The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 350 Talent
"I really didn't expect that when I was coaching, I didn't have the opportunity to sit down and drink coffee and chat like I do now. Instead, I was laid off, but I got the honor of drinking coffee with you."

At Old Trafford in Manchester, just after watching a warm-up match for the England national team, Manchester United coach Ferguson called Ye Qiu, and the two met in a coffee shop near Old Trafford up.

Ye Qiu believed that with Ferguson's character, he would not be able to make trouble. After all, as opponents, mutual respect is the most basic thing. Moreover, Ye Qiu has always felt that Ferguson is an opponent worthy of admiration no matter what.

"At first, I was still worried that you would be depressed, and I was thinking about whether I should give you a call to comfort you, or give you a job..." When he said this, Ferguson obviously remembered the fight with Ye Qiu that day With a chatter, he laughed, "But seeing you like this, I think you should be fine."

"What can I do?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile, "I feel more relaxed than ever. At least in the future, I don't have to wake up every morning and have to worry about the next match and opponent. Forcing myself to get up at what time and what to do, my current life is very comfortable and casual.”

"More importantly, I have more time to spend with my family now, oh, if you have time, call and invite me to dinner at any time, as long as it is your treat, I will fly over from London anytime."

Ferguson laughed when he heard that, "The airfare from London is enough for your boy to have a good meal in London!"

"That's different, Sir Ferguson treats you, few people in the world have this kind of treatment!" Ye Qiu was confident.

Ferguson smiled. After putting aside his opponent's identity, the more he looked at Ye Qiu, the more he liked it. "What are your plans for the future?"

"I want to rest, but Sky TV has invited me to partner with Andy Gray to comment on the Premier League and the Champions League next season. Thinking about it."

After hearing this, Ferguson laughed again, "You seem to be more popular after you lost the position of head coach!"

"That's natural!" Ye Qiu didn't blush, and Ferguson couldn't help laughing again with a cowhide.

I don't know why, maybe because I didn't work as the head coach, I felt relaxed and let go.

Ferguson looked at Ye Qiu with great interest. From Ye Qiu now, he remembered the time when he decided to retire. At that time, he also felt like Ye Qiu at the beginning, as if the mountain that had been pressing on him for a long time finally After moving away, the whole person felt relaxed and in a particularly good mood.

But as time goes by and the days get longer, I will miss my coaching time, the kind of pride that tens of thousands of fans shouted your name at Old Trafford, and the feeling of being in the standings with your opponents. I miss the excitement of chasing after each other, and I also miss the anxiety and uneasiness of walking on thin ice with a strong opponent in the Champions League knockout round.

As a result, not long after he retired, he came back again, and he still couldn't let go!

He believed that Ye Qiu would be the same, because he could see that Ye Qiu, like him, belonged to the kind of people who decided to manage football as a career in their life, and this kind of people couldn't do without football. .

"Have you heard?" Ferguson picked up the coffee cup, took a sip, and asked.

Ye Qiu nodded, "The action was quick, it was premeditated!" After speaking, he smiled coldly.

What the two were talking about was that Chelsea officially announced today that they hired Porto coach Jose Mourinho as Chelsea's head coach for the new season, and also announced Shevchenko's transfer to Chelsea. This time-consuming and labor-intensive transfer The soap opera has finally come to an end.

After the club announced the appointment of Mourinho to take charge of the team, more than [-] Chelsea fans in London rushed to Stamford Bridge to protest, because the Porto coach had just dragged down Chelsea with lethal tactics in the semi-finals. Without him In Porto, Chelsea are definitely still the favorites in the Champions League, and maybe they will win the quadruple.

But in a blink of an eye, the management invited such a public enemy to coach the team, and the anger of the fans can be imagined.

Of course, Ye Qiu is more willing to believe that this is a premeditated employment. Ever since he forced the palace, maybe even before the forced palace, the management has paid attention to Mourinho. It was not rumored that Abramovich Close relationship with Juan Figel?

"I received news that Ronaldinho has applied for a transfer!" Ferguson said with bright eyes.

Ye Qiu was taken aback. He didn't know about the news, but on second thought, even if Ronaldinho applied for a transfer, it wouldn't have much to do with Manchester United, right?With Manchester United's financial resources, can't afford Ronaldinho's transfer fee?

"The most likely destinations are Real Madrid and Barcelona!" Ferguson said.

Ye Qiu couldn't explain clearly. He didn't know why Ronaldinho wanted to transfer, and he didn't hear from Eliza Moon that he had been on vacation recently, free from outside disturbances, that is, This time, I rushed to Manchester to watch a warm-up match, that's all.

However, the arrival of Mourinho will definitely trigger a round of changes in Chelsea. He has made it clear that he wants to metabolize Chelsea. Veterans such as Van der Sar, Cannavaro, and Davis are not accepted by him, and He also threatened to expel all players who did not deserve to stay at Chelsea.

This is not surprising, because it is impossible for Mourinho to directly take over Ye Qiu's team, he cannot survive in Ye Qiu's shadow, and if he wants to break Ye Qiu's shadow, the most direct and effective way is Reorganize Chelsea, even if this approach seems a bit rough.

