Super Marshal

If it is said that before this, everyone in Manchester City has been mentally prepared for Alpine's lofty status, then the first core high-level meeting of the new season, through Mansour's video, Mubarak's endorsement, thoroughly Established the absolute authority of Gao Han in the team.

Manchester City's amazing investment of more than 400 million euros this season is entirely for the purpose of conducting an unprecedented test for Alpine.

If this experiment is successful, then the status of Gao Han in Europe and even the world football will undoubtedly go further, until the title of God.

Because looking at the history of European football for more than 100 years, there has never been such an experiment.

At that time, Chelsea was halfway successful, but suddenly died midway. At that time, Chelsea's head coach was also cold.

After the first core high-level meeting, led by Gao Han, general manager Paul Footley, chief assistant coach Brian Kidd, youth training director Rudolf Borelli, and scout department director David Harrison Etc., another technical department seminar was held in the same conference room.

This is also proposed by Gao Han.

As a head coach, he needs to let all his assistants and subordinates understand his thoughts and ideas and understand his tactical intentions from the very beginning.

Everyone knows he wants to test, but how? Which direction do you try? To what extent?

These are all questions, and they all need a quasi-trust from Gao Han.

The first problem is that Alpine decided to implement a three-back decision. Many people have reservations, especially England coach Brian Kidd, who thinks that the three-back style is difficult to succeed in the Premier League.

"The Premier League’s league structure is very different from Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga. It is fast, has a strong impact, and the rhythm changes are particularly obvious, especially on the wing. Now every Premier League team has its own wing skills. Three guards play styles, especially those who do not have conventional wing defenders. How do we guard our wing?"

Brian Kidd seems to still have some ideas. When he said this, he kept watching Gao Han, as if he was looking at Gao Han's face, for fear that he would annoy the super famous European football coach when he rebutted in public.

Gao Han noticed his eyes and smiled slightly, "It's okay, Brian, we are a team. I said, everyone is meeting and discussing now and speaking freely, even if you point to my nose in front of everyone and curse, as long as you say something. I accept everything."

Paul Footley is also very aware of Gao Han's temper, and nodded: "I can testify to this. You can scold him, and I will take care of it if something happens."

This immediately caused everyone in the conference room to burst into laughter.

The advantage of having an acquaintance is here. If Gao Han is only talking about it, others must still be puzzled, but when Paul Futrey came forward to say this, everyone would believe it.

"I have been coaching in the top league since the 1980s. I have witnessed the technical and tactical changes in the English League. In fact, as early as the 1980s and 1990s, many famous coaches were constantly experimenting and bravely innovating. The defender system has also been used by many people, but it has not been popular in the Premier League. This is not without reason."

As a Premier League veteran, Brian Kidd is very familiar with the Premier League, and he is also very interested in it. He nodded and said: "Then please elaborate, Brian."

Brian Kidd thought for a while, "Everyone should know that when Wenger took over Arsenal, many people mentioned the five old defenders. This is from the time of George Graham. They played fiercely. Football, and won the league championship after more than ten years in the 1988-89 season."

When he said this, Brian Kidd stopped again and sorted out his thoughts.

"I still remember clearly that in the final round of the season, Arsenal, who ranked second in the standings, was three points behind the leaders Liverpool. Only by defeating their opponents at Anfield could they be able to counterattack and win the championship. At the time, Liverpool The defense topped the entire Premier League. As a result, George Graham formed a three-back formation on the road and attacked at full speed."

"As a result, in that final, Arsenal defeated Liverpool 2-0 and the Gunners won the championship."

Although everyone just listened, they could feel Graham’s vigor and vigor from Brian Kidd’s words, and he dared to make bold changes at this critical moment, and eventually defeat his opponent. Graham was the champion. It's worth it.

"Perhaps it was influenced by Graham. Later, more and more Premier League coaches began to try the three-back style, including Chelsea player and coach Hoddle. He also tried the three-back style, but the result was never Did not let Chelsea rank in the top ten in the league."

"You know, after Chelsea upgraded from the second level, they won the top five in the league in the first season. The team has famous players including Gullit, Hoddle, Mark Hughes, Petlescu, etc., and the strength is not Poor, but it turned out that Chelsea's best result was the eleventh in the league, reaching the FA Cup final, but was won by Manchester United 4-0."

"What's more interesting is that after Hoddle left, Chelsea's worst record so far is sixth in the league."

"However, during the same period, Liverpool coach Roy Evans also used a three-back style. As a result, his results have improved by leaps and bounds, occupying the top four in the league for four consecutive years, and even being very close to the league championship at one point. But at a critical moment, he lost one to three. I gave Manchester United, missed the chance to reach the top, and ultimately failed to win the championship."

