Chapter 331 The only forward in the world who can eat defenders alive
Brendan Rodgers, born in Northern Ireland on January 26, 1973, is currently the head coach of Liverpool Football Club in the Premier League.
He also has a very famous nickname, "Uncle Fang".
The reason why he has this name is because there are actually as many as 102 properties under his name!
Many coaches and players rented Rogers' house to settle down when they came to Liverpool, including the German coach Klopp who later succeeded him... It's really a bit humorous.
This shows how financially minded Rogers is. Even if he is not the head coach, he would be very comfortable just being a housekeeper and paying rent.
However, as a football coach, Rogers actually has something, otherwise he would not have been spotted by a giant like Liverpool.
And his results are pretty good. Last season he led Liverpool to second place in the Premier League and eventually won the best coach of the year.
In addition, Rogers has won the Premier League Coach of the Month three times, which is equal to Pan Yi this season!
Therefore, Pan Yi will not study Rogers' house buying strategy. Instead, after playing for Roma, he and his coaching team will start researching and collecting intelligence and information on Liverpool.
And this kind of information is very detailed!
It's not just about Rodgers' tactics at Liverpool, but his preferences early in his coaching career.
After all, a head coach's tactics are not static. They will always change over time. This is actually the process of a head coach revising and evolving his own tactics.
Studying their early coaching characteristics will also serve as an important reference for their current tactics.
For example, it was mentioned in the report that when Rogers coached Watford and Reading in the early days, he was actually not sure about his tactical style.
Especially when at Watford, he tried to add some Spanish pass-and-run style to the traditional English 4-4-2 formation, but this made his team look different.
But during the Reading period, things improved to a certain extent.
Rogers loaned Sigurdsson to the team, an attacking midfielder who appears behind the forward.
Sigurdsson is extremely creative. He can assist and score goals. He has become the soul of the midfielder for Rogers' team and made his team very powerful.
Later, Rogers moved to Swansea, and he also rented Sigurdsson again. His team also took shape, providing Rogers with the best platform to show his coaching philosophy.
In this formation, the team has an attacking full-back (Taylor or Rangel), a defensive midfielder (Britton), and a playmaker who moves and passes like Xavi (
Joe Allen) and an inside winger.
Obviously, this is a derivative of tiki-taka, exactly the same as Guardiola's Barcelona in the future.
His tactical system at this time was mainly based on the following three points:
1. Control the ball.
2. Move the ball frequently to open up space on the court.
3. Defend in a zone rather than in a fixed formation.
In addition, since the team lacks players with strong personal abilities like Messi, Rogers made some fine-tuning to his tactics in order to improve his scoring efficiency.
In the team's midfield, Rogers did not have an outstanding player like Iniesta who could pass the ball, so he arranged for Sigurdsson who was better at running and scoring goals, and he was in the team at this time.
He is more like Lampard in Mourinho's Blues.
In the frontcourt, he does not use a false nine like Barcelona. The team has shooters like Danny Graham in the frontcourt.
It can be said that Rogers added Mourinho's pragmatism to Guardiola's idealism, which also ensured that he could implement the team's possession-based play and the record would not be too bad. And when Rogers was called by Liverpool to come to Anfield in 2012, there was no player here who could perfectly embody his coaching philosophy.
For players like Henderson, Downing, Carroll and other players, the more suitable formation is probably the traditional 4-4-2.
So, after a difficult first six months, Rogers introduced Coutinho and Sturridge, and after realizing Suarez's top personal ability, Rogers decided to build a team around the Uruguayan.<
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Rogers is based on ball control, emphasizing high pressure and quick passes between several players, hoping to suffocate his opponents in counterattacks.
Suarez has excellent skills, Sturridge is amazingly fast, and Sterling has excellent passing ability, which provides an excellent running environment for the frontcourt attack group.
In the midfield, Gerrard is still the leader of the team, Coutinho is mainly responsible for organizing the offense, while Henderson runs between the two penalty areas without hesitation.
Last season, that is, the 2013-2014 season, the Red Army's quick counterattack was extremely efficient. Rogers' ability to adapt and improve was greatly demonstrated, and the good results also proved this.
When he knew that the tactics he advocated at Swansea had little chance of being implemented at Anfield, he quickly began to emphasize personnel management and build a team around the outstanding individual abilities of the Red Army players.
When he first arrived at the Red Army, Rogers' ideal task was to turn the Red Army into England's Barcelona, but in the end, the Red Army seemed more like England's Borussia Dortmund!
