With the end of this Football Association Cup match, Zhang Sheng's summoning points reached 100 points. Coupled with the previous five consecutive victories, he could get two summoning opportunities at once. Zhang Sheng still chose to summon the coach.
The system also quickly provided four coaches. Among the four coaches provided this time, Zhang Sheng saw two very special professional coaches-game analysts.
When Zhang Sheng was in Europe, he knew that game analysts were very common in professional clubs. Many teams had established their own analyst teams and placed this team in a very important position.
The main job of the game analyst is to inspect the enemy's situation, go to the game site to shoot and inspect all the situations of the next opponent. The content of concern includes the opponent's playing style, strengths and weaknesses. After returning to the club, he starts to make the collected intelligence into a video
Highlights. Then two days before the next game, the game analysts will hold a formal meeting with the head coach and coaching staff, and spend several hours reporting to them the information and data collected by the analysts. Wait until the next day,
That is, the day before the game, the game analysts will show the video to the players and sometimes give some explanations to remind them what to pay attention to about their opponents.
Compared with the long history of football, the emergence of game analysts is relatively late, and compared with those more commercial and professional sports projects, it is a new thing.
The profession of game analysts first appeared in the United States, which has the most successful and mature commercialization of the sports industry. Whether in MLB (Major League Baseball) or the NBA, game analysts have a long history, such as in the NBA
Here, game analyst is a very common profession, and every team is equipped with a professional analyst.
In MLB, there are also star-level game analysts, such as Billy James, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. He is a very good game analyst. He and Peter, a master of economics, are based on big data.
Theory, using mathematical modeling methods to find potential stars with high "on-base rates". After the success of the modeling, in the 2003 season, the new Athletics team achieved a 20-game winning streak, winning a total of 103 games in the regular season, and
The Yankees tied for the most wins in the major leagues, building a reputation for a club that had always been a weak team.
Moreover, this matter was taken seriously by Hollywood and put on the big screen. The film was called "Moneyball", and a big star like Brad Pitt was invited to play the role. In reality, Billy's example also reminded
In many professional football clubs, the status of game analysts within a team is getting higher and higher.
Specifically in football, game analysts did not officially appear until 2004, and then began to become popular in professional clubs in Europe. For example, legendary Italian central defender Alessandro Nesta chose the position of team video analyst after retiring, and is mainly responsible for analysis.
Video of the team's games against its opponents helps the coaching staff, which is a branch of the analyst team's work.
In the Chinese Super League clubs, this very professional industry has just started. Most teams do not have dedicated game analysts. The collection of opponent intelligence mainly depends on the assistant coach, and the analysis of the intelligence also completely depends on the assistant coach.
Regarding personal abilities, there is no mature system for coaches to use.
What's more, most of the analysis of opponents relies on videos obtained through various channels. The number of direct visits to watch games to collect intelligence is very small, which leads to the omission of a lot of opponent information, such as domestic fans. I often hear the head coach say: "We are unfamiliar with this opponent." Or: "We are not familiar with this player." In the final analysis, the preparation and analysis before the game are insufficient.
Because compared to the videos that have been produced, when you go to watch the game live, you can observe the situation of the entire stadium, rather than just through the perspective of the camera. All 22 players on the field can be seen at any time. And you want to observe It is crucial for a team's formation and tactics to overlook the entire field. In addition, some of the players' body language and mutual movements cannot be captured by television cameras.
Specific to each opponent's player, it is more intuitive to watch on the spot, such as the players' physical fitness data. Although coaches may be able to obtain specific numbers through other channels, everyone's situation is different, and the coach must be aware of it. This makes a judgment. Therefore, going to the scene to inspect the opponent's effect will receive a 10% bonus. These may be the details that game analysts need to know most.
A peculiar phenomenon of Chinese Super League teams - new foreign players always score goals in the first game or the first few games. This is also related to the lack of dedicated analysts at the opponent club.
Just like many professional management methods always start from Guangzhou Evergrande, the emergence of game analysts for Chinese Super League teams is also due to Guangzhou Evergrande's pioneering work.
After Guangzhou Evergrande hired Lippi to coach, Lippi also brought in his own game analyst Pezzotti. His main job was to be responsible for tactical research and intelligence collection. The players were quite unfamiliar with him because he was very big. I spend most of my time traveling, which is very hard and my achievements are not known to anyone.
It was not until the 2013 season, after Guangzhou Evergrande won the AFC Champions League for the first time, that the Chinese Super League teams began to dig deeper into Lippi's coaching staff. The club's team hastily started to fill the position of match analyst.
For example, after the 2013 season, Hangzhou Greentown set up a team of two game analysts at the request of head coach Takeshi Okada, and other clubs began to gradually promote it.
The Longteng team also has its own game analysts, but the number is relatively small. There is only one and it is a foreign teacher-German Schürrle. The reason why Schürrle is appointed to this position is mainly because of the knowledge that current game analysts need to master. It is very complicated and highly professional, such as the operation of those excellent analysis software.
As a result, Xuerle's work was very heavy. He often complained to Zhang Sheng, hoping that someone could come and help. However, Zhang Sheng never found a suitable candidate. This time, the two game analysts summoned by the system wanted to play. When I was dozing off, someone handed me a pillow, which allowed the Longteng coaching staff to form an analyst team.
And what makes Zhang Sheng even more surprised this time is that one of the two analysts is actually a woman, which is very rare in non-women's football clubs.
