Chapter 4 New Coaches and New Tactics

After the introduction of the newcomers, head coach Thomas Tuchel began to explain the team's tactics, although Tuchel is good at English, he still uses German when explaining tactics, which is why the fat man worked hard to learn German. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause the club's translation for the fat man's match didn't come today, the fat man suddenly became sad. Although the fat man studied the tactics of manager Tuchel on the Internet in the early days of his arrival, it still sounded foggy, and despite the help of veteran goalkeeper Weidenfeller, he still did not know the essentials. Tuchel's tactics are in a lot of detail, and Weidenfeller's English is not very good enough to convey the essence of the tactics of the manager.

When the fat man was depressed, Weidenfeller gave the fat man an idea.

'Pong, you can ask Miss Schmidt to help, she's familiar with manager Thomas Tuchel's tactics and she speaks very good English, so she can definitely help you.' Weidenfeller suggested.

"Is that okay?" The fat man looked at the female reporter outside the training ground and wondered, "Can Miss Schmidt enter the training ground?" ”

"Surely there is no problem." Weidenfeller was confident, "Today I just asked Miss Schmidt to help me temporarily, tomorrow your translation is in place, so you don't have to do it, Coach Tuchel will definitely agree." ”

The fat man explained the situation to Coach Tuchel, who agreed. There were a lot of newcomers in the squad today, Tuchel couldn't explain the tactics to the new players one by one, and the fat man's interpreter didn't come today. This is the best option at the moment.

The fat man had no choice but to ask Miss Rita Schmidt for help.

"Miss Schmidt, can you help me translate?" The fat man asked embarrassedly, "The translator assigned to me by the club didn't come today." ”

"Mr. Pang has no problem, I am happy to help! I'm familiar with Coach Tuchel's tactics and I certainly have no problem being your translator. Rita's heart was full of joy, she really wanted to come to something, she had been thinking about how to become friends with Chinese boys for the past two days, but she didn't expect that the opportunity would come so soon.

"Thank you for your help, Miss Schmidt!" The fat man said.

"Call me Rita, that's what my friends call me!" Rita said with a smile.

"Okay, then you can call me Pang too!" The fat man replied.

With Rita's help, the fat man listened carefully to Coach Tuchel's hour-long tactical lesson. I also have a general idea of manager Thomas Tuchel's tactics.

Coach Tuchel's tactics borrowed from Barca's style of play, emphasizing possession, but refusing to do some unnecessary kicks; It does not pursue high ball possession, but requires simple, fast and less mistakes; refuses to open big feet in the backcourt, but asks the front court to pass more through balls; Pay attention to the two wings, and the middle requires more outflanking; The midfield requires a counter-attack on the spot after losing the ball, and the midfield and backfield require coordinated protection when defending. It all boils down to being fast, direct, pressing and defending.

Fast: Dortmund has always pursued a fast style of play, the ball is fast, and players must have the awareness of passing the ball forward and cutting forward quickly; Receiving quickly, players need to run more and catch and pass the ball in the dynamic. Borussia Dortmund will make full use of the advantages of the team's young people, give full play to their physical advantages, play fast football, and complete the attack and defense in a fast way.

Direct: Borussia Dortmund absorbed Barcelona's possession style of play, pursuing possession, but not pursuing high possession, but demanding a more direct and efficient play. The backcourt directly launches an attack, and the frontcourt can appropriately increase the number of passes to threaten the ball; Strengthen the execution of players, fully grasp the opportunity in front of the goal, get up when it is time to kick, and avoid unprovoked kicks; Practice free-kick corner kick tactics and score goals with long-range shots.

Pressing: A tactic often used by Borussia Dortmund in the Klopp era, and one that Tuchel's coach admires very much, after losing the ball in the frontcourt, many people immediately cover the counter-attack, one person grabs the opponent when he has the ball, and at least one other person judges the opponent's line of the ball, in order to disrupt the opponent's backfield control organization and prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

Defense: Only the team that defends well can win the final championship. Thomas Tuchel's coach asked everyone in the squad to be involved defensively, leaving at least one man at the back when attacking, and having two players within walking distance to be ready to fill in and help defend. Be decisive when defending, and put your feet when it's time to put your feet down. All players in the midfield and backfield must have a sense of position, avoid being broken when holding the ball in the backfield or making low-level mistakes in passing, and air defense should also be taken seriously.

Tuchel's coach has two requirements for his forwards: one is to attack directly with the ball, with the option of shooting or passing, and the other is to switch to high pressing mode immediately.

