Chapter 421 This guy solved another worldwide tactical problem
Chapter 421 This guy has solved another worldwide tactical problem!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 421 This guy has solved another worldwide tactical problem!
After the game, Chu Zheng, Huth and other old friends chatted for a while and were about to go to the locker room, but Vardy suddenly came over.
Seeing Vardy deliberately swinging his arms in front of him, Chu Zheng flew up and kicked Vardy on the butt.
"Haha!" Vardy covered his butt and ran away, but soon turned back and put his arms around Chu Zheng's shoulders, "Chu, I did great today!"
"Bastard!" Chu Zheng rolled his eyes, but it had to be said that Vardy's shot conversion rate today was off the charts. It was like a divine help, allowing him to see the figure of England's striker who could almost lift his foot last year.
The two walked a short distance arm in arm, and Vardy, the man of the match, was called to attend the post-match media conference.
Entering the locker room, he saw Stones sitting alone in the corner in a daze, and no one came up to talk to him. Chu Zheng shook his head helplessly and went straight to his locker to sit down.
There is nothing to say about Stones' mistake from a technical perspective. Players are also human beings, and people make mistakes sometimes.
But Stones should never have made a mistake at that moment.
It's so deadly that he can't blame his teammates for being resentful of him.
The goal caused by his low-level mistake can be said to be the turning point of the game, which directly destroyed the team's morale.
If it hadn't been for this mistake, Chu Zheng felt that they might not have lost this game.
It may be difficult to overtake the score, but it should be no problem to equalize.
"Chu, are you going to attend a media interview?" After a while, Chu Zheng came out of the bathroom and saw Arteta walking in and said.
"Mikel, I'm a little tired, I won't go!" Chu Zheng hesitated briefly and then refused directly.
I'm not in the mood. What's the point of being interviewed after losing? How does it feel to be asked what it feels like to lose?
With the urinary nature of those media, they will definitely attack Stones and Guardiola and ask embarrassing questions.
If he accidentally said what he was thinking, he would no longer have to hang out in Manchester City, so he could still avoid it as much as possible.
Chu Zheng thought about how relaxed he was before at Wolfsburg and Leicester City.
Heijing and Ranieri have limited reputations, and will not be watched by fans and media like Guardiola, a world-famous coach.
Any slight mistake in the team's performance will be magnified by the media, causing the players to be under a lot of pressure.
"Okay!" Arteta shrugged, smiled, turned and left.
At the media interview after the game, after Ranieri left with a smile on his face, a large number of media reporters flocked to Guardiola.
Faced with various questions from the media, Guardiola did not show any impatience and answered them one by one with a normal expression.
"Just a few minutes into the game, we were already 0-2 behind. It is very difficult to play in such a situation, but our players also showed strong will and strong team spirit. We played well.
Difference.
But our performance in the penalty area is indeed unsatisfactory. A game can reflect many problems, especially today's game.
I won't complain about the players' performance, but I will reflect on myself and analyze the team's problems in the opponent's second offense.
But at the same time, I need to point out that this is not a problem with the team system."
Hearing Guardiola's words, a reporter suddenly asked: "Mr. Guardiola, how long do you think it will take for your players to truly adapt to your tactical system."
Guardiola smiled slightly and replied: "I don't know, it seemed like a quick process at the beginning of the season, but now it seems that we may need to spend longer, if we need to change the game.
Mentality, it will definitely take more time.”
After finishing his words, a black reporter asked again, saying: "Manchester City's defense performance today was a disaster..."
When asked whether Manchester City would introduce new defensive players in the upcoming winter transfer window, Guardiola did not hesitate and said with a straight face: "Our current defensive line configuration has played very well at the beginning of the season.
, we can persist, and at the same time we need to analyze the problem. For coaches, it takes time to find out the problem."
Guardiola gave an ambiguous answer and cleverly avoided the question.
After answering several more pointed questions in the next few minutes, Guardiola left the media interview.
More than half an hour later, the entire Manchester City team boarded the bus and returned to Manchester under the cover of darkness.
While the entire Manchester City team is still on the road, reports from major European media have come out one after another.
There was no way, there was too much information about this game, and the media rushed in like sharks smelling blood.
As expected, Stones became the focus after the game, especially his undercover assist that became the focus of media reports.
Even putting aside this fatal mistake, Stones' performance as a central defender was average throughout the first and second half.
"Kicker" directly pointed out in the report that Stones' entire 90 minutes did not provide Manchester City with the defensive quality consistent with his worth.
