On November 25, 1995, eight days after Su Yun arrived in the UK, he started his first game in the UK.
It can be said that Su Yun does not even fully understand the club players.
Of the twenty-seven players at Dagenham, Su Yun could only understand the characteristics of a few of them. Su Yun was not a god. He had only trained twice and could not fully understand their characteristics. Even twenty-seven players,
Su Yun didn't even have time to talk to each of them.
A completely unfamiliar team.
Main lineup?
Su Yun does not yet have a complete main lineup in his mind. He has not even determined the team's style of play. Before coming to the UK, Su Yun still had great ambitions. But after arriving in the UK, he still does not have a definite goal.
But now it's time to catch up and lead the team in the game.
This is already the eighteenth round of the 1995-96 English-African League.
The opponent is Telford.
A very convoluted name.
To be honest, before coming to the UK, I had never heard of Telford. Of course, not to mention Telford, Su Yun had never heard of most teams in the Premier League. Even though he was about to face Telford now,
However, the information we know about Telford is limited.
Even the club has very limited information about the other party.
Even if I want to see the video of Telford's recent games, I can't find it. Su Yun can only hear the characteristics of some important players in Telford from other coaches. But just knowing this, Su Yun simply can't find it.
I don't know how to fight.
The experiences of the past few days have made Su Yun gradually understand. This is the fifth level of the English league. It’s not the English league, it’s different from the Chinese league. The lower-level leagues in England are still fucking behind the A-B team coached by Su Yun.
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The away game against Telford was Su Yun's first game as a head coach after coming to the UK. When going to the away game, Su Yun truly discovered what a small team is.
Damn, the team doesn't even have its own bus.
To get to the away game, you actually need to take the railway and then transfer to a bus to reach your destination.
Even in League B, the club is not very rich. But it also has its own bus. If it is a competition within the province, you will take its own bus. If it is a little further away, you will fly. This club is too
Worse.
Taft, don't underestimate other people's history.
It was founded in 1872 and has a history of more than 120 years. Compared to a club like Dagenham, which was only established for three years, the history is quite good. Unfortunately, there is not much to be proud of.
Founded more than 120 years ago, it has never even played in the English professional league. It has been playing in the English amateur professional league.
Their stadium is the New Birkshurst Stadium, which can accommodate about 5,600 people.
However, during the game, Su Yun discovered that there were only about a thousand fans in the stadium that accommodated more than 5,000 people. It was too few. The cheers from the fans were so faint that Su Yun could only shake his head.
But after thinking about it, Su Yun understood.
After all, it has not played in any professional league for more than 120 years. It has been in a low-level league since its establishment, and thousands of fans come to watch live games, so there are not a lot of fans.
With only five days and two training sessions, Su Yun knew very little about the team.
But seeing that no one gave him face, Su Yun put aside his initial humility. The more humble he was, the more these guys looked down on him.
Therefore, Su Yun can be regarded as having all the power.
The starting lineup was announced without any consultation with assistant coach Eddie Chavez.
However, although there was no discussion, the starting lineup actually did not change much from the original. There are only a few good players in Dagenham, and you can't change anything even if you change them.
The goalkeeper is Klein Brill.
This is a 28-year-old goalkeeper, and he is not a professional player. He is considered a semi-professional player.
I have been at Dagenham for four years. In a low-level team like Dagenham, I can be considered a veteran player.
Defense line from left to right, Paul Parkin, John Charlton, Coleman Carr, Adam Matthews.
John Charlton is the strongest player and the captain of the team. Although this kid didn't give Su Yun any face on the first day, Su Yun still put him in the team's starting lineup.
As for Paul Parkin, he is also a professional player of the team. He is 24 years old this year, and his strength is 114. He is not very strong, but he can be regarded as a main force among Dagenham.
Coleman Carr is twenty-seven years old. Adam Matthews is thirty-two years old and is the oldest player on the team.
Midfielder from left to right is David Walsh, Mark Held, James Lewis, Jack Williams.
