Chapter 604: German Macho
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After a day's training session, Gao Han had a meeting with the coaching staff in the room to summarize the day's training and the gains and losses of the warm-up game just past.
He was a newcomer, so he didn't make too many adjustments in the first warm-up game, and he continued Heathfield's style of play, but he also found a lot of things, the most serious of which was Bayern Munich's lack of midfield organization.
At the beginning of the game, Gao Han put Modric in partnership with Van Bommel, and the two worked together relatively unfamiliarly, facing their amateur opponents, they were well organized at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but still did not play the control that Gao Han wanted.
According to Gao Han's idea, he still plays in a four-three-three formation, mainly controlling, and giving full play to the personal ability advantages of the front trident.
If you adopt the 4231 style of play, the front court will be too bloated, which is not conducive to the player's personal play, and it is not as flexible as 433, so Gao Han still tends to use 433.
Franck Franck Ribery plays on the left and Robben moves to the right, and both players are the type of players who are capable of being individual and can be very lethal.
As for the central forwards, Klose, Podolski and Aguero belong to three different types of strikers that can be combined with Arjen Robben and Ribery to target different types of defence.
But the problem is in the midfield.
Gao Han needs a player who can pass the ball steadily to play as a playmaker, which is also the mainstream trend in European football as a whole.
Xavi Alonso under Atletico Madrid, Claude Makelele under Chelsea, Cambiasso under Inter Milan, the playmaking midfielder has become an indispensable part of the alpine tactical system.
Not only Gaohan, but also the entire European football scene, mainstream powerhouses are grasping this link.
Alex Ferguson brought in Michael Carrick, Carlo Ancelotti promoted Andrea Pirlo and Arsene Wenger groomed Cesc Fabregas......
Even Rijkaard's Barcelona, although there is no outstanding playmaker, Rijkaard is trying to use people in this position.
It can be seen that this has become the mainstream trend in European football at the moment.
But in this position, Bayern Munich does not have a player to trust.
Gao Han was originally inspecting Van Bommel, a player who has both offense and defense, high execution on the field, and excellent completion rate, but the problem is that his passing and ball are not satisfactory to Gao Han, and the overall situation and organization are also lacking.
Modric reassures Gao Han in all aspects, but he is deficient in defense.
Another Gao Han is very optimistic about the youngster Tony Kroos.
This player is a midfielder, a traditional number 10 player, who can play multiple positions in the frontcourt, but Gao Han feels that he should not play in the frontcourt, but should step back, like Pirlo, and push to the playmaker's midfield position.
That's why he didn't bring in a playmaker.
But Tony Cross is still relatively young, and Gao Han needs to find another one.
After taking the statistics report from Sergio Garcia, he took a cursory look at it and handed it to Tuchel.
In this analysis, Bayern Munich's player with the highest pass success rate and the most consistent is Toni Kroos, followed by Luka Modric, and then there are three people from there, Lahm, Schweinsteiger and Hummels.
It should be said that Hummels surprised Gao Han because he is a central defender.
'I've heard that Hummels used to play in a central midfield, with good footwork and good passing skills. Tuchel explained.
Gao Han also read Hummels's information, "He is suitable for playing as a central defender, Van Bitten, Lucio and Demichelis are all brave and less stable types, especially Lucio, who is famous for being a defender with a knife." ā
When he first inspected Hummels with a keen eye, Gao Han was particularly impressed by the player's passing ability, and felt that he was very similar to the Pique he unearthed when he was at Chelsea, and he had excellent passing ability in central defence.
This type of player, whether it is Gao Han or Guardiola, is very appreciated, so as soon as the latter took charge of Barcelona, he immediately followed Gao Han's recommendation, brought in Pique, and intended to entrust him with important responsibilities.
Gao Han is now going to reuse Hummels, but instead of a midfielder, he is a central defender.
'Lahm is a very interesting player. ā
Gao Han simply said a single sentence, but everyone present paid attention.
"My first impression of him came from the opening game of the World Cup in Germany, which I still remember to this day, and after I decided to coach Bayern Munich, I went to study a lot of videos of Lahm's game and I found that he was a very smart player. ā
With the exception of Tuchel, all coaches who have worked with Gao Han for many years naturally understand that they can be so highly praised by Gao Han, and Lahm has a high status in Gao Han's mind.
'I have no doubt that if you let him play on the left, he can cut inside, he can play on the right, he can cross, and from the passing stats he has so far, maybe he can play in midfield and he can do it well. ā
A smart player is often a trait that he is able to pick up on the manager's intentions at all times and adapt them to the different roles on the pitch.
Judging by Lahm's resume, he does play well on both the left and right wings, but to say play at the back......
"Is your body a little thinner?" Cantarero asked worriedly.
Gao Han nodded, "Definitely, especially when our midfield can't put enough pressure on the opponent, and the midfield control is insufficient, if Lahm plays a single midfielder, the frontal defense will be a problem, but Schweinsteiger should not have this problem, this is a standard German hunk." ā
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard it.