After listening to this, the fat man felt that Coach Tuchel's tactics were indeed very different from that of Coach Karanka of Myburgh. At Borussia Dortmund, the fat man will return to midfield less often to pick up the ball and focus more on scoring in front of goal. However, due to the fast speed of the team's attack, it puts forward higher requirements for the fat man's running position, and the fat man has to attack directly after taking the ball, so the fat man must quickly make a decision at the moment of getting the ball, whether to attack or pass, if it is an offense, the fat man must have more means to get rid of; If it is a pass, the fat man must find a reasonable passing line and judge the running position of his teammates. In Dortmund, the fat man will no longer be a sharp knife, but the sharpest blade on a sharp knife.

The fat man is glad that his physical fitness has been greatly improved, so that when the fat man gets the ball in the front court, it is easier to break through and get rid of it, and the long-range shot that he learns from the god Barty will also be useful. When the long-range shooting is almost finished, the fat man's next plan is to learn Inzaghi's positioning.

After Tuchel's tactical briefing, the team began jogging to warm up under the guidance of fitness coach Schrei, while Tuchel discussed tactical drills with two assistant coaches, Webb and Michels. With Hummels, the core of the team's defense, and Gundogan and Mitaryan, the two absolute mainstays of the midfield, both opting for transfers, Dortmund's midfield for the new season must be rebuilt and a new core established. This makes the task even more difficult given the number of young people in Dortmund's squad. However, this did not bother manager Thomas Tuchel, who was promoted to the first team because of his outstanding results in the youth team.

Thomas Tuchel was born in Germany on 29 August 1973. As a player, Tuchel played as a defender, playing for Stuttgart Kickers from 1992 to 1994 before moving to Ulm in 1994-98 and has remained a second-rate player.

Tuchel, who ended his playing career in 2000, became Stuttgart's Under-19 coach under Rangnick and led Stuttgart's Under-19s to national victory in 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he coached the Augsburg youth team and joined Mainz U19 in '08, leading the Mainz U19 team to the 2008/09 German A-League Youth Championship and writing the history of the Mainz club. On August 3, 2009, he was in the field of fire, replacing Norwegian coach Jon Anderson, who led the team to promotion, as the head coach of Mainz.

Thomas Tuchel is an open-minded manager with a reputation for being aggressive; The 2010/11 Mainz Bundesliga win over Bayern Munich opened the scoring with seven straight victories that made Tuchel a name for himself in German football. Since the 2015/2016 season, Tuchel has been in charge of Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga and is a prominent example of German young coaching.

After the jogging warm-up, the team began to practice tactics and coach Tuchel began to explain the specific passes and movements. Unlike Karanka, Thomas Tuchel has a great deal of attention to detail, even to the point of being demanding. There are even requirements for which foot to catch the ball and which foot to pass the ball during the run, the purpose is to make your movements more reasonable, faster and more consistent. The fat man was sad in this regard, and although the fat man passed the ball well, he was slightly slower and was spotted by the Tuchel coach. As soon as the tactical drill was over, Tuchel found the fat man.

"Pong, you need to step up your new way of passing and receiving the ball, he will make you faster and more threatening." Tuchel said to the fat man, 'You go to the assistant coach Michels and ask him to take you to footbonaut for an hour. ”

The fat man found assistant coach Michels, and soon the two were in a house in the corner of the Brackel training center. It is a 14 x 14 meter room consisting of 72 special wall panels on all four sides, each with 2 pitching machines. When the training starts, the training room control center first gives a sound signal for the kick-off, and then one of the 72 wall panels on the four walls will light up and the ball will shoot out of this wall panel. A few seconds after the player standing in the center of the room receives the ball, a wall board will light up again in an unknown direction, and the player will kick the ball to the corresponding position. Its principle is a set of response-response actions for the action of the visual nerve center.

The fat guy trained inside for an hour and felt very good. The fat man stood in the middle of the house and kept repeating the stop ball, passing the ball, and was very engaged. Since it is a 360° incoming ball, the fat man needs to constantly adjust the direction and choose the most reasonable way to receive and pass the ball, only in this way can he ensure enough time to complete the next cycle. In an hour, the fat man almost completed about 1,000 passes and catches training, which is almost ten days of training for the fat man. High-tech training methods, the effect is really good, the fat man's mind and body are forming a certain conditioned reflex to pass and receive the ball, which is very helpful to the fat man's improvement of passing and receiving. But the price is not small, after the training, the fat man is physically and mentally exhausted. Due to the need to maintain a high level of mental concentration at all times and complete technical movements, after training for an hour, the fat man feels more tired than after playing a game.

But fortunately, the fat man is in excellent physical condition, and after lunch at the Bracker Training Center, the fat man is alive again.