"You're so mean, I don't think you have any good intentions!" Ye Qiu smiled at Ferguson. He had already left Chelsea, and everything about Chelsea had nothing to do with him. At best, he only cared about his former favorites.

Ferguson chuckled, "You know what I need!"

Manchester United has a lot of problems now, the three lines have very obvious problems, and even the goalkeeper position has defects and deficiencies. Ferguson obviously wants to get enough cheap from Chelsea. At least Van der Sar is A goalkeeper whom Ferguson has always admired.

But upon hearing this, Ye Qiu felt that Mourinho's tactics might not be suitable for Van der Sar.

Why do you say that?
Van der Sar is a scavenger-style attacking goalkeeper. Even if his physical function has declined now, his control range is still very large, and his ability to pass and catch the ball is excellent. Maintain a suitable distance between the defense line and the goalkeeper, but will Mourinho's tactics leave such a distance?

Of course, it doesn’t mean that Van der Sar is not good at the goal line. On the contrary, Van der Sar’s goal line skills are also very good, but his reaction is not enough. After all, he is older, and his reaction is definitely no better than that of young people. Line area, maybe the next Lehmann.

Manchester United's frontcourt, midfield and backcourt all need to be adjusted. Among them, the frontcourt is a striker. Van Nistelrooy is no longer liked by Ferguson. There are weaknesses and deficiencies in the central defenders, but these are all in the Chelsea team, and they all have players that Ferguson admires.

For example, the striker, Rooney almost moved to Manchester United at the beginning, the midfielder Essien has always been a favorite of Ferguson who wants to replace Keane, and the defense Ferguson has always wanted to get Heinze. Will be soft.

According to the outside world, Abramovich offered Mourinho a transfer budget of 1 million euros, which does not include Shevchenko. Obviously, the Russians also want to transfer in the shortest possible time. To downplay Ye Qiu's influence on the team, and the most ideal way is undoubtedly to sell some of Ye Qiu's players and bring in some new stars.

Chelsea's move will undoubtedly bring new opportunities to Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

In other words, except for Mourinho, Ye Qiu really can't think of anyone among the famous European coaches who is willing to pick up Chelsea, because this is definitely a thankless job, let alone the results. If you can't break through to Ye Qiu, even if you break through, everyone will still give the credit to Ye Qiu. Famous coaches cherish their feathers the most, who wants to do this kind of thing?

"I heard that Wenger is also ready to do it. This guy is very shrewd. I heard that he is now picking out cheap young players. He has his eyes on Cesc Fabregas, Messi, Van Persie and Ribery. To rejuvenate Arsenal!"

When he said this, Ferguson smiled and sighed, "You are indeed good enough. When you came to the Premier League, you caused huge fluctuations. If you leave now, it will still cause a big earthquake."

Ye Qiu chuckled after hearing this, "Don't worry, I'll be back soon!"

Ye Qiu has already started to prepare for some things. Eliza is currently investing Ye Qiu’s money in the Russian stock market, and is planning to make a fortune by taking advantage of the soaring Russian stock market in the second half of the year. The football world is looking for the ideal team for Ye Qiu, as soon as the money is in place, Ye Qiu will immediately enter into negotiations.

As for this, Ye Qiu definitely wouldn't tell Ferguson.

In June, Ye Qiu was unwilling to leave Huang Chu for a moment.

Not only him, Ye Changming and Huang Jinsong also live in London, guarding their wife and daughter, waiting for the birth of their granddaughter.

It happened to be the suspension period, and Ye Qiu didn't have much to do. In his spare time, he just read some materials and papers related to tactics and head coaches in the study room, and also took a look at some essence and tactical concepts of other head coaches.

In fact, Ye Qiu discovered a problem when he played Benitez's Liverpool, that is, he had a weakness in defensive training.

Or should I put it this way, Ye Qiu is unique in his training of offense and ball control, because his personality tends to attack, so when he studies other people's things, he tends to study other people's offense more and ignores it. Some defense.

When was the last time Ye Qiu studied defense?
When he first coached Ajax, Ye Qiu at that time synthesized the understanding of defense by Rehhagel, Sacchi, Michels and others, and came up with an overall defensive system, but this system was nothing more than It is a big framework, but the specific details and arrangements are not what Ye Qiu is good at. Even Ye Qiu's coaching staff is not good at this.

Ten Carter is characterized by ball control and training, but he is not very good at tactics, and he is not good at defense.

Therefore, looking at the teams that Ye Qiu has coached in the past, they basically relied on combining the individual abilities of the players into an organic whole to support the defense. This can indeed form a very solid defensive system, but this is not the case. It's just part of the defensive tactics.

In his spare time, Ye Qiu went to study the defense carefully, and to study the defense, it was natural to study the Italian defensive system. Among them, the most recommended defensive system construction paper in the store was called [About the Four-Back] The movement and coordination of players in the construction of the defensive system].

In the evaluation and explanation given by the store, it is believed that this set of defensive theory is the most in line with the modern football defensive concept, and it is also the most suitable for the team to play a set of defensive strength, and this is not just a set of tactics, but also a A set of defensive training methods.

