World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 117 Farewell for three days, I am impressed!
Both sides formed a 4-2-3-1 formation with a balanced offense and defense.

Just like the Dutch clubs like to play 343, Chinese clubs, whether they are professional or amateur, generally like the 4231 formation. The biggest advantage of this formation is the balance of offense and defense.

It is not surprising that the Taishan team formed such a formation. It is obvious that they adhere to Li Xiaopeng's consistent tactical thinking of "seeking progress while maintaining stability", and intend to play steadily and step by step;
However, Quancheng's arrangement on Saturday is quite surprising, because their defense has always relied on hoarding heavy troops in the backcourt. In the last game against Shanghai Sanjin, they even huddled near the penalty area at one point, forming a 10-0-0 formation.

This is still the case against a team in the relegation zone of the Chinese Premier League. How can they play against the Chinese Super League giants Taishan and use a 4-2-3-1 formation with a balanced offense and defense?

Xu Yang said with a smile: "I have watched the video of Quancheng's first two games on Saturday. Although they played defensive counterattacks, they are not a team with particularly strong defensive discipline. The defense depends more on the accumulation of personnel, tenacious will, and the defensive ability of individual players. Now they voluntarily give up the way of playing with the bus. I don't know what is the purpose? Maybe they want to grab the start. If they can get ahead and then put the bus, or they know that they can't play, it is better to fight vigorously than to survive!"

The poet He became very popular with poetry, and took advantage of Xu Yang's topic to recite "Summer Quatrains" by Li Qingzhao, "Being a hero in life, and a ghost in death; I still think of Xiang Yu, and I refuse to go to Jiangdong! Quancheng Saturday may want to die after addicting. But I don't know if their opponents will give them a chance to be vigorous. Life can be like a drama, but it must not be a drama. Like, it will be very interesting; If other actors don't cooperate, then you are likely to fail."

Taishan team coach Li Xiaopeng also noticed the unusual formation of the opponent.He involuntarily looked at Gao Yuan on the coaching bench of the visiting team not far away, and an imperceptible smile flashed across his mouth.

The first time he watched this team's game was in the final of the FA Cup Ludong qualifying match, but compared to the game process and score, the sudden large-scale violent conflict may be more impressive.At that time, the team didn't feel too strong to him, not even a strong team in the amateur football circle.

Later, in order to prepare for the FA Cup, he watched the team's previous two rounds of the FA Cup.I have to say that he was surprised by how much the team has improved!This team seems to have never stopped its progress, constantly refreshing people's perception of this team.

In particular, the tenacious fighting spirit and fighting spirit shown by the team in the last game against Shanghai Sanjin was really amazing.In just a few months, they have grown into a top team in amateur football.

But, that's all.

Although this team has fighting spirit, passion, and characteristics, and occasionally has some weird routines in offense, it is only an amateur team after all, and some of the stubborn problems inherent in amateur teams are vividly reflected in them.There are skills but no tactics, there is will but no physical fitness, the most important thing is that there is no overall awareness in defensive organization and offensive and defensive transitions, and lack of rotation.

These factors determine the ceiling of a team and limit their upper line and height.

These are the real differences between professional teams and amateur teams.

However, none of this affected Li Xiaopeng, as a famous Ludong football star, he admired this young junior in front of him.It is not easy to bring an ordinary amateur team to this level.

Appreciation is appreciation, and the game still needs to go all out.The greatest respect for your opponent is to try your best to defeat your opponent.

Li Xiaopeng warned his players in the locker room before the game: "Don't underestimate your opponents just because they are amateur teams. All you have to do is to show your full abilities and treat this as a performance report. If someone performs well, the coaching staff will reuse them in the next league!"

This promise made those boys eager to get the chance to play the game like hungry wolves, roaring excitedly.

Therefore, there is no doubt about their fighting spirit, and they will definitely go all out.

Li Xiaopeng looked at Gao Yuan, and a famous saying of unknown origin flashed in his mind: Anyone can have a brilliant victory, and only the strong can achieve a decent defeat.

Boys, we will definitely go all out, as for the result, it can only be up to you!

But soon, Li Xiaopeng found that he was wrong.

