Super Coach

A very interesting phenomenon is that throughout the winter break, Real Madrid and Barcelona did not make any signings. The two teams' strategies during the winter break were to maintain stability, which disappointed many fans who were looking forward to it.

But unlike Barcelona, ​​which had no players transferred out, Real Madrid transferred out several young players from the youth academy, but they were all Castilla players who were not young and had to go to a higher stage to continue to make progress. Among them, the most famous It is Soldado who was called into the first team by Yang Cheng this season.

There is no way to blame Yang Cheng for not giving him a chance. First of all, Villa is currently the absolute main force in the team's forward line, and his scoring momentum is very strong. Negredo is a change of high center forward, and the effect is obvious. Raul and Aquino Luo often plays as an attacking midfielder, but he can also play as a forward, so in this case, Soldado has fewer opportunities.

He performed very well in Castilla and scored a lot of goals, but seeing teammates such as Mata, Negredo, Arbeloa, and De La Red playing more roles in the first team, his bad temper became unpleasant. , so he offered to leave.

Yang Cheng also respected Soldado's decision and finally decided to let him transfer to Getafe for 4 million euros. However, Real Madrid can take Soldado back for 5 million euros in the future. However, for this clause, Yang Cheng Cheng thinks it's just a decoration.

But on the day he returned to Valdebebas, Yang Cheng made a special call to Soldado, wishing him a good performance in Getafe, and also said that if he encountered any problems, he could call him at any time. Call him and contact him.

Real Madrid and I will always support you, do your best, boy!

Yang Cheng's words moved Soldado very much. He announced his joining the local team Getafe at the press conference the next day. He said that no matter which team he goes to, Real Madrid will always be his favorite in his heart.

I regret not being able to continue playing under Mr. Yang Cheng, but I firmly believe that if anyone in this world can lead Real Madrid to the top, it must be him. He is a great coach, and I also I wish him a brilliant future at Real Madrid.

In addition to Soldado, Yang Cheng also called other youth team players who were about to leave the team and told them that no matter what difficulties they encountered outside. No matter what happens, Real Madrid is their solid backing!

Regarding Yang Cheng's move, after it was announced on the official website, fans generally gave positive reviews, thinking that Real Madrid would be better after Yang Cheng took over. The whole club started to feel more human. There is one more emotion, and it is no longer just a cold football and money-making machine as before.

Thanks to Caesar, the Real Madrid we know is finally back! fans shouted outside the training ground, holding up cards.

Send Soldado away,

Real Madrid's overall strength has not been greatly affected.

As Xabi Alonso and Mascherano's double midfielder becomes more and more solid, their cooperation with each other becomes more and more tacit, and their role in this team is also growing.

Many people find it strange. Why do Xavi Alonso and Mascherano receive so much attention from Yang Cheng? They both lack speed. They are not the kind of beasts like Essien and Gattuso who can't run away. Why does Yang Cheng pay so much attention to them?

Yang Cheng thinks. Xavi Alonso is different from Pirlo, Xavi and others. He has distinct technical characteristics. He cannot effectively get rid of the ball when he gets it, so his area of ​​effect is in front of the 32-meter area of ​​the penalty area. He has a very good sense of position and is the kind of player who relies on awareness to defend.

Mascherano is the type who can grab, entangle and break. His skills are actually not strong, and he has certain organizational skills. He is a classic defensive midfielder. He and Xavi Alonso stand side by side. In front of the 32-meter area of ​​the penalty area, sufficient protection can be formed, while ensuring the team's ball control and organizational operation.

Except for Barcelona, ​​I am afraid that few teams will place pressing and marking in the 32-meter area of ​​​​Real Madrid's penalty area, which ensures the effect of this double midfielder.

But this is only one piece of the puzzle of Real Madrid's ideal tactics in Yang Cheng's mind.

In the field of football tactics, many people say that 433 is a tactic born for control, while 4231 is a compromise for the lack of offensive ability in the backcourt, but Yang Cheng hopes to change this idea.

Because he hopes to use facts to prove that 4231 is not just a compromise for the lack of offensive ability in the backcourt, but can also be seen as an effective advancement formation that allows the backcourt to actively participate in the midfield and frontcourt offense. This is 433 and other What tactics cannot do.

When any head coach formulates tactics, the first factor to consider must be balance. Therefore, unless it is a midfield butcher like Yang Cheng's Chelsea 433, otherwise 433 must focus on pressing in the frontcourt, because in the middle Field protection is weak.

But Yang Cheng's idea of ​​4231, Xabi Alonso and Mascherano pull out the opponent's key defensive area, the midfield organization and operation will not be too restricted, and they are close to the back line and can support at any time The defense ensures that the defenders participate in the counterattack problems left after the frontcourt attack.

In other words, in the future, Real Madrid's entire defense can take turns participating in the attack. As long as the situation on the field allows, the center back can move forward with the ball. Because of the presence of Xabi Alonso and Mascherano, it is guaranteed that Real Madrid's defense can do this. Of course, it's impossible for them all to play together, which would be nonsense.