Gao Han nodded his head again and again. Brian Kidd is indeed experienced. Speaking of these dusty past, it is a treasure, and if Gao Han remembers correctly, he should be Ferguson's right-hand man in the 1990s. These historical events For him, those who have experienced personally tend to have more weight.

"The most impressive three-back was the England national team. McLaren faced Croatia in the 2008 European Cup qualifiers. The result was terrible and finally defeated."

After listening to Brian Kidd’s words in silence, Gao Han nodded and said: "Thank you, Brian, you let me know about Yingyu's efforts in the past few years, but I want to talk about my views now."

Brian Kidd and everyone else also nodded and listened very carefully. Some even took notes.

"As early as two years ago at the European Head Coach Summit, I had discussions with Ferguson, Benitez, Wenger, Guardiola and Ancelotti. The focus was on the three backs, and what we reached When the consensus is reached, the defense of the three guards will not be a problem."

"Why do you say that? Because the current defense is mainly based on the whole, relying on coordinated operations, even if the space is more generous wing, it is the same, so the quality of defense does not depend on whether we have wing defenders. , But it depends on the meticulous degree of defensive formation, as well as player execution and placement rate."

Everyone has to agree with Gao Han's judgment, because this has long become the consensus of the top European teams.

In Atletico Madrid, in Inter Milan, in Bayern Munich, Alpine resolutely adopted a single midfielder, and still a technical single midfielder, but as a result, his defense has not had any problems.

And like Barcelona, ​​in the three midfielders, Xavi and Iniesta are both creative and technical players. Busquets is not a traditional defensive player, but is their defense a problem?

"With this consensus, then we can continue to talk." Gao Han said slowly.

"As early as when I was coaching Chelsea, my midfielder Deco told me one thing. He said that the Premier League's pressing and pressing is very fast, often because he has just received a pass from his teammate and has not stopped. The defensive player rushed forward, forcing him to pass it out as soon as possible."

When everyone heard this, they all nodded tacitly. This is indeed a feature of the Premier League, fast-paced offense and defense.

"A lot of people understand this is that transmission and control play can't be played in the Premier League, but I don't think so. Even on the contrary, I would be happy to let the opponent press and play, using a phrase that is widely popular on the football field. In other words, the ball is always faster than the other person. The reason why the passing style is restrained is because the passing technique is not solid enough, the speed is not fast enough, and there are not enough contact points. It has nothing to do with the opponent's play itself."

Gao Han has always believed that the pass-and-control play is based on me, and there is no need to consider the opponent's tactical play. Whether they want to press, push, or stick to the restricted area, they have nothing to do with their own side.

A team that likes to press and snatch, it's not that Alpine has never encountered it. The result?

As long as the pass is played well, the opponent will often die more miserably, and it is horrible.

"In my opinion, in the past few years, the biggest improvement in the Premier League, or it should be said, the biggest improvement brought to the Premier League by coaches such as Wenger, Benitez, and many high-level foreign players lies in the precision two. Words."

After Gao Han said this, everyone in the room was very surprised, and Brian Kidd frowned, as if thinking about the meaning of Gao Han's words.

"Passing and receiving, running, pitching, marking... all of this has become more accurate, and many traditional English players, including Gerrard and Lampard, UU reading www.uukanshu.com They seem to be brave, capable of offensive and defensive, capable of attacking forward, and defensive back, but their effect is far less than it seems on the surface because they are not precise enough."

Brian Kidd is not young, he has assisted many head coaches, and he can be considered as a human being. Naturally, he can hear the implication of the cold, that is, the Premier League is too crude from the player level to the technical and tactical level.

But this sentence is undoubtedly too heavy. It is good to talk about it here. If it is spread out, it will definitely be sprayed to death by the saliva of the British fans. As a veteran coach, Brian Kidd has to admit, Gao Han's words hit the nail on the head.

Why can Ferguson's Class of 92 sweep the Premier League?

The skillful and precise passing and transfer of the golden four midfielders are indispensable. They are like elevated gun barrels. The black wind and Van Nistelrooy in front of them are in the frontcourt and ran out. Neutral means where to play.

Why can Wenger's Arsenal be invincible?

You know, when Wenger first came to the Premier League, he had alcoholism, irregular life schedules, and messy training. This was the norm in the Premier League, but he completely changed these bad habits of Arsenal.

And the players he brought in such as Pires, Bergkamp, ​​Henry, Vieira, Ljungberg, etc., have made Arsenal's overall technical and tactical level more meticulous and more precise.

Alpine, Mourinho and Rijkaard’s Chelsea, Benitez’s Liverpool...

Brian Kidd had to admit that Gao Han was right.

Perhaps, many people will miss the passionate bravery of the early Premier League, but the Premier League in the past few years is gradually leaning towards the continental style, making themselves more precise and more delicate.

Suddenly, Brian Kidd's eyes lit up, if he could get something.