Real Madrid was targeted by Mad Dog. Although Valencia failed to score in this attack, the subsequent corner kick did not pose a threat.
But when Real Madrid ended another attack and it was Valencia's turn to attack, the mad dog tactics appeared again.
Facing Real Madrid's pressing frontcourt, Valencia used quick passes and moves to break through.
For Valencia's seemingly disorganized tactics of constantly passing and running, Real Madrid really doesn't have any good solutions.
In fact, it’s not the fault of Real Madrid for being ignorant.
It's really because Chang Sheng's tactical thinking is a bit advanced. In this era, not many people know about it, let alone understand it.
His tactical ideas come from the future and are new things that have evolved over more than ten years. Although most of them are based on previous generations, the changes in details determine the final form.
The core of the tactical thinking of winning is, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, it is the retreat of the master of organization.
His approach is incompatible with the current football trends and is unique.
This is the reason why he can restrain giant teams such as Real Madrid - tactics, epoch-making new tactics.
As a time traveler, he can understand ancient and modern times, learn Chinese and Western knowledge, and can learn from other people's useful things, and this has been proven by practice.
But Real Madrid's coach Vicente Del Bosque, no matter how famous and powerful he is, must have some historical limitations. If they are not time travellers, they will inevitably fall into the situation of being "obsessed with the authorities".
Let’s talk about the development of football tactics. Although this may not have much to do with the game itself, and no one likes to hear it, it is indeed the foundation for Chang Sheng to settle down, and it is also the key to his victory over Real Madrid in this game.
It’s just that fans tend to like to watch exciting goals and individual performances, and have little interest in tactics. If Chang Sheng is just such a fan, then no matter how die-hard he is, he will not be able to be a head coach after he travels back in time, even if he has the help of Golden Finger
.Because he lacks the thinking ability to think about problems at a tactical level.
Thanks to him for making the coach his idol since he was a child. Thanks to him for being keen on playing football manager and liking to collect and study various tactics. When other fans talked endlessly about the outstanding performance of a certain star, he was able to freely
The relationship between man-man tactics and the chain defense is about whether the "this penalty area to that penalty area" type player is obsolete.
The development of modern football is always changing and flowing, from one trend to another, and from this trend to the next.
During the period between the late 1990s and the early 2000s, the trend in world football was that the defensive midfielder was used for defense, and the offensive midfielder was responsible for organizing offense. The classic midfield combination at that time was
A fierce tackling midfielder is paired with a classic No. 10 organizer. Most of the giants are loyal believers in this "black and white match", such as Juventus's Davies and Zidane, or Manchester United's Keane and Stanislas.
Coles. The collateral effect of this trend is that the master of organization in the defensive midfielder position like Guardiola loses his living space.
Yes, Guardiola, even Guardiola, who lost his position in Barcelona, was picked up by Chang Sheng, and has already planned to transform into a coach.
Why does Chang Sheng insist on poaching Guardiola from Barcelona? Because he knows that his tactics cannot be separated from such an organizational master in the midfielder position, whether it is Mad Dog or Tiki-taka.
In 2004, the 33-year-old Guardiola should have continued to shine on the court, achieve his career, and even reach the top. This player, who did not have outstanding physical fitness in front of the defense,
He shoulders the mission of controlling the overall situation and uses his sharp passing to benefit his teammates whose stars are more dazzling.
But the reality is indeed cruel. At this time, he has been reduced to the point where no one cares about him. At that time, he went to the Middle East, just waiting to retire. A year later, he was in Dorado, Mexico
The team retired quietly...
If he doesn't win often, this will be his ultimate fate.
And because of his consistent winning streak, he was able to compete with Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final, demonstrating his superb passing and ball control abilities.
Without constant wins, his set of midfield skills have become dusty antiques. Modern football has abandoned players like Guardiola. Although he maintains the best physical condition of his career, he cannot be found on the court.
Your own place. In a sense, it is the tragedy of the younger generation of fans that they cannot appreciate the talented and exquisite passing of Guardiola.
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Guardiola's tragedy is a by-product of the ongoing development of modern football.
Because the speed of modern football games has been improved, and physical confrontation has also been greatly strengthened, this is too demanding for players who control the ball in the midfielder position and then pass the ball. Because any coach will focus on defense.
, they will ask the players in the middle of the midfield to defend first and secondly. If you can make an excellent tackle, that is the player the head coach needs most. Of course, if your passing is also good, very good.
But that's just the icing on the cake.
Perhaps the most famous example is Argentine midfielder Gago.
