super storm

Chapter 862 The Road to Fame
Bernabéu Stadium, visiting team dressing room.

This should be the first time Real Madrid have used the visiting team's dressing room in recent years.

In order to allow players to get a better preparation environment, Real Madrid also made appropriate rectifications to the visiting team's locker room before the game. At the same time, more staff were arranged during the game to provide players with a full range of services.

This is the advantage of playing at home.

Temporarily lagging behind in the first half made the Real Madrid players feel depressed, and the opponent's strict defense made the team very aggrieved, but there was no good plan, so that after returning to the locker room, everyone was silent.

Yang Yang sat slumped in front of the closet, with his head up, a wrung-out towel covering his face, and a masseuse from the club was squatting in front of him, massaging the muscles of his legs, and said a few words of concern from time to time, but Yang Yang didn't respond.

He is thinking about something.

The other players in the locker room were also thinking about things, so that no one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed a little stiff.

Diego Milito's goal hit Real Madrid so hard, especially on a psychological level, that now everyone knows that a change has to be made in the second half, but no one knows how.

In other words, everyone sees no hope of winning.

Mourinho's Inter Milan is really desperate on the defensive level.

……

Benitez walked into the locker room, and both he and Yesterdan looked serious.

Obviously, they all realized the difficulty of the second half of the game.

For any team, facing Inter Milan, there is only one way to attack.

The problem that Real Madrid now encounters is that they must score at least one goal in the 45 minutes of the second half.

Benitez actually couldn't come up with a very effective solution, because this time he was facing an impenetrable wall, and more emphasis was placed on playing fast and moving, but there were not many specific details.

Today's Real Madrid is like Barcelona in the semifinals, and it really can't come up with an effective offensive strategy.

The players also clearly felt this, their hearts were empty and they had no confidence.

It is not enough to question Benitez, but it must be somewhat disappointing.

Iker Casillas is also aware of this. As the captain of the team, he is the best choice for the captain after Raul left the team. The goalkeeper of Real Madrid stood up and encouraged his teammates.

But such a slogan doesn't make much sense, because Real Madrid have already performed well enough in the first half.

At this time, what the team needs is an effective and targeted strategy.

Players need to see hope!
As long as there is hope, they have enough confidence and confidence!

In terms of player strength, Real Madrid's lineup can be said to be the best in the world. As long as they have enough confidence, they are not afraid of any team.

Casillas also realized the lack of interest of his teammates, and obviously knew that his words still failed to convince his teammates. Looking around the locker room, he looked at Yang Yang and Ramos, hoping that they could stand up and say something at this time.

Ramos looked depressed, a little frustrated with the goal conceded in the final stage of the first half.

Even if he doesn't have much responsibility.

Yang Yang looked at Casillas, then at Benitez and Yesterdan, their eyes were full of encouragement.

At this time, the Real Madrid team really needs him to stand up and say a few words to boost morale, even if he yells a few empty words, it is better than letting the team walk on the field with this mentality.

If you really play like this, you will definitely collapse in the second half.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the team, Yang Yang stood up slowly.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was sitting next to him, was originally the tallest in the team, but at this moment, I don't know if it was because of his sitting that he felt that Yang Yang was unusually tall.

Yang Yang stood up from his seat, first glanced at his teammates around him, then at Benitez, and secretly made a decision in his heart, because he remembered what Zidane had said to him not long ago.

If he wants to be the leader of the team, he must show the courage that a leader should have and speak out his ideas bravely.

"I think we need to make changes." Yang Yang said in a calm but extremely positive tone.

No one was surprised when they heard this sentence, because this is what they thought in their hearts.

The key to the question is not whether to change, but how to change?

Did Yang Yang have an idea in his mind?
Everyone looked at Yang Yang expectantly. Benitez and Yesterdan also looked at each other, and they all noticed the astonishment in each other's eyes. Does Yang Yang have any good ideas?

……

In the world of professional football, there are generally two ways to become a head coach. One is the academic school, which has undergone systematic theoretical training and has accumulated enough rich experience. This type of successful head coach includes Mourinho, Benitez, Wenger, etc. They all belong to the kind of head coach who has a mediocre career but a brilliant coaching resume.

