The game has been over for a long time, but the civil unrest in Madrid continues, and various news comes out every day, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false.
But one thing is true, and that is that Florentino is unhappy about winning.
A few days after returning to Madrid, his voice was heard.
The president of Real Madrid Club talked about the first round of the league in an interview with reporters.
He did not talk about the gains and losses of Zidanega Pavin's policy, he was just very unconvinced by the disastrous defeat in this game.
"Football matches are always composed of various accidents. Sometimes, an accident may make the result of a game completely different... In that game, due to various considerations, we did not let Zidane play. But I
I think if he had appeared, the situation would definitely not be like this..."
The implication is, Valencia, don't be complacent, I'll wait for you if you have the ability! After my Zidane adapts to La Liga, I must take revenge for this slap!
These words reached Chang Sheng's ears through the media. What did he think highly of this naked threat to Real Madrid?
Chang Sheng responded forcefully: "Okay, okay, then we will compete again in the second half of the season! By then, I hope your Zidane has adapted to the La Liga game. Otherwise, you will have to make excuses again..."
Then Florentino seemed to realize that he could not compete with the Chinese in terms of words, so he remained silent.
Chang Sheng, on the other hand, did not chase after him fiercely. He had many things to do every day, so how could he have so much free time to engage in verbal warfare with others?
After coaching Valencia, he experienced more pressure.
The new tactics have not yet been fully adjusted, the team has suffered serious injuries, the training plan needs to be modified, and many things need to be decided by him.
Even with Rudy Gonzalez helping him, he was still very busy.
And what's even more unfortunate is that just when his team needs to get together and run in together, the national team match day has arrived.
Two national team games in seven days may not only cause injuries to players, but also increase their fatigue and delay their training...
As a club head coach, Chang Sheng inherently hates national team games. This is a conflict of interest and has nothing to do with his philosophy.
Sacrifice one's own interests for the sake of the national team. He would not do this unless he always wins. Is there anything related to the Chinese national team? He cannot be labeled as unpatriotic.
Because it was a national team match day, he had to let him go...
When he was the head coach of Getafe in the past, he did not have a deep experience of the national team match days. Because there were not many national teams in Getafe. Very few, it had little impact on him. Even if one or two international players were removed, his ball
The team is still intact and normal training will not be delayed.
But Valencia is different.
There are many international players from various countries in this powerful team.
Canizares is the main goalkeeper of the Spanish national team and he will definitely not be absent unless he is injured.
Ayala is an Argentina international. Although he is only 28 years old, he has already represented the Argentine national team 72 times.
Aimar returned to Argentina with him.
Although Vicente is young, he has three national team experiences.
If Baraja had not been injured this time, he would definitely have been selected for the national team.
However, his injury gave his teammates the opportunity to play for their country. Albelda and Baraja's partner in the defensive midfield position were recruited into Seth's Spanish national team for the first time.
Although Carew is young, he has already been selected for the Norwegian national team at the age of 17. He will definitely not be absent this time.
Ibrahimovic has become an international player for the Swedish national team at a young age, and he performed so well in the last game against Real Madrid. How could the head coach of the Swedish national team ignore him?
This basically dismantled his main lineup.
The remaining ones who haven't left are either too old and the national team doesn't like them, or they're too young and the national team doesn't know their abilities yet.
But Chang Sheng believes that it won’t be long before more Valencia players will be recruited by the national team...
That's true. The situation is probably even more terrifying.
At least now, he can still get the substitutes and the B team together for training.
After arriving, I'm afraid I'll really have to herd sheep.
As it is now, there is actually no way to conduct any tactical training.
Even the training skills and Changsheng are reluctant to use them, especially the competition skills - a complete waste.
Therefore, during this period, 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 and are just normal training arrangements.
Because the training is easy, you don't have to hold the whistle in your mouth and yell at the players all day long to win.
During the training break, he even found Guardiola and pulled him to sit down and chat.
Why does Chang Sheng have to recruit Guardiola? On the one hand, it is naturally because of his ability as a player. On the other hand, it is because Chang Sheng's current tactics are copied from Barcelona's tikitaka, but he is not Barcelona after all
A person born in Tikitaka, even if he has two lifetimes of experience, doesn’t know much about the real tikitaka in Barcelona.