This female analyst is called Gu Qi. She has been an academic master since she was a child. She graduated from Zhejiang University, a prestigious university in China, and then went to Loughborough University in the UK to study for a master's degree in sports management. After graduation, she went to Wales, where
The Football Association serves as an analyst, mainly with the Welsh National Youth Team, the Welsh Women’s National Football Team and the Women’s Youth Team. The specific job is to videotape the daily training of U15-U19, and do video editing according to the training theme, as well as do pre-match opponent analysis.
, make game videos and make statistics and game reports after the game.
This time she was considered accomplished in her studies and returned to China smoothly, preparing to develop in the country. Her resume was also collected by the staff of the Long Teng Club, and she became the club's focus.
As for another game analyst, he came from the grassroots. This analyst whose name is like a girl, Huang Linjia, is actually a big man. He received amateur football training when he was very young. After participating in vocational training, he was
After being eliminated, he was admitted to university and studied a very popular computer major. However, he did not give up his football hobby in his spare time. He changed from playing football to watching football, and from watching football to watching game videos.
It became a habit to analyze videos.
In the past 7 or 8 years, he personally spent money to buy professional football branch software (these software is still relatively expensive), and through self-study he made millions of words of game analysis experience. This Arsenal fan likes it very much.
The Longteng team has a style of cultivating young players, so he took the initiative to submit his resume to the Longteng team. After checking his resume, Zhang Sheng felt that this was a talent who could calm down and work hard and was willing to invest, so he was recruited into the club.
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For these two game analysts, Zhang Sheng planned to let them learn from Xuerle first, and also let them practice in various echelons of the youth team first, so that they can grow up quickly.
In Zhang Sheng's view, there are still many grassroots football enthusiasts like Huang Linjia in China. They love football, but do not have enough talent or good opportunities to become professional players. They can only persist in their amateur careers through various methods.
Football dreams, as long as you give them a chance, these people with ideals and motivation will always stand out.
In fact, the most famous example is Dong Wuzhi. This football enthusiast who was once a player of the Beijing youth team began to participate in a large number of football video analysis after leaving professional football, and gradually used new media like Weibo to analyze football videos.
The media spoke out, and he was eventually invited to become a football commentator on CCTV5 channel. He also had his own tactical analysis program on the Beijing TV Sports Channel, and was considered one of the representatives of grassroots counterattacks.
What Zhang Sheng wants to do now is to provide a platform for these people to express themselves.
Among the coaches summoned this time, in addition to these two game analysts, there are two ordinary youth training coaches. They all graduated from domestic sports academies and have played in various football schools and even in the Chinese League Two.
He has coaching experience in the team, and he is considered an orthodox college student. However, he was recruited by Longteng Football School due to his frustration due to being squeezed out by players who were coaches.
The emergence of these four coaches has given Zhang Sheng the confidence to expand his football territory again. He plans to establish football schools in Anhui and Shanxi after the season. By then, the demand for coaches will be greater.
A step up, this time they came at the right time.
After arranging these coaches, Zhang Sheng began to prepare for the next Chinese Super League. There are several very eye-catching games in this round of the Chinese Super League. One is the last-place relegation battle between Dalian Albin and Liaoning Hongyun at home.
One is Guangzhou Evergrande’s home game against Beijing Guoan. Zhang Sheng, who returned from time travel, certainly knew that these two games ended with the home team losing, but the outside media did not have this ability to predict, and they began to hype these two games.
game.
Zhang Sheng is of course happy to do this. After all, the Dragons are playing against a team like Hangzhou Greentown at home, and victory is expected. He can just sit back and wait for the result of Guangzhou Evergrande versus Beijing Guoan.
Sure enough, the match of the Longteng team was as Zhang Sheng expected before the game. In the first half, Ding Huaiyi relied on his good form to score twice to lead the score to 2:0. In the second half, after Zhang Sheng made a lot of personnel adjustments, Zou Weijia returned again.
After scoring a goal to expand the score to 3:0, the Longteng team completed its mission.
Before the game, the head coaches of Evergrande and Guoan began to consciously engage in psychological warfare. Both sides claimed that they would definitely win the game. Guoan's head coach Manzano said that they were determined to win.
Coming to Guangzhou with faith, they will return to Beijing with 3 points to celebrate with the fans, keeping the suspense of the championship until the last round.
As for the players, both sides did not speak softly. Guangzhou Evergrande’s captain Zheng Zhi declared domineeringly, so that all Guangzhou fans can rest assured. “This is the fourth time Evergrande has won the Chinese Super League match point, and it was even more so last year.
AFC Champions League, so we already have full experience in such games, and no one is under pressure."
Since Evergrande will win the championship as long as they don't lose at home, the Football Association has arranged a post-match award ceremony, and Evergrande has also prepared a simple celebration performance. This undoubtedly shows Evergrande's confidence.
There is a big difference between Evergrande this season and Evergrande in history, that is, they have gone further in the AFC Champions League.
Because of the emergence of the Longteng team, Evergrande avoided the Western Sydney Wanderers in the quarter-finals, so they went all the way to the East Asian finals, eliminated their opponents, and once again entered the AFC finals. As the previous team
As the defending champion of the AFC Champions League this year, Evergrande is now at the forefront of Asian football. They are very confident as they aim to win the double crown.
Of course, this matter has good and bad effects. The good effect is that the team's morale is high, but the bad effect is that they have to be distracted, and the physical requirements of the players are also higher, so the suspense of this game will be far away.
Bigger than the one in history.
Of course, Zhang Sheng is more looking forward to whether the Dragon Tiger Head Game can provide him with more opportunities, and the fans are also full of expectations, so when the Longteng team played in this Chinese Super League, not only a group of people on the coaching bench of the Longteng team
He is always waiting for a call for another game, and the home loudspeaker is also ready to announce the score of another game at any time.
