Football should be played like me

Chapter 158 Preparing for the play-offs, the leaders of the national team

"Goal! Lu Yang scored a goal! He scored a wonderful free kick in the elevator at the last moment! Help the team beat Ascoli [-]-[-]!"

"A brand new record has appeared! In eleven league games, Lu Yang scored twenty goals! He set the record for the fastest twenty goals in Serie B!"

"In the last game, Moric had [-] assists in [-] league games, and just broke the record for the fastest assists to [-] goals in Serie B. Now Lu Yang has also set a record! San Remo is really a record smasher!"

"Kanyes is completely activated by the position of the right back. So far he has achieved good data of one goal and five assists. He has the most powerful assist ability that the right back of the Italian national team lacks!"

"Italy is good at playing a three-back formation. It was only a year ago that Vincent insisted on playing a four-back formation, but both Praxades and Bernoulini are very good at a three-back formation, so Vincent You can definitely try it with Kanyes."

"Yes! Kanyes' defensive problems can be well made up for in the Italian national team, but his assist ability is irreplaceable!"

"Similarly, Morici is also a very good midfielder. His assist ability is too strong, and he has a chemical reaction with Lu Yang. With Lu Yang and without Morici, it is completely without instructions!"

"Bernollini also scored with a header in this game, which is definitely a very good omen!"

"As the fourth captain of the Italian national team, does Bernoullini's goal indicate that Italy will be able to score goals in the next European Cup play-offs?"

"Finally, Lu Yang's current state is really too hot. He has only scored one game this season without scoring a goal. This kind of foot feel is really reassuring."

"Bringing Lu Yang to the Italian national team will definitely make new breakthroughs!"

Serie B No. 11 rounds are all over.

Sanremo won again and maintained the top spot in the standings, and the gap with No.2 and No.3 began to widen.

The league is as stable as a dog, and that's San Remo.

Two days later, Vincent announced the 23-man squad for the current national team.

Among them, Lu Yang and Morici are impressively listed!
Kanyes' previous enthusiasm was okay, but in the end he still failed to enter the European Cup play-off list this time.

And Kerber missed the opportunity because of injuries.

Even, Moric's position might have belonged to Kerber.

After the announcement of the list, the whole of Italy responded well.

Regardless of the results, you may even think that what Vincent announced was the news of Italy's promotion to the play-offs.

It's hard to understand.

But in fact, this fully reflects the seriousness of the selection problem for the Italian national team.

Although as the coach of the national team, you can't choose people by looking at the news on the Internet, posting bars, masters who know the ball, and Hupu.

But if everyone criticizes your selection every time, it means that there is indeed a problem with your selection.

Lu Yang belongs to this category.

Maybe it doesn't matter if you don't bring Lu Yang before the European Youth Championship.

At that time, Lu Yang was considered an exceptional promotion.

However, Lu Yang, who led Italy to break the championship drought, has not been selected for the national team after the European Youth Championship, so there is a problem with the selection.

Called up twice, played four times, and did not bring Lu Yang once.

It just doesn't make sense.

And now, finally... dawn!

In this regard, all walks of life in Italy expressed their celebration and optimism.

Audi, captain of the Italian team, Italian goalkeeper, and one of the world's top goalkeepers, publicly stated: "Welcome to the two new faces this time, and hope they can bring something different to the national team."

"We need fresh blood!"

"You mean Lu? I know him, I know him too well, he made me lose an Italian Super Cup from my honor book!"

"I always hear people say that this kid's shot is powerless. Amerucci told me countless times that even I can't stop his shot! So I always want to try it myself!"

Italian vice-captain, AC Milan's meritorious captain, and a strong candidate for the world's number one left back, Praxides: "We are still friends without talking about Lu Yang! Of course, this is just a joke!"

"If Lu Yang is your opponent, believe me, you will suffer... Good guys, don't laugh, we lost [-]-[-] in two consecutive games last year, this is the pain of all AC Milan people."

"We will definitely return this loss! Whether it is Liverpool or San Remo!"

"But now, please allow me to welcome Lu to join."

"No one can refuse such a teammate, if you have played with him. I hope he can bring the pain he brought to me, and also bring it to his opponent this time, the Swedish team!"

Sweden!

Italy's opponent in the playoffs is the neither strong nor weak Swedish team.

The Swedish team is weak because they rarely have impressive results in major competitions.

But the Swedish team is strong because they always have some strong stars in the team.

One piece of good news for the Italian team is that there are no superstars in this year's Swedish team.