Although Su Yun admired the extremely fast Michael Ford.
But his basic skills are too poor. His main position is left midfielder, but Su Yun still chose David Walsh. David Walsh is not young, already 29 years old. His basic skills are better than Michael's
·Ford is much better.
As for the forwards, Billy Clark and Kenny Taylor were chosen.
This is considered Dagenham’s main lineup.
There is a reason why Su Yun chose this lineup.
Su Yun has been in Chinese football for more than ten years. In Chinese football, there are so-called northern style of play and southern style of play.
The northern style of play emphasizes physical fitness. The style is fierce, the ball is simple, and the style of play is to hit high and high, and hit hard. The southern style of play emphasizes control of the ball, and the ball is fancy, but the style is soft.
.And Su Yun grew up in the Northeast. And he studied under Wang Hongli, a veteran from the Northeast.
Therefore, it is deeply influenced by the northern style of play.
In the past, there were quite a lot of southern players in the Chinese national team. But now the Chinese national team actually adopts more northern style of play. And this northern style of play is used when playing against Japan, Southeast Asia, and even West Asia.
Saudi Arabia has achieved very good results. Of course, facing South Korea, which has a tenacious style, and Iran, which has better players than Chinese players, it will suffer a great loss.
But Su Yun has always believed that the northern style of play is suitable for the development of the Chinese team.
In the football education Su Yun received, the team's style of play should be to fly together on both wings and grab points in the middle. Of course, the forward setup should be one high and one fast.
These are all Su Yun’s coaching ideas.
Su Yun is also planning to transplant this idea to Dagenham. Mark Held and James Lewis in the middle are just coolies in the middle. The two have very good physical fitness, are not afraid of collisions, and have good physical strength.
So Su Yun used them to defend the middle. Then he used two full midfielders, David Walsh and Jack Williams, to play on both wings.
This is Su Yun's idea.
Tyford is currently ranked 12th in the English Football League, five places higher than Dagenham.
Facing an opponent whose name he couldn't even name, Su Yun was prepared to take me as the leader. Of course, that was the only way. He couldn't even grasp the opponent's basic information, so of course he could only take me as the leader.
Unfortunately, Su Yun's first time was not so wonderful.
Not long after the game started, Su Yun experienced English football up close for the first time.
In the past, English football was mostly introduced through other people’s introductions.
But this time I experienced it myself.
Su Yun hoped to defeat Tayford with two wings flying together. But as soon as Tayford came up, he would rush and hit hard. In Su Yun's first opinion, Tayford's rushing and beating was completely unorganized.
When the defender gets the ball, he just steps forward.
The ball never passed through Teford's midfield.
What kind of play is this?
It has no gold content at all. This is what Su Yun thinks. Even when Su Yun was in China, he would not allow his team to blindly take big shots like this. Even if he did take big shots, he would use a player who is good at long passes.
Take both sides.
And they will also use midfielders. But Taiford's style of play completely subverted Su Yun's ideas.
Tayford and the others sent the ball directly to the front center.
Tyford's center forward, like Dagenham's Billy Clark, is a very good header. He doesn't know how to control the ball at all. When the ball comes, he uses his head to pass it to others.
The gameplay is too simple.
But it was beyond Su Yun's expectation and it was quite effective. His headers were either sent directly to his forward partner or to wide players. Of course, he would occasionally hit the ball to a player who came in from behind, allowing the player to make a long-distance move.
shoot.
Tayford's shot is a pass of two or three kicks.
Su Yun was surprised by such a simple and fast attack method. It turns out that football can be played like this.
Su Yun has been emphasizing that the team plays two wings in the past two days, but it is a pity that it cannot be played in front of such a simple playing style of Taylor.
What surprised Su Yun even more was that the physical confrontation was too strong. All kinds of collisions were worthy of a yellow card in China, but here the referee didn't even call a foul.
These are the English football that Su Yun experienced up close.