The Taishan team took the ball to attack, the defensive midfielder Cui Peng transferred the ball to the left, and the left midfielder rushed forward with the ball, but within a few steps, the opponent's defensive players blocked the front.And it wasn't one person, but two players outflanked them in a very structured way, and not far behind them, there was another player protecting them.

If it's just one-on-one, the offensive players of the Taishan team can easily complete the breakthrough by relying on their skills and physical fitness, but facing the defense of many opponents, the offensive players can't do it alone.

But don't worry, it's all planned.

The offensive player quickly passed the ball back to Zheng Zheng, the full-back behind him.

Zheng Zheng shifted the ball to the middle and passed it to Cui Peng again.

Although the veteran Cui Peng is fat, as fat as a ball, but as an outstanding representative of the "85 generation of Chinese football", he has a good overall view, vision, and footwork. A long pass is transferred to Zhang Chi's feet on the right.

Tactically, the shape is left but the right is right, this is the killer move of this wave of attack!
Whether it can quickly and widely transfer is a necessary condition to test whether a team's tactics are mature.

Many teams have strong individual abilities and play Thief 6 in a small area, but they are not a mature team with professionalism, because they are not able to pick the ball out of a small area, and cannot form a large strategic shift through simple passing.

This is the important point why professional teams look down on amateur teams: they have skills but no tactics, have a sense of cooperation and no overall concept.

At this moment, Zhang Chi sprinted forward like a sharp sword towards the hinterland of Quancheng Saturday's restricted area.

But within a few steps, a defensive player appeared in front of him.

Zhang Chi didn't care. The appearance of this defender didn't mean how fast he made up the defense, but probably just proved the looseness of the opponent's defense.

When the ball moved on the opposite side, the player did not follow the overall movement towards the ball in time, but stayed in place.

Not to mention that this kind of situation often occurs in amateur teams, even in domestic professional teams, some professional players with low tactical literacy and a weak sense of responsibility often make such mistakes.

Faced with such a situation, as long as the defensive player is passed, the front is basically flat.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Chi made a half-circle on the ball with his left foot, stepped on half a bicycle, and slammed the ball forward with his right leg.

While the ball rolls forward, the relaxed body also passes by the defender like the wind.

It's gone!
Just as Zhang Chi was running at high speed, thinking about whether his next step would be to continue to attack from the side or go straight to the middle, he suddenly found that there was actually a defensive player in front of him.

not good!

As expected of a seasoned veteran, Zhang Chi was calm and quick-witted. He yanked the ball back, borrowed strength from his body, turned sideways, turned his back to the defensive player in front, and at the same time firmly protected the ball under his feet.

how come? !At this moment, how could there be No.2 defensive player here!
Before Zhang Chi could think about it, the defensive player behind him had already stuck up, firmly pressing behind him, making him unable to turn around again.

And the defensive player who was just passed has also chased back.

Zhang Chi was sandwiched between the two one after the other.

Zhang Chi is also a daring person with high skills. He didn't panic. Instead, he spread his arms and bowed his body slightly to protect the ball under his feet. He was waiting for his teammates to respond.

According to the usual drill routine, at this time the full-back should approach him and receive the pass.

Sure enough, he saw his team's full-back moving towards him quickly.

Zhang Chi was very experienced in playing football, suddenly tensed his muscles, and leaned back hard with his body.The defensive player behind him didn't expect that he would slam into him in this situation. Caught off guard, he took a step back after being hit.

Zhang Chi was waiting for this moment. He seized the short gap and passed the ball.

The ball unexpectedly passed between the two defensive players and passed to the full-back who came to meet him.

But suddenly there was an exclamation of "Oh!" from the stands.

I saw that yellow-haired midfielder from Quancheng Saturday suddenly jumped out, intercepted the ball that rolled halfway, and then quickly organized a counterattack.

Zhang Chi was taken aback, he didn't know where the yellow hair came from, did he arrive just by chance, or had he been waiting for a while?

If it's the latter, then the opponent has three players appearing in this defensive area in just a short moment, and the defense speed this time is too terrifying!

Zhang Chi looked up, but he saw that there were more than these three opponents in this area. At this moment, several players were quickly dispersing from this area, opening up space for counterattacks!
How can it be!

