On March 10, the national football team re-hired goalkeeper coach Jimmy through IMG. Reemer returned to China after his leave and began to mentor Ou Chuliang in the capital. According to the plan, before the national football team regroupes, Reimer will go to various clubs to observe and guide the goalkeepers who are expected to be selected for the national football team. After Ou Chuliang, Jiang Jin, Jiang Hong, and Han Wenhai will undergo Rimer's trial.

After all, a good goalkeeper tops the top half of the team, of course, Ou Chuliang beat the opponent in all tests.

During this period, Ou Chuliang followed Vice Chairman Xu and audited an internal meeting of the Football Association.

The main figures in the meeting were Yuan Weimin, Wang Junsheng and other football association officials, as well as football coaches such as Qi Weisheng, Gu Mingchang and Ladd. Together with a group of translators, there are more than 10 people in total.

And this meeting is to discuss the upcoming World Preliminaries.

The Football Association must not only determine the final personnel, but also the formation of the national football team. For Ladd and Qi Caosheng, it is also a test for them.

Journalists are not allowed to intervene in such meetings, and even players like Ou Chuliang are not allowed to participate in order to avoid suspicion.

But with the help of Vice Chairman Xu, Ou Chuliang still listened to the whole process in the corner.

Before the meeting began, Vice Chairman Xu advised: "Chu Liang, it is an exception for you to come to observe such a meeting. Remember, no matter what you hear in a meeting, don't squeak in your mouth. Do you understand? ”

"And what if they call me by name?"

"Whoever calls you by name and asks for your opinion and suggestion, you don't have to answer. Even if there is something you want to say, I will tell you Uncle Wang and them after the meeting, do you know? ”

"Got it."

Sure enough, as soon as the meeting began, Qi Shusheng and Ladd choked.

Since it is a Chinese and foreign joint coach of the national football team, the coaching staff of both sides took out a team report and handed it in.

The first argument between Qi and Rad was the formation issue.

In Qi Zhuosheng's view, the formation of 4 defenders has gradually become the mainstream in Europe. And the positioning is relatively reasonable, and the defensive space is evenly divided. Especially in the face of the opponent's double striker defense, it can effectively achieve 2v1. And the Chinese players are also very familiar with the formation of 4 guards, especially the 442 parallel position, such a formation can be attacked, retreated and defended, and anyone can break their wrists and compete.

Qi Miaosheng's idea of moderation has been recognized by most people, and more or less everyone here understands the ball. The 442 "panacea" formation is indeed suitable for the Chinese team, although the offensive end may not be able to play tricks, but at least the defensive end can be done without chaos.

This formation of "not seeking merit, but seeking no fault" won the hearts of the people as soon as it was proposed.

However, the foreign coaching staff did not see it that way.

Ladd not only submitted the team report, but also presented a thick stack of data. The data was translated into Chinese to make it easier for FA officials to understand.

In Ladd's view, the Chinese team is more suitable for playing a back 3 formation.

The reason is also very simple, this is more suitable for the future development of the Chinese team.

In the past few years, the Chinese team has learned a little from this and that, and the old players have played in almost any formation, but they are not proficient in any formation.

In this case, the Chinese team has set its development goals for the next one or two decades on Brazil. Then the style of Brazilian football has become a reference target for the Chinese team.

Especially this time, 6 Jianlibao teenagers were summoned to return to the Qinwang, plus the goalkeeper Ou Chuliang, the "Brazilian faction" is enough to occupy more than half of the positions in a team.

Since there is no system for the old players, and there are many young players who have their own system, it is better to use this as a framework to form a team that is suitable for China's current and future five to ten years.

What's more, 352 is not useless in defence, at least for now, most Serie A clubs adopt a back 3 formation.

Serie A is not only a "mini-World Cup", Italian teams are also known for their defense. So the back 3 can't play a good defense, that's absolutely!

At the end, Ladd picked up another document next to him. He said a word.

The Japanese team has been sending students to Brazil since around the 90s, and the Japanese national team is also playing 352, so it is absolutely necessary for China to form a team with Brazilian style.

Mr. Rad's last remarks apparently did not impress the officials in the room, for the simple reason that it was simple.

Little Japan lost to the Chinese team twice last year, coupled with the contempt for Japan in public opinion in recent years, everyone does not value this neighbor in the slightest.

But Rad is different.

Ladd comprehensively summarized Japanese football from an objective point of view, and in his conclusion, the foundation of Japanese football is many times stronger than China's, and although there is no gap in a short period of time, if this continues, sooner or later the Japanese team will transform into a football power in Asia.

Ladd's report and information were detailed and professional, taking up a long time for FA officials. While most people scoffed at Ladd's plans and the touting of Japan, the few who truly understood and loved football heard the crux of Ladd's report: the future.

Although football is not a 100-year plan, if you want to achieve results, you have to start in 10 or 20 years.

For some politicians who don't care about football, as long as the national football team under their rule does not make mistakes, some formations that make as few mistakes as possible are naturally sought after.

And Yuan Weimin and Wang Junsheng keenly captured the three words "Jianlibao", Jianlibao students are a big gamble in Chinese football, so important that it doesn't matter if they can't rush into the 98 World Cup this time.

So at this time, although the eyes were opposed, Wang Junsheng and Yuan Weimin did not speak.

