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Chapter 1568 This game of chess is too big!

"It's a very irresponsible approach to blame the players for the current problems of the team."

At the dinner table, Yang Yang said to Florentino very seriously.

Since they were entertaining the families of Yang Yang and Xavi Alonso, as well as the company of important members of the club such as the general manager Manuel Redondo and Butragueno, they were divided into two tables, and Yang Yang and others formed a table.

"I have fought side by side with them for many years, and I have a deep understanding of their character. Maybe they are old, maybe they are a little slack, maybe they have various problems, but I still insist that it is irresponsible to put the problem on the players."

Yang Yang's words are serious and serious, because it can be seen as his criticism of Real Madrid's management.

In fact, everyone can see that Real Madrid's management is indeed not doing well. Otherwise, why would Valdano take the blame and resign?Isn't he the scapegoat for the team's poor record?

Florentino is not without tolerance, especially when this person is still Yang Yang.

"What do you think is the current problem of the team?" Florentino asked calmly.

Yang Yang thought for a while, "A lot, as far as I can tell from this game, the biggest problem is still training."

"Training?" Manuel Redondo was a little surprised. "Based on the feedback we have received, whether it is Lopetegui or Solari's training this season, the intensity is not low."

Yang Yang shook his head, "But the players have already proved by their game performance that their training is not up to standard."

"Yang Yang is right. The real high-level training does not lie in the intensity, but in whether it can mobilize the performance of the players. It is like UEFA accusing Ancelotti of not having a high training intensity, but in fact, the performance of the players is very good."

Harvey Alonso took Yang Yang's words, because he was in charge of daily training at Ajax, and during this period of time, he also came into contact with and learned a lot of things, especially driven by Yang Yang.

Training intensity can no longer be used as a measure of the level of training of a coaching team. Maybe a few years ago it was okay, but now it is no longer possible, because in the past few years, the use of high technology in European football has made the training level develop by leaps and bounds.

Head coaches like Lopetegui and Solari are outdated and unable to keep up with the rhythm and pace of this era.

Since a few years ago, dataization has become popular in European football. Therefore, in addition to arranging player training every day, the coaching staff has also done a lot of other work, including detecting various physical indicators and data of players, and conducting long-term records and analysis.

Based on this set of data, the coaching staff can arrange the players' diet, training and rest in a targeted manner, which is why the Real Madrid team also has professional nutritionists, sleep therapists and other various professionals and consultant teams.

Among them, the more famous one is the Milan laboratory ten years ago, which was gradually learned by the entire European football team, so digitization has become a wave.

Up to now, Real Madrid's first team has not only collected data in training, but also collected, sorted and analyzed data of players in games. Through tracking and analysis of various data, they can evaluate the team's performance as a whole and use it to formulate training plans. This is also an important factor for Real Madrid to achieve outstanding results in the past few years.

There is also the sleep program, and various other projects for the players, these are the changes brought about by Real Madrid in the past few years with the times, which are not well known, but have played an important role.

But now, Yang Yang feels that these data have not been widely used by Lopetegui and Solari in daily training and game evaluation. This may be due to various reasons, but it is undeniable that they have not done well.

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"The big data department has already become a very important department for European teams. Many teams will formulate different training plans for each individual based on the tactical arrangements of the head coach."

"For example, at Ajax, we are good at opening the game, while Real Madrid is used to attacking from the back. These two different tactical styles adopt two different training modes, because they require different physical fitness."

"I had a long communication with Pochettino in London, and even had the honor to communicate with his team. They have done a good job in data analysis and application, and they have a strong ability to control the data of the players. This allows them to clearly understand the physical condition of each player anytime and anywhere."

"Not only that, but now there is a brand-new trend in European football. They have begun to try to introduce methods from other medical fields into the football field, such as some muscle vibration therapy, or research on the mechanism of brain operation. Some laboratories have even found that habitual injuries of certain parts of players are related to nerve damage."

"As far as I know, German fitness coaches have even begun to use artificial neural networks, self-organizing neural networks, chaos theory, etc. to analyze game patterns. They are trying to use more advanced technology to train and strengthen players."

