even reverse our opponents if we make double or even triple the efforts of our opponents."
In the conference room, every Real Madrid player was listening patiently, and many people resonated with their thoughts and nodded.
"I always feel that a team like ours should be born to work hard to win every game. In the dictionary of a team like ours and players like this, there should be no so-called strategic compromise or giving up.
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"I always firmly believe that we have the ability to win every game and every opponent, no matter who he is!"
