The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 358 The World's Chief Assistant Coach
He wore a black suit with a white shirt and a sky blue tie. He had a short half-inch hair and his temples were already graying, but he still maintained a standard figure similar to that of his player days.

Mauro Tassotti's first impression on Ye Qiu was quite good, at least in terms of image.

In fact, it is definitely not easy to maintain the figure of Mauro Tassotti after the player retires. I have not seen that Ancelotti is so fat now, and quite a few players will gain weight after retirement. It is because of drugs, and secondly, it is one of the sequelae of players retiring.

Mauro Tassotti should be a person who is strict with himself and has high demands on himself!
This was Ye Qiu's first impression of Mauro Tassotti, and he was quite satisfied.

The two met for the first time, but they didn't have much politeness with each other, because Ye Qiu didn't like politeness, and Mauro Tassotti looked gentle and gentle, and there wasn't much red tape, so the two sat down facing each other.

"I just came from the city of Turin, and I wanted to meet you by the way!" Ye Qiu explained the reason for his trip with a smile, "You know, I read the paper you wrote in the coach training class. I was really surprised at the time, and I was thinking at the time, I must have a good talk with this person when I have the opportunity.”

Mauro Tassotti was taken aback. He had indeed written a paper, but he had actually forgotten about it, not to mention that no one had ever mentioned it to him, because it was just a paper for It's just a thesis for getting the coach's certificate. It's insignificant and inconspicuous. Even in the field of football, no one will pay attention to it.

But because of that paper, Ye Qiu found a lot of contacts, just to meet and talk with him.

"First of all, I think I have to dispel your doubts. I really appreciate you very much, but the purpose of my trip is mainly for academic discussions, because I always want to break through myself." Ye Qiu's attitude seemed very serious sincere.

Mauro Tassotti was not surprised by this, because Ye Qiu has always given people the impression of breaking through himself, but he still smiled and maintained a polite manner, "I think you are now one of the best in the world. It's really not easy to be famous, but still have such thoughts, and it's very humble."

Ye Qiu also smiled after hearing this, shook his head and said: "Don't talk about those fake names, I don't care about those fake names, but I am really interested to know how you can ensure the movement and defense of the defensive players you proposed. The smooth transition of the team's defense between multi-level, single-level and diagonal defense?"

As soon as Ye Qiu's question was asked, Mauro Tassotti knew immediately that Ye Qiu had indeed read his paper, and he read it very carefully, because the question he asked was the result of reading the entire paper. a doubt.

Now, he has really discovered that the purpose of Ye Qiu's trip is indeed only an academic discussion, at least, poaching is only secondary.

"This is a very complicated matter. It is the systematic engineering of the entire defensive system. It is very troublesome to say!" In fact, the concepts described and conveyed in the paper have become the defensive trend and trend of modern football.

For this, he is still a little proud, but no one else knows it.

"It's okay, if you ask me to drink, I don't have time, but I have a lot of time to discuss this!" Ye Qiu smiled and indicated that he could speak freely and listen attentively.

Mauro Tassotti's idea is actually to ensure that the team can skillfully use and switch this set of defensive tactics through training and various training methods. Among them, he gave a very interesting example, That is when Sacchi led AC Milan, he used a set of shadow training methods.

At that time, the opponent was Real Madrid. Real Madrid sent scouts to spy on AC Milan's training situation, but the scouts finally reported that Sacchi let the team's players play a game for 10 minutes on a standard-sized training field. A game where there is only yourself and no enemies.

"As we all know, in order to make the training closer to the actual competition, all training must have an opponent. This is a consensus, but in fact, the most powerful opponent will never be our enemy, but ourselves, because no one is better than We are more aware of our own strengths and weaknesses, so we ourselves are our own worst enemy."

The core of shadow training is to train yourself with your most powerful enemy!

Of course, not any team can do this, and now there are many training methods that can achieve this goal, such as studying game videos, or using semi-hypnotic methods to let players review their mistakes repeatedly and know themselves The deficiencies and weaknesses, as well as the ways and means to be improved.

The most important meaning of shadow training is that the team has skilled off-the-ball running, outstanding coordination, and an amazing overall tactical system. Only when these points are achieved can they be qualified to use shadow training.

While Mauro Tassotti explained his defensive philosophy, he also mentioned a lot of Serie A, and even some training methods he and the Milan coaching staff came up with. Of course, it is only a rough framework, and it is not secret, no Will cause a leak.

He explained his defensive thinking through this combination of training.

"Do you know?" Ye Qiu waited until he had finished speaking his thoughts, and then expressed his doubts and experiences.

"I have been in Ajax for four years. I have a deep understanding of the team's tactics, and I have also been very familiar with Michels' total defense, and we all know that the ball cannot advance. There are almost two ways, penetration and air cut, the former is to catch the ball and advance, and the latter is to make an air cut.”

To put it simply, the former is the advancement formed by receiving the ball or passing or breaking through, while the latter is running to the neutral position to catch the ball.