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 his own purposes.
Guardiola is a very suitable person.
As the No. 4 player whom Cruyff focused on training, he inherited the essence of Barcelona football. From him, you can learn the purest Barcelona football.
This can also be seen from the success Guardiola achieved in coaching Barcelona in the future.
Chang Sheng has been full of research spirit in football since he inspired to become the top head coach.
Now there is a good person around me to ask, why not ask?
Some people may think that it is shameful for a head coach to ask for advice from his players. But Chang Sheng does not have such thoughts. He is a pragmatist. As long as it is beneficial to him, he will not let it go. As for
Face... what is that?
Of course, he couldn't just say to Guardiola: "Tell me everything you know about Barcelona's tactics."
That might just arouse Guardiola's resentment. He will wonder if he is asking these questions to deal with Barcelona in the future.
Although Guardiola is already wearing the Valencia jersey, his heart still belongs to Barcelona.
So it's often better to find a smarter way to get useful stuff.
That is to use chatting. He took the initiative to talk about tactics. I think Guardiola, a person who is interested in being a coach, will be happy to discuss it with him. After a while, everything came out.
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"It's been more than a month since you joined the team. How do you feel about it, Pep?" Chang Sheng, who was sitting on the turf, asked.
Guardiola thought that the coach was asking about life, so he replied: "I can adapt to life quite well, there is 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 of everything you see and hear in the team?"
Guardiola understood.
"I see the shadow of Barcelona in your tactics." Guardiola replied.
Chang Sheng snapped his fingers: "You're right, my tactics are inspired by Barcelona's tactics."
"But it's different." Guardiola said while thinking.
"Hmm. What are the differences?"
"You emphasize speed and running more. You are tougher when defending, and there are more direct passes forward at the end..." Guardiola began to compare carefully. "This is what Barcelona currently lacks. In fact, I have always been surprised.
, how could you think of bringing tikitaka to Valencia? They seem to have two completely different styles. Valencia insists on Italian-style defensive counterattacks...and tikitaka is incompatible with them..."
In fact, even if Chang Sheng doesn't talk to him, Guardiola still wants to take the initiative to talk to him.
Because he does have a lot of questions.
Chang Sheng smiled: "Barcelona's tikitaka is incompatible with Valencia, but it doesn't mean that tikitaka is not suitable for Valencia. To me, tikitaka is not unique to Barcelona, but it is used more in Barcelona, so it becomes Barcelona."
pronoun. I also used tikitaka in Getafe, do you know this?"
Guardiola nodded. The Copa del Rey final was so famous because people saw for the first time that it only took a week for a team that had never been exposed to tikitaka tactics to learn this tactic, and in
Defeated Mallorca in the final and won the championship.
This game must have become an important case for many coaches to study.
But no one can understand how Getafe's constant winning streak allowed them to practice Tikitaka to the same level 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 suitable for tikitaka tactics. For this reason, I gave up Carew, who performed well last season, and chose to use 8 million
Ibrahimovic was sold. Because he is a Swede who has good feet, can hold the ball, has a wide running range and has strong ability. The same is true for Villa."
"But as far as I know, your two midfielders are not suitable for tikitaka." Guardiola immediately pointed out the problem.
"Yes, both Baraja and Albelda are strong defensive midfielders. It will definitely not work for them to organize the offense. On the one hand, this is why I need you. On the other hand, although they are offensively against the team,
They don’t have much support, but they have a lot of support from the team on defense. My midfielder emphasizes control, and defense is also a kind of control. Do you know why Barcelona’s performance has begun to decline in recent years? Because Barcelona’s midfielder lacks
A strong defender. Barcelona has accumulated many enviable offensive players in the midfield. Luis Enrique, Giovanni, Overmars, Rivaldo, Herard... so many offensive players,
How many defensive midfielders are there? Two, and one of them is an offensive organizer like Xavi. 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
Generally speaking, Barcelona's defensive level is declining. This is an indisputable fact. If the defense is not good, no matter how good the offense is, it will be useless. I think all offenses should come from defense. Does Barcelona still have defense to speak of? A large group of offensive geniuses
They all disdain to defend, and the entire team is divided. Why do I ask the players to press in the frontcourt? Although this will consume a lot of physical energy, the effect is very good. Our press can allow the opponent to get the ball in the backcourt.
