In Gao Shen's previous life, many people felt sorry for Benzema, thinking that he had sacrificed too much for the Real Madrid team. Many people felt that he was the most underestimated center in the ten years before Gao Shen's time travel.
This assessment is correct, but it is also incorrect.
The reason why I say it is correct is because Benzema is indeed extremely talented, powerful and has quite comprehensive characteristics, especially his very delicate footwork. As early as the Lyon period, from Ferguson to Wenger, to the technical director of Barcelona at the time, Begiri
Stan, whenever I see him playing football, I will sigh from the bottom of my heart.
Hey, you're really a genius, Tenion!
In Lyon, the young Benzema showed a very strong energy and superhuman talent. Everyone thought he was Ronaldo, a combination of Henry and Trezeguet.
Listen, all of these seem to confirm that this guy is very comprehensive.
But people who are too comprehensive often bring some troubles.
Just like Yaya Toure, Pogba, Modric, Toni Kroos...
How to find your position?
This is a problem.
Suarez has always been a very comprehensive player. From joining Groningen to Ajax, he relied on his strong strength to crush him. He can play in many different positions on the left, center and right.
But in the Premier League, he fully unleashed his potential under Gao Shen.
Because Gao Shen made him a very comprehensive center, or in other words, he can no longer be called a center.
Strictly speaking, it should be the center plus the number 9 and a half.
If you look at Suarez's activity areas and heat maps, you will find that his activity range is very large.
Advance, retreat, pull aside... He can do any job and do it well.
Benzema is actually very similar to Suarez. His skills are very delicate, his characteristics are very comprehensive, and he has a strong sense of coordination. But if you just talk about the body, Benzema is better than Suarez.
But Suarez plays more cunningly than Benzema and is also more selfish.
Selfishness, this is the advantage of a scorer.
Benzema is not obvious enough in this regard.
Unlike Suarez who met Gao Shen, Benzema first met Pellegrini after coming to Real Madrid.
The little king who had just arrived in Ligue 1 had to compete with Yin Guain, who was already in La Liga and famous at Real Madrid.
Benzema suffered a loss in terms of efficiency in front of goal, so that season Yin Guayin was the main player and performed better.
During Mourinho's tenure, the situation changed again.
Everyone knows that Mourinho plays more defensive counterattacks, so he likes to put a pillar center in front and let him be at the forefront to suppress the opponent's defenders.
Neither Benzema nor Yin Guayin is suitable.
In comparison, Benzema has more potential in this area because he is more comprehensive than scorer Yin Guayin.
But here comes the problem. Benzema is a center forward and a nine-and-a-half-player. His playing habit is not to blindly fight against the opponent's defender. That is not his specialty.
He is more mobile, can play more flexibly, and has a stronger ability to hold the ball. In Mourinho's view, his style of play is to avoid the opponent's defender.
Therefore, Mourinho felt that Benzema lacked aggressiveness and was like a cat.
This is where the nickname Benzemaow comes from.
Because of this, Mourinho finally bought Adebayor.
I believe that by this moment, everyone should understand.
Benzema's slightly Buddhist character and his comprehensive playing style made him lose to Yin Guain from the beginning in the competition within the Real Madrid team, let alone compete with Ronaldo.
Due to his positional disadvantages, ability and characteristics, Benzema has to play the role of No. 2 or even No. 3 in Real Madrid's offensive system.
To a certain extent, Benzema is indeed underestimated, but it cannot be said that he has sacrificed too much for the team, because maybe he has never thought about it at all, and he did not compete with Ronaldo.
It's also possible that he knows he can't fight, so he doesn't fight.
Anyway, it's more of a mutual achievement.
But to a certain extent, the peak years of Benzema's career did not leave high enough memories for people. Instead, after Ronaldo left the team and he was gradually asked to take on more responsibilities,
He began to take charge of the front line.
At this time, Benzema has reached the later stage of his career and is no longer at his peak.
This is what many people saw, saying that he sacrificed a lot for the team, even suppressed his own personality and sacrificed his professional height.
But now, Gao Shen is here!
From Real Madrid to Naples, from Naples to Manchester City, in the advanced tactical system, it can be clearly seen that he is less and less dependent on the pillar center.
This is an improvement in his entire tactical play.
When he coached Real Madrid for the first time, he played more defensive counterattacks. With a center like Negredo in front, the offense would be smoother.
When he arrived in Naples, Gao Shen had already realized the limitations of the center, so between Pellet and Cavani, Gao Shen did not hesitate to choose Cavani, who had greater mobility and wider coverage.
When he arrived at Manchester City, Gao Shen further gave up the traditional center playing style and adopted Suarez's playing style of center forward and nine-and-a-half, so that the entire midfield and frontcourt were integrated, and Suarez basically had no fixed position.
