my football i call the shots

"Shitou, come here." Cao Chen called out to the crowd.

An extremely burly man pointed at himself in surprise, as if he couldn't believe it.

The full name of this big man called "Stone" by Cao Chen is Ouyang Rui, and he is a "tenor" who shouted more than [-] times for his teammates in the No. [-] middle school team.

Seeing Ouyang Rui standing there in a daze, Cao Chen waved to him again, and then he got out from the crowd.

"Coach Cao, what can you do?"

Standing beside Cao Chen, Gao Yi looked at this player who was a little shorter than himself but much bigger, and he couldn't help being surprised: Why did Coach Cao find such a big guy?
After all, Ouyang Rui was a fringe player on the school team, basically not the one who appeared in the main lineup, so Gao Yi didn't even know what position he was playing.

Even Ouyang Rui couldn't believe that Cao Chen would specially invite him to come out.

Currently, Ouyang Rui is a sophomore student in Nanhu No. [-] Middle School. In the school team lineup last season, Ouyang Rui has always been a "dispensable" existence. Even if he was the last substitute to delay time, he didn't get a chance.

But for some reason, Cao Chen did not exclude Ouyang Rui from the final 23-man roster of the high school football league for the new season.

Although depressed, since Cao Chen chose him, Ouyang Rui accepted it happily, and has been working hard in the training class, accepting orders to appear in any position of the substitute lineup at any time.

According to Cao Chen's usual habit, if he deliberately called someone out, then this player must have an extremely important task in the next training or official game. Although it is not as important as "saving the world", but At least at the level of "saving the school team".

Sure enough, Cao Chen's first words immediately made Ouyang Rui's mature face smile.

"Stone, you put on a blue vest! This training session, you are the main force!"

"What???" Ouyang Rui was so happy that he couldn't believe it: "Coach Cao, are you kidding me???"

"Haha, when did my old Cao ever lie to someone?" Cao Chen was also amused by Ouyang Rui's mature and ecstatic childish face - it was just like the makeup on the face of a clown in a circus.

"Thank you, Coach Cao, thank you, thank you."

The excited Ouyang Rui said "thank you" three times in succession, and held Cao Chen's hand tightly.

Cao Chen broke away from Ouyang Rui's painful right hand, and he took a breath of air with a "hiss" and shook his hand: "Okay, let's go get ready, warm up and relax, the first kick Main lineup, take it easy."

"Okay."

He responded happily, and Ouyang Rui, a big man, also hurried to the sidelines to pick up a blue vest that he had never taken before and put it on. Extremely self-cultivating".

While the others were in doubt, Cao Chen called out to another player on the sidelines: "Dongnan, you go back to the bench and take Ouyang Rui's place."

Cao Chen's words contained an irresistible majesty. Bian Dongnan, the team's original right midfielder, responded helplessly, put down the blue vest in his hand, and picked up the yellow vest from the other side and put it on. .

The change of the main team position is a common thing, and no one is surprised by it. After all, this kind of thing is an ordinary thing for Nanhu No. [-] Middle School, like "washing your face and brushing your teeth when you get up".

But as a rookie, Gao Yi is not very clear about these "hidden rules" in the team.

What makes Gao Yi even more unclear is, what is the purpose of Cao Chen's transfer?

After all, the 5-3-2 formation was only a general direction they researched yesterday. As for the position of the 5-3-2 formation, the starting main force, and even the specific counterattack path, it is more in-depth. Gao Yi didn't know all about the tactical instructions.

After all, Cao Chen is not a god. It is impossible for him to immediately reflect a complete set of tactical arrangements after listening to Gao Yi's analysis of Mo Xingjie's few words yesterday afternoon.

The 5-3-2 formation can only be said to be a general direction after the joint research of Gao Yi and Cao Chen yesterday afternoon. As for the specific and detailed arrangements, Cao Chen racked his brains last night to find the answer.

However, when I was in kindergarten, the teacher said: If you don’t understand, ask.

Since you have doubts in your heart, you must speak up boldly.

Therefore, Gao Yi was sure that after Ouyang Rui left, there were no other "ears" around to listen, so he lowered his voice and quietly asked his doubts.

"Coach Cao, what kind of transfer is this? Withdrawing the right midfielder, why don't you also remove the left midfielder?"

Cao Chen obviously knew very well that his lover with a high golf quotient would definitely ask similar questions, and without thinking, Cao Chen also gave the answer.

"The purpose of changing to a five-back formation is to defend, but Southeast's defense is not good. And Wang Fei originally played a defensive midfielder, but later because the left midfielder is not used by anyone, and Wang Fei is a rare left-footed player. That's when I moved to the left, so naturally, Wang Fei's main position doesn't have to be moved."

"I see." Gao Yi nodded half-understood. However, he still had a problem: "What about Ouyang Rui? Which position will he add to the main lineup?"

"Scavenger!"

"What???" Gao Yi was stunned speechless by Cao Chen: "Scavenger? The central defender in the middle of the five-back formation in modern football tactics, isn't it a lagging central defender?"

Cao Chen smiled kindly: "Silly boy, who said that the five-back formation must follow the concept of modern football? Sometimes, some things that have been abandoned can have unexpected effects! And the scavenger tactics! That's us It's a killer move against the South Lake High School of the Southern Academy of Sciences!"

