Football giants

Chapter 774 It's going against the sky!
The future of football is all here?
"What do you mean?" Klopp frowned, and a flash of light flashed in his mind, but he didn't catch it.

"Yeah, Marcelo, what do you mean?" Simeone also realized it and paid attention to it.

Although Tuchel didn't ask, he also showed a thoughtful look.

The first reaction of the three was Southampton's artificial talent plan that had been widely publicized by the media.

Could it be that this is also part of the artificial genius plan?

Bielsa looked at the three people in front of him leisurely, and said bluntly that all three were his juniors.

But these three are outstanding talents with extraordinary knowledge of football, so he is very interested in communicating with them, because communication can promote each other's progress.

"From ancient times to the present, football tactics have been a game, a game of offense and defense, a game of wing and center, a game of strict positioning and smooth running, a game of controlling the ball and controlling space..."

"As we all know, from the birth of modern football to the present, the development of football tactics has always adopted a spiral upward method, and many people think that the driving force behind the spiral of football tactics is the mutual generation and mutual restraint of tactics. In fact, it is not!"

"Let's not talk about the far ones, let's just talk about the 90s. The rhythm is slow, but the technical midfielder with super ball control ability is very popular. But later, with the arrival of the so-called new era of football, the classical midfielder gradually lost its position. It was replaced by a modern midfielder like Kaka."

"Then I would like to ask, what is new-age football? How to evaluate new-age football and 90s football? What is the relationship between the two?"

Bielsa's question made the three people on the opposite side frown and fell into thinking.

"They say integration, but you must know that football has always had the concept of integration. From the moment football tactics have been developed, integration has always existed, and it is not only now."

Simeone took the lead in nodding heavily, and he personally doubted it.

Because he used to be a world-class defensive midfielder, he knows very well that if it is really integrated, then this kind of integration has appeared a long time ago, and even became popular in the 90s. Why is it so important now?

Bielsa quickly solved the puzzle, "because the player's running ability has improved!"

This simple sentence made Simeone, Klopp and others suddenly brighten their eyes, as if they had cleared the fog that had been covering them for many years in the past, and they could completely see the scene in front of them and see the distant future.

"With the advancement of science, as more and more high-tech enters the football field, the physical fitness of the trained players is getting better and better, and their running ability is also a step higher than that of the 90s."

"In the past, you Zidane took the ball at the front of my penalty area, and I couldn't defend you, but now, I can't defend alone, I play two, what? One will lose position? It doesn't matter, I can run!"

"I used to be afraid of losing my position because I was worried that the players would consume too much, but now, my players' physical fitness has improved, and there are more and more players who can run. What am I afraid of? One is not enough for two, and two are not enough for me to play three. I will prevent you!"

Isn't that the case in reality?

At the beginning of the new century, the so-called animal waists represented by Essien, Gattuso, Makelele, etc. became popular. To put it bluntly, they used running ability to curb the performance of technical players.

Because no matter how excellent the technique is, it is impossible to perform well in the face of intensive oppression.

Even if Zidane was born now, he can't do anything in the face of this intensive defense.

It can even be said that if Zidane was born now, he would not be able to become Zidane!
"Rehhagel's Greece, Mourinho's Porto and Chelsea, Benitez's Liverpool, Ancelotti's AC Milan are all like this, so Kaka can replace Rui Costa as the main force, Gattuso is indispensable."

"It is precisely because of the improvement of running ability that more rigorous tactics are needed to regulate players and assign players' on-field responsibilities, so it seems that it is the integration of tactics. In fact, what is behind it is the improvement of players' running ability."

After hearing this, Simeone and others kept nodding.

Bielsa's remarks are indeed thought-provoking and insightful.

The improvement of players' running ability is indeed too critical and too important.

Just imagine, if players in the 90s ran an average of nine kilometers per game, then, in a new era, with the promotion of scientific training and the improvement of players' physical fitness, the average running distance of players reached [-] kilometers per game.

Do you know what this concept is?

This means that when two teams are playing, the team that runs more can have almost one more person than the team that runs less. This is equivalent to twelve people fighting eleven people!

The effect even surpassed a red card!
More importantly, this kind of active running not only brought about earth-shaking changes in the technical characteristics of the players, but even more, it completely subverted the entire set of tactical theories when they averaged [-] kilometers per game in the past.

The reason is simple. The increase of this kilometer means that the team's running coverage is larger and the controllable space is wider.

Many tactics and routines that were unimaginable when he averaged nine kilometers per game in the past are now completely conceivable and even used.

What is a revolution?

This is revolution!
A revolution that happened quietly on the football field and was not valued by everyone!
"Look at Barcelona again. Why is this team phenomenal? Can it dominate European football with such an amazing advantage?"

