Football: The immortal legend on the green field

"Everyone knows that in the 70s there was a great player named Beckenbauer, who led the German team to defeat the "uncrowned king" and the then-dominant Dutch team in the 74 World Cup final."

"You must know Beckenbauer's position on the field at that time! Beckenbauer played as a "sweeper" in the German national team at that time, or a free man in the backcourt. Shen Bin played in the front position of the free man in the backcourt, which is a brand new innovation. The reason why he can play this position is that he has excellent dribbling skills, accurate long-range shooting ability, full-court vision, extraordinary organizational ability, strong anticipation and accurate positioning and interception."

"This is not something I made up. This is what Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said about him. Sir Alex Ferguson believes that Shen Bin is suitable for any of the four central positions on the field, including central defender, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder and forward, in addition to goalkeeper."

"This is not only Ferguson's judgment on Shen Bin, but also his exhortation to Shen Bin. Ferguson believes that no one can be Baresi, Pirlo, Maradona, or Ronaldo at the same time. Human energy is limited. If Shen Bin takes into account all the attributes of the above four players, he will most likely become a mediocre player in the future, or at least the probability of becoming a top superstar is very small. So Shen Bin accepted Ferguson's advice and positioned himself as the brain of the team, that is, an organizing midfielder, so that his defensive attributes will not be wasted."

“Let’s go back to the formation of the Coca-Cola Talent Training Camp U17 and hear what the experts have to say.”

Gao Haiyang turned on the big screen behind him again, and the screen came to the commentary desk, where French football legend Papin was passionately explaining: "I finally see that this is a brand new tactic for the International Youth Team, and the positioning of the players on the field has never appeared in the world.

It is incredible that at this year’s Coca-Cola Youth Summer Camp, we not only witnessed the rise of the post-85 generation, but also saw a great coach who will go down in history.

The temporary coach of the youth team, Basque, was unknown in the past. His professional experience was only as the head coach of Corinthians in the French Ligue 2 for two years, and the results were not ideal. But today he has invented a completely new set of tactics.

The international youth team played 4, 3, 2, 1. They had four defenders lined up in a row, and in front of the four defenders were three midfielders. In this way, the actual defensive personnel reached as many as seven people, which made their defense impregnable.

In the first half, Fellaini, who played as right midfielder, moved inward. He was no longer a winger, but formed a double front midfielder with Croatian Modric. Chinese Shen Bin, Fabregas and Tiote formed a three-man defense. However, these three midfielders also had division of labor. Tiote was responsible for defense, Fabregas assisted defense, but Fabregas' main job was still the brain on the field, allocating ball possession and grasping the direction of attack. The most surprising thing was the Chinese Shen Bin, who assisted Tiote in defense, checked for Tiote's mistakes, and assisted Fabregas in organizing the attack, playing the role of deputy commander. The most important thing was that he could pass a deadly threatening ball. It played a role in dispatching the attack.

There are no attacking midfielders or wingers in front of the three defensive midfielders. The previous positioning concept has been abandoned by Mr. Basque. Instead, there are two players on the left and right who are between the attacking midfielders and wingers. They are positioned on the left and right flanks of the opponent, with a real striker in the front.

We can see that the two full-backs of the International Youth Team are less capable in this regard. If they were at the level of German Lahm and Italian Maldini, it would be hard to imagine what kind of nightmare this lineup would bring to other teams in the world.

They left both flanks empty and completely handed them over to the full-backs, which required a high level of defense from the full-backs. They not only had to be good at defending, but more importantly, they had to be good at breaking through the flanks. The two flanks could boldly attack because even if the opponent switched from defense to offense, their back line would at least retain 3 to 5 defensive players, which was enough to ensure that they would not be counterattacked by the opponent. "

Gao Haiyang translated on the spot, translating Papan's commentary word for word to everyone present.

When the screen returned to the field, Gao Haiyang pressed the pause button. "You may ask when such a great coach appeared in France? Everyone knows that it is easier to learn from others' successful experience, but it is much more difficult to create something new.

After the game was over, everyone realized that this newly invented formation was not Basque. All of us, including Mr. Papin, were misled by our assumptions. If he had the ability, he would have found an opportunity to coach again more than half a year after the game. The powerful clubs in Europe would have signed him to their teams at high prices long ago.

According to Mr. Basque, everything from the players on the field to the allocation of individual positions in this game was arranged by Shen Bin. During the nearly one month of living and training together, all the U17 geniuses were impressed by Shen Bin's superb personal abilities and personal charm. Their trust in the temporary coach was far less than their trust in Shen Bin.

So he followed Shen Bin's arrangements and trusted that Shen Bin could bring him the victory that no one else could give him."

"I think everyone here must have had this experience, right? You should formulate corresponding tactics based on the characteristics of your team's personnel, and then not be bound by the situation in terms of formation.

There is no single formation that can improve a player's shooting accuracy or passing skills.

There is no formation that does not require players to coordinate with each other, and there is no formation that allows players not to run or be unwilling to run.

The formation is just a superficial thing. Coaches should see through this superficial phenomenon to see the essence of winning or losing the game - attitude determines everything."

Gao Haiyang's words caused another commotion. Although these words, which were embroidered on Milu's hat and "showed off" everywhere, were reprinted a thousand times by the media, how many people really understood the meaning of these words?

Was Milu really just putting on a show? After the Chinese team lost to South Korea, this phrase, along with another phrase "Happy Football", was criticized by many people as a gimmick and flashy. But who was creating the gimmick?

Everything Milu did in China was completely overturned. People only remember how many commercials he shot in China and how much "hard-earned money of Chinese football" he earned, but never remember his real achievements.

This naughty old Yugoslav man has never had his good intentions understood by some people in China, who are the ones who hold the right to speak and have greater power.

This is just one manifestation of the great sadness of Chinese football, and there is no need to say more.

"Three months ago, I had a long talk with Shen Bin in Amsterdam. We discussed a lot of things. His understanding of football is always different from other people's perspectives.

I also asked him about the formation he created at the Coca-Cola Summer Camp and why he didn't implement it at Haarlem.

He told me this, "We could call that formation the Christmas tree, or we could call it 4-3-2-1.

The player composition of Haarlem is not suitable for that style of play. There is no Fabregas in the team, but I can replace him. If the team has another player of Tiote's ability, they can also form a three-midfielder configuration with two defenders and a team brain. Unfortunately, Haarlem does not have that.

The key is that there is only one player in the team, Deng Zhuoxiang, who can play as a front midfielder, and there are two fast wingers in the team, Gular and Sterling. There is no need for two full-backs to assist. If they force themselves to imitate, wouldn’t it be a waste of the speed of the two wingers, Gular and Sterling. The personnel composition of Haarlem is more suitable for 4-2-3-1. ”