But the bad news is that in a certain friendly match this year, Italy played against Ruidian and lost [-]-[-].

Bernoullini: "The Lu team is finally here! Believe me, he can do anything on the football field, what you can think of, and what you can't think of."

Bernoullini's speech made people laugh and cry.

Because Bernoullini, as the fourth captain of the Italian team, called Lu Yang "Lu team".

This apparently refers to the Army Corps of San Remo.

Only a good relationship would make such a joke.

Because it even feels like killing Lu Yang.

Of course, Bernoullini will not flatter Lu Yang, he will help Lu Yang integrate into the game well.

Amerucci, the second goalkeeper of the Italian team: "I don't believe that Italy can't score this time, because we have found a young man who can score the best goals in Italy!"

Roma captain Perrotta: "The last time I met Lu was at the Italian star. Since then, Manello told me that Lu is a big-hearted player."

"And my Roma was indeed blocked by him before the Coppa Italia final last season. We could have had one more Coppa Italia!"

"Now, Lu, it's time to test whether you are a real big-hearted player. For many people, the next two games may be the most important two games!"

The third captain of the Italian team and the vice-deputy of the Roma team, Drake: "Here he is! This kid has hard feet, I bet he will score! I am willing to bet all my wealth! For Italy!"

These are all Serie A bigwigs.

Their statement also showed that the Italian team welcomed Lu Yang.

And Morici next to Lu Yang seemed to have become a little transparent.

Looking at these news, Morici is really crazy.

Hearing such words, Tia slapped her backhand?

Why are you cursing again?
Only then did Morici realize that he was no longer single.

Ugh.

Back then, Lugou was just an addition to me, Morici.

Unexpectedly, now, the bosses only have Lu Dog in their eyes.

See you soon, see you soon!

Don't you think that Lugou's goals were all fed by me, Morici?

Eyes do not know gold inlaid with jade.

Worship Guan Gong in the Bodhisattva Temple!
Just watch, the real boss won't care about you.

When Benmo shows his power in the play-offs and makes frequent assists, you will know who is the only true God of the Italian team in the future!
……

The day after the big list was announced.

Lu Yang and Morici appeared at the gate of the national team training base.

Three days later, they would have had a league game.

But none of that matters now.

The Sanremo brothers patted their chests one by one to reassure Lu Yang and Morici that they will definitely stabilize the league situation in the few days when the first and second leaders are away.

In this regard, Morici was very pleased.

It turns out that the brothers also know that I am the head of Sanremo. Sure enough, the eyes of the masses are discerning.

Until Bernoullini, who came to greet Lu Yang and Morici, took out his mobile phone: "Hey, Najib, yes, Lu Yang and the others have arrived, don't worry, I, the second master, will take good care of him. Remo is in charge!"

Morici died.

On the training ground, the training of the Italian team has already begun.

Everyone is comfortable, the coach has not changed, and everyone knows what to do.

Warm up first, and then practice some simple basic offensive routines of the team.

The rest is up to the individual players.

Most of the players who can come to the national team are extremely capable.

Excessively framing them is not conducive to their performance.

This is Vincent's request to everyone at this stage.

The reason why it is said at this stage is that these players are already very familiar with Vincent's tactical system.

In the early days, they also received a lot of Vincent's tactical indoctrination, and had a relatively difficult acceptance process.

This is actually why Vincent's national team does not welcome newcomers.

Because the previous players were very mature, Vincent really didn't have the patience to wait for the newcomers to get familiar with the team's tactical system.

How long does this have to wait?
He doesn't have that skill.

Therefore, when Lu Yang and Moric played on the field for a while, they felt something was wrong.

They make a lot of mistakes in cooperating with others.

So much so that Lu Yang and Morici haven't felt this way for a long time.

It's too uncomfortable.

But the two didn't care.

This is the only way to run in.

In fact, with Lu Yang's super vision, and Morici's solid basic skills and midfield talent, the two of them can completely reduce mistakes!

Just pass it back.

Postbacks can never go wrong.

But... this is not in line with Lu Yang and Moric's philosophy of playing football.

And it is harmful to the Italian team.

It's just pure self-interest at the expense of others.

Brother Lu can't do this.

"stop!"

Vincent angrily stopped the training match on the sidelines, and then replaced Lu Yang and Morici.

The two looked puzzled.

Nima!

How long did it take to replace us?

It's hard to feel a little bit, what do you mean by doing this?
Only to make people look ugly, but not to rectify their names?
On the other side, Manero, who had rarely spoken before, said next to Vincent: "Lu Yang and Morici seem to have made a lot of mistakes, but they are actually trying to move forward."