When he was at River Plate, he was considered Redondo's second. His excellent running and passing abilities made him quickly become the most eye-catching rising star in Argentina. Then he joined the giant Real Madrid together with Higuain.
But in a wealthy club, his passing organization is not needed at all, but he is needed to make more contributions to the team's defense from the midfielder position. So in order to get opportunities to play, Gago had to practice his defense diligently.
He kept running on the court, making tackles, running again, and making tackles again. Just like that, Redondo, who was full of energy when he debuted, disappeared, replaced by a beast-like waist and a playmaker.
The organizer is not like the player.
After losing his own characteristics, he naturally had no place in Real Madrid. In the end, he could only leave sadly.
When black and tough defensive midfielders became popular in football all over the world, coaches naturally had to come up with solutions.
Because the defensive midfielder targets the organizing midfielder, what should we do in order to prevent the playmaker from being targeted by the opponent's midfielder?
It's very simple, just move the position back...
As a result, the organizational midfielder came into being, or in other words, reappeared.
By moving the playmaker back and avoiding facing off against the defensive midfielder, the playmaker can calmly control the ball and pass the ball, and even dribble the ball forward himself.
The emergence of Pirlo created a new trend.
More and more playmakers are beginning to appear in the defensive midfielder position.
Perhaps the most famous are Spanish players such as Xavi, Alonso and Cesc Fabregas.
The tactical trend in international football is slowly shifting its focus backwards.
The original attacking midfielder has become a second forward. For example, a modern attacking midfielder like Kaka is actually a second forward. What he is best at is definitely not passing organization. In terms of passing ability, he is better than the other three AC Milan players at the time.
The No. 10 player - Rui Costa, Seedorf and Rivaldo are far behind, but his quick dribbling ability and excellent long-range shooting ability in defensive counterattacks allowed him to win over Ancelo.
With Tee's favor, it has become an indispensable part of the Christmas tree formation.
Later, he moved to Real Madrid. Due to frequent injuries, his speed was no longer good and his explosive power gradually faded. He began to transform into a playmaker, but at the age of thirty, his path was destined to be very difficult, because at that time
Real Madrid's real playmaker is Alonso, a passing master who plays in the midfielder position, and the offensive core is an attacker like Cristiano Ronaldo.
Kaka's characteristics overlap with Cristiano Ronaldo's, but his condition is not as good as his counterpart's, so naturally he can only gradually become a substitute and a substitute for the substitute.
Some people think that Ozil's outstanding performance is the main culprit for Kaká's only playing as a substitute. In fact, the two people have completely different characteristics and there is no competitive relationship at all. They can coexist. But who said Real Madrid has a Christie?
Where is Arnold Ronaldo?
While attacking midfielders like Kaká are enjoying their success, classical attacking midfielders like Rui Costa are gradually losing their room to play.
The traditional classic No. 10 is beginning to die out. Because these classical attacking midfielders with elegant footwork and accurate passing are often not very good in physical fitness, they are often at a disadvantage in the competition with the "Makelele-style midfielder".
Couldn't get away from the suffocating defense.
Riquelme's experience in international football may illustrate this problem.
However, as the saying goes, this trend has also weakened Makelele's own status - you are very defensive? I will make you undefendable!
Therefore, most of the later creators lurked in deeper positions and led the team with more structured passes, which is what Cesc Fabregas and Andre Iniesta did in their respective teams.
role played.
The defensive midfielders also lost their reputation as "tackle machines" in one fell swoop and took on the task of passers. Butzquez and Michael Carrick were the beneficiaries of this tactic. Without this tactic,
, Butzkes may never have the heights he did later.
Suddenly, the game in the midfield escapes the confines of "body" and "fighting" and reaches a new level - passing becomes the basis of everything, just as teams such as Barcelona and Arsenal have shown.
But the problem soon came again - the core players have retreated. They can organize at will and become the engine for the team's normal operation. So who can stop them? After all, no one wants to be helpless when facing them.
He could only raise his hands and surrender.
Football tactics are always a battle of counter-counters and counter-counters, just like war.
In order to break the dark and tough defensive midfielders, the core players retreated one after another.
Now, in order to counter the playmaker who moves in the defensive midfielder position, a new profession has begun to appear - the dark and hard front midfielder.
The characteristics of these players are muscular development, excellent defense, and strong running ability. The most typical example is AC Milan's Boateng. He is actually a defensive midfielder, but Allegri pushed him to the attacking midfielder position.
I thought it had a miraculous effect.