There is another way to play and teach, transforming from an outstanding professional player to a head coach. The most famous ones are Ferguson, Guardiola, Mancini, Capello and Ancelotti.

Whether the academic school is better or the experience school is better has been a point of controversy for a long time, or it should be said that each has its own advantages. The academic school often believes that it is unreliable to command a team based on experience and intuition. A systematic theory is necessary. Players only need to implement the skills and tactics of the head coach on the field. The most typical ones are Benitez and Bielsa, both of whom use players as robots.

Experiencers often have extremely rich experience. They understand what players are thinking and how to communicate with them. Even big names such as Guardiola can easily control the superstars in the locker room.

Moreover, top players tend to have a deeper understanding of football, which leads them to have some angles and even creative thinking that academics do not have when looking at the skills and tactics of football games.

For example, Ancelotti put Pirlo behind, Rijkaard and Guardiola created Barcelona's pass control system and so on.

Is it better to be academic or experienced? This is an old question that has been around for a long time, but one thing is certain, that is, top players' understanding of football and their way of thinking about the game must be completely different from others.

Does Yang Yang have any unique ideas now?

All eyes were on him, including Benitez and Yesterdan.

……

"There is no perfect tactics in this world, nor can there be an impenetrable defense."

Yang Yang expressed his opinion directly, and everyone in the locker room nodded in agreement.

"We regard Inter Milan's defense as a wall. It looks indestructible, but in fact, this wall is not without gaps. It is composed of four defenders and three defensive midfielders. Between players, there will inevitably be gaps. With gaps, there will be holes."

This is a very basic thing, Yang Yang said it very straightforwardly, and everyone can understand it.

The reason why Inter Milan can be indestructible is because they are very tacit understanding and strong in execution. Players are always trying to fill in each other's loopholes and gaps, keeping a tight distance and keeping the defensive formation tight.

This makes it impossible for Real Madrid to find an effective breakthrough and cannot directly pose a threat to the goal.

It should be said that what Yang Yang said was not profound, and everyone present understood it. Some even felt that he was talking meaningless nonsense and wanted to say a few words.

But at this moment, Yang Yang really got to the point.

"All of us also know that the offensive team's pull will inevitably lead to the defensive team's movement, and as long as they move, more gaps and flaws will be exposed. That's why the boss said just now, let's play fast and shift, pull the opponent through shifting, and force the defensive player to move to create flaws."

"Then the question is, Inter Milan was obviously not afraid of our style of play in the first half, why?"

Everyone was a little disappointed when they heard this, they thought Yang Yang was going to say something profound, but in the end...

"It's very simple, because they have better control and preemption of space." Ramos replied directly.

Everyone else also nodded. Inter Milan's control and preemption of space is very good, and it can even be said to be watertight, which makes it difficult for Real Madrid to create opportunities in front of their defense.

Yang Yang nodded, "That's right, but things often have two sides. We can say that the inability to break through in the first half is because Inter Milan has better control over the space, but it can also be said that our pull and transfer are not enough."

Everyone was a little confused when they heard this, only two or three of Benitez and Harvey Alonso showed a look of thought, obviously they understood what Yang Yang meant.

"The ball is always faster than people. As long as we move fast enough, as long as we move long enough, Inter Milan must invest more if they want to control the space, and they may not even be able to cover it completely."

Manpower is limited and will be limited by speed and physical fitness, so it is impossible for a team to completely cover all areas.

Why does Inter Milan hide in the half court, or even the 30-meter area?

It's because they can only guarantee so much coverage for themselves.

But in fact, even within the 30-meter area, they cannot guarantee that they can control all the space under any circumstances.

Yang Yang also became more and more excited as he talked. This was the first time he had sketched out the sidelines in his mind, and explained them in detail in front of the head coach and teammates. His words were a bit messy, and many people might not be able to keep up with his thinking, but it was not important. The important thing was that he had to say what he wanted to say.

Even when he was excited, he went directly to the tactical board and drew directly on it with a pen.

"When attacking in the frontcourt, the longest transfer is from one side to the other!"

(End of this chapter)