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Chapter 1142 Because I am a professional player!

mechanical?

Yes, this is Yang Yang's feeling about modern football tactics.

The eleven players on the field are like parts, pieced together to form a goal-scoring and goal-stopping machine.

Efficiency and stability are the pursuit of modern football.

The reason is simple, individual performance is always unstable, so it is necessary to use a solid whole to nip this unstable factor in the bud as much as possible, so that the entire team can play stably and efficiently.

Professional football, to put it bluntly, is all about performance.

Known as the creator of the epoch-making football concept, Pep Guardiola, the founder of the Barcelona Dream Team III, also pursued the concept of mechanism during his coaching period. For example, he once asked Henry how to run and when to run where.

I still remember that Henry returned to the defense once, but was severely reprimanded by Guardiola, because he didn’t need Henry to return to the defense, but asked him to stand in that position, because after several passes and pulls, he calculated that there would be omissions in Henry’s position, and passing the ball to him at that time would create a threat.

Henry is also extremely uncomfortable with this, because this way of playing is too mechanical and dogmatic.

But it is undeniable that Guardiola's team is indeed very stable and efficient.

At that time, Liverpool, where Yang Yang played, won the Champions League three times in five years. Benitez's coaching performance can be described as exceptional, but it is well known all over the world that Benitez's skills and tactics are also very rigid. Some people even say that if you give him eleven robots, he can win every game.

To some extent, emphasizing efficiency and stability will definitely make the team's skills and tactics mechanical and rigid, which is very fatal for players like Isco.

Yang Yang once heard Van Gaal mention Riquelme. Van Gaal also believed in private that Riquelme is indeed a world-class superstar, but the problem is that he needs everyone else in the team to accommodate him, and even needs Van Gaal, the head coach, to change his technical and tactical style of play and redesign tactics around him. This is unacceptable to Van Gaal.

The disadvantage of Riquelme is that he is slow, but he has excellent ball control and excellent passing ability, but he has very little movement.

Ten years ago, Riquelme couldn't stay in Barcelona. Ten years later, Isco is also slow, doesn't run much, and doesn't like defensive pressing. Can he stay in Real Madrid?

This is why Yang Yang came to talk to him, because he really likes Isco, a young teammate.

The modern football tactical system cannot tolerate this type of player, which is why many people say that the classical midfielder has no way out in modern football tactics.

Unless, Isco is willing to take the initiative to make changes.

……

Isco was very surprised by Yang Yang's statement, because in his opinion, Yang Yang didn't seem like the kind of person who would appreciate his playing style, but he looked carefully at Yang Yang's expression, and it didn't look like he was joking.

Instead, he didn't know what to say.

"Do you think that what I said surprised you?" Yang Yang saw through Isco's thoughts.

The Malaga man kept nodding, "It's really surprising."

He and Yang Yang have only been teammates for a few months, and they are both professional players. Except for training and games together, they are busy with their own affairs at other times, unless they are some players who have a good friendship in private.

But Isco doesn't have many friends in the Real Madrid locker room, and the newly joined Illarramendi barely counts as one.

"That's because I can't play football like you." Yang Yang laughed.

After a pause, he continued to laugh and said, "Many times people are like this. If you are shorter, you think it's better to be taller. If you're thinner, you think it's better to be fatter. If you're slower, you think it's better to be faster. I like mediocre talents like you, geniuses like you."

At Yang Yang's level, he can already say such words without any grievances, and he doesn't need to worry that others will use this to suppress or even laugh at him, because it is a self-defeating behavior.

"If your talent is mediocre, then we won't be able to play." Isco smiled wryly, but he could feel Yang Yang's sincerity.

"But I have a question." Isco quickly had a doubt.

"You said."

"Since you like creativity and fresh attempts, why do you seldom do so on the court? I also seldom see you try in this area. You choose to make no mistakes, or it should be said, you are always making the most correct choice."

After a pause, Isco seemed to realize the problem with his words, and immediately explained: "Of course, I know, this is also an extremely difficult thing, even harder than trying something new, but I'm just curious, and you rarely seem to take the initiative to try."

Yang Yang waved his hand with a smile, indicating that he didn't need to explain, he understood what he meant.

After thinking about it, Yang Yang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "How can people do whatever they want?"

Isco was a little silent, feeling that Yang Yang's words were very big and deep.

"What do you think of Mascherano?" Yang Yang asked suddenly.

