Starting with Real Madrid

Gao Shen once heard a question, why is football the number one sport in the world?

He believes that the best answer is: football is like our society.

From this extension, football tactics are like people's philosophy of life in this society.

Offense or defense? Forge ahead or remain prudent?

The development of football tactics is also very similar to the evolution of human society.

In the earliest days, everyone on the court had a fixed division of labor and a fixed position. Everyone was within the scope of their own responsibilities, and they divided their labor and cooperated with each other.

Holland's total attack and total defense overturned this pattern, it completely broke the boundaries and unified attack and defense.

A steal, it occurs in the penalty area of ​​the team, it is a successful defensive behavior, but if it occurs in the penalty area of ​​the opponent, it is a very threatening offensive behavior.

For the same reason, Gao Shen has seen a lot of discussions before, that is, the controversy over Guardiola's dream three teams. Is possession of the ball offensive football? Or conservative football?

When Gao Shen was still a fan, he once thought about a question, why are Mourinho, Capello and others good at defense? Why can't they just use creative players? And why are there many head coaches who know that there are not many opportunities and that they may lose badly, but still choose to take the initiative?

When fans discuss these, they often mention a word, football philosophy, or it can also be called football philosophy.

How did it come about? How does it work? How did it affect the players?

Why does the same player, who is dead under this head coach, can shine under another head coach?

Gao Shen read Lippi and Capello's books in the tactical library, and after comparing some books of other coaches, he began to have a certain understanding of this issue.

The philosophy of football is the philosophy of life, and behind the two is actually the character of a head coach.

It is like investing. Some people like to take risks, high risk, high input and high output, so he likes to gamble; some people are inherently risk-averse, and he is reluctant to take even the slightest risk, so he always puts his money in the bank.

Back on the football field, if you draw the tactical concept as an axis, the origin is balance, one side is offense, the other side is defense.

Starting from the starting point, the more you go to the offensive side, you will find that the team formation is more chaotic and disorderly, and the risks that follow will be greater, but the stronger the creativity, the more goals will be scored; conversely, the more If you move on this side of defense, you will find that the more orderly and tighter the team formation, the less risk, the stronger the defense, but the weaker the creativity and the fewer goals.

In a football game, offense is taking risks, with high risk but high return; defense represents order, with low risk and low return.

There is a saying that goes like this: Goals are made by adventurers. The more a team likes to take risks, the more motivated they will be in attacking and the more goals they will score.

The simplest example is Real Madrid.

In the era of Galaxy Battleships, superstars gathered. In order to maximize the ability and creativity of the superstars in the frontcourt, the team adopted very risky tactics, so the offense was very smooth and sharp, but the price paid was that the defense was very fragile. Great risk.

Therefore, when each head coach chooses team tactics, he will make different choices according to his own personality, preferences and philosophy of life, depending on whether he wants to encourage adventure or embrace order.

Different choices will profoundly affect all aspects of the head coach, from the selection of the team, to the transfer and signing, to the overall tactical construction of the team, to the individual tactical arrangement of each player, to the season strategy, the formation of troops. Formation and on-the-spot command, etc.

It's like the influence of personality and life philosophy on a person, everywhere.

This will explain it clearly.

Why does the same player shine under this head coach, but shine under another head coach?

It may just be because the former head coach respects order, so he emphasizes positioning, distance, return defense and passing success rate all the time, requiring everyone to obey the rules; the latter coach encourages risk taking, and he allows players to run more neutrals , even if the formation is out of order, don’t be afraid, pass more threats to the ball, even if the pass is lost, don’t be afraid.

After Gao Shen understood this, his whole person felt enlightened and suddenly realized.

More importantly, from the books of Lippi, Capello, Ferguson and Benitez, he saw that as the world's top football coach, these are the truths they have long understood, even They are more aware of their own problems than outsiders.

They did not choose to subvert or give up their own ideas, but tried to further explore on the basis of their own ideas.

They are all trying to find a path that makes offense and defense compatible, and where risk and order coexist.

Throughout the history of football, all great dynasty teams have done it without exception.

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In the tactics library, Gao Shen sat silently.

He is also thinking, what exactly is his football philosophy?

From a personality point of view, he is a person who pursues pragmatism and does not have too much idealism. So after coaching Real Madrid, he felt that he could win by focusing on defense, so he chose to focus on defense.