The afternoon was a real match, although it was a training game, but the players also knew that it was time to show some real skills, otherwise they would definitely not get the starting position in the warm-up game a few days later. It was the mule and the horse that came out for a walk, and the fat man and other five newcomers were even more gearing up and eager to try.

The small field of the actual match was divided into two groups, about 12 people in each group, and the six-on-six small-scale attack and defense drills were led by coach Tuchel and assistant coach Webb. Coach Tuchel's team is almost all newcomers, and the six-man group of Fat Man is Fat Man and Dembele, the midfielder Japanese Shinji Kagawa, defenders Piszczek and Dom, and goalkeeper Weidenfeller belong to the combination of four old and two new. The other six-man group has three newcomers, striker Moore, midfielders Merino and Rode, defenders Ginter and Schmelzer, goalkeeper Birki is part of the three-old and three-new combination, and the referee is none other than manager Thomas Tuchel. Coach Tuchel's intention is clearly to let the veterans play with the newcomers. Although the Japanese Kagawa did not perform well after moving to Manchester United, he is still the main player of the team after returning to Dortmund, and he is in the midfield to dispatch the tandem, and it should not be a problem to pinch the fat man and Dembele together in the front line; Veteran goalkeeper Weidenfeller and defenders Piszczek and Doom will have to face the onslaught of three newcomers: Moore, Merino and Rode.

After the start of the game, the two teams fought against each other, but there were many passing errors, due to the fact that there were too many newcomers in the two groups of Mali, they lacked tacit understanding between each other, and they did not grasp the running position and passing timing of their teammates well. Referee Thomas Tuchel had to interrupt the game and make corrections again and again. Ten minutes later, everyone gradually cooperated and the game became smooth.

Although the fat man's partner Dembele is only 1.77 meters tall, he is a very fast player, his skills are also very solid, and he likes to break through with the ball, but in front of the veteran Ginter and Schmelzer, he has repeatedly returned to no avail.

The opponent's striker Moore, who is only 1.68 meters tall, but is very good with the ball, rarely sees him lose the ball, but it is a little sticky, and the fat man can't help but think of the former Iran international Madavecchia when he sees him. Both are the kind of players who are small in stature but have excellent skills at their feet.

The fat man didn't expect that it didn't take long for the opening to start, and the two little forwards were more energetic, you broke through one, I broke through one, and one worked harder than the other, but the effect was not very good. Although Ginter and Schmelzer are tall, they are not slow to turn, the key is that the two cooperate very tacitly, and Dembele will be cut off by another person every time he breaks through one defense; Defenders Piszczek and Doom are more experienced defenders and can defend Moore's impact with ease.

Although the fat man is also a striker, he does not attack immediately, but overworks the pass in front of him, constantly creating opportunities for his teammates. This is also a new experience after the fat man was selected for the national team. Against a new collective, you have to understand the playing habits of your teammates, especially the players who deliver the shells directly to you, and you have to understand their passing characteristics so that you can better connect in the game.

The fat man gave Shinji Kagawa the most passes, and slowly got to know Kagawa's passing characteristics. Kagawa's foot skills are good, and the passing is very accurate, especially the through balls, which are passed in the run, which are very sudden and hidden, and the effect is very good. The fat man didn't attack and only passed, which led to Dembele's displeasure, as he had to face two defenders every time he broke through, which made his breakthrough extremely difficult. Taking advantage of the gap between the matches, Dembele walked up to the fat man to negotiate.

"Dude, you have to attack, otherwise my breakthrough won't be able to exert its power!" Dembele complained to the fat man.

Dembele's words made Ginter and Schmelzer laugh. Both of them think Dembele is very interesting, this little guy is a stunned young man, picking up the ball and rampage, he may be able to eat in Ligue 1, but when it comes to the Bundesliga, where the defense is tougher, especially when encountering old fritters like Ginter and Schmelzer, there is only a deflated share.

Coach Tuchel didn't speak, this kind of communication between players, he values it very much, and only through constant communication can we develop a tacit understanding as soon as possible.

"Look at me!" The fat man said domineeringly, and then added, "Remember to take my pass!" ”

The fat man knew that he had to come up with something, after all, he was carrying the title of "Mr. 30 million euros", and he was a striker, only passing the ball and not attacking, which was a bit unreasonable. Dembele's complaints have shown the attitude towards themselves, and they want the fat man to show strength commensurate with his value.

The fat man's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, especially Ginter and Schmelzer, who had already made the newcomer Dembele deflated several times, and now it was the turn of "Mr. 30 million euros". (To be continued.) )