The former is for man-marking, and the latter is for zone-marking. Since modern defensive tactics are a mixture of man-marking and zone-marking, the general offensive tactics are also a mixture of penetration and air cutting. If you use man-to-man, I will use penetration to attack, if you use zone defense, I will use air cuts to advance, and I will change as you change. This is pertinence!
Mauro Tassotti has been playing football for so many years, and he is still very familiar with these basic things. He kept nodding and listened patiently, because he now believes very much that Ye Qiu's trip is for seeking solutions.

"I also came to a conclusion that the restriction of defense is mainly reflected in four aspects. First, the game of mutual speed, second, individual defense, third, formation coverage, and fourth, prevention of unpredictability."

Needless to say about speed, playing fast and slow has always been the biggest advantage of offense, so how to limit the speed of the opponent is an important key to all defenses; the second point is the player's personal defensive ability; the third point is the ball The team's formation coverage, but here is not only the coverage of the team, but also the running distance of the players after implementing this set of tactics.

Everyone knows that if you have the ability to cover all the court space, your defense cannot be broken, but the question is, can your players do this?Can you guarantee that your players run and sprint like Ferrari every minute?

impossible!

Players must maintain a fast and slow rhythm during the game. Fast is to achieve the goal, while slow is for rest, brewing and adjustment.

Therefore, in many cases, the third point is precisely the foundation and core of a set of defensive tactics.

The fourth is to consider the rapid changes on the court. After some sudden changes, how the team can quickly stabilize the situation and regroup in the shortest time, or before the offensive team uses this change to break your defense. Own defensive system, and maintain compactness and integrity.

In theory, the fourth is the key to how effective a defensive system can be, because every game is full of unpredictability, and accidents happen anytime, anywhere.

Michels' total defense can actually solve the first and fourth points very well, because they can use the tight integrity to limit the speed of the opponent, and at the same time, they can achieve the shortest time from the tight integrity Reorganize the defense system.

The second point is actually out of the scope of tactics, because it is a manifestation of the individual strength of the players and the tacit cooperation of the team.

And the third point is that Ye Qiu has been groping for a long time, and it is also his weakness.

"I found that football is a combination of contradictions. We all know to keep the formation compact, but after the formation is compact, our coverage area will inevitably become smaller. We must shift the defensive focus to the left to ensure that we can invest enough troops on the left to maximize the possibility of regaining the ball."

"But in this way, there will inevitably be a large gap on our right side, which will become our new weakness and the opponent's key attack area. I have tried to study chain defense, but the effect is relatively mediocre!" Ye Qiu is not afraid to confess his shortcomings and weaknesses, because with his current status, no one would laugh at him.

After thinking about it for a while, Mauro Tassotti asked the waiter for a few pieces of paper and a pen, explained to Ye Qiu directly on the pen and paper, and drew some offensive and defensive maps, such as how he emphasized the player's slash Defense, but the oblique line here does not form a straight oblique line, but decides one's own position after comprehensive consideration of many aspects such as one's own speed and defense awareness.

This is also the same as what the tactics emphasize. 433 does not mean that the three midfielders are in parallel positions. One can be very forward, one can stand to the right, one can be far behind and to the left, and the two wingers can also be one to the left. Left, one center, depending on one's own characteristics, as long as the player's characteristics and advantages can be brought into play, that is a good tactic.

Tactical formations are just dead objects, let's see who is using them!
It is also player B who assists player A in defense, what distance should B keep from A?
If the explosive power is strong, the distance can be extended appropriately. If the explosive power is weak, it should be closer. There is also the speed of reaction. Those who react quickly can be closer, and those who react slowly should be farther away. These are all based on the player's own ability. It is meaningless to make a choice based on the characteristics and characteristics, rather than the unchanging requirement to say as far as possible.

Mauro Tassotti's understanding of defense is obviously more in-depth and thorough. He clearly explained to Ye Qiu how to spread the defense, while keeping the area compact, and avoiding his own loopholes from being exploited by the opponent to the greatest extent. .

In the final analysis, there is still one point in the final analysis. It is impossible for any defense not to have flaws under the opponent's attack. The question is how to prevent the opponent from scoring before or when the opponent is using the flaw after you have a flaw.

Isn't the ultimate goal of defense to prevent the opponent from scoring?

It's not that Ye Qiu doesn't understand a lot of truths, he understands them very well and is familiar with them, but now he finds that the same things are used in two completely different ways in his hands and in Mauro Tassotti's hands. And Ye Qiu deeply agrees with Mauro Tassotti's idea, that is, when instilling players with tactical theories and how to choose positions and how to respond, it should help them understand these rules and understand them. Understand why you are doing this and for what purpose.