Overall, he should be more adventurous, but at the same time pay attention to order.

If he were to choose, the one he admired most should be Real Madrid when Ancelotti first coached.

Ancelotti is a very interesting head coach. From his debut to coaching Juventus, he was known for being extremely conservative. He was so conservative that even Juventus fans, who were famous for being conservative, could not stand it.

One can imagine how conservative Ancelotti had to be at that time!

Who would have thought that after going to AC Milan, Ancelotti began to let himself go. First, he put Pirlo behind him, followed by four tens, and then a Christmas tree, which directly completed the transformation of his coaching career.

Of course, Ancelotti wasn't perfect, like the second half of the Istanbul miracle.

Gao Shen will not blindly study Ancelotti or others. He will continue to study in the tactical library, learn from the strengths of many families, embrace everything, and finally find a path of his own.

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The next morning, the coaches of the Real Madrid first team also came to Valdebebas early.

Before the team returns, they have to hold another meeting to decide the tactics for facing Deportivo tonight, especially the starting lineup, and a decision must be made in the morning.

Gao Shen came earlier than everyone else.

Although he officially signed a contract with Real Madrid, Gao Shen still works with all the coaches instead of the separate head coach office left by Carlo.

At first, it was to show a posture, but after getting used to it, I didn't bother to toss anymore.

After all the members of the coaching staff were present, Gao Shen called everyone together.

"I've decided that against Deportivo tonight, we will try our best to get all three points!" Gao Shen made no secret of his intentions and directly stated his thoughts and arrangements, without even the slightest negotiation.

Maqueda was a little surprised and wanted to persuade him a few words, but after seeing Gao Shen's determined expression, he remembered what Gao Shen had said to him before, which made him have to spit out what he said to his mouth. Swallow it back.

He didn't think it was a good idea because it was too risky.

But he also knows that Gao Shen has made a decision, he only needs to obey the order and assist Gao Shen to make arrangements, nothing else.

"Beckham's condition was adjusted well, let him go, Cassano stepped forward, Raul played on the left, Guti still played as a front midfielder, and the double back midfielder let Pablo Garcia and De La Reid partner, the back Raul Bravo, Helguera, Ramos and Abeloa in defence, we play with this squad."

The center forward Negredo was not arranged to start, which is obviously still in preparation for the midweek away game against Turin.

Everyone knows that it is impossible to play in an Italian team without a center.

After everyone saw Gao Shen's decision, they didn't say anything more. Anyway, they were working men, and all the pressure was on the head coach and had nothing to do with them.

Lucas was very happy, because he felt that Gao Shen listened to his own advice.

Buenaventura also seems to tend to be proactive, as can be seen from the look on his face.

Who is Bielsa and Guardiola valued at the same time, they still tend to take the initiative in their bones.

This is also the reason why Gao Shen wants to take La Coruña.

No one can guarantee what will happen in the future. Now that the opportunity arises, you should seize the opportunity first, and then slowly consider other things~www.wuxiax.com~ Always worry about gain and loss, do great things and cherish your body, after all, it is difficult to achieve great things.

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Before the morning meeting, Gao Shen talked to the starting players one by one, and also talked to Callejon and others who were originally scheduled to start, and told them the root cause of his adjustment, hoping they could understand.

Later, at the team's tactical meeting, Gao Shen explained his thoughts to everyone.

He believes that Barcelona's draw away from home has given Real Madrid a very good opportunity to further shorten the gap.

As long as Real Madrid take La Coruna, grit their teeth, hold on from Turin in the next midweek Champions League game, and beat Barcelona at Camp Nou in the weekend's Clasico, all the pressure will be on Barca here.

"I know, it's hard, but in this world, nothing is easy. Each of you has played football for so many years. To be able to play today, to be able to wear this jersey, has also experienced countless hardships. No one knows better than you the importance of not being afraid of hardships and daring to challenge your own limits."

"One is like this, and even more so for a team!"

"What's more, we are behind our opponents and we have no choice. We can only have a chance to catch up or even reverse our opponents by putting in double or even triple the effort of our opponents."

In the conference room, every Real Madrid player listened patiently, and many people nodded their heads in agreement.

"I've always felt that a team like us is born to try to win every game, and in a team like ours, a player like this, there should be no such thing as a strategic compromise or give up at all. ."

"I always believe that we have the ability to win every game, every opponent, no matter who he is!"