In fact, Luck was very aggrieved that he was not selected for the national team at first. He felt that he, the captain of the German national team, was not selected for the national team without any injuries. This was simply a shame!
On the first day when everyone went to the national team training, when Ballack came to the Vermelo training base and looked at the empty parking lot, this feeling was even more obvious.
He didn't even get out of the car right away, but sat in his car, hesitating whether to turn around and go back, then called Chang Sheng and told him that he had a cold or something...
Training in such an empty training ground, he felt as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.
Sitting in the car, he began to wonder whether his choice to join Lazio was really a wrong choice.
He looked for the CD that Chang Sheng asked for, and had already watched it, but he just watched it. He couldn't see anything at all. He just felt that Lazio's offense was very messy, and it was so messy that he actually scored a goal.
Got it!
How did you score the goal?
He didn't know, and no one told him.
So he watched this CD once and never watched it a second time.
At the same time, he also thinks he is funny. If he can integrate into the team just by watching the CD... then this is too simple, right?
I am a veteran player, yet I can still be so childish...
Would it have been better if I had not come to Lazio but returned to Germany?
If so, what should you be doing now?
This kind of "if so, so be it" hypothesis grew in Barak's mind.
He even thought about what happened in 2012.
But he quickly recovered from this thought.
Then he sighed.
He remembered how much Chang Sheng valued discipline. If he had really deceived him, let's say he participated in the European Cup. It was not certain whether he could be released back to Germany!
Forget it, since you are still a Lazio player, let's train hard.
It's useless to think about anything else.
At the very least, even if you fail, you can still say that you have tried hard.
Thinking of this, he opened the car door, gathered his mood and went to the dressing room to change clothes.
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When Ballack opened the locker room door, several of his first-team teammates were almost ready to change clothes.
When they saw Barak, they greeted the German: "Good morning, Michelle. You are almost late, change your clothes quickly!"
The person who said this was the team captain Rocky, and he spoke in English with a strong Italian accent.
In fact, Ballack didn't understand a word of it, but he still nodded with a smile, and then greeted a few teammates in the locker room.
The so-called empty training ground does not mean that he is the only one in the entire first team.
In fact, there are still some players who were not selected for the national team for one reason or another, so they stayed with Ballack.
The old captain Rocchi is not strong enough to be selected for the national team, so every Italian national team match day has nothing to do with him. He doesn't care about this, he has won enough honors in Lazio, and the national team is not so important.
It’s rare. Anyway, it is impossible for this Italian national team to win the European Championship and the World Cup.
Bonucci was not selected for the Italian national team because his strength and performance had not yet met the requirements of the national team.
Similar situations to these two include Brazil's Hernanes, Italy's Faraoni and Candreva.
There are also two substitute goalkeepers.
This is a first-team player who has no national team match duties.
Today's Lazio is completely different from before. In the past, national players were rare animals in Lazio's lineup, but now non-national players are giant pandas.
Bresciano is the Australian international. Cavani is the Uruguay international, Handanovic is the Slovenian international, Modric is the Croatian international, Gotze and Klose are the German international, and Meireles and Coentrao are the Portuguese international.
.David Silva, Jose Passarella, Azpilicueta, Francisco Pavin are Spanish internationals, Ledesma, Balzaretti, and Chiellini are Italian internationals—
—Although Ledesma is Argentinian, he also has Italian nationality and has not been selected for Argentina before. After his outstanding performance in Lazio, he was immediately called up to the national team by Italy, so he has long been an Italian international...
Including Ballack, Lazio's number of non-international players is eight.
These eight people will train with the reserve team and the youth team and spend these few days. They will not start preparing for the next league game until all the international players return to Formelo.
Generally speaking, the forest patrol these days is recovery training, focusing on physical training.
There will be no technical or tactical training involved.
With Barak's little experience, that's all he knew.
Because in the past he was basically an immutable main force of the German national team. As long as he was not injured, he would definitely not miss the German national team's games.
Ballack does not have much experience like this on national team match days but has no national team match duties and can only train in the club.
After quickly changing his clothes, Ballack followed his teammates on the training field.
There was a lot of coaching staff, and they were all waiting there.
Seeing them, assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez waved to them and shouted loudly: "What are you waiting for? Hurry up! Training is about to start!"
In addition to them, there are also players from the reserve team and youth team. Well, the training ground of the first team is far less empty than Ballack imagined.
It was quite lively. The youth team players seemed very excited because they could train with the first-team stars.
They gathered together and chatted.
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After everyone arrived, everyone spontaneously formed a circle, surrounding Chang Sheng in the center. This is a daily practice before training.
Whether it is the first team or the youth team, there must be a head coach to give instructions.
"Our training these days is not mainly about physical training." Chang Sheng said to the players. "Otherwise I wouldn't have brought so many people here. Our task today is tactical training!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised.
Including Barak.
What's the point of training tactics when you can't get enough people together?
Chang Sheng was surprised to see them.
In fact, this training plan has two purposes. One purpose is to allow the youth team players to deepen their understanding and application of the new tactics of the first team, and the other is to give Ballack a small start.
Soon everyone felt that this training session was different.
Ballack obviously became the protagonist in training.
Although Chang Sheng didn't say it clearly, his actions let everyone know that this training was really for Ballack.
Everyone is aware of Barak's problem, and the media has reported it frequently.
Ballack's delay in integrating into the team led many people to believe that he had chosen the wrong place.
