Although Gao Shen has left all the training work to the coaching staff, as the team's head coach, he still has a lot to do.
How is the state of the World Cup participating international players after returning to the team?
Can you get back to your best form before the start of the new season as expected?
Van Persie injured his ankle last season and was sidelined for five months. How is his recovery going?
De Bruyne is too thin and his running ability is seriously lacking. Can he withstand Pintus' special training?
Giroud missed too many opportunities last season and needs to arrange special training for his shooting. The plan submitted by Borrell needs to be signed and confirmed by Gao Shen.
There is also Gareth Bale, this player who shined last season is not stable enough yet and needs to be further consolidated to clarify his use and positioning. These also need to be advanced.
Henderson is a young player who has high hopes for him. He got a lot of opportunities last season, but now that Fernandinho and Yaya Toure have arrived, he feels that his position in the team has been seriously affected.
He was shaken, a little unhappy, and needed to have a chat with him.
Adam Lallana did not play much playing time last season. After seeing the abundance of talents in Manchester City this season, his agent asked the team if he could be loaned back. Southampton is very interested in renting Adam Lallana.
Yes, but the players want to stay in the team and follow the senior players to play and improve, which also needs to be dealt with.
There were so many things that made Gao Shen wish he could have forty-eight hours in a day.
This is just the beginning.
As the team trains together, more and more problems are exposed, not only the integration of new players, but also the problems exposed by the old players last season, and some of the team's stubborn problems...
Everything needs to be handled by the head coach Gao Shen.
Fortunately, the good news keeps coming.
After Van Persie arrived in the United States, Gao Shen specially arranged for him to undergo the most advanced and detailed physical examination in the United States, especially for his ankle. The conclusion was that there was basically no problem with his injury, and the coaching staff also obtained the most detailed medical examination of Van Persie.
Medical report.
Buenaventura and Pintus will then develop a training plan for Van Persie based on these.
De Bruyne is very thin and has poor running ability, which is why he was not liked by Mourinho after he later joined Chelsea. But his passing ability is really good and he is very proficient in both left and right feet.
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Having such a player in the midfield is simply not easy to use.
Moreover, he has different characteristics from Adam Lallana. The Englishman is better at controlling the ball.
Courtois is really outstanding.
Although he is only eighteen years old, his height, coupled with his abilities, are really outstanding enough to surprise Gao Shen.
In the words of goalkeeper coach Lopis, "I can't bear to let such a talented player come on the bench!"
But the problem is, Manchester City already has a Neuer.
Fortunately, I will go to Belgium on loan for the time being and practice for another year or two.
I’ll talk about future questions later.
After all, the introduction of Courtois was the idea of Brian Kidd and others, and Gao Shen was also "forced".
In several warm-up matches in the United States, Gao Shen basically followed the same old routine.
For example, he only lets Javi Martinez play as central defender in order to help him better connect the team's offensive and defensive transitions.
He also tried a double defensive midfielder, sometimes pairing Yaya Toure with Xavi Martinez, sometimes pairing Yaya Toure with Fernandinho, and sometimes letting Henderson play.
For Yaya Toure, Gao Shen also kept trying. He tried repeatedly at center back, defensive midfielder, midfielder, and even front midfielder. He found that no matter which position he was in, it was difficult to fully play Yaya Toure.
Touré's abilities and characteristics.
This is a very powerful but very contradictory player.
The best way is to build a midfielder with him as the core, but this is not a sophisticated style at all.
As the team's head coach, Gao Shen has communicated with Yaya Toure many times. He made it clear that he asked Yaya Toure to adapt to him and integrate into the team, instead of the team adapting to him.
The Ivorian midfielder has been suppressed by Barcelona for two consecutive years. Although he is holding back his energy, he also obeys Gao Shen's arrangements.
Manchester City's results in the warm-up matches were ups and downs, with some losses and some wins, because of Gao Shen's indifference.
With the experience of last season, everyone knows that Gao Shen doesn't care about the results of the warm-up match at all, so naturally no one takes it too seriously.
Gao Shen and the coaching staff are in this intensive preparation rhythm, solving problems one by one, making the team gradually stronger, but while becoming stronger, more new problems will continue to emerge.
This is a dynamic process.
Therefore, in this world, there is never a perfect team.
True perfection only exists in the memories of fans.
But there is a really serious problem.
That's Jerome Boateng.
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In the United States, Manchester City returned to Manchester without stopping after playing four warm-up games.
