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Chapter 145 Walking on One Leg (Two Chapters in One)

"Coach Rangnick, do you have anything to say about the team losing the first leg?"

"It was previously reported by the media that after last week's Champions League match, the players held a private party! Do you know about this? Do you think the players' sluggish performance in this game has something to do with it?"

The game had just ended, and Rangnick hadn't had time to return to the visiting team's locker room.

In the player tunnel, he was stopped by reporters.

"I am very sorry for the loss of this game!"

When the reporter asked questions, he had already set a position for Rangnick.

But the intention to make trouble was too obvious, and the seasoned Rangnick was not fooled.

"Regarding this game, the coaching staff did not prepare enough before the game. In addition, we also underestimated the opponent's determination to win this game."

"I'm sorry for getting the team into this predicament because of those two factors."

"The team lost this game, and the main responsibility lies with me!"

Facing the camera, Rangnick was very calm.

He took the blame for losing the game directly on him.

"Everyone knows that the Champions League match against Manchester United is a very big test for the team! It has a great impact on the players' physical fitness and competitive state!"

"With that in mind, we also carried out a proper rotation in the league game against Valencia three days ago."

"In general, in this game, the problems shown by the team have little to do with the players' competitive state!"

After decades of coaching career, Rangnick has long understood a truth——

Coaches and players honor and disgrace!
Criticizing and blaming players in public doesn't do any good, it just makes the dressing room worse.

As for whether there is really a problem with the players themselves, this can be discussed in private.

"In this game, our players showed tenacious fighting spirit, and I am proud of their performance!"

"It's a pity that our opponents did better in the details, so they won the game."

"However, I believe that after returning to the home court, we are fully capable of completing the comeback!"

"Because our players are good enough, the coaching staff has 100% trust in these good players!!"

Afraid that the reporter would dig another hole for him, Rangnick hurried back to the locker room after finishing speaking.

The interview can be conducted at any time, and what he is more anxious now is to find a solution to the second round!
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"Everyone, regarding yesterday's game, I would like to hear what everyone thinks?"

The team had just returned to Barcelona, ​​and the first thing Rangnick did was to gather the players to analyze and review the previous game.

For many traditional coaches, every decision they make is the result of the coaching team.

But Rangnick is slightly different from them. He is more willing to let the players participate in the discussion process.

He believes that from the perspective of technical and tactical executors, solutions to problems can often be found faster and more accurately.

"Yesterday's game, my performance was very poor!"

While the others were still scratching their heads and thinking, Menino stood up straight away.

"For the opponent's second goal, it was my duty to defend from the back. But at that time, I was attracted by the opponent's running player."

"I'm sorry, coach! I didn't perform the task you gave me!"

Menino apologized and lowered his head in embarrassment.

In his opinion, the purpose of Rangnick's meeting today is to criticize the players who made mistakes in yesterday's game.

Instead of asking Rangnick to criticize by name, it is better to stand up and admit it.

But obviously, he would be wrong.

Rangnick waved his hand, motioning for him to sit down.

"Menino, it's good that you take the initiative to admit your mistakes!"

"In that corner kick defense, you did not appear where you should appear! For this, you must always bear in mind!"

"However, this matter is not the topic I want to discuss today."

"Compared to this, what I want to know more is everyone's views on the team's offense."

Rangnick looked around at the players and found that many people showed doubts.

"Everyone, a game lasts more than 90 minutes. So there are some negligence in defense, I can fully understand!"

"But what I want to know is why we haven't scored even one goal against Athletic Bilbao, who are sixth in the league!"

"What you need to know is that before yesterday's game, we had only one game with 0 goals!"

"So can anyone tell me why our offense was misfired in yesterday's game?"

Rangnick's voice was not high, but there was a sense of sternness in his words.

After understanding what he meant, Alba opened his voice and expressed his own thoughts.

"I think our offensive method is too simple and single!"

Alba's words aroused Rangnick's interest, and he pointed at Alba:
"Alba, don't worry! Tell me what you think in detail."

Alba nodded and continued:

"In yesterday's game, Qin was completely restricted by the opponent's players! Many times, I wanted to find a cooperation with him, but I couldn't find a better opportunity."

"Horizontally, Menino can provide me with limited support. Vertically, I need to face the two-person defense of the opponent's full-back and full-back."

"So on the offensive end, there is always a feeling of isolation on my side!"

Hearing Alba mentioning himself in his speech, the young Menino also blushed and touched his head embarrassingly.

Although through daily training, his foot skills and passing ability have improved.

But in high-intensity games, it is still difficult for him to provide more options for the team's offense.

"Mr. Rangnick, in my position, it's also very uncomfortable to play!"

Alba's speech made De Jong also active, and he raised his hand.

"Most of the opponent's offense is launched through their offensive core, the left midfielder Muniain. He likes to cooperate with striker Williams through penetrating through passes."

"In order to block the connection between them, I had to delay my position a little bit to protect the ribs of the formation!"

"But this also led to the fact that when our right flank gets an offensive opportunity, it is often difficult for me to provide support for Pedri!"

Pedri was deeply touched by De Jong's words, and he kept nodding.

"What about you? Qin! What do you think?"

Rangnick's question was actually aimed at Qin Ming.

But seeing him sitting in the corner and keeping silent all the time, Rangnick simply called his name.

Any ideas?
No idea at all!

Qin Ming is simply full of bitterness now.

Yesterday he was severely restricted by Sanshet. Even if he really had any idea, he had already tried it in yesterday's game.

Why wait until now to say it!