This is exactly what a coach should do.
When the head coach's ideals don't work, he should immediately understand the strengths and weaknesses of his players. This ability to adapt is naturally part of a coach's coaching philosophy.
In some key battles of Rogers' coaching career, we can also see the changes in this coach's coaching philosophy.
In his first season in the Premier League, Rodgers used his performance at Swansea to prove that the concerns of those who doubted his coaching philosophy were unfounded.
That season, Swansea ended up ranking 11th in the league. Although the ranking was average, Rogers' team defeated Chelsea and eventual champion Manchester City, and drew with the Red Army at Anfield.
And his greatest achievement was leading the team to defeat Arsenal 3-2 at home.
You know, over the past 10 years, the Gunners have been the advocates of pass-and-control play in the Premier League. After defeating the Gunners, Rogers and his Swansea can proudly tell the world that they are also capable of winning in the Premier League with pass-and-control play.
Contest!
After switching to Liverpool, Rogers used a completely opposite style of play to defeat Arsenal.
They beat the Gunners 5-1 at Anfield. The Red Army's quick counterattack quickly defeated their opponents. Four goals in the first 20 minutes ended the suspense of the game early.
These examples once again show that Rogers is also very flexible in tactics and is very good at using the resources at hand to achieve maximum results.
Each coach at Chelsea will know this information well, but after further analysis and screening by the coaches, only a relatively small part is passed to the players' heads.
After all, the players don’t need to know that much, they just need the coach to tell them how to play the game.
As for the specific implementation of "how to play", the coaching staff needs to discuss based on this information and then come up with a targeted tactical plan.
"Liverpool's ball control combined with defensive counterattacks were very sharp last season, which gave them the possibility of winning the Premier League championship."
Pan Yi pointed to the tactical board and started talking about Liverpool's current problems, which are points that Chelsea can take advantage of now.
This is the pre-game preparation meeting, or the most important part of a tactics class. All coaches listened carefully and took notes carefully.
After all, no matter how complete the information is, it is just dead words and pictures. Only by seeing the truth in it and then deciphering it can these words and pictures come alive and become a weapon in actual combat.
And Pan Yi is obviously the best at this.
"But it is a pity that it took Rogers at least a year and a half to form this style of play in Liverpool. Their core is Suarez."
"After Suarez moved to Barcelona, there was a lack of such a top striker, and Rodgers' tactics were a bit dysfunctional. Liverpool's performance this season also began to decline sharply."
"The main reason is that his tactical play requires too much ability from forwards. Not only do they have to move reasonably to prepare for quick counterattacks from long passes from Gerrard and Henderson, but they also have to have enough football intelligence.
Cooperate with teammates in the frontcourt through short passes, penetrations, cuts, etc. In addition, your shooting skills should not be too bad."
"And their current forwards, whether Balotelli or Sturridge, are unable to reach Suarez's level. In addition, Sturridge's recent injury has aggravated the situation." "It's not that Rogers doesn't understand his problem, but firstly, Liverpool's results in recent years have been too mediocre, and good stars are not very willing to come; secondly, he also needs time to adjust his tactics, and then slowly come up with a new team.
The set does not require Suarez’s tactics.”
"And this, which is what we can take advantage of, is the guarantee that we can beat Liverpool at Anfield."
Everyone nodded after hearing this.
As we all know, if the players were not extremely adaptable and the coach had strong training abilities, it would be almost impossible for a team to complete the transformation of the tactical system in a very short period of time.
This is not just a matter of coaching style. Changing common tactics requires a lot of running-in among teammates, which is likely to take a long time and run the risk of experimental failure.
At that time, after selling Suarez, he was about to face the Premier League. The pressure of performance made it impossible for Rogers to do so.
Since we don't plan to make major changes to the tactical system, we can only do what Rogers is doing now, constantly changing personnel and positions on a small scale to fine-tune and experiment with tactics.
But obviously, this is still very difficult.
After all, not every coach is Pan Yi. All coaching knowledge is almost full, and you can also switch between various divine formations...
Suarez was to Liverpool last season what Messi was to Barcelona. Everyone revolved around Suarez, including Sterling, who was the younger brother, Suarez was the core, Sturridge was the assistant and deputy output, and the rest were all
It’s green leaves.
As soon as Suarez left this season, the Green Leaf boys immediately couldn’t move without the support of their legs.