As the central commander among the three central defenders, he participated in the defense of Manchester City's first and third goals conceded in the first half. However, Stones, who is worth 4,750 pounds, could neither defend the opponent personally nor cut off Mahrez.
That fatal pass.
In addition to Stones, Bravo, a fellow sufferer, has also been criticized verbally and verbally by the media and fans.
Facing Leicester City's fierce counterattack today, this intelligent goalkeeper once again raised his hands and surrendered.
"Manchester Evening News" analyzed Manchester City's four goals one by one.
Among these four goals conceded, if it can be said that Bravo did his best with Andy King's long-range shot, but the remaining three times when he faced Vardy, Bravo could be said to have no ability to resist.
For the first time, Bravo faced Vardy who entered the penalty area alone and intercepted him in advance, but gave the far corner to Vardy, allowing the opponent to score a goal comfortably.
The second time, Bravo chose to attack early, but when he came out, Vardy stepped over and pushed into an empty goal.
Of course, Stones had to take the blame for the third pass error, but Bravo's attack route also made fans and the media feel incredible, which made people feel a bit self-defeating. In the end, he was humiliated by Vardy again.
In fact, the cheating performances of Stones and Bravo are nothing new to Manchester City fans.
This is not the first time Stones has made such a mistake.
As for Bravo, from the beginning of the season to now, instead of showing a convincing performance, he has made many low-level mistakes on the field, and even embarrassing scenes such as red card fouls.
Bravo's poor performance has long made some Manchester City fans miss Joe Hart, who was replaced by him and left for Serie A.
As a head coach, how could Guardiola escape criticism from the media.
Not only the media, but also some famous Premier League players came out to criticize Guardiola.
For example, Liverpool star Carragher.
Carragher publicly pointed out that Guardiola's football is full of ideals and romanticism.
But this color is vulnerable to reality.
The consequence of Guardiola's failure to compromise with reality is that Manchester City is moving away from victory.
In the Premier League, which is good at playing high and high, fighting for the second position, and emphasizing physical confrontation and high-speed counterattacks, the power of Guardiola's passing and controlling tactics has been greatly reduced.
In addition, Carragher also pointed out that Manchester City still has a fatal problem.
That is that Manchester City's defenders are incompatible with Guardiola's tactical system.
People like Kolarov, Zabaleta and others have been unable to keep up with the tactics and have become Manchester City's weaknesses. Bravo is not even the same.
Carragher actually hit the point, and his views have been recognized by many football celebrities.
In the eyes of many people, there are only two options left for Guardiola. One is to improve his style of play.
But this is almost impossible. Guardiola is famous for his paranoia, and he is also a head coach who has successfully become famous through his paranoia.
The second is to improve the players. This is simple. Manchester City has the ability to make money.
Guardiola's answer is that I have to focus on both sides, not only to improve the style of play, but also to improve the players.
The next afternoon, the remaining games of the 15th round of the Premier League ended.
After 15 rounds, the Premier League standings have also changed.
What makes Manchester City fans happy is that they are not the only ones who are unlucky this round.
Liverpool and Chelsea are also suffering from bad luck. The flying dragon is riding in the face, the spirit of decline is possessed, the bad luck is opening the door for bad luck, and the bad luck is at home.
Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw by the Hammers at Anfield.
In this game, Klopp wanted to take advantage of the advantage of home court to have a conflict with West Ham United, but he ran into a tough fight and was almost beaten to death by the rough guys from West Ham United with a hammer.
Conte's Chelsea were also suffocated by West Bromwich Albion's Super Bus at Stamford Bridge, and the two sides drew 0-0. For 90 minutes, Costa, Hazard, Willian and others took turns shooting.
Even more outrageous than Manchester City.
Arsenal, on the other hand, played a hearty game against Stoke City and easily won 3-1.
As a result, Chelsea, with 33 points, was knocked off the top spot in the Premier League by Arsenal, with 34 points.
Manchester City also fell to fourth place in the Premier League due to Liverpool's reversal in goal difference.
But fans don't pay much attention to this ranking, because the point difference is not big and the ranking can be rewritten at any time.
For current Premier League fans, what they are most worried about is not the ranking, but the upcoming Christmas death schedule.
Every year in December, it is the most intense time to win the championship.
Whether the team can win the championship this season, Christmas is an important watershed.
The standings after the intensive Christmas season are worth paying attention to.