But one thing is for sure, there will definitely be a lot of assists from the full-backs, because Yang Cheng plays double midfielders to ensure that Real Madrid has enough strength and mobility to push the defense forward 10 meters, or even more. Then force the opponent to play in their own half, so full-backs like Marcelo are in line with Yang Cheng's appetite.

As tactics become more rigorous, the space on the football field is always on the wings. The center is too dense and cannot be opened. It is necessary to attack from the wings to pull, and then suddenly switch to the center to create suddenness.

From this point of view, and based on the current team's strict defensive characteristics in the midfield and backcourt, it will become more and more important to launch attacks from behind. For example, Yang Cheng's ball-holding backcourt in Barcelona's previous life, Alves' Afterwards, there is Inter Milan's Maicon. Manchester United's Evra, etc., all belong to the type of attacking from behind.

Some people even say that the full-back will become the most important position in tactics. This is a bit too much, but it is true that it will become more and more important, even sometimes. He can play the role of a playmaker, but only under certain circumstances at certain times. After all, it is very dangerous for full-backs to take the ball too much.

So for now, Yang Cheng feels that Real Madrid's overall tactics are still in the foundation stage for at least one or two years. Cannavaro, Thuram, Beckham, Raul and other players will gradually withdraw from the main lineup at the appropriate time. David Silva, Villa, Aguero, Ramos, Marcel Luo and others will gradually replace them.

But the entire update must be carried out very carefully. So far, only Yang Cheng, Paul Bayer and Benitez know about it in the Real Madrid team. Because this set of ideas was designed by them together. Others don't know it at all, otherwise everything will be in chaos.

Under the current circumstances, it is more important for Real Madrid to consolidate the existing tactical framework and urge players to maintain progress than to introduce players. Moreover, Yang Cheng has always held a preferential approach to recruiting, because he hopes that the players he introduces will be helpful to his future tactical changes.

This is also Yang Cheng's consistent recruiting strategy. Good steel is used on the blade!

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Training resumed on December 31, 2006, until January 7, 2007. During this period, Real Madrid has been making adjustments for the second half of the season. After the Christmas holiday, which is similar to the domestic New Year and Spring Festival, the physical condition of the players is generally not very ideal. Both physical fitness and condition require stimulation and adjustment.

During this rare and long training period, Yang Cheng instilled his tactical ideas into the players almost every day. Although many of his ideas have not yet been confirmed due to the team's lineup, he still hopes to The team can play better football, especially in some teamwork and offensive routines.

After half a year of cooperation, the players have generally established a certain tacit understanding, including the players' running methods for the ball, dribbling methods, technical characteristics, etc., and they have basically understood each other. The rest depends on How much can they use the tactics developed by Yang Cheng.

However, Real Madrid is indeed unlucky in terms of schedule. Their first opponent after the winter break is Deportivo La Coruna.

The Riazor Stadium has always been a nightmare for Real Madrid. Since then, Real Madrid has visited the Riazor Stadium a total of 6 times, with 2 draws and 4 losses, including a humiliating defeat of 0:3. If we move history forward, Real Madrid has not defeated Deportivo La Coruña at the Riazor Stadium for 14 years, and they have always lost more than tied.

For Real Madrid, this is as much of a nightmare as Barcelona’s Camp Nou.

After a relaxing Christmas holiday, the winter break training camp ushered in. The team's condition was generally not very ideal. In the end, Real Madrid lost to Deportivo La Coruña 0:1 at the Riazor Stadium, and the Riazor Curse returned again. be refreshed.

Compared with Barcelona, ​​which narrowly defeated Getafe 1:0 with Xavi's goal in the away game, Real Madrid lost unjustly, because their entire game was poor in terms of the number of shots, ball possession rate, number of passes, etc. It is better than Deportivo, but Villa, who has a very high shooting efficiency this season, has 0 shots on target with 6 shots, and Raul has 1 shot on target with 4 shots. As a result, Real Madrid had 18 shots in the whole game, but it was only pathetic. 3 shots on target.

With such a pitiful shooting rate, it was really difficult for Yang Cheng to answer what was going on. In the end, when he was interviewed by the media, he could only say with a wry smile that his team had encountered a curse!

Alfredo Leilano, the editor-in-chief of Aspen, was a guest on Spanish TV 4 as a guest commentator on the league broadcast. He even complained with a wry smile, Who said Real Madrid is not under a curse?

Barcelona faced Getafe. They shot 4 times and had 1 shot on target. The statistics were similar to Deportivo La Coruña. The latter shot 5 times and had 1 shot on target. However, they were able to get away from Getafe. But Real Madrid suffered its first defeat since the winter break at the Riazor Stadium.

The live TV screen at that time was focused on Yang Cheng, who couldn't help but shake his head. Unlucky Caesar, maybe he should consider asking a wizard to change his luck. I always feel that Real Madrid this season seems to be very unsmooth, and the state is always intermittent. , it is difficult to last, which part of the process went wrong?