Seeing this, Qi Weisheng felt that he needed to stand up and say a few words.

"The formation of the back three is not indispensable, but the requirements for the wingbacks on the left and right are very high! Especially when the attack and defense are switched, if the defense is a little slow and the fullbacks can't run back, then our side will be completely exposed to the opponent. ”

Qi Miaosheng's speech hit the nail on the head, and this is indeed the most difficult point for 352 to solve.

Seeing that Qi mistakenly questioned Ladd in terms of professional knowledge, everyone turned their attention to Ladd again to hear how the former Yugoslav coach responded.

After listening to the translator's translation, Ladd muttered for a few seconds and spat out a few words of foreign language.

This time, even if everyone couldn't understand his native dialect, they could understand the two people he mentioned.

"I have generals Wu Chengying and Sun Jihai, who can be qualified for the left and right wings."

Hearing the names of Sun Jihai and Wu Chengying, Qi Shusheng also closed his mouth.

Ladd continued: "Both of these two were excellent in the physical test and were the best in the Chinese team both offensively and defensively. After a long period of observation, they also have a very positive attitude, and they are very good at working the pitch and are fully qualified for the wing-back position. ”

"Coach Qi, what do you think?" Eyesh asked.

Qi Miaosheng stopped squeaking.

Even the people know that Qi Miaosheng's vision for selecting people is not very good. But this time, the performance of Wu Chengying and Sun Jihai was very satisfactory even to Qi Zhuosheng.

Needless to say, Sun Jihai is like a fish in water on the right side, whether it is a right winger or a right wingback, he plays in an orderly manner. And because of his youth, his skills and ball quotient have also grown at a visible rate, and within a few years, he will definitely be the main right wingback of the Chinese team.

Wu Chengying is not good at communication, and Qi Zhuosheng originally had a bad impression of him. Except for Ou Chuliang and later Li Jinyu, almost no one could talk to him. But his style of play is very fierce, and he is known as the saying of "desperate Saburo". Physically and energetically, any manager would be relieved to put him on the defensive end.

In this Haigeng spring training, Wu Chengying's changes were also seen by Qi Miaosheng.

He moved forward and more often than not, after making a tackle in midfield, he would also take the ball along the flanks to the front line. What surprised Qi Miaosheng even more was that Wu Chengying, who could only make a bottom cross, didn't know when he learned to cut inside!

This kind of power inside cut is rarely pulled by players, and even if the defender keeps up with Oh Sung-young, it is difficult to steal the ball.

In this way, Wu Chengying has changed from a tank-type player who can only defend to an all-round player who can attack and defend.

He and Sun Jihai served as wing-guards, and Qi Caosheng really couldn't say anything to refute it.

After a while, Qi opened his mouth by mistake: "The two people that Mr. Ladd said are indeed capable of completing this task and playing two positions well. But the problem is that we only have two players like this, but if one person is injured or has a red or yellow card, we don't even have a substitute. ”

This time, it was Ladd's turn not to speak.

He can indeed design a set of strongest lineups and formations for the Chinese team according to the current national conditions, but the World Preliminary Tournament and even the future World Cup are not just a game. After many games, no one can guarantee what accidents will occur on the court.

Yuan Weimin looked at the silent Ladd, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "In the end, we still don't have enough talents!" ”

Finally, after discussion between the Football Association and the coaching staff, it was decided that the 4-back formation would be used in regular matches, and the 3-back formation would be used in games where the opponent was extremely strong or weak. As for whether to play 3 strikers or 5 central defenders, it depends on the on-site analysis.

In this way, although the formation of the back four is retained, the discerning person can see that the Football Association still values the 352 depicted by Ladd. Otherwise, I will not use this formation to attack the strong team and train when the weak team encounters it.

After determining the formation, the Football Association commented on the personnel report submitted by Ladd and Qi Weisheng for a long time.

In the end, the Football Association did not fully adopt the personnel arrangement of both sides, but hand-picked two veterans to join the team.

In the words of a lot of dung, a football team should be of a reasonable age. Not only must there be fresh blood, but also experienced old horses. Otherwise, when the game encounters difficulties, and when encountering adversity, there is no reliable backbone to stand up and lead everyone out of the predicament. Moreover, the addition of veteran players also helps to stabilize and unite in the locker room.

This time, Yuan Weimin adopted the suggestion of having a lot of in his eyes.

But when it came to drawing a pick, he hesitated.

In the end, Yuan Weimin overturned everyone's suggestion and drew a check mark after the names of Mao Yijun in Shanghai Shenhua and Gao Hongbo in Songri in Guangzhou.

The crowd didn't know why, but finally accepted the suggestion of the Football Association. Of course, the Football Association has only given two veterans the opportunity to be called up to the team, and it is up to them whether they can fill their positions.

After the meeting, Ou Chuliang was reminded by Vice Chairman Xu that Yuan Weimin was subject to other officials and other forces, and Yuan Weimin must follow the "advice" and recruit more than two veteran players to join the team. However, for the renewal plan of Xu Wang's national football team and the possible tail of the big situation, Yuan Weimin specially ordered two veterans who will retire in a year or two.

After knowing the ins and outs of this, Ou Chuliang couldn't help but smack his tongue. There are so many doorways in this!