Purpose, this is what Ye Qiu has always emphasized!
"Well said, well said!" Ye Qiu was very impressed, and even applauded, because he realized that he might be very good at attacking, but in defense, as a defender for a lifetime, he once played in Sacchi, Capet, etc. For Mauro Tassotti, who plays under the command of famous coaches such as Ronaldo and has been influenced by the rigorous tactical system of Serie A for a long time, his understanding of defense is actually still very superficial.

Of course, Ye Qiu's deficiencies in defense do not lie in the framework and theory, but in the details.

And it turns out that the details are often the most critical and important!
Regarding the appreciation from Ye Qiu, Mauro Tassotti was modest and polite. He now has full confidence in Ye Qiu, because he can discuss and study such boring defensive details with him for a long time. It is impossible to be truly interested, and he even believes that most of the head coaches, including Ancelotti, do not have this kind of interest.

"I'll ask another question!" Ye Qiu finally asked, and this question was also the one he most wanted to get answered during this trip.

"Say it!" Mauro Tassotti nodded with a smile.

Ye Qiu thought for a while, "I found that you and Italy's defense is more focused on defensive organization, at best it is to use midfielders. Of course, I'm not saying that you don't pay attention to the defense of the frontcourt. My It means, have you ever thought about extending this defensive system from the back line to the front?"

"What do you mean?" Mauro Tassotti didn't quite understand Ye Qiu's words. The line of defense is the line of defense. Why extend it forward?
Ye Qiu thought for a while, "Your defensive system is composed of 4 to 6 players. It may not be able to be composed of 11 players. From front to back, one link is linked to another, and a tight organization is formed. Compact and uniform defensive system at the same time?"

The defense advocated by Mauro Tassotti is actually not a simple Italian chain defense. It contains a lot of offensive elements, and even to a certain extent, it is also applicable to the construction of an offensive system, because offense and defense often It's like two sides of a coin, or two different expressions of the same core.

This is why Sacchi and other world famous coaches say that a team that is really good at defense must also be good at offense!

"You mean, integrate it into Michels' Total Defense?" Mauro Tassotti immediately understood, and felt a little bright.

"Actually, if you extend it to the whole team, it's total defense!" Ye Qiu felt that he must be right.

Of course, it is not defense here, but some principles and core elements mentioned by Mauro Tassotti.

Ye Qiu was even thinking, Ajax under Michels, Ajax under Van Gaal, AC Milan under Sacchi, and Barcelona under Pep Guardiola in his previous life. The obvious feature is that it is difficult for you to clearly distinguish their offense and defense.

Even by extension, for all the outstanding top teams, it is difficult for you to distinguish offense and defense, because they often integrate offense and defense the best and find their own tactical methods.

Just like Chelsea under Ye Qiu's coaching, the three midfielders seem to focus on defense, but when the team's defense line presses forward and the three midfielders form a strong pressure and press near the opponent's 30-meter area, only one interception is needed It can create murderous intent. At this time, do you say it is offensive or defensive?
With the development of football tactics to the present, integration is inevitable, the integration of offense and defense, the integration of technical ball control and physical strength, and even the integration of the styles of teams such as the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, and Bundesliga, and the technical styles of Europe, Africa, and South America. Fusion, everything that can be fused will eventually be fused.

"I must not be wrong, and I also believe that I am not wrong, because we have found the key!" Ye Qiu smiled and walked to Mauro Tassotti's side, patted him on the shoulder, and looked a little excited , because he finally saw clearly how he should go next, he would not make a mistake!
"A key that will put us and our team in history and immortality!"

Just like Michels' Total Attack and Total Defense, just like Sacchi's Milan Dynasty, they are immortal!

Mauro Tassotti also discovered this. He is also very clear that what he knows, combined with Ye Qiu's understanding and comprehension of football, will finally bear fruit like this, which is absolutely unexpected. His surprise.

Not only did Ye Qiu figure out his goal, he also figured it out, because he knew that only defending was not enough for him to become a top coach, he had to learn more, and according to the current football trend , he must integrate more styles and elements, and he must get in touch with more things he is not familiar with or understands.

Staying in AC Milan can indeed do this, but it is very limited, because he already knows everything here, even if Ancelotti plays the so-called 4 No. 10 football, there are still many problems and problems. Insufficient, if it was in normal times, he would choose to stay at AC Milan, but now, he is a little restless.

"Come with me to the Premier League, come to my team to help me, I will give you a higher salary than in AC Milan, more space to play, and more importantly, let's learn and grasp this key together, To create what we see!"

After speaking, Ye Qiu stretched out his right hand and extended an invitation to Mauro Tassotti.

Mauro Tassotti hesitated for a while. Even now, he still maintains a certain sense of reason. Many thoughts and considerations have passed through his mind, including whether he can persuade the AC Milan management to let him leave. In the end, he felt that it was feasible, so he stretched out his hand and held it with Ye Qiu.

This grip made Ye Qiu feel relieved, because he finally found an assistant who could complement him!
In the words of FM Football Manager, Mauro Tassotti, the world's chief assistant coach!

(End of this chapter)