"It's really difficult to make this kind of offensive cooperation with unfamiliar players."

"But their intentions are good. Once they establish a consensus with the existing players to attack forward, we can immediately improve the offensive end."

"We should give them more time to integrate into the team."

For normal players to integrate into the team, they actually have to take their time.

Mutual passing, small cooperation, team tactical cooperation and so on.

But who are Lu Yang and Morici?

Smart man!

They know that they don't have so much time to develop this tacit understanding with their teammates.

Because they belong to the "mobile personnel."

Even Lu Yang's selection this time was due to the pressure of public opinion, Lu Yang's performance in the European Youth Championship and the highlights of the league.

Not to mention the "back door players" like Moric who came in after taking advantage of Kerber's injury.

What's more...Kerber himself is also a "mobile personnel", similar to Lu Yang.

Moreover, Lu Yang and Morici also knew that they had just been selected for the national team, and they encountered a significant play-off match.

Not to mention the starting lineup, it is good luck to have the opportunity to come off the bench.

What do fans want from players who play at that time?
What does the head coach ask for?
It is you who make an immediate contribution to the team!
At this time, you can reduce the touch of the ball and reduce unnecessary cooperation and passing with your teammates.

But you have to be able to make a very noticeable change to the offense.

So just now Lu Yang and Moric were on the field, constantly making threatening passes with Perotta, Ancarelli, midfield offensive players, left back Praxades and others.

Ancarelli was just recovering from a minor illness, so he didn't dare to make strenuous sprints.

However, although the shadow forward position he plays does not require him to charge all the time, it does require him to burst out at a certain point.

So he kept his kick, and the effect was naturally not good.

Lu Yang and Morici's cooperation with him should be Ancarelli's problem.

But in Vincent's view, this is Lu Yang and Morici's biography!
Ancarelli's dribbling is not weak. If you pass to his feet, it is not certain what opportunities he will create by twisting and twisting!

Why do you have to think about passing through and over the top?

The national team's assists are not as simple as your Serie B.

Also, Perotta is a big center with a height of 1.9 meters and a super fulcrum.

He is very good at catching and making balls, but at this time, he is very demanding of Moric and Lu Yang's forward penetration.

Morici and Lu Yang have just arrived, as a midfielder, you are so desperate to go forward, it seems a bit too much, right?
Therefore, this has also made mistakes a few times, and it is their problem, but it is understandable.

The same is true for the cooperation with Praxades and so on.

Therefore, although there are many problems, they can be solved after careful communication and adjustment.

As long as the offensive problem is solved, Lu Yang and Moric will have a chance to play.

But Vincent obviously didn't intend to give them such a chance.

"Do you think I can give them a lot of time to adapt?" Vincent asked Manello.

"Otherwise? Then why did you recruit them?" Manero said, "Even if these old members of the national team don't train, they are still able to fight. What do they need to train?"

"While maintaining their state, try to see if Lu Yang and Morici can bring some new changes. This is the meaning of this training period!"

Vincent's eyes dimmed: "But during this period of time, I want to try a new combination. Drake's state has declined significantly recently, and I want to try using Candreva as a defensive midfielder."

Drake, a Roman defensive midfielder and Italy's main defensive midfielder, is almost 33 years old this year.

Italy's last qualifier, Dereki's performance was not good.

Dino Candreva, the core attacking midfielder of Udinese in the middle and lower reaches of Serie A, is 28 years old.When he was young, he played in multiple positions. He was a versatile midfielder and played as a substitute midfielder in Italy.

lower back?

Candreva?

This……

Do you really think everyone is Manero?

Can everyone kick the front waist and kick the back waist?
Didn't you see that the excellent Moric kicked back from the midfielder to the front midfielder?
Manero was speechless.

The creators and masters behind the playmaker are right in front of you, and you told me that you want Candreva to play as a midfielder?
Say you don't know the ball, most people really don't dare to use the front midfielder to play the midfielder position, that's something that only world famous coaches like Guardiola dare to do.

But if you say you know football, don't you know that I, Manello, have the most say in this matter?
"Candreva can't play the defensive midfielder. When he plays the midfielder and the attacking midfielder, he is not a brain-type player." Manero said.

"Oh? But I am very optimistic that he will become the brain of the new generation in Italy!" Vincent said, "In the past two seasons, he has performed very well in Udinese!"

Manello's thousands of words merged into a sentence of MMP.

I tell you a Jaguar!
In this way, Lu Yang and Moric's first national team training was not pleasant.

