Chapter 278: Criticism from the German Media
Dick didn't care about this defeat, he just used the League Cup game as a warm-up game to let the players adapt to the rhythm of the game, and in the second half he used up all the substitutions, for this, otherwise Schalke 04 may not have a chance to score. γLatest chapter reading. At the same time, in the case of Bayern being eliminated in the first round, even if Dortmund loses, there will not be too much pressure......
However, to Dick's surprise, after the defeat in the League Cup, there was quite a lot of media criticism of Dick.
Germans are known for their rigor, and similarly, the German media paparazzi are not so serious, and their sports reporting is quite professional, many sports reporters are born in serious careers, and their comments on tactics are very accurate, and they are quite discerning about the game.
Bayern's loss lies in the fact that their state has not been adjusted, and Leverkusen's loss is that Ballack's departure has too much impact, and they have not yet found a backbone, which is a forgivable mistake, but in the eyes of the German media, Dortmund's loss is unforgivable.
The famous German magazine "Kicker" immediately wrote: "When Dick announced his coaching of Dortmund, many people rejoiced, thinking that Dick would bring a fresh vitality to Dortmund, and at the same time bring full air to the Bundesliga, which is rarely coached by foreign coaches." After Dick took office, as he did when he was at Atletico Madrid, he sold a lot of people, bought a lot of people, and almost completely reorganized the team, although this approach is likely to make a team adapt to Faxun, but the success at Atletico Madrid has given us great confidence in Dick's approach. β
However, in the Carabao Cup, Dick's line-up was very debatable - Rivaldo did not play his best ability in the left midfield position, but kept squeezing Rosicky's range of movement, Cavinaghi and Olic ran around the field like headless flies, Frings was tired in the defensive position, and Fa used his offensive ability, after a chaotic first half, Dick was in a hurry to replace five other players in a row. It's just that it still can't recover the loss. Fans who watched that game will know that Dortmund only lost by one goal, and that was their luck, and with their performance on the pitch, it is normal to lose three or four goals. β
"The reason for this situation is not that the players don't work hard, in fact, this group of players at Dortmund is quite desperate on the field, even Rivaldo has put down the superstar shelf on the field and is constantly running, but Dick's tactical arrangement has a problem, and from his lineup, Dick's summer transfer also has a big problem."
"Rivaldo, Okocha, Rosicky, plus a homegrown Ricken, now Dortmund has four forwards, but Dick uses a single forward tactic, how is he going to arrange these four people? In this game, he put Okocha and Ricken on the bench, Rosicky played as a midfielder, and Rivaldo played as a left midfielder, but although Rivaldo played on the left side of Barcelona, his position was a left winger! Close to the goal! And he's not used to playing on the wing, so is Dick planning to transform the 30-year-old Rivaldo into a left-sided midfielder? Obviously, Rivaldo is also quite uncomfortable with this position, otherwise he would not always unconsciously lean into the middle of the game, and his presence also squeezes Dede's assist space. Frings was supposed to be a good wide attacker, but he was more involved in defense than attack in the game, sacrificing Frijns' ability to cut forward, and Dortmund's midfield was a mess, without any optimization but into a clash with each other. And in the forward position, it is actually normal for Cavinaghi and Olic to perform poorly, after all, they are still young, maybe they can perform well in a few games, Cavinaghi has excellent impact, Olic can catch the ball and break through, the two of them should be able to play a good match, but the problem is that there are actually only three usable strikers on the Dortmund front line! The remaining one of Everton is still a player with a strong skill and a focus on wingers! Just rely on these two young strikers to play for a season without a substitute? Dick is a little too optimistic about the Bundesliga...... This is the reason for the confusion of ideas in terms of recruitment, he played a single striker, but while retaining the two strikers in the team, he also bought two strikers, he played two strikers, sold the three strikers in the team and a versatile player who can play forwards, Ado, and only bought two young strikers, such a transfer idea, I really can't understand. If Dortmund continues to follow this line of thinking, their results this season will not be optimistic, no matter how strong Dick's tactical ability is, it is impossible to always finish a season with patches, even if he has achieved excellent results when he was fighting fires at Atletico Madrid, but only playing ten games and playing forty or fifty games a season are two completely different concepts......
The Kicker magazine is one of the most authoritative football magazines in the world, and this article is a good account of the problems that Dortmund is facing, and the root causes of it, so although it is criticizing Dick, Dick is fascinated......