"It is said that bringing in Balotelli was not Rogers' original intention." Scaloni also said:
"During the pre-season warm-up match in the United States, Rogers also made it clear that he would not introduce Balotelli."
"In the end, before the window was closed, I still didn't have the striker I liked. I had no choice but to seek medical treatment in a hurry."
"There is no doubt about Balotelli's talent, but he plays more casually on the court. Coupled with the decline in form in recent years, it is obviously difficult to meet the requirements of a center in Rogers' tactical system."
"Perhaps Rodgers will replenish the forward line in the winter window?"
Pan Yi shook his head: "How many forwards do you think in the world can reach Suarez's level?"
"This..." Scaloni scratched his head.
Indeed, based on Suarez's performance last season, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one forward in the world today, otherwise he would not have been bought by Barcelona for a high price of more than 80 million euros.
At that time, Suarez was even in the suspension period.
Just because he used his sharp teeth to take a bite of Italian "delicacy" Chiellini in the 2014 World Cup.
This is how "Su Ya on the Tip of the Tongue" was born: (please make up the background music by yourself)
The group stage hasn't ended yet, and Suarez has already started a day's work;
He decided to try his luck and went to the Italian team's backcourt to find a precious ingredient;
The strong men of the Apennine Peninsula are a gift from God; the shoulder meat of the center back is the best food;
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After exercising for 75 minutes, the shoulder meat has been fully mobilized, and the meat is tender and juicy, coupled with the salt from sweat;
Such rare ingredients, coupled with simple and direct eating methods, make this food even more precious...
In short, even if Su Ya has such a "quirk", even if Barcelona has to pay the price of not being able to use Suarez for several months, they still want to take him away at a high price, which shows the strength of the Uruguayan.
"Rogers' current strategy is actually the right one, which is to slowly adjust and experiment with a style of play that is more suitable for the current group of people." Pan Yi continued, "But unfortunately, some of his practices are wrong."
Scaloni immediately stopped talking and began to look serious with other coaches.
Pan Yirui commented on other coaches in the Premier League, this is the most rare learning opportunity!
"He is actually a bit like me, that is, he likes to use young players. For example, Joe Allen, under the training of Rogers, this extremely talented young player became a regular main player in Swansea and in 2012
Came to Liverpool with Rogers."
"At Liverpool, Rogers also helped Sterling grow into England's most promising star."
"Including after Rogers went to Liverpool, he trained Henderson into an all-around midfielder. Now, Henderson is very confident, determined and has good tactical awareness on the court." p>
"But the problem is that he sometimes trusts young players too much and doesn't trust long-established veterans or players in their prime. He also made such mistakes in the process of adjusting tactics this season." "For example, in the last two Premier League games, Rogers used Emre Can and Joe Allen, as well as Henderson and Joe Allen to take charge of the organization work in the middle, but the results were not good."
"In fact, there is someone in their team who is more adaptable to the attacking midfielder, and that is Lallana. His speed is slow, but his kicking is very reasonable, and his front-to-back connection is very good; in addition, his pressing is quite good.
, if he plays the front midfielder, there will be a barrier in front of the back midfielder."
"It's just that Rogers now prefers to use Coutinho as an attacking midfielder. But the problem is that he is more risky in playing the ball. He likes to play behind the ball and is not stable in controlling the ball. In fact, his most outstanding position should be in
In the left winger position."
"As a result, some of Liverpool's current players are incompatible. In other words, Rogers went awry when thinking about how to establish a new system."
"When we deal with them, Coutinho is also the key point."
"Of course, in addition to what I just said, there are also the following points to pay attention to..."
Pan Yi began to make arrangements for the tasks of the coaching staff, and everyone also carefully recorded Pan Yi's requirements.
First, when facing Chelsea's recent strength, Liverpool should still use the defensive counterattack style that Rogers has focused on in recent seasons, but they may also use their home advantage to attack at the beginning.
At this time, it is necessary to take advantage of the weaknesses of several key players in Liverpool's offense, such as attacking midfielder Coutinho's unstable control of the ball and his tendency to shoot long shots alone, and carry out targeted defense against them.
This also includes cutting off the connection between Liverpool's midfielder and frontcourt attackers, leaving Sterling, Emre Can and others to work alone along the wing.
As for Balotelli, Pan Yi took advantage of his poor tactical discipline as early as last season when he coached Hamburg and Milan. It will be the same this time. Let him wander in front alone.
When he does not have the support of his teammates, his role is actually limited.
At this time, you can see the power of Suarez.