"Great, very good, the world's top defensive midfielder, probably no one can match him." Isco said without hesitation.

Some people even say that Mascherano is the new Makelele of Real Madrid.

Of course, in terms of achievements, the Argentine has surpassed Makelele.

"You're talking about his defense, but what about his offense and organizational skills?" Yang Yang asked again.

Isco was at a loss for words. Like everyone else, he had the impression of Mascherano as a defensive player. Even in the team's daily training, Mascherano rarely showed off his skills.

"Look, you don't know, do you?" Yang Yang shook his head with a smile. "I have known Javier for many years. He actually has strong passing and organizational skills. Even in Argentina and the current Argentine national team, he still plays the role of a midfield hub and takes on heavy organizational responsibilities."

After seeing Isco's surprised expression, Yang Yang continued: "But in our team, he looks like a mechanical ball grabber. His task on the court is to grab the ball and pass it to his teammates. So you see, he almost never scores. As far as I can remember, he probably scored no more than three goals in his career."

"Then why do you think that is?"

Isco was speechless, but there was a thoughtful look on his face.

"There is also Modric. Whether he is in Dinamo Zagreb, Tottenham Hotspur, or the Croatian national team, he is the only core of the team. Everyone revolves around him. When he first came to Real Madrid, he was quite uncomfortable with his new role, but now you see..."

Modric's role in today's Real Madrid team doesn't need to be said by Yang Yang at all, anyone can see it.

He is the midfielder that Ancelotti relies on most this season, but it is not true to say that he is the only core of the midfield, because Real Madrid also has a David Silva or Harvey Alonso.

Modric didn't adapt well after he came to Real Madrid, which was also reported in the newspapers at the time. Now that Yang Yang mentions it, Isco's impression is even deeper.

He is a very smart person, and he can quickly grasp the truth that Yang Yang wants to tell him.

"I kind of understand what you mean." Isco nodded gratefully towards Yang Yang, "Asil once told me that you told him a word at the beginning, persuading him not to be the second Harvey Alonso, but to be Illia Lamendi. This touched him deeply and inspired him to go all the way to today. Now I am also very grateful that you are willing to tell me so much."

After a pause, Isco changed the topic again, "But there is one thing I still don't quite understand."

"You said."

"Javier Mascherano's role is because the team needs his defense. Modric's transformation is because the team needs his comprehensiveness and organization. But I think my biggest advantage now, and the team's most optimistic about me, are my skills, ball control and passing, isn't it?" Isco asked.

Yang Yang nodded, that is indeed the case, even he won the European Golden Boy Award because of these advantages.

"But if I give up my advantage, am I still me?" Isco asked distressedly.

Obviously, he is not stupid. He must have thought about what Yang Yang said, or his family, his agent, Ancelotti and Zidane must have told him, but he must have some concerns of his own.

"This is a very good question, and my suggestion is that you don't need to give up your advantages at all, because that is the foundation of your foothold in world football, but you have to know that what you have to compete now is not only strengths and advantages, but also who has fewer shortcomings."

Strengths are used to defeat opponents, while weaknesses are used to resist opponents' attacks.

Why does Barcelona always fail to beat Real Madrid?

A very important reason is that Barcelona's shortcoming, that is, the defense is too brittle.

As with the team, so with the players.

Isco's current problem is that his advantages are too good and his weaknesses are too bad. This is very embarrassing in the modern football environment.

Unless, there is a team that can build a set of tactics around him like Malaga, but this is impossible in top teams, even Yang Yang.

"As you asked me just now, why I seldom try in the game, my answer is very simple, because I am a professional player, my duty is to train and improve myself, and try my best to help the team win every game. All I need to do is to play my role well and do my duty, because this is my profession."

"And what you need to do now, I think, is to make up for your shortcomings as soon as possible while maintaining your own advantages, so that you can become more comprehensive and adapt to more different types of tactical needs. Even when necessary, you should control your habits on the court, because we are a whole, and you are part of the whole, and this is also your career in Real Madrid."

Yang Yang emphasized "in Real Madrid", obviously reminding Isco that Real Madrid and Malaga are two completely different environments, and he must learn to adapt and learn to change himself.

Just like Modric, after changing himself, he immediately ushered in a new life.

Yang Yang saw that Isco showed deep thought, and he knew that his goal had been achieved.

Some things still need to be figured out by yourself, and it is only useful if you think it through thoroughly. No matter how much others talk about it, no matter how much you force it, it will be in vain.

(End of this chapter)