In addition to the defensive midfielder, other positions have also undergone such exhausting evolutions. For example, the definition and use of centers in world football is also such an ever-changing process.
In the 1990s, when everyone mentioned centers, they were labeled as "shooting machine", "goal scorer" and "number nine".
But what about ten or twenty years later? Centers have become more focused on ball-playing ability, defensive ability and running ability, and shooting and scoring are not so important. Think about Kuyt, think about He who was hacked.
Ski, they are actually the representative works of this kind of center tactical concept. This kind of center appears not to score goals for himself, but to let his teammates score more goals.
This is how the tactics of world football continue to evolve and reincarnate. Maybe one day, the extinct free agent tactics will be revived?
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Historically, it was Guardiola who led his own Barcelona to complete the restoration of this tactic. Later, it was under Guardiola that the world-renowned midfield masters Xavi and Iniesta truly became indispensable figures for the team.
. In the era of Rijkaard's Dream Team, the status of these two was not as stable as people thought - for example, in the 2006 final that witnessed Barcelona's Champions League title, these two future midfield golden players
The team collectively sat on the bench, replaced by two defensive midfielders, Edmilson and Van Bommel.
At that time, the strength of the Premier League made power the mainstream in world football.
Later, the rise of the Barcelona Dream Team brought passing and skills back to the mainstream.
However, this is destined to become history that will never happen.
Because in the summer of 1999, world football quietly welcomed an uninvited guest, a reborn guest with memories and experiences for later generations - Chang Sheng.
He implemented his own mad dog tactics in Valencia, which is actually Barcelona's football that emphasizes passing and ball control skills.
He made Guardiola the brains of the team, which was actually doing what he was accustomed to doing - returning the playmaker from the attacking midfielder position to the defensive midfielder.
Guardiola may not coach Barcelona again, and Barcelona's dream third team may not appear. The fate of Iniesta and Xavi? Hey, who cares about them!
Perhaps in the future, when world football experts write articles describing the changes in international football tactics, they will attribute the emergence and maturity of this revolutionary tactic to the name of constant victory.
But no one would know that he was once an ordinary fan. He just sees things further than people today because he has personally experienced those eras.
This is the advantage of being a head coach as a time traveler, rather than just knowing which players will be famous in the future and just running around to poach them. The result is likely to be a tragic death in the end...
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PS, I used four thousand words to introduce tactics and changes in tactics, not to make up the word count. But because I think as a head coach, tactics are the most basic and most important. If a head coach only knows how to
If you talk nonsense and know nothing about tactics, it is difficult for people to believe that such a head coach will become a victorious general.
So I wrote a special chapter to introduce to you the winning tactics and the changes in tactics in world football in the past ten years.
After reading this, I think it will help everyone understand why the winning team chooses Barcelona's passing and possession tactics instead of Real Madrid's defensive counterattack - my novels were all about counterattacks.
But if you look at it from the perspective of a football coach, Barcelona's tactics are indeed the most suitable for winning.
Therefore, Chang Sheng shamelessly plagiarized Barcelona's tactics and became the founder of the sect. He accepted Guardiola as his younger brother and asked Guardiola to help him create this set of tactics. In the transfer market
Search around for players who would fit into this tactic.
A reader once asked me to dig Kaka. I thought about it at first, but later gave up. Why? Because Kaka is not suitable for the protagonist's tactics. He is suitable for defensive counterattacks.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that the protagonist just copies Barcelona’s tactics. That won’t work, because after all, the players can’t all be the same. Replacing Guardiola’s tactics with a group of players will definitely not have such a good effect. This kind of tactics will not work.
It requires a perfect combination of tactics and players.
Therefore, the winning tactical concept will continue to develop and mature in the novel, and eventually form its own style.
Playing defensive counterattack in Getafe was just out of necessity, and it was just the beginning in Valencia. Please look forward to his maturity.
Finally, I would like to state again that I am not just trying to make up for the word count. Otherwise, I could write 20,000 words, or even more. Because from one tactic, more things can be derived, including various classic cases and various quotations from classics...
But this is still a novel after all. What everyone wants to read are human stories, not rigid and boring tactical explanations.
So this is the only chapter.
In fact, there is another idea, or ambition, that is, I hope that my novel can serve as a promoter of football and make more friends who are not interested in football interested. While being entertained by my novel, I can also
If you know some useful information, you can even show it to your friends during the European Cup or World Cup to brag about your skills.
I hope you all like it. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (this site) to subscribe and reward. Your support is my biggest motivation.)