Because he not only has superb shooting skills, but can also often use his personal ability to solve problems.
He can even be said to be the only forward in the world who can eat the opponent's defender alive! (Physics)
Second, you can create more set-piece opportunities in the frontcourt and use set-pieces to score goals.
Rogers has been playing defensive counterattack tactics in Liverpool for two years and can be said to be very skilled.
Although the departure of Suarez has led to a decrease in offensive firepower this season, the defense is still very good.
Gerald Henderson's double midfielder interception, coupled with Lovren and Skrtel's aerial defense capabilities, allowed Liverpool to actually not concede many goals in the first ten rounds of the Premier League.
Therefore, if Rogers is determined to put up a defensive formation when facing Chelsea, it will really be difficult for Chelsea to knock on their door.
However, the principle of zone defense that Rogers has always adhered to in his coaching career has great disadvantages in positioning ball defense.
Although this approach can ensure that the players with the best defensive ability always stay in the most dangerous areas, there will inevitably be gaps between defenders in each area.
This kind of gap is often caught by opposing players with a keen sense of smell.
Moreover, since you are the best defender at this position, then instead of playing here, can I just play to the area defended by your winger?
Of course, zone defense has such weaknesses. In fact, man-to-man defense also has weaknesses.
Because the player with the best defensive ability is likely to be pulled out of his defense zone by the opponent's players, resulting in a situation where there are no strong enough players to guard the dangerous area, and will be exploited and attacked by the opponent.
Therefore, in fact, many teams now use zone marking, which makes it less likely for opponents to catch weaknesses.
However, Rogers still stubbornly uses the full-area defense method because he feels that the current group of players he has do not have good man-marking skills.
This also resulted in Liverpool conceding a lot of set-piece goals in previous games, accounting for about 30-40%, which is already a very high proportion.
Of course Pan Yi also wants to take advantage of this.
Similarly, forwards like Balotelli often return to the penalty area to defend when defending set pieces, but his energy has never been very concentrated, which is also a weakness.
Therefore, Pan Yi predicts that set kicks may be a decisive factor in changing the trend of the game, so it is necessary to focus on drills.
Third, if the opponent's physical strength decreases in the second half, they can attack by taking advantage of the weakness of their midfielder and backfielder who are easily disconnected during offense.
Because Gerrard is not a traditional defensive midfielder, although he is physically strong, there is still a gap between him and a truly world-class midfielder in terms of defensive position selection and timing of the attack.
Moreover, in Rogers' tactical design, Henderson often moves closer to the center to help defend, but Johnson on the right often cannot return after assisting. Henderson also needs to fill Johnson's position, which gives Chelsea an opportunity to attack.
The opportunity for players to go straight ahead and face two central defenders.
And when Liverpool is attacking, their two full-backs need to often assist the opponent's half to suppress the opponent.
But neither Moreno nor Johnson can compare with top full-backs (such as Robertson-Arnold in their real world line) in terms of personal breakthrough or passing ability.
Their role is limited to increasing the number of people in the midfield and forming a pressing advantage, and they do not really create many opportunities.
Therefore, when Liverpool attacks aggressively, their threat is actually not great, but it gives Chelsea more space, which will be more obvious when their physical fitness declines in the second half.
In addition, although Rogers can explore the potential of the main players, Liverpool's bench does not even have a qualified rotation, not to mention having substitutes who can change the course of the game.
Borini, Lambert, Lucas Leiva, Kolo Toure...it can only be said that they are all ordinary people.
Therefore, once Chelsea takes advantage of the score and the situation, it will be more difficult for Rogers to change the situation on the field through substitutions and tactical adjustments.
Fourth...
Generally speaking, when Pan Yi prepares for the next opponent's targeted deployment, he will use one or two main plans, as well as some alternative plans.
During training, of course, the main plan is the main one, and the others are supplementary.
After all, no matter how much research and targeting you do before the game, the opponent will suddenly change his mind.
Of course, there are not too many coaches who like to live a tidy life, but sometimes accidents happen.
For example, some key players were injured while skiing or fell in the bathtub, which led to some core changes in the formation, and the head coach had no choice but to make temporary changes to the formation.
It's a bit like Manchester United's big circle tactic. If Carrick is not here, you can't let Fellaini play in the middle.
If this kind of thing really happens, Pan Yi will use alternative plans and convey the latest tactical ideas to the players' heads in the shortest possible time.
Now, everything is ready, just waiting for the Anfield battle two days later!