Yes, he is reading this article now, although his German is just getting started, but it does not prevent him from reading this article with a dictionary in his hand - this is also a kind of learning, as soon as he arrived in Germany, he subscribed to all the most professional sports magazines and newspapers in Germany, and every day in his free time, he was reading these newspapers and magazines in the dictionary, and this learning made his German improve a lot, and of course the language in football......
"Sports journalists in Germany are much more professional."
After putting down the magazine, Dick let out a sigh, but he also knew that it was not the German sports journalists who were professional, but they did not have too many paparazzi habits, but were used to discussing football issues in a professional way - Dick was very appreciative of such issues, because even if he was blaming himself, he could get a lot of inspiration from it.
What he hates is the kind of criticism that has no reason, and whether the other party is justified or not, he can see it, if it is such criticism, he is very willing to accept it, even if he actually has another idea, at least he can know from this criticism that his original idea is correct.
Dick, who appeared on the training ground the next day, had the same expression as usual and was not affected, which made the players breathe a sigh of relief, originally they thought that after losing that game and Dick was collectively criticized by the media, Dick's mood would be very bad, and then it would affect their training, but Dick was on the sidelines, as usual.
"It's not the same as the legend." A lot of the players muttered like that.
And in the tactical drills that have begun now, they know that Dortmund's tactics are not the tactics used in the League Cup, in other words, Dick is putting smoke, because in the tactical drills, Dortmund always plays four-three-two-one, letting Rosicky retreat, Kyle is by his side to protect, Frings sprints back and forth, Rivaldo and Okocha are responsible for breaking through and the other is responsible for possession, they are in a large position, but most of them are in the middle, and the two wings are handed over to the fullbacks to insert assists to complete- It's a big difference from the tactics Dick used at Atletico.
The difference is in the two forward midfielders, in Atletico Madrid, Dick used two wide players, and now he uses two front midfielders, just to play Rivaldo's scoring ability, and in this tactic, the running ability of the frontcourt players is quite important, so in the tactical training, Cavinaghi is a little unlucky.
Most of the focus of several assistant coaches is on him, especially focusing on his running position - in Argentina, he has adapted to waiting for his teammates to feed him the ball in the penalty area - in the Argentine League, his physicality and impact can give him a lot of opportunities in the penalty area, in fact, his goals last season were scored in the penalty area, but after arriving at Dortmund, Cavinaghi knew very well, even if River Plate is the top team in Argentina, but the overall defensive intensity of the La Liga, Compared with the Bundesliga, it is still a notch lower.
Dick always arranges Metzelder to defend Cavinaghi in the confrontation game, although Metzelder is still a substitute in Dortmund, but he already has the strength of the main force, he is tall and flexible, he is one of the rare central defenders in Germany who takes into account both confrontation and flexibility, compared with Cavinaghgi, he occupies an absolute advantage in height, and the degree of flexibility will not be too bad, and he has repeatedly stared at Cavinaghi to death, which also makes Cavinaghi begin to understand that playing in Europe will definitely not be such a beautiful thing......
"Fernando, don't be discouraged, it's normal for a young player like you to have weaknesses...... In fact, it is a good thing that a young player has obvious flaws in his specific skills, because it can let you know which direction you should work in, if a young player has no obvious flaws and is not good enough, he has no future, because he has no characteristics! Your characteristic is to grab points and score, running is weak, but then you can also score a lot of goals in the league, as long as you can make up for this shortcoming, then you will become stronger! β
Cavinaghi was taken care of by several assistant coaches and was repeatedly taught a lesson in training - this is where he is luckier than Torres, because when he was at Atletico Madrid, Dick didn't need to help Torres, and he knew that Torres was playing the main force too early and caused a lot of physical illnesses, so Dick has always been very careful when using him, and for Cavinagy, he doesn't want Cavinaghi to grow up slowly, and Cavinaji's game characteristics just need to make him smarter, So Dick attaches great importance to Kavinagi's training.
The training in the Dortmund team began to go smoothly, Marriner's professional ability is undoubted, he is very integrated into the Dortmund coaching staff, so that the tactical training goes very smoothly, he knows Dick's tactical purpose, so in the previous physical training interval has been with the other assistant coaches to make a detailed training plan, everything is going according to plan.
In the outside world, people are also becoming more and more curious about Dortmund's performance in the next Bundesliga, the League Cup is just an appetizer, Dick's first game was messed up, and now it is to see what kind of performance Dortmund can have in the real league!
And Dortmund fans are also looking forward to what kind of performance Dick's team can have in the first round of the league!