Both of them were not even able to participate in the team training most of the time.

Gives a feeling of their two special dishes.

Don't tell me, maybe someone in the team really thinks so.

After all, Lu Yang and Morici are not Euros, so it is impossible for everyone to like them.

The national team also has intra-team competition.

……

November seventeenth.

Serie B No.12 round, San Remo VS Empoli.

San Remo, lacking Lu Yang, Morici, and Bernoullini, seemed to lack a soul, and was overwhelmed by the opponent in the first half.

If you want to say that San Remo's players are not good enough, this is also wrong. San Remo's players in all positions are almost at the top level in Serie B.

But without the core and sub-core, no team can move in a short time.

In the 5 minutes of the second half, Empoli was so angry that they played an exquisite cooperation, penetrated Sanremo's defense and scored a goal.

Suotu didn't show much on the sidelines either.

No way, this is the consequence of missing Morici and Lu Yang.

Yes, nothing to do with Bernoullini.

With Moric, he will not give the opponent the opportunity to penetrate the midfield with multiple passes.

With Lu Yang, he will return to the penalty area in advance after the opponent passes the ball many times.

They all have the ability to prevent this goal from happening.

But luckily.

After the opponent scored a goal, the bus was set up.

It seems that Empoli also knows that being able to snatch three points from San Remo, the No. [-] team in Serie B, is already a very powerful thing. They didn't think about scoring a few more goals.

No.80 minutes, Kanyes tried to create some opportunities.

But after he got down to the bottom, he found that there was no good opportunity. There were too many people on the opponent's defense, and it was difficult to pass the ball.

Kanyes cut inside the baseline, tried to enter the penalty area and then gave it a go, but was intercepted by the opponent.

Empoli immediately fought back.

Their attack was quick because they realized that this was their chance to beat Sanremo by two goals.

boom!
At the critical moment, Lahm turned out and completed the steal cleanly with a sliding shovel.

Ram kicked the football out immediately.

Counter your counterattack!

Kuaima Baizami played the entire field this time. He has the ability to fight in the entire field. He was always replaced in the past for protective use.

Baizami was extremely fast, and after catching the ball, he ate the opponent's two central defenders, and finally completed a single-handed goal.

This is a 1V3 single-handed goal, which is very exciting.

In the end, San Remo shook hands with Empoli one to one.

Ended the league's six-game winning streak.

Baizami also overtook Sogel for the first time and became the second top scorer in the team!
After this game, many media thought that Sanremo was overestimated.

Empoli is not a strong team, but Sanremo evened out at the last moment.

Everyone thinks that in the situation of San Remo, the second half of the season will probably lose the chain.

Some experts even stood up and criticized the players who participated in the San Remo game.

But in fact, the truth has already been said. If you let these players run in for a season or two, their level is also a strong team in Serie B.

Sanremo's poor performance in this field is purely due to the lack of two cores.

Isn't Barcelona hard to win without Messi?

Four days later, on November 21st.

The European Cup play-off kicked off, and the cruel competition for the last four places in the European Cup began.

The first leg will be played at Sweden's home court.

For the Italian team, Vincent formed a classic lineup.

433, or rather 4123.

This 1 is the midfielder, and 2 is the double midfielder, not the double midfielder of San Remo.

Lu Yang and Moric did not start and sat on the bench.

But to be selected for the 18-man roster, in the eyes of many fans, this is already a very positive signal.

If nothing else, they should be able to get some opportunities.

However, the Italian team also has something "sparkling".

That is, they replaced Drake with the substitute midfielder Candreva who played the midfielder position for the club, and appeared in the midfielder position.

No one could have imagined this change.

Many commentators were stunned.

This... Italy is difficult to score goals, and the offense has problems, so you take out a defensive midfielder and replace it with an offensive player.

If the offense and defense of football were so simple, then everyone would be a master!

Are you underestimating the word chemical reaction too?

Do you think highly of Candreva?

At the beginning of the game, Candreva made a mistake and was directly pierced by the opponent.

If it weren't for Bernoullini and goalkeeper Audi to be focused enough, I'm afraid this would have directly entered the field with a conceded goal.

But three and 10 minutes later, the Italian team still failed to escape.

The midfielder of the Swedish team kicked a fairy ball from a long distance.

The world wave broke!
Audi is beyond reach.

Zero to one, Italy has not escaped after all!

And this backwardness, Italy is really difficult to play!

Originally, it was weak to score goals, but now it is necessary to break the opponent's bus to prevent the opponent's counterattack.

Victory is really slim!

(End of this chapter)