In this set of papers, Ye Qiu noticed that it puts a lot of emphasis on movement, but it is not a blind movement, but a targeted movement that predicts the offensive side, and it believes that a very important point in defense is to move the opponent Go wide and force him to slow down and bide his time.

In terms of counterattack prevention, it focuses on the protection of the weak side and how to prevent the opponent from attacking one's weak side. This is the key point in counterattack prevention, and it is also the weakness and deficiency of almost all offensive teams.

The last thing that Ye Qiu appreciates the most, and the point that Ye Qiu has always emphasized and insisted on, is to predict the opponent's passing route and block and intercept it. This is undoubtedly the point that Ye Qiu is most in tune with.

In addition, he also listed his own evaluation criteria for the selection of defensive players. For example, the central defender should have enough confidence, be able to command the entire defense line and issue orders instead of the head coach, have good skills and accurate long passes, not bad Pace, effective marking, and an excellent header.

The most important thing is to have the tactical understanding ability to read the game, and have a good grasp of the team's timing of team defense and personal defense.

The most ideal combination of central defenders is an excellent man-marking and an uphill sweep.

The choice of a full back is to have excellent defensive and offensive capabilities, be able to provide width to the team's offense anytime and anywhere, and at the same time be able to use the space left by teammates. The meaning of the last sentence actually refers to inserting behind. offensive ability.

Quick, excellent long and short passes, high-speed dribbling and excellent crossing ability, these are the qualities that a full-back should have.

Seeing his requirements for players, Ye Qiu had to smile wryly, where in this world can there be such a perfect player?
But I still have to say, this person's taste is really similar to Ye Qiu's, very similar, both of them are heavy tastes!
If the above is just a general framework, then the details of the defensive training followed by him, as well as his explanation of the movement of the defense line and the position of the defense, made Ye Qiu's eyes shine.

He advocated the use of oblique lines and pyramids. Needless to say, oblique lines are easy to understand, and the pyramid shape is actually a triangle, except that the triangle is composed of three players, while he is composed of four players. The other player is at the same position as the last player, which is regarded as the base of the pyramid, and can be delayed at any time.

That is to say, when the opponent's player with the ball breaks through the defensive point at the apex of the triangle, the No.4 player immediately drags back to form a triangle defensive zone.

Here we must talk about the protection theory of defense.

Everyone knows that using points to break through is the best way to break the defense. For example, using a player's personal ability to break through the opponent's point, and then disintegrate the opponent's entire defensive system.

But when the attacker finds this, the defender immediately evolves, that is protection.

How to protect?

Manufacturing depth means adopting multi-level protection echelons.

The triangle has only two layers, but now a fourth person has been added to this defensive system. The fourth person will delay the defense anytime and anywhere according to the situation on the field, and then create a triangle defensive area, which virtually forms three layers of protection.

It must also be said that the more layers the better, it depends on what tactics you like to use.

To put it simply, teams that like to create offsides don't like multi-level defenses, because multi-level defenses are not suitable for offsides, and it is easy for the players in front to run out of the offside trap, but the players behind have not yet come out, and the offside fails directly.

And if it is facing an attack head-on, multi-layer protection is very important, because a single layer is too thin and easy to be broken through.

Then the problem arises. Multi-layers focus on depth, so the width defense is definitely not as good as a single layer. For the same four players, if you pull them into a straight line and form a diamond shape, the defensive depth and defensive width must be different.

Therefore, strictly speaking, whether it is a single-layer defense or a multi-layer defense, there is no distinction between good and bad. It can only be said that different changes are made according to different situations on the field. It is also divided into slash positions and parallel positions. The former is to create as much defensive depth as possible while having a certain tactical width.

To use an easy-to-understand example, when the enemy attacks from the side, a single layer of defense is required, while when the ball comes to the middle, it must be a multi-layered defense. Need to adapt to changing circumstances.

And this set of defensive concepts also includes discussions and research on a series of defensive details about counter-stealing after losing the ball, and he even listed some specific training methods to achieve this goal.

The goal of the defense line given by this person in the end is an elastic band that moves in unison, can be tightened or loosened, and can be retracted or released.

This set of theories really made Ye Qiu's eyes shine. The Italians' understanding of the defensive system is indeed unique. At the very least, they can study the construction of the defensive system to such a deep level. This is indeed an outsider. so hard to understand.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu suddenly realized that he didn't seem to know the name of this person.

Originally, he thought it should be Capello, Sacchi, Lippi at the very least, and Ancelotti, Mancini and the like at the worst, but what he didn't expect was that the author of this article was a Former legendary superstar, now AC Milan assistant coach Mauro Tassotti.

Ye Qiu was surprised by this, but he also thought that AC Milan's defense line has grown old in the past few years. Many people think that it is the Milan laboratory and Ancelotti's role, but this article by Mauro Tassotti But Ye Qiu believed that Mauro Tassotti must have played a vital role, or even a core role, in the defensive layout of the entire team at the very least.

"Talent, talent, if you have the opportunity, you must meet him!" Ye Qiu was really interested in him.

Because defense has always been his weakness!
(End of this chapter)