The team had only lost two games before Mansour decided to change the coach. This decision, it seems, was made too quickly and hastily by Mansour.
However, if you take a closer look at Mansour's inner activities, you will easily find that in fact, it is already too late for Mansour to change the head coach now!
At the beginning... forget it, let’s not talk about the beginning, let’s talk about how it’s better now!
In fact, Mansour really doesn't mind if his team loses against a European powerhouse like Real Madrid. Not to mention, Crystal Palace's loss in this game was not too ugly. It was just beaten away by Real Madrid.
It's just 1-0, not a bloodbath by the opponent.
So what exactly prompted Mansour to make the firm decision to replace Friedman? The fundamental reason lies in the team's on-field tactics.
Anyone with eyes can easily see that the crux of Crystal Palace's unfavorable performance in the first half of this game was the incompatibility with Yaya Toure and Modric.
As a pure football fan who doesn't know much about techniques and tactics, Mansour can see it. He doesn't believe that as a professional coach, Friedman can't see it.
In the end, Friedman's substitution in the second half fully proved that he had known about this problem for a long time.[
Well, having said that, I believe it is not difficult for everyone to understand why Mansour wanted to replace Friedman!
Because, when faced with such a situation, as a capable head coach, he will quickly make Yaya Toure and Modric compatible through his own means. And if he is a courageous coach, when faced with such a situation,
I will be determined and only use one of them until they are compatible!
It's a pity, it's a pity that after today's game, Friedman confirmed to the world that he is neither a capable nor a courageous head coach, so his departure from the team is natural.
By the way, Mansour has been preparing to replace himself in the near future. Today he finally figured out how to deal with the compatibility issue between Yaya Toure and Modric. Friedman, who is very happy, still doesn't know at all.
After calling Li Yi alone and consulting Li Yi, during the previous match between Li Yi and Liverpool, Li Yi actually talked with Yaya Toure and Modric, combined with his recent study of a book about some years ago.
Friedman believes that he has found a very clear direction for the current Crystal Palace team.
Friedman called this tactic "retro sweeper tactic".
Anything, as time goes by, will definitely develop and become more advanced. In football, the same is obviously true for technical and tactical things.
Otherwise, you can't explain why, if a tactic can really be used to this day, most people around the world would selectively ignore it.
So, is it Friedman who goes back further and further, and does not hesitate to use ancient tactics that are even more rubbish than those used by Crystal Palace now, so that the team can lose a row quickly and strive to get out of class as soon as possible?
How is that possible! If you really thought so, Friedman wouldn't have had to wait for so long.
But if not, Friedman’s retro-style tactics won’t work on the court, right?
Well, the fundamental reason why Friedman is so happy and proud is that although complete retro-style tactics are definitely not advisable, Friedman firmly believes that after making his own adjustments, he will soon be able to show his talents to the whole team.
Improving retro-style tactics will definitely bring the team's actual combat capabilities to a higher level!
So, what exactly are Friedman’s so-called retro tactics?
To put it simply, the core of the new tactics Friedman came up with is to make the free man who has gradually disappeared, to a certain extent, be reborn! [
Of course, this rebirth is definitely not a simple copy of the original Freeman tactics, but a reverse retro.
Before explaining in detail Friedman's so-called free man's rebirth strategy, first of all, I have to mention what this so-called free man is.
Freeman, in football terminology, is synonymous with sweeper. The former is translated from the Italian "lbero", and the sweeper is translated from the English "sweeper". The origin of this tactic can be traced back to the 20-30s of the last century.
Its position is between the goalkeeper and the defense, and its function is to "sweep up" teammates' defensive mistakes and opponent's offense.
The first great free agent was Ivano Brasson who joined Inter Milan in 1950. The first team to promote the free agent was also Inter Milan. In Herrera's "Great International Era", the free agent was Pizzi.
.Compared with Brasson, he is no longer a pure defensive sweeper. The Italian media praised him as "never passing the ball randomly and having superb vision." In fact, he is a commander who switches from defense to offense. When Jay
When Er and Facchetti fly together on the wings, Pizzi's pass can always find them.
The spring of free men began in the 1970s, and the representative star was Beckenbauer. The "Emperor of Football" was not satisfied with the classical sweeper function. He believed that "I am at the end of all the players and have the broadest view. I can see what they can't see."
"If I come forward with an assist, the route I choose will be surprising." So when his team attacks, he breaks out from behind the central defender, or drives the ball forward quickly to disrupt the opponent's defense, or guides his team with passes.
The offensive direction defined the "modern free man" in one fell swoop - also known as the "thettkngsweeper (offensive sweeper)".
Led by King Pegasus, free men have become popular around the world since the 1970s, with the emergence of famous players such as Treso, Scirea, Brown, and even the Netherlands, which has a total offense and a total defense, has Kroll. How popular has it been? The 1973 Champions League final
, Ajax and Juventus each have a free agent, the former is Huershoff, and the latter is captain Salvatore. It was not until the 1990s that free agents gradually died out, and Sammer was considered "the last great"
"Libero". In the subsequent European Cups and World Cups, sporadic teams still used "Libero", but it has died out as a trend.
After talking about the original free agent tactics, let’s get to the point!
That is, what is the free man [reverse retro] at the core of Friedman's tactics?
The free man is "(his side) is behind when defending, and forward when attacking." The reverse retro is exactly the opposite, "when attacking, retreating, and when defending is in front." Specifically, the single defensive midfielder is in front of the defense line when defending.
, performing his original duties, this has not changed; when changing from defense to offense, the two central defenders pull apart to the left and right, and he retreats and embeds himself in between. His role is very similar to that of a modern free man: using the wide field of vision to provide space for the attackers in the frontcourt
It works with the wide players inserted on both wings to deliver the cannon. On a football field, it is equivalent to a quarterback.
This kind of reverse retro began to take shape a few years ago. Tactical historian Jonathan Wilson pointed out that Barcelona, Yaya Toure, and Busquets played this role in the Guardiola era. In addition, in the 2007-2008 season
The same is true for Shakhtar Donetsk and Polish midfielder Lewandowski (not Dortmund forward)
Well, having said this, I believe everyone has understood why Friedman was able to develop such a super tactic that was obviously inconsistent with his abilities!
Yes, it is precisely after considering that Yaya Toure, Modric, and Sneijder are exactly the same configuration as Yaya Toure, Iniesta, and Xavi in Barcelona's midfield during Guardiola's era, Fu Fu
Reedman fired Guagua's tactics.
Of course, it is correct to say that Friedman copied Guardiola's tactics here, but it is not entirely correct, because after studying the Barcelona games day and night without sleep, Friedman still incorporated some