Schweinsteiger is a better fit for the midfielder position than Lahm in every way, at least he's in the right place, and he's also very good at passing the ball and has a high success rate.
"But he didn't play in that position either. Tuchel raised his doubts.
But when he asked the question, Tuchel noticed that everyone in the room was staring at him strangely, making him wonder if something had grown on his face.
"How...... What's wrong?" he unconsciously touched his face.
Everyone burst into laughter.
"It doesn't matter if you haven't played before, as long as it meets our requirements. Gao Han smiled.
Tuchel did remember that Alpine's ability to transform players is not weak at all.
'We've got a number of players out of the squad at the moment, especially left-back Marcelo and striker Sergio Aguero, who are not there, and a lot of our technical and tactical drills are problematic, especially our entire left flank. ā
At present, Bayern Munich have four left-backs in their roster, Vidal, Boateng, Marcelo and Lahm.
Lahm is a right-footed player who is comfortable playing at left-back, but he struggles to develop like a traditional attacking left-back, and instead cuts inside more often than he did in the first World Cup goal.
According to Gao Han's original idea, the two wings in the front court are Ribery and Robben.
Ribery used to play more on the right side, but the left side is also familiar and also takes the inside route, while Robben is fixed on the right side by Gao Han, so if Ribery partners Lahm on the left side, then the attack on the left side will be a bit of a problem.
Jerome Boateng is also a right-footed player, but he is also proficient with his left foot, and has the same problems as Lahm overall, and Gao Han also prefers him to play as a centre-back rather than a full-back.
Vidal went to the World Youth Championships, but he played on the left side of the national team, so it will be interesting to see how it goes.
The reason why Gao Han bought Vidal in the first place was not to want him to play as a defender, but to try to transform him into a midfielder.
Luka Modric certainly occupies one of the positions, the other two positions, the playmaker is looking at Schweinsteiger for the time being, but the other position needs a player who can continue to press the opponent in midfield and cover a large area, playing the role of balancing the midfield, but at the same time the ability to pass and receive the ball must not be weak.
For the time being, Van Bommel will consider first, and Vidal is also in the range of alpine options.
"Before the players who participated in the World Youth Championship did not return, we temporarily adopted a more conservative style of play, Ribery went back to play on the right, Robben continued to play on the left, Lahm still played at left-back, and at right-back, Glitz, Lyle, Boateng were all competent, and Klose was up front. ā
Gao Han's proposal was also recognized by everyone present, and it should be said that this is a relatively safe approach.
"However, during this period, we must grind the whole midfield into shape as soon as possible. ā
No matter how the two wings are adjusted and changed, the midfielder's thinking will not change.
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Over the next few days, team leader Neringer noticed a very noticeable change.
In the daily routine group confrontation training, Gao Han first used Rahm as the back, which not only surprised him on the sidelines, but even Lam himself was puzzled, but he still did it according to Gao Han's arrangement.
Interestingly, Ram actually did a good job.
Strangely, the next day he changed his mind and put Lahm back at left-back, replacing Schweinsteiger in a central midfield with Van Bommel and Luka Modric, and never changed again.
As a midfield all-rounder, Schweinsteiger has played almost all positions in the midfield, but he has never played behind, because he has always been an attacking player before, so it is inevitable that he has a strong desire to move forward, which made him start to receive frequent reminders from Gao Han in training, and even frequently interrupt the game, repeatedly remind, and sometimes can't help but step forward to demonstrate.
In addition to the midfield, there is also a big change in the backline, that is, Hummels has become the main force that cannot be beaten.
Lucio, Van Bitten, Demichelis, Boateng......
The central defenders alternated, but Hummels was always placed in the main position by Gao Han.
Nelinger was a professional footballer after all, and he quickly guessed Gaohan's intentions, which was Hummels' passing ability.
Soon, the main partner of the central defender was decided, with Hummels partnering Lucio.
In the last three days of Donaueu Schengen, Gao Han began to focus on the team's formation and tactics, especially the passing and receiving coordination in the midfield, he practiced and told repeatedly, especially for Schweinsteiger and Hummels.
It is clear that they are the weak link in the whole system of passing and controlling in the middle and back.
One has just moved to an unfamiliar position, and the other has just been promoted to the first team as the main central defender.
However, Nelinger still sees a lot of differences between Gao Han and the previous Bayern Munich manager.
For example, in the past, whether it was Heathfield or Magath, they were all retracted to play, a bit of passive counterattack, but now Gao Han is asking for active pressing, relying on the passing and control of the midfield and backfield to suppress the opponent, tear apart the defensive line, and launch an attack.
As for the specific actual combat effect, it has to be tested by the competition.
The first challenge for Alpine was the German League Cup.
The first opponent, Werder Bremen.