Let’s look at Spain’s strikerless tactics in this European Cup. Is it the same?
At Real Madrid, Gao Shen still plans to do the same.
Therefore, Benzema is particularly important.
…
After sending Xabi Alonso away, Gao Shen took a rest and then welcomed Benzema.
The French forward is a bit introverted, so he was sent here personally by his agent.
After entering the door and saying hello, he sat there and just looked at Gao Shen without saying anything.
This is in line with Gao Shen's impression of him.
There are good and bad players with this kind of personality.
The advantage is that he will do whatever you ask him to do; the disadvantage is that it is difficult to see Suarez's cunning or unexpected surprises in him.
The conversation between the two started with questions and answers.
No need to guess, Gao Shen is asking and Benzema is answering.
The advanced questions are actually quite simple. They all ask about daily things, including training, competitions, and many things and details in life. Benzema also answers them one by one.
The content of the French's answers was quite satisfactory, with no big surprises.
In the middle of the conversation, Gao Shen felt that the time was almost up, so he asked a question.
"I feel that in the past three seasons, Real Madrid's tactical resource allocation in the frontcourt has not been balanced enough. I hope to be more balanced, especially the connection between the three players in the frontcourt, the frontcourt players and the midfielders.
Be closer."
Benzema thought for a moment, looked at Gao Shen, and asked: "Like Manchester City's Suarez?"
It can be seen that he has also done advanced homework.
"It's almost the same in general, but the details will be different. After all, the player configuration is different." Gao Shen replied.
Benzema nodded, "Then what do you want me to do?"
This should be the question that best reflects Benzema's character.
What do you want me to do, not what I think I can do for you.
Gao Shen never thought about changing a person's personality in just one conversation, "I hope you can take on more responsibilities, whether it's helping your teammates score goals like you did in the past, or scoring goals yourself, I hope you can take on more responsibilities."
I hope you can be more proactive."
"Of course, this will be more tiring, and I have studied your information with the coaching staff. We all think that you need to lose at least another three kilograms and properly strengthen your abdominal core muscles, which can improve your jumping
and heading ability.”
When Gao Shen said this, he looked at Benzema with an unquestionable expression, "A success rate of around 26% is really terrible for a forward. Suarez's data reached 40%.
"
Cristiano Ronaldo is the player with the highest success rate in aerial contests in Real Madrid, always around 50%. This is a very high statistic that reflects Ronaldo's amazing physical fitness and excellent jumping ability.
But in the past, Real Madrid often looked for Ronaldo for high balls. This point was too easy to touch.
Gao Shen felt that this was not enough.
Speaking of which, Yin Guayin's statistics are slightly better than Benzema's. His confrontation success rate is in his early thirties, and Yin Guayin's passing success rate and shooting efficiency are both very high, while Benzema is strong.
In terms of shooting accuracy, three out of five shots are on target.
There is also his ability to create opportunities, which is really strong, even better than Suarez.
Gao Shen and his assistants are also very sure that if Benzema can lose weight, improve his core muscles, and improve his jumping and heading, he will reach a higher level.
Benzema heard the profound tone and smiled bitterly, "I'll try my best."
But Gao Shen did not let him go because of this, "I don't want you to try your best, I want you to do it. This matter is non-negotiable. Starting from the summer training camp, we will lose weight and strengthen the abdominal core muscles at the same time."
Benzema stared at Gao Shen blankly for a few seconds, his lips slightly opened, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't.
Sure enough, Mourinho was right, this guy is a cat.
But it doesn’t matter, even if you are a cat, labor and management will arouse your anger and turn you into a dragon!
Benze Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Advanced teams have always been known for their high-intensity pressing, and aggression is never lacking.
He also believes that Benzema, who was so high-spirited when he debuted, will never be willing to take the blame.
There was no chance before, but now, the chance has come.
…
For Benzema, Gao Shen is more demanding, and the requirements are very high.
As for the execution, Gao Shen is not worried. There will naturally be people watching Benzema when he looks back.
So when Benzema was about to leave, the sad expression on his face really made Gao Shen almost laugh out loud.
But this guy didn't dare to contradict Gao Shen with a word, and he felt a little resigned.
This actually made Gao Shen couldn't help but reflect: Was he being too cruel to him?
But if you are not ruthless, how can you squeeze out his potential and talent and force him to improve?
Not long after Gao Shen sent Benzema away, he was still hesitating whether to invite a few other people to meet him?
For example, Pepe and Yin Guayin, etc.
Gao Shen's cell phone suddenly rang.
Caller ID: Casillas.
The captain of Real Madrid finally couldn't help it and came to the door!