It's hard for you to imagine that this team can annihilate Espanyol and Huelva. But they suffered a defeat in front of Deportivo La Coruna, which performed poorly this season, and couldn't even score 1 point. Yang Cheng's Real Madrid gave people The feeling is that something is missing.

When Yang Cheng faced reporters' questioning at the post-match press conference, he said that all the responsibilities lay on himself.

We lost and widened the gap with Barcelona. The responsibility definitely lies with me. I think we still have many problems that we have not done well. There are some things that I have been saying and emphasizing, but we still failed. overcome.

Speaking of which. Yang Cheng also kept shaking his head, looking helpless.

When a mature team encounters some problems, their strength and stability can minimize the impact of the problem, but we don't have such maturity and stability yet, but I still say the same thing .Give us more time. Because we are still young.

However, many reporters raised questions in person, believing that Yang Cheng asked people to give him time more than half a year ago, when the team was just formed. This is understandable, but half a year later. Real Madrid has never had a stable performance, which is unconvincing.

Mr. Yang Cheng. This is your worst performance in the first season since your coaching career! a reporter reminded.

It’s already past the winter break. Real Madrid's performance is still so ups and downs, still so unstable. This is something Yang Cheng has never experienced before in his coaching career. Everyone can see that Real Madrid has the strength, it must have it, otherwise how could it be possible to kill so many strengths? An excellent opponent, but certainly not enough.

Just like Alfredo Leilano said, it’s just the last step!

Yang Cheng didn't give any explanation. He took all the responsibilities. In fact, he knew very well what the current problems of the team were, but he couldn't say!

The reason is very simple. Real Madrid's current problem is that there are too many young players!

This can be regarded as a metabolic sequelae. So many superstars have been sent away, and many young players have been introduced and promoted. In the current main lineup, Ramos, Arbeloa, Mascherano, and Silva The four players are all young, while Cannavaro and Thuram are a bit old, making the team's stars in their prime years only Raul, Villa, Xabi Alonso and Beckham. several.

In the office the day after the game, Yang Cheng said something during the review, which was recognized by the coaching staff. He said, Our biggest problem now is that our young players haven't realized it yet. No matter how good we are, when we encounter many problems and difficulties, we don’t realize in time that we can overcome them and do better.”

That is to say, it is easy to doubt oneself and deny oneself!

And whether it is for imported players like Silva and Villa, or for youth training players like Mata and Arbeloa, putting on the Real Madrid jersey and playing for the Galacticos is both an honor and an honor. There is a lot of pressure, so when they encounter some situations, they will not know how to make choices and become cautious and timid.

Just like in the game against Deportivo, in fact, these young players performed very poorly. Ramos was even passed by Capdevila after breaking through his defense zone, assisting his teammates to score the winning goal. .

But Yang Cheng can only say these words to himself and cannot reveal them to the outside world or to the players, because this will make the young players feel that Yang Cheng has doubts about them, which will further damage their self-confidence.

Real Madrid's current situation is completely different from that of Inter Milan and Liverpool. During the Inter Milan period, although the Nerazzurri were reorganized, the players they introduced were already strong players and there were not many young rookies, so the only difference was tacit understanding and integration. As for Liverpool, in the end, At least Gerrard, Hyypia, Carragher, Riise, Murphy, Hamann and other backbones can be relied on by Yang Cheng.

Now Real Madrid is completely broken up. Except for Xabi Alonso and Casillas, everyone else has been broken up and reorganized. This makes some newly joined players and some young rookies in the team usually watch. They seem fine, but when certain circumstances arise, problems arise.

In this situation, the head coach has no choice but to be patient and wait!

Or, when the situation gets bad enough, all players can let go of their burdens!

For example, there is no hope of winning the championship, and the players have completely let go. There is no psychological pressure and burden, and it is easier to perform better.

In fact, many great comebacks and desperate counterattacks occurred under such circumstances, because at that time, although the head coach's tactics were effective, they were not significant. The real decisive factor was the momentum of the players, which was already gone anyway. It's so bad, no matter what I do, it won't be worse than it is now, so I might as well just go out and fight.

Without this momentum of a last-ditch fight, it would be impossible to achieve a great comeback.

Many people say that Inter Milan is the strongest among the teams led by Yang Cheng. In fact, in Yang Cheng's own opinion, Liverpool is stronger!

It's hard to put into words that feeling. After the Miracle in Istanbul, everyone has great trust in themselves and their teammates. Even in extremely bad situations, they all firmly believe that they can defeat their opponents. It has become a belief in their minds.

Therefore, in the second season after Istanbul, Liverpool broke out in full force. Although the head coach was changed this season, Liverpool still showed incredible fighting power, which came from this belief.

Since I was able to come back even when I was 3 goals behind Juventus, what else can I not do?

Often, this kind of belief is more valuable and helpful than any technique or tactics, because players will not doubt themselves or their teammates under any circumstances. (To be continued). ..