Florentino, Manuel Redondo, Butragueno and others were a little dumbfounded. Firstly, they are not professionals, so they have not participated in related industries. Secondly, they are all managers, and they are not familiar with and understand the news of these front-line coaching.

But they all clearly got a message from Yang Yang, that is, Lopetegui and Solari are really behind the times.

Because these two Real Madrid coaches are not familiar with all that Yang Yang said, even Zidane a year ago may not understand.

"Not only is the large-scale introduction of science and technology, but also the concept is undergoing earth-shaking changes."

"I talked to Pochettino before, and he has set up a special position at Tottenham Hotspur called the director of sports performance."

"Yes, the former physical coaches were in charge of player training. Their task was to train the players to be able to run and jump, to be strong enough in physical confrontation, and even to go one step further. They began to pay attention to the players' individual skills, tactics and physical uniqueness. That was already a very good physical coach, but now, Tottenham Hotspur is going a step further."

"The so-called sports performance coaches not only need to be proficient in physical training, but also be proficient in all aspects. Their job is not to train players' physical fitness, but to connect the sports scientists, rehabilitation physiotherapists, masseurs, sports performance analysts, technical coaches, and possibly even the head coach in the team."

"They can give professional advice on players' physical condition, training load, technical and tactical load, player recovery, etc., and cooperate with coaches in other positions to serve every player."

Yang Yang's words made everyone present in a daze.

What Pochettino did in Tottenham Hotspur, the outside world did not get much news, and more people only knew some clues through Gary Neville’s column, but now they know all this from Yang Yang, really surprised.

This is a conceptual upgrade.

"I understand. I saw the news before that you funded Pintus, Winston Bogarde, and many Ajax fitness and youth training coaches to study for a doctorate in sports science. It turned out to be because of this." Butragueno said in amazement.

At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, but now when he heard Yang Yang say that, he couldn't help but feel ashamed from the bottom of his heart, because he was really sitting on the sidelines.

"Yes, I personally think that this is a kind of conceptual progress, and we at Ajax must keep up. More importantly, we are cooperating with Adidas to try to put this new set of technology and concepts into the youth training."

"Youth training?" Butragueno was surprised again.

"That's right." Harvey Alonso took the conversation and took the initiative to explain to Yang Yang, "After we took over Ajax, Yang Yang did one thing, which was to call all the club's coaches and youth training coaches for a meeting, and then held several consecutive meetings on physical fitness and youth training. Combined with Ajax's youth training experience, he came to a conclusion."

"In the adult first-team, physical fitness is actually not the most difficult thing, because the players are basically formed and can be seen and touched, but it is not the case in the youth team, because many times the more scientific and step-by-step training does not work immediately, but it is constantly accumulating and consolidating the height and upper limit of the players as adults."

"In the past, this kind of training was often not easy to accept, but now, we believe that it should be valued and adopted. Not only that, but also pay attention to the players, seize the window period of their growth stage, give targeted help and guidance, and keep the players in the most appropriate training load at all times. This is the direction that Ajax should work hard."

"Talented players are different, and even every talented player is different. How to train every young player well through technological means is a huge system."

Harvey Alonso's words made Florentino and others look at Yang Yang differently.

Before, they all thought that Yang Yang was only leading Ajax to achieve a transformation in performance, but what they didn't expect was that Yang Yang was profoundly changing all aspects of Ajax, especially the youth training system that the team is proud of.

If it is really like what Harvey Alonso introduced, then Ajax's youth training ability will be greatly improved in the future, which will make Ajax's youth training, which is already proud of the European heroes, bound to go further.

Yang Yang's game of chess is too big!

In this regard, Yang Yang is not humble either, because he does have such self-confidence.

"The training of young players is the same, and the training of veterans is also the same. There are many veterans in the Real Madrid team. How to train them and how to help them maintain their form is a complex training science. But whether it is Lopetegui or Solari, they are obviously not doing it well. This is why I feel that Real Madrid's training level is not high."

Yang Yang's remarks also bring the problem back to the beginning stage, that is, it is inappropriate to blame Real Madrid's problems on the players.

(End of this chapter)