This is also the first Christmas in Guardiola's coaching career that involves work and games. Manchester City fans are very worried about whether Guardiola, who is coaching the Premier League for the first time, can lead the team to survive this death schedule.
At noon, Arteta drove to Manchester City's training base to handle team matters.
After getting off the car, he saw Guardiola's car in the parking lot and immediately felt helpless. He felt in his heart that Guardiola was a workaholic and would not rest even on rare holidays.
But this is what Arteta admires most about Guardiola, his dedication and concentration, which allowed him to see something called love in Guardiola.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this extreme love for football that Guardiola has become a world-renowned football coach.
At this time, in Guardiola's office in the main building of the training base.
Guardiola stood on the balcony with a tactical board erected in front of him. He held an erasable pen in his ear and drew some messy tactical lines on the tactical board in front of him.
After looking at the tactical board in silence for a while, Guardiola took the erasable pen from his ear and drew a few more lines.
But the more he looked at Guardiola, the more he frowned.
"well!"
After a long time, Guardiola let out a long sigh. The excitement in his bright eyes was fading away, replaced by some helplessness.
Although he lost the game against Leicester City last night, Guardiola was not without gains.
During the match against Chelsea in the 14th round, a brand new tactic suddenly came to his mind while watching the game from the sidelines.
In last night's game against Leicester City, he further improved this new tactic.
This new tactic seems to Guardiola to really have the best of both worlds.
It can not only ensure that when the team attacks with the ball, the three central defenders formation ensures that there are enough personnel in the midfield and frontcourt to suppress the opponent, but also ensures the team's defensive intensity on the defensive end.
But when Guardiola deduced it on the tactical board, he found that this new tactical idea was completely feasible, but the defensive players held him back.
Manchester City's current defensive line configuration of players is not enough to support him in implementing this new tactic.
"Dong dong dong!"
Just when Guardiola was in a daze, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in!" Guardiola shouted without looking back.
Seeing Torrent and Arteta coming hand in hand, Guardiola's eyes lit up and he directly pulled them to the balcony.
In the blink of an eye, the three people gathered in front of the tactical board, and Guardiola demonstrated his new tactical ideas to them.
For the next ten minutes or so, Guardiola was writing and drawing on the tactical board while explaining to Arteta and Torrent.
The more Torrent heard, the more shocked they became, and their eyes widened.
"Oh my God! Pep! You are simply a genius!!" Torrent couldn't help but exclaimed after taking a deep breath.
Next to him, Arteta also looked full of admiration.
Because a problem that has troubled countless head coaches in world football was solved by Guardiola.
This paranoid madman creatively invented a new tactic. At this moment, Arteta felt that the world was too crazy.
Is it that simple to invent a tactic?
For the next hour, the three of them had a heated discussion.
The problem was quickly discovered.
Torrent has been working with Guardiola as an assistant for a long time. He understands Guardiola's thinking very well. He is the first person other than Guardiola to discover the problem.
Torrent frowned and said: "Pep, this new tactic is perfect, but there seems to be no player on our defense who can meet your requirements."
The young Arteta's mind was spinning very quickly. After reacting, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind and he quickly said: "Chu, he is definitely a perfect candidate!"
Guardiola shook his head and said in a very firm tone: "This is impossible. I will not let Chu appear in this position. This is a waste of Chu's talent."
Hearing Guardiola's words, Arteta was stunned, then nodded and smiled: "That's true."
Torrent spread his hands and shrugged, saying: "Besides Chu, I can't think of any other candidate!"
"John can do it!" Guardiola smiled confidently and tapped the number 24 on the tactical board with an erasable pen.
Arteta and Torrent frowned when they heard Stones' name.
But if you think about it carefully, Stones does meet the requirements of this tactical position.
But the problem is that Stones is in unstable condition.
Torrent thought for a moment and said: "John does basically meet your requirements, but if you include Nicolas Otamendi, we still lack a defender..."
"And this defender must be strong, fast, aggressive, able to defend well, and most importantly, he must be young." Before Torrent could finish his words, Arteta, who was already a little excited, interrupted him.
Torrent was not displeased, but smiled and nodded.
Guardiola smiled confidently, winked at the two of them, and said a little mischievously: "Guys, maybe we need to talk to Begiristain!"
At the same time, Manchester City sporting director Begiristain, who was watching TV by the fireplace in the living room with his wife and children at home, suddenly sneezed.
"What the hell!"
"Dear, I suddenly felt a little cold just now. I may have a cold. Quick, take the children back to the room so they don't get infected by me..."