Speaking of this, Bielsa smiled proudly, because he has a deep shadow in this team.

"The spiral development of football tactics has always been the improvement of players' running ability, and the tactics that focus on running have also been improved. With the promotion of players' running ability, this kind of running tactics has also been rapidly promoted and developed."

"But there is a bottleneck in scientific development, and so is the ability of players. So, gradually, the leaders will be caught up by the latecomers. When most of the top European teams are popularized and everyone is on the same level, what will happen in the end?"

"The answer is that pure running will no longer satisfy these strong teams, so they will want to improve the quality and efficiency of the game on the basis of maintaining their current running ability. Therefore, emphasizing technology and awareness has once again been put on the coaching staff's agenda!"

"So, let's look at it in reverse, why is Barcelona great?"

"Because it is difficult for the players' physical fitness and running ability to make breakthroughs, they have brought the players' skills and awareness, as well as the team's overall tactics to an extreme!"

Simeone, Klopp and Tuchel were all dumbfounded listening to Bielsa's words, and they were really stunned.

Even, they probably all have an idea, that is to pry open Bielsa's head and see what is inside.

And they also deeply realized Bielsa's uniqueness, and finally understood why Guardiola would have a long talk with Bielsa, and after a long talk, he realized it. After returning to Europe, he immediately implemented his ball possession tactics in Barcelona.

After all, he is putting some ideas that Bielsa imagined, but has no resources to try, into reality!
As professional coaches, they know better than anyone else that the real core of Barcelona's entire tactical system is not ball control, skills, or even so-called youth training. In the final analysis, the key lies in two aspects.

Pressing and switching between offense and defense!
And among them, oppression is the foundation!

What is the reason for the oppression?
Isn't it just Xavi and Iniesta and other stars, the running data of [-] or [-] kilometers that have been brushed up one game at a time?

So, to put it bluntly, the most critical basis of Barcelona's tactics is running!
It's just that what makes them better than other teams is that they use running to promote a stronger overall pressure, and use technology to simplify offensive and defensive transitions to the greatest extent.

Even Guardiola has said more than once that the so-called possession tactics of Barcelona and Spain, the key lies in defensive oppression.

It was only at this moment that the three people present suddenly understood why Yang Huan chose the three of them as the head coaches of Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Hamburg.

Because, the three of them have a common characteristic, that is, they attach importance to running!
It is precisely because they all attach great importance to running, and have all used or are using this advantage to reach the peak of their careers, so they have a deeper understanding of what Bielsa said.

Especially Simeone.

"No wonder Master Huan told me that the team must be reorganized and a group of high-level, malleable players with better technical abilities must be brought in!"

At first, he thought that Master Huan's idea was to improve the team's control.

But now it seems that it's not just that, but to make Atletico Madrid go further in the direction of Barcelona, ​​or even surpass Barcelona, ​​from relying solely on running oppression.

Just thinking about the earth-shaking changes that the pair of midfielders Illarramendi, Koke and Isco have brought to Atletico Madrid this season is enough to convince Simeone of all this.

But only one midfielder is obviously not enough. It is meaningful to complete such a transformation on all three lines!

Bielsa had a panoramic view of the expressions of the three, and smiled slightly, "I believe that everyone should have seen the data reported by the media before. The average running distance of Atletico Madrid players in the Champions League is [-] kilometers per game. La Liga is slightly worse, but it is also more than [-] kilometers."

Simeone nodded. Atletico Madrid has tested this data internally, and it is very authentic.

"Our Southampton's average running rate in the Champions League is [-] kilometers per person, and the Premier League can almost maintain this data. However, with the change of our entire training system this season and the improvement of many concepts, we can even say that starting next season..."

Simeone, Klopp and Tuchel all looked at Bielsa with wide eyes, listening to his every word seriously.

"...Our running average per game may exceed [-] kilometers!"

"Twelve kilometers?" Simeone was stunned.

It is a full kilometer longer than Atletico Madrid. If the goalkeeper is deducted, ten players will be ten kilometers longer!
God, how is this possible?
"Really? Can the players take it?"

"Yeah, many teams can do it in a short period of time if they are simply pursuing average running per game, but the physical consumption of the players and..."

Tuchel stopped talking halfway through, because he immediately realized a crucial link.

That's what Bielsa said just now, the future tactics are all in this plan.

Could it be that……

Simeone and Klopp are also smart people, and they realized it immediately, and they all looked at Bielsa dumbfounded.

At this moment, the Argentine lunatic was no longer a person in their eyes.

It's a golden existence that descended from the sky!

Damn Xipi, Southampton is going against the sky!

(End of this chapter)