Facing Rangnick's expectant eyes, he shook his head and returned a helpless wry smile.

Qin Ming's reaction made Rangnick a little disappointed.

But he didn't go any further, instead he took out a laser pointer from his pocket.

"Everyone look here!"

In the center of the meeting room, on the huge LCD screen, there was a hotspot map of Barcelona's offense.

"On the offensive end, the distribution of the ball is too concentrated!"

Pointing to the colorful heat map, Rangnick directly gave a summary.

Compared with dry data, colorful pictures are naturally too vivid.

Everyone just glanced at it, and immediately understood what Rangnick wanted to say.

On the offensive hotspot map, Barcelona's ball possession rate on the left has reached an astonishing 45+%!

The most outrageous thing is that the ball possession rate on the right is less than 20%!

"It's no exaggeration to say that our offensive end is completely walking on one leg!"

In the eyes of Pedri and Durst, Rangnick's words are really not an exaggeration at all.

As the parties involved, they are very clear in their hearts.

The Barcelona right wing combination composed of two people contributed almost negligible goals or assists to the team.

Even to put it bluntly, despite the offensive data of his two, Barcelona's score is not much less.

"Coach Rangnick, we can't get the ball at all!"

Pedri stood up and spread his hands, with a helpless expression on his face.

Noticing his movement, Rangnick motioned for him to sit down.

"Pedry, it's okay! I understand your difficulties!"

After carefully wiping his mirror frame with the corner of his clothes, Rangnick said slightly apologetically:

"The team's offense has such a problem, the biggest problem lies with me!"

"Before, I have emphasized to everyone many times on different occasions: Our left side is the strong offensive side!"

"But I didn't explain to everyone in detail how to play the strong offensive side in the game."

"Before the team was smooth sailing, it has been covering up this problem."

"Today, since this problem has been exposed, I just happen to discuss it with everyone!"

Rangnick changed the topic, pressed the laser pointer in his hand, and a video began to play on the LCD screen.

This is an edited video, which has been accelerated and played at double speed.

The content in the video is the process of many long-established strikers leading the team's wing attack.

Dortmund's Sancho, Manchester City's Sterling, Chelsea's Hazard, Bayern Munich's Ribery
Although most of the fragments are some time ago.

But what the video wants to express, all the professional players present can understand clearly.

As the video progressed, Qin Ming's eyes shone brighter and brighter.

"After watching this video, do you have any feelings?"

After the video was played, Rangnick asked the players directly for their impressions.

As soon as his words fell, Qin Ming immediately stood up.

"Our offense lacks three-dimensionality and layering!"

Hearing Qin Ming's answer, Rangnick smiled gratifiedly.

This is the correct answer!

"Qin, you are right!"

After signaling Qin Ming to sit down, Rangnick brought out the dinner for today's meeting.

"In Dortmund's offensive system, Sancho has a lot of opportunities to get the ball from the wing! But when he attacks with the ball, Guerrero on the left wing and Ashraf on the right will press up!"

"Compared with Dortmund, Manchester City's offensive system is slightly different. After Sterling holds the ball, he will have more choices! If he cuts in, he can either choose to hit the goal or choose to cooperate with D-Silva on the wing. Next At the bottom, the inverted triangle cross or De Bruyne, who is looking for the back point to insert, are very threatening!"

"I believe Aguero should be very familiar with the diverse routines here!"

Hearing Rangnick mentioning himself, Aguero also smiled.

As the former main center of Manchester City, he is naturally very familiar with Blue Moon's offensive system.

"In the other paragraphs, Hazard or Ribery and others, I will not expand them one by one and conduct a detailed analysis. After all, their offensive ideas are very similar!"

"In general, when the team is attacking, it can have an offensive core with a high concentration of the ball. However, any complete offensive process requires many other teammates to provide rich support points for the offensive core!"

"This offensive theory also applies to our team!"

Seeing Rangnick's serious expression, Qin Ming showed a smile on his face.

He knew that next, Rangnick would use himself as the core of the offense to create a three-dimensional offensive system.

"So for us, Qin, as the core of the team's offense, has no problem at all!"

"However, this does not mean that other people do not need to participate in the attack!"

"Pedry, Durst!"

"When Qin is attacking with the ball, the two of you need to be at the far end of the right flank to provide him with corresponding support points!"

After hearing Rangnick's arrangement, Durst stood up immediately.

Let Qin Ming become the team's offensive core, he has no objection.

But he needs to figure out the boundaries between his offensive and defensive responsibilities.

"Mr. Rangnick, I have a question!"

"If the defensive pressure on the right side of the team is relatively high, do we still need to continue to press?"

"If because of this, the opponent counterattacks in the transition of offense and defense, will it not be worth the loss?"

After hearing Durst's question clearly, Rangnick smiled.

"Don't worry, Durst! I have already prepared for this question you raised!"

"In the next tactical training, you will know the solution to the problem immediately!"

After the meeting, there will be a full day of tactical training.

At the beginning of training, both Pedri and Durst showed some discomfort with the new arrangement of responsibilities.

However, with Rangnick's careful guidance, the running positions of the two are much more reasonable.

As for Qin Ming's position, Rangnick didn't say too much, just let him play freely.

After a whole day of training, the sentence Qin Ming heard the most was——

"Qin, you need to be more brave!"

Qin Ming really didn't quite understand Rangnick's order.

What does "be braver" mean?
After thinking for a long time, he could only complain silently in his heart:
"Maybe they want me to take two extra steps."

(End of this chapter)