Just now Zhang Chi clearly saw that they all followed the ball and moved to the right side of his side, why did they all defend in place so quickly!
And it's not a replacement for one or two people, it's an overall movement of the entire defense line!
The overall movement of this team is too fast!

Can such a defense really be done by an amateur team?

Maybe it's just a coincidence?

The players of the Taishan team had a fluke guess.

But such a scene appeared repeatedly in the following games.Quancheng's defense line on Saturday was highly unified in thinking, and its movements were uniform, like arms and fingers, and it operated extremely smoothly.

No matter how the Taishan team arranges the pass from front to back, left and right, the pace of the opponent's defense can keep up with their own rhythm.

In addition to the fast and unified overall movement, their rotation is also extremely smooth.

Although personal ability is not enough to defend against offensive players one-on-one, there will always be teammates around and behind them to fill in in time. With the three-legged situation, the positions are the corners of each other, forming a cluster advantage in a small area.

In the first 20 minutes of the game, the defense was impenetrable.

The team's defensive performance was unexpectedly good. Even the old Luo, who was watching the game from the bench, muttered to himself: "These brats are in surprisingly good form today!"

Gao Yuan, who was standing in the coach's command area, laughed secretly when he heard this, that is, how many bananas did these guys eat before the game!That's all the prestige points I got by sacrificing my face!

Even the two commentators far away in the CCTV studio were shocked by Quancheng's amazing tactical skills on Saturday.

Xu Yang was a little dumbfounded: "Quancheng's performance on Saturday is very different from before! The defensive tactical organization is very organized, the overall movement, rotation rotation, and regional defense organization are all in place. Judging from the performance in the first few 10 minutes, this amateur team is not amateur at all!"

Poet He said with a smile: "Suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of trees and pear trees bloom! Quancheng's practical actions on Saturday proved that he is not a fish belly to be slaughtered, and also proved that he also has a brave heart!"

At this moment, the camera lens found Gao Yuan who was directing from the sidelines.At this moment, Gao Yuan was dancing, conveying tactical instructions to his team members.

As an excellent narrator, being good at capturing the information in the lens is a basic quality.He Wei reviewed the situation and explained: "The miraculous changes in Quancheng Saturday are not only due to the hard work of the players, but also the teaching and command of the coaches. We saw that the coach of Quancheng Saturday is a very young coach. It seems that his age is younger than many players present. It is really commendable to be able to lead the team to the third round of the FA Cup at such a young age!"

Xu Yang is well versed in the history of football, and said: "There are many young coaches active in the world of football! Stars like Lampard, Gerrard, Cannavaro, Gattuso, Montella, etc. have just taken off their boots and immediately put on a suit to become the head coach, and Keisuke Honda even served as the head coach of the Cambodian national team while playing football. But he is not the youngest. Bundesliga Hoffenheim coach Nagelsmann is only 28 years old. Downer is only 26 years old!
On the other hand, in our domestic football, in the professional arena of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese Premier League, except for foreign teachers, those who can coach the team before the age of 45 are very rare.Take Taishan team coach Li Xiaopeng as an example. He was born in 1975, but he is already one of the few young coaches in China!
Although old coaches can provide enough experience, they are definitely not as good as young people in terms of physical strength, energy and learning and acceptance of new things.We often say that Chinese football has lagged behind the world in an all-round way, especially in the construction of the coaching talent echelon and the training of young coaches! "

Gao Yuan, who was concentrating on the game, didn't know that the two celebrities on CCTV were trying their best to praise him, but his reputation in the system was honestly growing rapidly.

What's wrong?Gao Yuan was a little puzzled, it seemed that many people were paying attention to him.

Not far away, Li Xiaopeng on the coaching bench of the home team frowned slightly. Before the game, he thought that he would encounter the opponent's tenacious resistance, but he did not expect that the opponent's defense would be organized so calmly and orderly.I have to say that Quancheng performed very well on Saturday, completely exceeding my expectations.

But he didn't panic, not only because he had already prepared many plans before the game, but also because he knew that Quancheng's tight defense on Saturday could not last forever.

Quancheng's defensive tactics on Saturday are based on the concept of "rapid overall movement and large-scale rotation".And the most important factor supporting this tactic is physical fitness!

Physical fitness will become the biggest crisis this amateur team faces!
(End of this chapter)