It seems that the boss wants to let Ballack fully integrate into the team...
For this reason, he did not hesitate to let the entire youth team, reserve team and other first team players follow him as sparring partners.
Barak realized this too.
When he found that he didn't do something right, assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez would blow the whistle decisively to pause the training, and then pull him to explain.
This means that coaching as a whole takes itself seriously.
He was suddenly moved.
Yes, touching.
The self-pitying mentality I had in the parking lot is gone.
He realized that the team had not given up on him.
Then he shouldn't give up on himself.
This is very important.
When he himself is unwilling to give up, he has the opportunity to seriously want to do this thing well.
Everyone longs to be needed, even big stars like Ballack are no exception.
When Chang Sheng almost ignored him before, he thought the team no longer needed him. So he once thought of quitting.
But now, he found that the team had not given up on him, and he was suddenly full of motivation and hope.
So what else is there to say next?
Practice hard!
Ballack transformed the depression, loss and anger of not being able to participate in the national team competition into motivation for training.
So when it came to training, he was extremely attentive and serious.
Everyone knew that they were here to serve as a sparring partner for Ballack, but no one had any complaints.
The reserve team and youth team are here to play supporting roles. The remaining players in the first team are teammates with Ballack. Everyone hopes that Ballack will adapt to the team as soon as possible, and they are also willing to help the team.
Because Chang Sheng adopts a rotation tactic, everyone on the team will have no less than twenty playing opportunities every season, so there is no jealousy at all.
This is not because everyone is usually united and friendly. It is because there are no direct conflicts. Even if there is, it is relatively minor. There is no need to fall out with others just because of this.
In this way, with everyone's help, Ballack completed the first day of training.
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The other players have finished training and plan to go back to the locker room to wash up, then leave the training ground and go home.
But Balak was stopped by Chang Sheng.
Also staying with Barra is assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez.
Chang Sheng looked at Barak and asked: "Do you have any experience, Michelle?"
Ballack was also very satisfied with Chang Sheng's arrangement. His answer was very sincere: "It's very tiring, but I feel that I have understood something."
Chang Sheng nodded.
After all, Ballack is a famous football star and has a deep understanding of football. All he needs is some advice. Once the advice is given, he will naturally understand it.
"But we are pressed for time, Michel. We can't adapt you to the new tactics in the usual way. That would take too long. So your training is not over yet." Chang Sheng pointed to Rudy Gonzalez next to him.
Reis.
"Next, there's the tactics class." Rudy Gonzalis said to Ballack. "The main content is... watching the video."
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In the team's video room, Ballack, Chang Sheng and Rudy Gonzalez were sitting in front of the TV, and the video of Lazio's last season was playing on the TV screen.
This time it’s different from what Chang Sheng gave Ballack on the CD. This is not a highlight, but a video of the entire game.
At the beginning, Rudy Gonzalez kept pausing the game video, and then explained to Ballack the attack just now and how Lazio did it through the new tactics.
Barak listened carefully and took notes.
Chang Sheng also told him, but those who didn't understand raised their hands to ask questions.
Barak is not pretentious, he really knows how to ask questions when he doesn't understand something.
Rudy Gonzalez and Chang Sheng will give him the answer.
Everyone answered him the same question from different angles to deepen his impression and understanding.
This was the first time for Ballack to take such a tactical class.
He felt very fresh, and at the same time he really felt that he had benefited a lot.
Because this video is not something you can just watch casually. You can’t just find a video of a game and watch it play it again and it will be a tactical lesson.
Combined with the training he just received on the training ground, the content of this video solved many problems that he was not very clear about during training.
Obviously, the content of training and the content of tactics classes are closely related.
Today's tactical lesson corresponds to today's training lesson.
The combination of theory and practice allowed him to understand Barak very quickly.
Ballack had to express his admiration for Lazio's training in his letter.
He has never encountered such targeted training, whether in Leverkusen, Bayern Munich or Chelsea...
No wonder Lazio can achieve such great achievements... No wonder Chang Sheng is the best head coach in world football today.
The secrets to Lazio’s success are all here!
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Rudy Gonzalez was giving the lecture in the first half of the tactics class, but in the second half, it was changed to Chang Sheng's questions, and Ballack was given the lecture.
Because of the good combination of practical training and theory, Ballack's team doctor can also answer these questions. Of course, sometimes he will answer wrong, so Chang Sheng and Rudy Gonzalez will answer him.
The wrong question is extended, and let me talk about something that Barak doesn’t quite understand.
This process of listening to lectures, asking questions, answering and then clarifying doubts has benefited Barak a lot.
But it's not over yet.
The way to win often is not as simple as forgetting it.
After the tactics class, Chang Sheng also left homework!
Yes, you read that right, 34-year-old Barack was really given homework by Chang Sheng!
The homework assigned by Chang Sheng was to give Ballack a list of situations he might encounter on the court, and then ask him to use Lazio's new tactics to solve them and what he should do.
It is equivalent to asking Ballack to organize an attack, but instead of using his feet, he uses his hands and brain to solve it on paper.
This is a bit like a word problem, give the conditions and solve it.
Chang Sheng directly treated Balak, a middle school student, and he was really talented...
He asked Ballack to show him the offensive routine he designed when he comes to training tomorrow. If he makes a mistake, there will be no punishment, but he will tell him where he went wrong and what the correct approach should be...
Barak himself found it fresh.
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