, it’s difficult to even get through the midfield - you should have seen that in the first league game, right?"
Guardiola nodded.
Then he fell into deep thought. I have to say that what Chang Sheng said makes sense, because defense is indeed Barcelona's problem.
From this point of view, Valencia’s atypical tikitaka is a new approach...
Defend...
"Valencia's problem now is not defense, because our situation is different from Barcelona's. Valencia originally played defensive counterattacks, and they are very good at doing this. Our problem is offense... To be honest, we can
The 5-0 victory over Real Madrid in the first game was not a reflection of Valencia's true strength. We took advantage of the situation because the opponent's flaws were too great. But after this game, we will learn more about our opponents.
I think we will encounter a bottleneck soon. That is offense. I want to hear your opinion. When Pep Baraja is injured, you have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the team's offense."
Chang Sheng put on a humble and studious attitude and was not ashamed to ask questions. This was his job. He only expressed his true purpose of talking to Guardiola, but because of the previous foreshadowing, Guardiola would not feel awkward.
His attitude was so good that even Guardiola was surprised. A head coach who had achieved certain results humbly asked him for advice. To be honest, Guardiola felt quite vain.
He also intends to contribute his own strength, and he can't let such a modest head coach down, can he?
So he frowned and began to think hard.
He does feel that there are some problems in Valencia's offense.
Although the crazy running tactics that always win have the shadow of Barcelona tikitaka in it, it is not the real tikitaka after all.
Barcelona's tikitaka is a tactical idea gradually formed after more than ten years of accumulation, and it is not achieved overnight.
In his opinion, Chang Sheng's plan to copy tikitaka in Valencia is a bit tricky. 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 tikitaka.Barcelona has encountered a bottleneck...
"I noticed that Valencia's tactics are based on passing, relying on passing and running to open up the opponent's defense. There is no problem with this idea, but... To be honest, let me tell the truth, Chang, I think you
This tactic just looks like Barcelona's tikitaka. In fact, there is a big difference. It is not a problem with Valencia's style and characteristics, but that your tactic is not detailed enough, and there are some details in it.
Didn’t do it to the extreme…”
Chang Sheng's eyes lit up - why did he want to poach 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, to be honest, Barcelona's tactics are very complicated. Without the guidance of an expert who really understands, he can only copy the cat and imitate the tiger.
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 every player is particular about where he appears.
Why can Barcelona players just pass the ball without looking? Because they know it will be there.
When the player with the ball is on the left side of the court, he has to know who his teammates are around him and then pass the football.
When the player holding the ball is in the middle, he also needs to know which teammates will appear next to him to facilitate his passing.
These things cannot be achieved by just running around like crazy.
Strict tactical arrangements must also be made.
It must be clear when and where each player appears. Instead of simply telling the players to "run", the players will be confused - how to run? Where to run? They don't know at all, what tikitaka to play?
Chang Sheng doesn't understand these things, but he knows someone who understands them, forcing him to learn more professionally.
That person is Guardiola.
"So Pep, don't you want to be a coach? Do you remember what I said when I first 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 team's tactical coach in training? You tell the Valencia players exactly how to move and how to respond during the attack. I believe that you are fully qualified for this position.
of."
Chang Sheng is like a demon who tempts mortals to sell their souls and sign a contract with himself. He follows the temptation and his voice becomes much softer without realizing it.
Guardiola was silent this time.
Being able to become a coach is really tempting...
And it's a rare opportunity to get the support of the head coach without having to do it secretly.
He laughed when he thought of this: "Then the club will have to give me a double salary!"
When Chang Sheng heard this answer, he knew that Guardiola had not escaped the temptation of the coach's ideal in the end.
Then he also laughed and let out a sigh of relief.
"No problem! Even if the club doesn't give it to you, I will pay it to you out of my own pocket!"