Gao Yi, who is familiar with football history books, knows that a sweeper refers to a central defender who undertakes specific defensive tasks in a football game.

The special position of "scavenger" originated from the Eighth World Football Championship in 1966.

(PS: Regarding the name of the World Football Championship, some people say that it is the Rimet Cup that has been terminated in the 20s. The cup was declared by FIFA to be permanently owned by Brazil, and the World Football Championship here can be understood as The current FIFA World Cup, after all, the information is messy, and some things are simply impossible to study, I hope academic readers can understand, thank you.)
Under the influence of the tactical thinking of "sticking to the defense and stabilizing the attack" at that time, in order to strengthen the defense, the German team at that time arranged another player behind the back line. This player was only responsible for defense and did not participate in the offense. All incoming balls in front of the goal, hence the name "Sweeper". (Chinese translation is: Scavenger.)
The representative of the position of sweeper is naturally the "Football Emperor" Beckenbauer.

However, the position of sweeper has become "dust in the long river of history" in modern football, and fewer and fewer football players still remember this position that once caused headaches for many famous coaches in the last century.

Modern football pays attention to the tactical idea of ​​"offensive and defensive balance", and the scavenger play only participates in defense on the field, and its role is single and boring, which obviously cannot meet the offensive needs of modern football. "Defender" came into being.

The biggest difference between a lagging central defender and a sweeper is that when attacking, a lagging central defender is one of the players participating in his own offense.

In the use of sweeper tactics, the sweeper players only participate in offense and assists, and there will be no situation in which they advance from the backcourt to the frontcourt to participate in the offense.

When the team "turns from defense to offense", the lagging central defender follows his teammate Xiong Jiu and rushes to the frontcourt vigorously to participate in the team's offense—even in some extreme cases, the lagging central defender I directly hit the opponent's "old nest" in the backcourt.

Such a situation was absolutely not allowed in the era when scavengers were rampant in the last century.

The scavenger, like a shield warrior, puts all his energy on defense on the green battlefield, and will not cross the line to participate in the offense.

And the trailing central defender is like a shield swordsman, holding the shield in his left hand when defending, tenaciously intercepting the opponent's attack again and again, and in the attack, they are like the volunteer team behind the vanguard , Participate in the frontcourt attack under the cover of the vanguard group.

However, football tactics are not absolutely perfect.

As the saying goes: There is no best tactic, only better tactics.

There are different opinions on whether the sweeper or the lagging central defender is stronger or weaker.

Whether it is the five-back formation of the sweeper tactics or the five-back formation of the lagging central defender, a player with strong sweeping ability is required to sit in the gap between the back line and the goalkeeper.

"Then... can Shitou do a good job as a scavenger??" Apparently, Gao Yi also had some doubts about this player who was unfamiliar with his abilities.

After all, this is a set of "ancient times" tactics. Once the scavengers can't do a good job of mopping up, then Nanhu No. [-] Middle School will be ravaged by the powerful offensive ability of Nanhu High School Attached to South Academy of Sciences at any time.

"Shitou's ability as a scavenger does not need to be questioned, because Shitou, like Ziyang, is also a player from a professional team, and in the professional team, he was specially trained as a 'scavenger', only……"

Speaking of this, Cao Chen shrugged helplessly and said: "The German coach who trained Shitou finally chose to return to China due to salary issues. Therefore, the few sweepers basically chose to transform, only Shitou gave up and chose quit the team."

Gao Yi seemed a little unable to understand: "Then why didn't Shishi choose to transform? After all, scavengers are also a branch of central defenders."

"No, Stone is not suitable for playing a traditional central defender. First of all, his turning is a big problem. If Stone is allowed to play a central defender, the opponent will basically run single-handedly as long as he hits the ball behind him. Second. , is bouncing, although the stone is not too short, but his bouncing is really..."

Speaking of this, Cao Chen's eyelids visibly opened and closed, as if to say: You understand.

Gao Yi nodded in relief: "That's true. If you can't withstand the high-altitude ball and your turning speed is slow, you are really not suitable to be a traditional central defender."

"That's right. At that time, the professional team recommended that Stone's transformation position be the midfielder, the midfielder of the meat grinder model, but Stone resolutely chose to give up. He told the professional team: 'I play the scavenger. I'd rather quit the team.' Later, when Shitou tried out the school team, he put forward a condition: he would only play as a scavenger on the court, and would not play other positions..."

"That's why Stone has been serving as a substitute in the No. [-] Colonel's team!"

At this moment, Gao Yi fully understood, and saw that he rushed to tell Cao Chen's "meaning in the words" completely. As for whether the "meaning in the words" was right or wrong, he looked at Cao Chen. I believe everyone will understand the approving nod.

As an equally stubborn person, Gao Yi can fully understand Ouyang Rui's choice.

Just like Gao Yi himself, if the coach tells him: "If you play as a full-back, I will start for you."

Then Gao Yi will answer him [-]%: "It's okay! I will continue to stay on the bench."

Some things are inherently rooted in the heart, and will not change in any way because of the obstacles of reality!
And this is a heart that does not forget the original intention!