The day after he came back, Gao Shen called Jerome Boateng to his office.
The tall and strong black defender was obviously aware of the problem.
His performance in the warm-up match was not ideal, and the coaching staff has reminded him more than once.
But his attitude towards admitting his mistakes was very good.
As soon as he entered the door and sat down, he took the initiative to admit his mistake.
"Boss, I know my problem. I promise that I will work hard to correct my playing habits, and strive to no longer be irritable, reckless, and not prone to fouling." Jerome Boateng looked at Gao Shen with a smile and begged.
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In his impression, anyone who is called into the office by the head coach for a lecture will basically suffer.
Obviously, he doesn't know much about Manchester City's situation.
"Don't rush to admit the problem yet. I have a few questions that I want to ask you about." Gao Shen felt funny after hearing this.
In fact, this kid is not as humble as he appears at all.
Of course, he doesn't have a very unruly character.
At least, he is very different from his older brother Kevin Boateng.
"You ask." Jerome Boateng's attitude is really good.
Gao Shen turned over the report handed to him by the coaching staff and frowned involuntarily.
He felt that it was unlikely.
But, let’s ask.
"I remember you were from Hertha Berlin's youth team, right?"
"Yes."
"What position did you play in the youth team?"
"At first I played as a midfielder, but as I grew older and got taller and taller, I moved deeper and played as a defensive midfielder, left back, right back and centre-back. Anyway, I played in any position."
Gao Shen nodded, this situation is very common among young players.
Even when training young players, many head coaches hope to let them try different positions, not only to cultivate his versatility, but also to facilitate his future thinking on the court, and at the same time to tap more of his potential.
potential.
Of course, the more important point is that as long as young players can play, how can they have the confidence to be picky?
"When did you start playing defender?" Gao Shen asked.
"Hertha Berlin II."
"How about playing as a central defender?"
"I only played as a central defender in the national youth team, but that was the best time I played. I feel that I should be able to play as a central defender." Jerome Boateng said with a smile.
He felt very proud when he thought of helping the German National Youth Team win the European Youth Championship.
"Then I want to ask you a question, which may embarrass you." Gao Shen asked tentatively.
"Well, feel free to ask."
"Has anyone systematically taught you how to defend?" Gao Shen asked, staring at Jerome Boateng.
The German defender didn't quite understand what he heard, or was confused, "Boss, what do you mean?"
"That is, your coaches, from Hertha Berlin's second team, to the first team, to Hamburg, have any coaches taught you some correct defensive movements, skills, awareness, etc., have you had any of these?"
Boateng understood it, but seemed to be even more confused. He scratched the short hair on his forehead and asked: "Boss, do you still need to be taught this kind of thing? Aren't they all self-taught? Watch other people's games.
, or watching other people's videos, relying on instinctive reactions when getting on the court, and doing whatever you are good at..."
Gao Shen closed his eyes and felt like he was going to faint.
Sure enough, the report given by the coaching staff was not wrong at all.
This guy really doesn't know how to defend!
If this were told, the whole world would probably laugh out loud.
A defender who represented the German team in the World Cup and won the European Youth Championship didn't know how to defend!
"No, what are the coaches of your youth team, Hertha Berlin and Hamburg doing?" Gao Shen felt very puzzled.
Shouldn't this be the minimum?
Boateng really thought about it seriously and replied: "They are all busy studying the opponent, targeted tactics, and training, and then tell us what he wants us to do. When we get to the court,
Try to meet his requirements."
"No one thinks you commit too many fouls, your defensive actions are very irregular, and your defensive awareness is problematic?" Gao Shen asked again.
"Yes, they gave me some game videos and asked me to study them myself."
Gao Shen almost fell down and could only say fuck!
He had heard a lot about this kind of thing, but because he stood so high up, this was the first time he actually saw it.
This way of training players is simply irresponsible.
But we can also look at it the other way around. Players trained under such circumstances can still reach Boateng's current level. This shows that this kid's talent and potential are really amazing.
The key is that he is not too old and his skills are good enough.
It just takes more time and energy.
Gao Shen looked at Boateng with a wry smile, and suddenly felt the urge to return the product. It was very complicated anyway.
However, after further analyzing Boateng's entire growth experience, especially the years from Hertha Berlin to Hamburg, he began to understand that it was also filled with a lot of helplessness and frustration.
Sad.
This made Gao Shen feel that his complaints and complaints just now made him feel like he did not eat minced meat.
